New School Picture

Palisade

I thought I had better put up pictures of the other girls too. They had so much fun. In fact Ivy asked if we could camp overnight by the lake. That will have to wait until next year.

Palisade

Sage loved to sit on her towel and watch her sisters play in the water. Isn't it funny how 3 girls in the same family can have such different attitudes about water. Ivy is a fish. She should have been born with gills! Jade is ok with water, but likes getting out to play, then back in, then out. Sage on the other hand, will get wet up to her knees. Even when we put the pool up in the back yard, she will get in, stand there for a minute, then get out. So this picture is soooo Sage. She has to make sure the blanket is spread out, and no one better mess it up!

Is it still July?

We can see how often I update this. June is gone, and tonight July will be history. Where has the summer gone. We have been busy with the girls here all summer-so no projects got done. What is that saying that housework will always be there, but children won't ( or something like that!) I try to remember that every time I think of all that I am not getting done.
Forrest and I had a wonderful week in Midway in July. We did absolutly nothing, and it was wonderful! We needed the break, and it did the trick!
I can hardly believe the summer is almost gone, where did it go to? School will be starting in a few weeks, and then comes the cold and snow. I don't even want to think about it. As I sit here and type, Forrest and Regina are in California, and I certianly hope they visit the beach for me. How I wish I were there!
All is well, or at least as well as can be expected. Days march right along whether I am paying attention or not.
I found a distant cousin, prevously unknown to us-this is what I call "living genealogy". It has been wonderful writing to her. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing? Oh I think I am rambling on.

JUNE????

Our garden is a bust this year-I finally planted 6 tomatoes in pots, the ground never got cleared and is overgrown with weeds! I feel bad, but I have been so overwhelmed that one more thing would have broken the camels back.
Oh please, somebody tell me that the calendar got changed by accident. It can't already be the middle of June! Where did the months fly to? We are a day away from the beginging of Pageant. Here we go again. Things will be much different this year. Forrest will be at the high school from 12:00-8:30, so no more helping with foriegn language. We have done that for so many years that I feel guilty not being there this year. His speech and drama students will also be selling hamburgers at the food court-so anyone who comes drop over and get a hamburger. Thank goodness for parents willing to supervise since Forrest will not be there. So gang, here we go again.

Mothers Day

I am feeling a bit sentimental as I sit here contemplating tomorrow. A day set aside to celebrate mothers. I feel a bit guilty as I look back on my relationship with my own mother. We didn't get along, probably my fault. But as I contemplate motherhood I truely beleive that we all do the best we can with what we are given. Some women go into motherhood well prepared, then there are those of us who had no idea what we were doing. I have often said that our first child was there for practice (sorry Regina). So inspite of not getting along with my mother in my younger days, I think that she did the best she could do. I learned years ago that we don't have the right to try to dictate how others raise their children. Our responsiblity is to help each other, sometimes by keeping our mouths shut.
I am also thinking of all of those mothers who tonight have a son or daughter serving our country. Last year, I was one of them. Our son was serving in Iraq. Mothers Day was very difficult for me. My thoughts and prayers are with you MOMS, and your soldiers. It is not an easy thing you moms do-my hat is off to you.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all of you MOMS, AND MOMS AT HEART!

Plagerism

This morning I was reading a blog that I have followed for awhile now, and read a post that truely disturbed me. The blog writter had been informed that someone else was coping her blog posts, changing a few details and posting as their own. Taking experiences they had not had, posting feelings that were not theirs-basically stealing someone elses life so to speak. Why would someone do that? Why would they profess to be what they are not. It seems that almost daily I am shocked at dishonesty in the world around us. At work we are constantly shaking our heads and saying "We would never think of doing that!" I guess I am abit naive, because I would never think of doing alot of things. It seems that so much that is good in the world has been lost. I really do feel sad for people that have to steal words from others in order to feel value in themselves!

Fire????

Last night, just as Forrest was dozing in his chair, Michael woke him with the words, Dad, the fire alarm at the High School is going off. Well, I am sure he said it with a bit more enthusiasim, but he got the desired effect. Forrest and Michael were out the door before the city fire alarm went off. After dropping Michael at the fire station so he could get his gear, Forrest was off to the High School. I, of course, was sound asleep upstairs until Bekka called MOM, the High School is on fire, As you can imagine, that brought me straight out of bed. An hour and a half later Forrest returned. There was no fire, but there was plenty of water. It seems that 4 guys playing basketball in the new gym (which really is not new anymore) hit one of the sprinklers on the ceiling. Of course the sprinkler broke, setting off the fire alarm. By the time they got the water shut off there was about 2-3 inches of water covering the gym floor. That is alot of Water! So out came the brooms and squiggies to get as much of the water up. GEE, will the insurance pay for water damage caused by a stray basketball?? That sure gives new meaning to the words "Lucky Shot!"

Death by Chocolate

Forrest's second play opens this week, and it has a name that is right up my ally. "Death by Chocolate"!!!!! Anything that involves chocolate can not be bad at all. They have been rehearsing for months, only missing time for speech and Drama competitions. So we look forward with great anticipation to opening night. Will post pictures as soon as they are available. Just as a side note, State speech was held in St George this past weekend. The kids did great!

A game of Ball

So it is Friday. Ivy and Jade have been sick all week. They are going stir crazy, so this morning I got the old basketball out. Sage loved it!

What? No microwave!

OK, now how sad is this. This morning our microwave went on the fritz (sparks and all), so out it went. Sage woke up from her nap wanting lunch. UMM, we have yummy leftovers from sunday dinner--roast, squash (yes, we still have squash from our garden,) and corn bread stuffing. The only problem, how to heat it all without a microwave?!? I actually had to think about that one, but not to long. Out came the skillet, and in a few minutes all was warm. But I realized how dependent we have become on microwave ovens. I am almost tempted to just go without one and get back to basics--almost, but not quite.