February 2013 is now in the books. So what happened?
**Meranda celebrated eight months in the mish. Only 10 more Fast Sundays and she will be home.
**Winter was still here during February...cold and snowy most of the month.
**Short day trip to St. George to watch softball and Parker's future wife...Ivy Renfroe pitcher for Tennessee. Trip down was good - games were cold - watched BYU vs. Tennessee, Utah vs. Seattle, Weber vs. Arkansas. Trip back was not so good - snow most of the way and we finally arrived home at 2:00 A.M.
**Booked trip to Disneyland - will be there the end of March!
**Hired contractor to start on Phase 1 of basement project - finish room in basement and add additional storage.
**HHS Parent Teacher Conference - always a fun time....
**Spoke (Evan and Cindy) in Sacrament meeting - topic of personal/family/ward history. Sometimes I am good at this..sometimes I'm not.
**Followed HHS Basketball team - Region 2 Champs - going undefeated! Willie is the enforcer! The team is really fun to watch. I have never seen so many dunks in high school games!
**Got a new ward calling - NURSERY LEADERS............
**Went to Weber State to watch HHS Basketball in State Tourney (me, Geneil, Parker) - they lost....
**Went to Allen Rasmussen's funeral - Dad spoke and gave an amazing talk. Allen was a good person - I think I've known him almost my whole life.....
**Got backed into by some ditsy girl in Smith's parking lot.
**Parker started Tennis - well actually they started snow removal to get the tennis courts ready.
So there you go!!!!!
Friday, March 1, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Parker and his Women
Parker has this thing for pretty women and kind of gets into their lives...
Maria Shariapova is his favorite tennis player. He watches reruns of her matches when she isn't playing live. He knows when her birthday is, was devastated when she got engaged and was thrilled when she broke it off!
Ivy Renfroe and Tori Almond are his favorite softball players. They are both pitchers and are tall and cute. He follows them well enough to know their stats. We even went to St. George a few weeks ago to watch them play. A couple of years ago, we went to Las Vegas to watch games (and see Meranda who was traveling with USU) and Ivy was just a few feet away from us. I thought he was going to die.....
He also follows the Kardashians. He knows all their names, knows what kinds of cars they drive and where they live. We were at Olive Garden the other night and he got so caught up in telling us something about them that he was talking VERY LOUD and we had to back him down and tell him to breathe deep. It was only this last weekend that I found out that he had been blocked from following Kim Kardashian on Twitter.....I guess by Kim herself!
Oh my - I guess it's kind of like when I was in love with the Osmonds, Bjorn Borg, and Clayton Leavitt!!!
Maria Shariapova is his favorite tennis player. He watches reruns of her matches when she isn't playing live. He knows when her birthday is, was devastated when she got engaged and was thrilled when she broke it off!
Ivy Renfroe and Tori Almond are his favorite softball players. They are both pitchers and are tall and cute. He follows them well enough to know their stats. We even went to St. George a few weeks ago to watch them play. A couple of years ago, we went to Las Vegas to watch games (and see Meranda who was traveling with USU) and Ivy was just a few feet away from us. I thought he was going to die.....
He also follows the Kardashians. He knows all their names, knows what kinds of cars they drive and where they live. We were at Olive Garden the other night and he got so caught up in telling us something about them that he was talking VERY LOUD and we had to back him down and tell him to breathe deep. It was only this last weekend that I found out that he had been blocked from following Kim Kardashian on Twitter.....I guess by Kim herself!
Oh my - I guess it's kind of like when I was in love with the Osmonds, Bjorn Borg, and Clayton Leavitt!!!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Camilla Yamada - new facebook friend
No - I do not have a facebook account - but Parker does and I "monitor" it to make sure the content is acceptable - which kind of ticks him off.....Oh Well.
So last week, Parker got a request from a Camilla Yamada - he thought maybe she was someone at his school - so he accepted her as a friend. Come to find out - she is in Pedro Juan - and is in the Branch that Meranda is assigned to.
And then the pictures started to post....apparently Camilla likes hanging out with the missionaries and likes to post pictures.
So - on Friday - we saw a picture of the baptism.
Saturday - we saw a picture of MKW at someplace where they were making pizzas.
Sunday - we saw her in a rain storm with a skirt on that I did not recognize (apparently people give her things including random skirts).
So thanks to Camilla we are seeing pictures of Hermana Wood. Check it out on Parker's facebook page.
Pretty Awesome!!!!!
So last week, Parker got a request from a Camilla Yamada - he thought maybe she was someone at his school - so he accepted her as a friend. Come to find out - she is in Pedro Juan - and is in the Branch that Meranda is assigned to.
And then the pictures started to post....apparently Camilla likes hanging out with the missionaries and likes to post pictures.
