Tuesday, February 15, 2011

More Heidi

Some pics from Girls Reverse!! Some of the ward kids were in the same group. This is our hot Charlies Angels pic! Yay for Chris!
Alyssa, Jessica and Heidi. Cute girls!
Cody was a fun date and a total ham!
Cody, Heidi, Jessica and Peyden!

Manly men cooking breakfast for the kids! A great time was had by all! This was GR and the whole group really got along together.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Heidi happenings

Heidi at Homecoming in her blue dress I picked out all by myself! Heidi has been blessed to have a fantastic senior year, filled with fun times with great friends, and also, lots of dancing!
Heidi had so much fun with Chris Layton at Homecoming. They have been friends a long time.


Heidi and Alyssa and Jessica, friends forever!

Shani came home to help Heidi get ready, lending not only her amazing hair talents, but also her hair itself! as she let Heidi wear her extensions. Thank you Shani!
Hey we see you over there, after the lip sync! Heidi with Peyton and Brindisi, her dance girlies! The dance team is having a great time together, and are super close.




Sunday, December 5, 2010

Welcome Christmas!

It snowed big time while we were Thanksgiving-ing in utah!
Making Christmas stockings with the girls! I am so proud of them, the stockings turned out sooo cute!

We got to see the Rockettes!

Well the outside is done, but the decorations on the insides still need alot of work! My expensive tree from Ralph Jones blew out about 80% of its lites, and we had to run to the store, twice!, to get a total of 7 new lite strands up on the tree, so maybe we can decorate it tomarrow! The joys of a pre lit tree, fun for the first year, and more lites to out each year after! Thanks giving in Utah was fun, fun but way set me back in Christmasy preparations! But we were so glad to all be together, it doesn't matter where, but the best times are when I am with all my family! That is truly home to me!


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Happy Hauntings


Heidi had fiends, I mean friends, over for a festive punkin dinner! Then they were off to a haungted house. This is my recipe for punkin dinner:
One punkin per person, we made 8
Large bag of mixed vegies, adjust as necessary
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can chicken broth
4-6 frozen chicken breasts, halves
4-5 potatoes
Seasonings
Boil chicken and shred or cube. Peel and dice potatoes small, boil and drain.
Hollow out punkins, not the big ones, next size down, salt and pepper insides, place top back on, and wrap in tin foil. Place on baking sheet, and bake for 30 ish minutes, at 350 degrees.
Mix vegies, chicken, potatoe pieces (cooled) and soup. Mix in some seasonings as desired, be careful not to over season, could put in pinch of garlic, dehydrated onions(do not use fresh, way too over powering!) and salt and pepper. Spoon into punkins leaving some breathing room at the top for mix to expand. Place top back on. Leave tinfoil lightly wrapped around the bottom, makes lifting back to cookie sheet easier. Cook again at 350 for 30ish minutes. Lift onto plate by tinfoil. The punkin insides give it a nice flavor! Serve with salad and rolls. Enjoy!



Spooky Sightings

I love to decorate for fall, and Halloween!



These witches were in Gardners Village in Utah.



Monday, September 20, 2010

Heidi gets a car!



Doug gets Heidi a car-a 2004 mustang! It is an anniversary special, and has lots of mustangs everywhere, including the seats! It is in perfect condition-not a ding on it anywhere, can we keep it that way???! Heidi was thrilled, and looks so cute in it. Her senior year, and she has a hot ride, go Heidi! I hope this year lasts a looong time, tomarrow nite is my last open house!


Friday, September 10, 2010

Drawing to an End


Visiting the grandbabies on the way home from Idaho!

The manly men at lunch on the way up to Idaho.

Forget about the movie parties Heidi now has math parties, where friends come over and do calculus!

Heidi and Alyssa, still great friends after all these years.
Notice the keys, yes Heidi finally got her license this summer, and is driving to school!


This is Heidi's senior year, and my personal happy days of having my kids live with me in my house are drawing to a close. This is very sad. How did the time go so fast? I miss all of their little faces and voices. But I still have one more year, and I am going to enjoy it to the fullest! I am going to live happily in every minute of it! And with every ending, there is a beginning, and I am excited to see new happiness come, like when I visit my grandkids and they smile at me! I love to visit with my kids. We just took Adam up to college and it was fun to visit with him. No wonder grandparents get motor homes, so you can drive to all your children and grandchildren, and have your home come with you! I guess I will have to start checking those out!

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Wimpy

At the start of summer, Heidi started in on her super summer conditioning schedule for dance, and those dance girlies sure do work hard! They exercised for 4 hours aday this summer! She told me she could do 48 GUY push-ups and half of them she did clapping! Whoa. And yes, she does have great arms. I have never been known for my upper body strength, or any strength really, but thought hmmm and gave it a go. After 4 measly push-ups I was on the floor, totally done. So I set a goal to do 10 at the end of summer. I now can do 12!! Yes, the last 4 are really wimpy and I squeak them out, but still! Go me! Summer is over, I am sad, had some great vacations, didn't loose any weight, but I am excited that I can do a few "guy" push-ups!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

More Roos Zoos

Look at that open mouth, eww but great shot!
This capuchinn monkey loved this otter, so holding one brought the other! I couldn't get enough of holding the otters!

Doug got to hold the otter too!

Heidi and the otter. One got loose and started running all around, and the zoo people had to catch it and put it back in the otter pond, behind Heidi.

The otters have a happy home. They were sooo adorable. Can't wait to go and see them again!
Luckily I still have more things on my bucket list, but this was one of my favs!

Bucket list Moment

This was not the bucket list moment, altho it certainly was one for the books! I am holding an apple and the camel is taking it from me. It has special lips that can pick up food from the sand with out getting any sand! We went to a petting zoo in Moapa, and had so much fun with the animals.
Heidi gave the camel her apple. It was still a baby, and already huge!

Marie Ireland went with us. Heidi and Marie are holding baby chicks.

Heidi and a baby kangaroo.

Ok this is the moment, me holding a baby otter! It was soft and furry and squirmy and liked to snuggle up close to you. It made cute little chirpy sounds. I love otters, and getting to hold one was soooo much fun!




Saturday, July 31, 2010

Everyone went swimming when we got home from the beach. The unsalty water felt very nice!
We missed our Adam on the beach. He is installing alarms in Texas, and couldn't come.

Our final nite on the beach at sunset, we were hungry and it was breezy and chilly so we didn't stay out as long as usual!

We went to the Orange County Fair and Heidi wanted a picture with the snake. This boa eats large rabbits, I think if Brighton knew that, he wouldn't have been so comfortable so close!

Heidi and Jordan on a swinging ride at the fair.



Waves

The babies were too small to go boogie boarding but loved to dance on the boards!
Heidi tried surfing, and got up on her knees!

The boys loved playing in the waves. Woody got the award for turning upside down the most.

Amy and Woody played in the waves, I used to fit in that wetsuit Amy has on in the good old days!
Doug and I caught some fun waves! We had limited sun this year, but still had lots of fun. The week is never long enough.