Zoe's Preschool Recital

Their theme this year was Wizard of Oz so I made a Dorothy costume for Zoe. I did not have a pattern but it turned out great!

Zoe also learned Tae Kwon Do at her Preschool...

The video isn't working though boo!

I love this video-




Zoe says she wants to be a "Super Star Singer" when she grows up :)!

Mia's Hip Hop Recital

"Hi I'm 7 going on 14"

Here's some pics and video of Mia's year end recital (so cute)

sorry the filming is kinda bad but still worth watching!

"Chain Hang Low"
(FYI Mia starts out in the center and then transitions to the front left)

Fast & Furious

Totally saw Fast & Furious tonight with my bro and my sister in law. I totally loved it. There was a little Transporter 2 essence of ridiculous stunts (well mostly one in particular but I won't go into detail, you'll know which one when you see it) but easily overlooked as the story line/plot was suprising good! It actually takes place time-line wise before the 3rd movie so they had Han in it a little. You could definately tell they tried to appeal to the Latino crowd, alot of hispanic influence in there. I hope it does well in the box office, if so they will do another one. I know our theater was packed-but there isn't much else to do in Utah besides watching movies and eating. So anyway 2 thumbs up from me for Fast & Furious. Side note too much American Muscle racing and not enough rice.

Twilight...Obsessed Much?

Yeah I'm obsessed. Twilight is my new 90210 what can I say? I can picture my room as a young teen: my Jason Priestly poster and various 90210 paraphernalia plastering the walls-ooh including the dirty poster of Eric Nies from The Grind standing shirtless in shallow water that came just above is -ehem-. In it's place if I were still a teen: Robert Pattinson and everything Twilight. I would definitely have the Edward pillowcase I saw at Hot Topic, the special edition jewelry box set from Costco, with charm bracelet, movie, and all, as well as some various accessories I've seen kicking around Walmart. Oh if I were a teen. I am seriously considering hanging up the mini poster that came with my book on the back of my bedroom door, I wonder if Joey would notice lol. I know Joe kind of rolls his at my my obsession but I think he secretly is intrigued by the series, c'mon what guy isn't? He has decided that Edward is like the Metro sexual of the Vampire World lol.

Breaking Yawn...er Dawn

That is the name I give to the 4th installment of the Twilight series. Ok spoiler alert if you have not read the series or the 4th book and you want to keep it suprise don't read this. Ok so uck where do I even begin?



I am going to have to read the first two books again to remember that I do like Twilight. From the evil spawn pregnancy to Edward injecting Bella's heart with his venom and taking her soul-the whole story was such a disappointment.



There were all of these stories that could have been so good and just pooped out. The wedding-lame. Jacob showing up at the reception-disappointing. Ok honeymoon mildly entertaining with the trashing of the furniture and bedding. How about when they figured out Bella was pregnate with Edwards "evil spawn" and the servant woman comes to bring them dinner, there could have been some more interesting stuff there, but there wasn't. I mean for all of the blah blah blahing that the author does she could have embellished there! Maybe? How about when Jacob imprints on Renesmee? That could have been cool except it wasn't. How about the cool house they build for Edward and Bella? Lame. How about when Charlie finds out? Eh not so much. How about the lawyer? Nothing. How about the Volturi fight? 300 pages of build up to-oh-nothing. I will say I did like the beginning when Bella is driving the ginormous Mercedes and her own Cullen's credit card. That's funny I can picture it, that's about all that I liked.


Here's the problem. At the wedding I am waiting for Jacob to burst in the doors, stop the wedding, ask Bella to have puppies with him, she says yes they run off the end. But she still chose freakin Edward. Overprotective, too good for everyone, trying to change Bella with the whole car thing, Edward. Why not silly, obnoxious, honest, friend, lets Bella make her own decisions Jacob?

poor joe

Joe: (looking in the mirror with shirt off) "Look at my belly! "

Michelle: "I know it's crazy!"

Zoe: "Dad, I think you should put your shirt back on..."

kids...they say the darndest things

Mom: "Zoe I told you not to stamp all over Mia's picture and you did it anyway! If she comes home and beats you up over it I'm not gonna stop her"
Zoe: "Well I know Karate so..."

Origins Shampoo

I absolutely love the shampoo my sister Tracy got me for my birthday. It's Origins: Jump Start. It has a wonderful herby, earthy smell that is to die for. I love the way it makes my hair feel so clean and soft without weighing it down at all. It actually gives my hair so much more body and makes it so light, it is so much easier to style and blowdry my hair when I use it. I guarantee you will notice a difference if you try it! I know my sister swears by the rest of their products too as she worked at their store in Vegas and had an opportunity to try them all out!

Farewell Dear Lilo

Our dog, Lilo passed away last night. It came on so fast and we are truly devastated, we miss her so much. I went to check on her one last time before going to bed and instead of greeting me with bright eyes and a little wag in her tale, she was nothing but lethargic and sad looking. She wouldn't even get up when we called her or coaxed her. We found an Urgent Pet Care and Joe and I carried her on her doggy pillow and placed her in the car. He was gone for about an hour and came home empty handed. The care center did some x-rays and a couple of other little tests but she was basically catatonic by the time Joe had arrived there. All signs were kind of pointing toward anti-freeze consumption. We did not have any in our garage but suspect she may have gotten out of the fence (even though it was secured) and gotten it somewhere. But whatever happened there was nothing we could do for her. Even if they resuscitated her she would be on dialysis and probably be a vegetable. She was smart, loving, silly, obedient, and adored the girls. You always feel like there was more you could have done, I could have played with her more, or been more patient sometimes, or taken her around with me on errands (she loved the minivan). But life comes and goes outside our control, an important lesson to realize that we must do all we can everyday with those we love for we never know when life will go. So goodbye and farewell dear Lilo, 'til we meet again!

Awesome-ist Day Ever

This morning I woke up to find 6 more weeks of winter, a lost purse, a cranky husband with kidney stones, my 2 year old trying to change her own poopy diaper, a disaster of a house, no milk, and quartely sales tax due...can I go to bed now?