Mom Quiz

I was tagged by Cherene. This is a fun quiz to give each of your kids.

1. What is something your Mom always says to you?
Cassie (13yrs. old)-I Love you
Parker (10 yrs. old)-Love you
Dallin (4 yrs. old)-Be Good

2. What makes your Mom happy?
Cassie-cleaning
Parker-hugs
Dallin-giving kisses & hugs and when I ask what do you want me to do?

3. What makes your Mom sad?
Cassie-talking back
Parker-disobeying
Dallin-hitting…but I don’t hit.

4. How does your Mom make you laugh?
Cassie-talking to me
Parker-jokes
Dallin-squeezing my nose

5. What was your Mom like when she was a little kid?
Cassie-Like me!!
Parker-cute
Dallin-liked to play

6. How old is your Mom?
Cassie-38
Parker-39
Dallin-5

7. How tall is your Mom?
Cassie-5 ft 6 in
Parker-4 ft 9 in
Dallin-“This tall” as he puts his hand level with my head (as I’m sitting down)

8. What is Mom's favorite thing to do?
Cassie-be with family
Parker-give her children hugs
Dallin-hug and kiss everyone

9. What does your Mom do when you aren't around?
Cassie-Party!!! Just kidding. Clean!
Parker-clean
Dallin-you miss me

10. If your Mom became famous, what would it be for?
Cassie-Giving out hugs to little kids!!! She’s so huggable!
Parker-pianist
Dallin-I don’t know

11. What is your Mom really good at?
Cassie-cooking
Parker-piano
Dallin-writing things

12. What is your Mom NOT really good at?
Cassie-She’s good at everything!!! Well, maybe not football.
Parker-building and fixing things and killing bugs
Dallin-doing jumprope

13. What does your Mom do for her job?
Cassie-clean
Parker-take care of her children
Dallin-you never hit or kick or push

14. What is your Mom's favorite food?
Cassie-mexican
Parker-she doesn’t have one
Dallin-everything!

15. What makes you proud of your Mom?
Cassie-her sweet spirit and how pretty she is.
Parker-her cooking
Dallin-when I asked Dallin this question, he got up from the kitchen table, walked over and gave me a big hug and kiss and said, “That’s what I’m proud of you.”

16. If your Mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Cassie-the beautiful fairy on Pinocchio
Parker-Cinderella
Dallin-Spiderman

17. What do you and your Mom do together?
Cassie-shop
Parker-have fun
Dallin-Joy School

18. How are you and your Mom the same?
Cassie-we think alike and look alike
Parker-we both eat food
Dallin-I don’t know

19. How are you and your mom different?
Cassie-different hair color
Parker-she is a girl and I am a boy
Dallin-you’re taller than me

20. How do you know your Mom loves you?
Cassie-she gives me hugs and tells me she loves me.
Parker-she said so
Dallin-cause you give me hugs and kisses

21. How much does your Mom love you?
Cassie-she loves me with all the love in the world!
Parker-A lot!
Dallin-A lot!

I tag Cindy, Susanne, Sharla or whoever wants to do it!

Valentine's Day Traditions

I love Valentine’s Day! Growing up, my Mom and Dad always made it a special day for us kids, and I try to do the same for my family. We started the day with heart pancakes for our traditional Valentine's breakfast.

Cassie, Rinsley (niece), Parker and Dallin

Growing up, my Mom would make delicious Valentine treats for family and neighbors. We would then all pile into the Suburban to deliver the plates. Each of us kids would take turns putting the plate by the front door, ringing the doorbell and running as fast as we could back to the Suburban. We would then speed off in hopes of not getting caught. Such fun memories. We also always looked forward to hearing our own doorbell ring to find treats for each of us kids from my Mom and Dad.

I'm not as good as my Mom in making treats for neighbors, but we do carry on the tradition of treats by the front door for our own kids. The kids get real into it and do the same for us. We seem to have many doorbell rings throughout the day. This year, Dallin was old enough to catch on to the tradition. At one point in the day, we heard the doorbell ring. Stan answered the door to find a “Valentine’s gift” from Dallin. He had left a bag of rocks by the door! We then turned our heads to see Dallin darting through the back door yelling, “It’s for you Dad! It’s for you!!” A few minutes later, the doorbell rang again. Lo and behold, another bag of rocks. Dallin once again darted through the back door yelling, “It’s for you Mom! It’s for you!” It was the cutest thing. He was so proud of his Valentine’s gift to us.

The kids and their Valentine gifts from us.

Daddy loved his bag of rocks!

I made chocolate covered strawberries, pretzals and marshmallows for Stan. Thankfully he shared!

The beautiful flower arrangement Stan gave to me. I like roses, but I love the variety of flowers so much more.

Parker's Field Trip

Stan went with Parker on a school field trip to a camp at the base of the Superstition mountains. Here are some fun pictures.

In the Eyes of a Child...

So awhile ago, Parker came up and asked me an interesting question. He asked, "Mom, when you were little did you have normal pens?" I looked at him and said, "Of course we had normal pens." He proceeded with, "Oh, so you didn't use feather pens?" I thought to myself, "Feather pens??? Is he serious??" He in fact was serious. All I could do was laugh and say, "Of course not. I'm not THAT old!"

Now I know I'm no Spring Chicken, but for heaven's sake, is this how our kids see us? Do they think we've been around forever? Evidently they do.

Speaking of feeling old, I will never forget the recent occasion when I was getting to know a new friend who had recently gotten married. I made the horrible mistake of mentioning the year that I graduated from H.S. You can imagine the horror on my face when she turned to me and said, "Oh! That's the year I was born." As I buried my head in my hands, trying to hold back the tears, I realized that my days of denial were over. It was in this very moment that I finally realized that I AM INDEED OLD!!

Reflections of Christ

I know that most of you have seen this presentation, but for those who haven't click on the link below. It is a most beautiful slide show which displays photographs taken by Mark Mabry. The photographs portray Jesus Christ's life. I will also put this link on my sidebar for future use. I go to this site often. It uplifts me and fills me with the Spirit of the Lord. Last year the LDS Arizona Temple Visitor's center displayed the actual photographs in a beautiful and inspiring way. They were so beautiful to see in person. We took the kids to see them. I could tell that they also were feeling the spirit as we viewed these pictures portraying Christ. All 3 kids, including Dallin who was 3 at the time were completely quiet and concentrated intensely on each picture. After taking time to view all of the pictures in the presentation, the kids begged us to stay longer. So we started at the beginning and did it again. :) So if you're interested in watching it, click on the link here. Don't forget to click on the box of the bottom of the screen to make it full screen.


http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

Lunch with old friends

I recently had the great opportunity to meet with several of my childhood friends for lunch. We grew up in good ole Gilbert 6th ward and went to school together. A couple of these friends I haven't seen in 20 yrs.! We had so much fun laughing and reminiscing, and getting caught up with all the latest gossip. :) We had a great time and plan on getting together more often.

From left and clockwise: Tracy, Julie, Annette, Aimee, myself, and Leslie