ABC Tag

A - Age: 27

B - Bed size: queen

C - Chore you hate: dirty dishes!

D - Dairy Queen Favorite: blizzards!

E - Essential start your day item: food

F - Favorite color(s): green

G - Gold or Silver: silver

H - Height: 5'6

I - Instruments you play(ed): flute, piano

J - Job title: wife, mother

K - Kids: one and another on the way!!!

L - Living arrangements: 2 bedroom apt, with spacious living room and kitchen, but smaller bedrooms-a bit crowded for all my stuff. I love the fenced in grassy backyard though...

M - Mom's name: Kathleen

N - Nicknames: Liz

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none

P - Pet Peeve: whining and clinging and crying (kids crying)

Q - Quote: "We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do"

R - Right or left handed: right

S - Siblings: 3, just like Saki

Time you get up: 6 or 7 (where Mere wakes up). 8-10 when saki watches Mere in the morning

V - Vegetable you dislike: iceberg lettuce

W - Ways you run late: hmm, waiting for Saki, dawdling cause I think I have time, then realize I don't

X - X-rays you've had: on my teeth ;)

Y - Yummy food you make: marble squares

Z - Zoo favorite: big cats and capybara

Samuel's Mission Call!

My youngest brother Samuel received his mission call Wednesday and waited all the way until this Sunday evening so all the family could get online as he opened it. He is called to serve in the Tempe, AZ mission-Spanish speaking and goes into the Missionary Training Center on July 8th! We are all so very excited for him and know he will be an excellent missionary as he demonstrates daily his love and devotion to the Lord and is an example to all of us!

My parents had no idea he had received his mission call so soon-though Samuel did let his siblings know he was going to surprise them this evening (he is currently attending Brigham Young University, Provo and knew if he called Wednesday they may have guessed something was happening.

Tempe, AZ mission as of 2003-very close to where Saki and I live!


i-chatting the news. . . Samuel is on the left; Thomas is with him, though avoiding the camera; Jeff and Kathleen (parents) in the middle; Robert (Camille was there, but had to leave early for a church meeting), Ruby, and Lydia on the right; Saki and Elizabeth on the bottom.

Finally we got a vacation!

Saki and I went to Florida the last week and a half to spend Easter with my family. I haven't been back to FL for years (I grew up in WA but spent 10th grade in FL and my family moved back to FL in 2000 when I graduated from high school.

Meresiana with her grandparents.


We spent a lot of time with my best friend Ashley and her family-I hadn't seen her since her wedding!





They took us to the beach and the shooting range-lots of fun!!!

Most of Ashley's family-the two oldest boys helped my parents and Saki move lots of books from their old house to the new house-as of last week my parents are officially moved into their new ward.


We had to stop at a Waffle House when we were down south-they are soo cheap $1-$5 a meal or item! It was kind of an interesting place.

Scenery in Alabama (it looks like this where my parents live to as they live on the panhandle). Mere being bored in the car.

Birmingham Alabama Temple, Saki thinks it's similar to the one in Fiji. . .

General Conference and Easter!

Saki and I relished general conference this spring-it's always so refreshing to hear the clear guidance and loving words of the Prophet and His apostles and other leaders of the church in a world of shifting values. I'm so glad we can now listen online in many languages instead of waiting for it all to come in print! http//lds.org/conference/languages/0,6353,310-1,00.html

Also, I would suggest to my old roomies and other friends that this Easter time is an excellent time to give away a "Lamb of God" video, which the missionaries likely have. Anyone who would like a FREE copy of this DVD (it is the bible story of the last days of Christ's life and His resurrection-great to watch as part of your Easter celebration) can get it online at www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/free-media/free-media

Little Niece!

Our little niece Tess Kasanita was born this Wednesday and weighs 6lbs and 5 oz! We are happy for this addition to our family and look forward to some photos :)

Visit with Grandma and Grandpa Peterson before they return to Oregon! Thank you for the wonderful time Grandma and Grandpa!!! We love you and are so glad we could see you so much this winter!

Wearing sunglasses. . .

Anything kind of like a phone becomes one and Mere talks on it, pretty cute...