Birthdays and Bags

Sunday was Kirk's 55th birthday!!  We finally were able to celebrate with dinner at 4:45 pm.  The reason I say that is because I had a ward conference to attend (thank goodness it was in Jackson!) and Kirk had to leave at 5 pm to attend a meeting in Driggs, Idaho!  Felt so bad, but we were able to make the salmon tacos he wanted for his birthday dinner.  For his birthday gift, he asked each of his children to pay for a mirror in his office.  Lea wrote this check all by herself.  It is priceless!

This past week in conjunction with Earth Day, a group in town gave out all these canvas bags with the saying Bag to Differ on them.  As a town, we are working on being green and using reusable bags at the market and wherever.  The girls had a creative weekend decorating them and they turned out awesome.

Saturdays

Most Saturdays we are busy with chores.  The snow is melting ever so slowly!  When it does, we rake the area so everything is ready to grow again.  Ty and Kara came home last week.  Ty on Monday and Kara on Thursday.  It is great to have them home again.  Ty will be leaving to go back to Provo on Monday to attend Spring term.  This is our "garden".  I know it doesn't look like much, but this is how it goes here in the "north" country.  I've got a couple of tomato plants (check out the tomatoes I've already got!), an artichoke, and I planted radishes, turnips,cucumbers and zucchini.  It's still too early here to leave them outside, so they travel back and forth from the garage daily.

Happy Birthday Maya!

Our sweet, blue-eyed Maya turned 14!  Happy Birthday Maya--we love you!

Spring Break

More Cayman Fun!

Spring Break

Not much to say...we had a GREAT time!

You don't see this everyday!

This is the strangest thing we have ever seen in Cayman.  A flamingo!  It hangs out close to the opening of my bay by the sandbar.  People have seen it there for a month or so now and believe it probably came from Cuba.

HOT HOT HOT!!!

Forgot my cord to download photos, but you all already know what Cayman looks like.  So, here's the scoop, we flew down here on Monday and it has snowed all day, everyday since we've been gone.  Probably at least a foot or so in my courtyard!  We are all trying to imagine it as we lay around in our swimsuits and play in the water all day.  Good news for all the "family" members, they are going to chip-seal the road tomorrow!  yeah...we are all tired of the dust and mess since they put the water line around the island.

March Madness

We're ready for Spring Break!

Happy 1st day of Spring??

Just had to show that I DO have hope for Spring!

THE AMAZING LEA!!!!!!

Yes, we all know that Lea is amazing, but did you know that she is a "sitting" telephone book?

Viva Italia!

Angie, a foreign exchange student from Italy came over Saturday night and taught us some italian cooking.  We made two kinds of pasta--one with tuna fish and the other with zucchini.  It was a lot of fun and Angie is a great gal.  She even came to church with us today!

Our "Mallet Maniac" Sage

Sage is part of a xylophone group called the Mallet Maniacs.  She performed tonight during school board meeting

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The Melanie Roney welfare plan...

This is our welfare plan.  You must pitch in and help with dinner if you want to eat.  A friend gave us a 50# box of potatoes for Christmas and we were making potato soup.  A tip for all you "newbies" out there...buy more than one potato peeler!

We LOVE San Diego!!!

We just spent a few days down in San Diego, California--one of our favorite spots.  We love La Jolla the most.  It is a convenient place to stay close to beaches, shopping, movies and the temple.  We didn't really have a plan so we just asked the girls each day what they wanted to do.  SHOPPING was the #1 response every time. 

"My Heavenly Father Loves Me"

I was up early this morning and the sunrise was just spectacular over Sleeping Indian. I had to venture outside in my bathrobe and take a picture.  I am reminded daily that I am blessed to live in such a beautiful world that my Heavenly Father created for me.  It reminded me of the primary song "My Heavenly Father Loves Me."

Valentine's Day!

Valentine's day is BIG at our house.  We have a nice dinner and there are even gifts!  Kara, Ty and three of Ty's friends came from up from school.  I had Kyler's girlfriend make all these awesome headbands for the girls. Aren't they adorable?

Love is in the air...

The girls were busy last night in preparation for a "loving" day at school.  Sage was making all her valentines and Mari was heading up the rest of the gang in cookie baking and decorating.

Our Winter Wonderland

Silly Simba

I was working on some quilts for humanitarian and the cat decided to take a nap in all the batting. Then he decided to play hide and seek in this large plastic bag!

Visiting Uncle Mark at California Silk Screen and getting goodies from him.