Moore Good Times

Scones........yummy!!!!

2011-04-14T15:40:00.000-07:00

This last weekend I had some of my kids & grand kids come up to our house and spend the weekend so whenever there’s a sleep over at grandma’s

I always try to have something good for breakfast; so this is what we made.
Scones they are so easy to make and I don’t know anyone that don’t love them……

Scones:

In large bowl add items in order; mix well set aside while oil is getting hot.

2 ½ cup hot water

3 Tlb Shortening

¼ cup Sugar

2 Tbl Yeast

½ cup Powder milk

6 ½ to 7 cup Flour

We topped ours with honey, powdered sugar, or jam enjoy……;o)

Extra Yarn…….

2011-03-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

I do a lot of crocheting and I always have little balls of yarn that just hang around and after a while I sometimes give it away. But this time it came in use…….

A couple of weeks ago I ran a cross these cute little jars that was only cost .50 so I've been trying to think of something to do with them; this is what I came up with, nothing fancy, just cute and simple.

My new favorite color…….:o}

2011-03-24T17:26:00.000-07:00

I have had a hard time in deciding what color to paint our fire place mantel. With a lot of thinking about it this is what it ended up….I think green is my new favorite color…

Before

I think green is my new favorite color…

After

Little table make over…..

2011-03-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

I have this little table that I believe my dad made my mom just after they were married in late 1959. My mom had given it to me when I got married so we could put our TV on it. It's been around forever I have never had the heart to give it away.

As you all may know we have been remodeling our house so that calls for new and fun things to decorate; I have been painting a lot of stuff with red so the other day my girls said I needed more color so they helped me pick out a green…I so love it, I painted the table and then I antiqued it.……

I think it will be staying around a while longer. I loved how it turned out ……;o)

Katie’s Birthday on Saturday the 12th

2011-03-08T18:28:00.000-08:00

WOW!!!! I can’t believe it was 30 years ago I gave birth to my oldest daughter Katie. She is the oldest of our 4 girls. She was such a beautiful baby with a ton of really dark hair.

When she was little she loved spending time with her family and to this day she is the one that keeps our family together. She plans vacations, camping, and girl's weekends. If it wasn't for her we would never get together!

All of her sisters know that they can always count on her and call her anytime to chat. She is not only my daughter she is one of my best friends. I think it’s because I had you at such a young age that we grew up together. I so love it when we get together and the first thing we do is plan on getting everyone together and what is going to be on the menu. :)

Katie’s been married to Shane for the last 10 years, she has helped him make a wonderful home in Vegas with their cute little boy Braydon. She is so amazing. Jim and I are so proud of her. She is such a wonderful wife and mom. They are wonderful parents, and have been patiently waiting to add to their family.

We just wanted to let her know that she is such a wonderful daughter, wife, sister, and mother. We love you! :)

New craft room cabinets.......;o)

2011-02-27T14:41:00.000-08:00

When we took out all of the old kitchen cabinets I just didn’t want to toss them to the road. So I came up with this. I have an office/craft room that had no cabinets to store things so I thought this would be great.They was a very dark brown so last summer while my daughter was visiting she helped me paint them white. I had my hubby hang them and as you can see I had him hang one of the sets without the doors I love the way I can see all my recipe books. Then on all the other ones I wanted to make them cute so this is what I did. I had taken all the middles out of them so I could put corkboard, ribbon and buttons on them, so I could hang pictures of my favorite things and of family on them. I know I should have waited to post them until they were all finished but I was so excited how they turned out I wanted to share them. I ran out of the corkboard so this next week it’s off to the craft store for more so I can get this finished and off my list of to do things……

Crocheting

2011-02-19T18:59:00.000-08:00

When I was a little girl I remember my grandma Cherrington and my mom crocheting all the time so of course I would just sit and watch and want to learn how, but I had one problem I’m left handed and no one knew how to show a left hander how to crochet…:o/ So one of my grandma's sisters told her to just put the hook in my right hand. So it was my grandma Cherrington that I learned how to crochet, she would make beautiful afghans and give them away…I was very lucky to get one of them and so was some of my girls.

