We all HAVE TO WORK!! I am not quite sure of my new job. Other than not getting any orientation yet after almost a month, and never having done this paperwork job. I just don't know if it is for me. When you have the ABSOLUTELY PERFECT JOB, and then get the boot from that I guess it makes any job not so good. I have frequently wondered the last 2 weeks why I am the first one there in the morning and the last one to leave. I guess I am trying to get everything done i need to. I am not so sure about the job, and less sure of the commute. This place is in Lacey, and the traffic is the worst! I do not like going 0 miles and hour, or even 5 10 or 20 for an extended period of time. I really don't know what posessed me to consider this job, except the lack of cash comming in was beginning to bother me. There will be plenty of expenses this summer, and I need to be more helpful than just draining the bank. I hope you all's commute is not too bad. Think of me when you are about to chew nails when going slower than you want to. Until you are traveling 0 miles an hour for 45 minutes it is NOT SO BAD!!!

WATCHING MY CHILDREN

After spending a week in Hawaii with my best friend Marie, I began to reflect on the trip. I smile a lot thinking of just observing how good Marie and Kasala are doing. It is fun and sometimes comical to watch your children interact with their children. Do they really have it together? Yes for the most part they really do! I was very impressed with how this family operates! Terina IS NOT THE BOSS! Marie is such a good wife and mother. Kasala is a wonderful daddy. I was impressed! Hawaii was hot. Marie got the air conditioner up and running by telling Kasala I really wanted it up. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do I guess. I'm sure he would have put it up sooner or later though. I was glad it was sooner. Marie does not let Terina get away with much of anything these days. She is on her all the time telling her what she needs to be doing or telling her what a good girl she is. I was impressed.Terina has grown up a lot also. She still has her moments though. I don't know how anyone can expect a 3 year old to go out the front door and go straight to the car when the playground is 30 feet away without taking a detour. She is obedient, and just a sweet little girl. I love her so much. It was fun spending time with her while Marie was at school. We were able to reconnect once again. Sometimes I wanted to snicker at Marie and Kasala, neither one of them totally lost it with Terina or each other. No yelling, lots of movies, especially Alvin and the Chipmunks. lots of fun, and many trips to town. I just love hanging out with my kids. I think I need to see the rest of them before I go to work on Monday! I love you all so very much!

A LONG TIME AGO

I just have to keep ahead of someone with this blogging business. I'll try to keep ahead of Bree! A goal has been set. I can't believe that moving Mike was the last time I made an entry. We are both still alive and well. Dad just did another all nighter with his Halo friends, and now is playing packable. I just don't get it, and sadly probably never will. I am excited today to leave home on another adventure to see my favorite girls and Kasala in Hawaii. I don't know what we will do besides have a darn good time. I have thought about playing nanny 911, or home makeover. Marie suggested the later would be good anyway it will be such a good time! This past month I have been busy. I made a weekend trip to California to see Jake and meet Kim's family and Kelli
the woman that Jake lives with. I had an excellent time with Jake. I just wanted to sit with him or be right by him the whole time. I didn't realize how much I missed him. I felt like Emma Tabitha and Terina when Grandma and Grandpa are around and they are trying to see who can sit closer to us. The San Diego temple is just outstandingly beautiful. Jake and I did an early morning road trip on Sunday and spent a little time on the temple grounds. Church was at 1:00 so we did not need to be a big hurry. I enjoyed that time a lot. Kim's family were great. Glenda her mom and I compared everything from wedding rings, which were surprisingly a lot alike to what we liked to cook. She is such a gourmet, and I am such a put it in the oven and pull it out and eat it. Gourmet meals cooked from scratch! I came home with my head down on that one! Kelli the woman that Jake lives with is one of the most wonderful woman that I have ever met. She loves Jake so much. She spoils him so rotten. What i asked are you doing going through his closet takiing shirts out to iron for him. You what apologized for putting the flower sheets on his bed instead of the plaid ones? He has her wrapped around his finger tight. There is a special love between them. I know he does for her as much as she does for him. I just told her he knows how to do laundry, make his bed and all that. I kind of felt like smacking him one but didn't. Kelli said she never cooks, she doesn't work, and she wanted to take care of Jake for me. She is Just an ANGEL! I decided to make dresses for the girls for Jake's open house here. I found some beautiful fabric and got to work. First I had to find a pattern that would fit Emma and Sydney also. Project Runway was the key. I have finished Terina's, and it is just perfect! I actually prayed as I sewed as this pattern has a lot of little places that needed to match. I haven't sewed anything for years, let alone put in a zipper, and wanted this to turn out perfect all at the same time! Yes, I am very pleased with the results. ! down, 3 to go! Grandma can do anything and have it turn out perfect when she is praying all the way! Now what will Grandma have to wear? I don't know. Can I make it? Probably not! BUT my girls will look like LITTLE PRINCESSES!!!!!!

