Winner

The winner of the $5 Leger's Deli gift certificate is.... da-da da-daaaaaaa












Tiffany!!!

A Quick Little Bloggy Contest

Yesterday in Sacrament Meeting we opened with hymn #52 "The Day Dawn is Breaking". I was singing very exuberantly (as I try to do every week) and during the first verse caused Caitlin to start laughing, the reason; I changed a couple of words. Go look it up in the hymnbook and if you can figure out which words that I changed I'll buy you a $5 gift certificate for Leger's Deli (yum).

If you know me very well at all, or... if you've read my blog quite a bit it shouldn't be to hard to figure out!!

You have until Friday night at 5 pm to leave your answer in the comment section. I will have a drawing and announce the winner that night.

Prom

Caitlin and her date Caleb on their way to the Senior Prom. Don't they look great!?!

Grandma Day With Mason

Today Mason and I had a "Grandma Day", and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it from start to finish. When we got in the car I explained to him that we needed to stop at the bank, Mason said, "I like a succor Grandma, a blue one." I think Mason has been to the bank before.

During the time that we spent together, every time that Mason addressed me he either started or finished his sentence with, "Grandma." It was so cute. We went to the pet store and saw fish, assorted mice and rats, and... birds. We went to the bookstore and then we went to Arctic Circle. He played in the play area with a cute little brother and sister, at one point the little girl pointed at me and I could hear Mason say to her, "that's my Grandma." When it was time to leave and we were just about to get in the car Mason wanted to go back inside and "hug goodbye", so we went back in and Mason went up to the little girl (no bigger than him) and gently put his arms around her.

I think that my favorite moment of all was as we were driving back to Mason's house, I started singing a song that I have sung to all of my grandchildren, "A Happy Family." First we sang about Grandpa, then Mommy, and Daddy, Baby Tanner, Aunt Rose... at that point I stopped singing, then I heard a little voice coming from the back seat say, "more" so I sang about Avery, then the little voice said again, "more." So we sang about William, Adam, Zachary, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Melissa, Uncle Andy, Aunt Kristin, and Ashleigh... each time I sang a verse his sweet little voice said, "more."

I love "Grandma Days" and I love being a Grandma... it's the best!!

The Treasure Hunt

The first time that I ever hosted a "friend" birthday party for one of my children, I decided that a treasure hunt would be a fun activity. I made a treasure box and filled it with the party goodies and hid it in the dryer. During the party I gave the children their first clue which sent them on a hunt for the next clue, and the next... until they finally found the treasure. After doing this for another child's birthday I decided that there were three elements to making a child's birthday party successful; opening the gifts, eating cupcakes, and a treasure hunt.

For several years now Caitlin has had an annual sleepover with her cousin Chelsea and her childhood friend Danielle. I thought it would be fun the first year to do a treasure hunt, it was so much fun that it has now become a tradition.

In the fall of 2008 (in the picture) I mentioned that maybe they were getting to old for treasure hunts. I received an enthusiastic "NO!!!!" I laughed and told them that we would be having treasure hunts at their bridal showers.

Last Friday night was the annual sleepover. I told Caitlin not to expect a treasure hunt because I was co-hosting another party at my friends house and I was to busy to organize the hunt. I think that Caitlin might have believed me this time. While at my party I texted all three girls with the same message, "are u girls to old for a treasure hunt?" Within seconds I received three messages back, "No Way!!!!:D"; "Course not!!"; and "NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!" I then sent them their first clue via text message.

I came home to three happy finders of treasure. I think that there will definitely have to be treasure hunts at their bridal showers.

The Best "First Day" Of The Rest Of My Life

"Wake up, wake up, it's April 15th." Those were my words on the morning of April 15, 1977 as I went from room to room waking up my family members.

This was not my early morning reminder to them to get their taxes in the mail; nor was I reminding them that this was the anniversary of the day that the Titanic sank. This was my wedding day.

As you can see we were just a couple of kids, and 33 years later we are a couple of kids with 5 children, 3 in-law children, 6 grandchildren and two more coming.

Happy anniversary to us!!!

My Musings

First of all: On Friday I was tending two of my grandsons; Zach and William. Zachary wanted a drink and asked as he looked in the fridge, "Grandma... do you have anything to drink that's not nutritious?"

Certainly a Grandma must always be prepared with something that is not nutritious, I was thrilled when I looked in the pantry and found a package of Kool-Aid; you don't want to disappoint a grandchild.

And secondly: I went to the store on Friday afternoon and when I came out I couldn't find my car. The worst part of it was... I wasn't at my usual store, I was at "the great and abominable store" where I rarely shop, so I'm not that familiar with the parking lot. There I was with a bag of groceries in one arm and 10 lbs. of potatoes in the other, and I was lost and everyone knew it.

How. Embarrassing.

I even stood on the curbing for a 6 inch higher view of the mass of cars. Thank goodness for the Mickey ears on my car antenna, eventually I found them... and the car. Has anyone else lost their car in a parking lot?