He is a healthy, happy nine year old and that's the way it should be. He has been cancer free for 5 years now and we celebrated. Carrie and the kids stayed at Little America this weekend and the "Grandma's" met them for dinner. He had a steak and chocolate shake and put up with all the girls (Mom, sisters and grandma's).
Mikey is an amazing boy, he loves sports and can tell you any and all of the stats on his favorite teams. He is a big fan of the "U" and had to leave dinner several times to find out what the score was.
This has been a wonderful milestone to celebrate for all of us.
"High Five, Mikey"
>Love ~ Grandma Deanie
I made my bed
I did the dishes
I did the laundry (folded AND put away)
I cleaned the kitchen
I cleaned the living room
I petted the cat
Can I go play now?
Blogaholic - Previously discussed, someone totally addicted to blogging
Blog Potato - Also previously discussed, while eating, watching TV, scolding, kids and or dogs
Blog-O-Rama - Posting several times per day.
Blogalicious - A simply wonderful post you savor.
Bloggonia - A flower found only on blog backgrounds, can be an infinite variety of colors.
Blogster - A really "hip" blog person.
Blogger - the person writing the blog
Bloggee - The person reading the blog.
Multi-Blogging - Posting on more than one blog.
Bloggamatic - Signing on to your blog before anything else, kids cats,hubbys and dogs completely forgotten.
Pseudo-blogging - You don't have a blog yourself but live vicariously through all of your relatives and or friends blogs, reading, commenting and telling funny stories about the things you have seen and read.
Bloggotograh - Photograph taken for the sole purpose of a blog posting.
Preblogging - Planning out new post, deciding on theme, pictures, stories and color scheme.
Blogumentory - Posting that documents a moment in time, can include various subjects, loss of tooth, trip to "Big" city, acquiring of lizard, running of races, movement of wood.
Blog Envy - Usually is felt as a twinge when reading a blog that is spectacular and you realize you don't even know how to write like that of group pictures like that or change your background to be as cute as that.
And again...I obviously don't have enough to do if I am spending my time writing about this. Did a little preblogging. If I left out any blogging terms, let me know!
It has been a birthday celebration for our sweet little "Re Dolly". She turned 7 years old today! Friday was the party with friends. They played games, had ice cream and decorated little doll cakes. Today was the family party, everyone was there even the cousins from Brigham City.
Big sisters helped with the decorations and the games. Grandma made the dolls cakes and Mom took lots and lots of pictures of the festivities. It seems like just yesterday she was a tiny dark haired bundle of joy coming home from the hospital and the big brother and sisters wanting their turn to hold her.Eight things I am passionate about
1) All 11 grandkids
2) All my kids and their spouses
3) My cat, Tucker
4) My friends
5) Cooking
6) My grandkids (I know, I already said that)
7) Curing cancer
8) Not politics
Eight Books I have read
1) The Secret Life of Bees (almost done)
2) Twilight series
3) Shadow in the Wind
4) The Host
5) Harry Potter Series
6) The Da Vinci Code
7) Pillars of the Earth
8) Kitchen Table Wisdom
Eight Phrases I say often
1) Kitty, kitty kitty, here kitty
2) Tucker
3) What are you doing?
4) Hey sweetie
5) This is LaDean (at work, answering the phone)
6) I love you
7) Really?
8) Bye now
Eight things I want to do before I die
1) Retire
2) Get my house really clean
3) Balance my check book (not really)
4) Learn to play the piano (also..not really)
5) Take cooking lessons
6) Run, jog, maybe walk some kind of race.
7) See all my grandkids grow up
8) Complete all my knitting projects, hah!
Eight things I have learned over the past year
1) What a blog is
2) How to blog
3) That I am addicted to blogging
4) How to make fondant (although I have not done it, just watched Aly)
5) My kids get smarter every year
6) That I have more control over my life
7) How to make pillowcases (easy ones)
8) To do my banking online
Eight places I want to see
1) The back of my spare bedroom closet
2) The bottom of my purse
3) A size 8 in my closet and I am not talking shoes.
