My last 10(ish) screenshots

Just for kicks I thought it might be interesting to keep track of the different things I screenshot on my phone.  I usually screenshot things that are interesting, helpful, or things I want to remember.  Here are the latest.

The day Jack after landed in Mexico I spent most of the day following his air tag around (aka stalking him) and looking up addresses on google earth to see what his area looked like.  Keep in mind HE KNOWS he has an airTag with him.  I told him he could leave it in his apartment if he wanted...but it's been fun (and insanely distracting) to watch him walk through the streets of eastern Mexico City.

I'm guessing this one above is his apartment....but could be super wrong!

This screenshot was probably a mistake BUT we listen to A LOT of the Penderwicks around here.  Grace listens to the entire series on repeat and I listen to it when I need a happy escape.

I snapped this because the last text captures Marian's incredible sense of humor PERFECTLY!!!  I think I laughed for 5 minutes straight after this one.

I'm not obsessed, I'm not obsessed, I'm NOT obsessed.

I had to give a talk on being a Peacemaker last week and snapped some quotes and scriptures to help me prepare and they each gave me SOOO much to think about!  I definitely need to do better at this.

Family FaceTime call with Jack.  Chad was at work, Lucy was on her way to Price to pre-ride the race course, Marian was walking around the house, Grant was MIA sick in bed and Grace and I were unloading the Costco groceries then heading off to piano lessons.  Not our best phone call to be sure.

 

Grace got VERY creative with the backgrounds while we were driving to piano lessons

I can NEVER remember what time the girls' races are so I have to refer to this about 100 times on race day.  JV-A for Marian and JV-B for Lucy!

Inspiration for the million dollar miracle boutonniere mentioned HERE

Side note:  I have typed the word boutonniere about a dozen times this last week and I have had to use spell check EVERY TIME.  Such a weird word.

The end.

Peaches

I was missing my Grandma Marian.  So while I was in Orem dropping off Jack's last MTC package last Monday I stopped at Crandall's fruit farm to buy some peaches. Just seeing the "Crandall's fruit farm" logo on the boxes reminded me of Grandma Marian.  I bought more peaches than I needed...happy problem and took them home.  They sat on my counter for several days while we all ate them 1 or 2 (or 3) at a time till I finally hunkered down and made peach syrup (you are welcome Marian) and canned 6...that's right 6 whole jars of peaches. We really must have eaten a lot during the week. 

 To be fair I did give several away to my cousin Emily.  

The whole idea behind canning is to have summery fresh fruit in the middle of the winter right? Well, if these 6 precious jars are uneaten before Halloween I'll be shocked.

Still, it was well worth the effort.  Grandma Marian taught me how to can peaches years ago and doing that simple (but not super simple) task helped me feel close to her.  

That right there is the beauty of tradition.  

 

And he's off!

 Elder Pugh flew to Mexico City today!!!

He had to get up at 3 am then take a bus, train, and light-rail from the Provo MTC to the airport in time for his 9:40am flight.

Chad and I got to have a quick video chat with him while he waited to board the plane.  He seemed SUPER excited, SUPER ready, and perhaps a tiny bit emotional.  I was for sure a LOT emotional. I'm not crying.  You're crying.

I'd sent Jack a package earlier this week with a few things, including an AirTag so we could see "where in the world" Elder Pugh was.  

It was fun to watch him (and his AirTag) make their way to the other side of the hemisphere throughout the morning.  In other news...I got absolutely nothing done today.

Luckily for me, the fiancee of my nephew Scotty, (her name is Hallie and I'm a huge fan) is best friends with the daughter of Jack's mission leaders (that sounded like a joke but it's true!) Anyway... my nephew sent me this picture of Jack and the Sister mission leader. 

It absolutely MADE MY DAY!

We Love you Elder Pugh!!!!!

Vote for Grace!!

Grace decided to run for 6th grade student council!!!

I am SLIGHTLY biased, but I think she is a shoe in!  

Marian helped her make these cute posters and Grace loves to make movies for fun so her campaign video turned out AMAZING!  

Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Election is this Friday.  Go Grace GO!!!

9/13/24 Update:  She won!  Way to go Grace!

