I'm Back

I know, I know, it's been since September since I posted.  Everyone is tired of reading about how I feel about the fall.  So, I thought that I would fill you faithful followers (yeah right) about what has been going on for the past few months.  First, the month of October was filled with my employment at Cornbelly's located at Thanksgiving Point.  I was responsible for the field trips that took place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and a few on Fridays during the month of October. I had schools come from all over the state of Utah and even some schools come from Wyoming,which blew me away because the schools traveled for 3 hours to get to Cornbelly's, stayed for 2-3 hours, then drove back to Wyoming, all in one day.  It's hard to believe Wyoming's school district would allow that kind of field trip.  I had a crew of about 8 people that I was responsible in assigning where they would work each day at Cornbelly's. I had people help me in the ticket booth, on the jumping pillow, the maze, the hayrides, the cow train rides, the sweetshop, and the video tent.  I would meet the buses that would come from all over. I was responsible in making sure that every child had a wrist band on and that all children and adults knew where everything was located.  I made sure that all the fees were paid and had to make sure that everyone knew what was expected of them while they were at Cornbelly's.  I had a few disgruntled parents ( mostly because people that came to Cornbelly's during field trips, I had to tell them that we weren't open to the public, and they were mad they couldn't come in because they had made the trip there),I had some lost kids that the chaperone's lost track of, a baby that fell in a sticker patch, some older kids that did some vandalism, a girl that sprained her ankle on the jumping pillow, some employees that never showed up on busy days, misplaced keys, a clogged mine because an irresponsible adult decided to pour a 5-gallon bucket of sand in the mining area, but other than that I had a grand time working at Cornbelly's.  I made new friends, learned how to run a credit card machine and a cash register, got a sun tan, lost five pounds ( but have since found them again) learned more skills for next year, enjoyed working with all kinds of people, gained confidence and recognized abilities that I have. All in all it was a great experience, and look forward to next year. 

One of the best parts of October was having Heather and her family visit for a week.  We had good times together.  The whole family went to Cornbelly's and had a fun time there.  We were very surprised by the anouncement that Tracie and Austin made to the family when we were a Cornbelly's, our little increase will be coming in June.  We are all very excited.  It was wonderful seeing how much my grandchildren have grown, especially Matt ( boy he has grown up).  We had a great time at pie night at Village Inn with all of the adults.  Tyler beat us all and had 3 different kinds of pie.  I loved having the Powell family visit us all in Utah.  Two other great things happened in October, the baptism of Tyson and the blessing of little Lilyan.  Two wonderful things for our family.  Tyson had to be baptized twice, but, hey, he certainly has been washed clean.  Lily looked so beautiful in her white blessing dress, she was an angel.  Trent did a great job in giving her, her name and blessing.  Heather made a awesome book for Tyson for his baptism, it will be a treasure.  Myself and Cheryl's mom, Joann Froelich, spoke at Tyson baptism.  I felt honored that he asked me to speak.  We also had a little mishap take place just before we were to go to Tyson's baptism, Mocha decided to eat Alan's teeth.  He chewed his flipper so much that there were no teeth left in the appliance.  So HayLee came to Dad's rescue and made sure that he got some new teeth.  What was sad about the whole thing was, Dad had to go to the baptism and the blessing with no teeth.  He wasn't able to talk to anyone.  It was actually a very sad time, but it all came together and Dad was able to get some awesome teeth. He loves his new teeth so much better.  I guess you could almost say that it was a good thing that Mocha ate Dad's teeth?   Now we can laugh about it.  Thank you so much HayLee for taking care of Dad so quickly and efficiently.  Also in the month of October Dad, Taylor and I went to CA for a family reunion.  It was a nice getaway for all of us. We went to Disneyland on one day and I actually went on the "Tower of Terror" ride for the first time.  I had vowed that I would never go on that ride but my sweet brother Clark decided otherwise.  It scared me to death, but I survived.   We had a wonderful gathering with my aunt and cousins on Sunday. It had been several years since we had seen each other. It was fun meeting my cousin's husbands and their children for the first time. Since we have been home it has been wonderful keeping in contact with them through e-mail. 

Also in the month of October was our RS Enrichment night (I was a committee member at the time but have since been released from that calling but still have my other calling of co-chair activities committee member) On the 24th of October our ward had our BIG Enrichment night.  I was responsible for 3 classes.  I taught a class on making calendars that you can get from "Close to my heart".  I have one that Jennifer had made me and they wanted to have that class available for the sisters, so I got elected to teach that class.  I also taught another class on making gift boxes for the holidays, and another class on decorating candles for the fall. Because I was doing three classes, I placed 3 tables in a "U" shape and was helping everyone all together.  I was extremely tired at the end of the day, because I had already put in a full day at Cornbelly's.   October was also busy with going to 2 football games each week-- to support Taylor.  He played on the JV team and was also on the specialty team for Varsity.  The games kept Dad and I busy but we looked forward to going to the games. Now we are starting a new season of wrestling, but that's another blog.  

We have had HayLee and Justin live with us on and off while their home was being finished.  We enjoyed having them live with us, plus I have enjoyed having Mocha around.  Mocha is my grand(dog).  I don't know why I love that dog so much, but I just do.  I think that it might be because I longed for a pet when I was younger.  I fell in love with Tyler's dog, Taffy, but when we had to put him down, it was just too much for me.  I said that we wouldn't have another pet, and we haven't.  When HayLee got Mocha I just fell in love all over again. 

November brought more busyness.  I had the ladies from the ward come over to finish their projects, I had my monthly scrap class, I had to get up at 5:30 a.m. for 2 weeks to take Taylor to hell week for wrestling, I had to catch up all the housework and ironing that got behind from October, I had to do yard work every weekend in November to get all the leaves and apples off the grass before the snow comes and I have had to help dad make cultured stones for the outside of the house.  We chose to make the stones because the stones cost $5 a piece and we needed several and just couldn't bring ourselves to pay that kind of money.  It's actually been fun making our own stones, it gives you a lot of pride in your work, knowing that you made them yourself.  They actually look quite good on the house. We would like to finish the front of the house before it gets too cold to work outside.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate with us.  Whew!  Could  I get any busier with life?  We also had a surprise in November, I'll post about that later.