Sam's Ballroom Dance Experience 05-03-08

I signed Sam up for a ballroom dance program that was offered through the city. Actually the lady teaching it called to see if Sam would be interested in taking the class with some boys from the neighborhood. As a mom, I am constantly looking for an activity that my child will enjoy and be successful at. I have tried several for Sam but so far haven't found just the right one. So I figured, sure why not. I think it was a six week class. Sam really enjoyed it the first couple of weeks but after that it was like pulling teeth for him to go to class. He constantly told me what an awful mom I was for making him go and how I didn't ask his permission to sign him up. At the end of the six weeks, the kids perform at the big ballroom dance recital so the kids can see how cool the older kids that do ballroom dance are. Sam is VERY picky about how his clothes fit. So the afternoon of the recital, I am having him get in his costume and he has the biggest meltdown of how his costume fits. His Grandma Roskelley came to the rescue and helped him fix his costume so it fit better. Thank heavens for grandmas! I still wasn't quite sure how he would do at the recital. My mom was up spending a few days with us and so she came and watched him and Bryon's parents also came up to watch him. We are so blessed with supportive families! Sam did awesome! He looked so handsome. He also agreed to do it all again next year.

One Word

My sister-in-law tagged me so here I go.

1. Where is your cell phone?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . microwave
2. Your significant other? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryon
3. Your hair? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Messy (just got up from a nap)
4. Your mother? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classy
5. Your father? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tender-hearted
6. Your favorite thing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My Children (most days)
7. Your dream last night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?
8. Your favorite drink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diet Coke with Fresh Lemon (sorry couldn't do
just one word)
9. Your dream/goal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eternal Life
10. The room you're in? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer
11. Your hobby? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrapbooking
12. Your fear? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Death
13. Where do you want to be in six years? . . . . . Healthier
14. Where were you last night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Party
15. What you're not? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organized
16. Muffins? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zucchini
17. One of your wish list items? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doors
18. Where you grew up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burley
19. The last thing you did? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read
20. What are you wearing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housecoat
21. Your tv? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OFF!
22. Your pets? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dog
23. Your computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP
24. Your life? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blessed
25. Your mood? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Somber
26. Missing someone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grandma P.
27. Your car? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uplander
28. Something your not wearing? . . . . . . . . . Shoes
29. Favorite store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kohls
30. Your summer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busy
31. Like someone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryon (Ssh! Don't tell)
32. Your favorite color? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purple
33. When was the last time you laughed? . . Friday?
34. Last time you cried? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Today
35. Who will resend this? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dunno

So I tag: Holly, Linda, Meichelle, Jaimee, and anyone else who wants to do this. If you do it leave a comment so I can take a look :)

The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics

We have a lady in the ward who has sang this song at two ward activities. I think this song is hilarious. I was so excited to see this posted on a friends blog and couldn't wait to upload it to mine. I hope you find it as funny as I do.

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day for me, runs a whole gamet of emotions.

First, and foremost, I want to wish my Mom a Happy Mother's Day. Mom, I know that I was not the easiest child to raise, and Heaven knows I ruined plenty of Mother's Days for you. I don't think words can ever begin to explain my depth of love and gratitude I have for you. You are truly one of the most classiest women I know. I have learned over the years about the Pehrson trait you have. The Pehrson's are known for being quiet. While you are quiet, I have learned so much from your quiet lessons and gentle strength. I love you so much!

Next, I want to wish my mother-in-law, Dorothy, a Happy Mother's Day. Dorothy raised six wonderful children. I see so much of her in my husband. I thank you so much for all that you taught Bryon through the years. He helps out so much around the house, he is strong in the gospel and is a wonderful husband and father. I attribute so much of what my husband is today to you. I also want to thank you so much for all you do for our little family.

Last, and certainly not least, are the birthmothers of our four children. I owe so much to each of you! Your unselfish sacrifice has given me the ultimate gift. The word thank you do not seem adequate enough. Your trust in me, makes me strive each day to be a better mother than the day before. I hold my children just a little closer, hug them just a little longer knowing you wish you could. Each of you hold a very special place in our family!

New Recipes Added

Okay, I am being super slow about making up a whole month worth of menus.We have eaten out two nights in a row for lack of anything to eat here at home. My mom is coming this weekend and I finally decided I better make a few days worth of menus so I can go to the grocery store. Five days worth of menus and the recipes have been added to my recipe blog. Here is the link: http://scrumdilliteyumpschous.blogspot.com/

Spring Break 04-10-08 through 04-14-08

Spring break was late this year. I swear we were the last school district in the whole country to hold spring break this late. However, I don't think holding it later in the year, did any good. The weather was still to cold and miserable to be outside. I was hoping it would be good so we could work out in the yard. (I know Bryon was rejoicing that the weather wasn't great because he HATES yardwork!) Sugar Salem's school break was scheduled to be April 11 through the 14. Bryon, however, had work meetings in Idaho Falls on that Monday and so the Superintendent told him he could have Thursday off to compensate for having to work on Monday. Although the weather wasn't great, I still had a list as long as my arm of housework and projects that I was hoping to get accomplished. I don't even remember what we were doing, but I mentioned in passing that my scrapbook room was such a mess and I wanted desperately to get it painted and organized in there. At that point, you could barely open the door to the room. I had become so frustrated with the room itself of not having anywhere to store stuff, I had just given up and thrown things into the room and slammed the door instead of trying to put things away. I kid you not, it wasn't five minutes after making the statement that I hear Bryon in my office. He is in there hauling everything out into the family room trying to get the room cleaned out so he could paint. Within one hour, we had the paint picked out and he had gone and gotten paint and was busy painting. We spent most of spring break working on my scrapbook room. I will post more about my scrapbook room in future posts. I just want to give a HUGE thank you to my DH for all the hard work he did on his days off to help me in my scrapbook room. Not only did he paint, but he hung shelves. He also managed to finish a few other minor projects on my to do list. Thanks Bryon for all your hard work.

So Far Behind

I am so far behind in my blogging that it isn't funny. Have you ever felt like you were swimming and were just barely keeping your head afloat?!? That has been me lately. It all started the second weekend in April. In order to save you from reading one long boring blog entry, I am going to break it down into a few.