b.f.f.'s...for now

yay! our girls are starting to play together! miss has started having a lot more fun with elliot since she started sitting up. last night i had elliot on the bed and miss sat down beside her and "read" her a book.





this morning she and elli played "dress up" and she decided to put these mr. potato head glasses on her. you can see where the plastic is stretched out because every kid that plays at our house puts these dang glasses on!





poor elliot, as the younger one she's going to be subjected to so much!

i'm back

okay, i know there wasn't a "flashback friday" last week, and i know you were all totally devastated by that, but i've been in idaho since thursday! my mom's kind of over going to the house they're fixing up, so she asked if i wanted to go up instead. it was REALLY cold, (everyone knows how much i LOVED that), but it was fun to have a mini-break from my kids and to hang out with my dad.

the house is just about done and is looking really cute!

yesssssssssss!

finally! "lost" is back on the "to do list"!!!

flashback friday-gettin' ready for church

this picture was taken back in 1985 which would make me about 3. apparently i decided to dress myself for church and when i came down the stairs, i said "i got my shoes, i got my socks, i got my coat, i got my book, i'm going to church...how do i look?"

now, besides the obvious mismatching of the tights, i think i did pretty well for a 3 year old! i actually think the heels i'm wearing are pretty cute!

tidbits

amy tagged me, so here ya go!

four jobs i've had:
1. trolley stop ice cream
2. the ritz tuxedo shop (fun job when you're single!)
3. trendwest resorts
4. surety title

four movies i could watch over and over:
1. sixteen candles...a classic
2. wayne's world
3. napoleon dynamite
4. anchorman

four places i have lived:
1. sandy, utah
2. herriman, utah
3. south jordan, utah
4. west jordan, utah

four t.v. shows i love:
1. the office
2. lost
3. flight of the conchords
4. kenny vs. spenny

four places i have vacationed:
1. oceanside, california
2. oahu, hawaii
3. new york, new york
4. las vegas, nevada

four of my favorite dishes/food:
1. cafe rio's pork tostada
2. a good steak
3. mashed potatoes
4. philly cheesesteak sandwiches

(i have the appetite of a 40 year old man!)

four sites i visit daily:
1. blogger.com
2. yahoo mail
3. americafirst.com
4. foodnetwork.com

four places i would rather be right now:
1. on the beach
2. on the beach
3. somewhere warm
4. on the beach

four bloggers i am tagging:

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE!

crying it out....sort of

"sleeping like a baby". who the crap came up with that saying? they obviously didn't have children because babies suck at sleeping! after over 6 months of waking up 4 or 5 times in the night, i decided that it was time for my elliot to start "crying it out". for all you non-parents out there, "crying it out" is fancy terminology for saying dump your baby in the crib and make them scream their lungs off until they eventually cry themselves to sleep. i know that this method is not for everyone, but it worked great with miss, and now it was elliot's turn. she wasn't waking up because she wanted me to feed her or for me to hold her, she just wanted her dang binky back in her mouth! so i rounded up every binky i had lying around and dropped them in the crib within arms reach of her. she basically didn't have to "cry it out" because she would just grab another binky and be back to sleep.

i'm on my 3rd full night of sleep!!!

a new feature!

i seriously have no life. want proof? i was blog hopping the other day and came across a gal that does "flashback friday" where she posts a picture from her past every friday. i don't always have tons to blog and i know that ya'll are just DYING for me to update more often, so i thought this would be a fun new feature. i'm the type of person that loves reminiscing and looking back at what a dork i was (am?). so here it is people, my first "flashback friday" pic.



sadly, i'm not sure what year this was, but guessing from the dark brown carpeted stairs, it was probably around 1987. i remember this day quite vividly. it was christmas morning and all i had been asking for all year was a tiara. to my sheer joy, not only did i get this gorgeous tiara (head straps and all) but i also received this stunning silver evening dress with snappy turquoise sash. i love the smirk on my face...you can totally tell i thought i was hot stuff coming down those stairs!

flight of the conchords

i'm so over the writer's strike! reruns, reality shows, the golden globes being cancelled! as a t.v. junkie, i'm seriously going through withdrawals. however, there has been one ray of sunshine amidst this dark and tragic time. "flight of the conchords". we received the first season on dvd for christmas and it has saved us from countless hours of sub par television. now mind you, it IS an HBO series, but it is surprisingly clean and it is genius.

i couldn't get this newfangled interweb to post some clips directly, so i've attached some links for your viewing pleasure. enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyu1YnzRQiI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bjdUFa_QQ8

kickin' it old school

it's mine and tom's 5th wedding anniversary today, so i thought i'd share a picture that was taken back in 1998, the year we started dating. i believe this was a homecoming dance...and i sure hope i had enough blush on! yeesh!!!



how are we celebrating our anniversary, you ask? we'll be dining at a utah classic...the chuck-a-rama! yep, my man knows how to treat a lady right!

decisions, decisions

it's a new year and i'm ready for a change! i've been wanting to paint my living room/kitchen area for a while now and i think i'm ready to finally do it. i've picked out a color called "under the sea" that i'm kind of digging, but i'm not too sure...so help me out...place your vote to the left please! (blogstalkers are welcome to vote!)

this is the color it is now...



here's the paint chip