Happy birthday to me!

It's been a nice day. The kids decorated my car, and Ashleigh had all of her friends text me "Happy Birthday" as many times as they wanted to. I got 71 all together. It was really fun.

Then, when I got home the kids all had a surprise party for me. They even bought me a pinata and decorated the living room. We also played a game. Then we went to a nice dinner this evening.

I also got calls from LaJoy, my sis Kim, my friend Maxine and Claudia. I got some flowers from my friend Vicki, and some balloons from the Young Women's presidency in my ward.

All in all it was a great day!

I love my family!

(A virus attacked my kodak easyshare software so I can't load the pics we took of the party)

Guess who?

In honor of my birthday tomorrow, I thought I'd show me as a cute widdle baby.
Sorry it's kinda blurry, I had to take a picture of a picture.

Me and my sister Kim

Me as a cute widdle girl

Me at about 13 yo (I loved that dress)

Our newest addition to the family

A green (my favorite color btw) 1998 Chrysler Concorde. It seats 6. A couple in our ward were selling it for a really great deal and since I'm the only one driving most of the time during the days, we wanted to have something that is not such a gas guzzler. That means we'll be back to driving two cars again when the whole family goes somewhere, but we've done it before and the savings on gas will be nice. A van would've been nice, but it is out of the question with a tight budget. So, that means we're selling the Big Blue Whale. If you know anyone who wants a fixer upper with a great 5 yo engine let us know.

What's in my purse?

I've been tagged by my sister Kim, so here is what is in my purse right now. I'm always amazed at how much stuff we can fit into such small places!


Here's the list of things to look for:

Button
Ibuprofen
Wallet
Hand lotion
A 1$ bill
Cell phone
Two checkbooks
My 3 drivers licenses(old one, temp one, and new one I just got in the mail)
2 sets of keys
2 free tickets to the movies (from when I went to a movie and it cut out)
Carmex
Halls lozenges
Eye drops
Tampon
Pad
Palm pilot
Floss
Fingernail clippers
Lots of paper stuff (I don't want to get detailed, too boring)
Notebook
Toilet paper (don't want to get caught without that. Really just to wipe my nose)
Student card
Costco card
Temple recommend
And many other cards (again, too boring to mention all of them)
Sunglasses
Paperclips

Okay, I don't know who to tag because Kim has already done it, and tagged Natalie. So, if you have a blog and find yourself reading this, consider yourself TAGGED!

White Beauty

If there is anything the Simmons' love, it is snow. And lots of it! It snowed quite a bit about a week ago, but I never got pics. So today we decided to try. It snowed quite a bit again and boy what perfect timing. Eddie took some of the kids sledding since it was a holiday. They had a blast!




William was out nice and early trying to shovel with a shovel bigger than him, but he was out first thing this morning and had a grand time.

Shelby.....the new Tracey from "Hairspray"

Shelby got to play the part of Tracey in the finale of her Musical Theater Showcase last Friday. She did terrific. My camera died so my friend took pics for me and hopefully I will be posting them as soon as she emails them to me.

Shelby's hair was so cute. They teased it all up and she had flipped it out. She did an amazing job and got a LOT of compliments and even a few..."I didn't know you sang so good Shelby!"

I can't wait to post pics!

Andrew is now 15

He celebrated his birthday on January 4th. He will start High School come Fall. And, he has a lot less hair now after a recent hair cut! LOL!

I got the chance to sing at the State Capitol

With my UVSC choir. It was a neat experience, especially since I had never had it. Some of my kids had with their school choirs. The new renovations are beautiful to say the least. Eddie and I got the chance to go together and enjoy seeing all the historical aspects of the building. It was a show youreself around type tour. Such a beautiful building. We think we will take the kids up for a tour sometime soon.

Buss family Christmas party

This was from our Buss family Christmas party. I know, I know.....it has taken me a bit longer than I wanted but here they are. Thanks to our gracious host and hostess, my brother Rob and his wife Edy, we had a blast!

Back to school

The kids and I are back to school and all is going well. I love this new semester. I'm taking:
Advanced Music Theory
Acapella
Private Piano lessons
Intro to Social Work
and an institute class.

It snowed a ton today and the kids are out basking in the snow. Rolling, sliding, jumping and all out having a blast. It was interesting getting to school this morning early because it was still snowing and the roads were pretty bad, but thank goodness for 4 wheel drive. I made it without any problems and by the time I finished school the roads looked good. Then I came home and put my muscles into shoveling all this white beauty.