Thursday, December 18, 2008

more UT adventures

Oh, how I hate Blogger. Ok, in backwards order again..... here I am...officially 28. I have a hard time believing that's my age. I remember thinking how OLD that sounded, and yet I don't feel old (most days). This is my cute daddy. He had everyone come over the night of my bday for a surprise. Our friend made cobbler and it was delish. I made dinner (a beef pot pie, I was rather proud of myself) and had my in-laws come down. It was fun.
This is the beautiful bouquet my sis-in-law sent soon after my mother passed away. I {LOVE} roses, and with the evergreens, holly, and pinecones it was absolutely amazing. Plus, the frosted glass, square vase is way awesome. I'm really excited, because my friend is helping dry the roses, and then we're going to find some fake greenery to recreate the arrangement. Then I can have it around every year to remember!
Another day in UT brought us an opportunity to see Santa and his reindeer. Although Brooklyn stood in line for more than a half an hour, about 10 people away from Santa, she decided she wasn't interested. Mason wouldn't stand with my sister, so he didn't even attempt. We did, however spend quite a bit of time outside with the reindeer. I have to admit, they were kind of cool....

Mason couldn't decide if he really liked them or not. However, it was much warmer inside the greenhouse where the reindeer were, than outside, so we looked at them alot... Afterwards, we went to dinner. There were 10 kids (if you count my nephew who's 15) and 6 adults. It was quite a zoo, but turned out really fun.

7 comments:

{Erica} said...

I'm glad you were able to celebrate your birthday with family!

p.s.i don't know why your pictures are posting backward....how are you uploading them? I haev to upload a ton of pics for my photoblog so I'm pretty much a pro...(sarcasm) but I may be able to help ya!

The Perry Family said...

mine are doing that too. i had it figured out, but then i forgot. i think the picture you want on top, you have to put on the bottom and so on. does that make sense? Happy late Birthday!! We are the same age right now, but on the 31st, i will have you beat again with good ol' 29! lordy!! next year, i'll be 30 and that's WAY weird to me! haha Have a very Merry Christmas!!!!

Laken said...

You look so good in the first pic! You still look so small... how many weeks are you again?? I bet the reindeer viewing was exciting!

The Faucheux's said...

I have been doing some catch up and was excited to see some of your blogs. I am glad to see that your family is doing okay. I am really glad so many of your siblings live close to your sweet Dad. Were you guys at Thanksgiving Point looking at reindeer? My in-laws took our kids there and they thought it was awesome! So fun to see new pictures! You are looking amazingly great!

Sarah said...

Those reindeer do look cool!

(about the picts, once they have been added to your post, you can click and drag them to where ever you want in the text of the post...you should be able to arrange them anywhere you want...)

mary said...

I despise internet explorer and never use it... why are our pictures posting so weird? I think I'd scream if mine kept loading wrong. Sorry to hear about your mama -- mine passed away a couple of years ago, so I hear ya. Sounds like you are getting some good family time in, though. Your kids are as cute as ever, out-of-order pictures or not.

Sarah C said...

Happy Birthday. I am glad you had a great day with your family.