Happy 90th Birthday Grandma B

The last few posts have totally been out of order, but I had to mention Jimmy's Grandma. Sarah C. Burns celebrated her 90th birthday this month . There was an open house to celebrate this special date. Grandma B (as we call her) is very important to the Burns family. We named our second daughter Sarah after her. With time, I have learned to love Grandma B only more. Grandma B is a strong woman, despite her health ups & downs lately. I know she has a strong testimony of the Savior, and family is extremely important to her. Grandma B has made countless blankets for grandkids and great-grandkids, oh and even her own grown, adult-kids. The blankets we have from her are priceless and just beautiful. Grandma B has done many amazing things in her life, raised a family, served a mission with her sweetheart, served in many church callings, and in the temple for many years. She has a big heart for others.

I love how Grandma B loves my kids. My kids see her weekly, and almost every visit, they go sit on her lap, and she reads them stories. She invest time with my children that is priceless. The time she spends with them is only creating positive memories for my kids. She does little things likes shares her bananas, crackers, and muffins with my kids, which may sound small, but the little things in life matter.

Jimmy has a whole lifetime full of memories with his precious grandma. She took Jimmy on many trips and outings when he and his siblings were younger. He loves her, and I know it and see it often.

I LOVE YOU GRANDMA B, and I love the little visits, and the times we spend together.
May 2007-The two Sarah's

Clinic #3

Oh, I have been slow at updating the blog! Whew! I attended my last Women's Football Clinic at the University of Utah. It was great! The best was saved for last, the DEFENSE! Players from the Defensive line came in, and goodness, they were FUNNY! They are a close group of guys, and you could tell, yet they work hard! Questions were asked, and good answers were given...SO MUCH fun, neat info, good comments and I can't remember it all..... The equipment manager came in and talked about equipment. That was very interesting too! All the little things, from the price of equipment, how different the equipment is, how they set up for games, etc....Really neat. It closed with the Defensive Coordinator, Gary Anderson, talking to us. Oh, he is one smart, sharp guy. Very impressive, and kinda intimidating. But very, very neat. It was great! Loved all three clinics! Very worth the money, and I am doing it next year! I've heard of a few other ladies that want to do it next year! (I should probably make a list, so I don't forget anyone!) Thanks to my neighbor and new friend, Cami, for going with me!

Here are a few pix....

Mini Mandonelle Clinic

Both girls were able to be a mini Mandonelle at Bountiful High School. (This is Jimmy's school, so they loved being a Brave!) They had a practice during the week, practiced before the football game, and performed at half time of the football game. They had fun! I thought Sarah was going to explode she was soo happy to do such a big girl thing! Ashley got the dance moves pretty good, Sarah was a count or two behind. Good job girls!

Fire station Field Trip

Sarah's preschool class had a field trip to the fire station. The kids had fun!

Do I need to explain?

My son was left alone. The fridge wasn't locked.

Do I need to explain?

He did put the sticks back in the fridge. Gotta give him credit for that.

(His hands were dirty from playing with ink & stamps earlier in the day.)

Retirement & Walking on Sunshine

I am proud to call myself a runner! I enjoy running, and am thankful for a sis in law to motivate me to start running for the Ogden Half Marathon, a husband that allows me to escape in the early mornings to run, and friends that keep me running, meeting me before the sun comes up to run! I am a better mother and enjoy the escape from life while I run. I have retired my running shoes, as they had over 400 miles on them. I was excited to purchase new running shoes, and hope to have many more memories with these ones. I have a few memories (trespassing, seeing deer, dogs, cats, friend tripping, races, piano at a yard sale) with my old shoes, but they are in the garbage. I didn't get a picture of those, but here are my new shoes! They feel good-they feel like walking on sunshine! My other shoes were wore out! Happy new shoe day!

Clinic #2

I attended my second Women's Football Clinic at the University of Utah. We got to see a few players from the offense, Mack, Johnson, Sampson, Brown, and a few more. We also heard from the offensive coordinator, and the team trainer. The team trainer talked about injuries, and treating them. They asked for some volunteers to put their feet in a cooler full of ice. I raised my hand, and was chosen to come on down. There were two other women up there. Whew, it was cold, and it took a good hour or more for my feet to warm up, but it felt good afterword. We had our feet in there for only 8 minutes. I tried to take a picture of my pink feet.

We also heard from Coach Whittingham, his wife, and the head lady that runs the football office, the team mom. The session is full of chances for questions and answers. Lots of good stuff!

These clinics have been great! I come home so excited with all the little bits of information I learn! It's fun! Oh, we got our T-shirt! I love T-shirts! I have one more clinic-can't wait. Well worth the money, and I'm recruiting more ladies to come with me next year!

Quirks

Okay, I've been tagged (a few days ago)by Brandy, Jimmy's cousin.
The Rules:
1. Link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them
My Quirks:
(I've been thinking hard about these)
1. I don't feel put together if I don't have ear rings in and my hair curled or straightened. Only exception is pony tail days. Even then I don't like scraggly ends.
2.I like to talk on the phone while doing dishes-unloading/loading the dish washer.
3. I like to iron. I don't mind it, but I only iron when I need to-I'll pull it out of the closet and iron it and wear it. I have ironed my kids clothes, and yes, of course, my hubby's.
4. I find my fingers moving to music as if they were playing notes on an instrument-not for all songs I hear, mainly songs I have or can see the sheet music on, or songs I used to play (from my band days).
5. While my garage is full of other junk, my surburban is parked outside. I have to make sure the vehicle is locked before I go to bed at night. I'll get out of bed to make sure its locked.
6. I love checking the mail! I try not to race out the second the mail man goes past, but I love getting the mail! I'll let my kids get the mail, but I have to be there so I don't miss anything!

Who(m?) to tag.....My two debbie's-burns & jorgensen, trisha, cassie, sadie, my two amy's-lund and miller, oh, and yes, crystal....and anyone else that can think of their fav quirks they would love to share with the blog world or anyone else that checks my blog!

Final Hockey Game

These smelly dudes just finished their summer hockey season. They won! Champions of the Bountiful Senior Hockey B League. Good job guys! Hope you had fun playing together!

Front Row: Jimmy Burns, Bart Lund, Mason Edwards. Back Row: Grant Golightly, Matt Gore