Happy Birthday Papa Dan!

Yesterday was my dad's birthday so the whole family got together for dinner at Gecko Grill. Yum. It was nice to have the whole family together to visit and spend some time together.



After dinner we went back to my parent's for pie and ice cream and gave dad his gifts. Each year Cory and I try to give him some kind of a gag gift. This year, Cory found an old pair of hoochie man shorts for him (just like the ones he wore back in the good ol' days). He also photo shopped a picture of Clint Eastwood and my dad and gave that to him. I'm sure it will end up in the man cave up in Hagler.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Family Temple Night

On Thursday Jake went through the temple for the first time. He got to go through with one of his best friends, Greggy Romney, who also went through for the first time. It was so neat to get to be there and share that special event with them. Afterward our family went out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse. It was nice to get to visit with everyone. Dano, Cami, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Jake, Cory, and I all went. Nicole Selk and her sister Danielle also came, and it was really good to visit with them.

Productive Morning

Today I decided that I needed to add some fall decor to my house. Yes, I understand it's only the beginning of September, but I'm dying for fall to arrive. So, I headed off to Michael's to attempt a cute wreath I saw on All Things Heart and Home. I opted not to put the lights on because the battery operated lights only come in sets of 10 lights, which would look lame. Instead, I'll add the lights when we get closer to Christmas (for me, putting up Christmas lights before Thanksgiving is perfectly acceptable). My wreath doesn't look quite as good as the one I saw online, but for me, a non-crafty girl, it turned out pretty good.

I also made some scrumptious chocolate chip cookies. I got the recipe from Vanilla Sugar. They were the most buttery, delicious chocolate chip cookies I've ever had. Before they even got in the oven I ate a couple scoops of dough. Mmm. Warm chocolate chip cookies and fall wreaths. If it weren't for the 103' temps outside, I would think it was November.

Labor Day Weekend

This past week/weekend was nice. Cory and I were watching the kiddos because my parents went on an Alaskan cruise, so that was a little exhausting, but it was still good. Cami won Sophmore Class Vice President at Mountain View so she was pretty excited about that. Her slogan was "Don't be a Clam and vote for Cam". Yeah, I didn't really get it either, but it got her the votes she needed:)

Kenna and Kai got into all the glitter from Cami's posters and decided to write some letters and make some different crafts. Kai made a robot that he thought was, to quote him, "super cool"

And yesterday was Dano's birthday, so we all got together on Sunday for a family dinner


All in all, it was a nice, relaxing, long weekend.

The Boogie Oogie Man

This week my parents are out of town so Cory and I are watching Kenna and Kai. Since we live just down the street, we are able to sleep at our own place while we watch them. Cami, Jake, and Grandma are all at the house so once we put Kenna and Kai to bed we can just go home. This morning at 4:00 AM I got a phone call from Cami. She said that there was someone in the house walking around with a flashlight. I tried calling Jake who was asleep upstairs but his phone was off so he didn't wake up. So, I crawled out of bed and headed down there to see who it could be. As I'm walking down there I'm on the phone with Cami and she's telling me that whoever it is they are walking down the hall into her room. She's clearly freaking out (as I know I would do, too) and so I start running down the street to save her from this boogie man. I look through the windows in the house to see if I can see anyone but nothing looks out of the ordinary. So I knock on the front door really loud and fast and suddenly, a dark, short, speedy little boy runs across the front room and up the stairs. It seems that Kai woke up and decided to go exploring through the house. He had been through grandma's and all over my parent's side of the house with his little flash light. Needless to say, neither Cami nor myself were very happy with his little expedition. But we were relieved to confirm that there were no robbers or boogie men walking through the house.

My Guilty Pleasure

As much as I tried to fight it, I couldn't help but become a Twilight fan. It did take me a while to read Twilight and I wasn't too impressed with the movie, but then I read New Moon and that all changed. I read it within a week whereas it took me months to finish Twilight and I am officially hooked. The only thing keeping me from reading the next one is that I know it'll be a whole year before the next film comes out and I can barely wait a few more months for New Moon. Regardless, the latest New Moon trailer came out and now I'm even more anxious to see it. I must admit I'm a little ashamed of my sudden infatuation with the books, but there's more than a handful of other people out there who are just as fond of the books as I am (if not moreso). Anyways, here's the latest trailer. Enjoy:)

Well Isn't That Dandy?

A little word of advice: don't lean on a towel when you are trying to curl your eyelashes. You might just slip and end up yanking out half of the eyelashes off of your already sparse eyelid.