Last Summer Fling

One of the very last days of summer, Tina invited us to go to a water park with her family. I had a bunch of stuff to get done, but sometimes there are more important things to do than just "get stuff done". So I put those boring things off and boy am I glad we did. What a wonderful afternoon we had! Thanks Tina! And I love looking back at these pictures - the girls had so much fun! The laundry and other things on my list eventually got done. I need to be better about doing this more often - life is short! Enjoy the ride!

State Fair Tradition

I'm still playing a little bit of catch up from my vacation from blogging! (o:

One of our autumn traditions every year is making the trip down to Salem for the State Fair. Most years I enter a picture or 2 or 3 in the photography contest. It's fun to go down and see them - this year I got one in the exhibit. It is the 2nd to the top picture of the chicken. I actually took it at the fair last year. I called it "Red, White and Blue Ribbon Chicken" kinda cheesy eh?

One of the first things we do every year is visit the animals - cows, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, llamas, chickens, rabbits, am I forgetting anything? It's fun for the kids to get up close to all these animals.. We watched a judging of goats and cows this year. We like to guess which ones will win, but we're not very good!

There are all kinds of colorful, strange and fun booths at the fair. This year we found one where you can make your own candle, layering colors of this waxy sand stuff. The girls had fun making the one Sarah is holding above. We often put it on the table and light it at dinnertime.
Eating horribly unhealthy food is another state fair tradition. Cotton candy, elephant ears (big, fried scones with lots of cinnamon sugar on top), and the like. However, we've never brought ourselves to try the fried candy bars. We do have some standards! (o: Anyone ever tried one?
The carnival games are so ridiculously expensive this is usually the only one we let the kids play. It is cheap and "everyone's a winner". They always have goofy prizes, but the girls think they are awesome. This year they were big, soft, pretend crayons. I don't know how we did it, but we avoided the carnival rides this year. They are also ridiculously expensive - like $12 to have all three girls ride on one dumb ride! Okay, this might sound a little rude, but I am always baffled by the following phenomenon. When you go to a fair, there is a certain "crowd" that is always drawn to these events. Interesting folks. Now not to be judgemental, but a lot of them don't look like they have very much money. I am always amazed that these are usually the people that are carrying around a bazillion ride tickets and going on all the rides. That has GOT to be expensive. We cringe at letting the girls ride ONE ride. It seems like such a waste. They could buy themselves some nice new clothes and a really nice haircut with that money. That's just one of the thoughts that run through my head every year. I guess we all have our priorities.
I LOVE this picture of Angela holding daddy's hand. So sweet.

I also just added the top picture - with Natalie and a cute Indian man that told some great stories to the kids at one exhibit. He was great! His wife made the most intricate and beautiful beaded clothing, like the things he is wearing.

A Young and Overwhelmed Manager

Sarah has a hard time being the oldest at times. Or maybe I should say, she has a hard time having little sisters. Yes, it is true, sometimes they are annoying. Who ever heard of annoying little sisters? (The key is to have them 15 years apart. My sister and I get along just fine and always have! (O: Good thinking mom!)

She gets stuck helping them clean their messes quite a bit. Which isn't fair, but I get stuck cleaning messes I don't make all the time too. Life's not fair. We all work together. Anyway, I asked her to be the overseer and example to clean hers and Natalie's room while I made dinner. She did a good job until the two younger girls started getting silly. I could hear squeals and screams from their room and then, stomping down the stairs. Sarah entered the kitchen exclaiming, "I can't work with these people!" I laughed out loud and agreed that they sounded difficult to manage. I let her off the hook and gave her a ticket for being a good sport and trying - and for making me laugh. (o:

A Hindu Experience

I am not particularly fond of this picture of myself, but I am modeling my new Hindu look. (o: After General Conference on Sunday, we went to BillyBob's* friends' home. He invited us to celebrate the Festival of 9 Nights. (I hope I remember all the details right - if not, I apologize, this was all new to me.) It was fun to talk with Satish and his wife for a while - I haven't seen them since they were first married when Angela was a baby. They are both from south India and had a traditional arranged marriage back at home. I love learning about other cultures, so it was fascinating to join them for this holiday they celebrate. . .

