Copy Cat...

So I guess you could say I am a COPY CAT. Let me explain... Do you ever have anyone that for some reason you just look up too! Well, I have this friend and seriously we don't even hang out much or anything. However, for some reason everything she does seems so exciting and wonderful that I find myself wanting to copy her. She is a wonderful mother and just seems to have it all together. Anyway...if she says she likes something I find myself thinking I would like that too. I know it is a little weird, but I can't be the only one right? So last weekend I saw that Kelly had gone with her family to the Temple in Mesa and gone to the visitors center, then ended the evening with Tai food. So this weekend after we spend the morning riding bikes and playing on the monkey bars....Jake says : "Any ideas on what to do today?" I said very directly..."How bout going to the visitors center and then eating Tai food!" And that is the end of that. I copied my friend and had the best weekend :)

We loved watching the Joseph Smith movie at the Temple and then went to the distribution center and got Book of Mormons for the kids and some more stuff to help with our scripture reading.

Jake found this Tai place in Gilbert and we found a killer coupon to go there. It really was amazing! I love tai curry and can't seem to get enough of that stuff. We were a little nervous the kids wouldn't like it, but they loved their noodle dishes!

It really was a great day!

P.S. On a bright note. I know a lot of my dear friends were worried about me when I wrote my "downer" post a while back. I appreciate all of your love, calls and support. I really am doing quite a bit better lately. I know the Lord loves me and our family and I can feel that. This week we tried extra hard to just "do what your supposed to do." Does that make sense? Anyway, we see the blessings in our kids and in our attitudes already. Sunday was such a great day. I sang at church (which terrifies me to the core,) but I felt my testimony grow. Later that night when Weston prayed I felt the Spirit so strong. He really is such a wonderful special boy who is close to our Heavenly Father. I know if I can just do my part as his mother...he has great potential. I am grateful for our children and this wonderful family that we are blessed to have! The Church is true friends and I am happy to be a part of it!

Love you guys...the few who continue to read this blog and even the ones who don't! :)

Fun Times: Labor Day weekend!

So for Labor Day we didn't really know what we were going to do. We hung out around the house all morning but heard Grandma and Grandpa Watkins were going to a Diamondback's game and that sounded FUN! So we were off...

It was seriously one of the slowest games I have ever been too...we kind of gave up watching around the 7th inning when NO ONE had even scored and there were like 4 hits so far. Anyway, at the Chase ball park there is this wonderful place for kids to line up and have a crack at hitting a ball. Kind of like a batting cage. Weston always goes and this time was no exception. Spencer was cute and loved to stand in the long line with him. Anyhoo...right before they go in, Spencer gets in line and will not leave... so I ran in there and he even got a turn up to bat. He used a tee...but it was so cute to see him hitting his balls!

I didn't take anymore pictures, but the day ended with dinner with Norm and Sue. One of my favorite places Joe's BB-Que! If you are ever in Gilbert...give the stuffed baker a try :)

Gina Lee

So those who don't live in Maricopa won't get this...but everyone....I mean EVERYONE seems like they are moving away! Here is another dear friend who is biting the bullet...and gettin out of this town!

GINA LEE

A group of us girls (I was just lucky to get invited...it wasn't my idea but sure glad I got to go.) went out to dinner and had...get this: A SLEEP OVER! Doesn't that sound fun? It seemed a bit much to me in theory, but boy was wrong! I wasn't sure if some old ladies (me being the oldest by the way) could really have a reason to have a sleep over, but it was GREAT! We went to the Arizona Grand Hotel and swam..watched pay for view, had room service and talked till at least 5am. Then this morning we floated the lazy river and I even went down a REAL water slide. I really have never been down one before and just had a blast. I had a good time getting out of the house and just being myself. Thanks girls for having me and thinking I am FUNNY! I needed it. Thanks Gina for being an instant friend to me, even though we really haven't hung out much. We will miss you!
Too bad all of our parties lately have been to say goodbye...

Gina, Kara and I. Getting ready to go to the pool.

Dinner at Red Robin with everyone.

The crazy amount of candy. I took a sleeping pill and still had trouble sleeping at the wee hours of the morning.

Craziness!

So with me just needing a change...I think it was subliminally passed onto Weston as well...so here is his big change.
It makes me laugh. It really looks so horribly silly when it isn't in a Mohawk...so I wanted to document it now...because many of you will probably never see this and he will be buzzed completely bald in NO TIME!

Here is my new do: Lots of highlights and not really much of a difference really. But I was sooooo dark last time that it seems really drastic to me.