Well here it is, Mikes new apartment. I was a womanwith a mission, and Grandpa was a man with a mission. Too bad we had two different missions last weekend. I was all about Mike and moving him in and getting him every little thing he needed. Dad was all about playing with the girls. I think we did a pretty good job of both. Phebe and I went to Walmart and got the last of the stuff I needed to put the apartment together. it was a late night run as usual. Saturday bright and early we set out for mikes new home. He had a table that someone had given him that wqas home made. It would have done fine, but Dad thought it was awful. I could have fixed it easy with a black tablecloth and white placemats. The table got broke between Anthonys and mikes. OOPS then it was time for Dad, Mike and his "friend" Misty to go table shopping. Bu the time they got back, I had 2 loads of dishes done, one load of laundry, and the furnature was delivered, aet up and the bed made. We exchanged the comforter set I got him, and got a different one. The first one did not fit very well. He is all fixed up now. Dad and I made a trip to Costco, and Mike and I made a trip to Winco. He should have enough to eat for a while, but he will have to do some cooking. OH MAN, he does not have anyone to boss around! I hope he can cook for himself. I accompluished my goal. Grandpa didn't do too bad either. We stayed at Jeff and Brees Sunday night and had a wonderful time with Bree and Sydney. Jeff was on the night shift, so he slept Monday when he got home. I went to Winco with Mike and Dad stayed with Sydney while Bree got her nails done. Sydney is a crybaby when Grandpa wants to play with her. Bree left, Grandma was gone, Jeff was in bed, soooSydney got to think grandpa wasn't too bad. She quit crying when she figured it was just tthe two of them and actually played. That made Grandpa very happy! For the other girls, Tabitha played in my purse during sacrament meeting and had a ball. She found camndy, and lipstick! The lipstick was clear so she couldn't really make too big of a mess with it. There was even a small mirror so she could see how beautiful she is. Grandpa just wanted to be the tooth fairy so bad, but it backfired so bad. He went to the bathroom, and put $40.00 under Emmas pillow. She found it when he went to bed and knew exactually where it came from. She said she did not deserve that much, and then had serious doubts about the reality of the tooth fairy. Phebe a very smart mom, and a very good one at that, told her the tooth fairy would be there. In the morning Emma had a gold coin and there was a handful of silver star confetti under her pillow. Saved once again by the wisdom of a wise mother! We both had a wonderful time with our dear children once again!

Mike's new apartment

Here's a few pictures of Mike's new apartment that we took when we went to help him move in last weekend.

A DAY OFF!

