My poor sister and brother in love

My sister and brother in love miscarried today. :( They were about 12 weeks along. They are heart broken. This is the second baby they've lost. I feel so bad for them. Please say a prayer for them. They really want to start a family.

Ski Night for Hunter Elementary

Last night was ski night for our school. The 4th and 5th graders from our school go up to Bogus Basin and learn to ski. Most of the kids haven't skied before, so they get lessons and then are let go to practice. It is a great night and the kids have a great time.

This is the second year I've gone up. I don't ski, so I go and help out with the kids. I help get on their boots. Then I sit in the lodge and wait in case a kid gets hurt, or something. My good friend Stephanie, also one of my paras, came up and we sat together. It was a good time. We sat at a big table so when people came in to rest, they could hang at our table. It was fun. I think next year, when Jamie is in 4th grade we'll both take a lesson and ski. :)

This is acceptable programming?

I was watching Crossing Jordan on A&E when a commercial came on for the new Gene Simmons show. The commercial shows women with numbers on poster boards representing the woman he had slept with in that order. These numbers are in the thousands. YIKES! Why do they think this is something to flaunt? I don't understand. How can being that evil and sinnful possibly be so accepted these days. It makes me sad. And I know it makes Jesus sad. I bet He weeps every time He sees something like that.

It makes me very sad.

Weekend Grattitudes

First of all, this weekend I'm grateful that Monday is part of the weekend. I have had a rough couple of weeks and really needed a break. It also gives me some time to hang out with the girls. We haven't had much time to hang out because I've been busy with my Master's work. We're going to plant some bulbs today. We're a little late, but hopefully it will still work. If not, they'll come up next year.

I'm grateful that my sister is pregnant and doing well. She's talking on her blog about how cute she looks. She's in this inbetween stage, between looking pregnant and just looking fat. I'm sure she looks adorable.

I'm thankful that I have my Lord Jesus on my side. All this waiting with my husband's job interview would normally drive me crazy if I was waiting by myself, so to speak. But I have Jesus knows what is going on. He knows that it will be worth the wait no matter what happens. :)

High School Musical 2 Again!

My girls love, love, love this movie! We watch it at least once a week. We also have the Karaoke for both movies. At least it isn't too terrible and it is something we can do together.

Tomorrow we will probably be hanging out and gardening. I still have to take all of the old flowers out of the flower bed and put my bulbs in there. I hope they grow. If they don't this summer, maybe next summer. :)

This week should be much easier for me than the last two weeks. It was rough, but I think we're ready to start a new routine and get things going at work.

I hope you all have a great week!

Where did the Romantic go?

Being married for 15 years sure has knocked the romantic out of Valentines day. Joe doesn't like crowds, so we don't go out, on a date anyway. He doesn't do flowers, because they die. And the last time he bought me roses for valentines day, it was kind of a bust. But that is another story.

We've made it about the girls. They love it! We start the day with doughnuts. We never do doughnuts so it is a treat for the girls. Then for dinner we get a heart pizza from Papa Murphy's. This year we are going to go to Pier 49. They also have a heart shaped pizza. They love it!

Snow, Snow and more Snow!

For the 9 winters that we've been here, we haven't had very much snow. If we did, we rarely had to shovel it, because warm temps would melt it away by noon. Once and a while we get a cold snap, but it rarely lasts for very long.

This winter has been very different. We've had a ton of snow. We've had a lot of cold as well. In fact, we even had a snow day! Meridian School District hasn't had a snow day for 13 years. Some school districts have almost used up all of their snow days. The above picture was taken on the way to Sun Valley. Notice the little rectangular speed limit sign poking up above the snow. YIKES!

If we move to Phoenix, this was a nice last winter for us. If not, we probably won't have another winter like this for a long time. At least the snow pack is above average. That is good news for the hot dry summer and fire season.

Big Weekend Grattitudes!

I have big news. I had to wait for my sister to post on here site. Katie, my sister, is pregnant!!!!!!!!!! Wow! We're all so excited! She wanted to wait until she had seen the doctor and the baby. Yesterday, 2/1, she has an u/s and saw the baby's heartbeat! Katie and Dan are so happy! They are due in September. I guess I'll be missing a bit of school at the beginning of the school year next year! :)