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the one with california

July 1st, 2008

Day 23

I flew out to California at 10:00 AM, Utah time. Heidi took me to the airport (Thanks!!) I’ve never flown on a little plane before so it was an interesting experience. The airport lady checked me in and I went through the door, expecting to be going through the little hallway to a plane, instead she said, “Door 42!” and I walked into a long cement sidewalk. I started at Door 1 so it was a long walk. But the flight was mostly empty and I had lots of room. I finished reading the Host. Since I’m sure I’ll forget to mention it, I really enjoyed it. The first half is S-L-O-W but it picks up in the last 1/4th. I was in tears at the end. I only had a couple of pages left when we landed and so I let other people get their stuff first so I could keep reading. Before I knew it, I was the last person on the plane! Oops. Lori was a little bit late though so I quickly finished the last few pages.

I flew into the Long Beach airport, which is like the cutest, tiniest, little airport I’ve ever seen. It looks like it’s straight out of the 60s. It could be a movie set. When I got off the plane, we walked across the tarmac and into the building. I was following the signs that said “baggage claim”. I didn’t have any other bags but I needed to use the restroom. We walked through a tiny terminal and around a corner and before I knew it I was outside! I called Lori and she was like, “Oh you accidentally went ouside?” and I said, “No! The baggage claim is outside!” I’ve never seen such a thing. It’s like the outdoor escalators at the San Diego airport. Californians are weird. And for the record, you can’t go back in after you go out so I missed the bathroom.

Lori was such a sweet hostess. She planned the pefect first stop: Sprinkles! I was secretly hoping she would want to check out a cupcake place so I was tickled that she planned it already. It’s a cute little shop with lots of delicious looking cupcakes. I decided to go with their most popular: Red Velvet. Lori got the Black & White I think. They were delightfully tasty! (Candice, you would have loved it, the cake was so moist!) And the frosting is fantastic.

From there we headed to Laguna Beach. There are so many cute little shops there. But since it’s summer it was completely packed. We finally found a spot to park, got Emmett out and in the stroller, and we were ready to go. Then we went to put money in the meter and discovered it was a 30 minute spot! So we loaded him back up and drove around some more. We eventually gave up and headed back near their place. We got lunch and went to their apartment. The afternoon was spent chatting away. Emmett is such a cutie. I loved playing with him!

For dinner they took me to BJs. The pizza was good but oh my gosh the pizookie. There are no words to describe the deliciousness.


I stole this picture from their website.

Day 24

On Wednesday Emily came down to spend the day with us. She had to drop Brian off at work so she was there bright and early! We decided to go out to breakfast. At Paul’s recommendation we went to Break of Dawn. I just realized now that I looked at the website that the owner, Chef Dee Nguyen was our server! He was sassy. He kept calling us “The Mommies” presumably because Emily is pregnant and Lori had Emmett with her. You can read about why he started the restaurant here. For that reason alone, it’s worth visiting. He’s a real family guy.

Looks delicious doesn’t it? It actually wasn’t really. Or I guess we just didn’t get what we were expecting. But Paul swears that the duck omelette is amazing. None of us were brave enough to try it!

We spent most of the day chatting but also went to the beach for a couple of hours. It was so nice the whole time I was there. The weather was mostly in the 70s!! Gorgeous. It was so fun having Emily with us. We haven’t really all been together since October and that was only for an hour or so. It was great having a whole day together, just the girls (and Emmett!) As you may have noticed, we were too busy yacking to take a picture! I can’t believe I went all that way and didn’t get a picture of us together!

That night Lori and Paul wanted to cut Emmett’s hair. He has the cutest red hair but it had begun to grow in a bit of a… Kramer hairstyle. So cute. Anyway they needed an extra set of hands to take pictures while they cut. I went a little nuts with the picture so just bear with me.



Isn’t that cute!?


Aren’t those cheeks amazing??


All done!

Day 25

Friday morning we just hung out. We made a stop at In-N-Out (everytime I talked to Jacob he asked, “Did you go to In-N-Out yet?”) Then we went to this really great outdoor mall. I can’t remember the name of it. It was huge. They had these beautiful fountains.

