Life with the Brudfam

More fun together

On our little getaway, we had to go to Mesquite (and if I never go there again in my lifetime, I'll be just fine...) for a day.  The Guy had to play golf for a work.  I wasn't feeling great.  So I stayed in bed and napped all day while Nanny 911 played on the tv in the background.  I was hoping that I would absorb some new parenting skills while I napped. (I'll let you know.)  When Jeff got back, we went for massages down in the spa.  It felt amazing.  

The next morning, we headed to St. George.  We drove around looking at houses (The Guy dreams of moving there someday).  I found the house I liked.  I loved that it doesn't look like every other house down there, and is in an older and more rural neighborhood and isn't totally new--it's a remodel.  Isn't it lovely?

We ate lots of good food. Like snacks at Great Harvest.  Dinner at the Pasta Factory (my favorite) and dessert at Nielsen's Frozen Custard.

 

We probably had the most fun playing GuitarHero late into the night.  I made The Guy put on a pair of my glasses and we giggled and rocked out all night.

 

oh, and I beat him in the all around competition--10 songs to his 8.  

Here I am in all my Guitar Hero glory.  Long live the head-bangers!

We also made it to In-n-Out Burger on our way out of town on Saturday. And yes, that is the sun shining. It was perfect outside and we sat on the patio to eat.

It was tasty and I pretty much stuffed my face. And then we climbed back in the car and drove back home to our babies, who we were so very happy to see!  

Life in the slow lane

+Watching Napolean Dynamite on the mini DVD player (so jeff and I can watch the olympics. +Walking the entire town in ten minutes. Which means never getting in our car. We walk to the pool, to the market, to the ice cream shop, to the restaurants. I think I could live in a small town. Just wish I had a beach cruiser with a basket to ride around on during our stay here. +Hanging out at the pool all day long. Nowhere to have to go. +I lay in bed at night and redecorate our little rental to my own liking. I would rip out the carpet and put hardwood in. Put beadboard in. Take down the metal mini blinds and get some new furniture. Other than that, it is perfect! +Eating and eating. Nachos, fries with fry sauce. Swedish fish. Dried apricots. Cheese and crackers. Ice cream. Tonight we will BBQ.

How we pass time on vacation

Little getaway

we have headed out of town to enjoy our last few days of summer vacation. We are staying in a little cottage in Lava Hot Springs and spending our time tubing down the river, playing Yahtzee, watching the Olympics and floating in the hot springs. A perfect way to end summer.

Gee mom, I wanna go to camp

I am spending my week camping with 40 adolescent girls...and I am loving every minute of it (especially since Chloe is now one of those girls!)

Happy 8th Birthday

Today at 4:00 am, we woke up Freckles and had her open this card:

She could hardly believe it.

She opened a present (a new outfit) and put it on.

She put on her backpack (filled with treats and activities for the flight), 

and her suitcase (which I had packed for her), and headed for the airport with her Daddy at 4:30 am.

But not before kissing her {teary} momma goodbye.

And then she was gone!

So I crawled back into bed and shed a few more tears that my little girl is already 8, and then went back to sleep!

 

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRECKLES!

May this year be filled magic, learning, and lots of love! 

St. George

We took some photos while hiking in St. George last month. My kids love the "red rocks" of Southern Utah, and we always go for some hikes and look down over the valley. There is something almost magic about the contrast between the rocks and the blue sky. We were lucky that there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

And it is a requirement that we go thru the Narrows. If you haven't been there, you can hike sideways thru a small crevice between two large rocks. It doesn't look like you could really fit thru. I barely can.

Freckles always gets worried that we will get stuck in the middle. Sometimes in themiddle of it, I think to myself, "I'd hate for an earthquake to happen right now." But I never say that out-loud.

We've been away...

We couldn't take the cold and crazy weather any longer. So we headed south. All 5 of us.

To where the temperature was in the 60's and 70's. Where there was no blizzard on Thursday.

Where the new In-n-Out Burger just opened last Tuesday (and where we happened to eat lunch 3 days in a row.) Cheeseburger with grilled onions. Fries. Large Diet Coke. yum.

Where we hiked and basked in the sun.

Where my kids couldn't get enough of history--we went to Brigham Young's Winter home, Jacob Hamblin's home, and this beautiful place where we viewed the most beautiful sculptures of Christ's life called "The Healing Power of Christ" by former opera singer turned sculptor, Angela Johnson.

Where we played hours and hours of guitar hero. No one can beat me. ha!

Now we're home.
Where I'm blogging instead of making Hannah's VIP poster.
Where I've got loads and loads of laundry waiting for me.
Where 132 e-mails are in my in-box.

But I'm so glad to be here. There's something about coming home. Here's to a new week.

I've been on a blogging break...

and where better to enjoy a break than here...

and

and

The Guy and I spent 7 mostly lazy days in the Mayan Riviera. Days spent sitting in the sun reading books, listening to our iPods, and drinking diet cokes & frozen lemonades and eating chips and guac.