I think I have something called a blog....

Perhaps a good resolution would be to update my blog at least once a month? Or even look at my friends blogs....come on me. sheesh.
I guess I'll start with my mum's wedding in August. Yeah...she got re-married to a real nice fireman named Russ. They got married in the Redlands temple in California. A dear friend Kristin Fuller took my mum's pictures if you'd like to see a few

http://kristinphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/adri-russ.html

the new family all together...well minus one of Russ' kiddos. Yep..I have 4 new halfers. We'll just say Christmas was different this year.

Now onto SEPTEMBER....
All I have to say about it is National Talk like a Pirate Day is the best & you all better be at the party next year so help me.
We had a flipping pinata....& if you don't come I'll go Barbosa on you.








The month of my birth...OCTOBER.
I had a birthday. Bought myself some good stuff & Michael being the gem he is wrapped it for me.
Clinton Kelly (from What Not To Wear. ) Tweeted to me. Pretty much the BEST birthday present.


& I got a cookie dough ice cream cake. Help me.

We also got to go to the wonderful Cornbelly's maze. We went with, who my sister now named the 'Log's' aka La Cognatas. It was cold but fun. I've never before been to a corn maze & now that I live literally right behind one I though I should try it out.









Of course there was pumpkin carving.








And some costumes perhaps....



NOVEMBER...
With one of my favorite holiday's. Thanksgiving. Why? You may ask....well it's because of the food. Yes it's dynamite. I love it all. Bring it on. Thanksgiving was held here...


In freezing cold, but beautiful Bear Lake. Oh & that was just one of the 3 houses we got. Yeah...we're that pimp.


DECEMBER...
So December was an interesting month. I lost my dear Grandpa Daniel. It was rough. It was the first real loss I've ever experienced. So I flew down on a stand-by ticket that my dove of a friend Becc a got me & we had a service on the beach in San Clemente, Ca. It was a beautiful sunny day & he would have loved it. We poured his ashes off the pier. The same pier the he would take me as a kid to feed the pigeons & walk up & down to see who caught what & look out his binoculars to see if we could see Catalina Island. Then we went to his favorite restaurant in Dana Point that over looked the harbor & had a wonderful lunch. I bawled like a baby. He fought in WW2 & was a lawyer. Had 6 kids, loved his liquor & his family. He helped me buy my first car & made me laugh. Usually he was making fun of me...but still. He taught me to laugh at myself.






They were so hot on their wedding day.

So after I finally made it back home. Worked 2 days. We packed the car & drove down for Christmas. It was good. We got together with my dad's side of the family & my mum's side of the family. Oh and my soon to be new Aunt Melinda & my Uncle Herb gave us 2 lotto tickets & we won $20 bucks. WOOT!! Christmas in SoCal is the BEST!







Now onto my mum's side......

Mike getting his very first Chiropractic adjustment from my Uncle Paul.





Well it really has been a good few months. And I REALLY am going to be better at doing this blog this year or I'm calling it quits. Also I'm going to look at all of your blogs too. Sorry friends. I am still here. Really. I am. And I love you all. Hope you had a fantastic New Year. Here is a picture from the party I went to. It was pretty fun. even if I felt too old to be there.


Have a dynamite 2010 everyone.

Back to the N.O.C.

That's right. I went back to good ol' North Ogden City. I love it up there...& I love the friends I got to hang out with until the wee hours of the night. We started off with a little dinner at Iggi's.

Dana made us get 'grape lemonade' claiming it was the best thing ever. It was ok....I kid. It was good.

We went back to Dana's darling house & played a little "pounce."

Jade showing us her 'Raptor' way of shuffling cards.

Marlee the Champ.

Not to worry...Dana & I came in dead last with a combined score of 80. That's how we roll.
After we got tired of being spanked by Marlee & her mad Pounce playing skills we decided to try our luck at Rock Band.



Jade plays on Expert...notice the determined look to get us all back in the game.

All in all it was a fun night back in the hood! I need more nights where I get a belly workout by laughing so hard.

One of the CUTEST...

...Headbands on EARTH!

My dear friend Dari made this headband & she make tons of other dynamite ones! She sells them on Etsy. To go look through her garb go to www.adayinthelifeofdari.blogspot.com & you can get to her Etsy shoppe from there! She sells precious baby headbands too! You won't regret it!

As of late....

Hey everybody! Remember me? Yes I am still around. Just not by a computer....well one where I can sit long enough to blog anything worth looking at. (not that anything ever is worth looking at) But I am here to tell y'all what's been going on.