 

Marian's Homecoming 2024

There was a bike race the day of Homecoming...boo.  So within in a few short hours Marian went from this...  (crushing it in case you can't tell...9th place baby)

Quick celebration with amazing friends...

To this!!!!  She shines up real nice!!

Blurry shot, but you needed to see the cute shoes!  Not pictured is the CUTEST bow in the back of the dress.  Shoot!  But trust me, it is super cute.

Her date was a good friend and she had such a fun time.  

I'd like to point out that my photography skills are usually better than this (hello slightly out of focus teenagers... and my blurry finger in the bottom....sigh.  BUT the minutes leading up to the doorbell ringing had been a little frantic. Stay Tuned.)

OOh!  You can KIND OF see the cute bow on the back of the dress!!!  I had googled 

"how to tie a perfect bow"

...turns out there IS a right way to do it and it makes all the difference.

Where did we get that pretty boutonniere you ask? Well let me tell you.

Boutonniere story time:  Once upon a time there was a beautiful and hardcore mountain biker named Marian.  After an amazing race, Marian left the bike race (which was in a faraway land called Price) with a friend and hurried home to get ready for the  high school ball (dance), where they don't actually dance...they just jump up and down and "mosh".

  Moving on, Marian's parents stayed in the land of Price to cheer on their other fair daughter, Lucy while she competed in her race.  (She also crushed it...10th place ya'll).  As Marian's parents were hurrying home to be there in time to see Marian whisked away to the dance (where there is no actual dancing) they called Marian to see how all the pre-dance preparations were going.  They discovered that Marian had NOT picked up the pre-ordered (and pre-paid) boutonniere from the florist and they agreed to pick it up for her.  However, a quick phone call revealed that the evil florist had already closed for the day and there wasn't another florist in all the land who would agree to make a boutonniere last minute.

In desperation, the mother turned to the all knowing wizard...aka Youtube and learned how to make a boutonniere right then and there.  The father drove north in I-15 going at quite high speeds so they would have time to hit "Ye Olde Trader Joes" and "Madame Jo-ann's" for the necessary supplies.

They made it home 15 minutes before the young man was expected at the door, and in a flurry of petals, wire cutters, ribbon and finger burning hot glue guns, the mother finished the boutonniere mere minutes before the boy arrived.  

The teenagers had a wonderful evening, 

the mother ate dark chocolate in a hot bubble bath 

and they ALL lived happily ever after!

The End.

 

I got 2 Dogs

"I got 2 dogs" was one of my Kindergartners favorite songs when I taught music at the elementary school.  You can see a video of the song HERE but basically it is a really silly song by John Lithgow about his 2 dogs and how much he loves them.  

Well, I got 2 dogs and we ALL LOVE them.

Rosie is maybe still on the fence since Darla does things like sleep ON TOP OF HER in Rosie's bed. Grant threw the blanket on them because Rosie had gotten wet during their walk in the rain....I'm trying to get my kids outside more. Rain or shine.  Wish me luck.

Darla is VERY good at a lot of things

She's good at taking Rosie for walks...

She's good at digging in the garden...

She's VERY good at giving the middle schoolers something to look forward to after school.  Especially on Thursday's when Darla helps drive carpool.

She's good at looking ridiculous when she naps

                      

                                          She's good at looking ADORABLE when she naps too.

She's good at making friends with other dogs like Bear (my sister Kate's dog) who likes to face time with us often.

She's good at having the world's cutest, floppiest ears.

This was the moment Darla and Rosie first met each other.  It went amazingly well.

Darla is very good at having the world's cutest puppy face...

...and looking like a Beanie Boo stuffed animal!

Darla, AKA: Dar, Dar Dar Binks, and  Binksy

is also good at sit, stay, come, and shake....but she is the best at bringing a whole lot of love and happiness to our family...just like Rosie has been doing for years....

but not the 1st two years.  I wouldn't change a thing, but getting a puppy when I had 2 year old twins and five kids under the age of 10 was totally CRAZY! Having a puppy with a house full of teens and tweens has been WAAAAAy easier!

p.s. Marian suggested the name Darla- from the Little Rascals.  

"Dear Darla, you make me vomit.  You are the scum between my toes...Love, Alfalfa"

Dolly was a close second (Dolley Madison or Dolly Parton...take your pick) but Darla won out and it suits her perfectly!