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Birthday celebrations

2011-03-05T19:25:00.000-07:00

Ginny is 6 now! I can't believe it! We had a fun weekend celebrating her birthday. On Friday she had a celebration at school and we took cupcakes. They do a great Montessori tradition of talking about each year of your child's life as she walks around the "sun". Here are some pictures of her sun and her globe she carried as she walked around the sun. Then lunch at Spicy Thai, our

Chili Rellenos

2011-02-25T14:00:00.008-07:00

My dear friend Maria came over the other day and taught me how to make chili rellenos Mexican style. So yummy!! I had several people tell me to take good notes. I took a lot of pictures. I thought I'd post it here and try to remember the steps while I could still remember it. I always have problems posting pictures to this blog in a certain order, so hopefully this works. Step 1- Most

Maybe it's time to update

2011-01-25T19:59:00.004-07:00

Since the last pictures are from Halloween, maybe I should update. I find I don't really have much time or energy for blogging these day. But here are some favorite photos of the last few months: I have a hard time figuring out the formatting when I add pictures. Apparently what I see on the screen now is not what you see. So I'll try to describe the pictures, but the words may be in the wrong

Halloween Time

2010-11-21T20:03:00.005-07:00

I'm finally putting up pictures of our Halloween festivities, while Ginny is twirling around singing Christmas songs. She is very excited for Christmas!First, here are two pictures that my cousin's husband Kyle took at our "Witches Brew" where witch attire is a must!Ginny was a tooth fairy this year. Her idea, of course. At the beginning of October she wanted to be a black cat. Then by the

Family Pictures

2010-10-24T11:47:00.000-06:00

I had such a fun time at the Cabin with my family yesterday. The canyon was beautiful with so many colorful leaves. When talking to my Aunt Lisa, she said she only had one picture of her Dad. I have my Mom's wedding album that has lots of pictures of the Derr family. I felt inspired to go home and scan the pictures. I decided to post them here so the most people in my family could see them

More Family Pictures

2010-10-24T11:42:00.005-06:00

Here are some nice candid shots of my Aunts Tana, Lisa and Uncle Barry as well as my Grandma. Why do I get the impression that my Uncle Barry was not thrilled to be there or at least not thrilled to have his picture taken? : >Is this my Aunt Tana jumping the highest to catch the bouquet? I love how little Lisa was still trying to reach up and catch it. It's cute!

Grandpa Derr

2010-10-24T11:34:00.004-06:00

Here are some great pictures with my Grandma and Grandpa Derr. He died right before I was born so I never got to know him. I love his smile. I think my cousin Shay looks a lot like him. That's my Uncle Barry looking thrilled to be the best man.

The Wedding Party

2010-10-24T11:24:00.005-06:00

June 1966- California1- The Bridesmaids- My Aunt Tana and Aunt Lisa (cut off) are on the right.2- There's Tana on the left now, my Dad, Uncle Barry, Clayne and Lisa (cut off again!. Don't worry, I have better pictures of her)3- The whole party in black and white- Lisa included!

ENSIGN moments

2010-05-21T16:45:00.002-06:00

I have always scoffed at what I call "Ensign moments". Especially the stories that involve paying tithing. You know, the stories where a family has to decide to pay tithing or buy a loaf of bread or milk for their family. They decide to pay tithing, and later that night someone just knocks on their door, with a bag of groceries in their hand. They say they were just sitting down to dinner, when

Papers!!!

2010-05-01T16:41:00.002-06:00

We have been spending our days sorting through boxes and files of paper in order to clear out room in our basement. I am so proud of Matt. He finally got rid of most of his law school notes and law books that he hasn't touched since he graduated in 2002. Yahoo!I need your help, though. I am cursed for being a historian's daughter. I really need to get rid of more papers, but I'm struggling. I

My mom is the best!

2010-03-03T21:58:00.005-07:00

We went to a birthday dinner for Ginny at my parent's house. I should have known something was up when I read the green sign on the door that said "Doorbell Broken. Please Knock". We knocked and were escorted into the "Emerald City". After a yummy dinner of lasagna (on a green tablecloth with green napkins) we played some fun games. "Pin the Heart on the Tinman" was my favorite. We also had a

Wizard of Oz

2010-03-03T21:39:00.004-07:00

My Mom is the best! We went to my parent's house for Ginny's birthday dinner. She went all out and did a Wizard of Oz themed party for Ginny. It was so fun. And best of all, I didn't have to do anything except show up with the birthday girl!We played fun games like "Pin the heart on the tinman"! and a jelly bean race (green of course for the Emerald City). Then there were lots of presents

Ginny's Birthday

2010-03-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

Ginny is 5! Can you believe it? It is such a fun age. She is so excited about everything. Her favorite present was a wooden magnetic ballerina dress up doll. A ballerina, just like her. Instead of a party, she wanted to go to the "space museum" with Mom and Dad. So we went to the Hansen Planetarium in Salt Lake. We saw a movie "Attack of the Space Pirates" in their dome theater. Ginny kept

I do feed my child

2010-02-11T16:17:00.002-07:00

Just had to make a quick disclaimer in case any of you talk to Ginny in the near future.This morning she was pretending that she was Dorothy after we had read stories from the Wizard of Oz. (Great condensed version from the library, beautifully illustrated by Charles Santore). I was Glenda, the good witch. She said she wanted to stay with me because I would feed her. She said her parents don't

Dance Concert

2010-02-11T16:07:00.003-07:00

Ginny had her final "showcase" for her little dance class yesterday. I was very curious to see what would happen. On Monday she sat out the last ten minutes of class, refusing to dance. But the performance bug hit her and she danced the best that I have ever seen her dance!It's really all about the outfit. She got this tutu for Christmas. She spent most of the time before the concert (and during

How to eat a Valentine cookie- By Ginny

2010-02-11T15:59:00.004-07:00

1-Take one beautiful valentine cookie from your Aunt Keli. Admire the pink sprinkles, then claim that you helped Aunt Keli make it.2- Take a few dainty bites of beautiful Valentine cookie.3- Remove the "curly parts" of the frosting.4- With your index finger and pointer finger, scrape off as much frosting from the cookie as you can. Feel free to also pick up cookie and lick frosting.5- Shove

Twinkle Toes

2010-01-26T17:36:00.003-07:00

Ginny just started a dance class called "Twinkle Toes". It's just a fun class where she can dress up as a ballerina and learn some basic ballet. The most important part to her is the outfit. One day I forgot her ballet shoes. That was a tragedy! She was so mad at me!This is good for her to be in a structured class. She needs to learn how to follow other people's directions and receive instruction

Sculptures

2010-01-26T17:23:00.003-07:00

I am a strange Mom, but I like when Ginny gets creative. Last week she spent quite a while building "tape sculptures". I had no idea scotch tape was so strong. Here are a few pictures of her masterpieces:Today she made a "tether ball" pole with a mop and lacing cards. I thought it was pretty clever how she figured out how to attach all the strings to the mop. I can't believe she'll be 5 next

Best of 2009

2010-01-08T13:49:00.001-07:00

I am way behind on our blog. I just wanted to post some pictures of our favorite things this year. I am also including our Christmas letter for this year with updates about our year.