Giant Albino Python

Technically this is a Burmese Albino Python, and very rare! How cool. They feed it 3-4 frozen rats every few weeks. It swallows them whole and then spends the rest of the time digesting. Ewwww, cool.

It's always hard to say goodbye. When my little darlings come to visit there is nothing I'd rather do than hang out with them! They are a bundle of fun and help us all sleep better at night (from exhaustion?). I wish they could come to my house every other day!! Florida is just too far! This is their little bundles of energy ready to get on the plane. I usually tell Kimberly "Good Luck" when there's absolutely nothing I can do to help her. Jada and I have discovered Skypeing on Sundays, I have lot's of plan for Grammy puppet shows and Grammy reading books with my granddaughters....fun!!

Washington, DC

Having fun in the Comms dept. at an undisclosed Washington, DC location. Garrette, my mom wants your shoes!
Working hard to keep the peace and domestic tranquility of the nation. We appreciate it.

Who knew it would be 79 degrees at the end of October in Washington DC? That's OK, they had ice cream outside the Supreme Court !!
Floor to ceiling in the US Capitol. Fun, I love George Washington becoming a God in the dome, and the stunning mozaic floors. I am usually a perfect speller but I'm not sure that Capitol is spelled Capitol or Capital. hmmmm.


One of my favorite heroes, Ronald Reagan. I loved the man. When I first saw him on TV in the Republican debates, I knew he was the guy I wanted for President....and there were a lot of candidates. What a hero he turned out to be. My niece Alex, and my Mom & Dad having fun at the Visitors Center.

Hooray for Veterans !

Craig and I went to Washington, DC with my parents last week to visit our daughter Stephanie who is working on Capitol Hill. We visited the World War II Memorial which is just beautiful. My dad talked all about the war and the fact that he went to Korea just a decade later. I guess my grandfather, who fought in France during World War I, really wanted to fight in World War II but he was a little too old at the time and he had a family.

We saw all these awesome Veterans walking around and this nice group of school kids were walking by and their teacher had all the kids shake their hands and say hello and show respect to them. I was so impressed I took their photo. I couldn't help myself and I wanted to get a picture with them too. Craig took the picture and when the man asked me if that was my husband and I said yes, he said, "then I'll hug you a little tighter!" It was very cute. I wanted to cry I was so proud of these men.

Really fun bracelet project !

This is the bracelet. I took 3 sheets of 12 in. scrapbook paper (not cardstock) and put 2 coats of mod-podge on them with a sponge brush and let dry. Then I cut the paper into rectangles. They were 2 1/2 in. by 6 inches. I made a few practice ones out of regular paper just to see what I liked and the size. I wanted it big to make a statement. I need to make some more in other fall colors. I think it turned out cute! It's just like making those gum wrapper chains, you fold in half long ways, then half again and half again. Ask any old woman, we all made these as kids.

I saw my sister-in-law Lisa this summer with the cutest bracelet and she said her daughter, Claire, made it at Girl's Camp ! I about passed out. I figured that if she could make that at camp, then I could make one too.

History was made at the Ohio State Football game !!

This is the very COOL Navy vs. Ohio State home opener football game last Saturday. We WON !! Well, we should have won since we were favored and we were obviously bigger than those cute Navy boys, but...History was made at this game. We had only the 4th person ever (non-band member) to "dot" the "I" in Ohio on the field. It was astronaut (and we won't mention Democrat) John Glenn. He and his wife went out on the field for this awesome showing. There were so many band members on the field that they had to make the"script Ohio" 4 times on the field. They had over 80 Alumni band members also marching on the field and quite a few former drum majors out there...one was 92. HA It was a wonderful day with glorious weather. Then we went home and BYU beat #3 ranked Oklahoma, what a day.

Nanette's Birthday

My sister Nanette is having a birthday. I plan a lot to surprise her and this year was no exception. I wouldn't usually toot my horn about what her present was but...this video is just too funny to not share. I made an excuse about needing some Mary Kay so we drove home from the office in the middle of the day to her house. There was a delivery truck in the driveway and so we approached with confusion. I told her that maybe her neighbor was getting something. when she questioned the deliverymen about who it was for and they said it was HER...she about passed out. Enjoy the fun !