Happy 4th of July

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
~Ronald Regan

Welcome Back!

I know you all feel a lot like this:

Me too!

I know...
I've been gone...
I'm sorry....

Truth: When Hotstuff and I got our new laptop computer in 2010, for some strang and crappy reason, I couldn't post my blog from it. I could create the blog but I couldn't post it. I could only post from the ancient Totally Awesome Computer that we owned. Then one dark and stormy night as we all sat around the campfire... (you heard this one yet)... our Totally Awesome Computer became A Totally Awesome piece of Modern Art! I still couldn't post from the laptop.
Then magically one day, our laptop decided to be a problem child and a neighbor came to fix it and magically I CAN POST FROM MY LAPTOP!!!! YEAH!!!

 Insert awesome happy dance here:

It should look something like this:

                                                                       Or like this:

And if it doesn't look like either of those then you are doing it wrong!

Won't my mommy be so proud of me!

Bubba Jones, every day has chores. It's a simple chore of cleaning up the bathroom. He cleans up the floor, takes care of the garbage and wipes the sink and toilet. As I was doing something (cough* cough* pintrest cough* cough*), Bubba Jones comes out the of the bathroom with something in his hand. A single square of toilet paper.

Bubba Jones: Mom! Mom! Look what was on the bathroom floor!

(He is now holding the square of tissue with hornet pinched between his fingers, butt end out!)

Me: Is that a hornet?

Bubba Jones: Yeah.

Me: Is is dead?

Bubba Jones: No and I am squishing it.

Me: *SIGH

Boys will be boys I guess.

Sculptor Slaps and State Fairs

I married an artist ya'll!

(Read that and weep!! )


And this year, Hotstuff competed in two art competitons. The first is the Helper Arts festival's sculptor slap. (Don't know where Helper is? Google it- it's on your way to Moab) and the other is the Utah State fair.

So Hotstuff took Georgia, our bearded dragon, to the sculptor slap and decided to make her a model. Here is what he did:

The second competition he did was for the Utah State fair and this is the piece he took:

Hotstuff took 4th place (Amature div.) and won $15!!!

I am proud of my Hotstuff and the awesome talent that he has.

I know... your jealous but what can I say?? I have one awesome Hotstuff!

Sculpture Slap!

Cash, Diamonds and Harry Connick Jr.

For the last few years, when my birthday rolls around I ask for three things.

CASH DIAMONDS and HARRY CONNICK jr.

This year I got all three.

At work, we do birthday exchange. Each of puts $15 into the birthday pot and we pick a name randomly of another employee that we are in charge of celebrating their birthday. We plan their birthday lunch, decorate their desk and get them a gift.

My boss had picked my name for the year and at the begining of the month asked me what I wanted. I told my boss, that I was accepting gifts in the form of cash, diamonds and Harry Connick Jr. I also requested that she make her famous lemon.

Earlier this week, her huband was admitted to the hospital for some complications with this health. I told her not to worry about my birthday because she had a lot on her plate.

Thursday, on my birthday day I came into work. We have two doors to our office; a back door (for doctors) and a front door (used more for the public). As I approached the back door I noticed a sign. When I got up to the sign, on it was a picture of Harry Connick jr. with: It's Honeys Birthday today! When you see her wish her a Happy Birthday. On the front door of our office was another sign with Harry Connick Jr. on it with the same message.

At my desk, my boss had put a happy birthday sign and below was another picture of Harry saying Happy Birthday. I had one more Harry picture with more birthday wishes of: I wish I could be here in person to wish you a happy birthday. In total, I ended up with for different pictures of Harry.

On my desk, were small diamonds. They weren't real but they are the kind that are used for embellishing scrapbook pages. She had also gotten me a few other small gifts and a card. When I had opened it up, inside was some cash.

She had also made me her famous lemon cake. As I mentioned, her husband had been in the hospital and she also had her family coming in from out of town for the Fourth of July weekend. Her plate was incredibly full, she still managed to celebrate me. I couldn't ask for a better boss... and that mean more to me than cash, diamonds or Harry Connick Jr.

"Dear Honey,

I know that this isn't the kind of diamonds you would like or the amount of money- nor could I get you Harry Connick Jr but I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

~CW"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

She's HOME!

After 18 (and a half) months, serving a mission for the LDS Church (for more info go to lds.org) my baby sister returned home. She packed away all of her belongings, taking only what she needed and spent the last year and a half preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in the California Arcadia mission (East LA area).

She was sent on a spanish speaking mission and ended up learning and speaking 5 different languages. Spanish, Korean, Armenian, Samoan and English!!

She returned home to all of us last week!!! It is so good to have her home. Even my Momma C, came all the way from Seattle to be here for her.

Me, Momma C and Sister AwesomeSauce

Sister AwesomeSauce and her best friend CJ

CJ and her main man JP!

Me and My Momma C

Me and Sister AwesomeSauce

When she finally got off the plane!!!