Recharged and Ready to go!

We had a really busy Sunday. We had a great lesson in Relief Society. It was a good recharge for my system. After church we attended a birthday party for a little boy in our building. His name is Connor. He and Max have become good friends and his mom and I are friends as well. We thought it was important to make an appearance so we went. The party was just here at the apartment playground. The kids had a great time. They even had a Thomas the Tank Engine cake. Ty had a youth fireside in the evening and I had to call my mom, my friends, update the world you know! I am ready for a new week! I got up early this morning and went to the gym. I find it is best to start the week with a bang. I am finally going to pay my library fine and get some books. I am going to shop for bargains. I am going to cook pork chops! I am like superwoman!
Mia will be one on Saturday. I cannot believe it. She is growing so fast. She is the sweetest little girl and we are so glad to have her.
Max is full of beans. He loves sending letters to his grandparents, but even more he loves getting packages from them. He is a great little guy!
Ty is back at school today. Only 2 1/2 more years! Woo-hoo!
I think it is going to be a great week!

Mia searches for missing Max

What you cannot see from the picture is Max hiding underneath the covers. Mia was searching diligently for him. It was a great game.

A Day Out - the end of summer

We really had a great day today. We went to our favorite park and Max decided he would like to play tennis. We went to barnes and Noble, played with the train table, and got a steamer from Starbucks. We played in the fountains and then we bought apples from Publix and got free doughnuts from the office at our apartment complex.

We have loved visiting the fountain outside of Barnes and Noble. It has become one of our favorite things to do. We will be sad when it is too cold to get sprayed with the fun water.

Soaking up all the sunshine we can get!

Max knows that now that he is three he is a big boy and must take on big boy challanges like this climbing ladder all on his own. He does a great job and is always very pleased with himself.

Max finally learned to slide down the pole at the playground all by himself. He did it so many times today!

Mia loves to run at the playground. Sometimes her feet get tangled and she takes a tumble, but she always gets up and tries again.

100 things about me!

I really did not think I could come up with 100 things but I did! (thank you Jessica!)

