No pictures today, sorry! I'll try to get a few cute ones of Kyle tomorrow and post those. He's in his crib right now, on his way to Sleepyland.
I have an announcement to make... I QUIT! (My garage sale, that is. Haha. What did you think I meant?) I was standing in my guest room last night looking at all the stuff piled up on the bed...books, clothes, knick-knacks, and other assorted junk. The idea of simply getting everything priced and tagged and organized in an attractive retail fashion by 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning was completely overwhelming, considering the fact that I also have to (a) take care of a young child; (b) continue my marathon training; and (c) work 9 hours a day. Plus, I'd have to sit out there all day Saturday with my junk and hope to make $100. NO THANKS. I decided to box it all up and just take it to Deseret Industries when they open at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning...and once I decided that, I felt that a HUGE weight had been lifted off of me! Besides, I'll get a good tax deduction for next year.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Fun with Cricut
Hey everyone! I've spent today playing around with my Cricut machine. In case you're not too familiar with the world of scrapbooking, a Cricut is like a little computer/printer all in one. Here is what it looks like:
It comes with different cartridges that are really little software programs. Each cartridge has different fonts, designs, and other things that you can select, adjust the size, and then put the paper in and the machine cuts it. It is so cool! I got one for Christmas from Jeff, and of course I've been so busy with the bar exam for the last two months that I didn't even have time to take it out of the box. Well, it's been soooo fun playing with it just today. I'm also excited to use it to catch up on many of the scrapbooking projects that I've allowed to linger for too long.
In other news, I am continuing with marathon training. I ran eight miles today and it kicked my butt. I like to say that nutrition and hydration are the keys to successful running, but I didn't follow my own advice! I simply didn't pay attention to what I ate yesterday, and dinner last night was two large Diet Cokes and a peanut butter cookie. Yum at the time, but YUCK when it comes to running for over an hour the next day. I stumbled through my front door after I was done and nearly collapsed before I shotgunned a dragonfruit Vitaminwater. Lesson learned: No junk-food-as-meals (which is too often a way of life for us busy attorneys) while marathon training.
Also, we went to go see the movie "Taken" over the weekend. This is the kidnapping movie with Liam Neeson. It's pretty good, everyone! And I don't like too many movies. This movie is basically Liam Neeson kicking bad guys' butts for two hours. Lots of fun action and bad guys getting their butts kicked. Recommended!
Other activities this weekend include getting ready for my garage sale next weekend and cleaning the house. We hope that everyone has a great week! :)
It comes with different cartridges that are really little software programs. Each cartridge has different fonts, designs, and other things that you can select, adjust the size, and then put the paper in and the machine cuts it. It is so cool! I got one for Christmas from Jeff, and of course I've been so busy with the bar exam for the last two months that I didn't even have time to take it out of the box. Well, it's been soooo fun playing with it just today. I'm also excited to use it to catch up on many of the scrapbooking projects that I've allowed to linger for too long.In other news, I am continuing with marathon training. I ran eight miles today and it kicked my butt. I like to say that nutrition and hydration are the keys to successful running, but I didn't follow my own advice! I simply didn't pay attention to what I ate yesterday, and dinner last night was two large Diet Cokes and a peanut butter cookie. Yum at the time, but YUCK when it comes to running for over an hour the next day. I stumbled through my front door after I was done and nearly collapsed before I shotgunned a dragonfruit Vitaminwater. Lesson learned: No junk-food-as-meals (which is too often a way of life for us busy attorneys) while marathon training.
Also, we went to go see the movie "Taken" over the weekend. This is the kidnapping movie with Liam Neeson. It's pretty good, everyone! And I don't like too many movies. This movie is basically Liam Neeson kicking bad guys' butts for two hours. Lots of fun action and bad guys getting their butts kicked. Recommended!
Other activities this weekend include getting ready for my garage sale next weekend and cleaning the house. We hope that everyone has a great week! :)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
"Candy...Mmmmmmmm..."
