Shoot

Last weekend, Mike and I and his dad, two brothers, and sis-in-law, went out west of Utah Lake to go shooting. I think Mike was pretty excited to shoot his gun again and his brother and dad have a lot of guns, so there was always plenty to choose from. I am not the most amazing shooter but I hit a couple of the clay pigeons. Shot guns are the most painful to shoot (darn bruise on my shoulder), but they are the most fun to shoot cuz you are shooting at a moving target. I like that.

Birthday on Saturday! Got the whole day planned out! I love birthdays. I love eating junk all day, doing whatever I want, and shopping. Oh how I love the shopping.

Good news, well kinda, after spending about $160 on a new hard drive and Windows 7, we, or should I say Mike and my dad, fixed his computer. What I have learned through this experience: dropping a laptop when its on is worse than dropping it when its off, always save to your hard drive, carry the computer with two hands, and NEVER buy from Dell again.

Stupid-Stupid-Stupid

I dropped Mike's laptop yesterday. Its less than a year old. And it doesn't work anymore.
So now we are not only out a computer, we are out all the documents from his first year of law school.
I love my life.
If you'd like to donate to the "Mike's New Laptop Because His Wife Is Retarded Fund", please contact us by email or phone.

Toy Story

My dad took Mike and I out for dinner and a movie last night to pay us back for some yard work we did for him. We went to Red Robin....second time eating there in less than a week. But so delicious and so worth it. And then we went to see Toy Story 3. This movie has gotten a lot of hype....and it is definitely worth all the hype. I thought it was fantastic. There wasn't a single part that I can think of that was even the slightest bit boring. Its got you laughing and its got you crying, fantastic all around. I give it 5 stars.

One star for the fact that grown up Andy looks just like Greg Brady

One star for the Latin Buzz

One star for Ken's wardrobe

One star for Ken's Dream Mansion

One star for the triceratops at Bonnie's

My little brother got braces yesterday. So excited for him. Can I just say how much I love that kid? Couldn't ask for a sweeter 13 year old brother.

Brag Alert: Mike did great in school last semester. But one especially impressive grade was his A+ in his Torts class. Yes, you can earn A+'s in Law School....at least at OU anyway. Then they came out with the rankings, and that A+ gave him the highest grade in the class. Continuing to be so amazed with Mike and his intelligence. Love you babe!

I haven't baked yet this week. Still trying to figure out which recipe to tackle this time. But my brotherinlaw made some chocolate chip macaroons on Sunday which are super good, but now that they have toughened up a bit, they taste very similar to the Girl Scout cookie: Samoas. All they have in them is coconut, vanilla, chocolate chips, and sweetened condensed milk. I am going to have to get the exact recipe and make them. So delish.

This past weekend was Country Fest in South Jordan. Mike and I joined in some of the festivities and went on Friday night with our dear friends to walk around and then Saturday we went to the parade with my family. We do it every year. Here are some pics that I stole from my sisters blog from the parade.

Fathers Day

I know, I am a day late, but its good I wasn't spending time blogging yesterday about fathers, and instead actually spending time with my fathers. I have the most wonderful father. And I have the most wonderful fatherinlaw. I am so blessed to have these great men in my life.

But I can never forget about my dear sweet husband, Michael who is not a father yet but will be someday. We have celebrated both Fathers Day and Mothers Day since we have been married. We really enjoy giving each other this special day and celebrating our opportunity to be parents. I look forward to the day when Fathers Day and Mothers Day becomes a true celebration in our home.

Re-Up

Apparently Oklahoma is in the middle of a monsoon. I'm glad I live in Norman, because from the news, Oklahoma City looks pretty bad. Its hard to say how bad things really are though because the news always seems to over exaggerate. Hopefully everyone I know back in Oklahoma is safe and there hasn't been any damage. Sending you all good thoughts as I enjoy the sunshine here in Utah.....finally.

I love projects. As everyone knows, baking is a particular favorite of mine. I wish I had a desire to cook all kinds of healthy meals but unfortunately, the only appealing recipes to even attempt are usually loaded with sugar. As I continue to easily pack on pounds, and somehow find that small desire to go for an occasional run, I have been slightly weaning myself to other hobbies. My current project: reupholstering a wing back chair. My mominlaw has a wing back chair that has an adorable shape to it but it was in dire need of a face lift. So I took it upon myself, recruiting an enthusiastic husband, to go to Hobby Lobby to pick out some fabric. MISTAKE. The fabric I got I do like, don't get me wrong. But I should have gone to JoAnn's. The variety would have been larger and it probably would have been cheaper. But, lo, we did not. And the Hobby Lobby fabric is working just fine. We worked until the wee hours of the morning getting all the old fabric off the chair. Now, each day I work on a little bit more. I really don't know how much I enjoy doing this. It is stressful. I am a perfectionist. And perfection and first time upholsterers definitely do not go together. If upholsterer's is even a word. But I am learning a lot and I like having things to keep me busy. My next battle will be the kitchen table. Or maybe the end tables. Who knows, maybe I'll go crazy and reupholster all the furniture in the house. Hah. No.

Here is the before picture of the chair. After picture will follow.

Saturday-Sunday

Saturday:

Free Fish Day.

Me, Mike, Bridger, Chase, Ger.
No fish for me. No fish for Mike.
Tan legs.
Babysit.
Nephew baby Kyle. All smiles.
Five Guys Cheeseburger.
Deliciousness.
Car Shopping. Blah.
Four hour negotiations.
I rock at car buying.
Drive off at 9:30 PM. Finally.
♥ 2010 Black Nissan Altima
Late night Burger King.
Deliciousness.