(This afghan is the one grandma Cherryington made)

And then there was daddy, Yes my dad would crochet the most beautiful afghans ever….I still have the one he let me pick out, I will cherish that forever…..:o)

(This pink and gray afghan is the one daddy made)

My mom did a lot of crocheting in her day. You name it she crocheted it. I think that’s where I get my love for it. I love to pick something apart that someone had made and make it…..This last Christmas Katie sent me a hat she got at a craft show in Vegas and I made one for each of the girls.

(Hannah loves Lindsey's hat....and she looks so cute in it...)

I love doing all kinds of crafts but I have to say crocheting is the one thing I always go back to when I’m looking for something to make or do.

So this year I have made it a goal to make an afghan for each of my grand-kids to let them pick one out when they get married. I know that’s a long time away being that my oldest grandchild is 11 and my youngest is 3 months old..But I figured that would give me time. I do have 2 done and almost the 3^rd so if my girls are lucky I just may get them all done and more and they can all pick one too……

Remolding 6 years and counting….

2011-02-17T08:20:00.000-08:00

I know we are still working on this money pit of a house but I thought I would post what we have done, so here are some before and after pic’s. We still have a lot to finish or I should say Jim has a lot....lolol I can only be his lovely helper...oh and the clean up person...:D

We still have the wood floor to go and he has to make all the trim.It takes so long with him working two jobs....when the kitchen/living room is done then we our on to the 2 both rooms and mud room....it never ends......

Pre-Valentines

2011-02-13T18:45:00.000-08:00

Lindsey and Brandon came up today with the kids so us girls could make Valentine cookies for Hannah’s pre-school.

I treated the guys to a steak and lobster dinner, it was really good.

I got some really cute pictures of Charlie and Izzy…..;o)

Love, Hate...Relationship.......:o]

2011-02-08T15:57:00.001-08:00

Yes I have a love, hate relationship with our wood stove…….I so love it when we start burning it at the first of winter. There is nothing like that kind of heat. But with that wonderful heat come with a daily mess that I have to clean up every day……I hate the mess it makes, the wood chips and the dust is never ending……

So When we get to this time of year I’m counting down the day's I can clean and put everything away….and clover the stove with all my flower's.

Super Bowl Sunday!!!!!

2011-02-06T13:08:00.000-08:00

Nicholas & Delaney came up and spent the weekend with me and Jim, while Jessie and Travis went out of town......We love having the kids come up we always have so much fun with them..

We started off game day with Delaney making us hot donuts with her cute little donut maker. she did a great job.....;o)

Then you know when staying at grandma and grandpa's house you always get what you want; and being super bowl we all needed some goodies as you can see I think we all may get sick....lololol

oh ya and we all want Green Bay to win the game ........;o)

WOW!!!!! It's about time ......lolol

2010-11-16T16:12:00.000-08:00

Wow It's been a long time and so much has gone on in the Moore family....

My mom pasted away......

Jim and I went to New York and had a great time We hope to go back one day...

We all went to Las Vegas to see Braydon baptized.

Emily finished heir school and she is now working at Great Clips here in Heber.

Our Lindsey gaves us a new grand baby "Charlie James Weight"

And yes there is a lot more things that happened in between everything but I'm old and can't remember everything.....lolol

Let's hope it wont be so long for the next post......;o)

The Polar Plunge

2010-02-20T12:10:00.000-08:00

Jim participated in the Polar Plunge this year for the Special Olympics at Deer Creek Reservoir. There was a costume competition and he took third! He was a Leprechaun gone gothic. :)

Before his big plunge he broke out his harmonica and did a little jig! The crowed loved it! He then took the plunge and yelled "irish spring!"

