Wonderful Weekend in SLC

Jordan and Maxwell horsing around in the basement

Maxwell and Ben playing "jump on Uncle Jordan and Giggle"


Jessie and the boys with their "Tails" on... They Loved having the "tails" on... Those will for sure come in handy while heading to Mexico!

Max and Ben were playing in a cardboard box, so I snapped a pic.

Heaven in a Chicken Wing..... Wingers was so good we stopped at the Pocatella bracnch for lunch on our way back to MT.
Cutie-Pie Ben ... what a ray of sunshine he is!

Many many thanks to Jessie and Andrew for their hospitality this weekend!! We drove down early Saturday morning and stayed until Monday morning...it was far too short, but I'm so glod we went!!!!!! We spent lots of time playing with the cutest nephhews on EARTH, playing inside, outside and all over town! Jessie has a great post about our adventures .... Have a fun and safe trip to Mexico and please take lots of pictures!

Blog Survey!!

I actually filled this out a week ago and somehow didn't post it!!!!
1. What time did you get up this morning? Normally 6:30, but today I got to sleep until 8!

2. Diamonds or Pearls? Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the theater? Knocked Up - funny/vulgar

4. What is your favorite TV show? American Idol - Real World/Road Rules Challenge

5. What did you have for breakfast? handful of Craklin' Oat Bran drizzled with Red Raspberry Yoplait

6. What is your middle name?Renee

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian

8. What foods do you dislike? unfortunately there are few things i won't eat.

9. Your favorite Potato chip? Cheddar and Sour Cream Baked Lays

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Daughtry... LOVE IT

11. What kind of car do you drive? Subabru

12. Favorite sandwich? the "caribou" form SilverMine Subs

13. What characteristics do you despise? people who are just plain mean/reckless with their children/indecent to their animals

14. Favorite item of clothing? my sweat pants and flip flops

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Greece, Rome, Italy (Our hope is to go in two years time!)

16. What color is your bathroom? yucky, rental off-white

17. Favorite brand of clothing? I have simple taste, American Eagle

18. Where would you want to retire to? Not Helena, MT, but it seems like many people do :(

19. Favorite time of day? The minute I step through the front door after work

20. Where were you born? Denver , CO

21. Favorite Sports to watch? Cheerleading Competitions, and Billiards

22. Who do you least expect to send this back? No one- it's on my blog

23. Person who will respond first? JESSIE??

24. What laundry detergent do you use? At this point in our lives, whatever is on sale, usually "All"

25. Coke or Pepsi? DIET PEPSI

26. Are you a morning person or night owl? I'm more like 2:00 in the afternoon kind of girl

27. What size shoe do you wear? 6.5

28.Favorite animal? Wallace of course

29. Any news you'd like to share with everyone? not preggers, not leaving Helena quite yet

30. What did you want to be when you were little? We made and alphabetical book in kindergarten, and I said I wanted to be an "astronaut", so that I could be the first student listed in the book. That was until someone else said they wanted to be an "artist". punk.

31. Favorite candy bar? twix

32. What are your favorite childhood memories? Going on day trips to Manitou Spring with my Grandma, accidentally smashing my mom's finger in the van door on our Disneyland Trip, sitting and watching the high school cheerleaders practice while my Dad finished up Baseball practice...there are so many.

33. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? babysitter, receptionist, worked at a pizza place (for about a week), receptionist again...

34. What color underwear are you wearing? yellow

35. Nicknames? Bec, Breaker-Breaker 1-9

37. Eye color? dark brown

38. Ever been to Africa? no

39. Ever been toilet papering? Yes... jordan and his roommates were not very happy

40. Ever loved someone so much it made you cry? indeed

41. Ever been in a car accident? no

42. Ever gotten a ticket? I've never been pulled over and not gotten a ticket. I have bad luck...and I drive fast.

43. Most romantic spot you have ever been? Mazatlan, Mexico

44. Favorite restaurant? Cheesecake Factory, Suehiros, Botana Junction

45. Favorite ice cream? Nerdy Vanilla

46. Favorite flower? peonies (they are in season now, but only for a short time!!!)

47. Disney or Warner Brothers? Disney

8. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chipotle (no one in MT has ever heard of it), Wendys

49 What color is your bedroom carpet? nasty mauve

50. Where did you take your drivers test? Kiowa, CO - you drive your car around a horse and a chicken, and they give you a licence.

51. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email? Lindsey, my cousin

52. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Nordstrom, Bed Bath and Beyond, Ethan Allen, that cute little boutique in Bar Harbor, Maine

53. What do you do when you are bored? I blog, watch the weeks worth of Oprah on tivo, throw a ball for the dog, cook, laundry, paint my toenails (red or coral only)...nothing too exciting

54. What time do you go to bed? i try to get to sleep by 10:30 or 11:00 but my husband is a chatty-cathy by then and can't quit talking to me!

55. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire? N/A

56. Last person you went to dinner with? Saturday night with Jordan

57 What are you listening to right now? Birdies chirpping outside the winder

58. What is your favorite color? Coral, brown, black

59. River or Lake ? river... "Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it"

60. Country or City? Somewhere in between ... FoCo

61. How many tattoos do you have? I had a pink heart on the bottom of my big toe, but it has since worn off :( I'm not lying

62. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? the glass is half full

63. How many people are you sending this Email to? None. It's on my blog.

64. Who sent this to you and what is something you didn't know about him/her? Whitney- I didn't know she had Fiber One for breakfast!

65. What materialistic thing would you ask for if you had one wish to make? I need some new eye-glasses... i know, that's weird - but the one's I'm wearing will have to do for a while :)

American Idol

Jordin won.... Blake lost. It's okay, I'm doing alright. I was almost relieved because if he had won, he would have had to sing the "official" idol song again, and I'm not sure i could have stomached that trainwreck again. I think he is phenomenally talented and I will buy whatever he comes out with.

Todd- Thank you for your condolences... I'm sorry Kelly is still so angry.

Enough of that.....

Uneventful Weekend!

On Friday night Bobby came over to hang out with us because Dana was out of town :( He and Jordan cooked some delicious hamburgers in the backyard, with a tiny little camping grill! Yummy in my tummy! I crashed out early, while they stayed up playing some video games.

Early Saturday morning, Jordan introduced me to hard core garage-sale-ing! What a great weekend to start, because Sunhaven, a local neighborhood was having their annual Yard-Sale EXTRAVAGANZA!!! We parked the car and hit probably 30 yard-sales... I think garage sales are great if

A.) If you're looking for something imparticular

B.) If you have kids

C.) If you are a kid.

We did not fall into any of these categories but came away with some Garth Brooks Cd's, a Collective Soul CD and two awesome lawn chairs! It was mostly just fun hanging out and walking around together...

Jordan went golfing and I headed to the mall to try and find a wonderful dress for Lindsey's Wedding.......We ended the evening with a late dinner @ Silverstar followed by a 10:00 pm showing of the movie Hot Fuzz. It was funny but took a weird, dark turn like most British Comedies do. We finally headed to bed around 1:30 pm , which these days is LATE!

Thats that, love to you all!!!

To our Super- Moms!

This is Jordan and his Mom

This is me and my mom, in Hawaii... I'm sure you all needed the captions.

Jordan and I frequently talk about how we are so extremely blessed to love all members, on both sides of our family beyond comprehension. We count ourselves lucky. But today is Mother's Day and Jordan and I just wanted to make it clear how much we love and admire, and cherish our Mommies! You two are phenomenal women, and it's no accident that you both turned out some pretty decent children ! We love you both and wish, so badly, that we could be in CO to spend today with you! Hope there is no blizzard there today :)

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

Hacky Sack

Jordan was very impressed by this Hacky-Sacker at the Missoula Garden City BrewFest.

Earthquake in MT!

Today I experienced my first earthquake. Yes, in Montana.

At 9:45 am a lady from upstairs came down to the Salon and asked if we had felt the tremors... I hadn't felt a thing but, a client said she noticed our mirrors shaking, but didn't mention it b/c she thought I had bonked it from the opposite side. Apparently it was really shaky up on the third and fourth floors, but we didn't feel a thing on the ground level. Weird. It was a 4.6 on whatever scale they use to measure these things (Rictor?) .

http://www.beartoothnbc.com/story.php?id=12462

Missoula Garden City BrewFest!

On Saturday morning we headed to Missoula for the day. Jordan's job was to get two kegs up and running by noon, and then come back to tear it down by eight pm...piece of cake! We set them up, grabbed a couple brewskis and enjoyed people watching. By two o'clock there were tons of people... I would say mostly puppies, babies, and dreadlocks... It was awesome! We walked all around downtown, drove to the U of Montana campus, and then had dinner at El Cazador, a yummy Mexican restaurant that was PACKED for Cinco de Mayo. Wallace was such a well-behaved puppy on our trip... The next post is a hacky-sacker that jordan caught on his phone.

Weekend

We are going to Missoula tomorrow for a BrewFest that Jordan has to set up... I'm super excited to be able to visit stores I haven't been to in a very long time! and we also have a gift certificate to spend at a restaurant called The Depot! I will take pictures on our trip so you guys don't have to look at all the clip art junk I've been posting .



All I want this Cinco de Mayo is a trip to The Rio - a strawberry marg with sugar around the rim and chicken nachos. Is that too much to ask?

To Copy Whitney...

Dear Laura,

Thank you very much for my raise (mine was not super-fatty, but fatty enough )! It is very much appreciated and I think you are a fine boss to have!
Yours truly,
Becca