Catching up!!

Here it is, almost a week since my last post!! Where does the time go? Anyhow, I have been busy entertaining my niece and nephew for the past week. It has been fun, but I am running out of ideas of things to do!! :-)
I know I don't have to entertain them all the time, but there are things we would like them to be able to do/see. I hope they are having a good time. I heard their mom is ready for them to be home, so is Kris their older brother.

This week we don't have anything much planned, except for the weekend, possibly going to Yakima to the Vintiques. (car show) We can hopefully stay with Jeff's dad & his wife.
On Thurs. at the library, is the Short Shakespearans' (theatre group here in Wenatchee).
Jolyn & Jalani want to swim everyday, but not Kory & Kaari. It is hard to find the medium to make all happy.

I was called to my new calling yesterday, as Achievement Day Leader. I will be one of two ladies in this calling. I will work with Jalani and about 5 other girls. It should be fun, just need to figure out what I am supposed to do.

Well better go and get cracking on whatever it is we are doing today.
Catch up to y'all later!!

Back to Life

Well here it has been a long time again. Time just slips away from me. We have arrived home (one week ago) from Utah. I brought Kory & Kaari (nephew & niece) with us. We had such a wonderful time while we were gone.
We went to the zoo, parade, fireworks, family gatherings, and more. It was great to be with my family. We got to have time with Lynette, Layne, Jayme & Payce too. That was awesome!!

I am grateful to my parents for their hospitality in letting us stay for so long. It was wonderful to be there to celebrate both their birthdays with them. Thanks Mom & Dad. Thanks to my wonderful sister for allowing my children to sleep over and spend time at their home, also. Thanks Lori.

I am trying to get my house back in order after being gone for so long. So much to do, so little time.

I have applied for two positions with the school district here in Wenatchee, and already know one of those has been filled and not by me!! :-(
Something will come along, I am sure.
Jeff is still plugging away in his summer quarter and is doing really well. Today he, Jolyn & Jalani are still in Spokane and are going to his class field trip to a Hutterite Colony. That should be a great experience for them.

I am grateful to be home mostly. I miss my parents and family there in Utah. I had such a great time spending time with my Grandparents as well. I love you Bmor & Bfar!!

I am being released from Nursery this coming Sunday, and they called me to be an Achievement Day Leader. YIKES!! That is more frightening than Nursery.

I hope I can do OK there.
Well that is all for now, folks!!

Happy Birthday to my Dad

Yesterday, July 10th, my father, Lynn Weight turned 68. We (Dad, Mom, Jalani, Kate & I) celebrated by having dinner at the Lion House Pantry in SLC. Then we walked around Temple Square and finished off at the Conference Center listening to the MoTab Choir rehearsal. It was a wonderful evening. We will have Dad's family bday celebration on Sun. He has asked for Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, &Gravy. It should be fun.

My Dad is the greatest Dad, and my Dad's the strongest Dad, and my Dad's the greatest guy of any guy around. Or something to that effect. There is a song, I believe Layne sang it at one time, that talks about Dad's.
My Dad is the greatest, he is always available when I need him. He will listen, and counsel with me whenever needed. I am grateful that I was born of goodly parents, both my Mom & Dad are the best parents around. I thank Heavenly Father frequently for the wonderful blessing of my parents and family.

Dad took the day off today, to do none other than gardening. Imagine that!!!
He loves it. I was assisting him until I was called in by Kate & Lani for a spider fest. They found a pile of dead spiders, and a egg sac, but didn't realize that there was one that was alive with them. OOOHHH!! I vacuumed up the dead ones, picked the live one up in a baggie and took him to Dad for investigation. Jalani said they need to bug bomb their house. :-) LOL

Anyhow, I preceded to vacuum some more spiders and webs downstairs. FUn, FUn. Lani has discovered two woodlouse spiders down here. They are red and have a reddish/gray butt. they are not known to be dangerous. They are said to have painful bites, but not venomous.

I guess I should get back outside to my task. I offered to help Dad with his gardening, he probably thinks I am not returning. ;-)

TTFN!!

Vacation still!!!

Here we are still on vacation, gotta love summer!!!! It has been hot here, so don't be surprised if we all have melted into puddles of goo by the time the summer is over!! :-)
Jolyn & Kaari left today for girls camp, they will be gone till Sat. I pray that they have awesome spiritual experiences.
The last few days were full of fun & family. We spent the 4th of July with family and it was great. Layne, Jayme & Payce were here from Las Vegas. Lynette came over from Idaho. It was fun to have everyone together.
We watched the fireworks from Cabella's parking lot that were being shot off at Thanksgiving Point. We had a pretty good view from up there.
On Sat. we went to Liberty Park, the kids played in the water 1st, then we had a picnic then the children rode the rides. Mom & dad had to leave early to go to their calling as Stake baptism coordinators. Lynette left with them as she was driving home to Boise that day. Lori left after the rides. So that left Layne, Jayme & Payce and Jalani & I, so we went to Hires and then to the Gateway and Lani played in the fountains. Then Lani & I went back to Mom & Dad's and then at about 7:30 we met with J, L & P at Mountain Mike's PIzza place. Kiersten joined us. It was fun to have time with J, L & P. Payce is so cute. At Mom & DAd's, he and Lani were playing and she had been scaring him, so we told him to go and scare Lani. He walked up to her and said "Scare!" It was hilarious. So funny.
That is all for now!!