Here's a little synopsis I found on Google that explains better than I could, what the festival is. "Navratri is a festival of Hindus celebrated with devotion, love and fervour all over India. It is also called as Navratras. The mood of Navratri is very colourful & unique. It incorporates veneration along with commemoration by means of song and dance. Navratri basically means "Nine Nights" ("Nav" meaning nine and "Ratri" meaning nights). These nights are devoted to the reverence of Goddess Durga (Maa Durga) who exists in many forms and is the manifestation of the absolute energy that pervades the Universe. During these days and nights prayers are offered to Mother Goddess. For the devout these days are the sacrosanct for it is during these days when Goddess Durga takes a stock of her devotees and grants all blessings, removes ills and evils and ensures unproblematic life for her devotees."

One of the traditions during the festival, is to display small dolls and figurines that each family has collected over the years. The dolls are of different gods/goddesses and even set up scenes. Satish had a small set up that represented a village with crops, people, etc. Apparently, each family is supposed to add to their collection every year. It was neat to see the special room set aside for decorating with all of the figurines. Satish even made a staircase to put in the room to display each set of dolls. After we spend some time in the doll room, we got to enjoy some fabulous south Indian cuisine: samosas, which I've had before and love, and several other dishes that were totally new. I was so shocked and proud of Sarah and Natalie for trying several of the foods and even both having favorites! Yeah. That was a big step, especially for Sarah. At the end, I was offered a small dish that contained a red powder (a spice, but the name has left me) to put on my forehead. Satish said the women are always offered this when they enter a home during Navratri. (They travel from house to house to see each others doll displays.) The girls thought it was funny, but luckily didn't say so until we got to the car. They were so good and I think found it very interesting too. They especially liked the part when Satish gave them gifts to take home.

One of the things I didn't realize before was how much Hindus treasure life in every form - thus the vegetarianism. They make these beautiful "pictures"/designs using rice flour of different colors on the ground. The purpose is to feed and sustain even the ants. And I learned that these festivals and celebrations (apparently, Hindus have a LOT of them) are meant to strengthen communities and keep them interacting with one another. Even the tradition of buying a doll or dolls to add every year is to give those who make them continuing business. It is a very community driven religion, which I think is great. Something Mormons have in common. (o: I had a fun time and Satish was so nice, and I think excited, to share so much about his religion. We had a great time and when he sends me a picture he took of the girls with his display, I'll post it. I didn't bring my camera in at the last minute, just in case it was offensive to photograph their decorations.

My Great Helper

Sarah is such a sweetheart. She loves learning new things and feeling like she is a big helper. And boy, is she a great helper. That's not to say that we don't experience some resistance and whining when it comes to helping out, but when it is something new and requires more responsibility - Sarah is always excited. I made some chore cards to explain what is expected for some of the more involved chores. One that I trained Sarah on recently was cleaning the half bathroom all by herself. She cleans the sink and toilet, scrubs inside the toilet, cleans the mirror, checks the soap and TP, takes out the rug and towels to the laundry room and mops the floor. I bought some more "natural" cleaning products so I wouldn't have to worry about all the chemicals I usually use - like 409. The other day she did the job all by herself without any supervision, it was AWESOME! I was so proud of her. A couple funny things . . . look at her cute sign she made and hung up. I got a kick out of it when she brought me down to inspect her work. The other funny thing . . . notice how many paper towels are in the garbage can above. Looks like we need to go over a few "greener" methods of cleaning to save a few trees! But what a great kid - she is such a cutie.

More Girls' Night Pics

Here are a few pictures I got with my good camera before the gymnastics show we went to a couple weeks ago. You can read my post from earlier to find out why I had to resort to using my cell phone camera during the show. What cute girls! The last picture is of Natalie's "sign" she made during the show to hold up for the gymnasts to see. (o: I'm sure they would have been very flattered if they could have seen the 4x6" size paper. (o:

Angela's Field Trips

This is our third time having the girls do Smart Cookies preschool. For the three year olds, the kids have one day of preschool (I had my turn this week) and a field trip that goes with the lesson topic for the week. Above: Costco was an awesome field trip. Look at the cool badges Kelly, our Costco tour guide, made for each of the kids! They got a tour of the bakery and then got to decorate yummy Costco cookies. Two thumbs way up - we already are big fans of Costco, but that put them over the top for us! (o:
This is a funny shot of the girls looked for clothing patterns at Kohls. Angela found some underwear with polka dots!
Angela still talks about and recognizes different clothing patterns since this preschool lesson and field trip. She especially loves stripes and polka dots. Aren't these cute fashionistas?
Today we went to Jackson Bottom Wetlands to see if we could find any bugs or spiders. That was my topic for this week. Most of the bugs were smart and stayed warm somewhere. We decided to do the same and had fun playing inside with the interactive exhibits.

