Russ and Kirsten finally got married!

We've been waiting 2 years for the big day and it did not disappoint. It was a great day. Mill Valley is beautiful!

Moi

Chase and Mary

Becca's Birthday!

I decided last minute to go to Kennewick for Becca's birthday. She was so surprised! When we got home from the airport Becca went upstairs to listen to her music and this is what I found.

A shrine to Danny. Melts my heart.

Becca was hilarious about her birthday. She made everyone get dressed up. She even made my dad wear a tie to work and people do not wear ties at his work. She cracks me up. I spent two fabulous weeks with the family and I'm so glad I went when I did. It was so fun to just hangout, go shopping, and check some things off the to-do list.

I'm the most popular person when I go to Home Depot

In April I decided to build shelves in our walk in coat closet to make way for a bookcase to hold food.

I got in my civic coupe and headed on down to Home Depot to pick up some lumber. Everyone was so nice. The workers in the lumber department carried the sheets of wood for me, cut the wood, and even pushed my cart. Then another random guy told me all about shelves and screws and dry wall anchors. Then a second guy joined in on the conversation to make sure I had the right brackets. Next I was waiting in a long line and a worker pulled me out of line to ring me up right there. In the parking lot another nice man offered to load my car for me. It was amazing. I felt like a princess. Maybe I should build things more often.

Well once I got home I thought it was going to be so easy to use my new electric drill to drill holes. Here's the picture of all the holes in the wall I made trying to get the dry wall anchors in. Opps! I'll fix that later.

I'm so handy!

All that stuff used to be on the floor!

All that food used to be on our kitchen counters and stove!
It's like Christmas every time I see my clean kitchen or open the closet to get food out. I'm such a nerd but having a pantry is a dream come true!

This is my new dolly. I love it. It makes going to Costco and bringing up all the food so much easier. However, we have been stopped TWICE bringing up Costco loads to our apartment by people who thought we were refilling the vending machines. haha. We must buy a lot of soda.

If you use that word, you're talking about him

I don't normally watch Glee but this episode was really fantastic.



Danny and I are constantly shocked by how often we hear these words out of the mouths of church members. It's totally inappropriate and offensive. In my book you might as well be saying the f word (the cuss word) in church (or worse).

I. Rock.

So no one really liked the Bloody Olive video. A little too violent for this crowd? I thought so. Video games have desensitized Danny. I must admit...I did enjoy the video....once I watched it ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

Moving on.

A random bit of info to put out there.

In January I was asked to be on a decorating committee for our Stake Relief Society Conference. I went to the planning meeting and with fabric hunting, center piece creation, flower arranging, and artwork selection all available as assignments, I for some reason walked out of the meeting with the assignment to make a giant rock. What?!?!?

Behold my glorious rock.

I wish I could say I made the awesome lighthouse but no. I only made the kick-a$$ rock.

Need a papier-mache rock for your next celebration? Feel free to give me a ring.

The Bloody Olive

This beautiful, intriguing little short reminds me of Liz's and my relationship (but then who is Sam?). I think my moustache is coming back in honor of this swanky fellow.

I can laugh about this now

Today I had to make caramels for the YW Bake Sale. Nobody else would make them so I volunteered. Bad idea. I've never made caramels before and had no idea what was involved. After 2 failed batches (and lots of calls to family) I called my friend Susie who is a caramel pro and went to her house to have her supervise/make the caramels. On the way home the pan of hot caramel spilled all over the seat of my car and purse. I parked my car and had a complete emotional breakdown. Danny got a phone call with a hysterical crying wife on the other end of the line. Danny thought someone in my family had died. Instead he heard, "The caramel just spilled all over my car. (more hysterical crying) Can you come home?" And he did.

Who knew caramel could cause emotional breakdowns? Now I know. Beware.