A Little "Funny"

Olivia is our boot lover, she outgrew her first pair of boots awhile back. She hasn't stopped asking for a new pair of boots since. We finally found her some new boots, the day we bought them she put them right on and kept them on all day. When Eric came home from work she ran up to him and said, "Daddy, daddy I have boots now so I can go to work with you everyday"!

Time Out

Every once in awhile it's important for a Mom to take a time out. This past weekend I was able to do just that. Accompanied by my sister, cousins, and aunt we visited Las Vegas home of "Time Out For Women". We had a great time being silly, eating, and being uplifted through song and word. Did I mention eating??? Thank goodness we did a TON of walking or I would have gained a few extra rolls around the middle.
Since we had no time for a show we thought we'd "drum" it up with the Blue Man Group.
This is my Sister and I, isn't she CUTE?!?The darn machine stole all my money! All in all it was an awesome trip, I came home refreshed and renewed. If you've never attended a "Time Out For Women" before I challenge you to do it! They are offered all over the United States.

Studies?

Would you be interested in making $150.00 in 1 hour? How about your kiddo making $120.00 in 1 hour and 15 min.? If you answered yes you need to go to www.fieldwork.com Click on "Join our database" and sign up. My family has been doing studies since Kim was a baby. They have studies for a variety of things from diaper studies to studies on auto insurance. My kiddos have done patch studies, medicine taste test studies, shot studies, and gaming studies. The company has to insure that the client has the designated amount of attendees so they always overbook to insure they have a complete group. If you are lucky enough to be dismissed after driving there, you gate paid the full amount anyway. Yesterday this happened to me. Yeah for getting paid just to drive to Scottsdale!

Primary Teachers

Zachary has been blessed to have the best primary teachers ever! Zach came to me 2 weeks ago and told me that his teachers were moving. He was so sad, and kept inquiring about why they would consider such a thing. Little does his little mind realize that they had to move to get out of some scary apartments. Anyway I asked him if he wanted to do something special to show them how much he loved them. He said yes of course. We decided on a little memory book that his teachers could keep forever. We would include all 8 children in the book. Zach came home from school last week while I was working on the book. He asked why I hadn't done his page yet? I said I was doing it in alphabetical order by first name. He was so disappointed and said, "No, that means I'm last! I'm always last. He went on to explain all the things he is last at which were many. Poor kid, if I had only known a few days sooner. I just told him I saved the BEST for last! I don't know how my mind can think projects so simple and then to actually do them, is HUGELY INTENSE. That is always the case with me. Anyway it turned out great and his teachers loved it. So farewell to Brother & Sister Elledge. Zach came home from school today and said, "Mom who are my new teachers going to be?" He's already wondering??????

Finally!

I didn't think this day would ever come this year. It has though, the temperatures are no longer in the triple digits. Living in good ol AZ you never really know when it's fall, because the leaves don't change color. But we figure it must be fall when it starts cooling off at night. Yeah for fall!

If we had another Babe:

This is what she would look like:



This is what he would look like:


What do you think about my little new babies, Baby Girl & Boy Lowe?
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Blackbeard: A Spectacular Musical!

Eric and I have had the privilege of attending many of Rob Gardner's performances. He is a music director and he has written this new musical, Blackbeard.Many local talents are starring in the play. Some you may have heard of are Tyler Maxson as Blackbeard himself.Linsey Maxson, Tyler's beautiful and talented wife, starred as Mary. Jordan Bluth, Jere Van Patten, and Royal Baysinger are more of my favorite local actors. These actors and actress are phenominal, their voices are AMAZING! We have seen them perform at many of the Hale Center Theater performances. Their voices are breath taking. If you have the chance to see it you will be in for a treat. It is showing at the Herberger Theater in Phoenix from now until September 27th. After the play the cast changes their costumes and comes out to greet all the fans! I think I was Lynsey & Tyler's #1 fan! Lucky me to get a quick picture.

We saw this play last year at the MCC Theater Outback. It was the first showing of Rob's new play. Eric and I both loved it so much but seeing it at the Herberger Theater was doubly awesome, the costumes, the sound, everything really was so much better.
I had a cool experience relating to one of these actresses I want to share. I needed some time out with girlfriends. I had called a few friends and none of them could go out. My plan was to get pedicures and go out to eat. I couldn't find anyone free and I really needed a pedi so I braved it and hit the salon "solo". When I got there I chose my color and sat in a chair right next to a young pregnant woman. She was so friendly and we hit it off right away. We talked about so many things it was crazy how much we were able to talk about in that 1 hour. I believe that I was meant to meet her and that is why I had the courage to actually go get a pedicure all by myself. We introduced ourselves by our first names only at first, her name was Linsey. She told me all about a horrible accident that took the life of her father a few years back. She told me he died doing what he loved which was motorcycling. I asked what his name was and she told me Troy Brinkerhoff. I said no way, Troy Brinkerhoff was the Dr. that performed my first surgery. He took my appendix out back in 1992. She said yes that was my Dad. What a small world it is. Then we started talking about life in general and what we like to do. She asked about my kiddos and I shared about Kimberlee and what she enjoys doing. I told her that we were really trying to find a "wholesome" place to enroll Kim in for theater and music lessons. She said I do that, and I was shocked. I said you act? She said yes, I just finished the Scarlett Pimpernell at Hale. I went to that play so I asked which character she was Margarette St. Just. She and her husband Tyler were lead roles in that play. I told her I loved that play so much I saw it twice and that I thought she was amazing. She said I'm going to be in another one soon and that I should see it. So Eric and I went to that play, which was none other than "Blackbeard" at the MCC Outback. Now because of one hour I have an amazing new friend and an in to enroll Kimberlee in her theater group. It starts in October and I feel confident that she will be taught wholesome theater. We are all so excited for Kimberlee to be trained by one of the best. Isn't life just grand? I think it is pretty grand.