Been Tagged!

O.K. I have been TAG-ed so here it is

The 5 things I have in my Purse
1. My cell, wallet, and about 1oo receipts.
2. Wipes, cream, diaper, and 3 different packs of gum.
3. My huge sunglasses and case, perfume, and Excedrin.
4. 5 different lip glosses (you wouldn't believe all the different shades of nude lip gloss there is
and you have to have), and hand sanitizer
5. A reusable grocery bag, fruit leather, and small toys
( I also have about 20$ all in change)

The 5 things i have in my workroom
I don't really have a workroom it's in the garage and in different closets.

The 5 things I've always wanted to do.
1. Travel with my kids and Ben to every country
2. World peace or skydive
3. learn how to sew and make patterns
4. learn to weld
5. And I'm sure there are 100 more i can't remember now.


The 5 things I am into right now
1. Learning how to work with PMC (Precious Metal Clay)
2. Learning how to cook with tofu and other healthy things
3. Learning to garden organically ( i'm starting a class next week)
4. Blogging
5. And most of all my growing family ( that is age not more kids)

That was fun!

Now I am going out on a limb and tagging:
1. Mindi
2. Erin
3. Coco
4. Mary
5. Elizabeth - since you haven't done it yet

The most in 40 + years.

Dec. 2008- The Sunday before the winter break it started, the most snow fall for the Portland area in 40 + years. When I woke up early Sunday morning I looked out the window and this beautiful snow had started falling. Little did I know it would alter my life for the next 2 weeks. Church was canceled for two Sundays which brought lots of excitement to the kids (and me too), and the whole week before the winter break started school was cancelled. But one fun thing was that we had church (sacrament only) on the Tuesday night before Christmas.

We had no idea how long it would stay so we enjoyed it everyday.

Ben is such a fun dad. He started this snow flake activity that we proudly displayed.

Kids eating the snow- What is the draw to kids to eat the snow? Not sure, but it did keep them busy.

Our front yard after the first week of snow.

After the second week of snow, no side walks or streets.

Everything becomes so beautiful after a snowfall.

Eating Ice- After a week of snow mother nature sent us some freezing rain which caused this thick layer of ice over the snow. Zach loved this and knew it belonged in his mouth (of course).

Ice Fort- The broken ice looked like huge pieces of glass.

Our neighbors made a pretty sweet snow cave that was a good size.

When we moved to Portland little did we know that the street in front of our house was a great place to go sledding. It's not really steep but it was were the neighbors came to have fun. It was funny because this much snow was so rare that not many had real sleds so there was a lot of substitutions like our upside down slide.

We were out side every day. It was like a really coming together of the neighborhood, people walking around visited and some even had hot chocolate brewing in the front for people coming by. I have to say, it was good to see it go but it was a really fun time that we'll always remember.

Sneaky!!!!!

Dec. 2008- While Zach is a sweet funny child he enjoys being a sneaky sweet funny child.
-Locking himself in my bathroom and painting his face with my make-up (doing a fab job by the way).
-"All done" - at first glance it looks like he ate all his food. Then you look closer.

Maybe not.... Good thing he's so cute.

He also enjoys climbing on everything including the table which he then starts to dance on. Hopefully he's not practicing for a future career.

Going Back To Cali

Mid November 2008-- The summer has ended and the kids are back to school so we thought it was a great time to go on a long vacation. Much to the teachers chagrin we headed off with homework in hand. The kids where all soo excited to see family and friends, it was the first time back to Southern California in almost a year. Here are the highlights.

*Waiting for the plane-In the Portland airport

*Going to our old church ward in Murrieta.

Hannah with her good church friends Kaylee and Jillian

*San Diego Zoo- spending some good quality time with grandma Joan and Papah.
*How amazingly close you can get to the animals.

*Visiting with friends

The Tompsons and their soon to be 4 boys.

The Stanton's clan

*Disneyland- Love this place!

*Hannah learned how to defeat Darth Vader.

*California Adventure- I love this place too. *Hannah turns 9-Another highlight of the trip! I am truly amazed that my baby girl continues to get older and I don't. Just kidding I think I double in age every year. We had a great birthday for her at both grandparents houses.

Well, half of our trip was over and we had to say good-bye to San Diego and Grandma and Papah. We then headed out to the Palm Springs area to visit the other side of the family and enjoy Thanksgiving.

*Thanksgiving in the Desert- It was great to be with all the family.

*Being with family and enjoying food.

*Watching 7 kids trying to play twister at the same time.

Dylan looking very good for just getting out of the hospital the day before.

*Exploring the fault- We went out to the San Andreas Fault, an oasis, which is about 10 mins. away from my parents house. This is where the earth's plates come together and water seeps up. It is amazing to see these palm trees in the middle of the desert.

Looking at the fault from a distance

*Ossil pontificating about the trees and the meaning of a fault:)

We had a great time and as we headed back to life trying to finish all the homework on the plan flight home we felt so grateful for all the great family and friends we still had in So Cal. See you next year!