CRABBY!!

Look at these awesome flowers Mick brought home for me yesterday.
They did not do the trick. I started school yesterday and boy am I CRABBY.
I know most of you think I'm like that all the time but, really I'm not.
Yesterday I had so much homework I was still doing it last night at 11:00pm. and first thing at 7:30 am. This is only for one class and I still have one more; sure glad I only took 2 classes this semester.
I hope things slow down or I get faster at math.

Double Date

Mick and I have not been on a date for a really long time due to the fact that the last year has been busy with grad school.
We finally got out on the town with some really good friends, our double date was one to remember. First, Mick and I love to find fun hole in the wall places, we found a fun upbeat trendy little spot in Minneapolis a few years ago, we happened to tell our friends about it and now a year later we finally made it with more adventure than our original plans. The original plan was to eat at Sonny's and have dinner and desert.
I mentioned to Mick a few hours before our time to go out that maybe we should go on a traveling dinner night. When our friends came over we gently let them down and told them of our changed plans and that we would take them to some of our favorite spots to eat various courses to our meal. First, we started at Que Viet best egg rolls in town. Second, El Taquito they have awesome tacos. Third,we needed some entertainment so we went to play ski ball and I kicked everyones butt. Fourth, we went to The Italian Pie Shop for pizza fries and last but not least we finally made it to Sonny's for gelato and pie( the turtle pie is to die for very rich and good). It was a great evening with good company. I hope to be able to go one a double date with the Mitchells again soon. We had a lot of laughs and good political conversation.

Cooking Monster

Look at this!Picture it three times the size. That would describe the size of zucchini that Mick picked on Saturday. Today I made bread because there is not much you can make with this size zucchini. It made three batches plus I put some extra grated stuff in the freezer.




This is the zucchini all mixed with all the ingredients




This is how many loaves it made, 6 mini and 3 large loaves. I think I will save them for our family reunion this weekend. I also made 3 dozen cookies and put 5 dozen in the freezer for visits I need to make before Thursday night. Several of the elderly people in our ward love for our family to come visit them and I try to bring a treat.

rambling random thoughts

This morning I am so thankful for so many things in my life.
My Family
My husband he is so loving, kind, hard working loves me despite my weaknesses.
My kids they are wonderful, happy, kind, helpful, generous and they love unconditionally (and they are teenagers).
The gospel I am a daughter of God who loves me and is concerned about my life.
My friends they support and give me advice that is sound.
My sister who just gives me a call out of the blue.
My cousin who has a firm testimony of the gospel and needs to remind me to be nice to everyone.
My house it's not big or fancy but we have love, mutual respect for one another and laughter.
Tears they show love.
Prayer its one way to get closer to God.
These are a few things I was thinking about this morning. I just hope my family and friends know how much I love and appreciate them.

Yesterday at church I was reminded how we need to look at the now and not the future, waiting for better things to come. I already have better today, I just need to remember to look for the good right now. I know we need to look to the future tambien (spanish for also) but sometimes I get so caught up on looking for a better tomorrow I don't see the good that is happening today. I'm rambling again. Have a good one.
See You
Love You
Bye

House of Bounce

Echo and I went to the House of Bounce in Rochester this last week. We had so much fun. The price was good, the exercise was great and we wished we had more time to spare as we were in Rochester for a baby shower.
There were about 15 different bouncy things most were slides but they had just plain bouncing, slides, jousting, and obstacle courses for racing. We want to do it again with the whole family.