I'm taking a break from cleaning blinds and window tracks (eewww!) to blog.

The only problem is I don't really have much to blog about except packing and moving, and cleaning.

BOOOOORRRRRIINNNNGGG! 




Oh!


Wait!


I did make a little discovery yesterday! Did you know that BYU offers FREE online courses?

For REALS!


Everything from gardening 101, to Book of Mormon or Biblical studdies, to Family History and more! 

I'm totally inspired to make some education a priority in my life.

(this sounds like a bad cliche that should be from Seriously So Blessed, but no, it's just me)

Oh,  you know, I pretty much have a Masters from "Blogland University". But that's not really....


what's the word???


Important? .... Scholarly? .... I don't know, you get the jist.

So anyway, I'm ready to get all signed up and take some classes.

But that'll have to wait.

Blech.

Packing. ...............and cleaning..............packing..................and cleaning.............

HunDuddle Hussy

Need a little inspiration to stay course on your dieting??




Check this out!

I'm telling you, this girl, Jessica is insane. Her "vlog" is hilarious and after you watch her "Meat in her draws" video, you'll have to spend the next hour watching all her other videos. I especially love her "wannabe" of Tenly from The Bachelor!!

Pitty Party

And so it begins...

I can't believe we have exactly 3 weeks until the


big goodbye. 

Last night it hit me hard. 

So hard I got shaky all over...

and knots in my stomach...

pains in my head....

and I couldn't sleep. 

I can't seem to ignore the small "fishy" voice in the back of my head singing:

"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming".

I had so much fun planning for a surprise party for my dear friend, Bobbi.

I went all out girly and had a "princess" theme for Bobbi. She is so athletic and is out doors whenever she can but she loves sparkles and feathers! That's my kind of girl. :)

Every body got a little gift box, but only Bobbi got the tiara...

This cake was a blast to make:

But I'm warning you now, just looking at it will absorb it's massive amount of calories. 

Don't blame me if you gain 2 lb's  after looking at that picture.

And don't blame me for not taking any pictures during the party...

that's never been a strong point of mine.

Thanks for letting us spoil you a bit last night Bobbi! 

~xoxo~

O no I di-ent...

 *  try to spell "Oh, no I didn't" in the way it sounds when someone says it with attitude.

*  spend more than $200.00 at the "big and large store" for two weeks in a row.

*  get flutters and all sorts of yearning emotions as I saw my friend nursing her baby last night.

* consider trying to make myself vomit after eating an undisclosed amount of Nutella and graham crackers.

* agree to helping out a fellow ward member throw a mulit-ward missionary activity less than a week before we move.

* realize that Henry had taken off his shoe at who knows where, while in the above said store, and pretend not to notice so I didn't have to turn around and look for it.


* try to convince Scott to do this with me:

(running of the reindeer - the tongue? Seriously, it makes this photo)

Really...

Just who do I think I am?

Five For Friday

#1.

The temperatures have been scoarching this week! 

It got warm enough to make the snow sticky and snowman-able.

Meet Cowboy Snowman Adams:

#2.

The down side to having warmer temperatures means layers and layers of snow and ice melting on the streets.  I spent my (yesterday) morning like this:

I have now been initiated into the Alaskan crappy drivers club. 

If you're wondering why I'm on the wrong side of the street I'll tell you....

I'm not actually on the wrong side of the street. You see, after fishtailing about 5 times I gave up fighting the inevitable and we spun right-round and entered the huge snow bank backwards. 

To make things worse, I had someone else's children in the car along with my own. Our initial reactions were as follows: 

Me:  sobbing hysterically

Melinda's boys:  "That was AWESOME!"

Gracie:  "Mom! That was so scary!"

Lydia: "How long till we get out of here?"

Luckily, we managed to walk away with only a floppy flap above our tire and a $150.00 towing fee. I'd say we were pretty lucky. 

#3

Lydia gets the "bravery" award today. 

