My Disney Princess Personality

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Family Photos

A family friend introduced us to Ginger Mairs who owns her own photography company. I am going to put up pics of what she did soon, but wanted to let those of you who live in the Boise area know that she is AWESOME! I have the link to her blog under my favorite webpages, so take a look! She was great getting pictures of a family with a two year old who refused to cooperate!

Reagan's Haircut

For those of you who haven't seen us in awhile, I thought I would put up pictures of Reagan's new hair do. I am not sure who started the process, but Reagan got an interesting haircut that I do know Maddie participated in. At first we weren't sure, but then when we realized the back was too "straight" for Reagan to do it by herself, we knew her sister HAD to be involved. After crying a bunch and picking up a ton of curly blond hair off the floor, I called a friend from our ward that thankfully was able to "even up" Reagan's hair. I actually think the end product is really cute. It definitely is cooler for this Summer weather and it is pretty easy to do (aka nothing has to be done for it before church!).

The last two weeks

Well a lot has happened the last two weeks. We have a place in SD now. We signed the lease last week and thanks to my dad cosigning w/ us, we have a home!! Thanks dad! Lets see. We have carpet picked out to replace the stuff we have now. We had thought of just restretching what is already in, but thanks to prev owners who cut the carpet too short, we are going to have to replace it. They had installed pergo, but never got to the hallway. At least the prop management comp we are working w/ is contracted w/ Great Floors so we can get nice carpet at cost (about $8 a sq yard). We already have our cable appt set up when we get into SD so at least we will have TV, phone, and internet. Surprisingly, it is cheaper there than here w/ more benefits! We will have DVR, tons of channels, twice as fast cable internet and the same phone plan for 30 dollars less a month. I figure since CableOne and Qwest is all there is here, there isn't much competition whereas down there there are many different options.



The girls I headed down to UT for fourth of July. It was a split moment decision, but we had a ton of fun. Unfortunately, though, on the way back I ran over something on the road and we got a big fat flat tire. So about twenty minutes west of Snowville UT (near the ID/UT border) the girls I hung out for about an hour waiting for the tow guy to come. After another 45 minutes of the guy getting the spare on (he was slow to say the least) the girls and I headed home going about 50mph the whole way. Now for those of you who think that going slower equals better gas mileage, I have decided that its a wives tale. We went about 80mph down there and got about 24mpg. Before getting back onto the highway, I reset our mpg computer thing and we got about 26mpg going 30mph less! That is sooo not worth it. So really, going 75mph instead of 80 to save on gas is pretty much a joke. Plus, with little kids, everyone wants to get to there location as fast as possible. We ended up getting home a little before 8pm (we left at 845am), but we did stop for real food in Twin Falls so that did added an extra hour to our trip, though, having real food at a real restaraunt was worth it.

Maddie has started swim lessons that my mother in law set up for her. I think the lessons have really boosted her confidence. Now we just need her to use her arms to swim above water. I will have to bring my camera to a lesson so I can put pics up. Also, we are continuing to pack up the house. Last week I packed up all of our everyday china (yes its called that...must be b/c the plates are 30 bucks a piece) and we have been using paper or the girls' princess and other tupperware type kid-proof plates. I have also packed and/or gotten rid of cooking utensils we don't use as much (like our garlic press). The funny thing is that since I packed it all up, it seems like I have needed it. I think maybe it is more like I didn't realize how often I used those things. Oh well. Cheesecake on a paper plate tastes the same as cheesecake on a dessert plate. Well I think I am done now. This cheesecake talk is making want some. Plus, there is probably something good on Bravo right now (a new Project Runway is coming soon!).

Livermore Trip

I just realized that I haven't written anything in awhile. Well we went to Livermore and San Diego for a week. I put some pics in from William's graduation. Of course he graduated on Friday the 13th which always helps anyways future prospects. Anyways, it was fun but Garrett and I did end up driving over 2500 miles, spending 600 dollars on gas, but luckily we had free hotel stay (Marriott points) and then bummed w/ Teddy in Irvine and my mom's cousin in San Diego.

The girls stayed in Livermore while G and I headed to SD. Of course, Elizabeth the speedy heated up her brakes too much so when we stopped to meet up w/ the grandparents and Teddy in the middle of nowhere, the vancar brakes went crazy and started squealing (it actually sounded like the axle was going to fall off). At any rate, it was fine and we headed down to Teddys.

He lives right off the 5 freeway so it was a perfect stop before SD to eat their food and spend time w/ them. We got to SD late Sun evening and spent the next day and a half driving thru SD looking at diff neighborhoods, eating out, and playing Wii. I love that system!! Tuesday night we stayed w/ Teddy and Jaymie and played Rock Band. Oh my gosh...way FUN!!! So we essentially decided to not eat for a few months when we move and just get a Wii and Rock Band instead (which actually means trying to find a Wii system).
We stayed at my parents on Wednesday and then got up early Thursday to head back to Boise. Garrett worked Friday and we had a grandma watching weekend. Needless to say, the house is still in shambles and I mostly ignore it w/ the excuse I am just going to pack it instead (which I have done...b/c why spend time to put it away when it can just go into a box!)





Well I think that is about it. Nothing exciting, still homeless in SD, haven't found anyone to rent to (though we are really letting a prop management comp take care of that) and have to put new carpet in (should have done it two years ago when we moved in).