The Grimm's Fairy Tales

Once Upon A Year Ago...

TR and I were married in this very same temple, in the very same room that Johnny and Lindsy were sealed in. It was so neat to be able to go and hear the same words that were spoken to us as we took this very important step in our lives in the very same place when we heard them first almost exactly a year ago! I can't believe a year has gone by so fast! So much has happened in our lives and I'm proud to say I still love 'im, we're still blissfully married, and will be for a very long time to come.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Nice Work Mom

I just thought I'd show off some of mom's great work on Lindsy's dress. She deserves the credit.

They Did It!

My cousin Johnny Eklof married the Beautiful Lindsy Anderson today in the Mount Timpanogos temple! The wedding was beautiful, the bride was beautiful, the words were beautiful, the groom was....Well...Johnny. It was lovely. As always, TR took pictures. He said that he got a lot of good candid ones of Lindsy, but not very many of Johnny cause he never slows down long enough for the camera to click, which...if you know Johnny at all, you'll understand what he means.

Congratulations!!

It Happened...

We lost a member of our family. Well, not really LOST per se. Fawnling went to stay...no...LIVE at Sam and Andrea's house. Since they got a new house, and have no kids or pets, and Fawn needs to just be an only child and pet, it was a perfect arangement! I thought it would be hard to tell her goodbye and I'd miss her a lot, but to be perfectly honest...I don't feel remorse or anything! I'm glad I still get to see her and everything, but it's nice to know she's in a home where she'll get the attention she needs and both Sam and Andrea like her a lot. It was WIN WIN!

Can you see how broken up I am about her leaving us to live with Sam and Andrea?

Andrea ADORES her!

Happy Birthday Jen!!

Happy Birthday to Jen! To honor Jen on her birthday, and cause Sarah is there in Arizona with her, Daniell, Allie, Branson, and I went to get ice cream! Well, at least we tried to get ice cream. We just went to the local McDonalds and they were OUT!! How horrible is that? So we got milkshakes instead. C'est La Vi I suppose. However, when we got home, Branson mowed the lawn as if we were gonna have a party for you, Jen, and the girls threw a couple of pool parties for their polly pockets in your honor! Happy Birthday! It was almost like we were at your house Daniell said. :)

I also added this cool thing, cause I couldn't remember the song this morning. :)

Be careful with your cake. Wouldn't want you to get any on your face!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Friday, August 08, 2008

Wordless Wednesday: One Of My More Artistic Moments

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

I'd Like To Thank The Academy...

Believe it or not, I actually won something! Okay, so it was given to me by a friend, but it doesn't change the fact that I won!

This little award was given to me by my best friend Casi (www.mama2nile.blogspot.com)! I love reading about her little family and what they like to do. Nile is growing up so fast and it's fun to sort of be a part of that. ^_^

So, there are rules to this award.
1. Post the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 7 (or however many you want really) other people for this award and add links to their blog.
4. Leave a message for the people that you nominated!

First Nomination goes to:

JESSICA!! (www.themathewsfour.blogspot.com) She's so inspiring when it comes to blogging. She always has the best pictures and I love her ideas (wordless wednesday, toddler talk tuesday, Etc.). I love to see what she and the girls are up to.

Second goes to:

JEN!! (www.arizonafamily8.blogspot.com) Even though they live in Arizona, I still feel like I'm a part of their lives cause I get to see the going ons and Adventures in Arizona. I love to feel like I'm right there experiencing the things they are.

Third goes to:

SARAH!! (www.tannerfamily6.blogspot.com) She keeps me motivated with blogging. Even though I see her and her family more often than I see Jen or Tim or pretty much anyone else, it's still fun to see the things I missed out on.

Fourth goes to:

Timmy! (www.thingswedoforfun.blogspot.com) I love to see the things they do for fun. (hehe) I love the pictures he takes of his kids and the CRAZY things they do.

Fifth goes to:

JEFFRO!! (www.jeffrosadventures.blogspot.com) This is one crazy kid! It's so fun to see all the crazy things he does though. Those teenage years are so much better through his eyes. LOL

Sixth goes to:

KELLI! (www.theblakefam.blogspot.com) Kelli and Kirk are some of the coolest people I know and I love keeping up with all the going ons that happen with them.

Seventh goes to:

It's a tie!!!

MARIE! (www.brucestevensfamily.blogspot.com) AND... HANNA! (hannaericfamilyblog.blogspot.com) I Love both of these blogs, and bloggers! All the things they do and everything they care about is so great to read about on their blogs!

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Breaking Dawn Release

So tonight, at midnight, the last book in the Twilight series comes out. The last one from Bella's point of view that is. Yes, I'm the good little fan that goes to the bookstore and reserves her copy (and a copy for her dear sister), and attends the party the night of for the fun of it, but this morning TR's older brother Calvin (who we are going to the party with tonight) called and said "HEY! If you want to come stand in line with me for your wristband you can." I'm thinking Wristband?! LINE?! So then I figure what the heck? TR has to work over there anyway, and it's not like I'm doing anything else today but reading The Host, why not? On our way, TR and I glanced at the line. From the parkway it looked like it went to the side of the building and that was it. No biggie. I dropped TR off at work, parked the car and went to find Calvin. I walked to what I thought was the end of the line...and kept walking...down the side of the building. Thinking it couldn't go around the back, I called Calvin to see where he was. Keep in mind this was 9:45 in the morning. They didn't even start handing out wristbands until 9. Calvin didn't answer so I figured I'd just go to the end of the line only to find out it did in fact loop around to the back of the building! AND around the corner to the side of the building NEXT to the Barnes and Noble building! It was crazy!

See that guy with his arms in the air? That's Calvin. That's where we were on the back side of the building (you can kinda see the corner to the left)
Those three girls behind us were crazy, but funny too.

This was the line behind us.

The manager came out and said that she was SO sorry for the wait, since they only had two ticket lines open and weren't expecting this many people. She said that for Harry Potter 7 (which was one of their biggest opening night sellers) they had about 45 people get their wristbands that day. They simply weren't expecting the 400 people that turned out for this one.

An hour and half later, I got my wristband.

Just a note- I am securely on team Edward. If she chooses Jacob...I'm gonna forget this book existed. :P

My efforts were rewarded with a banana slurpee! YAY!!! I'm looking forward to the party tonight, it should be fun. Calvin and I have decided that Team Grimm (Me, Calvin, TR, and Whitney) is going to win the trivia game...we'll see. There are some pretty crazy fans out there. ;)