Look at us now...The Cavewomen!

23 years ago, I went off to Ricks College with one of my best friends from High School and dragging another girl from my home stake, Yakima Stake.

We were so displeased to find that we were put in the corner of Dorm 6, which meant that our front window looked out onto a wall-the corner wall and this apartment was dubbed as "the cave" therefore, we became the "Cavewomen".

There was another girl there from Washington, Deer Park by Spokane and she was a farmer's daughter and looked and talked like it. The two other girls were from a place called Rancho Cucamunga in Southern California, might as well have been a foreign country to us Washingtonians! We thought we would have nothing in common and here we are 23 years have passed and 5 out of the 6 still get together every other year!

We have done so many different things. Two of us served missions, 5 out of the six are married with children. One is ready to send off her son on a mission and another just had her first baby. But it doesn't matter how different our lives our, our love for each other binds us.

It was a GREAT weekend and I was ready for a break after being with the kids all week by myself with 3 out of the 4 women our household PMSing. We talked and talked and talked from crazy things that have happened to us and our families to poor Sandra Bullock being cheated on by Jesse James. Our tradition is to always go to church on Sunday together and we attended a GREAT sacrament meeting in McCall. I mean the sister who spoke could give a talk in Women's Conference or Education Week.

I talked to my sister Stephanie yesterday and told her, "I feel filled up" because of such a great weekend with my friends. Thank you for everyone who made it possible so we could get together and keep our reunions going!

Life Scout

McKay had quite an eventful day a couple of Sundays ago. He received his patriarchial blessing and also his Life Scout award at a court of honor. He is now ready to start his Eagle Project! McKay and I met with a man with Ripon City who has given other scouts their projects.

He would like McKay to paint all the handicapped parking places. He said it would be a tremendous help to the city because they don't have the money to pay for the people to do that.

It was so funny because McKay, who can talk your ear off (I know, Suprise, Suprise that I have a child who talks!) was soooo quiet because he was nervous! Steve was gone to his new job in Yuba City and told me earlier that they don't want the mother's to take over so I was afraid to say anything! Finally, after he explained the project etc. I turned and looked at McKay and asked, "how does that sound?" and McKay answered, "sounds like it is destined to be a success!" Well, what more can you hope for?

obagi experiment...

ok, most of my good friends and family know that I am sucker for face products and make up. I am just glad that there is hope for my saggy, starting to wrinkle, sun(age) spotted face.

So, 3 years ago when I was moral support for a friend at a plastic surgeon's office, I sat and saw an infomercial for a face product called Obagi and have wanted to try it ever since. I have told my sweet husband that if he could work out a deal on Obagi with a doctor to please do it because I would love to try it but would never pay full price for it.

Luckily, my husband does not judge me for my wordliness and this past week was able to get the Obagi products at cost from a good friend of his.

I told my sisters that I was going to offer this great "sacrifice" and be the guinea pig for the family and see if this stuff really works. My sisters who know I am vain and wordly thanked me profusely for my "sacrifice" but are demanding weekly pictures of my face on this products so here it goes....

My face without make up and before I use the Obagi product.

I am wondering why no one has ever told me that my nostrils are so incredible crooked! Good thing I have other things to worry about then crooked nostrils!

Now on the products, there are big warnings letting you know that for the first 6 weeks, the products bring out all the icky stuff out of your skin and you could see an increase in "wrinkles, acne, redness, dark spots etc"

But I wasn't quite prepared to wake up to this! Yes, it is THE BIGGEST white head I have ever seen! Suffer to be beautiful as my grandma would say!