Still enjoying our vacation

This past weekend, we (Mom, Dad, Lynette, myself, Jolyn, Jalani, Kris, Kory, Kaari, Konnor, Kate, & Kimball) drove to St. George to the Tuachan Theatre and enjoyed their production of Les Miserables. It was super!!

The kids as soon as we checked into the hotel headed for the pool, all of us were there for a bit, some got out sooner than others. :-)
We had Pizza Factory for dinner, it was delicious as always. I had a all you can eat salad bar and shared a mini pizza with Jolyn, who only ate one bite of one slice. :-)
Sunday morning we went to church and then we had lunch at the park (with the wonderful food mom & dad bought the night before). The kids had a fun time with grapes as you will see in the below photos.



We drove down in Lori's 15 passenger van, with one seat removed for luggage space, so really it was only a 12 paasenger van. We had fun. The kids did really well, until about the last 2 hours on the way home, then they were a little stir crazy.
:-)

It was a great experience.

Yesterday, Jolyn, Jalani, Kate, and I went and ran some errands, had lunch at Olive Garden, went to the British Shoppe on 7th East (across from Trolley Square), adn then to the Gateway for the girls to play in the fountains there. They have a fun time.


As we were leaving the fountains we saw a young man sitting on a bench, and I said to him " I know you!" and he said " I know you guys too!" It ended up being a missionary that served in our ward in Wenatchee. His name is Elder Case. WEll, at least it was when he was a missionary. :-)
It was fun to see him.
Today we are going to Thanksgiving Point to walk through the gardens, and let the children play in a fountain there. Lori & the rest of the clan are meeting us there. Should be fun.

Well there it is folks, something for you to read.

At last, mom!!

My Mom has been telling me this week, that it is time to post something on my blog. Well, ok here it is.

We left home almost a week ago, to vacation here in Utah with my family. We were able to be to a cousins sealing last Sat. It was so fun to see family, and to be in the temple with some of them. What a spiritual experience. My grandparents, and parents and my nephew, Konnor came over from SLC to be there, too. So it was fun to be with them and have time together. We drove back to SLC following one another.

It was fun to see my friend, Tammie, and spend some time with her and her husband, and his Grandma. Lynette came to Caldwell from Boise to spend some time, too. We had a great time going to this vintage candy shop, Powell's, and enjoying that time with my girls and Lynette. We even found some Kickapoo Juice, which to our knowledge was only something my father made up in his Buzz the Bee stories he recorded for the kids. It was cool, we had to buy a bottle just because it was in his story, and gave it to dad.
WE wanted to partake of the Gelato ice cream they had there, but it was a little pricey. We should have just done it though for the experience. One of lifes small regrets.

I spent yesterday at my sister, Lori's house, and had a great time being with their family. My girls had been there since Monday, and came back with me to Grandma's with 3 of their cousins.

Jeff & Chewy(dog) were left back in Wenatchee. :-( Jeff had school (Masters Program, we are in his 4 quarter) and work. He is in the middle of preparing to switch jobs. We are excited for his new position as it will give him great opportunities. The money will be alot less, but we know this is where he needs to be right now, so we will make it work. In two years, when he gets his Masters Degree, he will get a substantial raise. We know it will be worth it in the end.
We are thankful for all the thoughts and prayers in our behalf, as we have contemplated this decision.

Tonight we are celebrating Mom's and Konnor's Birthdays together. We will have a great dinner of Steak, French Fries, Green beans(Speciality of Lori's), Carrots Supreme, Watermelon, and of course some kind of dessert.
Lori & family are coming from Orem, Lynette is flying in from Boise, and I think my grandparents are coming as well. It will be great to be all together.

This weekend we are going to St. George to attend the Tuachan Theatre. It is going to be great. We are seeing Les Miserables. http://www.tuacahn.org/ If you have not been to a show here you must find an opportunity to go. It is awesome.

School is almost out!!!! Teenager officially!!

HOORAY!!!! SCHOOL is almost OUT!!! We have our last day (half day) of school on June 18th. That is a long time to wait, you may say, but we do not start until after Labor Day.

I am excited to be finished with school. The girls and I will be going to Utah for about 4 weeks or so. Jeff, unfortunately, has to stay behind because of work & school.
:-(
We will miss him!!

Jolyn will start 8th grade next year, that seems crazy. Only one more year after that and we move into HIGH SCHOOL!!! YIKES!!! We have an official teenager in the house, so beware!! :-) Jolyn has reached the ripe old age of 13 yrs.
Does this mean there is more emotions than usual???

Jalani will be in the 4th grade. We should find out tomorrow or next Friday who her teacher is for next year. We have 4- 4th grade teachers, at Washington elementary.
Mr. Gillespie, Mrs. Forster, Ms. Lyon, and Mrs. Detweiler.

I have been busy with substituting and volunteering at Washington. Plus, all my stuff at home.

Last weekend May 30-31st, we celebrated Jolyn's birthday, with a sleepover. I took the girls (5) to the drive-in, in the back of Jeff's pickup truck. We saw
"Horton Hears a Who", and "Nim's Island". they were both cute films.
The next day we went to the mall with some of her friends, and she finally got her ears pierced. She chose emerald earrings. She is liking it so far, I think. But is going to be anxiously counting down the 6 months till she can wear dangling earrings.
:-)

Not much else exciting going on here. We went to a Chamber Choir concert from the High school Tues. night. It was very enjoyable. Tonight is a Percussion Performance at the High School. That should be good, also.
Looking forward to June 18th.
Happy Summer!!!! :-) :-)