Here's a hilarious Kyle picture and story from a few weeks ago:
One Saturday afternoon, I had some pants that I bought that needed to be shortened. I took them to the tailor down the street. While I was trying the pants on so they could pin them, Kyle somehow managed to con the owner into giving him a piece of candy. I was none too pleased to come out of the dressing room to see Kyle with a bump in his cheek, like a squirrel holding a nut in his jaw. (If you look closely in the picture above, you can see the bump in his cheek.) We thanked the tailor and left to go to the car wash. As I was loading Kyle in the car, I asked him, "So, you managed to get yourself a piece of candy, didn't you? Is it good?" And he replied, "Mmmmmmmmmmm." So we started driving off down the street, and about a minute later, I heard this little voice in the back seat say, "Candy...Mmmmmmmmmmmm." I couldn't help but turn around and laugh while snapping the picture. He repeated this about every 30 seconds for the next few minutes:
"Candy...Mmmmmmmmmm."
"Candy...Mmmmmmmmmm."
You get the idea. So silly!
In other news, marathon training started today! Today's run was just three miles on the treadmill at the gym. Tomorrow's is five miles, and Saturday is the week's long run...eight miles! I'll have to plan out a good course around the neighborhood. Eight miles seems such a long way; it's much farther than I've run before. I hope I'm up to it. I stocked up on frozen pasta at Costco today. Carbo load! Carbo load!
Also, I think I'll be attending the Nevada Law Foundation's Silver Ball. This is an exciting black tie event at the Four Seasons on April 4. There are a bunch of people from my law firm going. I'm so excited!
Have a good week, everyone!
One Saturday afternoon, I had some pants that I bought that needed to be shortened. I took them to the tailor down the street. While I was trying the pants on so they could pin them, Kyle somehow managed to con the owner into giving him a piece of candy. I was none too pleased to come out of the dressing room to see Kyle with a bump in his cheek, like a squirrel holding a nut in his jaw. (If you look closely in the picture above, you can see the bump in his cheek.) We thanked the tailor and left to go to the car wash. As I was loading Kyle in the car, I asked him, "So, you managed to get yourself a piece of candy, didn't you? Is it good?" And he replied, "Mmmmmmmmmmm." So we started driving off down the street, and about a minute later, I heard this little voice in the back seat say, "Candy...Mmmmmmmmmmmm." I couldn't help but turn around and laugh while snapping the picture. He repeated this about every 30 seconds for the next few minutes:
"Candy...Mmmmmmmmmm."
"Candy...Mmmmmmmmmm."
You get the idea. So silly!
In other news, marathon training started today! Today's run was just three miles on the treadmill at the gym. Tomorrow's is five miles, and Saturday is the week's long run...eight miles! I'll have to plan out a good course around the neighborhood. Eight miles seems such a long way; it's much farther than I've run before. I hope I'm up to it. I stocked up on frozen pasta at Costco today. Carbo load! Carbo load!
Also, I think I'll be attending the Nevada Law Foundation's Silver Ball. This is an exciting black tie event at the Four Seasons on April 4. There are a bunch of people from my law firm going. I'm so excited!
Have a good week, everyone!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Mobile blogging!
I just wanted to see if this would work. I'm blogging from my iPhone at the courthouse. I'm so proud of myself for figuring this out. I'll write more later, along with some new pics. Kyle was so fun this morning! I heard him say "turtle" today. He also waved to his ceramic turtle and said "hi!" he is just too dang cute!! Catch ya later.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday Update
Hi everyone! We hope that everybody is having a great week. I'm still getting caught up from not enough sleep this weekend, but I'm powering through. I'm looking forward to this weekend because we're going to dinner at Z'Tejas and then to the laser show of Pink Floyd at the Clark Planetarium! I think it will be pretty fun!
Here's a fun pic from this weekend. These are some of our friends that came to Las Vegas from SLC -- me, Jenna, Robin, and Debbie. This was taken at Diablo's at the Monte Carlo. Don't we look like cute blondes?
Here's a fun pic from this weekend. These are some of our friends that came to Las Vegas from SLC -- me, Jenna, Robin, and Debbie. This was taken at Diablo's at the Monte Carlo. Don't we look like cute blondes?
