05 January 2012

SO happy to have seen this little gem on Facebook today!


I love hearing stories about the Grandpa I never met.

Don't get me wrong though...the Grandpa I do know has done a pretty fantastic job at filling his role and making up the difference...

(Elaine is my aunt)

04 January 2012

What Winter Looks Like This Year


Fresh air coming through open windows


And afternoon walks in the sun.

03 January 2012

The Price of Milk in Malad

The price of milk in Malad is my number one biggest (and only real) complaint about this beautiful town.

So far this week (Saturday to Tuesday) we have forked over $13 for four gallons of milk...(ok, you got me...we really love milk...our toddler loves it more)

But it isn't fancy organic milk...it isn't the best brand of milk on the planet...

No...it's WESTERN FAMILY!

We pay more for milk here than my mother in law Jacque pays in Blanding...and that's a big deal because everything is more expensive in Blanding.

WHAT.THE.HECK.

That's all.

Here's Hoping Today is as Much Fun as Yesterday...






And for heaven's sake, let's hope I get some make up on...and *wear real shoes when I leave the house!

*That means my new slippers are super comfy...thanks mom for gifting them to me and Colleen for helping me pick 'em!

02 January 2012

The Culprit

This little Ollie sock was the cause of all my washing machine drama...


looks kinda like it got what it deserved, huh...

After I washed three loads of laundry in the kitchen sink, Jesse found the solution and he fixed the washing machine. Hooray!


He's handy like that.

01 January 2012

Today is Sunday, the first day of the year...

That means I should be writing about my resolutions...

To use less butter and cream when I cook, and write a love note to my husband every day, and fill up my fancy journal so I won't forget all the grand adventures coming my way (and so I can have new fancy journal next year).

That also means I could tell you about how I led the music in Primary today and I'm wishing it was my job every Sunday.

It could indicate that you might read a fun post about my New Years Eve party with Becca, Chance, four cheese fettuccine alfredo, the smurfs, and yogurt covered pretzels (which they gifted to me on their way out the door...I love them for that).

But my brain is too jumbled up with "All This and Heaven Too" from Florence + the Machine, and imagining what sort of scenario it would take to get my antique dining table from Wales to Malad because I really want its beauty to enhance my newly decorated dining room to tell you very much about those other things.

So I'll post an adorable picture of Olivander instead.