The Utah Capitol Building

Posters on the HIll

Today Whitney presented her UROP research at the Capitol today. As UROP is federally funded all the students presented the outcomes of their research to the lawmakers so they see how their money is being spent. She did a great job.

My Co-workers Are Not Very Nice to Each Other Sometimes...

lucky girl...no idea what she did to them (if anything). I think they just take turns. You must admit, they did an impressive job.

Lydia's 18th

HAPPY 18th Lydia!!!

Pass the Virgin Margarita!Lydia's definition of contentment: A steak as big as her face.

You can tell a lot about teenagers by their shoes...

So...the resident teenager of our house had some friends over last night. We surrendered the basement and then analyzed the shoes left by the door.

Well, rumor has it the UGG boots and the grey shoes held hands recently...question is WHAT were they doing when the took off their shoes?
Think these are his favorite shoes??? You can't see the backs, but they originally had backs. They've been completely flattened.
Another view with latecomer's black sneakers included...and this uploaded the wrong way round. Also gotta love the general disarray.

The Tree Part 2

So I had a lovely therapeutic holiday doing my project. It's not done yet, but it's come a long way.

The Process

Brief Mental Escape

Dweams

My family went out to dinner tonight and we overheard some snippets of dialogue from the table next to us that have had us chuckling all night: (not verbatim, but the gist is there)

"and I said 'no honey, you can't go do that.'"
"but, Mooooommy, it's my fondest dweam."
"Ok, then, you go help your dad with the plumbing."

Foraging

Inspiration has struck, thanks to DI and Michaels pictured below is the start of the foundation materials for the art project I've decided to do, it may be awesome, or it may be a disaster, but I'm way excited to try it out.

At Grandpa's sister Jean's Memorial Service

'09

Well, here is a MONUMENTAL post that took ages with some highlights from 2009--I'd already forgotten how cool it was. Thanks to all you awesome people who make my life so fun.

January

February

March

April

May
Happy 91st Grandpa!
June

July

August

September

October

November

December