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10. Getting to Arizona without a hitch! Luke slept almost the whole way on the plane! The ride back to San Antonio was great too! Luke was awake this time, but in a great mood! This really is a big deal, considering how aweful his first trip to Arizona was by plane!

9. Going to my favorite scrapbook store in Mesa with friends, and then making letters for Katie's wedding! Here are a few :) ...

8. Eating dad's cookies! (way too many of them!!) mmmm...... and going to a bunch of yummy restraunts... Gecko Grill (Arroz Con Pollo is my fav!), Cafe Rio, BJ's... and others. Rick and my dad both used their BBQ skills to make us steaks... Sunday after we got back, Aaron & Kristen and Josh & Jenni made us an awesome hawaiian haystacks dinner... Oh man,... eating can be fun!
7. Shopping!! I love Arizona malls. They really do have everything! Plus, who can argue when moms/grandmas want to buy stuff??

6. Birthday parties! We got to hang out with everyone and eat lots of cake and ice cream at Rick's and Jane's birthday parties.

5. Luke discovered his 2nd mom (I think he sometimes thought Abby was me!) Anyway, he loves her! He also discovered that he loves kicking his feet in swimming pools! Too bad the water is still a little too cold to get all the way in!

4. 24 hr babysitting available! Jake and I took advantage of this and went on a few dates... thanks to mom, dad, and abby, we saw movies, shopped and had fun without our little guy in tow! Also, it was so nice to have people watch luke while I ran at a normal times during the days we were there! Going before Jake is off to school in the morning here in TX is way to early! Ugh! 3. Our trip to see bodyworlds! We went with my family and some of Jake's family. It really is amazing... go see an exhibit somewhere!
2. Jake and I got to go on a temple trip with Todd, mom, and dad. Thanks Abby for watching the stinker! 1. Hanging out with family all the time! It's so much fun! We don't see them enough! Luckily we get to come back to family in Texas! Spring break went by way too fast! Oh well.. back to reality!

fUn ToEs...

Luke is very into his feet lately. He loves them! Two handy toys that he can never drop or lose. The second I take off his pants and socks, he's got his piggies in his mouth. How he gets his chunky little legs all the way up there never ceases to amaze me! haha

fun

My sister-in-law posted celebrity look alike results on her blog, so I was curious to see what mine would be. It really is fun! Go to this link and do it yourself. :) Although, it is kind of weird to have it say you look like a guy. (if you're a girl) haha.
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/photo.php?siteID=1&photoID=7584067&source=album&sourceID=1574833&albumID=1574833

here is luke's
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/photo.php?siteID=1&photoID=7908710&source=album&sourceID=1574833&albumID=1574833

and jake's
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/photo.php?siteID=1&photoID=7909139&source=album&sourceID=1574833&albumID=1574833

First kiss :)

While we were in Utah for Christmas, we got together with my best friend, Ashley, and her little girl Presley. It was so much fun! She and Luke are a month apart in age. To say the least, they loved each other! It was SO cute! If this is a preview of things to come we are going to be in trouble! Our little guy is already a ladies man!

yay!

For all of the people who think I'm lame for being a Utah Jazz fan... after tonight's game, they are 10-1. Pretty good, huh? They're currently #1. :)

hmm...

So, I decided to push the little arrow thing on the top of blogger to see whose blog would come up after mine, and this is what I found.
http://zigreal.blogspot.com/
Interesting. I can't read a thing on there, but I really want to see a chinese/japanese/korean... or whatever language it's in keyboard. How do they type that stuff?

tHanKs!

I was thinking this morning... Jake and I are so lucky that we have family close by to mooch off of! haha. We have borrowed a million baby things from Aaron and Kristen and it's been SO nice. I don't know if I would ever get a shower lately without the bouncy chair or the swing! I'm sure one day we'll have to buy these things (maybe in a couple years for baby #2 since Luke is quickly getting too big for them!) but for now- thanks guys for letting us use your things! Don't worry... we won't keep them forever since Gunnar is arriving soon! You guys are the best!

cutey's first haircut :)

Ok, so I was kind of sad about giving Luke his first haircut because I knew it would make him look so much older, but we finally did it... and what a little stud! He was even more blonde under the long wispy baby hair then I thought he would be! Where does he get that from?

I'm a thief...

After the second session of conference today, I decided to venture to a nearby scrapbook store to get some fun paper for tomorrow's project... making altered letters with Jenni and Kristen. So, I took along some ribbon I had purchased from hobby lobby to match the colors. I found just what I was looking for and went up to pay. After the lady handed me my bag of paid-for goodies, she grabbed the ribbon off of the counter which was by my purse and was like "um... you didn't want this, did you?" and snatched it like I was going to steal it. She practically accused me of "intent to steal" if there is such a thing... haha. So, I had to explain that I brought it in from another store and was just trying to match my stuff. Geez woman! She saw the hobby lobby sticker still on the box and was like... "oh, well we have some just like this" and reluctantly gave it back. What's bugging me is that I feel guilty about the whole thing and I didn't do anything wrong! like I really was going to steal something! Aaaa! Why? So annoying.

September is here...

This summer has gone by SO fast! I can't believe it's already September. This month always reminds me of back to school, and today I couldn't help missing that back-t0-school feeling. I love the stage of life I'm in now, but some days it would be fun to go back to second grade or to my freshman year at BYU and have some fun! Anyway, these are some of the things I miss the most about actually "going to school"... online classes just aren't the same!

* new school clothes
* in elementary school... book orders! art projects! recess! and chicken nugget days!
* hanging out with friends and lots of different people every day!
* new notebook paper, pencils, books and backpack
* the smell of erasers and crayons
* finding my classes and meeting new teachers
* in college and high school... the beginning of football season!!! also, other sports and intramurals.
* busy BYU campus... it's so alive in the fall!
* believe it or not... homework! and challenging projects with deadlines.... turning in big projects that you stayed up the whole night before to finish... such a sense of accomplishment!
* looking forward to school breaks and holidays... well, i guess i still look forward to jake's school breaks and holidays!
*learning so many new things and having all the time in the world to study
* the sound of the Star Spangled Banner in the morning and the bell at the end of the day
*having to get out of bed and ready for the day early in the morning... it's kindof hard to make myself do it now!