BYU vs UofU..

So yes! Byu vs UofU and uh.. We went to the Zoo. If you are alittle disappointed to not see pictures of the game, well.. REALLY? Seriously? We're not that kind of people (SportsNuts).. But UofU won (its an unnaturally big deal here).Derrick and Danny joined us for the fun! They were captivated by Sydney and she was wholly entertained! Never has any young child had such wonderful uncles.! And I have to admit I was alittle entertained myself :) ! (although my poor stroller will never be the same again)

Here are the monkeys, and the exhibit was fun too. Hardy Harr.. I know bad joke.

Sydney and Brandon in elephant heaven. Syd was actually really really involved watching the animals.

Spence hitched a ride on Danny's shoulders. Cute.

Derrick. Yes ladies these two men are available :)

Braden was alittle under the weather and took every opportunity he could to sit and try to be cold.

Cool!

And again.. Sydney has a gift I tell ya. Brandon was in love with carrying her around. She would giggle at the animals and touch the glass. I have to say I was a bit in love myself! When he didn't have her he was watching her and waiting to hold her again.

And me, well yes, me. I was on the correct side of the camera. Don't get me wrong, cameras are my friend, but I have to be the operater. You see if you haven't read any other post or seen other pictures of me, let me tell you that I am not photogenic. In fact, I am thinking it is my gift to you, my blog reader, to not post shots of me :). And you're welcome.

Mary Mary Quite Contrary tagged me

HUSBAND TAG

What is your husband's first name? Brandon
How long have you been married? 7 years, 11.5 mo.
How long did you date? This used to be a touchy subject for me (I was anti-Utah) total of 5 1/2mo..
How old is he? 29
Who eats more sweets? Its a toss-up, but because I am being a wishful thinker, Brandon.
Who said "I love you" first? Brandon (after the 2nd week) and it freaked me out!
Who is taller? Brandon.
Who is a better singer? Uh..Neither
Who is smarter? Well if you're asking for math, organization or handyMan, Brandon but pretty much anything else..ME! (Of course that is my answer).
Who does the laundry? Me, but that doesn't mean I am punctual about it, or ever complete it for that matter.
Who pays the bills? My organizing sweetheart, Brandon
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Brandon
Does he snore? Not really
What does he do in his spare time? House projects or movies movies movies! I love my movie man.
Who mows the lawn? Brandon
What is his favorite candy bar? Do peanut butter m&ms count?
Who cooks dinner? Me, but we're a great team when it comes to bbQ and dutch ovening! He is a tremedous baker.. Compliment him on it, next time you see him for me, would ya?
Who drives? Brandon
Who is the first to say they are wrong? We talk about it. Hes definately the first to tell me I'm wrong LOL :), but I point out for both of us most of the time!
Who kissed who first? Brandon kissed me! I would never..
Who asked who out first? Brandon stumbling over his words asked me.. It was cute (I'm a sucker for nerds)
Who wears the pants? Uh, Brandon thinks he does, and I let him. Does that mean I actually do?
Does he say he loves you everyday? Just about.

My hubby and I have a wonderful life. Just us, kids, pets and tupperwares. I love you Brandon!!

I tag: Candi, Britania, Jessi and Becky and Jenny

Sydney's 1st Haircut

I FINALLY did it! Syd's hair was getting pretty uh BoBo-the-clownish! It was ridiculous. When her little hairs were wet the back outside ones would go down to her shoulders, but the rest were still just short- Here are the little locks that I chopped off..

She is happy with her big teeth and crooked smile :)

Her new little locks...Enjoy the pictures~

The end.

