My monumental week was FANTASTIC!

First of all I need to thank all of these people for making my week so great! and thanks to those who are not in the picture because you were missed!!!

The week started off with the Cannons coming to town to stay the week. That in itself made our house FULL of adventure! We of course had to have a sleep over in the guest room and Kace who has been waiting and waiting was able to join us at the end of the week.Layne loved to gather the eggsWe had to make ebilskevers, by the way the men cooked breakfast on Saturday and it was "to die for".

Bryce enjoyed his ice cream!

Baby McKenley wasn't sure what

to think of the wild boys.

Don't  you love the way boys pose for a picture!We went on a scavenger hunt, the weather was great for being outside.Evan is a trooper and had to follow along with the big boys and actually found some of the clues all by himself!Where  do you think the Pop corn Popping clue would be?We took rides on the 4-wheeler.and sometimes the rides were just tooo much and we would fall asleep. Evan actually woke up right after this picture was taken so we had 2 asleep at the same time!We had to have a weiner roast and make

S'mores, mmm they were good.Even baby McKenley loved the cook out. ( It doesn't look like Ryan did though.On Saturday the weather was fantastic for our activities. Rachel and Rainee started the day out by removing what was left of the snow on the patio, it was gone in a couple of hours.We had to get a picture of 4 generations of first daughters, yes, everyone in this picture is a first daughter!More of the 4 wheeling fun!

I found one!Grandma is this one mine?Grandpa Shaw helped Bryce with his bubbles, or maybe I should say Bryce helped Grandpa with his bubbles.Layne found the big, big egg!Mary and Isaac gave me a seat for the zipline for my birthday and it was a hit with all of the boys.Layne and Kace havine a zip on the line.Evan holding on for dear life.

Grandma, I found one!!

 Bryce holding on for the rest of his life. We decided he was not quite heavy enough to ride it so this was the only time he went. Way to go Bryce!

Tydon getting help from Uncle Isaac.

Carson zipping down!Kace taking his turn.

McKenley wondering what all of the fuss is about.

Lincoln hitching a ride when he got too tired.

Having a most delicious birthday dinner, Salmon, shrimp, yummy, dip and angel food strawberry cake, it was delicious!Some times the fun was more than Bryce could handle and where ever he was he just had to have a nap!

                                  Thanks, for a fantastic week it was very monumental!!!

a great day

Today is a great day! It is the day that our dear mother was born.

Mom, we love you and couldn't ask for a better mom, or a better grandma to our children. Being a mother now I realize the great influence that a mother has on her children. You are and continue to be an example to all. You have been supportive in all that we do. I don't think you missed a game or an event that we may have had. You have showed us how to be kind, and to love everyone. To make the most of our lives, and that we can do and be anything. Most of all you have taught us the gospel. The importance of prayer, of scriptures, and prophets, and most importantly you have taught us about our Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank you for being our mother. We love you and hope you have a wonderful day!

A monumental week

This week I have a special event coming up and it will only happen once in my lifetime. I have a birthday! (Well that isn’t the once in a lifetime event) but it is part of it. My birthday this year I will turn the age of the year that I was born. I am getting old but not every one will be able to celebrate this birthday in their lifetime, especially if you were born in the 1990’s. I was born in “55” and that will be the age I will be on this birthday. Last year I probably wouldn’t tell you my age but the older I get the more it really doesn’t matter. The older I get it seems that more and more the things that would bother me when I was younger isn’t really a big deal. So, I am going to share some of the things that I have learned in my looong lifetime.

1. Enjoy the time of life that you are in because as soon as it is gone you won’t be able to get it back.

2. Take care of your body because it is the only one you get and if you want it to last a long time take care of it when you are young.

3. Don’t worry about the little things, especially those things that bug you about people because you never quite know what is going on with people unless you are walking in their shoes.

4. Let your spouse do something just for him such as hunting and fishing, because they really don’t have a lot to look forward to and they work so hard supporting their families.

5. That brings me to the next one; women really do not realize how much control and power they have over their spouses. Mr. Jones has brought this to my attention lately when he made the comment that a man would go out and lick dog poop if it meant they would get a reward in bed. (Sorry maybe I should have rated this post.) Really is their anything that a woman wants bad enough to make them go and lick dog poop! So remember how much control you have in your household.

6. Enjoy your looks now and don’t be so critical of yourself because in a few years you will look back at some pictures that you were critical of and you will think,” I really didn’t look that bad then and look how much younger I look.”

