The Things We Learn in Young Womens!

What is quinoa anyway? We planned a cooking challenge combined activity with the Teachers this week and the rules were that you had to use the mystery ingredient quinoa. I had no experience at all with it. Malinda Wagstaff called it a super food and I got a recipe from Bethany using quinoa flour to make chocolate cookies. We got together at Jenessa's house and made the cookies and then went to Bennets for a dinner.

The Teachers surprised us and went all out on a chicken dinner with quinoa side dish - like rice. Yummy! They were all gentlemen and fed us first and sat us at the table. It is so fun to be serving in YW with my own daughters. I love all the girls. They keep me young! 

 

SHOEPALOOMA! Stinky Sneaker 2013

I have had Stinky Sneaker shirts come through the laundry for 17 years now. From Tammy on down to every one of my kids. Each year they design an awesome shirt to go with a creative theme for this huge Basketball Rivalry between U-high and CV. This year, Mike and I decided to go down to the arena and watch. It was so fun to see the school spirit and watch the crowds. Katie was in the dance and Megan and Melissa were in the student section screaming and cheering all night! SHOEPALOOMPA!

New Year's Day Skiing

We decided to go skiing with all the beautiful snow that we got. It was up early after New Year's Eve celebrating. What a pretty day. The fog was weird. It formed ice in our hair. And it was soooo hard to see but we had a great time and no one got hurt! Love the beauty of winter and the quiet of snow. My favorite part is riding the chair lift and looking out at the mountains covered in white. I'm so glad Heavenly Father decided to make snow WHITE! I love the fat face picture. My goggles and scarf made me look so funny!

 

 

Just in Time for a White Christmas!

I love snow.  Everything white and magical.  Everything feels different when it snows.  Like a party, a vacation, a reason to just stay home and play.  I think that it must be the kid in me that wants a snow day from school.  It doesn't always happen so I love the magic of a winter storm that changes the neighborhood when you look out the window in the morning. I remember a line from a preschool poem, 

"I love a white, snow-covered world

that last night wasn't there..."

Loving my Hobby!!!

Making things with this vinyl machine is just tooooo much fun!!!  Holidays are the best because that calls for decorations and gifts!  I'm not sick of it yet!

One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year was replacing Megan's Lifeguard sweatshirt from Florida.  She left hers at school and it "disappeared."  I got a plain white hoodie and red HTV and made her another one!

The girls have discovered the fun that can be had with vinyl.  They did their own projects over break.  I love to share this hobby!  Mike even had me replace a Marine sticker that he had on his old truck.  It took me 5 minutes to find it, trace it and cut it out for his new truck.  He was excited!