A Very Merry Christmas!!!

We are hoping that all our family and friends have a joyous season and that your New Year is Rockin'! We are all healthy and happy ....and yes, even loving the snow! ha! At least for now....cause it feels all Christmasy. I even shoveled snow yesterday! ha! And sang Christmas Carols the whole time!! We are getting ready to move Ames and Alyssa down to Provo! (Sad, sad day for me!!) They will be going to UVU...at least for the winter semester. Who knows where it will go from there!
Alex is in his own place and loving it....he is so way busy with work....which is good, cause not many people can claim that nowadays!! He has his fingers in so many pots that it is hard to keep up! ha! He is one very freakingly talented guy!!
Ken is driving truck and loving it enormously! He goes all over and at times it is hard to keep up with it all. I am "with my by myself" or very soon will be and struggling with that. So...any of you out there...call me, e-mail me.........I would love that!
My other kids have blogs and the links are here! Check out Alex's, he has some of his work on it! Amazing!!
Have a wonderful time of year!!! Merry Merry!!!
(Ames was asked to sing at the grocery store where he works....Macey's. They had a 2 day open house and he sang for about an hour. The loud speaker in the background is hilarious as well as all those Ritz crackers!! ha!! Enjoy!!)

Election Night

OK
I haven't kept up with this very well....
But, nevertheless....some info on the fun times we had on Election Night. I admit there wasn't much watching of the returns....ha! And it seems that what we did watch we were laughing at Ames!!! (They vote in Alaska?)
As soon as Barrack delivered his speech we turned on "Singing In The Rain" as Kimmy had never watched it before!!!

Alyssa's project for Youth Ambassador

Alyssa carried her love of reading and theater to the students of East Midvale Elementary...reaching over 7oo children. They learned that "Reading Rocks". She had characters from books come to help share her love of reading. Tom Sawyer...he can pretty much convince anyone to do anything! Peter Pan, Dustfinger and Harry Potter and Snape! The students loved Harry and Snape....who put a spell on Snape (actually Ames slammed against the wall! ha!) They loved it!
She is finished with her project but is thinking about going beyond and helping the Hispanics in our community. We found this amazing website about the library and how parents can help their pre-school children prepare to be great readers! You go Sissa!!!

Home at last!!

Brother and Sissa together again! They are going to school together and Institute. How fun is that? They are looking to put in for BYU next semester and get an apartment together. O boy! ha!

A Very Happy Couple!

Aaron and Corinne's wedding was fantabulous! ( that is fantastic and fabulous all rolled into one!)
They are so happy and they deserve that. We got to meet a lot of Corinne's family and friends and fell in love with them all. Congrats to the newlyweds!!! We love you!!

Latest from Tokyo!!

Here is one of the latest pics we have gotten from Elder Bell in Japan!! Here he is with Brother Tabushi, who is way in-active. He loves musicals so he and Ames hit it off.
Yay ...you go Amesie Boy!!

So Cute!!

A friend sent this to me! It is so cute. Don't ya just love bears???

"I Cannot Tell a Lie"

Derek as George Washington! Yay! Derek and I made his wig while I was in Tucson. He did a whole presentation and I wish I could have been there! He had to do this as a biography report. Way to go Derek! Feels great to accomplish something eh?

Me and My Mom!!

This is my fav pic of me and my mom! Dig those socks! (Wish it was in color so I could see what they really looked like! ha!) This was more than likely on a Saturday night and she was putting pin curls in my hair (which I hated!!ha!) Her hair is already in pin curls. I love my mom. She is such a great lady! Have a great Mom's day..mamasita!!

If you haven't seen my post about the article of Obama's mom, check it out! It is great!

HA!

Yeah...so the second part of Ames's video is actually NOT him!! ha! It is one of the Elder's that was in his apartment! HA!!

Check out my Slide Show! (Ames's video is the next one!! Check it out!

New from Ames in Japan

OK.......Ames sent us some videos and Alex put them together! ha! Good to know Ames is as crazy as ever!! ha! Man I love that kid! The first part is Ames singing this crazy song and THEN the next part is his comp...Elder Jack, secret filming Ames singing crazy in the shower! ha! My favorite part is that you can tell Jack is silently laughing as the camera shakes!!! HILARIOUS!! Then the last part is Ames tapping in Tokyo! ha!

MORE!

Here is a better one! The spin at the end is sick! (you don't have to watch the whole time...I think their's is only like 2 min.)

Nonabajona!

Adam sent me this adorable picture of my onlyest granddaughter! She is so adorable! I am so glad she is in our family! Hugs and Kisses to you princess!

Do Da!

OK....so I was mistaken,I said I only got 2 NCAA games wrong!! Ha! That was before the 2nd half of the games played. Uh...yeeeeah..... ha! those two regions were the upset of the century! Making NCAA history of upsets! Well...let's just say now that I have 1/2 the teams right! ha! Man! Gotta love March Madness!! Teams I am impressed with: Michigan St. (Mazoulla and Anderson! wowzers!) and Notre Dame. We'll see if my pick of Louisville taking it all will happen. Who knows? It could happen!

Friday! O how I love thee!!

yep.....Friday's are the greatest!! Especially when you have it off! ha! Whoever came up with "spring break" is a genius! Not that I am getting a whole lot done. I worked all day yesterday on one wall in the dining room and last night I could barely move my arms!! Holy cats! There is not enough Ibuprofen in the world to ease my pain. Ha! AND sad the AZ Wildcats lost last night. Pook...and I had them moving on in my bracket....but losing to Duke. I got all but 2 first round games right.... Man! I lalalove March Madness!!

