I can retire!

Yesterday I paid Shea, Kelsi and Kaitlyn to wash our car... so they decided to start a car-washing business.  Of course.  

I've been waiting for one of my kids to start supporting us.  Our neighbor ordered the deluxe package and even tipped the girls.  Only 5,342,087 more cars to go and I can retire.

Beautiful 78 degrees today!!

Jack is loved

80's day at Shea's school

Makes me feel old when the junior high has a whole day dedicated to the 80's.

wait... I am old!

I wasn't very good at getting her hair ratted and tall....
I guess I've lot my touch over the past 30 years!

we added a few things after this...
so cute!

layer it up....
thank goodness we don't dress like this every day!

Leg warmers made from socks.
gotta improvise sometimes!

My favorite state...

Alaska, of course!!!!!  I feel so blessed to do what I do for a living!  I was hired by Alaska USA Mortgage to come up to Anchorage and do some training with their top producers.  I headed up Monday night (got in at 2 am) and spent Tuesday sightseeing and spending time with my mom's cousin Susan.  It was so.  much.  fun.  I worked all day Wednesday and then had a FABULOUS dinner at the top of the Captain Cook hotel and then flew out at 1 a.m.  

Home sweet home at 2 p.m. Thursday.   I really wish my family had been able to come with me.  And that it was summer.  And that I had more than one day.  Maybe next time!

Can't remember the name of this park, but people were x-country skiing and it was beautiful!!!!!!

I could live here.

Anchorage in the background.
The mountains showed up a few times through the clouds.

Star the Reindeer.
She's on facebook.
just thought you might like to friend her.

Susan Weston - we had a wonderful dinner together.

How soon can I go back?

future mother-in-law!

I was able to fly out a day early on my way to Alaska for work and spent Monday in Utah... Tammy and I went house hunting and then met up with Becky Cook, Kayla's future MIL.  We had a blast having dinner and planning things for the wedding.    

I think I'm going to like sharing grandkids with her.  And Tammy.

The ribbons are Kayla's colors.  Lime green, turquoise, bright pink and brown.  Very pretty together!

My creative girl

Shea never ceases to amaze me... here are a few of her recent creations...

I taught Shea how to make yo-yo's
so she decided to spruce up one of her shirts

This is a quilt I made for a friend that loves flip-flops....
so Shea decided to make herself some flip flops

This is a new style of bow she found on a blog
she then glued it to a clip and put it on her hat

This one was Shea's idea
she took large ric rac, glued it to
a head band and then added buttons.

Kayla is engaged!!!!!

The proposal....

Tyson had "Kayla Cook" engraved into a new set of scriptures for Kayla.  Her old scriptures were falling apart so this was a wonderful gift that I know meant a great deal to Kayla.  The picture is of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple where they will be married.  He set all this up in a room on campus and took her there Wednesday evening.   How romantic!  

Kayla had no idea that Tyson had the ring yet... She thought he was getting it this weekend.  Becky, Tyson's mom. drove from SLC to Pocatello, ID to meet up with Tyson so he could surprise her.  And was she surprised!!  Then he did the "kneely thing" as Shea calls it.   Looks like the answer was YES!

One of life's curve balls....

When we moved to Oklahoma last August (exactly 5 1/2 months ago) I said I planned on being here until Shea graduated high school.  Seven years.  Enough time to pay off our house, save for my little farm and then move somewhere with mountains and live happily ever after.

Through a series of itty-bitty miracles that has been moved up six years.  Well, maybe not the farm part.. we'll have to see if that works out.

Robert was offered a job last week at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT and he accepted on Friday.
We will be moving in July.  
Stressful?  YES!
Wonderful?  YES!

I guess those two things will just have to work together.

Now this is a real snow day!!

When it snows in Oklahoma, everything stops!  They don't clear the roads and everyone hunkers down.  The grocery store was absolutely crazy last night, and hopefully I NEVER feel compelled to go to the store the night before a blizzard again!

High temp today and tomorrow:  11 degrees.

Inside the Sawyer house:  Cozy and warm!!

Kayla and Tyson

Kayla & Tyson with his Grandma