Playing Dress Up

Cali has always loved to dress up.

When she was a little girl she use to love to wear her brother's clothes (these are Clark's pajamas and my shoes)

And she always had a crazy hat or two on! I actually think those are her brother's underwear on her legs!


She loved dressing up for fun or for a performance - here she is as a Candy Kid!

And then her roles got a little bit more sophisticated and she dressed up a lot in high school for various performances!

And then she went off to college. Why should I be surprised to see pictures like these show up on her Facebook page - Cali still likes to dress up and she has found some friends that like to dress up with her!

I guess this is what I get when I actually buy her gold lame leggings!!! They just shouted CALI when I saw them on the rack!

And then the latest dress up picture from their night at the roller rink this last weekend! No wonder all those middle school boys got excited when some of the girls asked them to skate during the Couples Skate!!

Despite all the crazy dress up Cali likes to do - she cleans up good! We love our Crazy Cali Girl!!!

Spring Has Arrived!

We think Spring is here - at least for now! The daffodils and crocus' are blooming and it's raining!

After a couple of days of sunshine Jim decided it was time for the annual Mulching of the Garden.

He ordered a truck load of mulch to be delivered on Friday - only afterwards discovering that four days of rain were in the forecast!

He called over to let his Mulch Helper (aka Declan) know it was on it's way!

Jim spent most of Friday afternoon spreading mulch, trying to beat the rain. He not only enlisted the help of Declan this year but got all the little boys in the neighborhood to join in (there was no school), at least for an hour or so!

What is it about little boys and dirt?

Tessa and I tried hard to keep ourselves scarce so we didn't have to help! We headed to the mall!

There is still half a pile of mulch in the driveway - any volunteers??

Here at Home

So now that I've updated you on all the college kids - here is an update on what we've been up to here at home!

It's been cold around here and we woke up to a dusting of snow this morning and had hail a couple of times over the weekend.

It is nice to have the musical over but we will miss the show. I was able to watch it 8 times including dress rehearsal and never tired of it - such a fun show and the songs will be running through my head for weeks!

Today - Sunday, everyone but me is taking a nap. We had some pretty late nights and not much sleep this weekend. Because of closing weekend of Joseph there were lots of parties going on! I am guessing Tess got about 6-8 hours total all weekend!

Friday night I worked in the box office and after the show Jim and I went to a Parent's Party at the directors house and got to bed about 1:00 a.m. After the show Tessa went to an extravagent birthday bash for one of her good friends - rented a facility, DJ, fashion show etc. She had a great time and then had a sleepover with a couple of her friends who went. She couldn't remember what time they got to bed?

She and I both had to get up first thing Saturday morning though for a Girl's Camp meeting so no sleeping in for either of us.

I spent Saturday, after the meeting, finishing up all the cast gifts for the adults - framed cast pictures etc. and dipped 100 strawberries in chocolate for the cast party. Tessa got to take a nap!

We stayed to help for the cast party and got to bed at about 2:00 a.m. this morning due to day light's savings time. 9:00 church came too early. Tessa spent the night again with some friends but promised she would be up, ready, and smiling for church - and she was! Again, she couldn't remember what time she got to bed!

Saturday - Jim worked in the yard and he and our neighbor Tom took old Rocky Raccoon for a ride - they drove out to Germantown Road and let him go. The neighbors just told us they have seen two living in their wood pile which is just on the otherside of our fence so I guess we will keep the trap baited for a while longer!

I had two ward conferences today and I taught the RS lesson as part of my Stake assignment. No nap for me today but bed time can't come soon enough.

After having suffered with headaches, sore ears, stiff neck and post nasal drip for two weeks I finally went to the doctor after Jim complained I was snoring! I have a sinus infection so am now on 3 different meds so hopefully will be feeling better soon.

We are looking forward to a little quieter week around here and a little more sleep!