Week 26 - June 20th thru 26th

Here it is another almost month since I updated my blog..... looks like I did not learn my lesson from last time.

     Sunday was Fathers Day.  Thursday  of last week we learned that the YW were in charge of the Fathers Day gifts in church.  If we had more time the possibilities would be endless.   Since that is not the case here, Annette came up with a great idea.  Thank heavens I have a great president, without her this job would not be so much fun, and would be quite a bit of stress.   Annette purchased some cute little boxes and decided to make some  little banana bread loafs to put inside them.  She baked everything and wrapped them up all by herself.  All I had to do was print up some Happy Fathers Day tags.   Here is what they turned out like....

     After church we came home and got started on making Eddie his Fathers Day dinner.  ( Potato Salad, Rib-Eye, garlic bread and banana cream pie for dessert)  Eddie came home and we opened presents.  He got his blanket, and a new cordless drill set and some chaps.  Shortly after, Elder Fetner and his splits companion arrived.  Our house was a total disaster with wrapping paper and presents all over the living room.  The companion  asked if it was someone's birthday....  I said no,  what is today???..... Fathers Day?!?.... Yeah..... You guys give present?......UMMM yeah........oh we just walk by and say Happy Fathers Day.   He was surprised that we did so much for Fathers Day.

     After dinner Eddie went out to look at his truck.  On his way home he was hearing some noises that he wanted to check out.  He took it for a test drive and almost did not make it back.  He got back and figured out that he had some big issues.  The Hub was bad the axle, barrings, etc.  So it was a bad end to a good day.

Monday-Eddie came home from workk and of course the only thing on his mind was looking  at the truck and trying to fix it.  With not having the right tools, an organized garage and no cement pad to lay down and work on the truck at, he decided to just take it into Les Schwab to have it fixed.  It was not an easy decision but he was already stressed out about cutting firewood before the woods are closed.  He needs the truck fixed as fast as possible.

Tuesday- This morning I called good old Susanville Towing and had them come out and tow the truck into town.  Les Schwab said they would be able to fix the truck with in about a week.  Hopefully this way Eddie can not stress so much about getting it fixed.   For YW tonight we did a "Chopped" type cook off with 1st and 2nd wards.  The girls had so much fun.  We gave them a few key ingredients and they had to make a dessert out of them.  Our girls were the ones who ended up winning!  We hope that this will become a little tradition with in the 3 wards to kinda keep us connected a little.

Wednesday-Today we just hung out waiting for the paycheck to arrive but it never came.  Claira had soccer practice and that was about it.

Thursday- Woo Hoo  the paycheck has arrived!  So we decided to head to Reno and do a real food shopping trip.  We had not gone real shopping in over a month and things were getting a little low.  We took the entire day and shopped and shopped.  We tried out a new sushi restaurant, Sushi 7.  We really liked it  it was nice and bright, the owners were very friendly  and they have kids too so they were very understanding with the kids.  The food was good too.  We even tried a roll that had banana on top of it.  It was ok I thought, Eddie and Dallen did not like it though.

Saturday- Today Eddie had a holiday from work.

Week 25- June 13th thru 19th

     Our week was super busy as always.... I thought summer would be a little less running around but I guess not.  In fact I got my oil changed when I was in Sacramento the 2nd week of May,  and I am already due for another oil change.  It has only been 6 WEEKS!

     Sunday our lesson in YW was on keeping a journal.  Not one of the girls actually writes in a journal.  I totally did at their age.   I do not keep a personal journal anymore I just use my blog as a journal.... one with things that you do not mind the rest of the world reading.  But I do have it printed out so that it is actually on paper not just in cyber-land.

     Monday was soccer.  Thank heavens we carpool with the Fortin family otherwise soccer would absolutely drain me mentally, physically, and financially.  3 hour practices are too long to just sit there and wait, and just short enough that once I did drive back home I would not be home for long before running back to town.  Thankfully  I only have to drive one way and Sandy drives the other way. 

     Tuesday the YW met here and we learned how to use Royal Icing.  It was really fun  decorating the cookies.  I think these lessons on cake decorating  have been so much fun for the girls.  Some of them have really learned a lot. 

    Wednesday we drove to Reno and picked up Eddie's  "New to Him Truck".  It was a rather exhausting afternoon.  We could not meet the guy until 4 as he had to be at work.  So there was no point in leaving first thing in the morning.  Claira had soccer so we left her with Sandy around 1.  Then we headed to the bank in Reno.  We arrived at the bank to see a note on the door. "This Branch is Closed"   What the heck we were just here 3 weeks before making sure that this bank was a "sister-bank"  to our bank in Sacramento, and that we would be able to pull out enough money at one time to purchase the truck.  So that added a bunch of anxiety.   So I called a bank on the list of "close branches"  to see where in the world they were located.  Of course they had to be in the most awkward location.  Down town Reno  where there is no parking and streets are screwy,  and it was on the 3rd floor of a medical office.  Who would have thought to look for a bank there????  So I went in to get a check printed for the sellers and plain forgot there last name.   So  down I had to go to find the boys in the car to get the paper that had the last name -  cause Eddie did not bring his cell with him.   Then back up and got the paper work.   After all was said and done it was an hour later than planned  and it was now time to get back on the road to meet the guy.  They happen to live in Red Rock, which is a very cute little valley but of course it is about 40 min from Reno towards home.   So we get there and they are very nice people.  We stayed and chatted for a while, the wife was feeling a little guilty because her husband was getting rid of his baby because of her.  She was just getting to "old" to ride in the truck anymore.  Once that was done I headed home and Eddie headed to Reno to go to Home Depot  so he could get some supplies to build a wood rack.  

