I've Been Tagged

Ok so here are the rules



1. Link the person who tagged you.

2. Mention the rules on your blog.

3. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks you posses.

4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.

5. Leave a comment on each of the blogs, letting them know they have been tagged.





Quirk #1- I hate anything on my kitchen cupboards ! (that does not mean their isn't stuff there, It just really bugs me when it is there.)



2. I don't share my drink with anyone. If someone take a drink out of mine I'm done with it.



3. When I am going to sleep I wiggle both my fingers and toes back and forth and count 1,2,3,4,5,

until I finally fall to sleep.



4. I either sing or hum when I am sleepy. Its embarrassing because I catch myself doing it no matter where I am.



5. I can't brush my teeth without gagging, and it is out of the question for anyone else to be brushing when I am. ( Makes it kind of tricky with only one bathroom.)



and finally #6. I don't like anybody to tell me anything about book's or movies before I read or see them.



I don't know if I have 6 people to tag but here goes what I have.

Cozy

Carrie

I am going to post this and when I get the other addresses I know I will edit.

A Weekend Getaway

What a wonderful weekend !!! Sunday was my birthday. My sweet, wonderful, awesome, husband surprised me with a weekend getaway to Deer Valley Music Festival. It stars the Utah Symphony along with a featured guest which happened to be the Mormon Tabernacle Choir that night. It was fabulous !!! The setting is so beautiful, right up on the mountainside under the stars of the Deer Valley Ski Resort. We had a picnic dinner on our blanket and then enjoyed the concert. We spent the night in Park City. A little alone time away from the kids was just what the doctored ordered. ( Thanks Grandma W.) We did a little shopping the next day and headed for home. It was awesome! it certainly filled up my little cup helping me gear up for Monday.
Sunday we went to church and then basically lounged for the rest of the day enjoying the Olympics.
Today, a different story ! The Kids and I headed back to school this morning. They both came home pleased about their new classes in new school's , so what more can you ask for. Hopefully it will be a great year for all of us.

Leo Ford Family Underground Reunion

Our Family reunion was held this past weekend in Seattle. Sure wish we could have made it there, but due to high prices, lack of funds and other various reasons we were forced to make alternative plans.
We ended with many of our other family members that couldn't go to the real reunion, up Oak City Canyon for a campout.
Talking around the fire one night this was dubbed the underground reunion. Anyway we had such a good time it was just fun and relaxing.

Grandma, My Mom, and Aunt Ann

Briley on the 4 wheeler

2 monkey's up the tree

Mom, Dad, My Grandma, Aunts and Uncle chillin at camp

Time keeps on ticking !!

Time before school starts again is ticking away very quickly !! Where has the summer gone !!

I spent most of Monday & Tuesday cleaning up the trailer and doing the laundry from our camping trip. That's the bad part of camping ! Whats leftover.

Wednesday was spent mostly on getting kids where they needed to go and planning for and upcoming camping trip/family reunion this coming weekend.

Birthday girl Sarah with McKendrie

Thursday, our Niece Sarah turned 16. Time is definitely ticking there. Just yesterday she was a little girl !! The girls and I went shopping for candy bars and poster board and made her a candy bar poster, then after the girls finished with swim team went to lunch with her, her mom and grandma's. It's great spending time just having a little girls bonding fun. That night we got together with Russ's Mom, Aunt, Brother and his wife and his sister and went to see Momma Mia. Have you seen it ? The premise of it wasn't real morally great , and Peirce Brosnan can't carrry a tune, but I thought the Movie was fantastic ! I am a huge Abba fan anyway and like Russ's mom said, " you leave the movie feeling just happy" !!

Friday, 10:30 to 12:30 at night, Russ, and I ( I don't know in an attempt to relive our teenage years or something, ) took the girls to the book release party for Breaking Dawn the last book in the Twilight series. (Really great books if you haven't read them !! ) They showed old vampire movies outside on the side of the building next to the book store, had all kinds of food and drawings. Russ won a book and McKendrie won a free Internet access pass for a month.

We topped of the week with Russ's company party last night. They took us to a Bar-B-Que and an Owlz Baseball game, they are a double A professional team in this area. We had a great time and enjoyed spending the evening together as a family.

Now the mourning begins as I spend my last free week before school starts. Time keeps on ticking.

Wright Family Camp Out

The Wright family headed (is that a word ?) for the hills this past weekend for a Wright family camp out. A Grand time was had by all at the ponderosa!! (not the ranch, our camping spot. ) Sure wish we all could of been there. We camped,

we ate,

we sat around the fire and played games,

some rode Matt's motor bike, and shot the bows.

While Grandpa took a much deserved nap with his princess pillow.

We hiked, played clean the camp,

and did some monkeying around.

We even got rained on a few times. Luckily just enough to settle the dust and bring out that wonderful smell of the mountains.

While Russ was putting in the awning on our trailer getting ready to go home, our niece Ashley was standing there with him. When the awning came down it was hiding 2 days of rain and it all came pouring down on Ashley. Poor little thing was drenched, and in shock thinking what in the world just happened !!

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and were left with dirty faces, dirty laundry, but awesome memories. Anyway I hope we can make this a tradition, including the out of state family if they happen to be coming for a visit!!

A Suprise Encounter

Saturday, I set out on my morning walk. The place I walk is a road down the middle of the alfalfa & grain fields ( a perfect hiding place ! ) so this was bound to happen at some point, any way I got just about to my turn around point and ran right smack into you guessed it PEPE LE PEW !! He had come out of the corn field to get a drink of water out of the ditch that was full. I knew he had not seen me or he would of ran ( or at least Russ said he would have ran.) Any way the last thing I wanted to do is surprise a skunk, so I froze and just watched. Then the great debate started with myself. Should I try to cross to the other side of the road and go past him to my turn around point ? But then, I would have to come back past him and run the risk of him being even closer, then I would be stuck here in the middle of the fields for who knows how long. I decided not to tempt the fates and risk sleeping in the garage for a month while I detoxed. So very slowly I turned around and walked away. Then I thought I have my phone with me why didn't I take his picture. ( You know pictures always make a better blog, and they are kind of cute little critters, it's amazing they pack such a powerful punch ! ) But again don't push my luck!! The rest of the walk was uneventful. The best part, I came home only smelling like sweat.

The Champs

After an intense double header McKendrie's fast pitch softball team came out victorious! They are the 2008 Champs. They won the first game 15 to 14 and the second game 12 to 9 and did it with only 8 players.


It was a hard fought battle and she has the battle wound to show for it. She slid into third base, causing a pile up with her and the third baseman and a dandy flesh wound on the arm. Good thing she's as tough as nails, as Tom Hanks says "theirs no crying in baseball". (softball either!)