Memorable MondayAngela's Birth

Angela Rae Pace
Feb. 29, 2000
8 lbs. 2 oz
20 inches

Angela was born 2 days late.  When I heard that Debbie had Austin, I was really sad.  I wanted to have my baby.  The night before Angela was born, I has visiting teachers over.  They were asking me how I was doing and call them when I had my baby.  I didn't know if I was going to have a boy or a girl.  I was getting anxious to find out what sex my baby was.   Later that night, I felt my water broke.  I knew that we needed to head to the hospital.  When we arrived, I was escorted to a room and we got started on an IV.  Soon, I was able to get my epidural.  It worked well at first, but after awhile I felt some pressure and asked fror some more medicine.  It was shortly after that when Angela came into the world.  She was born on Leap Day. Jim and my doctor joked about having my baby on Lesp Day and it happened.  What are the odds??   I called my visiting teachers less than 24 hours after their visit.  I was so excited that I had another girl.  It was worth waiting to find out that she was a girl. I gave her the middle name Rae after my dad and Jim's grandpa - Ray.  I was a little nervous about that middle name, but it grew on me at the hospital.  Angela was my biggest baby, probably because she was the only one that came after her due date.

Gilbert Temple Dedication

Our whole family was able to attend the Gilbert Temple Dedication.  For that day, our stake center was an extension of the temple. It was a sweet experience, especially since my health has been poor lately.  I loved looking at the pictures of the Gilbert Temple and other temples prior to the dedication.  It brought such a sweet spirit to the dedication.  There were three dedicatory sessions and our family chose to attend the second one.  It was a great experience for my family!

Youth Conference

The theme for the Youth Stake Conference was "More Fit for the Kingdom".  They started off the morning by doing service around the stake.  Josh and Danni had school events that morning, so they were late and unable to participate in the service activities.  Angela went and helped to clean our building.   After the service, they attended different classes.  Angela was really bored and came home for awhile.  The kids came home to get ready for the evening.  They watched the Gilbert Temple Celebration Broadcast and then had a dance. 

Our Stake

Cleaning the Stake Center

Angela and her service group
Angela loves the church vacuums.

The largest burrito

My kids before they left for the evening events

The Gilbert Celebration - in the rain

Sweet pictures of Josh and Angela dancing

Angela's 14th Birthday

Not everyone gets a birthday this year - Angela doesn't  She turned 14  without a birthday.  I took Angela out for lunch to Panda Express.  We had a lot of fun and I'm so glad that we had that time together.  She went to the Stake Youth Conference the next day.   When she came home from the day activities, we filled the car with balloons and had a present for her to open.  She was really pleased and surprised. After the evening activities, we took the family to McD's for some ice cream.  We had a couple of other celebrations planned too - at Grandma's house for cake, and Barro's Pizza for a family dinner.  I hope we make up for the fact that she doesn't get a birthday this year.

Angela is sad - no birthday this year.
jk - We had fun playing on the fact that
 her birthday is on Leap Day.

Angela and I after lunch

McD's for ice cream

Angela's ice cream

Singing to Angela at Grandma's house

Ang and Em at Barros Pizza

Memorable Monday Grandma Shaw - Blood Clot

I was in the hospital from a blood clot found in my spleen.  We found it from a CT scan that was ordered to look at a suspicious spot on my lung, which turned out to be nothing.  I was treated at the hospital with blood thinners and returned home in a couple of day.  I learned that I have a family history of blood clots, which includes my Grandma Shaw.

Dann and Jocelyn came for a visit

My Grandma Shaw died of a blood clot that formed in her leg and moved up and eventually killer her.  She was recovering from breast cancer and we weren't able to see her as often as we would have liked.  We were so shocked to hear that she had died.  I still remember the conversion my mom had on the phone when she found out.  I remember we spend the rest of the day at the Lloyd's house crying and playing video games.  She was so young and getting better, so why?  We don't know why, but we know that we will see her again.

Memorable MondayWinter Olympics

I love to watch the Olympics and I feel like I know the athletes.  They come into my home via TV and I cheer alongside them as they compete.  My mom really enjoys the Figure Skating during the winter Olympics.  We both fell in love with Michelle Kwan and hoped she would finally grab the gold medal.  There were other skaters who captures our hearts too.

• Brian Boitano - gold medal - figure skating
• Scott Hamilton - gold medal - My mom's favorite!!  He does flips
• Dorothy Hamill - gold medal
• Peggy Fleming - gold medal
• Tara Lipiski - gold medal
• Sarah Hughes - gold medal
• Michelle Kwan - 2 Silver medals behind Tara & Sarah
• Dan Jansen - race skater from turned tragedy to triumph
• Apollo Ohno - race skater
• Meryl/Davis - Silver ice dancers
• Charlie/White - Gold ice dancers

The winter Olympics came to SLC and I was sad that I didn't live there anymore.  When we came to visit SLC in 2006, I stopped by Rice Stadium (U of U Stadium) to see the torch and take some pictures with my kids near the Olympic symbols.

Angela near the Olympic torch 

Danni near the Olympic torch

Jim and Emily near the Olympic torch

Josh near the Olympic torch

My kids and I near the base of the Olympic torch

 When we came to Salt Lake City, I saw this super cool artwork and I took some snapshots.  Super cool art work!!!

Regionals

Josh tried out for regionals and got the top clarinet score for MHS and made it into the AMEA West Regional Band.  He practiced really hard and made 2nd chair in his division.  Josh has worked super hard and Mr. Brooks is noticing his efforts.  He took the time to tell me how good Josh is getting and what a great experience regionals has been for him. The concert was held at Central High School.  They performed several songs: "Flight of the Falcon"," Children's March"," The Evidence of Things Not Seen", "The Immovable Do", "March from Jazz Suite No. 2".   I just listened to them play.  I didn't record anything nor try to take pics of Josh - I couldn't find him anyway.    The concert was amazing!!!!  We stayed for the Orchestra, Band and Choir sections.

Josh and his plaque

Congrats Josh!!!