Sushi bday party, temple, LSU game, Friends

It's been a busy couple of days!!! Wed. was Kiki's birthday. Here SIL threw a sushi party for her. I took Carma swimming for a little bit and we also played Yahtzee that night. It was fun and I can't believe I tried sushi! It didn't absolutely hate it but I'm not super excited about ever eating it again. Yesterday (Thursday), Kiki's neighborhood friends took her out to lunch and wanted me to go with them, which was nice and it was fun. Kiki and I went to the temple afterwards--it was neat to go with just her. Last night, I went to my other sister's house (Nikki) and we watched the LSU vs. Mississippi State game--first game of the season! We spanked them 45-0!! GEAUX TIGERS!!!!





Today was so busy! I had lunch with two friends that I used to work with, then went straight to another friend's house to hang out with a bunch of friends from church, then went to dinner with some other friends (former neighbors) and Nikki. It was a great day. Here are a few pics from the past couple days:

Me eating sushi (friends and family won't believe it unless they see a picture, ha ha!):

The LDS Mount Timpanogos Temple:

Me & Nikki after watching the game:
And just for fun: Carma played with an address stamper and got ink all over the place!
We're leaving for Disneyland really early tomorrow morning and I haven't even packed. Better go do that and head to bed, since it's almost 11pm! I'm sure I won't get on a computer while we're gone, so I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend! We'll get back Wed. night, so I'll try to post some pics on Thurs. Ta ta!

Videos and Marshmallow gun wars

Judson's been at school every day, so I get more time and more pictures with Carma--not to mention the fact that even when he is around, he doesn't usually let me take pictures or vidoes of him. SO, here are some cute ones of Carma:

Showing off her Tinkerbell dress (this was on Friday):


"Look me I can do!" on the way to the park yesterday:


We had so much fun last night. We went to Kiki's in-laws' house and had a BBQ and played marshmallow gun wars. Carma would rather eat the marshmallow she put in the gun, than shoot it out! :)

Cookie Monster song this morning:


Judson brought his praying mantis to show & tell this morning and I went along with Kiki to take pictures:

Softball, Princess Carma, Soccer, Park...

that's what I've done since my last post Friday morning.

Princess Carma Friday afternoon:

Softball game Friday night--so cool with mountains all around!

Carma showing off her painted nails Sat. morning:
Judson playing soccer Sat. afternoon (the one with the green shorts):
Cute hairdo at the soccer game!
Pure bliss at the park today:

We're headed to a BBQ at Kiki's in-law's in a few minutes. I'll post a couple of videos later. TTFN!

Park, Friends, and Pool Party

We took Carma to the park Wed. afternoon. Kiki, Carma and I went to one of my friend's house for a BBQ Wed. night; another friend and her family were there, too. Last night, we went to Kiki's BIL's house for a pool party. Here are pics and videos from the past couple days:

Carma at the park:

My cutie-pie friends and I:
Carma's cute bathing suit:Carma ("surfing") and Michael (her dad):
Me & Judson:
Carma & me:


This video is Carma "surfing like Pablo". Pablo is from the cartoon "Backyardigans". There is an episode where he's surfing and singing a song that goes "Surf's up, surf's up, ho daddy ho!" So listen for Carma to sing that a couple of times in this clip. So cute!

As you can see, I'm havin' fun here in Utah! :) I'm really missing Jared, though!

Videos

Here's couple of my favorite videos from the past few days:

Judson making Carma crack up--love that laugh!!!


Carma on the trampoline:



Carma taking care of her Dora doll (she's so sweet):

Hangin' in Utah

Got here Sat. afternoon. Sat. night, we had a small bday party for Judson--just 5 of his little friends plus pizza, cake, ice cream and games. I can't believe he's 7! Sunday was church, a nap, and a family get-together at Kiki's in-laws' house--bday cake there for Judson, too. Yesterday, we dropped by Kiki's in-laws' again to say "hi" to one of her SIL's who drove here from Michigan late Sunday night, then me, Kiki, Michael and Carma went to Ikea (Judson stayed to play w/ his cousins). Today, we've just been hanging out. Judson started 1st grade, though. I can't believe it! Here are some of my fave pics from the past few days (these are all straight out of the camera):

Judson before school this morning:

Judson making a monkey face before church:

Carma making her monkey face:

Judson opening the surprise additions to his bug collection from Jared:

Little sweetie:

Runnin' around at Judson's bday party Sat. night:

Carma & Nonnie (me):

Carma in her princess dress before church:

About Global Wildlife Center

Global Wildlife Center is a free-roaming wildlife preserve on 900 acres of land in Folsum, LA that does guided safari wagon tours. They have bison, giraffes, zebras, camels, eland, many different kinds of deer (thousands of deer!), rhea birds, miniature Sicilian donkeys, llama, and other animals I know I'm forgetting. The cool thing is that you're able to feed all the animals (except the zebras--they're too aggressive) right from the wagons. The giraffes can even be fed out of your hand. Two baby giraffes were born in the last couple of weeks. See http://www.globalwildlife.com/ for more info.

I went with my parents, niece, sister, and BIL on Tuesday. Of course it was hot as heck--102--and humid as all get-out!!! But it was still fun and, no matter how many times I've been there, I'm always still fascinated by all the beautiful animals--especially the giraffes.

More pics from Global Wildlife

My mom and niece, feeding a ?:


My beautiful neice:


Rhea birds and zebra:

More Global Wildlife pics

My sister feeding a giraffe:


My niece feeding a giraffe:


A bison that I was feeding:

Baby Giraffes!!

Mother & Baby (aaaaaaw!!!):


This pic shows both babies:


One of the giraffes who came up to the wagon:

Stone Mountain, GA

A view from the Skyride--three figures of the Confederate States of America are carved on the mountain: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis:


Jared & I on the peddle boat:


Jared and his siblings goofing off in the Crossroads:


A good ol' southern meal enjoyed by us all:

More waterfalls

Glen Falls, near Highlands, NC--we walked out on the river bed, which looks down over the top of the falls:


Jared at the base of the falls:


Dry Falls--you can actually walk behind these:

Waterfalls!

Toccoa Falls--Toccoa, GA:


I cannot for the life of me remember the name of these falls; I'll have to ask my SIL. I think they were just inside of NC, though:


I love my beautiful SILs! Here are 3 of the 5 of them: