Marc's Little Friend!

Everyday when Marc comes home from work, our nephew gets so excited and had to be attached to him. At first we thought that maybe he thought Marc was his dad, now I think it is that he is excited to have a guy to play with after being stuck with girls all day! He loves when his dad comes home and will drop everything to run to him. The other day Marc came home and sat down on the couch. Tyler climbed up all on his own and ended up like this...

He sat like this for quite awhile. He loves doing what we all do, sometimes we think that he thinks he is in his 20's! After he realized I had the camera out, he crawled up to it smiling, this is with no zoom, but too cute not to share!

We love having this little guy to play with and then give back to mom and dad when we are done!

A Saturday of Surprises!

I know I haven't blogged in awhile, but just as I started thinking this,I had stuff to blog about! On Friday Marc text me and told me that he had plans for us for Saturday, but I couldn't know what it was. All he said is I could pick some stuff out and it wouldn't be too expensive. I don't like knowing surprises are coming, I think of everything it could be, then let myself down when it isn't as big or elaborate, or as exciting as I imagined. But of course my mind started running, I have been wanting to go to Sprinkles cupcakes here ever since I went in California, could that be it a trip to get cupcakes? One of my favorite clothing stores, H&M is getting ready to open their first store in AZ not to far from us, maybe we were going to their grand opening, but no, I just checked, they open in October! We can't be going to a movie, there isn't anything we have been dying to see. Every time I asked Marc kept telling me I was wrong! Finally Saturday morning makes it's way. Maybe a water park, do I wear a swimming suit and risk looking stupid if our adventure doesn't involve swimming? Before jumping in the shower, I tell Marc he has to pick out my clothes since he knows where we are going. Lying on the bed, shorts, a top and flip flops on the floor, well, I wear this everyday... this doesn't help my racing mind at all! After I finish getting ready he poses me with a question, "do you want to eat breakfast here or there?" A perfect opportunity to get more clues out of him, "Well, what can we eat if we eat out?" I can't tell you, it will give it away, ok..."Are we eating lunch out too?", his response, "If you want..." Still so confused! We decide to eat a small breakfast incase we decide we want to eat while we are out. After eating it is time to go, I ask before leaving, "Do I need to bring the camera incase there is a good blogging opportunity?" After a small chuckle, he replies, "if you want".

We get in the car and start driving south on the 51. All I can think of is the Air Port, but I doubt we are taking a day trip to a far off land. We exit off the freeway at Cactus, um, I am really lost! As we drive I see a cute park with a ton of tents! My first thought, "Oh how cute! We should go there one day", wait that's it! "Are we going to a Farmer's Market?" Very proudly Marc replies, "Yep!" I love my husband! He is such a great guy! One of our favorite activities in Rexburg was going to the Farmer's Market every week. He was waiting at the dentist when he saw an ad in Phoenix Magazine about Farmer's Markets here. He got online and found the closest one to us. We went and had a free slice of Great Harvest Bread, which we had no idea was in Phoenix, and we tasted lots of other yummy treats! After making the rounds we decided to buy some fresh green beans, homemade beef jerky, tabouli, and fresh fire roasted chilies! It was a fun little adventure and extra points to Marc for being so creative! The great thing about the Farmer's Markets in AZ, they are open every Saturday! So we now have a fun little Saturday morning date!

When we got home from our fun little adventure, Ben and Danielle were getting ready to go to the lake. Her uncle was taking the scouts out on his boat and another leader had a boat, only 3 scouts showed up. So we hurried and changed and went out to the lake for a few hours. There was a huge storm heading in that brought an early end to our trip, but it was fun! Marc and I went on the other boat and went tubing! It has really been YEARS since I have been tubing! We had so much fun! Marc went in the tube the first time with two of the scouts. He had a great fall! His feet flew over his head and he had a nice little back flip into the water. After about 30 minutes the boys were ready for a break. Then Marc and I got in with one of the boys. Marc flew out, after he got in we were going fine, then all of a sudden we took a hard crash and all three of us flew out! The water was so warm though that it felt nice to take a little swim! It was a fun afternoon! Here are a few pictures of Marc tubing, I didn't get any of me, there is also one of Marc and I, don't mind his duck like fluff, that was after air drying from being in the water!



We had such a fun weekend! It is always nice to spend time together and relax!

Giveaway!

I am working on creating a blog business to design baby announcements, wedding announcements, graduation announcements, party invites, adoption pass along cards, christmas cards, am I missing anything? I need some more samples to help build my blog. So, the first 4 people to comment will get a free design, giving me the ability to use it on my blog. I will change all the personal information, names and such. I have a few wedding announcements already so other things would be appreciated! Just leave a comment and let me know what you would like. I'll get in touch with you and make them in the next few weeks! Thanks!

I just thought I would add, I will send you the jpeg file then they are yours to print! You can upload them to any photo center, WalMart, Target, Walgreens, etc. I will also verify that you have the rights if I need too, for example, a photo center in Utah gave my cousin a hard time when she wanted to print her wedding announcements, apparently they were too professional!

Stranded...

