The day Stuart, well, the pics do the talking...

So this Monday Stuart lost control of his van when the steering went out. He was coming down Pocatello Creek Road and going around a curve, but instead of his van turning, it went straight. The ground along the creek is so soft that the van rolled onto its side into the creek. He was knocked unconcious and when he came to he was under water, almost drowning. He couldn't get out on the passenger's side (which was the side facing the sky) because so much stuff had come forward pinning him in. The window of the driver's side was open but facing the bottom of the creek. So he pounded the door open away from the van ( as you can see from the pics) and shimmied out. Then with face bleeding, no phone, no glasses, soaking wet and only one shoe, he started wandering down the road until someone picked him up and took him to the hospital. He's fine.....very sore, bruised, and tired...but he's recovering quickly. He's very lucky and we have been blessed to have a lot of friends taking care of Anna and looking in on us with concern.

so that was our week....exciting.

Life is good...

I had one of the best weekends I can remember having in a long while. Saturday I was able to spend loads of time with Anna...we went shopping, cleaned the house, played outside, etc. Then on Saturday evening I went out with some old choir friends who were in town....we call it the Diva Reunion. We had dinner at Elmer's and just chatted and caught up on everyone's lives. It was so fun....and good to see that we're all in good places and happy.

Sunday morning Anna and I made rolls for Sunday dinner. She helped knead the bread as you can see from the pics. She had to narrarate as she did it, saying "turn it over and then smoosh..." It was so fun. I'm convinced that the rolls turned out so well because Anna helped. We made a roast dinner for a new friend of Stuart's who's working with him on the carpet cleaning, but also investigating the church. After dinner Anna and I made cookies with my friend's little boy Elliot. They had a blast taking turns putting in the ingredients and turning the mixer on. It was just such a pleasant, if domestic, weekend!

My Pretty Anna

Some recent pics of Anna

Playing Hopskotch...which really consists of running/jumping over the sidewalk drawing whilst saying "hopskotch" over and over.

Grandpa's a Sheepdog

Anna continues to make us laugh with the funny things she says. The other week we went to my sister Alison's house for a barbeque at her new house. They have a new puppy named Gunner who's pedigree is unknown. My dad was commenting that Gunner looked like he had some border collie in him and said, "maybe his Grandpa was a sheepdog." Anna picked up on that immediatly and said, "Grandpa's a sheepdog!" "Grandpa, are you a sheepdog?" Oh, I thought my dad was going to fall out of his chair laughing.

It's no secret that my husband is British and is constantly using British words around the house. Anna of course has picked up on some of them like "boot" instead of trunk and "dummy" for pacifier. Well, apparently she's picked up on another phrase. Tonight she told her dad to "bugger off." We were too surprised to tell her that that was a naughty phrase.

Anna's funny things

So we're sitting in the car the other night ready to go in the house and a big sigh came from the little one in the backseat. I turned around and she looked at me and said, "Mom, I'm tired of my life." I have no idea where she got that from, but it was soooo funny.

And then the other night at the grocery store I dropped some change on accident. I asked Anna to help me pick it up and put it back in my change purse. She helped me pick it up, but she started putting it into her pockets. She said, "You dropped it mom. It's mine now." I think she got it from me saying, "if you don't share, it's mine. Or, if you spill it's mine." The cashier about lost it.