Vampire toes....

This week is "Vampire week!" The 4th book in the Twilight series comes out this week, at 12:01am August 2nd! In preparation for the event Amy and I went and got Vampire toes. These are mine and Amy's are black with red flowers. They are SO cute!!! There will be more pictures of Vampire week to come as we are going down to St George for the weekend to have a girls weekend and read the book in peace! I'm SO excited and can't wait to read the last book!

(It's just a girl thing to put pictures of our pretty toes on our blogs.)

July Birthday Party

Sunday we got together to celebrate the birthdays in the family for July. Dave, Seth and Sydney all have birthdays this month. Jodi's family came for dinner but then had to leave so here is Seth getting ready to open their present. He really was in a good mood, I promise.

The boys were downstairs looking at all the hiking sticks and as they have grown a ton, it was time to get new ones. So, I went to take a picture of Talmage and this what I got. He cracks me up.

Here is the birthday girl, Sydney excited to open her presents. Happy Birthday on the 28th, Syd!

Here are the two birthday boys, Seth and Dave checking out what grandma and grandpa gave Seth for his birthday.

Brenna had a little bribe and if she followed through she was allowed to take her mom's camera and take some pictures. So, you know I took a picture of me taking her picture, just for fun.

Seth recently got a Build-A-Bear, so for his birthday I got him this fun bday outfit. It came with a real noise maker. I had to document his accomplishment of figuring out how to make it work.

We had more people there, I just didn't get a whole lot of pictures. Thanks for coming everyone and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our July bdays!

4th of July Fun

For the 4th I went to Mike & Jodi's annual BBQ. It was fun to hang out with the family and just chill. Here is Debra and I just chilling before she ran off to the Stadium of Fire.

I couldn't resist this picture of Brenna, I thought her pose was just too cute, plus she looked way festive!

Tanner, McKay and Jason just hanging out.

No 4th of July would be complete without doing at least one Diet Coke and Mentos explosion. Here is Mike getting everything all set up. This year it was easier thanks to the Geyser Tube. The first one turned out really well.

Just a random shot of the crowd at Mike and Jodi's.

I thought Madison looked SO cute all festive and ready for the Stadium of Fire.

I grabbed a picture of Aunt Della, Jodi and Grandma. It was SO much fun having some family from California up here this year.

Bailey and Claire hanging out, they are great friends.

I had to post this cute picture of our hosts. Thanks Mike and Jodi for hosting such a fun party!!!

Talmage kept cracking me up, every time I went to take his picture this is what I got. Silly boy!

I suppose a post from an event would not be complete without at least one self-portrait. :)

We were SO excited that Megan decided to ditch out on the EFY dance and come and hang with us! We also enjoyed the extra time with Megan, as she stayed a little longer.

GNO with CA family

While we had visitors from California, we decided to have a Girls Night Out with them here. We had Aunt Della talk about earthquake preparedness, which is helpful since there is a major fault line just above our house. Then the girls wanted to figure out some fun summer time hair styles. So, anyone who wanted to was a model. :) Here's Jodi trying something fun with Brenna's hair.

Here Debra is trying to figure out some kind of cork screw braid with my hair. Look at all the fun colors in my hair...I LOVE it!!!!

So, we talked about earthquakes, hair, and then Mom and Aunt Diane made some yummy lemon curd thing that they had in Arizona visiting Uncle Don and Aunt Carol. I did steal one picture from Donna for this post...I thought this was a cute picture of Amy and I. It was fun to have a girls activity with our visitors. Oh and then we found out that we are all getting "star fish" earrings from Grandma. Aunt Della has story to go along with that, when I get them I will post and tell you about the story. Thanks for coming everyone, we will definitely have to do it again!!!

A little family fun

Today we had some family from California come up and so it was a good opportunity to have the rest of the family over for a little summer fun. Seth and I were just hanging out on the swing so I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures of us.

And other one, he cracks me and he's SO cute!

Then my Dad decided to walk the kids over to the neighbors pond to see the fishes. Jodi and Seth checking out the fishes.

The boys out by the pond, just chilling.

Debra and Grandma catching up a little.

I decided to snap a few pictures randomly of everyone just hanging out in the family room.

The only person who actually paid attention that I was taking a picture was Donna. Thanks for smiling! It was fun to see some of the family that I haven't seen for a year. It will be a fun and I'm sure a little crazy week while they are here but we will LOVE it!!!

