tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26988635081734176172024-03-06T00:46:48.579-08:00The Wolfepack NewsMarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.comBlogger393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-48325552658868716552011-12-19T20:08:00.000-08:002011-12-19T21:10:39.791-08:00Michelle's Birthday28 November 2011So we had Michelle over to celebrate her 25th birthday. Normally I give my kids money, but Michelle had expressed that she enjoyed getting presents and surprises from her family. Therefore, I attempted to purchase something that I thought she would like. Yes, I would try something different to please my new daughter. My husband told me not to make this attempt, citing the fact Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-68621705414594465982011-11-26T16:57:00.000-08:002011-11-26T17:23:54.454-08:00Thanksgiving 201124 November 2011 Thanksgiving morning I was able to go to BlessFest and help provide service for some of the homeless here in Las Vegas. There were a few thousand that were provided for on this day. When I drove up I immediately began to cry, because the amount of people in need were staggering. It was hard to hold back my emotions. Basically, the homeless were fed, given clothes, sanitary Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-60395334532792730622011-11-26T15:19:00.000-08:002011-11-26T15:34:36.030-08:00Early Turkey22 November 2011My hubby fried a turkey for a friend on Sunday and the skin was a little blackened. Therefore, he wanted to find out why before Thanksgiving. Apparently, the people rubbed it with something that had sugar in it, so it caramelized the outside, but Frank wanted to make a turkey anyway to make sure. When I got home from school on Monday, I found my family out in the street partying Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-29519277327147407042011-11-26T10:44:00.000-08:002011-11-26T11:07:25.445-08:00Noah's 9th Birthday23 November 2011 I normally give my children money ($50) on their birthday and let them pick out what they want instead of me surprising them with gifts. This stems from the fact that when I grew up my parents always allowed us to go and buy our own presents, come home and wrap them, and then surprise our siblings with what we decided to get. Hahaha! Honestly, it was fun. We would be sneaky when Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-22575081224896632092011-11-26T10:16:00.000-08:002011-11-26T10:21:21.589-08:00Addictive StarcraftNovember 2011 Can a computer game really absorb a person's entire life? Answer: yes! Every moment that Brandon is off of work, he is playing this game. Hours upon hours upon hours... (sigh)Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-40250854049021262422011-11-26T10:00:00.000-08:002011-11-26T10:10:38.500-08:00Wore Out Kela!November 20111I guess we have really been running Kela into the ground. We have found her randomly crashed out around the house. She has been so TIRED!!! Poor thing!Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-39150138280466337752011-11-14T16:41:00.000-08:002011-11-14T17:46:18.057-08:00Kela's Special OlympicsKela is sporting her newly made scarf and beanie...compliments of Noah. (Well, Noah made the beanie and I made the scarf--Noah actually made the beanie for himself, but Kela decided that it belonged to her, so now Noah is making him a different one. Haha! Girls rule!) Kela absolutely loves her new Fall Fashion! She even wants to wear her accessories to bed. I've had to sneak them away from her Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-37949156049505493812011-10-29T20:24:00.001-07:002011-10-29T20:39:12.831-07:00AFOTEC Pumpkin Contest28 October 2011So my hubby had a work picnic at the park and had his whole family join him. They had a pumpkin carving contest and I tried to talk my boys into carving something, but noone wanted to participate. Well, they all went off to play basketball instead and left me with a whole bunch of people I didn't know. Really? Thanks! After about 20 minutes of boredom, I decided to go ahead and Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-30485433598640193822011-10-29T11:40:00.000-07:002011-10-29T13:43:09.214-07:00Ward Trunk-or-Treat28 October 2011 X-Men is my favorite scie-fi series. I just absolutely love all of the movies! I can't wait until the next one comes out. They are soooo good!!! My sister told me that she was dressing her family in X-Men costumes and, of course, I thought it was a fabulous idea so copied her! Thanks Mary! I had to choose characters that I thought we kind of favored and could pull off. Therefore, Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-77333371390326455522011-10-22T12:21:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:33:39.544-07:00Dad's Lemon DietOctober 2011Soooo...Dad wanted to lose some inches off of his belly and shed some pounds. Therefore, he decided to do a colon cleanse diet to rid himself of toxins and built up waste, and hopefully feel a little better in the process. He opted to do this diet for a week: It consisted with starting and finishing with a Sea Salt drink (gives a burst of motion to the system because the body rejects Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-19660899206968111372011-10-22T10:54:00.000-07:002011-10-22T11:59:17.529-07:00DH Hiking Cathedral Rock1 October 2011A small part of my dental hygiene class wanted to get together and go hiking. Of course, I was up for that! We met at Mt. Charleston and hiked Cathedral Rock. It's only about a mile and a half up (3 miles round trip)...not too bad! I invited Brandon and Michelle to come along, because I know they like to do things outdoors too. I'm glad they decided to join me. :) It's alwas nice Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-15066293785439929272011-10-22T10:48:00.000-07:002011-10-22T10:53:53.305-07:00Cuban BBQ24 September 2011We were invited to a Cuban BBQ at a friend's house and it was amazing! The Fisks roasted a whole pig in their pit and had all kinds of great side dishes, and hosted about 60-75 people. Here the boys are eating some of the skin (pork rind). They said they loved it! It was a wonderful social event to just go and hang out with great folks. Thanks! It was awesome!!!Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-74515533915135152352011-10-14T09:49:00.000-07:002011-10-14T09:51:52.687-07:00Noah lost his 2nd Tooth18 September 2011 Well, the teeth are starting to fall...thank goodness! Noah is almost NINE! He was very happy that his second tooth came out. It was pretty loose since his permament tooth was coming in right behind it. Here's the new smile!Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-27601305885035833062011-10-14T09:23:00.000-07:002011-10-14T09:47:21.821-07:00Youth Conference--"Xcentuate the Positive"17 September 2011 Gabriel and I had Youth Conference this fall and participated in a great service project. We went to a Las Vegas park and pulled weeds for the community. That is a BIG 'ole pile of weeds!!! Have you ever seen that many WEEDS???? Honestly, it didn't even take that long with as many hands as we had. These are the group of girls that we had show up. Gabriel worked really hard and Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-86541729985806519422011-10-03T15:36:00.000-07:002011-10-03T15:47:58.795-07:00Noah's Raingutter Regatta15 September 2011How fun is racing a boat you've made? Super fun!!!! Well....we can't really claim that Noah made this boat. Unfortunately, noone had time to help him sand his little boat down, so he just assembled it (as is) and painted the thing. It's no wonder it didn't race as well as the others and he lost every race. However, he still had a great time. He thought it was super cool! Towards Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-80687858172279124162011-10-03T15:28:00.000-07:002011-10-03T15:35:57.568-07:00My Favorite Patient!14 September 2011 Here's my little munchkin patient...lovely pink bean bag, huh? Hahaha! I had to put that under Noah, since the chair was way too big and his head wouldn't reach the headrest. This is Noah at the end of his appointment getting a fluoride treatment. He can't open or swallow. Doesn't he look like he's enjoying it? LOL I've cleaned everyone in my home now, except for Gabriel and Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-4020285484703630112011-09-17T17:17:00.000-07:002011-09-17T17:20:22.435-07:00Neon Gabe9 September 2011 Here in Las Vegas there was a young high school girl who was raped, stabbed 40 times, and then burned by some Sick-O. At the football game, the other students dressed in neon to honor her. Here's Gabriel about to leave.Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-73014604653239378152011-09-17T17:15:00.000-07:002011-09-17T17:17:51.439-07:00DH Impressions9 September 2011 Learning to do impressions. I've had so much alginate in my mouth lately that my lips are chapped!Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-66798625229322145982011-09-11T20:24:00.000-07:002011-09-11T21:56:23.161-07:00Kela's Gets YW Medallion by Proxy11 September 2011The YW medallion is the equivalent to the Eagle Scout award, and requires dedication and hard work to earn. Eight months ago, this special man, Bishop Hinrichsen, was inspired to ask our young women to take on the daunting task of achieving this honored award on behalf of Kela. The girls did not hesitate to accept this challenge. They did 53 value experiences, plus 70 hours worthMarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-90481696171848165982011-09-05T16:01:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:47:35.838-07:00Labor Day Bowling5 September 2011We love $1 bowling!Here were the teams for our Labor Day competition (we played 4 games):Frankie and MichelleSteve-O and GabrielThe missionaries.And, then me and the hubs. :) Of course, we were the winners of the competition!!! We won two of the four. Frank's high score was a 198 and mine was a 121 (not too good). Frankie actually had the highest individual score of the day (214) Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-17046256236597785932011-09-05T14:54:00.001-07:002011-09-05T15:17:53.046-07:001st Day of School 2011-201229 August 2011 Gabriel was up bright and early (5:00 am) to make sure he made it to seminary. And, of course, he had to sport his Spongebob bookbag. LOL...a boy with confidence! Kela's bus arrives at 6:30 am. Can you tell she's not fully awake? She would not look at the camera to save my life! My two high schoolers!!! Both sophomores! Noah gets dropped a little before 7:00 am so I can get to Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-17806380273137907602011-09-05T13:36:00.000-07:002011-09-05T13:50:32.415-07:00Frankie's 1st ROTC27 August 2011 Frankie had his orientation into the ROTC at UNLV and had to do his physical fitness test right away. He scored a 93, but hopes by next semester that he will bump his score to a 100. He was a little concerned about coming into the program as a sophomore, because he won't have much time to prove his leadership skills to the commander in time to participate in a Field Training Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-45612271864518317512011-08-23T13:39:00.000-07:002011-09-05T13:36:47.712-07:00Fiddler On the Roof19 August 2011 I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my husband lately. Having some spare time outside of school has been great. We have been able to truly connect again (much neede) and I have loved every minute of it. This past weekend we decided to go to the foothills of Spring Mountain and enjoy an outdoor play of Fiddler on the Roof. (We've been trying to make it up there for awhile, Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-45693487724339628692011-08-23T13:26:00.001-07:002011-08-23T13:38:39.349-07:00LV Temple with Youth16 August 2011 I went to the temple with our Young Women and had a great time (I'm at the front left). It was the first time that I've gotten to go to the baptistry at the Las Vegas Temple. It was bigger than the others that I have been to...pretty cool! However, the best thing about this trip was getting to be there with Gabriel. It was very special because it's the first time I've been to the Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698863508173417617.post-9218994109421545942011-08-23T10:07:00.000-07:002011-08-23T10:48:18.564-07:00Movie Night12 August 2011 Life is so different with our two oldest boys out of the house. I must admit it's ever so nice when we get together. We love spending time with them, no matter the occasion. We probably play cards more than anything else, but the other day we invited Frankie/Michelle and Brandon to join us to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It was awesome! Just hanging with the boys makes me Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857496025943135304noreply@blogger.com1