Is it REALLY necessary?

I wish food were just for recreation and not a necessity. I could save so much time if my family did not have to eat three times (sometimes 4-5) a day! Why does life need to revolve around creating menus, grocery shopping, preparing, storing, cooking, eating (this part takes a particularly long time for my girls) and cleaning up the whole mess? By the time you're done with one meal, it's on to the next. I could get so much more done if we could just have food be for recreation. I love to eat, so I would make time for this hobby, but three times a day? What else (besides going to the bathroom!) do we do that many times a day? Geesh! I am jealous of people who actually like to cook - then maybe I wouldn't dread it so much when 4:00 hits each day. Well, I better go figure out what I'm making for dinner...

Who's Frank* Billy Bob* Mr. Magoo*

This is in response to my cousin's question in the comments on my last entry. I'm sure many of you have wondered who all these men in my life are! (o: I mentioned briefly in a past post that the love of my life, my best friend, the man I married - is not a big fan of blogs and his name/picture being out on the internet. He wasn't exactly thrilled about the girls pictures and names being on the internet either, which I understand. So we compromised and I am respecting his request to not use his name or pictures of him. We also agreed it would be good to avoid using our last name or any other info we don't want strangers to know. I wanted to keep our blog open and not have to do the password thing so that friends and family can easily view and follow our blog. Anyway, I am having fun with my mysterious husband and give him various names that suit my mood! We think it's funny, but sorry about any confusion this caused! (o:

Home Improvements

Two weekends ago, Frank* and I painted our room - we love the new color (it was white before) and now can't wait to add some fun stuff to the walls.
Above is a corner of our house that has been driving me crazy for a long time. This is actually what the girls dress ups looked like when they were "cleaned up". Usually they are spread out all over this corner and throughout the room. I absolutely love having little girls and I love that dressing up is such a big part of their existence right now. So I wanted to make it even more fun for them . . .
After a trip to Ross and with the help of Ned*, this is the much improved corner. Now the girls can find their princess shoes and jewelry. Ahhh, I am making order in my house one corner at a time. I have a LOOOONG way to go, but this makes me feel so much better!! The girls enjoy it too and like the mirror and knowing where to find stuff.
Lest you think that my house is always clean and organized, I took this picture on the way out of the girls' room. And this is no where near as messy as it often is. I'll try to take more "real" shots to put in here because a lot of people have the false impression that I am so on top of things. HA! I just get so excited when something IS in order that I have to take a picture of it! (o:

Natalie Natalie Natalie (o:

Look closely at this picture and you will notice that Natalie has a horrible rash all over her face and neck, yet she still looks so darn cute. The story behind the rash goes like this... The week before school started Natalie got an infection which required antibiotics. I was grateful that the infection cleared up before school started so she was ready to go. Unfortunately, her second day of school (the last day that she took her antibiotics - 7 days) she woke up with this rash from head to toe. It was the worst rash any of my girls have ever had. I kept Natalie home from school and made an appt. with Dr. Heichelheim. We had to go through the back entrance of the office just in case it was contagious - that was cool because we got right in! (o: No waiting. I suspected, but wasn't sure if it could be a reaction to Natalie's antibiotics. After all, she'd been taking it for over a whole week with no problems. Dr. H diagnosed it as an allergic reaction. Here's a cool hint she told me. If the palms of their hands have spots too, it is usually an allergic reaction. She said viruses usually spare the palms.

Natalie was excited that Dr. H was going to write her a note so she could go to school. I was proud of her - she had no thoughts of worrying what she looked like - she just wanted to be with her friends. Kindergarteners are so awesome. Natalie didn't care and neither did her friends care that she looked a little funny with all those spots. She got a big welcome at school and was happy not to miss the entire second day of school.

Here are a couple funny things Natalie said this week...

During the men's priesthood session of LDS conferences last Saturday, I took the girls to Craft Warehouse to get some fun "treasure" boxes for the girls to paint. We always do some kind of girls night when daddy has this meeting every six months. While we were at the store I found some prints from a local artist that I just love (Paul A. Lanquist, if you'd like to know... http://www.nwartmall.com/dep/paul_a._lanquist_art?&pp=2 ) Anyway, nearby, Natalie found a big picture of an old castle. She was fascinated with it and said to me, "Mom, I want to live in a castle, but I don't want to live with a prince." A lady next to me burst out laughing and quickly went to her friend, "Did you hear what that little girl just said?" Through giggles. She told her friend and they could not stop laughing. The other one said, "Smart girl!" and said I better write that one down. So I am. (o: It was pretty cute, but the comfort of knowing Natalie wasn't in the mood for boys yet didn't last long...

