Father and Son's + daughter!

So last weekend was father and son's campout. N8 looks forward to this annual outing for yet another reason to go camping. I think he also looks forward to Ricky's great dutch oven cooking!! Well this year was a little tough. Our little Emma LOVES to go camping and couldn't quite understand why only the boys got to go. So, what's a mom and dad to do?? send her!! Yes, my daughter tagged along on the all male, all father's and son's campout. A few people asked N8 about it and he told them she would quit coming before she turned 12! So, we have a few years.

On Saturday morning she wanted to take a hike, but wasn't satisfied with the one N8 took her on!




N8 doesn't know what kind of hike she was expecting, but oh well!

Bud enjoyed playing in the fire and building dams in the stream.
Oh and picking his nose!!


In other news, Matthew started "solids" this past week. Solids really means pretty soupy rice cereal. He seems to be ok with it!
On Thursday Bud's school did a Language Arts Festival. It was very cute. His class did the alphabet in sign language. My pictures didn't turn out so great of the class doing their thing, but here's a fun one of Bud and his best bud waiting for it to start.

One Word Tag!

Thanks for the tag Kathryn!

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? N8
3. Your hair? blond
4. Your mother? industrious
5. Your father? golfer
6. Your favorite thing? chocolate!
7. Your dream last night?peaceful
8. Your favorite drink? DrPepper
9. Your dream/goal? Peace
10. The room you're in? Kitchen
11. Your hobby? Crafting
12. Your fear? Lonliness
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Ready
14. Where were you last night? Home
15. What you're not? loveless
16. Muffins? Blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? cleanliness
18. Where you grew up? Phoenix
19. The last thing you did? Cook
20. What are you wearing? Clothes
21. Your TV? Off
22. Your pets? Kitties
23. Your computer? Sidekick
24. Your life? Hectic
25. Your mood? Crazy
26. Missing someone? family
27. Your car? dirty
28. Something you're not wearing? Glasses
29. Favorite store? Target
30. Your summer? Short
31. Like someone? Sure
32. Your favorite color? Yellow
33. When is the last time you laughed? Today
34. Last time you cried? Saturday
35. Tag? Anyone

What do you listen too?

So at my house if the TV isn't on the I'm listening to music. I have issues with silence for some reason. I don't like lulls in conversation and although I might say I want some peace and quiet from my children, what I really want is to watch a good show without being interrupted, or to listen to some music while I read or cook.

I have to say I am a product of the 80's. Being the youngest of 6, I listened to what my older siblings were listening to. So in addition to what is listed you can add pretty much any typical 80's stuff to the list! So, here's some of my favorite tunes (songs, groups, bands, etc):

• Enya! Any and all Enya will do:
  
• Erasure! My college roommate Evie got me hooked on them!
• Dave Matthews Band! They're great in concert too!
• Jack Johnson! This is a new fav for me!
• Bare Naked Ladies! My kids love to jam to this!

Here are a few songs I like

• Yeal Niem "New Soul" (if you've seen the Macbook commercial it's that song)
• Micheal Buble "Everything"
  
• Regina Spektor "Fidelity"
• Moby "Extreme Ways"

What do you listen too!

Aloha!

So, we've made it back home and I am slowly trying to get into the swing of things. I'm still on Hawaiian time I think. We have a great time, but already want to go back. Nate really didn't get to do as much as we would have liked since he worked during the day the entire time we were there. Still it was beautiful!

My new toy...

So for our anniversary N8 got me a Flip Video. This was after my BIL highly recommended it to us. You can check it out on his blog. So check out this video of my little guy laughing it up!

Happy Anniversary to me and N8!!

This weekend we had the opportunity to go to my cousins wedding. It was of course a little crazy, some of the family got lost and didn't make it, there was traffic, we were tired. BUT they got married and sealing for time and all eternity. It was wonderful to be able to hear and remember the covenants that N8 and I took upon us 7 years ago today!

I don't know about you but for me, my wedding day was kind of a blur. I do remember a few things:

• I remember seeing my grandparents there in the sealing room and realizing that this would probably be their last time to go to the temple
• I remember getting up at 5am so my sister could do my hair and make-up
• I remember my brother getting me a huge Dr Pepper to help me get through the reception
• I remember seeing all 5 of my siblings with my parents in the sealing room.
  
• I remember thinking why in the world did we have our reception on the same day as our wedding
• I remember just getting to our hotel and my sister calling to "see how we were doing!"

What funny, interesting or thoughtful things do you remember from your wedding day??

No one faint - a book (well two) review!

Those who know me might know I love to read, honestly rarely do. There is a perfectly good explanation though, when I start I just can't stop! Last week I checked out "The 100 Dresses" by Elenor Estes. It's a little book, 88 pages with illustrations. It's a story of a little girl who was teased for wearing the same dress everyday to school. She told everyone she had 100 dresses. We're thinking of using this book as the theme for our next quarterly Home, Family and Personal Enrichment night. We would do a clothing drive for our local women's shelter.


Then a friend recommended "Austenland" by Shannon Hale. Any Jane Austen fans will find this to be a quick, fun, lighthearted read and some might even wish that they could go to Austenland themselves. I'm still in debate! It's just under 200 pages and I read it in an evening. Now I need to go break out my copy of the A&E Pride and Prejudice!

Now, just for Amy I now have put "Poison Study" by Maria V Snyder on hold at our library.
I might be neglecting my family, but I am enjoying some books!