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Mmm, Communications I always hated talking on the phone while because of my hearing disability. And never thought I would work telecommunications, but after my mission I got a job doing telecommunications and have done that almost ever since. I also like talking on the cell phone better then the land line as for some reason I can hear better on it.
Tonight I realized that the cell phone was missing. We only have one cell phone and it is our only phone for our home at this time. We looked all over and went out to the car looking for it. Dan had put the phone on vibrate as he walked into church today, so after looking all over we thought maybe it fell off at church. about 9:30 pm tonight the door bell all of a sudden rang which surprised me as we had no trick or treaters tonight, I opened the door, as I was the only one up (since the kids and Dan are all in bed asleep) and there was a guy that I had never meet but knew that he was in the Bishopric for the Singles Ward and he handed me the cell phone. He said that it was on the pulpit in the chapel. Since we both spoke in church today, it could have fallen off his belt while he was sitting down behind the pulpit, or when he picked up the girls after we spoke in church maybe it fell off, we don't know, but I am so glad we got the phone back!
Thanks stranger for putting my mind at ease!
Until next week!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Halloween 2010
We went trick or treating with my sisters Jaclyn, Wendy and Alysha and their kids (well most of them). Jennilyn was a fairy, but most people thought she was little red ridding hood becuase of her red coat. Dillon was Musue from Mulain and the twins were faires. Our trick or Treating got cut short because of the down pour of rain we got, and I mean down pour. My shirt and pants were soaked through! But we had fun and we look forward to it again next year!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Slice of Life #23 ~ Costumes
This weeks Slice of Life is Costumes. I remember dressing up a lot as a princess for Halloween while growing up. Wearing some of my mom's old dresses from different times in her life and her tiara that she wore with her veil at her wedding, and that each of my sisters and I but one have worn as well. I have been giving that tiara so I can pass it on to my daughters.
In 2008 Dillon was a Pirate with his aunt Stephanie and Jennilyn was a bumble bee. Dan was just a dad, and I was a very pregnant mother of twins. The twins were born almost 3 months later. I am sitting in the picture with my daughter on my lap so you can't tell that I was 6 months pregnant.
The other pictures are from our night last night at the dinosaur museum Halloween party. My husband had the camera and didn't take very many pictures. I will take more on Halloween.
This year to save on money, I had bought some fairy wings at the dollar store and Irene has a dress with an easter theme, so she is going to be the Easter Fairy. Ruth has one with a Halloween theme so she is the Halloween fairy. Jennilyn will be wearing her Rosetta Fairy costume that she got for her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Burke. And Dillon is Captain Hook. I think we will have fun this year.
I hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween this year!
Slice of LIfe # 22 ~ Treats
I am behind on my Slice of Life entries as I have gone more then a week without access to the internet. But we finally got it hooked up last night.
This weeks Slice of life is Treats. There are a lot of times in my life were I got special treats. In 9th grade for my birthday, my group of friends had a surprise for me in each of my 7 classes. It was so neat that they remembered me like that. Finding treats from my Mom and Dad on Valentines Day. Walking out on Valentin's Day when I lived in Arizona, just before I moved home to go on my mission and having my front door and sidewalk heart-attacked by our hometeachers. Having my room decorated with cards in the picture by the other sister's that we shared our apartment with on my mission, or not telling anyone in my mission it was my birthday and being surprised with a birthday cake also in the picture.
Everyday seems like a treat with my wonderful husband and kids!
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Thanksgiving Point ~ Farm Country
Thanksgiving Point ~ Dinosaur Museum
Until next time!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Slice of Life # 21~ Trick
This weeks Slice of Life entry is on Tricks.
Of course I do have some pictures but they are on the other computer that I don't have access to this week.
I think the funnest trick I have ever helped with would be on Sept 14, 2002. My sister Emily was married on the 13th in Logan and did her reception on the 14th in Pleasant Grove. Our good family friend Trevor and I went to the hotel that my sister and her new husband was staying at, we had gone to the store and bought banana's, root beer, and Oreo cookies. We then went to Midvale to their hotel and we had brought with us professional Saran wrap like what you buy at the moving stores to wrap your big items up with. We wrote just married on the windows and started to wrap the car, then we put in the package of cookies and two cans of root beer. Then every so often we put in a banana and a can of root beer and then at the end finished off with more root beer and banana's. We put the bananas and root beer so they could enjoy eating and drinking something while they undid the car and the cookies at the end to eat as a treat.
The next morning they came out and had to unwrap their car. My brother in law wasn't very happy with us! And then to find out he doesn't like root beer, we should have gotten sprite or coke!
But that was so fun! Of course I didn't think to take a camera with me, it was the first time I had ever done anything like that! And I haven't done anything quite like that since. Thanks Trevor for taking me!
Of course I do have some pictures but they are on the other computer that I don't have access to this week.
