Teach's Cuties

These little ones are so cute! I am so proud of Teach. It is so hard to take care of just one baby and she has two!

Wordless Wednesday: Meet Teach's Newborn Twins!

 Aren't they adorable?!

Congratulations. Curly!!

Today, Curly became our 5th child to become the Family and Consumer Science Sterling Scholar Candidate for Bingham High School. He is such a great guy. I am so proud to call him my son.

Guest Blog: Festival of Lights by the Dog Walker

Mom has asked me to guest blog for her, just because she's feeling overwhelmed that this will be the first time we celebrate Christmas without Dad. Even I'm nervous and a little stressed about all the pressure of getting things ready for the 25th and doing some Christmas shopping without him. He would want us to always remember him on how he loved and cared for us. He wouldn't want us to give up the things he taught us, like going to see the Festival of Lights in Spanish Fork every year.

So tonight, we went to Spanish Fork, me, Mom, Baby Doll, Sport, Curly, and his girlfriend. We even invited Princess and the Frog and their kids to come along to see the lights. There were always the old classic lights that we always liked seeing and there came some new ones. I was in charge of handing out cups of hot cocoa and apple cider to those who wanted some.

The rules have changed for the event, like you can only go explore the park once around, no intentions of going again on the same night. There was still the same rule of keeping the headlights off in your car and driving slowly around. After the festival, we went to drop something off at my aunt's house before we headed for home.

It was really fun to see them and we believe that Dad is very proud that we have continued the tradition. I would wonder what it would be like to celebrate the holidays up in heaven? Probably not Halloween for sure, but the most important holidays like Christmas and Easter. Maybe someday, we'll know, but at least our Dad knows.

Scout's New Obsession

As you all know, Scout is pretty stuck on Wicked, so last week she took Baby Doll, Curly, his girlfriend, Dog Walker, and I to the new theater in Daybreak West.  We all loved the show, of course, but on the way out, we had to pass a huge arcade. Curly and his girl snuck past it, but we just couldn't resist, especially Scout.

They had a "push" machine that dropped Wizard of Oz cards and if you could get all 10, you got a huge bonus. I don't know how much Scout spent, but she got the set and enough points to buy a little air hockey table and a bunch of other things. In fair, she is REALLY good at this machine. She knows just where to shoot coins to get everything to fall. 

Dog Walker found his previous obsession in the DDR game. He played 3 games. The first one was a disaster, but then I reminded him that it had been nearly a decade since he stood on a DDR pad, so he chose a different song and played it on easy. He got a perfect score. Then he changed it to normal and got an A+. 

I guess it's like riding a bike. Your muscle memory is an amazing thing.

Thanksgiving 2025

I think holidays are going to be pretty rough for us this year. Everything is different without my sweetie. I miss him so much!

But I don't want to dwell on things that can't be changed. 

We had lots of fun playing games, making crafts, and cooking...and eating, of course. I am so grateful for all of these things and the 42 fantastic Thanksgivings that came before.

We hope you also had a fantastic Thanksgiving with your friends and family.

💕Sandy

 

Wordlessless Wednesday - Dog Walker's Still Got It!!

 

The DDR master.

Scout's Birthday Weekend, Part 3

We got up at our normal 9:15 and hurried to get breakfast, then we packed up quickly. Checkout time was 11:00 and Scout wanted to get one more swim in before we left the hotel. Since we were in a Hilton, I knew we could ask for a little more time, so I did. They were happy to give us until 11:30 and that gave us a whole hour to swim, I mean sit in the hot tub.

The drive home was uneventful. Scout was in the driver's seat and we dropped off Crafty in Bountiful first. We didn't even have to stop for gas! After we got home, Scout slipped off with K and I spent the rest of the day cleaning up and trying to get things put away. There is just never enough hours in any given day. 

Happy birthday, Scout!!💕

Scout's Birthday Weekend, Part 2

Saturday started about 9:15. We had to get breakfast before 10:00 or else figure out something else. After we ate, we decided to play Wicked Monopoly. I thought it was fun, but the girls got tired of it quickly, so we put The Wizard of Oz on the TV. Some of them said they had never seen it and since it was a Wicked weekend, we just couldn't let that happen. 

We wanted to eat lunch at Angie's for old time's sake, so at about 1:30 we headed that way. We thought the lunch rush would be just ending, but we were wrong. We ended up waiting a good 20ish minutes.

The food was good, but not as good as I remember.

After we left Angie's, Princess loaded up and headed out. Her Primary Program was on Sunday and she just couldn't miss it. After she left, we did another craft. They were so cute that I have decided to use the  idea for our scout Christmas party. 

We had to add the charms to the chain and then add it to the keychain and the lip gloss. 

For dinner, we decided on Costa Vida. The food was just what you might expect in Mexican food to go, but it filled us up so we could go swimming before it was time to go home.

We had to swim! I mean, I just hang out in the hot tub and the girls do whatever they want. They accuse me of visiting with everyone and I guess I do. I'm

Scout's Birthday Weekend

So I told you yesterday that we would talk about Scout's birthday party. There were six of us, Scout, Princess, Crafty. Baby Doll, K, and me. We left for Logan right after Curly's football banquet. So we got in late; about 10:00pm. Princess and Crafty came up earlier, so they were all set up.

The girls played a game while I slept.

We got up in the morning and had hotel breakfast. The girls wanted to swim.

The girls made gift bags and bento boxes to share. The whole weekend was Wicked themed. Three of us were green and and three pink.

We ate lunch in the roon and played games and did crafts. K had prepared some really fun things for us. Scout loves books and Yahtzee, so K had us paint books that were Yahtzee cups.

These are Crafty's.

Then it was time for Swig and their special themed drinks.

Then we did dinner at Mo'bettas.

Princess did these cute hoodies and Baby Doll designed the logo.

Popcorn was glittered!

Time for the movie!!

It was SO good!! More games and sleep. So much fun and another day to go.