Here she is...

Shelby playing the role of Tracey, from Hairspray, in "You can't stop the beat" Don't you love the hair!!!

Update

My new best friends:


I went to the dr. this morning and I have Bronchitis. Pretty nasty. He gave me a script for cough medicine, so I can get some rest, and then he gave me some antibiotics. Dr. said I should be feeling better within a couple of days. Yahoo!

Sick as a dog

Yep, that's me! I'm finally giving in and heading to the doctor. I only got a couple hours of sleep last night because of my cough. Luckily Eddie got it more mild and the kids have been well so far. What's wrong with this picture? The mom can't get sick! Oh well, they're, I mean my family, is taking good care of me. What can I say, they're wonderful!

BTW, here's a link to find out about the cliche "Sick as a dog". I found it fascinating: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sic1.htm

We had the priviledge of going to President Hinckley's viewing

All 9 of us were available and decided to take a family trip up to Salt Lake City for the viewing. When we finally made it around 4:00 we had to find where to get in line because there were so many people. After trying to find the end of a line, we were told that the one we were searching for was the "no purse line", "express" is what one of the missionaries called it, because you didn't need to go through major security. Well, 3 of us had purses. It took us almost a 1/2 hour to find the right line. It was 4:55pm.

The sun was starting to go down and I knew it would get real cold. Well, it did! We ended up outside for almost 3 hrs. and by the time we made it inside the conference center, we couldn't stop shaking. It was really hard for the little ones but we just kept saying "It would be worth it!" After a few meltdown's obviously brought on by the extreme cold, we made it inside and sat down for another 1 1/2 hrs. At least we were inside, sitting down, restrooms and water available and they even were showing some films of President Hinckley.

The cold physically exhausted us, so the rest was welcomed. Then about 20 minutes in another line and we were able to enter the room where President Hinckley laid. It was such a spiritual thing for us. He looked so peaceful. The Spirit was so strong in the room. All I can say is Beautiful!

I think our family will remember this forever. Eddie says even though we had a real tough time in the cold, he was so touched by how the children pulled together to find ways to keep each other warm. It really was quite amazing to see them come together to help each other out. This is one of those beautiful vista's President Hinckley was talking about in his train analogy. I still have to try and find that talk. Can't even remember the year or the topic. It any of you know please tell me.

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.