Happy Birthday Adam!

Through the air and ethernet, and from our hearts, we send out a big:

Happy Birthday Adam!!!

It's times like these that it's hard not living by all the family.

Adam, we all wish you the very best on you birthday and hope you know how much we love you. Hope you have a great day,
surrounded by the people who love you ,
minus us :(
We look forward to hearing all about
your speical day.
OXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Pitter Pat Goes My Heart

There he was. This handsome man, just standing there. I just couldn't help myself. Swallowing down my timidity, I walked up to him and said, "hey you handsome thing you, how would you like to go to dinner with me". He looked at me for a long moment, his beautiful baby blue eyes looking deep into my soul. Then he answered...., "sure". It was at that moment I realized I had hardly been breathing as I had awaited his answer. A a mixture of excitement and relief washed over me. Emboldened by his response, I brazenly stepped forward, put my arms around his neck and gave his a big slickery kiss.
Awe, such romance for an old married couple of 26 years. :)
Well we did go on a date and it was really fun. We were going to go to the movies, but there really wasn't anything playing worth spending the money on and Cubby needed Steve to help her with her math homework, so it wasn't a late evening, which truth be told, is the way Steve likes it.
We went to Red Lobster. Steak and Shrimp! Doesn't get much better than that!!!!!!!
I also dragged Steve through a craft store while I checked out yarn. He may not have been thrilled, but he was patient and kind about it.
So there you have it. A handsome date, good food and a craft store. Does it for me!!!!!!

I'm still sick

Yo what up my homeys? It's me Tori, your favorite person. I'm taking this opportunity to say that I think whoever invented getting sick was either a genius or very disturbed...that is to say I'm tired of being sick...it's outlived it's usefulness (and you ALL know what I mean.) Now it's just a nuisance....so what do you guys want to be for Halloween? I'm going to be....a spy. That way I can dress however I want and just say I'm in disguise. It's brilliant. I think Ty should be Indiana Jones. Or Chuck Norris.

Tag, I'm it

I have been tagged by Cami, so here are the answers to the questions:

8 favorite tv shows:
Well, the closest I ever get to watching a regular TV show is Heroes. I watch it the next day online. That may change though as I have been very disappointed in this season. I do watch TV series that we have bought on DVD, so here goes:

1. Stargate – Thanks to Cami, we were introduced to this. Love it? Indeed!!
2. Any Star Trek (except maybe Deep Space 9)– To infinity and beyond! Oops, wrong show. I’ve been a Trekie since before all ya’ll have been alive. Live long and prosper!
3. Alias – Kind of creepy sometimes, but it sucked me in.4. Monk – Makes me laugh, and feel like I’m not as crazy as I could be. Keep the rebuttals nice please. Hee Hee
5. The Dick Van Dyke Show – Hilarious! Good old fashioned fun
6. Colombo – I can watch these over and over.
7. Heroes – Getting frustrating. They can’t let the good guys just be good guys. Ugh!
8. The Muppet Show- Wow, such talent.

8 Favorite Restaurants - These are(No)t in order of preference (my mind doesn’t work that way).This one is harder. I have favorites from UT, but haven’t been here long enough to find new ones.
1. Mc Donald’s – I didn’t used to think this, but I love the Southwest Salad.
2. The Las Hermanos in Lindon. Love the Chimi’s
3. Mc Graff’s in South Orem. I LOVE seafood.
4. Porter’s Place in Lehi – It’s a fun dive with great food.
5. Sizzler – Look out salad bar, here I come!
6. Iceberg- Great shakes, and the best fries and onion rings ever. Wish I could still eat them.
7. Applebee’s – Though usually more crowed than I would like, the food is good.
8. Still looking

8 Things that happened yesterday:

1. Made Steve and Cubby’s lunches.
2. Dropped Cubby off at school, dropped Steve off at work.
3. Took the dogs for a walk.
4. Made my drink of milk, cocoa powder, cinnamon, Stevia, fresh ground flax seed, scoop of fiber, and chugged it down with my handful of pills for the day.
5. Laid back down to warm up and ended up sleeping until nearly noon. Ugh
6. Picked Cubby up from school.
7. Made Lemon Bars for Relief Society Enrichment Meeting
8. Picked Steve up from work and made dinner.
(and of course, crocheted in between it all.)