Then it was off to the airport. We were running a little late because of traffic but since it’s a mini airport I still had plenty of time.

The flight was packed this time. There was a little family of 4 two rows ahead of me. They had a 4 year old girl (approx.) and a 2 year old boy. The little boy cried for pretty much the entire flight. It didn’t bother me too much, since I’m used to blocking out kid noise. :) But the trip became slightly more eventful when he started projectile vomitting suddenly! Thank heavens it was in the last 15 minutes of the flight. I felt so bad for the businessman sitting next to the mom. He kept trying to get the fan to blow more air. The only problem with it happening in the last 15 minutes is that the flight attendant had to sit down and couldn’t help them clean up anymore. I felt so bad for the parents. They were mortified. But I have to admit that it was pretty funny!

I had such a fantastic time in California. When Jacob suggested that it might be better if I went alone so he could work more, I almost didn’t go. I’m so glad he talked me into it. We won’t be able to do this after we move so it was basically now or never. I love Lori & Paul (and Emily!) so much and it was great to get to spend time together. We had some really great conversations and I was reminded how very lucky we are to have such fantastic friends.

Heidi picked me up from the airport. We went straight from there to the Capitol Theater to see A Drowsy Chaperone. It was, in a word, hilarious. It’s probably the funniest musical I’ve ever seen. And it was especially fantastic that it was narrated by Jonathan Crombie, aka Gilbert Blythe!

You can read Heidi’s post about it here.

Day 26

Mostly spent recovering from the crazy week. I slept most of the afternoon! Then, at Jacob’s request, we saw Wall-E. It was very cute. And Jacob was jealous that I had In-N-Out so we went to American Fork to try out Chadders. It was a pretty good copy. The fries are just as bad as In-N-Out’s.

I came home to a fun surprise in the mail. On my Celebrate Me day in May I bought this print from Vol. 25 on etsy. I saw it and knew it was perfect for our new apartment (can I say that if I don’t even know what it looks like?)

It turns out she does a monthly customer appreciation giveaway and I won! Look at this adorable print she sent me. I’m sure it will be perfect in our new kitchen.

Day 27

We were completely out of groceries and since it was Sunday I had to make do. We wanted something sweet and I was able to scrounge up the ingredients for lemon bars. Actually we didn’t have enough lemon juice so they were kind of lemon/lime bars! I followed the recipe exactly because I’ve never made them before. I realized after I put them in the oven that Mom always made them in a bigger pan. I think they would have turned out a little better that way. They’re a bit too thick.

Day 28

Playing catch up at home. Jacob sent me this e-card from work. It’s a lousy picture but I wanted to remember it. Very sweet. Love this guy.

Yay! All caught up!

the one with babysitting

June 29th, 2008

Day 18

No pic! I completely forgot.

Day 19

Lunch with Sarah. So excited that her news is finally official. One more pro in the column of NYC.

We spent the afternoon babysitting our nieces. It was a blistering hot day so we took off to the Gateway. We spent some time at the Clark Planetarium and then played in the fountains. Looks like we should have thought to bring swimsuits! Annika was having a ball. Everytime I turned around she was trying to take her shirt off. You better keep an eye on her Heather!


(Love this photo of Ariel. She’s looking so grown up these days.)

Day 20

Jacob being Jacob. He wasn’t extremely thrilled that he had to be most photo of the day but it was 10:00 PM so he was my only option!

Day 21

Babysitting again. These girls are so beautiful.

Day 22

Babysitting again! I brought the girls down to my house so I could do some cleaning. Then we went to Heidi’s house. We watched Anastasia (love that show!) and played some games. And the girls fell in love with the kittens!

(Photo coming as soon as I get it from Heidi. I took it on her camera.)

