Georgia Therapy Mom: family

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Christmas and New Years!

I find it hard to believe that Christmas came and went and to me, for some reason, it didn't feel too Christmasy. We did have a nice holiday and got to spend time with those we love.

My last time teaching my cute Primary class. There were several missing but I love those kids and had such fun year getting to know them better.

Sam's wish list.

My mom's world revolves around ornaments so she made this cute one for Sam.

Abby's first trip to the temple so was fun. I was able to go with her and that made it very special to me! I love her faith and her sweet testimony.

I had asked the director of Heritage if we could "adopt" a resident for Christmas this year and she gave us Bea Murray's name. We had fun shopping for her and bringing her gifts. She was so sweet.

Christmas Eve Eve Eve dinner at Greg & Kattia's house.

Christmas Eve dinner. No cooking. No dishes. Feliz Navidad!

Christmas morning! We enjoyed a quiet morning at home, opened fun gifts then headed up to the condo to celebrate with the rest of the family.

Sam got a Tom Bergeron Bobble Head!

Condo fun!

Thankfully, Todd shaved his Jew-fro off! Angels sang hallelujah!

We were lucky enough to go spend post-Christmas week with G'ma & G'pa along with the Easterly's, Bressman's and Duguid's. We enjoyed the sunshine, warm temps, swimming in the heated pool, dining out, dining in, playing Monopoly, hunting for shark's teeth, massages, bike rides and spending lots of time together.

We got to celebrate Julianna's 3rd birthday a little early!

New Year's Eve swim!

We enjoyed the holidays and are happy to enter a new year of fun adventures!

Monday, September 30, 2013

Jackson Hole

Life has been so hectic that I am way behind! Here's our Jackson Hole adventure!

We left on Saturday, July 27th. Our flight was scheduled for 4:30pm but while driving to the airport, we got a call that the flight had been delayed. The issue was that we would miss our connecting flight in SLC. Well, such is life. We had 3 hours so we were able to go to the Crown Room thanks to Michelle Jarvis and Todd managed to get us on an earlier DIRECT flight so we raced to a different gate and managed to get on! The only issue: no luggage til the next day. No matter, we would make do with what we had in our carry on luggage.

Sunday, July 28th:

playing petanque

lunching at snake river brewery

due to rainy weather, we went to the amazing rec center pool

awesome elk at the cabin

Monday, July 29th:

Judy and I went to the Senior Center for aerobics. I was certainly the youngest there but the least coordinated!

After our work out, we met up at Nora's Fish Camp for lunch. It was yummy! We then headed to Teton Village to take the tram to Rendezvous Mountain

We then let the kinds jump and they loved it.

David, Judy, Abby and I took a bike ride around the neighborhood and it was so nice! The weather was just perfect.

Todd rented a Harley and took the kids for short rides.

Todd attempted to take a longer ride but it started hailing!

Tuesday, July 30th:

Todd left early to ride to Yellowstone and he said it was amazing!

I took Sam to play miniature golf while Judy took Abby down the Alpine Slide.

We rode down the slide again while Sam played round #2

We had a great lunch at the Pearl Street Market then Abby & Judy went shopping and Sam and I went to the rec center again.

Todd took Abby on a motorcycle ride and they had a great time.

I went on a long bike ride with Judy then we met up with Todd and Abby at Dornan's for dinner. I then rode home on the bike. It was a bit chilly!

S'more time!

Wednesday, July 31st:

We were up and off to breakfast at the cabin. Abby was working on her dog fort.

Abby, Judy and I rode bikes to the Golf Club for lunch. It was 10 miles round trip and it was a lovely day for a ride.

We had a lovely lunch and there was an "incident" while we were there. A little hummingbird flew right into the window near our table and knocked itself out! Judy went to pick it up and it flew off. Poor little thing!

We had a fun surprise...the Theurer's were driving through town on their way home so they stopped in and we had ice cream and chatted for a bit. Not nearly long enough time together but it was fun!

David, Judy, Abby & I went to McPhail's for a yummy dinner of burgers and fry sauce! Oh how I love fry sauce. Sam had chosen to throw a fit so Todd stayed home with him.