I also got forwarded a marathon training plan from friends. I can't believe how much running is involved. It's going to be like another bar exam! I'm questioning the wisdom of allowing myself to be caught up in this pact. But, the rule is, no whining and no quitting unless someone gets pregnant or breaks their foot! And I don't plan on falling into either of those categories!
Also, we're looking forward to finding out where Kyle's Aunt Staci and Uncle Drostan will be going for residency tomorrow. It will be Spokane or Wyoming. We are anxious to know!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
We hope that everyone is having a great St. Paddy's Day. It's only Tuesday but it feels like this week should be over already!
These are a few pics of Kyle from the beginning of the month in SLC at the park. Check out his hair after going down the slide. Too funny!
Also, I allowed myself to be part of a pact with five other people to run the Deseret News marathon on July 24 -- which is, coincidentally, Kyle's birthday. How exactly this happened I do not know. But, our friends are circulating marathon training plans now. At least the marathon starts at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon and goes mostly downhill -- or so I've heard.
In other news, we're another week past the bar exam -- three weeks past, to be precise. It shouldn't be too much longer before the results come out -- maybe another week or so.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
I caught a leprechaun, everyone!
This morning was the "Come Catch A Leprechaun" run in Henderson. Are you ready for the big news? I finished in 25:52, which was a new personal best for me!! My old time was 27:46, which I ran on February 14. So I cut my time by almost two minutes! I feel very excited about that. I definitely pushed myself more this time than last, and I was hurting at the end, but it feels good to see improvement in such a short period of time. I also was the first-place finisher for the women in my age group (35-39).
Here's a picture of the award:
PROPS also go to Etta who was nice enough to watch Kyle while I ran. When I got back to the house, I was just chatting with her and finding out how things went, and Kyle walked over to the piano in the living room. He just boosted himself up onto the seat, opened up the cover, and starting plunking away. Do I have a potential piano virtuoso on my hands? I couldn't resist snapping a picture:
Here's a picture of the award:
PROPS also go to Etta who was nice enough to watch Kyle while I ran. When I got back to the house, I was just chatting with her and finding out how things went, and Kyle walked over to the piano in the living room. He just boosted himself up onto the seat, opened up the cover, and starting plunking away. Do I have a potential piano virtuoso on my hands? I couldn't resist snapping a picture:
Okay, I am off to get ready while Kyle takes a nap. Then, we have tons of errands to do today. We hope that everyone has a great Saturday!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Kyle's favorite thing
Here is a picture of Kyle's favorite thing:
I'm not even kidding. This kid is just obsessed with buses. He loves to see buses everywhere: on the way to day care, at the airport, just driving down the road...everywhere. We typically see about five or six buses that are taking big kids to school on our way to day care every morning. When he sees them, he points excitedly and says, "Bus! Bus!" I bet he can't wait until he's old enough to ride a school bus by himself.
In other news, I'm so glad it's Friday! It's been a long week...but a good one. Also, I'm about 2.5 weeks past the bar exam...probably only about three weeks to go to get the results. It's going fast, which is good. I just hate to be in suspense! This weekend I don't have too much going on...just my race tomorrow and chores and errands. Stage One of Mission Impossible: My Closet is over. The first stage involved cleaning up all the junk, extra shoes, and clothes that was spread all over the floor. Stage Two, which is tomorrow, is organizing the clothes that are in there and setting aside clothes for the garage sale/donation pile/trash can. I'm making progress on getting that together. I'm still shooting for March 28 to hold my garage sale.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
I'm not even kidding. This kid is just obsessed with buses. He loves to see buses everywhere: on the way to day care, at the airport, just driving down the road...everywhere. We typically see about five or six buses that are taking big kids to school on our way to day care every morning. When he sees them, he points excitedly and says, "Bus! Bus!" I bet he can't wait until he's old enough to ride a school bus by himself.
In other news, I'm so glad it's Friday! It's been a long week...but a good one. Also, I'm about 2.5 weeks past the bar exam...probably only about three weeks to go to get the results. It's going fast, which is good. I just hate to be in suspense! This weekend I don't have too much going on...just my race tomorrow and chores and errands. Stage One of Mission Impossible: My Closet is over. The first stage involved cleaning up all the junk, extra shoes, and clothes that was spread all over the floor. Stage Two, which is tomorrow, is organizing the clothes that are in there and setting aside clothes for the garage sale/donation pile/trash can. I'm making progress on getting that together. I'm still shooting for March 28 to hold my garage sale.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
I love my monster!!!