Bruno..Due Date: December 12

If you can make out heads or tails.. HaHa, no pun intended. This is the little litter.
Brandon and Bruno, our new Great Dane puppy.. Yes, I said great dane, he's only 3wks old here.
We're all for the looks-like-a-small-horse-but-is-really-a-dog club. Wanna join?
Awe Cuteness..
If you hadn't noticed, Brandon is in seventh heaven holding the little pup. We get him on Dec. 12 (as the title implies). We met the pups' parents and they are absolutely wonderful dogs. They are taller than Braden and the body of the parents are taller than Sydney. It was great fun. The adult dog actually wacked Syd in the head with its tail, not hard, but just enough that she yelled at it and gave crusties..Girls..Anyway, I'll keep ya posted.

Spencer's DAY.........sNoWWW

We went to bed last night with rain, and woke up to SNOW!! YEAhh. Spence was soo EXCITED! I had to capture the moment!
This is Spencer's 1st taste of snow. He said it tastes like Chicken!! Haa Haa! Just kidding, but that would have been cool. He told me in surprise that it tastes like ICE. WoW, that was shocking :).




He then utterly enjoyed himself throwing snowballs at me! Fun! Enjoy the pictures!

Halloween (You're welcome Candi, my STalker)

Let us begin this tale with Spencer's preschool. They were so adorable marching around the block. Ms. Karen was brilliant in her cute witch costume and Spence ate it all up!! For this march he was a pirate Jengo Fett. Nice, huh.
I put in two of pretty much the same pictures because I couldn't resist sharing this one! Braden reminds me of Princess Laya.. "Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope." And yes, I just butchered the spelling of ALL of those names.. Nerds everywhere are lamenting. ..sorry. ..
I realized when I downloaded this role that I didn't take any pictures of Sydney.. oopsy! If she hadn't of screamed and cried and sweated so badly when I put her in the lamb costume I think I would have just taken a shot today of her, but I'm not putting myself- I mean, her through that again. Again I have to apologize to my blogviewers out there. But too bad! BTW they have so much candy that I think it will last us forever, or else next time you see me, NO I'm not pregnant, its just fat! Pure fat! From all the Halloween Candy, cursed Halloween!! Jk. Its always fun!

Pumpkin Carving Festivities,,,

Pumpkins.. They're AMAZzZing!! You can eat them, carve them, bake them in a pie or bash them. Btw- I don't really like people who do the latter, so don't do it. Anyway, a week before Halloween, we CarVed pumpkins. Yeahh! And it was A BLAST! Ice cream, pumpkins and stained hands. fun fun.



So I am still abit of a paranoid Mom and won't actually allow my kids to carve their own yet, but they drew the faces, and the adults carved, thank you Jay for helping.

Brandon got his miter or whatever it was powertool out and started hacking away at the pumpkin. We had quite the pumpkin dust pile flung all over half of our kitchen. Thank goodness, he noticed, I hate pointing out the obvious...! That only lasted for one pumpkin needless to say! If its not broken, don't fix it, right?- knives work BEST! None of this taking-after-my-dad-Brent-the-tool-man-power-tool-man.. :) Love you Brent.

So we couldn't have the kids sitting around while we carved away (and next year I think I'm gonna brave letting them have at it themselves..shudder)~ They had a special treat.. What says its-colder-than-we're-used-to, like ICECREAM?? MMmm vanillaey goooness (my favorite and I do the shopping. HaHa).

Then they chomped down their cones. It was a fun night.

Nostalgia.. San Diego Days

So..Here we are (from left to right) Becky, Heather, Me, Heather, Emily, Kirsten and Crystal. I haven't seen any of them for at least 11 years!! Wow. It was fun to see what everyone is up to. I couldn't remember half of the people they talked about, but that was ok.. I remembered names.
We are sitting at the dinner table, sampling Crystal's food storage-made desserts. The chocolate cake was my FAVE!!! It had pureed black beans in them..MMmm, nothing like alittle bean action in your cake.. I don't think I recognised any of the side effects beans have the next day though :). And just have to mention.. I don't know what I was thinking, but I sure look like I got caught in some headlights or something.. :) Anyway, it was fun, we might do it again sometime.