Hmmm...I have been tagged!

My dear friend Audrey has tagged me. I always like to fill out questionnaires, hoping that I'll get someone to respond with their more exciting version..

Jobs I have had:
Hawaiian Shave Ice maker
Video store clerk (my boss said I didn't have to preview ALL of the R-rated shows) hee hee
Waitress at Big Boy
Print shop bookmaker
Craft service for a movie
Travel reservationist

Movies I never get sick of:
Pride and Prejudice (the 6 hour version is my fave)
Overboard
Heaven Can Wait
The Wedding Singer
The Italian Job
Ferris Beuhler's Day Off
The Princess Bride
Foul Play
Audrey and I could pretty much put our feet up and watch the same movies, I think. I stole a lot of hers.

Places I've called Home:
Provo, Utah
St. George, Utah
Various towns in Saskatoon and Manitoba
Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, and Newbury Park, California

Favorite TV Shows:
The Office
The Wonder Years (yeah...its still a favorite rerun)
The Deadliest Catch
America's Funniest Home Videos
Dirty Jobs


Favorite Vacation Spots:
anywhere there is good food served to me, and cleaned up for me, and the kids don't need me....
..I guess that means a cruise ship to anywhere.
Park City, Utah is also fabulous--and smells wonderful any time of year!

Favorite Web Sites:
all my friends' blogs
The Idea Door (for church songs for kids)
I-Am-Bored.com (I spend WAY too much time there)

Would you bungee jump?
Heck yeah

Favorite Cereal?
Frosted Shredded Wheat

The last thing I ate:
A Rolo. I wanted the last Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, but James gave me a pouty face.

The Last Person I talked to on the phone:
The office secretary from my daughter's school.

What I am listening to:
At least 2 noisy fans which aren't able to drown out the sound of the cars on the highway. Teddy Gieger's CD, Underage Thinking.

Eye Color:
Blue

Summer or Winter:
Summer in Utah Valley...hands down!

Scary or Happy endings?
Never scary. Never scary.

Tag YOU are it!
I hope I get responses from my sister and Marilee and Jolynn---because you read my blogs sometimes.

Back to School for us!

School is in session! We have a 10th grader, an 8th grader, a 4th grader, and the 1st grader. When did that 8th grader get so much taller than our 10th grader? I was hanging around the PTA sign-ups just enough to sign up for the Walk-a-Thon. I'll do my usual Tuesday (Get Paid Day) at the school, but I'll start a bit earlier. Hey--who doesnt want to watch other people's children at 7:50 in the morning? My kids aren't keen to it. They know that if Dad can't take them to school...EVERYONE gets to their campuses extra early (if they want a ride). What troopers .....muahahaa!

When asked by their dad how the first day of school went--the oldest said, "It was okay." The next one said, "It was boring." Of course, that was the girl with poor eyesight and wears black. The 3rd girl said, "I really liked it! My teacher is SO nice!" And the youngest didn't want to talk about her teacher, "Now I'm talking about me now! I really like being in 1st grade! I only have 2 other kids from my last class. One is Austin James...you know dad--like your name. And the other is Cesar Oros. Thats it! And I can't believe Mia is in my class!" We got quite the earful.

Bye-bye Dodge Caravan...

Here we go! We got the Denali...and it is nice! Funny how beautifully cars have evolved since we bought our first family car...13 YEARS ago. Our Denali is a 2005, but has been babied. We are very grateful to the previous owner. :) The criteria for our daughters? It had to have a working DVD system. Check! Alas, I don't understand why the DVD screens have to be so tiny. Yes, they CAN make them bigger, but not in our case. Oh- was that me whining? Now it is official...the Roomba (vacuum) has now been replaced as the favorite non-human member of the family. Roomba stays a close second. The Roomba just can't get us comfortably to our Utah destination.

Happy birthday, Jenna

We celebrated Jenna's birthday at a fun place named Jolly Jumps. So much fun! It is a warehouse with a room of about 6 inflatable things and a rock wall to climb. The time went by too fast. Jenna and her sisters could not be a cuter set!

We love our friends!








I just had to show my lovely harvest! Could there be a prettier addition to a garden? This cute basket is going to a friend. I guess I need to include a recipe for lots of cherry tomatoes!

Any suggestions?

Click here for a YouTube video

I LOVE this song and the video with it is adorable! I was born in '66, and that cute couple could have been my beautiful parents (but mom had the platinum blond 'do going on).

..its going to be tough when school starts for the kids...and me...

Well, it may surprise you, but I have a moment to post something. I know the last two times I had started, "Something suddenly came up" (yep, Im quoting Marcia Brady) Since the last post the family has been to a family reunion in Irvine, California, went to the Getty Museum, we got a Wii, and are in the midst of getting a big, gas-sucking Denali. Life is good. Here I am with my reunion family team playing "Up and Down Pineapple". Ill spare the details--but why not embarrass yourself in front of your husband's family? I may have done that. I got very wrapped up in this reunion and even signed up to be on the next committee! Now looking back--I really have no business planning a get-together for 4 generations of strangers!