"Click, Clack, Moo"-ed Out

This has been Julia's favorite book for the past several weeks. It's probably because she loves cows (we don't quite know the origin of her obsession) and can say "Mmmmmm" (moo) on every page. She usually won't read anything else until we've read this one first. Last night Jonny was having an unusually difficult time getting her to follow him to her room to read before bed. He started quoting, "Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type..." and she dropped what she was doing, clapped and ran to the rocking chair.

Ha! Just now she saw the book cover image on the screen and she clapped and mooed!

I think this is a clever, cute book and I've always liked it, I guess Jonny and I have just had enough of it for now. But not if Julia has anything to do with it!

P.S. She also likes Duck for President and Giggle, Giggle, Quack - just not as much as this one.

nice people

After Jonny ordered and payed for a sandwich at the Subway drive-up window last Friday, the cashier surprised us by saying, "Thank you for being nice people." Was he having a hard day? Were previous customers not nice and commonly courteous people? Hearing this through the window just before we drove away from this guy we will likely never see again made me hope that I am always a "nice person" as I go about my daily activities, often with strangers. I may never be thanked again for courtesy, but I will certainly remember the time I was.

enough time for pigtails

Okay, I guess it's not that exciting, but actually leaving the time to put up Julia's hair on a Sunday morning before 9:00 church is kind of a big deal around here. (Usually I just instruct Jonny to spray her hair with water, fluff it to encourage her natural curls, and clip a bow in - which, luckily, is simple and darling.) Her hair is growing quite a bit so I decided to try full-on pigtails. Success! They even made it through most of church. I know, a lot of pictures of the pigtails, but I liked her expressions as Jonny chased her around the house, snapping shots. And I especially love the aftermath photos.

This is Halloween...

Being a bumblebee

Carving a PumpkinKissing a Jack-o-lanternReading with Great Grandma Julie

Watching TV with Great Grandpa ScottMastering the downstairs climbRaking Leaves with Uncle Drew

Running the Logan First Dam 5kThanking the Babysitters Extraordinaire

the next best thing, I guess

Yes, I enjoyed a happy birthday - but only as happy as one can be without sharing it with my twin sister Emily. The last two years we celebrated together in Maryland. This is only the second birthday we've spent apart. The other was my sophomore year of college. But my awesome roommates made sure the cake they surprised me with was covered with pictures of Emily. (I'll never forget that, Linds and Mer!)

This year, her lack of presence was made up by a somewhat joint birthday party via web cam (Em's present from KC). This was fun, but kind of made me miss you more, Em, as you were all alone in your home at the time.

But the good news is, Amber and I WILL be traveling to Maryland in less than a month! We buckled down and bought the plane tickets last week. So Em and I will have another, belated, birthday celebration in November. (And Amber will be included, as she has an Oct, b-day as well!) After all, whose birthday only lasts one day? They certainly don't around here.

Can't wait to see all you Maryland people soon!

P.S. My birthday did already last the entire weekend. We enjoyed a lovely breakfast at Kneader's Saturday morning with Lindsey and Keegan. (Hope you two don't mind that I'm counting that as part of my birthday festivities!) In the afternoon Jonny, Julia, and I went on a bike ride on the Provo River Trail. It was perfect weather and the leaves were gorgeous. We ate at the Provo Bajio after, which always brings back fun memories of our college years. On Sunday Mom made Hawaiin plate lunch and the fam came for the mulitple birthday party. Thanks for the gifts, food, and fun, everyone!

french toast

If you haven't been to Kneader's for an unlimited french toast breakfast, you should definitely make a morning of it soon. (Although we can usually only eat 2 pieces each - they are nice and thick.) It is delicious and it also comes with unlimited whipped cream for those, like Julia, so inclined. Anyone want to meet us there sometime soon? (This picture was taken a few months ago, so we are due for another visit.)

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Check out my sister Lili's blog to see THIS after reading my previous post and Cortnie's comment on the post before that (for the full history.) You will not be disappointed.