someone else had a birthday!

Happy Birthday Connor! Connor recently turned 11 years old! What a great kid!

We had a fun day. We ate fried chicken and fried potatoes. It would have been better if Grandpa would have cooked it, but they are too far away. Then we had German chocolate cake and rocky road ice cream! When the movie, "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" comes out we are going to go see it as a family. We have really enjoyed playing Connor's new wii game! He had to blow out his candles in two tries because he is getting too many candles. We love you Connor, thanks for being in our family!

someone had a birthday

His name is Chris and he celebrated his birthday on the 12th. We went out to brunch and watched a 3D matinee of Avatar. We had pink chocolate cupcakes and rocky road ice cream to celebrate. I bought him a new bow-tie. I love you Chris and I'm glad we've gotten the chance to grow up together!

still here!

I've been "meaning" to do a post. I haven't written about Christmas, our trip to Richfield, and lots of other fun things. I may get to it.



I've been really tired lately, and super lazy. My kids are just lucky that I'm keeping up with the laundry and meals. I got really spoiled. Chris was home for a whole month. I like having him around. This week he's been out of town. Boy have I missed him. Why does it seem like the bad things happen when he's gone? On Monday, the drain in the basement clogged and we had yucky sewer type stuff coming out into the laundry room. SOOOOOOOOOOOO GROSS! Luckily our landlord takes pretty good care of us and had a plumber over early Tuesday morning to fix it. But I still had to clean it up. Talk about disgusting! But, I managed to survive it all. Go me! Wednesdays are always busy at our house. The boys both have piano lessons and scouts and I have Young Women activities. Plus I was sorta in charge of this one (last minute) so I was pretty stressed. It all worked out ok though. But on Wednesday afternoon, Anna closed the back door a little too hard (again) and broke one of the glass window panes, just as I was going to take a quick nap! So we got the glass all cleaned up and taped cardboard over the hole. Chris will be able to put another piece of glass in when he gets home. I've also been having problems with Tristan's doctor and his medication, but finally got that worked out. Yesterday was much more relaxing and today looks to be so too. Chris gets home late tonight and I'm really happy about that!



Connor's birthday is on Saturday. He'll be 11! He's really growing up. He's a great kid. I asked him what he wanted to do to celebrate and he wants to go see the movie "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" so we'll do that as a family (maybe minus Anna, she's not really into it). The movie comes out mid-February, so we'll go then. He's pretty easy to please.



How long until spring? I'm so done being cold!



Well, enough of this rambling boring update. I hope everyone is well and enjoying this lovely January weather!

All you need is LOVE......

We were babies 15 years ago. I had just turned 20 11 days before. Chris's birthday is less than a month away and he would be turning 22. What were we thinking? We were in love and we still are. We've learned a lot and grown up together. I wouldn't change a single day because if I did, I would miss out on what we have now. I love you Chris! Happy 15th Anniversary 12/16/94--12/16/09 and forever!
We went to dinner at Rodizio Grill at Trolley Square. That sure was A LOT of food. Good food, but a lot. 2 days later and I'm still full. Chris is my best friend and I love just being with him!

My Man!

Happy Birthday to ME!

I turned 35 on Saturday, December 5th. It's a good thing that 40 is the new 30 because that means 35 is the new 25. Right? Right! I really like being the age I am, but I don't really like saying I'm 35. It just sounds old. It's the oldest I've ever been.



Chris gave me my gift on Saturday morning. He did an awesome job wrapping it. He used black duct tape and red graffers tape. That was an adventure to open! It was a purple ipod nano. I love it so very much! I've been wanting one for a long long time. It's very fun!

I made a lunch date with some of my girl friends. We went to the Red Iguana in Salt Lake. It's a Mexican restaurant that's really popular. Really yummy too! Here I am with Krisanne, Catherine and Becky. A friend I used to work with, a friend from church and a friend who is also my sister in law.

This is Desirae and Tara. They are both friends from church. My friends April and Teresa were there too, but not in the pictures. Our waiter was enamored by Tara. Her drink order was the only one taken. The rest of us had to wait and order our drinks with our meal. Lucky Tara!

What a great group of gals! I loved being surrounded by beautiful women and great friends!

In the bottom left hand corner you can see my birthday dessert. I'm still not sure who told them it was my birthday! Some waiters and waitresses came and sang to me and then we all shared some yummy tres leche cake. It was good, but so rich I was glad to share.

All my siblings called or texted me birthday wishes. My mom and dad both called me too. I felt so loved! Chris baked me a birthday cake and we took it to the Ward Christmas party/dinner. I didn't fix a meal at all this day, and that my friends, is a pretty great way to celebrate a birthday!

Fat Cats

Last Friday, Tristan's school had an all school outing for UTVA students and their families. We went to Fat Cats in Ogden. We got to bowl and play mini-golf and ride the bumper cars. My kids are not experienced bowlers, unless you count the Wii. Connor won with a score of 76! I will blame my broken thumb nail which broke way down the first time I threw the ball. OW!! (next time I'm sure I'll find something else to blame...) It was fun. We still haven't really met any other students which is really quite bizarre. I don't really know what need to be done differently, but I really wish Tristan could meet some other 8th graders.

After we got done at Fat Cats, and were trying to figure out how to get back on the freeway to go home, we saw Farr's Ice Cream. I remembered my friend April telling me how good their treats are so we stopped and got some. Anna got Lime Ricky, Tristan got Root Beer, Connor got Strawberry and I got Macadamia Nut. It was definitely worth the stop. Thanks for the tip April!

Help me out!

I want a new winter coat. I found these at Nordstorms when I was shopping. I'm pretty sure that I want to buy one. But I can't decide on a color. My friend Catherine, who was shopping with me, told me I looked best in the red one. I really like the green one (of course, it's my favorite color). But then I think I should get a neutral color like black, brown, or charcoal. I already have black coat. So which one should I get? Vote in the comments.