At her (late) 4yr. well check she endured 3 shots in the thighs. 

I had prepared her and told her she could get a prize if she acted brave. 

She didn't cry, grimace or even flinch!

The technicians were amazed and said they've never had a 4 year old that just layed still and didn't cry. 

Her choice of prize: a smoothie. 

#4

Cupcakes

This is my version. 

Check out the recipe and the cutest presentation HERE. 

#5

I absolutely despise the stage where babies are learning to use utinsels and eat like "big kids".

Have a great weekend!

p.s. this is not #6 because that would throw off the title of this post. But...I added a followers gadget for your convenience. :) Simplify your life and be notified when I update. xoxo 

On Saturday Scott took me to an Ah-MAZING "4 diamond" restaurant. 

This is an adventure we've never experienced. 

Behold:

Seven Glaciers

This restaurant is located 3000 ft. above sea level on top of the famous Aleyska Ski Resort. 

(for all you Utahns thinkin' 3000ft. isn't so high, let me remind you that Alaska mountains start at sea level.)

This was our view from our table:

Those wires to the right are the only reasonable way to get up the mountain (especially while wearing stilletos)....in a tram. 

My heart skips a beat just thinking about this amazing "Winter Squash Ravioli":

I had to taste it before I would know if it was "photo worthy". Though it does look very pretty!

Now.

Let me just tell you that my mouth does back flips just thinking about the dessert we had. 

I mean seriously. 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,

*drool*

{slap myself back into consciousness}

Give respect to "Baked Aleyska":

If you think it looks amazing, just try it.

I won't even bore you with the details of the triple layered white, milk, and dark chocolate ice creams with the brownie layer and a decadent melty ganache center. 

Moving on...

Oh, wait. 

I just needed to suck the spoon to make sure I got every. morsel. and. molecule. off. 

Another view from our table to get your mind off of dessert:

Yes, that is the ocean! Isn't Alaska incredible??

Love. Sweet. Love. 

A girl (mainly me) can get used to that kind of treatment REEEAAAALLLLL fast. 

My "daytime" Valentine...

He's serenating me, isn't that sweet?

My handsome "night time" Valentine...

He took me on a super swank and hot date last night!

I can't wait to tell you all about it. 

xoxo

Henry's "TO DO" list

All events actually happened this very evening.

#1. Steal a cookie and eat it on top of the table...

Check.

Take inventory of my mom's tupperware...

Check. 

Throw my mac n' cheese on Penny...

Check. 

Throw eyeshadow and makeup brushes into the bathtub...

(picture taken after children were removed)

Check.










Count mom's tampons and panti-liners...

Check.

Throw mom's deodarant into her bathtub.

Check.

Move plunger to a place I like better...

Check.

Knock the chair over and run to give mom a snuggle...

Oh, and be cute...

Check. 

Don't hate me because I fill your brains with useless information.

But this is important to me.

Very. Important.




Goofy and Donald sing my name several times in this short cartoon.

(okay, not really, but I SWEAR if you're not paying attention to their words they are SCREAMING my name)

Just watch and find out for yourself. Tell me if I'm losing my mind. It happens at the very beginning so it won't take up too much of your time.

Like I said, this is very important.

New discoveries.

Henry discovered a love of balloons and it seems as though they love him too...

Scott discovered he has a talent for digging swedish fish out of jello...

Lydia discovered that no matter how hard she tries to 
fight taking naps, 
sometimes you just can't help it...

(picture (and nap) taken on the kitchen floor)

We discovered as a family that we love to have sleepovers and corrupt our young friends with our Wii playing ways...

Hello

My name is Henry.

 I have a love/hate relationship with this snow outifit. 

It's too big. I'm like marshmallow man.

But if I don't wear it my mom doesn't let me play outside. 

I do not like hot tubs:

I'm training our dog Penny to be a 
sled dog/musher:

I didn't notice, but my mom thought this was a pretty cool sunset:

Peace Out.