Our Kitchen Before...

I know, I know. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this kitchen. It is beautiful. I have always wanted granite and what a better time to help out a friend in the granite business.

During....

What a mess!!

After......

Here is our new kitchen!!

Women's Shelter

I signed our family up to help serve dinner at a Sacramento Women & Children's shelter with other members from our church. Our ward provided the dinner and served it. Our older girls liked it and Alia even "felt good" afterward. The younger two cried most of the time.

Lily Turns 7!!

Lily turned 7 this month. She chose Chinese food for her dinner, so we all braved the pouring rain and went out to eat at Debbie Wongs. Afterward, we picked up the cake she wanted at Baskin Robbins. White cake with vanilla ice cream. What? No chocolate? She must not be mine. ;) She got her ears pierced and had a family party with my parents and sister's family the Saturday before. We love Lily!!

~Funny Bunny~

When the nights dip below 32 degrees, we bring our bunny inside for the evening. It is funny to see her flip over on her side and sleep like a dog. Sometimes she is so deep asleep I get scared and think she has died! Funny bunny!!!

~ The Happiest Place on Earth ~

We took our annual trip down to Disneyland with the Bosch family. We had a great time until we all got SICK!!!!! Thanks Manda. ;) Alison was finally tall enough to go on Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain and Splash Mountain, and she LOVED them all. So did her cousin Abigail who is her same age.

Disneyland!

Nana with Tinkerbell at Pixie Hollow.

Alison and Abigail on Paradise Pier.

Lily resting in Minnie's bed.

An Amazing Trip to the Middle East & Egypt

A BIG thank you to my mother-in-law Elizabeth and my father-in-law Frederick for giving me this opportunity of a lifetime. Dad Crook and I flew to visit Elizabeth who is working in Abu Dhabi until Dec. We had a lot of fun together! She was brave enough to rent a car and DRIVE us to Dubai. She took us to a 3 Billion dollar hotel where we saw item on display from Christie's auction house. We swam in the Arabian Gulf and took Desert Sand Safaris. Thank you so much! Dad Crook and I had a great time hanging out for over a week together. It was nice to get to know him better. After Abu Dhabi we flew to Cairo and toured the sights with a tour guide. That was an adventure. So thank you again! I had a wonderful trip!

Thoroughly Modern Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is a little island that juts out into the Persian gulf. My mother-in-law Elizabeth and I at the Hilton Hotel's private beach. Me in front of the very modern city of Abu Dhabi. 60 years ago it was all sand!