mom's honored with the CUW

as some may already know that our mother Cathy Warner was honored as woman of the year, thanks to her sister BJ, with the California Utah Women's organization. What a cool honor for all her years of service! My aunt BJ organized all the details of getting her honored, ie letters of recommendations, and also got all the siblings and close friends commited to coming for this day. BJ is a wonderful woman just as my mom and should be honored as well, but you can only have one.

Here are some pictures from the event.



sorry so blurry. Joanne Peterson introduced my mom and spoke about her.


Aunt Patty, Grandma Dunn, and mom BJ, John, and Gary Walburger


Mom, Sandy, and Dad

Jillian and Danielle
Whitney and Gordon


Ashley and Anthony
ean and Robin

Jared and Heather
Dori and Christian

GIRLS TRIP 2010-PARK CITY, UT

Just wanted to tell you all how much fun I had last weekend on our 3rd annual girls trip. I love being with my sisters, they are my best friends and my biggest critics. But...that's what makes our relationships so great, is that we love each other enough to say the things to each other that might hurt a little but will make us stronger individuals. I hate the fighting, but I love our passion.

I enjoyed seeing Danielle's kids on Thursday morning and love that they are self sufficient. Even little Jensen was dressed had his hair done and was eating breakfast just with a little help from his older brother. So cute. Danielle and Jon's house is beautiful and I'm happy for them.

Park City was gorgeous. It snowed a little each day and the scenery was magnificent. Every single resort and house was big and beautiful. At night, there were several white lights all over the city and it just looked like a Christmas Card. Our room was awesome. The day that the girls went snowboarding, I enjoyed being alone in a great apartment with a huge bubble bath and some music....I also cleaned up while they were gone, I'm not going to lie.

The dinners were fancy, the evenings full of talking, magazines, cards and music was full of fun. I enjoyed the Yoga and am now going to pick it up once a week at my gym. But, the massage was the best. So needed for all 4 of us. We had a good time hanging out at the spa afterwards talking too. We never seem to run out of things to talk about.

The traveling was a downer, but thanks Dad and Danielle for all the airport trips. Thanks to all for a successful and fun trip. Glad to home. :)

girls trip

thats a lot of food for 3 days! gosh your such a fat cow! :)
im so excited i cant even stand it right now.
as far as food.....
give me one box of cereal
sandwich stuff
and some treats, maybe some homeade cookies for night time
5 decks of cards too!

and btw...this is the 3rd annual girls trip. 1st year was in newport, last year in az, and this year ut!!

girls trip twenty ten

so I'm getting pretty excited for our 2nd annual girls trip, Whoo hoo! It is a bummer for those woman that aren't coming, but we should have fun with the 5 of us (me, danielle, ashley, jillian, and jeny). So Danielle asked us what we would like for food, as she is buying stuff as a gift for birthdays....so sweet BTW.

Here's my list!

water
eggs
bacon
bagels
cream cheese
sliced tillamook sharp cheddar
red licorice
baby snickers
wheat thins
tostitos bite size round tortilla chips
tostitos cheese dip, medium
good & plenty's
4 pack of red-bull

I think that's it!!!! Is that too much!

Thanks

generations of love.....cont.

thought this was funny!

generations of love

just think it's interesting that both mom and grandma needed surgeries the same week! im glad mom is doing better and Im praying that grandma will do well today and the recovery, being 90 must be really hard to get better quickly.

It made me think yesterday how much mom has done for us kids while we were sick, recovering from surgery, helping after a baby is born, etc. Not to leave dad out of the giving part, but mom is having the surgery, not dad. And what will we do for her? Why haven't I taken off work to be with her, or cooked dinner for her and dad, or offered to do the laundry? They taught us to do these things, to give service especially to those closest to us. Mom and Dad were the perfect example to us in this category. I know what I need to do, and I hope you each can find a way to contribute and help out. I know that some of us closest to mom and grandma have been able to help a lot and i know they appreciate that with all their hearts.

BTW, thanks for all the birthday wishes on Friday, it means so much!

photo sesh!

so i just wanted you all to know that im really happy that we all got to get together for the thanksgiving holiday. its nice to know that our family remains close enough to do that.

ok lets move on.....so mom will prob email you all like she does for everything, but here is a sneek peek of our family photos we had done. Nice mouth Danielle!



you can see more here, click on online viewing, click on Warner Family and type in moms email address.

excited

i just want everyone to know that i am REALLY excited for thanksgiving. im excited that we will all be together, to play games, to do puzzles, to see new moon, to play soccer, to be in california, to see our long lost cousins, to celebrate grandmas bday, to go to katies farewell, and for todd to have a break from school.

i will see you all in 9 days!!!!

New Moon

That sounds like so much fun Whitney! Not sure when we would do it because I'm sure people have plans for shopping and such. But, we should definately try. I love going to the movies with my sisters. I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving and having the whole family here. Fun, fun, fun.