8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. Ty and Cami, and JennAdam coming for Thanksgiving.
Actually, I think that covers at least 4 of my 8 things I’m looking forward to.
5. Seeing Ken again at the end of his mission. Hopefully going there and picking him up.
6. Getting a better, more reliable vehicle. I don’t mind playing taxi all day, but it would be nice if everything worked and I didn’t have to worry so much about it breaking down.
7. Moving to a bit nicer neighborhood, in a place with a fenced yard for the dogs.
8. Tori’s play, because Mom Kenworthy might be coming out to see it and I know it’s going to be awesome!

Things on My Wish List:
1. A time when I wont even crave the things I can’t have anymore.
2. A small, hand held carpet cleaner for the small jobs.
3. One couch to be cleaned and the other to be reupholstered.
4. A self cleaning kitchen!
5. A king sized duck down comforter with a removable cover.
6. A small green house so I can grow my own veggies all year round.
7. To sell my crochet creations at a craft fair or something so I can, at the very least, make my hobby pay for it’s self.(& some extra for Christmas would be nice)
8. To have the money to go and pick Ken up from his mission in August 2009

Hummm, I think my wish list could go on and on. I need to remember “it’s not having what you want, but wanting what you’ve got”.
Now you all know me a bit better. Sorry!

Tori 2

Here is a peek into Tori's life these days.

Well, we can see that she is on the phone. Hummm, perhaps a lot. Talking with.....a young man (and you know who you are)

























Then she gets dressed up and goes to the Homecoming dance with a nice young man from our ward.
























Then, besides rehearsals for "Joseph", she has been practicing and working on try-outs for All-State Choir. We took her yesterday to Loveland for her try-out. She was a mass of nerves and performance anxiety, but she went in and gave it her best shot. We should hear next week sometime about the results. No one was allowed to go in the room except her accompanist, so I can just tell you that what I have heard of her song, she was terrific!
So, more on that and the other exciting adventures of Tori coming soon! :)

Still Alive and Kicking

I have changed my profile picture. For now, I will use this one.
Here I am, walking Zuzu in the park behind our townhouse. The reason I'm using this picture is because it was so funny to see Cubby's reaction to me wearing jeans. I had fished them out of a box of clothes I haven't worn in a while. It's been at least 6 years since I have worn jeans, and Cubby can't remember. Kind of funny. It seemed to up my "coolness" ranking. Stuff like that always makes me laugh.
The weather has been very nice. Just enough over cast to make it cooler and nice for walking in the park.


Thank you all for the wonderful calls on my birthday. That made my day special like only talking to my favorite people can make it.





Yesterday (Sunday Oct. 12th) I taught the Relief Society lesson. I had very little time, but I was grateful for the Holy Ghost that helped make the time I had very powerful. It was exciting to be a partner in teaching. There really isn't much more exciting than having the Holy Ghost teach through you. It doesn't happen every time. I hope I can be prepared/worthy to have that happen more often.

In this picture, I'm wearing the pretty glass necklace piece my dad gave me. I found a nice gold chain that it looks good on.

Saturday evening, Noah, Steve and I went to the Denver train station to pick up Tori. She has been in Utah for just over a week.
She had a great time seeing family and friends and also had a fun trip home on the train.
A fun new adventure that some of us wish we could do to.
Because the train was so neat, Ty and Cami are now looking forward to coming for Thanksgiving by train even more than before.
We are happy to have Tori back. It was a bit too quiet around here. I can't even begin to express my gratitude to JennAdam, Ty and Cami and Grandma Kenworthy and all others who made Tori's trip a good one and for taxiing her around and keeping her safe.
I hear from my dad that he and Lorene had made it to Mesa and are getting settled in. They had a good time in New Mexico at the Balloon Fest. It was too pricey to go up in one, but they had fun seeing all the cleaver and colorful balloons.
We're all doing pretty good around and hope you all are too.

