Seven Smiles on Sunday

1- Harry Potter opens this week...Kassie says it starts in 2 days, 4 hours and 55 minutes from the time of this post....
2- 5 dollar pizza and the pool. Cheap Saturday entertainment
3- Young Womens, this is a challenging calling for me because I feel so inadequate. This is such and important age for girls and I am so nervous to say the wrong thing but I am loving getting to know the leaders and girls. We have some great ones.
4- Air Conditioning, the heat has officially hit and I love that our home can stay cool.
5- Facebook. I know silly but I LOVE seeing pictures of friends and family I don't get to see and to be a part of their lives. Call me crazy but i like knowing what most people are doing every minute of every day. It makes me laugh.
6- New playstation. This is Emmetts second love, the first is Pizza. We fall somewhere in his top 10...I think.
7-Another week, we are glad we have another day to try and be just a little bit better.

Seven Smiles on Sunday (not every Sunday apparently, I will work on this)

1- GREAT VACATION WITH MY FAMILY, THANKS MOM AND DAD.
2- We are thinking that a travel trailer might be our next big purchase. What is wrong with me? A dog and and NOW a trailer? What happened to my dreams of spas, mani and pedi's and fruity drinks delivered to me by the same beautiful pool boy who rubbed in my suntan oil? Sigh....
3- The kids did not complain once about our 10 hour drive to Bear Lake.
4- Redbox at several gas stations between here and Idaho, one dollar = 2 hours of entertainment on roadtrips. Priceless.
5- We saw Transformers. Language was a little harsh, not sure I would have let the kids see it if I would have seen it first. Still a great show. Here's to hoping Harry Potter is more PG.
6- Las Vegas has so many great things to do. The kids love the neighborhood community pool with water slides. We simply love where we live.
7- St. George, Andy's parents have a townhouse there and we LOVE it. We stayed there twice on this trip and it is so peaceful and one of our favorite places. It always makes us smile.

So much to say...

I know we have not posted anything for quite awhile so I posted a couple fun things to update what has been going on with us the past couple weeks. We are doing so good, Emmett is here through July, that is always fun to be a complete family. We just came home from Mecca and got to see so many people. Thanks Alicia for staying so we could see you and the cute boys and thank you for the toothbrushing kits! Emmett loves his shark berry toothpaste! Ashlee and Brennan were in Salt Lake also after his Ragnar race so we got to see her stomach getting big. We got to see both dads for Fathers day (we have not done this for years so this was so so fun) We got to see Blue and Brad and Ines. We also got to meet Nalani, Tony, Kaidan and Connor who are Andy's nephew and his wife and cute boys. That was so nice to be able to meet them and spend some time getting to know them. We can not wait to see them again. We saw almost everyone in both families (that are in Salt Lake) all in one trip! Best of all the family got to meet our newest addition and Tony and Joy got married!

Say Hello to our newest addition..Annie

Yep I did it, I joined the world of dog owners. Andy let me know that all he wanted for his birthday was a dog, so we shopped around and suprised him with Annie. She is part Maltese, Poodle and Chihuahua. She is our cute little mutt. Everyone loves her and as for me....she is growing on me.

June 20, 2009

Saturday Tony and Joy finally got hitched in the Salt Lake Temple. It was so nice. (Well minus the cell phone ringing and the grandpa snoring right in the middle of the ceremony) They were sealed for time and all eternity then we enjoyed lunch at Benihana's. The reception was fun and they had lots of family and friends come. We loved being there and being a part of the whole weekend. Congratulations Joy and Tony! Thank you for letting us be a part of it all. We love you both and are glad Joy is part of the family.




(I love this picture of my cute husband)



(Yes Callee this is me..yep a real live fat and all photo...see why i don't post them of me?)

Grandma Lizzie's House giveaway.

This cute website has some great give aways and this one is for a "entertain the kids in the summer craft kit" Everyone needs ideas for the next couple months and everyone needs something for free every once in awhile! I LOVE IT! All you have to do is tell her what crafts you like to do with your family and "TADA" you are entered - Go for it, you have nothing to lose.

What we found in our Desert Book ad this month....

With LifeCaps in your backpack or survival kits, you have confidence in knowing you are always prepared. These unique capsules can help sustain your life in an emergency, wilderness survival or even when food is not readily available for whatever reason. LifeCaps works on a simple principle. When your body receives pure nutrients, it no longer feels hungry and can function as normal.

