Glitz and Glamour!

So have you been over to House of 3's website and checked out the fabulous, new Jewel Wall Art? I have to admit that I got a little "mother of the designer is an advantage gift" when Heidi met up with us in St. George a week or so ago. She came with multiple boxes of her new home decor products to share with me and Katie and LaRane. I have had soooooo much fun deciding where to incorporate them in my house.

Here is the delightful lamp design. I don't usually have anything set out on my staircase landing but I wanted to feature this unique lamp where it could be seen as you walk in my front door! So I moved my cute tablecloth covered side table up there and applied the lamp right to the wall -- no electrical outlet necessary as the glow and sparkle comes from the jewels on the lampshade and not from a light bulb!

 

Next I applied the frames on the mirror and the wall right there in the entry way as well. Adds just another dimension to what I already have on display and it doesn't take up any extra room.

 

I have always wanted a chandelier hanging in my bathroom and now I have 2! How fancy and unique is my shower surround now!

 

If you would like to have some of these fun and unique Jeweled Wall Art, I hear there is a special promotion going on right now but I think it is only until May 7th. It is buy 2 designs and get the third one free. So perfect because I don't know how you would choose which one to buy just by itself. Did I mention they are repositionable too! You can use them and move them as much as you want! Check out Rhonna's blog for her suggestions about where to us them and how to apply them. Who doesn't just love a little glitz and glamour in their daily life?!

Springtime at Temple Square

 

I had to deliver some mission papers to the Church Headquarters in downtown Salt Lake yesterday and I was so rewarded for my efforts. I had forgotten how stunningly beautiful Temple Square is this time of year! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints really goes all out with year round landscaping but I think Spring time is the peak season. The only thing better than these gorgeous photos is the delightful fragrance that fills the air. Amazing!

 

 

When Paul & I received our mission call a few weeks ago, our calling said that we were called to serve in New Zealand as Area Auditors in the Pacific Area but that our assignment could be "modified". Well, about a 10 days ago our call was modified and we now know that we will be actually living and working in Fiji! Now, New Zealand was a great assignment but we are really excited about this opportunity to go to Fiji! We understand that we will still get to go to New Zealand a time or two so it is definitely a win-win situation! We have been busy filling out our Fijian visa application forms and reading up on the Fijian culture! If you have been to Fiji, we need to hear from you; we are overwhelmed trying to figure out what we will need to bring with us and what we can get "in country". I'm expecting to simplify our life. I just need to convince myself that I can live without most of what I think I need. I'm guessing they probably don't have a Costco or Target over there!

The Birthday Girls

Between Paul's birthday on April 8th and Collin's birthday on May 16th we have lots of family member birthdays to celebrate. Monday was my darling DIL LaRane's birthday and today is Heidi's day to celebrate. Congrats, girls, you are both just getting better every day!

 

 

R & R in St. George

As tradition calls for, Paul and I have escaped to St. George for our "after taxes rest and recuperation" for the past 5 days and it has been DELIGHTFUL! First of all, it is GREEN here! Actual leaves on all the trees. So beautiful!!! Just a week ago it was snowing up in Salt Lake and we had grown very tired of the white stuff. We drove down here last Friday and it wasn't really all that warm yet. Probably in the high 50s but it was sunny and green! We had tickets to a concert at Tuachan (a fabulous, outside amphitheater with huge, beautiful red rocks as the background of the stage). We were treated to an evening performance by Gladys Knight. There were probably a couple of thousand people in the audience. It was chilly enough that we had to wear jackets and wrap blankets around our knees to keep out the cool evening temperature. Gladys soon got everyone clapping and rocking out and soon enough we forgot about the chill as we rocked out to her familiar hits. A totally delightful evening.

When Heidi heard that we were headed down south, she suggested that she load up her kids and come up to meet us. We immediately took her up on her offer. She left Mesa on Friday afternoon as well but her ride was about 4 hours longer than ours and that was before her couple of little "hick ups" along the way. First of all, when she reached the Hoover Dam just outside of Las Vegas she realized it was spring break for some where because the line to get across the dam was about 4 or 5 miles long. It took them about 17 minutes a mile to get across. She finally called us about 11:30 pm and said that they were about 3/4 of a mile outside of St. George and they had run out of gas!!! Her cell phone had died and she had to wave down a car on the freeway to use someone else's cell phone. Paul & I jumped into our car, filled up a gas can and quickly found them patiently watching a DVD in their car while waiting for us to show up. We had a great little reunion with our grandkids that we haven't seen since we were in China last May! They only stayed here until Sunday afternoon and then they packed up and headed back to AZ. We were so grateful to get to spend a little time together and appreciated the effort they went to to hook up with us!

 

 

Quincy even treated me to a poolside massage. She loves to give massages and she is really good! I even had several people come by and say they were really jealous. She can come and visit me any where, any time!

It has really warmed up here in the past 3 days... it was up to 90 degrees today! We have slept with the windows open and it has been so pleasant. Paul has been able to get out on his bike for a couple of 25ish miles outings. I have taken some outside walks and am so ready to be done with my treadmill for this year. I hope it turns nice weather outside at home ASAP. We have eaten out way too many times but we for sure had to go to all of our favorite restaurants. We found a new place called Croshaw's Gourmet Pies. It is a mini Marie Callendars. They feature 34different pies as well as quick lunches of soup, salad and quiche and they are very reasonably priced... check it out next time you are down here. We even caught up somewhat on movies that we have missed in the theaters. We got DVDs of Austrailia, Slumdog Millionaire and Swing Vote. I even got to watch part of Twilight with Cory & Colton.

I think we have recovered enough to face going back home tomorrow. Thank goodness I don't have to go back to the office though.