On Goings

1. Does Quinn like cantelope?  He got into the fridge and this is what he chose for his snack.  Well, at least it's healthy.  For some reason, it made me smile.  I don't think the picture does it justice.  There is absolutely nothing left on the rind.

2. Mike has been talking about going to Red Lobster for quite some time now.  I decided to get a group together and just go.  We went this last Saturday.  We enjoyed our company but agreed that this is something that we probably won't go do again.  The food wasn't good as expected.  Going to Pocatello for what we got, just isn't worth it. 

Thank you friends for having an enjoyable evening with us and making it possible for Mike to get his night out at Red Lobster.
3. Lately, I've been having some bad stomach cramps.  The weird thing is that they occur at night.  I lay in bed for about 30-40 minutes and they start.  It's like I'm getting the stomach flu (getting all the symptoms) but the stomach pain is so much worse.  I get up and just wait it out.  They eventually go away.  It has left me with a lot of sleepless nights.  It's real annoying because if I want to go to bed at a decent time I have to start my process of going to sleep early. 

Of course, I have the normal pregnancy woes.  If this is all I have to complain about; I've been really blessed.  I haven't had any of the problems like with my last pregnancy.  This pregnancy has been totally been different.  Sure I have some symptoms but at least I won't be hospitalized this time around...or haven't been.

Celebrating Mike's birthday with friends

We went over to Dale and Sonnet's for cake and ice cream. Afterward we played Wits and Wagers.  We then decided to go downstairs where the kids can free range of toys.  They had just got the kinect so we opted to play.  We first played just dance 3.  The girls went first.  After much prodding and coaxing, the boys finally also joined in and did one dance.


Mike in action...

 We then played the different sports they had.  It was a lot of fun.

This is what Quinn did while we played the kinect.  He was a good boy for the most part.  He was a little tired so therefore that made him needy.  Who can blame him?

I just put this picture in there because I thought it was cute of Quinn.  It has nothing to do with this post.

New Year's Eve

I've been loving this dessert.  It's a chocolate chip cookie inside a ramekin (sp?) with ice cream, chocolate sauce, and caramel on top.  Mike surprisingly didn't want one so Quinn and  I enjoyed our treat together.

We had plans to hang out with friends but that fell through.  We called another set of friends and luckily they didn't have anything going on either.  We invited them over and played games.  We called kind of late so we didn't get to play long.  Everyone was tired anyways so it worked out well.  (I think this means we are starting to get old!)  We probably would have stayed up later but Quinn was not going to go to sleep when there were people still over.  I don't blame him so we let him bring in the new year with us. 

Mini Roommate Reunion

Alicia is my old roommate from my second year of college. I've been talking to Alicia for over a year now through texting. She got my phone number off of facebook. (How scary is that? I didn't even know it was on there. That's when I had to make sure to take it off.) We'd just ask each other questions about being first time moms or whatever happens to be on our mind. We always said that we wished we lived closer. Our boys would have so much fun together since they're only a month apart. We finally agreed it was time to meet up to see each other. We were both curious about each other's child. We talk about them constantly.

Amelia, another old roommate of mine, also lives in Idaho Falls. Alicia was coming to visit her sister that lives in Rexburg and wanted to see us too. We made plans (and changed our minds a lot) to have dinner at Amelia's house.

It ended up being a perfect spot for our reunion. Tim and Mike went downstairs after dinner to watch a movie while us girls stayed upstairs. We just caught up on old times. It's weird to think we all have kids now and about the changes that have happened over the years.

Our kids
(I couldn't get two of the pictures to work... so this is what you get. I stole them from Alicia's blog since I didn't bring my camera.)

It was really good to see you Alicia! We need to get together more often. Maybe next time Amelia and I can go down to Utah to see the old roommates that live there...

Give it up for ThE ChUkArS!!!

We had to go and enjoy BYU-Idaho Alumni night...oh, and the wonderful picnic too. I was kind of worried about bringing Quinn to the game. But...he did awesome! Woot, wootttt, dawoott!

He had those around him dazzled. He only had one thing on his mind...a Gatorade bottle. In the background of this picture you can see the guy's legs. Right under his legs he had his Gatorade and Quinn wanted it SO bad. He spent most of the time trying to get it. When he finally did; he became so upset to find that he couldn't have it. That was probably his worst moment. He got over it quickly. Phew!

Notice Quinn's festive outfit? Yeah, he was ready and excited for the game all day. He kept asking if it was time to go.