Yesterday at dinner, I asked the girls about their day at school. Natalie told me about how she learned about the body and started reviewing the amazing things inside our bodies - a heart, bones, and then she stopped quickly and said, "I have to tell you something secret in your ear." She ran around the table to me and whispered, "I have a boyfriend in my class." Oh dear. Not boyfriend stuff yet, PLEASE no!! Later that night Billy Bob* and I got a few more details. His name is Jackson and he is new in Natalie's class. Apparently, Natalie initiated the "relationship". I told her to let him down easy and tell him that they had to be friends until she was 18. (o: She just laughed. We'll see if that works. Sigh... what's a mom to do? Is Natalie going to be our boy crazy girl? What a nut!

"I Hate This Day"

I love General Conference. So the title of this post might not seem to fit, but keep reading. I have really enjoyed the talks and music given today and can't wait for more tomorrow. It was exciting to hear about the new temples being built in Kansas City, Calgary/Alberta, Rome/Italy and I can't remember the other two at the moment. I loved Elder Bednar's talk on prayer and the talk on following the Savior given by one of the quorum of the 70 whose name I don't know at the moment. Elder Wirthlin's talk about being happy and finding happiness, even in trials - made me laugh until I cried when he told about the time his daughter was waiting for a blind date and accidentally went out into a car with a man (who seemed a little old for her) who was actually coming to pick up her sister to babysit his kids so he and his wife could go on a date! Oops. (o: I LOVED the primary children singing in the afternoon session of conference today - they were so sweet and the girls were excited to see children their age at conference!

On the other hand, the rest of the time we had a few issues. Mostly because I didn't prepare ahead of time. We had the girls listen on the couch to President Monson and then told them they could play quietly enough to listen to the other speakers. Ha - they fought and ran around and threw balls and laughed and basically ignored our requests. We finally told them they had to come sit down again and listen to the last part of conference. They were mad. I quickly printed up some of the cute conference packet papers (should have done that sooner) to keep them occupied. This seemed to be working until Natalie asked me in a whisper, "Mom, how do you spell 'I don't want to do this?" She was all ready to write down each letter. Then she showed me another paper that Sarah must have helped her spell, "I hate this day." Soon after, Angela asked me very sweetly, "I pick another movie to watch pitty peese?" Oh boy, I guess we've got some work to do on helping our kids get enthusiastic about conference.

By the end, Sarah and Natalie were putting tally marks next to key words like "prayer", "prophet", etc. as they heard them being spoken. Whew - they got something out of the last 10 minutes at least. We'll do better tomorrow. (o:

Conversations with Sarah

Tonight as we sat down to eat dinner Mickey* asked if I was okay. Sarah answered for me, "She's overwhelmed." This answer made us both laugh out loud. I've never heard her use that word before and I never said I was overwhelmed as I made dinner. Then she went on. "I can tell because I hear her saying (insert big dramatic sigh) and by the way she talks." Wow! Sarah is very perceptive. I didn't realize she watches me so much - it's a little scary, even though it was hilarious. I better think twice about all those grumpy moments and realize that some little people are very aware of my moods.

Not Your Typical Soccer Pics

Natalie is getting a lot out of soccer this year, as you can see! The top picture is sooo Natalie. What a cutie. She loves to flaunt her style even when she's going to soccer. She still wears her cleats and shin guards and team shirt, but often she requests to wear one of her skirts with the ensemble. I think it's cute and usually let her do it as long as she has shorts to cover her underwear underneath.

The bottom picture is how I found Natalie and her team after making some rounds doing team pictures. Natalie hasn't been really into actually playing, although she thinks it is great when she gets to kick the ball. One night, Jonny boy* helped coach the kids and Natalie got a bunch of goals along with almost every other kid on the team!

NOT Recommended

I do not recommend washing a PullUp with the dirty clothes in the washing machine.

The Bridge House

Natalie and cute little Anna - best buds
Angela trying out her octopus kite!
Sarah took this picture of a BIG bubble! These were a hit!
We got soaked playing in the water.

