pictures of hacienda del adams

Here are the pictures I was trying to put into a slideshow. Obviously it didn't work, but determination and perseverance paid off, and I got them here anyway. Seriously though, I started this two hours ago so I'm not too worried that the pictres are in reverse order of how I wanted them. Just go to the bottom and work your way up. I'm sleepy now and I have a Temple prep class in the morning. Good night!

Hacienda del Adams

we just got back into town and this weekends was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went up to Grandma's Friday after Spencer got out of school and listened to Flogging Molly while watching the Princess Bride on the portable DVD player. An interesting combination to say the least. When we made it Grandma's she had a delicious chicken noodle soup for us with homemade rolls that Leslie helped to make. The girls were so excited to see us, and I have to say, the feeling was mutual. Tina told me that Conner had been saying all day "Rachel is coming" He is such a cute little kiddo. I look at him sometimes and imagine what Devon would be like. They were only 5 months apart. But at the same time Connor is defiantly his own little person. Over dinner we were regaled with tales of the exploits of Mikaila and Leslie, and we found out there's a mean boy on their bus who they endearingly call the Kraken.
We woke up super early this morning. Well, I guess 9am isn't super early to most people, but it is when you work nights. And I was super impressed when I saw Grandma making toast. In the oven! How cool is that??? But unfortunately I forgot that I had brought my camera, so no pics of Grandma and the girls, and Tina and Connor
The secondary objective of our trip was to visit my dad's ranch. only Spencer had ever been, and Suzanne didn't even believe it existed. To get there, we had to go on a road that runs through a usually dry wash. There's a bridge to the side, but it was closed when we got there. Dad, not being one to back down from a challenge, bravely drove his jeep up to the raging river.

And, yes, that is my daredevil husband in the back, standing up. I on the other hand, cried to my dad "Daddy I don't want to get wet. I don't want to get wet. Daddy no, I don't want to get wet!" So I got out and started snapping pictures.

While Dad was willing to brave the river, and my daredevil husband was having the time of his life, the poor Jeep wanted nothing to do with its people's nonsense. As he pulled up to the water, the Jeep died on him. And Dad tried starting it three more times. But the Jeep wanted nothing to do with it. "no, I won't go. You can't make me. I'm staying right here!" Then dad said, "OK, fine we're going back. you just need to start up so I can back you up and we can go."

"NOOOOOOO...........you lied to me!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Well, it's too late to go back now"

Ok, I'm getting too lazy to keep doing a picture by picture replay so I'm going to try to get a slideshow going here. I'll be right back.


Ok, I don't know if this will work or not, but oh well. I tried. The pictures of the Jeep tire are from when Suzanne and Joe took it out and ran over a sharp pointy rock. At first, Dad said we didnt' have a jack. So Dan was plotting and scheming and trying to figure out a way to change a tire without a jack. He had an ingenious plan worked out, and as he started to explain it to Dad, he laughed and said we did have a jack. So we took the easy way out and Dan didn't get to try his schemes. Anyway, we had a ton of fun, and got to visit the ranch and just had fun all day. It was great!

impatience

I know that patience is a virtue, but I can't hold it in any longer. I have really cool, awesome news that I am just absolutly bursting to tell. And I was trying oh so very hard to wait even just a little longer, but I find that I cannot. However, I also do not want to just blurt it out here on my blog either. So here's the deal. If you want to know my really cool, awesome news give me a call and I'll spill the beans. And in a week or two or three I'll post it anyway. Probably sooner than that, but I'll try to hold out as long as I can!

Over the river and through the woods.....

We're off to Grandma's!!!!! Yay! I haven't seen Grandma since Thanksgiving, and I"ve been looking forward to this all week! We could have been on our way already but I guess some people have school and unlike me, they won't ditch. I don't know why; it's so easy. All you have to do is make sure you don't run into the teacher after missing 12 consecutive classes. Oh well, at least I know we'll be on our way in a short three and a half hours. Dad wants to take his new toy out and test it in the rugged outdoors, and Joe (Suzanne's boyfriend) will finally meet Grandma Adams. And Spencer is coming too!!!!! yay! I don't get to see him much lately with all the stuff with our mom going on. So, this promises to be an interesting and fun filled adventure. And I've promised myself that I will not forget my camera, so Sunday or Monday I'll have pics to post and fun storys to share.

