Friday, November 30, 2012

I was up at 6:30 for scriptures with Jared and his kids.  They have them at 6:30 because James leaves for school shortly after.  Emmy wanted to borrow a scarf from Anna but Anna said no so I went to Walgreen's and got Emmy a purple scarf before she went to school.  I had to go get some mascara anyway.  When Emmy saw it she said: "It's hairy."

After the kids left for school and Jared left for work Molly and I spent the day together.  She found a Capri Sun so I put them up out of her reach along with the chips and other snacks.  Later we were playing hide and go seek and she found some Koolaid Jammers in the living room bar cabinet.  Anna put those in the freezer.  After watching a couple of episodes of Dora, Molly wanted to go outside and play.  We went out in the front and she rode in her Barbie jeep and then we went out in back and she jumped on the trampoline.  When it was lunch time Molly said she didn't want anything.  Maybe that's because she had snacked on a granola bar, chips, a cookie and a Capri Sun before I hid them.  After my lunch, a nuked hotdog, we laid down for a nap.  Molly had a birthday party for a little boy named Isaac at 2.  When Jared came home for lunch he brought Molly a present to take to the party.  There was a bounce house at the party so Molly had no problem saying goodbye and jumping right in.  The Mom at the party informed me that she was from Arizona.  So far I have met two people here and they both have been from Arizona.

When James got home from school today he spent alot of time on his ipod looking up jokes.  He shared some of them with me.  Anna had a party this evening.  She looked so cute.

Anna looking all grown up.

Ready to party.

While Anna was gone to her party Jared made us grilled burgers for dinner.  He used mesquite charcoal and they were delicious.  Afterwards we watched "Mirror, Mirror" and Jared read the Elf on the Shelf book and everyone said hello to Buddy the elf.  Buddy will be hiding somewhere each day watching the kids to report to Santa if they are good for Christmas.  Here was Buddy's first hiding spot.

Can you see Buddy.  He is very high for such

a little guy.

A closer look.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

I left for El Paso this morning at 6:50.  I arrived, after 3 stops, at 1:30.  I stopped at Allison Schobe's to pick up Molly.  Allison is from Arizona.  She lived in Holbrook and was born in Snowflake.  Molly was asleep but was excited to see me when we woke her up.  We went home and had hot dogs for lunch then we watched Toy Story 2.  Molly proceeds to climb on top of me and says: "Let's snuggle."  Love this girl!

Later she decides she wants to read one of her favorite books, Pie for Piglets.  While she is turning the pages she accidentally rips one of the pages and says: "It's ok it's just a library book."

Later after the kids get home from school Molly is doing a cheer for me and Emmy is singing the 50 states song.  It's confusing and Molly ends her cheer with "Utah Washing Away."  (Utah, Washington, Wyoming from the states song.)

James loves to play the piano.  While he plays "Carol of the Bells" Molly and I dance.  We are the dancing Christmas fairies.  Molly runs her fingers through my hair, pats it and says: "Your hair's pretty Grandma, but you're not."  Ouch!  We also watched Brave, and part of Kung Fu Panda 2.

Now Emmy is singing the president's song.  She had a list of the presidents and we discovered that Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and the 24th president.  Emmy says: "I'm going to tell my teacher that there are only 43 presidents instead of 44."

Later, after dinner which was brought by a member of their ward, we had an ice cream party.  Anna wasn't with us because she went to volleyball tryouts.  Here are some pictures.

I love the look on Molly's face.

James loves going shirtless at home.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

James left this morning for the valley.  He is doing a job for Susan Jacobson.

I made a trip to town this morning.  I hate big logging trucks that drive too fast, and stir up the dust and crowd you off the road here in our little town of Vernon.  I also hate prescribed burns. 

This evening the Young Women had a cooking contest at our house.  Each class, the Beehives, Mia Maids, and Laurels were given chicken, green beans, and potatoes.  The Beehives made chicken pot pie, the Mia Maids made chicken and cream cheese with croissants, scalloped potatoes, and parmesean green beans.  The Laurels fried their chicken, roasted their potatoes, and green beans.  Everything was delicious and we had a great time.  It was also MaKenzi Hunsaker's 18th birthday so we celebrated by singing to her and having cake and ice cream.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Lois's surgery went well this morning.  She had a 90% blockage in her main artery and so they did put a stint in.  She should feel much better.  I think she is in pretty good shape for someone in her mid 80's.

