my hot man!

i took this picture on one of our day dates. Now that we are both working a ton and working at night, it was cutting in rather heinously to our dating life. So we have started going on afternoon dates. yeah me!!

Buddies...

Brad Metcalf, Michael B and Tim. It is always a riot when these guys get together!

SLC Comedy Show

We went to our friends comedy show in SLC a couple of weeks ago. It was typical Michael B. Totally funny and a great night out. Thanks for sharing!!

Us and our friends

Mac and Kay Sims

Michael B torturing some poor kid

Moments before the unexpected torture. Well, it was unexpected to him, most of us knew it was coming!


Mitch English. Really funny guy. Weatherman in Florida by day, comedian in Utah by night.

Dustin Chafin. Super funny guy! Google him...it will be totally worth it!

Hoover Dam

Tim is explaining how the dam works to cooper. He was a little nervous looking over the edge. I don't blame him! I try really hard not to feel like the edge is sucking me over!!

Look how low the water level is!

This is the new bridge they are building so traffic will not have to go over the dam. It's pretty amazing. The picture doesn't do it justice!

This is, of course, not the dam at all, but Nico the cat. I love how she just sits there like she's people.

A blast from the past...

In cataloging Tim's old photos, I loved looking at this brand new little family just starting off on their journey. These are of Tim and his mom and dad. {{LOVE Them!}}

I married the CUTEST guy!

I've been scanning and cataloging all of our old pictures. These ones of Tim are so stinkin' cute!!

Tim as a Teenager!!

This is Tim in Omaha NE with his friend Jeff Lorenz circa 1974!! Jeff just emailed these pictures to Tim. what a hoot!!


A little fuzzy, but other than that...this could be any teenage boy today!

Weird Weilands

So here are some things we do when we're hanging around the house....


Hail Me! Hail Myself!
I'm the German Ethel Merman don't ya know?!
(Go watch the Producers if that reference means nothing to you!)





The Band-Aid mummy!

The Greatest Burger in the Wasatch Front Challenge!

So we went to Marley's, which is the restaurant inside the Timpanogos Harley Davidson store in Lindon, for dinner the other night. (Thanks Grandma!) And upon sampling the DELISH sliders they have we have instituted the First Annual Greatest Burger in the Wasatch Front Challenge! We are making it our mission to taste all the Burgers, Fries and Shakes that are NOT fast food and come up with our top five or ten list. This will be our great contribution to society.



So far, Marley's and Five Guys have made the list for Burgers and fries and JCW is on the list for their shakes.

If you have a recommendation, please let us know and we will add it to our quest.

My brother Ben lived with our mom for a while and then came to live with us. It was really great having him around. He is now back in the hospital for some needed care. He's doing alright, and I will update you when I have more news.

This is a picture of Tim and mom laying new carpet in the spare room at her house. The funniest part for me was when they finished (I was sick, but supportive! I laid on her couch the whole time.) Tim came out and said I should go look at it, it was done, then mom followed up with "And I helped" with a southern accent just like the little girl said it on the Shake n bake commercials from a million years ago. FUNNY! Guess you had to be there.

What we're really thankful for...

Football!! Could this picture be more staged?! Go Cowboys!

Seriously though, we had such a great day just hanging out, being together and sharing a bottle of Pepto.



Tay and Coop



tay and Dad



tay and Harrison



tay and ....no wait! No tay! Cooper, Morgan and his CUTE girlfriend Lani.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

So here's my crazy family posing for our non-traditional happy thanksgiving shot! We have entirely too much fun together!

The MENU...


We took this delicious and healthy mountain o fruit and turned it into....



...this delicious whipped cream fruit salad. YUMMY YUMMY!



And these nutritious YAMS into this brown sugar/marshmallow candy side dish.



And of course we had to take the ever so good for you green beans and dip them in batter then FRY them, yes I said FRY them. This was a DIET COKE batter...does that make it healthier because it's Diet?



Oh yeah, then the turkey. We didn't carmelize it or anything! We just ate it like this! Except of course the fat drippings gravy I made. Hmmmm....How many pounds to people gain over the holidays?

Bad Economy?!

Not for us!! This is our new ride!! OR we went to the 40th Birthday party for the CEO of APX alarms (thanks grandma J for the invite) and this is what HE pulled up in. I think it's rented. I HOPE it's rented.

SpOOky Haunted House!

Coop was the overscheduled first grader Friday night. He went to his friends birthday party at 5, I picked him up at 6 and we went to his schools Fall Festival and then we met Sue and Reid at a spook alley at Lindon Elementary at 7:30. then of course we had to get a treat at McDs after. I was so glad we could sleep in the next morning!!



This was Kate as Princess Leia helping the "lost travelers" through the Star Wars maze at the Spook alley. She was fantastic!!



This was a working R2D2 that Kates-boyfriends-brother made. It was really cool. It spins and beeps and all that.



Marde Gras Monster? No. It's just Ben in his halloween mask that he made from a Batman mask and some sweet feathers.



Mini Marde Gras Monster....

I have the best husband ever!!

Some of you may feel the need to argue with me about having the best husband ever, but I ask you....do you get breakfast like this just because? I rest my case!!