Where's Nora

Nora really has been growing up lately. She has discovered many things she loves and one of those is the play Peek-a-boo or Where's Nora when she is eating. From the pictures you will be able to tell she has one problem. She gets food all in her hair, and she hates to be cleaned up. Oh well it is worth the fun.

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Eliza has found a new favorite - watching this video. I've been dancing around the kitchen to it.

humor me

If you read my facebook, you know I'm at it again. I rarely win. But I'm crossing my fingers. Here's a great giveaway, and well, I love MADE. You should check it out if you have some time to drool over this lady's super-talent.

Two cool things

This is a totally random post. I found this cool activity as I was standing in the kitchen at 3 a.m. Why was I surfing the internet at that time of morning? What else do you do when you can't breath unless you are standing, you can't clean because everyone else is blissfully asleep, and you stub your toes every time you pass into the next room?

Anyway, maybe some of you frozen northerners could try it out and let me know how it works. I think the only time we might be cold enough would be in the middle of the night. :) Makes you want to come visit, doesn't it.

I'm also trying to win this. Wouldn't that be fun?

Cousins

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Maybe we are crazy

After staying home last weekend and enjoying such good weather I just could not stay home and watch possibly the last good weekend slide by without taking advantage of it. I took half of Thursday and and all of Friday off and we went on a trip. I didn't realize that sometimes our trips get out of hand until the guys at work were telling me how crazy we are, and then I mapped where we went. Here is the map.

450 miles later I am pretty sure that we saw 90% of the colored leaves in Southern Utah. Between the high spots we went to and the roads we drove on I estimated we saw over 3 million aspen trees, lots of color. Our first destination was Fishlake Hightop and the second - Bluebell Knoll on Boulder Top.

The weather was perfect and we woke up in the morning and went down by the lake to throw rocks and eat grass.



Bluebell Knoll was awesome. There was no one on Boulder Top and it was so pretty despite being brown since winter up there is just around the corner. You really feel like you are in the clouds up there.
We had a picnic at Raft Lake and then made our way home, after over 300 miles of asphalt and 150 miles on dirt roads it was time to go home. The girls were sooo good and it really was nice to have a break and enjoy a great-weather weekend.

On My Mind

Ever since we got home from our oh-so-fantastic trip this summer, I've been thinking about sharing this with anyone out there who would care to listen.

This one is funny and interesting and just leaves you smiling.

This one ... well, it just sort of hit home being a mother now and all and watching these beautiful girls grow up and worrying about what they'll have to face.

Enjoy!