A Fun & Unique Week

Hey! Here's our "travel log" for the week!

Monday I went shopping with my mom and sister. Tara did my makeup and we spent WAY too much at that store! And I got a fun new pair of shoes! :) I never buy heels, but one of my kids at school was telling me that she wanted to see me wear heels and I told her I didn't have any. So, I bought some! And I super like them actually! :)

Tuesday I went and worked at my mom's and Christopher got to explore his new calling as Cub Master! He went to pack meeting and learned al the things he has to do...(which really isn't a whole lot.)

Wednesday was wear our adventures for the week really started! We decided that we would go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner! My mom got us a fun gift card so we kind of went all out! It was so yummy! Holy Cow! I forgot how much I really love steak!!! Oh my goodness! I love steak! And we were going to go to a friend's reception, but we found out it was at Wheeler Farm and Christopher pretty much suffocates when he is there because of allergies, so we headed home. On the way home, we picked up our last Huckleberry Shake of the season from Arctic Circle! We were a little loopy and had a fun time laughing with each other and making stupid jokes all night! :) What a fun date night!

 This is Christopher's funny case because we were being silly!


Thursday was a work day and nothing really to report....well that's boring, isn't it? Hahah!

Friday was a good day though! :) We slept in a little bit because I took the day off for a doctor's appointment. In the morning, we went and got both our cars' oil changed at Tunex and we went across the street and had breakfast at IHOP! We realized that we hadn't ever gone out to breakfast in our marriage! Or not that we can remember, but we had fun! I had the AMAZING double dipped french toast which were yummy and Christopher had a spinach and mushroom omelette! He had some of my french toast and tried three different syrup options and loved all three! We feel so cool! And we are SO happy! :) Gosh I love this guy!
 

Then we came back home and I got all our fun fall decorations up! :) I am SO excited for both fall weather and all the fun things that come with the change of season!

Then we made it to a session at the temple! We love our temple so much! And then I headed off to my doctor's appointment. PS Doctor says I can get running again! So, that's what I am going to do!!!! :) WOOT WOOT!
                                        
After that, we packed and headed to our ward camp out! We got a new tent and we meant to take a picture with it, but we forgot! We had fun getting to know members o our ward better and having fun around the camp fire! It was REALLY cold and Christopher kind of got even more sick than he already was, but it was worth it! The other kind of funny story, was that we almost ran out of gas on our way up to the camp out. I was a little worried that we wouldn't make it down the mountain, but we prayed that we would and luckily it was all down hill and we made it to a gas station! Just in time to. I don't know that we could have gone much further....
  
On our way home from the campout, we decided to take a pit stop at Peterson's and take advantage of their case lot sale. We've been talking a lot about emergency preparedness this month and we are trying to make some new changes like storing water in leftover milk containers and buying things in bulk and using them a little at a time so that we have extras if we need them! Yay for emergency preparedness month!
                                   
And, because we are awesome, we decided to try Culver's because we saw like...12 advertisements for it on our way home from the camp out and I'm sorry to say that Neilson's up in Bountiful just can't be topped for custard! It's just not as good...

Christopher went to see Avengers 2:Age of Ultron with Kevin at the dollar theater and I went to work for my mom for a while. Tara and Justin both went to Homecoming and I got to take pictures of them before they left! :) They looked so spiffy!!

We went and played games at Eric and Skylee's that night! :)

Today, Christopher was SUPER sick and stayed home from church even. I don't think I have ever seen christopher do that. He stayed home to get some rest from our fun and busy week! I got a few things done around the house and did main course for the Neff 3rd Sunday get together! We had pulled pork sandwiches....which may or may not have been left over from our fun barbecue with the friends and family at our house last week...;) AND I thought I wouldn't have enough...so...I bought more meat and I totally didn't need it! We STILL have leftovers! Which is okay, because it's built in dinners for us :)

Here's to another great week! :)

Party on Dudes!

Hey! So it was a week of family friends and lots of fun!