Here are some super cute pics of Kyle from the last few days. Here's Kyle wearing a silly Swedish birthday hat at Ikea. I just love my little monster so much! He is so sweet and fun!
This is from yesterday. We were on our way to the grocery store, and Kyle decided that he was tired of wearing his shoes. He pulled them off and started laughing. Too funny!
In other news, I really am enjoying the longer daylight hours at the end of the day. It's really nice! I also feel like I'm finally getting back into the swing of things since the bar exam. It's so nice to just work and take care of Kyle. No more waking up at 4 am to get to the office at 5 or late nights doing practice questions. Hooray!
Also, I booked my spa day for March 21. I am so excited! For finishing the bar exam, Jeff got me a spa package at Breathe day spa in Salt Lake City. The package has a 60 minute facial, 60 minute massage, and a 30 minute foot treatment. I am really looking forward to it! Now, I can only hope that I actually PASS the exam. But if I don't, and have to take it again, can I get another spa package, babe? LOL! Just messin' with ya! ;)
In other news, sadly, we are postponing our trip to France in May. We just felt like now wasn't a good time to travel internationally with some of the family issues that we are dealing with. We will try to go next year, though. However, I am looking forward to a trip to Disneyworld that has been tentatively booked for December 5-12. Kyle will be about two and a half, and he will have a great time. Also, my parents will be going and I hope my brother can go too.
Lastly, I have signed myself up for a 5k race on Saturday. It is called the "Come Catch A Leprechaun 5k." Originally I thought this was a funny idea for a race, but since Jeff and I have been watching the Leprechaun movies, I'm not so sure. I'm also not sure that I should admit that I voluntarily and of my own free will actually watched a horror movie called "Leprechaun." Anyway, I'm not going to spoil the movie for you in case you haven't seen it, but let's just say that a lot of misfortune befalls those who try to take the Leprechaun's gold! After watching these movies, I wouldn't want to even try to catch a Leprechaun, much less try to make a grab for the pot of gold! If you want more details, just Google "Bad Leprechaun horror movie Jennifer Aniston" (without the quotes) and see what pops up.
Have a great week, everyone!
This is from this afternoon. Poor Kyle didn't take a nap at school today, so he fell asleep in the car during the short drive from school to the house. I guess you can say that Daylight Savings Time is getting the best of him!
This is from yesterday. We were on our way to the grocery store, and Kyle decided that he was tired of wearing his shoes. He pulled them off and started laughing. Too funny!
In other news, I really am enjoying the longer daylight hours at the end of the day. It's really nice! I also feel like I'm finally getting back into the swing of things since the bar exam. It's so nice to just work and take care of Kyle. No more waking up at 4 am to get to the office at 5 or late nights doing practice questions. Hooray!
Also, I booked my spa day for March 21. I am so excited! For finishing the bar exam, Jeff got me a spa package at Breathe day spa in Salt Lake City. The package has a 60 minute facial, 60 minute massage, and a 30 minute foot treatment. I am really looking forward to it! Now, I can only hope that I actually PASS the exam. But if I don't, and have to take it again, can I get another spa package, babe? LOL! Just messin' with ya! ;)
In other news, sadly, we are postponing our trip to France in May. We just felt like now wasn't a good time to travel internationally with some of the family issues that we are dealing with. We will try to go next year, though. However, I am looking forward to a trip to Disneyworld that has been tentatively booked for December 5-12. Kyle will be about two and a half, and he will have a great time. Also, my parents will be going and I hope my brother can go too.
