The week of February 4th 2018

The most feminine thing I've ever made. My Valentines wreath :) 

Parkin and cousin Franklin at the Tucson Mall cheering Anna on for her Lion dance performance.

Bella, Liv and Holman enjoying our balcony seating for the Chinese performance.

Anna singing in Mandarin. Blond girl on the back row fourth one in.

The Lion Dancers in the costumes. Second lion in form the right side.

Ron's sister Lorna passed away a couple of days before her 85th birthday. She was birthday buddies with Benjamin and Endowment buddies with me. She was a lovely woman (a truly attractive lady). She was smart, funny a real caring soul. She was the realtor for our first house. Her funeral was beautiful. Ron conducted and was delightful. All ten siblings were there. Thi is from my camera, I know there are better pictures out there.

We swapped out a ceiling fan for a chandelier because we desperately needed more lighting in our living room. Look how precarious this is... Grateful Mr. Benjamin is so handy and brave.

February 1st Benjamin's 41st birthday!

Isn't he a handsome beast! 41 years young. He is insightful, fun, devoted, kind, athletic and adventurous. He really tries to get this homebody going and usually does a very good job getting me to try something new :) he takes great pleasure in getting me to laugh and lucky for me he does it often. I love his positive support of me and how he is always in my corner. I hope to always be in his. For his birthday he wanted to take the family out for pizza. Since his birthday fell on a Thursday which already is our weekly pizza night, it worked out perfectly.  He also wanted each of the kids to have an Italian soda because they are so darn good! I bought him a present which I still can't find, he thinks I am making it up but I think I just hid it so well! Might be time to buy a new gift! I just love this man and like it says in your ring  My love forever and a day. XOXO

What else happened this week...

Olivia going through her closet this is all the woman's scarves.

 Parkin's last derby. His goal...to make a car that finishes but that does not win. He does not want to go onto the next round of racing.  Goals.

 Anna bought this swan that she named "Pen" apparently that is the name of a female swan because they use to make writing quills out of the female's feathers. Learning every day.

 I love teaching "city folk" how to milk goats. Mostly because I would have loved to do this as a kid. my friend's son thought it was really weird, but his face says FUN!