Once Sam was calm, they did take a ride with Cricket to Mormon Row.

Thursday, August 1st:

It was a full day! Abby, David and Todd went fishing...well, Abby did the fishing and she caught 2 fish! It was the one activity she wanted to do.

We got Sam a babysitter for the day so that Judy and I could go on our adventure:

First, shopping then the Spa!

Judy bought me an amazing cashmere sweater and it will be shipped soon! We picked up some sandwiches then went to the Amangani Hotel and Spa for wonderful 90 minute massages! Oh my, it was so great!

We dined at Trio for dinner then walked around town for a bit then picked up some gourmet chocolates.

David & Judy took the kids home and Todd and I wandered a bit more and got some ice cream

Lots of knitting was done on this trip!

Friday, August 2nd:

Sam had a rough morning and ended up taking a nap which was what he needed. We played some badmitton then the girls ran to town for some groceries. Todd did manage to take Sam to hit some golf balls once he calmed down

It was then back to the Rec Center for more swimming. We had steaks for dinner then once we got cleaned up, Todd, Abby and I took the Jeep to Mormon Row

It was an amazing adventure! We saw the old barns and cabins, saw bison and 6 MOOSE! It was so awesome!

We spent the rest of the night getting packed and ready to leave on Saturday.

Saturday, August 3rd:

It's always sad to leave and we had such an amazing time!

We were so excited to enjoy some Cafe Rio during our layover in SLC. Yum!

Our flight went well and our journey home was perfect! We were happy to be home, safe and sound!

Funny things the kids say...