(I will upload a pic of the new truck tomorrow)

     Thursday was another oh so fun day.  Registering the truck!  It took Eddie all morning.  The rest of our money was turned over to the Great State of California, and we were given a sticker to place on the truck in return.   Dallen and Eddie built the racks that afternoon, while I had a presidency meeting in the house.  It was a very productive meeting.  We planned some fun things for the girls.  That evening Claira and I got the joy of attending a 4-H counsel meeting.  It was not that bad but it just ment another trip into town.

    Friday we slept in - that is one nice thing about summer  I HATE getting up in the mornings no matter if it is 4 or 9,  though it is a little easier at 9.   Then we watched Alice in Wonderland while I worked on Eddie's Fathers Day blanket.  It is a rag quilt and dang my fingers hurt by the time I was done snipping the edges.  2 of my fingers still hurt and are a little tingly.   He better like it Dang it!   I know he will. he had been asking for one for a while now.

( I will post a picture of the blanket tomorrow  it is currently wrapped up in a box)

     Saturday (today- man I am on top of blogging this week hehehe), I took the truck out for the first time.  It is alot higher than I am used to driving and a lot wider and it is a deisel so there are a few things I am not used to.  So I did not drive as my peppy self.  Our first adventure was to the DUMP!!!   I was so excited to have a truck again so that we could make a run to the dump.  Sick I know, but that is what I was most excited about.  We filled up the truck, honestly could have gotten a little more in it  but I was not in the mood to stuff it as full as I could.  And off we went.  Of course I am so short that I had to scoot the seat up nice and close, which ment I could not even use my side mirrors.  Eddie is going to have to purchase different mirrors for me. (These ones are not adjustable.)  The guy at the dump, the worker, just sat there and gave me dirty looks while I slowly tried to back up. I think honestly he was hoping that I would hit his truck and boof it.  We got the yucky garbage unloaded and were out of there.  Man that is a stinky place. 

      Now we are just hanging out waiting for Eddie to come home from work.  The kids are playing the Wii and Xbox  ( yeah not at the same time - just back and forth between games)  and here I sit on the puter trying to stay on top of things. 

Week 24- June 6th thru June 12th

     It took me forever but I got caught up on the blog.  It is way easier just to do it week by week but sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day.

     This was our first full week of summer.   Monday, Dallen went swimming all day up at the Carters.  He always has fun running around on their ranch up there.  Claira and I went to town and ran some errons.  I  decided that at least during the summer I was just going to work 3 days a week max.  I just want to be able to have fun and actually go places with the kids while school is out.  So day one of no work turned out to be perfect that I was not there.

    Monday also happened to be our anniversary. 14 Years.  We decided to go out to dinner.  We ended up heading into town for Chinese at our regular Chinese spot. Claira and Dallen stayed home and ate our leftovers when we got back.

    Tuesday, we had another cake decorating class here.  This time the girls were to come with a cake that was fully frosted and they would do the fun decorating part here.  It was lots of fun they all have improved a lot.  Here are a few pics from that night.

Claira decorating her cake

Her final product 

Sam and her cupcake

Miss Paige

Kambry's finished product

     Wednesday, Claira ended up having soccer and Sandy was nice enough to take Claira both ways for me.  Dallen was up camping at the lake with Darrell.  He left for Darrell's house Monday night and was not going to be back until Thursday afternoon.

     Thursday, Dallen came back home.  Claira was so excited about that as you can imagine.

     Friday was the ward pot luck dinner and baseball game at Janesville Park.  So we headed over, Eddie even came with.  He actually ended up playing baseball too.  I did not!  It was a fun time.  We played beach blanket volley ball.  Eddie was himself and grabbed a hold of the water balloons and tagged Tara with them, she was a good sport though and grabbed some herself and tried to get him back.  It was quite funny.  Then we played a pioneer game of tag.  Basically everyone has 3 clothes pics on the back of your shirt and you run around and try to steal them off the other people.  Last one in wins.  The YW ended up getting me to  play that it was fun but man it is hard going against fast little kids.  Here are some pics from the evening.





     Saturday, Claira had soccer all day. It was good though cause it left me and Dallen home alone to get some things done.  She is going to have soccer every other sat all summer.  It shall be interesting.