A Day Off!

Here's how it went...
Got woke up from people on our roof hanging Christmas lights.
Made French toast and sausage for breakfast.
Load the washer and the dish washer.
Laid in bed with my man while he watched ESPN and I looked at the new Crate and Barrell magazine.
Continue to lay in bed and get caught up on lastnights episodes of "Little People BIG World" and "John and Kate Plus Eight".
Made bed.
Got car cleaned and rock chips fixed.
Stopped for a soda and a gas station Taquito. (I know its gross but I am a sucker for gas station food!)
Boogie came home with some friends to play Ping-Pong.
Talked to Jaimie.
Ate clam dip and potato chips. Ate more clam dip with potato chips.
Fold clothes.
Showered.
Talked to Autumn.
Talked to Amy.
Made homemade hot chocolate for Young Womens.
Went to the cemetary for Young Womens for a scavenger hunt. (It was super fun and a great idea to get them excited about geneology.)
Young Women had hot chocolate at our house.
Boogie arrives. Hooray!
Homemade chicken chimichangas and cabbage salad for dinner.
Neighbor brought over delicious pumpkin bread made with less sugar for Boogie. (Thoughtful, huh?!)
Blogging, blogging, blogging!
Face charts for work!
My favorite thing...laying in our warm bed next to Boogs reading.
Good night!

Adventures over the past few months...

Scottsdale with my Mom, lil sister Brenda, and sister-in-law Autumn. Each year we go to Scottsdale, Arizona for a clogging competition but really it's just a great trip with people that I love to hang out with. We have tons and tons of fun...laying by the pool, lots of amazing food and shopping, and a little clogging. We took second over all in the competition this year and lost to a great team that was on "America's Got Talent" (they made it to the top 20 on the show!).

"Sprinkles" a great cupcake place was our mid day snack after a long day at the pool. They have tons of flavors...known for the Red Velvet. My favorite was the Banana with Cocunut Frosting. If you have a chance to go you must! Delicious, adorable, moist and full of frosting!

Me, Autumn, Mom, Brenda, Brittany at the competition in my "gangsta" gear.

By the way...I'm taking the year off of clogging. I'm totally bummed but also know that I can go back and take this year to get some things in order with life.


Bear Lake
Each year we gather up all our good friends and go to Bear Lake. We stay in a cabin that has priceless views of the lake and mountains. Go to the beach during the day and watched the Summer Olympics at night. We treasure the relationships we have with these people and look forward to this each year!








Eight Great Years!
Boogie and I celebrated our eighth anniversary. We still feel like newleyweds! I worked the night of our anniversary (oh the life of retail!) so Boogie brought me eight chocolate-covered strawberries from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory representing eight years. I am so blessed to spend each day with this man and I'm forever greateful the Lord put us together. Over that weekend we went to Pineview Resevoir up Ogden Canyon to meet some friends and go boating. Oh my beautiful! It's like this little treasure in the middle of nowhere. The condos are right on the lake and sandy beach. The night ended with some rain and the electricity going out.


Camping in the Uintahs
Have you been? This place is so beautiful especially because it was fall so the trees were all these vibrant and interesting colors. We went with my family and took Sam and Max. We took a trailer and camping will never be the same...a heater, a fridge, a toliet, soft bed...all the emenities that just don't come with a tent. Not to mention the protection from wild coyotes and other various wilderness animals.
Great food, great reading (Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer...we'll talk about that later!), great family time...we don't do things like this enough and I was choked up when leaving my parents. I certainly don't see them enough and really enjoyed the time being with them without any distractions.