Dinner Guest

The other night we were sitting around the table eating dinner and we heard a very loud THUD against the window. We went outside to check it out and found we had a hawk for a visitor. It looked like one of his eyes had been poked out... GROSS... and probably the reason he flew into the window! After a couple minutes of recovery on the ground he flew up to the fence. We got tired of watching him and waiting for his next move so we went back in to finish dinner- but I think he stayed there for awhile!

Top Ten

1. High School Musical 2

2. Sabra winning SYTYCD a couple weeks ago (and I read somewhere that she was from Utah... that's cool)

3. Not having the flu anymore

4. Fresh garden tomatoes (especially on toasted cheese bread with shrimp... thanks to The Todd for teaching me that one)

5. Finshing Harry Potter 7

6. Finishing Eclipse

7. My mom and dad FINALLY moving into their new house... YAHOO!

8. The new season of Psych starting

9. My new Quickutz SILHOUETTE (A digital craft cutter that ROCKS!)

10. No more water bans in Eagle Mountain so my lawn can green up again!

2nd Grade!

It's official. Jackson and Aspen are second graders. SECOND GRADE? How did this happen? I'm freaking out a little bit... they grow up way too fast! Aspen was completely full of first-day jitters. She couldn't eat breakfast because she was too nervous... "I'll just have a glass of milk." She had planned all week to wear her brand new Skechers but after walking around for awhile she resorted to crying on the floor of her closet and trying on 3 different pairs of shoes because the new ones "bugged" her. She finally decided on older, more comfortable shoes (after lots of tears). She didn't want anything done to her hair that would draw more attention to her than necessary so we brushed, parted and called it good.

Jackson wasn't nervous at all... he got right up, got dressed, spiked his hair with gel, found an awesome wristband & Spiderman watch to wear, threw on his new Adidas and tied them (by himself!), then ran downstairs to play with the dog before school started. A few minutes later... "Mom, can I make myself a waffle for breakfast?" Talk about independence! Maybe having 2nd graders isn't so bad... next time maybe he'll pop a waffle in the toaster for me!

The final report of the day was a great big A+! They made new friends, met up with friends from last year, they love their teacher, the classroom is awesome, recess was fun... and no homework for a week!

Our Homerun King (step aside, Mr. Bonds)!

What an awesome night at the city league softball games! Jared hit **THREE** out of the park, homeruns. Woohoo! It was so exciting! Aspen and Jackson were so proud of him-- they couldn't wait to congratulate him along with the rest of the team. Andy (a.k.a. WHEELS) hit an in-the-park homerun too... he seriously runs faster than I can pedal on a bike!

And to top it all off... our AMAZING Ballers slaughtered the other two teams tonight. They had a total of 55 runs in just two games (WOW). We won both games (obviously) and it wasn't even close... we won by 10-15 runs in both games. We were on fire and I was wearing my matching Ballers shirt cheering loudly!

**Special shout-out to my Uncle Mark... he played so hard tonight and fit right in with all the 20 & 30-something year old boys. You would never guess he's turning 58 this week! :o)

Buy Me Some Peanuts & Crackerjacks!

This post was intended for the morning of August 8th but I've been a little busy! Jared has always been a HUGE Giants fan which has, in turn, also made me a Giants fan! We have been watching every game waiting for Mr. Bonds to hit homerun #756. It happened on August 7... and on Giants home turf. Barry Bonds is now the homerun king! It was so fun to see history in the making. There were tons of fireworks, a message from Hank Aaron, and Barry was greeted on the field by his godfather- Willie Mays. We had DVR'd a bunch of the games and watched them later but fortunately we were watching this one live. Way to go, Barry Bonds!

Mini Photo Shoot

On Saturday Aspen was wearing the cutest green outfit. Yes, green. She threw a mini fit about wearing green ("the shorts look like Jackson should wear them") but I finally talked her into it after compromising a little (she added her touch with pink glittery bracelets, a purple beaded Jasmine necklace, and pink/purple glittery flip flops). Anyway, her eyes just POPPED... so green and so adorable so we had a little mini photo shoot.

Jackson didn't want any pictures taken of him and was scowling most of the time but I did talk him into a couple shots for our mini photo shoot. I can't believe how big they are getting and how fast the time goes!

Top Ten!

Since I haven't blogged in awhile I thought I'd throw down a quick top ten for this week.
1. Sudoku... obviously! Isn't the new widget on my blog awesome?!?

2. A brand new box of crayons.

3. Bare Escentuals mineral makeup.

4. My 10 year high school reunion coming up this Friday... call me crazy but I actually am excited about it!

5. The school supply aisle at Target. (This goes right along with a new box of crayons... I just love school supplies in general)!

6. Mini Madame Alexander dolls from McDonalds.

7. The cafeteria at American Fork High School. (I've been there for a conference for the past two days and the cafeteria is AMAZING. There's a section on the walls for each generation going from the early 1900's to now. There are a lot of pictures of my family up there. It made me nostalgic about my childhood days! Who knows... maybe my kids will be CAVEMEN one day and make their place on the history wall)!

8. Dreyers Take the Cake American Idol ice cream... so yummy!

9. Jackson's faux-hawk.

10. Hearing Aspen read books out loud in her room when she's bored.