Happy Birthday Emily

2010-02-13T14:10:00.000-08:00

Gosh I haven’t updated for a long time…but this weekend I have really great things that I get to be really happy about. 19 years ago on the 15th of February our family was very blessed to have Emily join our family…She’s the youngest of our four girls so I think everyone would say she’s the most spoiled……lolol
I have to say Emily is so layed back! There’s not much that gets her upset she just goes with the flow….even though we had some hard times. Her dad and I are so proud of her. She is going to Paul Mitchell’s hair school and is loving it! She does a great job.

Your family loves you very much Emmie!! I hope you have a wonderful Birthday and many more to come…..~Hugs & Loves~

I love this pic of my wonderful dad he’s holding Emmie, he just loved the babies and the little kids. I miss you so much daddy……xoxo

Wood, Wood & more Wood.

2009-09-27T06:43:00.000-07:00

This is what Jim & I have been doing for the past month and we have until the end of October to get what we may need for the winter. In the last 9 years that we have lived in Heber (side note) I can’t believe we have been up here that long.
We try to heat the house with our wood burning stove, the first year we was here my heat bill was over $300.00 and so that’s when we started to use. We burin 24-7 all winter. And that keeps my bill down to $100.00 so it’s well worth it.
So this year my friend at work told me how her family go’s and gets their wood and It reminded me of when I would go with my dad to cut trees and get wood for the winter so I talked Jim into doing this and can I just say it’s VERY hard work, we go when we can have a day off together or when we get off at 2:00 when we get done it about kicks our butt’s. I guess we need to know we’re not as young as we think….lol.
The thing about burning the wood is the heat I LOVE it. It can never be to hot in the house I about kill my son-in-laws off when they come up……but that’s ok…..

Crazy Summer.......(o:

2009-08-26T07:57:00.000-07:00

WOW........I'm bad I know but it's been one crazy summer.

First off Katie & her family came out to visit and were only going to be here for like a little over 2 1/2 weeks but her car had some problems and she ended up being here over 3 weeks. It was nice to have her here we got allot done with our Sweetsomthings.

I have been doing the Farmers Market up here at Heber every Thursday the last one is this week. So maybe after this week things will slow down a little so we can make fun stuff. Lindsey has started a craft night with some of her friends and Jessie and I have been going it's been a lot of fun making cool things for the house.

We all so had family pic's done when Katie was here so my goal is to get them fixed and hanging before she come out for Christmas........lol it's a inside joke with my girls.

Well I hope to be a little better about this blogging.........;o)

This is the reason there hasn't been a post for a while!

2009-05-07T18:55:00.000-07:00

Announcement!!

My daughter Katie and her husband Shane have a very important announcement:

To all of our family and friends,

We hope to find all is well with you and your family. We are sending this letter to inform you of an exciting time in our family. After many years of extensive testing and much prayer we have decided as a family to adopt. After searching and praying about many adoption services we have chosen to adopt through LDS Family Services. The adoption process can be an exciting, yet long and expensive, process. We have created a blog regarding our adoption process. If you would like to follow along with us every step of the way, or help in any way, please visit:

www.shaneandkatiesadoption.blogspot.com

If you are wondering what to do to help us, here are some ways that you can help our dreams come true. First and foremost, if you know of a birthmother that wants to give her child a loving home please refer her to LDS Family Services. Our contact there is Brad and he can be reached at (702) 385-1072.

Secondly, we are trying to raise money to help with the financial expenses of adoption. Some of the ways you can help is by buying gifts to give to someone, donate your time at special events, donate talents you may have kept hidden, or any other way you can think of. Katie has begun to sale Scentsy products that would be a great gift for you, friends, or family. Her personal website is www.scentsy.com/katierogers where you can browse and buy products anytime directly from her.

Katie, and some of our close family members, have started making and selling baby items. These include booties, blankets, burp rags, hats, head bands, and hair clips. You can find out more at www.handmadesweetsomethings.blogspot.com

Last, but not least, we will be trying to put some fundraisers together. If you have donations for a Garage Sale, Bake Sale, Craft Sale, or would like to volunteer your time or talents for these events, please contact us by phone, email, or mail.