Sunday:

Fasting.

Church at 1:00.
Boring morning.
♥ New Car.
Three hour church.
Inspired closing prayer.
Lots of dinner.
Warm homemade wheat bread.
Deliciousness.
Enjoyed the sunshine.
Enjoyed the storm.

Now and Then

Isn't funny how through the years, your taste will change? I was thinking about some of the things, the very basic things, that I liked when I was younger and how they are completely different now. For instance, when I was younger, my favorite color was blue, and now it is red. I loved sunflowers when I was younger, the dress I wore on my baptism day even had sunflowers on it (my mom has pictures of me in that dress hung in the bathroom....so cute) and now, I prefer daisies.

Isn't it interesting though how some things never change? Since as long as I can remember...I have loved rubies. Probably because they are my birthstone, but I still just absolutely love rubies. Mike even was the greatest husband ever and got me my first real ruby ring last year for my birthday. I have always loved my hair long. I always had it long when I was younger because that is the way mom had me wear it. I just didn't really care. All through high school, it was long. Then one grave day, Mike decided to dare me to chop my hair off, and of course I absolutely had to because it was a dare people. That was January 2008. I cried. It was sad. Finally now I can say that my hair is back to a length that I like. Don't get me wrong, there were lengths that I liked as my hair grew back out, but long is definitely something that will stick with me until I am too old to wear it long.

Some things that will never grow old though:

Oklahoma rain storms

A good nights sleep

Dunford chocolate donuts

A Sunday afternoon in Utah mountains

Cool drink of water on a hot day

A rare opportunity to sing with my sisters

Reminiscing

and on

and on

and on....

Star Fish

On Memorial Day, Mike and I and some of his family members went fishing. We went up to Rockport. None of us caught a single fish but I fed a squirrel a hand full of sunflower seeds. No not from my hand. I would probably get rabies if I did that.

Mike and I also went and saw "Prince of Persia" with my dad and brother. Mike didn't much like it.

I give it 2.5 stars.

Half a star for the ostriches

One star for the super funny ostrich race organizer guy

Half a star for Jake Gyllenhaal's muscles

Half a star for the pretty princess

Full of action, with a little bit of romance....pretty much the typical movie these days but we had a good time!

In My Words

It is snowing outside! Not good. I didn't bring a single winter coat to Utah. I should have known better. Just pile on the sweaters I guess. Luckily it isn't sticking very good. Still though, it is 87 degrees in Norman today.

The 2010 numbers for the fittest cities in the U.S. came out. And I just want everyone to know that Oklahoma City is the very bottom of the list. The VERY BOTTOM. Good thing I live in Norman.

We Made It...Barely

After nearly 19 hours on the road, a broken down jeep, a late night phone call to Mike's parents, and them towing the jeep back to Salt Lake....we made it here. I know, sounds dramatic. And I am a very dramatic person. So I will share the story with you. Minus the alarm not going off early on Saturday morning to wake us up, the day was going great. Mike and I were driving two separate cars but we were both feeling good and staying awake easily. I was jamming to my music, as I am sure Mike was doing also. We didn't know quite where we were going to stop, we just thought we would drive til we just didn't want to anymore. We got to the Denver area and the jeep started acting a little funny. It didn't take the hills very well. There are no hills in Oklahoma so this was a new experience for the jeep. But we were still moving along pretty good. We considered stopping in Cheyenne for the night but we both felt fine and we had enough gas to get to Laramie so we just kept going. Halfway between Laramie and Cheyenne, the jeep just decided it didn't really want to work very hard anymore. Well for those of you who have ever driven the area between Cheyenne and Laramie, or pretty much anywhere in Wyoming, there is nothing. NOTHING. And the jeep decides to die. Awesome. So we hop in our car and continue driving to Laramie, stop at the first hotel that we see (which was pretty darn nice....and had the free breakfast....you just can't beat free breakfast), and brainstorm. We noticed that from where the jeep was parked to the hotel location, was for the most part all downhill. So we called Mike's parents (at this point it was about 7:30 on Saturday night) and they so willingly hopped in their truck and trekked up to save us, knowing they wouldn't get to Laramie until 2:00 AM. They are amazing. In the mean time Mike and I decide to drive back up to the jeep because Mike is pretty sure that he can get the jeep to the hotel since the majority of the drive is downhill. So we flipped on the hazards and drove on the side of the freeway and got the jeep to the hotel. Thank goodness. Mike's parents arrived sometime in the early morning on Sunday. We picked up a uhaul trailer in Cheyenne on Sunday morning and were finally out of Laramie, Wyoming by 1:00 PM on Sunday afternoon. Longest morning ever. So Mike took it to a transmission shop yesterday and they couldn't diagnose the problem. Awesome. They gave Mike a list of "could-be's". Oh dear. So now its at a different shop today, and hopefully we can figure out what it is so that we can figure out if it is worth saving. Stupid thing. Mike's already started looking at cars on KSL. We brought two car loads of stuff to Utah, and we have to get two car loads back to Oklahoma. Which means we need two cars to do that.

On the bright side, everything else is going well. We had banana splits with my whole family on Sunday night and I finally got to see my nephew for the first time. Oh and he is absolutely adorable. And smiley. Oh I love him. And my nieces are so big. And my brother is almost as tall as me! Its good to see them all. And last night we spent some time with Mike's family. We still haven't seen his sister's family and our nieces and nephew but we are so excited to! Its good to hang out with everyone and catch up. I am back to work and being a sugar mama again, but life is good.

I am missing my Oklahoma friends like crazy.
Hope all is well.