My Favorite Things

You can't tell by the length of the videos I made, of the time that was spent on making them but...

it was hours and hours, days and days.

I loved making these.

For Relief Society we had a 

"My Favorite Things" night.

I wanted karaoke music that we could all participate so I made these videos.

We had them show on the big screen pulled down in the cultural hall.

I think they turned out so fun but way too short.

Everyone was asked to bring a favorite item concealed and dropped off in the cultural hall and continue to opening exercises in the Relief Society room.

We took the items out of the sacks and displayed them on the tables.

When they came back in the cultural hall each sister was given a sheet that was numbered and they had a chance to go down the line and try to guess what item belonged to which sister.

When they got back to their seats we sang 

"My Favorite Things"  Part 1 song.

(Make sure you sing along too!)

Our table decorations were aprons, brown paper packages tied up with string,

warm woolen mittens, and snowflakes.

We then enjoyed a wonderful dinner of Teriyaki Chicken,

fresh green beans, stuff-your-own baked potato.

Dessert...

prepared by our Food Committee.

Right before dessert we sang

"My Favorite Things" Part 2

(again, sing along) 

During dessert we drew numbers that matched the tags on the display items and had the sisters tell us what it was and why it is one of their favorite things.

Jolene took her fathers watch and turned it in to a fun woman's watch

I wish we would have started this part at the beginning of dinner and continued until we were all done.

We ran out of time and so I just held each item up and the sister that brought it raised her hand. We really didn't have enough time to say WHY she brought it.

Here are some of the items:

Ruth - Rose

Mickie - framed flowers

Connie - M&M's

Julie - Book of Mormon, drink

Annette - Old Book of Mormon

Beckee - chocolate & remote

Misty - wooden spoon

Eileen - old book

Paige - DVR remote

Jill - Boy Scout wooden boy

Dixie - Crystal dish

Nellie - Pacemaker

Donna - black necklace

Anna Lou - family pictures, Jesus

Kathy - Temple

Jolene - watch

Kathleen - jewelry

Hillsman - lighthouse

Carol - Mickey Mouse

Mary Beth - painting of Temple

Elaine - mini sewing machine

Rosalie - truck with Hot Wheels

Annie - flip flops, kindle, hair bows, movie, cologne

JeriLynn - scrap book pages

Jody - casserole pan

April - Suze Orman book

Joan - family pictures

 - ski pass

Chelsea helped me make a treat bag for each sister.

What are your favorite things?

Second Exit

Daddy and I got another run in this morning.

Since I ran yesterday I only wanted to do a short run

but...

Chelsea dumped us off again up at the 2nd exit in the canyon and told us to run home.

We continued past the house and finally ended at 6.2 because stopping at the house gave us a weird number.

I know, I know.

OCD?

Killer Hill

Daddy needed to get his good run in today so we could run together tomorrow, so he headed off in the morning to do his 8.3 OR 11 mile route.

There was no way I could keep up or go that far so Dawn and I headed out for a 3-5 mile run.

Well we ended up going a little further 

AND

Dawn made me go up Killer Hill.

Why do I call it Killer Hill?

Because it kills me!

Maybe someday I will be able to run all the to the top without stopping....

maybe.

By the time I dropped Dawn off and headed home I thought I would continue running until I met up with dad on his way home. I got a couple of blocks past the house and realized that he probably went 11 miles if he wasn't back already sooo...I turned around and ran home.

I finished at 7 miles.

Oh...and later that morning,
Susette talked us in to signing up for the Mt. Nebo Half Marathon.
I hate PEER pressure!

Facebook for all ages

Say what?

Daddy's mom joined Facebook!

Welcome!

Not sure if we will ever see a post from her but at least she can see what we are doing with our lives when we slack on our blogs.

Canyon Run

For "Family Home-Even" we ran the canyon...again.
Hey! We like it!

Chelsea was such a good doobie again and dumped us off and told us to run home.

YES, he reached out and took my hand.
We. Are. A. TEAM!

Different drop off spot.
5 miles...or more

Running without Daddy

Let me think...what is one of our favorite things to do together? Run, of course but...

Daddy had to work today (Saturday, March 9).

Keirsha, Chelsea's friend, called and asked if I wanted to play racquetball in half an hour. Well I threw off my covers and I hurried and got ready to sweat.

Then I get home and while I am sitting in my sweaty clothes I get on FB. I then get wishing that daddy was home so we could go running so I put out a request for anyone to go running with me. There are not a whole lot of runners up here that I can keep up with OR that are on FB.

My running partner, Dawn, besides daddy, is already showered and out at the yard sales.

I finally get a ping that Sherrie wanted to go with me. WHAT!? Really?

*Sherrie is so fun to run with.

*She is a camel. She doesn't need water.

*She runs LONG distances ALWAYS with a smile on her face. 

*She is such a motivator!

*She always keeps the conversation going, even when you can hardly breath.

*She will always keep with your pace and never make you feel like you are holding her back.

*She does not mind my burping.

We used to run together awhile back but our schedules just didn't fit good.

Chelsea was such a good daughter to take us up the canyon and drop us off. Sherrie added a few more miles on to the regular route that I usually take and by time we got home we ended on a funny number...soooo we continued running until we hit 6.2. She then left me and added a few more million miles.

Thanks so much Sherrie!

Snack Bags

After this post I bet you had a daughter just like me!!!

Chelsea started making me "Snack Bags" for work.

This has been so nice!!

She usually packs me plenty so I can use part of it for breakfast.

This has been awesome for the days that I am running late. (Most days)

There are all sorts of things that I probably wouldn't pack myself because I am too lazy to slice or dice something.

Most of it is healthy which is also a bonus!!

However....!!!!

I may have to have a word with her about looking closer before packing rotten foods.

THIS was in my sack the other day.

I had to hurry and eat the worm before he ate anymore of my apple!!

What's in YOUR snack bag?