Music

Other than family and church and family again...and all of those other obvious things...not much makes me happier then the band the Killers. I love them and could listen to their music all the live long day. Their new album is EXCELLENT. It puts a spring in my step and just plain makes me jolly.

My top five bands/singers:

1. The Killers


2. Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder


3. The The


4. Tom Petty


5. Charlotte Martin


So do any of you have any music you absolutely love?

Hallelujah! This project is OVER!

Our Relief Society does a HUGE Christmas Dinner and guess who's house it's at this year?! MINE. Which I think will be fun, but I figured we should probably have some new kitchen cabinets for this shin-dig. It only makes sense. The party is on Tuesday, so we have spent the last week working our little tails off transforming our kitchen into something presentable. We got rid of that awful light box and installed can lights and some pendants. Then we painted all of the cabinets. And if I do say so myself, I LOVE IT. See what a little time crunch can do?


BEFORE... ugly. ugly. ugly.

Soooo many cabinets. Taken off, primed, two coats of paint, glazed, hung back up, new hardware installed. Holy crap, what did we get ourselves into?!

And more cabinets. Uuugh.

Oh, and let's not forget the mess. I guess this is what you get when you basically ignore children, laundry, dishes, personal hygiene, and pretty much everything else for nearly an entire week.

Oh, but all that was most certainly worth it...this is my beautiful new kitchen.

I LOVE it! If I can't have the dark glazed wood cabinets that I want someday, this is a wonderful second choice.

This is a close-up of the cabinets. New hardware and tobacco glaze. Wa-La.

A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE thank you to my great friends:

1. Kevin Bouck for helping Chris put in all of those can lights and getting rid of that blasted light box! What an awesome transformation that was in-and-of itself. Such a difference!!

2. Kristi Williams for spending SIX HOURS painting with me!!! I feel like I am eternally indebted to you. The thought of having to do another six hours of painting makes me want to throw up. This was a tremendous help!

3. Joy Bouck who is helping me make the house lovely for this Christmas party. She's got the eye.

Whatever would I do without my amazing posse?! Thank you again!

Art with Heart

Aren't these the cutest costumes ever?!...


Isabelle was awesome in her Art with Heart performance!! It is a benefit concert for Shriner's Hospital..such a great cause. The theme is, "Girls who dance so others can walk". Belle was in a dance called "dolls"...they had pink circles on their cheeks and long eyelashes drawn on with eyeliner. They seriously were the cutest girls there. Belle did her back-handspring both nights with no problems. She was amazing! It was in Provo this year. She had to miss school Friday to go up for the tech and dress rehearsals, then they dance Friday and Saturday nights. These girls put SO MANY HOURS in for this concert, both practicing and performing. It's a great experience!


Isabelle and her best friend, Whitney


The team...this isn't everyone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO....

ME!!!! Hooray for me on my birthday :)

Flashback Friday

Me and My Dad

I don't ever see my dad, don't ever talk to him, and don't really know him...but boy do I love him! He's very laid back and easy going, very amusing in a dry-humor sort of way, and pretty dang good-looking, if I do say so myself!

A day late...

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the person I love more than anything! You are off the wall and that makes me laugh. You are sarcastic which I find amusing. You are a good man, honest and very trustworthy. Love you, Babe! Happy 32!


Chris as a baby

Stuck on the potty

Look how cute he was!

So wholesome...

Always loved football...

Sporting the flat-top

There are no words. Caleb insisted I add this saying, "This is the FUNNIEST picture of dad that I have ever seen. No, it's the funniest picture out of anyone that I've ever seen!"

Chris's butt...love it.

Chris tormenting my kitties. I love this picture. When I think of Chris, I think of the person in this picture. (look at Maizy's ears)

Ahh, true love!

Funny kids

In October, Jonah was pondering life as he often does and said in a thoughtful way, "Mom, I think I know what a boy witch is called. A Bitch."

Saturday we were at Target and passed a man wearing a Utah Utes shirt. I pointed it out to Abram and he said, "Uh-oh, Utah Utes...", then he leaned into Chris and whispered, "He must be a bad guy."

Flashback Friday

One of my favorite pictures...


This is Isabelle at almost exactly the same age as Clara. They kind of look alike, don't they? Oh, how I wish I still had those pants for little Clara to wear!

Sneaky!

So this happens on a daily basis. She parks herself in front of the shelf for a good half hour at a time. In fact, quite often she just climbs INTO the bottom shelf and makes herself cozy. It makes Clara very happy, so I must admit that I usually a turn a blind eye to cereal sneaking.


Sneaking into the cereal cupboard


Sharing with the dog (naughty, naughty)...


Could she have possibly fit more in that mouth of hers?!

Flashback Friday

So I'm flashing-back about two weeks :) This picture makes me smile.

Halloween

I think the kids had a blast trick-or-treating with their cousins!! Here the kids are in all their glory. I am sad to say that after this year the doggy costume (Abram) will be laid to rest. Every single boy in our family has been the dog, and a few of them twice! We certainly got our $20 out of it, eh? Poor Abram will never be anything cool or new. Not with all the Halloween hand-me-downs I've got stashed away.


Oh, how original of Caleb, right? Well, he thoroughly enjoyed trick-or-treating for nearly THREE hours with one of his best friends from school and his best friend cousin. He got home, ate two pieces of candy, and immediately threw up. It was his turn with the flu. I'd say he timed that pretty perfectly.


My princess wanted to try a witch this year. I guess that means she's growing up.



Jonah...yes, we've all seen this costume a time or two, too! I think Caleb has been our phantom for the past three years or something.



Eli finally grew into the skeleton costume. Last year we tried it and it was HUGE on him. THis boy LOOOVED trick-or-treating. He couldn't get enough! Chris brought all of the other kids home, but took Eli and Belle out on their own to keep ravaging the neighborhood.


Abram...the dog. Cute as ever.


Clara...this is what ISabelle was when she was Clara's age. EIGHT years ago, can you believe that?!


Clara and Lizzie eating candy off the floor



Clara

idog saves the day

So my blogging hiatus was not of my choice. The blasted dog chewed through my camera cord...and what's a blog entry with no cute photos? Well, come to find out the little cord that came with our i-dogs works perfectly with my camera. Who knew?!