Happy Christmas!

Wishing you and yours the best!


May your heart be as warm and soft as this zebra print blanket.


Here's to hoping you were good and that Santa brought you the latest Mickey Mouse Club House toy.


Remember the simple things are often the things that make life the fullest.

My Favorite!!!

Brady and I were in the car today when a Jewel song came on the radio. With absolutely no prompting from me Brady exclaimed, “Mommy, its Jewel! I love her! My favorite!” I was over the moon! We gave each other a high-five and then sat back and enjoyed Foolish Games. It’s a fabulous day to be a mom!

Pig Skin on Turkey Day

This post is a bit belated. Tony participated in the annual tackle football game with the guys Thanksgiving. He didn’t come out of the game unscathed. He jammed his left ring finger, or so he claims. It was obviously an excuse to go out and about devoid of his wedding ring. That’s right lover; I’m onto you! The immense swelling and bruising was almost convincing;)

Totally Tubular

Tony and I attended an 80's themed party last night. It was... awesome. radical. bodacious. chill. gnarly. phat. wicked. Now excuse me while I go gag myself with a spoon. Psych!

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…

In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.


Alex and Brady assisted in decorating the tree. It is a well known fact that often times Brady is a hindrance even when he has the best of intentions. He kept taking the hooks out of the ornaments and Alex was getting frustrated. The following conversation took place after Alex’s patience hit a breaking point.
“Do you have a brain?!” Alex blurted out.
“No!” Brady was quick to respond; he then paused to think and then matter-of-factly stated, “I’ll go find it!” He then sauntered out of the room in pursuit for his organ of intellect.
My kids are awesome!


Oh, in case you were wondering… Brady never found his brain. When I asked him what happened to it he simply said, “The garbage man took it.”

Better Late than Never

I was tagged twice and figured it was time to comply. Enjoy!

8 Favorite TV Shows
1. The Office
2. How I Met Your Mother…come on now… Woo Girls and The Naked Man… don’t be a hater!
3. Scrubs
4. Two and a Half Men
6. Friends… re-runs are awesome:)
7. What Not to Wear
8. America’s Next Top Model… I know…shame on me!

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Took Brady to preschool
2. Worked
3. Made dinner
4. Exercised
5. Watched How I Met Your Mother
6. Read a chapter of Twilight... shut up you! It’s only the 6th time I’ve read it…
7. Took a hot bath
8. Slept… my life is one of adventure and utter excitement

8 things I look forward to
1. The weekend
2. Sleep
3. Date night
4. Sleep
5. Christmas with the kiddos
6. Sleep
7. Shopping
8. Did I mention sleep?

8 Favorite Restaurants
…I couldn’t think of 8. I usually make Tony choose. I’m not too picky if I don’t have to do the cooking. I do have a weakness for cheeseburgers, Training Table cheese fries, and Café Rio salads.

8 Things on my wish list
1. Big sunglasses
2. A purple purse... purple is quickly becoming a favorite color again
3. Earrings that dangle and sparkle
4. New pajamas
5. Skinny jeans… they are growing on me…
6. Clothes in general… I’m addicted to discovering good deals
7. A mp3 docking station
8. Money… any amount welcome:)

Now I tag you! Unless said tagging invades your personal space.

Eat me! I'm a turkey!

Check out the adorable turkey cupcakes the kiddos decorated! (Thanks Heidi!) Brady couldn't wait to devour his.


Gorgeous Alex.


This is my most excellent and twisted father. He is a handsome devil!


Yep, the two small girls in the picture are my sisters. You know you're a Utahan when there is a 20 plus year age difference between siblings.


Isn't my sister HOT?! She is also awesome beyond belief.


We spent Thanksgiving with my side of the family this year and had a blast... until Brady had a meltdown. It is so fabulous to have my dad, Sandra, Hailey and Sophie back in the same state.

I'm thankful for...

...my quirky kids and bad-ass husband...
...my family in general, both sides, all of you...
...and so much more...


Happy Thanksgiving to all and remember... don't eat your friends:)

When the girls are away the boys will play...

Tony and Brady had a "Man Day" and went to the Hill Aerospace Museum while Alex and I were at Twilight. Brady was fascinated with the planes and couldn't stop jabbering about how big and cool they were. I sure do love my guys.

Twilight

I’ll keep my review short and sweet. I went into the movie with little expectations, but was excited beyond belief. Seeing as I went with a fever says something. I knew there was no way it would be near as magnificent as the book. A lot of things that should have been in the movie were left out. If you had not read the book you would have been lost and not understood the characters. The acting was somewhat cheesy at moments. I should be contacted to write the screenplay for the next movie. Overall I actually liked it. I would see it again. But I would rather read the book. The end.

