Before and after....still "LOOK'IN GOOD!"

"Cucumber - PEEL OFF MASK".....hmmm.. this could sound interesting to three cute girls.

Well - we just happened to have 3 cute girls right here!
Madison, Rachel and Ashlie.
This is the BEFORE picture. BEFORE.... the "pain of it all".


There are many steps to becoming "more" beautiful.
Step #1 - Get your hair off of your face.

Step #2 - Critique the condition of your skin.
(looks super good to me)

Step #3 - Be an example and show them how to apply the mask.

Step #4 - Carefully apply the mask.

...making sure you avoid the eye area.

Step #5 - Lay down and listen to cartoons for 30 mins. Don't make any facial movements and certainly don't move until it stops dripping!

...during the commercials, mumble through your sealed lips that you wished there was a screen on the ceiling and well, isn't this dry enough by now?

...when it is not dripping anymore, you can finally sit up and watch the show - but you will be reminded constantly to watch the show without any expression whatsoever. "Girls..we don't want wrinkles... now do we?"

Step #6 - When you think your mask is dry - sit in front of the fan for 5 more minutes to make sure it will peel off in one big piece. After all - it's not called a MASK for nothing.

Step #7 - Carefully and quickly peel off your mask in one swipe! Ashlie gets to go first!
She announces that it's painful. "well....you wanna look good don't you?"

Rachel agrees - "ouch - this IS painful!"


Rachel is trying to be a good sport here! Slowly but surely - it's coming off!


Now it's Madison's turn. It took a long time for her to work her mask off. I tried and tried to convince her to just get it wet and it would dissolve in a second. Nope. She wanted a MASK.

Step #8 - The final step. Examine the results very carefully.
Wow - my face is so soft and smooth!
(Hmm - not much different than when I stsrted!)


Now you can display the masks so that everyone that comes in can see them! If we let them harden the girls can take them home. (whoa) Look - mine even took OFF my make up. Who needs soap and water for a good washing.....the mask does a better job!


Ashlie.


Rachel.


Madison.


Now - you decide. The AFTER picture looks exactly the same as the BEFORE picture. Fancy that! I guess they didn't need anything to make them more beautiful afterall.

But....we already knew that now... didn't we!

LOVE TO SHOP!

Rachel and I LOVE TO SHOP. We must get it from our mothers!

See how much fun we are having!
(Well, you wouldn't expect a frowning face right?)

We are out looking for new school shirts and maybe a couple of pair of pants. This is one happy shopper - don't you agree? (and cute)

We took along Ashley who is one of Rachel's friends when she comes to visit. Ashley was a good sport to hold a full lap of clothes for Rachel!


Rachel said she tried on about 50 shirts and 20 pairs of pants. Even I was tired after this day of shopping!

Well - this is what we ended up with - including the shirt that she is wearing and we only found one pair of pants. (I'm trying to keep her out of the sun and squinting eyes!)

Ah - she looks better WITHOUT the umbrella after all! What a steal at only $l.99 EACH. (not kidding)

This was the next day when Rachel and Ashley went with me to the antique shops. There's nothing like wearing a new shirt and a new pair of pants. Very cute, Rachel!
Now....we're off to look for dolls, grab a bite to eat and maybe even grab an ice cream cone!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY - DAD!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY - DAD from Grandma's house!

We decided to pick a bunch of apples.

Then we got a really good idea. We picked even more.

They needed to be washed!

Guess what we are going to make?

A FRESH APPLE PIE!


Actually, Auntie Jan made this for Grandpa AND you Dad.
But you aren't here......so you only get "the wishes!".

I miss you and hope you had a great day!
Love, Rachel

By the way - thanks Auntie Jan - it was FABULOUS!!!

Did you get YOUR RBK YET?

Have you EVER heard of a RBK? Neither have I.....well, not until I received one in the mail!

Yep - leave it to my first daughter, Jana. Here is how she explained it.

What does RBK stand for?
RANDOM BIRTHDAY KIT, of course!
Here's what it looks like: (minus all the gift bags that I added)

Why is Jana going to send each family one of these RBKs every year
and what am I suppose to do with ours?

