My Pantry

It's Beautiful Life Friday over at the Inspired Room. Find out how others are celebrating. Since we have focused on organization for the month of March, I wanted to showcase a huge accomplishment. Thanks to help from my mom, we were able to organize my pantry.

In order for that to happen, we had to create my new food storage area.

In order for that to be accomplished, I had to move all of my scrapbooking supplies and photo albums upstairs to my bedroom closet.



Isn't life beautiful? The focus for living a beautiful life in the month of April is Solitude (regular quiet times) I can't wait. Won't you join me? Let me know if you're in and how you plan to make this happen.

New Beginnings

Every year our young women have a program called new beginnings. They review the personal progress program and welcome any new beehives. This year the theme was...
Each girl got to pick her favorite flower and the bouquet turned out like this...
They sang a beautiful song at the end and Katie and Rachael both sang a solo.
What would an activity be without yummy treats. These did not disappoint...

These girls will always be beautiful to me...

Spring Break

This year, due to Anna's baptism, we stayed here for the first half of Spring Break, then we headed to California mid week.
Monday, we had a barbeque at the park with a couple of other families.

The boys barbequed.

The girls brought yummy side dishes.

The kids played and played and played with not one altercation. WOW!



Thanks to the Dillards and Mechams for spending time with us.

Wednesday we headed to L.A.

We saw this when we stopped for gas.

Here we are in Palm Desert getting some dinner.I love capturing them from behind.

Thursday was our time with Grandpa Webber at the dentist office. We all had cleanings and there were many cavities to fill. It was so stressful that I didn't even take any pictures.

Friday we went to Universal Studios.
I love this place. I have always been fascinated by the movies.

One of the statues behind them is a real person.

We see lots of different characters.








We have fun taking the tour of the lot.

Rachael, Anna and our guide, Matt.

Scooby-Dooby-Dooooooo

Who-ville

Remember Psycho?


The following shots are of the set of the plane crash in War of the Worlds.




There is a new Simpsons ride. Orson and the four kids went on it. They said it is like Star Tours at Disneyland, only worse. Poor Orson and Katie. Their stomachs don't enjoy these kind of rides.
Down on the lower lot are the two best rides.These are the four escaltors that take you down.
Jurrassic Park is the water ride and it has a really steep hill at the end.






Anna did not appreciate the steepness.

My favorite is The Mummy.It is an indoor roller coaster and it's pretty good. When you get to the end, they take you backwards. Awesome.

We ended the day by going to the City Walk and having dinner at Tony Romas. I was so hungry I didn't take a picture.

Pay it forward

My friend Jo Dee had this great idea. Since I have blog posts backed up the wazoo, I thought this would be an easy way to get going again. So, here is the deal.

The Rules:*Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me - something crafty or yummy, who knows?!*

Winners must post this challenge on their blog, meaning that they will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on their post about this giveaway!*
The gift that you send to your friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Counts!*
When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate pictures and comments! If you are not one of the Top Three Commenter's on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same!!

I have started adding new posts, so please scroll down and click on older posts also because they go back to February 14.