My favorite part? The AZ sign, of course!
Monday, April 13, 2009
hey baby, what's your type?
K, I was just kidding about going to bed earlier. I'm still up and it's officially Monday. Heidi had a night terror right when I was hittin' the hay, so I stayed up with her and watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition and it totally made me cry. Dude, that was a heart-wrencher!
Also, I took the Myers- Briggs personality test and I came out INFJ, which is super rare I guess. I am gonna read up on it. I am not too familiar with this test or the "types." Have you taken it? What's your type? Let's discuss.
Take the test here.
More INFJ info here and here.
Also, I took the Myers- Briggs personality test and I came out INFJ, which is super rare I guess. I am gonna read up on it. I am not too familiar with this test or the "types." Have you taken it? What's your type? Let's discuss.
Take the test here.
More INFJ info here and here.
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PS: Since it's the wee hours of Monday, that means it's GEORGIA'S BIRTHDAY!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Our Happy Easter
Our front window--Addie, Heidi, and I made the spring banner out of felt in just one night (gotta love felt, scissors and tacky glue! I totally freehanded the leters!). Addie made the cute bunny at school.
Easter Basket booty on Sunday morning
Heidi with her egg pad and bunny pen
James going for a tootsie roll
Easter Basket booty on Sunday morning
Heidi with her egg pad and bunny pen
James going for a tootsie roll
Chocolate monster Heidi!!!
James was so excited about his Easter clothes (thanks, Papa!)
Before church...
Before church...
After church we snapped a few photos out front...James, Heidi and Addie in their Easter finery
It was sunny and windy and hard to get James to look a the camera...
CHEEZBALLS!
just smile nicely with your mouth closed."
Wild Girls...
...and boy
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After church the kids hunted eggs in our back yard with their cousins while Angie and I got the feast ready.
Danny, Addie and Rosalie hunting eggs
James discovers lots of eggs! (they were color coded per kid)
James discovers lots of eggs! (they were color coded per kid)
There's Heidi, Uncle Davey, James, and Rosalie.
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After dinner, there were eggs to find at the Gray's house, too.
Angie taking pix of Danny, Addie, and Heidi.
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Later we went home...
(translation: watch the Thomas the Tank Engine channel on youtube)
***My awesome Mom-in-law made tiny doll dresses for my girls to match their own Easter dresses...how cute is that? The girls LOVED them and carried their babies around all afternoon!
Heidi's Baby
THANKS GRANDMA MELIN!
The girls posed their dolls all over the place and took pictures of them this evening. I thought this pose was so cute, how they totally set up all the baskets and eggs and stuff...
they are so funny!!!
***So we hope y'all had as much fun as we did today. We're so grateful for spring and resurrection and family and all the abundance we enjoy!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Happy Easter
"Brothers and sisters, one of the great consolations of this Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so. His solitary journey brought great company for our little version of that path—the merciful care of our Father in Heaven, the unfailing companionship of this Beloved Son, the consummate gift of the Holy Ghost, angels in heaven, family members on both sides of the veil, prophets and apostles, teachers, leaders, friends. All of these and more have been given as companions for our mortal journey because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the Restoration of His gospel. Trumpeted from the summit of Calvary is the truth that we will never be left alone nor unaided, even if sometimes we may feel that we are. Truly the Redeemer of us all said, 'I will not leave you comfortless. [My Father and] I will come to you.'" -Jeffrey R. Holland
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I feel thankful today not just for the Great Atonement, but especially for the part that promises "the same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there only it will be coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy (-D&C 130:2)." My connections to others--family, friends, associates--are what makes life not just bearable, but joyful. Thank you for being part of my life and being a conduit of the Savior's love in my life.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
From the facebook...
Heidi just had an emergency root canal! We called at 8am, she was in at 8:20 and done by 8:50! So maybe tonight we'll get some sleep...??? Maybe...???
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Heidi doesn't sleep much at night and tends to "midnite snack" or "midnite drink", then factor in all the times we gave her a sippy of milk so she would just GO 2 BED...her lower right first molar was pretty much half-decayed. The dentist (our bishop) filled it last fall, but apparently didn't get it all, so this morning he dug it all out (or what ever they do) and capped her off. PLUS he said, "This one's on me." YAY! That Tanya Donnelly song, Feed the Tree, is going thru my head now: "Baby silver tooth, she grins and grins/ Take your hat off, boy when you're talkin' to me and be there when I feed the tree..."
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Heidi doesn't sleep much at night and tends to "midnite snack" or "midnite drink", then factor in all the times we gave her a sippy of milk so she would just GO 2 BED...her lower right first molar was pretty much half-decayed. The dentist (our bishop) filled it last fall, but apparently didn't get it all, so this morning he dug it all out (or what ever they do) and capped her off. PLUS he said, "This one's on me." YAY! That Tanya Donnelly song, Feed the Tree, is going thru my head now: "Baby silver tooth, she grins and grins/ Take your hat off, boy when you're talkin' to me and be there when I feed the tree..."
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Catching Up
Last week, on the day I got home from Arizona, we got another new baby cousin down in Del Rio, Texas...
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Last night we had a yummy, healthy dinner followed by coloring eggs for FHE...
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Last night we had a yummy, healthy dinner followed by coloring eggs for FHE...
Heidi, Daddy, James, & Addie at the dinner table. We had broccoli & carrots, broied lemon chicken breasts, and baked potato chips. The lemon chicken was very easy and turned out great...try it!
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced
salt & pepper
Mix up and marinade chicken breasts for 20 minutes, then place on broiler pan (covered with foil in my case!) 2-3 inches from broiler. Broil each side for 6 minutes on high and VOILA!
(this is her new favorite hairdo--wavy from braids-- because "I look like Sasha and Malia Obama.")
Daddy, James & Heidi
James really got into coloring the eggs!
Addie, James, Heidi, and me
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Later, we loaded the dishwasher and Heidi took this picture of Polly the fawn.
Nice dirty countertops.
Heidi also took this picture of our table this morning...the morning sun pours through the kitchen and dining room windows in the spring and summer (SE-facing)
I know, I know...
...enough about my Arizona trip already! But here are a couple of vidoe clips, and then I'm done, okay? :)
Dane C. at Devers' from MelinFamily on Vimeo.
Owen on Blessing Day from MelinFamily on Vimeo.
Dane C. at Devers' from MelinFamily on Vimeo.
Owen on Blessing Day from MelinFamily on Vimeo.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
More Pictures from LAST SUNDAY
Mostly For Nana...Owen with his great-grandma Dever
Owen and Aunt Lisa
Owen and Aunt Lisa
Sam showing Owen to Damien & his daughter.
Damien and Sam with their boys.
Great Uncle Sam Elrey, Great Uncle Matt Elrey, Cousin Kurt Dever, Great Grandpa Dever, Uncle Mike Christiansen, Great Uncle Ralph Mayberry, Great Grandpa Elrey, Dady & Owen, Grandpa Layton, Steve Labounty, Grandpa Dever, Damien, Cousin Dave Mayberry.
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