Friday Family Update

Aunt Seretia, Uncle Dodd, Aunt Etova, Dad


Another busy week has come and gone and I have survived!!

The kids are full into our Spring activities and we are going every which way. Princess Izzybee had her first softball game this week and had fun. She bat and made it to base and ran after the balls in the outfield along with all the other cute girls on her team. ZMan has had soccer and baseball. He missed his Wednesday night game but has one in the morning. He loves to play goalkeeper and I understand he was missed by his team since the others weren't interested in playing keeper.

Last Friday, April 9th, my dad's brother, my Uncle Lynden passed away after a 3 year battle with Leukemia. The viewing was Tuesday night and the funeral was Wednesday morning. His three kids live in three different states and they were all able to make it out. It was so good to see the family even under such sad circumstances. I loved visiting with my aunts and cousins and also getting to know cousins I haven't really known. I am grateful for my family and my thoughts and prayers are with my aunt who lost her husband, my cousins who lost their father and my aunts, uncle and dad who lost a brother.

Michelle and Craig gave us some free tickets to the Salt Lake Bees opening game tonight so Randy took ZMan and Princess Izzybee along with friends. I'm sure they are having a fun time. I was able to get the younger girls to bed and have some much needed quiet time at home.

The Kids

ZMan is re-reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I snapped this picture because he was reading without being asked which rarely happens. The Doodle loves to put puzzles together and she had just finished a Winnie the Pooh puzzle. Princess Izzybee is displaying her art project from school. Baby Ru is looking cute in her brother's baseball hat.

On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)

By Cleo Coyle
Published in 2003. 275 pages
Author's Website


I finished reading On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1) and really enjoyed the first book of the series. I am not a coffee drinker but it was still fun to learn so many interesting facts about coffee and it's history. I never new coffee brewing was such a science. The main character Clare was very likeable and I thought she had a sweet relationship with her former MIL Madame. It will be interesting to read the other books in the series to see if any happens between her and her ex-hubby Matt. Good twist at the end of the book.

Easter Thoughts

I hope everyone is having a good easter. Ours is a little different this year but that's okay. Randy had to go into work early this morning and Princess Izzybee is down home with cousins so it's just me along with ZMan, The Doodle and Baby Roo.

The kids had fun with their baskets this morning. I let ZMan hide the eggs for The Doodle which he loved doing and then he helped her find them all. She wasn't wanting to search for them all because she wanted to empty out each egg and eat the candy. ZMan had been wanting some sculpey clay since his class made art projects with it a few weeks back so that is what the Easter Bunny brought him along with candy. The Easter Bunny brought The Doodle a Zu Zu Pet with a carrier, blanket, a Barbie Princess movie and lots of candy.

Princess Izzybee with to my sister's house in Orangeville along with my other sister and Mom . She will spend her Spring Break there with her cousins and she was so excited to go. The Easter Bunny visited her also and she got a basket full of candy along with an Easter outfit. The Easter Bunny left her a Zu Zu Pet at the house for when she returns. She called me about an hour ago and she is having so much fun she hardly wanted to talk. I will miss her this week but I'm happy she will have a lot of fun and make lasting memories with her cousins.

Yesterday we went to the Rasmussen's home (Randy grew up with them next door) for some Easter fun, eat lunch and watch conference. It was so nice of them to invite us and we love being around their family. The food was so yummy (I need the chicken recipe), the company was great and the kids had a blast running around, coloring eggs and decorating and eating sugar cookies. I just love that we were able to spend some of the holiday with a family that is like family since we weren't able to spend it with our families. I'm bummed because I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures of our day.

When we got home the kids decorated Easter Eggs and it was funny because The Doodle just used one color for all her eggs: GREEN. She has a whole cartoon of green eggs. ZMan had to share some of his eggs also because she had finished first.

Randy should be home soon and he's bringing Holly's younger 2 boys over for the night so ZMan will be happy to have some company. I need to go start on Easter dinner and watch conference.

Happy Easter!

April Fool's Oreo Cookie

ZMan wanted so badly to do an April Fool's joke on someone. He asked me to buy oreos so he could scrape out the middle, add toothpaste and trick someone. I helped him decide to try it on his dad. ZMan thought this was pretty funny. Dad was good at going along with the joke.

Cozy Mystery Challenge 2010

I decided to participate in the Cozy Mystery Challenge 2010. I love cozy mysteries. An online friend introduced my to cozies a couple of years ago and I've been hooked ever since. This friend started me on Joanne Fluke and the Cookie Lady mysteries which I really like. I had been reading Dianne Mott Davidson and never knew they were cozy mysteries. I've committed to read 7-10 cozies by September 30th.

Below is my list and I will add to it as I go. (This list is subject to change) :

1. On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)
2. Dearly Depotted (Flower Shop Mystery, #3)
3. The Diva Runs Out of Thyme (Domestic Diva Mystery, #1)
4 Carrot Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 10)
5. Mother's Day Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #15)
6. Cream Puff Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery, #11)
7. Bookmarked for Death (A Booktown Mystery #2)
8. Plum Pudding Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery, #12)
9. Grace Under Pressue (A Manor of Murder Mystery, #1)
10. Trick or Treat Murder (Lucy Stone #3)
11. Apple Turnover Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery #13)