Flat Iron

Barry, Jon and I piddled around all morning on Saturday and after feeling completely unproductive decided about 1:00 to go hiking, so we did. It's a hike in the superstitions called flat iron . DAD, you really have to hike this, you'd like it. It was really quite challenging. I'm not exactly in as good as shape as I would like and getting over a bad cold so my lungs and legs were burning. We ran out of time to make it to the top and I'm hoping I could have make it. But I liked the challenge and It was wonderful to be out enjoying life. I was certainly in a slump from being all cooped up. FUN DAY. GOOD WORK OUT

My brain hurts

Yes its true. My brain hurts from cramming never ending information in to my small little head. I am sick of studying. I just spent an entire week 6am to 5pm with my nose in book preparing to take the National Board Exam for dental hygiene TOMORROW from 8 to 5. I am beyond excited for this test to be over. So say a little prayer for little ole Lisa that she'll pass this test, so the past two years of her life will not go wasted.

Mark, I probably won't get a chance to tell you tom. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2009!! LOVE YA!! I know you'll have a party of a time compared to me so live it up!!

Ladies and Gentlemen...

I would like to introduce to you Mr. Kirk Kinsey, 1st place sparring/wrestling/karate/fighting guy! Yup, that's right! Kirk participated in a tournament this weekend and won 2 gold medals. 

"Fix it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"

This has become your Dad's new motto, although it is really a very old pioneer motto. He is very involved in anything that has to do with becoming more self-relilant. President Gordon B. Hinckley said, "It is work and thrift that make the family independent." LaVerl believes that too. Here is muffins he's baking in his sun over for breakfast. If the sun is out, he uses this little oven to cook his food. If its cloudy, he cooks it on the woodburner. No microwave for him!! We've had fun baking bread too.

This old wheelbarrow was at Roosevelt, pretty battered and worn out. Your Dad just couldn't bring himself to throw it out, so he 'fixed it up' instead. He found a really solid piece of oak and made new handles for it, put on a new tire and painted it. He's so proud of his "new" wheelbarrow!

He's having fun discovering lots of new ways of cooking food. This is a 5 gal bucket rigged up to heat food using only twigs and sticks. It works great and cheap to make!

LaVerl is really into all this stuff and I'm glad because I don't have to worry about anything. We are really prepared for whatever may be coming. He is so amazing. He has started our garden seed right now in little planters, we are getting fresh milk now so I can learn to make cheese and yogurt, and he lays in bed thinking about making soap and a hundred other projects.

He's quite the guy and I sure appreciate all he does for our family.

Fun with grandkids!

I got to spend a week at Bret and Becki's helping out a little, it was really more like a fun vacation for me. I got to play with Kingston and hold my new little granddaughter lots! She is adorable. Here she is just after she got her little ears pierced! She didn't even cry! She's in one of the little coccoon things that Becki made for her to keep her wrapped up tight!

OOPS!!!! Sorry, I thought I edited this, but I wanted a close up of London !

Becki wanted to make London her blessing outfit, so we worked on that one day. We were excited about how cute it turned out! Its a little big now, but she won't be blessed until May 10th! when everyone is in Mesa for Tami's big day!

So this is Kingston. You can see why I'm so nuts about this little boy! Becki's sister sent her these shoes that squeak, he was so hilarious in them. He loved making noise with them on!

Grandparents again!

Meet #4 grandbaby! This is London Ily Crosby with proud Gma!
She was born Feb. 19th! (sorry, I'm a slow poster!)

Bret and Becki with their new little bundle of joy! (You can

check out their blog for lots more pictures!)

Here's Gpa, he thinks she's pretty cute!

Dishonest people make me sad

Once upon a time my Mom and I bought a car. This car has been a pain in my (more in my Dad's) hind end since that day. My car and the rain are not good company. The air intake on my car was "modified" by the previous owner and is about 2" off the ground so every time I go through a puddle my car dies. Well about 3-4 weeks ago it rained in the valley. I was leaving Barrys house and went through a big puddle. I know better, but it was late and dark and....OOPS! So my car is indefinitely DEAD DEAD DEAD!! Kinda sad story. Why do I tell you this? I tell you this because this event set up the cascade of sad events to follow.
Stranded for a week with no mode of transportation, Barry felt sorry for me and let me borrow his brothers XR-8 Mazda (a real fun nice car).
I study pretty late some nights and got home about 12:30 Tues morning. I had a hand full of school related objects binders, lap top, and huge back pack, went in the house got ready for bed....
Well Tuesday morning I woke up to a big MESS. Some one had broken out the drivers window of Barrys brothers car and decided to make my things now there things and stole some my favorite temperal possessions. Let me tell you, they hit the jack pot that night. They got a $400 coach purse, 2 ipods, a nikon digital camera, my wallet, credit cards, driver license and social security cards and $200 worth of clothes still in the bag I bought them in with the tags still on (yes, I know I know don't leave that stuff in the car). I spent the duration of the morning and into the afternoon filing police reports, canceling CCs, calling social security administration and tracking all the places the had already tried to use my CC. They must have been hungry cuz I bought them $37 dollars worth of Jack in the Box. The next few days were spend finding out that these mean individuals tried to open 3-4 accounts using my identity..... AHHHHH what a nightmare!!

Moral of the story: Don't ever drive in the rain!