Traveling Gnome

THE GNOME IS ROAMING! Shalom...

Pug Nose Dog

I have a little Pug nose dog who likes to go for rides with Mickey and our family of monkeys seems to like to snuggle with her too.
Our Muffy-wanna-be-stuffed dogs are pals with her too. She is very popular and has many friends.
She even likes to visit the dogs in our Barbie house...
Please forgive Barbie, she is not dressed properly for company.
She is a friend to one and all.
Aunt Karen rescued this little pug nosed dog from a very crowded store and knew she would have a loving home here. She spends hours with the Travelocity gnome just looking out the window on their kingdom.
One day she found Muffy's bed and play toys and felt so at home

She knows that she would have been bestest friends with Muffy.

She is hoping for a picture like this with Katherine and Abby.

Muffy is her Idol and is wondering if Katherine's good friend Amy would some day paint her portrait. Although she knows she will have to be deceased in order for this to happen, so she is willing to wait awhile. If you would like to see one of her cousins you must rent or purchase the movie "Life with Father" with William Powell and Irene Dunne (1947). It also has Elizabeth Taylor in it. It is one of our favorite movies to watch. And when we are referring to certain money woes we say, "it is the pug nose dog syndrome"! Watch the movie and you will see. And that is how we came to love a little pug nose dog, named Pug. Thank you Aunt Karen for giving Pug a nice warm home!

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Finally

I got this book for Christmas or I gave it to Alan for Christmas, I can't remember! Well, I finally finished it! I now need to read more about Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln's life and look for miracles in the world and in my life! I also should have paid more attention when we took a tour of Gettysburg years ago, because I now want to go back.

Snow

It was just beginning to look like spring and then this happened...

The poor birds are having such a hard time with this snow and cold! Look at this little guy, he needs a warm home!

I was tending Savannah yesterday and she wanted to watch a movie and I said great, let's watch a Christmas movie. She said it wasn't Christmas yet, but a blizzard was happening outside the window! We watched Mulan.

Argentine Reunion 2010

Argentine Cordoba Mission picture: Alan and Karla, Steve & Stacy, Eric & Lori, Bob & Carrie, Tom & Shauna. A small but happy group!

It's was time for some missionary buddies to get together for some Spanish memories. Tom and Shauna flew down from Coeur d' Alene, Id. and Eric found us a place to eat Argentine food! Shauna had broken her knee 6 days earlier (and didn't tell any of us), had surgery on it and flew down here! She is a crazy lady and was in pain (she said she was fine, but I can't imagine flying with a broken leg!)! She never complained (she is a mystery to me, I must learn from her ways) and didn't want Tom to miss the reunion. I hope she gets something REALLY nice for Mother's Day for doing this trip!

We ate at a little bakery called "Pampas" in Sugar House. It was a bakery and not really set up for dinners, but the boys speaking their Spanish magic managed to get tables for us and the food was authentic Argentine (so the boys said). We ate Milanesa Napolitana, Empanadas Portenas, Ensalada Rusa, wonderful flautita bread with Dulce de leche (my favorite). As usual there was not enough time to chat. We decided we better do it again in two years and not wait five years again. There was too much catching up on our lives and no time to reminisce! Next reunion lets bring pictures of the boys on their mission and have some good laughs! "Viva la revolucion Argentina!"

Pat

Pat was our horse when we were young, well it was Grandpa John's horse. Three things are troubling in the picture above.

1 - What's with mine and aunt Karen's pant length?

2 - Pat's not looking so good and

3 - I don't think that fence is going to keep Pat in!

In the picture below Pat's looking better and taller. I have always been afraid of horses, even Pat!

By the way, I wonder where I got the idea to dress my girls in matching clothes when they were young?

Visit with Grandparents

On Sunday after church we traveled north to visit the family and Tom's family came along too. Megan played with some special friends that she found on grandma's table. There was some clanking of the brass but no harm to those cute little mice
Megan found a new best friend.

We ate a late lunch or early dinner with Grandpa.

And as you can see Grandpa has been busy in his green house!