5' 11" single LDS female looking for a tall, hot LDS man in L.A. and a sidenote about my poor honey

This is a picture of Sweetie, me, and Becky, my sister-in-law (SIL). I am posting this shot, because my other SIL, Katie wanted to see me in this shirt that she bought for me. I LOVE new clothes. THANKS KATIE! Back to Becky in the hot pink shirt. Becky is a tall beauty (like me, wink, wink) and not afraid to wear high heels (you GO girl!).
Wanna date with her?
I think we could set something up.

On a sidenote my reality is as follows:
My husband is still sick. He and Princess were sick over Thanksgiving, but Princess was on week 2 of the cold and Travis was in the early stages. He has had a fever the past 3 days. He has had a deep cough for 6 days. He stayed home from work the past 2 days and NEVER stays home from work. HE FEELS AWFUL! Poor baby.

I feel bad for him and hope he get better soon. Being sick really SUCKS! I hope all of you sickies out there feel the blessing of health soon in your life. It is hard to appreciate health, until we feel the repercussions of illness. My goal is to take advantage of my health and make my husband's life a little easier today. I am thankful for health.

**UPDATED - Travis has pneumonia. Poor guy.

40th Anniversary song re-enacted for the in-laws

So we sang this song (words changed to fit the couple by Katie my SIL) at the family reunion in June. No one video taped the song around the campfire, so we were mostly together (minus cousin Sophie and Maura who were with their Dad in Texas) for Thanksgiving and upon a request from Travis' mom we sang it again.

Family pictures, Organ Stop, and Temple Light - come on, ya know ya wanna go!

So I had 15 people staying at my house over Thanksgiving weekend. It was fun (mostly), but I am the happiest that I never once got homesick. I almost always feel lonely or sad over the holidays. Living in Phoenix is the BEST and I love my friends, but during the holidays I miss my family the most. My in-laws are a good second family to me. I was happy to host everyone and hope to do it again, anytime. The only thing I would do different is have a dish chart. I guess I hate dishes more than I knew.

During the family planning of this trip, I set up a time for Jessica, a girl at church, to take our family photos. I was SO HAPPY we did family pictures, even though most of the men complained (or was that just my husband) and photos of young kids are hard to get. The photos from the session will be done next week - THESE photos are just a few snap shots that my friend Jackie took with my MIL's point and shoot camera.

Can you tell that is was a beautiful day? It really was. The one year didn't want to sit still for a photo, but who can blame her. Wouldn't you rather go play with the ducks? I would.
My RHM is so dang cute!
This is my SIL Becky. She is gorgeous and used to model. Can you tell?
ALL the cousins (minus Sophie and Maura who were in Texas this Thanksgiving).

After the photo session, we loaded up the cars, stopped for gas and went to...
ORGAN STOP PIZZA
We all ate pizza and listened to/ sang along with the music. Love this place. It was super crowded, but everytime I go it is crowded. The good clean family fun is SO WORTH the crowds.
The boys.
The babe.

After dinner we headed to...
Mesa Temple Lights - a family annual tradition.

Cousin Haydan. She is staring at the nativity scene. She is the cutest and sweetest little cousin.
This was cousin Haydan's favorite lights - the tunnel!
These two LOVELY LADIES are single. I am ready to set up my sister and these to SIL. Anyone want to go on a blind date next time they are in town? I need some eligible bachelors on speed dial. (I am being serious. My sister, not pictured here, is coming in town for 10 days in December. I am ready to be a matchmaker.)
The camels and wisemen are my favorite part, so look at the background and not RHM closed eyes. ;)
Notice the temple in the background lite up. This is a beautiful time of year. I am humming "We wish you a Merry Christmas" as I type this post. Love the music this time of year brings into my heart. LOVE it!

Great Skate with the fam damily

Me and the cousins (minus Baby Bailey).

Yep, that is my 4 kids and 2 of the Vegas cousins.
This boy is the best at falling down and GETTING UP SO FAST! He never stopped skating, but he never stops falling either. Such a good sport.
CUTE. Adorable. Model material.
Grandma was a really good skater. I was pleasantly surprised.
Lights, baby. SO GOOD to jam and dance the morning away.
Shake it!
My Sweetie and "Q" loving the ground with NO SKATES. I think they both skated one time around.
Happy faces.

Yeah, we had fun (and got sweaty too)!

HOME and SICK

We have had family in town since Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. Katie came first and then all the in-laws came later that Wednesday. With family around, I have been thinking a lot about HOME and what that means. I have lived in Phoenix longer than I have lived anywhere else in my whole life, yet I call St. Louis home. My mom has a theory about this. She says that HOME is where your parents live. She would know more than I. Her parents sold the house she grew up in while she was on her mission and moved. This upset her, but she learned throughout her life that HOME is where FAMILY is.
This Thanksgiving is was so nice to NOT get homeSICK because I had family around. Travis' whole clan came to Phoenix for the long weekend. My in-laws are fun and with 15 people in the house, we were a good kind of busy.
Katie and I participated in a 5K on Thanksgiving morning, while the boys played football in the turkey bowl.
The Turkey Trot 5K was for Jenna, a 6 yr old girl in my church with leukemia. It was a great cause and good reason to get our bodies moving before we ate a huge turkey dinner.
The table was set after Sarah did fun crafts with the kids. The leaves on our plates were "fun facts" about every person in the family and made for great conversation during Thanksgiving dinner.
Some of the kids just couldn't wait for the turkey.
Crafts - rainbow names were the fun craft of the weekend.
Here are some shots of couch potatoes during the football games.
Sarah and Maurine - almost time for turkey.

Nice fresh bird! Very moist. 14 pounds is the lightest bird we have ever had, but it fed us all and we even had leftovers. YUM!
After dinner, naps, and pie we drove to the cousins to the local hiking amphitheater and walked around a bit before it got dark.

So that was Thursday and no HOMESICKness all weekend! YAY! As for sickness, Princess and Travis were coughing and hacking up a lung all this weekend. I just hope we didn't share too much with our extended family. No one needs to get sick from family.

Happy Turkey Day!

Hope you have a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
Thinking of you and all of our loved ones who are not with us this holiday.
Here's a little song from our family to yours (just for fun).

Turkey Butcher 2010

Poor turkeys waiting for the butcher to start.
Agent J loves this night.
The Aunts were sad for the birds.
Becky tried it.
Aunt Katie didn't really want to touch it.
Playing with heads.

Not quite a clean cut.
Agent J's bloody hands.
Getting ready to pull the feathers
dunking in boiling water
Pulling feathers station
De-gutting station.
Travis, Katie, Becky - siblings bonding over the Mexican potluck.
Princess hanging out with friends.
Sweetie making new friends.