GRADUATION

My life is a little nuts right now so I am going to post some pics for those of you that weren't able to make it & soon I will write a little about the BIG event.

here he is

I loved that he was on the front row

Angelo with his 5 honors

the proud papa's

my mom and the BYU Alum

Angelo's Sibs

my dad observing the immense amount of pictures being taken

i wore the HOTTEST shoes

( and by hot i don't mean temperature)

THANK YOU to all of you who came, it was a WONDERFUL day thanks to all of you!!

Yesterday, Today, & Forever

We watched

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

last night with my Mother , Father, & Brothers

My mother and I used to watch musicals ALL the time

we loved the dancing, singing, and of course we always sang along.

So, last night because it was our last normal Sunday before we leave ( next Sunday Chaucer will be blessed)

My mother and I decided we should watch a musical, needless to say the 8 boyz in the home didn't really agree with the movie selection. Mom and I decided it was about time we put our foot down & give the men some culturing ( that really isn't a word, but it just worked).

the movie begins

You all know how it starts views of the alps and little Austrian towns building up to the moment when Julie Andrews pierces the silence with her magnificent voice.......

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC

well the boyz had to make fun, of course

The women were not to be deterred we watched the entire movie ( and made them watch too) and sung every song as loud as we could, even Emeline was dancing and singing.

I made a mental note of some of the comments from the MEN

so without further adieu

me "you guys will like it better once she gets to the house"

Jonathon eagerly "does she shoot someone there"

each boy at a different time in the movie " WOW this is so suspenseful"

I had a great time, my mother and I still knew all the words to every song.

These Sunday nights will be missed

**note from the move crazed author**

I haven't read the book by Maria but it is on my list

Because of the setting of the movie I wanted to share one of my favorite books

Mans Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

he was Nazi prison camp survivor and the book is more than BRILLIANT

MUST READ

People of the Book

this is the book I am TRYING to read

I guess the problem is that I have too much going on

I start reading then my thoughts drift off to.....

how I am going to decorate my new dinning room

how it will feel to cook with two ovens

how nice it will be to let my kids play in the back yard

how we can eat FRESH fish whenever we choose

( you know I would choose every meal)

how my kids will not be on top of me every moment

( in 2700 square feet maybe they can find a place to play)

taking a bath in my new TUB

so....

I end up reading these, they are a little more suited to my current attention span

and they help fill my head with visions of the decor in my new abode

a little princess & little lord fauntleroy

I read these books to the kids along with some others........these are the two favorites

I love to read good lit out loud to my children, I am sure I enjoy them as much as they do !!

Here are some more pictures of the weekend in Seattle

Most Handsome men I saw in Washington

Funniest thing we saw

Angelo remarked that Seattellite's seem to need these cup holders for their coffee, we rarely saw anyone without a cup-a-joe in toe

Most comforting thing we saw

HOME

Greatest supermarket ever

aside from the staffed sushi bar, miles of organic local produce, rows of treats from under the sea, little shopping carts for kids to drive

It is only miles from our new house

Newcomer's Handbook for moving to and living in Seattle

2

airplanes

2

nights at the Marriott in Bellevue
1

thing I was tempted to steal from the hotel

( i loved this couch, too bad it wouldn't fit in the overhead compartment)

320

miles traveled in our rental car

1

day spent at Pikes

5

Mortenson construction sites seen

9

towns visited

11

homes viewed

# 3209

number of the home we loved

5

bedrooms in our new home

2

ovens in our new home

3

very tired travelers

3

very happy children to see MOM & DAD after 3 days

2

very tired ( and happy) Grandparents

We are waiting for the lease agreement, it should arrive Monday. When it is all signed we will breath ONE very big sigh of relief !

**funnest thing said about the grand kids 3 day visit**

Grandma**

"We woke up,

everyone got a shower,

I made breakfast,

we ate,

they played a game on the computer,

we made 5 batches of play dough,

then played with it,

cleaned up

........and then I looked at the clock and it was only 10:00 AM and we had the rest of the day ahead" if this doesn't make you laugh out loud you may not be a mother.

Family Home Evening Resource Book

this book has looked the same for umm.......i don't know over 30 years

i am sure we are not the first family to love the lessons in it

last night instead of this

Angelo brought THIS

to family home evening

I thought maybe a personal hygiene lesson

so I sat back to watch........this should be interesting

SONG

PRAYER

No prob.

if you have children you know before the lesson begins, you have to get everyone calm

then

next

Liam then decided he NEEDED to brush his teeth

.

then i looked at my spouse and he was

so i asked the kids what dad looked like

they did the

this made dad laugh in spite of himself

And

Angelo asked each child to take as many square of toilet paper as they needed ( if you have boys you can imagine the comments as multiple squares were taken)

Then he asked each person to, in turn tell as many nice things about the person next to them as they had squares of toilet paper.

I LOVE MY HUSBAND

We had fun saying all the things we love about each other.

****must include the funniest quotes of the evening****

"please get off his blanket, so I don't have to send him to heaven"

courtesy of Don Angelo

"I have to brush my teeth, right NOW"

Liam Agustin

" I just gotta dance, .......like a dude"

Jaxson

" look Cinderella dress, La La La"

princess Emeline

The American Girls Handy Book

This book is filled with all kinds of fun ideas & the writing is delightful

written in 1887 it is full of beautiful language and entries from the authors like

"In the girls handy book which it has been our endeavor to make peculiarly American, we have sought to introduce original and novel ideas, and by their aid to open new avenues of enterprise and enjoyment."

I love reading this book

Now our "American Girl"

I know there isn't a MAKEUP section of the book, so here is our addition

My 2 year old is obsessed with MAKEUP, she especially likes mascara & lip stick

She always gets into my make up when I am at the grocery store--when moms away right

Angelo took these pictures of our Makeup obsessed child

She is sure she has done something good.......hmm maybe we shouldn't take pictures when the kids are doing wrong