catching up

Here are some random thoughts to just play catch up and to say I actually blogged:

• Just orded my very first pair of TOMS (Mustard Yellow Corduroy!!)


• Bought Taly some TOMS too (Gray Boots that are ADORABLE- Being an Aunt means you can buy totally impractical and random gifts, I LOVE that)


• Sick of being sick!! blegh


• Love my afternoon girlies (I'm getting depressed thinking about them graduating)


• Love my new friend Melissa


• Love my old friend Kristy (How would I live without you!! and by old I mean friends since Jr. High)


• Bow Ties and Suspenders, new favorite thing a guy could wear


• Excited to be a 50's Housewife!! (for Halloween) Wish this Betty luck in finding her Don (minus the womanizing and drinking and smoking.....)


• Miss my sister and my nephew


• I love my job and co-workers


• Love my kids at the daycare


• I drink too much Dr. Pepper (If it wasn't so yummy we wouldn't have this problem)


• Isaac likes to give me hugs randomly throughout the day (I love that boy- could I flunk him so he can't go to first grade...)


• Getting up at 4 on Mondays and 5 on Saturdays is getting easier to do

That is a summary of my life- now to go finish blog stalking!!

I Never Post Anymore

I know I know, I never post anymore (HEY!! that's the title of my post) Admitting you have a problem is the first step right. Here is a little update (I say little because I have more pictures but uploading these has taken like 45 min already so I will get the second have come Christmas)
In no particular order:

Ashley, Curtis, Taly and Major came to visit!!

Oh he is so handsome!!

We were having some fun modeling for the camera
It was nice to see my sister and have them surprise us (seriously surprise I was chatting with her on the phone and she was like well gotta run see you tonight. YAY!!)

A Pool Party!!

The non swimmers, enjoying the food. There was of course chips and salsa. :)

Some of the swimmers

not a bad turn out. After the whole birthday mess (not getting pictures) I was very careful to make sure I got pictures (also proof that I can throw a party!!)


Thanks to our lovely sponsers the Warren's for the use of their pool!!

Sanded A Dresser

Before and After

The sander got me while I was changing the sanding pad

The finished product!! YAY!!

I was visiting the Lowrys and they were in the process of loading this up to take to DI. Rachel jokingly asked if I wanted a dresser. Joke was on her cuz I DID!! I sanded it with a metal sander and the sparks FLEW!! Literally, sanding metal means sparks. I love the end result and it was super fun to work on. :)

A Perfect Home

What makes a perfect home; is it the square footage, the state of the art electronics, number of rooms?

A Perfect Home is:

• Doors left open because everyone is in and out.
• Neighbors popping in randomly, bringing treats or just wanting to chat.
• Children running around, those that belong there and those that are there just to play.
• Full of stories and laughter.
• Full of service and good examples.
• A place to let your creativity grow.
• Shared with others.

Friday was the Funniest day ever!!

Friday morning I slept in pretty late, I'd been up late knitting these-

I decided for easter to make little knit bracelets for my sisters with these cute chickies on them (the extra blue one is for a headband for my friend Traci since I never finished her hat)

So I slept in till Eleven and then after quickly getting ready I went with my Dad, Sister and Brother to the Carl Bloch exhibit. http://www.carlbloch.com/ Such amazing works of art, I loved them all and loved reading the captions to learn about what he was trying to convey and special things in the picture to look for.

Couldn't take Pics of the Carl Bloch Exhibit but this was another exhibit in the Museum!!

BOOKS!!!

On the way to drop younger brother at older brother's house we all stopped for some In'n'Out YUM!! Second time in 2 days though lol.

Burger Bracket was also this day and it was at Hires in Salt Lake (I think I will do a seperate post about this since it deserves a lot of detail) This is my friend Mel's creation and I need to do it justice. On the way to burger number 2 for Friday I picked up some friends - first Jessica then Diane, last but not least was Brittany. I went a new way to Brittany's house and went too far south, Diane thankfully noticed and we figured we would just turn around. Easier said than done- I was in my neighbor's truck and I saw a dirt driveway right next to a cement one and figured I'd just pull partway onto the dirt side and turn around onto the cement one. I didn't factor in the rain and snow from the last couple days. We slid A LOT!!

Sideways and forward and all over the place we slid.... I freaked out and they just laughed. Finally I found the 4 wheel drive and we were able to back out of the driveway. (not before I ruined it) We picked up Brittany and drove back to view the damage and get this pic. One of these nights the 3 of us plus Brittany are going to take leave them cookies and an apology note)