Virus!!

Our computer crashed a week ago. It was working when I went to bed and the next morning it had nothing. Lauren's brother-in-law came and spent several hours working on it today. He had hoped to restore the hard drive for us the way it was, but it did not work at all. He had to wipe it clean and re-install everything. He seems to think we picked up a virus.

The really sad news is that we lost all our pictures! All of Asher from the time she was born till now, all of Jaman, and our vacations. It is really sad. So I urge you all to make copies of your pictures so you don't lose any like we just did!

One Word

This was an email from a freind, I thought it was kind of fun. So here you go...it's a new tag, now it is Kelly and Melissa's turn.

This is definitely a challenge to try-- You can only type *One Word!*Not as easy as you might think. It's really hard to only use one word answers. You can only type one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair? blond
4. Your mother? Utah
5. Your favorite thing? redecorating
6. Your dream last night? dumb
7. Your dream/goal? happiness
8. The room you're in? yellow
9. Your hobby? stamping
10. Your fear? heights
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? mission
12. Where were you last night? home
13. What you're not? skinney
14. Muffins? no
15. One of your wish list items? carpet
16. Where you grew up? Lompoc
17. The last thing you did? gym

18. What are you wearing? sweats

19. Your TV? black

20. Your pets? none

21. Your computer? fun

22. Your life? crazy

23. Your mood? happy

24. Missing someone? grandkids

25. Your car? Camry

26. Something you're not wearing? jewlery

27. Favorite store? TaiPan

28. Your summer? hot

30. Your favorite color? Green
31. When is the last time you laughed? Today

32. Last time you cried? Thursday

33. Who will resend this? Kelly

Father's Day Wii

We all decided that it was time to upgrade our ORIGINAL nintendo from the 1980's. So we planned to buy Mike a Nintendo Wii for Father's Day and Birthday present, (since his birthday is 2 days after Father's Day) Leslie and I set out one Monday morning to find one. We started at our local Target store and the sales lady laughed at me when I asked to buy one! She said that they rarely have any in stock. So Leslie and I hit 4 other stores with pretty much the same reaction from sales people.

We came home and I looked online and found it at Target.com. Two days later it was delivered to the house, but, guess who found the box on the porch! Thank goodness he wasn't too nosey and did not look at the shipping label that said what was in the box! I quickly hid the box so he wouldn't find it.

So anyway, yesterday we had one of Mike's favorite dinners and then he opened it and had a little boy grin of excitement. We got it all set up to play and had a great time with it last night. It really does give you a workout if you put some effort into it. My arm hurts from bowling and playing tennis.

I've been tagged

I was tagged by Melissa.

3 JOYS

1. Family
2. Sewing
3. Reading

3 FEARS

1. Falling
2. Heights
3. Not having my family close

3 GOALS

1. To go to the temple once a week
2. To keep up with my sewing
3. To read one book a month and the Ensign

3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS

1. Stamping cards
2. Decorating my house
3. Going to the gym

3 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME

1. I love any kind of shopping
2. I love to take trips to see our grandkids
3. I would love to travel more

I now tag Kelly

quilt

I never have liked to quilt. It always seamed too time consuming to me. (Go figure, I love to sew beads and pearls on dresses) But after seeing the quilts that Melissa has made and helping Leslie with hers, I thought I would try making this one. Melissa had made one like it too. It is so easy it only took about 1 1/2 hours to make! You layer the front and back with the batting in the middle and then sew strips of fabric right on top and you leave the edges raw so they fray! As you sew the strips on, it does the quilting for you. I think it turned out good for my first try. What do you think Melissa?

picture wall

I have had these pictures hung on this wall since we moved in. They were not in any order and many different frames. I hated it. So while I was in Utah with Melissa, we visited the Ikea store and found the picture ledges I have been wanting. I got all of them for what one would have cost at Pottery Barn! I did have to paint them the color I wanted since we could only find them in white that day. But now I have matching frames and a wall that I love! The best thing is that I can change it anytime I want since only the shelves are screwed into the wall. All the pictures just sit on the shelves.

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a very nice Memorial Day. Mike and I, Lauren and Garn, and Kelly all traveled to Utah for the long weekend. Mike and I were able to leave early Friday morning, giving us time to go play with Asher and Jaman. We also went to dinner with Melissa and family at Los Hermanos in Lindon. (yummy) We later met up with Lauren, Garn and Kelly in Lehi where we were staying.

The next day we spent some of the morning in Salt Lake visiting the Conference Center. We then drove to Mom and Dad's in Roy and spent a couple of hours visiting with them. Mom looked good but did not have too much to say. It was really good to see her though.

From there we went to Aunt Ruth's 87th birthday party. She was very surprised to see us all there. It was fun getting to see all three of my sisters there. (where were my brothers?) From there we went to Linquist Cemetery to put flowers on Aunt Velma and Uncle Cecil's graves for Memorial Day.

We tried to see the new Indiana Jones movie at two different theaters but it was sold out at both. We went back to the house and watched "27 Dresses". Cute movie.

Sunday we went to church with Melissa and Curry and had a wonderful dinner at their house. We played more with the kids, and headed back to the house to get some much needed sleep.

Monday morning we met at IHOP for breakfast and then made the long drive home.
Here are a few pictures to highlight the trip.