This weekend has been so busy and part of that craziness was because of the Build a Better Utah service project. For us it started earlier in the week when we papered our neighborhood with fliers advertising the food drive that was chosen as the activity by our girl scout service unit.
Then on Friday, Drama Queen loaded her truck and I loaded my car with the Girl Scouts and we drove the entire neighborhood gathering little bags and boxes full of food set out for us on many porches. By the time we were finished, we had a good-sized pile of food in the back of the truck.
Then on Saturday afternoon, Crafty and I took five of our girl scouts over to the St. Andrew's Food pantry to drop all of those good things off. They will do so much good for families in need! I love teaching my kids to serve and protect their community and I'm so glad the Girl Scouts feels the same way!
Oct 13, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
Happy Birthday, Baby Doll!
Baby Doll turned 9 years old on Monday. It's hard to believe I began writing this blog when she was about 4 months old. So much has been happening lately that is all feels like this gigantic whirlwind that I can't control or escape from.
We had an extremely successful friend party for Baby Doll today. Without Drama Queen, I never could have pulled it off. She wanted to do a Paint Party, but as you all know, I'm just not very artistic. I left that gene to all of my kids...
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Baby Doll wanted to invite all the kids in her school class and her Activity Days class plus a couple more from her Primary Class, so I had Drama Queen make a super-cute invitation, we sent in off to
Walgreens to print out 35 of them, and then Baby Doll quickly gave them all out. It seemed like as the RSVPs started to trickle in that we would have fun, but not be too crazy. Then more and more seemed positive until I started questioning if the 30 canvas boards I bought would be enough (we ended up with 2 left over!)
Drama Queen got off work and arrived about 20 minutes before the first kids started to get here and I have to confess that I was pretty nervous by then, but she took things in hand and everything pulled off smoothly except for the fact that we had 26 screaming 3rd graders in my house! We played outside for a bit, did our paintings, opened gifts, ate cake and ice cream... filled two hours with fun... and sent them home.
It was crazy, but lots of fun too.
We had an extremely successful friend party for Baby Doll today. Without Drama Queen, I never could have pulled it off. She wanted to do a Paint Party, but as you all know, I'm just not very artistic. I left that gene to all of my kids...
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Baby Doll wanted to invite all the kids in her school class and her Activity Days class plus a couple more from her Primary Class, so I had Drama Queen make a super-cute invitation, we sent in off to
Walgreens to print out 35 of them, and then Baby Doll quickly gave them all out. It seemed like as the RSVPs started to trickle in that we would have fun, but not be too crazy. Then more and more seemed positive until I started questioning if the 30 canvas boards I bought would be enough (we ended up with 2 left over!)
Drama Queen got off work and arrived about 20 minutes before the first kids started to get here and I have to confess that I was pretty nervous by then, but she took things in hand and everything pulled off smoothly except for the fact that we had 26 screaming 3rd graders in my house! We played outside for a bit, did our paintings, opened gifts, ate cake and ice cream... filled two hours with fun... and sent them home.
It was crazy, but lots of fun too.
Oct 7, 2019
Guest Blogger: Corn Maze and Corn Obstacle by the Dog Walker
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I don't have much to say here, but I would like to present to you the corn maze, as you all know, and a new thing that has been added to the family. As you all know that every Halloween, I've been putting up such a corn maze that everybody in the neighborhood really likes to see and possibly go trick-or-treating at the house. With the pictures being captioned, it will help you understand which house is whose in each of them, in case you want to go see both of them.
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I was a little worried, as usual every year, that all other houses were starting to light up with Halloween spectaculars and I was also worried with school, work, and my marriage with Puppy Lover. I just realized that I had the first Saturday and Sunday of October off, because of General Conference and that led me to the chance with my dad to get the front yard ready for me to put up the corn maze. There were a lot of times I had to take a break from it, but I managed to get it all the way done in one day. My dad was proud of me that I could get it done before dark. And my mom was also proud of me to get it done in one day, so that I won't have to worry about having to do it for days while I still have the last semester to take care of and still bring my marriage in first in my life.
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Speaking of which, I spent most of the Sunday at Puppy Lover's parents house. I like to call it home, but I'm not sure about that, because of the semester, it just feels like every day, for the semester, I'm living in between homes. So that I can keep my marriage and education balanced. And Puppy Lover is still trying to understand that my education will help me and her do better with our marriage.
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Back in the summertime when I was living in Puppy Lover's parents house, I discussed with them about me setting up a Halloween display for their neighborhood. I wanted to plant a garden for them in their yard, but they told me with living in North Salt Lake, the soil wasn't tenderly good enough to plant corn or any other vegetation. So I ended up buying some extra bundles of corn stalks at a Farmer's Market for $5 a bundle.
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| Puppy Lover's Parents Display |
Puppy Lover's parents were so excited to have a Halloween display on their house, since they haven't intended to put up lights for the holidays in years. Puppy Lover's mom was so glad that she had me for a husband who can make an amazing display. I wanted to make a corn maze out of this one, but with not enough stalks or poles, Puppy Lover gave me the idea with raising a strand of lights off the ground, because she was worried about them being stepped on by the trick-or-treaters, I figured instead of a corn maze, it could be called a corn obstacle, just for this year. I'll make sure by next year, I'll have enough poles and stalks to make it into a maze.
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| Puppy Lover's Parents Display |
Anyway, I got it all set up for Puppy Lover's parents' neighborhood, since they have a bunch of kids out there who love to go trick-or-treating. After watching all of General Conference, Puppy Lover's parents got things ready for a special family gathering on Puppy Lover's side of the family. Her sisters' kids were so excited to see the display when they got to the house. I demonstrated to them that, when the kids in the neighborhood come trick-or-treating at the house, they can either try the obstacle, or just skip it and go to the door to get their treats.
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| My Parents Display |
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| My Parents Display |
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| Puppy Lover's Parents Display |
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| Puppy Lover's Parents Display |
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| Puppy Lover's Parents Display |
Oct 6, 2019
Welcome to the Family, Twizzler!
We are so excited to welcome our new little grandson, Twizzler! He was born on Saturday, October 5 around 1:30 pm to Teach and Twiz (you probably guessed that...) and he weighed in at 8 lbs 7 oz and he was 20 inches long.
Teach was induced Friday evening, so we have been on pins and needles ever since. It was a long labor, but both of them were troopers and they did a great job. My sweetie and I took a trip over after the Women's Conference. We also took Drama Queen and Twizlet with us. She loved her little brother cautiously at first, but by the end of our visit, she was quite enamored.
But I will let you be the judge. Isn't this a cute little guy?
Teach was induced Friday evening, so we have been on pins and needles ever since. It was a long labor, but both of them were troopers and they did a great job. My sweetie and I took a trip over after the Women's Conference. We also took Drama Queen and Twizlet with us. She loved her little brother cautiously at first, but by the end of our visit, she was quite enamored.
But I will let you be the judge. Isn't this a cute little guy?
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| Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Boy (**John Lennon) |
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