Weekend Revisited

It was one of those weekends that was great, but I'm glad its over. I've been working up to it since tuesday, since there is no way possible for one person to get everything in line in 2 days. And it dosen't help that I have this crazy idea that no family event can take place without my laundry completely caught up and my closet totally organized. I mean, what if someone goes in there and sees a mess?? Stupid, I know. And I always start prep early, because you never know what will get thrown at you unexpectedly, which was of course the case this time, with a 5 hour babysitting adventure and a couple of desperate color clients. Its all good, thats why I start early, to fit all the last minute stuff in. Here are the highlights:

Saturday I got up super early and got the dinner made for after the baptism. Lucky for me Cooper picked Chili (thank you, crockpots!) and cornbread, and the classic famiy favorite, Jello cake. All yummy and easiy made ahead of time, simultaneously. Then off to take womens conference, which was delightful and ended almost an hour earlier than expected, bonus for me! Got home, had about 1 hour to get the car packed up, the kids dressed, and re-do the things the kids un-did while I was gone for 3 1/2 hours on a saturday. Got to the Stake center 30 minutes early, and we rocked and rolled a great baptism. Cooper is such a sweetheart! I'm so proud of him and he really has an understanding of what it means. My MIL and little sister did a great job on their talks and the whole thing was short and sweet. One other sweet moment was when Cade realized that he will only be 15 when Dayton turns 8 and he won't be able to be the one to baptize him. He was pretty bummed out. How adorable is that?? He suggested we wait for him to turn 16, but I don't think that will happen. Its a nice idea though.





So we get home, the fam came over for some grub and then I went with my mom and baby sister Em to look at prom dresses. I was exhausted, but I wanted to get out and relax with some girl time. I even hit the Bath and Body outlet store for some treats for me. Prom dress got purchased, shoes, etc and then I headed home to officially crash. Well, I watched some UFC before I crashed. I do find it mildly entertaining. I was pretty tired an don't remember much of it. I even skipped choir this morning, I was just too wiped out. I haven't really eaten or slept good since about tuesday, so I was (and still am) a little hammered. Luckily primary was really low key today. It was all worth it. I loved every minute of it.

And I think I'll schedule a 1 hour massage for tuesday.

G.N.O.

In case you're not up on your Hannah Montana lingo that stands for Girls Night Out! All of us on our street and a few other primary gals went to Abuelo's to Celebrate Jill's baby coming Thursday. Seriously, everybody except 2 people in this picture live on my street. And we were missing Vanessa. I can't even explain how awesome it is. It was so fun! I was so happy that we had such a big group for a totally spur of the moment thing. It just shows how much everybody loves Jill! :D We ate and laughed ourselves silly. I'm so excited for little baby Roanan to get here. I love these guys!!!

Weekend update

It was a weekend full of stuff. Its hard because Mark just works his butt off and I hardly see him 5 or 6 days of the week. But I guess I'd rather be married to a workaholic than a lazyrump. And we're grateful for the overtime.

I was so proud of my kids at the primary talent show! Cade and Cooper played violin, Sadie danced and sang with her friends to Fabulous from HSM2, Wyatt drew a scorpion and displayed it and Dayton did the crabwalk. It just cracks me up, he came up with his talent all on his own. He must've learned that at school. So cute. I was really proud of Cooper because he didn't want to do it, but I'm glad I made him. Same with Cade. They are such good violin players. I'm so lucky I have my dad to teach them. Sadie and the girls were so cute all "fabulous" with their shades and flipflops.

Then stright off to a baby shower, then straight home where I crashed. WHY am I so tired all the time?? I got a 30 minute power nap and then did a prom up-do. Then Sadie and I got to go hear my sister Emily sing at Gammage in the All-State choir. It was excellent. They sang some cool songs, incuding the always awesome Shenandoah, it was really teriffic. Then home to get ready for Sunday and primary. I was a naughty girl and got the stuff to make cinnamon rolls again. Then even worse, I made them before church today. WITH the cream cheese frosting. So now Ive eaten myself sick with cinnamon rolls and I feel terrible. I already have a booty that looks like 2 cinnamon rolls, I certainly don't need to add to the damage.


This week is full of places to be and things to do, It should be interesting. My favorite of the plans, is this:




Thanks Kate for doing these ADORABLE invites!


Since this is our 3rd baptism, I'm am all too aware of what it takes to pull this off.. It seems so innocently easy. HA. Its not helping that I have our awesome Womens conference with Chieko Okasaki that morning so all my prep has to be done (for food afterward, etc.) beforehand. All the planning is set, its just the execution of it all I'm nervous about. I'll just let my control freak side take over and we'll be just fine.

shows shows shows!

YAY my shows are back! But first, did I freak myself out with my VERY close to right call on AI?? I just got the "fluke" person wrong. I knew it would be someone that nobody expected, Darn I was so close. I actually didn't see it (we already had 2 things recording, but I did get the details including rudey-rudiger Ryan's way of telling Michael that he was voted off.... JERK!!) ANYWAY.....

But I did see the OFFICE!! Oh holy moley that show is diabolically funny. If you are not watching it you are really missing out. One of my favorite parts of the show is the looks that Jim and Pam give each other and the camera. Michael and Jan, oh dear. The show is pure genius. I just have one quote...."You can always buy new stuff, you can't buy a new party" ROTFLMAO!! Did anyone else used to watch Arrested Development?? That was same kind of show, it was nararated and didn't have a laugh track, but that show was equally genius. I wished more people jumped on the bandwagon with that, because it is one of the all time best shows ever. I need the box set of that. Plus I'm a huge Jason Bateman fan.

So today, getting caught up on cleaning, I've managed to get through almost my entire mountain of laundry. The worst is when I start washing sheets and blankets and changing all the beds. It turns into literal mountains of laundry. Sadie is hosting a practice with some girls for the primary talent show tonight so I gotta have things put together. Cooper is home sick, he had some stomach thing last night and this morning he didn't look so good so I let him stay home. Mark is trying to sleep but keeps getting tons of phone calls so I had to confiscate his phone. Other than that, just ready to roll into the weekend.