soup or bowl

Rather than bore you with why I havent blogged i'll just dive right in to what i'm up to.

Camille has been in town for almost a month and she's staying for another couple weeks. It is so wonderful to have her and her kids here. Olivia is the sweetest little girl I ever met. Sam is so amazing. He is perfect. The miracle of baby making will never cease to blow my mind. He is so miniature it scares me sometimes. Holding a baby might seem like fun to most of you but its a huge responsibility to me. Ok ok its fun too. I love to feed him and rock him and smell his baby smell. I have successfully avoided changing his diapers too. I've seen him crap or pee on everyone but me. He must love me. Kellen and Camille are really good parents and you can see it in Olivia every time she says please and thank you and sits quietly and eats her broccoli. Sam will be just as good I have no doubt.

School is going really well. I'm only taking two classes again this semester. I don't know how people work full time jobs and go to school and balance everything else in their lives. I'll figure it out. Can anyone suggest a career path that does not require any math classes other than 1010? Let me know.

Grandma came to live with us (when I say us I mean my mom but hey I live there too sorta not really but you know what I mean) and its been very up and down. On the upside I get to see my Grandma every day. Sometimes I feel like because we lived so far away from them growing up that I didnt get to spend a ton of time with my moms parents. I have a lot of incredible memories of Grandma reading stories to me and Grandpa and his stilts and how I was never brave enough to play on the rope swing in the backyard. We're making many more memories now that she is with us too. Just yesterday I got to explain to her what I burrito is. Something that I eat once or twice a week and she had never even heard of it. On the downside I also have to watch my mom take care of her mom and I know it isn't easy. My mom is the bravest most patient person that I have ever known. Its safe to say that the ugly elephant in the room is that my Grandma is really old and slowly deteriorating and she probably wont live for that much longer. It scares me and it makes me uncomfortable and its real and raw but its life and eventually we all meet our end. I'm happy we can provide her with good company and little things in life that mean a lot to her. She thinks we have all the luxuries. We can flush our toilet paper!!

Life is good and i'm just trying to live it fully.

He isnt great at keeping his eyes open for the camera but I looooove him.

Olivia and I

Megan and Camille thinking they're funny.

Silly face with Ryder.

hey

Remember how Neville got really good looking?

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I am alive- Picture proof

My Camera is old and falling apart. We've been through some stuff together so I don't blame it at all for wanting to be laid to rest. Anyway its all i've got in the way of capturing the places and people I spend my time at/with.

I went camping with Aaron for his birthday a while ago. We spent time in Zion and there were a million people there and I can't stop laughing when I think of how we had to collapse the tent on us one night. It was nice to just be with him.

We came across this little guy who was stuck in the dumpster. He tried to go in but his belly was too big and he was just sitting there all sad like, until we rescued him. I made Aaron pull him out. :)

My mom and dad went out of town a couple of times in October so I spent lots of time there playing with Lizzy and using her lovely kitchen to bake in. She left some old bananas for me so I made some bread. Can't remember what recipe I used but it turned out good. Still looking for that perfect (egg free) nanner bread recipe that I can call my go-to.

I got crafty.

My cats still win. Elton is kind of a jerk and he always tries to steal the treats from Coop. They go nuts for the treats I get them.

Megan played a fun outdoor show. She did so good and it was so fun to see her singing her own songs, and with a band behind her!

I got to see my sweet friend Mikol.

I was grapes for halloween and I won the award for best costume at our work party. I beat out Gumbi for the trophy (the trophy that Paula helped me make for the winner).

Life is good.

you can too

If you know me well you can testify that I'm sort of cuckoo about my hair. I tend to go from one extreme to another without warning just because I needed a change.

So I cut it all off and colored it brown. Well, no, Kayla cut it all off and colored it brown for me. She's the best. If you need a fantastic fun hairdresser you should holler at Kayla.

Kayla Morley
Just Perfect Salon
801-277-8444

5 things

Five things I plan to do this weekend:

1- Make dinner for friends
2- Go to farmers market
3- Finish my craft project and start the next in line
4- Attempt making my own pumpkin spice latte at home and save myself the 6 dollars
5- Keep Lizzy company while my family is having fun together without me :(

September!!

September is a wild month with lots of fantastic things to celebrate. My sister Camille and her husband have their wedding anniversary, his birthday, then her birthday all in a week span. They don't live here but it was still on my mind and I sent them a (late, sorry) package.

After that we have Megans birthday which was AWESOME. She had a gangster themed party and insisted that everyone dress up. Any type of gangster from any time period or culture. Since I had just finished reading Tough Jews, my idea of what a true legit gangster was had changed. So Aaron and I went as old fashion mobsters. He being the mobster and me being the mobsters lady. Bonnie and Clyde style except for the part where we dress better. We had a great time. I gave Meg a scarf that I never would have even dreamed of finishing if it weren't for Paulas help. She crochets about 75 hooks per minute without even looking. Anyway, Megs party was great and Aaron got to meet a lot of my friends that he probably never would have otherwise.

Then came Aarons birthday! We decided to go camping and after a night in Mesquite at his grandmas we went to Zion. I knew I had been there once when I was really little (and I hated hiking) but I didn't remember it so I count this as my first time going there. It is incredibly beautiful and we did a bunch of little hikes. It was pretty touristy in comparison with the other places i've camped and hiked at but it didn't matter. I could be down in a mine shaft with aaron and it wouldn't matter. I just enjoy his company.

In between all of that fun stuff i've still been working at Sorenson and going to school. I love school. I get A's on my math tests even though i'm horrible at math. Granted, it is only pre algebra, but fractions aren't my friends!!

Sarah and Mike are settled in London. Notting Hill to be exact. I try to email her every day and we keep in touch via the internet. I'm hoping to skype with her tonight. She seems to be having an alright time. What would you do if you got to live in London for 9 months and not even have to work? I hope she takes advantage of the time she has and really taps into her creative side. She has an eye for beauty like no one else I know and is capable of taking beautiful photos and painting wonderous things.

Life is good.