Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Five Years Old!



Happy Birthday Alex!! It is so hard to believe that he has gone from that little baby to looking so old. Just looking at last years pictures he has lost his little boy look. His face is leaner and you can almost see what he will look like as an adult. Happy St. Patrick's Day and enjoy these little leprechaun pics.






Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Not of this earth

I went shopping today with two kids in toe. Alex was lagging behind a little. I walked around an isle and had to call for him to keep up please. Soon he comes tearing around the corner and says "Mom I saw a scary person who does not belong on this earth." Now before you judge him to harshly I must interpret for him "Not on this earth" means "Not in real life", or "Make-believe" for examples Superheros are not on this earth, Ghosts are not on this earth, neither apparently are witches, or Little old ladies who bare a striking resemblance to Snow White's Stepmother........

Where do I begin. I began telling him how not everyone looks the same, How Heavenly Father made everyone look different because it would get really confusing if everyone looked like Alex, And of course how Heavenly Father loves all of us and we should too, no matter what they look like.
Near the Cereal isle he whispers "Look mom, There she is"

A little old lady was walking by, she was short and a little hunchbacked. To me she looked very sweet. I think it was the shawl covering her head that made her appear too mistrusting to be of this world.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Sneak Peak for Deedra

Treasured Portraits now has backdrops and studio lighting! We tested it out with a couple of families so far. To see a sneak peak of Deedra kids' photos go to www.treasuredportraits.blogspot.com They are stinking cute pictures!
There are only a few right now, but they are good if I do say so my self. LaVerne you will love them.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Polls are open

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Monday, February 15, 2010

Reviews

I have seen a few reviews on people's blog lately and have enjoyed them. I thought I would leave a few of my own. We have rented a few duds from redbox lately. That is what is nice about redbox you don't feel like you have wasted your money. One movie we turned off and returned it, It was that boring. So Stillman was a little leary about renting Fame. He has never seen the original 1980's Fame. He had no idea what the movie was about. I had not heard any reviews so I wasn't sure how well the remake did. However I loved it.






Defiantly going to buy this one. It is a story about "a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom."









I read this book this year. It is true story about an LDS American Spy in Russia. It is marked as fiction as most of the things he tells about are classified, therefore he had to change the names. Micheal Ramsdell is an American intelligence officer in Russia. He has just been made. "spy speak for his cover is blown" he now must escape via the 6,000-mile Trans-Siberian Railway. He is Broke, Injured, Starving and in a hostile country. As he travels he thinks back over his facinating life as an Intelligence officer.

"A Train To Potevka
is a story of sacrifice, hope, and second chances. It is about love of family, home, and country. Most of all, it is a testimony to the basic goodness of man and the compassion and concern of a loving God."





The Kids have Loved these books. We borrowed them from the library but I would love to have them in our home collection. I just found out she has one more book in this series called Duck and Cover. We will have to get that one next. Duck at the Door is about a Duck names Max. Max comes one winter night to a house full of animals and there loving owner Irene. He soon makes himself at home and becomes a nuisance, But when it comes time to migrate, his new family realizes how much they have come to love Max......


Duck Soup (not the Marx Brothers) is about an adventure that max has while living with Irene and friends. Max has a dream of becoming a chef and making the perfect soup. When he goes out to the garden for a minute his friends Brody, Dakota and Bebe think that Max has cooked himself, and thing go horribly wrong for Max's soup.