New Bling !

We decided to use up our Optical Insurance before we lost it at the end of February.

Arrow of Light

Dexton received his Arrow of Light Award last night! This is the highest award in Cub Scouting. We are so proud of him and all of his hard work.

Paying it Forward

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!
Made with tons of love just for you!

It might be a sweet letter to you from me, or some yummy goodies, you might be surprised what you get! Give it a try! The catch? You must re -post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to leave a comment, win a lovely little treat for themselves! Have Fun! Ready........Set............Go!

Old bad news, over due.

Some of you have heard so I will share.
Doug called me from the train in SLC to inform me with tears he was laid off and he was comming home. We cried together his whole trip home. We went through so many emotions in that short amount of time. From trying and process and figure out what was happening to how we were going to handle it. We have been hit with hard trials the last few years and have been able to push forward but thought this would seriously be the end of Doug. To make it worse Doug had to drive back the next day and pick up his stuff. With no warning he wasn't prepared to carry his all of his books and stuff home on the train. And with no badge to get in the building, ya!
On his way home he stopped at LDS Employment and has been networking, been to several job fairs in Layton, Bountiful, and on Base. He updated his resume and posted it all over the internet, talked to our ward employment specialist(awesome guy), got leads from members of the ward and friends and applied for all job that were available. He even had some buisness cards made. After just 3 days our computer crashed. That was a 4 day fix the computer panic.
There are so many others looking for jobs. We pray that none of you have to go through this. Doug did suprise me and has been very positive which has made our faith strong. I know that Doug will be blessed I just hope it is soon. We are pushing 2 months now but we are OK. Doug needs to get a job soon! He is so sweet but he is wanting to help (invade) on some of my chores and he put kinks in my swagger.
He decided to do laundry on a tuesday instead of wednesday and he started with darks. I'm thinking, Who starts with darks? Clearly everyone should think like I do and wash in this order-
Whites w/ bleach
Light colors
Dark colors
Levis
Colored towels
White towels and rags w/ bleach
This way you start with a fresh machine and leave a fresh machine for next week.
Whatever, I know I shouldn't complain. Doug is a great guy and I do love him.

We pray for our family and friends.
With Love, US

25 random thoughts I had today! Tagged by Misty

1. Misty luvs me!
2. Do people really want to know what I'm thinking?
3. Should I share?
4. If I do, will I feel emotion that I'm not ready for?
5. I'm scared.
6. I need to get ready for church. Why am I sitting here typing?
7. Do we have enough?
8. What are we going to do?
9. Will he find something?
10. Will we be able to?
11. What if she says no?
12. Will my feelings be hurt?
13. Yep! Stop boob'en! Ignore it!
14. Seriously! Why am I still typing.
15. What does grandma need? Where does she need to go?
16. Are my family and friends doing ok?
17. Why can't I wear pants to church?
18. I don't know this Hymn. I'll just sit and listen.
19. Why does he fall asleep in church?
20. He is such a guy. Pinch Him!
21. What do people think of me?
22. Do they notice my mustache?
23. I can't wait for the snow to melt, I need to pull some weeds. (No kidding!)
24. What does he look like?
25. We should have a fast, but for everyone!

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Nominees

Well, It all started 2 weeks ago when we were separately approached and was asked to secretly do a bio graph on each other. Not knowing that the other was doing the same. So from my perspective I went to the Scout Office and collected all of Doug's scout info. Positions held and when, Rank etc. They also wanted his hobbies and what he has done for the community. I turned it in and was asked to get him to the Banquet with out telling him WITH his uniform on. Yeah! I made plans for the neighbor kids that I had 24/7 that week and I took Dex to my parents so Doug and I could go on a date. Wink, Wink. I put his uniform in the back of the car and off we went. I was set. Doug had no idea. When we got to the church the parking lot was empty. I pretended to call my brother to ask what restaurant we were supposed to go to. The person informed me that the Banquet was next week and it is on Friday not Saturday. So we went on a real date. I'm thinking, "Good thing Doug has know idea what I just did." For the next week I couldn't use the same excuse so what I did was our Stake was doing a mock emergency to see how their plans would do and mentioned that some of us might get a phone call. So, I told Doug that I got a recording saying that we were needed at the church in our uniforms. And how I thought it was dumb and I didn't want to wear mine. For the second time I had successfully taken Doug to the church with his uniform. We went in and sat at our table. The person that had asked me to do this was sitting in the back of the room with the 1st Counselor of our ward. I had informed him of how successful I was. Again. He laughed. We enjoyed our dinner then they started to read the bio sketches of the nominees. We sat and listened (kind of) as they were read. One of them I was able to relate to so I listened closer. They had listed all the things they liked to do at camp. I was thinking that it weired that they put that in there. Then they continued, "Her hobbies include pottery and painting. She can make anything out of card board, and she has been nick-named by some as the card board queen." I looked around and some of the district people were looking at me. When I realised what was going on I looked at Doug and he had this huge smile. I did not want to go up. Doug was the one who was supposed to be up there not me. I was not even going to look back at the ward members because I knew that they were just living it up for getting me. They knew that I wouldn't have come nor participated if I knew it had something to do with me. I was only there to support my husband. I had to go up and sit on stage with the rest of the nominees and their spouses. The announcer is also in our ward and in on it too. So he mentioned to everyone that he was in trouble as I reluctantly walked up. As Doug and I sat down up front I leaned over and said that this was supposed to be for him. I was dumb founded. They eventually got to Doug's and the meeting was over. But not before pictures with everyone. On our way home I asked Doug what had happened. Doug said that he was asked to get the info on me. I asked him if he knew he was getting an award also and he said that he had figured it out when I was trying to get him to the church before he had a chance to try and convince me to do the same thing. He just sat back and let me do all the work. He even had the nerve to say that he didn't want to go and that he just wanted to stay home so I would have to work even harder to get him there. I just hit him then and there. I was so embarrassed. Plus to make this worse for my pride, this all started with a neighbor that I haven't been neighborly or supportive as a ward member as I should have. And they were nominating me for this award of service. It was a little humbling for me. I guess I have a ego to let go of and a Thank You card to write.

Doug and I were both nominated for the 2008 Award of Merit from the Island View District, Trapper Trails Council, BSA and they were presented on Saturday January 31,2009.

Blair Biggest Loser Logo

Dexton wanted a biggest loser t-shirt so I made a new logo to put on our shirts. If you would like you can also use it. We have kind of made us a team as a family. If you would like to do also pick a color and claim it via comment.
We have Light Blue.


Blue
Orange
Light Green
Green
Yellow
Red
Pink
Light Purple
Purple
Black
Gray