For Christmas Marc's parents gave us a gift card to a sushi place we like. Since we got back, it has been burning a hole in our pockets and we have been wanting to use it. We went for lunch a few Saturdays ago, but to our surprise, they are closed for lunch on Saturday. We finally were able to go on Friday night. Marc's gas light came on while he was driving home from work. We had driven plenty of times from Rexburg to Idaho Falls to use our points at Albertson's without a problem, what difference would it make? Well, we miss judged the distance, and the amount of gas, for the record, I was not in the car when the light came on! On our way to the gas station, on the freeway, our car started downshifting. There was nothing we could do. The battery light came on too and we were worried that it wasn't the gas. Luckily Marc's parents live about 10 minutes from where we were. They brought us a gas can with a gallon of gas. We made a dash to the gas station and filled up the rest of the way. Luckily there weren't a lot of people on the road when we started slowing down and we were able to get the the shoulder. Ironically enough there were two cars in front of us fixing a tire and one of the guys cam over to make sure we were ok. We waited about 20 or 30 minutes in the car, but it gave us more time to chat! It was quite the adventure for sure! Now the rabbit has a full tummy and hopefully we will be smart enough to not run out of gas again! It sure made for a fun story though!

California Livin'

I know I have disappeared from the blogging world for a little while, but with very good reasons! Last Thursday I left to play in California! My Aunt is a wonderful photographer and was asked to do a wedding in Beverly Hills. So, I stayed here...

The Beverly Hilton! It was so pretty! They do 175 red carpet events there every year, most famously, the Golden Globes, and pre and post award parties for many others! The bride and groom put all of their guests up in this hotel! I was there just to babysit my aunts two adorable kids, but it was all worth it! Here are some pictures of the hotel. I got these from their website! Here is the pool!

Every night they have these lights at the pool. Every few minutes they change colors and move on the walls. They also show movies on the wall like in the picture, they didn't while we were there though! My aunt said most of the pictures of celebrities you see at the pool are taken here. Jennifer Anisten is known for staying in a pool side bungalow and reserving a bed along the pool! This is a picture of the Presidential suite from the outside.

My aunt stayed here a few years ago while doing another wedding and said that Bill Gates was in the Presidential suite. We could tell that there were people in the room, but we couldn't tell who! Here is the main ballroom where the Golden Globes take place! I wanted to go peek in the doors, but was too chicken!

From our room we could see the fountain. There is astroturf all around it, and benches, but it was a great place for kids to run! When I took these pictures, there were tables set out for a brunch, we never saw anyone sit there though! The fountain in 5 feet deep, the first night we were there, people were drinking and swimming in the fountain, but we didn't hear them!

Here is a picture of the cute little guys I was there playing with! I love these guys! I feel more like their aunt than their cousin since they are so much younger, but we still have so much fun!

We walked around Santa Monica Pier, never touching the ocean or sand, but looking in all the shops! We made a stop at Fred Segul, the first time we tried it was closed for a party, we tried to see inside with no such luck! We drove around Bellair looking at all the celebrities homes. Tons of super nice cars were passing us, but the windows were tinted really dark and we couldn't tell if we had just passed a celebrity. We also went to Sprinkles Cupcakes. There is one here in Scottsdale, but one of their first locations was right down the street from our hotel, so of course we had to go! Here is what we got...

Mine was the one without the trademark sprinkle, but the dark chocolatey goodness that it beholds was simply divine! The kiddos shared one in the bathtub right before taking their bath. This idea is highly recommended! All the mess gets washed away as soon as you turn on the water! Just watched out for little boys that aren't potty trained yet, it can cause problems! They really loved their strawberry cupcake!

We also went to a place called Jerry's Deli. If you are ever in Beverly Hills go there! I don't know where it is there other than across from Ceder Sini Hospital where all the celebrity babies are born. My aunt said that if you go around 8 or 9 at night the TV celebs are getting off work and come in for a bite. One night she saw the whole cast from Everybody Loves Raymond, LL Cool J, and a few others whose names meant nothing to me. I highly recommend the Ruben! Delicious!

On Sunday we drove over to Anaheim/Cypress area to visit my grandmas sister and her family. We had dinner with them and let my moms cousin's kids play with my cousins, they are actually the same ages, so they had fun playing together, once they all warmed up!
On Monday we went to Disneyland. Can I just say, I love Disneyland! I haven't been in about 2 years, but it is so fun! Especially when you go with someone who has never been. My two year old cousin ran to the Mickey benches before you even get into the park and said in the most excited voice "Mickey, Fun"! How can you not have a great day when it starts like that? We got to the park around 10am and planned on leaving around 6 or 7 since the kids were missing their naps, we closed the park down. The kids had so much fun! We took them on Pirates of the Caribbean and were worried they would hate it, pirate is their code word for a creep at the park, wrong again! We ended up staying on because the kids wanted to go down the slide again! Here are a few cute pictures from the day, not many of me, but I'll find some soon! We all took pictures of each other but not of ourselves!







I meant to post pictures while I was in California but the hotels all charge $13 a day just to access WiFi on your own computer! But I am back and tan! Marc wasn't able to come and it was the first time since we got married that we have been apart, as much fun as I had, it wasn't as fun without him there!