Day 23

Park City with Laura. The reason I know we’re best friends is because we can go more than a year without seeing each other and pick up our conversation where we left off last time. We had a great time shopping and I loved playing with Kellie. She’s so grown up and intelligent. And she has great taste. She decided she liked the purse I was buying at Fossil and carried it all over. She wasn’t too impressed with getting her picture taken but I managed to get one non-blurry, smiling photo. (My good camera was out of batteries so this was on the ol’ point and shoot.)

Cali post is on it’s way. I’m having a hard time narrowing down the photos of adorable Mr. Emmett!

the one with a break

June 24th, 2008

I’m alive. I’m just crazy busy right now. I’m still doing my PODs (except for that one day last week when I forgot.) I’m off to California tomorrow morning for a quick visit to them and them. I’ll be back Saturday with lots of pictures. Have a great week!

days 15, 16, 17

June 18th, 2008

Day 15

I met Miss Katie today! Shareka came along to meet her at Maestro’s Gelato in Provo. Love that place. We had a great time chatting away for hours. She’s totally adorable.

I went ahead and converted this to B&W because the color was not so hot. It’s my POD so I can do what I want!

Day 16

Last year, in late spring or early summer Jacob misplaced his ipod shuffle that I bought him before we got married. He’d wanted something lightweight and simple so the shuffle was perfect. He used it when he was working. We looked all over our apartment and never found it, even when we moved to a new place. Yesterday, I was cleaning/purging and focusing on my scrapbook stuff. I was sorting through a bunch of papers and supplies and what do you think I found? The ipod shuffle of course!

Which tells you a lot about how much I’ve been scrapbooking lately…

Day 17

On a whim, I decided to meet Jacob in SLC for lunch this afternoon. I just thought it would be a fun change of pace, since usually 6:00 PM is the first time I’ve seen him all day. I checked Your Heart Out for a restaurant that sounded good and quick. We ended up at The Robin’s Nest. (We actually saw it a couple of weeks ago when we went to the Melting Pot but I’d forgotten about it.) It’s a cute little place with delicious sandwiches. We highly recommend. And it was gorgeous outside so we sat out in the shade to eat.

And a bonus picture! I spent the afternoon at Heather’s helping out with the crazy moving stuff. I helped her clean a little but mostly I played with Dallin and Annika. In fact, Annika and I spent a good hour reading and singing. This girl is a smartie pants! And pretty darn cute, wouldn’t you say?

I didn’t stage this. She put those floaties on all of her own accord.

days 9-14 or why you shouldn’t get behind on photos of the day

June 17th, 2008

Day 9

Snapped after an afternoon with Amy & Landon.

Day 10

My treat for grocery shopping (one of my most loathed wifely tasks.)

Day 11

Some help for my goal of cooking dinner every night.

Day 12

Chick Flick night with Heidi and Heather. We watched Persuasion. And sorry ladies, but my post about the subtle differences between a pouty man and a brooding man will have to wait for another afternoon…

Day 13

Pulled this from a Real Simple mag and put it on my fridge. Love it.

Day 14

Turns out I did have a picture scanned in of me and Dad. This is a cheat because I didn’t actually take this picture but the pictures I did take today didn’t come out fabulous…they were taken in a moving car. But this one is precious so I say it counts.

days 7, 8

June 9th, 2008

Day 7

Lazy Sunday (wake up in the late afternoon… you better know what I’m quoting right now.) 8:00 AM church. Sick. In the afternoon we went to a park to relax in the sun. Then we went to Heidi’s to play with the kittens. They were hard to photograph because they were bounding all over the yard. They’re adorable. Good thing I’m apparently allergic so I can’t be tempted to keep one. Besides, I only like kittens. I hate cats!

Day 8

Tonight was card night. I usually dread it because I’m never ready. But since I’m not working I had time to do them this afternoon. I’m really pleased with how they turned out. Very summery. And we ate thai food for dinner. Yum.

P.S. About the aprons. We had no pattern whatsoever. Sorry! We just kind of made it up as we went along. But we were inspired and initially guided by Candice’s instructions and this blog post about a valentine apron.

days 4, 5, 6

June 8th, 2008

Oops. I got a little behind on posting my photo of the day.

