Another thought for the day....

I thought this was timely for our day that also applied in Winston Churchill's era...

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinate period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. Winston Churchill

So sorry it's been so long....

So, like I'm sorry I haven't posted anything for such a long time. Usually this time of year I'm rather bored and can't wait for Spring to show up. But this year is strange....I've been nothing but busy.
Jody, I'm very proud of you and your exercise-health routine. I, too am trying to get into shape as I've been called as "camp director" in our ward. There will be a (yikes) uphill hike. No marathons for me. Never have had the desire. :)
Jenn, I'm loving the Book you lent to me....I read it in my "having to" relax times.
I'd like to do a blog post of my "neato" (slang from the 70's of course) family some time.
Waiting to attend BYU graduation for my 2 oldest, wonderful children. Also, my wonderful Senior will be graduating from High School. My lovely Sophomore will be getting her license soon now. My fiesty youngest is going to graduate Kindergarten soon. My wonderful third child is loving being married to a lovely wife.
I love volunteering at the Grade School and taking lunch every other week to our wonderful grandparents.
I'm looking forward to getting another garden in. Now, if I could just get rid of the aches and pains from gardening....:)
What are the rest of you doing this Spring? Do you all have Spring Fever?

Our Country Life

What is it like at your house? Ours is full of animals and kids. We have 4 cows, some chickens, a barn cat that we domesticated from being a wild cat, a hamster that "accidentally" got lost somewhere on the place, and Emily in her country attire sitting on our country bench. Life is good!

Sweet Fun in the Fall Sun

Have you laughed lately?

Brian Regan is my all time favorite comedian. The best part of all is that he tells clean jokes. When my son showed us his DVD I have never laughed so hard for such a long time. My stomach hurt. It was his "Walk on the Moon" DVD. This is just a sample. If you have a chance--check it out. HILARIOUS!!!

BUSY< BUSY HOLIDAYS!!!

Do you have as many birthdays in the holidays as we do?
It seems like one after another starting with Corby that turned 18 on November 26th...
Corby works at Jack and the Box so we thought we'd embarrass him and take his picture at the window. He doesn't get embarrassed. Corby loves life!

Then it was Mikaela's "Sweet 16" so she got all the bells and whistles with a surprise party on the 9th of December...

The Chaz thought he'd gotten forgotten about because his was the 13th of December but he IS an ol' married man now but he got a celebration as well. Notice the smoke from all the candles...

Then, of course...CHRISTMAS...YAH!

Wait....we're not finished...my husband's big "50" Whew!!

What did you all do for New Years? We celebrated by playing a murder mystery that we've been doing for 7 or 8 years now with some long time great friends....

If THAT doesn't make one tired enough but we added another birthday with Chaz's wife's birthday being January 3rd (tomorrow) and Heather's is January 9th, same birthday as her wonderful grandma. (I know you're reading this mom) so the fun never ends....let me know how the holdays go for you! The end of January pretty much looks like this....

Just a quick health tip for the Holiday Season as we like to overindulge with food...did I say that? Naw....it's form the Almanac:

For stomachaches:
1 1/2 t. ground cinnamon in 1 C. warm water. Cover and let sit 15 minutes. Then drink like a tea.
It's also good for diarrhea and flatulence.

Also:
peppermint and chamomile teas are 2 good ones. They also help reduce gas.

Sorry that I haven't added too much on here lately. You know how crazy the holidays are anyway but we are also experiencing technical difficulties with our computer. It's crashed 3 times now so I'm on an ancient and TERRIBLY SLOW computer. It might not even download pictures. So, hope to get things going again after Christmas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!