Death Trap- September 2010

Er, I mean Chandler's new scooter. He needed a way to get to his two jobs (Harkins and Walmart). Sometimes he works 14 hours in one day and drives from one job straight to the next. Too bad he can't be equally dedicated to cleaning his bedroom.

I'm 40

Me: Hanna, I just bought these jeans. Can I keep them.

Hanna: No Mom, the pockets are weird. Take them back and get some cuter ones.

Me: Danica, Do you like these new jeans I just bought? Should I keep them?

Danica: Why does it matter? You're 40.

If you're wondering what I did: I ripped off the tags and wore them. After all, I am 40, and they were comfy.

Blissful Youth

Chandler: Mom, what are you making?

Me: Cupcakes for Grandma's wedding.

Chandler: That's in like forever.

Me: It's in a week and a half.

Chandler: Like I said. . .

Hanna's Junior Homecoming

Well, Hanna was gorgeous (in my unbiased opinion). She has been friends with her date, Dallin, for a long time and they had a fun time.

Hanna and Kathryn taking pictures together before the dance. Notice Hanna's sleeves because I made them. We found the perfect dress but it had no sleeves or straps at all. So after several tries, we were both happy with the look and the modesty level. I made the straps short so the chest would come up higher but what I didn't realize is that I was also making the dress shorter. I will try not to do that next time. I don't know why dress designers can't manage to make dresses with sleeves? But I am proud of Hanna for her modest standards.
Hanna's dress was gold so she needed a clutch purse to match, but we couldn't find one anywhere. So on the day of the dance we ended up making one for less than $2. To bad we didn't think of that in the first place to save us so much looking.
I realize this post is from a Mom's point of view, but hey, that's who I am.

Alaskan Project

Maranda had to make a 3D book of Alaskan animals for a school project. Her artwork is just incredible. These animals and backgrounds are all hand drawn by her. Nice work, Maranda!

Carlsbad Anniversary!

So we hit the big 20 this year and we decided to do something new. Usually we spend a few days in Scottsdale for our anniversary but this year we went camping for 3 nights at South Carlsbad. We didn't mind the drive because it was so quiet and peaceful and we were together anyway.

We easily set up camp because we didn't have to keep track of anyone besides ourselves.

Look how neat our campsite is, this was just too easy.

Here we are standing in our campsite.

Here is the view of the ocean from our bed.

Here is our bed in the tent trailer, overlooking the ocean and a beautiful sunset.
Here I am reading a book on my bed overlooking the beautiful sunset.
One day we went to the San Diego temple then we stopped at Sea World (since we have season passes). It was different without children. We had to take pictures of ourselves. Here I am in the polar bear den.

Dan feeding the ducks.
After a while we decided we were done and wend back to the campground.

The next day we walked around Carlsbad village and looked in the little shops there. We love the used book shops.

Every night we sat around our fire and read and talked and drank hot chocolate.
It was the perfect vacation, we'll try it again next year. Thanks, Mom, for watching our children for us while we were gone so we didn't have to worry at all. And thanks, Dan, for 20 wonderful years!

First Day of School 2010

Man am I behind on posting! It's funny how life grabs a hold of you and nothing can possibly get done but the A-list. Anyway, here's the first day of school:

Hanna (Junior) and Danina (Freshman)
Maranda (5th grade), Andria (4th grade), Ruthie (1st grade) and Zanya (preschool)