Yikes! Hurricane Ike

As many of you have been calling concerning my parents, I will post an update for you. They are in Houston and will be hanging out in the guest bathroom with three cats. My dad came home early on Thursday and they starting getting ready for Ike with food, water, generator and gas. They are in the city of Tomball which is north of Houston. Look at where the dot is for Houston and they are between 11 and 12 o'clock from the center of the dot. I will give you updates as I get them, assuming they have power to either email or call. Thanks for your concern! This is a good link to see the storm path. You can zoom in and out and play with it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26295161/?GT1=43001

While Mommy was Away, We Went to the Utah State Fair.

Mommy missed our annual trip to the State Fair so Daddy took us with Aunt Cindee and Uncle Jimmy. We ate all kinds of fried foods and got a lot of free stuff like a signed poster of Camp Rock. We later hung those posters on our doors. We saw prize winning cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, and many more farm animals. We also paid a dollar to see a crocodile that was 15 feet long. We saw some white tigers and saw all kinds of interesting people along the way. We finished a fun fill day by eating at the Olive Garden.

Holly and Noelle

Vegas Baby!!!

WooWhoo!!! What a fun weekend! Becky, Gwen and I had a great time hanging out all weekend. We stayed at the Luxor, ate, shopped, hung out at Sephora, ate, shopped, more Sephora, saw Mamma Mia and ate. It was so fun to hang out and have NO RESPONSIBILITY!! My batteries are recharged and I should be good for a month or two! Good times Ladies!!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

Just want to wish my Grandpa a very happy 88th birthday!! I hope I can do half of what you do in 53 years!!! Thanks for taking me skiing (eventhough we had to leave soooooo early!) and supporting me in my activities. Have a great day and I love you!!

First Day of School

Ok, this is a little late, but better late than never! Holly was excited to start 3rd grade and she has the same teacher as last year. She was even more excited when she got home because she was chosen as the equipment manager at lunch! It is only a 2 week post and she gets to train the new person. I guess 3rd grade is good.
Noelle was not quite as happy about school. She got up and bravely said that she wasn't going to bring her blanket. In my motherly wisdom I knew better and brought the blanket with us. The brave front flew out the window as school approached. I had to leave a screaming Noelle and blanket in the arms of her teacher. She was fine when she got home. When I took Noelle and Kelsie to school the next day, they were commenting on how scary the first day of school was and how glad they were that it was over! All is good now and we are back in the routine!!

Thank Heaven for Little Girls!!!

Scene: A nice morning in Pleasant Grove. A very together mom is cleaning up the kitchen. Out of the corner of her eye she notices the cat playing with something. Living in her nice world she believes the cat is playing with his toy.
Enter: Reality.
Ok, so I am thinking that Mellow has another bug, being the great hunter he is. Not even close!!!!!!!!!
I walk over to the landing on the stairs and see a small ball. That small ball was not a ball, but a snake. Yes, I did scream and then throw the colander over it. I was not going to touch it and all the brave neighbors (ie. the men) were gone. So, who ya going to call? Camille. Yes, our little neighbor and friend to all snakes. I called Heleen and asked if I could borrow her to get the snake out. And she did beautifully! So glad that a 5 year old could save the day! And yes, I did sterilize the colander.
Side note: This reminds me of Pee Wee's Big Adventure when he runs into the burning pet shop and saves everything. He keeps passing the snakes until they are the only animals left and then runs outside holding tons of these little snakes. Just a random memory. Thanks for reading. :)

The colander...

My heroine and the offender (see, it was a big one!)

Soccer Saturdays

We have joined the throngs of soccer goers! Noelle is playing soccer this fall and loving every minute!!!! Not only does she get to run up and down the field, she gets to run with Logan and Camille. She has even scored a goal! Their team is on the small side but they get in there and get the ball. Noelle is pretty scrapy and quick. She loves getting in the middle and fighting for the ball. Go get em' Welly!!