Christmas whirlwind...

Christmas has been great, I am actually sad to say it's over, but I did take the tree down yesterday because I couldn't stand to play the undecorate game with Makay. Monday the fun all started. We got snowed in and shoveled all day stopping only to build a snow fort and eat lunch. Kim and Michelle came over that night and we had soup and played True Colors and a funny Christmas trivia/dare game that ended up with Kim and Greg caroling to our neighbors. Tuesday went out to dinner with Josh's parents at Los Hermonos and I ate the most fattening greasy cheese covered thing I could find.(but i did push the guac aside). Wednesday Josh was home and we made our movie for the Berry family film festival. I'll post it later because it is going to be in the Mendenhall family film festival on Jan 11 and I don't want to spoil the fun. I'll give you a hint; me and the kids were dressed up in white makeup and I am still getting breakouts from it. Wednesday night we went to my mom and dad's, watched everybody's movies, ate, opened presents and high tailed it up to the Webbers for some singing and more presents and cookies. The kids crashed on the way home after spotting rudolph in the sky. Santa worked hard that night and it proved sucessful when Milo kept saying "mom, I can't believe I got ___" "I got all the stuff I wanted" Christmas Morning we woke up at 6:30 ish, the kids loved opening their presents and then we got stuck in our driveway on the way to grandma Mendenhall's. We opened more presents, ate more food and had the annual nativity scene with Milo as the donkey and Makay as the shepherd. That night the girls were in from GA so we had another famous Schreiber white elephant party with more food and more presents. We arrived home late that night and got stuck in our driveway again...gotta love good neighbors helping us dig out. Friday we went sledding and it was so freaking cold we left early and went and got hot chocolate and pizza, later that night we met Rachael, John, Debbie, and Grandma at Applebees and missed the SUU Reunion because of a horrible bout of baby diarreah. Saturday we drove 4 hours to a wedding in Idaho Falls and turned around because of the weather. ( a decision we regret because we were almost there and the others that came back that night had great driving conditions.)But I got Cafe Rio and some new jeans out of the deal:) Sunday...we had a normal slow day that ended up with a horse face party and more true colors. Watch the internet for a horse face picture of me to be showing up...it is going to be selling for millions. Well there you have it...our terribly long Christmas Whirlwind...I doubt if even I ever read this long post again.

If you love Twilight, and Santa..

I couldn't get it to embed, so here is the link...but Seriously Devon Kelly is a genius!

http://www.take180.com/s/ep5l7

Naughty Girl...

So...I have been calling Santa all week to report the latest of Milo's naughty/nice status. Currently he is on the nice list. So tonight to help my sis in law with her rebellious 3 year old, I told him that if he got his jammies on nicely that I would call Santa and tell him to bring an extra present. Well he got all excited and brought me the phone and as soon as that zipper was all the way up, he said "ok, you can call him now" So I proceeded with my usual routine of calling Santa, and the oh so innocent 9 and 6 year old sis and bro (respectvely)were intently watching. So I thought I'd shake up the routine to help my story pass. Well I called Santa, I dialed the "wrong" number first and got an operator, and I decided to take if off speaker phone to keep it exciting and mysterious. Well anyway...I called our home phone and "left a message" that the kids needed extra presents. Their faces all aglow at the reality of this conversation, I was naturally pleased with myself to keep the Christmas flame alive and bright in this critical time of life. Earlier, I'd had the thought that i needed to fake another number so the re-dial didn't work, but I had forgotten in the excitement and proceeded to gather my children. We got out in the car and I was letting their dad know about the Santa call and the two olders called back from the back row, obviously pleased with themselves..."you called your own house!" The only way they could know that for sure is if they had hit re-dial...and they were certain that I was bluffing. So there goes my fun, at least the 3 year olds fell for it. I have a lot of practicing to do to stay on top of it when my kids get older....I wonder if that helps brain cells grow?

Where is the LOVE?????