WHERE WAS THIS OPTION WHEN THE "FOOD STORAGE SALES GUY" ASKED FOR $2,000 TO PREPARE MY FAMILY FOR AN EMERGENCY??

Back by popular demand...Seven Smiles on Sunday

1- We feel loved that this was missed. Huge smile :)
2- Kassie tried out for our Las Vegas Youth Orchestra yesterday and felt good about her audition. We find out in a couple weeks if she made it. Keep your fingers crossed.
3- I was called as the Mia Maid advisor. I am really nervous but excited!
4- Our vacuum broke so our fabulous neighbors let us borrow an extra one. We absolutely love our friends and neighbors.
5- Books. The clearance section at Barnes and Noble. Hardcover books for 5 dollars? This always brings a smile. My "to read" stack is huge right now.
6- A new whisper quiet fan!! The vegas heat is here and the fan in our bedroom sounded like a plane taking off so we got a new one. Whoo! Now I will hear if someone breaks in, before- not a chance.
7- We are simply blessed. We always smile when we take time our of our crazy busy schedules and count our blessings.

HaPPy oNe YeAR AnnIvERsAry LiTTle BloG oF MiNe

So Yesterday my little "Tada Moments" turned one year old. Wow how time flies when you are having fun! One year of being in the blogging world, one year of pictures, stories, funny things that have happened and not so funny things that have happened in our home. One year of documenting our successes and one year of documenting our failures. 365 days of trying to be positive when it seemed there was no positive that day and 365 days of rushing to blog when there was a positive to share with our family and friends.

I started this blog last year as an effort to try and stay positive because lets face it - LIFE IS HARD! Marriage is hard but blending a family is more of a challenge, trial and accomplishment than anyone gives it credit for. Blended Families should have their own holiday. A day off work holiday! Working is hard, kids, especially pre-teens are hard. Kids that live in Utah are hard. Families and their joy and drama they bring are hard. Callings are hard. Exercising and dieting is really hard. Trying to keep a house clean, work, keep myself, husband and daughter feed, clean and happy is way to hard. Trying to connect and stay in touch with Emmett is hard. Sooo I needed to find a way to find more Joy in life. Therefore I created Tada Moments.

I am not sure if it helped me be more positive on a day to day basis but I LOVE being a blogger. I love the people I have found. I love the "thought I lost touch with them long ago" people I found (or found me). I love the comments from my friends and family. I love the creativity you find when I blog stalk. I love people's honesty, I find it so amazing when I read other people's blogs and they are real. Honest. I love that. I have even cried more than once at totals strangers blogs because "I get it". I love getting it. I love being able to see my family and friends in pictures. I love seeing everyone's kids and see how they are growing and changing. So maybe I am not more positive but I am definetly a better happier person because this is a way I can connect with people I know and love and that has always been important to me.

So Happy Birthday Tada Moments..Thank you my little blog for bringing joy and happiness. One great year down and here's to many more.

Happy 50th Birthday Barbie!!

It's so good to know it happens to the best of us..I know this is another cartoon but we truly have nothing blog worth going on so enjoy this until I am more creative. Love you all!!

Visiting Teaching

This would TOTALLY happen in my ward! Funny! Thanks Kristina!

Brilliant!

Young Chuck in Montana bought a horse from a farmer for $100. The farmer
agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and
said,
"Sorry son, but I have some bad news... the horse died."
Chuck replied,
"Well, then just give me my money back."
The farmer said,
"Can't do that . I went and spent it already."
Chuck said, "Ok, then, just
bring me the dead horse."
The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?"
Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle
off a dead horse!"
Chuck said, "Sure I can, Watch me. I just won't tell
anybody he's dead."
A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with
that dead horse?"
Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two
dollars a piece and was able to make $998."
The farmer said, "Didn't anyone
complain?"
Chuck said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars
back."
Chuck grew up and now works for the government. He is the one who figured
out how this "bail-out" is going to work.

???? WHAT ARE THE CHANCES ???

This was on the news this morning. Considering my middle name is Lyn that is a double slam to me! We were stunned. If we are unhappy can we blame the people who gave us our names?

Church needs to be daily at our house...

Emmett: I quit, I quit this family!(while stomping up the stairs)
Kassie: Mom, Instead of the Easter Bunny bringing a basket and candy can I just have the cash?
Andrew: Babe, this summer when I buy our dream house with cash, don't ask where the money came from, Ok? I will just say its work stuff.

I am listening if anyone can offer advice on how I can bring my family back around to the "good stuff" in life....you know gratefulness, enduring to the end and good old fashioned honesty. Aye!