Happy Anniversary To US!

{photo by me, an obliging rock and some careful balancing}

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary last week! It was a lot of fun. we were going to go to San Diego but couldn't get the time off work so I planned the whole "alternative plan" and surprised K.C.

The Friday before our anniversary we took Craig over to Clark and Shannon's and they watched him for us while I took K.C. to the park for a sandwich dinner. It didn't last very long because it was SO COLD, and WINDY! (I say this from a St. George point of view.)

This is K.C. trying to spread out the blanket...

Got it!

{Notice the black on the corners of the pictures... That's what happens when our camera lens doesn't open all the way. Is this common you ask? YES! and so annoying.}
Our Gourmet Dinner

{don't worry that big jelly smear is just what happens when you butter one side of the bread and spread jelly on the other... I was in a hurry, what can I say?}

Uh Oh... We have a dilemma! Well, K.C. does. I found out that he has never liked pringles before. the reason... he can't fit his hand it the container!
Don't worry, I got that for you love! I'll just reach to the bottom of the can! After that we went to the St. George Musical Theater and saw Secret Garden! It was a very good time!

Our anniversary was actually on Monday and so there was a very elaborate scheme that went into the last surprise.

I had my 17 yr old brother be my wheels and the front runner to be just a step ahead of us laying out the next clue. First we got some wooden roses... (I never knew they existed, but they solved the 'wilting while we're looking for them' problem quite nicely.) and I put one on K.C.'s desk at work with a clue that would lead him home.

When he found that and finally made it home he found another clue hanging in some dried roses that led him to Dixie rock where my brother had hidden another clue.
He found it almost instantly... Don't ask me how it was in a cave up high behind another rock. I thought we'd be there all day! I had to kill some time to give Jake some time to get the next one ready, So we took some pictures.

Saving the world one rock at a time.

When I got the word that all was clear I used the blindfold that had come with the last clue and blindfolded K.C. Then we set off for our last destination. and this is what we found waiting for us!

{It was SO windy that everything kept tipping over!}

We were both chattering our teeth as we ate. I hadn't expected it to be that darn cold so I wasn't very well prepared. we each had a light sweater and K.C. had an extra jean jacket. None of these provided much insulation.

Cold nose!

This is the place where the table was set up! And this was the final surprise. We were going to see BIG RIVER at TUACAHN! We had never been there. It was so much fun. Cold, but fun!(another picture by myself... as well as the next).

None of these do justice to the biting cold that was piercing our very bones! We found one small blanket that my brother had and both tried to use it to keep warm during the show. All of the people with their comforters, fur hats, warm gloves and heavy coats were laughing at us. But we were in love and having fun.

These are priceless memories that's for sure.

Blog Facelift

I love the fall season, the colors, the coolness... I love it!
So I decided to redo my blog. And although there were many cute blog templates out there, I decided to design my own again.

{ A potentially BAD descision }

But I am so pleased with how it turned out. What do ya think?

I had so much fun! Maybe I should go into blog designing instead of websites. But then again maybe not.

Oh and the picture of Craig at the top. That was way fun too. It's been forever since I've spent much time in Photoshop. It's fun to remember how much I like that too. It's been a good night.

Tooth #2

Craig now has 2 teeth! I always kinda figured that one would come in either on the top or bottom and then the second one would be right beside it... Not so much. He has his bottom right tooth and top left one now. Go figure. That's what you get for trying to figure it out mom!

He's been a sweet little guy. A little more clingy than normal but all in all I think we're getting through the aches quite nicely.

Wanda Knows - "Thoms"

Episode 4:

The Background: I was glancing at wanda's conference notes and I happened to notice that she spelled Thomas 'Thoms.'

Celeste: "I never new that his name was 'Thoms'."

Wanda: "No it's Thomas. It has an H in it."

Celeste: "Oh. OK." (Because the difference between Tom and Thomas is that Thomas has an 'H' in it. Not the other 2 letters.)

Wanda: "That's how you spell it. T-H-A-O-M-S." (thinks) "Oh I know, she then continued to spell it several times each one getting more and more incorrect:

THAMOS
THAMS
TOHMAS
TOHMOS
TAHMOS

The best part was just the part where she said "No it's Thomas, it has an H in it!"

But then in her defence. When handed a paper and pencil, she did write it down correctly on her second try.

Artists!

My husband the artist! K.C. Drew this portrait of me. He never really draws and always says that he can't, but every time he does I find myself amazed.

Here's a first for me. Well 2 firsts actually. I was inspired last night at Roberts Crafts "lady's night out." They had a water color teacher there to display what you'd learn if you took her class. It was really neat looking and really made me want to go. I just don't know if I can justify the expense right now.

But I did decide that maybe I should try something new instead of JUST pencil. I didn't branch our far, because it's still pencil. But this time I tried Colored pencil! And the second first would be that I didn't look at anything! Not even a little bit I just thought it up and tried to pull it out of my head instead of copying someone else and, Ta Da! I was pleasantly surprised! It was very fun AND I even liked it and thought it turned out pretty good.

I really should spend more time on art. I really do love it. Maybe someday I could become REALLY good.

Catching Up

Here's a quick review of what I haven't been posting about.

The Eensie Weensie Spider!

I have my first tooth! (finally)
Even though I'm cute, I'm still concerned about life.
Look Mom! That thing on the ground does what I do!

Why can't I pick it up?
Funny Face.
He grows up more everyday.

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