Jordan went to Miami!

That's right - Jordan went to Miami. I tried to get him to make a post on the blog while he was there, but he would have nothing to do with it! I guess that's my area - not his!

It seems like it was a long time ago that he went, too. (I've been lacking in this area for the past little while!) Here are some good pictures from his trip. He visited Stephen, Mel, and Kyle.









Jordan had a great time on his trip, and he was very happy to see Stephen, Mel, and Kyle. It looks like they all had a good time, doesn't it?!!!

The Great Eight Challenge!!!!!!!!

8 TV Shows I Watch
Wheel of Fortune
Amazing Race
What Not to Wear
Fill in the other 5 spots with anything Jordan watches when I'm around!

8 Favorite Restaurants (in no particular order)
Pappasitos
Los Cucos
El Jarrito
Chipotle
Abuelo's
Taco Bell (I'm including all price ranges)
Siciliano's - A Taste of Italy
MESA GRILL!!!!


8 Things that Happened Yesterday
I watched General Conference.
I did lesson plans on the computer for next week.
I talked to Jordan on the phone! (He's in Sunny South Florida at the moment!)
I went to the Outback with Chris, Rebecca, and Lou.
I sneezed. (I don't know how many times).
I started the dishwasher.
I made the mistake of going to a salon on the day of the homecoming dance. - It was busy!
I laughed! I love laughing!


8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
Jordan coming home
My allergies getting under control
Spending Thanksgiving with family (and having time off of work)
Spending Christmas with family (and having time off of work)
A haircut
Making banana bread (-maybe today's the day!!)
Seeing my nephews
My birthday!


8 Things on My Wish List
No more waking up in the middle of the night to sneeze
A massage
A home that magically stays clean
Another trip to the Mesa Grill!
Spontaneity!
Another massage
A visit to my friends in far off places
A shopping spree!


8 People to Tag for the Great Eight Challenge
Laura
Mandi
Emily
Tasha
Crystal
And three of my other friends who have a blog but just haven't told me about it yet! :-)

Like Father, Like Son

A few years ago, Peter made a big cabinet for my mom. (And she loves it!!!) It's outside on the back porch. Well, this week he completely redid it. He made new doors and put new sides on it. He seemed motivated to work on this project.

Since Peter was outside working, Taylor wanted to be outside working, too, of couse! So he got a hammer, some nails, and some wood, and he started hammering away!

You can tell he's really working hard because he's biting his tongue.

He did a great job hammering those nails in the wood!

Here is his project: a house! It has doors, a roof, and it looks like there's a chimney, too!

Fun with Cupcakes!

Today I had a ton of fun with some new friends! Amy and Mark are the proud parents of these cute girls, but today I just got to play with the kiddos! First, I put an apron on each girl, but Jane didn't like hers very much and wanted it taken off. (So her dress got slightly dirty - sorry!) Second, everyone got a plate with a cupcake on it. Third, they got icing and a knife to spread it on their cupcakes. Here's Abby working on step #3.



And then they were off! I helped Jane spread the icing on her cupcake, and then she dove in head first!




The next step was to COVER the cupcakes with sprinkles! Here's Mily (is that how you spell it?) with her beautifully sprinkled cupcake!




I had a great afternoon with my new friends!

We Survived Ike!

Ike was QUITE a hurricane!!! But we survived, and our homes are all in one piece. We spent Thursday and Friday night at Jordan's parents' house. (Work for all of us was cancelled on Friday). The winds began on Friday night, and the power went off in the middle of the night. We woke up HOT because of that, and we heard the wind blowing and blowing!! It was definitely intense! Saturday we listened to the wind some more, and we watched the rain fall. There were some tree branches down in the yard, but the fence was still up, the trees were still standing, and the roof was still on the house. As we drove through the neighborhood, we realized that not everyone was that fortunate. The most we had to deal with was no A/C for most of last night and all of today. It was hot, but I can handle that.

Then we found out that some people near our house had electricity, so we decided to come home and see if we really did have power. We did! We do! Right now we are sitting in our air conditioned apartment counting our blessings! We know that we are so, so blessed. Jordan's parents are here with us. We're glad they get to enjoy our A/C, too!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We are grateful to be in such a good condition right now. We know that not everyone who survived Ike has such a simple story to tell. It was quite a storm!