Sunshine

Tory's cheeseburger smile---what a goof ball Dinner at the Happy Hound, we were thinking that Kaid wouldn't get that huge hamburger in her mouth but..... we were wrong.
Once again Tory and I were spoiled and got to go the California with my mom and sister for spring break. I have to admit that this is such a treat because usually there isn't very much sun here but there it is so warm and sunny. We met Jimbob there, he had to work most of the week, so that left the days open to shopping and the evening to having family time, expect for Thursday Jimbob didn't have to work so we had the whole day together. Tory was such a good traveler, and the trip was just wonderful.



Mom and I were out walking one day and went down this street, I feel in the with the houses there and continued to walk it quite a few more times that week. It was really close to the hardware store, so it was easy to put Tory in the wagon and go for a quick stroll. These houses were like something you would see in a painting, they were perfect in every way. With flowering trees lining there walk and perfectly manicured lawns with a white picket fence.

While we were there the store got an order of baby chicks in, Tory loved to see them. She even got to sit in their little box with them for a bit. She was so excited to be able to hold them.

This was the most amazing chocolate truffle I have every eaten, it is from an organic farm along the coast that we stopped at. They were selling strawberries, jam, artichokes and all kinds of treats this was one of them. This truffle was made from 4 different types of chocolate and had pieces of Logan berries in it. It was to die for, and I wish that my fridge was full of them. So yummy.

Hair Do or Maybe a hair DON'T

Auntie Jordan gave Tory all her old barrettes while we were home one day. Tory some how got Jimbob to help her accessorize her hair. This was the out come. So nice wouldn't you say!

Welcome to the Family, Mali

On April 14th our family expanded by one more, one more four legged member that is. This is our new puppy Mali. She was 12 weeks old when we got her and she is a lab/retriever mix. She is the most sweet and easy going puppy I have ever been around and we love her. So here is her story of how she became a Baisden.... We were at a dinner/auction for my sisters senior class graduation night. We had gone to the one for my brother a couple of years ago and it was crazy, Carl ended up buying one of my brothers friends hair. It was long, gorgeous curly hair and if he would shave his head Carl would buy it for 100 dollars. Needless to we ended up with a bag of hair. So this time Carl and I talked and decided that we would have a budget and not go over it with expensive bags of hair that's of no use to Carl:). We agreed on an amount and went to the dinner/auction. But then there was Mali. We had heard word that there was going to be a puppy auctioned and my heart kind of sank, I don't know what I was thinking puppies are alot of work. I don't know why I even toyed with the idea but I did and then we saw her laying on her blanket. We took Tory over to see her and she feel in love. She was so excited with her. She gave her loves and the puppy was totally laid back about everything that Tory would do to her. I can remember looking at Carl and him looking at me, with those eyes of ... oh she needs to be part of our family. Jordan had told us though that there was someone else interested in her. I got Jordan to find out how much they were willing to bid on her.... there max was 300.00. I thought Oh No! that's over our agreed budget. Carl and I continued to talk about her and play with her. The longer we were around this sweet puppy the more we loved her. I kind of got a little anxiety about the situation and went for a quick breather. (this will sound silly to some) I had a strong feeling like I needed to pray about the situation. So I did and I felt totally retarded praying about such a silly matter. I ask Heavenly Father to help me know if this puppy was meant to be apart of our family and if she was to help me be alright with it and not worry about it, that it would all be OK. I said Amen and went back to Carl and Tory along with the rest of my family. Then it became time to auction off the puppy we and the other group started bidding and Carl ended up giving Tory our bidding number she thought that is was great fun waving it around. The amount just kept going up until it got to 300.00 and the other couple said that would be as high as they would go, so we bid 310 and then and older gentleman put in a bid. All I could think was oh no it's going to go even higher. Just as Carl was saying 315 the auctioneer said that the puppy was Tory's and the gentleman wanted to buy it for her. I couldn't believe it, this sweet old man was going to by this puppy for us, well for Tory. Right then I knew that Heavenly Father had heard my silly prayer and answered it. The puppy was suppose to be with us and it was going to be alright, we were going to be able to stick to our agreed budget. I am so grateful for sweet people like this man. He will probably never know how much his generosity really meant to us that night. Once again my testimony was strengthened by one of Gods great creatures. I'm happy to add that Mali has made a great addition to our family her big brother Chance adores her and her sweet personality is so wonderful. Her and Tory will get to grow up together. In the past six weeks we have been reminded of what having a puppy is like all over again, from eating my rose bushes and chewing up our swing. I have to remember though that she was sent to us for a reason and I am grateful for her. So that's our Mali.



Tory was playing in the kitchen towels and thought that Mali needed to be tucked in for her nap

Back to February

In February my monthly goal was to tie up all the loose ends that I had undone for Young Women's since New Beginnings was fast approaching. Thankfully I did get everything finished. The picture is off all my projects done. Also Tory is constantly finding new places to hang out and get into trouble. Her favorite now is the fridge, she can hear you open the door a mile away. Once she hears it she tries to get to the fridge as quickly as possible before you have the door closed. On this particular day I indulged her fetish and let her take her time checking everything out while I got the camera. She is so silly and constantly keeps me smiling.

Here is another example of our little explorer