Delightful Evening with Daniel Beck

If you haven't yet seen the Liken the Scripture series yet you're really missing out. It's a set of live action musicals telling scripture stories and staring some pretty cool LDS actors. So when I saw in the ward bulletin last week that one of my favorite actors from the movies was coming to the Paris Tabernacle on Saturday night, we were quite anxious to go. And we were definitely not disappointed. Daniel Beck has a voice that I could listen to for years and not get tired of hearing. He just released an album produced by Kenneth Cope and he sang for us not only several songs from the album but well known favorites like "Bring Him Home", "The Impossible Dream", and "You Raise Me Up."

Of course we took our DVDs of the Liken movies that starred him so that we could get autographs. He came up before the show, saw them sitting on Brit's lap and talked to her as he signed them. Then he sang a song for us, his Liken fans, and afterward we got pictures taken with him.

Ironically, his former mission president is the gospel doctrine teacher in our ward so on Sunday morning in came Dan Beck and his family to sacrament meeting where Jaycee and Britnee sang the special musical number.

The whole experience was delightful and one that if given the chance, I will take again.

P.S. his website is danielbeckmusic.com if you want to hear his music.

How Many McMullin's does it take to Catch a Pigmy Goat?

One. But that's after the rest of the McMullin's have chased the dumb thing all over the yard for 45 minutes in the mud. Matt came home and made short work of the whole thing, grabbing him by the neck and front leg and taking him back to the chain. P.S. no animals were hurt in the goat catching process. We all got pretty dirty and Brit fell down trying to dive/tackle the slippery little fella. On Monday, I'm going to buy a more dependable chain hook.

Take 2 Chocolates & Call Me in the Morning

Last week on the radio I heard that one of my favorite speakers was actually coming to our little Montpelier for a Relief Society luncheon for the Montpelier Stake. That isn't my home stake so I made a couple of phone calls and got an RSVP to go. So on Saturday at 1 pm my mom, my friend Katie, and I went to a yummy lunch and to hear Emily Watts speak. It was an absolutely delightful afternoon and ended far too early for me- I could've listened to her all day.

My baby's teeth

(Okay, so I'm a little behind and this picture is about a month old. But I want to remember this so I'm posting now.)

My baby lost his first baby tooth in March. He had been wiggling for a couple of weeks and was getting frustrated that it was still there. When Matt came home each Friday he would test it and tell him to keep trying. One Friday he tested it and when he pulled his hand out, he handed Cody's tooth to him. He danced around and then ran down to tell grandma.

Just the other day the tooth right next to it turned into $1 overnight as well. What a fun thing to see my kids growing up and experiencing new things.

Memory Monday- Hot Cross Buns

According to Wickipedia -A hot cross bun, or cross-bun, is a type of sweet spiced bun made with currants or raisins and leavened with yeast. It has a cross marked on the top which might be effected in one of a variety of ways including: pastry, flour and water mixture, rice paper, icing, or intersecting cuts. There are many stories as to when the first Hot Cross Buns were made, one story is related to the Anglo Saxons that the buns were first made in honor of their goddess of Spring, Eostre, from whom the name Easter is derived. Today they are traditionally served on Good Friday. There is a superstition that Hot Cross Buns baked on Good Friday never became moldy and that one bun would be saved as a good luck charm until the next year's buns were made.

According to my grandma Ada and my mom, it's a tradition every Good Friday. We make these yummy little treats, eat them until out bellies hurt and share them with friends and neighbors. I think that said tradition is actually Catholic and since my grandma has passed away we have no way of knowing for sure why or how our family picked it up, we just know that come Good Friday, one can find my mom in the kitchen baking hot cross buns.

Wax on- Wax off

I hate shaving! But even worse than that, I hate having hairy legs, especially when I workout and can feel them. I bought an epilator a couple of years back and have used it a lot but it causes quite a few ingrown hairs. So it's time to take drastic action. My good friend Amy came to my rescue this morning with two Popsicle sticks, some strips of cloth and a hot jar of wax.

Amy does hair by trade, and has a great set up in her salon. It's just not equipped with a massage bed (yet :) so we had to get creative in positioning while we yanked every single stubby little hair from my legs.

It took about two hours, probably longer than it needed to because we couldn't quit laughing but the result? My legs feel wonderfully soft and smooth and I won't have to be shaving them for a good long while. Now about that bikini line?!?!

Introducing Peyton!!!

Ben and Kelly (my little sister) had their little girl last night at 6:06 p.m. Her name is Peyton Ali Roseborough, she was 7 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 inches long. Happy day! We haven't had a little girl born in our Bassett family since Britnee.

The City of Joseph

Our 12 passenger van left Topeka on Wednesday, headed for Nauvoo, Illinois. We had 7 passengers, my mom, her friend Flor, my aunts Tami and Jane, my friend Amy Kearl, Tia and I.

We caravaned with a minivan carrying 7 more passengers bringing our grand total of women travelers to 14. The main reason for our trip being a Women's Conference that's held each year on or around the organization of the Relief Society. We got to see a re-enactment of that, hear enjoyable speakers, and see several historic sites.

On Friday afternoon we went to the old Nauvoo cemetery for a farewell of sorts. While there, I was able to walk around and find one of my ancestors graves. I have studied quite a bit about her and was very humbled to visit the sacred place where she was laid to rest.

At sunset that night we drove down the Trail of Hope to the Mississippi where we got to take some fun pictures.

On Saturday we visited the Family living Center, a few old homes and Carthage on our way out. We got to stay in a little town called Brookfield, Missouri on Saturday night because of an ice storm.

On Sunday we saw Far West, Adam-ondi-Ahman, Independence, and Liberty Jail. We flew home on Monday.

It was a pretty whirlwind trip but I had a wonderful time, laughing and visiting with some great people.