A day in the life.....I'm back, trying to stay awake on my first day off again. I am excited for next week to come around so we can go to Tri Cities and visit Anthony and girls and Jeff, Bree, and Sydney, and of course help Mike move into his first real apartment by himself. I have gathered up most of the things for his kitchen, and have shopped for bedding. I actually think he is excited too! I have a small shopping list for Friday afternoon so I can take Emma and Tabitha to help me pick out the finishing touches for Mike. I want them to feel a part of helping uncle Mike too. I am such a good designer now his apartment will be gorgeous when we are done. I hope I can make it masculine enough for him. No flowers, maybe candles, some accent pillows for the couch, some ideas for pictures for the walls. Does anyone have any ideas? I might need some ideas! I will get a picture of the "new guest bedroom" and see if I can figure out how to put it on my blog, that is, if I can get the bed made again, and get Dad out! King size beds are hard to make Phebe. Dad has taken over that room like I made it just for him! Little does he know that whenever anyone comes to visit he will be evicted like a squatter! Oh, I got a lamp for the night stand too. I am looking for one of those water pitchers with the glass that goes on top so you don't have to get up for a drink during the night if you wake up thirsty. Dad says the bed is better because it is so soft. He just moved the alarm clock and his machine right in, and has a pile of dirty clothes in the corner! All I say is OH Man! I still like our bed better. It's juist that I can't turn off the alarm and sleep for 15 minutes longer in peace. I am getting some pictures up in the middle bedroom of the girls that are oh so cute! It is the grandma room now and will just be full of pictures of all of you guys, and of course my sweet little girls. I love it when I can spend time with my girls. Dad is boring, he just plays thise games all the time! Guess I'll go try to make the bed!

I 'm up in the middle of the afternoon and don't want to do anything! I haven't written anything lately. Yes me and dad are still alive and well. We both are still working hard at our jobs. Last week was so fun to have Jeff, Bree, and sweet Sydney visiting. I so enjoyed myself. Dad did not want them upstairs where it would have been easy to have them stay in my newly made over nice and cozy room. I needed to fix the downstairs room for them. He just said to put the beds together and make a king sized bed for them. That was more than he thought. I don't know why he thinks everythhing is so easy. Most likely because he isn't doing the work! After fiinding the little piece that goes in the middle so you don't get caught in the space between the mattresses I came to the conclusion that I had no bedding to fit the darn bed! Oh well, off to Burlington I went to find a comforter set that hopefully wouild not break the bank! I found 2 that were nice looking 49 or 79 for a price. Of course the $79,00 won. Then there was the sheets pillowcases, and matress pad. It turned out a beautiful bed! Dad thinks we should move it into our room now. I am thinking that will not happen. So all of you who visit our house on occassion will have a wonderful room to stay in. PS the bed is reakky comfortable!

Well, here it goes. I guess no one is too old for this. I don't really know where to begin, so it will be at the beginning of 2009. I am , or did hang out with Marie and Terina giving them every available minute that I had while they were here. I am very thankful for the time I had to spend with them. I am so glad that my "new" job gives me 4 days off, and it's the weekend even. I just love it! I did my best to treat Marie like the princess that she is while she was here. I know that it was boaring on the days that I slept all day because of work, we just made up for it on my days off. We shopped, got hair done, got pictures taken, watched movies and just had fun. I so enjoyed it! I love having my children and grand children here with me. I love them all so very much. Grandpa isn't bad either. The time passed all too fast and itt was time for Marie and Terina to get on the plane and go home. How empty our house is now. Time to clean up once again. just change the sheets and vacume. Dad kept asking if I was going to do anything Monday when we got home. I said no and you know I just sat and rested. I didn't realize how tired I was. It felt so good though. We did some post Christmas shopping, and exchanging of dresses that were too small. I do think Princess Emma made out the best on that account. Her dress closet grew a lot. I did not think that Terina was a princess girl, but she changed my mind when she went ahopping with me . She cashed in on a new Cinderella dress for herself. I do love her so. It was good to have the boys home also. Jake Anthony and Mike. They are all doing so well. It is enough to make a parent proud to see how they are comcerned about their family and how much they love eachother.

Here Come Grandma and Grandpa!!

So now mom and dad think they need a blog and here I am setting it up for them. I think that it's great that everyone has decided to create one! Now even when we can't get a hold of each other we can still know what is going on in eachothers lives. We can see how much the kids are growing and what new adventures we are all going on. I think its just great. Hopefully mom and dad will be able to keep this up. :)

Marie