Memorial Day

It was a good Memorial Day.  We invited the Riding family for lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Foote.  I made a salad for me - broccoli/pea,  one for Jeff - carrot/raisin, and an orange/marshmallow salad for the kids Ü

We enjoyed grilling hamburgers & hotdogs on Jeff's new grill - yum, yum!!

The kids are back in school for 3 more days!!!  Allan is portraying John F. Kennedy in a come alive living history event today.  Aimee and I went to see him and he did a fantastic job.  Elena and Kacie are taking finals and Darin took a board game, Guess Who, to play today. 

Darin shared with us his interesting philosophy about eating and being full.  Your stomach has two sides.  The everyday food side and the dessert side.  Just because the everyday food side is so full and you can't eat another bite, the dessert side can still be empty.  Ü 

For Jeff's birthday, we enjoyed fajittas and apple pie al la mode and then he was off for the rest of the night interviewing bishops.

Elena is doing great with her leg.  She is now getting around without her crutch and life is oh so sweet for her now.

Allan has his 5th grade pool party today.  He informed me that it wouldn't hurt his feeling if I didn't make it to the pool party.  I asked him to be honest with me if  he really wanted me to come and he responded, "If I told the truth would it hurt your feelings?" I reasured him it wouldn't and so he said, "no".  I had to smile and I appreciated his thoughtfullness to not offend me. 

A Big Surprise

Monday a package came in the mail for me.  It was from Amazon addressed to me.  I called Jeff because I knew he had purchased something and wondering if he knew what the package could be.  He totally surprised me and sent me a Kindle for my birthday!!!!!  A Kindle is basically an electronic book.  I can download just about any book I want and have it stored on my Kindle.  I am so excited to have it.  My first book is vol. 8 of the Prelude to Glory books.  Ü

 

Today we took Grandpa and Grandma Foote to The Cheesecake Factory in celebration of Grandpa's and Jeff's birthdays.  It was way yummy again.  This time I shared a strawberry cheesecake with Aimee.

I'm getting ready to take Jeff out to shop for his present (a grill) and while we're gone, Elena & Kacie will get the house ready for a big surprise party for Jeff's birthday.  He has bishop interviews tomorrow so we're going to celebrate tonight.

New Experience

It has been a good Sunday.  I was asked to lead the music in sacrament meeting today.  That was a first time experience for me.  They were desperate to have someone.  My knees were shaking and I thought to myself, this is ridiculous.  I can lead music there is no need to be nervous. Ü

I have extended an invitation to all my family members to follow along with our blog.  I hope it will be rewarding to those who follow and help to keep our families closer together as we are expanding.  I am so grateful for all of my family both mine and Jeff's. We have so much to offer one another and I hope this will help strengthen the ties that bind us together.

Broadway Bank Picnic

Broadway Bank had their annual family picnic and this year it was at the San Antonio Zoo. It is fun to see the animals and I am always amazed at Heavenly Father's creations. I think He had fun and used a little bit of a sense of humor when it came around to creating some of the animals. I love his use of colors and designs especially in the birds. The Okapi is an animal that is a cross between a giraffe, zebra. This is a rare animal and our zoo is lucky to have one

As always the big hit for any bank picnic is the food. We enjoyed yummy hamburgers, hotdogs, potatoe salads, chips, soda and the favorite - ice cream.