Evolution of Dance

Goodbye, President Bush

Yes, it's easy to make fun of President Bush, but it's nice to hear some good things for a change. It's long, but worth reading:

follow this link: http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/090121bush.html

If you love the food network, you'll love this

In November I packed up the kiddies and the mass amounts of stuff that goes with them and headed to San Fran for a little excitement. And by that I mean a book signing for Ina Garten's (Barefoot Contessa) new cookbook.

Yes I was by myself

With the 2 kids on a 4 hour drive plus traffic

But you know seeing her for 3 minutes was all worth it. And you better believe that I took advantage of those 3 minutes. Let's just say that my sister Mendi who thinks she's cool because she used to work on Rodeo Dr and never got starstruck was embarrassed of me and my sister Lindsay who went with me.

But honestly people, have none of you ever gotten so excited about meeting someone that when you actually met them all you did was vomit blabber which didn't make sense and most likely scared the object of your admiration?

Here's my disclaimer: I was only scary because I was taking poor sleeping Sophie out of the bjorn for Ina to see, hold, maybe invite to her amazing house in the hamptons.

Lindsay made it way worse.

Here's how it went:

Ina: oh your baby is beautiful, how old is she?

Me: she's 2 months (now is when i am physically taking sophie out of the bjorn while she is trying to sleep and this is obviously alarming Ina)

Ina: is this her first book signing? (laughs) oh your baby is falling out.

Me: oh she's fine. yes. we love you show. i drove all the way from reno.

Lindsay: our dad loves to cook now because of you. he cooks dinner every sunday and loves your recipes. we love your show. you are so nice. your voice is so kind. i made your roast chicken last week.

Ina: (obviously a little scared) how did it turn out?

Lindsay: It was great. You are just so nice and kind and we love you and your show.

Me: (smiling and agreeing with everything lindsay is saying)

this is when the williams sonoma workers pushed us through the line.

Not scary, just a little excited, right?

I would love to hear any of your celebrity encounters

TRAINS!

john 5 is obsessed with trains right now, so when we found out that the carson city train museum had an old operating train that you could ride we drove right down. And as a special bonus at christmas time Santa comes and gives you a candy cane - of course most of the kids cry when santa shows up, but whatever. The car we were in was built in 1800s. so fun!

little sewing project

I made this little activity pillow for Ellie - Lora's daughter. I got the idea off another blog: makeandtakes.com and then i added my own twist to it. I LOVE how it turned out. Actually i borrowed some pinking shears from claire and made the edges really cute, but didn't get a picture of it before i sent it. Basically it was crazy easy but I am so proud of myself - I felt so crafty. You can take the letters off the buttons and replace them with shapes and numbers.





Here's the pockets on the back to hold whatever is not being used on the front.

Sophie!

Here's some pics of Sophie - she'll be 4 months at the end of this week. I can't believe it.