Too Much To Do, Too Little Time

I'm having one of those moments where the weight of all that I need to accomplish in the next few weeks is coming crushing down on me. I have to register the kids for swimming lessons. I have to prepare a fireside for a Young Women's retreat that I have been asked to speak at. I have to figure out a schedule for Casey's workers. Sometime in the next few weeks, I have to order T Shirts for our family reunion and give out assignments and itinerary. I have to get our dog to Klamath Falls to have her puppies. I have to cut out quilt squares to take to our second family reunion by the end of June. I have to have everything organized and ready to leave for Utah by July 1st. I've got one month to complete it all and to make it more difficult, school was let out a WEEK early this year due to budget cuts. So, all of this must be done with five little ones running around all day. Sigh...I'm going to need to get some extra energy from somewhere...or maybe some more hours to the day? The good news is that I got my new project 365 week completed. Take a look. We've had a great and busy week!

Going Digital

I've had a lot of questions about the program that I use to do Digital Scrapbooking. The program is called LumaPix Fotofusion. If you go to their website, you can download the program and use it for free for as long as you want. If you decide to buy it, it is only $40. All of the papers, alphabets and elements can be found online for FREE and downloaded easily into the program. Gone are my boxes and boxes of glue, paper, scissors and giant books that take up most of the bookshelf. I publish my books through Shutterfly.com and they produce a beautiful bound book with glossy pages that fit nicely in my bookshelf. I posted the newest addition to my project 365 below. Click on the picture and you can see what we've been up to this week!

She's growing up!

My baby's growing up! Charlotte decided that she was tired of the "little girl" hair style that she currently had. (you know, the one that has only been cut by her rather un-skilled mother?) I made her an appointment to go see Hailey Durfee at her salon. Charlotte went in with a picture in hand of the cut she wanted. She spent an hour in Hailey's salon, enjoying some "girl talk." When I went to pick her up, I couldn't believe how grown up she looked! She is very proud of her new hair cut! Thanks Hailey!

I'm about a week behind in my scrapbooking project...so here's the latest two page spread featuring Women's Conference from almost two weeks ago.

Blessed Oregon

I'm sitting here at my computer...the back door is open, it's 68 degrees outside and a fresh, clean air is blowing in. My kids have the country music blasting in the backyard and they are playing "horse games." Do girls ever outgrow the horse obsession? Anyway, as I'm hearing of 90 plus temperatures in many parts of the country, I am sooo glad to live in Oregon. All that rain pays off with the beautiful Spring and Summer that we are always blessed with.

I am posting a few of my Project 365 pages from two weeks ago. Click on them and you can see what we've been up to!

Filling My Bucket

After a 12 year absence, I was privileged to return to BYU campus for this year's Women's Conference. Charlotte B. and I were able to fly out on Wednesday where we picked up Maria and drove down to Provo. I was delighted to go to my Mom and Dad's house in Heber to see my brother and his five kids. Later in the evening, my cousin Kim (who I haven't seen for 16 years) and my Aunt Deon arrived. What a reunion!

The next two days were spent attending uplifting classes all over campus. The subjects included, "strengthening our marriage," "the power of fasting," and "weak things shall be made strong." Everyone kept referring to this weekend as a time for women to "refill their buckets." I thought that was an interesting phrase until I got away from my daily routine and started "filling" my bucket. I didn't realize that it was so empty. As a mom of five, I spend my day meeting everyone else's needs. I rarely take time to improve my spiritual life. This weekend was such a blessing! The conclusion of the conference was a special treat as Elder L. Tom Perry spoke to us. What an uplift! I am so grateful to Casey for watching all five girls on his own all week. He is such a great husband!



My sisters in law (we had just returned from a massive service project and stopped to take a picture by the tulips...we were facing the sun so everyone was squinting.) ....Charlotte, Christy, and Maria!


The day after I got home, we celebrated Jillian's ninth birthday! I can't believe she is already nine! I had to scramble to decorate her "fish" cake after church on Sunday and wrap her presents. She was very excited to get a scooter, a Cat's cradle book (from her aunt Charlotte) and a few games for the Wii.