Is 47 the Magic Number?

Yesterday I turned 47. If you are an “Alias” fan, then you know that the number 47 can be significant.
I am hopeful that this year will be even better than last year. Even though Steve was out of work, last year wasn’t all that bad. We had a lot of neat things happen, which made the frustrating things not so hard to deal with. Counting your many blessings goes a long way in helping you keep perspective. I haven’t always been perfect at it. Sometimes I really loose my perspective and that can be destructive to me and others around me, but things are going good and I’m hopeful for a good year.
This last week, I was happy to see my dad. Though I didn’t see Lorene, my dad and I had a nice visit. The girls only got to see him for a minute, but hopefully we will have more time next visit. He was so sweet and got lunch for Steve, Noah and I and we met Steve at the library to eat. We had a nice visit, then Steve needed to get back to work.
Dad gave me a beautiful pendant. It’s made of layers of glass, melted together in a kiln. His friend, who has taught him a lot about stained glass, (and any of you who don’t know this, my dad has made a lot of amazing projects. I’m lucky to have a few of them) made it and dad says he’s going to learn how to do it too. This picture doesn’t do it justice at all. It’s so shiny that it’s hard to get a good picture of, but it’s really pretty and I have a red shirt and skirt outfit it’s going to look great with.
Dad and Lorene headed off to New Mexico for the yearly Balloon Festival. I’m looking forward to some great pictures.
Noah stayed and helped Steve at work that day. He impressed the people he worked with at the library and now he does volunteer work there. Shelving, making master copies of CDs and DVDs etc. Now, when he doesn’t go, they ask about him. Noah is such a wonderful helper
Wednesday, I helped Tori go off to her adventure in Utah. Those of us left behind are perhaps more than a little jealous, but we are also happy for her to go and see family and friends. So far the reports are that she is having an amazing time. Getting her home maybe harder than finding her a ride. I’m pretty sure that if she wasn’t in the play at the school here, she would just ask me to ship her things to UT.
Jenn and Adam were so sweet to go and get her. They had to meet her ride in Layton and it was really late at night. Then they had her over night and got her off to Liahona the next day. Pretty awesome!
I miss JennAdam and Ty and Cami something terrible and now I have to wait until Thanksgiving to soak up as much as I can until the next time.

I went to parent/teacher conferences yesterday at Cubby’s school. Two of the teachers are thinking that she should be in an honors program. They see a lot of talent in that little package we call Cubby. The one C she had has already been brought up to a B and all of the teachers say that she is getting in the groove of this new school and the new system. She has worked hard to catch up on her math and works hard to make sure her homework is done.
I think she’s pretty amazing and it’s nice to see that her teachers are seeing that too! Go Cub!!!!!
(Here is a picture I took of Cubby at the parent/teacher conference. Her hair is sure getting long again)
Throughout my life, I have been so blessed to be around some of the choicest people on the planet. We had to leave behind a wonderful and loving ward family and family family. Then, once again, we are blessed to be in a new incredible ward family here. They have been wonderful to us. Yet even with all of that, and I mean no offence to ANY of the afore mentioned people, my children are my favorite people in the whole world. They are so amazing and talented and loving. Adam and Cami, that means you too. No matter how weird, eccentric , in bad health, cranky or whatever I am, they show me an abundance of love that never ceases to amaze me. That goes for Steve too. Sometimes I’m laid up for days and he is understanding and caring. He does the little things that remind me all the time that he loves me. Pretty awesome if you ask me.
Well, to all of you out there in blog land, I’m looking forward to this year of being 47. It just might be the greatest adventure so far, and I’ve had some great ones already! Love to all!!!!!!!!