James worked on signing up for medicare today.  The deadline is December 7th.  I paid some bills.  In the afternoon we went outside to do a little cleaning.  I swept off the driveway and inside the garage and James washed my car and his truck.  We worked until it got dark, around 5:30.

This evening I watched the finale for "Dancing with the Stars".  I wanted Melissa Rycroft and Tony Delavano to win.  Tony is the pro and he has been on the show for 14 seasons and has never won.  They did win and Tony was so excited!

We also watched a Christmas movie.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Gospel study and reading from 3 Nephi with James.  James went to the post office to pick up my thyroid pills.  I cleaned in the bathroom, and waxed the floors in the living room and family room. 

James fixed venison steak and gravy for lunch.  It was delicious. 
I got a phone call from Jared this afternoon.  They got a call from Tricia's birth mother Christine today.  Her 20 year old son Aaron was in a terrible car accident last night.  He was thrown through the wind shield of the car he was driving and is in a medically induced coma.  Tricia is flying out to be with Christine and Mark her husband, and Jared was wondering if I could come and help him with the kids.  I told him I have a Young Women's activity here on Wednesday night and on Saturday I am suppose to go to the temple with the youth.  Jared arranged to take off work Tuesday and Wednesday.  I called Natalie Soderquist, the Young Women's president, and told her my situation.  She was very supportive and said they could get someone to take my place on Saturday.  I told Jared I would drove out on Thursday morning.  James will be in Chandler working.

Laura called today.  Lois, James's Mom is in the hospital.  They are doing an angiogram on her in the morning to see if she needs a stint.  James told her last week when he was at her house that she needed to go in because she was having shortness of breath.  Laura, Dave, Cathi, Terry, and Dawn have been staying with Lois around the clock.  I am sorry that we aren't there to help.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

James had an appointment at the stake president's office this morning at 8 am. I went with him and we met with President Van Winkle.  He called James to be on the stake high council.  I told him Rita Solomon was my cousin and he said he knew her very well and that he was in her ward.  We made it back in time for our church.  Kim, Brian, Joe, Alex, Cody, Chelsea, Carter and Cash were all at sacrament meeting.  There wasn't enough aaronic priesthood so James helped pass the sacrament. 

Alex's fish pictures made the rounds in priesthood.  When Collin DeWitt saw them he asked James to email them to him.  He teaches a fly fishing class and he wants to use them in his class. 

We divided into classes in Young Women's.  The lesson was on "The Ability to Succeed" and was about thinking positively.

The Horak's and Pace's left shortly after we got home from church.  The Pace family left a nice thank you card and Carter drew us a picture.  We enjoyed their visit.

This evening for FHE James and I watched two episodes of "The District" on BYUTV.  The District is a reality show about 8 missionaries serving in San Diego, California.  I love it and wish all my grandsons would watch it.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

James and Alex went coyote hunting this morning.  Afterwards James came home and made venison steak and gravy with biscuits.  Brian got some venison from Dave.  Thanks Dave for contributing to our delicious breakfast.

 James and his helpers, Chelsea and Brian.

I made a trip to town this morning to get some gum for my handout for Young Women's tomorrow.  I ended up going to Safeway, Circle K and Walmart.  I needed wax for the floor and they didn't have what I needed at Safeway so I went to Walmart.  I did buy some steaks for our BBQ tonight at Safeway because they have better steaks than Walmart.  I found the gum I needed at Circle K.  

I talked to Vickie on the phone today.  She told me all about Show Low's loss to Seton Catholic (a Chandler School) last week.  They got beat 42-14.  She said the coach changed all the plays at the last minute and Harold was furious.  She said she almost got into a fight with one of the fans for Show Low who was bad-mouthing Colby.  It was a sad way to end such a great season for Show Low.  Seton ended up beating Blue Ridge in the championship game.

In other football news today Hamilton High won the state championship game and so did Queen Creek.

We grilled steaks this evening with Kim, Brian, Chelsea, and Cody.  Before dinner James took the Pace kids, Carter 8, and Cash 6, up to the swing and the pit.  Alex went too.  The boys were so excited to get to go on the Ranger.