Jesse and Lois are married!!!

On April 26, Jesse and Lois were married for time and all eternity in the Los Angeles temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was a beautiful ceremony and a very happy event!!! Our family was privileged to meet Lois' parents and grandparents and other relatives. This was the first time her parents had been to the U.S. and Lois hadn't seen them in nearly four years, so it was a happy reunion! It was wonderful to have all of our sweet children and grandchildren together with us! Jesse and Lois are a BEAUTIFUL couple and so in love:) CONGRATULATIONS! It's very gratifying, as parents, to have all of our children married to such kind, intelligent, outstanding people:) We feel so blessed!!!
By the way, Lois' aunt was very generous in putting on a luncheon reception down in L.A. for the newlyweds. Due to time limitations there was no reception in Orcutt. They honeymooned(a short stint) in Santa Barbara and then returned to HAWAII( The honeymoon capital!) on Monday!

I am going to add pictures in a few days when the photographer has them ready for us...we had a "sneak peek" and they are FABULOUS! I am not computer savvy enough, and too tired, to attempt to retrieve them right now from her blog:)

Fabulous at 50!!!

Woo hoo...Jim is 50!!! To celebrate, eight of us went out for Japanese food, and Jim ate sushi to his heart's content:) We even had our own little private room and sat on the floor(sort of) Japanese style. It was a lot of fun!!! At the end of the meal, Jim was brought a cute little dessert "on the house"and of course I passed out cookie favors to our guests in honor of his birthday:) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JIM!

I know this is late(his bday was April 19th), but I'm trying to do some catching up!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

I made some cookies for St. Patrick's day and it was a lot of fun! Next year I'm just going to make the leprechauns, my favorites! Here's a traditional Irish blessing for you all today...May the leprechauns be near you, to spread luck along your way. And may all the Irish angels, smile upon you St. Patrick's Day. :)

Tag...I'm it!

Rules:

A. Post the rules.
B. Answer the questions about yourself.
C. After posting, tag 5 people by going to their blog and
leaving a comment.

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

Hmmm...I can't even remember what I was doing 10 days ago!? Let's see...I had all my children at home, so I was busy taking care of them and going to their various events/activities(many times also volunteering) relating to school, sports and church.

2. 5 things on my "to do" list today...

Watch Zeke
Pay bills
Put clothes away
Buy dog food
Buy "101 Dalmations" dvd:)

3. What snacks I enjoy...

A bowl of cereal
A bagel
A banana
Peanut butter
Crackers

4. What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?

I would pay off all of my kid's debts(educational and business) and
our own, buy them each a house and a car and set up a trust fund
for each of the grandchildren. We would build a new home for us
(with a spacious gourmet kitchen) with land
(for more pets and for the grandkids to explore) up near/in Big Sur
(Jim would LOVE that!) and of course, send Jim(me too?) on his dream trip
to Nepal to climb Mt. Everest(with Sherpas, not me!)...I would go to Armenia, Spain
and Mexico to discover more about my roots. I might go to culinary school:)
I would donate(in a BIG way) to ovarian/breast cancer research and Operation Smile!

5. 3 bad habits...

PROCRASTINATOR!
Interrupt and talk too much instead of listening!
Not nearly patient enough!

6. 5 places I've lived..

(in order)

Whittier, CA
San Diego, CA
Provo, UT
Seal Beach, CA
West Los Angeles, CA

7. 5 jobs I've had...

Carl's Jr. waitress(?)
Kitchen Aide at Grandview Sanitarium
Dispatcher at Liberty Mutual Ins.
Billing clerk at the Evening Outlook
Noon-aide at Dunlap Elem.

8. 5 things people don't know about me...

I did the Solvang Century(100 mi. bike ride)
I(we) sponsor a little girl in the Philippines
I would LOVE to start a cookie business
I wish I'd had more children
I was voted "Most Fun" in high school..HAHA

Now I pick 5 people to tag and I tag..

They're all taken! My kids; Sarah & Johnny, Summer & Brian and Jesse & Lois, have all been tagged and basically those are the only blogs I keep up with...Jim was tagged too. Hmmm...I know, I'll tag Maxine! I watch her blog also:)

Birthday Buddies!

Here's a picture of Karaline and Riley at Avila beach having fun together! Karaline and Riley were both born in February 2005 and they are good buddies! Actually, all of the grandkids love Riley...Megan first began crawling (with gusto!) when she spotted Riley across the room and just had to get her hands on her! Zeke lets out a full belly laugh when he watches Riley run around:) Riley takes all the lovin' and roughhousing in stride. We may just start calling her "Nana.":)

Valentine cookies!

I really enjoy baking and decorating sugar cookies and just thought I would share my latest efforts:) Happy belated Valentine's day!

Grandma's Treasures!

Last week I had all my grandbabies here together! Summer, Karaline and Megan were able to flee the frigid Nebraska winter and soak up the California sun. During their visit Auntie Sarah and Cousin Zeke were able to spend lots of time with us:) All of us(including Papa and Uncle Johnny) went on a hike above Sycamore Hot Springs complete with an ocean view, and later that evening went to Chuck E. Cheese for an early celebration of Karaline's 3rd(Feb.16) and Megan's 1st(Mar. 15) birthdays! With Papa along we were also able to go to Oso Flaco and enjoy a scenic trek. As usual, good times pass too swiftly and and we had to say a sad good-bye...but we look forward to seeing the whole Glazier family(Brian will be on spring break from dental school!) here at the end of April when Jesse and Lois are married!

The morning that Summer and the girls left, Sarah and Zeke dropped by and I was finally able to be photographed with all of my beautiful grandchildren! Not that easy:)