... at the window. She is so cute!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Not quite baby proof yet......
...we thought with the gate over the stairs and the hitch so close she wouldn't notice the small hole. But she did and wasn't to happy when I had her scoot out. :)
Ann Maas (via cell phone)....
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
New email address
Maasfamilyfromutah@gmail.com is our new email. I just get too much junk at our anonymaas.family address. Please update our contact info.
Thanks!
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Monday, July 4, 2011
July 4
A story about my great grandmother....
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Vonda Skousen" <vskousen@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 3, 2011 11:33 PM
Subject: July 4
To: "Freeman Jim & Marilyn" <freemanmachine@frontiernet.net>, "Andersen Joe & LuDean" <joeandersen38@gmail.com>, "Wright Craig & Tommie Sue" <craigwright@cascaderefining.com>, "Johnson Myrna & Duane" <myduane2@hotmail.com>
May I share an true experience that a few of you may remember. For the rest - it shows the power of music, and how our past influences the present.
Grandma Marva had been in the hospital for some time, then was released to come home for the remainder of her life. She had not spoken for a couple of weeks. It was my turn to be with her. Tommie Sue would be down in 9 days for her turn. I think Marilyn had just finished her turn. Because she was bedridden, we decided to celebrate the 4th there at the farm. Everyone in the valley who could make it came out and we had dinner by Grandma Marva's trailer outside, raised the flag outside and did some patriotic things. We decided to close with singing around Grandma Marva's bed with the children and all.
When we started to sing "My Country Tis of Thee" she started also. We finished the 1st verse and might have stopped, but she went on to the 2nd verse. Then the third verse and the 4th verse, saying every word. The rest of us were struggling with words and could hardly sing for the tears. Pretty amazing!!
Remember She had taught school for 9 years before she got married, but it is still very amazing. I had difficulties singing today just thinking about her and July 4th, 1979. She died on July 17, 1979. As far as I know, she never spoke again.
Thanks for letting me share with you.
Love, VAS
From: "Vonda Skousen" <vskousen@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 3, 2011 11:33 PM
Subject: July 4
To: "Freeman Jim & Marilyn" <freemanmachine@frontiernet.net>, "Andersen Joe & LuDean" <joeandersen38@gmail.com>, "Wright Craig & Tommie Sue" <craigwright@cascaderefining.com>, "Johnson Myrna & Duane" <myduane2@hotmail.com>
May I share an true experience that a few of you may remember. For the rest - it shows the power of music, and how our past influences the present.
Grandma Marva had been in the hospital for some time, then was released to come home for the remainder of her life. She had not spoken for a couple of weeks. It was my turn to be with her. Tommie Sue would be down in 9 days for her turn. I think Marilyn had just finished her turn. Because she was bedridden, we decided to celebrate the 4th there at the farm. Everyone in the valley who could make it came out and we had dinner by Grandma Marva's trailer outside, raised the flag outside and did some patriotic things. We decided to close with singing around Grandma Marva's bed with the children and all.
When we started to sing "My Country Tis of Thee" she started also. We finished the 1st verse and might have stopped, but she went on to the 2nd verse. Then the third verse and the 4th verse, saying every word. The rest of us were struggling with words and could hardly sing for the tears. Pretty amazing!!
Remember She had taught school for 9 years before she got married, but it is still very amazing. I had difficulties singing today just thinking about her and July 4th, 1979. She died on July 17, 1979. As far as I know, she never spoke again.
Thanks for letting me share with you.
Love, VAS
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Coach....
Jeff on his recent trip to Baltimore did some souvenir shooing for the family. He told me that he was.looking for something for me and remembered how much I like bags. He entered a shop but was quite suprized how expensive the bags were...not to mention the fact that the the saleswomen seemed quite snobby. He looked around and quickly determined that things were just too expensive so he left and found something else. When he told me this story he then asked me if I had ever heard of "Coach Bags"? Ha ha um...I think I have. :)
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
She is crawling...
..today she finally put everything together! Time to baby proof everything!
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Favorite so far....
This one is made with denim to how with her jeans. I love it!
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
I knew she was tired....
...she had been up several times last night, then she woke up again at 5:30 and would not go back to sleep...so I got her dressed and let her play.5 minutes later I found her like this :)
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Check out the tee...
...Elise finally has one solid tooth...ani think.she is.working on the second bottom one now. But this is just based on her crankiness and tendency to wake up three times a night.lately. :)
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Much needed activity....
All week I have been desperatly looking forward to ourp wards RS activity. It was on floral design basics... and while I just taught this class to the YW in our Lafayette ward I was really excited to need the Bloomington ladies...not to mention leave the kids and the one bedroom apartment and relax. I will be the first to admit I am social. For some reason me not visiting with friends...or even having friends here has been almost physically painful. To go and do.anything requires a 20-25 minute drive each way...that means I typically have to pack a picnic lunch..diaperbag and work around Elise's naps....its a lot of work to do anything.. even the pool can be crazy when its just me and 3-9 feet of water. BTW I really am not trying to complain here.just explaining how things are. It is beautiful and we luuuve the.lake.and pool. ( please ignore all extra "."'s )
Since my dad left on day 3 of our internship I really hvent had many people to interact with I did meet a mom with kids my age at a park but they literally are from the.other side of town. There is an older family here as well and I like them allot. Their.youngest daunted.(12) is here for chemo...so thy are.quite.busy too.