The Bridge House - I LOVE the landscaping at Bella Beach
Adorable cousins at the aquarium.
Ready to fly some kites!
I love this picture - it reminds me of Lord of the Flies for some reason. (o:

The Twinkie and chocolate money treasure was found!

I am trying to play catch up from the summer and can't forget one of our most memorable summer events! Our trip with Kelly and Lisa to Bella Beach!! What a blast! Kelly and Lisa made the long trek to Oregon and we got a beach house together for a few days. We had such a great time and I LOVED watching the cousins bond and make some fun memories together. Since this was our first trip in August at Bella Beach, I couldn't wait. August is the dryest and warmest month of the year. I couldn't wait to enjoy the sunshine and packed all our summer and beach attire. I was pretty bummed when we arrived to rain and we had rain almost the whole time! Plus it was freezing! What in the world? Oh well, we had a beautiful house to hang out in and we had breaks in the weather that we took full advantage of. Some of my favorite memories from the trip were...

1. Shopping at Safeway and dinner prep with Lisa - sounds ordinary, but it was fun to hang out with my sister-in-law that I never get to see! I enjoyed our dinners around the big table together too.

2. Visiting the Newport Aquarium on one of the rainy-er days. Besides the fact that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE fish and learning about ocean life, I loved watching the cousins experience it together. Sarah and Kelton held hands through the aquarium almost the entire time and were always pointing at something cool. I liked seeing the wonder as the kids looked at jellyfish, pet starfish and watched big sharks swim right over our heads.

3. I loved meeting our little nephew, Corban, for the first time since his birth in May. (I still need to meet little Sammy - drat these 1200 miles from family!) I loved getting to hold him and snuggling with him. -Sigh -

4. Doing art projects and games with the kiddos for inside entertainment. We painted ocean scenes, had a treasure hunt and did HUGE GIGANTIC bubbles on the porch. One of my favorite memories was when we all - adults included - played Sardines in the house. It was hilarious! We laughed a lot and had to be creative to find places to hide where everyone could fit!

5. Buying kites for the kids at an awesome kite store in Newport and testing them out on the beach during one of the dry spells! They each got their own kits and were so cute all flying them. Kelly and his brother I am married to* - tried flying a stunt kite for a while which was a bit entertaining.

6. Watching the kids all play by the ocean and taking zillions of pictures. At one time, I was the adult in charge of making sure none of our kids got swept off in the sea. It was so fun to just observe and get a glimpse into the world of being a kid. They were hilarious. I got a lot of bum shots of Cameron and Anna. They stood on their feet and leaned over playing in the sand, almost with their heads down between their knees. Then when the waves came, they'd jump up and run. One time, Anna didn't see the wave coming and it made her do a little somersault. She was soaked, but wanted to keep playing!

7. The adult time after we got kids to bed was so fun. Kelly and Lisa are so much fun. I can't remember all the things we laughed about while we played games and hung out together. With the kinds of subjects Kelly and Frank* bring up it's probably better I don't remember them. Oh I remember one conversation starter, "If there was one commandment you could take out of the original 10, which would it be?" That sparked some funny conversation.

8. Lunch at Arctic Circle in Newport and the snazzy sunglasses all the kids got with their kids' meals. Kind of ironic since we didn't need to use them. Simple things like eating corndogs together were so fun. I love family!

9. Seeing Mr. Magoo* having so much fun with his brother. They are pretty funny. I think a highlight for them was buying the live crab and cooking and eating it together. And we will never forget the look on Cameron's face when he saw the crab and then watched his uncle place it in a pot of boiling water.

10. Natalie and Sarah and Angela, for that matter, couldn't get enough of holding Corban. Natalie even preferred holding him to finding the treasure in the treasure hunt! The kids were all so cute together. I remember one time with all of the adults were downstairs with the baby and it was eerily very quiet. I decided I better check on the kids. They were all huddled in the big closet in the boys room playing Tinker Toys together. I think Anna had fun having some girl companions and she really bonded with all of our girls, but especially seemed to love to be with Sarah and Natalie.

Gardening at the Temple

Ha - I have to laugh after my last post - I noticed I am wearing my BYU shirt. Anyway, last Saturday I took the girls with me to a service project at the Portland temple with the youth in our ward. Daddy had to teach a class at church that morning. (You may have noticed the man to whom I married is not ever mentioned by name (o: long story, it's a little annoying, but I love him anyway!) So the girls and I got up early (after our late night at the gymnastics show) and traveled to the temple to plant pansies. The girls and I had fun with the "big kids". Natalie tagged along with Whitney a lot and some of the young women played with the girls and helped me out with them. All the girls, young and old, especially enjoyed when the gardener started pulling out a big patch of zinnias and let them have as many as they wanted to carry around.