How do I convince myself to go down into my freezing cold basement to work out....Maybe eating a brownie will be a good motivation...then again maybe not. I wish I was one of those 90 lb teenagers that can eat anything and not suffer the consequences. I can't wait till all this yummy goodness is out of my house. Maybe if Jillian were in my face yelling at me, it would be more motivating. I'll Pretend.

Way Wicked Cool...

Freezing in the dark....
Finally to the ticket office

Finally the tickets in hand.....2.5 hours after the doors actually opened

So this morning Erica get up at 5:30 AM to high tail it down town...or should I say up town, to buy tickets for the upcoming showing of Wicked. They went on sale at 7:00 AM and needless to say we could have been there 10 hours earlier. We waited in line for 5+ hours. Luckily when we got there we found our good friend Liz, and made some new friends as a result. There are a lot of things you can talk about when you are freezing your butt off in the frigid December Utah temps. We covered topics like Brain Cancer, Children, money, shoes, traveling, Broadway, Twilight, what kind of seats we wanted for the show(which ended up being irrelevant since you get what you get and you don't throw a fit), we made a pact, lunch plans, jogged 1/2 mile together, stood in 3 separate lines (which was a good thing there were so many of us together so we could split up and find the shortest line),we even bought hot chocolate together. Luckily we had cha-cha to solve any discrepancies that arose during our discussion like, how many seats does Capitol Theatre hold and is Amy Adams really Mormon? Seriously, it was crazy and a fun way to spend a Friday morning. Next time Wicked comes into town, I'll just show up at Abravanelle hall and buy tickets at 8:30 AM. On second thought, hopefully next time we remember to get them on mom's season ticket early bird pass.

That's what I'm talking about

23.27 to fill up my car with gas. I remember when I bought my blue car in college and there was a summer when the gas prices were under one dollar. After paying $60.00 this year for a tank of gas...this is a welcome change. We kept wondering where all our money was going and I kept reminding Josh that Gas is 3 times what is used to be. Halle-freaking-lujah! That's all I have to say about that.

Can I Pretend that winter is not coming?

I can't believe that Christmas is a month away and each day I expect it to be warm enough for shorts. I really hate the winter, and I have tried each year to pretend that it's not cold, but for some reason this year it is working. Maybe it's the sun shining outside. I don't like coats, shoes and socks, being cold, having the kids inside all day etc. etc. etc. When I was younger I skied a lot and that made up for the miserable winter, but that's not as easy now. There's always next year. St. George sounds better each day. Better Yet...Mexico. I am going to start house shopping today, and I am going to have to brush up on my Spanish.

Finally a good interview...

You're sure to giggle, especially about the part where he says he can't act:) Josh, don't worry this too shall pass. I am getting geared up to finish up the sisterhood of the traveling pants series next. http://www.twilightthesoundtrack.com/index.php This is Hayley Williams from Paramore and Rob Pattinson who also wrote a song for the soundtrack.

Here Here to Emily Kennard Tyndall

I went to H.S. with this girl and she made this Twilight inspired song/video and it is on You Tube. She submitted it to the Movie Producers but never heard back from them and is trying to get 1,000,000 hits on You Tube. So give it a looksee. It's pretty good for a girl from Sandy. (PS she was also in Napolean Dynamite)
http://www.youtube.com/user/petaltheband

Anybody wanna race?

The draper Utah Human Race is on thanksgiving and 50% of proceeds go to Utah food bank, and 50% go to LDS Humanitarian Services. It starts at 8:00 AM. It's a great way to start off your eating holiday, not to mention a great way to give back.
Register at http://www.utahhumanrace.org/

Peer Pressure

I can't believe that she had the nerve to let Vickie be on the show one more week! She totally caved to the peer pressure that she got from sending home somebody on her own team last week. Vickie doesn't deserve to be on the show, she is so horrible to watch, she is making Heba seem like a breath of fresh air. She was such a coward last night. She should have never apologized and just kept fighting for herself. I am going to hate to see it when Vickie votes her off next week...she had her chance. GO MICHELLE AND RENEE! Josh is no longer watching the show after last night...It's going to be a long 2 hours while I watch it by myself. Too bad we can't vote like American Idol.

