Do You Remember?

Dear Mom,

Do you remember when Ashley and I were little and you and Colleen took us to see The Swan Princess?

Do you remember that you bought me popcorn and a drink?

Do you remember that my drink came in a super cool Swan Princess Cup with a frog on top for the lid?

Do you remember how I showed it to Ashley and Colleen had to get her one too?

I wanted to tell you that I remember. Thank you for taking me to see The Swan Princess and for buying me popcorn and a cool cup with a frog lid...I love you.

P.S. I'm sorry that I got mad whenever anyone else used my frog cup.

Dancer of the Year

Finally! The long awaited "Dancer of the Year" posts begin.

I was so proud of my little Heather when she was given the award of dancer of the year. This means that in the past year at Salt Lake Dance Center, she was observed by the teachers to have had the best attitude, shown the most improvement, and been the most likely to succeed in dance. WOW! She really is that good.

Because of this, I have informed her that she must dance everywhere she goes. This constant dancing is to be photographed so that I may feature her on my blog. Here is the first post.

This a photo of Miss Heather taken at the dance studio. I thought to myself, "If she is going to be traveling the world as a dancer she should begin at her roots."

Mrs. Moses

Yesterday Jesse and I got our 10% off cards from WalMart in the mail...His said "Jesse A. Moses"...that's because they know who he is.

Mine said "MRS MOSES"

It was like it jumped out and punched me in the eye...They might as well have just put "old lady" in that space....I am too young to be referred to as "Mrs"...even if that's what I am.

However, regardless of what my name is on the card, I am keeping it....ten percent is still ten percent.

Laundry day!

I wanted to share with you the JOYS of laundry day.

Laundry day is quite possibly my least favorite day. It is worse than dentist day, doctor day, and test day....that's a fact. I dislike laundry so sincerely that I wait until the last possible minute to do it. This turns out to be every two weeks. (It works because there are only two of us so there aren't that many dirty clothes in the first place, but it never feels that way).

The couple that occupied the Anderson apartment prior to us were gracious enough to leave this little washing machine behind...I am grateful for that. It allows us to save a few dollars every laundry day, however it adds a whole lot of hassle.

First, we must hook up our washer to the sink with one hose, and direct the other hose to the drain in the tub.



Then we turn on the washer and wait...forever...because there isn't enough water pressure from the sink to fill the the washer in a timely manner. Then the washer begins it's cycle...it gets loud, then louder, then LOUDEST until it hits the spin cycle, and then there is no possibility whatsoever of conversation, as it sounds like there is an aircraft landing in my hallway. The sound is enhanced by the echo off of the pretty blue bricks that make up the walls in the hallway.

Then we take all the clothes out and hang them up, however, I get a break when it comes to underwears because they just go straight to the dryer in the basement. (Fifty cents is a lot cheaper than all of the hangers I would have to buy to hang up all those undies.)

I truly am grateful for my little washing machine that allows me to save a few dollars, but it's certainly hard to remember that on LAUNDRY DAY.

The Story of Jesse's Life

Della: "Jesse, would you please get me some water?"

At which point Jesse gets out of bed, goes to the kitchen, fills a glass and takes it Della.

"This isn't from the fridge?!"

He is so good to me.

Quotes from Kwin

Today was a special day! Our dear friend Kwin came to visit!



That boy is so funny. It reminded me of the good old days when Kwin, Niels, Jesse and I would hang out at Canyon View number 8. Jesse had so much fun reminiscing with him and I enjoyed "flirting" with him again for old time's sake. Kwin has the greatest sense of humor! I laughed the whole time. Here are some of the things he said...

He was telling us about his turn to teach the sexual purity lesson at EFY...we reenacted his favorite part.

Kwin: "What is round, red, and has a stem?"
Jesse: "An apple!"
Kwin: "Who is Peter Pan's side-kick?"
Della: "Tinker Bell!"
Kwin: "How many stripes does a bee have?"
Della: "Three!" (I wasn't thinking very clearly, really it's five)
Kwin: "How fast can a swallow fly?"
Jesse: "African or European?"
Kwin: "Well I guess you know a whole lot more about fruit and fairies than you do about the birds and the bees."

Also, throughout the night he would drop all of these hilarious pick up lines (for old times sake). These were my favorites.

"If I were a gardener I would put your "two lips" by mine."

"Let's make like fabric softener and snuggle."

"Do you like water? Then you like over 70% of my body!"

That's our Kwin!