Day 4
The fabric I bought for our “project.” Which you will see shortly…

Day 5
Busy day today. I went to lunch with Shareka at 712 to celebrate her birthday. I’ve never been there for lunch before and I highly recommend it!

That night we went with Heather and Nikolay to dinner at the Melting Pot to celebrate Heather’s birthday. What fun! We love fondue so it was a hit. It’s nice how slow the meal goes. We were there for about 3 hours!

Day 6
We went home to celebrate Dad’s birthday today. The men worked outside while Mom, Heidi and I made aprons! Thanks to Candice for posting some directions on her blog back in October. I’m pretty much in love with it and terrified to get it dirty!

Are those little Dutch kids cute or what?

day 3 and winners

June 5th, 2008

The winners of our Banana Split Math Facts Activity contest yesterday are Traci G and Nadine! Make room in your inboxes for some big attachments!

Spent a large portion of my day yesterday working on a project. Details soon, I hope.

Did you notice the stickers on my monitor? This tells you a few things about me. Number one: I love my label maker. Number two: I love Strongbad E-mails (hence the “Compy 386 sticker.) Number three: I’ve had this computer monitor since March 2006 when Kalie and I attended a bridal show. They gave me a sticker to wear that said “Bride to Be”. I was so excited that when I got home I stuck it on my computer monitor. Now everytime I go to take it off I remember how excited I was and I don’t have the heart to throw it away.

Happy Thursday!

day 2 and another giveaway

June 3rd, 2008

Heidi and I were busy with more etsy fun today. And fabric shopping for a fun project. And watching the Tudors. Don’t judge us. Henry Cavill and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, what are we supposed to do?


Lunch at Zubs. I could never drink soda again if it weren’t for Apple Beer.

Here’s the newest game in the shop, Terrific Teeth. This is one of my favs.

And we’re really excited about the Banana Split Math Facts activity. We both used this in our classrooms this year and it was a hit. Remember the banana split party on the last day of school? They earned it with this. This activity covers basic addition facts from 0+0 to 10+10.

This activity comes with tons of stuff: all the parts, the labels you need to organize, directions with pictures to help you get started, practice pages, and more! And the best part about this is it’s reusable. You can copy off the pieces and the record sheet again next year and you’re good to go. It’s the perfect activity for a parent helper who comes in weekly. My room mom did this every Monday and it was a good fit for all of us. My kids were really proud to put their finished banana splits into their portfolios at the end of the year.

This would also be a great activity to do at home, especially if you’re looking for a summer activity to keep your kids motivated. I would have loved this as a kid. Heidi and I both feel that memorizing basic math facts like these has huge benefits when it comes to bigger math problems later.

And because we love it so much we’re dying to share it with you! We are offering the Banana Split Math Facts activity set to 2 lucky blog readers! All you have to do is leave a comment before 9:00 PM MST Wednesday, June 4th. And be sure to see the rest of the pictures and read the entire explanation on the listing over at etsy.

How fun!

day 1 and drawing

June 2nd, 2008

The winners of the drawing are: Regan, Mindy and Autumn! (We decided to do 3 winners.) I e-mailed you about which game you’d like! Thanks for entering!

We plan to have new things in the shop tomorrow by noon. Be sure to check back. We’re having such a blast with this! Thanks for being excited with us! I have a feeling there will be more giveaways this week…

I started a Photo a Day for summer today. Technically my summer started last Friday but I was too depressed to do anything. Today was a great day and a perfect day to start. Heidi and I were busy with Second Story Window. But we also hit the gym and B&N to read the first chapter of Breaking Dawn in the Special Edition of Eclipse. My curiousity is now killing me. August 2nd! I just don’t know what to think of that cover (other than that it doesn’t really go with the other 3…)

I also made a real dinner tonight. I figured if I’m going to be jobless the least I can do is finally take care of dinner. Jacob was so happy. I seem to have forgotten that the way to his heart is through his stomach.

See ya tomorrow for new etsy stuff and photo of summer day 2!