Cents of Style

The other night I went with a friend to a "Cents of Style" party. I hadn't ever heard of this before, but the invite seemed interesting. Well...I never, ever, buy anything at parties like this and I would never even think of being the host. Needless to say when I left the party, I had a really cute bracelet and a date to host a party:) The thing is, the lady who does it didn't even try to convince me or anything. She just said if I wanted to I could. I decided to do the party because I feel like they have a lot of cute items and none of it is over $20. Most of it is under $15. I thought that was really great. They have, shoes, belts, bags, jewelry, hats etc. I am doing the party on October 27 from 7-9pm at my apartment. Anyone and everyone is invited. I would love to see you all there and will post a reminder when the day gets closer. Here is a website if anyone wants to check out some of there products. www.mycentsofstyle.com

Mini Golf

How To Change A Poopy Diaper

Patrick is taking a couple of classes right now that involve making movies which are mostly for training purposes. This is his first one. As a side note, there are three audio blips in the middle that nobody can seem to fix in iMovie.

Yes, We are Harry Potter Geeks!

Did you know that they are building a Harry Potter Theme Park? Neither did I till today. Go to the link below by clicking on Harry Potter Park and enjoy. Harry Potter Park

Back To School

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy first day of school!

Kindergarten First Day of School First of of School 2009

Laughing All Day Long

Yesterday we had quite the adventure in Bear Lake. We had planned a trip to go to a play at the Pickleville Playhouse, The Hanging of El Bandito, with the Hales, and decided to make a day of it. We started out with high hopes of venturing into Minnetonka Cave, but after following the directions of mapquest, we ended up in the middle of nowhere on some dirt road. Thanks to Steve's GPS, we ended up back on the right road, but an hour behind schedule. By the time we made it up to Minnetonka Cave, the tours had been all booked up until 4 o'clock. We were forced to abandon our plans, but still had 5 hours before the play, and needed something to fill the time. Lacey remembered hearing that the Bear Lake county fair was going on in Montpelier, ID, and we were once again on our way for another adventure. Before we made it to the fair we stopped at a park and ate our lunches. Steve had this great idea to put only the peanut butter on the bread, so the jam wouldn't make the break soggy. It is a great idea, but the bread stuck together really bad. This is Steve working his magic at getting the bread apart!The park we were at was pretty cool it had great swings. There weren't enough swings for all of us to ride forward. Patrick's face is perfect for riding the backwards horse! The fair was great. We walked around the shops, watched a hypnotist for a while, and then as we started to watch a band, Steve realized it was his cousins who he hadn't seen for quite a while. Fair food is always the best. These are mozzarella sticks(mozzarella in corn dog batter) Yummy! Patrick is so animated with picture taking. I love all the faces he makes:)Next to the band, there was a mechanical bull that we kept watching people ride. I have always wanted to ride one, but never had the guts. Patrick and Steve talked Lacey and I into riding the mechanical bull. It was a lot of fun!Here is a video of me ridin' the bull. The camera battery ran out just before I fell off. I can't seem to make it go the right way, if anyone knows how, I would love to learn.

Patrick and I had never been to a play at the Pickleville Playhouse before and didn't really know what to expect for the play. The Hanging of El Bandito was a melodrama which meant that the audience would boo when the bad guy (El Bandito) would come on stage and cheer for the good guy. It was so much fun! We hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. The guy who played El Bandito was so funny and did a great job of throwing in a ton of Nacho Libre quotes which is a favorite movie of ours. Everyone knows that when you go the Bear Lake it is a necessity to stop and get a burger and raspberry shake. So Good!We had a really great day, I haven't laughed so much in one day for a long time. Thanks so much for the invite Steve and Lacey, we had a great time!

Random Picture

Right after Patrick and I got married, we lived in an apartment where we had lots of bugs, especially spiders. I HATE spiders! I would always call for Patrick if there was ever a bug/spider, so he could kill it(I still do this and probably always will.) We had a few months were we were going to school and working at opposite times. I came home one day and saw this huge black thing under the table-kind of in a corner. I wasn't going to get close to it, and Patrick wasn't home, so I sent him a text on my way out telling him the exact location so he could kill it when he got home. He usually came home about 20 minutes after I left, then he would leave before I got home to go to work. When I got home from work this is what I found...In case you can't read it, it says, "I caught the bug for you! I love you!" It wasn't even a bug, but a marble from a game we have:) It still makes me laugh whenever I think about it or see this picture. So funny.

