“All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,”….times 2
Our two first grade grands have similar wishes for Christmas this year.Their two front teeth!Do you think they will get their wish?JoAnn
View ArticleWaiting for the dust to settle….November was busy!
November has been one crazy month. We’ve taken on a few “house projects”, along with all the other things that come with a seasonal change, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner, which means...
View ArticleLight the World, 2016
A cute, young mother named Mindi, from my church ward, gave me permission to share this photo. These hands all belong to her sweet little family, as they took to heart the council given by our church...
View ArticleA Little Beauty and a special delivery….
Sometimes in this busy life you have to stop, step back, and make a little detour in your plans.Getting ready for the holidays has been a challenge, to say the least. Shopping, wrapping gifts,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday!-Team Umizoomi style
Happy Second Birthday to this cutie, Naomi!We missed some of her milestones and big life events, since she didn’t live close by, so now we’re excited to be celebrating her birthday in person. Doesn’t...
View ArticleThe Moment That Was January
I’ve always thought that January was a fleeting month. Somehow it always passed very quickly, usually without any special fanfare or memory making activity. We welcomed the new year, 2017. We made...
View ArticleEvolution of a fireplace wall…
Over the years our house style has slowly changed. I guess considering we once wore bell bottom pants, plaid polyester leisure suits, and way too short of skirts, and we sported big hair and...
View ArticleWhy I didn’t get any Saturday cleaning done today…..
Saturdays are usually the day I do most of my cleaning, organizing, and laundry. I love working in my pajamas and deep cleaning my way through the house. I don’t seem to get much done after working...
View ArticleI looked out the window….
Spring has arrived in Utah!As I write this, I’m gearing myself up to return back to work tomorrow, after a wonderful week long Spring Break.It won’t be easy!Spring Break came just in time. (Is it...
View ArticleEnjoying Spring-at the tulip festival
If you love spring, (does anyone NOT love spring?) you might enjoy these pictures we took at the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival on Thursday afternoon.Since we bought Salt Lake Connect Passes, which...
View ArticleMother May I?
May.For a three letter word, M-A-Y carries a lot of power .Do you remember being told that you may go to the party, after eagerly asking if you “can” do something and then being questioned back with,...
View ArticleJune…who said retirement was restful?
(The 9 cutest kids on the planet!)I have officially been a retired senior citizen for two weeks now.Life hasn’t slowed down a bit!We had some good family time on Memorial Day weekend, with some of our...
View ArticleKilling time…..
I’m sitting here waiting for a call from our mechanic as he finishes servicing my car.Killing time is not one of my virtues.My sisters Julie and Linda are going to the Utah Valley Parade of Homes and...
View ArticleSummertime…
Bet my husband makes better frozen strawberry jam than yours does!Ha!Thanks to my husband, Ken, for becoming the family jam maker. It started one year when I was really busy about the time...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, America!
Happy Birthday America!(photo collage by Liz-Thanks!)We are very grateful to live in this wonderful country, andwe appreciate all those who have sacrificed and given service to ensure our freedoms.What...
View ArticleI’d like to meet this woman…
Have you seen those commercials on television that show you what your DNA heritage is? It seems to be very popular now to know who we are and where we came from.Now that I am retired I am determined...
View ArticleNature’s finest and most frustrating moments…
As I am sitting here at the computer in my air-conditioned, safe little world, I wish to express my love and hate mild frustration with nature.Let’s start with the positives.I recently took a little...
View ArticleReinventing a Fisher Price Post Office
We still have a lot of the old toys that our children grew up playing with.Some of them have “aged” a bit, or lost a few parts, but they are still good play things for our grand children, and many of...
View ArticleRefreshing the playhouse
I’ve always envied people who have a home with a lot of property surrounding it, especially if it involved gently rolling green hills, a hearty supply of colorful vegetation (including plenty of...
View ArticleSummer’s end… retirement is finally becoming real
After teaching school for twenty years and having the summer months “off”, one might not notice a thing like retirement until the summers’ ending was finally in place. People often asked me how...
View ArticleA weekend at the lake
Can it already be September (well, tomorrow)? It seems that summer is almost over, although it is still pretty warm here. With school starting a week ago, and the petunia and Black-eyed Susan flowers...
View ArticleA Little Road tripping to the Pacific Northwest
We just returned from a little vacation to the beautiful Northwest.I guess it was an official road trip, since it included six days in the car (plus one day with no traveling) and 2,500 miles (and...
View ArticleI’m on the top of the world…
I don’t know if country singer Karen Carpenter every stood on the rim of the Olympic Mountains, in Washington state, but her song, “I’m on The Top of The World”, played through my head as my husband...
View ArticleTo blog or not to blog?
I was hoping that retirement might make my blogging “drought” a bit better, much like gulping a big, cool Dr. Pepper does after coming inside after a sweaty workout (I know, I should have said ice...
View ArticleSurprise!
HELLOOOO! Anyone out there remember me? I’ve been gone from the blogging world for a while (almost a year) and I almost can’t remember how to do this anymore. I’m not even sure what inspired me to...
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