Taco Soup, Hold The Worms Please.

We had our family favorite dinner tonight, Taco Soup. I bought ground beef from Wal-mart for it, it ended up being kinda stringy. When it was time to serve the food, I asked Abbie if she wanted some as I picked up the spoon filled with the soup. She said rather frankly, "Yeah, but no worms." We all looked at eachother like, "What?" Then we looked at the spoon. There was a long string of ground beef hanging from the spoon and honestly, it did look like a fried worm, it was pretty gross looking. We all had a good laugh, took the worm out, and gave her the spoonful. I said, "That's going on my blog." :)

I Saw Mermaid's DingleHopper!!!

So the other day, Tori comes to me all excited after playing her new Leapster and she says, "MOMMY! I saw Mermaid's Dinglehopper!!!" I sat in shock for a quick second as my mind ran through what a Dinglehopper was and then I said, "Oh good!" Dinglehopper is quite the word for a fork :)

Abbie's New "Do"

Well, I decided to get Abbie a new "do". It just looks so adorable in this cut, so we got it cut again, and I'm very pleased. We cut about 1 or 2 inches off, it was getting pretty long. She's such a doll :)

My birthday hat :)

So this is my new hat I got from my Birthday, I LOVE HATS! I think its pretty cute :)

How Old Do I Look, Really?

Okay, so I had a birthday yesterday, it was quite fun. I love it when Brad has the day off and we can just have fun and go shopping and out to eat, it was a perfect day. Except at the end, I had 1 breadstick and one slice of pizza from Little Ceasars and I was sick the rest of the night! That sucked. But besides that, I had a blast. I got some adorable boots, a new purse, (I finally moved from the diaper bag to purse, woo hoo!), some hats, some jeans, and a few other things. Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to ME!!!! I told Brad that I'm not a child anymore, I'm heading towards middle age! I remember when Jason Sherwood (my brother in law) said he was 27 and I thought, wow, he's getting up there. Thats almost 30! So here I am, and I feel still like I'm 20. However, I go over situations that I was in in high school and I just think, "Wow, if I would have known what I know now, I would have told that kid to take a hike." Or something to that effect, but I think to myself, "How come I didn't?" And I realize, I'm maturing. I'm getting older, I'm understanding life and what's important and all that fun stuff, and that in and of itself shows that I am getting older. Even if I feel like I'm 21, and frankly, still look like I'm 21. I know I'm getting older cause I can admit I didn't know a whole lot back then :)

Too Much Fun!

Not really, to be honest I'm not having a whole lot of fun. For those of you who don't know, we've been in between houses since lets see, July really. We sold our condo in Pemberley, (Pleasant Grove) in July due to a job change and relocation. We moved to Cedar City, UT (225 miles south) for 1 1/2 months until our home was done in St. George. Before our home was done, we decided to move quickly because of drug dealing in the neighborhood and moved back to Saratoga Springs for three months. The house we were living in there was sold and we decided to not go to St. George and to stay in the county, but we weren't ready to buy, so I went to Washington and Brad stayed and worked until Dec. 20th. Now we are back in Layton, UT as of Jan 2nd and are still looking for a house. We thought for sure we had found our house last week, we signed papers and everything, but before the owner signed, he changed terms, and we decided it wasn't for us... SO... we are out on the hunt again. The difference this time, is that I'm excited and encouraged and I know that whatever house we end up with will be so wonderful and nice and I can't wait to be there, but I will wait, however long I have to. Its definitely a roller coaster and once again, life is changing EVERY DAY, and some days are funner than others :) I've noticed in marriage (and for those newleyweds out there, you probably haven't experienced it yet, but you will) your marriage kind of goes through a cycle of passion and happiness and as it goes down, something happens or you are just ready to renew it and make it wonderful and exciting again. Brad and I are on that up side of the cycle, enjoying each other more than ever, and I really look forward to the next month or so, we've got my birthday (In two days), Brad's birthday on the 13th of February , and then Valentine's Day. These are my favorite times, so much to celebrate!!! Hopefully we'll be living in a house in Utah County by his birthday and we can have a big shindig :) Sounds great, we'll see you then!!!

Sparkle In My Eye

So I was doing Tori's hair today and she kept shaking her head. I got kind of annoyed and said, "What are you doing?" She said, "I'm trying to get your attention." I said, "What?" She said, "I have to tell you something, but you can't tell anyone, its a secret." I kinda chuckled and said, "Okay, what is it?" She said quietly, "I have a sparkle in my eye." I giggled and said, "Who told you that?" She said smiling, "Papa" (who is Brad's Dad). She said, "Can you see the sparkle? I think its the white part." As she stared at herself in the mirror, blinked a few times, and smiled really big. It certainly melted my heart.