Sam: Do we have church on Sunday? Me: Yes, it's Stake Conference. Sam: I'm not going. I've got to do Face the Nation. Bob Schieffer needs me.
Sam got in the car to leave from school and I asked how his day was. He said he had a good day and that he did good in math. I asked him what he worked on and he said addition and subtraction then he said, "I whizzed at it!" Uh..ok.
We were at Sam's Club and they were doing some food demos. One was a white cake with strawberries. The man asked Sam if he wanted a sample and he said no thank you. As we were leaving Sam says, "If it's not chocolate, it's not for me. I'm a chocolate guy."
This morning Abby gave me a hug and buried her face in my chest. She said, "You don't smell good." then she turns to Todd, "Does she always smell like this." (I did just shower, I'm blaming the sweater)
Abby says, "What's for dinner?" I say, "Well, Sam had a bowl of cereal. What do you want." Abby says, "I just want to make a bowl of fry sauce and lick it out of a bowl." Um, no.
Abby says to me, "Mom, my blanket needs to be washed. It smells like Newman."
We had a big storm and the next day there was a Fox 5 News van doing a live shot at a neighbor's house. We decided to go check it out and Sam introduced himself to the reporter then said, "It's nice to meet you, I'm a big fan of Fox 5 News."
Sam was watching the Price is Right on the computer and he was standing in the living room so I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I'm rehersaling for the show."
Abby asked me where I bought some silly bands and I told her I got some at School Box. She then remembered that was where she saw the frogs that Santa had brought her for Christmas. "How does Santa know everything?" I said, "He's smart." Abby says, "He's the smartest. No offense Mom."
We were driving past Deerlick Park and Abby says to Theo & Lewis, "That's where Sam does Special Pops." After she explained what it was, Lewis asks, "Is that where they shoot balls at you out of a machine?" Abby's response, "No, they use real humans."
We were at the pet store in the mall and Abby was looking at all the puppies. She then said, "When Newman dies, which will be sad, can we get a new puppy?"
We were discussing a b-day party invitation and the girl happens to be a twin. Abby says, "They're not identical twins, they're virtual."
Sam hates to read for homework and his reason? "Reading hurts my groins."
We were sitting at the table having dinner and Todd says, "Abby, mom was bugging me this morning." Abby's reply, "That's her job."
Sam says, "Those Cheetos are my favorite." I reply, "I know, they are my favorite too!" To which he answers, "We have something in common."
I spent time putting Abby's doll house back together. The furniture was every where and it was a mess. I said to Abby, "I cleaned up your doll house today, it was a disaster." To which she replied, "Yeah, I think it was an earthquake."
I had made dinner one night and Sam's comment was, "That was divine."
Sam got in the car and then asked, "Did you have court today?" I said, "Yes, sir." "You don't have to go to jail?" "No, of course not." "I'm so happy for you!"
I had purchased a Christmas ornament for Abby and hid it so well that I couldn't find it. I finally found it and she said, "Good job mom." I said, "Well, there are worse things you could lose." And she replies, "Yeah, like your dignity." Very true.
Sam and I ran to Wal-mart and left due to how busy it was. He gets in the car and says, "That's an awful store."
We had just picked up Abby from the bus and she said, "Hurry, I've got to go to the bathroom." To which Sam replied, "Tie it in a knot!"
Abby says to Kristina after I left to meet a parent of a new child at Sam's school: "I'm glad I'm not going with them. I just don't know how to respond to Special Ed kids who aren't my brother."
We are at the mall eating lunch and Abby starts talking about the broccoli she had last night at Thai restaurant. "That broccoli was so sweet. Not sweet like cool but sweet like sweet."
Abby & her friend Hayden are in the back of the car watching Wall-E. They are trying to decide what planet is being shown. They start talking stars and Hayden asks, "what is above the stars?" Abby answers, "heaven, yeah I think it's heaven."
We were leaving the ballpark and Sam asked for some water. He picked up a water bottle out of the cooler and started walking. He comes up to me and says, "Mom, can you take this water, my hand is having a brain freeze."
We had grilled some steaks & I was using a big two-pronged serving fork. Sam says, "What's that? A pitchfork?"
Today was "cowboy" day at school for Abby so she didn't need to wear her uniform. I had a straw cowboy hat in my closet so I cut the tags off and she was wearing it this morning. I took it off to comb her hair and found a little sticker in her hair that said, "Made in China." I said, "Abby, you were made in China?" She said, "It should be a sticker that says, 'made in heaven." Ain't that the truth.
Todd and the kids were wrestling the other night...one of their favorite activites. After everyone had calmed down, Sam said, "I love it when dad strangles us!"
Sam is walking down the stairs after a bath and he says, "Mom, you're really good at being a stay-at-home mom."
I'm sitting at the computer and Sam comes up to me and I say, "What's all over your face?" And his response, "I don't know, snot?"
I had reheated some leftovers from a local restaurant and Sam kept eyeing it. I gave him a couple of bites. I kept eating and he said, "Why don't I just finish that for you." How generous!
Abby said, "Mom, I'm going to vote for Barak Obama." I said, "Why is that?" Abby says, "Because, I think it would be good for a brown person to be president. All we've had are white people."
We were having Family Home Evening and we were talking about King Mosiah. I had read to them that if we keep the commandments we will be happy and live with God someday. I then asked Sam, what will happen if we keep the commandments and he said, "I can be a gameshow host?"
Abby & I were talking about her upcoming birthday and she said, "I am so excited about my birthday, what do you think life will be like when I'm 6?" I paused a moment and said, "well, pretty much like it is now."
Abby stepped outside this morning and when she came in she said, “I can speak bird” then she started to whistle. “See?!”
G’ma Judy & G’pa David came to celebrate Sam’s b-day since they were going out of town. Their gift to Sam was a drum set. Todd set it all up in the living room and Judy had the drum sticks behind her back. She pulled the drumsticks out and he looked at them & in a very excited voice he said, “Chopsticks?!”
Sam & I were talking about medicine and I said, “That’s a side effect.” Then he started rattling off side effects of a medication he had heard from a commercial. I just looked at him and said, “Sam, you’re….(I paused)” and he said “ingenious”!
I was folding laundry and I asked Abby to put a small pile of towels on a chair. She took them and said, "I'm strong!" I said, "You are a big helper." She then said, "I'm a big, fat helper." to which I replied, "You are not fat." She then said, "Yes I am, I want to be fat, just like you."

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Christmas and New Years!

Sunday, December 22, 2013

A year late and a dollar short...

Monday, September 30, 2013

Jackson Hole

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