New Glasses

I know - I post about my glasses breaking in November and hardly anything since.  So it's obviously a big deal that I finally got new glasses.  I took some pics of myself today just for you, Colette :)

And the side view...

They are brown this time around - but really dark brown.  And yes, the sides do have a little round hole with a little bling in it.  The sides also have cut out circles.  Isobel said, "Oh, Mom! They are perfect for you!" 

"Why, Isobel?"

"Because you love circles!"

"How do you know?"

"Because you like to pick paper with circles on it."

"It's true.  I do love circles.  Thanks, Isobel!"

I love Utah in the Wintertime

The third week of January is quite the vacation for us.  Bryce HAS to go to the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake every year.  Therefore, we have to take a week off and go play with him :)

What a fun, busy time we had.  Friday night/Saturday morning we arrived at Lara's at 2am to find beds made and mints on our pillows :).  Saturday I spent with Lara, Sharece, and Lisa while Bryce went backcountry skiing with Vince and cousins.  Saturday night we made it to Ma and Pa's in Idaho.  Sunday we ate super good food at Ma and Pa's with Shonda and Craig - thanks for bringing your games!  Monday we went to the infamous Arctic Circle, Ma and I went shopping a little, and then we headed to Hyrum to see some more Petersens.  Tuesday we went for a hike in the snow and Polly and I did a bit of shopping.  Wednesday I went snowboarding in TONS of powder with Michelle at Powder Mountain.  I must admit, Utah truely has THE GREATEST SNOW ON EARTH!  It was heavenly!  (Bryce was across the canyon at Snow Basin trying out new gear.)  Thursday Ken, Bryce, and I went to the OR show all day.  Boy did I get the hook up on loot.  I think I'm getting better at this.  Oh, and for added fun, I bought a Go Girl.  (If you are embarassed by feminine products, don't click on the link. But don't worry, it's not graphic.)  I am totally excited to try it out.  Thursday night I went to play with Share, Irene, and friends.  (See Share's blog for details.)  I stayed with Share Thursday night and Friday and Bryce went back to be with the girls and his family.  On Friday, we shopped, ate at In-N-Out, and just had as much fun as we always do together.  Oh, and she made me go to Boot Camp class with her - it was so hard.  I was so proud of myself for being able to do as much as I did.  Did I mention that I still couldn't walk from snowboarding?  The squats were killing me!  Saturday Share and I had the girls while Bryce went Skiing with Vince again.  We went to Chick-fil-a and I ran into Brandy and Kathy - so random and fun.  We went to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and got to see Lisa for dinner and Sub Zero.  (Share has a post on this too.)  We got up early Sunday and stopped by Lara's on the way out (thanks for the sandwiches!) and stopped at a church in Price.  We made it home by 10 pm - a sight better than 2 am :)

Random good news - my kids only missed 2 days of school the whole week.  Monday was a holiday, Tuesday ended up being a snow day, and Friday was a teacher inservice.  Sweet!

So - between working like crazy to be able to take 2 weeks off for Christmas, then having just two weeks after to catch up on work that was 2 months behind, THEN being off again for a week - I'm finally getting into some kind of groove.  AND the good news is that I FINALLY got some new glasses this week :D

Christmas Past

Christmas morning Isobel woke up at like 1:30am to go to the bathroom and came running in - "Santa's been here!"  "Too bad, it's too early to be up for the day - go back to bed."

This is what our house looked like Christmas morning.  I woke up at like 6 for some reason and had to wait for the girls to wake up.  I sat in my office waiting to see movement in the girls' room ;)  Ya, Bryce teased me for being a little girl who is too excited to sleep.  (At first he thought I woke up because I heard the girls.)

The girls were happy to be awake and opening presents.

And now I know you are dying to know what I got in that huge box by the couch.  Bryce did another BIG surprise (like my birthday bike last year).  Here's the beauty:

I just had to try it out - and it worked - cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookies - yum!

Just a few days after Christmas, Mom and Dad came for a visit for their anniversary and some killer burgers at Bobcat Bite :)  See how happy my kids are to see them!

We had fun with G, KT, Hannah, and Will on Christmas evening/night.  They came back up for New Year's and we played games and went sledding.  Overall, it was a lovely holiday and I don't want to admit it's so far gone.  Maybe that's why my tree is still up...

Tragedy!

