Gracie Gallery

Ready for school

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Dancing Princess Gracie

Birthday Princess Gracie

Ballet recital with Ms. Whitney

Parade rehearsal with the BIG girls!

Ballet recital with Ms. Michelle

She runs the house!

HALLOWEEN

So my brother definately came over dressed up as Edward Cullen for Halloween. Ladies, what do you think? Does he have it?

His wife Tressa came as a Pirate. She didn't fit really well into the Cullen family picture...

Ethan-Wolverine
6 yrs.

Ryal-Bumblebee
5 yrs.

Gracie-An Etsy witch!

3 yrs.

Noah-Spongebob

2 yrs.

(Yep! He had to wear girl tights!)

Glover Gang-ready to

Trick-or-Treat!

(Kaylee was in the Haunted House across the street)

Simple Blessings in my life this week!

* A friend picked up some of my laundry and did it for me

* In the early morning, (before it was time to get up), my 2 year old snuggled with me

* Pizza for dinner!

* A LOVE letter from one of my little dancer's

* My husband cleaned the kitchen after dinner

* Heard the baby's heart beat

* Talked to grandma on the phone

* A friend took my daughter for a playdate

* Went Christmas shopping

* My daughter called me cute,
(which made up for the day before when she called me FAT)

* Got a late Sunday nap

* Watched my daughter say the prayer in Primary

* A hot shower...alone! (no kids)

* Hot apple pie & ice cream

* The OFFICE

* Had a dress party

* Made it to the weekend!

Dress & Jean Party!!!!

It's that time of year...The Dress Lady is coming into town from CA, bringing with her gorgeous dresses from Infant sizes up to size girls 14 (with 2 piece sets for older girls as well). It's the perfect chance to get matching dresses for your girls or simply pick out a fabulous dress for Christmas for your daughter, granddaughter, baby gift, flower girl, etc.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME, SO FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD AND BRING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

***And for the first time ever...she will also be bringing 4 styles of Women's True Religion Jeans for only $50-$65!!!!

(They are the REAL THING!)

Party is Monday, Nov. 2nd from 1-3pm. At the home of Jheri Glover-we will be parked on the driveway!

Contact me for directions.

jheriglover@cox.net

We're having a GIRL!!!!!

Due on Valentine's Day!

Glover's Top Ten List

For anyone who doesn't already know...I'm Pregnant! 12 weeks today!!! So it is very unlikely that any pictures of myself will be posted on this blog for at least another year.
(However, I do have a lot of fun summer pix to post once my camera gets fixed.)

In the meantime, I have been going through my children's "funny" jars, (I randomly write down funny things they say and do, when I remember, and stick them in their own individual jar). I have posted the Top Ten funniest lines from the past couple of years.

(Noah is just barely talking, so his jar is empty)

Gracie Top Ten:

10. While looking at the Christmas lights-"Oh, it's so pretty...like me!"

9. About her muffin-"Can I have another cupcake waffle?"

8. As I was about to do her hair-"Mom, be nice to my hair, okay?"

7. Ran around the house yelling, "Cock-a moodle-boo!"

6. After eating her steak and potatoes-"Mom, I ate all my snake!"

5. "I LOVE chocolate chip cookies, they're my favorite color."

4. Named her stuffed animal, "animal stuff".

3. Wanting a drink of 7up-"Can I have some more green root beer?"

2. Mom-"Gracie, you're my little sweet pea!" Gracie-"Ummm!!! You can't say pee!!!"

1. On Thanksgiving- Mom-"Gracie, if you want to help mommy, go wash your hands." Gracie-"but I didn't pick my boogers!"


Ryal Top Ten:

10. Willing to compromise with me so I would take him to the store-"If you take me to Target, we can go to the BOY Target or the GIRL Target, I don't care."

9. To Gracie, after she called him a Cow-"But Gracie, NO, I'm just a boy."

8. "I don't want to watch conscience, it's too long!" He meant conference.

7. "I don't want to eat jelly because it probably tastes like jellyfish." (too much Spongebob)

6. "Mom, I broked Kaylee's leotard!...April Fools!"

5. "Have I ever been to the jungle?" (He meant the zoo)

4. He called the munchkins from Wizard of Oz, "Munchipmunks".

3. After waking me up in the middle of the night due to bad dreams, he wanted me to say a prayer so he could go back to sleep. He got mad and said, "don't say BLESS US to have good dreams, say HELP US to have good dreams, or it won't work! Nevermind, I will say it!"

2. Off in the corner talking to himself while Gracie watches Dora-"I don't like Dora, I say FART to her!"

1. Came into our bed because he didn't want to sleep in his. (Him and Ethan shared the top bunk) I asked why and he said, "I don't like to sleep with two guys in my bed."


