Willy Wonka's Violet Beauregarde gum trick

Be careful what you let your children watch. I just looked over and watched Will pull out the snacks and put his big wad of gum in his ear. I asked where he learned to do that....Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-good ole Violet Beauregarde, but I'm pretty sure she put her gum BEHIND her ear.

Note to self: Keep Will's hair short so he doesn't get gum stuck in it while storing his gum IN his ear.

Ready and Waiting....for Spring!

Gracie and Will enjoyed taking advantage of the melted snow and their bike and a scooter. The scooter was given to us by a neighbor and Will LOVES it. Our last scooter (given to us by cousin Landon) bit the dust when a bigger kid chose to ride over it with his big boy bike last summer. Sad, but true. It was a rockin' little scooter.

Gracie is a good bike rider and intends on riding without training wheels this summer. She just needs to watch where she is going. She gets so easily distracted sometimes, she'll be off in the ditch and wonder how she got there.

Note to self: Remember Gracie's helmet and protective gear.

In Loving Memory of Dr. Lester Rose

This dear man on the left is Dr. Lester Rose. He is a hero of mine. This picture was taken at our i2i, Inc. Foundations Training class in 2008, he is about 80 years young and out of retirement.

He was a spry, brilliant, warm-hearted man and generous human being. He passed away January 18, 2009 and was survived by his sweet wife Joy and I am sure many, many patients, family and friends who love him.

Dr. Rose practiced as a neurosurgeon and began using the Interro (Roy's first version of the IQS) about 25 years ago. He has helped so many people in so many ways. A humble kind and gentle man, with much that he offered our world. I will dearly miss Dr. Rose and pray that his legacy lives on. God rest your Soul, Dr. Rose. I am so grateful to have known you.

Note to Self: Make sure you tell and show people while they are alive how much you love and like them.

Warts and Toads and icky things

The top pic is of Gracie's foot. She's had this spot on her foot for quite sometime, and then she suddenly couldn't walk on it. Fear goes thru your mind first. The fear of taking her to a Dr. and having them painfully cut something out and not being able to walk on that foot normally for a while and all the rammifications that come with that.

Well, I decided, since Acacia had a wart on her wrist to use my IQS machine to find and create a homeopathic that would possibly help these 2 girls. One from pain, and the other from social embarrassment and a feeling of ickiness.

So, I make a remedy for Acacia and she takes it faithfully. I want to say that within 3 days to a week, her wart was completely gone. It's been 6 months to a year now and hasn't returned. She was happy.

Now Gracie, her pain went away almost immediately with the remedy, BUT it took a while for this planters wart to "turn inside out" and leave. I am happy to say, no surgery, no plantars wart and no trauma. It added to my belief in homeopathics and the body's ability to heal itself. I will have to post the after pics now, just so you can see.

I think it took Gracie's wart longer to disappear because hers had been around much longer.

Good times, right here.

Note to self: Warts respond very well to homeopathics and warts are viruses.

Sylvia

So, Sylvia, my poinsettia went in the garbage yesterday. To my surprise, Gracie cried. She had maybe 3 leaves left. I couldn't display her, nor save her any longer. Later that day I was upstairs when I heard the kitchen cupboard open and Gracie saying with all sincerity, "Hi Sylvia!" to my plant in the garbage. On her last leaf, Gracie was giving Sylvia some loving attention.

Note to self: *Maybe your kids DO listen to what you say.

Gracelina Magdelina

Grace and her friends dressed as angels. And Grace as a snow angel. She can play in the snow for hours. I so love this sweet girl. She is full of hugs and gratitude often. It catches people off guard.

Ryan-Kaylee-Chad

Kaylee loves my friend Chad. She calls him "Aunt Chad" and I encourage her to call him "Uncle Chad". He's known her from the beginning of her life. He is so kind, considerate and interested in her. When she speaks he listens to her intently and with such respect. No wonder she loves him so. Kaylee and I were glad to be able to see Chad a couple of times while she was here. I still can't believe that my dad strangled Chad in my front driveway and that my mom loves him and enjoys him so much now. I am so grateful that I met Chad at Denny's in Provo, while doing BYU homework. We've been friends ever since. Good times, good times.