We have always known that there are more children for us. Our family is really excited to begin this new chapter in our lives. With the help of family and friends, we know this can happen. Again, we want to express our thanks to all of you for your love and support.

With much love,

Shane, Katie, and Braydon Rogers

P.S: Our first big fundraiser event will be a Summer Yard Sale, held in Utah, around the end of July. If you have any items you would like to donate we can arrange to have things picked up if needed.

I am so proud of Katie and Shane and have been working very hard to help them! I have been spending most of my time crocheting baby booties and beanies. We are selling these items on Etsy (you can access Etsy through Sweet Something's) You can also contact any of us and let us know of any way you can help! Any prayers, donations or items to sell, will be greatly appreciated! Again, thank you!

February update

2009-03-07T10:49:00.000-08:00

It's been a while, not because I'm busy but because nothing interesting is going on. I have just been doing a lot of spring cleaning and dejunking. It's funny how much junk you can accumulate and not even realize it. So let's just say I have a lot of stuff for a summer garage sale! I can't wait until it gets warm enough to start on the outside. Since i really have nothing else to say--here is a rundown of what happened during February!

*Emily's 18th birthday--we helped her buy her first car, which was really exciting. Lindsey recommended us to the UCCU repo car list and got a great deal! It is a 2001 Pontiac Grandam for $2100. Can't beat that!

*Jim and I decided to join the new local spa/fit club. I get a discount since i work at Day's Market---so we are trying to tone up for the summer!

So that's pretty much it, besides helping my mom with some different things. We are hoping that march will be a little more eventful. Katie and Shane are coming down the end of the month, so we are getting the whole family together and some friends to play a friendly game of Texas hold 'em. So I'll let you know if I'm the big winner!

Not a whole lot going on…….;o(

2009-02-10T18:39:00.000-08:00

WOW! There is just not much going on around here but SNOW…………. So I thought I would share something that is keeping me warm this winter. About 2 years ago my wonderful sister in law Cherish helped me make this beautiful quilt top and I was going to hand quilt it...... ya riiiiight…….lol Jim gave me one of them new quilting stands that roll and I still don’t know how to use it! I feel so bad. So this last fall I asked Cherish how much she would charge me to finish my quilt. She offered to do it for free, but of course I didn't let that happen! It would have cost me a fortune if I were to get it done professionally! She has a friend that has a quilting sewing machine and quilted it the whole thing together. It turned out so wonderful. So I just wanted to say I love you Cherish!! Thank you so much!!! I love it!

Fun Weekend with Nichoas & Delaney

2009-02-03T16:46:00.000-08:00

This last weekend I had Nicholas and Delaney come up and stay with me. It all started on Friday. Jessica and Travis dropped them off at my mom’s at noon because they were leaving to spend the weekend with Katie & Shane. So Grandma Winnie said they could come entertain her. When they found out they were going to Grandma Winnie’s for an hour they were very excited to get to see and talk to her.
When we got back into Heber I took them to the little King’s store so they could pick out something to play with while they were up at the house. Nicholas picked a toy gun and Laney picked a Brat doll. We then went home and just hung out for the rest of the night we had pizza and popcorn (it had to be Grandma Nettie’s popcorn with lots of real better and no salt)
The next day we had a nice big breakfast and got ready for the day, Grandpa and Nicholas
went to the PD to work out while me and Laney stayed home and found some really cool things like a Gum Drop Doll that has a porcelain head and hands. She was in heaven she would not put it down. She also found all the hats she could find in the house and tried them all on. It was pretty funny. We also made some Valentines to give to their mom we all had a great time. Jim and I love having them come up and spend time with us.

My Grandma Cherrington's Bell Collection

2009-01-22T13:38:00.000-08:00

My Grandma Cherrington's Bell Collection......

When my grandma Cherrington passed away each of us grandkids got to have something that was hers. I got her bell collection I was so excited to have such a treasure that she loved. Whenever Jim and I would go visit her we would always talk to her about it and and ask her where each one came from it was so fun to listen to her talk about them. When she died she maybe had 20 to 30 bells. She’s been gone now for 16 years and I have added some to the collection it has been so fun getting new ones.

