Marlee is 14

I can't believe that my baby is 14. I really am old. She is an amazing girl. I don't know what I would do without her. She helps me become a better person by reminding me of her desire to do what is right as well as to serve others. She is a good friend and one who I enjoy laughing with.

This week, her Miamaid class at church came over and heart attacked her room.

Marlee, 2009 will be great for you.

Uncle Junior, You will be missed!

Last week, my uncle Junior passed away. He had been sick for a long time. He was a good uncle. I had the opportunity to be with my family at the hospice before and after he died as well as with my mom the day before and of the funeral. I heard many stories about him and what a great man he was. I learned that he owns me. My parents did not have a lot of money when I was to be born. They were counting on payday to come so they could have the $25 required to get me out of the hospital. Unfortunatly for them, I was born a week before payday. My Uncle Junior and Aunt LouJean drove from Northern California to Southern California to bail me out. He would always remind my mom that she hadn't paid him back so I really was his kid. He was a great uncle and will be missed.

I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have that families are eternal. I will see him again and will get to be with my family forever if I am only faithful.

Uncle Junior, God be with you until we meet again.

Marlee's volleyball

Oaklee and I got the opportunity to go and watch Marlee play volleyball for her first tournament of the season. We were excited to watch her. She has improved and grown so much that it is amazing. Her team did great. They ranked 25 out of 63 teams.

Yea Marlee!

We love volleyball!

Church volleyball started today. I love it. I play with the funnest group of ladies from our ward. That is where I made all my friends when we first moved here. Marlee plays on a national volleyball team. They will be going to Reno in April. She has her first tournament in Salt Lake next week. Can there really be a fun exercise?

Yes! Volleyball.

Walking with the Dinosaurs

Date night with Noah. He decided that we were going dutch. He was going to buy his ticket and I would pay for mine. I had to pay for dinner (snacks at the snack bar)but the rest was his treat. He was so cute and had a great time. He decided that this was something he wanted to do more often.

Bowling with the Deloreys

Bowling is not my forte, unless it is on the Wii. Dan had a great idea of us of our families going bowling. He is a much more serious bowler than we are. The kids had fun and that was the purpose.

Thanks Dan and Natalie for filling our Christmas vacation with fun for the kids. Christmas IS for the children.

New Years Resolutions

We had a great New Years Eve with our family tradition of having Chinese food. This time we had the Petersons (Ann, Jake, Ooh Ooh, John, Sara, Baby Jacob, Amy, Kylee and Medium Jacob) and the Deloreys (Dan, Natalie, Lexie, Abby and Elly) join us (Marlee was in Utah and greatly missed out) The crab rangoons were great. Sorry Mars. My friend e-mailed me these New Years Resolutions and I think that I can definitely follow these.

It's that time of year again. I am terrible at keeping resolutions. I am very good at setting them, I make many, just terrible at the follow through. So I've decided to make resolutions I can keep.

Drink plenty of Diet Coke
Intend to clean my bathroom every week and then do it quarterly instead
Vacuum on occasion (I have a friend who vacuums everyday! I can't wrap my head around that)
Plan to exercise then don't (this one will be sooooooo easy)
Try to get to work at 8:00am and get there around 9:00 instead
Spend more money and save less
Throw the laundry in the spare room and just get it from there when I want to wear it instead of wasting time hanging it up
Mop the kitchen floor at least once this year
Use the exact same amount of fowl language I always have
Eat chocolate daily
Gossip more
Watch too much television
Waste copious amounts of time on the internet


Really, I would like to take better care of my health. I have some serious issues and it is time to get serious and take care of myself so I can spend time with my great family and wonderful friends.