Sleeping Beauty Wears a Hat

Maycee was lying in bed last night "trying" to go to sleep. But, she called me into her room to tell me that she couldn't fall asleep because her head was too cold. I had to supress a laugh. She'd had a bath not too long before bed and her hair was still wet. I'm sure some of you girls know where she's coming from. So, to make her satisfied, and (selfishly) to keep her from calling me anymore, I went and got her a winter snow cap. After she fell asleep I had to take a pic. It was too cute!

I am so excited for fall! It is my favorite season- the air getting cooler, the leaves changing color, the football, the yummy smells, the Holidays approaching. I just love it. And, to make me even more excited, I went to Tai Pan Trading the other day. The decorations there are too cute. I'm in heaven walking around in there. So, needless to say, I have already decorated my house in all it's fall glory. I haven't broken out the Halloween stuff, yet. I'm not that crazy. Ok, I do have one cute item that I got at Tai Pan that says, "Happy Halloween" displayed on the side table. I think I'm obsessed. Oh, well. Bring on fall!!

Hilarious Take on Palin!

I must preface this by saying that I LOVE Sarah Palin. I think she is fabulous and that she is a great role model, tough on important issues, etc. I wish she were running for President. However, this little snippet is pretty dang funny(although I don't agree with a single thing about it). Tina Fey is so talented. Seriously, the resemblence is amazing!

Addendum to post below

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Ok, so now I'm worried that I told everyone to go to this comedy place and then they go and it's horrible and offensive. I really thought our show was great. But, it's like when you tell your parents that a movie was really good and then in your mind you keep thinking, "was it really good? How many swear words were in it? What about the love scene?" etc. Crap. Then they are going to see it and think you are a sinner for recommending that movie. Now I'm rambling. But, do you know what I mean? So, the really funny headliner guy at our show was (something..can't remember the first name) Stubbs. He is from Utah, and I guess he performs on the morning show on 101.5, the Eagle. I don't listen to that station, but I may now just to hear him. So, you may want to look for him if you decide to listen to the likes of me and see a show. I can't make any promises, however, your show may Stink!

My cheeks still hurt...

Last night Ry and I went with some old friends and neighbors, Joe and LeAnn, to Wisegys Comedy Club. We have never been there. I have to admit that before we went I was a little worried that it was going to be pretty colorful with language and that there would be some pretty raunchy jokes. I really didn't want to have to walk out in front of everyone, especially our friends, IF that was the case. However, it was HILARIOUS!!! I have never laughed so hard in all my life. All of their routines were tailored to Utah life. They made fun of Mormons just a little, nothing too offensive- it was actually all pretty true. :) And, we were pretty sure that a couple of the guys were actually LDS. But, seriously, SO FUNNY! If you haven't ever been, it would be a great date night. (We spent less money there than when we go to the movies.) Everyone was laughing so hard- this was the guy behind us- we were in West Valley, you know!

The Best Day of Ryan's Life (almost)

Zack is learning to mow the lawn. Yay for Ryan!!

Mary's Lake: The Saga Begins

We love to go up in the mountains. And, a little while ago, we decided to hike up to Mary's Lake up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It started out a little rocky. And, I don't mean that literally. Things have changed quite a bit since Ryan used to hike up there with his friends in high school. So, we couldn't find the trail head. We looked all over. We were trying to go up by some cabins and some some lady called out to us, "Are you guys trying to go up to Mary's Lake?" And we told her we were. She said that we were in the wrong place and that we needed to just head East a little ways and we would find the trail entrance. So, off we went. Did we find the trail head, you ask? Well, no, of course not. That would not make an interesting story, now would it. Ryan thought that we found the the right spot and we started hiking up. But, this trail was like 6 inches wide. I was pretty sure we weren't where we should be. But, we kept going. The trail got steeper and steeper and and more obscure and foresty. We did see a couple deer, though. That made the kids day. So, after hiking all over, crossing a couple of streams, and a little swearing (not too loudly, for the kid's sake- we're not horrible parents!) we finally found the trail to Mary's Lake!! I would say that it was a relief, but we had already been hiking for a couple of miles. But, I was very glad. We followed the trail and finally reached the top. It was so beautiful up there. The kids loved it. We would have stayed longer but we took so long already and we had to get back home. We'll definitely do it again, though!



Avery was such a trooper. She wanted to hike with everyone else. She Would Not let us hold her.


Maycee put us all to shame. This girl is amazing. She really never got tired.









So pretty, huh?



This is the "Yay, we finally made it up here" picture.


Maycee's Queen of the World!



The whole fam. Should this be our Christmas card picture? No, maybe not.



The whole fam again, but with out sunglasses (and makeup I might add. Although, I got a wonderful facial that day so I have an excuse!)


When we finally reached the bottom, we came out at the right spot, which happens to be right at the ski area. The kids had to hop on the ski lift for a rest. Kick back a little, Maycee!