When my dad was alive he would ask anyone that was going on a trip to get me a bell so I have some from England, Holland, France, Israel, Jerusalem, Mexico and from all over the US. My mom and kids and some of my friends have given me some really cool ones whenever they have traveled. This last weekend I took them all down and cleaned them and put them all back which is not an easy thing!! As you can see, I have a lot more than grandma had. I didn’t count them but I know I have just over a 100 because I think it was like 3 years ago Lindsey counted them and at the time I had 99 so for Christmas she got me # 100 and I’ve since added to it. I have a lot of favorites, but one of my most favorite is my Lady Dianna and Prince Charles Wedding bell. My mom and dad’s neighbor is from England she had gone home to visit and dad had asked her to get me a bell and we would pay her for it. When she came home she had this really beautiful bell. When we asked her where she got it she had said from an antique store and she would not let us pay her. I would love to have it appraised just for fun, but I would never sale it.

Each of my girls have told me that they want the collection when I’m ready to give it away but I just laugh and say not yet…….lol

Happy Birthday!

2009-01-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jessie……..

It was Jessie’s birthday on January 3 she is my second daughter out of 4 and our first birthday of the year. So yes, 26 years ago I had a beautiful baby girl. Jessie has always been a joy to our family she is always so much fun to be with, when she was little she was her daddy’s little shadow she loved doing things with him; be it cleaning a car and trying to get gum off a seat or roofing our first home. I remember when she was little she had cut her own bangs and brought them into me to let me know that they had fallen off. I think she was thinking she wouldn’t get in to much trouble if they fell off……..lol.

Out of all my kids she was the one, that started talking at a very young age. It surprised us all when she could say whole sentences when she was no more than one. She loved playing with all her cousins and her friends. She has always been the one to have a great time when family got together. I love taken picture of her she always seem to be having a great time. She also loves to hang out with her sisters.

She has grown to be a great wife to Travis and a fantastic mom to her two kids Nichoalas and Delaney.

I just wanted to let everyone know what a really great daughter I have and I also wanted to let you know Jessie how amazing you are. We are so proud of everything you have done with your life. We love you Jess

Mom & Dad

Las Vegas Winter

2009-01-03T16:10:00.000-08:00

I just have to say I could so move to Vegas and never miss the snow or cold. Emily and I went to Katie's the weekend after Christmas and we loved it. Lindsey and Brandon also went down for the week we had a really good time, laying around, shopping, and game playing. We did talk Emily into watching Hannah & Braydon one night after they went to sleep so we could go to a casino so the boys could play Texas hold em and Katie, Lindsey & I could play a little Bingo we had a really good time it was the first time Lindsey got to go with us and yes she got ID every where she went.......LOL (I wish I had that problem) We played two rounds Katie did win $25.00.

We found that I'm no good at playing guitar hero but I had fun playing Legos batman with Braydon I think he liked playing with me because he was better than me. I found out that i don't like the Wii fit. They had me get on that thing and we all found that I'm a lot older then I want to be........lol.
Let’s just say NO I will not be getting a wii (Lindsey & Katie).

I got back home to the snow and putting Christmas away so now it's back to work and getting back to regular life. Here is some pic's from Vegas

I hope everyone had a great Christmas & let’s hope for a great New Year.........;o)

Christmas 2008

2008-12-29T12:04:00.000-08:00

December WOW what a month!!

It’s been a very busy and long month but very fun. First off, Katie and Braydon stayed for two weeks after Thanksgiving and we did a lot of stuff to get ready for Christmas. Lindsey came up and we all stayed up all night dipping chocolate and had a lot of fun. I worked the next morning and got off early than the girls and I went and did some shopping for the day. That night we met up with Katie’s mother & sister in-law and we went to see “Twilight” and had great dinner it was a really fun week end. We missed having Jessie with us that weekend, but she was painting her new house and getting it ready to move in.