I cut my hair. It may even be shorter then this now. I'm a crazy person for cutting it so dang short.

Littlest brosif graduated. I feel old.

4th o' July

Mike & Michael had a birthday. Don't be jealous of the cake Kim & I made....

Our friend Nate got a flesh eating, terminal disease from Fiji.


Girls night's & cup cakes!

& who couldn't love PINK cotton candy!

I camped in Moab!

I'm pretty sure it has been raining in Utah for the past, what 3 months? So when we went down to Moab & were CAMPING I was a bit leery. Camping, raining, camping, no showers, holes for toilets...but I went anyway cause I knew I needed to make myself a better/stronger camper. I done myself proud. & all you other campers out there too.

{Me being proud of myself}
So our friend Nathan road his bike from Highland, UT to Moab, UT. All by himself some 214 miles or something like that. Took him 2 days.

{Pretty sure this is how he felt most of the ride}
But we all made it & set up camp, made some camp fire food & talked about life & stuff. Skin walkers were ever brought up...creepy. Even though it rained a bit that night..just a wee bit. I did fine! I had 2 tylenol PM's in me & I slept like a babe!

I'm just glad I had a tent. That morning we decided we would hike. We knew it was going to rain, so we purchased some emergency ponchos just incase. The boys also got some hats.

You know to keep the rain out of their eyes. It helped real good.
We started with the 'Windows' Trail. I hate windows. I'm a Mac. Har.






Nathan's really good at YOGA ladies. That's why he & Mike are in a bromance. It's cute. After the Windows trail we headed over to The Delicate Arch trail. This is the arch you can all see on the Utah license plate. I've now been there twice. {go me.} On our way up we had to have a bit of fun with the boys hats & it seemed perfect that I wore a red hoody.


It a pretty hardy trail & it started to get hot towards the top we were excited to see some sun.




Good thing we brought our emergency ponchos!

It was a thunder & lightning freak show! I was running just to get to the car & I was soaked from the hips down & the elbows down. That's all that crappy poncho was good for. Plus I had to hold the hood up to keep my head dry so the rain was stinging my hands! My feet were all sloshing from running through the river that suddenly appeared from all the rain. It was crazy. I heard kids crying as I rad past them. Even though it was hard to hear through the thunder. We finally made it to the car & got to the Landscape Arch trail just as the storm passed.




So the Landscape Arch was suppose to be the Delicate Arch & vice versa. You can probably tell why, but the switched it on the map & kept it that way ever since. We hiked to other arches this hike & then took the 'Primitive Trail' back. That was a mistake. Well there were lotsa mistakes on this hike. We didn't take water cause we were just going to Landscape first then we just kept going for like 6 miles. No joke! & our shoes were wet with sand in them! It was crazy I tell you.






We hiked about 13 miles that day. 6 without water. We rewarded ourselves with mediocre Mexican food. But it was oh so good at the time! We slept well too! Even though when we got back from our hike our tent was all discombobulated from the storm. It had almost landed in the Colorado River. Thankfully the brush held it from floating away. & thanks to Whitney, Lindsay & Andie for saving it & putting it back together. The next day we packed up camp. & headed out to Canyonlands for a few hours. You need more like a few days to see this place. But we did observe it....in all of it's glory. It was grand.





Isn't it bromantic?

2 lips

Tulip Festival...with sister.


So now that I live right next to Thanksgiving point {literally} I decided I should check out some of the things that go down there. So sister & I went to the Tulip Festival. It was neat. I appreciate flowers. Especially when someone else takes the time to take care of them. I believe I do have a black thumb. I've never been to the gardens there. It's miraculous & huge...

Jordyn thought this one looked like a 'big stick'...which is a popsicle.




This door is my favorite.



They have Segways you can rent so you can ride around the gardens in style. I really wanted one. If you don't know what a Segway is. Go rent Arrested Development. Gob rides around on one. Plus it's the best show ever....well one of them.

REAL

When I was a wee young girl & lived in California I played a sport called soccer. And I was dang good too! Then when my family decided to move to Utah I stopped playing. I don't know why...I guess I just didn't like the teams. Buy my good friend Zeb along with my brother re-introduced me to soccer again....watching it at least. So we went to A Real Salt Lake game. At the new stadium. It was cold & rainy. But by golly a blasted good game! They won! And it was fun! Go if you have the chance! Not just to a Real game...any soccer game. You might just be lucky enough to see Ronaldo or Beckham.