As Dallin would say..."Welcome to the Lifesucker!"

So, I've finally broken down and given in to peer pressure. I've joined Facebook, or as my sister calls it, "The Lifesucker". Okay, now I've always considered myself to have a fair amount of friends, but once you get on Facebook, it's like going back to high school. Holy cow, in one week I've reconnected with tons of old classmates that I really missed! And yes, it's true-it can totally be a lifesucker if you let it. There is always someone online and someone new to reconnect with, but it's also tons of fun! If you haven't yet, go check it out, click here and see for yourself!

It's Called A Bundt Cake! There's A Hole In This Cake.

Erin, Darby and Dallin came up for Sunday dinner last week since Eric was in Minnesota for his annual Code Conference. Sisters+dinner=lots of laughing, teasing and fun! Erin made a bundt cake for dessert. I'm not sure if the girls like it though. Haylie ended up resembling Captain Jack Sparrow and I'm really not sure what's going on with Mikaela. Let's just say if you came near her dessert it was "on like Donkey Kong". I would say they're fans, wouldn't you?

It's so fun to have sisters! Especially ones like mine. I hope my girls grow up to have the same relationship we do. I love ya sisters!

All Dressed Up And Nowhere Mom Will Let Me Go!

Haylie was so excited to go play at Olivia's house a week ago that she just couldn't wait around any longer for me to do her hair and get her ready, thus resulting in the above ensemble and scary coiff.
Let's see:
Pajamas...check
Sweater in sweltering heat...check
Seashell necklace...check
Plastic princess shoes...check
Small army of tiny hair clips haphazardly strewn throughout birdsnest (aka Haylie's hair)...check
Photograph of end result...priceless.

Gee, I can't wait for the day she decides to start dressing herself for school. (shudder)

Who's Bleu At The County Fair? We Are!

Mikaela clowning around.

Haylie got to scale the climbing wall.

Haylie, trying her hand (literally) at milking a goat. She got a big kick out of it.

Mikaela thought the animals were the best part.

Mikaela loving the pony ride!

Haylie on her "stallion".

We went to the Weber County Fair on Friday night and had a fun time walking around, seeing the animals, letting the girls go on pony rides and all the other fun fair stuff. Haylie kept asking us if we would buy a little goat named Oreo, a tiny little guy who was, as you may have guessed from the name, black and white. He was cute, but not that cute!

Mikaela loved all the animals. She was more than happy to walk around looking at all the pigs, cows, horses and goats.

Corbin Bleu of High School Musical fame performed that night and although we didn't go to the concert, we were lucky enough to get his autograph and some pretty shnazzy photos after he was done with the obligatory "meet and greet" in the private trailers, etc. He was very nice and he let me snap him from all angles (awww). I about died when I heard this tiny little voice rise up from the crowd of teeny boppers to proclaim, "Corbin, I love you" and saw Haylie grinning from ear to ear. Corbin looked right at her and said, "How old are you, little one?" Haylie's smile almost split her face in half when she realized he was speaking to her and she threw her hands up to show off four little fingers saying, "I'm four." He laughed and then signed her piece of scrap paper (I couldn't find anything else for him to sign). Totally funny and that's all she talked about for the next two days!


Corbin, getting closer to us!


Smiling for the camera after signing an autograph for us! Yay, Corbin!

After a fun filled night, two very tired, but cute girls!

Sleeping Sideways Beauty

I walked in on Mikaela a few mornings ago while she was still totally zonked out and thought this looked pretty entertaining. I'm not sure how she's still on the bed, but apparently, after seeing her a few mornings later in the same position, I've come to realize that this is the normal sleeping position for her. Silly kid!

Camping at the Hoop Lake!

Haylie's first catch of the day! Mikaela looks pretty pleased.

This is the view from our trailer. Pretty huh?

We couldn't keep Mikaela out of the dirt...

Or out of Jack Sparrow's kennel!

Eric and his girls taking a break from fishing.

Eric, Mikaela, Olivia, Haylie and Kelton showing off their awesome catch! Impressive!

Melanie and baby Jack! (not to be confused with Jack Sparrow the dog!)




Over the week of July 24th we always plan our big camping trip. This year was no exception. We left on Wednesday the 23rd and stayed until the following Monday. It was so much fun and the weather was absolutely wonderful, even with the few patches of gray clouds and thunderstorms. We had a great view of the lake and the girls couldn't get enough of the fishing. They were dragging Eric into the boat or out to the banks every chance they could, and I can honestly say Eric was eating it up! Haylie had the lucky princess pole and she caught a boat load of fish! I didn't do too bad either, but Haylie kept getting upset every time I'd throw them back. She wanted to keep them all and eat them. I love trout just as much as the next girl, but I can only eat so much of it. Mikaela had fun reeling them in on mine or Eric's pole and she loved going for boat rides. On Sunday, our friends the Smith's came up for the day and we enjoyed more fishing (they caught a ton of them!), games, and dinner with them. All in all the camping trip was good for all of us and gave us a much need break to spend time with our girls. Haylie was pretty upset when it was time to go home, and I wasn't quite ready to leave myself, but all good things must come to an end! Can't wait until next year!

John Mayer is Yummy!

Disclaimer***I hijacked these pic's from my sister's blogs since I forgot my camera like an idiot! I'm still waiting to get copies from them so in the meantime I'm helping myself to the ones they've posted. It's totally fair though since I helped take quite a few of them!***

So, my awesome sister Erin got tickets for me and the rest of the sisters to the John Mayer concert. It was totally rockin! We missed the first performer, but got there in plenty of time to see Colbie Caillat. I must admit I've been pretty lukewarm about her, but she was very good in person and I was able to hear something new that hasn't been killed on the radio, so I'm slowly starting to find a new respect for her music.

John, oh John, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Wait, that would take too long. Let's just say he was in fine form and his voice was awesome. He played for nearly two hours straight and I still wasn't satisfied. I wouldn't have minded another hour at all. It was a great night, great company, and GREAT music. Thank you tons, Erin!