Happy Birthday

I love you Happy Birthday,
-josh

Happy Birthday Momma...

This is b-day week in my family, My mom's is Tuesday, and mine is Thursday. We had a party for my mom's bday tonight, that consisted of Chicken, Funeral Potatoes (No pun intended),Green Salad, Breadsticks, Cake and Ice Cream...Then for the party part, we had a rousing game of hide and seek, actually 2 games of hide and seek. Then all the primary age kids sang their program songs and the big boys wresteled. Marcus is going to beat them all someday.

Happy Birthday to my Baby!

Makay is 1

I Cried...

On Tuesday this week, Erica and I took our big boys (well I guess you could say the medium boys) on a date to Arctic Circle and High School Musical. It was so fun, Anthony held his mom's hand and I couldn't pay Milo to hold mine. He pretends like he is such a tough guy. Anyway...the movie is fabulous if you like that kind of thing. I spent a lot of energy keeping the tears from flowing in that youthful movie. Kind of pathetic, but I didn't expect it to be sad...at all.

How do you feel about Zac Efron? Will he turn out more like Shai Lebeouf (a couple of good movies, with pretty good damage control), Matt Damon, (Hot, Classy, fabulous actor, could perform well in any roll with excellent damage control) or Ben Afflec (cute but stupid and takes some pretty lame jobs with terrible damage control)

I am giving him Matt Damon potential...Not that he'll be as good as Matt Damon, but will be able to keep his head on his shoulders and the girls will keep loving him. Josh Disagrees, catagorizing him with Shai Lebeouf

*OUTTAKES* I had Tom Cruise in that line up, but I hate to see the insanity displayed in the recent years, I should hope that nobody follows his footsteps.

Milo is the man!

Milo's friend learned how to ride a 2-wheeler last night, and was riding around the street this morning, he looked like a pro. So after 10 minutes of Milo begging us to take off his training wheels in tears, we thought we should let him try. Josh put him on the bike and he took off down the street. Wow! What's next...jumps?

I already told you that Makay is walking, here's some footage of the little stinker. Sorry it's sideways, but at the time, I didn't know that you can't turn video like a picture. You learn something new every day.

My Day Off

Yesterday I was so lucky...I got a day off. Josh came home from work at 9:30 am and took over for the day. He bought me up a magazine, watched the kids, fed them, took Milo to a birthday party and I got to lay in bed all day long. I took two naps and 5 baths. I even got to have all the pillows for myself. We even watched Baby Mama in the afternoon together. The only drawback is that I had been side swiped by the stomach flu, and we really had no other choice. But nonetheless, Josh was wonderful, and he still hasn't made me feel guilty about any of it. Hats off to all you pregnant girls out there...

PS. I started a blog for my kiddo's, it's not private, the link is on my list. Life through the eyes of a little boyIf I make it private, I'll let you know.

For all you runners/walkers/bikers out there

There is no need to drive your route anymore...I found this while reading in the Readers Digest...
www.mapmyrun.com, it's awesome!

Don't Drink Diet Coke after 7:00 PM...

1. I have major random thoughts on my brain...I thought I'd get rid of them to see if I can catch some Zzz's.

2. We went to the Jazz game tonight, and I couldn't resist a free Diet Coke, I should have known. I had 2 cokes and here I am wide awake, my body is exhausted, but I can't sleep for the life of me. I thought about a bath, but then I might end up too hot and worsen the problem. Too bad I took my last Tylenol PM last time I did this to myself. The Jazz game was awesome, we went with our good friends, and I have been laying in bed replaying some of our conversations and laughing all over again. I love good friends!

