Happy 24th Erica, Happy Small Belly Terra!!!

Last night we took Erica out for a belated birthday dinner to Charlestons. Erica looks beautiful with her long hair and is as funny as ever. Terra looks amazing with her small belly and she is due any day now. Yep you heard me. Terra looks about 6 months pregnant. She is still fitting into regular jeans, she's not swollen or puffy at all, and she still has no arms. Micah is a new Mommy and has a cute new haircut(don't dye it Micah), and Kristy has the new hot blond Momma thing going on.



So many people I run into ask me about Erica. Erica is so special to me for so many reasons I can't even say but I just wanted to express a few. I don't know of a person who Erica has met that doesn't love to be around her. It's almost a curse really. She has even women stalkers it seems. She makes everyone feel comfortable around her and she is so hilarious. She's not as, well let's face it, weird as she used to be in High School, but who is. She's a more polished version of her comical self. She has been a rock in my life and she has always been there. She is talented in so many different things and I wish I was more like her. Love you Erica Diane.

Reunions, Parades, Fireworks, Moving and More!!!

Well we have officially moved into our happy little "mission home". That's what it reminds Matt of, all of the mission homes he lived in, in Mexico. We have had a wonderful summer with all of our different activities. I love where we are at. I'm excited to be in our new ward with lots of people in our same situation. For the past month we have been go go go and so I'm excited for school to start and to get back into our routine. Here are a few things we've done the past month or so.

For the past two years we have gone to the Fireworks in Heber for the 4th of July. We love it. It's amazing.
Matt ran in the Pioneer Day run in Snowflake and got 3rd in his age group. It was funny to me to see people I grew up with and how different people are, or how different I am.

So then we went to the Parade for the 24th. My Dad has to do a float every year so that's his float, and yes Dad it was the most creative.

I have to tell a little story really quick. My cousin Karah's daughter said the funniest thing during the parade. It was by far my favorite moment of the weekend. It will only be funny to those who know Steve Reel. So we're watching the parade and whatever truck Steve was on(I think it was the Larsen Waste truck) came by and Steve was so proud up on top waving like he always does. Addie's probably 30 feet away from Karah and starts yelling trying to get Karah's attention, "Mom, Mom, look, it's Steve!!!" It was hilarious. The way Addie said it made it sound like he was the biggest celebrity ever. Sorry Karah, I had to share that.


For the Brimhall reunion we went camping at Hawley Lake. It was so beautiful. It rained a lot, but we still had a really good time. My Dad didn't do as much this time which was great because we got to spend more time with him. Jayden officially likes to be around my Mom more than me(I can't blame him, I would too). I guess that's how it goes.

Can't Wait

So I read Eclipse on Monday and Tuesday. A lot of people I talked to said they didn't really like this one so I didn't get my hopes up. I was not disappointed though. I did better this time reading it too. I didn't completely ignore Jayden and Matt. I kept my reading strictly to when Jayden was asleep, or when it was Father & Son time. Is anyone else out there disappointed in who they cast for Edward in the movie Twilight, or is that just me? So I'm getting really excited for Breaking Dawn.
16 Days!!!

Couldn't Take It Any Longer

So back in May I started reading Twilight. I finished the book in a day because you just have to. I started reading New Moon the very next, but I was just too mad that Edward wasn't in the first half of the book, and I felt bad for ignoring my son, so I decided I would take a break. So I have been dying to read it, but they don't have it at my library, so I'm like the 8th person in line waiting for it. So this morning I couldn't take it any longer and decided to make the $7.97 Wal-Mart investment and just buy it. So I just finished the book just now and can I say that I wish I was a vampire. I know that probably is bad to say but the way she describes their breathe, their beauty, plus running as fast as a car sounds totally appealing. Matt thinks I'm pretty weird but I'm sure there are others out there who feel the same.

Thanks Mom

Like I said before I have the best Mom. My Mom made Jeanie a pioneer dress for her trek a couple of weeks ago and it was so cute. I never got to go on a trek or get a pioneer dress, and I really wanted one. Jeanie's was seriously like the American Girl dresses. So I asked my Mom if she could make me one and of course she said yes because she loves me and she is just that wonderful. So here is my pioneer dress. I am the Primary Chorister in our ward and so on Sunday I had the whole time for music. Since Pioneer Days is coming up I wanted to do pioneer songs so it was a perfect opportunity to wear my dress. As the kids walked in to primary they were so excited. It was so cute to see all the little girls gawk over my dress and tell me how beautiful it was. I'm really clumsy too so I was going bare foot because I had serious damage to my left foot and the kids were convinced that pioneers also went bare foot. All of the kids wanted to go bare foot too so they did. It was so much fun. I love my calling. So thanks Mom. I love it so much.

Visitors

So yesterday morning I went out to water the tomatoes and saw some visitors. I saw three little kittens by the grapes and it freaked me out(because naturally kittens are scarry). I ran in to tell Matt and by the time we came back out, they were gone. He thought I might have imagined it and I could tell he didn't believe me all day. Which really bothered me because I'm not crazy. So around 7:00 last night I went on a mission to find them. So finally we found them in the rosemary bushes. We tried to lure them out but I didn't want him to touch them. A little while later we went back out and the mom was there nursing five kittens. So I am not a big animal lover, especially cat lover, but puppies, kittens, anything little is so cute. Today they were here for awhile, but we think the mom moved them because we can't find them again. Anyway, that was our excitement. Pretty boring lives huh.

For My Dad

This past Sunday was Father's Day and we happened to be with my family for our reunion. Well as we were playing a game called Buzzword on Friday night my husband made us all laugh again. My Dad thought it was so funny that he made me promise to put it on my blog so we would remember it. Here is the story. In the game you have a word for example "moon". All of the answers contain the word moon. The boys were on their own team and my dad was reading the clues. One of the clues said "Wolves howl at this...". My sweet husband then yelled out, "Bow", yes as in Bow at the moon. It was one of those instances where you had to be there. The funniest part about it was that my Dad couldn't stop laughing. He thought it was so funny that Matt would say "Bow", as in "Bow at the moon" like a dog. Matt does many wonderful things, but he can always make us laugh. Love you Matt and love you Dad.