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.