3. This picture is from the jogging trail that I went on at Bear Lake this past weekend. It was beautiful, the air was wet and cool, this is one of my most favorite runs ever. I have decided that I am a leisure runner, I like to go 3-5 miles at a slow pace, where I can still enjoy the setting and get that fabulous runners high. I don't really see myself as a marathoner. But I have been trying to speed up my mile.

4. Josh starts a new job next week...we are beyond excited.

5. I really want a new camera. My card keeps not working, and I think it is because of the camera. Plus they make much better ones now days that take great pics.

6. We have so many business ideas up our sleeves....what to do first?

7. I am excited to have a humongous garden next year...Provident living at it's best.

8. Speaking of provident living...I just might be able to talk Josh into being cowboys finally. If we had a farm, we could have pigs, cows, chickens, tons of vege gardens, fruit trees, a well, we wouldn't need this cruddy economy and all it corrupt leaders anyway. I would even build a log cabin to live in and have fire to heat the place...the no plumbing thing would be a problem for me.

9. On the topic of log cabins, how did all those pioneers make so many babies when they were all sleeping in 1 room cabins?...just a little something to think about.

10. I want to start another blog for my boys. I think I'd keep it private, but there are so many things that I want to write about for them and I don't want to bore you with the details of my two little hookie pookies.(Plus you don't want to know all the gaggy pet names I have for them)

11. I love it when the critics come on talk radio (which I am hooked to) and say that there are two choices for president. A crappy one, and an even crappier one. How true is that? That is why the cowboy farm sounds so appealing.

12. I am dying to travel to Boston MA.

13. Makay is walking a few steps, he made it across the room once, he is so excited about his new found freedom. He shows me lights, airplanes, and birds. He is obsessed with the sky. He is a little bulldozer, he throws his weight around constantly trying to get you to do what he wants. And I thought Milo was tough. He throws his food off the tray when he's done eating, and plays in the toilet anytime he can get in there when were not watching.

14. Tomorrow is going to be crappy becaue I am going to be SO FREAKING TIRED!!! I think I'll go try to sleep again. Wish me luck.

15. I should have had water

Long Live Dr. Pratt

Since I am one of the only people that I know that is an ER fanatic (Julie K. at the end of my street is the other) I have give a toast to Dr. Greg Pratt..."Here, Here" I can't believe he died in the season premier. For those of you semi interested in ER (those up early with kids can catch it on TNT) Dr. Pratt dies from wounds in an Ambulance explosion in the middle of the show, and they spend the rest of the show with the funeral, the organ donation, and the Mozzarella Stick Toast at Ikes Cavern. ...This episode could possibly be as sad as when Mark Green dies from Brain Cancer. I heard somebody dies...but I thought it would be Morris or something. Seriously? why do they have to kill somebody just because they didn't renew their contract. They could have sent them to Seattle like Doug Ross or home like Kovach....Do I keep watching? When you lose the chief of the ER it just won't be the same. John Stamos has been on for a couple of years, but he definitely can't fill the big shoes of all the classic characters in this ER saga.

I have lowered my standards...big time.

Josh showing his stuff , check out the smooth water.Marcus my baby bro, Yes Ladies...he's still single, but 14
And he's still single too
Oh, yea...him too.

Last Saturday we took Dad's boat out to Utah Lake. I have never imagined myself getting in that water not freaking out. But water was so smooth and there were hardly any boats out, that It made the perfect setting for a day at the lake. We had so much fun! Makay loved it! He couldn't get over it...he just kept looking over the edge and grunting his little manly grunt. We all skied/wakeboarded, and Milo waited patiently for his courtesy tube ride as we drove back to the Marina. I haven't caught any serious illnesses yet...cross your fingers. Here's some photos of our day.

Playing Hookie?

Josh is golphing, the kids are at Erica's...and I am waiting to go to Mutual, eating Dinner at the computer and reading up on the latest twilight gossip on Stephenie Meyer.com and blogging...With the nagging/guilt, "You can't relax, you have a house to run" feeling nowhere to be found...I am so tempted to call in sick to the Cornbelly's mutual activity...but I think I would get busted. Could this moment be any better?
I have more posts...I lost a ton of pics yesterday, so I'll do my best, later.
PS. I went to the best Twilight party last Thursday...so much fun, I want to replicate it. Check Aly Berretts blog for pics.

