milk & a slurpee

tom took miss this afternoon while he ran some errands and while they were out, he bought her a slurpee. but the second she walked in the door she said "can i have some milk?"

so here she is...drinking milk and a slurpee.

arrested addiction

thanks to my brother jon, who got me addicted to "arrested development", i had to spend 45 of my hard earned dollars on ordering the entire 3 seasons from amazon.

it was delivered today, and i'm hoping since the olympics are FINALLY over, i can convince tom to watch it with me

you know me, i can never get enough t.v.!

i'm a "glass half-full" kind of girl

...or in my case, a jug half-full. the other day i bought a huge 1 gallon jug of berry lemonade and decided to act like a twelve year old boy and drink some straight out of the jug, instead of getting a glass. apparently i didn't screw the lid on very tight, and when i put it back in the fridge, i laid it down sideways.

the next time i opened the fridge, i had half a gallon of punch sitting at the bottom of it!

what not to wear

finally! my internet has been struggling the last couple of days, so pardon the lack of posts. anyway, last night tom and i went to a murder mystery party with a 1950's theme. i was assigned the part of a gossip columnist (a stretch for me, i know) and tom was a "dragnet"-type actor. we had a fun time, and we even got to take my mom's m.g., which i lovingly refer to as "the hitler car".



okay, the weird part was that after the party i came home and turned on the ol' tivo to watch "what not to wear" and the chick that was nominated for her hideous wardrobe had on the EXACT same shirt as my $4 d.i. shirt that i had worn to the party! so random!

me:




ugly wardrobe chick:

the reveal

ya'll are so smart. it WAS a burn...kind of. elli face planted off of the couch on sunday and landed forehead first onto a not-so-soft rug that lays over hardwood. leaving this awesome rug burn behind.




although, the close-up shot kind of looks like the skin of this orange.

(yes, jon and darby, this is from your yard...i was fiddling with my camera.)

too tired to think of a title...

howdy. so i just got back from arizona...again...and of course i had a fabulous time and i finished editing my first film! yeehaw! (oh sheesh, that whole paragraph made me sound like a cowboy...sorry about that)

i have to give a big "thanks" to my mom and sister for taking such good care of my miss while i was gone. and of course, to jon and darby for welcoming me into their home yet again. their house is truly starting to feel like a second home to me. we've had a great time watching our "arrested development" marathons and eating jon's perfected popovers.

anywho...here's a random picture. can you guess what it is?

fun times

we had a really fun time this weekend thanks to some great people. on saturday morning, my parent's neighbors were taking kids for rides on their horses, and miss was able to ride them, too. she insisted that she wear her cowboy hat and cowboy boots!







we also got to hang out with our good friends, the airhart's, who moved to north carolina about six months ago. the neighborhood just isn't as fun without them and we miss them very much! but it was so fun to see them and their new little browen, before they headed off for st. george. i didn't get any pictures, but we had a great time!

sunday, we got to hang out with the hildebrand family and they had a bounce house set up for the kids. of course miss loved it! it was nice to visit with everyone. we don't get to see them too often, but we always have fun when we do!

improvements

one of the challenges of selling a townhome is that all of the floor plans are exactly the same. but tom and i have been working really hard to have ours stand out from the rest. i was at the d.i. the other day and, among other things, i found a light fixture for $8! the light that was over my table was wretched, so i was really excited to find this! hooray for d.i.!

and may i just say, it's so nice to have a handy husband! the man can do anything!


before:




after:

my doppelganger!

some friends in our ward were out having ice cream, when apparently they saw my twin sister wandering around the valley. so, being the awesome people that they are, they took some pictures of the poor unsuspecting girl! you have no idea how badly this freaks me out! if this chick didn't have glasses on, i'd swear the adams' were stalking me or something! freaky!!!

a new 'do for miss

i love miss' curly hair, but sometimes it can be a chore to do, and i was tired of doing the same ol' pony tail on her, so i thought i'd switch it up and straighten it out. she's still got a mullet goin' on since she got a tootsie roll stuck in her hair...so i had to strategically place some barrettes in it!

i think it turned out pretty cute!

grab 'em while you can!

last night i stopped by smith's, a grocery store i don't normally go to, and they had their orchids on sale for $5, which is seriously a steal! the cheapest i've ever seen orchids for is $15!



i went to the one on 106th & redwood and they still had about 6 or 7 left, so if you're interested, i would snatch them up while they're still there!

just to prove they're still alive...

it's been a while since i've posted about the kiddos. no news is good news, i guess. elli just got done teething (six new teeth in ten days!) and she's back to being the perfect child. miss has been very sweet and cooperative lately, so life's been pretty good around here.

here's some random pics from the last couple of days.

i took the girls to the zoo, and they both really enjoyed it. i know that this looks like elli has hill-billy teeth, but it's really just a cracker.



miss hanging out on the tiger...or is it a lion? i really don't know.



yep. that's what a one year old looks like after you give them an oreo cookie and leave them to fend for themself.



miss has really been into blocks lately. unfortunately for her, so has elli. this was her solution.



and finally...it's already begun. this is elli putting on a princess jasmine crown in front of the mirror. i swear i didn't stage this photo! pretty soon it's going to look like disney threw up princesses all over our house!