Well, it snowed again! At least this time it was only a couple of inches and it wasn't as cold so it didn't really stick to the roads. I am beginning to wonder if someone up and moved us to North Dakota while I was sleeping a few weeks back.
Have a great Lord's Day!
It is only January and I am dreaming on WARM Sunny weather! I am sorry that my bloggin has come down to complaining about the weather - BUT in all fairness the desert is NOT supposed to be this cold EVER! I was watching the news last night and they are forecasting more snow for tonight through Saturday and they say this is a BIG one! yeah - well they are just trying to cover their rears because last time they said we were just going to get a quick inch and 18 inches later we were covered!
Here is my picture for the day - I did not take this - just found it will DREAMING! Speaking of pictures, I found this challenge called A Photo A Day where you take a picture a day and there is theme to follow and paste it to your blog - I have set up a new blog with my photo a day pictures. If you are interested click here!
It may look like you have seen these pictures before, BUT... you haven't! We are in the middle of yet another snow storm! This time it isn't any little measly 8 inch storm - so far we have over 15 inches and it is still snowing! I am sure these pictures speak for themselves!
SB and I went to finish up our last minute Christmas shopping yesterday. Our travels took us to the mall where we needed to go upstairs. I don't know if many of you realize that handicap accessible doesn't mean convenient! Well, it is the honest truth and yesterday proves that! We decided to go up the escalator (yes! I did mean the escalator and not the elevator!) and when we got ready to come down the escalator there was a sign - a professionally made sign, not a hand written sign - that said "Elavator in China"! I couldn't help but to laugh! It took me until we got most of the way down the escalator to realize that it meant that the elevator was to be found in the china department (fine dishes)! All that I could wrap my mind around was that someone had finally SAW THE LIGHT!! and had decided to publish what I have known for over 20 years - accessibility doesn't mean convenient!!!!
It is that time of the year when the calendar starts to run out and it is time to get a new one! I had found a wonderful calendar this last year and went to get another one just like it but . . . of course they didn't have the one I wanted - which sent me looking for a new one! I found one I think I am going to really like but the cover wasn't going to work for me. I ripped off the cover and made a new one. I put cute little ribbon tabs where the months started and joila - THE PERFECT calendar for my new year!
This weekend we drove out to the mountains and chopped down our very own Christmas Tree! It was definitely a first for all of us. We had such a great time. Our tree is very cute and has such character! The part I liked best is that we got to pick it!! Here is a tip though for those who have never done this and think they might want to - the trees look smaller in the wild! We thought ours was going to be tiny in our house, but. . . it is pretty full. Someone had told us to make sure that SB stood next to it and make sure it wasn't going to be too tall! We did manage not to get a tree that was too tall.
There was snow still in the mountains too - so the kids made snowballs! We had a great time. We celebrated C's birthday also with a trip to Frontier for breakfast. 
I am here and alive! I think this might be the longest blog lag in the history of my blog! Well here I am and here is a recap on my last month.
SB and I are going to see "The Phantom of the Opera" tonight! His parents bought us tickets as kind of a" recovering and getting back in the swing of living" treat! I have never seen this show, but it is one I have really wanted to see and just never have! We are going to get dressed up and have a great time! Great big shout out to Muggins and Gumpa for our big night!
Time for a new post! Wouldn't you agree?!!
This past weekend was marked by yet another year of my life passing away! I had decided years ago that 35 was going to be the perfect year - I have since decided that all the years are the perfect year! Each year is special and holds dear memories for different reasons. I am really enjoying being me! I love my husband, 
my awesome kids, my extended family, my friends both far and near AND I am absolutely loving my new VACUUM cleaner (thanks mom and dad for getting me an ORECK!!!!!- all in all I am really loving life. My mother and father in law bought SB and I tickets to see Phantom of the Opera this week. I have never ever seen this before in any form and am very excited to get to do something so different.
We celebrated the passing of the year with a trip to the zoo and a ride on the zoo train. It was a gorgeous day and felt great to be outside hanging out with those I love. While at the zoo, I took this picture and I think it is one of my all time favorites - Mugs, A says you should paint this one! Notice B's pants are his baseball pants and in his hip pocket is his camera! He is really getting tall!
