My friend was married today!

Today Emily Moeller was married today! She was in our girl scout troop when she was 10 years old in Tucson. Below is a photo of her sister, Allison, brothers Aaron & Nathan.

These were her girl friends from Tucson! I know the three on the right. So here it goes:
L to R: ??, Becky Shipley, Christy Larimore, Jenny Smith. (I don't know Becky & Christy's married names.)

Here is Brannick and Emily Adams coming out of the Mesa Temple. They have a great story. She is an RN graduate from BYU. Brannick has been in private Dental practice in Roseburg Oregon for 3 1/2 years. They met through the internet. They are so perfect for each other.

Here they are at the luncheon. It was at the Landmark Restaurant in Mesa. Terrific food!

Curtis and I sat with Jenny and her mom, Shauna Smith. We had a great time catching up and hearing each other's travel stories! Jenny is a labor & delivery nurse in Orem UT.

What a terrific day! A lot of grateful tears and smiles!

Visit from Jaren

When I pulled into the garage today after our "Preschool Farm trip" but here pulls in Carrie and the boys. Jaren made Grandma (me) a necklace in his preschool and brought it to me. It is so beautiful! I just had to take a photo of these wonderful brothers! Jaren with his arm around Carter. Carter is holding his stuffed animal that he calls his "Coyote"!

Aren't they cute!

Trip to the Farm with a Preschool

Today I went with Christian's preschool to the Talmachoff Farms in Glendale (75th Avenue, north of Camelback). It was very fun for the kids. The farm had animals and some of them the kids could pet. They had shetland ponies, turkeys, goats, pig, cow, ostrich, chickens, ducks, sheep. They had tricycles for the kids to ride, a slide, and picking vegetables from the huge garden and a little train ride (made out of 55 gal drums) pulled by a tractor.

Haven looking at baby chicks.

Each child is given a sack (name in marker on it) to put their veggie finds in. Haven was fascinated with a pinecone she found.

Heidi and Christian eating lunch.

Christian and his carrots!

Haven and Christian posing before the train ride. Haven did NOT want to stay for the actual ride. So she ate her lunch while Christian drove his train car.

Wildlife Zoo Outing

Monday was President's Day and Curtis had the day off. It was great. We had a leisure morning doing a few things around the house...basically waiting for the outside temperature to get warmer. It was really cold in the morning. Once it hit 50 degrees, we headed for the Wildlife Zoo in Glendale, AZ. Curtis had never been before. I had been a few times with the grandkids. It is far better than the Phoenix Zoo ever thought of being. We took lots of photos, but I only put a few in here.

These guys kept trying to sneak through the gate when the train would go through. Reminded me of Africa as I saw some of these beautiful animals!

This one reminded me of Swan Lake in Germany!

I made Curtis go back and watch this baby monkey and his mama. I could sit and watch them all day! They are so fun!

Afterwards, we went to Heidi's and saw the kids, had dinner and FHE with them. A long day, but really nice!

No HOT Water!

Well, I stepped into what I thought was going to be a warm shower last night (I had the water running to get warm) and to my SHOCK...ICE COLD! Apparently our water heater died again! We had an element and thermostat repaired in Aug 2006! Now just 2 1/2 years later...again!???
I heated water on the stove and Curtis had to wash his hair over the sink. I told him...wasn't this what you did on your mission?!!

I have a call into the repair man. I think I want one of those tankless heaters...but this one is still under warranty...so we'll have it repaired one more time! --- Just spoke to the maintenance people...they are coming between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. tomorrow morning! Because we have to be to the temple at 10:30 for Emily Moeller's wedding! We will have to find a neighbor to let us use their shower!!

I am spending this morning with little Christian at his preschool field trip. We are going to some farms in Glendale.