She says it's just too hard to keep track of everyone's birthday and now the guilt is gone forever! Each year she will send one RBK box to each family - during any month she wants to and not necessarily on your birthday month. It won't matter when you get it because you'll get a personal birthday card, one cake per person, one candle per person, celebratory birthday blowers and streamers, a balloon for each person that lives in your household plus a family DVD that everyone can enjoy any time of the year! SWEET! When you receive your box...you will want to stop the world and well....CELEBRATE... like we did! One cool thing is that she will include packing peanuts for free. Yep. They can add to your birthday celebration because they dissolve in water or spit...which makes them easier to stick on your body you know!

Those packing peanuts also come in handy if you want to write fun birthday words......
As you can see, Joey is in great thought coming up with his words.

It was suggested that maybe our whole family should adopt this way of celebrating birthdays since there are so many birth dates to remember - and who knows how many more we'll have in the future!

BUT FOR THIS GRANDMA COOKIES........NO WAY!!


This is a GRANDMA BLOG.......so I am announcing that THIS Grandma will never combine her grandkid's birthdays! No RBK for them! Ha! Each grandchild is too special and each will celebrate their birthday with me ON THEIR DAY!
(However.....it IS sounding like a super brilliant idea for their parents!)

"OH - HAPPY DAY"


Thanks a million, Jana!

CLARK - RYAN - MATT? ...WHERE ARE YOU?

Oh - looking at my map...I can see exactly where little Clark Heiselt or BIG Ryan Bayles is! And, hey - there's Matt boy! Now it's way more fun to keep track of my grandkids - especially since they are spread all over the world! Before Jamie left for Guam, she made little magnet people of our family and we made this magnetic world map board.

Now I can see at a glance where everyone is living! (Even my missionary, Elder Cozza in Peru!) I decided to put another touch on the concept though....hanging clocks above the map to show the time across the world! Now when I am missing Clark - I can see at a glance that he's three hours ahead of my time and I can see if he's already in bed....or just waiting for my call. I can see California time where Ryan and Katie are - and they are the same time as my time and when Matt boy calls me - we're on the same time too! Yahoo! The clock that helps me the most, though, is the Guam clock! Get this...Emma and Marta are seven hours back - but a day ahead of my time! That can get pretty confusing! Now I won't make a silly mistake and call them when it's 9:00 a.m. my time. I can quickly see that it's 2:00 in the morning for them and that's a no-no! (Don't ever wake up sleeping babies - or their parents for that matter!) Also because they are "magnets" when Judy and Aaron move to Phoenix - their little magnet family will move right along with them on my map and then I'll move Joey up to Provo to take their place and all the clocks will still be in their right working order! Sooo...how about that!

Well, it's time to call a grandchild...

and I know exactly who I'll be calling!

Was it YOU?

Happy Mother's Day Grandma Cookies!

Mother's Day this year was better than ever! Not only did my own kids make me feel like a queen - but I think the grandkids notes made my day even better. I hung everything up on my wall by the stairs. I see this "coming and going!"

I have to show the picture that made me cry first! Every year - someone tries to make the right card that will make me shed tears. Jacob said, "Ah, come on! Gina's card made you cry two years in a row." Yep - you would have cried too if you were their Grandma!
Judy and Aaron - I wasn't expecting anything so cute!


Then there was Ryan and Katie! Here is a close up Katie's and Ryan's art work! I added their pictures for the sake of friends who came over and wanted to see their photos!
Super cute!

Here is Matt's adorable note. I was expecting something like - "when do I get to come to your house and ride "Quick Silver" again or something like that. (That's a horse at the nearby Walmart that he loves to ride for 50 cents) But no......he has to tell me about a tornado!
I laughed big time!

Jana has always had Will draw a picture for my card and then Jana writes exactly what Will tells her to write on the inside of the card. This year he is in kindergarten and didn't need any help at all. We all loved Will's personal message!
This one was VERY CHOICE!


Here is Rachel's art work. (super great, Rach!)

Her message brought LOTS of tears!
(a Grandmother's dream)
Thank you - thank you, Rachel!


Now you can see why my Mother's Day was so perfect.
Thank you - Thank you - I love you all so much!