I lost 10 pounds!!!!!

Ok, ok, not really. But it feels like it!! I just got my hair cut and chopped off about 3 1/2 inches, or so, and had it THINNED out, because it is SO thick. So my head really does feel so much lighter! I love it. Thank goodness for Mindy!! Mindy has been doing my hair for 12 years now, as far as I can figure. I've followed her through 3 salons, and now she has a salon addition to her home, and it is so nice! And can we say "cut and style=$16!!!!" OH YES. She is SO affordable.

Anyway, enough bragging about Mindy. Here's the before and after!

It's cute, it's happy, the end!

While She Sleeps

I do productive things when Makayla naps...such as blogging...so productive. I was 100 % sure I was going to take a nap, but no. Why nap when I can blog!?

And since I really don't have anything of much importance to blog about, I guess I'll just post some pics.

We did have a family get together last night with some old friends from New Jersey. My mom and I had lunch with Sara a few weeks ago, which I blogged about, but this time we got to have dinner at her brother Jason's house, his wife Karen was SO nice to let all of us in her home, having never met us. Jason and Sara's mom was in town too. She and my mom are like best friends/"sista's from anotha motha" as they say. Lynn is a riot. She's so loud and funny, and inappropriate and silly, and loving, and smart. You can't NOT laugh when she's in the room.

My little brother Bryon was SO mad that he had to come, since he didn't know any of these people. So he sat playing with his i-pod touch ALL night and refused to look up, eat, laugh, smile...so Lynn really let him have it and threatened to talk about sex if he didn't smile. That was too funny. I don't think Bryon has ever had anyone threaten to talk about sex before, and it did the trick, and made him laugh.After dinner we all sat down and had Jason's wife take pictures, and then had a family prayer. It was SO much fun to see them all!! Makayla and Sara's little boy Lucas, and Jason's little girl Anna all had a blast playing together. Makayla even let Anna feed her which was hillarious.

On a totally random side note, stay tuned for a totally awesome project I am working on!! Might be a while...but it's in the works.

Happy 4 Years!!

Before we went on our anniversary getaway, my mom and I and Makayla went on a trip to Nevada. Lots of outlet shopping, strip walking, swimming, etc. So one day, as if all this wasn't enough fun, we decided to drive 4 1/2 hours out to California for a day. We decided around 9:30 to actually go, but it took my aunt and her 6 kids like 3 hours to get ready. So we didn't leave till almost noon, got to the beach at 5-ish, and played as hard and long as we could before it got dark and cold. It was super super windy that day, so it was actually a bit chilly. But we didn't care at all. So when we left it was almost 9, and we didn't want to drive 4 1/2 more hours back to Vegas. We called and got a hotel in Victorville, about an hour from the beach.

Then spent the next day packing and getting ready for the drive back to Utah.

We got home on Wednesday night, and then Thursday afternoon Jason and I dropped Makayla off with Grandma, and then headed for Jackson Hole. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect anniversary getaway. It was out of town, it was gorgeous, it was fun, it was romantic. We decided we need to go up there more often! We did horseback riding, movies, ate at the coolest places...Billy's Giant Bugers...holy cow. Pretty much a heart attack on a bun, but SOOO good!! Mountain High Pizza Pie...amazing...New York Subway Shop...delicious!!! And candy shops that were to die for. I bought WAY too much fudge, and ate all of it.
Horesback rides at A-Ok Corral...SO fun! We did the two hour ride, but next time I think we would go for the 1/2 day ride, or 4 hour ride. It was SO fun.

Ok, now see the kid in the purple shirt on the Paint horse? Well...let's just say his ride was um...interesting. I think Jason and I laughed the whole time. The poor kids horse just had a mind of its own, and went wherever it pleased...going through the thick brush on the side of the trail...wandering off, trying to turn around and go back down the trail...hillarious. And the poor kid, who was all of maybe 14, didn't have a clue what to do.

Thanks for a wonderful weekend Jay! I love you!

We are back!

We are finally back from a week of travels. Here, there, and everywhere. Seems like we've been gone alot longer!
Now, as soon as I can track down where Makayla hid the camera, I will put up a proper post.

Here camera, camera.....

Makayla: "camma, are you???" (she's helping me look...haha)