Our Blood Runs Red

I know what you are thinking. That "U" looks a little to the right. I blame the camera angle. If you were to view it in person you would clearly see that it is very much to the right. In my defense I am on cold medicine and running off of 3 hours of sleep. Tony was well aware of this prior to pleading with me and placing the clippers in my lethargic drugged hands. Nonetheless, he is going to leave it there until after the game Saturday. He is a good sport.


This is just a silly pic. It has absolutely nothing to do with the above mentioned subject matter. I couldn't have the entire post be about football and a crazy fan that shaved a letter into his head.

Some Mad Hope

Katie and I had a girls night out Saturday and went to the Matt Nathanson concert. I had heard only good things about his shows, but my expectations were more than exceeded. The uber talented singer/songwriter had us both swooning. There is just something so sexy about a soulful witty musician. Luckily I have an understanding husband that just laughs at my celebrity crush.


Here is a pic of us before the show. By the end of the concert we were ready to become groupies! We're already highly anticipating the next time he is in town.

All you need is love

As Brady told me yesterday morning, "God loves everyone!" Let us learn from the innocence of our little ones and the pure love they radiate.



We do not discriminate. Everyone deserves equality.

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one."
-John Lennon

As promised

Here is Alex with her friends on Halloween.



I know, I know, she looks way too mature.

Shark Attack!!!

Isn't Brady the most endearing shark ever?! I hope these images don't evoke too much panic in Katrina. Perhaps observing her adorable nephew as a shark will facilitate her recovery of her lifelong struggle with galeophobia (excessive and persistent fear of sharks).

I don't have a pic of Alex's costume. Initially she was going to go as a shark attack victim. That would have been awesome!!! However, in the end she decided on being a sassy devil. I know, I know, SO very fitting! LOL. We love you Alex:) She got ready with her friends and I didn't even see her all glammed out last night. She should be giving me photos shortly and I will be sure to post them.


Here are our fabulous pumpkins. We put pumpkin tattoos on them because I was being lazy and didn’t want to deal with the hassle and mess of carving them. I waited in line to purchase these gems for 20 minutes with a whining three year old because the lady in front of me was attempting to haggle over the price of a box of Multi-Grain Cheerios. She was willing to pay "2 penny less!!!" When the cashier professionally explained that they don't lower prices like that, the woman blew up and demanded to speak with a manager. Long story short, after a lengthy argument with the supervisor in broken English the woman decided against buying the cereal because the store refused to lower the price by 2 cents. Sheesh! Some people!

***Please note that this woman didn't look poor and had a lot of extra cash and change on her. I clearly saw she had much more than 2 more pennies left when she paid for everything else she bought. Had I thought her hungry children needed the food I would have happily offered to give her two cents.


Tony and I even got in on the dress up action this year. We were a classic duo, cop and robber.

Radical!

Alex had crazy hair day at school today for Red Ribbon Week. She's drug free and RAD!!!


Here is our demon ghost dog. I randomly snapped this pic of Roxy at Brady's request and this was the result. Creepy!!!

I'm going to sell our dog to the gypsies

Now to follow through with my devious plan... does anyone know any gypsies? She chewed a hole in the fence and managed to squeeze out of an impossibly small opening, half the size of herself. Thank you to the nice family that found her and called her “Princess” until we picked her up. Let me interject that I would never dub one of my children “Princess” let alone a pet. Did I mention this isn't the first time she has escaped? This is the fourth incident since August!!!


On a side note, I just glanced out the window and it is snowing! To be clear, that was not a blissful exclamation mark! I like the green! Stupid cold white stuff! Bring on the rain if we need moisture! Brady, on the other hand, has an opposing perspective. His reaction to the flakes: "Wow! See the snow mom?! Santa Clause is coming! I want to eat it! Wow!" Okay, I'll admit it; the kid makes me smile... a lot.


Now back to the gypsies. Why gypsies? When I was a young girl my mom use to read poetry to us kids. One of my favorites was Shel Silverstein. I vividly remember a poem entitled "The Gypsies Are Coming". To quote it:

The gypsies are coming, the old people say
to buy little children and take them away

When you were misbehaving you could count on mom to shout, “I’m going to sell you to the gypsies!” An empty threat that makes me smile to this day. I have found myself unintentionally verbalizing the same statement to my children, and particularly to my dog. Don’t worry, like my mother before me, it is an empty threat.

One more thing to add. What was Brady's response when I said that I was going to sell Roxy to the gypsies?
"Oh no! I love her! Don't take her to the gypsies!!!"
I just adore him!

A reminder to smile and not take life too seriously

He may drive me bonkers, but I sure do love my little guy:)

Slacker

While I've been slacking with posts Jenn and Katrina have been busy being the most fabulous aunts ever and spoiling the kids rotten! Yep, I'm stealing pics Jenn has taken and using them as a post. Maybe this will get me out of my blogging rut. Thanks girls we love you both:)