whew!

So much to say...so little room (and desire to ramble...)- LOVE ing Summer vacation so far- we're all tan and rolling out of bed swimming every day.

Here are some highlights from the last post until now:

towers spontaneously appear in our front hall- this is the tallest yet (cylindrical)

Grandma has been up to visit twice in the last month- we love having her!
Happy Easter!

She loves to lock herself in Nellie's cage...hmmm
Rolling down the hill at Thanksgiving Point
Awww


The "red" room is now gray- just waiting for Cord to install the new chandelier
Grandpa came to visit too- catch on a beautiful spring day
...and a movie
Preschool graduation- all four kids went to Miss Molly- we LOVE you


Women's conference- so awesome every year
Christina's bridal shower- hugs and loves- you da best!
lunch with Gpa
Snow in late May- latest recorded snow fall in SLC ever (accumulated)
Mommy buys shoes, baby buys shoes in mommy's size...

I love my life!

Studio 5, here I come!

I will be on Utah's local morning show-Studio 5- this Thursday, March 18th at 11am. The producer asked me to come on and speak about Facebook etiquette and I'm so excited! At this time, I am truly grateful for technology that makes it possible for me to share the video of my appearance with my blogger buddies only hours after I appear. But I still wish you were all here in Utah just for this one day.

yummo!

Last night we not only loved the company we kept- but the food! We ate at Terra Mia in Orem. The pizza was pretty authentic italian with lots of choices and the service was quick- and Zazá- the gelato place within Terra Mia- was amazing. We enjoyed Pistachio and banana as well as lemon with strawberry- amazing! I highly recommend these two places (if you're not on a diet that particular night)!

I'm loving...

My Roku players (they are little digital players that allows the kids to watch channels like Netflix instant watch selections and other internet channels as they become available) this is the way of the future (not necessarily this box- but the idea)!

You can order the jewelry here- the most adorable jewelry ever!

Test drove one this weekend- I think I'm in love- the kids are begging!

Next tropical vacay for sure (Bora Bora)

Mahalo!

What a relaxing week. Thanks mom for flying up- there wasn't a better person to take care of my kids for the eight days we were in paradise.

We just got back from Maui and I'm already planning our next trip back...

Warren and Annabelle's is a must for anyone who's looking to laugh all night! Cord and I were put in the hot seat and it was so much fun.
Snorkeling couldn't have been more perfect- although I could see down 15 feet or more without a mask, just on my board floating on the water.
This was my view while lying on the beach- not bad, eh?
Near Wailea...some of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. Possibly a new favorite vacay spot (although Carmel is hard to beat).
I heart Jodi
the view from our room
snorkeling and whale watching (sans seasickness)
The best souvenir we brought back was Nellie's (my shorkie) shirt that says "Mahalo for a tummy rub"- precious!

So much work...so little time!

Wow- I can't believe the new year is here. I'm happy to say goodbye to you 2009, although we've had fun, there were some times that I didn't love so much and I'm embracing the change for 2010. The one thing I don't want to embrace is all these decorations! We're going to have to build a new shelf in the garage just for the Christmas stuff.

We're busy beavers over here, I've been remodeling my bathrooms and laundry room as well as a portion of the basement (I will post soon) so I have vowed not to take down these decorations until I have a place to put them (which will hopefully be soon). It's been wonderful to feel so great that I could put up three big trees (with a fourth ready to go in the basement next year when the construction is finished), and three little trees for the kids. It's been a fun holiday but now I'm looking forward to tropical vacations and springtime!

Tree in the "red room" or living room. I used my basement decorations for this tree this year because my mom in law got to come over and see my upper floor and I wanted her to see my "white" tree- normally this 12 footer is filled with formal red and green decorations- but I like how it turned out.

This is our family room tree. I love the black and white incorporated here. it's a funky "Santa" tree filled with different kinds of Santa's among other things.

This is our breakfast area- I have had this snow village for years (1997) but my kids want me to do a big village next year, we'll see how the storage room feels about that!

This is my candy tree. I had the most fun with this tree- everything would be edible if it were real.

My table- lots of fun stuff!

Sofa table- the favorite was the cherry candy canes- that jar is pretty big, although that's hard to see- my kids loved those things!

my favorite part about this is the advent calendar on the left side of the fireplace. We bought it in Carmel this year and we filled it with fun things to do to help remember Christ this Christmas season. It was so much fun to do with our kids- a new found tradition.

This Jim Shore Santa is also from Carmel- there is a Christmas store there that I had to go into our last trip and they shipped everything for me- so much fun- he's holding a partridge in a pear tree.

My "tree" in our room. I love my pussy willows and decided to decorate them with these cut glass snowflakes. I love the way they turned out and since they are "winterish" I'm leaving them up til valentines day!