HAPPY THANKSGIVING

From my house to yours!!Watch a parade....
Eat lots of turkey lurkey......
Have a GREAT day!!!

TAG....I'M IT!!!

1. Best thing you cooked last week?
Let's see....I don't like judging my cooking, so I asked Jon....he liked my enchiladas and cafe rio pork the best. Josh votes for cafe rio...I think I liked the teriyaki chicken best, though I do like cafe rio as well. Richard's already gone to bed.

2. If money, time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and with who?
The Oregon or Washington coast....in a luxury condo with an ocean view and room service....with Richard. I have no big aspirations of travelling the world. We're going on a trip to see church history sights this next summer and ideally I would LOVE to rent a motorhome to travel in. If money were no object I would buy a motorhome and travel the country (USA)....with my family.

3. When was the last time you cried?
I don't snitch on myself.....

4. Five things you were doing 10 years ago:
Taking Jenny to: Piano lessons, achievement days, unicycle, gymnastics...
Super Saturday (craft day at church)
Jenny Jon and Josh to birthday parties
Leadership meeting
Having a family picture made
Dental and vision appointments
Lunch with my sister in laws
Day after Thanksgiving shopping with Melanie!!
Okay....thats more than five things...but I cheated and checked my calendar ...it is what I did in a 3 week period in November 1997......boy was I ever busy....STILL AM!!!

5. Five things you were doing 5 years ago:
Cheated again.....Same 3 week period 5 years later
Stake RS stuff...Stake RS choir practice....making a wooden snowman at Super Saturday (we have it every November)...going to the Temple...taking kids to movies...shampooed carpet....went to the coast (Seaside Oregon) with Richard...had lunch in Chehalis Washington with my sister in laws and nieces.....got released from calling...got a new pellet stove...Jenny actually had her first date with Andy Lawler (see Jenny you really did have a date at 16)...went to the Temple.....started my Christmas cards...played Yahtzee with Jon...pack meeting with Josh....talked to my seester on the phone AND went shopping with Melanie.
Okay, okay... but my journals have so much in them!!!

6. Five things you were doing 1 year ago:
Piano lessons, visiting teaching, Temple, chaperone marching band , Enrichment, lunch with Ericka, turned the big 50, working 6 hours a day, birthday parties, wedding receptions, stake conference, band awards, Jenny home for Thanksgiving, taking Jenny to dentist and eye appts., shopping with Melanie!!!
OKAY...I'M DONE BORING YOU!!!

7. Seven of your favorite hobbies:
Does it sound like I have time for hobbies????

8. Five favorite foods:
Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and walnuts, Hersheys Kisses with nuts, Payday candy bars, Mr. Goodbars, and chocolate milk. So is it any wonder I look the way I do????

9. Five places you've been:
To the hospital (3 times to have children), Thorntons Tree Farm every year to cut down Christmas tree, top of the Empire State Building, Pearl Harbor, HOME (is where the heart is).....

10. Five Favorite Memories:
All the ones I can remember!!! Sorry....too hard to narrow down!

I TAG AMANDA AND KRISTIE.........

THE LADDER OF SUCCESS

SUCCESS: The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted; A result or outcome.
Hot summer days, cold autumn nights. Hundreds upon hundreds of hours.....4 years of your life.....for this one final moment.
Silently waiting.....The chill of the night pierces you to the bone....but, you don't feel it. All you feel is your heart pounding.....all the memories come flooding into your mind.....Push ups and running the track.....Over and over.....RESET.....Your family of friends....some have moved on, some will remain....."O"....."The Gates"....."Inside the Box" ......memories of people that have helped shape who you are. Band camp.....water jugs.....dot books....it will never be the same.
San Francisco..... Anaheim......Disneyland....Spokane.... wonderful memories fill your brain.
Inching forward as you prepare to enter the stadium one last time. The long walk....the lights...the crowd cheering. Into formation....heart pounding....the time is here.
7 more minutes..... the final run. Now is the moment.... The crowd....many in gold.... You turn....you hear them cheer....EVERGREEN!!!!..... Your final notes....Your final steps. It doesn't matter what the prize, only that you did your best........AND THEN.... you know....you have reached your final show....THE LADDER OF SUCCESS.