So - on Friday - we saw a picture of the baptism.
Saturday - we saw a picture of MKW at someplace where they were making pizzas.
Sunday - we saw her in a rain storm with a skirt on that I did not recognize (apparently people give her things including random skirts).
So thanks to Camilla we are seeing pictures of Hermana Wood. Check it out on Parker's facebook page.
Pretty Awesome!!!!!
Another January is in the Books!
January is not my favorite month. My birthday is in January. I remember shopping as a teenager with Mom for a birthday present. Everything was picked over and left over from Christmas. It was too cold to think about Spring. Just kind of a BLAH month! But Mom did a good job of always getting me something special. I remember a cute white cardigan and red pleated skirt. I remember getting an Organ one year - YES an Organ. I remember the year I finally passed the CPA exam - a cute new outfit celebrating the test results and my birthday!
Each year I really don't want to remember my birthday - I just keep getting older. The things in the store are still picked over and left over from Christmas. The January inversion lingers longer and the older I get the less I like Winter!
So a few days after my birthday, we headed out to "sunny" San Diego. The trip was a disaster from the get go. We got caught in the freezing rain storm - six hour delay leaving SLC.....
Waited for a crew from Boise - delayed the flight an hour.
Got a new crew - boarded the plane - waited in line for de-icing. As the pilot announced "We need to turn this popsicle into an Airplane." Waited for a runway. The airport got shut down. We re-boarded the plane - waited in line for fuel - waited in line for de-icing - waited for takeoff.
Finally arrived in San Diego - weather felt good - we headed to Old Town for some Mexican food - it was good!
Headed to our hotel in Chula Vista - which was about 3 miles from the Mexican border.
Found Parker and his team - at the La Quinta in Chula Vista - they had been able to practice at the Olympic training center on Thursday afternoon (his plane took off on time)!
It started to rain. The rest of the weekend practices were in an "Indoor facility" - fake grass - buzzing lights - cold and dingy.
I started to get sick.....ended up full force "sick" by Saturday.
Too rainy to head downtown to San Diego on Friday - ended up eating at a CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) in Otay, CA.
Saturday went shopping at the Las Americanas mall - right on the border - didn't really find anything.
Headed back to Chula - then ventured downtown for some seafood.
Found an out of the way Restaurant "Mitch's seafood" - a little dive - but the food was good!
Sunday headed for home - our flight left on time. We arrived in SLC at about 1:00 and then....it started to snow.
Parker's flight was to get in at 4:15 - so we headed to the airport waiting in the Park & Wait lot. His plane indicated "pickup". We did not hear from him....which was quite unusual. Waited for another 40 minutes - then Evan went in to find out what was going on. No planes were landing - and the Information Booth Lady (who Evan said was chugging on something other than water from her water jug) - couldn't believe we would trust the sign! Did you know that the Park & Wait lot is totally bogus - it is not correct - Parker's plane was being rerouted to Las Vegas!!!!!
We finally heard from him - they had gotten all the way to SLC and then could not land. Circled the airport three times - quite turbulent - he said he had his barf bag ready. They got to Las Vegas - gave them an estimated departure time - they made them get off the plane because there was something wrong with the airplane. They waited for another plane to get to Vegas from Phoenix and finally landed at SLC at 10:51 p.m. and did not get off the plane until about 11:30.......
So like I say - January is not my favorite month - but another one is now in the Books!!!!!
Each year I really don't want to remember my birthday - I just keep getting older. The things in the store are still picked over and left over from Christmas. The January inversion lingers longer and the older I get the less I like Winter!
So a few days after my birthday, we headed out to "sunny" San Diego. The trip was a disaster from the get go. We got caught in the freezing rain storm - six hour delay leaving SLC.....
Waited for a crew from Boise - delayed the flight an hour.
Got a new crew - boarded the plane - waited in line for de-icing. As the pilot announced "We need to turn this popsicle into an Airplane." Waited for a runway. The airport got shut down. We re-boarded the plane - waited in line for fuel - waited in line for de-icing - waited for takeoff.
Finally arrived in San Diego - weather felt good - we headed to Old Town for some Mexican food - it was good!
Headed to our hotel in Chula Vista - which was about 3 miles from the Mexican border.
Found Parker and his team - at the La Quinta in Chula Vista - they had been able to practice at the Olympic training center on Thursday afternoon (his plane took off on time)!
It started to rain. The rest of the weekend practices were in an "Indoor facility" - fake grass - buzzing lights - cold and dingy.
I started to get sick.....ended up full force "sick" by Saturday.
Too rainy to head downtown to San Diego on Friday - ended up eating at a CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) in Otay, CA.