Focus

I don't get how you can have a hugely full bladder and come inside to go to the bathroom and instead, decide to lay on the couch and wonder where you dad is...Seriously that Milo has major focusing issues. No wonder he pees his pants all the time.
FYI I can't wait till the Twilight movie comes out...I just watched the trailor again to get phyched up for the big day.

Just you wait...

I am insanely jealous of all of you creative/artistic mothers out there that get to express themselves with photography. I love photography and I always have ever since I can remember...one of my darkest times of life are a result of my photographer dreams being shattered (losing the SBO officer race as the historian...If you are out there...Shawn O'brian, I still hold a grudge, it would have saved me a whole lot of trouble and tears if you have never run in the first place) Josh is a better artist than I ever will be, but I can still take pictures, dang it! One of these days, you will have the pleasure of enjoying Kristen Mendenhall Photography on my blog and will be hanging it in your homes...For now, I'll just hire Jen Turk so I don't miss out on my own kids fabulous pictures while there little. I just need to get my hands on a some $$$ for a camera and some time and classes to train me. Until then The Nikon "cool pix" isn't working to satisfy my artist urges, but it'll have to do.

My girls...

There is nothing like getting together with my old college roommates. I can't get enough of those stinking cute girls. We always end up staying extra long and talking for hours, or playing games, laughing, giving advice, reminiscing, I love their kids, their husbands and it always feels so good to be around them. They are a sort of extended family to me. I got to stop at Annies on the way to California this summer and that was possibly my favorite part of the trip. Her house was so cute and it was fun to see what her life is like in Fernley NV. This past weekend, we left Milo home with Erica (thanks again) and went to St George with Kim and Michelle for the weekend to see Les Miserables at the Tuachan theatre. We spent the day on Friday at Zion's park and hiked up to emerald pools (one of our old favorites) and ate Cafe Rio for dinner and swam in the pool that night. It was funny, I was so tired the whole trip, and I never wanted to go to bed because I wanted to spend as much time with them as I possibly could. On saturday, we met my folks for lunch (they were down there too) and the boys went back and watched the BYU game and we went shopping together. It was so fun to try on clothes together and help each other find stuff for our babies. The show was good, the food was good, and I wonder why we don't do that every weekend.

Thanks...I'll take it.

My cute neighbor Kristy gave me this award, I have to send it to 7 people and I am totally sending it back to her because I love her blog...it is better than getting the daily paper. She always has something crafty/whitty/funny all rolled together almost every day!

So here are the rules of receiving this award.

The rules of this award state: (1) The winner can put the logo on their blog. (2) Link the person you received your award from. (3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs. (4) Put links of those on yours. (5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

The other blogs I nominate are:
Kelly Nordfelt...an old college roomie. I love reading her blog because it is real and I can hear her voice when I am reading it. Plus she has a creative way of posting things, I especially love the NYC trip in 1 paragraph.
Eugena...I love her sarcasm and clever posts...mostly I love that we found each other on blogosphere because she is one of my favorite long lost friends/partners in crime from high school
Georgia girls...acutally this is a lame blog, it had potential but they rarely post. I still get a good laugh at the title...home is where your mom is.
Julie Vancott...my good friend that loves being loved. I love being able to keep up on her family that lives so far away now.
Annie...another old high school friend that I love to keep up on...even though her posts are few and far between.
There are more, but I have to get back to church...( I ditched sunday school :)

Grandpa Morris

Grandpa Morris died last week. He was really old and really suffering from the ailments that come with old age. He died at home where my grandma got to take care of him till the end. He isn't a birth Grandpa, but he is a great Grandpa. He married my grandma 8 years ago and he loved her so much. He also loved our family, especially our kids as well. We are going to miss him, but it was a great occasion to have almost all of our family together for the week. I LOVED having all my california cousins here and Tara and Casey who came back from selling pest control for the funeral We are all exhausted from partying all week, we spent almost every night together doing things like eating and playing games and my favorite...sitting and talking. Rachel was here...I especially love her, she is my best cousin/friend. We lived together in college where we fought like sisters and are still pretty close despite the fact that she is big time into politics, single life and lives in northern California. She actually is dating a mormon bar-tender which cracks me up, because that is so her. Here are some pictures of the funeral and all of us cousins together.

