Smoke Damage

AAAAAaaaarrrrrrggg! Microwave burnty....smoke in house. YIKES! Trying every google site on smoke damage. My house smells like an ashtray. I am finding it hard to sleep the last two nights.
Best advice on internet.....GET A NEW ONE BA HA HA HA HA!
Pulled an ATV out of a crash site up near Four Peaks last Friday nite. Thank goodness for four-wheel drive and a rope. The kid was lucky he didn't get hurt really bad hitting that huge boulder.
Happy New Year people.

Explanation of Wunderland

My brother just emailed me these photos of the minaiture train set in Hamburg, Germany. I LOVE all things miniature. You can see it online if you go to www.miniatur-wunderland.com or also on facebook at MiniaturWunderlandHamburg.

It is so amazing that people would spend 500,000 hours and 8 million Euro to build it. We want to jump a plane and go see it!!! It won't be finished until 2012 and has been under construction for several years. You have the watch the five-minute video if you haven't already seen it!

I have trouble with my computer off and on or should I say....it has trouble with ME! Couldn't get it to let me describe each picture on that last post.

HAVE A WUNDERFUL DAY everyone! Sprechen sie Deutsch?

Miniatur Wunderland in Germany

Bunko

Spent last Thursday helping Sonia prepare for her yearly hosting of her Bunko group. That's my old Christmas tablecloth (25 + years old.) My crystal castle beverage server is always a hit. I picked up the red and green bread bowls at the bakery and took the kids for five hours until Sherman got out of school. We found the most darling Snowman cookie jar at the Gingerbread house in Pinetop. Sonia loved it so much that she got one for a Bunko prize and I bought her one for her birthday. LOVE those pre-Christmas sales! Too bad the sleigh is blocking the view of the cookie jar on the counter top behind it.

Presley Ruth Poulsen

Here she IS!!! The long-awaited little girl. The three boys are elated! Here is Kale on Sunday Dec. 2nd.
Grandma Gigi gets a few minutes in before the boys take over. They LOVE their baby sister. Presley was a whopping 8 lbs. She beat out her brothers' birth weight. We attended Kale's Christmas concert tonight at his school. Just got my hair cut and my hair is now a darker blond. Presley reminds me of little Eli. This picture just doesn't do her justice. She is a beautiful little girl. Looking forward to taking her on our family trip to Florida before we leave on another mission. Harry Potter....here we come!

Half Marathon

We headed out to Hohokam Park for the start of the 13 mile run at 7am. The kids were cranky so we took them to breakfast while their mommy ran the half marathon called Shun the Sun.
Here is Larkie having entered the stadium and approaching the finish line.....GO LARA!
Yup! That's our Strawberry Blonde with a very beet red face. PROUD OF YOU, Larkie! Her first marathon run. The other runs that day were for 3 and 7 miles. I was amazed that she chose the hardest one for her first time. Ryder loved playing on all the free jumpy castles they had around the field. Kendra just wanted her nap. We followed her when we could in the car. It was pretty exciting to watch her pass the check points.

Shower and Reception

We had another backyard wedding and reception. This time our friends used our yard and had to do all the work. Well.....we did a lot of flower-planting and yard work to get ready. I obviously don't have my new camera figured out yet. Still thinking I can just pick it up and shoot...like the old camera.....WRONG!
Still setting up the food and guests are arriving.
Can you see my chocolate babies on top of the cupcakes? Joyce made chicken salad sandwiches. I made cookies and tarts and cupcakes. Larkie decorated the cupcakes and they looked just like Anne Geddes babies all naked and decked out with flowers in their hair....SO CUTE!
Joyce and Sonia still working on their strategy in the kitchen. I learned how to "flood" a cookie this week....I made baby "onesies." LOOK OUT CHRISTMAS cookies....here I come!