7. This next one I learned many years ago but it has stuck with me all this time, it was from a comment that my Grandma Marriott made to me, she said, “I am the same age as you my body is just older.” So all of you youngsters out there, I am the same age as you and I think just the same as I did when I was 20. (Now I am just a little wiser, that is why I am passing this on to you.)

8. Enjoy your children at whatever stage you are in, it goes by fast and soon you will be enjoying their children!

9. Grandparents are spoiled especially when it comes to the grandchildren, which are why they spoil them because they are just passing it on.

10. So even though I am an old woman I am going to enjoy all the birthdays that are to come because every year I learn something more.

11. Make your decision of who you are going to marry carefully, choose somone who loves the Lord the most and that will make all the difference in all aspects of the rest of your life.

12.   Last of all learn to forgive because it makes your life so much easier and you will be so much happier.

Here is a spoiled grandma!

Happy Easter in Spring like weather!

If I was browsing through my pictures and came across these next 2 pictures I would think that they would have been taken in the dead of winter. But I took them this morning and it is Easter weekend!! I had great plans of doing so much yard work this week!So I hope that all of you are having a great Easter weekend and if you are blessed with dry ground and spring like weather, good for you!!!!!!

I made these great orange glazed rolls today and we let them rise while we watched the morning session of conference and then we ate them for lunch. They were delicious, so I will share the recipe with you that I got from KSL Studio 5.

Click here for recipe!
Have a Happy Easter!

When it snows make Ice Cream!!!

The other night at mutual the girls wanted to make homemade ice cream so I found Grandma Shaw's ice cream recipe and made it the night before. I have not made home made ice cream for a long time and thought I would just be able to walk down in the fruit room and find the ice cream freezer maker. I looked and looked and could not figure out where it was and I even got Mr. Jones in on the hunting. He looked everywhere as well and was not able to find it either. Because it was the night before I was kind of running out of time, I had to work the next day so  I had to hurry and find it or we wouldn't have an activity for the next night. I started looking on the internet to see where I could possibly buy one. But all I found was some ice cream makers which you had to put the bowl in the freezer over night, which I wouldn't be able to do since it was 9:00 pm and everything was closing and I would have to run clear to Logan to get one. I could order one but it would take 3-5 days to have it delivered and they were about $200.00. Mr. Jones said ,"I will call Stokes (our neighborhood grocery store in Preston) and see if they have one." I being quite pessimistic about there ever being one at Stokes said, "There is no way they would have one." Ryan was ignoring my negative attitude and got the phone book and looked up the number and started talking to someone at the store.  After waiting for about 5 minutes for the person to look and get back on the phone, I listened to his responses and then he said, " You do have one." " How big is it?" It is a big one , okay we will be over to get it." I thought he was joking when he got off the phone but he said they had one.  So I got dressed and went to Stokes to get it. Yes, they had one and it was only $34.95, WHAT A BARGAIN!! especially because I needed it right NOW!

So, when I got home I poured the ice cream in the container and put it in the fridge overnight.( the above picture really isn't me because I deleted the pictures I took by mistake.) I had some great pictures of the girls eating their home made ice cream and those got deleted as well)

Here is the recipe.

Grandma Shaw’s Vanilla Ice Cream

4 c. milk
 ¼ tsp salt

4 eggs
2 T. flour

2 c. sugar

Mix ingredients together in a large pan and bring to a boil. Remove from stove and add 2 c. cold milk plus 2 cups of whipping cream (or you can add 1 quart of half and half.) and then add 3 T vanilla. Cool down in refrigerator for a couple of hours. Freeze in ice cream freezer. Frozen fruit may be added for flavoring, such as peaches, strawberries, etc. When using fruit omit 2 cups of milk and just add 2 cups of fruit. When using peaches, add ¼ t. almond extract. Makes one gallon of ice cream!

 It was delicious!! So if it snows make Ice Cream!!! (It snowed today)

Some new ideas at Easy Peasy

Check out the new blog at the top of the side bar and click on Easy Peasy Grandma!

Wii are so competitive

First of all I had to show these cute little cowboy boots that I found at the DI. I am starting to get a collection of them because when all of the boys are here they all want to wear a pair. I finally found a small pair that will fit the little cowboys in our family so I had to have Lincoln model them. I think the favorite pair though is still the "red cowboy boots" because it seems those are the first to be picked every time they come. If you look close you can see that Tydon has that pair on.Isaac and Mary came up on Saturday night to do something fun for the last day of Spring Break and so we ended up having a Wii tournament. We ended up golfing, bowling, and obstacle coursing it until midnight. (we didn't realize it was that late until we stopped to take a break.) Then Isaac and Mary stayed overnight and went to church with us.

