Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I think this painting is so adorable... notice the cute little Beagles sitting at the dinner table!

Happy Birthday!

We've been so busy that I haven't had time to post. Aspen and Jackson celebrated their 8th birthday... WHOA! (do I seriously have 8 year olds???) We had a great couple of days starting at Chili's (each of them got their own molten lava cake and bellyaches that followed), we went to Chuck E Cheese and also had really fun parties! The girls played dress-ups and did art projects and the boys built dinosaurs. Thanks so much to my mom and dad for letting us have the parties at their house... it was PERFECT!

Where does the time go?

MY SHELF! This shelf is in my bedroom and I absolutely love it. With a little help from Ikea, Kohls, Real Deals, TaiPan, the dollar store, and my Grandma... the shelf is complete and perfect!
My Grandma gave me this old sewing machine a couple months before she passed away. I love this little sewing machine and I used to "ooh" and "aah" over it at her house whenever I was there. She kept it on a bookcase in her living room. One day she called me at work and asked me to stop by her house on my way home because she had something she wanted to give me. When I got to her house she had the sewing machine all wiped off and wrapped in a white lunch sack. She wanted me to have it (and also gave me strict instructions on how to care for it and that it wasn't a toy for the kids to play with). I told her I had the perfect spot for it... MY SHELF. I also told her that I would take pictures of the completed shelf and show them to her so she could see where I put the sewing machine. Sadly, I didn't ever get to show her these photos but I'm sure that she'd love the finished product (especially since it's high out of reach of little kids)!

UPDATE... GRANDMA'S FUNERAL
The three amigos playing Gameboys during the viewing... Grandma wouldn't have cared at all... she would've asked them to show her what they were playing! Plus it kept them totally entertained and quiet!
These carnations were placed on her casket by the pallbearers... I love this pic.

Happy Halloween!

Hannah Montana

Tickets to the Hannah Montana concert: $370
Parking: $6
Lunch: $20
Souvenirs: $40
Treats: $10
Aspen's face upon seeing Hannah Montana....

PRICELESS!!!

In Loving Memory...

Rest in peace, Grandma! We love you & miss you already.

Utah Quarters

I love all of the state quarters and I have a little book that I save one of each of them in. I was excited yesterday when I was reading the newspaper (online, of course) and came across these pictures. This was the first viewing of the quarter coming off the press and the quarters will be released in circulation on November 5. And yes, I will be waiting in line at the bank to get a handful of Utah quarters!