Lucy's favorite spots

As of late, Lucy is very interested in hiding everything.  Tonight she had hid her sippy cup in the drawer under the stove.  The other day I was doing laundry, and of course Lucy figured out that she fits in the dryer. However, I will not let her play in there, because if you ever saw Punky Brewster when her friend got stuck in the old fridge and almost died, you will know why.  But now instead of helping put clothes in, she is always trying to push them in so far, that she happens to go in with them.

Jazzmine

Marc and Ammie's family have a dog named Jazzmine. Lucy loves this dog so much, she calls her Jazz. Pour Jazz puts up with so much, so I decided she needed her own post. Here is Jazz on Thanksgiving, after Lucy and Kemrie fed her half of their dinners of course.

Black Friday!

I love this day! We did not get up early this year, but Grandma Sandy did sleep the night on Thursday so that we could go shopping. Most years we all go, but this year only the girls went, the boys stayed home with the kids. We left at about 10AM, went to a few stores, went to lunch and then a few more.  But the highlight of the weekend was making candy with Ammie, Stacey, Mom, and Myself. It is so much work, nut so worth it when it is done. 

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving, we went to Marc and Ammie's home.  This was the first year for 4 years that we have all been together.  Stacey and Dwayne normally go to Wyoming for Thanksgiving, but due to a death in the family they stayed in Utah with us. Also Hot Grandma Judy and Grandpa Terry joined the madness. The kids had a lot of fun playing, and the adults had fun just talking. Who came up with the idea to make 30 different things all for one dinner anyway? It was hard work for a 20 minute meal, but I am sure will do it again next year, and the next and the next......

Halloween

UNDER THE SEA!

This year for Halloween we had the theme under the sea.  The whole family dressed up like something under the sea, except Lucy, she was Elmo with a swimsuit on. We had King Triton, Ursula, Nemo, deep sea diver, star fish, shark, crab, Ariel, (little and big) Eric, Sponge Bob, jelly fish, and then Elmo.  We always make my parents garage into the theme for the year, so this year we hung a boat above, so it looked like we were under it, fish, blue plastic everywhere, we had a crab pot.  It was very fun.  We only had about 50 trick or treaters, that was a big bummer because it takes so much work.  But next year the theme is NBA!  The boys are very excited for that. 

San Diego

For Chris' 30th birthday, we went to San Diego to see Neil Diamond. (Chris' dream to see him before he dies)  It was so fun!  We were only there for 2 nights and 3 days, but we made the most of our time while we were there.  We took Grammy Sandy to help out with Lucy, and so that Lucy could stay with her the night of the concert.  

I met Chris' aunt and uncle Greg and Marilyn, and his cousin Conor.  Chris had not seen them for 20 yrs!  They are the most awesome people I have ever met. They hooked us up at the Catamaran hotel and upgraded our room so that we were right on the beach, 6 feet of lawn and then sand. This was very nice with our little water baby, who thinks she is a fish.  We could let her play in the water for even 15 min when we had the chance and then bring her right in. We also went to their house for a great dinner, and to watch the sunset from the deck. 

While we were there we went to Scripps Aquarium. Lucy was running around like a crazy lady trying to see everything. It is much bigger than the one in Salt Lake, and it is a little cooler knowing that the fish really live right there. 

Lipstick Anyone?

Lucy found some lipstick the other day.  she did a pretty good job of getting the lipstick almost on her lips, until she had to get the last of the lipstick out of the tube and ended up using her fingers. Now everyone will know how much lipstick you get out of a new tube.  It was caked on so thick it was gritty.