Ho Hum

Haven't posted in forever. . . busy, busy, busy. . .

thought I'd put up a picture:

Our long-lost friends the Halls. We got to see them on Saturday (and they have TWO kids now--crazy). Awesome game night and ward choir memories. . .

Nana's Birthday Party

Yummy cupcakes: I didn't want to buy a grass tip--so I just cut a hole in the end of a ziplock, zipped it up, and squeezed out little grass spikes.



Proof that I made the cupcakes from scratch: I didn't like the recipe as well as the German Chocolate Cake in the Joy of Cooking book, but they were similar, and I was out of sour cream anyway.
Daddy made Nana a bundt cake: we wanted to make sure we had enough. (We had PLENTY--it was a busy weekend for a lot of Nana's friends)

We also dyed some eggs at the party before the egg hunt.

Enoch went through a small identity crisis during the party. He dyed himself orange, took off his soiled clothes, and then tried to hide outside like one of the Easter eggs.

We had a lot of fun with all of our friends that were able to make it during the holiday weekend. I think the kids did too.

Glum, Glum (aka, don't read if you are susceptible to depression)

Okay, lately I've been in some sort of deep funk... I can't seem to do anything (at least not well), or turn my thoughts into more productive ones. Berate, Berate, Berate. (But Hey, at least I'm not interrupting people as much :D). So, I'm way behind on posting. I was going to sit down and throw up a few scrapbook pages, maybe talk about how awesome the plans I have to decorate my house are, ummm... I'm sure there was something else..., but really I don't feel like posting much right now. So here are a few pictures--you can make of them what you will. I might go take a nap.
Robert made good bread--4 loaves
Seth came to visit and interview at LECOM. Keep your fingers crossed.
My fairy prince. Apparently, when he sleeps, his wings come out. (*picture not staged--notice the princess blanket and dragon)
Our new floor.
Asbury park. They have cool puppets.

Our First Company (unless you count missionaries and family members)

We were so glad that the Keith's could come and share dinner with us. They let us stay at their house when we were moving here and when we came house hunting (already super sweet, but it gets better. David only met Robert once before, and I didn't know either of them. As if that weren't enough, they weren't even home! They just sort of gave us their house while they went to Utah.) So, we wanted to have them over. Dinner was great. Robert made BBQ chicken, cornbread and jello. It was nice of him to cook. And the Keith's brought this amazing green bean and bacon thing (that I am definitely going to make later) and some super sweet cherry tomatoes. We had a lot of fun. Their kids are super, super cute. Joanna had to show Gracie all of the house--she even took her downstairs and they played with the broken telephone. I hope we can have them over again soon.

"Breaking Dawn" at midnight

So we all had fun going to the "Breaking Dawn" party. It's another one of those things I've always wanted to do--go to a midnight premier. I went with Cicely Cain and Emily Hurst, and at the end we met some of the other girls from church. I loved the book. I stayed up late each night so I could read it without the kids needing me. Edward and Bella make me so happy. Their romance is something special and it reminds me how special my own is with Robert. In fact, if Robert were a vampire. . . well, maybe I shouldn't finish that thought.

Lecom Luau

There are so many cool people here. We went to a luau for the LECOM students. Don't Eenie and Daddy look fantastic. The friends in these pictures are also from church. We've felt so welcome here. After the luau some of us went to the beach. Joanna just played on her own in the sand. She loves the beach.

Summerfest

Robert and his... ummm... former mission companion. I will never forget the day these two walked into my life. (Try as I might... lol) Isn't he a cutie? (Robert, that is--although he's not available). We met up at Orem's Summerfest for a mini-reunion before Steve (glasses) left us for Taiwan. We wish him well. We'll miss him.