Games, movies & more games...

Sequence with Austin & Karla. Karla was convinced the mini cards on the board were messing with her Lasik. Laughed, but then agreed that is makes your eyes go buggy after a few minutes! Karla and I won a bunch though!

Chipmunks the Squeakel with the Gundersons. Kids loved it. It actually wasn't half bad!!

Happy New Year!! January 1 - 2.

Only made one resolution this year. I wanted to document my life and my families life more completely. There are many things I hope to do, need to do, etc., but I wanted to do something that I could really hang onto this year and for the years to come. Here goes!


Super cutie Miss Morgan blowing not one but TWO horns to welcome in the New Year. Mack partied it up at Jack & Karla's while I went on my annual ride along with Shane. We saw the usual suspects--traffic law breakers, a robbery, gun shots that turned out to be fireworks. Always have a fresh respect for Shane's job each New Years Eve, and get super grateful for my desk job that is luckily outside of the line of fire (for the most part!).

I took a whole week off of work during the Christmas break with the best intentions of organizing, cleaning and getting back to my housewife roots. Ended up seeing three movies, sleeping in way too late everyday, shopping, hanging out with Mack and Shane and of course eating too much. I did make one step towards uncluttering though with Mack's drawers. Was totally avoiding this task all week, but finally dug in tonight. This is one of the beautifully organized drawers that will probably be a haphazard mess by next weekend, but tonight, it is perfection.

For Whitney.

My last pay it forward! Whitney, I hope you didn't think I forgot about you:} K, so I have so many fun memories of you. Our first meeting the week you got married when I transferred up to Materials Management was the first. You seemed so cool. So sophisticated. So fun. Loved our gossiping about Susan and the myriad of love triangles that were playing out in our department. I remember too when we came to see your first house. It was my DREAM after that to get a house right in that area--and we did! And then our fun dinner at Joe's Grill a few months ago. So fun talking over organic burgers and just catching up. So glad our friendship has continued, albeit mostly electronically. Miss you:}

So, I have made you what I call a Last Minute Holiday Packaging Kit. I LOVE putting together a great gift. I think the way something is presented can totally make or break the whole vibe of the gift. So, these are my fAVoRIte ways to package last minute quick gifts you still want to have a little special flair. First are some cute little labels I made in Photoshop--just for you! I love the little vintagey Christmas girls. So cute. Simply cut out and punch two small holes at the top to thread the ribbon through. Next are cellophane bags. An absolute must have. I probably package like 99% of gifts in these. I love the see through fun. Put a bit of the bag shred in, use the American Crafts marker (fine point if you want to write a little note, medium point to quickly add their name and then yours). Follow up with some fabulous ribbon, and a can of hot chocolate or Bath and Body Works soap is instantly transformed into amazing.

Also throwing in a Tonya's workout CD as you were so patient:} Send me your address through Facebook Inbox & I will get your kit to you.

Love ya Whitney! Happy Holidays!

New pictures of Mack

How cute is this?

My contribution to our feast on Thursday. It is an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. {LOVE!}.

Playlist

Made a CD card case f0r my card group for an inexpensive gift idea. Here is the playlist for those that asked for it:}

A Week in Review

Highlights this week...

I went to the job fair at BYU Idaho I go to every October. This little trip always reminds me of my birthday--I tend to go the week before. With budgets being tight at work, and our candidate pools high, there really wasn't a reason for someone else from work to go. I asked Shane if he would drive up with me, and he agreed. Loved our little road trip. We stayed at the fabulous Blue Heron Inn, and actually stopped to look at the falls in Idaho Falls. All the changing colors really got me in the mood for fall and winter to begin.


Shane had to leave for a K-9 competition the day we got back from Idaho in Las Vegas, and I flew down that weekend to join him. It was my birthday, so we splurged and went to see Le Reve at the Wynn. I love the Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas. Pure art. We had a great time.

The K-9 competition. Salt Lake City K-9 took first place!