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Sunday, April 7, 2013

My Spring Break

So since Sierra was back at school during my Spring Break I had everyday by myself. First day I slept in. After I cleaned the house I wanted to do something CRAFTY!!! So I got out my BEADS and I made a few necklaces. I worked on them a little each day during the break. I made 3 necklaces - 1 blue, 1 green, and 1 purple.
This is the green necklace I worked on.

This was when I was working on the purple necklace. I did the purple and green in 1 day.

This pictures was when I was working on the blue 1, it took a few days. The purple and green necklaces are done and sitting on the right.

This was the FUN part of my break :D

A FUN family visit

Doug's sister Lori and her daughter Brooke spent Brooke's Spring Break visiting us here in Colorado..
They came over and played games. We played Dominoes, then SORRY and Grandma won and then Lori, Doug and I and Grandma and Brooke, played Boggle. Brooke won. It was a FUN evening!

Another SNOW storm

So 1 of the JOYS of living in Colorado is the weather...
This time we got MOST of the snow they promised us...

A busy Spring Break

Since she has a job Fridays from 7-3. She usually doesn't come home until Saturday morning. Also this particular Friday Sierra had a double date with another couple and then she wanted to go with her friends to do a service project and then to the temple to do baptisms and then to a Stake Single Adult Activity. So she texted us Saturday to say she got home late and would meet us at church in the morning.

So long story short, she got into town and decided she needed gas. She stopped to get gas and locked her keys in the car. She had to walk home about a mile and get the spare key and she called to inform us. Doug was about to leave when she texted me that she had got into her car and was on her way. (Adventures)...
A lesson about not getting gas on Sundays??? The spirit knew it was going to happen though. Because I NEVER take my phone to church... as I was leaving I saw my phone sitting there and thought. I should take my phone and thank goodness I did.

Sierra's Spring Break was the 17th - 25th. Unfortunately I had to work but she was so BUSY it worked out for her to do all her errands while I worked and then we would spend the evenings together. That is when she wasn't babysitting but she was blessed with the opportunity a few times during her break. She went and sat in on a few High School classes and spoke to her Earth Science teacher about what a geologist does... she really likes ROCKS.. comes by it naturally I know.. but not just does it interest her she is really good at it and understands it. So she might decide to be a geologist. After a few days of visiting High School she decided you should never go back.... While it was nice to see everyone, she is so through with High School. Her friend, Kim was also home from college and just as busy but they managed to squeeze in a lunch date.

Normally she would stay through the whole weekend but we had been watching the weather and she decided to leave Friday night before the storm came in. So we met Grandma and Grandpa Allred for a lunch and then we drove home and she gathered her stuff and took off for school. We probably should have left a little earlier as she did have to drive part way in the blowing snow but she made it safe!

A NEW Furnace

So I guess with the change in Presidency in November there were some necessary upgrades forced upon home owners. My land lord and father-in-law said we needed a new 80% capacity furnace for our little house before the law changed. So for a few months Doug called around to find the best deal... after discussing it ... a company was selected and a date set. I am thankful to say that I had to work.
So Doug still waiting to hear for the call when he would get a 2nd interview... got to move our pantry out so they could work on the furnace.

So once Doug got everything moved out of the laundry room... he was just starting the next phase of his project... when he got a call from 1 of the 10000 of places he had submitted an application and they were in need of a Journeyman Plumber asap. So he went and talked to the guy and was told he had 2 days to prove himself. He proved himself the first day and the next day asked him to bring his hire paperwork in. He started work officially March 11th 2013 YEAH!!!
Our old furnace