I want. I need.

It seems whenever a holiday rolls around and Danny asks me what I want I can never think of anything. Well right now there are lots of things I want so pay attention Danny!

*Staple Gun
*Saw
*Grill
*Computer
*Cricut
*Penguin Classics Hardback Series by Coralie Bickford-Smith (both sets)
*Stereo for ipod
*NikonD70
*Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
*Graphic Design and Photography classes
*Vacation to tropical place or Europe
*Napkins from Anthropologie that match our new plates

Many of these things are needs more than wants. For example, I'm in charge of the bulletin board for YW's and its a major pain. The other ward's board always looks so neat while mine has wrinkles and bent staples. I need a staple gun. And whenever I want to change it I have to go to my friend's house to use her Cricut which is great that she lets me use it...but it takes forever to cut out that many letters. It would be nice to be able to do other things while it cuts away. It would also be nice to have some graphic design skills so I could make cute handouts for YW's.

Our apartment gets super hot in the summer and we can't use our oven or stove so it would be nice to be able to cook meat on a grill instead of going out to eat every meal.

I have some pieces of wood in our apartment that I use with our A/C unit (we don't have windows so I had to build something custom to accomodate our sliding glass doors) but since our doors where replaced last summer the pieces of wood no longer fit. I need a saw to cut them down to size. I also need a saw to cut the poles I bought a year ago to put in our sliding doors for safety when we use our A/C unit. I also want to build some shelves in our closet.

What's on your want/need list right now?

On Danny's list is a Le Creuset dutch oven. Surprised?

Another for Becca...yes she "reads" my blog

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This one's for you Becca

For President's Day Weekend my family came into town and we all went to Disneyland. We went to Rainforest Cafe and Build-a-Bear as an early Valentine's celebration for Becca.

Becca and Patches helping "fluff" Princess Kitty

Valentine's Day started off with a knock at our door and Becca delivering a valentine! That night we had a fabulous dinner at Cafe Orleans where we ate Monte Cristo sandwiches to our hearts content. I only wish they still had their Chocolate Crepe on the dessert menu. What were they thinking when they took it off?!?! We got valentines (and a princes barrette) from my dad (yes I wore it in my hair) and my mom spoiled me with a light up light saber that I had secretly (or not so secretly) been wanting but Danny had banned me from buying. (Pictures and video from my Jedi training coming soon)

Unusual events from this trip include

• Patches surprising us all with an unexpected decision to move to Splash Mountain and change his name to Brer Patches.
• Becca screaming on Indian Jones...I don't know if I've ever heard her truly scream from fear before.
  
• Seeing Kelly from "The Office".
• Liz getting soaked like a person's never been soaked before on Grizzly River Run. Literally our raft got stuck where the water shoots up and the water just kept coming down on Liz. Danny laughed so hard he cried.
• Mom didn't make us sit for 2 hours before the parade to make sure we had good seats. In fact, we didn't even see the parade.
• Danny stating that the skewers from the Bengal BBQ are his absolute favorite food and he could eat 50. Maybe next time.
  
• Starting the "Toys stay in the backpack" rule

If Becca could talk, what do you think she's saying in these two photos?

And to think....this is Becca's favorite ride.

We took a break from Disneyland one day and went to San Diego's Wild Animal Kingdom. I give it 3 stars. It was hard to get around...the map was horrible and confusing, and the paths were very steep and sometimes unpaved. My dad did take Becca into the Parakeet cage and the birds LOVED her. She freaked out when they landed on her but I was impressed by how brave she was. I hate birds and would not go in the exhibit.

Where did the bird land on you Becca?

On your head!

On your shoulder too!

"mmmmcheese"

"I love this ride!"

Lucky for us our tickets included a ride on the carousel. The park had a two-day old baby elephant that was super cute so of course Becca HAD to ride on the elephant. Unfortunately at the end of the ride the elephant ended up about 6 ft in the air and I had to get 5'10" Becca down. I almost died.


Becca let some of toys have a slumber party at our house and this is how the night played out.

Danny was NOT happy about sharing his salsa with Sally Mae (who thought our apartment was cold and decided to put on her snowsuit).

Danielle (named after her Uncle Danny) checked her email and surfed the web.

Everyone watched the Olympics.

Princess Kitty read us a story before bed.

Thanks for visiting us and including us on your vacation!! I miss my Becca-boo!