1. I am the second child in a family with four children.
2. I am the only girl. I have 3 brothers.
3. I love chocolate and I eat it daily, take it medicinally.
4. White chocolate is an abomination. (aka not chocolate)
5. Exercising is great fun for me.
6. I love school supplies.
7. I love to dance around our apartment at night while listening to my i-pod.
8. I love the commotion of a big city.
9. I love to stand at the edge of the earth and the ocean and feel like nothing.
10. I love to climb high in the mountains and feel invincible.
11. I hate ironing. If something is wrinkly I will throw it in the dryer for a few minutes.
12. At Christmas I love gingersnaps and fudge.
13. I have so much fun trying out new recipes.
14. I love it when people rave about my food.
15. I love the salads and sandwiches at Panera.
16. I love to go to Starbucks and get a hot chocolate or a steamer. Those cups make me feel so trendy.
17. I love fashion magazines.
18. I like pretending I am a diva.
19. I think my husband is the smartest man alive.
20. I love pictures.
21. I am warming to the idea of plastic surgery ( nosejob, boobjob, .....)
22. I want to be a better example.
23. I am trying hard to live the gospel.
24. I love going to the temple with my husband.
25. I love to see my children laugh.
26. I love watching tv with Max in my lap while Mia is napping.
27. I love laughing with my mom, she is the only one who really understands my weirdness.
28. I am so thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, he is my hope and my salvation.
29. I love dinner at Grandma Newman's.
30. I love online shopping.
31. I always prefer boots over shoes.
32. I love it when a guy flirts with me, and I love watching Ty get jealous.
33. I love singing.
34. I hate a bathroom that smells like a bathroom.
35. I would love to get a great tan.
36. I love watching the Office with Ty on Thursday nights.
37. I was depressed for weeks when Gilmore Girls went off the air.
38. I love eggo waffles.
39. Finding great deals or bargains makes me extremely excited and hyper.
40. I love any excuse to eat cake
41. When I worked at the BYU creamery my nickname was Sparkle.
42. My first kiss was a guy named Fabio Ambrosio from Italy.
43. When I was in preschool I thought my last name was Bug.
44. I love teaching relief society, I think it is the greatest calling.
45. I would love to have a great dane and name him Hero.
46. I hate guns.
47. I love peanut butter.
48. Combine my two great loves : chocolate and peanut butter = divinity
49. All summer long I want to eat BLT's
50. I love kissing chubby baby cheeks.
51. I hate bowling, because I think putting my fingers in the little holes is gross and germy.
52. I would love to go to New York at Christmas time.
53. I would love to own a beach house.
54. I love all kinds of cheese. I think of myself as a cheese snob.
55. I love crazy organic health foods, even tofu.
56. I drove a jeep in college and I love 4 wheel drive.
57. I once got lost driving to Provo from Salt Lake and ended up in Park City.
58. I love outlet shopping.
59. I really miss In N Out Burger.
60. I think east coast pizza is way better than west coast pizza.
61. I love going to the library and checking out lots of books.
62.I love reading cookbooks, decorating books, organizing books, craft books....
63. I ate tacos every day when I was pregnant.
64. I love this years American Idol, David Cook
65. I love music
66. I think gouda is my favorite cheese, right next to brie
67. I love blogging.
68. I love comments on my blog.
69. I love getting to know people.
70. I love hearing exciting news, from anyone.
71. I hate alfredo sauce
72. I eat tomato sauce right out of the jar.
73. I would love to be asked out on a date!!
74. I hate worms, my brothers used to throw them at me.
75. My favorite animal is a hippo.
76. I once asked my parents to bring me a stone hippo from Africa, they brought me a warthog.
77. I am so used to all of the tall people in our family that I think everyone is short.
78. I hope one of my brothers gets married, I would love a new sister in law.
79. I love to play dress up with baby Mia
80. I love the smell of coffee.
81. You couldn't pay me to go to a high school reunion.
82. I like to play with play doh
83. I love how soft and warm and clean my babies are right when they get out of the tub.
84. I love celebrity gossip
85. I love sharing a pint of ice cream with Ty after the kids are asleep. It is like a party.
86. I hope I can teach my children the gospel.
87. I think Daniel Craig, and Jude Law are really good looking men.
88. I have never been skiing and never want to. The idea of flying down a freezing cold ice mountain and possibly dying does not appeal to me, I will be in the lodge drinking cocoa, thank you!
89. My favorite classes in college were anatomy and modern dance.
90. I was Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof.
91. I only ever wanted to marry Ty, I knew if I didn't marry him I would never be happy.
92. Ty and I only dated and official 9 days before getting engaged.
93. I went to Crafton Hills College, BYU, and UVSC. My favorite was UVSC.
94. I love the ocean but hate boats. I get really sea sick.
95. I have a testimony that our Heavenly Father loves and wants the best for us.
96. I tend to run cold. I love cozy sweaters.
97. I wish Rachel Ray were my best friend.
98. I think my kids have the best grandparents in the whole world.
99. I love clinique Happy and Victoria's Secret pink perfumes.
100. I will always be a Lakers fan and a California girl at heart.

I tag: Alexandra, Jenna, and Jessica Newman (Cole's wife, not me!)

Peanut Butter Blondies with Chocolate Chips!

So very delicious, we had to give half the pan away so that we would not eat them all!

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream the peanut butter and butter with the sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla.
3. Mix the flour with the salt and baking powder. Slowly add to the wet ingredients.
4. Add as many or as few chocolate chips as you like (we prefer the many!)
5. Bake for 35 minutes (or until set)

Vegging Out

Max is just like Ty. He loves television and movies of all kinds. His movie collection is his favorite toy, and his favorite spot to be is on the couch in front of the tv. He is pretty cute.

Sleeping Beauty

I took the kids to the playground first thing this morning so that Ty could get some homework done. When we came home we played with the neighbors and colored with chalk. By the time we had lunch and watched The Lion King Mia was exhausted. She is so cute, my little punk rocker biker baby!

We've Been Boooed!

Late last night while we were all in bed, someone left us a halloween bag full of halloween cookie cutters. Today we made Grandma Newman's sugar cookies and decorated them with chocolate chips, m & m's, and fruit loops. Luckily some of them were much too ugly to be photographed and had to be eaten.

Giggles

Nothing is cuter than a happy laughing baby. We love it when Mia gets all giddy.

Whipped Cream!

We all came home from church today starving! That is the problem with the three hour block. While we were waiting for our baked potatoes Mia and I found the whipped cream. I had fun squirting it into her mouth and she had fun eating it!