No Such Luck!

Ok, so this past weekend (Feb 13-16th) we took a fun little trip to Moab, UT. Paul decided that he needed to try his Land Rover Discovery on some rock crawling trails. As my life sometimes goes, I didn't have a camera that worked with me! My wonderful husband got me a nice new one for Christmas and he thought it was so cool, because it had a rechargeable lithium battery. Just plug in a cord and charge it up. That's the problem...I lost the cord. Can't find it anywhere! I think that it went out with the copious amounts of Christmas trash(2 weeks worth of stuffing my garbage can and the 2 neighbors' FULL)! Anyway I digress...no cord, no working battery, no camera. At first I just thought I'd go to Radio Shack and get new one, they always have the cord I need, no such luck! They had universal chargers for everything but Kodak! Stupid Kodak! So finally I went to the Kodak online store, found what I needed, paid the extra shipping for "next business day" and planned on having time to charge my battery. No such luck! I ordered on Wednesday, we left on Friday afternoon and no sign of UPS. So I grabbed my "old" camera that was sucking AA batteries like crazy, but still in working condition. I thought we'd be fine and get some GREAT shots in Moab. No such luck! Saturday morning we get on a trail (I can't remember it's name, just that it was a moderate trail) and think it's a great photo op, and the camera tells me to change the batteries. I was prepared with a new set, changed them and tried to get a photo...No such luck! Paul got all of the kids out of the Rover and the camera would NOT stay on! Every time I pushed the shutter button...No such luck! The stupid thing would turn itself off. So for the rest of the weekend I tried to take pictures and Paul kept commenting about "great photo ops" or how it would be great if I had a good camera to take a picture with, maybe a nice one like the one sitting at home with no charge. So we really did go to Moab, did "Fins-n-Things", Kassidy really did cry like a little girl and almost pee her pants a few times (out of fear), Emma really did refuse to pee in the wilderness, Addison really did loose a sketcher sneaker (just one) some where along the trail, and Nate really did sleep through it all! I just don't have pictures to document any of it! But when I got home...my charger was sitting in the front seat of my van (the UPS guy didn't want it to get lost!)!

What a way to end the month...

My thinking was that if my family had to come for the weekend, we might as well get as much in as we could. That idea was great in theory!
We started last week with a bitter sweet event. Paul's beloved grandmother died! Granny Great was... exceptional! And she truly endured to the end! We were so blessed to have her as long as we did, but I wasn't ready to let her go! When Janice(my mother-in-law) called me on Monday morning, to tell me the news, she reminded me that we should be happy for Granny, since we all knew she was truly rejoicing. But I still cried! What a great lady Iris Bagley was, she loved to have any and all of us visit her, her highlight was getting hugs from the kids and listening to all of our "happenings". She would always ask, "So, what do you know?" My kids were so lucky to live close enough to see her often, she was just sad that she couldn't SEE what they looked like! So we had her viewing on Thursday and funeral on Friday.

Then Saturday we got to witness Kassidy become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! What a great thing this was! I don't feel like I should have my oldest old enough for this, but she won't slow down! I'm so happy and thankful that her dad was able to baptize her. What a blessing for both of them! And we were so happy to have such great family support! Thanks for the great talk Angie!!! Then back to our house that night for pizza and ice cream(thanks Grandma for the pizza!!!!!).

Bright and early Sunday morning(9am church), Paul named and blessed Nathan Paul Nelson! Normally he's a happy boy! This is what happens when his Aunties change his clothes and put him down! He is a bit spoiled, and does NOT like being put down on his back! Once again, GREAT family support(thanks everyone, we love you all!)! Then lunch for everyone at the elementary school, thanks to Royal for meeting the janitor there! Then we capped the day by watching Arizona loose the super bowl! Like I said, it sounded great in theory, but in truth, it was a tiring but WONDERFUL weekend! Thanks again to every one's support and love!

Tag, You're It!

This was on my friend Carrie's blog and I never do these, but I thought maybe my blog should have something about me on it...
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Jessie Brewer on General Hospital!
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Today
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes, when I take time to not be sloppy
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? turkey, I live in turkeyville
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? four, Girls: 8, 5, & 2 1/2 Boy: 7 1/2 weeks
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? heck yeah! We'd laugh all the time!
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? Never! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? not since 7th grade
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Nope! I'm terrified of heights!!!!
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Multi-grain cheerios!
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope, I don't buy them if the have laces!
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? chocolate marshmallow
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Their hair or their nose. I don't know why!
15. RED OR PINK? As the mother of 3 girls, RED!!!
16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My HAIR
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Natalie, shes the one I can always be crazy with!
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? jeans and red slippers
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Nate kind of cying and really snorting!
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Bright orange
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Chocolate chip cookies baking and fresh lemon zest
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? The secretary at the elementary school
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH ON TV OR SPECTATOR? basketball or live baseball
27. HAIR COLOR? Today? Auburnish(time for another color job)
28. EYE COLOR? hazel
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I should
30. FAVORITE FOOD? pizza and really good bread
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? How about an action flick
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? defiance
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Brown sweater (it is freezing)
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
35. HUGS OR KISSES? From who?
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Marshmallow brownie cookie from Cutlers
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? How to raise your child's financial IQ!
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? no mouse pad
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? I didn't watch TV last night!
42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? My girls when they are laughing together, not screaming at each other!
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? The Beatles!!!
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Conneticut
45. DO YOU HAVE SPECIAL TALENTS? none
46. Where were you born? Vernal, UT
48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? At snow college when he was supposed to get to know my roommate (Carrie) so they could go out! ;)