Spring Break

M2B =) days 760 - 766.  Friday, March 16th - Thursday, March 22nd happiness:

Friday, March 16th happiness:  Today was spent getting ready for the cabin trip tomorrow.  Although we were originally going to leave today, plans changed when Joe decided to go on a camp out with Grandpa's ward.  Michael was going and Joe wanted to go with.  So I spent today shopping and packing and cleaning.  Excited to spend some time with my family at the cabin.

Saturday, March 17th happiness:  Cabin day!  woo hoo.  We didn't leave until late this afternoon.  The boys got home from their camp out.  Joe showered and packed a few things, and then we picked up Michael and were off to the cabin.  Brian was happy to be here, but did not want his photo taken.  I LOVE IT HERE!

Sunday, March 18th happiness:  I am mostly happy because we decided to shop for groceries last night on the way up because some time around 1 a.m. it started snowing and it did not let up all day long.  

by the evening it was like this:

Love the snow!

Monday, March 19th happiness:  We are most definitely snowed in!

It snowed most of the day again.

Finally, by late afternoon the sun decided to come out.

Tuesday, March 20th:  The boys have been keeping busy playing rock band, and 5 crowns, hearts, and scattergories.  Good times.

Well, as much as we love the snow, it did prove to be a problem today.  The cabin was running seriously low on propane and so my dad called a truck to come out and re-fill the tank.  And, of course he got stuck in the snow.  He was literally there for hours.  Finally a tow truck came and they were able to get him out.  The bad news:  we did not get our propane.  It was quite a bit warmer today, and the roads are completely muddy.  The propane guy said that he would come back early Wednesday morning.  We were seriously concerned that we would run out of propane.  

The boys were happy it was warmer today, and they finally made it outside for a bit.

Wednesday, March 21st happiness:  The propane truck made it in this morning.  Just in time too.  We were down to 1%.  

You can tell how much warmer it has been the last 2 days.  The snow is melting seriously fast.  On the plus side, more outside time for the boys.

 I pretty much spent my cabin time working on scrap books for my 3rd graders.  I got much accomplished. =)


I love it here.  The days seem so long.


Thursday, March 22nd happiness:  As always, all good things must come to an end, and we headed home today.  We enjoyed our winter wonderland trip to the cabin.




Happy Day!

M2B =) days 750 - 759. Monday, March 5th - Thursday, March 15th happiness:

I just keep getting farther and farther behind. Going to try to catch up some this week.

Monday, March 5th happiness: I honestly don't remember what was going on here, but this is the only photo I took today, so here it is:

I love Joe!

Today's happiness is music. Well, to be honest, most days happiness involves music. I LOVE it. I heard one of my all time favorite songs on the radio this morning on the way to work. Instead of being grumpy that it is Monday, it put me in a fantastic mood. Hearing a great song first thing in the morning really sets the tone for the day.

Tuesday, March 6th happiness: No mutual. =) Don't get me wrong. I love my girls. They are awesome. But, sometimes it's nice to have a day off. We have youth conference this weekend, so they canceled midweek activities. Yay!

Wednesday, March 7th happiness: Today was cool and cloudy. My kind of day. I didn't even mind having to do 2 lunches on a day like today.

Tonight, Brian, Joe and I went and saw Wicked. I was feeling lousy after school (what I didn't know was that it was the start of 9 days of sickness. Bronchitis and Sinusitis AGAIN. Sheesh.)

Anyway, even though I wasn't feeling so hot, I still got ready and went. I have been looking forward to this for months. I have seen Wicked before, but it was Joe and Brian's first time.

It was fabulous, of course. Loved every minute of it.

Brian bought me some cute cupcakes to take home.

Thursday, March 8th happiness: The moon was ridiculously huge and awesome this morning on the way to work. Sadly, I did not have my camera with me.

I got sent home this afternoon from work. They could tell I was not feeling well, and some major sicknesses have been going around the school. So about 1:15, they pretty much kicked me out. I am happy to have co-workers that care.

Friday, March 9th happiness: I didn't go to work today. I got to sleep A LOT. Tonight was the start of youth conference. All the leaders were taking shifts for different activities. One of my shifts was tonight. The youth went bowling. After sleeping all day, and taking some meds. I was feeling pretty good.

I love the youth, and I love bowling, so it turned out to be a fun night.

Saturday, March 10th happiness: I am happy for the church and the good people in it. There is always someone you can call who will step in when needed and help out, even at the last minute. I was supposed to be at the service project this afternoon for youth conference, but I was just so sick. I went to the doctor instead. Thankfully someone else stepped in and took my place, so I didn't have to go.

Sunday, March 11th happiness: my bed.

Monday, March 12th: I am happy that it is spring break, so I can rest.

Tuesday, March 13th happiness: I am happy to have company while I am sick:

Wednesday, March 14th: Starting to feel half alive again. I got out of the house today. Took Joe to get a haircut and then went to Tillys. That's about all I could handle. Went home and went back to bed.

Thursday, March 15th happiness: I have regained my senses of smell and taste! It has been 5 days without them! Woo hoo!

That's it for now.

Happy Day!

Feb. 27 - Mar. 4

M2B =) days 743 - 749. Monday, February 27th - Sunday, March 4th happiness.

Monday, February 27th happiness: Tonight, Brian made dinner while I scrapbooked at the kitchen table and Joe read. It was soooo nice to not have the t.v. on. It was nice to have a quiet evening. And it was SUPER nice that Brian made dinner so I didn't have to. I LOVE it when he does that.

Tuesday, February 28th happiness: And now, following my post about no t.v. I will talk about watching t.v.

Tonight after dinner, Brian and I cozied on the couch and watched the Amazing Race. I love hanging out on the couch after a long day. And I love that Brian and I like the same shows, so we can watch them together.

Wednesday, February 29th happiness: Early release day! Woo hoo! I had one whole hour to myself this afternoon before I had to go pick up Joe. I loved it.

Thursday, March 1st happiness: Tonight was MELS (or book club). I am sporadic about going, but this month I actually read the book and couldn't wait to go.

This months book:

It is about a woman who was born into the FLDS church and at 35 years old, finally found a way to Escape with her 8 children. Escape is the correct term too, because her husband pretty much hunted her down after she left. It was an interesting read. I was horrified by the conditions that these women and children live in and how they are treated. It was a real eye opener.

Some of the girls really got into the spirit of the book and dressed like the FLDS women would dress and do their hair. It is really scary how natural it looked on some of them.

I didn't take this photo, I snagged it of of facebook from one of the girls who posted it.

I love book club.

Friday, March 2nd happiness: Today was Read Across America Day, in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. This afternoon, the entire school went out onto the playground with our books and we sat and read for half an hour. I don't get to read nearly as much as I used to or would like to, so it was really nice.

I took a lot of photos too. Here is one I got of Max reading with his friends:
I heart reading.

Saturday, March 3rd happiness: Did some much needed cleaning today - especially the Laundry room. It always gets neglected because it isn't one of those rooms that will be seen if people come over. It felt good to get it back in order.

Watched Castle tonight with Brian. LOVE it.

Sunday, March 4th happiness: Family Home Evening.

Addy looks so cute with her 2 front teeth missing:
I loved Max's face in this photo:
Ruby helped give the lesson:
So did Josh:
Rowan sang a song, but for some reason, I didn't get a photo.

I did get one of Darrel though. Can you tell he likes to get his picture taken about as much as I do?
Holly was happy to see Joe. That dog loves him.
Happy Day!