Busy Bees and my tag!

So, I was "tagged" by Brook and I've finally taken the pictures required to fulfill that "tag" so here they are in order as was shown. The only one I don't have is my dream vacation because I haven't been there yet so I don't have a picture on my computer of where I want to go and I tried to copy and paste one from the internet and I couldn't do it here. So I guess I'll just have to tell you in the appropriate spot instead of a picture. It was a cool picture too... ENJOY!

Our refrigerator ... outside &

Inside!

Our Downstairs toilet.

Our closet!

My Kitchen sink

My favorite Room for obvious reasons!

My Laundry room

Okay... so my dream vacation is to NORWAY and seeing the country and fiords as well at the northern lights in the "Land of the Midnight Sun."

Our Kids "plus" (not the best quality in this format but the best I could do.)

My Favorite Shoes


Self Portrait, with a "little" help

I love to read blogs and that takes much less time than writing them. As you can see, I've jumped on the bandwagon with a new layout...thanks again my lovely daughters.

The past week has been a normal busy week with work at my three jobs...Joyous Occasions, SRSNC receptionist, and Zrii. All have been good experiences and tasks completed as well as can be. Dad has been doing his High counsel stuff and spoke in Bennett Valley ward last week. Great talk on "Follow the Prophet." Dad and I walked for "Yes" on Prop 8 again this morning and the responses of the 16 people out of the 72 townhouses we went to was about even. It gives us a small feeling for what missionaries go through every day and makes us love a appreciate their work just that much more. Go Army of the Lord!!!

Nothing really new to report from Santa Rosa. Just keep on blogging family. We love to read your adventures and see those pictures. Carter is plumping up nicely. I teach Primary again tomorrow and it is our ward's primary program so I get to sit with the kids. That will be fun. I'm looking forward to that. I also have a meeting tomorrow night with the Stake Nativity Committee. I'm a counselor in the presidency and it is that time of year to get it planned and implemented. The Theme this year is "Oh Come Let Us Adore Him". Dad and I (and hopefully the other two Manns in our family in Santa Rosa) will be in the Choir lead by Dan Earl again too. That is one of our favorite things to do every year.

It's a beautiful fall already. Weather really cool in the night and morning but quite warm to hot during the day. Love those fall colors and sunsets.

One Day that seemed like 3!

This past week was pretty normal as weeks go. I worked at the Chiorpractic office and enjoyed it as ususal. We have great patients. We had empty nesters on Monday and Dad and I were incharge of the activity. We had an old fashioned "spelling Bee". It was a hoot... everyone seemed to have a good time.

Then came Saturday...We got up early, 6:30 am, for a Saturday without a wedding, and at 8:30 am met a group of about 12 others from our ward to be trained and receive materials to walk the precincts for YES on Proposition 8. It was a scary but rewarding experience in the long run and only the first time of several that we will be doing this. One man rudely made a comment and slammed the door in our face. Others were adamant about their NO vote but were polite. We did get a few possitive responses and even two that would put a sign on their lawn. So those mixed in with the others gave us the courage to keep going. We were done about 11:30 and went on to the next phase of the day.

We had a meeting for our Zrii business here at the house where I did the presentation for the first time in front of a group. I was nervous but excited too becasue I have such a strong belief in the product and the business. It was a good meeting and Richard said I did a really good job. It's a good thing that I have enthusiasm and belief because that hid my nervousness. I look forward to the next meeting.

The final phase was our best because it was our monthly family dinner in Fairfield. We were all there (at least as many of us that are left in California) and we each packed a picnic supper and met at the Allan Witt park on West Texas in Fairfield. We sat in the sun on a grassy hill by the play equipment and had a great time eating, talking, laughing, and watching the Philpott kids play on the equipment. Then the sun sank into the hills and the wind picked up and we knew we had to leave because it got very cold, very, very fast. To think that it was 100 degrees a week ago is amazing. We had a safe trip home with Chris and Emily and we looked at and talked about the stars cause Chris knows a lot about them now. We couldn't see as much as we would have liked because it was a full moon. They went home and we watched "Juno", the movie and ate popcorn. It was pretty good for the most part but not one we would watch again. On to our monthly Singles activities tonight and then a new week to see what it brings.

Weddings and a little trip!

This past week has been really long, and eventful, and HOT!! I had one wedding on Saturday the 30th of August out at the Jack London Lodge in Glen Ellen. It was the wedding of Steve Hall and his girlfriend of 5 years, April. Steve is one of the sons of Dave and Pat Hall. I did their cake and flowers. The site was familiar from a wedding I did a couple of years ago and the weather was hot but it all turned out well in the end. It was a lovely ceremony and reception. Bishop Jim Beyers did the ceremony.

Sunday I came home following Sacrament meeting, packed my clothes, kissed my husband goodbye, and headed out of town. I drove 6 and a half hours stopping only once for gas in Redding and ended up in Grants Pass Oregon to visit and help my Mom and Dad. The drive was uneventful except for the much appreciated and anticipated phone calls on my bluetooth every two hours from my sweetie, but the scenery was beautiful and the weather was delightful when I got there; cooler than at home. I was surprised. Mom and Dad are doing well. We had a great visit on Sunday and I showed them all our family blogs and signed them up with an account so that they can read all the blogs and make comments, if they want to.

Monday, Labor day, I spent the day training my parents in our new Zrii business adventure. We are partners and I brought a lot of listening and viewing things to share with them. We had a great time learning together. That night a couple in their ward came over to learn about Zrii the product and the business opportunity. They were very impressed with all we shared with them and took home some additional information to look over. The next day as I was leaving for home they came over and purchased a case (4 bottles) of Zrii anxious to feel the difference the beverage can make in their lives. It's done amazing things for my parents. We are all very excited about this product and the business too. We will have a great time working together.

Tuesday we spent the morning going over a few other things and watching a Zrii DVD together. I left Grants Pass around 2:20 PM and was home about 8:30. I made good time. Another easy trip. Here are a few pictures from my trip home. I took 2 of them through the car window while driving...Mount Shasta with a tiny bit of snow. I've never seen her so brown!A rest stop in the Shasta National Forest. Too pretty to resist stopping.
Lake Shasta at a very low level. Water should be where the trees are!

I was called in to work on Thursday morning for about 5 hours because Marie, the other receptionist was ill. I normally don't work Thurs. at all. It threw my flower delivery off by a few hours but it was too hot to do much with them. I just needed to get them in the frig. Friday was 102 in Santa Rosa when I got home I had to decide what I was going to do. I would normally do the flowers but the Oasis would dry out in the heat so I decided to do the cake and put it in the frig. I finished at 1:15 AM and then got up at 5:30 AM to do the flowers. Saturday was another hot day (100) and the wedding was outside again so no air conditioning. Dad and I delivered everything to the Bridal Path by 2:00 PM and prayed for the best. Sunday, when the mom of the bride brought back the stuff from the cake set up and the vases the flowers were in she said that everything held together fine and they all loved the cake and the flowers. I am so grateful for that. Hope you enjoy the pictures.