What a Guy

Mark has been such a strict dieter, he has lost nearly forty pounds. That was a personal goal of his to reach by the first of February, and HE DID IT! We went to Nordstrom last night without the kids to drop off some clothes to get altered. He wanted to get one of his suits and about five dress pants taken in so he had some clothes to wear to work that fit. His pants are new within the last few months and hated them to go to waste. We walked past the jeans and he decided that he finally wanted to invest in a pair. They look so great on him!

This afternoon when he got home from work, the kids had friends over, so he went into our room and shut the door. I snuck in after a few minutes had passed and I caught Mark doing this...





I had to laugh and run get my camera. It still fits!! He is so funny, he weighs himself morning and night, naked. All of his hard work has paid off and his bum looks so cute in his new jeans!

A Tribute

My friend and neighbor Brittany emailed this to me today. I thought I would share it with all of you.



I hope to be a better example to everyone I meet.

Saturday Night Date Night

Last night Mark and I had the opportunity to have a "date night". We had a great time. First, we went to dinner at Market Street in the Oyster Bar. We went to the new location in South Jordan and it was so busy. It is so nice that restaurants are starting to open at the south end of the valley. Another great restaurant is MacCools. They have a location in Layton, Foothill Village and they just opened a third at the District. We need to go support them so they don't close. It is an Irish pub and the food is really good.

When we go without our kids, we always buy a temporary membership so we can go into the bar and eat. It is so great to eat without kids around. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, but it is so nice to eat with just adults. They probably hate to see us coming because we don't order alcohol. We have a frequent diner card through Gastronomy and they always send us a buy one get one free postcard for each of our birthdays. We used mine and also had earned a $25 gift certificate, so we got off pretty cheaply. I had king crab legs and they are always amazing. They are my favorite!

After dinner, we went and saw the much talked about movie, Juno. I loved it! It made me cry. Mark loved it, too. The soundtrack is great, I may just download it from itunes so I can listen in my car. For any of you who haven't been to see this show, please go. I think the girl that played Juno got nominated for an Oscar. She was so great in this show. I loved the way she talked and the words she used. It made me laugh. Stop sitting around and go see this show! I'll go again if someone needs a date!!!

I just remembered something funny. Years ago, Ryan (Mark's brother) had to do a biography in school. One of the things he wrote about us is that we are "gourmet eaters". hahaha

President Hinckley

I just found out that President Hinckley passed away. He was such a great president of our Church and will be missed very much. I always enjoyed listening to him speak. It was always insightful and inspiring just to watch him. He is now in Heaven with his cute wife - what a joyous reunion that must be!!! He will be missed. 'Til we meet again!!!

100 Things...

ENJOY!

1. I am the middle of three kids - older sister and younger brother.

2. I waited for my missionary and am happily married.

3. I don't feel 33, still feel 20 something. I'm still a kid!

4. I love pedicures and even love giving them to myself.

5. I love to spend money - POOR MARK!

6. I'm afraid of the ocean/water - afraid of what's down there...

7. I read People.com daily.

8. I hate parking garages. I always think there is going to be an earthquake and
I'll be stuck.

9. I am afraid of the basement - that someone will grab my feet on the way up the stairs.

10. I am TERRIFIED of bears and wonder if I'll ever go camping again.

11. I am a sucker for beauty products. Sephora is heaven!

12. I love the smell of stinky baby feet and baby breath.

13. I am so extremely anal about my house, just ask my poor kids!

14. I've had a cleaning lady for almost five years - and I won't ever give it up!

15. Mark and I never fight :) He is so passive.

16. I've known my husband since 1991.

17. I'm addicted to blogging.

18. I love to bake and Mark hates it with his diet.

19. I love candy - Jr. Mints and Jr. Carmels.

20. I love to eat out!

21. I've lived in Utah my entire life. I am so sheltered.

22. I love to travel, especially Hawaii or New York, but it's getting harder with
three kids.

23. I still wear my original retainer from 9th grade.

24. I love getting my hair cut and colored.

25. I have gray hair. You bet I pluck it!

26. I don't speak to my dad - not by my choice.

27. I love my sister, brother, mom, dad and Mark's family!!!

28. I love my boys and don't know what I'd do without them.

29. I love my husband very much and appreciates everything he does for us!

30. I love Diet Coke only with a fresh lime or Diet Pepsi Jazz Carmel Cream.

31. I don't care to ever scrapbook. I blog!

32. I want to learn to sew/quilt. My mom needs to teach me!

33. I would love to take piano lessons again.

34. I wish I had more time to read. Blogging takes up too much time!

35. I am not cheap or frugal, but I do love a good sale.

36. I think BUDGET is a four letter word.

37. I call Mark every day at 4:01 p.m. too see if he's left work yet.

38. I want to go back to school and maybe become a nurse.

39. I get a metal taste in my mouth when I am pregnant.

40. I hate SF Sourdough pizza. The sauce got to me when I was pregnant with Will.

41. I don't really like sports, but I love watching my kids play
baseball/basketball.

42. I hate Sports Center. Mark is addicted to Sports Center and sports forums.

43. I'll play Mario games with my kids on the Wii and I hate to admit it, but I am better than they are!

44. I keep our house at 76 degrees. It is wonderful!

45. I sleep with socks on and a sweatshirt.

46. I wrap my pillow around my ears. Partly to keep the bugs out (from my childhood)
and partly to not hear the alarm and kids.