Ok.back to tonight....so I really have been looking forward to.tonights.activity. I got dinner done and on the.table.by.the time.Jeff.got.home...got myself dressed...and started my evening out. It took me.20. Min to.get.to.theme.church and the.lot was.empty. I waited for a while wondering if I had the.wrong tim. Then I called around to the few ladies. Who had their numbers in the ward bullitin but no one was home. Finally I found a husband who told.me that the activity had been cancelled...so I drove home. This would be the first time I have ever feared up over a cancelled.church activity...I so needed the night.out.
Jeff was super when I got home. We did scriptures and prayers and then he let me pretend I was the only one home. I have been wanting to make Elise one ummer bonnets and now they are done.
For those that read this...esp those in Lafayette know that I mid you. I miss volleyball(and I am working as often as I can to get my arm back!)... I miss tuesday sewing...and friday playdates...I miss girls dinner..and bookgroup...and random girls nights at my house.
I know the Lord made me a social person for a reason....I really love people and I really love my family but so far this internship move has been way harder than any other big.move we have ever done.
Last apology this is all conning via my cell phone...and so there are spelling errors and typos but I am too tired now to go back and fix all of them. :) goodnight.
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Summer school time.
...the.kids.look.forward to this time each day. I don't.mind it either....but I often wonder how teachers do this with ten times as many kids!
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
LightSquared Network Faces Interference of Its Own Making
Interesting article
Ann Maas (via cell phone)
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From: <jmaas@purdue.edu>
Date: Jun 15, 2011 2:04 PM
Subject: LightSquared Network Faces Interference of Its Own Making
To: <anonymaas.family@gmail.com>
From: <jmaas@purdue.edu>
Date: Jun 15, 2011 2:04 PM
Subject: LightSquared Network Faces Interference of Its Own Making
To: <anonymaas.family@gmail.com>
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
New family member.....
...meet "Beta" Jeff's commuter car. Hopefully she will be with us for a few years!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Huge moth.....
Seriously this was was 5" spread wide....so pretty just sitting out on the road next to the waffle house.
Ann Maas
Friday, June 10, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Fixing the 60 yearold trampolin...
Great grandma Marva purchased this used.
Grandpa Orval can not remember a time when she dis not have it.
I have always remembered it.
Now my children will too.
Jeff and his dad re welded all the joints.
Leif and jeff put in new concrete supports and replaced the railroad ties.
Good as new!
Ann Maas
Thursday, June 2, 2011
BBQ now on Saturday
Nate just called to see if we could move the bbq back to Saturday..this would work better for us since 2 in our family are currently sick. Sorry for the inconvenience.
See you Saturday at 7 at Nates house!
Ann Maas
Monday, May 30, 2011
Grandkids picture
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Webmail dlarkin" <dlarkin@sisna.com>
Date: May 30, 2011 5:41 PM
Subject: Grandkids picture
To: <michele.larkin@gmail.com>, <danielmaas_64@yahoo.com>, <anonymaas.family@gmail.com>, <maasge@gmail.com>, <psi_rhulain@yahoo.com>
From: "Webmail dlarkin" <dlarkin@sisna.com>
Date: May 30, 2011 5:41 PM
Subject: Grandkids picture
To: <michele.larkin@gmail.com>, <danielmaas_64@yahoo.com>, <anonymaas.family@gmail.com>, <maasge@gmail.com>, <psi_rhulain@yahoo.com>
All but Jason's 3...
We wish we had everyone here for the photo...but this is t.he majority of them.
Ann Maas
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
School superintendent to Governor: Please make my school a prison | Dangerously Irrelevant | Big Think
He has made some good points, please read let me know what ou think!
Ann Maas
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Funny story...
Ehre and Ben have been sleeping in the back as we drive. After a while we hear Ehre waking up Ben saying "Ben, look these mountians are SO huge!"
They are getting so excited and they really haven't even seen anything...yet. :)
Ann Maas
Buford Wyoming
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/eszter/242505711/sizes/o/
Population of 2..... smallest town in the USA.
Ann Maas
One more state to go....
Well its 9 am and we have one more state and 8 hours to go....
http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/welcome-to-wyoming-sign-wy384.jpg
Ann Maas
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Odd request
This is an odd request, and it goes out there to anyone locally that reads my blog.
Request: Can anyone come over on Sunday morning (any time before 12) and fix my hair. A nice bun would be fine, I just need it tight enough to last through church. Jeff does his best to help me get a bun and Ehre too but it is loose and makes do. I know odd request, but right now I fell so sloppy and non-made up. (It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to put my contacts in with my left hand) There are just some things that a 4 year old and husband don't have experience with and hair is one of those things.
Request: Can anyone come over on Sunday morning (any time before 12) and fix my hair. A nice bun would be fine, I just need it tight enough to last through church. Jeff does his best to help me get a bun and Ehre too but it is loose and makes do. I know odd request, but right now I fell so sloppy and non-made up. (It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to put my contacts in with my left hand) There are just some things that a 4 year old and husband don't have experience with and hair is one of those things.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Praise to the Man
The hymn "Praise to the Man" has been on my mind a lot as of late, maybe its because June 27 is a month away. This hymn is a favorite of mine, and reminds me how grateful I am for the restoration of the gospel and church leaders who lead us today. I found this video feed, loved it so I wanted to share it. Enjoy.
http://dai.ly/kv9gMc
http://dai.ly/kv9gMc
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Fundraiser
This is our couples shot the kids are in the nursery playing! Also, Jeff finally can play with Elise and do this little trick, though it scares me each time!
Fundraiser
This is our couples shot the kids are in the nursery playing! Also, Jeff finally can play with Elise and do this little trick, though it scares me each time!
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Fundraiser
This is our couples shot the kids are in the nursery playing! Also, Jeff finally can play with Elise and do this little trick, though it scares me each time!
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