Going...Going...GONE!!!!!

We just sold our Snowie to Pastor Steve from Texas. I was running outside to take a picture of it driving out down the road but I was too slow. We still have the old broken shaver that is going to be rebuilt so if you want to rent it for a party...let me know. I was a little sad...but relieved...hopefully next month I get to call our financial advisor Dave Ramsey and scream "I'm Debt Free" On the phone. I am so excited...stay tuned to his radio show on nights from 7-10 so you can hear me. My cousin is worried that I am going to hell for torturing a pastor...say a little prayer for me.

Naughty Girl!

I went 65 miles per hour on Redwood Road last night...It was thrilling, not to mention invigorating.

Cards and Barnicles that don't grow on boats

I found Makay the other day in the living room in this huge mess. He pulled them out all by his self, opened them up and scattered them all over the room. What a stinker. He is totally going to be the kid that climbs up the dining table and swings from the light.
Now on to the barnicle thing. I have this patch of skin on my leg that I was sure to be a type of skin cancer and I made a dermatoligist appt. to go get it removed. A little background on me and cancer. I always think I have cancer, I have no family history of it, but I deathly afraid of it, kind of like I am positive that when the earthquake strikes, I am going to be stuck under some freeway bridge or in a tunnel somewhere and get smashed. Anyway, I get all nervous to go, sure that I was going to be on radiation treatment by the weekend, have butterflies in my stomach in the waiting room. I finally get to go back to the exam room, where I am greeted by a nerdy old man that is wearing a helmet with goggles attached to it. He takes one look at my leg, and says: "That's what we call a barnicle. It is genetic and people get them all the time." My reply "You mean a barnicle, like the kind that grow on boats?" He says ya and continues on with his exam.
Are you serious? A barnicle? They can't think of another word for it? like genetic skin patch, or gsp for short. Seriously, it looks like I might have to go through the boat decontaminator next time I want to hop into a Utah lake so I don't spread barnicles all over the state water supply. How embarrasing.

When your gone, how can I, even try, to go on.

Are you serious??? Can I say I loved this movie enough? I love it so much that I am slightly offended by people that don't like it...seriously, just relax, take it for what it is and enjoy it already. Not every day do you get to hear Pierce singing S.O.S. trying to look all seductive; that was probably the funniest thing I have seen all year. It's kind of like I get offended by people that don't like Twilight books...once again; Relax, take it for what it is and enjoy it already.

Josh suprised me last weekend, by getting a babysitter, taking me to Market Street and then Mama Mia...it was awesome. He even loved the show. I liked it so much that I went back with my sis in laws last night and they all loved it too.(most of them, I pretend that I didn't go with anybody that didn't like it) I looked down the row and Tricia was totally dancing in her seat with tears in her eyes cause she was laughing so hard...we might possibly have an Abba dance party at the cabin one of these weekends.

On the twilight note...this is the conversation that we had this weekend.

Josh: Why do you keep reading those books?

Kristen: Because they're good and excititng...you'd really like them if you'd just give them a chance

Josh: Tell me what they're about without laughing or smiling, why don't you read something that's not fake?

Kristen: That's not the point...what was your favorite movie this year?

Josh: Batman...but that isn't fake (trying to cover up)

Kristen: Exactly (then I came out later wearing his Iron Man t-shirt that he got when his bro's went and saw iron man together.)

Could it be?

