Next Best Thing!

this... is my new favorite song!!! great for running to.. i LOVE it!!! oh wait, i already said that huh.. 

{one thing though: you'll have to disregard one bad word in it, cuz the beat is rockin'!!!}

check it out!

 

..and if ya sign yourself up for a marathon.

don't blame me.

it's

The Next Best Thing!!!

I finally agreed...

...to let Sydnee have bangs! 

She has been begging... and begging me for the longest time - and today when she asked again, I took her in the bathroom and cut them! I'm not sure I've ever seen her so happy and excited about something in her life. Well.. except for when she got her real puppy, Pigwit for Christmas some years ago! 

I have to admit... she looks SO cute with bangs,  I l.o.v.e. them!!!

-PhOto BooTh PiC.s-

*why go to a photo booth and pay two bucks or more.. when you can take your own for free???

Fun in the Sun!

Come Thursday, it was time for our traditional trip down south to visit my parents in sunny St. George! We left that night, got there around midnight and woke up with a weekend of fun & relaxation awaiting us! I was hoping the weather would be really nice and that it was... it felt so good to feel the warmth of the rays on our skin and to even have to turn on the AC in the car at times.

Day 1:

• slept in
• running
• swimming @ indoor pool
• lunch @ Chuck-u-rama
• Chandler-n-Me: Arcade, photo booth pic.s, stroll down main with a peek or two in the little consignment shop, book store, etc.
• Andres-n-the rest of the kids: went swimming @ outdoor pool
• dinner @ Iceberg (eewww... that was yucky! we wanted to go to Brick Oven for pizza but it was overflowing with people so we settled for Iceberg and it just didn't satisfy the taste buds..)
• Sydnee-n-Me: night time drive with Gma & Gpa up to the airport to watch the planes coming in for landing/taking off and to reminisce while looking out over the city of lights.
• Andres-n-the rest of the kids: movie @ hotel room!
• Sydnee got to sleepover with Gma & Gpa in their trailer!!!

 Tanner LOVES to swim..

Day 2:

• slept in
• breakfast @ JB's
• haircuts for the boys @ Loyd's Barber Shop (Loyd was quite the character... with his big feathered white wig, gray polyesters, white nurse shoes and missing teeth! But he was nice.. and he's finally figured out what love is, (he thinks..) he's been married seven times, four times before he even turned 21! He said his problem was that he was confused between what lust & love was, but now his seventh wife is a real keeper!) LOL
• lunch-walk-play @ Snow Canyon Campground: hotdog & marshmallow roast!
• swimming @ outdoor pool
• dinner @ hotel room: Gma & Gpa brought Subway sandwiches, chips & drinks!

The boys wanted to catch Mr. Lizard & his buddies.. but they were entirely too fast! I'm surprised they even stuck around for the photos.

Whenever McKynlee is with my Dad she smiles! She can feel his love for her & always knows she's in for a good time... he sings her cute little songs that make her giggle with lots of hugs -n- kisses in between.. and she loves how he squeezes-n-massages her legs and feet! 

..and it's the same with my Mom!

Day 3: VaLenTiNes DaY!

• breakfast in hotel room: yogurt + grapes + donuts-n-danishes + milk!
• flowers from my love
• church @ 11:00
• lunch @ The Majestic Lodge in Zions (tradition)
• rest & relax @ the hotel
• Gma & Gpa delivered Valentines & sugar cookies for us!
• all 9 of us cuddled up on the beds together and watched one of our favorite movies, Secondhand Lions!
• pizza for dinner @ hotel room
• lots of xoxo's

Day 4: President's Day, or if ya know my dad... a.k.a. George Birthington's Washday!

• slept in
• swimming @ indoor pool
• packed up the car
• lunch & shopping @ The Cracker Barrel (met up with an old friend so she didn't have to pay shipping on her headbands)
• goodbyes
• on the road again.... home.

 

Man.. that must have been a dang good joke I told him!