I think the funnest trick I have ever helped with would be on Sept 14, 2002. My sister Emily was married on the 13th in Logan and did her reception on the 14th in Pleasant Grove. Our good family friend Trevor and I went to the hotel that my sister and her new husband was staying at, we had gone to the store and bought banana's, root beer, and Oreo cookies. We then went to Midvale to their hotel and we had brought with us professional Saran wrap like what you buy at the moving stores to wrap your big items up with. We wrote just married on the windows and started to wrap the car, then we put in the package of cookies and two cans of root beer. Then every so often we put in a banana and a can of root beer and then at the end finished off with more root beer and banana's. We put the bananas and root beer so they could enjoy eating and drinking something while they undid the car and the cookies at the end to eat as a treat.
The next morning they came out and had to unwrap their car. My brother in law wasn't very happy with us! And then to find out he doesn't like root beer, we should have gotten sprite or coke!
But that was so fun! Of course I didn't think to take a camera with me, it was the first time I had ever done anything like that! And I haven't done anything quite like that since. Thanks Trevor for taking me!
Monday, October 04, 2010
Slice of Life # 20~ The Harvest
The Harvest time always seems to be a bitter sweet time for me. I grew up watching my parents and grandparents doing it, and have canned and made fruit leather myself before I was married. I even made some Jam a few years ago, and more recently when I went to visit my grandmother last year she helped me use all my dry beans and can them so that they were ready to use. And I am proud to say that I have used all the bottles of beans that we canned last year. I have found that I like to have the beans canned as it saves a step later when I want to use them. I love getting fresh fruits and vegetables.
One of the reasons I don't can much right now is I live in a small apartment with 4 little kids ranging from almost age 5 down to twins that are 20 months old. And I don't own my own equipment to do it. Last year when I did some with grandma, she had all the stuff and there was plenty of people around to watch my kids while I was working on it ( a year ago the twins were only 9 months old).
The other reason that I don't do it right now with the ages of my kids and small space is because of a fear that happened with a canning accident when I was in the 3rd grade, now this is from my memory, and even though I was at school when it happened, it did effect me and my family. I guess right now I just want to record this so that I don't ever forget it.
It was the day after labor day and I had gone to school like any other day. My lunch recess usually allowed me to see my little sister Emily as she came for afternoon kindergarten. This day I had saved my cucumbers from my school lunch to give to her since she loved cucumbers, but she didn't show up. When I got home from school, Sister Dunn (a neighbor) was there doing laundry and told me that my sister had an accident and was at the hospital. I was to later learn, that she had gotten up on to the table and asked to help my mom with canning. Mom told her no and to go back outside and play in the back yard with the other kids. She had gotten up to the table right by were my Mom had a electric crock pot keeping her lids hot for canning. So Emily got down but got down on the other side of the chair then where she had gotten up. She tripped over the cord and it brought the crock pot down on top of her. The scolding hot water missed her head and her hands. She had 2nd to 3rd degree burns all over her body. She spent 3 weeks in the burn unit at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. They shaved off her hair to take skin from her scalp for skin graft. I seem to remember her hair grew back a lot prettier then it was before. She had a lot of treatments for a couple of years, but has grown up and has a family of her own now. I am grateful for the quick thinking of my mother and her friend who was their helping her that day. Mom hasn't let this stop her from canning and teaching us to can.
So as you can see from that story, I have a fear of canning with little kids around. But I am sure as I move into a home and can plant a garden of my own, that I will over come that fear.
Until next week.
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One of the reasons I don't can much right now is I live in a small apartment with 4 little kids ranging from almost age 5 down to twins that are 20 months old. And I don't own my own equipment to do it. Last year when I did some with grandma, she had all the stuff and there was plenty of people around to watch my kids while I was working on it ( a year ago the twins were only 9 months old).
The other reason that I don't do it right now with the ages of my kids and small space is because of a fear that happened with a canning accident when I was in the 3rd grade, now this is from my memory, and even though I was at school when it happened, it did effect me and my family. I guess right now I just want to record this so that I don't ever forget it.
It was the day after labor day and I had gone to school like any other day. My lunch recess usually allowed me to see my little sister Emily as she came for afternoon kindergarten. This day I had saved my cucumbers from my school lunch to give to her since she loved cucumbers, but she didn't show up. When I got home from school, Sister Dunn (a neighbor) was there doing laundry and told me that my sister had an accident and was at the hospital. I was to later learn, that she had gotten up on to the table and asked to help my mom with canning. Mom told her no and to go back outside and play in the back yard with the other kids. She had gotten up to the table right by were my Mom had a electric crock pot keeping her lids hot for canning. So Emily got down but got down on the other side of the chair then where she had gotten up. She tripped over the cord and it brought the crock pot down on top of her. The scolding hot water missed her head and her hands. She had 2nd to 3rd degree burns all over her body. She spent 3 weeks in the burn unit at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. They shaved off her hair to take skin from her scalp for skin graft. I seem to remember her hair grew back a lot prettier then it was before. She had a lot of treatments for a couple of years, but has grown up and has a family of her own now. I am grateful for the quick thinking of my mother and her friend who was their helping her that day. Mom hasn't let this stop her from canning and teaching us to can.
So as you can see from that story, I have a fear of canning with little kids around. But I am sure as I move into a home and can plant a garden of my own, that I will over come that fear.
Until next week.
This was written for Slice of Life, please feel free to join us!
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