Sarah's blog

Sarah has now started a blog. She is very proud of it and is working very hard at it. It looks great! You are invited to check it out. Just click here

Lizzy the babysitter

Check out some pictures and videos Lizzy posted by clicking here
Now I know why the kids love it when she babysits them!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I'M IT.......I was tagged

Okay....I was tagged,
By Kate...

5 favorite places ever lived.......
* 1st house in Exeter, Ca......it was the perfect little house with the perfect little family!
* Cap Haitian, Haiti.......Not that I loved it so much but It made so many lasting learning
experiences
* Bayside Lakes, Palm Bay Fl. house.....many good memories with friends and family
*Apartment in Ky.....we were so crammed in there, but it was great memories
* Hickory Hill house in Ky.......I love it here!


5 favorite snacks
oooo I have so many favorites

* Pastries
*Edamame (thanks for introducing this to me Robin, Mom loves it too)
*Strawberries and Bananas dipped in chocolate fondue
*soft pretzels with melted velveeta cheese
*Pringles and little Debbie snacks..... at the beach ( this only counts as one, they have to go
together, at the beach)


5 favorite Jobs
I don't think I ever had 5

*waitress at Velvet Creamery- great tips!
*Receptionist at Kloster, Ruddell Law Firm
*Wife
*Mother

If I had a million dollars.......
*pay off the house
*Feed orphans in Haiti and Honduras
*get a new couch
*buy a Corn Stove
* save it for retirement

5 things I love
*My Husband
*My Children
*My Temple blessings
*My Testimony
*My Savior

Places I loved visiting
*Nauvoo
*My friend in Georgia
*Boston
*Family and friends in Ca.
*Family and friends in Utah

5 people I love that I tag!
Your it!

Erin Barnes
Angie Wach
Lizzy Chace
FreddieAnn Burnett
Heidi Robb

My Little Track Star

Thurs. Sept. 25 th & Wed. October 4th 2008

Sarah and I went walking the other day at the track.....well she was running. The guy that was there said to me..."looks like you have yourself a future track star!"

Sarah has always had so much determination, when she puts her mind to something she doesn't give up.

She has enjoyed being in Cross country this year after school. She has done well for her first year. The first meet she ranked 18 out of 52 . The second time they split up into 2 groups. She tied 7th out of 26. It was exiting to watch her pick up speed at the end when we were all cheering for her. She made some great coverage and squeezed her way in, to tie with another boy that she was running along side with the entire time. The last picture is right at the end when she started picking it up, you cans see how much she needed to catch up to tie. She ran 8 min. 10 sec. mile.

A Carmel Corn adventure

It was Monday September 22, 2008........The First Day of Fall. I get so excited about fall that I thought it would be fun to celebrate by making some of my moms Carmel popcorn. Wouldn't it be great for the kids to come home to yummy gooey popcorn balls on the first day of Autumn? So Jakey and I

started out on this adventure, My first time making Carmel corn....It can't be to hard, right?

All was going good, popping popcorn........

and more popcorn

And more POPCORN

It was getting out of control. I couldn't find bowls fast enough. I think I should try to be smarter than the air popper! Next I started the Carmel......A little too soon apparently, because I couldn't keep track of it and it Burned! Just a little though, so I pulled it off the stove and Jakey and I tasted it.....I thought...It's not too bad, maybe they wont notice that bitter after taste that makes you shiver. Jakey was kind, he said it tasted good. After a couple more tastes I came to my senses and decided to forget about all the butter and sugar and syrup that I had just used and dumped it down the drain and started over.

After the second batch......I was so glad I started over. It was so much better. Even Jakey confirmed it when he said .."this is yummy!" and he kept asking for another taste! We folded it into the popcorn and started making balls.

Jakey enjoyed spraying Pam on his hands and rolling balls together. One thing I did not count on was how long it was going to take me to roll it all into balls (now I know why mom always just left it in the community pot.) The kids were getting off the bus and I was standing there still rolling balls, Jakey had lost interest and I had to think to myself......What was I thinking?
As I look back, I definitely made a memory....Isn't that part of what life is about....making positive memories for our children to look back on so they can remember those good feelings?
I'm glad I didn't express my negative feelings and just kept them in, as I kept rolling those never ending balls. We enjoyed eating and giving away those Carmel corn balls, and you wont believe this....... Jakey can't wait to make them again!

This is so good that I have requests to bring it to the Craft Day in October! One more way to be corny! I hope you enjoyed those precious popcorn balls!

You can find the recipe on my recipes at chace-a-licious or the ward recipes at sharing food is sharing love