This made my day -- no my WEEK!!!!

I have to say that I love stupid people -- they make me laugh! As I was driving around trying to figure out what to do for lunch I saw something that totally made my WEEK!!! I was at the stop light on University Parkway by Olive Garden and Albertson's, I understand that that intersection is kind of confusing -- but seriously it's not THAT hard to figure out. Every once in a while you are privileged to get some entertainment at that intersection and today it happened to me. A truck stopped in the middle of the intersection looking like an idiot for the whole world to see. I've seen this happen before but I've never had a camera or either been able to get my camera out fast enough to snap a few pictures. All that changed today -- Woo Hoo!!! I was turning left when this event happened, so I did a U-turn and went back to snap a few photos for my blog! Enjoy, I'm still laughing!

(It's not a fire truck, it's one of those trucks that fixes company's signs.)

I forgot another funny fact, so as I was sitting there waiting for my light to turn green I was thinking about the fact that I hadn't seen anyone stuck in the middle since December and how sad that was! And then look what happened -- I'm not kidding when I say this made my day!

Disney Princess

Just for fun...

You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

I think it's kind of accurate, but not a 100% right on this time.

Happy Father's Day!!!!

I wanted to take a moment to wish all the father's that I know a "Happy Father's Day!" I hope that everyone had a wonderful day! I also want to let my Dad know how much I love, respect and appreciate having him in my life. I could go on and on about how amazing my Dad is, but for now I won't, I will just say...I love you, Dad! (You can see a few reasons as to why I think my Dad is SO amazing here.)

ABC Tag....

A} ATTACHED OR SINGLE: Single
B} BEST FRIEND: I have too many REALLY good friends to start naming names, you all know who you are. :)
C} CAKE OR PIE: Cake
D} DAY OF CHOICE: Saturday -- I get to sleep in!!!
E} ESSENTIAL ITEMS: Lotion and chap stick in Utah!
F} FAVORITE COLOR: Purple
G} GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS: Gummy Bears
H} HOMETOWN: Wildomar, CA
I} INDULGENCE: REALLY good chocolate stuff -- anything chocolate I would have to say
J} JANUARY OR JULY: January
K} KIDS?: None
L} LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT: Family, friends, good books and music of course! :)
M} MARRIAGE DATE: N/A
N} NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS: 2 sisters, 2 brothers -- I'm in the middle
O} ORANGES OR APPLES: Both if they are juicy and cold!
P} PHOBIAS OR FEARS: Heights and spiders
Q} QUOTE: "What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?" -- Robert Schuller
R} REASON TO SMILE: Too many to count, but a few are: beautiful spring days, music with a good beat, family, friends and many, many more reasons.
S} SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN? If I have to choose since I'm not really into either it would be Superman.
T} TAG 5 PEOPLE: Amy, Jodi, Alisa, Sandie, Janna -- and whoever else wants to play.
U} UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT ME: I won't watch scary or even a suspenseful movie. I'm a chicken when it comes to stuff like that. I like to watch movies to relax. :)
V} VEGETABLES: Cucumbers are my all time favorite -- but generally I like almost all vegetables.
W} WORST HABIT: Sometimes my follow through is really lacking...
X} X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND: I've only had x-rays so I can't really say for sure...
Y} YOUR FAVORITE FOOD: Brazilian and Mexican
Z} ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus

A chilly day at the property...

Sunday afternoon I went out to Mom and Dad's property with Dave, Amy and Seth. We found it to be a little on the chilly side -- but we had a great time. Here is Grandma with Seth just hanging out on the swing.

Grandma and Seth on the quads. He liked it up until it got started and it was a little too noisy for him. One day he will want to go for rides. The sad thing is that it was too cold to even take the quads out for a little spin. :(

We did try to get Seth used to the helmet for future use. ;)

Amy and Seth having a little ride in the wagon.

We had a super YUMMY dinner out there with Mom and Dad and their friends. Mom and Dad went out to the property with the purposed of building the bunkhouse over the long weekend. Due to the weather we ate inside protected from the wind. They did a lot considering the wind, rain and hail they had over the weekend. It's going to be great to have more room out there for sleepovers and to hang out in.

Despite the cool temperatures we had a great time. Seth was very talkative and entertaining on the drive out, so that was a lot of fun!!! Thanks Mom and Dad for being great hosts, your property looks wonderful!