Cultured

I just have to share my exciting ticket purchases this week.


I was very fortunate to get tickets to Stadium of Fire. I will be enjoying Miley Cyrus & Blue Man Group on the 4th of July. Woohoo!



I will also be seeing Wicked in SLC on April 28, 2009. I'm SO, SO, SO excited!

Happy Birthday Kane!

My baby boy is 5!

June 2003


2003, with best buddy & cousin, Will


2003, Kane in his Fit-Well helmet


2004


2005


2006, 3rd birthday, this kid has loved dinosaurs since before he was 2


2007, 4th birthday


2007


2007

Driving

A few weeks ago Kasey was learning about budgeting in school. She asked me how much an Eclipse costs. I told her it depends on if it's old or new, but still pretty expensive for a first car. She said, "Well, maybe I'll get it for my second car, you know, after I wreck my first one." What!!! She said she thought every new driver wrecks their first car. I guess they hadn't discussed auto insurance in her class yet!

1998, Kasey in my Eclipse :)

Heaven

I was going to get a pedicure on Thursday and didn't have anything to read while I was being soaked, buffed, razored, massaged and painted. I stopped by Smith's and picked up The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Is this a book that most people have read? Seems like I've heard the title a lot. Anyway, I couldn't put it down. These were a couple of my favorite quotes from the book:

"Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know."

Wouldn't it be great if everyone understood this?

The next one is:

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

I've understood this concept of the need to forgive others for quite a while. (Definitely haven't mastered it yet.) But I thought this was great wording.

Abundance

I have to write about how much gratitude I feel for my sister, Heidi. She posted a blog a couple weeks ago about abundance. It has had such a great impact on me. It says that you don't need to own anything anything to feel abundant. There are so many ways to notice abundance in our lives, and I've become aware of so many in my own life. It is such a great energy to witness abundance in the moment. These are some of the things I've noticed in my own life.
Laughing with my sisters (chips & salsa?)
Chatting daily with friends over the phone
Watching my boys put their arms around each other
Talking to my parents over my web cam
Knowing there are so many people out there that really are kind, and care about me
Making my nephew laugh
Being amazed at what a wonderful artist my daughter has become
Having the opportunity to attend church, and get there in less than five minutes
Eating good food with good friends
Being blessed with a husband that makes me feel beautiful and safe
Getting to know people and being able to share things like this through blogging
I'm sure I could go on and on. I hope we can all realize the abundance we are blessed with, it is an amazing gift.

Yay!

We found a house! It's in Saratoga Springs. It is a foreclosure so we got a great deal. The plan is to close June 8th. We will have to replace most of the flooring (dang dogs!) and probably paint, so we won't be moving in until mid - late June. Anyone know where I can get a deal on flooring (carpet, wood)?

I also had to post this one of Asher in his new suit. He put it on and said, "I totally feel like Grandpa."

Salad & Dancing

Kane made me a "snack salad" for Mother's Day. I was upstairs watching Survivor while he was putting it together. Which means he did this by himself.

The ingredients are: vanilla wafers, cut up strawberry nutrigrain bars, cut up string cheese, ripped up hot dog buns, starbursts and trail mix. He used a butter knife then put the dirty knife back in the drawer. Yummy!!! What a creative little chef :)

These are some videos of my brother in law, Jairon, performing with some of the dancers from the studio where Heidi teaches. Isn't he awesome??? He was the star of the show. My camera's battery died so I couldn't get the whole performance.