And the celebrating continued...

Saturday morning we celebrated Jeri and baby Walker (who was born 17 hours after his shower) with brunch at The Beauty Shop. And no, that is not Jeri on the end...that is Candace and she has another 6 weeks to go!

 Then we celebrated the life of Aunt Jane who lost her battle with cancer. Loved that the service was at her favorite restaurant and we all ate and drank. A ton of family came in town, so the celebration continued on Sunday at our house!

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Celebrating the Birthday Boy...

With drinks, dinner and cupcakes!  Happy Birthday, Caleb!



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Mustard Seed Ceramics

My dead friend and huge GROW supporter, Rebecca, has given me many colorful ceramic pieces over the years from Mustard Seed. I absolute love them and love the cause. They are a Christian community for adults with disabilities and ceramics are part of their therapy program. They sell their pieces as a way to raise funds for the organization which houses 18 adults full time. They are based in Brandon, MS and tonight they had their first home show! Rebecca was the perfect hostess and of course the products sell themselves. Normally they sell from their gift shop only.

Who doesn't love to shop for a cause? And since I hadn't spent any of my Christmas money...in addition to some presents, I got myself a couple of things. I absolutely love my new pie plate and bowl. I love pie plates for hot dips and to eat salads from. My bowl will be perfect for chips, but for now it is great for fruit!

"...if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can say to this mountain, 'move from here to there' and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you." Mathew 17:20



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Why?

Why oh why...do I fall asleep during almost every movie I watch expect for the ones I watch on a plane?

Over the weekend, Ray picked up 2 movies he had wanted to see from The Redbox. Both movies had gotten great reviews and have been nominated for awards, so I was excited...

The Martian-2 eyes closed about 45 minutes in. However, I woke up towards the end and felt like I didn't miss a beat! Yes, it was that entertaining!

Sicario-I love CIA shows and movies, but this one was so slow. I tried hard to stay awake as it was light outside when we watched it, but I'm guessing 1 eye closed about 30 mins in and 2 eyes closed within an hour and a half.

Then today I'm on a flight...I worked extra hard this morning, so I could nap on the plane. I was so tired. So, turn on Burnt (which mind you got maybe 1 star and no award nominations) and settle in for a nap. Two eyes open the entire 1 hr and 51 minutes of the movie. Was it a great movie...no, but it was good. So, the moral of this post is if you want me to stay awake for a movie you should take me with you on a 3+ hour plane ride!

Oh well, customers call and back on a plane I go!

Today's photo of the day. These mountains take my breath away every time I see them and for that I am so thankful!


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When in SLC

I eat sushi at Takashi. Tonight, I was spoiled because Mr Takashi himself rolled for me.
Once you have Takashi you can't eat sushi just anywhere again!


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Discontinued...

Three of my favorite products have been discontinued. I tried to stock up, but it was too late...supply and demand had already kicked in. My dry shampoo that is normally $18 is going for $73 on Amazon, so I'm on a mission to find replacements!


Due to many requests I'm going to attempt to blog more regularly again! 2016 has been pretty busy, but not very blog worthy...I've been to 3 funerals. I really hoped 3 would be it for the year, but I already have a 4th this coming weekend.
One blog worthy announcement...We welcomed a new nephew! Ray's sister and brother in law welcomed Silas into the world on January 25th. We can't wait to meet him!
It was a quiet Valentine's weekend in Memphis and now I'm Salt Lake City bound! It's my goal to post a picture a day while I'm gone...

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Taking it back to the old school...

Because it was so cool!
Last Sunday we went to see Lily and Layne (and Emily and Caleb). Caleb made us delicious smothered deer and potatoes. While we were waiting for dinner, we started teaching the kids what we use to do at school (before text messages and hand held games). We all had so much fun. Especially the guys with their footballs and stars!









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For when you have that Holiday....

Ham bone (thanks Emily for leaving the one y'all had at Thanksgiving in my freezer).  I forgot to take a picture, but this NY Times Ham Bone soup recipe made the house smell wonderful and was mighty tasty.

Southern Living's

One pan Honey-Soy-Glazed Salmon with Veggies and Oranges from January didn't disappoint!



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Cheers to 2016!

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Today

I was happy to have my littlest favorite here to help me finish up some 2015 work. In his words...'we are izzy. Say cheeseburger!' He is always smiling and has picture taking down!



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And just like that...

Our 2015 Christmas Tree is ready to ring in 2016! I know I say this every year, but I absolutely loved our tree this year.






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Merry Christmas Eve 2015

And Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus!


The stockings were 're'hung by the chimney with care after being filled on Christmas Eve!


Mullen loved his horse!


Layne, Lily and Mullen worked hard on our place mats!


Sweet Lily!!



Ready to head home to sleep for Santa after a great day at Nonna and Poppa's house!


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Breakfast with the favorites...

And Santa, Mrs. Clause, Mr. Snowman, The Grizz, Pouncer and more! We all had the best time and the food and drinks were great too!

























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Fabulous week in SLC

We went West to cool off and oh did we ever...12" of snow later.
A little fire in The Canyons...


Park City fun!


Dueling piano work Christmas party!


Beautiful city!


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It's beginning to look

A lot like Christmas! Just so happened to be in NYC for a meeting the night of the Rockerfeller tree lighting...while it lasted 1 hour on TV, we were there 4. Definitely made a lasting memory!



Then the next morning I went for my morning jog and when in NY one must jog by the Today show! I stopped for the performance. Had I known I was going to be on the front row I may have put on makeup! At Least they gave me a hat for my day old hair!


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It tasted as good as it looked!

Happy Thanksgiving from The Helsley's! We had a great Holiday with Ray's family.


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Happy Birthday, Karen!

Spending time with these two is good for the soul! Laughter abound always!


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Lunch Date!

Thankful to be home today and for my flexible schedule, so that I could have lunch with my oldest favorites and go shopping at their book fair! #auntlife



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We won

The tailgate and the game! Great day on Rocky Top!









The rock looked awesome with the TN walking horse!


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