On the 10th Katie and Braydon helped me take my Mom Christmas shopping and to lunch it was a wonderful. We went to like 4 stores I know it really wore her out but she had great time. We went to Cracker Barrel it had been a long time since she had been there, she loved it.

On the 12th I helped Katie drive back to Vegas and I stayed for the weekend and flew back on the 15th I love to fly……;o) This only gave me a week or so to get all my Christmas shopping done and help mom get all her things ready for Christmas it was crazy and then in the middle of it all I got a really bad cold and along with that the cough I ended up taken work off and not sleeping for days (have I mentioned I HATE WINTER AND SNOW).

This year’s Christmas was a little weird for us. Katie in Vegas and Jessie getting her new house and with the really bad weather it was hard for the kids to make it to Heber so on Christmas eve we went down to visit Grandma & pa Moore and Richard was in from California it was great to see him.

Christmas day Jim woke me and Em up at 6am he had to work at 8 so we got up and opened our gifts Emily got lots of clothes and an IPod touch can I just say she is spoiled …..lol Jim got clothes an electric shaver, shop vac, and watch I got clothes, meat slicer, watch and Jim and I got a GPS it is so cool I love it. OH ya and we got like 10 or more movies……lol. We had a good breakfast and then went to Lindsey’s to give them their gifts it was fun seeing Hannah open things. Then we went to mom’s when we got there Sue and all her family was there it was nice to see everyone it’s been a while since we have seen them. We all opened all of Grandma’s gifts she was very good to us all. She worked very hard to get cards made for all of girls and they were very nice. So we left and went to Jessie’s so they could open gifts Delaney and Nichols loved their stuff. It was a long day but very fun we headed back home and that’s when the big snow storm hit the canyon was really bad but we made it. We had a good dinner and watched one of our movies.

I know this was a long and boring posted ….lol but it’s over now and we are in Vegas with Katie and Shane so I’ll try and give you an update later on the New Year.

Thanksgiving Dinner with the Family 2008

2008-12-01T14:02:00.000-08:00

This year for Thanksgiving the girls went to all of there in-laws. So Jim, Em, and I went to Aunt Jenines for are Turkey Dinner. We had a great time it was fun to see everyone.

So since we all went to our in-laws for the Holiday we decided to have our family Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. This year was really great, I had my mom come up to enjoy the day with us. We enjoyed the Turkey and all the trimmings and ate till we couldn't eat anymore. There's nothing like a home cooked Thanksgiving meal. I am so Thankful that my mom and dad taught me how to make the traditional Thanksgiving dinner; and that she was able to come and joy it with us this year. We all had a great time chatting, and eating, and watching the kids have fun. I love this time of year with family it reminds me of all the great past times I had when I was growing up and when I first started my family. I feel very blessed that my girls want to have the same family values and family traditions.

It's funny how Christmas tree's change

2008-11-25T20:20:00.000-08:00

This is the first tree Jim and I had when we got married and it was pretty normal for that time. There was really no theme I made everything that was on it.

Okay this is the tree we all say: WHAT WAS I THINKING??? .......LOL This was a real tree that we all went and picked out and Jim chopped it down. The kids call this our bloody tree with all the red. I think we only had this for one Christmas.

This is the new tree we had for our new house, it was a little bare but it was nice. We had it for about 8 years and we would add to it each year. It wasn't too bad! :)

And last but not least, this tree is the one we've had since we've been living here in Heber and I have to say this is the one I love the most it's about 11 feet tall and everything matches. The theme is country and snowmen. I would like to add some new things to it so Ive been keeping an eye out for some cute things that are inexpensive. Last weekend Lindsey & Brandon and some of thier friends got together to watch the BYU game, the girls weren't into the game so the ladies went to check out Tai Pan Trading in Salt Lake and can I just say oh my gosh I LOVE this place they had the cutest things ( a ton of Christmas stuff) and it was really inespensive.

Anyways, back to the tree thing I think it's funny how trees change. It's fun to see the pictures of past Chritsmas' and the way the styles and times have changed. I will always wonder what I was thinking when I look at the "bloody Christmas tree!"

