Corrie tagged my twice..... so here goes!!!!

Eight things that I am passionate about:
1. My husband
2. My kids
3. My Grandkids
4. The gospel- Strengthening my testimony
5. Quilting
6. Being a Wife, Mom, Grandma, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, etc,
7. Mo (Corrie had this one and I really kind of like the little stinker!!)
8. Blogging ( I really love keeping track of all the people I care about!!!!!)

Eight words of phrases that I use all the time:
1. What? (Is that a sign of old age and bad hearing???)
2. MARK!!
3. I'm Tired...
4. I have to work....
5. I have a quilt class....
6. I need to clean.....
7. Please!?!?!?
8. I Love You !!!

Eight things that I want to do before I die:
1. Retire and live a long time to enjoy it!!!
2. Have the time to do the things I want to do!!!
3. Take all the kids and grand kids to Disneyland
4. Loose some more weight
5. Serve a mission/ or work in the Temple
6. Get my kids pictures organized and scrap booked
7. Write my life history
8. Make lots and lots and lots of quilts

Eight things that I currently want or need?
1. Basement finished!!!!!
2. The painting and carpet done upstairs
3. A couch or chair for the little front room
4. Bedroom sets for the guest rooms
5. My sewing room finished and organized downstairs
6. A quilting machine
7. More time to do the things I enjoy!!!!!
8. A nap

Eight places that I want to visit:
1. Australia
2. New York
3. Paris
4. Hawaii
5. London
6. Alaska
7. Nauvoo
8. New England in the fall

Eight Favorite Restaurants:
1. Texas Road House
2. Cafe Rio
3. Olive Garden
4. Sizzler (when it's good)
5. P.F. Chang
6. Bajio's
7. Noodles
8. Pizza Factory

Eight TV shows that I watch:
1. Greys Anatomy
2. Oprah
3. Desperate Housewives
4. House
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
6. Survivor
7. NCIS
8. Cold Case Files

Eight People I Tag:
1. Liz
2. Heidi
3. Annie
4. Michelle (Brinley & Hadley's Mom)
5. Angie
6. Valecia
7. Anyone else who hasn't been tagged!!!!
8.

Before.....

After. How does it look??

Four Generations

OH MY....What have we started !?!?!?!?!?!

You know how it goes... you decide to paint a little and then you decide that the carpet looks terrible and after all you have been in this house for 13 years and carpet doesn't last forever and if your going to replace the carpet why not put in some more wood floor, because after all that will be so much nicer in the high traffic areas than the carpet and if you going to put in wood floor trying to match it to the old will be hard so you might as well tear up the old and put in new so it ALL matches and then if your going to put in new carpet in the front room and family room then you have to do the bedrooms because after all you do need to paint them too and then if you paint the bedrooms you have to paint the bathrooms and laundry room because they will look terrible next to all the other rooms that have just been repainted.......then since you have a son-in-law that is an exceptional carpenter you might as well get working on the basement also because you need it finished because every time the kids come to visit you have no room for everyone...............see what I mean I was just going to paint a little.....he he he gotta love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mo

Mo has been our pet for the last week. Corrie and Kolyer are still living with Kolyer's parents while they build their house and Kolyer's sister's dog is a female and has been in heat. This needless to say drives poor little mo ( the man that he is) crazy so he has been with us. This is what he does when he sees someone outside. Kind of cute huh?!?!?!

Grateful

As I was going through my family blogs I noticed that Angie quite often lists what she is grateful for...love that idea. So I will try to remember to express my gratitude occasionally. Today I am grateful for this time of year, I love the fall. The cool nights and the leaves that are turning, the knowledge that all of those wonderful holidays and celebrations are coming soon and that means that you will be able to spend a lot of time with good friends and family. I am also grateful for my family. My kids and grand kids are the joy and fulfillment of my life. They make me feel that I have accomplished some very good things in my time here on earth despite some mistakes that I have made. I am also grateful for blogging.... it is so much fun to keep in touch with what is going on with others. Thanks for letting me share with you a little of what goes on in your lives!!!

Tagged,Tagged, Tagged, Tagged!!

Thanks to my sweet daughters and Angie and Sara, I was tagged !! So I did my best.

8 TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH
1. Gray's Anatomy
2. Desperate Housewives
3. House
4. CSI
5. Survivor
6. NCIS
7.Monk
8.Oprah

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
1. Texas Road House
2. Cafe Rio
3. Red Lobster
4. Olive Garden
5. P.F. Changs
6. Pizza Factory
7. The Pie
8.

8THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
1. Day Off Work....Yeah!!!!!!!!
2. Made bed
3. Vacume
4. Laundry
5. Unloaded/loaded dishwasher
6. Worked in Sewing room
7. Helped Corrie move things out of little front room
8. Cooked dinner & cleaned up

8 THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. New carpet & wood floor
2. Painting rest of upstairs
3. Our newly planned girls shopping trip.
4. Trip to California (Get to see my sis!!)
5. Thanksgiving
6. Christmas
7. Days off
8. Time to quilt, read, play

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
1. Basement Finished
2. Bigger savings account
3. Healthy Family and Friends
4. Trip to Hawaii
5. Lose more weight
6. A new house (built by Kolyer...he has good ideas!!!!)
7. Peaceful and loving home
8. More time to quilt, read, play

Tagged!!

1. Where is your cell phone? Close
2. Where is your significant other? Hunting (imagine that!!!!)
3. Your hair color? Dyed
4. Your mother? Missed
5. Your father?Aging
6. Your favorite thing? Family :)
7. Your dream last night? Peacefull
8. Your dream/goal? Contentment
9. The room you're in? Comfortable
10. Your hobby? Quilting
11. Your fear? Loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? New Home
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? Skinny
15. One of your wish-list items? Peace
16. Where you grew up? So. Calif
17. The last thing you ate? Granola Bar
18. What are you wearing? P.J.'s
19. Your TV? On
20.Your pet? Mo
21. Your computer? Laptop
22. Your mood? Happy
23. Missing someone? No
24. Your car? Red
25. Something you're not wearing? Make-up
26. Favorite store? Fabric
27. Your summer? Over
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? Yellows
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Sunday
I tag who ever reads this and hasn't done it yet!!!! Is that cheating???

We had a wonderful weekend!!! We blessed little Addie and had all of the kids there but Julie. We always have a good time when we get together. The kids play well together and only tease and torment each other a little. But it is fun to watch them just be together. Kolyer did a beautiful job with her blessing and then we went to the Andersen's and had a nice lunch of soup, salad and rolls. With the colder weather this weekend the soup was a good plan and tasted good. The one thing that I didn't do was get my camera out more and take pictures. I was a little busy helping with the food so I will use that as my excuse. But it really was a fun weekend and we were glad to get together. It makes you appreciate your family more the more that you are able to spend time together. I feel so blessed to have such great kids and they all have chosen great spouses. When I hear other people talk about the fights that happen in their families and feel even more blessed because we get together so well!! I guess our next family gathering will be Thanksgiving. Hopefully it will work out that we will all be there. There always seems to be a few obstacles, but I guess that just makes it more worth it if it all works out.

During conference last week Corrie had seen a neat picture of a baby blessing so we tried today after Addie's blessing. This is just one that I took with my little camera. Kolyer's Aunt Tonya took some with her nice camera and I am sure they will turn out better, but you get the idea.

Corrie bought Addie this neat little seat, I think it is called a bumpi?!? She fell asleep in it so it must be comfortable.

We went to Farmington on Sunday and had a nice visit with the Quigleys!! Such cute girls.

Cute sisters!!

Belle loves her dad!!!