So fun to have video on the computer

Here is a video that our other computer would not let us download... or watch. Stone age....I know!

I am breathing and happy to have the computer breathing right along with me. I am not worried about a malfunction or error...yet, and I hope I won't be for a very long time. So refreshing to have current technology...

The video is nothing special. Just special that you can see it!!! ;)

I can also do fun things that should have been possible on the old computer, but for some reason were not. Like save time, post more, save more time (did I mention I can save time??) and reboot the computer without any glitches. I am really not very computer savvy, but I do enjoy things working properly on a regular basis.

Now off the the primary program rehearsal!!

New computer

We just got a new computer and it is really nice. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures on it yet... So here is the picture you get to see....Pretty..... I love this new computer, but I am still getting to know it better. It has a lot more functionality than our last one. The last one had to be shut down manually every time, and that caused some problems when wanting to start up again. Eventually it just got too full between Shawn's music and my Photos, so we had to upgrade. However we will still use our old computer for fun things like games for the kids, and a back up place - for if someone is using the computer...like me!!

I am going to the women's celebration fair today with Julie!!! I am so excited!! Yea for me!

The women's race...

So, this weekend is the Women's celebration race. I am finally going to run it alone... I have always had a child in tow and it is not very conducive to run with a child... or pushing a stroller. I will run it and I am so excited. If any one else wants to run it let me know and I will run with you...

Piano, projects, party, and a gift from France...

Well, hi everybody!! Here is my weekend in a nut shell....

My two oldest have been taking piano for a while now and #1 son looks so cute playing. I thought I'd give you a glimpse...This picture is him and his buddy playing "chefs". It is so cute to watch them play. They will take my order and write it down and then say,"mom will you make this?" I crack up every time. This is the desk from my post "so much potential" look at the difference a little blue stain and black paint makes... My nephew had a party for his sixteenth birthday!! He was too cool to smile at the camera, but here he is with his new I pod nano. Cute Boy!! Julie and I decided to play model and here is the picture she took of me... here is the picture I took of her... Pretty funny girls on both counts I say... This spider was found on the play tire in the back yard. Everyone was screaming and looking at it and screaming. Little man went up to it and screamed and then squished it with his bare hand and then screamed again. It was so funny!!! Here is my gift from Pierre (It is for the whole family really) It is a beautiful book in french about france. He told me all about the pictures... because I made him, and it is a very interesting and beautiful book.. Thank you Pierre !!

This is the note my life ended on ...before pierre...

This is the group of kids we were babysitting when we got the phone call about Pierre. We had to make a decision amid all the chaos and be prayerful and hopeful in the middle of all this.. Yes, this is the only time all thirteen kids sat still...We had a great time though in spite of the stress.

Then the day Pierre was coming to stay, I had planned to can peaches and I couldn't, not do it. I have a ceramic stove top and the water would not boil at all...Finally Julie, saint that she is, took all the bottles to her house and processed them for me. All 50 Bottles of them!! Thank heavens for sweet Julie. I don't know how to survive without her.
So that is all you missed in my life while I went on about Pierre....

Ok now for the moment you have all been waiting for!!!

This is our exchange student from France!!! His name is Pierre. He is sixteen years old and a BLAST!! Not to mention how handsome he is .... all the girls LOVE him. We love him too, but not quite in the same way as the girls...

He likes to Ski (something I am not good at, but will have to try again) and play tennis (He can play with Shawn) and watch movies and play on the computer. He is a pretty easy person to get along with and he loves to work out- which is good for me because I just bring him to the Gym when I work out or teach and he'll work out for hours. We are so glad to have him here and I think he likes us too!!