Monday, March 22, 2010

Louisville March 2010

Alan and I flew out to visit Katherine and Taurean on Wednesday (St. Patrick's Day)
I don't know why my brain was not hooked up, but I forgot to take pictures of their apt! I got a few shots but, not of all their cute rooms, swimming pool, tennis courts, walking path, work out room etc.
This is the hall way that leads to their apt. and some wonderful "Superman" poses.
Their apartment was so clean and then we moved in our suitcases and stuff and messed it all up! Taurean is the painter of the art work on the wall!
Louisville Temple is right next to a church building and we were supposed to go Thursday night but, I forgot to pack our Temple clothes.
Katherine and Taurean's church building is below and is very close to their apartment. They had Stake Conference on Sunday and split their stake. They held the meeting in two buildings and this Stake Center was packed!
If you send Katherine a letter, just picture this smile on her face!
This is their club house and where her mail box is located. This picture was taken from their hall way. We had a great trip and I will be posting other pictures of our trip soon. Thanks Katherine and Taurean for the wonderful bed, food and tours! We love you.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

St. Patrick's Day Party 2010

We held our annual St. Patrick's Day Party on Sunday and were missing a few quests this year but, we tried to be as festive as possible. Our King of the "Lucky Leprechaun's" was front and center on our feasting table.
There was a lot of the green and gold to dazzle the eye
The tiny little Leprechaun's had spread out a lot of their gold for us to admire.

A fun and exciting time was enjoyed by all...
Art design was a popular attraction
Leprechaun hunting was a great sport
And finding a "Pot of Gold" was a highlight for sure!
A little Irish Spring for all was enjoyed
Games with an Irish flair did delight

Some searching for a "Gold Coin" (coin, coin, whose got the gold coin) was divine.

May your blessings out number the Shamrocks that grow and may trouble avoid you wherever you go!
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Monday, March 8, 2010

A Royal Visit

Dreams came true at the Wheatley house on Saturday when the real Snow White came for a Tea Party.
Savannah, Autumn and Megan were so surprised! They couldn't believe their eyes and neither could grandma! I almost started crying... Snow White was sooo beautiful, her hair, her dress... well, let's just say - She is the real Snow White! Savannah was also checking her out, she kept looking at her own dress and then Snow White's dress. The girls had put a beautiful crown on their heads and when Snow White came they decided they wanted their red bows back in their hair because Snow White had a red bow.

We were putting a puzzle together when Snow White surprised us and so she came and helped put the puzzle together with the girls.
Snow White brought her beautiful story book and showed it to the girls.




Savannah is very into fashion and and was wondering if Snow White's shoes were black like hers and so for about 3 minutes Savannah was inch by inch slowly pulling up Snow Whites dress to take a peek! And sure enough, they were black!

Then it was off to the Tea Party.
Joshua has never been to one of our Tea Parties and so we set him up with a man size tea cup and treats at the bar.
Only the best manners were used at the party. I think the girls were on their best behavior for their special quest.


Snow White left the girls with an autographed picture of herself, hugged the girls and was off to another adventure with her Prince (who she said was off riding horses in the woods)! It was truly one of my all time favorite days! Only one word can describe it...Magical!

It would have been a perfect day if only Ang, Jack, Brooke, Katherine and Abby could have been here with us! We missed you guys soooo much!
Our adventures did not stop after Snow White left, the girls kept playing Snow White all afternoon! Look at cute little Lilly who was trying to get in the picture!
The girls would take a bite of a "magical" apple and then fall down dead and needed a Prince to come wake them up! Josh was not about to kiss the girls, so he would pinch them, luckily Uncle Tom was around to wake the beautiful Snow Whites!
I had sooo much fun setting up little scenes for the Tea Party. These Seven Dwarfs are from Aunt Karen's Snow White collection (thank you!)



These little figures are Aunt Karen's and are old McDonald's happy meal toys.
Ya gotta love the BIG red juicy apples!
Sorry, i just noticed this one is a repeat! But, I love little Snow White having a little Tea Party with her seven friends!

And of course the witch is my favorite of the McDonald toys! If you take the black skirt off you can flip her and she turns into the queen.

We took over 200 pictures and I cut it down to 183 pictures. It's a wonder how Snow White could even see what she was doing with all the photo flashes going off around her! It was so hard to limit this blog posting to only 27 pictures (sorry for the over kill of pictures but, not really).

I'm not sure if this Tea Party was for the little girls or for me (and maybe Aunt Karen, too, she stopped by). I had so much fun! Thank you Snow White for taking time away from the Seven Dwarfs, your Prince and all your Royal Duties to come and play with us! We love you, THANKS!
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Friday, March 5, 2010

Spring?

I woke up to this today, yesterday the sun was up, we had no snow and I was wearing a sweater!
The deer are back too and it is still snowing.
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