I have had the most empty feeling today. For a while I was thinking it is because I want to shake my life a bit like move or get a new job, I am always ready for some major change, but the more I think about it, I think it is because I have finished Breaking Dawn and there isn't anything to look forward to right now. How sad is that? There is always the Twilight movie, but that isn't the same, because I know so much more about my friends (the characters in the book, that were so clearly described that I feel like I could call them for a night out) and the movie is the beginning of the story and I don't think it would be as satisfying. There are a couple of other factors that could contribute to the empty feeling, like the end of summer, I really don't like the end of anything.
I need something...as Milo would say. I just got a message from my friend Julie... I am excited to call her back and hopefully fill the "hole in my soul" (does anybody else remember that song?)

The Finer Things Club

Now that I have finished reading Breaking Dawn, I can relax my brain enough to post to my lame blog. (I was very pleased with the turnout, I could read it all over again right now, but there are some serious chores to do.)

I want to announce my acceptance into the finer things club. I have evaluated some of my recent behaviors and decided that I should let myself into the club.
The first reason that I should be accepted in, is because I love artichokes. They are definatly my favorite vegetable, if not my favorite all time food. Since they are a vegetable delicasy, they qualify. I really get worked up about artichokes. We just got back from California and we were mintues away from the artichoke capital of the nation, and I got a real kick out of it. I even got to see a real artichoke plant which I have never seen before. I even have artichoke parties, since we don't drink, parties can be really dull if you don't want to eat the chocolate fountain. They provide a great social atmosphere and are a Weight Watchers point value of 0.

Another reason for the club acceptance is because I love olive oil. Another fine food. I love to make salads and dump it all over the top of it. I tried it in brownies, and I didn't work out so hot, but I threw them away and nobody found out about my blunder. (except those I called and asked what they would do if they were me.)

I also bought pink shirts for my boys from the gap. Since pink is the new black, we are going to be a styling family. Watch out Perry's.

If anybody else wants in, don't worry if you have social blunders that counter your fine qualities. If the club knew about some of mine they'd never let me in. For example, wear sweats half the days of the week, I listen to Hannah Montana, and sometimes I let dogs lick me in the face.

Summer '08

My posts have been lacking because I have blog guilt, mostly because Josh reads them and then thinks that all I did was sit at the computer and blog all day, so I have to hurry, which is one of the many reasons that my blog is lacking in creative posts.

Makay is crawling backwards and kind of does this inchworm thing to go forwards. He's not very fast but, he can get what he wants most of the time.

This is Milo throwing a ball at the dunking booth at Grandpa's work party. Grandpa was the one on the seat. Erica has a better action photo of dad actually in the water. It was a fundraiser for a home building charity that he is part of.

This is dad waiting to be dunked. It was pretty funny! He had to be on there for 10 minutes and they charged $1 per throw. He got dunked easily over 10 times, I lost count. This work party is one of our favorite summer traditions, especially since Josh's work has no summer parties, and the Christmas party is at the Chuckarama, if we're lucky, it was at the golden corral last year:(

I would love to buy a new Christmas dress, so if any of you want to invite us to your formal dinner and dancing style work parties, we're there.

For the most part this has been an awesome summer. Josh Graduated, the weather has been pleasantly not too hot, we have been having some fun. We even went kayaking down the Provo river...I totally wrecked into a bridge and dumped over in the river some girl on a tube had to come help me get the kayak out of the water cause it was full of water. I was thinking I want to do a bigger river, but maybe I should practice going under bridges a couple of more times before I set out for bigger rivers.

The fun still on my agenda is, I want to go up to the Alpine Slide in Park City, and make one more trip to lake Powell since it is no longer freezing cold down there, go on at least one date with Josh, and maybe even go to a movie. When it cools down a bit, I want to go to Lagoon and the Zoo with the kids too. I doubt this will all happen, but here's to wishing.

(sorry my pictures are so terrible, my camera is lost and i have been taking them on my phone, go Motorolla Razor.)