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Magical Mousetery Tour | March 2016

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MAGICAL MOUSETERY TOUR

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A MAGICAL JOURNEY

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Welcome aboard the March 2016 Magical Mousetery Tour. If you’re following the Tour route from start to finish, you should have arrived here from FranB Designs and your next stop will be Designs by Romajo. If you get lost along the way, head on back to the main Magical Mousetery Tour post to view the master list and get back on track.

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Family History TuesdayZ | Car in High School

Journal prompt: Did you have a car in high school? If so, what kind? What color?Journal prompt: Did you have a car in high school? If so, what kind? What color?

My Journaling:
My brother-in-law had an old white Subaru car that he used for awhile to go to work in. He sold it to my dad the summer before my senior year. My dad – the mechanic that he is – fixed it all up and then together we re-upholstered it. I LOVED that car. I used it until I was married and have so many memories with it. Lots of those memories – involve it breaking down, but somehow it still has a very fond place in my heart.

Like the night of my graduation, my friend and I were driving to Duck Creek to our graduation party and the car completely quit on us – turns out that the oil plug had somehow dropped out and I completely burned all the oil up. I remember having to call my dad on the cell phone that he made me take (back then it was a big phone in a 8×11 case and he had to come and tow the car away. We hitched a ride with some of our other classmates, so we were still able to go to the party.

Another big memory is when I was dating Joey. He was driving the car and we were taking him to work (he worked a nightshift at a Chevron). When we were almost to the station – a car in front of us made a complete sudden stop in the middle of the road and we completely rear-ended it. Joey felt so bad about being the one driving the car and I think he was embarrassed about it for years when he would talk to my dad. The lady that we rear-ended tried to sue us YEARS later for that accident. Crazy thing.

I have lots of other fun memories of driving the car around at college with my roommates. I just loved my little car!

 

Family History TuesdayZEach Tuesday, I am going to be offering prompts or ideas. If you don’t write in your journal regularly – I am going to encourage you to write just ONCE A WEEK and answer the question/idea that I give on Tuesdays. These ideas hopefully will spark a memory and you will be able to capture that in what you write/record so that it can be left for your children/grandchildren/family/friends. Give as much detail as you can when answering.

Will you do this for me? Will you do this for your families? You can write it down in a journal, you can type it up on a computer or journaling software, you can take a recorder and talk, you can videotape your answers, you can even scrap a page with the journaling. It doesn’t matter how you do this – it’s just important that you do it. The memories, the dates, the information is the only real thing we can leave to our families when we are gone.

Life 365 | Week 13

Monday, March 22, 2010
mar22Could it possibly be Spring? I think its getting there. It was warm enough today for Beth to have her lunch outside – picnic style! She loved it! She played with her dolls and just had a nice afternoon. JJ joined her outside when he got home from school and they just loved not being cooped up in the house.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
mar23A busy day. Beth and I went shopping and we stocked up on all of our groceries and things we needed. Then we came home, put most of it away, and we were off to JJ’s first pinewood derby! JJ was so excited! Every scout’s car got to race 6 times – once on each of the tracks and then they totaled the times within each den’s. We were so excited to find out that JJ’s car won the wolf den! He is so proud of his trophy! The most wonderful thing about it is that I know that JJ was so happy to just be able to race his car – winning was secondary to just having fun.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
mar24Having an old vehicle can be the pits sometimes. My dad has put a lot of hours into fixing it for us and when I went to get it licensed, I found out it didn’t pass Safety Inspection because I needed a side marker lense. After some research – I found out that certain part was discontinued – so I was calling Junk Yards and stuff with no luck. I finally found the part online – ordered it – and Lewis Cox put it on for me today. So I finally went back to Jiffy Lube and got my sticker for another year. Yay!

Thursday, March 25, 2010
mar25We spent a lot of time this week on the road doing shopping and errands. I’ve never been more grateful to be a 2-vehicle family again. My van might be very old and everything – but I’m so grateful to have it. It’s nice to just be able to go out and do what I need to do without having to schedule time to take Joey to work and get the car. Beth was my little helper all week, taking care of the things that I have been putting off!

Friday, March 26, 2010
mar26You know its Spring when you get to have Fruit Salad for lunch. Beth and I loved it!

Saturday, March 27, 2010
mar27JJ had a coupon to Trafalga Family Fun Center as part of his prize for Student of the Week – months ago. It was expiring and so we finally took our family there. Its right across the street from our trailer park and we still have never gone there until today. Anyways, so the kids got to play arcade games, we went miniature golfing, and we got to have pizza, drinks, and dippin’ dots. The kids loved it.