I have a new toy......

2008-11-13T19:27:00.000-08:00

I've been trying to go through all my pictures and get them organized and then I want to put them all on a CD. In order to do this I would need a scanner so I've been begging Jim for one and he's so good to me he went and got me one and set it all up and ready to go. ( but if you know Jim then you would know this was not done without a few not so good words.....lol) So yes I have been having so much fun with it and looking at all the old pictures of the girls and of all the Holiday fun we had with my mom & dad.

So with Thanksgiving just around the corner I thought it would been fun to share some pictures i found of my Dad and my grandma, Dad has been gone for awhile and grandma before him. My kids and I talk all the time about the fun we had when we would all get to gather to make great memories and I think it helped my girls want to make great traditions for our family now that they have their little families.

This was Thanksgiving 1991

Little Miss Izzy......

2008-11-11T19:04:00.000-08:00

This is Izzy's new favorite place right in front of the fire every night...........

I'm just not sure I'm ready for this......;o(

2008-11-05T14:29:00.000-08:00

OK, this is what we woke up to this morning....you know as long as I can remember I have really never been one that likes being cold or playing out in the cold. Even when I was a kid my mom and dad would bundle us kids all up and take us up in the mountains to sleigh ride or tubing I think most the time I would only go one time down the hill and then I would sit in the car trying to stay warm. I always seemed to have enjoyed the hot chocolate and the donuts though.......;o)

I think if you were to ask my girls they would say yep it was our dad that would take us all tubing and to play in the snow and mom was always there with the hot chocolate and the hot bread to warm us up after. Don't get me wrong, I love the snow for Christmas and I love sitting in the hot tub when its just coming down like last night. I think winter should be over on December 31 but I know that's just a dream one of many I have......lol

So on another note, Katie and her family are going to be coming to Utah for Thanksgiving this year. All the kids are actually going to their in-laws for Thanksgiving, so Jim and I are going to the Moore's. So we are having another Thanksgiving the following Sunday with all the kids and Brandon and Lindsey are driving up Mom so she can see everyone. So yes that means I will be cleaning yippy....lol

Katie & Braydon will be staying for like 2 weeks but Shane will be flying back home to work, so Katie and I have planed to do lots of fun things to do with her sisters and my mom it's going to be a crazy busy time but I think I'm up for it.......I'll take lots of pictures so I can share.

Until next time you all try and stay dry and warm.......;o)

Halloween at the Moore's

2008-11-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

We had a really great time last night at the Moore's. Grandma Moore made some great chili and bread sticks and it was fun seeing everyone dressed up. It's always fun to see and get to hang out and chat with all of Jeanine & Brock's family they are just so fun. They always love it when Jim tells his stories about his fun times at the PD.

This weekend we are not doing much, Jim working and I get to sit around waiting for our winter coal to be delivered. I don't know about you, but I hate waiting for things to be delivered. They never tell you a time so you pretty much sit and waste the day away waiting. We got coal last year to help keep us nice and warm for the winter it was great and it helps with the heat bill too. ( just a reminder I HATE WINTER ) I ask Jim almost every week or so if we can move south and he just keeps saying no, but maybe one day he'll buy me a place to visit in the winter when he makes his millions ...hehehe! I'll be holding him to it.......;o) There are some good things about winter, like the holidays and doing lots of fun things with the kids. I really enjoy that part of winter. (but that's about it! lol)

Delaney & her new glasses

2008-10-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

Our cute little Delaney found out like a week ago that she needs help seeing. Jessica said the school sent her home saying that she didn’t pass the eye test we was all very suspired because she never has said she can’t see. I guess it goes to show you, you really need to have your kids eyes checked yearly. I think the glasses make her look so smart……..;o) I asked Jess if they have talked to her about when she’s at school that she can’t let anyone try them and she said oh yes, we have a new saying in our home . (If they're not on your face then they're in the case) …LOL I told Jess only she could come up with something like that.

