Thursday, January 31, 2008

Glenn Beck Discusses Gordon B. Hinckley

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

KU vs. Iowa State

Check this link out. Make sure to watch the postgame analysis very closely!

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Grandma Mairs

Uberta Adele Mairs, 90, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Uberta was born November 5, 1917 in Salt Lake City, UT, the daughter of George Morgan and Annie Laurie (Bjork) Barrett. Uberta lived in Salt Lake City until about the age of six when her family moved to San Bernardino, where her dad went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad. During the depression when hours of work were cut back, her resourceful father found ways to earn a little extra. He collected olives, taught himself to cure them and when ready the children would sell them to neighbors to earn Christmas money. Uberta also remembered walking through lemon groves & orange groves to get to her school. She lived in Topeka from 1951 to 1957 and then moved to California where she lived until 1987 when she moved back to Topeka. She was employed by the JC Penneys at White Lakes when it opened and transferred to the Fontana, CA. store where she worked until retiring. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Lake Shawnee Ward and served in many capacities during her lifetime. She especially had a love of the Visiting Teaching program and served as a Visiting Teacher until her death. Her hobbies included gardening, crocheting, bowling and reading. Uberta married William J. Mairs on July 5,1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He died December 16,1978. Survivors include sons; William G. Mairs (Lorraine) Arcadia, CA; Allen Mairs, Hemet, CA; Dr. Michael Mairs, Ballston Lake, NY; daughters, Linda Eldridge (Jack), Topeka, KS; Nancy Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 21 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; brother, Louis Barrett, Big Bear, CA; and a sister, Marie Bowers, Lewiston, ID. She was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3611 SW Jewell, Topeka. Burial will take place in the Mountain View Cemetery in San Bernardino, CA. Uberta will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Southeast Chapel after 5:00 p.m. on Sunday and visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Viewing at Mountain View on Wed. 11a.m., graveside services 12:00 p.m. San Bernardino, CA.

Monday, January 14, 2008

My Little Cook

Noelle loves to help me cook. A couple of nights ago I made some meatloaf and she loved pouring all the ingredients into the bowl. As you can tell by the picture, she finally has enough hair to make two small pigtails! I am so excited that she finally has more hair.

Noelle loves to crack eggs. One day she climbed up on a chair and got a hold of an egg, and luckily I got there before she did it. Maybe she will grow up to be a great cook!

She did a good job because the meatloaf turned out yummy!

All Wrapped Up

On Sunday night Noelle got into some floral tape. She loves to get into things, especially unrolling tape.

Wall Climber

Tonight before her bath, Noelle decided to climb the walls with her feet! It was so funny I had to run and get the camera. We have no idea where she learned how to do that.

Watch this!

Look at how high I can climb!

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Toliet Paper

Today after I got a new roll of toliet paper, Noelle grabbed a package of toliet paper that was sealed up. I didn't care if she played with them, since I thought it would take her a while to open them. So I went to check my email on the computer and could hear her little footsteps running back and forth from the bathroom to the living room. After a couple of minutes Noelle comes into the computer room with two rolls of soaked toilet paper to show me. She was smiling of course! I knew right away what she was up to. I first went to check the toliet which was empty, then walked into the living room where she had about 6 soaked rolls of toliet paper stacked and lined up in a row. I guess I have learned my lesson to never leave Noelle alone with toliet paper and leave the bathroom door open!

All I could do was laugh! :)

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Happy Birthday Nicole!

Noelle posing with the birthday girl and her ice-cream cake. Aren't they beautiful!

Noelle really loves blowing out candles, and happens to do it quite well!

Jayhawks: Orange Bowl Champs!

After suffering through UH's loss in the Sugar Bowl it was nice to see the Jayhawks hang on for the win to become the Orange Bowl Champs. The latest debate in the Eldridge household is who had the better team: KU or Hawaii?

Friday, January 04, 2008

Recently Noelle has started laying on her back in the bath tub. It's funny to watch her ease onto her back and kind of wince as the water comes up over her ears. Once she gets used to the water being over her ears she just lays there playing with the washclothes. Then she starts doing the little chant from Finding Nemo (when he gets initiated into the fishtank club. It goes something like, "Ha Hoo Wha He Ha Ho Ho Ho."). She is a funny little girl and is looking forward to hitting the beach in Maui soon.

Just relaxing in the tub.

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Go Bows!

Today Mike wore his UH shirt so I decided that Noelle and I should wear ours too! We are really excited to watch the Sugar Bowl tonight and are cheering for UH! I haven't been able to watch them play this year since the games are always so late here. If you can't tell what Noelle is doing, she is trying to shaka. We are still working on it. GO BOWS!

My Cardboard House

Today we went over to see Mike's dad since he was home by himself. He made us some yummy chili and we had fun just hanging out. He brought a huge box in the house for Noelle to play in. She loved it and played with it for a long time. Grandpa made her a window that opened and shut which she had a blast playing with. When Mike and I fell asleep he also let Noelle run around in the dark with a flashlight which she loved too. What a fun Grandpa!

Noelle and her cheesy smile.

Grandpa made little door handles with duct tape to make it easier for Noelle to open and shut the door.

Noelle hanging out with a doll in her cardboard house.

Bye Bye Gingerbread House

Today we let Noelle eat the candy off the gingerbread house since Christmas is over. This is the second year we have let her, maybe it will become a tradition on New Year's Day.

Noelle loved eating the candy off the gingerbread house.

New Year's Eve

Last night the Kaus came over to celebrate New Year's Eve with us. We were excited to be able to meet their new addtion, Gary. We had lots of fun talking, eating and watching the girls play.

Noelle loved baby Gary. She kept looking at him and touching him. She was excited to finally get to hold him. He sure is a cute guy!

Noelle and Vivian had tons of fun playing together. It took a while for them to warm up to each other, but after a while they had fun copying each other, taking a bath together and playing with these noise makers we got from a KU basketball "Midnight Madness" we went to. They kept chasing each other around and looking through the noise maker and saying I see you!