Day Two - Tuesday

Let's see - today was the big switcheroo of Spencer for Richard.

Grandpa got up and made waffles for breakfast. Spencer informed Grandpa that he like pancakes better. Fred got the call from Ben about 10:00 am to hit the road and head to Scipio and meet at the Dairy Queen for lunch. They ordered three hamburger combos to share.

On the way back home, Grandpa stopped at the Dairy Farmers of America in Beaver. Grandpa said it was nothing super exciting, but it did allow them an ice cream cone and they brought back a big round of mild cheddar cheese. We will be having grilled cheese & tomato soup soon.

They got home about 5 PM. Grandpa said from Cedar City on home Garrett was bored with his bag of activities. Every 10 minutes the rest of the way home he asked how much longer?

We ate spaghetti for dinner. I let the boys tell me how much to load on their plates. Their eyes were a little bigger than their stomachs. It probably took 5 minutes for them to take the first bit. Too much silliness.

Grandpa left for Bio Life and we stayed home and started watching Star Wars VI. Mini cookies and milk for snack and to bed at 8:30pm. Soon after Garrett was up with a stomach ache. I actually had an upset stomach all day and it was worse last night. So I suspected his might be somewhat legitimate too. I think they were asleep a little after 9pm.

Next Day

 

Monday's Events

 

 

Grandpa took Spencer and Garrett swimming at our friend's home in the morning to avoid the heat. Somehow so far this week, it is not hot. It is overcast and humid though. The pool has an unusual entry of levels. When we went swimming at the hotel on Saturday night, Garrett was very slow to get in the pool. So when they got there, Grandpa was unloading stuff figuring Garrett was going to tip toe in. Who knows what happened, but Garrett was in too deep and gasping for air. Grandpa had his swim trunks on, but still a shirt, his phone, car remote, in the pockets so he didn't want to just jump in. He did reach over and pull Garrett up, but not in the urgency that Garrett was hoping for. After that, they had fun.

 

Back to the house for sandwiches, Wii and choice of play. The menu was peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Spencer did not like the looks of our cream honey or our too soft white bread. Grandpa made it plain peanut butter and he cut it in half, but it was still floppy so he cut it in thirds. Spencer didn't like that. He wanted two pieces. Grandpa ate one and said "there, now you have two pieces" Spencer didn't like that either.

 

When I got home from work at 4:45, the boys were immersed in transformer play in the living room. I made tacos with crisp shells. Garrett said he wanted the one that was broken. Basically he made a tostada. He ate four halves without any complaint. Spencer nibbled on his shell through the tomatoes and might have eaten a touch of cheese. He was done.

 

We took the boys to see the movie Home. They could already quote from the movie when it was over. It will not be a movie we buy. I had a hard time staying awake somewhere in the middle. Mini Chips Ahoy and Mini Oreos with milk for their after movie and before bedtime snack.

 

Overall, a good day I would say. Thank you Grandpa Fred for all that you do!

 

4th of July 2015

This was the weekend for the Daly Family Reunion held in Pleasant Grove Utah. This was our branch of the tree.  There originally were five brothers. Tom, Arthur (Fred's Dad), Frank, Joe & Jay. Tom and Frank have passed away so Fred's Dad is the patriarch of the family.

 

Corinne and Ben brought down their boys from Ogden. Sharlotte (Fred' sister) and her husband Randy brought their granddaughter Roxie. It was HOT. I'm not gonna lie. It was held at a church pavilion and everything was outside. No access to the church.....but someone was kind enough to provide an outhouse. NOT. Corinne and I loaded up Garrett for a bathroom break at a nearby grocery store. Actually, I didn't need to go, but I went for the alone time with Corinne.

 This is Fred with his Uncle Jay. They are sorting through bullets and talking about the family rifles and shotguns.

After the reunion, Corinne and family came back to our hotel. (which wasn't very nice) and we all went swimming. Even Fred and I went swimming and it was really fun. Made us talk consider getting an above ground pool for us. Around here we get the feeling above ground pools are considered white trash, but I don't think we care.

 Henry likes to wear the big sandals. He knows which foot is which.

 You know....the TV is on.

 Again with the TV

Sunday morning we loaded up Garrett and Spencer to bring them home with us. We ate breakfast at Burger King and neither boy ate very much. But lunch at McDonalds - they cleaned up. This is Spencer mid some imaginary playtime.

 Our big table.

 See - all gone Mom.

 Garrett too!

First toys to come out were the Transformers, followed by Legos.

Because I want #2

If I'm ever feeling blue - I look at you!

Facebook

I'm going stay off Facebook for a while.

A few contributing factors:

There are so many articles that are just plain disturbing that appear day after day.

I go there to connect with friends and loved ones, but I'm bombarded by all these other things that I don't want to see. 

It is true that reading about all the fun things other people are doing can be depressing and cause one to compare. I know I have a good life. Right now all my children are employed, have a home to be safe and protected in, food to eat and clothes to wear. They all live the gospel to their best and are active in their wards. We are all healthy. I have Fred to share my life with. He is constant. 

I worry and feel so much anxiety for young women and young mothers. All the pressure they put on themselves to do this and do that, be this and be that. You see it everywhere. Calm down, slow down, scale down on your obligations and busyness. It's not a contest. Life is to be lived and to feel joy. 

Thoughts like these are causing me to feel a lot of anxiety and an abundance of sadness and discontent recently. I want to save others from feeling like this. Part of me feels all wise and experienced with power to save and then when I really look at myself - I'm not feeling like I've got it together. 

Recently there have been several talks in our Sacrament Meeting and Sunday classes about "Acting" on the promptings of the Spirit, even obeying the commandments. Just do it now. 

The thought entered my mind to get off Facebook last night as I was driving home having a chat with myself. So I'm going to treat that as a prompting and see if I notice a difference in my life.

So as off the beaten path as this decision seems, it is huge for me because I pretty much live on it here at work all day. It helps fill the time.

I'm going to try a few other tasks to improve my emotional state of being right now.

I simply want to feel content. I don't need a barrel of fun or excitement. 

A Quick Trip to Las Vegas

 

Shannon was on her way to LA and made arrangements to stop over in Las Vegas.

We met her at the Bellagio. A quick walk through the atrium.

 

 

Next we headed across the street to Caesar's Palace for lunch at The Cheesecake Factory.

We shared two cheesecakes - a new one Vanilla Bean Cheesecake (no picture) and White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle.

 

It was hot outside, but after living here for 2 years it didn't make me feel cranky.

It is what it is.

 

After Shannon arrived in Los Angeles, she took the time to walk around the Los Angeles Temple and take a couple of pictures.

This temple is HUGE. Fred and I were sealed in this temple March 24, 1979.

We haven't been back since.

 We loved our short time together.

 

Updated look

I decided to start fresh. I purchased a blog template from an online company for $15. My hopes is that this will provide a clean slate and no more hiccups when I try to navigate around my blog.

Scott and Jess took over remote access to my computer to help install it last night. Actually I had completed all the steps correctly, but they have the magic.

I love knowing that Scott and Jess can do that for me. There will still be some fine tuning, but overall I am happy. The template does seem a bit more muted than what I saw with the demo online, but I'm okay with it. I plan on being more creative. I signed up for the blog newsletter that will bring ideas etc...right to my email inbox.

Thank you Scott and Jess for helping me with my fresh start to blogging.