I've got the dining room blues!

OK.........working on our new dining room! Oh my!! this is gonna take some work! 80 year old wallpaper that has been painted over many times....gonna be so hard to take off!! Not looking forward to it. We are doing the archway first and getting that out of the way. I remember painting the bricks on the archway to the kitchen and how long THAT took! oh boy!! I might say that when it is all done, it will be a beauty to behold! ha! Whenever that will be! Well...I have the next 5 days off....maybe I can make headway! (And don't think by the title that I am painting the room blue! ( the pic was taken the begining of Dec. so it looks a lot different now! no 2x4's and the archway is coming!!)

Happiest Place on Earth!

Alyssa just left for TOUR! Man! Disneyland for 4 days(plus a performance there for Production Co.), Wicked, Hollywood workshop!!, Dinner cruise, singing a mass with a standing room only congregation on Easter. It's a rough life....but someone's gotta do it! ha! I don't envy the bus trip, but I do envy all the rest! ha! You go sissa!!

A Mother's Touch

AMAZING GRACE
Never underestimate the power and influence of a mother!
I just read this article written about Barrack Obama's mother. Here is the link to it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23623222/
It is worth reading. I really want to read his other book now. I read "The Audacity of Hope" and it really convinced me of the authenticity to this man. And now I know the why of it all. I do not doubt the great influence a mother can have on her children. The part I loved was what he treasures. A revealing look compared to those other candidates!

And the winner is??

OK He has won twice as many states. He has 200 delegates more. He by far has the popular vote. He is tied with super delegate votes..............why don't they just give it to him already?? Let him move on to campaigning towards November! VP? Yeah...right! They (the Clinton campaign) are calling it a "dream" ticket..........Ha! I call it an "In your dream" ticket!

Voice Control!

Man o man! well...it's gone! It's official! yike! My voice is barely a whisper! I hate, hate being sick!! There are so many things I need to do and now have no energy to do them! I had this whole week off with big plans to make headway on the archway in the dining room! Alas! Nothing was done! But, it will still be there when I am feeling better (better than what?) Ha! Build a bridge and all that!

Happy B=Day to Alex!!!

OK....happy birthday Alex! You are one amazing son! I love you tons. And to anyone out there in the cosmos.........GO OBAMA!!!!

BIG Night!

Big night tonight for the Presidential race...Go Barack!! I am so glad we have a performance of Little Women, that way I won't be torturing myself with the results. (o please let him win Texas!!!) By the by...Little Women is going astonishingly well! ha! (well...nothing astonishing about it....great talent foreshadows great shows!!! and Craig you did amazing last night..........DeeDee you make me cry every freakin' night! Insane talent! I love it!)
Just go win it big Obama!!!

The week off!

Hallelujah! I am so, so glad I have the week off! Now maybe I can make some headway on our dining room. ha! Yeah. And Happy Birthday to my sweetheart! I love you tons!!

Little Women cont.

OK we had opening night last night. The cast did amazing! The audience was about 90 strong and seemed to like it. Hopefully they will spread the word and others can enjoy this show. We have had people who have seen both the Broadway show AND the touring show and they said ours is by far better!!! (than what?) So that is a HUGE compliment!


The March sisters....forever!

Little Women

ok Little Women open tonight! yay!! Great cast and a way great show!! high entertainment! break a leg guys!

One Voice

Good luck tomorrow Barack!!
Yes We Can!

Michelle!

O my goodness! Alex, Alyssa and I went to the Salt Palace this morning to hear Michelle Obama speak. She is one classy lady and I was so, so impressed with what she had to say. I truly believe if things are to get better here in the USA we need a change of committment, not only at the top but in all of us. Here it is 2008 in the history of our world and I do not think it is all rosy and bright...what we are to leave the next or future generations. It is not for them to clean up after us. We must initiate change now...in health care in education, in the economy, in fostering good will not just here but on foreign shores.
this is a music video that is excellent.
I think I would vote for Barack just for the fact that he was smart enough to marry Michelle!! ha!
It was thrilling to stand there and repeat the words "Yes we can!" over and over. I love that.
It isn't one person that will change things...but all of us together!

Trying Times

I always try to "look on the bright side of life". But at times it is pretty hard! It all began with coming home from Christmas in Tucson to hear of my niece Maryn's husband collapsing at work and dying. Joey was 2 days from being 25. The cause? We have no idea! The autopsy found nothing wrong! Hard thing for a young girl to go through. My heart goes out to her and his family and...well, Maryn's family too. Then a lady that I visit teach, her brother died in an avalanche accident last weekend. And now on the news, Heath Ledger died. Hard times. But then I get a wonderful e-mail from Ames in Japan and he talks of "hope". How we have that eternal hope of living with God again and that it is up to us. Time to look on that bright side, I dare say!

2008

WOW!! A brand new year!! Holy Cats, where does the time go?? We just got back from spending a wonderful Christmas in Tucson. Can't wait to get our family pics!! But, it is good to get back to everyday living and back to eating right! ha! I'm already working on next Christmas with some amazing ideas!! Things I am looking forward to:
Little Women- end of Feb (Midvale City, I am choreographer and probably "gopher")
Spending a week tending my "Little Men" in Tucson!! End of April
Alyssa Graduating!! yay Sissa! June (and then watching my 4 boys here in Midvale while Aubry
and Chris go to England!!!)
And July 12th Aaron and Corinne's wedding!!! This will be the highlight of the year!!!
Ames comes home about 3rd week in August!!!Yay!!
I lalalove dancin' through life!!!