Green Anyone!

St. Patricks Day.......I've always loved it! Part of the draw has to go to my Mothers Parents - Earl Peay and Myrl Wilson Peay. Will is named after these two wonderful people. Will for Wilson and Peayton for Peay. They served a mission in Ireland - My Grandfather built the first LDS church in Ireland.

Green is my favorite color - I love it! It is the color of life. I love light green - dark green - even lime green!

Ali our second grader had her country report due today. March 17th - St. Patrick's day, perfect don't you think. I loved going to her class to help her. All the kids looked like a sea of green. I saw green socks, pants, shirts, jackets, and hair bows. Ali did a wonderful job on her report - she even showed the kids a dvd of Irish dancing - and then had the kids try it. The kids found the Leprechaun and got a treat out of the pot of gold. Way to go Ali.

Later that day we had our green meal. To make the meal even better - Grandma Stubbs came. We had an Irish stew, a soda bread, green grapes, lime drink, green tossed salad, honeydew melon, and we topped it off with lime sherbet. I hope that we don't end up peeing green! Fun day for everyone. At BYU preschool Will felt it necessary to show his green Incredible Hulk undies....... can the day get better than that.

SNOW Fun!

What a pretty day! A fine day for Family and Snow. Alan had been promising Brooke as soon as her two week no sports or real active time had passed after having her tonsils out that we would go sledding and sledding we did. Up and down....again and again....even with Alan and I going over the snow bank crashing down close by the river it was still a ton of fun.

Megan Our way cute niece & her horses!

Megan is married to our nephew Kyle Smith. We love Megan (and Kyle too). Megan loves Kyle, but she has another love also - HORSES! We had the fun opportunity of doing a photo gig with Megan and her two horses. I must admit - kids are crazy to photograph, but I will be adding horses to that list. We had a fun time. Brooke was jealous - she loves horses. Last year Brooke asked Santa for a horse - I told her that Santa couldn't bring her a horse with out a big field so this year she asked for a horse AND a big field. We could be in trouble.

We're Going to Disneyland! - Thanks Kosy 106.5

We listen to a radio station on Sundays called Kosy 106.5 - they play nice LDS Sunday music. This particular Sunday they talked about a Disneyland promotion they were having, giving away a trip each week day during the month of January. Alan was gone on a business trip and the kids and I decided that we were going to win this trip.
Alan being a geologist, most of our trips are what the kids call ROCK trips. Some place close with big rocks to look at and we all hike around. We have had fun, but the kids want more. We have said that we can't go to Disneyland until the younest is 4 years old, this has kept us safe because we have always had a little one under 4 until now.

Each day you needed to go to the kosy web site and look for Fisher and Candance by clicking each attraction on the Disneyland & Disneyland California maps, until you find them and see the image on the left. Then you can enter as many times as you wish. Each morning they would announce the winner from the previous days enties. The call could be heard on the radio around 7:10am. The kids and I would listen only to be disapointed, when they would say that they were calling somone from SLC, or American Fork etc.

We really wanted to win - this as Brooke put it would make us go. The package came with gas cards over $200.00 - two nights stay - park hopper tickets for four etc. This day Luke found Fisher & Candance, before going to school, Grant worked on it until he had to take off for school, Brooke did a few until it was her turn for piano, and Ali did a ton while waiting for her turn. I did a bunch while Will was at preschool. A real family effort. Alan got home from the airport around 11:30pm that night. He asked if we had won yest and I told him tomarrow. We woke up around 6:30am and just talked, I thought about turning on the radio a few minuets before 7 but I knew that the anouncment came at 7:10. Seven on the dot, the phone rang. This could be really good or really bad. Alan said hello and they asked if Lori was avalable, he said yes, she is right here. I could not believe it, They said Lori your going to Disneyland, we talked for a time and the call ended. I then realized that they record the call at 7 and play it back at 7:10. This was perfect! We got all the kids up as usual - put them on our bed and waited. Grant had his fingers crossed as we all did. Fisher and Candace said lets call our winner, one ring, two rings, Gant said, Mom our phone is not ringing. Who are we calling? A girl they said, Ali said, Mom you are a girl. A Girl, from Mapleton! Grant yelled we are from Mapleton. Then you could hear someone pick up the phone - the kids faces went sad, its not us, just then you could hear, Alan's voice, then mine. I wish you could have seen the kids jumping on the bed, some staying on others falling off. I must admit - it was one of the funnest times, and the best it yet to come. We take off on our trip the week of spring break - April 14th 2008. This will pay for half of us to go - we are kiddnapping Michelle and making her come and ride all the motion sick rides for us. Go Michelle! Tune in to see the trip results.