Lastly, I have signed myself up for a 5k race on Saturday. It is called the "Come Catch A Leprechaun 5k." Originally I thought this was a funny idea for a race, but since Jeff and I have been watching the Leprechaun movies, I'm not so sure. I'm also not sure that I should admit that I voluntarily and of my own free will actually watched a horror movie called "Leprechaun." Anyway, I'm not going to spoil the movie for you in case you haven't seen it, but let's just say that a lot of misfortune befalls those who try to take the Leprechaun's gold! After watching these movies, I wouldn't want to even try to catch a Leprechaun, much less try to make a grab for the pot of gold! If you want more details, just Google "Bad Leprechaun horror movie Jennifer Aniston" (without the quotes) and see what pops up.
Have a great week, everyone!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Update: Kyle's words
Here's a pic of poor Kyle's shiner from this week. He tripped and fell at school while running and smacked his head on the linoluem floor, poor little guy! Here, he shows that he doesn't let a little bruise get in the way of a good time:
I decided to make a list of all the words that I can think of that Kyle knows. I think this is a lot of words for only 19 months! He also understands more words than this...but these are the words that he says on a fairly regular basis, and he seems to learn a new word at least every other day. He is up to about 70 words now. I've broken them down by category:
People:
Daddy
Mommy
Jeff
Kitty
Bumpy (Grandpy and/or Grammy, appears to be interchangeable)
Elmo
Baby
Meal time:
Food
Cup
Chair
Milk
Apple
Nana (Banana)
Wass (water)
Pear
Olives
Beans
Eggs
Hot
Cold
Mommy’s (Diet Coke)
Cookie
Cracker
Body parts:
Mouth
Eyes
Nose
Ears
Hair
Foot
Knee
Hands
Getting dressed:
Clothes
Shirt
Pants
Socks
Shoes
Sleeper
Zipper
Bedtime:
Bath
Books
Moon
Star
Night-night
Crib
Unmentionables:
Poo-poo
Pee-pee
Di-di (Diaper)
Potty
Eeeeewie
Animals and animal noises:
Animal
Dinosaur
Horse
Snake
Monkey
Lion
Kitty
Doggy
Pig
Fish
Giraffe
Bun (Bunny)
Sports:
Football
Ball
Bass (Basketball)
Soccer
Ggrrrrrrr! (Redskins mascot)
Going places:
Plane (a.k.a. "Kkkrrrrrrrrrrrr")
Car
Truck
Choo-choo
Seat belt
Car seat
Mo-mo (motorcycle, also a.k.a. Daddy’s)
Bus
I see (Fire truck)
Ambulance
Boat
Stroller
Keys
Beep-beep!
Miscellaneous:
Hi
Bye-bye
Snowman
Snow
Yes
No
Up
Down
Outside
Inside
More
Please
Thank you
Leaves
Tree
Bubbles
We hope that everyone has a great weekend!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tuesday Update
Here's a super-cute Kyle pic from Arizona a couple of weeks ago that I wanted post. My parents got him a Lightning McQueen ride-on that he rode all over the neighborhood with while we were there. So funny!
We hope that everyone is having a great week. I can't believe that a week ago I was taking the bar exam. So glad that's over! It's been nice to spend my non-work time just playing with Kyle, straightening up the house, and other projects that need to be done. I'm also still catching up on sleep, too!
We're looking forward to dinner with our friend Jennifer tomorrow. She's moving to Utah too in a couple of weeks. It will be nice to have built-in friends once we get there!
Also, it's not too early for me to start shopping online for Kyle's birthday party supplies. His birthday party is going to be at Monarch Meadows Park in Riverton. I already reserved the park's party pavilion, which is right next to the playground. Anyway, please vote on a theme!
Have a good week, everyone! :)
We hope that everyone is having a great week. I can't believe that a week ago I was taking the bar exam. So glad that's over! It's been nice to spend my non-work time just playing with Kyle, straightening up the house, and other projects that need to be done. I'm also still catching up on sleep, too!
We're looking forward to dinner with our friend Jennifer tomorrow. She's moving to Utah too in a couple of weeks. It will be nice to have built-in friends once we get there!
Also, it's not too early for me to start shopping online for Kyle's birthday party supplies. His birthday party is going to be at Monarch Meadows Park in Riverton. I already reserved the park's party pavilion, which is right next to the playground. Anyway, please vote on a theme!
Have a good week, everyone! :)
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