Friday, December 7, 2012

James and I had scriptures and prayers together before he left for work this morning.  I spent the morning working at the dining room table in our house in Chandler, where I use to sit and work when I lived there. 
For lunch I went to Elmer's and ordered two machaca burros and two machaca tacos for lunch.  I came home and ate my burro and saved the rest for James when he gets home. 

I love this Chandler icon.

I beat the high school rush by 15 minutes!  They already had tons of chips, etc. set out for the high schoolers.

This is a sight I haven't seen too many times.  Usually Kim does all the lights on our tree.

Even though the picture is blurry I had to include it.

Today is Paul's 42nd birthday.  He is in San Francisco for work.  I bought him this card today.  It said: Sorry the entertainment for your party had an accident on the way over.

Paul hates clowns.

I did some shopping at Walmart and Sam's Club today, and also raided my downstairs Christmas closet and loaded my car clear full except for the front seat.  I followed James over to Tempe Toyota where he had an appointment with Gail's son Erik to fix the differential which was leaking.  On the way back to Chandler we stopped at Rudy's BBQ and got some moist brisket, beans, potato salad, and creamed corn.  I took it home to Stacy and her boys but they didn't eat much.  James ate his share though and so did I.  We took the rest of it home with us.  

This evening I took Ben on one half of his birthday date.  We went to Barnes and Noble where he bought a couple of books and had money to spare.  On the way home I asked him what his favorite Christmas song was and he said "Frosty", but I don't hear it very often.  I turned on the radio and guess what was playing?  Frosty.  I told Ben they played it just for him.  Ben will be 13 on the 16th of December.  He is such a sweet, gentle and kind boy.  I love him.  It was after 7 when I left for home.  James already left.  We are going home this evening because I made the mistake of turning the heaters off at the cabin and James is afraid if it gets too cold the pipes will break and freeze.  I made it home without falling asleep.

Our friends, Tim and Katy Glemser had a baby boy today.  They named him Kieter pronounced Kiter.  They also have a little girl named Alice. 

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Jared left for work around 9 this morning and he gets off at 2.  My assignment is to take James to get his football pictures taken with his team, and to take Molly to her dance class.  We left around 9:15.

Football and dance.

I had no problem finding Franklin High School where James's pictures were to be taken.  Molly and I dropped him off then I took Molly to have breakfast and play at McDonald's.  When it was time to take Molly to her dance class I had no problem finding the house.  I just typed the address into MapQuest and bingo, I am there.  I love MapQuest on my phone!  Well Molly refused to stay and I didn't want to force her so after about 15 minutes of trying to bribe her we left to go pick up James.  Oh did I mention that Heather, the dance teacher is from Mesa, Arizona.  Wow, it's a small world.  

 The Championship team, The Tribe.  James is #33.

Can you find him?

Going back to the football field from the dance teacher's house presented a problem.  I got lost and ended up on the freeway going east.  It was awhile before I found my way back.  I Map Quested Franklin High and found my way back to James.  He was the last one to leave but he said it was okay because he got to play around.  Wow! It's a wonder that Jared trusts me with his kids.

When I got back home I found that Molly had spilled her cereal all over the floor and bench and it was pretty hard and crusted on.  I spent some time cleaning up that mess.  I also swept and mopped the floor and did the dishes.  

When Jared got home he began getting the Christmas decorations out of the attic.  Emmy was excited to go up in the attic and do some exploring.  

I should be helping instead of taking a picture.

After attempting to put up the outside lights with not much success, Jared left to go get Rudy's for dinner.  He is very kind to do this since that was my one request while I was here.  He got 3lbs. of moist brisket, potato salad, beans, and Little Miss Sunbeam bread.  I haven't seen Little Miss Sunbeam in years!  It was a delicious dinner.

Molly loves the potato salad.  

After dinner and baths there was a Christmas story and then we watched the movie, "The Perfect Game."

Tricia Skyped and said that Aaron had surgery and was doing better.  The doctor was hopeful that he would learn to walk and talk again.  The family is very hopeful.

Back at home in Arizona today is our day to start the holiday season by going to Serrano's for dinner and then going to look at temple lights.  We were sorry to miss this fun night.  James is back home in Vernon.

Family dinner at Serranos.

 

Monday, April 9, 2012

Today I am posting pictures of Dallin and Joe Here Dallin is running relay for Chandler High.

I stole this picture from Kim. She took it a couple of years ago.

This picture was taken on a super activity with the Teachers and Priests in our ward. These are the falls at Havasupai in the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It looks like Dallin has no fear.

Dallin singing while Joe plays the guitar at FHE.

Joe and Dallin performing at our Christmas party in the Del Rio 2nd ward, December 2011. Dallin is singing an original song he composed and wrote the lyrics to. It's called "Christmas Don't Go."

Dallin and Joe in San Diego summer of 2011. The guitar and singing attracted a group of girls.

Dallin is a talented and handsome 16 year old. He is a junior at Chandler High. He can sing, play the guitar and play the piano. He has never had a piano lesson. He can listen to a song and then play it which to me is incredible. Joe is a freshman at Hamilton High. He write his own songs and loves to play guitar. He is also very talented, sweet, and handsome.

Today we had dinner at Rudy's with Kim, Brian and Joe. We wanted to treat Brian because he helped James move his office furniture. Instead Brian ended up treating us. He said it was for letting them stay at the cabin. Thanks Brian. Joe and I loved the pulled pork. Kim did not like it but she liked the brisket. James and Brian liked everything. It was a fun evening. I sat by Joe.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

No walk to Walmart this morning. Sheri and I went to the grand opening of Rudy's BBQ on 54th Street and Chandler Blvd. We got there around 6:30 am for a 7:00 opening. We had said if there was a large crowd we wouldn't stay. There were 12 people ahead of us in line. When the doors were opened we were greeted by a row of friendly people and one of them handed us a gift card worth $20 in Rudy's BBQ Bucks. The first 100 people all got one. Sheri and I bought ready made breakfast tacos (burritos). I bought a bacon, potato, sausage, and a brisket. James said the brisket was really good. On the way home we stopped at Circle K and got diet Dr. Pepper. It was our lucky day!
For lunch Karen Schneider asked me to go to the mall with her. When I went to pick her up she had lamps, a clock, candler holder and a huge comforter and some pillows she wanted to give me for the cabin. Thank you Karen. You have such good taste and nice hand-me-downs. We had lunch at Paradise Bakery. I had a salad and chicken noodle soup. Karen is a good friend and I am going to miss her.
I got my grocery shopping done at Fry's and Walmart before Sheri called me to go to north Scottsdale to visit a new confectionary shop there called Sweet Tooth Fairy. They have one in Provo, Utah and now this one in Scottsdale. They sell cupcakes and a delectable little treat called cake bites. I bought a baker's dozen of cake bites. I almost went in to a food coma on the way home. Very sweet and delicious. My fav was the fairy fetti. I did save some for Kim to try. Boy, it's a good thing it's in north Scottsdale because I shouldn't go there very often.
This was a day for eating out. Something I won't get to do nearly so often when I move to Vernon. James and I took Alexander to Nello's for his birthday date. We went there last year too. I forgot how good their pizza is!! First we got a pizza crust as an appetizer at Alex's request. Yummy deli-iscious! I had the individual bbq chicken pizza and let me tell you it was a little bit of heaven. I was going to save some for tomorrow but I couldn't stop eating it. James got a thin whole wheat crust crab pizza that he loved. It's Alex's favorite restaurant and now it's one of mine too!