47. I love to garden. It's my out.

48. I can't stand to see my husband idle. (Mark told me to put this.)

49. I hate a messy car!

50. I love Conan O'Brian. He makes me laugh. In the year 2000...In the year 2000

51. I Tivo Oprah, Today Show, Good Things Utah and secretly Tivo Days. I fast
forward to the good parts!

52. I don't really like Oprah. She bugs! Will used to think her name was Cobra. Funny!

53. I love Good Eats and Feasting on Asphalt. Alton Brown is great!

54. I love kitchen gadgets and tools. I could have a hey day in Spoons-n-Spice and
Sur la Table.

55. I love to take HOT baths and showers!

56. I don't ever want a dog or other pet. My kids always ask, and I tell them when
they have their own house, they can get one.

57. We had a dog, Daisy, and she was an escape artist. She was an acrobat and could climb any fence. It was Mark's dog and he put the great idea of a dog into my kids head and asked for one for his birthday. He later had to sign the paper to put her down. That is another post. Don't think I'm mean. She was a pain in the &%$.

58. We had a parrot, Tarzan, but we gave her away before I had Max. It was too messy!

59. My Tahoe is bad luck. I've scraped it along the side of our garage. I've put the garage down so it scraped the back. The best is when it was a few days old. It was snowy and I was getting our mail in the car. I didn't know it was in 2 wheel drive (I always had my old Tahoe on Auto) and as I pulled away from the mailbox, the back end of my car slid right into my mailbox as I drove away. Nice deep scratch!

60. I love road trips.

61. I love loud music and love to sing in the car.

62. I don't like country music.

63. I am very social.

64. I love to laugh.

65. I am very blunt. I put my foot in my mouth quite often!

66. No subject is off limits.

67. I am very affectionate!

68. I got a Kidney Infection on our honeymoon. It started out as a UTI and I spent a
week in the hospital (two nights in ICU) after Hawaii. I was dumb!

69. I love doing laundry buy hate putting it away, especially the socks.

70. I love green Tabasco and hot food.

71. I jump on the trampoline with my kids!

72. I am horrible with names, but never forget a face.

73. I love that my kids love to read.

74. I have SMART kids.

75. I don't iron Mark's clothes and it bugs him. His mom ironed everything!

76. I can't keep secrets.

77. I can't stand surprises.

78. I sneak peek at Christmas presents. I'm a great detective when it comes to that!

79. I love childbirth, it is amazing!

80. I hate paying the bills and it's my job!

81. We got married in the Salt Lake Temple.

82. I love good cheese and so does Max. Gruyere, yum!

83. Owen and Luke Wilson are HOT (as my kids would say).

84. I have scary/action/sports movies. YAWN!

85. I love spoiling my kids.

86. I want a boob job after my last baby, but it does kind of scare me.

87. My parents divorced my senior year of high school and it was very hard on me.

88. I love Mexican food!

89. When I get home, I put my jammies on immediately.

90. Every church calling I've ever had has been in Primary.

91. Mark is mellow and I'm the opposite.

92. I love my bed and good sheets.

93. I'm not very crafty.

94. I love chewing on my kids.

95. I hate grocery shopping, but love Harmon's.

96. My favorite season in spring when all of the flowers come out.

97. I LOVE 80's music!

98. I play with my hair. It's soft because of my shampoo - purple bottle Pureology.
$$ but worth it!

99. I love when my kids go to bed for the night.

100. I don't have any tattoos or body piercings.

I did it!! Now you should too.

Ben Potter

Tonight while Will and Ben were brushing their teeth, Ben tried to mark his face like Harry Potter's face. Sadly, he used my new Bobbi Brown lipstick! This is what he looked like after he tried to clean his face.



Nice. And he was mad when I had to scrub his face with my face soap and a washcloth. I couldn't get it all off either!

Nightly Ritual

Max loves reading books. Every night and day we read to Max. It's almost ritual. After his bath in the morning, just after I've gotten him dressed, he heads to his books. Tonight, Mark had the privilege of reading books to Max. He is learning all of the animal sounds and can mimic most. He is so funny! My favorite thing that he is saying right now is "I want some". Whenever anyone has something that he wants some of, he lets you know. He can also say "awesome" and when I say "I love you" he says "wub bu". It is so cute!



To get Max to smile, I ask him to show me his teeth.


Max even gives kisses!



He wanted to play with my camera and was very upset when I didn't let him. Oh, looks like bedtime...