Girls Night

I have been wanting to get a pedicure for a long time, but just never get around to it. Erin got a pedicure(gift card) for Mother's day, so we decided it would be a fun night out. We went to Leilani Salon & Spa. It is a new spa that just opened in May or June. It was a lot of fun and felt great. We decided to get the pedicure of the month...a Margarita Pedicure! They said they are going to be doing a different kind of pedicure each month. They weren't sure which one is next month, but some ideas are cinnamon apple, or chocolate rum. Sounds good to me! With the Margarita Pedicure, they actually put a shot of Tequila in the water. Evidently alcohol is a great exfoliant for your skin-who new.They put lime juice on your toenails-I learned this actually takes out the yellow color from nail polish, that was cool. Hot coconut oil was brushed on our feet and legs and steamed towels wrapped around. I thought this looked funny, so had to get a picture.Here is the finished product, you can't tell, but there are cute flowers painted on our big toes. I thought it was so cute when we got back to Erin's, Johnny looked at Erin's toes and said, "So pretty mommy" while pointing at the flowers. So cute!If anybody wants to go, I would recommend it. Shauna Reeder is who did my pedicure, I would definitely recommend her and if you mention my name, I get $5 towards my next one:)

My Husband Cracks Me Up!

I know I haven't posted anything recently, but here is a quick funny picture I just had to post. There will probably be many more of these, I have so many random, but really fun pictures:) The other day I came in from the kitchen to find this.

Shortly after, I found this!I love being married, my husband can always make me laugh and I love that!

Harry Potter Comes Wednesday!!!

According to almost every review on rotten tomatoes this is the best film in the series so far and the funniest. This just adds to the excitement!

Happy 3rd and 4th of July!

My sister and her family have been in town staying at my parents house this week. I got off of work a day early and decided to come down for the 4th of July! My family is kind of spur of the moment, we must get it from my dad:) We woke up and decided to go on a hike up to Squaw Peak. It was so much fun to be able to go up with family. Starting at the top, my brother Gary, my nephew Spencer(standing up), Patrick, my nephew Jordan, me, my niece Kelsey, and my nephew Cody. When we got back we went sat out on the deck, playing with Gary's dog, and we only had so many chairs. I, of course, got to sit on the little kid chair. I have to blame the heat, it definately wasn't me being to big for the chair, but the legs decided to slowly give out. You can't tell very well in this picture, but the legs are all flat going in opposite ways. Pretty funny! While sitting on the deck, we thought it would be great to go swimming. Gary mentioned that we could go rafting down the Provo river. Denise, called and found out that it is only 15 dollars a person. Patrick, me and Katie(Gary's wife) didn't have swimming stuff, so we ran to Savers and bought 2 dollar pair of shorts. This was so much fun. The Provo river is not really strong or scary, so it was perfect for the little kids and just relaxing. It is about an hour and half long. Starting from the left, top row: my sister Denise, me, Patrick, Gary, Katie, and Jordan. Bottom row: Cody, Kelsey and Spencer.So far we have had a great weekend. Tonight we are planning to stake out a spot and watch the Stadium of fire. Happy 4th of July!

The Future Is Here!!!

A friend showed this to me the other night and I have to say that this looks amazing. Microsoft has released a video of their next generation console and video games. There is no controller to play the games. The videos explain. The first one is cool but the second one is cooler. At YouTube it is under "Project Natal".

Cool Beans!!!

Happy Birthday!

DC Trip Day 6

Day 6 was both Nicky and I's favorite day. We started out by picking up our rental car. We went cheap and got the most gutless and gas efficient car we could get. We ended up with the truly gutless wonder which we quickly named "The Tiny Turd" because it had no automatic locks, windows, and an engine that made us feel like the car had a lawn mower engine. The rest of the morning we spent with Hillary and JJ at Lexington market in Baltimore. Baltimore hosts the Preakness Stakes and it happened to be the week that we were there (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preakness_Stakes). So in honor of this great horse race the city host blue crab races to get the town excited acout the race since Baltimore is known for their crabs. Competitors spray crabs with water and bounce a ball around the crabs to scare them backwards until they crossed a line. Afterward, we went and tried the world famous crabs cakes at Lexington Market. After the crab races we took off for Gettysburg. I have to mention here briefly that we took and audio tour which was a CD that plays in the car and it tells you stories and takes you to different spots. Being there on that battlefield was one of the most moving activites ever. To hear the stories of the sacrifices of so many men and the tales of valor and honor sent chills up our spine a few times and one story almost brought us to tears. If you ever have the chance, go to Gettysburg.

The Tiny Turd The Blue Racing Crab The Crazy Woman Who Dressed Like a Crab Crab Cakes Gettysburg Slush Puppy Tongues The view from Little Round Top facing towards the Confederate Lines Penslyvania Monument (Each state has their own monument)