spooky!

so these were my activity day projects for the girls.. then i figured since i already had all the stuff, i might as well make some for me!

i LOVE them! they were so easy and cute!

(for the instructions go to not so idle hands or our best bites)

by day - seemingly harmless

by night - so spooky!!

a mummy, just in case you couldnt tell.

AND...

my brother usually hosts the halloween party for my family and normally comes up with something grotesque to eat. this year was no exception.

like i said,

grotesque.

and, a little funny. ;)

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family

these are my nieces. arent they so amazing? and just like sisters they cat fight and are each others best friend.

it was so fun seeing the fam and hanging out. halloween party pics to come.

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millions of peaches, peaches for me.

first there were the tomatoes.. LOTS of tomatoes.

then the peaches. oh, the delicious peaches. the sweet, juicy, ripe, decadent peaches...

and lastly, the apples. mmmm.. i love the smell of fresh apples.

i love being able to use the fresh homemade produce. its SO much better.

i feel so domestic!

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neighbors

i really do have great neighbors. and great looking neighbors. check them out!

click the image to see a few more.

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{sigh} vacation {sigh}

{sigh}

i miss you california. 

utah is a cold hearted woman. 

maybe we'll meet again someday.

{sigh}

{sigh}

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oh snap.

10 gingersnaps left at bedtime. 

1 good night's sleep.

2 adults sleeping in while the kids played nicely and quietly at 7:00 am.

1 good morning wake up from jonas and mia.

finding out why they were so quiet...

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here is just one from the workshop. if you want to see more, click over to the photo blog. the link on the right or just click the picture. 

isnt she just gorgeous? look at those eyes! 

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pie head

on our last night in laguna beach, i shared the bed with jonas. as we were snuggling to go to sleep we shared this whispered conversation:

me: your hair smells like the ocean.
jonas: my hair is NOT the ocean!
m: no, i mean you SMELL like the ocean.
j: I am not the ocean. mom. go to sleep.

*silence*
(seconds pass)

j: mom, the ocean smells like your hair...

that just melted my heart. he is such a sweet, tenderhearted boy.

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awol

these are the pics brody took of the kids on the beach while i was busy with my workshop. pretty cute, for the camera phone.  too bad they are such low res!

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change

this is for another challenge over at three paper peonies.  her stuff is so great. 

(fyi.  i'm normally not a purple person, but this was so elegant.)

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i {heart} the beach

well, we're home. it was glorious. really. its nice to go on vacation. but its always nice to come home. but now i wish i were on vacation again. the weather here is crapola. and the beach.... *sigh*... the beach was so nice. the kids had so much fun catching crabs, looking for sea shells, and running away from the waves. i wish we could live in california.

and the workshop was great. images from it to come!

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decisions, decisions

so i've decided to hang the logan temple picture up in our house, but i cant decide which i like best..  any opinions/suggestions?

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yay for me!!

i'm so happy with myself! at the oscraps website they had a challenge for two of their designers, feifeistuff and paislee press. if you are into digital scrapping, you have to check them out. they are amazing designers.

anyways, i entered the challenge, which consisted of scrapping a photo that was blurry or otherwise not good. basically one you would have thrown away. so i chose a picture that jonas took of my belly. its a cute picture, it just happens that the focus is WAY off. he loves to take pictures, but i dont let him very often with my camera. so i was bracing the camera so he didnt drop it.

there was supposed to be 1 winner, but they liked mine enough that they gave a bonus prize to me! woo hoo! here's what they said... (i'm so flattered)

"and this one is special. Me and Liz love the imperfection of the photo plus the fact that it was taken by a 3 yr. old *sigh*...

It makes the blurry-ness and imperfectness that much more endearing and it totally captured the essence of our challenge!!!

So we decided to give an extra prize to tanalicious!!!

you won a $5 GC to paislee press shop and $5 Gc to fei-fei's stuff shop"

... and here's the layout!

i'm so excited to go shopping!

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literacy

as i was doing a family photo shoot downtown we came across this book that had been left outside. it was so random and i dont know why, but i thought it was so fascinating..

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new neighbor

a peek at our newest neighbor. isnt she a doll!

