Cooking with Mom

Last sunday Lily told me she was going to have lunch with her cousin Kloie after church. After a while I looked out toward the family cemetary and this is what I saw. Lily and her cousins had made a picnic and went over to the cemetary to have lunch with Grandma Luann. They then got buckets and were pretending to cook with her. That was one of her favorite things to do with my mom. I think we are so blessed to have my mom buried here where the kids know shes close. I took this picture of the rainbow saturday It looked like it was going right over the cemetary.

Its fall!

O.K., i've been having a hard time getting into the new fall season. I decided to just get my stuff out and it helped a little. When I was younger (13 or 14) we used to travel to Missouri to visit my aunt every year. One year we went close to fall. Everyone had their yards and porches decorated with bails of hay, scarecrows, pumpkins etc. I had never seen anything like that in Utah. We have done it ever since then. Well except when we lived in mexico, and had the flood.

I guess i've been tagged

O.k., Here goes
5 responses for each question

10 years ago I.......
Was living in downtown Houston Texas as a missionary.
Teaching Angel the discussions and watched him be baptized the 24th of august.
Lived and taught in many of the cities that were just hit by hurricane Ike.
consumed lots of tortillas, beans and jalapenos.
prayed and prayed and prayed some more.

5 things on todays "to do" list.
Drive Lily to school in Laverkin (done)
6o minutes of strength training and 40 minutes of cardio (done)
Get this tagged thing done (Almost done)
Laundry (I wish I was done)
Get Kabobs marinating for dinner

5 Snacks I enjoy.....
hmmmmmm. Not that I really enjoy them.
Protein shake
yogurt
nuts
water
apple with peanut butter

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire.....
Get all of Angels family here living in the United States
Pay off mortgage
Save money
donate money to charity
buy a home in Mexico
oh, and a long relaxing vacation to a quiet beach

5 Places i've lived....
LaVerkin
Texas
Mexico
Silver Reef
Staples Compound (My favorite)

5 jobs ive had...
Taco Time
Lins
Zion Canyon Cinemax
Casa by the sea
S & S Steel

5 people I now tag....
Joel
Stacie
Jaci
Autumn
Jeff or Alicia

My favorite people in the whole world!

Doing what he does best! Anybody who knows Anthony knows that he loves to eat! He forgot all about playing baseball when the peaches and cream showed up!

Lilia

Looking down at my dads house

right after the flood

Here is our home During the flood August 1st 2007. I took some pictures sunday night of our home and the neighborhood. It looks like it never happened. Sometimes it feels like it too.

My new big family

So, Donna has six kids and my Dad has six also. Here we are for a group photo taken the day before the wedding accross the street from our compound. (Thats what most people call it here where we live, The staples compound)

Mike and Donna Staples

The Newleyweds

Look at this beautiful couple! Most of you havent had the chance to meet my Dads new wife Donna, Here she is. They were married on June 14th. We are blessed to have her in our lives.