New Moon

OOps on that last post. I wanted to post this, but was trying to from my phone and it just didn't work out. So since everyone will be here for thanksgiving and most of us girls are anticipating the arrival of new moon, would you all like to plan a night to go see it? Maybe Friday or Saturday night?

let me know

new moon

seriously?

im really just going to be blunt here and ask why? why does nobody choose to participate in this blog? why does nobody even RESPOND to blogs written? why is it that i have a full time job, full time house duties (ie. cleaning, cooking, moving, organizing, etc.) AND have time to update 3 different blogs, facebook and myspace while nobody else can do these things? i have invited my entire family to a house warming party and NOBODY but Ashley has RSVP'ed. Why is this? Have i done something wrong? have I offended you? because i seem to think that i commit a lot of time to doing things for my family.

just wanted to know.

Have you heard?

If you follow my blog then you've already heard, but if not.....You're invited! This is for whoever!!!! This is our official house warming party so we would love everyone's support!

Thanks

Repy-"Im so excited"

Dude, i totally saw the preview for that last night! i vaguely remember watching that when we were young. I actually didn't remember until i read your post! it looks amazing whatever it is. finally something other than a murder show, comedy, or doctor show! Whoo Hoo!

In other news, Gordon and I are moving in this weekend and couldn't be happier! Mom and Dad have so graciously given (or lent) us the old black stand up piano that's in the barn. I figured everyone older than me has one so I was next in line. But we need help moving it! Can anyone volunteer their services one day?

PS we are having a house warming/Halloween party on the 31st. Invitations coming soon, but SAVE THE DATE.

I'm so excited!!

Has anyone seen the previews for the new show "V"?  It comes out in November.  It looks like they're changing it a little but keeping the main parts the same.  I don't know if it's a mini-series or what, but I am so excited.  I remember watching it on video all the time because we had it recorded.  For those who don't remember, it's the show where aliens that look like lizards (but disguised as humans) come to Earth to take over but try to deceive the humans by saying they came to help and wanted peace.  The best was when they would eat mice and tear off their fake skin.  I can't wait!!

4 Homos and a golfcourse

Well, i guess it's officially a tradition now, since this is the 2nd annual guys trip to Palm Springs to play golf. Thanks to Christian for setting it up both years now.....Sean, Christian, Eric Soto, and myself went friday morning out to Palm Springs and played 3 rounds of golf at 3 amazing courses on friday and saturday. We stayed at the La Quinta spa hotel, which has pools, spas, and many assorted spa treatment facilities.

It was a little warm, but not so hot that it wasn't fun. I had the closest to the pin shot, on a par 3, elevated t-box, over rocks, onto green, and came within a foot of pin, for birdie.

But Christian shot the best rounds overall, with Sean coming in 2nd and me in 3rd. It was very fun being able to hang out with my bro's, and have some guy time.

And you know what they say....."what happens in palm springs, stays in palm springs".......

thanks again Christian for putting a great weekend together.

Big Bear Vacation

Been awhile since i've posted anything.....i just wanted to tell mom and dad thanks for a great labor day weekend at big bear. We stayed at LaTrianon?....spelled wrong probably.....but you all know which cabin that is...we've stayed in it many times.

Ashley and friend were there, Christian and Dori, and me and Heather, and our kids of course. We swam, played badminton, horse shoes, celebrated birthdays, played games at night, watched football, ate, went on walks; just had all around fun and relaxation.

I have great memories of big bear, and love going up every time. And i'm glad our kids are able to have opportunities like this.

So, thankyou mom and dad for your generosity and planning.

Happy Birthday Dad!

I'm so honored that Dad chose to spend his birthday with us in Utah.  Just kidding.  I'm not a very good writer, but I just wanted to say I think we have a pretty cool dad.  I know Dad has his quiet side, but when I think of all the stuff he has done in his life, and raised seven kids, and was a Bishop and has had a successful career while doing all of that, I think he's pretty amazing.  Dad is funny in his own way, extremely talented, and not just in the music department, has always been the perfect movie date, as long as you don't ask more than three questions, and has a special place in his heart for the little grandkids.  Carley was soooo excited to see him this weekend, and I think Dad was equally as excited.  it was very cute to watch.

Anyways, I'm glad I was lucky to grow up with a Dad that loved us and took care of us, and helped us so patiently with our math homework; wait a minute, scratch that last one.

Love you Dad!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Another year gone by and another birthday too. Happy Birthday Mom! I want you to know we're all thinking about you, especially today and hope each year is happier than the one before. You are such a hard working, caring, supportive, loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and council women. You are always taking care of those around you and making sure everyone else is happy. You deserve a day to do what you want to do and relax. Thank you for your wonderful example and I'm so grateful to have you in my life. I love you...happy birthday.