dawn does des moines

When you have had it with the midwest and you are going to scream if you see another corn field your best friend comes to town and makes everything okay! Dawn flew into Chicago where I picked her and her two hot girls up and we did what any normal human would do after an entire day of traveling for her and a 5 hour drive for me... head to IKEA! After a hot new spice rack, rugs and a clock we headed home where we relaxed the next several days. We went to the Blank Zoo where the kids had a freakin' blast!


At the zoo with the Giraffes...apparently Brandon was about their same height!




The boys loved the petting zoo and even though this cow was plastic they didn't seem to mind!



I'm pretty sure there were monkeys behind us at some point...playing hard to get in the photo...


We went to a water park and we did our best to perfect our tans! Dawn and Brandon cheered me on after I finished my 20K (12.4 miles)called the Dam to Dam! It was such a great time! Though I have no photographic proof I promise Dawn was here! AND I LOVED

My Sweet Tiny Dudes

I got pictures done of the boys and here are my favorites. I don't want to talk about Coop's hair but it is better than the mullet he had before this 'do. Chase is rockin' the bald look.

Okay so I love to put them in matching argyle sweaters...Brandon also LOVES it and even offers to wear a tie so we all match...

this dude laughs like its his full-time job...I really would pay him if I had more money...

Coop thinks he's in Kindergarten so don't tell him its just a photo shoot...

My favorite photo of the whole shoot.

Coop playing hard to get behind the ladder...

Hot Lunch LLC

So I started my own business! One of my girlfriends from Minneapolis and I started our own company Hot Lunch and just finished our website a few weeks ago! Basically we package fun themed dates you can buy for special occasions like anniversaries or birthdays. Hot Lunch Date Boxes also make great gifts for birthdays or weddings! Check us out at http://www.hotlunchdates.com/

I am having a Hot Lunch house party at Angela Christensen's house (1234 Peacock Midge Dr. Bluffdale, UT 84065) -THANKS ANGELA YOUR THE BEST-Wednesday, April 15th at 7:00pm and I want to see everyone's face there! Bring all your friends and come eat some yummy food. I promise we won't serve tator tots!

12.25

Our Christmas rocked! Brandon got an acoustic guitar. Strangly the hours he has logged on Guitar Hero hasn't helped with his new guitar...I think he's mastered mary had a little lamb though. After we opened presents Christmas day we drove 10 hours to Denver to visit Brandon's sister Jenny, Aaron, their kids and Brandon's parents. Brandon got to bless Chase at their house and did a great job...I really hope Chase makes it to the NBA like Brandons blessing promised! We also froze our fannies off in Denver when we hiked to see this frozen waterfall. Overall we had a fantastic break!!!

Not My Gumdrop Buttons!

A great night was had by all as we loaded up gingerbread men with red hots, marshmellows, gumdrops, sprinkles and skittles (left over from halloween...but the kids didn't mind!). Cooper decided to take out the middle man (the gingerbread man) and went right for the candy and frosting! I made the gingerbread men a little thick so they ended up looking more like obese men that need to hit the treadmill ASAP! That's okay...more of them to love! Thanks guys for braving the storm so we could get your kids all hyped up on old halloween candy!

The Easiest Thanksgiving Ever!

Normally we spend all day slaving away over a hot stove and then sit down for 20 minutes, eat food and then take a 2 hour nap. I like this plan. But not this year...except the nap!Well this year...the hardest part of my Thanksgiving dinner was setting the timer for 2 hours so all the food could reheat! We bought our dinner from a local grocery store...Hy-Vee which is also the account Brandon calls on. We had a huge turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, apple pie, pumpkin pie and 12 dinner rolls (the package was for 8-10 people) for $50!!! What a deal! And it gave us time to spend with Mike and Denise who came to visit us! We had a GREAT time with them and Coop scored a new lawn mower out of the deal (you gotta start the boys early on the mower!). Thanks Mike and Denise for visiting and for changing all the diapers Brandon pawned off on you. With how easy this was I'm debating havind this be a tradition!

New pictures of My Sweet Chase

Here is our tiny guy! He Loves to sleep with his tongue out.
I Love this guys feet! I'm pretty sure he's going to be a foot model!
Another photo of Chase. He's a pretty big dude!