One more thing……..Our really good friends here in Heber moved to Corpus Christi Texas this summer. Michelle sent me this picture of the gas price there can I just say we are getting RIPED OFF we are $3.05 up here.

I just have one quetion......

2008-10-23T20:40:00.000-07:00

WHY IS ALL THE GOOD FOOD BAD FOR YOU........;o(

All my life my weight has been a struggle for as long as I can remember. I think I have tried every diet out there and more and it seems that once I do one and do good I think I can just go back to eating what ever I like. NOT!!!!!!

I can only be good so long and then I brake on Thursday night. It was the first time in a week Jim and I had really seen each other so he asked if I would like to go to Macaroni Grill for dinner and of course I could not say No....... I think that has to be our most favorite place. The bread and the shrimp pasta is to die for. So yes I'm going to feel guilty all weekend. oh but it was so good......;o)

Grandkids Are Great........

2008-10-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

Jim And I went down to Payson on Thursday night to watch Nicholas play flag football it was great. He's a go getter and did really well. His team won the game. It was nice to see the kids it had been awhile with work and school, Jessie's little family stays really busy. It's hard to believe that Nicholas is going to be 9 in November....time flies.

We also wanted to see our little Miss Delaney. It was her 6th Birthday on the 11th and we weren't able to see her because they were down at Katie's that weekend. So we needed to get down there with the goods (presents) .......lol. She's loving school, she's in kindergarten and doing great. Delaney got an electric toy guitar from her parents and was rocking out with grandpa! She is a hoot!

Grandpa also got a new toy a couple of weeks ago and the grandkids got to ride in it!

Empty Nest ????

2008-10-14T19:28:00.000-07:00

Boy if this is what it's like to have an empty nest, then I dont know if I like it. I still have Emily at home but she's not home much, she has school and then works at night and if she's not doing that then she's with her friends. Don't get me wrong I love that she's doing really great in school and work and she's having a really great time with her friends it' just really quiet around here.

It's really bad when Jim goes to work at 4 and I'm just here by myself all night so Ive been going down to my mom's about one to two times a week, helping her with things and just hanging out. It has been nice to hang out with her and chat. Today I went down and gave her a manicure it was nice to do something that made her feel good. I really dont know how she spends so much time by herself and not be able to get out of the house when she wants to. I know she talks about how much she misses having everyone come by to visit. She just loves to look at everyone's blogs and likes seeing how all the grand kids and great grand kids are doing, but I know she would just love to see everyone in person.

I've also been hanging out with Lindsey and doing little crafty things. We seem to always start projects this time of year. It's always fun to come up with new projects, especially since Christmas is just around the corner!

Well this should be very interesting.......;o)

2008-10-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

So I guess I'm going to try this blogging thing. So here it goes.

Just an update on all the goings on around here. I'm working at the local grocery store-- Days Market. I do the receiving and the pricing of all the direct deliveries. So yes, I'm sorry I'm the one that is raising the prices. I really like my job and the people I work with. Jim is still working for Heber City and he also has a security company that is doing really well. I don't see him much but we hope it will pay off down the road. It gets a little lonely at night but I have my Izzy to keep me company. Yes I didnt think I would be one of those people that has a pet that becomes the queen or king of the house.... well we have a queen. I dont know what I would do without her at night even though she just lays around and sleeps most of the time.

This weekend Jim & I both had the weekend off and had been planning to meet up with Lindsey & Brandon to paint my mothers (Grandma Winnie) shed but as you can all guess we didn't get it done--thanks to the weather. I just have to say I really HATE winter and you will be hearing me say that for the next 5 to 7 months. Since, we were unable to paint we did things around grandma's house that needed to be done for the winter. It was great! Grandma really enjoyed having us there and getting to see baby Hannah. Lindsey also brought lunch--- Mexican Chicken Chili it was really good. It was fun sitting around the table and visting and chatting with Mom.

Even thought I hate winter I do love the hoildays I love spending time with my family and getting together and having a good time.

Well I don't wont to get to long winded in the first post, so stay tuned, I'm sure there will be more later.