DADDY/DAUGHTER DATE

SOME OF THE LADIES ON THE STAKE COMMITTEE

I was asked to help the girls learn some line dances as a part of our Stake YW Daddy Daughter night. It's a totally different thing though when you're up on stage in front of about 75 people shakin your booty. I was a little nervous but it turned out great. I decided to teach them the "Boot Scootin Boogie" partner style, and "Reggae Cowboy." The Watermelon Crawl got denied due to lyrics, which I totally should have read before I even asked. I mean duh.....IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE DO THE WATERMELON CRAWL!

I had a blast teaching the girl's. It's always fun to do things from your so called "glory years." Some of you reading this know that Natalie and I were die hard line dancin' fools for many years. You know who you are.......Dani and Jeanette, some of my danceaholic friends. Even after I was married I would join my single friends and family for a little scootin' around the dance floor. Maybe one of these days I'll get Dave into it, but I'll definitely have to keep my fingers crossed on that one.

CARAANN AND CORKYS!

I spent much of my day yesterday cleaning house and doing laundry. As I was finishing up around 3pm I decided I was getting a little hungry. Dave was doing his computer gaming and Ryleigh was sleeping so I decided Cara and I would go get some BBQ. My kids have turned into die hard BBQ fans. Cara loves the place with the piggy on it, Corky's. Corky's is a Memphis based BBQ restaurant. They're very popular and famous for their wet and dry ribs. That's a big question in Memphis. Wet or Dry? Cara and I love their BBQ nachos. I had to take a picture of her because she looks like a natural. She asked to put her bib on then she dug in. This is one hefty helping of nachos for such a small, little thing. You go Cara! I bet this plate of nachos has you all wishing you were there. MMMMMM.......tasty!

FROM MISS TO MRS.

So I actually got the title of my post from our YW Evening in Excellence, but I thought it was perfect for my comments today. As I was blogging the other day and clicking on links to all of my friends and family, I realized I knew so many more people in the blogging world I just wasn't familiar with their married names. So I hope I'm not offending any of you ladies but I decided to add your maiden names to my links. It makes it much easier for friends and my family who knows you by your maiden name. So....that's my thought for the morning- off to getting kids ready for school!

TEMPLE ONE DAY AND LIQUOR STORE THE NEXT!

Kind of a rainy day at the Memphis, TN. temple.

Don't let the title fool you. I had a wonderful day at the temple. I was able to visit the temple with a large group of women from my Relief Society. One of the best parts was that a nursery was provided for my girl's, so there were no worries over them. The Memphis Temple is one of the cute, little miniature temples. It's almost weird when you see the smaller ones for the first time. Growing up in Utah, you're so spoiled to have some of the biggest temples in the world in your own backyard.

It's funny because the following day I took my first visit to the Collierville Liquor Store. I've had this weird cold sore in my nose (yes, gross) for quite a while now and nothing seems to get rid of it. My sister Alyson told me that she heard from a friend that if you put Everclear the vodka on it, it would pretty much just burn the sucker right off. So, I'm dying to see if it works. Hopefully I don't end up burning my nose holes. Sorry, kind of a gross post!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY BABY BLAKE!

Okay, so he's really not a baby anymore, but that's what my kids have always called him so that's what I thought I'd write!

SATURDAY MORNING PRIMARY ACTIVITY

The kids had their Primary Activity this morning. They were asked to decorate box cars for their drive-in movie activity. Carson of course, was already "too cool" for this one so he decided not to take part in the box car making, but Cara and Ryleigh of course had a great time. Cara wanted a blue car with flowers all over it and since Ryleigh is still in nursery and wasn't really supposed to be going, I just let her paint an old Diet Coke box. My girl's love anything that has to do with art and making a mess. They had a good time and enjoyed their drive- in movie showing of "David and Goliath." Yes, the cheesy one with Thurl Bailey.

THE ORANGE BOWL

Carson with his second place, Orange Bowl trophy.

Carson with Coach Steve Madden, cousin to Jon Madden.

Carson with Coach Mark Miller. If you ever watch "The First 48 hrs." on A&E ,you may be able to spot him as one of the Lt. detectives on the Memphis Homicide team.

So our season of football finally came to an end. We ended up playing the Buccaneers in the Orange Bowl. It wasn't our best game but turned out to be a really fun night. They started by announcing the players names over the loud speakers, they had a bounce house set up, loud music playing during the games, and a full concession stand.

All in all Carson truly had a great season. I've seen my son's confidence grow more in the past four months than I've seen in the past four years. I owe most of it to his Coaches. Coach Steve and Coach Mark were tremendous. They taught the boys the rules of the game, teamwork, and most of all to have fun.

We are so very proud of Carson and excited to see him play again next season, this time with pads!