What a FABULOUS idea!!!

My Ward's Young Women are having a girl's camp fundraiser on
Friday, April 24, 2009
If you know anyone who would like to take advantage of
Drop-In Daycare
so they can go out on a date or stay in for a romantic evening
and live in our town or will be in the area

Email Janie at lotsostuff at hotmail dot com and she'll give you details and location.

We'd love to get the word out to as many people as possible.
So if you live here, plan a party and invite all your friends with small children, then have them drop their kids off for games, movies, snacks, & fun with about 10 energetic young ladies and several women to supervise.

Friday, April 24, 2009
5 pm to 10 pm (just long enough for dinner and a movie)
for $2 per hour/per child
(leave them for an hour or the whole evening)

Again...

So here we go again. Maddy has the chicken pox... yes for the second time... AND she was vaccinated! CRAZY... I know! Chuck noticed them on Monday night and I confirmed it Tuesday morning, that indeed it is all characteristic of the Chicken pox. She is not sick (nor was she the first time she got it), she doesn't really itch... she just has about 20ish "bug bites" on her tummy. I got to thinking, why did I even bother vaccinating this girl, but then I think had I not vaccinated her would she have gotten it worse and then got it again? Who knows. But for the well-being of my mind, I will pretend that if she wouldn't have been vaccinated that she would have been ultra-miserable the first go round and then she would have a repeat, so I made it to where it was a small, non-bothersome case both times around.

September 2007

April 2009

So she gets to stay home for a couple of days (a few of them are starting to feel rough already) and hopefully make it back to school soon. But while she's at home Macee has had a playmate and they have been dancing, watching movies, building blocks and being quite fun.

If you came to my house, you would have NO CLUE anything was wrong with this pretty girl! But I hope for her sake that she doesn't get them again... she really hates to miss school!

Dream

For those of you who have not seen this, I wanted to pass it on. It's about 8 minutes, but well worth it. You may even shed a tear or two... I sure did. So inspirational and a good lesson in "Judging a book by its cover".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg

Funny things I thought about today that put a smile on my face!!!

OK... first off Macee and her daddy...

Macee: Dad get me a drink of water

Chuck: You get your own drink... you're big enough

Macee: But you are my servant!

Heehee... made me laugh!

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Now Garrett... my nephew

Me: Garrett... I love your new flipflops

Garrett: They are so YELLOW!

Me: Yes Garrett, they are!

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As I was driving to school tonight a funny memory popped into my head. When I was a senior in High School my best friend, Mary, and I went to Hometown Buffet for lunch. This Hometown Buffet was in Scottsdale, the one my family would go to the most often. So we went there and there was this kinda nerdy guy who was the person who worked our table (clearing plates and such) and, I being the flirt that I was, decided to flirt, just for fun. Well... he picked up on it and thought it was great (from what I could tell) and in the end Mary and I decided to leave "my phone number" for him. We used one of her old ones and out it on a napkin and left... assuming we'd never see him again. Well... some time passed and my family went out to this same Hometown Buffet for dinner one night... and guess who was working? Yup... nerdy waiter! He told me the number was a wrong number and I didn't know what to say. (I wasn't suppose to see him, ever again!) My mom asked me what it was all about and guess what??? She made me give him my REAL number! What the crap! I can't remember if I ever talked to him on the phone or not, but that isn't the point. I just thought about this memory and it made me laugh, so I thought I'd share! The moral: don't be mean to nerdy waiters... sure, that's it! ;)

Happy Birthday Tyler-bug!!!

I know I'm a week late, but I still can post about my (not-so) little boy! He just turned 10 yrs old! It's crazy how time flies when you have kids. They definitely grow up way too fast!

Tyler has been a complete joy to have in our lives. I always said if any kid had to be an only child, he would've been just fine because he doesn't require entertainment, he has always been just fine to do things on his own... but I'm glad he has the opportunity to be a big brother.

-Tyler is in the 4th grade this year. He seems to enjoy learning (except writing... but that's OK).

- Tyler is learning how to play the piano and the violin. He definitely has a talent for music!

-Tyler has always been a card collector. As a little boy he collected cards with animals on them, then he went through a Yu-Gi-Oh stage and now is into Pokeman.

-Tyler is a hard worker and always wants to do things that will make his mom happy!

-Tyler enjoys playing the basketball game "around the world".

-Tyler enjoys reading and is learning to broaden his horizon of subjects to read on. He used to only read books about animals or that had animals in them!

-Tyler works hard in his cubscout program. He has earned his Bobcat, Wolf and Bear and already is working hard towards his Webelos.

-Tyler's favorite color is RED.

-Tyler's favorite food is PIZZA.

-Tyler enjoys things to be done his way... he likes his room to be clean and orderly. That surely makes a mom happy!

Here are a few pictures from the past years. I haven't scanned in quite a few years, so I don't have many pictures from earlier years (ages 1-5), but these are what I have since I came into the "digital age".

March 29, 1999

Tyler Kimbal Melser

8 lbs 11 oz

Proud daddy w/ Tyler

Happy mom w/ Tyler

At age 6!

At age 7!

At age 8!

At age 9!

Now... age 10! Doesn't he look stylish in his new suit?

Hope you had a happy, happy b-day Tyler (bug)!

I'm grateful...

... for a husband who can have fun in the midst of 8 crazy 10(ish) yr olds when I don't have the energy!

OK... I think I'm addicted!!!

Here are a few more pictures. These went a little faster than the last one. I changed the background of grass to clouds. Notice Maddy's green hair? Hmmm... maybe a class in the future will teach me how to get rid of it... we'll see!

I better get cleaning my house! People start coming into town TODAY!!!

My new class!!!

I started a new class Tuesday night. It's an 8 week Photoshop cs3 class. Mind you I don't have the money to buy that program... but I did go and get Photoshop Elements 7 from Costco yesterday and I was just playing around with it a bit this morning and came up with this picture. I'm still trying to figure it all out... but maybe by the end I'll be doing pretty good... we'll see. But for now, enjoy this!

Awwww...

Mom... did you know...

you are too pretty to die?

If that isn't a self-esteem builder...

I don't know what is!

Thanks Maddy!!!

Human Anatomy and Physiology...

I'm super excited right now!!! Just found out I got a 157/150 (104.7%) on my last lab practical! YEA!!! My studying has paid off! Now time to study for my lecture exam! I'm sitting with an "A" in this class right now and I would love to keep it!