Saturday went shopping at the Las Americanas mall - right on the border - didn't really find anything.
Headed back to Chula - then ventured downtown for some seafood.
Found an out of the way Restaurant "Mitch's seafood" - a little dive - but the food was good!
Sunday headed for home - our flight left on time. We arrived in SLC at about 1:00 and then....it started to snow.
Parker's flight was to get in at 4:15 - so we headed to the airport waiting in the Park & Wait lot. His plane indicated "pickup". We did not hear from him....which was quite unusual. Waited for another 40 minutes - then Evan went in to find out what was going on. No planes were landing - and the Information Booth Lady (who Evan said was chugging on something other than water from her water jug) - couldn't believe we would trust the sign! Did you know that the Park & Wait lot is totally bogus - it is not correct - Parker's plane was being rerouted to Las Vegas!!!!!
We finally heard from him - they had gotten all the way to SLC and then could not land. Circled the airport three times - quite turbulent - he said he had his barf bag ready. They got to Las Vegas - gave them an estimated departure time - they made them get off the plane because there was something wrong with the airplane. They waited for another plane to get to Vegas from Phoenix and finally landed at SLC at 10:51 p.m. and did not get off the plane until about 11:30.......
So like I say - January is not my favorite month - but another one is now in the Books!!!!!
Friday, January 18, 2013
A Big Milestone!
Today at approximately 10:00 a.m. Parker got his DRIVERS LICENSE!!!!!
He has had an eventful week and what a way to finish.
Tuesday he won his first ever high school swim race - placing 1st in the 100 back.
Thursday he swam the same race - this time loosing his goggles and not winning the race.
Thursday he made his debut at HHS with his "Bigfoot" howl at the Winter Sports Assembly. President (cousin) Willie called him up to do his thing. Apparently he was laughing so hard he didn't have his best performance - and he said his voice kind of squeaked!
Today was the last day of early morning swim for the season!!!!!
Now - the fun starts - he just barely called - 1 1/2 hours after getting his license asking if he can drive to the Petersons to go to lunch with them.......
HOLD ON - PARKER'S DRIVING!!!!!
He has had an eventful week and what a way to finish.
Tuesday he won his first ever high school swim race - placing 1st in the 100 back.
Thursday he swam the same race - this time loosing his goggles and not winning the race.
Thursday he made his debut at HHS with his "Bigfoot" howl at the Winter Sports Assembly. President (cousin) Willie called him up to do his thing. Apparently he was laughing so hard he didn't have his best performance - and he said his voice kind of squeaked!
Today was the last day of early morning swim for the season!!!!!
Now - the fun starts - he just barely called - 1 1/2 hours after getting his license asking if he can drive to the Petersons to go to lunch with them.......
HOLD ON - PARKER'S DRIVING!!!!!
Friday, January 4, 2013
Happy New Year
This year we kind of got the vision of being "empty nesters". Parker went with Willie and others for a night out - ending up at the Petersen's!
Me and Evan - the "old farts" - went to Buffalo Wild Wings. We ordered mild, medium and hot...about burned my lips off with the one HOT wing I ate. It was fun - loud and crazy! Went to visit Dad - then went home and tried to watch the New Years programs from NYC - they were AWFUL!!!!!!
Waited until Parker got home shortly before 1:00 a.m.......just a glimpse of life without kids at home....sure am glad I still have one chillin at home!!!!!
Me and Evan - the "old farts" - went to Buffalo Wild Wings. We ordered mild, medium and hot...about burned my lips off with the one HOT wing I ate. It was fun - loud and crazy! Went to visit Dad - then went home and tried to watch the New Years programs from NYC - they were AWFUL!!!!!!
Waited until Parker got home shortly before 1:00 a.m.......just a glimpse of life without kids at home....sure am glad I still have one chillin at home!!!!!
Hello, this is your Daughter
Sunday afternoon, December 23rd - who would have thought. MKW trying to call us to arrange a time to SKYPE on Monday. We hung up twice - thought it was one of those annoying auto dial marketing calls. The third time was the charm.
I answered. "Hello, this is your daughter".
Me "You must have the wrong number.
Caller "No, this is your daughter".
Me "Again, you must have the wrong number"
Caller "MOM, this is Meranda".
Me "MERANDA........."
Much happiness, much phone passing, talked to Me, Dad, Parker and Grandpa!
AWESOME!!!!!
I answered. "Hello, this is your daughter".
Me "You must have the wrong number.
Caller "No, this is your daughter".
Me "Again, you must have the wrong number"
Caller "MOM, this is Meranda".
Me "MERANDA........."
Much happiness, much phone passing, talked to Me, Dad, Parker and Grandpa!
AWESOME!!!!!
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