Thanks to Laughter Thoughts for this great site and for one of the biggest laughs I have had in a long time. This is a video of SixBit's and me doing a fun dance - click here for the laugh of your life! (not sure SB has seen this video!)
Also, A and C have made a dance video. C has grown quite a bit and A is a bit pushy in this video - click here for their video.
ENJOY and better sit for these!
We curled A's hair last night with the sponge rollers. How many reading this post have used the sponge rollers in your life? How many put panties on their head while they were sleeping to keep the rollers from falling out? (well actually - how many mothers made you sleep with the panties on your head?) Here are the end results - I don't remember mine ever looking so curly and pretty!
WOW! I am on a roll today - 2 posts in less than 30 minutes!
Last week after our official Survivor night we went outside and found this written on the driveway in chalk! HHmmmmm could it be that someone was watching from the window?
I am feeling a little more like myself only way more sluggish! The pain is mostly gone and easily subsided with mere regular motrin. After a full week of not much else other than sleep - it now eludes me! I am very sad for this fact. I am so thankful for my hubby and my mommy! They have been so wonderful and helpful.
Enough of that - I am sure you all are waiting for something more - something that will make you smile. The first day of surgery I obviously felt great! Having so much of the anesthetic still working in me - I thought "Wow! This isn't going to be near as bad as I thought!" Yeah! well the second day proved another picture altogether. They had given me one of those morphine pumps that I get to manage myself - and that first night after some of the "good stuff"was wearing off I started feeling a little of the pain. So, I thought that I would purposefully stay awake for over an hour so I could push the pump! Well, little did I know that I would end up feeling way out of it and nauseous. The nurse gave me something for the nauseousness and it put me even more out of it. I noticed I would be dreaming but awake (don't they call that hallucinating?) and I would talk out loud - I could feel myself doing it and even would laugh about it right then but could do nothing to stop myself. I think it would have been great if Sixbit had have had a tape recorder. Anyway - things are looking more favorable and less bleek starting yesterday - I think I just might make it!
Edited by my very own mother who claims I am still out of it!
I was downloading some pictures from our church's kid's camp and found this picture - It reminds me of God's promises to His people - of which I am one! On the eve of my surgery, I am comforted to know that He will be with me and that so many people are praying for me and that all goes well with no complications and that this is the answer to all my problems. One of the dear ladies at church crocheted me a shawl with a note that "I am wrapped in the arms of God" - Thank you, Janet for that sweet tangible reminder.
Kelly, recognize the car in the driveway?
My little munchkins jumped off the high dive for the first time EVER this week at swim practice. All three of them - and the funniest thing was that #3 went first and 5 different times. I do have to say, that I was a little nervous knowing 
how far he would go under before popping back up! But . . . he, they all did awesome.
Unbeknownst (is that how you spell it?) to me - that the practice before, Sixbit offered B $100 (no, there are not too many zeros) to jump off! But. . . B was not ready that day. SO he waited until Sixbit was no where in site to decide to jump! At least I had my camera! I made the comment to C that she is blurry in all the pictures and her reply to me was, "Mom! I am in motion!". So, there you have it. Nothing on the photographers part - all on the subjects part!
I have been tagged (maybe a week ago!) by Laughter Thoughts - so here, finally is my three themed Meme
Three things I am doing right now: blogging, watching tv and trying to stay awake
Three nicknames: Pinky, Ediebug, and Pinkydots
Three people that make me laugh: Sixbit, Bergan Herd and Sillybug
Three things on my floor: A's shoes (well actually she put them away earlier - but they are almost undoubtly always under the kitchen table), kitty food (Jumps is a very messy eater), and the phone base - it always seems to fall on the floor and noone knows how to pick it up - not even me!
Three things I can do: make people smile, make an awesome bed, sleep all day
Three things that I love: Sixbit, all the kids, and daisies.
I guess the name of the game is "tag you're it" - SO tag Kandid Kiwi, More Water and Brandi!
So, guess what! Soccer started back up today! Whoo Hoo! At least this year there is only one playing so our Saturdays won't seem so filled! Here is our soccer princess right in the thick of it! Thanks to our friend, Susan for sending this pic to us!