4) New York, again
5) Jersey Boys (the musical)
6) Disney World through my grandkids eyes
7) The Ocean, again
8) Mt. Everest
Eight things I currently want or need
1) A hug
2) A smile
3) Notes from my grandkids
4) A self cleaning litter box
5) A self cleaning fridge (do they make those?)
6) To sleep late every day
7) To want to exercise
8) To be a better friend
Eight people I want to tag (okay this is great, most of you have already completed your assignment and the rest I got the idea from Vicky)
1) Aly
2) Vicky
3) Darcie
4) Chuck
5) Annie
6) Oprah
7) Minnie Mouse
8) Carin
A big Birthday "Shout Out" to my favorite Son-In-Law, Chuck.
She is tall and beautiful.I told Nate and Hillary I was coming up to visit them but actually it was to play with the Grandkids. Baby James is one month old now and is a very sweet boy.
Logan and Natalie are taking swim lessons and I got to go watch, what fun!
Meggie came with me and had a great time with the cousins. They played in the sprinklers one evening, lots of giggles while trying to miss getting hit with the water. We went to movies,stayed up late, ate ice cream, read stories, played games, snuggled baby, made cookies, ate cookies, made some more cookies, ate cookies (check out the nifty recipe on the side bar). Lots of summer fun with Nate, Hillary and the kids.
1) Bags packed, check.
2) Garbage taken out, check.
3) Kitty feeder filled, check.
4) Litter box cleaned, check.
5) dishes done, check.
6) Anna will check on Kitty, check.
7) Lock up condo, check.
8) Head to the northern branch of the Savage Clan, check.
9) Squeeze Logan, Natalie and snuggle baby James, check.
10) Pictures and bragging to follow, CHECK!
Not to be confused with "Couch Potato" although very similar.
I already discussed being a Blogaholic in a previous post and I do fit into that category but now I am really sure I have become a blog potato. I arm myself with my caffeine free diet coke (of course with lemon so I get my fruit for the day) and settle on to the couch. At first I think I wont turn on the laptop but it sits on the end table and just stares back at me. So I think I will just turn it on for a minute and see if Aly has posted something new (couldn't just call her and ask) and then I need to check and see what Chuck has done and Betsy and Robyn and Kimberly and Diane and Carin and some people I don't even know but I check anyway...well that takes a little time and I am on my second caffeine free diet coke. I look at all these cute blogs and the blog envy takes over and I wonder I mine will ever match up, but then I have to remember it is not a competition, but I still feel slightly bad about it all.
So anyway I bought this really cool thing over the weekend, it is a plastic tray I can set my laptop on with padding on the underside and a clip on the side for papers, no holder for my caffeine free diet coke but it is still cool. It is bright pink and enables me to be more of a "Blog Potato"!
I really am hopeless....
Okay so Aly said this was fun and I agree. I have checked everybody's blog and wracked my brain for the best memories of that person, which is really hard because the memory is the first thing to go and I can't remember what the second thing is!
RULES:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you (and if this isn't on there...I'll assume you're a procrastinator like me and will check back later!)
July 9, 1920 - June 8, 1991
She was always Momma to me, not Mom or Mother.
I was the youngest so of course her favorite!
She was and is the best cook I know.
She taught me to make bread.
She read everything and taught me to love books.
She took me to the library and in the summertime to the Bookmobile (how many of you are old enough to know what that is)
She played piano beautifully and was wise enough to NOT give me piano lessons.
She could sew anything and was also wise enough to let me learn it in school.
She would let me cook anything I wanted to as long as I cleaned up the mess. Aly knows from experience that I was not that patient or understanding when it came to the kitchen.
She was the oldest daughter.
She was born in Delta Utah
She loved the TV series "MASH" and would always beat my kids at the trivia game.
She hated snakes.
She curled her hair with "Bobby Pins" when I was a kid.
She did not like to get up early.
She raised 4 daughters and 1 son. With 1 bathroom.
She was a Democrat and my Dad was a Republican.
She taught me that voting was one of the most important things we do.
She taught me that life is not easy.
She always had a stack of quilt blocks going. To use up any scraps of material. I didn't think much of it until I tried making some myself, I couldn't get the corners to match like hers. I finally gave up and learned a new appreciation for her talents.
