I kid you not....New Wine for Seniors
California vintners in the Napa Valley area, which primarily produce Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new hybrid grape that acts as an anti-diuretic. It is expected to reduce the number of trips older people have to make to the bathroom during the night.
The new wine will be marketed as . . .
PINOT MORE 
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE....
GEESH! How old are you now? Old enough to do everything legal that you've been trying since an early age {J/K}....
I'm getting ready to compete in the Miss America Miss Kaysville/Fruit Heights pageant. It is a scholarship pageant that I can earn money towards college tuition bill at Weber State University. My platform is Special Needs Awareness, as my career goals include becoming a Special Needs Teacher. As a contestant, I need your help to raise money for Children's Miracle Network and the Miss America Scholarship Fund. Please help me reach my goal of $100.00 by clicking on the link below. Your donation will be considered a charitable donation for tax purposes and a receipt will be provided at the end of the year. Once you have completed a secure on-line donation, your donation will be included in my fund raising total on my personal page.
Of course, most the activity from the past week, has been centered around grandkids - old and new! After spending Wednesday at the pool with Heather and her 2 kids, and Heidi's little gal Laila, we spent yesterday introducing a couple of the cousins to Seth.
Today is Mike's birthday - I know, I know! I was freakin' out thinking about having a 35 year- old last week, but this one really BLOWS my SOCKS off! Hard to believe that he was once a scrawny little 4 pounder, as he is now the bigger guy in the family. He is dedicated, ambitious, artistic, and loving. We love and appreciate him so much.
Today is Matt's .... dare I say it? ... 35th birthday! How do I have a child this old? I awoke this morning at my usual 2am, and instead of just getting up to pee, get a drink, and spray my nose, I laid in bed and remembered back to the morning just after 1am when he was born. Mother's do that, you know! I love him and am so thankful for the lessons of life that he has taught me. Sometimes, I think that alot of my patience skills were honed because of him, and not in spite of him. He is ever-thoughtful, compassionate, and loving.
Gary's
One Of Heather's
Weston's BIG ONE!
He hates this - Can you tell?
Taylor sitting up front with Gary
Weston's Spiderman Pole
Miracle #2 for 2009 - So I sit there on that uncomfortable couch, for probably the 100th time, watching the expressions of the nurses passing by Gary and I... praying that the one I just saw wasn’t because we are getting bad news again... Listening to the TV above me... Wondering why on earth do I have to hear about Michael Jackson all day?...
A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance
It's Robyn's birthday - and I just wanted to tell her how much we love her and how sweet and special she is. She loves playing with kittens. Her first year on a competition soccer team....started out kind of rough, but she's definitely one of the STAR players on her team! In one game this year, with her team down 0-3, Robyn came out in the second half and scored three straight goals to end the game in a tie! She earned her first soccer trophy at the Wasatch Classic Tournament and is pretty proud of it! Excited to be going into fourth grade this year!
Heidi is slowly coming down the homestretch with Baby Seth...but that's not stopping her from being terribly uncomfortable, cantankerous, and just plain tired of packing this guy around for 9+months. She keeps asking how 40 weeks computes to 9, and not 10 months! I just want to say that nobody has room to complain unless they've packed not one - but TWO babies around in the 'head's up, feet down' position for that same amount of time....OK! so I cheated and had them a month early. And it looks by these comparative photos, that she is almost as big as me...so maybe I'll listen to her complaining for a few more days. {The FACE on the left has been has been masked to protect the innocent!} You'll notice I lost my BUTT when my stomach was out there 2 feet in front of me....
227 years ago...on July 4th, 1776America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
--Abraham Lincoln
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies
there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.
--Judge Learned Hand
Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
--Mark Twain
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men
dread it.
--George Bernard Shaw
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
--The Pledge of Allegiance
Just resurrected a recipe for homemade ice cream that
Heidi {in all her glorious pregnant splendor!} had been
craving. It is a really fresh tasting ice cream, so I
thought I would include it on this post.
6 Threes Ice Cream
3 cups milk
3 cups cream
3 cups sugar
Juice of 3 lemons {1 sml can frozen concentrate}
Juice of 3 oranges {1 sml can frozen concentrate}
3 bananas {mashed}
Combine milk, cream and sugar and stir until sugar is
dissolved. Put in ice cream freezer and freeze until
mushy. Add fruit juices and the mashed bananas and
continue freezing until firm. This can be made ahead
of time and packed in freezer container {but it's so
DELISH to eat as soon as it's thickened}!
Have a SAFE and Happy July 4th!
