The Little Family

OK, I got my Sewing machine back

after a very rude transaction with the

repair place. Mulqueen Sewing in Mesa.

If you're not a Snow Bird then they

don't want your business.

This picture of the blown up pillow

has a funny story to go with it:

Nate has had this pillow for about 10 years

of our 12 years married. GROSS I KNOW.

He loves and takes it every where with

him when we travel.

For about 2 weeks, I kept finding

these huge nasty looking lint balls

in our bed, on the floor and in our laudry.

One night I finally told Nate "enough".

So were searched our room. I tell

Nate to strip the bed so I can wash all

the linens and we find his pillow

covering has desintegrated. Mystery Solved.

Chase had some visitors over Spring Break.

His Grandma Ruffi, his Aunt April and

cousin Amanda from New Mexico.

He also had a friend named Flat Stanley

from school with him.

He went everywhere with us for 2 weeks.

To garage sales, to visit Nana Cluff in Rehab,

to practice baseball games, to eat dinner,

shopping for cleats, and sliding underware.

This is the 2009 Opening Ceremonies for

the Little League. Chase was so cute

in his uniform.

During the first game, he won't stay off

the ground. I tell him to stay off it and

he tells me he's supposed to get dirty.

Then he slides into home and misses

the plate by about 2 feet. His slide

ran out of umpf. He had to get up and

hustle the rest of the way to the plate.

Here's Chase with his class at

the park hunting eggs and playing games

the Friday before Easter. The whole

1st grade walked there and had a blast.

Chase coloring eggs in his underware.

Not sure what that was all about.


Chase in his robe on Easter morning
hunting eggs.

Ok, life has been CRAZY...

I saw the new OB/GYN. He was

OCTO MOM so we'll be

Here are my favorite parts:

President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985): “Home is a haven against the storms and struggles of life. Spirituality is born and nurtured by daily prayer, scripture study, home gospel discussions and related activities, home evenings, family councils, working and playing together, serving each other, and sharing the gospel with those around us. Spirituality is also nurtured in our actions of patience, kindness, and forgiveness toward each other and in our applying gospel principles in the family circle” (“Therefore I Was Taught,” Tambuli, Aug. 1982, 2; Ensign, Jan. 1982, 3).
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “I call upon members of the Church and on committed parents, grandparents, and extended family members everywhere to hold fast to [the family] proclamation, to make it a banner not unlike General Moroni’s ‘title of liberty,’ and to commit ourselves to live by its precepts. …
“In today’s world, where Satan’s aggression against the family is so prevalent, parents must do all they can to fortify and defend their families. But their efforts may not be enough. Our most basic institution of family desperately needs help and support from the extended family and the public institutions that surround us” (“What Matters Most Is What Lasts Longest,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2005, 42–43).
Elder Robert S. Wood of the Seventy: “For too many, responsibility seems to end with hand-wringing and exclamations of dismay. Yet talk without action accomplishes little. We need to be vigorously engaged in the world. If our schools are inadequate or destructive of moral values, we must work with fellow members of the community to bring about change. If our neighborhoods are unsafe or unhealthy, we must join with the civic-minded to devise solutions. If our cities and towns are polluted, not only with noxious gases but soul-destroying addictions and smut, we must labor to find legitimate ways to eliminate such filth. … We have the responsibility to be a blessing to others, to our nation, to the world” (“On the Responsible Self,” Ensign, Mar. 2002, 30–31).