The Dwipee

My sister in law Katie created this super cute and handy invention- "The Dwipee", but I think credit for the awesome name goes to Donovan. Anyways, if you know anyone having a baby or has a baby they need one of these! It would make a great baby shower gift or Christmas gift and she has some left over from a boutique she just did, so get them now before they are gone! Check out kurlgirlcreations.blogspot.com for all the info.

Happy Birthday Justin!!

I've noticed that on birthdays/anniversaries most people write a big long list on why they love their husbands but I decided I didn't want to make you all jealous so I will just say my husband is way better than yours in every way. It's true.

Since his birthday was on Sunday this year we went out Saturday night to dinner and one of our favorite activities...goofy golfing. There are some high stake bets (of course) and lots of fun. Justin was pretty determined to win this time since he's never been able to beat me. He did win 2 free dish nights of his choice on a couple of the holes but the game ended in a tie. So we decided we both won. Good times.

Our hole in ones...we're good.

Payback

Growing up my sister Alisa's best friend was Kristi. They loved to hate me, the pesky little sister. They would create exclusive clubs (complete with tape laminated club cards) and promise me entrance only if I would be their slave for as long as they wanted. As soon as they had to let me in, they would make me a card and then suddenly decide they weren't in the Pink Pearl club anymore and would start a new, even more exclusive club. One day I said they would be sorry for how they treated me...that day is today. Alisa and Kristi were New Kids on the Block fanatics. They went to all the concerts, knew all the words, dance moves, had all the pictures. When I found out about the New Kids reunion tour I asked Hanny if she would want to go with me just for fun. She said no she couldn't, she would be in school and didn't know what would be going on and that she'd probably be too busy. Alright fine. Then a couple weeks later she says "Guess what?! I am going to the New Kids concert with Kristi!!" Yep. So this is for you Hanny and Kristi, I hope you had fun at the concert tonight!

Alisa before one of the New Kids concert. Awesome backwards suspenders!!

Alisa and Kristi

Don't hate me, you know you love me! These pictures may be funny now, but you two were the coolest girls ever!

Family Pictures

So my family has never had the best of luck when it comes to family pictures. There was the blush incident, the kneeling in dresses incident, countless color mishaps (dark shirts + black background = floating heads), and most recently the grapefruit incident. Although the grapefruit holder cannot really be blamed for that one. We gave up trying for a decent family picture for years but it seems like that could all be behind us thanks to my awesome brother! Here are some of my favorites that he took last month. Thanks BK!!

Although it was outside in August all the kids behaved pretty well under the threat of no Chucky Cheese after if they didn't smile and hold still for the pictures. Although some of the adults probably would have been as disappointed as the kids if we didn't go. We have some addictive personalities in my family. We joke that if we didn't have the church half of us would be alcoholics spending our whole paychecks at the casino. Instead we try and find some less damaging pastimes to get our fix in. One of these is the "Wheel of Fortune" game. It is so addicting! We all gather around the game (too bad if anyone else wants to play while we are there) and pretty much make a scene. This year Gage and Drey joined in with us (looks like the gene has been passed on) and Drey set a record I'm pretty sure will never be broken- three Wheels of Fortune...in a ROW! Good times.

Joshua Radin

The new Joshua Radin CD "Simple Times" came out this week! He is my favorite singer right now. This picture was taken at his concert a couple months ago with the coolest girl ever, Erin. It was so much fun! You can check him out here: http://www.joshuaradin.com/. He's awesome!

Giant panda or puppy?

Our dog Coco had 2 puppies but only one survived...he is super cute and looked like this when he was born:

2 1/2 short weeks later and he looks like this:

Check out the rolls down his arms-he is seriously the fattest puppy I have ever seen. With no competition for food he just lays around and eats and sleeps all day (yes, the best life ever!). He is still not spoken for so if anyone is interested speak up! I think he is going to be a really good dog (as long as he is fed regularly).

Also I started back to school and it is going good. I really like my classes and my schedule. Plus main campus makes for some prime people watching. I just can't wait for it to cool off because its HOT and unlike half the girls that go to ASU I actually wear clothes when I walk around campus. Other than that its good!

QC Out!

We finally have internet so I guess we will give this blogging thing another try! We are no longer residents of The QC, we signed all the papers last Thursday so we are officially out. We are moving back to the apartment behind my parents in Gilbert. Before we moved in we decided to maybe just paint the walls and fix up a few things and before we knew it we had an all out project. We started painting the walls and all the sudden carpet, tile and cabinents were all being ripped out too! Just about everything in there got painted or replaced. Thanks to my parents we are going to have a really nice place, I think they took pity on us since we are going backwards in life and all! I love projects like this and lucky for me I have a Mom who although hates to paint, likes to help me with my projects! We are just waiting on carpet to be installed and then we can move in. So in the meantime all of our stuff (which who knew we had so much of!) is piled in the front room and kitchen and pantry and bathroom. Oh and taking up half of the garage too. We'll see if we can make it all fit. I will post some before and after pics once we get everything finished.

These house pictures are for you MaryAnn!

Moving Day
As much of a mess this is, I actually still wish it looked this good. Now it looks like the boxes have exploded as we have had to start ripping into them to get stuff we need.

Coco is loving life as a farm dog. Every time she goes out she has to check on her kitty, the chickens and cows. Plus she has Bandit to play with all the time, they are good friends. She should be having her puppies in about a week so if anyone is interested let me know. They go fast!