Why not...

... everybody's doing it :)

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

4th of July... better late then never

So much to blog... not enough time to blog it in. Below are some photos of our festivities. It felt like such a busy day, but writing it down really makes it look like we didn't do much.

1. Provo Parade
2. Lunch and swimming at our place
3. BBQ and fireworks at Jason and Jen's

Getting to the parade was pretty eventful this year . We woke up to a flat tire on the Altima. So we headed to the gas station to fill it up. As soon as we got it full, we could hear the hissing sound from the air seeping out the 2 holes. We decided we should put on our spare there at the gas station, knowing the tire wouldn't last much longer. Once we emptied out the trunk (which was full of all our parade crap) we found out that the crank arm to our jack was missing. We put everything back into the trunk and headed back home to get the jack from Nick's car. With some help from a couple of friends we got the doughnut on and were on our way, only an hour behind schedule :) About 5 minutes after being on the freeway, Sydney got car sick and puked all over herself. (Luckily I had the impression earlier to pack an extra pair of clothes for her.) I had to get in the back seat and clean it all up. It was all I could do to keep MY breakfast down. By then we were about 2 hours behind schedule and really should have headed home after all that, but I'm glad we didn't. We made it to the parade with minutes to spare and it was a lot of fun. The airplane fly-by's and seeing Glenn Beck made sticking it out worth it. Bye the way... Thanks John and Clark for the tire help!

The rest of our day off was less eventful, meaning less stresses and a lot of fun. We loved spending the day with Nick's family. Thanks Grandma Janet for lunch and thanks Jason and Jen for the wonderful BBQ and fireworks. We had a wonderful time.

Rice Krispy Treat Challenge

Have you ever seen the TV shows "Food Network Challenge"? Some members of my family are big fans, and watch it every chance they get. Well, we decided we would do our own version of the show and create our own challenge... "THE RICE KRISPY TREAT CHALLENGE" where we sculpt something out of rice krispy treats and decorate it. The rules were:

1. Needs to be a fictional character
2. Reach least 12 inches tall
3. Elements showing must be edible

I had two practice runs before the big day...

Practice #1: Ended up being too small, and the tree was really lacking.

Practice #2: I had what I was looking for, but decided not to go all out.

Here are some photos of the "Challenge"...

We all had a blast and can't wait for the next challenge!

oh... Horton was the winner (even though the ears weren't edible). I think we all did a great job considering it was our first challenge.

Water Party