Game Night!

Sunday night I told the kids I had a new game to play. It was a game my cousins from California (who I always thought were so cool) played when they came to Arizona in the summer. You take a saucer cup of flour and press it very tight in the cup, put a plate on top and turn it over. Tap the cup and slowly lift the cup and you have this flour molded like the cup. Next you put a nickel or dime on top of the flour cup. Take a butter knife and everyone takes turns slicing the the flour but you don't want the coin to fall, but when it does the person that it falls on has to pick up the coin with their mouth. You can't use your hands, so has you can see your face is covered in flour. The grandkids loved it! Of course I never wanted to make it fall so I wouldn't get flour all over me----well they thought that was the best part! They loved digging for the coin with their face buried in the flour. The 3 little ones didn't really play, but Landon and Carter wanted to get their faces dirty too! Of course Miss Kennedi just smiled and didn't want to get that pretty little face messy. Cheryl & Johnny do you remember playing this?

Happy Birthday Bridget!

Happy Birthday to my sweet daughter! She is a wonderful mother, wife, sister and daughter and she deserves a little recognition. I'm so sad that my computer won't let me scan pictures and download new pictures. I have so many cute baby pictures of Bridget. She was the best baby I remember asking the Doctor if something was wrong because she slept so much and he patted my arm and said "Honey you just have a good baby". After having twins that were colicky I was scared to death to have any more kids so thank heavens she was soooo good. I do remember thinking how could anyone complain about just "one "baby. She is such a hard worker one time she stayed up almost all night helping while we put new tile in our kitchen she was about 10 years old. She always loves a project. She is a great cook ,she makes us laugh, we love her and always want to be around her! Hope you had a great birthday!

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Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday!
Friday was my Dad's 76th b-day. He is a very special Dad. I haven't met anyone in my 51 years who doesn't like my Dad. He is a very loveable person & doesn't have a enemy in the world.
The other day I heard the song zippety do-da & I immediately thought of my Dad he used to sing this to Cheryl, Johnny and I. I could picture a bluebird sitting on his shoulder---I just love that song.

My Dad has this little whistle, we would hear it when he came through the door at night from work or if he was close by---he would whistle and say I'm home! It has become a kind of a family thing for us too.

HE IS:

Giving, Hard working, amazing teacher, funny and kind to everyone.

The other day after we had everyone over for a little party for him--Mark said, "Your Dad is the greatest". I hope he knows how much his family LOVES him. We feel so blessed to be able to call him Dad. Love you, Susan

The other day I went into Jack's room and he had his Grandma Daley's book open. She wrote this book a few years ago and gave it to everyone for Christmas. It is filled with pictures and many stories. When we first got it I looked at all the pictures and just hadn't taken the time to read the book. Brooke called me one day and said "Mom you need to start reading Grandma's book, it is so interesting. She said I feel like I'm reading a really good novel". So I started reading it and then Paige and Bridget, we would talk about the parts we all liked. It was really hard to put it down. One of my favorite stories in the book is called "Mother's Surprise Birthday Party". I guess she decided to have a surprise b-day party for her Mom who worked and would also help with her girl scout troop. She cleaned the house, had refreshments and got the living ready to play "Bunko" she even had prizes too! She invited all the girls from her girl scout troop and their Mothers. She said when her Mom walked through the door she was very surprised. She says,"I know she could have killed me"! I guess her Mom didn't really know the girls Mom's and they had all brought presents. This story reminds me of my own girls who surprised me one Birthday. They were about 10 years old the same age as their Grandma---of course they didn't invite anyone to a party but they screamed "surprise" and had a cake and balloons and presents for me. I think that was one of my favorite birthday's! I was so excited that they had planned this little party without any coaxing or encouraging, they just wanted to do something nice for me.

My Mother-in-law had a birthday a few months ago and I just wanted to let everyone know what a beautiful woman she is. The best way to describe her is she is elegant and she dresses to kill. I'm thankful for the influence she has on our family. She is a great example of a wonderful wife and mother!

What a Great Thanksgiving!

How do all you bloggers do it? Getting through the turkey comas, family get togethers, late night parties,early morning shopping sprees etc, etc,& so on, then fitting in a Happy Thanksgiving post. You are all amazing! ---- We had a terrific Thanksgiving weekend. We had my family over for dinner which turned out great with all the many hands that helped with the yummy dinner. I have been crazy about sweet potatoes lately so I made them every way I could think of--when I was a kid I didn't like them at all. Every time I would see them with marshmallow's I would gag. Boy time's have changed last month I even had sweet potato fry's (delicious). Anyway, we had a wonderful day, watched football, visited,slept, and the kids had fun making turkey puppets. Thanks to Stacy for the fun pictures she is quite a photographer. Mark and I found out his brother was moving so we headed to his house to help but most of the work was done, I don't know how much help we really were. When we got back to the house Jack came in and said I thought we wer'e going to the movies so he made some calls and Paige, Rex and the kids met us. We saw "Enchanted" and everyone loveddddd it. I kept finding myself smiling all through the movie---everytime I looked down the row I was shocked at how Landon was sitting so still watching the movie I kept thinking he must be asleep----but he was just loving the show! The next morning Mark and I headed to San Felipe for a very relaxing time. We ate shrimp in town, golfed, watched the sunrise over the sea, ate more mexican food, watched movies and I even finished the book " Twilight"! I still can't believe I enjoyed a love story about vampire's! Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving we loved celebrating with all our family. Wow now we can enjoy the Christmas season. Wahoo!

Homecoming King and Football Captain

I'm sorry for another post about Mt. View Football but that's about all we have been doing lately so here we go again.

Last Friday was Mt View's Homecoming Game and what a exciting night it turned out to be. Steven was voted captain for the team and Nick Ferrin was voted Homecoming King!Steven and Nick have been friends since kindergarten. They have played little league baseball, basketball, and they have been on many trips together to California. Just last Sept. Nick came with us to New York to see the Yankees play the Red Sox for Steven's birthday. While we sat in the stands I just couldn't stop thinking about what a great year it has been for these two good friends!

Sheridan and Steven. I tried to take the red eye out and I just made it worse. I need help with my pictures!

Friends

Jack and Kelly aren't they such cuties!

Steven being interviewed by the Tribune reporter.

Presley and Steven!

Presley and Bridget










I just had to put this picture of the girls fixing Dustin's hair. This is the only picture I have from Halloween. We went over to Paige's house later that night and hung out. He sat in the salon chair for about 30 minutes while they sprayed, combed and brushed his hair. No wonder they love him--he's so patient!