This morning I was cleaning my glasses and...

NO!!! 

I have had these glasses for 8 years and the prescription is still perfect.  Guess the frames couldn't hold out.  The big bummer is that my insurance won't cover glasses until January...
I'm wearing contacts.  My eyes are dry.  My vision is a bit blurry (like this picture).  My contacts have never been as good as my glasses. 

Isobel was so sad for me when she saw them after school -"It'll be okay, Sweetie --whoa.  I sound like I'm your mother -heh."

Super glue didn't work.  I am seriously considering some masking tape.
Wish I could call Hermione to fix them - repairo!

Happy Halloween! (Day 31)

Isobel decided ages ago to dress as Princess Mononoke and I decided to go with one of my old costumes -Captain Underpants!  Eva was an elephant at school but decided to be Piglet for Halloween.  Aren't we so cute? 

(I had to take the picture myself on the timer because Bryce was driving back from AZ with G.)

Several people seemed quite moved by my costume - one woman had to take a picture with her phone - one feld inclined to give me a wedgie - it was mentioned in Sunday School the next day - and when I taught Relief Society, one of the sisters told me she can't look at me the same way.  Right on!

Apparently the other best costume was Captain Jack Sparrow - I guess the Captain thing was a good idea ;)

It was great - he had the swagger and everything. 

We had ZERO trick-or-treaters - good thing we gave out candy at the trunk-or-treat at the church.  Did I mention there was a carnival at the church?  Anyway - we still have tons of candy.  Dangit!

Hope your Halloween was fun, too! 

Week 4

Ok, so I lied about doing 8 days this week. I decided to do Halloween as it's own post because it's easy. So, here we go. Day 24: We kinda just hung out on Saturday, can you tell?

Day 25: We had the Sheffers and the Jensens over for dinner and games. I love it when we get to use the whole big table. I love this table. (We don't have enough matching chairs - good thing we still have a few nasty gold ones ;)

Day 26: We woke up Monday to snow. This was my first view of it. Beautiful!

Day 27: Bryce and I went to see Built to Spill. It was so fun - and cold. It was a indoor venue so I assumed it would be warm. We left our coats in the car. They had a "no re-entry" policy. Good thing I was wearing long sleeves at least - I was still cold.

Day 28: I love good sweaters. It's hard to take a picutre of yourself in a sweater without looking chubby. Oh, well. I love the bright orange stripes and the long sleeves. It's super fuzzy and warm.

Day 29: Share recommended Bleak House ages ago...I was putting it off because it's very long - but it's split into episodes. Bryce and I started watching and had to keep watching thru 4 episodes until it was 12:30 and we HAD to go to bed. Oh, man. It's good. Check it out on Netflix instant play. You won't be sorry.

Day 30: Last night we carved pumpkins with our friends the Summerfields. Isobel and Eva drew the faces on and Erica and I cut them out. (Isobel's pumpkin has 3 faces - hers is the little one)

We've had a fun week and fun plans for tonight! I'll show you pics of our costumes and such later.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Week 3

This week has 8 days in celebration of the Sheffer's new Beatles Rock band Wii game :D Day 16 - Bryce was so kind to help me load my stuff in the car - but he accidently caught his eye on the corner of the door. Love hurts.

Day 17 - Saturday I got up early with a list of things to do. On the top of the list was to hang a curtain on the front window. The one I bought was too big and too dark. So I found some scraps and sewed this one. I had about 5 inches of thread left on the bobin when I was done. Whew!

Day 18 - Happy Birthday, Kyle! We played games with the Sheffers.

Day 19 - Monday Karen watched the girls while I went to class. Bryce was camping. The girls LOVED Beatles rock band. Isobel got pretty good. Eva loved singing Yellow Submarine ;)

Day 20 - Tuesday I drove to Las Vegas, NM. I am loving the fall colors - tho I miss Sardine Canyon.

Day 21 - I drove north again. I was snowing this morning. This mountain was still getting hit. I can't wait for snow!

Day 22 - Karen won this and shared it with me. Took me 2 hours to get it downloaded. I need to get my computer updated and cleaned up.

Day 23 - Look what Karen did to my hair! It was her first time coloring and it was fun to have a change. I hate the growing out phase.

Next week will be eight days, too. Can you hardly wait? I wonder what I'll have pictures of...road, car, tree, kids...I'm so predictable :)