Ages 4 and Up

It's official. There is nothing more exciting than playing with something that is for ages 4 and up. What is this magnificent toy that will probably keep me busy for hours? The Twirl O Paint. I remember having one when i was little, but we always used marker. Then, as the years went on, since it had been around already for years and years, it started acting up, and as all things eventually do, it died. So my life has been Twirl O Paint free until tonight!Dad bought a new one! Well not new. It is super old, but he did something with the wires and baking soda that made it work! And it was brought to my attention that it isn't called the Twirt O Marker. So I pulled out our big bucket of paint and got busy. It was the most exciting thing of my life. Even more exciting than when my soup turned to pudding when we made dessert (read older post)

I was enthralled, and started perfecting my pictures. I'm basically positive by midnight I will be pro. Hannah unfortunately did not join the fun, but merely gave me a "you really need to start acting your age" look when I proudly showed her my first picture. I admit, it is a bit five year oldish, but it is sooooo worth it!

Freeze Frame!


My first Creation
The second act of genius
The final, and my own personal favorite

Now, I need to cut more paper, find more paint, and have some more fun! Then, I will have a jolly good time cleaning up the huge mess I am sure to make!

Benefit Concert

Friday, July 24, Oak Street Haven will be hosting a benefit concert for the Allison family. There is no admission, but donations are of course gratefully accepted. All donations will go to the family. There will be a wide array of vocalists, and it will probably last from about 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Come and enjoy some music out in the wonderful summer air!

Angel food Shepherd

"Will you seperate half the angel food cake cubes?"

"Oh sure. I would LOVE to."
"Be careful."
"Be careful? Did you just tell me to be careful with the angel food cake cubes? Like I'm some kind of monster? Some, some angel food cake hurter?" (Said 'hurter' as 'herder') "Haha. Herder. Haha. I'M A SHEPHERD!" Uncontrollable giggles.
"What?"
"I went from angel food cake to a shepherd!"
"Wow."
I believe I may have problems...


ANYWAYS...
Hannah decided to make a fancy dessert. We bought ingredients for it a very long time ago. Unfortunately, we ate the yummy ingredients already, so we had to buy more. So we were making this cool angel food cake berry whip cream pudding orange juice almond extract thing, that i'm sure has a simplier name that i am currently not aware of. It was of course messy business.

First, I was incredibly frustrated with the frozen berries that were supposed to be thawed out. Wait no. FIRST I was frustrated with the sister who forgot her credit card at the store. Anyways, then came the frozen berries.

It basically took FOREVER to thaw them out (using the microwave). Then, hannah let me make pudding!
I have never made pudding before. It was a very exciting experience! Did you know that pudding starts all liquidy and gross and then after you stir it for two minutes and your carpeltunnel wrist is screaming at you, it turns into a pudding-ish consistency? It was pretty mind boggling to me in that moment. Pudding will forever be magic in my mind.


Speaking of magic, I'm very upset that I never bought tickets for Harry Potter, so I will have to wait forever to see it. : /

Back to angel food cake. Hannah started putting it all together, and while she did this I went over to the whip cream, and decided to swipe some. The closest thing to me was the measuring spoons, so I grabbed it and used the one on top to scoop some up. It didn't occur to me that the measuring spoon on top was probably the one Hannah used. Here's a little tip - almond extract is not very tasty. I immediatly reacted to the gross taste in my mouth, and Hannah of course laughed at me for my stupidity.

Here is the "going into the fridge before the whip cream got put on it" picture


So, five hours later, the family sat down and was ready to eat the dessert. I took it out of the fridge, threw a BUNCH more whip cream on it (who doesn't love whip cream?) and served it. It wasn't the prettiest presentation, but it sure was yummy :) Everyone consoled themselves with the fact that everything in it was very low calorie as they went up for seconds. Silly me, all the "in the making of" pictures, i forgot to take the finished product picture with all the whip cream. But here is what was left after the family got it

Thanks for making us such a delicious dessert Hannah!

It is Official

Six years in the saving, three years in the planning and now it will be a reality! We, Carla and Jim are taking a vacation to Israel in October, for Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) .

