Fun

Trevor's letter of acceptance came this week from Central Washington University. He is so tickled and so are we! I'm not looking forward to him being gone come fall, but they have an excellent metal working shop there and will give Trevor even more experience. He eventually wants to own and run his own metal working business after mission and college.

I could go on about the adventures of my tooth but instead I'll talk about the value of having fun as we go. Last night I went to scrapbook at Krista's. Jess and I rode up together. It took us awhile to get going because we started out the evening with a jewelry party. Nice stuff but I didn't decide to get anything. I usually wear a lot of my jewelry as an afterthought. So I didn't think it was a good idea to spend some more money on it just because. Connie was so tickled that she won the door prize of some cool earrings. Jess and I worked on making explosion boxes to eventually go on our Etsy site. We had some fun with the Cricut. Jess got quite a bit done on the baby boy box and I couldn't get rolling on mine. So I had some fun helping Krista with her layout. Love her idea of her and Connie buying new cartridges for the Cricut and pitching in with a mat here and there! I'm so excited that I get to share this new, cool tool with everyone! We decided that at around 12:30 am or so Krista was out of adhesive and we needed to make a WalMart run. What really happened last night was that I had fun and laughed a LOT. Always worth a bit of lost sleep when I've been able to do that and forget my cares for a time.

Can't wait until May 3rd for my National Scrapbooking Day party! If you're in town, come on by, make sure to bring the chocolate!

The latest...

Well, it's been an interesting week or so around our home. Let's see, Chandler has pneumonia, last Sunday Trevor woke up with a horrible muscle spasm in his neck and shoulders so had to see the doctor. I've been dealing with a root canal gone bad. So I was back in the dentist's chair twice to get relief. Both times they gave me antibiotics and such. On Friday they tried to get me into a specialist and wouldn't you know that every specialist in the state of Washington was at a conference in CANADA!!! It's been a painful weekend, with brief reprieves from the pain when the pain medicine decides to work. Monday I'll be in a specialist's chair....UGH. but I'm looking forward to the relief that will bring.

Yesterday was brought us beautiful weather and so Dan and the boys were out working on the yard. Probably to the relief of our neighbors ;) Chandler kept sneaking outside. We want him to lay low until he gets rid of the pneumonia. He's feeling somewhat better and is actually getting bored and no more laying like a limp rag on the loveseat. So the challenge is keeping him resting so he can get rid of the sore throat, headache, etc.

Good news is that Trevor was notified that he's a recipient of a two year scholarship to any college or university in the Washington!!! He thinks that he may also be receiving another one. Now we're waiting for acceptance letters to come so he knows where he'll be going in the fall.

Since I'm not going to church today (staying home with Chandler), I realized that the Church website has so much audio that I can download for my mp3 player. Plus all the stuff I can put on my Palm. And it's free, how great is that? Yes, I'm easily amused. :)

Families Are Forever

Brent, Thomas, Travis, Jess, Ruth and Amber


Connie, Aunt Ruthie, Tom, Bernice, Thomas, Travis & Jess


Tom, Dan, Travis, Jess, Sharon and Bernice


Four generations!


Jessica's sister, Elise, made her a beautiful bouquet for the special day!
Thomas, Travis & Jessica
as a forever family on March
22nd, 2008.

What can I say about this perfect temple day other than we are so very, very blessed...