Berlynn, Adisynn and I flew to Phoenix for my birthday. We had a fabulous time. Really hated to come back to "THE REAL WORLD". For some reason I really like to be out of town for my birthday. Its been like that now for the fast several years.
Our trip consisted of swimming, and yes I did get my hair wet. Usually when I swim I just paddle around the pool and tell everyone not to splash me or I'll have to kick some butts!! Lots of eating. Especially the cream cheese brownies from Paradise Bakery!!!! TO DIE FOR!!! Even better than the BYU brownies. For my birthday lunch we went to Cheese Cake Factory and for the birthday dinner we went to Tia Rosa Mexican restarant. YUM!!!!! Went to a few baseball games, shopping and more shopping and even more shopping.
Saturday night we went to PF Changs for a bloggers dinner. It was totally fun. We stayed until closing and could have stayed there all night long just visiting. We went with Julie (Crazymamaof6) Janie (Hotmama) Michelle, Michelle's daughter Sarah and Berlynn, Linda and Laura. Thanks ladies for a fabulous time!
We arrived home Sunday night and Ron had a birthday cake and presents for me and we had a little party (since I didn't get a cake or get sung to on my birthday!!!!!!!) (wink wink) Its all good. Ready to head back in a heart beat!!!

Here are some random pictures throughout the week. Last weekend Berlynn and her friend from the ward Maria went to California with Maria's mother. They seemed to have had a great time. Lounging on the beach, riding bikes along the ocean side, eating and just relaxing. It was Maria's birthday so they headed out of town.

There's the pictures of the white dress Adisynn wanted and had to wear to church two times in a row. Berlynn was mortified. Couldn't imagine me letting her wear the same dress to church that she wore last week. BIG FREAKIN DEAL!!!! Pretty Funny!!!! :)

Yesterday my nephew graduated from High School. We went over to their house after for a get together. I can't believe I didn't even get a picture of the GRADUATE!!! Sorry Weston.. Got a picture of Abigail. She is changing so much in her looks. She is just the sweetest little baby. Always smiling at ya. Didn't get a very good picture of Ella. I took three pictures and not one of them was she looking at me. But you can see that her blonde hair is growing real fast and she's just a chattering away. She gets so excited to see Adisynn. Adisynn loves to make her laugh and Ella follows her around wherever she goes. Well, basically this was for a family update so I'm sure it's pretty boring for all the rest of you that are reading. Which isn't too many. HeHe...

Last Saturday The Primary Presidency in our ward arranged to take all the primary children to the Temple for Primary Activity Day. Adisynn was so excited. About a week before, she would wake up every morning and want to know if THIS was the day she was going to the Temple. Well, Saturday finally came and we got her ready to go, prepared a sack lunch for her (they were providing drinks and dessert) and got her to the church by 9:00 A.M (thats early for me) :(

The theme was "LET THE CHILDREN TOUCH THE TEMPLE SO THE TEMPLE CAN TOUCH THEM." They had prepared booklets for each child to carry with them on their little journey. They took pictures of different places around the Temple and wanted the children to find them and then do the activities prepared for them in their books. Some of the places were Angel Moroni, United States Flag, Fountains, The Echo Tree, The Cornerstone-The Las Vegas Temple was dedicated on December 16,1989 by President Ezra Taft Benson. The Star, Sun Stone and Moonstone. Our Bishop, Bishop Bell and his wife work at the Temple on Saturdays and they came out in their white Temple clothes to talk to the children and take them for a tour around the foyer.

I know it touched Adisynn and only being 3 years old I think she will always remember the trip to the Temple. Especially the ride up there with her friends and neighbors who live 2 houses down, Jamie and Erica Stewart and how Sis. Stewart would say ROCK OUT!!!!! (hope I quoted you right Leslie) I think they were listening to Primary Songs that the Presidency prepared for each child so they could listen and learn the songs quicker for the program while driving around in their car. How awesome is that??

We went to the mall that afternoon and Adisynn wanted to buy a dress that was all white. We found a cute one from The Gap and she wore it to church the next day. As I was doing her hair, sitting in the sink looking in the mirror, she jumped up and said, "Mom look,I'm so beautiful, I look like Heaven." That she did!

I just want to thank those ladies for an awesome job they did. They gave a lot of their time and effort to make this day special to each one of those children and I am eternally grateful.

Hi Julie

I am blog-jacking your blog to tell you to POST SOMETHING NEW ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

Your loving sister,

Linda

 

WELL,WELL!!!!! It's only been a week since we returned from our trip to Arizona. We had a wonderful time. Got to meet for lunch with some other bloggers and we had a blast. It was so comfortable because I felt like I already knew these ladies. We will definately have to meet again when I come back to town. Which I am thinking will be June 16-22. Laura's husband is leaving town for the week and I thought it would be fun to go back and while we are there celebrate my birthday. The hubby has no problem with that since it would get him out of having to deal with my birthday celebration. I am trying to get Linda to fly down and hang out for the weekend. So girls put that on your calendar for another fun lunch or maybe dinner.

Our good friends The Garfields came to visit us for the evening. They live in Vail, Arizona. It was so nice to see them and to have them come just to hang out with us. We sure miss them since they moved from Vegas. Adisynn sure misses Johnathon. They are such good little friends and always will be.

I just have to post these pictures because they are just too funny not to and if I don't then I will forget they even happened. Every time I notice that Adisynn is missing I know exactly where to look.......IN MY CAR!!!! I opened the garage door and found her and the dog and her baby staring at me!! I don't know what it is about the car.

The second picture is a cotton ball. I walked in the bathroom the other day and she had this cotton ball that she was really working it over. Getting wet, patting it, pulling it and molding it. I asked her what she was doing and she looked up at me and said, "I am making Berlynn a tampon." I just couldn't help from laughing. I told Ron about it but he wasn't too amused with it like I was.

The third picture, Berlynn and I were watching TV. Adisynn loves to dress herself in whatever she thinks she looks good in. She came in and stood in front of the TV and did her "SUPERSTAR" pose. This girl sure has her dad and sisters sense of humor. Always joking around.

YAY!!!! Our Master Bathroom is finally finished. We have been talking about redoing our bathroom for quite some time now. We thought we would do it when Berlynn left for school. Then we could use her bathroom but, we didn't move quick enough because after a few months she was home. But it is turned out beautiful and we are happy with it and thought I had better post pictures for those of you who have been bugging me to post them. A big thanks to our friend Bill who did a fabulous job!!! The R & J was Ron's contribution to this bathroom. We went to St. George to Tai Pan and he thought this would look great between the two sinks. That place is wonderful and a MUST to check out when you are in St. George. I came out with a headache because there is so much to look at that you almost have to have an idea for what you are looking for before you go shopping. They are building one in VEGAS!!! YAY...Can't wait!!