She passed away on her Mother's birthday, Grandma came and took her home.
She was one of a kind and I love and miss her every day of my life.
Happy Birthday Momma
Nathan James Savage has had a pretty exciting week! He became a new dad and turned 34 years old. I tend to be a day late and a dollar short...so Happy Birthday Nate (it was Saturday the 28th).
This picture was taken on Sofia's blessing day and Mikey was thrilled that Nate wanted him to sit on his lap. Of course Nate got a big kick out of it. He came in to this world a very busy baby and he still wears all of us out.
Some stuff about my Nate:
1) He is a Physical Therapist
2) Has a wonderful wife named Hillary that puts up with him
3) Has been doing Triathlons for about the last year or so.
4) Loves dill pickles, green olives and crunched up potato chips on top.
5) Is the proud papa of Logan, Natalie and baby James.
6) Likes to play Guitar Hero with the best of em.
7) Reads scriptures to his kids every night.
8) Seinfeld is one of his favorite shows
9) Played football and baseball in high school
And....Looks really guilty in the picture below. I don't know why but I am sure that him and Chuck were up to something, they always are!
I am very proud of you and love you very much.
Your MA....
His big brother and sister love holding him and listening to the "baby noises" he makes. Mom is doing great and very glad to be home. Grandma is extremely proud of this new addition to our clan. James Kirk Savage welcome home!
My new grandbaby is coming on Saturday June 21st. I just got off the phone with Hillary and the doctor said he is big enough and ready, he just doesn't know it so they are going to help him along. I am going to go stay with them to take care of Logan and Natalie, what fun! This will give me eleven beautiful grandchildren. I am looking forward to meeting this new little guy and snuggle him to smell that "New Baby" smell. I can hardly wait to post pictures!
On a sad note, I just found out that a daughter of one of my "Bunco" friends has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and is at Huntsman being treated. Unfortunately I understand what she is going through and I just felt the need to post the poem that I read and reread when my boys were going through this. I hope in my lifetime there is a cure and that no one has to go through any more pain and heartache.
What Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple Love
It cannot shatter Hope
It cannot corrode Faith
It cannot destroy Peace
It cannot kill Friendship
It cannot suppress Memories
It cannot silence Courage
It cannot invade the Soul
It cannot steal eternal Life
It cannot conquer the Spirit
Author Unknown
Jolene and I headed off for St. George and a "Beach Boy concert. 
The weather was cool and so was the concert. All those surfin tunes brought back great memories. Of course there were a whole bunch of old people in the audience, I wonder where they came from, why they would like the same kind of music that I do?
After staying in St. George we headed south to Mesquite and heard about a Nevada state park called "Valley of Fire". Really neat petroglyphs that you could walk up to, they were everywhere.
When we got on the freeway to start home there was none other than Willie Nelson trying to hitch a ride. We really got a kick out of the truck that passed us and there was "Willie" riding in the back.
Great day! St. George has an In-N-Out Burger, life doesn't get any better. We ended the trip on a high note!
Carin and Aly have inspired me to add a "Ticker" to my blog. This also means a commitment of walking, biking or running the distance to Disneyland. WHAT HAVE I DONE??
It is going to take forever to do this, I am no spring chicken, I figure at the rate I do anything, well I don't even want to think about it.
So... I need all the help I can get, any encouragement will be appreciated.
On a lighter note, I have decided to post a recipe now and again, you will see it on the sidebar. I love recipes, I love to read them, try them and collect them. I have made the bread recipe several times and it is a good one. If you have tried making whole wheat bread and it tastes a lot like a cardboard box, you will like this one.
He is a very busy kitty cat. He doesn't like me to close the door on him (even in the bathroom) I tried to get a picture of his paw as he snaked it under the door trying to find out if I am in there or not but I do not have a speed shutter on the camera. This last winter was such a long cold snowy time and I have been on a first name basis with my heating pad. Well, Tucker decided that was a nifty thing and we would end up fighting over who got to lay on, we compromised and shared the heating pad until he would get the best of me and end up with the whole heating pad.
