Free Hugs... my hero's.

With LDS Conference coming up I've had this on my mind for a bit and wanted to share- however the youtube video that is the Salt Lake City one had a problem with the song on there so I posted a different video with the same idea. 

Every six months people of the LDS faith head to SLC, to be close to their prophet to hear his voice, take it in and be comforted.  The get council on many things to help guide their lives, from emergency preparedness for your family, to how to help your friends and neighbors by serving those in need. 

Every six months picketers arrive holding up degrading signs and shout horrible things at these people.  

Then one year a small group came with signs that said "free hugs".  That was it.  They didn't care what the mormons believed in or didn't believe. They just knew that this group was being harassed for attending something they loved and believed in.  So they gave out free hugs.  Many laughs were had and good tears were cried because this group went out of their way to make people feel good that day. 

Wouldn't it be good if these things could happen more often than those people who only want to cut others down for what they believe. 

 

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FREE HUG GROUPS!!! 

PUT YOUR SHOULDER TO THE .... DECK...

I'm more than excited for all the plans I have for my yard to get out of my brain this year.   I've planted so much in my kitchen window seal that there is almost no more room on it... I would like to thank Zach for being so patient with me.... ha ha.

Mom has been helping me figure out the best plan of action for my yard and i'm so glad!  Its hard to tell what things would grow good where and what grows good in the enchanting Utah clay... hee hee.  That's where she comes in.  As a "Master Gardener" she can say stuff like "Candy that's stupid because vegetables wont grow good there, however they will grow great right there!"  I've got so much to do before I can start planting my newborn plants in the yard.

I started today with the deck and taking down the fence around the "lower" deck.  It seemed fun when we moved in- like a little child area or something but last summer none of us went under it.  Its nice for the shade but if you sit down there you cant see the kids play because of the fence and the kids would rather play on the grass than in there,   so, buh-bye fence- hello more sunshine and welcoming roominess!

Here's the deck before...  Nice, but another thing i'm excited to get rid of is all the grey.... grrrreeeeeyyyyyy!

Here is the deck now- 45 minutes, lots of rusty painty screws, and one angry spider later, and WHALA!  A much more functionable lower deck! : )

All right I know there's lots of crap in the yard- but just wait till I get going!

 

Howdy neighbor, Happy Harvest!

 

Here is an update on some of my little spring ditties….

This is a pic of my pumpkin seeds about 4 days after I planted them. 

 

 

This picture was taken the same day as the last one..  look at the little bugger go!

 

 

 

And the same one two days later…  If you want a fast growing little seed, I would suggest pumpkin for sure!  Ha ha!

OoooowwwwwwwWWW!

  Tonight I should have worked on the ever breeding dishes and laundry once my little ones were in bed. But instead, my 9 year old convinced me to have fun and learn the “thriller” dance with her and her brother. 

yes, I confess I am one of the lone people from the 80’s that failed to learn the dance while wearing my neon and ratted hair pulled up in a scrunchie… 

I kinda suck at it, and we bumped into eachother pleanty, but let me tell you it was one of the best parts of my day by far!

Jumpin’ the gun on Spring…

When I hear my kids getting impatient with winter weather and snow flurries I’m always such a good mom and tell them things like, “Winter is a good time to see beautiful snow, and time for the ground to soak up the moisture from it… blah blah blah.”  But in my mind i’m thinkin’… “GEEZE TELL ME ABOUT IT, will spring come already?! Lets get plantin’!!!”

I’ve got so many wonderful things I want to do and plant in my yard, COME ON SPRING!”

So about a week ago I took some seeds i’d been saving and planted some in a milk container, and some in a jar. The ones I planted in the milk container (pink hollyhock) sprouted up super fast!  Uh oh! HA! Now i’m going to have to trasplant them soon into something bigger before they can move outside… tee hee hee…

            ^My beautiful little Pink Hollyhocks.. LOOOK how CUUTE!!!  Helloooo little babies!!!!!! ^ 

Have you ever had 10 surgery’s?

in 2004 my sister amy was in a car accident that broke all the bones in her right leg… left leg?  sorry amy!  her ankle took the brunt of the accident which left her with 10 surgery’s under her belt!  #10 was today. 

So to enjoy the bliss of this wonderful day we celebrated by throwing her a “surgery” party!  - by far one of the best parties of the year!

^  The decorations were spectacular! ^

…Our first game of the night was to make your barbie a fashionable cast…. 

Then we had a trivia challenge in which team “destroyers” were trying to influence the other team…. 

After that, we had an awesome game of pin the needle on the leg… 

 

I have so many more picture but they would take up this whole page!  The night was super fun and the best “surgery party i’ve ever attended!

for any concerned, my sisters surgery went well and she is at home chilling out while my niece makes her healthy microwave meals… 

What goes in must come out… or get stuck along the way and then forced out!… ewwww.

 Well, grandma, the add extra butter to make everything better idea nipped me in the gall bladder!  last sunday I was admitted to the local er for some heart check-ups and a morphine drip! 

Having attended cpr training a few times in my daycare days, I feared the worst as I was experiencing EVERY symptom of a heart attack.  chest pain, back pain, shortness of breath, and sweating… theres your formula for a beautiful picture huh? 

Luckily my mom and hero zach saved the day. 

since last sunday’s fun events i’ve been eating what they tell you to…  take  what you have and cut out white flour, sugar, fats, salts, and dairy. 

It has been hard and fun to be creative on what to make and what actually tastes good when i thought it wouldn’t. The hardest part is looking at the food that is still in the house and smelling and watching other people eat it! The hardest food to give up so far is chili. Buh-bye chili!  Waaaaaaa!  How am I going to live with out chili?!?!

My new mission…. Save the gallbladder!

So many people telling me to get it out and thats that. so many others telling me to keep it.  there were good points to both sides… whats a gallbladder to do?

With many many conflicting ideas from googling i was happy to see my step-moms nutritionalist, Denise, who explained it is totally possible to not have your gallbladder removed, and live healthy, which sounds good to me. 

 

Things i learned from seeing miss denise:

*brown rice is better for you than wheat bread

*the fewer steps your food took to get here the better

*your body might try to tell you that you are hungry often if you arnt getting the right nutrients.  So you keep eating to fill the hunger but until you eat the right thing the hunger wont go away.

*the little place where denise works is in a super cute area with a childrens store near by that I have to go to soon!