salt lake scrapbook show

i just wanted to say that i am SO excited that i have a relaxing weekend at home this weekend. It is odd that we travel ALL over to do scrapbook conventions & the one that is literally 5 minutes from my house - i am not doing this year. no offense to utah scrappers- go & shop your heart out at the show BUT I am going to ENJOY every minute of my weekend at home & glad to be spending it with my family!
*note: the slc show is run totally different than any other scrapbook show! it is more like a garage sale atmosphere & we don't really have garage sale stuff.

cookies?

the doorbell rang & our neighbor brought over a plate full of warm chocolate chip cookies. the kids came running in so excited. i told them as soon as the massive legoland they had been building was picked up then they could have some. they put the cookies on the counter & were working very hard to pick up. about 10 minutes later, i went to check on them & i about died. brock had gotten on top of the counter & had a cookie in each hand. I said "Brock", he said "cookie". He had eaten about 10 cookies... he had chocolate all over his face & a smile from ear to ear. one of those moments that i wished i snapped a pic but i was too occupied consoling the kids that 2 cookies each was enough.

jake's baptism day

well, to make a long story short - jake wanted to be baptized on saturday, september 6th. he was very excited & i was scheduled to be out of town for a girls weekend. i attempted to talk him into doing it later but he wanted nothing to do with that. his best girl friend, madison, which lives next door was going to get baptized on the same day. so, i rescheduled my flight to come home a day early. my flight landed at 3:05 & i had to be at church by 4 (the airport is 30 minutes away) & had my mom pick me up curbside (thanks mom!). I left my luggage in pheonix (thanks corinne!) & changed into my dress in the airport. i made it - i even got to the church before steve & jake did. my sister (thanks somm!) came by the house & helped get brock ready & help with brock so steve could focus on jake w/o the distraction of brock. the baptism was great!! jake was so nervous but looked handsome as ever! afterwards, we all got together at katwyks (thanks ambra!) for some yummy food & good times. it was beautiful weather! we had so many people come & support us. jake was thrilled. we are so proud of jake & the decision he has made. we hope he will always remember what a special day it was & how he felt.

here are some pics of our special boy on his special day:

update

i know it has been a while or at least it seems like it has been forever since i have blogged. labor day weekend was fun. we had planned on going to the lake for the long weekend but the weather did not cooperate. we spent the day on the lake saturday - beautiful 96 degrees then on sunday a storm blew in & tempertures dropped 35 degrees. a high on 61 on monday - yikes. that was a shock that i did not welcome.

then, steve's older brother, andrew & rebekah were married. it was fun to be with steve's family. most of his family are here in utah but we do not see them very often. it was a long day but a GREAT day! brock just loves wedding receptions (all the food, the music/dancing, the attention from every female....what's there not to like about them :)

the morning after the wedding, i was off to arizona for a ME weekend. it was 103 degrees when i landed - i was in heaven!!! the first thing i did was eat at abuelo's - love that place (in fact, i ate mexican 3x while i was there - love mexican food period). it was great to be with so many friends & have fun. the wild horse pass resort was awesome. i know steve would of loved to play the course there. creative escape was great!! if you have never been, i highly recommend it. it is well worth the money & time.

crop

for those in the area that are interested...



Bingham High School Minerette's are hosting a fund raising scrapbook crop
Saturday, Septemeber 6th at Bingham High
(2200 w 10600 s in south jordan)
9am-2pm.

Tickets are $20
* page layout contest w/prizes awarded
* make & take projects
* LOTS of prizes given away during the crop
* everyone will receive a goodie bag

All proceeds will go to Bingham Minerette's drill team.
Email sandi@paperloft.com to purchase your tickets.

GO BINGHAM!!!

a day at the lake

another thing that keeps me from getting the mother of the year award ... i took my kids out of school yesterday so we could spend the day in the sun on the lake. it was awesome! we had the lake to ourselves until late afternoon. the water was warm & not real smooth - perfect for wave runners & tubing! we are going to be out of town for jake's b-day so we celcebrated it yesterday. he wanted to spend the day on the lake then go to dinner at Tepanaki (japanese steakhouse where they cook in front of you). it was a great day!

i am off to tulsa this afternoon - looking forward to it. We have been gone most of august so we are looking forward to some time home :)

valley forge

we had a GREAT weekend in valley forge last weekend - VERY tired but it was a really good show. we were delayed out of philadelphia, missed our connection in vegas & ended up staying there all night & getting home late the next day. my luggage got lost but finally got it back - happy about that even if my shampoo leaked over everything. home for a couple GOOD days. i am heading out the door now for CKU. Not a work related trip but a girls weekend. i am looking forward to relaxing! enjoy your weekend!