Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Fall Crafts

Ok, it is feast or famine here! I didn't update in a really long time and now I have a lot of entries I want to get up! I found a couple of really cute decorations for Fall and wanted to share. The first is this adorable vase made from a gord! You may have already seen this on the cover but it's so beautiful and simple I couldn't believe it. Although drilling through one of these babies is sometimes harder than it looks. :)This next one is actually also from BHG, but it was too cute to pass up.

I love it! I love it! Very different and original. Here's the link to further instructions: http://www.bhg.com/holidays/halloween/pumpkin-carving/halloween-witch-dance-pumpkin/

At my mom's house, we've been painting pumpkins for years because it's less messy and because we get bored halfway through a carving. :) But ours are never this cute.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Visit from Doug & Kay

This weekend Jefferson's parents came to visit. It was a lot of fun! Kay & I had lunch, all of us toured Windcrest where he works, and Jeff & Doug & Kay went shopping. We also all went to Allison's play, saw an IMAX and visited the Denver Museum of Natural Science.

*T*W*I*L*I*G*H*T*

The waiting! The waiting! I just read Twilight again today in preparation for the movie premiere on November 21st. It is so good I just can't even stand it! It's a very moving, emotional book and I know the movie will probably screw it up, but I need something else Twilight. :) People in my ward here are not obsessed, as they were in Utah. Just me.
This is a design I found that someone did about New Moon. If you're an avid reader (Melissa), click on it. It's good.


P.S. Here are a few of my favorite Twilight songs from all of the books:

1. Linkin Park- Leave out all the rest * (official soundtrack)
2. Muse- Super Massive Black Hole (official soundtrack
3. Jimmy Gnecco- Someone to Die For- Breaking Dawn
4. Dark Blue- Jack's Mannequin- Breaking Dawn
5. Muse- Hysteria
6. Alanis Morrisette- Uninvited
7. Muse- Blackout
8. Jimmy Eat World- Pain
9. Saliva- Rest in Pieces
10. Jack's Mannequin- Resolution

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Sorry

I have it on my to-do list! Right there between "edit more pictures" and "bang head against wall" is "do the Office post, or any post for that matter, on the blog." I will get to it. But maybe not until Winter! Just a COUPLE updates- my photography's doing alright (busy enough for me to banging my head against the wall, I guess!), and I'm trying to get all the shoots in before the leaves are all gone off the trees. I'm also going with my Grandma Hoff to Texas next month to help with my uncle's new baby, as they will have 5 children under the age of 4(!!) which includes twins. We also have our tickets to Utah for Christmas. YEA!!! I can't wait to see all of our family there and play with my Ellie and see all the nephews and stay with Doug and Kay and see my grandparents and... just excited all around! And if anyone wants to go caroling this year, SIGN ME UP! The other update is that we FINALLY have health insurance!!! Last week I told Jefferson, "Ok, have fun at basketball. Remember not to break- wait! We have insurance now! Break anything you want!!" ....I guess it could have been said a little more tactfully. There was much gasping and scolding from nameless onlookers. Mom & Al. And Jeff's friends.
Welp, don't expect a post for a couple of weeks, I guess! Just a parting thought:

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

And now it’s time for our first installment of Blog Gems!! As you know, I frequently get online and look at other peoples’ blogs and have stumbled across a few “gems” that are really funny whether you know the people or not!!
And I’d like to share them.
First up is from Andrea Oveson’s blog. Here’s what she writes:
"I found this cute little note on my nightstand and I am happy to report that Lindsay and I are friends again! You may recall another not so nice picture Lindsay drew for Merrill a few posts back, I don't know how but I've redeemed myself."
So I scrolled down a few posts and found this one. You gotta read the whole thing. :)


"As many of you may know, because of ski season and Merrill working at Park City as a ski instructor during the day and Convergys at night I am a single parent all but 2 days a week. As it turns out...I do not make a very good single parent which you will see by the note Lindsay left for Merrill one night on his pillow. At first glance you may not notice anything out of the ordinary, in fact when I first looked at it I thought we were hugging each other. But if you look closely you will see I am actually pulling her braid as it's the only thing I could grab at the moment to catch her from running away from me in order to not brush her teeth. You can tell I was mad because Lindsay drew my face close up down at the bottom. I just could not stop laughing...how sad is that? I think it's so funny it still makes me laugh! I don't know what she thought Merrill was going to do to me when he got home, but in her mind I was going to be in BIG TROUBLE. Make sure you click on the picture to see it up close, it's a must see! I guess I'm not going to get "Mother of the Year" this year...there's always next year."
http://www.ovesonfamily.blogspot.com/
The next little jewel I found was in Tyler & Tiffany’s blog, Jefferson’s cousins. He had found a big bug and, after chasing his wife and 3 daughters around with it, offered to pay a dollar to anyone who would hold it.

He didn’t think he’d get any takers but brave little Lexi needed the money!!

Jeff & I laughed at this picture for so long! Her little face is priceless!
http://tylerwatkinsfamily.blogspot.com/

The last treasure I found is my favorite. This is off The Wilkinson Quints blog by this lady in my uncle’s ward who had quintuplets last year. She laid them all out to get a picture when…..

“Finally, Ryder decided that all this picture taking made him want to puke. As luck would have it, I caught the action shot of this decision on camera. The projectile vomit actually made it all the way to Kassidy (on the end all the way to the left) and required her to have a complete wardrobe change. Once it landed, Rustin and Kaydence got it all over their face and hair--only Kyndall made it through unscathed.”

...Yessss!!! :D