For those of you who wonder why we have dogs and not kids...

A much better day...

Yay! My sister Leslie finally had her baby girl yesterday! This is her 3rd baby and she was 3 days overdue and very ready to deliver. Her water finally broke on its own for the first time yesterday around 6am and they headed to the birth center around 845 while she went through transition IN the car! She delivered the baby in the tub 20 minutes later. Crazy huh? Did I mention the baby weighed 9 lbs 6 oz?! I really admire her. I was sad to not be there with her and it was one of those twin things where I really was feeling for her. She is so tough and such a good mom. Way to go sis!

Welcome to the world baby Howlett!

Not a good day...

So I was really looking forward to my Saturday yesterday but I guess it wasn't meant to be. It was my 1 full day off between 10 and we had planned to take the dogs to the beach. Well it started off wrong when Ryan rescheduled his scout fundraiser (airating lawns) for that morning. He assured me he would be home by 10am but I know him better than that and I knew it would be at least noon before I saw him. Well it was 1pm before he came home do work on our own lawn then our annoying neighbor conned Ryan into doing his lawn as well while he watched him and smoked a cigarette. Back to the story though. He returned the machine and loaded the dogs up at 2 for a 2hour drive. I wasn't in the mood anymore and just wanted to pout but he insisted. So I climbed in the back and off we went. 15 miles later, his trusty 4Runner lost power on the freeway and we glided to a stop in the emergency lane. He couldn't get it started again so it got towed home. The poor dogs had to stay in the back because there wasn't room for them in the towtruck. My poor babies were so scared!

Anyway, this was more of me venting my frustration than an actual post but thanks for reading and sharing in my frustration all the same :) All I can say is if I don't get to the beach next week I might have a meltdown...

This one's for the Ladies

Okay girls, I have to share my favorite new find. So we all know what a pain (literally) shaving can be. I'm sure you know the Venus brand razors already but they make one called Breeze and its fabulous!! It's like the other razors but it already has shaving cream on it and seriously is the best, smoothest shave ever! Plus its quick, you don't need extra shaving cream at all. It's definitely worth the extra couple bucks. You gotta try it and let me know how much you love them!

Surprise!

I haven't posted in awhile but I've been anxious to fill you in. After a couple months of planning and anticipation I flew back to the SLC and threw a surprise 50th birthday party for my dad. He is not the social type at all and was totally caught off guard. It was awesome! My mom told him that she and my brothers were taking him to dinner for his birthday and when he got there we were all there waiting to surprise him. The look he had when he saw me was priceless and I'll remember it forever!! Anyway it was a great party and I know he both needed and appreciated it.

It's always good to come home and while I was out I got to spend a lot of fun time with my family, in-laws, and a couple friends. I'm sorry to those of you I didn't get to see- I had so many people I wanted to see and too little time to do it. But if we don't make it out this summer we will for sure come around Christmas time. Wow, that sounds so far away!

I've spent like 3 hours and countless attempts to put a slideshow together with pictures and I think it finally works. (It views better when you click on "view all images" and mute my home page music). Hope you enjoy!