What I learned at dinner....

Tonight we had dinner at my mom's house and I learned a few things.

1. Toby is related to one of the 1st Minnesota.
Search from Benjamin Franklin Sanders
2. Granny dreamed of losing a little girl, in a snow storm, in San Diego last night. I love seeing her laugh. What a sight!
3. My big brother tackled Kurt Warner in a college football game back in 93 or 94. My brother played for Morehead State and Kurt Warner played for Northern Iowa.
4. Grace can eat 3 hot dogs in one day.
5. I love having my family here. My boys were able to have dinner with all of their grandparents and an Uncle from Mn.

Scrapbook Weekend...

I had a great time up in Scottsdale this weekend for our Mom's Night Out....Scrapbook Weekend. I enjoyed lounging all day in my sweats and scrapping. I loved hanging out with these women. We laughed, we cried. Everything friends should do!!! Here is proof I scrapped....


Here was my room. I was sad to leave but was happy to come home.
I do miss those sheets and pillows!

A yummy recipe

My sister in law, Leah, emailed me this recipe yesterday. I was at Fry's today and they had their chuck roasts on sale...buy one get one...at $ 2.99 a pound vs. $4.99. So for around $7.00 I got two roasts.

There is no roast left over for lunches tomorrow, it was that good. I am sorry I didn't take a picture for my Project 365 I am doing. Anyways, here you go. Enjoy.

3 lb roast
1 can cream of chx soup
1 envelope onion soup mix
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 pkt brown gravy mix w/ 1 cup water
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
salt & pepper

combine all ingredients in crock pot except roast.Mix it all together.
place roast in crockpot and turn to coat all sides.
cook on low 8-10 hrs, high 5-6 hours or until fork tender and falls apart.
makes it's own gravy.

Zoo Lights

Last night Shelley, Kylie, Grace and myself headed out to Zoo Lights. We had a blast. There was not much of a crowd and most of the guests were families with younger children.




Being that it was not busy, Grace and Kylie taught Jengo the talking giraffe the alphabet!!
They even had 'assbobbers.

The best part of the evening was when we took a horse drawn carriage ride to an area that was roped off to the general crowd. Magic(yes, he is a friend of Jack) took us for the thrilling ride.

Thank you Shelley for a fun night out.

One of my favorites

I can watch this movie over and over and enjoy each time. If you haven't seen it, you really, really should.

Someone Loves Me

Shelley gave me my first award and since today is my birthday, I thought I would post it.




1. Where is your cell phone? Top of dresser
2. Where is your significant other? On the 'puter in the other room.
3. Your hair color? Blond
4. Your mother? Fern
5. Your father? Vern....he has been gone for almost 7 years now. :(
6. Your favorite thing? My kids
7. Your dream last night? Gracie swimming in her leotard
8. Your dream/goal? to be productive
9. The room you're in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? Digi scrapping...designing
11. Your fear? Toby losing his job...running out of money
12. Where do you want to be in six years? here with my family
13. Where were you last night? Home ringing in the year
14. What you're not? ready for my kids to go back school
15. One of your wish list items? bamboo fun graphic tablet
16. Where you grew up? Worthington, Mn
17. The last thing you did? Typed
18. What are you wearing? Jammies
19. Your T.V.? The Office
20. Your pet? Dog
21. Your computer? Compaq
22. Your mood? Melancholy
23. Missing someone? Not so much
24. Your car? Sedona
25. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your Summer? Long
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? Green or Blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? Tonight
31. Last time you cried? This afternoon

I pass this award on to Christi, Sheri and Ann.

Whats up with blogger??

I can't upload any photos or even edit my posts. I hoping that tomorrow all will be better.

Happy New Year. We have had a fun week. I am so lucky to have my sister here with me to help me celebrate my birthday.

Ok, will be back after I figure this mess out.

Merry Christmas

Wow, what a fun and busy week we are having. I love having my sister and her family here. Grace and Lizzie are like the sea gulls in Finding Nemo....Mine,Mine,Mine,Mine,Mine...you get the idea. They can also be very, very sweet to each other.

Gracie had a wonderful birthday. I can't believe she is already 3 years old. Where is the time going and why must it go so fast? We went to Costco to pick up a cake since it is the cheapest way to go for a premade cake. Grace didn't care that it said Happy Holidays instead of Happy Birthday. She wanted the teddy bear.


We went to the Zoo on Monday. It was not crowded at all and fun was had by all.




I want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas. This year has been really tight financially, so we didn't send out Christmas cards. Oh, well maybe next year.

Big Girl

Thanks to Grandma Fern's early birthday and Christmas present, Grace is now sleeping in her own big girl bed.

She slept the whole night in her own bed. Yippiee!!!!! I sure enjoyed my night sleep too.

It's beginning to look like Christmas

We finally got our Christmas tree up Saturday afternoon. I love our tree. I love to just sit and stare at it. I was also able to decorate around the house too.

We had another loooonnnnggggg weekend of baseball and now we don't have another tournament till after Christmas. It's a good thing too, I need a break. It is very frustrating to know that your son is just as talented as others and yet he doesn't get to play. It gets a little old after awhile.

Granny was admitted to the hospital early this morning. The paramedics thought she was having a stroke since her blood pressure was 220/119. She had a few very adnormal EKG readings. After a cat scan showed no stroke, we are hoping that they will transfer her from Scottsdale/Osborn to Desert Banner since it is closer for us and they already have her records from a few weeks ago.

Can't wait till Saturday when my sister gets here with the girls. I need my family right about now.

Most Mornings with Grace

Good Morning, Miss Grace.


Can Daddy have a hug before he leaves for work?

Stretch!!!





Awww, Thanks Princess!


You're welcome Daddy, I'm going back to sleep now.

We Won!!!

We won this weekends tournament. We get to try and do it again next weekend too.

Photos from Tammi Haeberle.

Night out with my guy

Mitchell and I went out tonight. We went to the bookstore and listened to Joe Garagiola talk about his friendship with Yogi Berra and others. What a fun story teller. We were able to get a book signed for Grandpa Jake, which will be a Christmas gift.

Mitchell asked Mr. Garagiola what it was like to broadcast with Daren Sutton, the voice of the Diamondbacks and I asked him to give Mitchell some life long baseball advice. He told Mitch that he loved working with Daren and also told him he needed to be good in school and keep the grades up.


After the bookstore we went to Rubio's for dinner and enjoyed each other. I love having a one on one with my boys. Thanks Mitch for the fun night out!

Just like Momma

I took Grace into the doctors today since she has had a runny nose for about a month. He told me that kids don't usually get sinus infections so his guess is that she had colds back to back. He then started his examination and came to looking up her nose and stopped dead in his tracks. He was wrong this time. She has a sinus infection along with both ears infected. Just like me!

I love proving people wrong.

Know what is really annoying?

Driving with a newly licensed driver who tells you every mistake you make. Just saying.