For labor day, we went shopping at Nordstrom Rack! They had a clear the rack sale so we got a couple things that we needed like shoes and such! We also bought a tent in preparation for our Ward Campout this weekend!!! Then we went to Seuss and Grandpa's for a BBQ and had lots of fun hanging out with the fam!

Tuesday was Tara's Birthday!!! We had fun going to Olive Garden and watching Tara open her birthday presents! YAY for Tara turning 18! We love hanging out with the family!

Wednesday we were completely and totally lazy! :) PURE truth! I totally ended up watching like...4 episodes of my new favorite show, "The Blacklist." AH! It is just SO intense! :) And Christopher played mine craft. In a nut shell...we were lazy and we didn't really have time to be, but we were! We did get around to a little bit of yard work where Moose was pretty hilarious in helping us weed. He attacks the weed tool or the shovel.

Thursday, I worked at my mom's with a fun skirt party! We sold a bunch and we made lots of progress on our Facebook page with selling those awesome things! And my mom and dad were so awesome to pick up some things for us for us at costco! And I ran to Walmart to get a few things that evening! Christopher was so awesome this whole week to help us get ready for our BBQ at our house on Friday!

So, Friday came! I had a meeting with a bunch of high up people in the district that was really important for our school and it went really well! We were recognized by the superintendent for our hard work as a data team and we were able to show off a bunch of things that have to do with our curriculum and the way we compare data and work together! When I got home from work, we worked really hard really fast and Christopher was AMAZING and got all the BBQ pork going during the day at home while I was at work so that it was ready for that night when people came over! :) We had a wonderful time socializing with family a friends and they got to see our new house! We LOVE our house and we loved having all our family and friends over to see it! :) And if you haven't seen our house yet, here is a virtual type tour! :) And we'd love to have our friends and family over another time if you couldn't make it out!

 

On Friday, Christopher also got Mario Maker! And he is absolutely loving the game and it's fun features of making your own Mario levels!

Saturday we were bumps on logs! At least for the first half of the day! We were so pooped from Thursday and Friday so we took the morning to be a little lazy...maybe watch a few more episodes of Blacklist...ya know!

Then I had Nikki's baby shower, a gal I work with at school. She is such a cute little pregnant mama!! So happy for her! Then I headed over to Seuss' annual Niece and Nephew BBQ! Which, as Kevin pointed out, wasn't really a "BBQ," but I love Jimmy Johns, so I was perfectly okay with that! Played Volleyball and had homemade ice cream! YUM! 

Later than night, Tara had her 18th birthday party at my mom's! My uncle James came as a bouncer. He was pretty awesome at making sure kids weren't stupid! And Tara's party was an absolute success! She had so much fun and there were lots of people! Party after party this week!

Then today, my best friend Brie got home from her mission and so she had her mission homecoming talk today! I love their family so much! I can't wait to catch up with her and see how she is doing! We went and hung out at her house after and had some amazing food! As usual, with Lori! She's amazing!

And here's to another busy week! So, busy that I took WAY too long of a nap and I am not super tired. 4 hours....was too long for a nap...I must say.

Is it Labor Day yet?

What a crazy week! We have been so so so so busy with life! :) And with wonderful things! :)

Last Sunday we had the opportunity to go hangout and have family home evening with the Roylance family at Grandma and Grandpa's. They talked about keeping the Sabbath day holy and how the church is making a big push right now to have Sabbath day observance! We always want to make sure that we are doing what heavenly father wants us to do on the Sabbath. Although there are wonderful lists of Do's and Don'ts on the Sabbath, it really is what help your family to feel comfortable and ready to listen to the spirit and what you feel helps to keep the spirit in your home.

Some things that we would like to try with our future family is to have a bin of movies that are appropriate for Sunday and that way our family knows what movies are okay for Sunday. I think it is a great idea to have an FHE where we talk about what movies can go in the bin and why. Do they help us to be good and feel the spirit? Those kinds of things!

