Dale's 60th Birthday!

My father-in-law had his 60th birthday today. I collected well wishes and thoughts from friends and family and made a little chipboard album for him. He has recently purchased a viper so I made the book in the shape of the viper logo. Here are some pictures.

The cover

Our page

More, the blank pages are for pictures.

The back cover.

Needless to say, he loved it!

A Service Christmas

So, my family decided that we would give as Christmas gifts this year, gifts of service. We started on Monday with my grandparents down in Tucson. We went to visit and asked my aunt, grandma and grandpa what they would like as their service.

My grandma asked my mom to dust her books and bookshelves:

It can be tough work!

She asked Angela and I to dust her china cabinet and all of the items in it.

It was great because she would tell us about each piece as we were cleaning it. Some of it had great history and some of it made us nervous because of the wonderful sentimental value it had.

Angela, mom and I also raked out grandma and grandpa's walkway rocks to smooth them out and sort the rocks that didn't belong there.


Nathaniel gave his gift to my aunt. He cleaned out her engine bay. She was very happy and said that her mechanic would want to hug him.

On Tuesday, Mom and I got our gifts from our family. They came to our classrooms and helped us for a few hours. I am amazed at what 4 people can get done in a classroom in just 2 hours!

On Wednesday, we went over to my in-laws to give Nathaniel his gift. He wanted us to help do yard work for his parents. So we chopped cactus, pruned a tree and hula hoed their yard.

The finished product:

This little guy was wondering what we were doing and a little upset... he didn't want us to ruin his home of fairy duster.

Still to come is my mom and dad's gift of cleaning their front room. Nathaniel is going to bring our carpet cleaner and do their carpets.

The gift for my sister will be mom and I giving her recipes and making some of our favorite dishes with her.


This was all wonderful because we got to spend time together during the holiday season and serve one another. Plus, it didn't cost anything.

GoDaddy Party 2008

Well, GoDaddy wasn't going to let a little economy downturn ruin their fun. They spent over $2 million dollars on their company party. They even flew in the employees from Colorado and Iowa for this one.

Our centerpieces.

It was held at Chase Field (I call it BOB still) and we were all on the field. We got a table and Nathaniel found some of his friends so we had a good group to sit with.

Bob Parsons (GoDaddy's CEO and founder)

never does anything small. Of course he gave away money (with the help of Danika Patrick)

and he had a comedian...

Sinbad... He was hilarious and very quick witted. He kept making comments to the audience and asking the women what the wondered about men so he could straighten us out...

There were 2 bands:

38 Special and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. I had heard some of (ok 1) Joan Jett's songs but not too much from 38 special.

There were also games and RC cars, of course Nathaniel was happy. We ate dinner and had a great time. Nathaniel and his friend Christine:

kept bugging our server for Dr. Pepper all night. She was a good sport and even posed with Iggy at the end of the night.

Then at the end there was a laser show and they let off fireworks inside of Bank One Ballpark.

Never a dull moment with GoDaddy.

'Tis the Season

So as soon as we got back from Thanksgiving with Grandma, I had Nathaniel take me to our storage unit to get our or Christmas decorations! I couldn't wait to get everything up! The thing I was the most excited about was our new nativity that we bought up in Sedona this summer. We had been searching for the longest time for a nativity that suited us. Finally, we found one. I think you can see why...

It is made from a Century Aloe plant and made in the Phillipeans.

Then we also put lights on our house. Just a simple strand around the eaves of our roof. Then we added a strand around our windows. We spiced it up a little with a penguin above our garage...

And a reindeer in our yard (just added today)

Door Decorating at Playa

So our PTSO asked all of us to decorate our doors for Halloween and they would have a contest judged by our principal. My class and the class next to mine decided to do a pumpkin patch theme.

We used the book, "Spookley the Square Pumpkin" as our muse. That is what the scarecrow is reading.

In the story, Spookley, who is square saves other pumpkins because of his shape and so the farmer decides to grow all different kinds of pumpkins, like so...

My class did the clouds and the class next door did the pumpkins. I did the scarecrow.


Believe me, this display is going to stay up well after Halloween! It took a lot of time. We didn't win but here are pictures of other classes that did.

New Toy

Ok, so the sickness is spreading. I have wanted a fun car to drive and I have always loved older mustangs from the 60's. But my husband's sickness is spreading to me and I have fallen in love with the C3 Corvettes (they're the really sexy looking ones from the 70's and early-early 80's). Well, needless to say, the Corvette crazed husband found one for me, (actually he found a lot) but this one was the best price for the great condition it was in.

It also has some pieces on it that give it its own style.

So, we bought it and went to the DMV, MVD, whatever you like to say, and had it registered. I always liked the idea of having historic plates on an old car like that so I asked the gentleman how old the car had to be to get historic plates. He said only 25 years, so we got the copper historic plates!

This one is MINE!

School is in session

Ok, obviously you can tell that school is in session because of my posts, or lack there of. This past weekend, Nathaniel and I took a cruise down Route 191, previously known as Route 666. It is rightfully named, Devil's Highway. It is a blast with curves, twists, and this time... snow!
Check out my little slideshow to the side to see some of the pictures I took on that cruise.

Little Projects of Mine

This past Saturday, I had a church activity where we got to make home projects. I was in charge of the Christmas cards and getting all of those packets together. Luckily, they didn't need much help so I was able to do a few other projects for myself.

This one is a family board. I chose my colors and papers to best fit my house. This is a 2' x 2' board. There will eventually be a family picture in the middle. This project originated from Michelle Devine at Devine Memories. It has made its' way through many church "Super Saturdays" as we like to call them.

This project is made out of a glass block and vinyl. I love the little snowman. Eventually, I will put a string of colored lights inside. I love him!