We've been tagged

(Alvan's answers are in green, Karen's are in red) . . . A) Four places I go over and OVER, 1. Toilet Toilet 2. Bed Work 3. Work Train (to and from work) 4. Church Bed (not often enough nowadays) B) Four people who e-mail ME the most: 1.Work (that covers lots of areas) LDS Living 2. Other IT ie: Apple, Microsoft, HP etc Meridian News 3. Mum Deseret books 4. Kids Work colleagues (at work) C) Four of my favorite foods: 1. Mexican Chocolate 2. Indian Indian 3. Chocolate Thai 4. Krispy Kremes Mexican D) Four places I would rather be right now: 1. USA USA 2. In Bed Hong Kong 3. Beach In Bed 4. In a plane going anywhere(he likes flying) Beach E) Four movies I would watch over and over: 1. Surfing movies Phenomenon 2. Movies with cars in them Hair Spray 3. He says he doesn't really have any favourites The Polar Express 4. But really he'll watch almost anything over and over! The Wedding Planner Now we're tagging, the Jordans, the Nightingales, and the Kings

69 Days to go!!

Yes that's how many days to go, till our baby returns home from her year in the States. Not that I'm counting or anything!! She has been so blessed to have this amazing opportunity. And her time has been jam packed full of special experiences I know she will cherish for the rest of her life. Some of the best of them are still yet to be. Whitney will be going to EFY a couple of weeks before she comes home...so chances are she won't need the plane, she'll just be able to float home! Words will never express enough how truly grateful we are to the Olson family for taking her in and loving her like their own. Whitney sent us some photos the other day, from her time so far. So time to share with everyone:

Australian Outback Spectacular

Last night we went to the Australian Outback Spectacular. It's a wonderful dinner and show. The meals were delicious, and the show was fantastic. We'd highly recommend it to anyone. It's a really fun night, with sheep mustering, horsemanship, chook races, boat races, campfire stories (which included the best recitation of "The man from Snowy River" I've ever heard), and even a helicopter! Here is the link, take a look: http://outbackspectacular.myfun.com.au This night out was Alvan's birthday present to me. He also surprised me by sending 12 stunningly gorgeous long stem red roses to my work. I was once again the envy of all the women in the office. I love were I work, everyone is so nice. They bought a cake and sang Happy Birthday to me, (which we do for every birthday in our office). And one of the secretaries went even further and bought me tim tams and a slice from the bakery, just 'cause she wanted to do something extra for me....I was really touched! It's been a great week, I finally got my uniforms on Monday(very expensive and made to measure) for work, but they look good! The Phantom of the Opera on Wednesday, Lost returned to TV on Thursday (the one show I MUST watch!), Whitney got accepted into EFY at Provo in July (before she comes home...what a blessing!). Cake and goodies at work and Outback Spectacular on Friday night. Tonight the whole family is getting together at Sizzler for dinner... wow, talk about count your many blessings...what a great week!

and listen to the Music of the Night.....

Well, after a couple of months anticipation, Alvan and I finally saw The Phantom of the Opera (his birthday present) on Wednesday night (April 16th). It was amazing!! We had Anthony Warlow, who is Australia's version of Michael Crawford...this guy really is "The Phantom of the Opera!" Everything about the show was breathtaking. The sets, the costumes, the music, the voices, the acting...absolutely fantastic. We loved it!! I cried (of course..) at the end, it was sad, and beautiful. The songs have been going round and round in my head ever since.

Easter weekend - Sunday

Alvan and I visited Tara's ward "Karrawatha Ward" this week. It was great to spend time with her family, Tara taught a wonderful lesson in Relief Society.. she's an amazing woman, mother and wife. And Perrin gave a fantastic talk in Primary we were able to be there for too. After Church The Andersens, Elly & Rick and Jaime & Rob all came over for our traditional "Easter Feast". It's based on eating the kinds of foods that would have been consumed during Christ's time on earth. We had shaved lamb kebab meat, turkish bread (drizzled with olive oil and garlic and toasted in the oven), hommus, dried apricots, almonds, grapes, dates, and grape and apple juice to drink, yummy! Afterwards, everyone just sat around and visited, it was a lovely night... simple moments are often the special times.