Ethan Top Ten:

10. In his prayer, "please help us live closer by the Prophet."

9. Would call cherries, "cherrybabies".

8. Until age 5, used the word, "lasterday".

7. To mom-(after I got after Noah for breaking something), "He's just a baby, he doesn't understand you!"

6. As we are discussing needing more money to buy a new house, Ethan said, "you can use my toothfairy dollars!" (he had saved $4)

5. Mom-"Noah, how are you so big and fat when you don't eat anything?" Ethan-"I guess he ate a lot in heaven!"

4. Ethan is just learning how to read and sound out words. He very proudly spelled Scott-SGOTT.

3. About Ryal-"He has a temperature!" (temper)

2. With anxiety about when we would pick him up from the babysitters, (we were going to the temple for Holly & Ray's wedding), "You'll come get me right when it's over, right? Right when Holly & Ray kiss then you'll come get me?"

1. "You're getting on my nerds!"


Kaylee Top Two: (I started this after Kaylee had gotten older, but I still have two faves)

2. When talking about vaccuming her room, "I'm trying to get all the grumbles out!"

1. While grabbing Cayenne Pepper out of the cupboard, "I want to make some cinnamon toast. What do I need, just sugar and pepper?" (I won't tell you how old she was!)


Of course these stories are always funnier when you know the children personally and can imagine their funny faces and personalities, but I have to say that my children crack me up on a daily basis and I am so grateful to be their mother! Looking forward to Glover Baby #6!

Our June!

We spent the past couple of weeks getting ready for the Az State Cinderella Finals! This was our Queen Creek Delegation Party, hosted by Emily Wright. (Kaylee is her Overall Cinderella Teen)

Hayden, Alyssa & Kaylee

This was our East Valley Cinderella Delegation Party at my house!

Heather
The moms worked together to sew matching pajama pants for the girls, while the girls swam

Angela & Lisa

Princess Tamara

Ashley made everyone flower clips!

The day before we left, we celebrated Ethan (6) & Ryal's (5) B-day's!

Noah is no longer scared of the water!

The girls

Sarah, Kaylee, Emily

Noah can float!

Ethan thought this was sooooo cool!

Limbo

The highlight-they each got their own DS!

The next morning, bright and early, we were off to Cinderella!

Laughlin, NV...here we come!

We stopped at a gas station near Kingman and made Kaylee sing for everyone!

That night the girls competed in Charm Girl, and Gracie won 1st alt. to Overall out of 11 girls!!!

Jessica, Kaylee & Ashley

Orientation

Gracie was having fun!

Helen & I

East Valley & Scottsdale Directors

Each division puts on a skit-this is Kaylee's division

Our delegation

Interview

Prince Gilbert autograph Party!

Gracie and Zolee Crawford

Pajama party in our suite!

Mornings were rough with Gracie, she had to be up so early. I had to find lots of entertainment for her while we got ready!

From that...

... to this!

Tot Personality!

(we had a jacuzzi jet tub-Gracie's favorite part of the week!)

Gracie & Emma ready for the Tot fun coloring party!

Western Hoe Down!

Jessica, Gracie & Kaylee

(I had the opportunity of being Jessica's chaperone, so these were my 3 girls all week)

Talent day!

Kaylee sang, "I Am Changing"

She nailed it! Rocked the house!!!

Sportswear

Disco Party

Partywear

Kaylee was the only girl in her division to have sleeves. Another contestants mother in a different division noticed and complimented Kaylee on keeping her standards. I think it made Kaylee proud.

And of course my mom showed up for finals. She wore Gracie's dress around the room when Gracie refused to put it on! Of course, Gracie wanted it back real quick!

Cindy Fair Lunch

Gracie got called up to dance on stage-thats her on the end

Kaylee got called up and had to request a kiss from someone on the stage-don't worry, no boys!

GRAND FINALS

Cinderella Ball

You can wear your highest crowning honor at the ball-Kaylee was the International Talent Winner in 2005

My East Valley Cinderella Royalty!

Tot-Emma Thompson

Mini Miss-Ashlyn Thompson

Miss-Jessica Crandell

Teen-Rebecca Keylon

Awards Breakfast

My Overall Scottsdale Cinderella Mini-Miss

Sophia Larsen

Best Model

Spirit of Cinderella

Kaylee won Spirit of Cinderella too!

(I tried to get a pix of them together-but they weren't cooperating!)

To be honest, I was probably more disappointed in the judges results this year than I have ever been. But we had a great time, made new friends and my kids did such a wonderful job! It was a great mother/daughter week and I was so proud of them!

This was our State Miss picture. Any of the girls who had been crowned Az. State Miss before lined up for a pix in order of year. Yep! I'm the oldest one there. My year was 1990...so long ago! I'm the only one married with 5 kids! Right in front of me is Erin Nurss, who is the reigning Miss Arizona. She was also my State Tot in 1990.

I was so excited to come home and see my boys!

Look at this kid!