Where's Waldo with the Lakewood YW

I attended young women's last night to play "Where's Waldo at Walmart". We had such a fun time. I sure miss those girls and I felt honored they invited me back to be a "Waldo".

I didn't tell Victoria, Caitlin or Courtney that I was going to be a Waldo. I wanted to surprise them... I believe I surprised the twins the most. They walked up behind me and said,"Excuse me, mam, are you a Waldo? ...MOM! (scream) what are you doing here?!" We laughed and laughed. I was laughing all evening actually. Sometimes I laughed so hard, I cried.
Thanks ladies, it was fun being with you again!

Here are a few photos of our fun evening in disguise....

A very pregnant lady (waldo). Yes....that is me! (heehee)


The whole group of Waldos and young women.

Mini-Society....GAG!

Alright...I will publicly state...I strongly dislike Mini-society! Some of you may be nodding your heads right now, saying,"AMEN Sister!" and some of you may be saying,"what the heck is that?"

At the end of the school year the teachers begin loading the kids up with lots of projects. I call it the "no teaching - teachers are burned out" time of the year. Last year I made a similar post and showed pictures of items my girls sold at their mini society. I will again post things that Brianne is selling this year. She made about $400 last week in class bucks. (that's pretty good!) It is my hope that this post helps some mother out there who is banging her head against the monitor looking for ideas for her child to sell at class. (That was me a few years ago. I searched all over the Internet and could not find anything.)

Plant people

I found these spirals on sale for $0.16 each at Target. She then cut out magazines, and glued the pics on to make a collage. We then used clear packing tape to laminate the covers.

Vaseline - Kool-aid lip gloss.

Recycled water bottle - lava lamps.

And....Mother's Day Continues!

So, am I lucky or what? I received another Mother's Day surprise! I got it yesterday and was so excited. I am so excited to have a new BBQ. My last BBQ literally rusted to a pile of nothingness in the Houston humidity! YEAH! Thanks honey!

Tiffany Rides Without Training Wheels!

Tiffany asked Ron to take her training wheels off of her bike. He decided that if she asked, we could try it and see how she does. We put her on the bike and Ron took about 5 steps holding the back seat and then... she just took off. We were all amazed! None of our other kids have ever learned to ride a bike that quickly. Watch the video below for her first solo flight....

Getting ready...

High fives! We were so proud of her!

Pure elation! Check out that smile on her face. She was so excited!

Mother's Day

How I enjoy Mother's Day! Life can't get any better than going to church, getting chocolate and brownies while at Sunday services, coming home to a nice dinner (that I got to enjoy with my Mom and Dad), not doing any dishes or cleaning the kitchen, opening presents, going to my Mom's for ice cream and doing some secret service for Mom while I was there. It was a fantastic day! Thanks Ron and my sweet girls for making my day so special, fun and enjoyable.


Ron and the girls cleaning the kitchen.


Some of my loot.



My awesome new patio furniture for lounging by the pool with my little women in training!

All Ready for Church!