Five Bucks, Five Bucks...Way Cheap!

Jeff's last day here we went to my grandfather's auction. My wonderful grandfather passed away just before Daniel died, and we finally were able to gather his things together and auction them off. Now for those of you who have never been to an auction...it is quite entertaining. Jeff and I got there (Payson) to my grandfather's home and just about died. The front lawn was covered with his things, rows and rows of chairs and tents, speakers, trailers, and a port-a-potty....yes, a port-a-potty. I couldn't help but laugh and think to myself, "I wonder what grandpa thinks of all this?" I am sure he would have laughed. Now, I did gather those things that were most important to me before the auction, so I didn't feel bad auctioning off the extra "things" that he had.
The auctioneer was hilarious with his...gimme a five, a five, a five,....anyone take this for five...way cheap, never before, super lucky....a five, oh we got a five...gimme a ten....way cheap...a ten...Jeff and I couldn't help but just listen and laugh. Quite the experience. We stayed for 3 hours just listening and laughing. Before leaving, I told my mom that I wanted her to bid on one of grandma's old quilts...I know, you say, why didn't I just take it?...don't ask...long story...so I asked my mom to buy back a quilt for me. She called 20 minutes later and told me she not only purchased a quilt, but grandpa's dresser, and curio cabinet. Hahahahaha. I love buying back my own stuff. I used to do that at garage sales too...put out my clothes for 25 cents...then buy them back because I thought they were so cute. Anyway, now we have a dresser for Daniel. I love it, and will think of my dear grandpa everytime I use it.

An Officer and a Gentleman

Jeff is off to Officer Training. I am so excited for him. He said that his first day was great. He will do such a great job...and will be very missed. 32 days until I see my baby again!

A President's Dinner

Jeff wanted to have a special dinner with his mission president before he left for DC. I thought it was a fantastic idea. After deciding to have the dinner at his family's house, I offered to cook a special dinner for Jeff, and to relieve a little of the cooking load on RobbiAnn. I told her that I would make coconut shrimp (which is excellent by the way), and a chocolate cake for dessert. I don't know what I was thinking taking a main course and dessert. As many of you know, I am not a cook...nor do I love doing it. I am trying though, and this time decided to cook everything from scratch. For those of you who have never made a cake from scratch...yes this means melting chocolate for the cake instead of using a mix, etc., etc....it is rough. Took all day. I even peeled the shrimp. Rough I tell you. Anyway, I took the almost finished products over to RobbiAnn's house and asked her to help me finish the cake which meant taking it out of the pans and frosting it. Well, it turned out like any other cake I make. Remember the part on Sleeping Beauty when all the fairies are putting together a birthday party for Aurora? Yeah, I am the cake fairy. My cake looked like it was melting...quite hilarious. President Sutherland even had to take a picture to remember the moment. Embarrassing? Yes. A memory I will never forget? Double Yes. From this experience I have decided that the good old crock pot dinner and ice cream is not such a bad idea when entertaining.

Father's Day

First of all, may I say, Jeff is such a good daddy...and this Father's Day, being his first, was quite the Father's Day to remember. The day started out great...great breakfast, church was wonderful...just great. It wasn't until a routine afternoon feeding that things started getting, well let's just say a little messy! Jeff found himself covered in spit up after burping Daniel...I ran over to save the carpet and start washing all the spit up clothes and Jeff jumped in the shower. I was going as fast as I could so that I could comfort the baby. Finally when everything was washing, Jeff clean, Daniel happy, Jeff sat down to have some chips and salsa. As he went to take his first scoop, all the salsa spilled down his front. We immediately went to throw those clothes in the washer and found a little surprise waiting in the machine. Yes...in my mad dash I washed Daniels diaper (dirty might I add) in the wash with all Jeff's church clothes. Might I say that those diapers can hold a lot! Jeff thinks that Daniel could go a couple of days without a changing...yuck! It was quite the experience. To finish it off, poor Jeff spilled sauce all over at dinner. Poor guy. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day...

By the way...the next week Jeff wore one of the white shirts that I washed and found clean diaper wipes stuck to the inside of the sleeves...double yuck!