"Tender lumplings everywhere- Life's no fun without a good scare..."

This past weekend was a packed one. We went to Idaho for Logan's nephew's birthday/halloween party, and his niece's baby blessing. I wish I had a picture of her in her dress, it was just about the most precious thing you've ever seen.

We were supposed to dress up scary for the Halloween party, but Logan and I didn't bring anything scary so we ran out to the store beforehand to get some stuff. When we got to the party his little 2 year old nephew Jonah looked over at him and kept saying "no!" in a very concerned voice while walking backwards and shaking his head. He finally started crying and Logan tried to make him feel better by pulling up his mask so he could see it was just him, but instead it made Jonah call him "Bad Ogan!" every time he saw him the rest of the trip. Ha ha. It was sad but had pretty funny results. 

 Anyway, we had fun and it was only slightly chaotic because there was so much going on. I got lots and lots of baby holding time with little Sofia, so I had a fantastic weekend :)

Oh...except...in the midst of all this my phone died.  It suddenly just wouldn't turn on anymore. On the way back to St George we stopped at the apple store in SLC, where the guy told me he didn't know what was wrong with it and I told him so much for them being "geniuses". Anyway, I brought it home and messed with it yesterday and re-unlocked it and re-jailbroke it and today it works again! iHappy. :)

This is me. This is work. Those are yucky spiders everywhere.

Eeeew....

on the fun side, I never noticed how much that wall behind me matches candy corn. Mmm. 

"Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart..."

I almost moved to California a couple days ago. That is to say...I went to California for the weekend and almost didn't come back. I figured I could send for my car and Michelangelo and all would be okay. Sounds logical, right? I mean, in Katrina move-around-whenever-you-feel-like-it logic. Anyway, I ended up coming back but I can't wait to go to California again.
Logan's sister and brother in law and their two adorable kids invited us to go to Laguna Beach for the weekend. We met up with them in Vegas and left early Saturday morning and spent the day building sand castles and semi-playing in the water. It was fantastic.

We went to this amazing restaurant for dinner and I'm kind of sad that i'll probably never be back to go to it again because it was sooo yummy.
The next morning dark and early Logan and I set out for the beach. It was a little chilly, and I remembered something my boss introduced me to last week...so we walked down a mile or so and found the nearest Starbucks...

and we found my newest favoritest drink. Caramel Apple Spice Cider. It is soooo good. Seriously. Go get one. I promise you will not regret it.

See how happy that face is? There are rare times you'll find me that smiley at 7am. Mmmmmm.
Yum.

"easy come, easy go, that's just how you live..."

In other news, when I lived in Florida growing up I had a super awesome seminary teacher named Sister Whitcomb. I'm pretty sure my first year in seminary was her first year as a teacher and she was amazing. I just loved her, and later on we worked together on projects for girl's camp, etc. It sounds kind of cheesy but she always made me feel like she really cared about me and I loved being around her. She had a son a little older than me, and a son my age that was in my class, too, and a younger daughter named Amy....who also happens to be an awesome singer.
I hadn't seen Sister Whitcomb in years until about a year and a half ago...? maybe? when I ran into her at the Orem Mall and she was on her way to California with Amy, who was competing...She was on "the sing off" on tv awhile back with a sweet blonde mohawk. Aaand apparently she's back this season, because I got on my facebook and my news feed was flooded with people who were talking all about her group, "Delilah". The judges love her, and she is so adorable.
So, for anyone who hasn't seen it yet: this article gives her a sweet shout-out and the video of her singing  :) http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-sing-off-season-premiere-recap-heart-and-soul-win-out-20110920

"from the very first time I cast my eyes on you, girl"

Sorry for two posts in one day but if I don't finish catching up I don't know if I ever will!
Plus, I couldn't resist posting a picture of this adorable little one. ;)
Last weekend we drove up to Idaho to see Logan's new niece, Sofia. We were planning on going in October, but I really wanted to see her while she was still so teeny. She was only about 5 days old when we saw her  and she is precious! I made her this little hat on our way there. Its a little big, but I think it'll be about perfect once winter comes. :) Look at that little face. Don't you just want to cuddle her?

this is my "awww...I want a baaaby!" face. ha ha.

Also, Logan's sister Shanda colored my hair back to dark while I was there and I'm feeling like my old self again :)

Well that about wraps things up. I've been playing Front Desk Manager at my job this week as well as my usual job so I'm kind of tuckered out. I think it's time for a nice relaxing couple of days off... :) 

"get up and get down and get outside...."

The last few weekends have been super fun and really busy so I'm gonna try and catch up on everything now...this might take a few posts. We'll start with just telling you that three weekends ago we went and took family pictures for this really cute family:

On our way home we drove up Kolob reservoir and stopped by the lake for some watermelon on the dock.

Things were going pretty great until we hopped back in the car and hit a tree a few minutes later. We're fine, but Gilligan was injured in the accident.  :( He needs a little work done, but he'll be okay.

Then two weeks ago, my old friend Matt that I met back in 2005-ish came up from Vegas with his girlfriend and 3 other friends and we spent the weekend having a blast. We went up to Zion and hiked Angel's landing. That's my favorite hike I've been on, it's gorgeous. The next day we hiked a little around my house, and cruised around in Gilligan.

It's been great living here and being able to drive to such majestic places in such little time. It makes life seem so much more beautiful when nature is so close by and everyone is enjoying it.
I'll finish updating the last couple weeks in another post :) I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!