A little piece of yummiliciousness

What is this? A little brown paper wrapped gift of yumminess?

oh look!

it's also wrapped in foil...
memories of Philadelphia are rushing back...
Is that grease or juice?
Does it matter?

OH MY
Is it what it promises to be?
Has my man actually found a true CheeseSteak in the middle of the Rockies?
OH. YES.
Come to momma!!!!!!!

We have been on our own personal journey for a REAL cheesesteak for the last 15 or so years. Food Network did a little show on a place here in SLC. The owner was born and raised in Philly, and moved here, opening her own sandwhich shop. Dan had to go see if it was the real deal. He surprised me with THIS after work yesterday.
Y.U.M.

Crazygirl's (mostly) finished room

This post is for grandma...I wasn't going to post pictures of Crazygirl's room until it was all of the way finished, but grandma wanted to see...so here is a preview for everyone! We don't have anything up on the walls yet, so it looks kind of bare, and the things that we have planned for it are going to be SO COOL if it works out the way I have it in my head! 2 girls down, 2 to go...!

Bug's Room

I finally got around to taking pictures of Bug's room. She has the smallest room in the house, but it fits her perfect! She wanted a yellow flower room. Grandma and I had a blast doing it. There is so much fun little girl stuff out there! I'm not quite finished, we are looking for a small white table and chairs, so I will be hitting IKEA soon. I wasn't willing to pay over $100 at Target for a tiny table and 2 chairs...sorry!

Happy Birthday Bug!

My baby is growing up! By the time Dancingqueen was this age, She was changing diapers and out looking for a job! Bug still crawls onto my lap every chance she gets (especially during Sacrament meeting) and takes a little nap...ahhh bliss! Trying to make time slow down is having quite the opposite effect. We love you Bug! You are a blessing to our family.

Clean Sweep

My sister and her family have been staying with us since July and moved out Weds to his parents house. My girls are really going to miss having constant playmates, but are loving having their own rooms back. We took the opportunity to do a "clean sweep" of all of the bedrooms. We have had friends and/or family living with us on and off for the last 4 years, so it is kind of like moving in all over again! We moved everyone back to the bedrooms they will be in forever. We took a truckload to DI on Saturday night and everyone is finally settled. I will post pics soon of Bug's room. Grandma came over before they left for Az and helped paint and decorate. It is DARLING!!!! I didn't get much else done this past week, and have really slacked on email and blogging, but my house looks great. Next step is painting the family room...!

Happy New Year

We had a quiet little get together with friends for New Year's. What? Grown men dancing to Dance Dance Revolution and belting out Material girl? Okay, not so quiet...but totally fun. And the food...Yummmmm! We had a great time! Happy 2009 everyone!
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Party like a Rock Star

Dancingqueen's first youth dance

Here she is getting the "don't talk to boys at the dance" speech from dad, complete with finger pointing. Notice how she so gratefully and willingly took dad's advice. She went with two of her guy friends from our ward. It was the first dance for all 3 of them. I don't know who had a harder time with the fact that they were old enough to go to a dance, the moms or the dads!!! It was a multi region new year's dance and when Dan and Paul went to pick them up, they said there were hundreds of youth there. How fun! These three stuck pretty close together and had a great time! They can't wait for the rest of their friends to turn 14 so they can have a large group go every month!

Our big fat redneck shootin' spree

We had the greatest "date" New Year's Eve morning. We got together with Amanda and Travis and took the guns out for a little action. Amanda has never shot, and I haven't shot since I was about 17 or 18. I actually got to break out the hiking boots that I only wear to girl's camp. That was about the only redneck thing I own. Sorry, no cammo for these pics! Amanda and I had the same debate...does one wear makeup when going shooting in the middle of nowhere? Yes. Yes we do. We of course had to start out with a full breakfast provided by Maverick gas station. I think it is a requirement that if you have guns and are traveling, you have to have a 32 ouncer, donuts and a corn dog to start the day. We drove out to nowhere, then took a left. Let the fun begin! We had Dan's 30/30 and Travis's full arsenol of weapons and let loose on the sagebrush and clay pigeons. I am now obsessed with his 12 gauge. The bruises Amanda and I have on our upper arms/ shoulder from the kick are wicked cool. Our kids don't know quite what to make of what their moms did. I don't think the guys thought we would like it as much as we did. We can't wait to go back!