12 on the 12th--Year in Review

I can't believe another year has gone by already; the days are slow but the years are fast for sure. I love documenting the year this way! Amy M. (who coordinates 12 on the 12th) has started a Facebook group for anyone who wants to participate (so you don't have to have a blog or anything). Go here if you want to join.

Saturday January 12, 2013

Tuesday February 12, 2013

Tuesday March 12, 2013

Friday April 12, 2013

Sunday May 12, 2013

Wednesday June 12, 2013

Friday July 12, 2013

 Monday August 12, 2013

Thursday September 12, 2013

Saturday October 12, 2013

Tuesday November 12, 2013

Thursday December 12, 2013

Are you going to participate?

Rewind--Whitney's 13th Birthday

Whitney talks about her birthday all year long. She is always saying things like "You know what you could get me for my birthday...", or "I can't decide what I want to do for my birthday (she'll say this 5 months ahead of time)." It's pretty funny and not exhausting at all.

I'm not sure how or when we started doing "corner presents" but they have become a favorite part of the kids' birthdays.

Whitney was happy with this stash of gifts.

My mom checked Whitney out of school early so they could drive to Salt Lake to meet up with Bella for some shopping and then a movie.

Bella stayed over that night and the three of us watched "Thirteen Going on 30" together. It was their first Romantic Comedy/Chick Flick and it was hilarious to watch with them since they're both 13. They weren't old enough to swoon and didn't understand a lot of what was funny, but we had a good time.

We had a full day of fun planned for Saturday.

We picked up Lori and went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch.

Then we went to Slurp for the first time and had a hard time taking a self-portrait (of course I love dominating the photo...NOT!)

Oh Whitney.

Next stop was Color Me Mine for our misspelled table appointment of fun.

Lori got right down to it, but Bella and I were pretty stressed about messing our projects up. I was surprised at Whitney's hesitation too but her issue may have been because she had too many ideas.

It took her over an hour before she was ready to paint! She made a cool striped design using tape. We were there for 3 hours and had a really fun time. I think Bella and I would be less stressed the next go around.

We had a family party that evening for Randy and Whitney and I had arranged for a friend from church to make this amazingly beautiful apple pie for Randy.

Adam entertained us as usual!

Whitney blew out all 13 candles (I hope she didn't wish for a dog!).

The big crowd.

Everyone gave Whitney cash!

12 on the 12th--November Edition

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1. Randy drove home from California all night so I found him on the couch sacked out Monday morning.
2. The last of the leaves are barely hanging on the trees in our yard.
3. I love listening to past General Conferences while I'm getting ready in the morning, it's amazing how quickly I go through them.
4. I worked on some good mail and just had to have Peanut Butter M&Ms while I did so.
5. Lori is starting a new job soon so she's taking her remaining 2 weeks of vacation at her current job. She came over so we could plan a trip for next week.
6. Landon stood in the doorway and visited with us for awhile after school.
7. We couldn't get seats on the plane together so we are both in center seats, ugh. I'm sitting behind her so I can poke her through the cracks.
8. Whitney stayed after school to audition for the Musical Theater class so we had to go pick her up.
9. Randy grilled burgers for dinner, it's more a party when Lori is here.
10. Our new favorite Monday night show is Blacklist (which we usually watch on Tuesday).
11. We often gather in our bedroom to say family prayer at night and this usually involves much silliness on their parts (not mine because I just want to go to bed).
12. I'm really enjoying The Reef by Edith Wharton and my new pen holder cup that I painted at Color Me Mine a few weeks ago for Whitney's birthday outing.

Five for Friday--I'm So Far Behind Edition

I am so far behind with blogging these days. We had the cousins here 2 weekends in a row including Conference Weekend, we helped Adam and Amy move, Randy turned 45, Whitney turned 13, and Landon just had his last football game. I have oodles of pictures but have had a crazy couple of weeks. 

1. Whitney has been wearing these fashion glasses lately, so when she stopped by the office Wendy grabbed these purple frames from the lost and found and put them on me. It was a random and funny moment, plus Whitney actually cooperated for the photo.

2. This was taken at our local Chili's...it seems like a back-handed compliment, but maybe I'm just reading into it. As we were waiting to be seated a group of women came in asking to be seated at the bar and were informed that the American Fork Chili's is the only one without a bar area (though they carry alcohol).

3. I found this picture on my camera and think it's hilarious...Whitney and her slime. 

4. Our shadows at Landon's football game last week...we look like fat cartoon characters.

5. I have never seen a sign like this before and immediately picture misfits sprinkling wild flower seeds on the turf football field. I pointed the sign out to Randy and he informed me it is about spitting out Sunflower seeds. Who knew?

Miscellaneous Monday

It feels like my whole life is one big Miscellaneous Monday post!

I don't remember what song was playing, but these two cracked me up by unexpectedly breaking into some coordinated dance moves! It was so funny!! I had time to grab the camera and catch this shot of them on the tail end of one of the moves. This is not usual behavior so it was highly amusing.  

One Sunday afternoon as I was rushing to get out the door to church, I grabbed my purse so I could get my house keys out of the back pocket. Usually I just dig around blindly to find my keys, lip gloss, or gum but this time I took my purse off the bar stool where it was hanging and set it on the table. I looked down and saw this very ample spider web!! Ew! The thing is that I had used my purse just the night before, so this was a very new web! I was totally flummoxed by this discovery and chose to leave the purse there and go to church without my house keys...needless to say I had a hard time focusing for the first few minutes of church! Fast forward like 5 hours later when I showed Randy the web and implored him to investigate when sure enough he said, "oh there he his!" and proceeded to retrieve and kill the offending spider! D-I-S-C-O-N-C-E-R-T-I-N-G!!!

Here is one of Whitney's latest Barbie creations based on ideas she has seen online.

My mom and I spent a sweaty couple of hours being roasted alive at Landon's football game last Thursday. It was in the 90's that day plus we were sitting on metal bleachers in direct sun. It was NOT pretty! We used her blanket to cover our very pale white legs and then huddled under an umbrella. It was a labor of love for sure.

But he's so cute we just had to be there!

Whitney showed her support by drawing on her hand, but pretty much complained the whole time we were at the game. She ended up finding a tree to sit under, but since she has no interest in football it really wasn't the best idea for her to come with us (I gave her a choice, but I think she hoped we'd get food on the way home...we didn't).

Bella spent the night with us Friday night and the girls wanted to  go see the One Direction Movie on Saturday. We agreed to this in exchange for some weeding (very generous offer on our parts) and Bella happily agreed (even though she'd already seen the movie!), Whitney balked and complained and pushed Randy and I to the very edge of our sanity (this has been happening a lot lately). Needless to say we won't be making any arrangements like this again!

 

Lori turned 37 this weekend but still looks like she could be my love child from a high school romance!

Landon has officially passed her in height!

Homemade Movie Theater

Whitney's latest project has been quite the space hog, mess maker but the finished result is impressive for sure.

 Welcome to Barbie Cinema 7!

It features plush stadium seating with plenty of leg room.

Perfect for a girls' night out on the town.

 Here's what's playing.

Clean, comfortable seats.

Proper attire ranges from swimsuits to formals.