Sunday, March 28, 2010
mar28Beth had a rough night. I guess it was a little too chilly yesterday and I shouldn’t have let the kids be outside for so long. She coughed all night and she’s losing her voice and just having a hard time breathing. So we spent the day in front of this handy little vaporizer! JJ’s a bit stuffy as well, but Beth got the worst of it this time. Ugh, I want the sickness to all go away!

And here is my weekly layout:
week13I used my Practically Perfect & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Life 365 | Week 4

Monday, January 18, 2010
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Grandpa and Grandma left today and the kids were very sad to see them leave. We’ll have to plan a trip to go down to see them soon. Since today was a holiday, Joey didn’t have to go to work. So we just hung out at home the rest of the day. For Family Home Evening, we got out the Disney Scene-It Game that Lane gave us and we had a blast playing it.

 

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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It’s been snowing for the last couple of days and so it’s really been nice to just hang out at home. But this is what our driveway looks like now – Grandpa finally got our van fixed and they brought it back to us when they were here this last weekend! It is so AWESOME to have both vehicles now. I don’t have to get up early and get Joey to work when I need the car. Love it! Thanks Grandpa for all your work!

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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We got out the play dough and cookie cutters after school today and the kids had a blast! It kept them occupied for a couple of hours!

 

Thursday, January 21, 2010
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We got to babysit Mallory again today. She is just adorable and I’m so glad for the opportunity to get to be with her and to help out Cody and Becki. Beth loves to just hold her!

 

Friday, January 22, 2010
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I finally broke down and got us a waffle maker. Joey and I are more pancake eaters, so I just never thought about getting a waffle maker, but Beth loves waffles. So I finally got one and we had waffles tonight. Beth was so delighted!

 

Saturday, January 23, 2010
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We went to Salt Lake City today and spent time with Brandon and Sabrina. It was Brandon’s 30th birthday and so we played some Wii, ate pizza, and visited before they headed off to a hockey game. They sent us home with lots of this yummy cake from Costco! So good!

 

Sunday, January 24, 2010
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Today was a really great day! The Colts won the AFC Championship and it was a great game! Joey and I totally watch football differently- I am pretty vocal – Joey is very quiet. But this small smile of Joeys at the end of the game said it all! We are going to the Super Bowl! Go Colts!

 

And here is my weekly layout:
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I used my HelmetZ & Digital 365 Kits to create this layout.

Project 365 | Week 40

Monday, September 29, 2009
sep28Beth was such a good girl today. She was my little helper and since I couldn’t carry things since I had to use crutches, she helped me do laundry and dishes. I am so grateful that my kids are old enough to be independent and able to help me as I just feel so helpless right now. I’m also so grateful to Cody for his help picking Beth up from school! I couldn’t do this without the help I’m getting from my family!

Tuesday, September 30, 2009
sep30Joey’s parents came up today and took our car to get it fixed. We haven’t been able to use the car for over a year and it isn’t even licensed, so we are so grateful that they were able to come up and get it. Our parking space looks so bare now since Joey’s car is gone and we moved the van over to the guest parking until we can get it to my Dad to fix it. I’m so grateful to Pete for letting us use his car for awhile and for all the help our parents are giving us. I think this trial is definitely teaching me patience and to be humble.

Wednesday, September 31, 2009
sep29Quite the storm we had last night – lots of wind! And we had another huge branch of the tree fall on our trailer. It even woke the kids up.

Thursday, October 1, 2009
oct1JJ was so excited to finally get to wear his Spiderman shirt to school. The weather has turned cooler this week so we are pulling out some of the long-sleeve shirts and this is JJ’s new favorite shirt. Thursdays are always fun days as it is PIZZA DAY at JJ’s school and that is his favorite food – you can even see some of the sauce still on his face!

Friday, October 2, 2009
oct2Beth loves to stack up her toys when she is playing. I loved her little circle of Disney Princesses and My Little Ponies. I was playing with her the best I could – since I couldn’t get down on the floor with her with my hurt foot. Joey’s dad got our car fixed, so Joey hitched a ride to St. George with Clark and brought the car back up today. He got back way early in the morning but its good to have our car back.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

We listed to General Conference today and we also returned Pete’s car. We just hung out together as a family and when Joey saw that CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS was playing we decided to head to the movie very last minute. It was a fun way to spend an evening and a cute movie!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

It was nice to just stay in our pajamas today and watch General Conference. It is so nice to be spiritually uplifted by hearing from the prophet and the apostles. In between sessions we whipped up a batch of Ghost Pancakes! The kids thought it was so much fun!