Blast from the Past: Drama Queen

Since it has been Girl Scout cookie season for the last month, I thought you might like to see some cute pics of our very own Drama Queen when she was a young girl scout.

Ok. Everybody together...

Awwwww. 

So cute!! Gold Award material for sure!!

Guest Blog: The Passover by the Dog Walker

 It feels just recent that Mom asked me to blog for her, but she's probably still tired from all the preparations of what we did on Sunday, which was meant for the first Wednesday of April. That's right. We did a Passover feast. Mom thought it would be more convenient to do it on Sunday, just because most people are home on that day. Ever since the first time we started the tradition, we did it at our kitchen table. But this time, we did it in our living room in a way that's fancy. Mom only invited 8 people over, the 5 of us who live here, Sport and his girlfriend, and Curly's girlfriend.

And to no surprise, this is still the first time that we continue on with the new tradition without Dad. I remember from last year that some of the food that we ate was a little sour to us, and some of it still was. We did things a little differently, like replacing horseradish with a piece of ginger. I don't think that if Dad were still alive that he would've liked ginger any more than he liked the horseradish. There were still things we kept traditional, like the sipping of grape juice and the hardboiled eggs.

We used the traditional manual that was Christian versioned. We had a good time, even though a lot of us weren't used to sitting on cushions on the floor.

After the seder, we had a Passover feast, or a big dinner with lamb and potatoes. This has been quite an event before Easter. We are looking forward to sharing that next. Enjoy the pictures!

Creepy Eye

If you are squeamish, don't look!

A few days ago, my eyes were so itchy that I couldn't stop rubbing them.

Then this happened.

Take good care of your eyes.

Wordless Wednesday - Daddy Daughter Dance

Family Home Evening

On Monday night, Curly was in charge of FHE and he did a fun Easter activity that included a coloring page.

This is Dog Walker's page.

He wanted to do more...

Do you recognize the hero from his books, Samy Kind? We all need a Savior.

Slower Sunday

I guess the busyness of the last couple of days got to me, so after church, I retired to my room and pretty much stayed there for the rest of the day. 

I read my book, but then the Dog Walker came up and wanted to read to me so I found a couple of new activities. First, I got all the cute little Easter gifts ready for the grandkids. Then I wrapped some birthday gifts for next month. 

The Dog Walker kept reading so I repaired my quilt. Then I started scrap- booking.

Sometimes I love days like this.

Busy Weekend

I've spent the last two days watching my amazing Baby Doll play volleyball in a tournament in North Salt Lake. She did a great job even though things didn't turn out the way we all hoped they would. I have some pics for you from Friday's games. They took first place in their pool play!

Sorry, some are a bit blurry. My camera doesn't move as fast as she does.

Happy Saturday!!

Ebbs and Flows

You know, they say that grief ebbs and flows, and this week has been a tidal wave. It probably started with delivering cookies. Some of these friends that I don't see very often, were unaware of my sweetie's passing. That led to sharing the experience over and over and over again.

Then there are the dreams...

Even though most of the time I understand why he was taken, I still miss him so much!

Please continue to pray for peace for me and my family.

Wordless Wednesday - South Jordan Sunset

Watch the progression.

So beautiful. 

Guest Blog: March Birthday Party by the Dog Walker

 Mom asked me to blog for her, because she's tired from delivering Girl Scout cookies and getting more to deliver for the season. Besides that, she's been making some chicken enchiladas for today's Family Birthday Party for March. The birthday people for this month were Polliwog, Little Squire, and Craftsman. It was also Scout's friend K's birthday as well. For this month's theme, we did all food in green in honor of St Patrick's Day coming up. For me, I  did something that was in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday this month. That's right! Green eggs and Ham! Everyone brought other good greens to share, like Princess's signature pistachio salad.  

Mom mostly liked cuddling with Bossy's baby daughter, Bright Eyes. She's quite precious. Mom enjoyed being back east spending time with Drama Queen, Teach, and her family, especially her Twinzee1 and Twinzee2. Mom loves snuggling with these sweet babies and making them coo and smile.

 

After almost everyone left, Bossy and her family stayed a little longer to share family stories. Lately, I've been coming up with ideas for next birthday potluck themes for the months. So I nominated Bossy to have an idea for April's theme. We're looking forward to it, as well as Easter. Here's more pictures from the party.

Wordless Wednesday - Delivering Cookies

 

Traveling as Two - Back in New Jersey

Saturday was a traveling day. We left Washington DC about 11:00 and drove straight through to Sicklerville. We did run into a bit of fog, but Scout was a pro behind the wheel.

We wanted as much time as possible with the fan.

Teach and I took the kids to church on Sunday and then we hung out until it was time for Teach to take us to the airport.

The sky at the airport in Philly was amazing!!

And so was the sky over Salt Lake City.

Oh, I miss them so much already!!

We Have to Interrupt this Trip...

With an imporant announcement...

My sweetie's headstone is finally in!

I'm very happy with the way it turned out, although it is a little weird to see my name there...

Traveling as Two - Smithsonian

Today was our last full day in Washington DC, so we decided to visit one of the Smithsonian museums. We ultimately decided on the American History museum.

It wasn't busy, so we were able to see everything we wanted to see.

We had a great time and we called our Uber just before 5:00.

Back at the hotel, we decided to soak in the hot tub for a while.

We decides we wanted to try some regional food, so Scout used her Uber Eats app to order from a nearby Turkish restaurant. 

It was definitely interesting. I'm not sure I would buy it again, but it was edible.

We leave for New Jersey in the morning. Not long before we are home.