Oh, and we had the best sandwiches from a new place in Preston it's called The NewYork Deli, the sandwiches are delicious! 

 Nate, Rachel, Kace and Tydon came up on Sunday afternoon and we continued the competitiveness. Hula hoop, ski jumping, bubble balancing, chicken flying and snowball fighting completed our competition downstairs.  Then we decided we should play Mille Bornes so we taught Isaac and Mary how to play that fun card game. I didn't have any pictures of the card game but I wished I could have had pictures of Kace giving a wink and a tongue click trying to alert his Dad of the cards he had. (Nate and Kace were partners.) Also a picture of Rachel's looks of (if looks could kill) to Nate when he would play a bad card on our hand. (Rachel and I were partners.)  Also the look Mary would give Isaac when he would tell her, "I guess I am going to have to win this game, ALL BY MYSELF!" (Isaac and Mary were partners.) But it was all in fun, (well I think it was.)Kace has inherited somebody's great competitiveness, (I wonder where he got that from?)

It was a fun couple of days and yes, Wii are very competitive!!!

I did it

I have been asked many times if I had a place on the web where someone could look at things I have made. So I finally decided to make another site for people to look at items to purchase and find ideas to do different crafty things. On Saturday I was with Isaac and Mary at the Preston Alumni tournament and Mary was wearing the crocheted hat I made for her birthday. A lady wanted to know where she got her hat and she told her I had made it. The lady gave me an order for a hat and a headband. Mary is the best advertisment I have. She said that she has worn the hat many times this last week and has been stopped and asked where she got her hat, sooo I made another blog and you can check it out here.

I got the idea for the name from little Evan, when I was out to Rainee's for McKenly's birth I heard the words Easy Peasy Grandma several times. After finished his chore of cleaning the bathroom I asked him if he had finished doing his job of straightening up the bathroom and he replied, " That was easy, peasy, Grandma!"  While playing wii and trying to show me how to play Star Wars, I would comment on how well he was doing and he would reply, "This is easy, peasy grandma!"

Most of the projects I try and do are not very hard and when they are I just think, Oh, easy, peasy, I can do this!" (If it only was that easy.) and just keep trying until I can figure it out. So, that is the name of my new site Easy Peasy Grandma.

I have been busy this winter making hats, shoes, and headbands so hopefully I can keep up now that the weather is getting warmer. Are there any of you out there that want to learn how to make these easy, peasy hats?

Happy Birthday Mary!!

We celebrated Mary's birthday last night. We had fun eating, talking, being entertained by Lincoln and Tydon, and just telling stories. We had yummy chicken enchilada's, salad, Rachel's yummy salsa cream cheese dip, and then Mary decided she wanted Pistachio torte so we made that and used that for her birthday cake.( It is delicious by the way.) Isaac put one candle in the cake and it was so funny to watch Lincoln try and blow the candle out. First Tydon blew it out and then Lincoln decided he wanted to try. He was kind of making the movements with his lips but he couldn't quite figure out the blowing part so he just had a little spit coming out and just kept trying. Mary finally helped him out and he was so excited and started clapping for himself. Tydon and Lincoln entertained themselves for most of the night and were best buds in the toy room. I felt bad for Kace though because he wasn't feeling well. Rachel had taken him to the Instacare and they had diagnosed him with strep so Rachel had given him his antibiotic and he slept on the couch most of the night. (Sorry, bud that you weren't feeling to well.)
We have had the week of sickness in our family. Last Sunday Rainee was sick and then that night they had to take McKenly to the ER and she has been in the hospital all week with RSV. Also Carson came down with something last night. WE are sick and tired of being SICK! So we are praying for health for everyone and hope that Spring is on it's way and will clear all of this sick air out of the sky.

I am glad that Mary is feeling better because she just got finished with a bout of strep. Happy Birthday Mary, you are the best Mom, wife, daughter, and friend anyone could ask for. WE love you!!!

What movie do you think he watched???

Tydon and Kace came up to visit and they came in the house saying these words. It cracked me up how Tydon would say it. I think this movie made an impression on him don't you think?

Just finished

this book! I could not put it down, I started it yesterday and finished it this morning. Thanks to Jon Robison at work for loaning me his copy. I am getting my own copy though because I can't wait for Ryan to read it and tell me what he thinks. So, if you want something to read and have a a day or so in this dreary weather, get the book and read it you won't be sorry. The next book is called Catching Fire and now I can't wait to read that one. The third one comes out in August.

Happy Reading!