I HATE/LOVE the Utes

Sunday, November 23, 2008

I hadn't given it much thought until this year, but I honestly have never really cared if BYU or Utah won when they play each other. This is why I don't care: My dad went to both schools so he never really cared. Growing up when BYU and Utah played my dad was content with whatever team won, so I never had the "privilege" of having a crazy wacked out sports fanatic father. Second, I did go to Utah and never did go to BYU, but I still feel betrayed by the U after I gave them 4 good years of tuition and a competitive pharmacy school application they denied me. They showed no loyalty to me, so I show none to them. (Is that the way you repay your Fall 1998 ESS Bowling Champion?)

So I really could care less when the big game rolls around each November. It's like watching two friends play each other at video games. Sometimes you want the more cocky friend to lose, or maybe your other friend just pissed you off that day so you want them to lose. In the end you don't really care. In any case congratulations to the Utes. I'm glad they're having a good season and I will continue to jump on and off the bandwagon and be happy every year.

Go Lobos!! (c'mon it's almost like Woolf in Spanish)

As seen on TV

Saturday, November 15, 2008

While being sick for almost 4 months I have seen my fair share of infomercials. I finally thought that I would try one out. I've been having a problem with my extra bedding falling on my head when I'm trying to put my laundry away in my closet. So I thought I would give the space bags a try. They worked all right. I bought the amazing cubes they turned out more like amazing raisins. The infomercial shows them in perfect squares and stacked neatly on top of each other mine shriveled up and can hardly stand up by themselves, but they do the job and my bedding is no longer falling on my head so I can't complain too much.

I don't like to brag . . . oh wait I do .

Thursday, November 6, 2008

For that last few day Emmie has been potty training herself. She will go pee in the potty at least 5 times a day and has only had a few accidents on the floor. If it was up to me I wouldn't even try until she was 3 but she wanted to pee like her mommy and big sister and started taking her own diaper off and climbing onto the potty all by herself. I don't know if it will last because she is only 18 months old but I'm enjoying it while it is happening.

I have had a hard time getting Eva to do a real smile when I take her picture; she has been doing a fake cheese smile that is not as cute as her real smile. But we found a good trick to make her have a good smile. We have her sing her favorite barbie princess songs and with out fail we get a beautiful smile every time

Their first big haul!!

Friday, October 31, 2008

This year was the first year that we went trick or treating with the girls where they had the energy to go to more than five houses. They had tons of fun! Eva was very polite at every house and said thank you at each house and Emmie just loved to see all the Halloween decorations. And mom and dad are excited to make sure all those Snickers and Reeses aren't poisoned.

dressing up is fun to do to do to do

I know Eva doesn't look much diffrent on Halloween then any other day but we thought you might like to see what we looked like for Halloween this year. Nate had a wonderful costume of Nate so we did not get a picture.
























This is the first time I put makeup on Eva. She loved it and said that her Eyes looked magical!

Moose hair

Sunday, October 26, 2008

For about the last 6 months every time I try to put Eva hair up she cries and cries. She loves her hair down like a princess. Today when we were getting ready for church I was able to talk her into doing pig tails. When I got her hair done she said thanks mommy, I love moose hair. I can't deny that her hair does look a little like a moose.

Halloween Fun

Friday, October 24, 2008

We've been getting into the Halloween spirit at our house lately. Here is Gretta and her impressive pumpkin carving. Not bad for a girl who has convulsions eh? Nothing will make a husband nervous like watching his wife have convulsions while holding an exacto knife. In case you didn't know, Gretta hasn't quite recovered yet and can have some pretty bad days. But Halloween makes her happy.

When Gretta started carving the pumpkin, Emmie watched with a horrified look on her face and said "Ouuuch, ouuuuch!" then she started to cry and it took us a few minutes to realize it was because she thought we were hurting her pumpkey.

Happy Halloween!