Home on the Range: February 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SKYLER

Happy Birthday Skyler

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

9 Years Old

Beautiful in Dallas

2nd from Left

Practice makes Perfect

Skyler excels at most things she attempts. She is an accomplished dancer, an excellent swimmer and a diligent student. She is a kind and loving person to her parents, her brothers, her cousins, and her friends. She is creative and related to me that she enjoys making things beautiful in her home. She arranges flowers almost as well as her mother and her Marmie. She is a happy person.

Dance is her passion. She attends classes three days a week and is a member of a competitive dance team in Scottdale, Arizona. Several weeks ago she competed in the Western Division National Dance Association Championship at the Convention Center in Pasadena, California. In her division, her team won first place in Pom.

Last weekend, she competed at the National Champion competition for NDA at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Her team won third place in Jazz in their division. Congratulations Skyler!!

Skyler, Poppy and I love you and wish you a Happy Birthday

Monday, February 27, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG

Happy Birthday Craig

Attentive Father

Little Logan Craig

Teaches his Children

Enjoying his Children

Loving husband and father to our daughter and Grandchildren

Sunday, February 26, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PARKER

Sunday, February 26, 2012

15 Years Old

No Longer a Boy

Fishing with his Grandfather

A Game Well Played

A Supportive Member of a Family

Happy Birthday Parker

From your parents, sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins, and your Grandparents

We Love You

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

SAVE IT!!!

We are entertaining guests for the next six days, so today we made a trip to Costco

Seven days is too long not to freeze Meat

Usually I use gallon size ziplock Bags....

But not today!

Last November when we were in Arizona, Charles and Jenny and family gave us a

FoodSaver

Until today it had not been Used

As we hauled groceries into the laundry room, I spied the box of the FoodSaver

Unpacking the little machine, I was afraid it would be too complicated to operate at

6:00 in the evening with dogs to feed and dinner to prepare.

However, I was mistaken. With a little help from Chuck we quickly deciphered the instructions and in less than 30 minutes had a pile of vacuum packed meat.

It was so FUN!!!

Can't wait for fishing Season

No more fish frozen in Water!

Scallops

One night I am grilling shrimp and scallops with orange-scented Quinoa on my indoor Grill

Ever heard of Quinoa? Me neither.

Looks a lot like Pilaf

Saw it on Everyday Italian with Giada

Are you impressed??

Thank you Charles Ellis Family!

Monday, February 20, 2012

NEW CHILDREN'S PLAYROOM

Treadmill has been folded away and bicycle has been pushed into a Corner

These boxes contain trains, planes, and Tracks

Over the weekend I noticed that we had many Disney VHS cassettes in our Cupboard.

So.....I trotted myself down to Desert Industries in Provo and purchased a TV/VHS combo for $15. Yes, I said $15. I paid $3.00 for a Rewinder. They work perfectly.

New Ikea easel with white board on the back and a chalk board on the Front.

Roll of paper hangs in Back.

Girls' Side

Dishes, play food, baby bed, princess dress up clothes, etc., etc., etc.

Our little granddaughters LOVE princess Figurines

Is there anything better than sitting for a spell and watching children Play?

Purchased this little slide at Ikea

Duplo blocks and a box of baby toys are under the Slide

While our grandchildren were here for Christmas, it was obvious that our toy supply needed a complete makeover. Sooooo......there is nothing I like better than to fill a need. We have three little friends ( 7 year old boy, 5 old girl, and 12 mon. old baby boy) coming to ski this week, so I am anxious for them to try out our new playroom.

Steven and Aly's children will be up next, but we'll have to wait until summer for the rest of our little flock.

Do I hear you saying, "But, what about the exercise room?" We'll see.....................................

Thursday, February 16, 2012

NEXT YEAR AT THE GARDEN!!!!!

Now that our children are grown and married and with children of their own, we spend a significant portion of each day interacting with our dogs. They bring us a tremendous amount of pleasure. Each afternoon they are taken for a run behind Chuck's 4 wheeler and play a serious game of fetch in the mountains behind our home.

On Tuesday we loaded Cody and Annie into the truck and took them up the Lake Creek Road for a couple of hours of fun. They love these trips and so do we. Annie stands on the side of the truck the whole way, but Cody stills remembers his attempted leap to freedom and keeps all four feet on the bed of the truck.