Monday Morning Inspiration

This is a new thing I'm trying out. My plan is that every Monday I will randomly flip through my scriptures, pick out a verse and share it (and what I get out of it) here with all of you. The catch is that it's just one verse, and without any backround information. Dan does this with me sometimes. He says that there are important messages in every indiviual verse of scripture.
Ready? On your mark, get set, scripture flip!!
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And the first weeky Monday Morning Inspiration is:
Alma 17:12
"And it came to pass that the hearts of the sons of Mosiah, and also those who were with them, took courage to go forth unto the Lamanites to declare unto them to word of God."
Here we see that the people (Mosiah's sons and companions) are preparing for missionary work, and in doing so they are muster up the courage to do what they need to do. I think this is very important because we, today, sometimes need a bit of courage to share the gospel or to answer friends' questions. I know that sometimes I get nervous about sharing what I believe, even with people I know. I worry that they'll think I'm weird, or nuts or that I'm being pushy and trying to convert them. So sometimes I just keep my mouth shut and let missionary opportunities pass me by. Or, when I do have conversations (especially at work) with others about what I believe I use phrases like, 'we' believe, or 'the Church teaches....' so I'm answering their questions and sharing my beliefs without acknowledging them as what my own such as: I believe, or what I KNOW.
So, here's my first Monday Morning Inspiration. Hope you enjoyed, we'll see how long this lasts, hopefully I don't lose interest too quickly.

Should I stay or should I go now??

Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble, if I stay it won't be double. So come on, let me know...Should I stay or should I go?

Great song. And highly pertinent. So, here's the situation:
Women's conference is coming up in a few months and mom, sara, kami and maybe cristi are going (my mil and sils) Last year we all went and it was AWESOME!!!! And I really want to go again. I mean, it was great to spend the time with family and also to be in that kind of environment right after the accident. And the talks were so uplifting and inspirational. Also, I don't get to see mom or kami a lot seeing as they live across the country. And if Justin accecpts Southern Illinois's offer I won't get much of an opportunity to spend time with Sara anymore seeing as she will live across the country.
Now onto the cons:
it's going to cost about $300-$400 in airfare, lodging, registration, food etc
I will be away from Dan for about 4-5 days (he has class and can't go)
And the number one reason is: I would have to leave on our one year anniversary.

Not sure when I became a "seamstress"

I'm not quite sure how or even when it happened, but apparently I have become known as a "seamstress". Because clearly my ability to cut fabric into small squares and then sew them into bigger squares qualifies me for that title.
It all started with my aunt Patty. She asked Suzanne and me to make her a dress for a semi-formal evening event she will be attending. Next Friday. And to top it off, she came to me not with a pattern, but with a 'vision'. And when I sent her out into the world (aka Joann) to find a pattern, the friendly, helpful sales girl filled her head with ideas of creating her own pattern.
"She said it's really easy, and she showed me how. So you should have no problem with it"
"ummmm"
"And I bought my fabric, so when do you want me to come over to drop it off?"
"ummmmm"
"it doesn't look too hard"
"ummm, ok"
"And if it doesn't work out, it's not the end of the world."
"(thinking to myself) well, that's a HUGE relief!"
So that will be an interesting adventure. And if anything even vaguely resembling an evening ensemble comes of it I'll post pics.

And a day or two after that, my dad came over with some work for "a talented seamstress". I knew I was in trouble when he asked how heavy duty of material my machine could sew through. Apparently the 'soft door' to his new jeep has some issues. On a 'soft door' you don't roll down the window, you unzip the flap (like a tent) and his passenger door's "window" zipper was coming unattached. And the pull tab is missing. So now I'm going to rip out the zipper, replace it (for both doors) and possible replace the Velcro that does....well, I'm not quite sure what. And the fun part about this project is that the metal piece that acts as the frame to the door is too big to fit under my machine foot, so I'll get to either do it completely by hand, or remove the foot, slide it under, and reattach the foot. I'm hoping the second option works, because I really don't want anything to do with the first! Again, if this project is vaguely successful, I will post pics later.