During our visit, I had a conversation with my girls and one of the young women about why the temple is so special. I talked with one of the young women, who isn't a member, about how marriages performed in the temple are forever, not just in this life. And how any children born into the families of 'sealed' parents are also sealed to their parents. She was cute and said how pretty it must be inside and how she hoped she could get a "pass" to go in someday. (here's a link with more info if you're curious http://http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/membership-in-christ-s-church/temples-and-family-history#d)

I also talked to Angela about how the temple is Jesus' house. I forget how literal three year olds are and had a funny conversation. "Das where Desus lives? You see Him?" I explained that we don't really see Him in the temple, but we can feel Him in our heart. She replied pointing to her chest, "He in my heart in my body?" This was a tricky concept. (o: I told her we can feel the Holy Ghost in our heart when we think of Jesus. We feel love and happiness. Then she asked, "Where de Holy Ghost?" We continued this conversation throughout the visit and several times she said things like, "Is that the Holy Ghost over there?" pointing in some bushes. She was fascinated with this subject and showed that she understood the most important concept when she affirmed, "Jesus lubs me."

Go UTES!!

Last night the University of Utah played the Oregon State Beavers in Salt Lake (football, just in case you didn't know it's football season) Many of you might not know that even though I technically graduated from BYU (which many family members have hopefully forgiven me for "defecting"), I attended most of my collegiate years at the U of U and have been born into a family with deeply rooted love and loyalty to the U of U. I am proud to say that no matter where I went to school or moved in life, I never quite being a U of U fan. I was kind of a brat in college and wore my U of U paraphernalia at BYU - especially on game days. (For those not familiar with the deep rooted rivalry between these two schools, you may not appreciate how brave I was to do this. Honestly though - I think it would be braver to wear BYU attire at the U - those frat guys can be unpredictable!) I also decorated my car, etc. Good times.

Anyway, back to the game!! What an awesome game. The Beavers had an awesome game last week against USC and actually won! We were excited because I like the Oregon teams when we're not playing them. And USC is one of the top ranked teams. It was an amazing upset. So the Beavers came to this next game with that exciting win just behind them. Utah has also had a great season - 5-0 and they have a pretty strong football team. (My husband would probably insert here that it is not as strong or ranked as high as BYU - blah blah blah (o; )

Almost the entire game was neck and neck and with just two minutes left to go the Beavs pulled ahead with a touchdown 28-20. Drat - it didn't seem good, but there was still hope. Lo and behold the Utes scored quickly and got a 2 point conversion to tie! That gave Oregon possession again with around 1 minute to go - plenty of time to make another touchdown. But the defense held them and the Utes got the ball back with seconds to go. They got the ball as close as they could for a field goal and in the last second of the game Sakoda, the local hero in Utah today, got the winning 28 yd. field goal! WAAHHOOOOOOOOOOOO! It was one of the best games I've seen in a long time! I had fun texting my sister who was there and the girls - during the part of the game they were awake - kept saying they could see Chris, or grandma and grandpa. Natalie even said that she swore she heard grandma cheering! (o: Who are we to doubt - I'm sure my mom was pretty loud at the game!

I happily wore my U of U shirt to the gym today and loved seeing the replays on the TV tuned to ESPN. No one made any comments, I guess the U of U and Oregon State rivalry isn't as strong as BYU, but I'm sure I ruffled a few feathers - surely someone there had seen the game. I am kind of a brat, aren't I? Go UTES!!

Lenka!!

In the last post I mentioned how much we LOVE music in our family. We listen to music together a lot and one of our most FAVORITE performers right now is Lenka. My music loving hubby discovered her album a little over a week ago on I-Tunes and we are all hooked. We've listened to her album all week driving around and at home and we each have our favorite 3-4 songs. She has an awesome voice and really fun and creative songs. We crank up the volume and love to sing along. Check out her website http://www.lenkamusic.com/news and you can hear one of our favorite songs, "The Show" and see the music video that goes with it. We heard this song for the first time on the radio today, so maybe some of you have heard of her. That must mean other people have discovered her... Happy listening.