The tickets are purchased, as of today. We will be flying via Delta Airlines. We will leave on Wednesday September 30th At 1:21 pm from Las Vegas, NV. We are scheduled to spend about two hours in Atlanta Departing for Tel Eviv Yafo Ben Gurion Int. at 10:35 Pm. With an overnight sleep on the plane and loosing 10 hours we will arrive in Israel around 4:25 Pm on October 1st.

Our Destination is the KHT Pesione/Guest House in the town of Karnei Shomron about 30km from Ben Gurion Intl Airport. The ten day tour is sponsored by Kol HaTor and there will be a total of 16 people in the tour. We will spend a lot of our time visiting areas of Israel that the commercial tours do not visit. We will have an opportunity to visit with the people of the settlements as well as visiting Jerusalem. It is exciting for us to have discovered this tour and having the opportunity to be a part of this small group.

The plan is to take a laptop with us along with the camera, and at the end of each day do a post of the days events and pictures. To do that Megan has to teach me how to down load the camera and transfer them to the blog. I will also need to have the time and energy after a day of site seeing.

As we get closer to the departure date I will give a little more of the Itinerary.

Roof Top to Prime

July has started out with lots of activity for the McBride/Worth Families.

The 4^th was a rooftop experience for many of the family as they viewed the annual fireworks. Kory, Sarah, Megan, Hannah, and her friend Melissa climbed to the roof for a better view. With the fear of starving during the long extravaganza they carried bowls of ice cream, strawberries, vanilla wafers, potato chips and more up with them as well! Kory’s dad John watched over Bella and Amarys with Carla and me on the ground. Carla and I relaxed on the glider swing and enjoyed the lit up sky. A great relaxing way to end the Sabbath.

Sunday was filled with adventure as I embarked on roasting a 13 pound prime rib for a feast in the evening. The menu consisted of prime rib, baked potato, green beans, pasta salad, regular salad, and of course, dessert. Nicole provided the delicious pasta salad and chocolate cake. We served thirteen and had plenty of leftovers. Everyone had a great time, stuffed themselves, and yes, the prime rib was tender and delicious.

What was the occasion for such a feast in July? The celebration of David and Helen Worth’s (Carla’s parents) 60^th wedding anniversary. Their actual anniversary was the 8^th, but everyone was able to congregate easier on the 5^th. Their son, Frank, arrived from Tucson around 10 AM that day, which was a very special treat. The rest of the family arrived later for dinner.

Dinner was great, but the real high point of the evening was when we all moved over to the living room and Megan played the piano while Sarah sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” From there, Helen was able to convince nearly everyone to throw in their own talents! Cullen wrote a magnificent poem, Nicole and Amarys sang a great “You Are My Sunshine”, Hannah and Sarah sang “The Way You Look Tonight” accompanied by Megan on the piano, “Smile” was beautifully performed by Nicole and Carla, and best of all, Helen and David sang a “For Me and My Gal” in perfect harmony. They all had a great time and Helen is still talking about the wonderful anniversary evening.

Nicole and Amarys Singing Together

We tried to get a smile out of Hannah and Sarah

Amarys enjoying sometime on Papa's lap

Delaney listening to great grandma sing

Helen and David's "For Me and My Gal" It is really sweet.

Here is Nicole and Amarys's performance. In the background, towards the end, David comes in with some harmony

Sarah and Megan's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"


It was all well worth the double dishwasher load of dishes to see all the happy smiling faces.

Trains, rain, and stiches!

Play times over! We successfully completed three performances of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"!
It wasn't easy though! The night before our first performance, Linus hit her head on a ceiling fan and had to get four stitches! She was a major trooper though and was amazing the next day! During our first two performances we had some lovely train interruptions. Luckily, we have some brilliant cast members (Schroeder) who have great train improv!
And best of all, the third and final performance night, we got a lovely Kingman shower. Thunder, Lightning, and LOTS of rain. Since our play was set outside, we had to haul everything over to the church, and re create our stage in their gym. Everyone was really patient with us, and the teamwork was amazing! We finally got everything set up and we were able to perform our play and stay dry at the same time!

Some Pics of the Cast:

Charlie, Sally, Linus, Snoopy, Lucy and Schroeder!


Sally, Linus, Snoopy, and Lucy

Sally and Snoopy!

Sally and Linus

Over all the play was such a great experience for me, (I've never been given the opportunity to play a 4 year old before!) I'm so glad I was able to be a part of it this summer! It left me with some amazing memories, and I can't believe it's over!