A WHOPPER of a Party!!

Okay, so I hate Whoppers - really, I haven't gone to B.King since I was in H.S. - there was a hair incident and I haven't dared again (Lori S., do you remember this?)!!  But the title of this blog couldn't be passed up!  Can you believe this cake??  My very talented sis-in-law makes amazing cakes and she did this for Kendalyn's 10th!!  We were all DYING!  DYING!!  Kendalyn happens to LOVE hamburgers, In-N-Out and Crown Burger are her favs, and so this was the perfect cake for her.  It looked so real and tasted even better.  Thanks to Heidi for a great suprise!!

We had the party up in Idaho over Thanksgiving weekend!  We ate Hawaiin Haystacks (a favorite of Kendalyn's and tolerated by most in attendance) - thanks for making them mom!!  We had cousins and aunts and uncles and a boyfriend of an aunt (bet you can't guess who's??)!!  It was a great party!

Cute Kendalyn is 10 - I can't really say that without getting weirded out!  Where has the time gone?  It really is amazing how beautiful and wonderful she has turned out!  She has become quite the great babysitter for us this last half of the year and we couldn't be happier - she loves earning the $ too.  Kendalyn can sing like ca-razy (she has started hearing the harmony part - woo-hoo for an ALTO) play the piano really well, loves horses and has learned how to ride and take care of them in her lessons, and she has recently stared loving basketball (that part is NOT from me:)!  I just love this girl and I'm so glad I get to have her around forever....  Happy BIRTHDAY Kendalyn!!!

It's Beginning to Look a lot like...

We're MOVING in!!!

I bet you thought I was going to say Christmas, but no - this is much, much better than Christmas!  Our house is just under 3 weeks from us occupying it and we are SO ready!!  They have the cabinets done except for one bathroom, and the counter tops will go in next week, along with the flooring and the surround tub/shower tile.  YAY!!!  It has been just over 6 months since they dug the hole and we are starting to go a little stir-crazy with all of the driving and close quarters, but really, it hasn't been bad at all.  We just really want to be living in the town that we are actually living in if you know what I mean.  School, dance, church, preschool, - pretty much everything is down there but us - so it will be nice to not drive to and from Centerville 4 times a day!

All I Want For Christmas Is My...

TWO FRONT TEETH!!

Don't mind the SUPER chapped lips here, it's quite pronounced in this pic:)

Yes, Miss Adri has a super great smile right now just in time for Christmas - I love it!! I told her that when she hears this song, she'll know it's about her!!

Halloweenie Shmeenie

Yay, it's over!!  Now we can get back to NORMAL and get ready for CHRISTMAS - woo hoo!!

Here are the little munchkins!  It was quite a soggy night here in Utah and Grady took about 3 spills which resulted in soggy M&M's, but overall - not a bad night!  He was right in there saying "Trick or Treat" really loud with a nice "Thank You" and sometimes I even heard a "Happy Halloween" - so cute!  We went to our new neighborhood and took a ward map around so we could actually see where the very few people we know, lived - I thought it was pretty productive of us:) 

Visiting Great Grandma

Miss Ballerina - easiest costume we have ever had I think!!

He wanted an Alligator, but the Flying Dragon went over nicely!

Witchy Woman - I realized either this year or next would be Kendalyn's last time Trick or Treating - I totally remember being too old for it - weird...

See ya...

Dear Glee,

I really, really liked you and thought you had mucho potential  - really!  However, you are getting much too nasty for me to watch and therefore, I will have to take you off my DVR for good.  Sorry, but that's the way it's going to be,,,,

jules

Updaty Do..

Master Bedroom Wall

Master Closet - can I just say I'm in LOVE

Staircase going down

Basement entry

Staircase going up

Grady's Bedroom

Family Room - ceiling

I am LOVING the color!  What do you think??  I also included some inside shots - it is just turning out amazing - we have some really great finish carpenters working there. 

Finally...An Update!!

Sorry I haven't posted pictures for awhile on our home - it just hasn't changed that drastically from week to week until about a month ago - which is about when these pics were taken!  It has changed a ton since then, so we will take more pictures this week.  We are still hoping for an end-of-October-move-in-date, but it's not set yet.  They started the paint job on the back of the house yesterday, so once the color is on - it will look SO AMAZING and be that much closer to being done - yeah!!

So you say it's your Birrrrrthday....

We started off this 33rd year of Spence's life with morning presents - and he was SUPER surprised (thanks Brent)!  We gave him (as we always do) Craklin' Oat Bran for breakfast because that is his absolute favorite cereal and since it is SUPERLY OVER-PRICED, we never get it.  I bought two and wrapped them together and he (for once) didn't know what it was - so sneaky... 

The real present was a ticket to the Utah/Notre Dame game @ Notre Dame (am I spelling this right?)- he had no clue I was doing that and Brent totally helped me out on it.  They are going together, so it should be super fun.

I also made coconut cupcakes, which is now a tradition and he LOVED them - they really are super good, so if you want the recipe, let me know...  Then he was off to the opening Utah game - nice B-day eh!

I also found out that he shares the same B-day as these fancy people:

1966 - Salma Hayek

1964 - Keanu Reeves

1952 - Jimmy Connors

1948 - Terry Bradshaw

Fancy shmancy....Happy Birthday - I LUV you....

And Here.. We... Go....

The first day of school came SO fast - it just seems like last week we got out for the summer - yikes!  Adri couldn't eat a thing this morning - poor thing.  She said she wasn't nervous, just full:)  Kendalyn was excited and couldn't wait to get going.  Our new school is cute and little and I think we are going to LOVE it there. 
We were all excited for the "new duds" too - cuties!!

Miss 4th Grader

Miss 1st Grader

Funny story...  So, when they got into the car after school, Kendalyn says that Adri went to the office TWICE today..  What???  Apparently, she hit her head during recess and had to go to the office to get iced.  The second visit?  Yep, same thing - hit her head again!:)  I told her not to play in the same spot tomorrow....

We can't forget Mr. Grady Boy...

On The Boat..

Grady with the skis on - too funny!

Adri struggling with the skis..

The Kiddos

Grady, Me, and Adri

So we finally made it up to the lake this week - it was our first time all summer!  We kept thinking about going, but life has been a bit crazy and it just hasn't happened.  Spence has been, but we haven't made it up with him.  But, it was SO nice yesterday and the kids LOVED being on the boat again after a year.  Adri tried to waterski twice and was super brave to be out there alone, but she kept tipping over and finally got frustrated with it, but we were SO proud of her!  Grady even wanted to try, so we put the skis on and it was just super funny.  He just sat there - so cute!  Kendalyn finally tried after some heavy coaxing and she made it up on her first try and was up for quite a few seconds, but then she got scared, so down she went.   Of course, no pics of her because I was driving and Spence had the rope - oops!   Anyway, good times on the boat - too bad there is only one week left to enjoy it:)

Just a random picture after boating - I thought it was cute!!