New Prophet and Apostles Song

First Car Made in Detroit after the Bailout

Kirkmount

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Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century Conference

It's the end of the first full day of the CITES Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century Conference in the Salt Palace Convention Center. We heard Erik Weihenmayer last night as the keynote speaker. He's a blind climber that has summited the highest peak in each of the seven continents. He was funny and really inspirational. Den came to hear him and we saw Mike and Leslie Dicou there, too.

I'm tired today - preparing these national conferences is a lot of work, but very exciting to see them happen according to plan.

Lake Powell

Today we're off to Lone Rock Beach for a picnic. We spent yesterday boating with Shawn and Jenny and the kids. Wes came with us and we're all having a great time. In fact, we're staying one day longer than we had planned, so we have to get substitutes for Den's lesson and my music leading in Relief Society tomorrow.

Kirkmount - My Favorite Celtic Group!

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Lake Powell Here We Come!

We're excited to go see Jenny, Shawn and the Grandkids this week in Page, Arizona. We haven't seen them since Christmas time and I'm sure they've all grown a FOOT! We have a little surprise we're bringing them...

It's Already March!

Tonight's the night to turn the clocks FORWARD one hour before we go to bed - I love, love, love having more daylight in the evenings.

Den is remodeling our storage room and adding more shelves. It will be so nice to be able to organize all the stuff down there so that I know what I've got and can see what I need. Better beef up the storage - our stocks really took a nose-dive last week.

25 Random Things About Me

1. I love baked potatoes.
2. Dennis is my best friend.
3. I was an Athlete Driver during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
4. I don't like cilantro.
5. I don't like people who are two-faced.
6. I love to organize things.
7. My favorite hobby is doing anything crafty.
8. I have a hard time driving in the snow.
9. I get ready for Christmas all year long.
10. I have a hard time with people who use apostrophe's where they're not supposed to in sentence's. Or people that use too many exclamation points!!!!!!! For every sentence!!!!!! They write!!!!!
11. I am a Mormon.
12. I like anything better than Primary - or the nursery.
13. I love to travel - anywhere - especially on cruises.
14. I enjoy cooking.
15. I love teaching, but sometimes I wish I'd gone into business instead of education.
16. I don't like people who don't know the purpose of a turn signal.
17. I wish all of my family lived closer to me.
18. I have two handsome, strong sons and two gorgeous, creative daughters. And two fabulous sons-in-law, a beautiful, talented daughter-in-law, and a fun, darling daughter-in-law to be! And don't even let me get started on my fantastic grandchildren...
19. I like to plan things out and need lots of preparation time.
20. I love spending time with family - they are the most important people in the world to me.
21. I love shopping great sales - it's like a game to see how much I can save.
22. I miss Mom, Dad, Carol, and Danny. I just know they're up there having a fabulous time without me and Moo...
23. I love being with my grandchildren.
24. I wish I were more athletic.
25. I have a fear of snakes, speaking in General Conference, and going to prison.

Don't Buy Anything!!

Boat Show

We went to the Boat Show tonight - our annual trip. Wesley went with us - he picked out his favorite engine ($50,000) and his favorite chopper. That kid has expensive tastes!!

FedEx

That was GREAT!

Last night 4-year-old Kadence and I were eating dinner. I asked her what she had learned in Primary on Sunday. "We learned all about Joseth Sniff," she answered.

Den, Kat, Tayla and I went to the Draper Temple Open House yesterday. It was a gorgeous day - sunny and warm with the snow glistening on the ground. We drove to a chapel near the temple where we watched a video on the importance of temples to members of the Church. Then we boarded a bus which took us up the hill to the temple. It's smaller than other temples, which is the way the Church is building them now so that they can build more temples and accommodate more people. There is no cafeteria or clothing rental there.

The tour was a silent one with a brochure and signs to follow. I was so impressed with the beautiful chandeliers - I've never seen ones that picked up all the colors like those. Of course the spirit was so strong there. I need to attend the temple more often - good goal for this year.

Afterwards we met Pat at The Outback for an early dinner. Gotta remember not to order the Chicken Fetuccini again - dry and tasteless!

I Got My CCP!

Becky Poulter and I went to Rangemasters in Springville Thursday evening and completed the Concealed Carry Permit class. Mike S., the instructor, spoke really fast, was really funny, and taught us more than we really wanted to know! When Mike was drawing pictures on the chalkboard showing us where to aim on a person, or where to cut with a knife, I couldn't believe we were learning this stuff - it was against everything I'd ever been taught or brought up with.

We got fingerprinted and photographed and I sent all the paperwork into the Criminal Bureau of Investigation the next morning. After a background check by the FBI, I'll receive my card in about two months. This is my second background check - the first one was when I was a volunteer for the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics - so maybe this one will go a little faster.

Schow Family Portrait

Family photos from Dave & Von's photo booth.

Dave & Von's Wedding

Jessie & I flew to California this weekend for Dave & Von's wedding - it was so beautiful! We attended the rehearsal on Friday and then the wedding and reception/dinner. It was so good to see Robert and Patricia there, as well as Katie and Rob (their new baby, Giovanni, is absolutely darling!).

Dave & Von had a white candle imprinted with the names of the family members who have passed away - a special touch.

They rented a "photo booth" where we could have our pictures taken - so we all scrunched in for a Schow Family portrait. There was lots of dancing (see Robert's moves above) with great 80's music and an over-the-top DJ.

I was feeling a little bit sorry for Jessie at the wedding because she didn't know very many people - until I realized I didn't know any more than she did!

We stayed at Mary's house and between wedding-doings we went to the Winchester Mystery House, spent a couple of hours (not really, but we COULD have) at DSW shoe shopping, went to Valley Fair Mall, and made a last-minute run to Le Boulanger for wonderful sourdough bread and Dutch Crunch rolls to take home in our carry-ons and a couple of sandwiches for us to eat on the plane.

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

We celebrated Kat's birthday at Tepanyaki's with a great show as well as good food. Wesley even enjoyed his eel - eek! - he said it tasted like chicken. We're so glad we could get together to celebrate Kat's special day. Happy Birthday, Kat! (and birthday or not - DON'T go with PACO!!!)