Monday, Christopher helped some of our new neighbors move in and Moose, our kitty, thought that would be such a fun thing to help with too. He made himself at home and all the movers thought he was really funny. I brought otter pops over for the movers and then we got a couple things done around the house. After, I had a work issue with Facebook on the LuLaRoe page and ended up staying up until almost midnight trying to fix it...Needless to say it wasn't my favorite way to start the workweek...

Tuesday, I made some yummy pumpkin cookies and went to the neighborhood girls barbecue! We had a lot of fun getting to know each other at the barbecue! I really wanted to go so that I could meet some new people and start learning more about people in the ward. It was a great activity! Christopher was nice enough to go help get Eric and Skylee's kiddos in bed so they could have a date night after a long month of recovery! We spent the night hanging out at their house and headed home a little late :)...again.

Wednesday afternoon, I was working on a committee at school where we are hoping to change the mindset of our kids to a more open minded type learning rather than closed minded or fixed mindset. It's a really neat thing! I love the idea!

Then! My parents invited us to go up to Park City and stay the night in a condo up there! We went to dinner at Main Street Pizza and Noodle! Such a yummy place! Loved it! Then we went and got ice cream at Java Cow! Yummy ice cream for sure!

And then played a game and were able to relax and head to bed...also a little late, but not bad! But we did have to get up earlier so that we could get to work on time in the morning which means we didn't get as much sleep as we would have preferred....

And I woke up on Thursday ready for GAME DAY! The Utes played a fantastic game that night after I went to work and Christopher got to play games with Jason and Kevin! We both watched the game and were planning to go home early, but yet again...we didn't :) Late night getting home after watching the game with Ken! It's funny, I had a bunch of kids love my attire and then I got a little grief about it too! Still! We won and that's all that matters!

Friday was crazy crazy! I got off work and my principal asked me if my data team at the school would represent other middle schools to the board and superintendent about how we utilize team time on Friday mornings. No pressure! It will be good! I just need to be prepared for this meeting, which I am currently not ready for!

After that, I RAN down to Orem for a meeting about Buena Vida! This is an orphanage that we are working with in Mexico and my family is going to be heading up on funding/helping to build this orphanage a more permanent residence! We are so excited for this project and will be working to make that a better place for these kids. I was basically deemed part of the board to make this happen and I am actually REALLY excited about it! We are proposing to Silver Rush next week to see if that is something that they would consider donating to!

I went to dinner with my parents and grandparents after that to further discuss details and getting ready to go for this project. Christopher went to dinner at Eric and Skylee's with Kevin and Kacee and I joined them after for yummy dessert that Kacee made (mint oreo deliciousness balls of joy and homemade cookies) and then we played a very fun broadway game that is almost like a variation on life, but for the performers life! Its really fun!

What wasn't fun, was that night we realized we hadn't seen Moose anywhere. He was nowhere to be found and we looked and looked and called his name and his food hadn't changed all day and we were really worried. We prayed and prayed and didn't find him that night even after staying up late and waiting to see if he'd come around. I woke up early and sat on the porch for a while and still didn't see him. Christopher was prompted by the spirit to go look outside again and he ended up finding him! Luckily!

Saturday morning was busy as always! We got lots done in the yard and I went to a couple of yard sales and found a few things. Not a busy yard sale day over labor day weekend, but I found a couple of things for us like baskets and wrapping paper and a few books. Then we had a NICE LONG NAP! from all the crazy late nights of the week! I went and worked a little bit with the LuLaRoe stuff while Christopher got a few more things done around the house and we had the D'dabbo family over for dinner! Yummy hamburgers with bacon, avocado, onions, tomatoes, some condiments! They were actually extremely messy burgers, but super yummy! Then we played a round of Phase10 the Twist version which was actually really fun! And then Bonanza! The bean game that we like and haven't played in a while! It was great!

It was a great week! And today is fast Sunday! I'm starving, but we are fasting for growth in our family:) Praying hard! And hoping a lot ;)