le graffiti

oh the french. even their vandalism is classy. {Anyone else a Cary Grant fan? show of hands.}

i heart family

we piled into the car and headed to idaho for some quality time with the Geddes crew.

although Jordan walking was a proud moment, the highlight of the trip was heading to the local hogi yogi where erin rented the loft - complete with a giant projection screen, an xbox and ...

rock band!

i had my karaoke debut with Billy Idol's

white wedding {although it was more like white funeral because everyone within earshot was thinking "kill me now!"}
GOOD TIMES

then on Monday we headed up the canyon to sit round the fire, roast mallows, and tell bad jokes with the Nevins.

and although i have a boat load of bad jokes stashed in my back pocket, the one that had me chuckling on the way home was told by my bro Matt. i think what made it most funny was the delivery, so picture him saying it.

what's that? you don't know Matthew?

ok, picture some overly tall, ham-ball relative of yours.

how do you catch a unique rabbit?

u -nique up on it!

how do you catch a tame rabbit?

tame thing, u -nique up on it!

how do you catch a common rabbit?

com-mon! tame thing, u-nique up on it!

HA HA HA HA HA!!

28 and looking great

Happy Birthday Dan-o!
sure he had more hair when i met him, and he's put on a few lbs, but i knew what he was when i picked him up. and i was happy to do so.
and so yesterday we rejoiced that he became a part of the world.
i'm all for the day-long (if not week-long) celebrations and firmly believe no one should work on their birthday. Unfortunately, Dan doesn't share that belief. But we went to Wingers after work - his choice, i'm feeling the effects this morning, uhg! - and he gleefully pointed out the over-sized banner above the entrance that read: "all you can eat wings $9.99."
it's like they knew he was coming.

after downing about 30 wings, (man i wish i had taken a picture!) we came home for some cake. then he x-boxed the night away while i slept on the couch for moral support. PARTAY!!

now let us all laugh at a 'dan moment'

for a past New Year's Eve, we were playing board games at a friend's rented house. i am AWESOME at pictionary, so i can only assume that my not guessing his drawings was entirely his fault. at any rate, he struggled with repetitious sketches becoming more exasperated and his relationship with the notepad more deliberately violent until the last grain of sand dropped in the plastic hourglass. in frustration, he jumped up and hurled the pencil across the room. it stuck, straight as an arrow, with it's point firmly embedded in the wall. there was a brief moment of silence/awe as we stared at the pencil. perhaps we should have played darts instead?

now we're off to Idaho to see Jordan graduate.

Congrats to my brother from another mother!

conference recipes

my mom would make these so often for general conference, that, to me, they've become synonymous.

Marshmallow Toast

take a piece of bread and lightly toast.

spread peanut butter on toast.

lightly sprinkle with brown sugar.

top with marshmallows.

put under the broiler till mallows turn golden.

eat.

Hootenanies

preheat oven to 375 degrees

place 1/2 - 1 stick of butter in a 9" x 13".

place in oven to melt butter.

toss in blender:

6 eggs

1 c milk

1 c flour

1/2 tsp salt

pour batter over melted butter.

bake for 20 min till HUGE.

we eat ours with lemon juices and powdered sugar.

but you can also top with fruit and whipped cream.

Bon Appetit!

in case you were wondering...

...my morning did turn around yesterday. I guess when life hands you a snow storm in spring, build a snowman. :)

it must be April Fool's Day

I woke up this morning and I looked like this: {Parker called it 'happy hair'}

very funny hair, now settle down.

then I looked out the window and saw this:

very funny Utah, now where is spring?

then I went upstairs and saw this: very funny house, now clean this up.

then I changed Parker's pullup and this happened:

very funny pullup, now stop dripping on me.


And of course Dan called me to say he needed the number for a tow truck. Is that really the best he can do? I was expecting that. If he really wanted to get me he should have called to see how my morning was going, then casually mention that he found a quarter on the ground. I would have said, "really?" and then he could have said, "no. Sucker!"


If this morning doesn't turn around right now, I'm going back to bed until April 2.