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its not that bad, right?

so, everyone loves peanut butter on apple slices, right? well, who doesnt love peanut butter and chocolate together too? so i figured, you cant go wrong with all three.. maybe its just the hormonal cravings of being pregnant, but seriously. it was goooood.  

mmmm.....

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the best book i've ever read

The Book Thief : Markus Zusak.

i've never read a better book. if any of you have read it, i want to know what you think of it. and if you havent, i highly recommend it. seriously. this book is so amazing. the way the author uses descriptions and the aspect of the narrator, its just so engaging. and heartbreaking . i've read it twice now. i finished it up while i was at work yesterday (on audiobook) and i was wiping tears away while i was typing. im sure the keyboard was a little soggy by the time i was done. and i hoped that nobody would notice that my eyes were red. but i'd read it again in a heartbeat. some books are good, but once i've read them, i'll never read them again, or i find the characters irritating. but i love all the characters in this book. they have such personality and it hurts my heart to think of how the story ends. but its such a thought provoking book, and i loved it. i would suggest it to everyone.

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1st year album

i've been working on mia's scrapbook for her first year, and i've finally finished it! i thought it turned out pretty good.

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"...like tiger woods and his daddy"

we took jonas out with his new clubs the other day for a little practice. its so funny to watch. and mia really likes being our gopher. although she doesnt really see the need to use clubs.

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hmmm..

okay, so. occassionally i get a hankerin' for an old movie from say, the 90's. a few months ago i watched Titanic. i had all the expectations of it being as wonderful as when i was, what, 16? well, sadly. i was disappointed. it just seemed a bit cheesy. it was still a good love story, but seemed sort of silly as an adult.

so yesterday, i decided to watch Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. and, again was disappointed. i guess i just shouldnt have such expectations. i mean, okay, so kevin costner is supposed to be this 'robin of locksley', who lives IN ENGLAND, but nobody thought that it would be a good idea for him to have an english accent? i mean, come on? nobody caught that before they sent it into theatres? and i know it was the 90's, but honestly, did they have mullets back in King Richard's time? NO. everybody else looked ragged and poor, but nooooooo.. not kevin costner. we'll give robin hood a mullet because thats what is hot right now. bleh.

maybe i should just stick to current releases.

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chuck

i love these! mia got these chuck taylors for her baby shower and i've been waiting for her feet to get big enough to wear them. im so happy they finally fit!

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summer

i know i posted these pics before but this is the layout i did with them. part of a challenge at Three Paper Peonies. isnt her stuff great? i love it.   well. this sums up the summer for us. well, at least for mia. 

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rilo kiley - silver lining

i LOVE this song. makes me dance in my seat!

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logan temple

coming up on our 7th anniversary! i snapped a few of this beautiful place in honor of it!

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miss priss

meet my brother. 

mr. manly. 

& my new bike. 

that i L.O.V.E. !!   

he helped me fix the tires and get it up and running,  but i made him take the maiden voyage!  doesnt he look so, oh.. whats the word,  

MAN-ish

on my yellow beach cruiser with a basket on the front? hehe.. 

i get a kick out of it if nobody else does. 

i havent decided on a name for her yet, so miss priss will have to do for now. 

(im debating between Agnes and Beatrice)

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hi

i did these pictures a few weeks ago for my sister in law. she had a new baby so we snapped a few family ones as well. isn't her daughter beautiful? i love the look on her face.

her new little man is pretty handsome too. a few more here.

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definitely going up on the wall...

so i was downtown and had a few minutes to spare. i thought i'd run over to temple square and see if i could get a good picture of the temple. i think this one turned out pretty good.



(i just wish that the colors and contrast wouldnt get so washed out on blogger!)

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unimpressed

so. i know i'm behind on this, but i just watched twilight last night and was so unimpressed. am i the only one who HATED this movie? i loved the books, but seriously. the casting was bad, the acting was bad, and it was so disjointed. i really wanted to like it but i found myself just wanting it to be over already. i know that nobody probably even reads my blog, so i'm on my soapbox for myself, but seriously. i was really disappointed.

this parody is the movie in a nutshell - only with better acting and funny.

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