This is my friend Nashina with her boy Abram. She came without her husband since he was fulfilling his church calling the young men in his ward. She lived below us in Rigby and her family is from Ririe. So, we have many connections. I sat by her and my other friend Kim. Mike was down the row a bit with Kim's husband and other friends of ours.

I thought Quinn would love this bird. He loves all sorts of animals and things. He wasn't afraid of the baby duckies when they came in our yard (though they were a lot smaller). I wondered if he thought it would be cool to be held by a giant mascot bird named Charley (I think that's his name). Nope, as you can tell by the two bottom pictures; he hated it...bad! I do think the last one turned out well considering. That giant bird was sure cooperative...and cool!

Afterward, we went to Sonic to help celebrate the Chukars stealing, not one, but two bases during the game. We got some free drinks. Quinn was so tired by this time but he still was a super good boy. He just sat in his stroller. He drank most of Mike's slushie and surprisingly didn't get a brain freeze. Amazing! Now, we're going to use our tickets for half off of an oil change. Good deals, huh?

A Beautiful Time of Year

THE HALLOWEEN OLYMPICS

Our Halloween Party wasn't your everyday typical Halloween Party. It was funner and way cooler!

Caryn and I had planned some way fun activities. Surprisingly, everyone was cooperative.

EVENT 1: PUMPKIN BOWLING

Right away, after Dale bowled, the pumpkin lost his insides. We put it back together the best we could using tape. As you can see in the other pictures, it worked really well.

Creative!

Mike was really helpful and put the 2 liters back into place for the next bowler.


STRIKE!

I did better in pumpkin bowling than in real bowling. Too bad, my score doesn't even compare! Good news! We had won this event. WAHOO!

EVENT 2: PUDDING PICTIONARY

Sorry for the blurry picture!

This is played like normal pictionary but instead you draw in the pudding. The object was to guess the item being drawn before the other team. Each time had their own pudding. This event wasn't our best. We didn't get any before anyone else.

I don't know who won this event since we didn't keep score.

EVENT 3: BEAN BAG TOSS

I don't remember the scoring exactly but I do know that where my bean bag landed was the highest scoring spot. Even though I got one on exactly we didn't win this round. Caryn and Ty did!

EVENT 4: BOBBING FOR APPLES

This by far was the funniest event.

Sonnet went first...

Before

After

I admit it! Right after I saw Sonnet go I was deathly afraid of my turn. I didn't want to become a drowned rat.

Quinn got super hungry right after so I went into the other room with him. I thought I was off the hook. Nope, they waited. It wasn't as bad as I thought.

They were kind to record it for me!

EVENT 5: FREEZING FEET

The object was to put as many marbles as you can in the other tin before 1 minute hits. This is actually a lot harder than it looks. I'd like to think that I do fairly well picking things up with my toys. I thought I was going to do really good. Well, I was wrong. I only got four. That was about average. Caryn did so good. We thought it was because she went first and the ice hadn't melted. She went again and got so many! We were all impressed.

I'm not sure who the overall winner was. Probably Caryn and Ty because they won the bean bag toss and the freezing feet events.

Coming soon...is a group photo!

Mike: The Best Man!

Mike's old roommate Zach LaFevre got married to Kim Olsen on Aug. 20, 2010.
Mike was able to go and be a part of the wedding as Zach's "best man." If you're wondering the other girl in the picture is Kim's bridesmaid Pam.

For all you Twilight lovers! Guess where Kim and Pam are from?!?
Forks, Washington.

Congratulations to Kim and Zach! You are so perfect for each other.

Spending the day with Caryn and Jacen

Caryn and I thought it would be fun to take pictures of our boys wearing the same outfit. We went on a walk and took pictures at a park near her house. Here is the outcome of our outing below.

MYSTERY DINNER

Finally! Mike and I had the opportunity to attend a mystery dinner. Mike and I were practicing our characters around the house a week before it started. (That's how excited we were!)

I was assigned to be Malissa A.K.A. Scoop. If you can't tell by the picture, I am supposed to be a news reporter. I got my nickname because I'm the best. I'm really good at finding out information and getting people to talk. Mike went as Ernie; a young rich stock broker.

Fortunately, we were NOT the murderers although we both wanted Hal Cappone DEAD!

We had such a good dinner mixed with card playing and gambling (Ernie's favorite past time.)

Thanks Dale and Sonnet for hosting!