Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th of July in Bellevue

We had a great day yesterday celebrating the fourth of July. We went to Bellevue to a family festival at a park in downtown bellevue across from Bellevue Square. They had alot of fun booths to explore and some great entertainment.

The fireworks were amazing!! The Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra played onstage during the fireworks show. It was great. The fireworks reflected off the city skyscrapers for a wonderful sight.

We had a great time. It was nice and warm and it was great to be all together with our family.

My new hobby: Couponing!

A couple of months ago in Relief Society a sister from Tacoma came and spoke to us about saving money and using coupons. One of my friends in our ward gave me a tutorial on using coupons and I am off and running.

Here is one of my awesome buys!! I got this beach umbrella at Rite Aid for .45! Incredible and true!! I had a couple of coupons and it was on sale. I was so excited when I got home and showed off my great find.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Father's Day & Red Robin at the Keys House!

We had a great Father's Day with Bob on Sunday. One of Bob's favorite places to eat is Red Robin. I had an idea to turn our kitchen and eating areas into Red Robin! All I had to do was tell the girls about my idea and they went to town with the idea!! I was so proud of them and the effort they put in to this plan for Father's Day.

Felicity and Kelsey made Red Robin signs for the dining room and kitchen. We hung a curtain between the dining room and the kitchen and attached a sign that said, "Red Robin- Employees Only. The girls also made red napkin ring holders, cute coasters with a picture of a burger on each of them and a cube with Red Robin info. on it for the center of the table. It was so much fun. They also printed a menu off the website for him to order off of. Felicity highlighted what Bob was to order. We had cheese sticks for the appetizer, then Teriyaki Chicken Burgers and Steak Fries, and salad and Rootbeer or Lemonade. For dessert I tried a new recipe for Lemon Ice.

We all wore red shirts and khaki pants and Felcitiy made us name tags that were darling. We had a fun time, and enjoyed celebrating Bob.

I am thankful for the great husband and father that he is. I am thankful for all the sacrifices he makes for our family.

Felicity was asked to bear her testimony in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday. She did a great job. She was asked to share how the priesthood has blessed our family.

I also am so thankful for my own father, who brought me up in a righteous home, and taught me all the important things I needed to know to be succesful. I remember telling my parents many times that I was never going to leave home or leave them because I loved them so much, and loved being with them in our home. I did leave eventually, but still feel those tender feelings towards my parents and my home growing up.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Temple Trip



Last night our family loaded up in the van to travel to Bellevue to the Seattle Temple. We were going to support Cameron's friend Brandon Bryan who was going through the temple for the first time before he leaves on his mission.

Brandon has been called to serve in the San Juan Puerto Rico East mission. He has been a great friend to Cameron for several years. Cameron has always looked up to him as a great example of a righteous young man.

I stayed with the children in the waiting room while Bob attended the endowment session with Brandon, his family, and other close friends. It was a neat experience to walk around the temple grounds with the girls and share my feelings of the temple with them. The children loved the beauty of the temple and it was a wonderful feeling to be there with them. I was very proud of Cameron because he was sick in bed all day, but he came to show his support to Brandon.

We went to Burger King afterwards and had a great evening together.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

First Day of Summer Break

Well, today is the first day of summer break for us. It started out early with an early morning apt. with Cameron's high school counselor Angela Knight. She is awesome. She is a BYU graduate and a returned missionary. I am so thankful to have her at Graham-Kapowsin High School and more importantly to have her as Cameron's counselor. I consider it one of the Lord's tender mercies in our life.

Cameron is going to be taking an independent study BYU class over the summer to help keep him busy. I am thankful for such great kids. They are all wonderful kids and I love them all very much.

I have a huge headache and my Excedrin is not working. I am on a different migraine medication but it is not working, I guess I need to go back to the DR.

Kelsey and I are home awaiting the beginng of So You Think You Can Dance, while everyone else is at Mutual.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Felicity's play Annie