I know Labor Day was a month ago...

Yeah...I'm that far behind...but it's really not very far behind at all considering we really haven't done much to blog about this month. Michael's parents came up over Labor Day so we got to spend some time with them and his, newly adopted, little brother and sister. We met them one morning at the school to play at the playground and took Abby and Lexie with us so they could run around a little. But they weren't very interested in running, or fetching the ball...here's how it worked...I threw the ball, and then walked them to the ball because they were too busy sniffing around to chase after it...Beagles!

Thomas and Angel had a great time pulling them around on their leashes...and since the dogs are supposed to be trained not to pull on a leash and watch the person on the other end of the leash, we let them yank away at those leashes!

4-0...

Today started off with one seemingly easy task...hook the TV up to the antenna...sounds easy enough right? Well, not so much! We turned our cable off a few months ago and hadn't gotten around to hooking up the antenna to the TV (yes, that means no TV for months!!! Hard for you to believe I lived through that,I know!). So we decided we should hook the TV up so we could watch the BSU game tonight. Michael was volunteered to put on his coveralls and crawl under the house (Thanks Michael!) They found the right cable at the crawl space for the TV, then the search was on for the antenna cable. After a trip to Radio Shack the right cable was constructed and we had all of the channels except the one showing the game...PERFECT! So Michael climbed up above the garage to adjust the antenna...with no improvement on channel 7. After a second trip to Radio Shack to purchase some "retro" rabbit ears we were successful in recieiving channel 7! Of course, now the rest of the channels aren't clear but that's a task for another day! Thanks Jacque and kiddos for coming over to enjoy the game with us. Now off to Merritt's for a scone and milkshakes!! :)

Let' Get Cooking...

Anyone in town interested in starting a freezer meal group??

Let me know!

Love Your Guts...

7 years...HOLY COW. Sometimes it feels like we've been married forever...and others, like today, it feels like just yesterday. We've done so much in 7 years, from buying a house, moving out of that house, then moving back into it...to 3 trips to Disney World, 2 to Disneyland, and 1 Disney Cruise (it must be time for another trip!) Thank you, Justin, for 7 wonderful years! I couldn't have picked a better best friend!

I Love You!

Rick, Chinatown & the Spirit of Alaska...

Thursday, before our flight left, Rick drove us through Vancouver took us down to Chinatown.

Can you find the turtle?

They filmed a scene from an episode of Smallville...RIGHT HERE!

We stopped at a Chinese restaurant of course for lunch. You had to mark on this little card what you wanted. Justin picked pot stickers, Michael picked dumplings, I got wontons, and Rick (who forgot his glasses and couldn't read the menu) marks some random item. That random item was delivered to our table last, and as the waitress sets in on the table, she laughs. She knew that NO ONE orders this! (I wish I could remember exactly what it was called!!) Here's what it looked like:

It wiggled, kind of like Jell-O and that black goo flowed from the center when we broke it open.

We each tried it, but Justin's expression was the only one film-worthy...yep it tasted just like that! A hint of a peanut butter and the texture of sand...weird!

While waiting in Seattle for our connection we took a walk down the C concourse and found this at the end...our newest fancy painted livery...The Spirit of Alaska Statehood. Just some cool background on this guy. The images on the plane were designed by a 16 year old from Sitka, Alaska as part of the "Paint the Plane" contest put on by Alaska Airlines that was open to all school children in kindergarten through 12th grade in the state of Alaska for the state's 50th anniversary. Click here to see a picture of the entire plane.

Thanks again, Sharon and Rick for an AWESOME five days, and we can't wait for you guys to come down here!