Thursday Thoughs

Binks is home and the kids are so happy. Tuesday someone called and said they had our dog so R went to pick him up. The girl explained that her brother who doesn't speak english almost hit him in West Valley and took him home to Rose Park. He tried the number on the tag but didn't leave a message since he didn't speak english ( we didn't have any unexplained numbers on our caller id because we had been watching it). The girl finally called us Tuesday, they had bought Binks a big bag of dogfood and his tags were missing (the tags with our phone number) and when R tired to ask where the tags were they said they didin't have them. I'm not sure how they would have gotten our phone number then, but oh well. We figured that since no one had called we would never get him back so although I don't understand why they waited so long to call us, I'm glad they did.

Z's 8th birthday is Saturday and he is having a sleepover birthday party tomorrow night. He is very excited (although I have to admitt that I am not that excited for it). I need to get the basement family room cleaned up today and plan food and games for the party. I also need to go to his class tomorrow for his "Special Day" and I need to come up with treats and an activity of some sort. I think I got most of his birhtday presents but I need to make sure the girls have gotten him something.

Sunday I give the lesson in Young Women's so I need to get working on my lesson. I start getting stressed when I have to give the lesson and I cant' wait until it's over.

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Happy Birthday A!!

Happy first birthday sweet baby!!

Weekly Menu

Weekly Menu


Monday:
Spaghetti, Salad, Garlic Bread

Tuesday:
Stove Top Easy Chicken Bake, Salad

Wednesday:
Ham & Cheddar Loaf, Green Beans

Thursday:
Leftovers

Friday:
Pizza

Saturday:
Chicken Rolls Ups, Corn, Salad

Sunday:
Roast, Mashed Potoates, Peas

Wicked

About two months ago I bought the Wicked soundtrack on Itunes and have been listening to it nonstop. I have informed R many times in the past two months that I want to see Wicked. My hope was that whenever it came to Salt Lake he would get us tickets. Well....last week was my birthday and we were in southern California and R surprised me with tickets to Wicked in Hollywood. I LOVED it! It was so wonderful and I knew the music which made it better. I read the book a few years ago and had been told the musical wasn't like the book so I was so happy so see the humor in the muscial. It was funny and enjoyable. R gives me the best gifts and I was really surprised.

Long before Dorothy drops in, the two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One born with emerald-green skin is smart, fiery and mistunderstood. the other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. Based on the novel by Gregory Macquire, the spellbinding musical takes a look at how these two unlikely friends grow to become the wicked witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

Our Family Trip

We are home! A few weeks ago Randy “accidently” bought a trailer from an online auction. We debated whether or not he would go alone to pick it up or make a family trip out of it. Thursday, October 25th we decide to make it a family trip and take the kids to Disneyland. We left early Saturday the 27th so it didn’t leave us very much time to get ready so of course I forgot much needed items.

Saturday night we made it to San Marcos (in the San Diego area) and stayed with Fred and Valerie. We spent Sunday with them eating out at different places and hanging at the beach. The kids loved the beach and although the water was freezing they managed to get very wet. Fred and Valerie took us to some of the fire burned areas near their home. It was awful to see how the fire devastated neighborhoods. It would burn one house to the ground and the home next door was untouched and you could see where the fire jumped to three houses down. So sad.

Monday morning we drove to Anaheim and Disneyland. Randy bought us a 3 day park hopper pass so we could go between Disneyland and California Adventure Park. We started at California Adventure Park and walked on almost every ride. The kids loved Bug’s Land although Sarah didn’t like the interactive movie in Bug’s Land, it really freaked her out, especially when the spiders came down from the ceiling. The kids also loved the Monsters Inc. ride and we went on this several times. We had pictures with characters and ate lots of food. At the end of the day we finally bought autograph books for the kids to get autographs and pictures with the characters. When the park closed at 5:00pm we went to Disneyland and thought about standing in the Finding Nemo Ride line but it was sooo LONG so they went on a few other rides and then we watched the parade. We finally left the park just before closing and went to IHOP for dinner where the kids barely stayed awake.

Tuesday we spent the day in Disneyland and had so much fun. Again we walked on or only had to wait no longer then 15 minutes for every ride except Nemo where the wait was an hour. I think we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride like 8 time throughout our visit. We rode many rides a couple of times and got a lot of signatures and pictures in their autograph books. This time when the park closed, we when to dinner again at IHOP and the kids fell asleep before their food arrived, they were so tired.

Wednesday was Halloween and my birthday. We spent the early part of the day in both parks going on favorite rides and looking for characters we wanted to see. We left the park early because Randy planned a special surprise for me. The kids put the costumes on and we took them the Anaheim Stake President’s wife who Randy made arrangements to watch them and take them trick or treating. We drove into Hollywood and saw the musical Wicked. It was the best gift the show was incredible. I loved it!

Thursday we got a late start because we had such a late night. We picked up the LONG trailer and started our long drive home. We finally pulled in about 3:45am Friday morning. Randy and the kids went to bed while I ran into work to do payroll, which was the whole reason we had to be back by Friday morning. Now I am still doing laundry and putting everything away. It was such a fun trip.

Binks

We are back! We pulled in about 3:45am yesterday morning. The drive back was soooo LONG! We had a wonderful trip and so much fun. I'll post about it when I have more time.

Someone took care of our dog Binks for us while we were gone and I stopped by to pick him up yesterday but we couldn't find him. It looks like Binks we outside through the doggy door and then jumped the short fence and wandered off. He wanders off here but his tags have our phone number listed and someone has always called us when they find him. So far no calls and we are all sad. I'm surprised that I'm sad but I am and the kids have been crying about it. We had family prayer last night and asked that if for Binks to come home but also to be safe and warm. I hope someone calls soon.