UP......A Deffinate Go See

So today I went begrudeingly to see Up with Scott, Rainee and one of her friends. This was her "special" day with mom and dad. So I wasn't in the mood for a kid cartoon, but I laughed so hard. First off the Short Film "Partly Cloudy" is the cutest thing I have ever seen. I would go to the show again just to see that. It answers all the major questions kids have like where do babies come from, why is there lighting and thunder and why does it rain. Seriously it is worth it. Who comes up with these ideas anyway????

Sorry, I digress......Up is the cutest thing I have seen. It was clever. The dialog isn't anything great, there aren't much lines in teh show, but it is a very special movie when they can get the point across with little to no words which is what Pixar does with their short films like Partly Cloudy and Boundin....they carried that same theme over into a full length film, and let me say i did not miss the dialog.

anyway if you are looking for a good family show, take your kids to the matinee of this film, you will not be disapointed. Even Mason liked it, especially teh bird Kevin and the dog Doug.

let me know what you think.

Update

So I have finally got my "office" set up and took some pics, and now I am updating you on stuff in general. First off here is a new updated picture of myself. I have lightened my hair for summer. Nothing to drastic, I just like lighter hair for summer and darker for winter.

And here are some pics of the kids fishing. As you can tell Mason caught his first fish. He was teh only one that day to catch a fish and he was excited and I got a pic of his "happy" dance. He is such a ham. He is either extremely happy or extremely mad. He doesn't do anything half way, it is totally one way or another. He is deffinately the most head strong child I have, I hear that is typical of the last child.......just kidding.....that is more of a middle child trait, but he won't let me baby him anymore.






I also told you all we got a new puppy, Titan, so here is another picture of him. He doesnt' hold still often so sorry for teh blurry pic.


So right now for summer Bowen is in the basketball camp at USU and then all the big kids attend the Boys and Girls Club during the day. They enjoy it and every Friday they get to spend the day at the Logan Aquatic Center. Mason started a new day care at Little Wonders in Nibley and he loves it. He will turn 3 next week adn can't wait to be allowed to go down the "big" slide. He is quite the singer and will sing for as long as you let him. In fact, if they stop before he is ready he gets really upset. His favorite songs are I am a Child of God, Eency Wincy Spider, Bringing home a baby bumble bee, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes and something about Monkeys swinging.

Scott is working at Autocare driving wrecker, and he is extremely busy. He is now offically a Phlebotomist and he is waiting to start an internship at Logan Regional Hospital. He is starting his Paramedic school this summer at Weber State, but he has to start with his pre-requisits, so Math, English, Anat & Phys, and Medical Terminology here we come. I can help with the Math and English, they are courses I already completed, but I am no good with Anatomy and Physiology and Medical Terminology. If he can complete these this summer and fall he can start the paramedic training in the spring of 2010.

As for me, I have switched jobs again and I am now working at Lynn's Audio and Video, just part-time doing bookkeeping. The full time didn't work with both of us doing it. We are a 1 full time family. So when Scott started at Autocare I dropped to part time and it allows me to run the kids around and be there when I am needed. because of that I have been able to spend time with Uncle DeLoy and help him do errands adn just visit and I love it.

Sorry for the long post.

On a lighter note....

Well we are officially moved out of our home on Cliffside. Have I mentioned how much I dislike moving? I think I have a time or to. Well I spent this last week cleaning the house, a few hours each day and then on Saturday Scott and the kids took the final load out of the garage and we declared it officially done. So now we are officially In our new home in millville, but deffinately not moved in or unpacked. So now I am dedicating a few hours each day to unpacking boxes. Today the kids and I unpacked and organized the pantry. Wow, that was a big job!!!! But I am happy now I can walk in my pantry and see what I have.

Also, we decided to get teh kids a new puppy because we have a HUGE yard adn we promised the kids we would replace Dante (our puppy we had to sell in Washington) as soon as we could, so we did this weekend, by getting a new Mastiff puppy named Titan. His daddy is huge and weighs 200 pounds. We are sooo excited. he is very well behaved for a puppy. We already love him.

Saying Goodbye

I am sorry to be the one to announce, but it is time, as a family to say good bye to Uncle DeLoy. I will spare you the details, and you all can call your parents who can fill you in, but please know that in the soon future we will be called to a funeral.

I love Uncle DeLoy so much and while I am sad to see him leave this world I know that what waits him is much much better than we can imagine, and I know he will be waiting for all of us yet to come join him in the after life. If you are close and if you have time, please go and visit him at his home and say your good by's. A hospital bed has been brought in for him so he can be comfortable.

You can call Grandma Elder if you need, but she is having a hard time talking about it right now.

Let me know if you have questions or need anything.

Love you all.

Charity

Dallas Jr.

Because I don't have enough phone numbers of all of you or enough minutes on my phone to call, I am posting.

Yesterday and today Dallas has been in and out of the emergency room with what was thought to be appendicitis. Well it turned out this evening to be that he has sustained some kind of damage to one of his kidneys in a basketball game and blood flow to that kidney has been interrupted and he is in danger of loosing one of his kidneys. So to remedy this he is scheduled for surgery tomorrow (saturday) afternoon at Logan Regional Hospital to repair teh damage and hopefully save his damaged kidney. It will take them that long to complete any tests they need and get the proper surgeons ready.

You all know the shape Uncle DeLoy is in, so this is just another added stress to him, not to mention La Shar's dance review is scheduled for that same Saturday. It is hard for DeLoy but what we are being asked for now is to participate in a family fast and prayer for Dallas. He is a wonderful boy who is very scared. I got to spend time with him today in the ER and I was very impressed what a great man he has become. He loves his dad and his family very much and he needs the prayers to help keep himself and his dad strong through this.

If you have questions call your parents or Grandma Elder and they can fill you in. We won't know more until Saturday evening after the surgery.

We are Moving!!!

It is for real this time. We have found a home in Millville, 85 West 300 South, and we are exicted. I am mostly excited because there is a nice working kitchen in this home. The owners are very nice and they are moving out early so we can move in on May 15th, which is this upcoming weekend. I am not sure, but I think I may have mentioned before how much I hate moving. In fact if there actually was the kind of Hell that is protraied in the movies mine would be myself packing up the house just to turn around and have to pack it again. I hate it that much. So we are now busting butt to move this next Saturday because the Elder's Quarm found out about it and decided to all be here on Saturday at 9:00 so we will be ready by then no matter what. So to that end we are only partially packed and have run out of boxes. Luckily for some reason about a month ago Scott got this feeling we were going to move (this was before everything started falling apart) and he packed our storage room and basement. So we are left with the actual living areas and that is all. Because we are only moving a few miles away the kids clothes will be placed ever so gently in plastic bags and then deposited in their new rooms. I see no reason to "pack" clothes just to need them the next day. So unfortunately I see this move as kind of hectic and we will just move and dump stuff at the house and then we will spend the next few weeks unpacking and cleaning the house we left. I actually think this one time we will take the Relief Society up on their offer to help clean. Scott is usually adament about doing it ourselves because he said we made the mess so we clean it, but with both of us working it seems to fit that we get help this time.

When I get pictures of teh home I will post them. It turns out the owner of teh home is Brent Hirschi, who I went to high school with and graduated in the same year, GO 1996!!!!

Sunday Lunch

Hey everyone who can hear me......or I guess read me......or....you know what I mean. Please, if you can, come to our Elder Family lunch on Sunday at 1:00 at Denise & Reese's house. Please, please come. We will visit and enjoy each other and have a nice lunch and then we will discuss the Relay for Life.

Meat will be provided, just bring a salad or desert.

Hope to see you all then.