Spoooooky

The annual Halloween dinner was tons of fun. We enjoyed tasty spider pizza with cheese ghost bread, spicy bones with blood, witch's brew with worms and a nasty-looking ghost cake. (Casper the retarded ghost).

The kids were cute: Payson the Ninja, Ryon the Little Devil, Dylon the Dragon, Kindra the Witch, Diego as Optimus Prime and Laya as Bat Girl. Fun times!!!

Bon Clay

Little Bon Clay was born today and is doing really well. He weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. and has lots of dark hair. Darling! Ashley is doing well and is very glad he's finally here. She's also taking lots and lots of painkillers.

Happy Birthday, little baby!

Jumpin' The Broom

Peri and Tom

Well, we finally did it. October 1, 2009 marked the end of our single lives and the start of our married lives together. I hope Tom knows what he's in for. After spending two weeks of hell being freaked out and paranoid, the wedding and open house turned out just fine. The weather was a little chilly--but at least it wasn't snowing.

Cassi, Kelsee, Mick, Ashley, Kindra and Laya all looked gorgeous, and so did Heather, Shelley and Jenny.

The wedding cake was beautiful and delicious and Tom didn't smash it in my face--even though I'd been a total skank for 14 days straight. He must love me.

It was fun to have family and friends in our home to celebrate with us and we were SO surprised when Heather flew in for the wedding. It was so good to see her!

Fun moment: Chasing Olympic gold medalist Derek Parra down the street in my wedding dress so he could pose for a picture with Angie. You owe me, Angie!!

The Upper Peninsula

Unlike Jason's trip to far-off places, my last trip took me to the upper peninsula of Michigan to the little college town of Marquette. I did not have to eat shrimp heads or eel soup but they do have a speciality called a pasty that looked particularly nasty. You can have it with rutabaga or carrots. I opted for neither.

Local photographer Jim (pictured above with our waitress Stacey) volunteered to drive us around Marquette and show us the area. We had lunch at a little Irish pub, The Wild Rover. Excellent fish and chips--with handmade chips. We then drove out to Lake Superior and walked along the shore. It was gorgeous. He told us where all the local people liked to drown and/or commit suicide. I've decided Marquette is a dangerous/depressing place to live.

We spent some time on the main street and visited an old-fashioned soda fountain/candy shoppe, a darling bookstore, a Michigan speciality shop and a tattoo parlor called Impale (nope, no tattoos). Lots of really good diners specializing in whole, fresh foods! There was also a big party going on outside the funeral parlor on Saturday night. A little odd.

Puppy School

Ringo had his first day of school tonight. Despite the fact he's a pussy around other dogs, he made a couple of friends by stealing their playtoys and sniffing their butts. He also impressed the ladies by peeing in the middle of class. He was actually very embarrassed. So funny/sad.

He's doing great at house training and even uses the doggy door. Mick wants to get him a spiked collar. As soon as he stops being a wimp, I'll gladly get him one.

Warm and Sunny

I took Tom on a surprise trip to Phoenix for his birthday. We stayed in an incredibly beautiful resort with a gigantic pool. It was beautiful and sunny, unlike Utah where it's cold and rainy.

During the trip, we met up with Tom's kids; Chalese, Jeff and David, and his new grandson Byron. It was Byron's first major league ballgame and luckily the D-Backs won in extra innings. Tons of fun!

After the game, we went to Aunt Chilada's for some of the best Mexican food I've ever had in my life. Happy Birthday, Tom! Love you!

Graduation Day!

Kelsee graduated from Kearns High on June 5! Happy, happy, joy, joy.

The Kelsee Tia Line

Kelsee had her fashion show on Thursday, May 21 and presented a beautiful, elegant line of designs. She's really enjoyed this last year of high school and she's come a long way in her fashion ability. Plus, she's just damn classy.

Here's Mick wearing a coat Kelsee designed. Sweet.

Kelsee registers for the fashion institute at SLCC next week. She's really excited to take her fashion design to the next level. Great job, Kelsee!

Play Ball!

McKenzie and I went to Grantsville to watch Kindra and Payson play T-ball.

Here they are, both playing second base.

Don't know who won. Don't care. It was just fun sitting and watching a ballgame in the quasi-sunshine.

P.S. Ashley chopped off her long hair. It looks really cute.

Laura's B-day

Laura turned 32-years-young, so of course we celebrated with high-fat cupcakes and tasty flavors of ice-cream (raspberry sherbet and summer peach pie---yummy!) She received enough Barnes and Noble gift cards to get pretty much anything she'd like. Lucky.

Happy birthday, Laura!!

Yoga! Yoga! Yoga!

My yoga retreat in the middle of nowhere was amazing! Six hours of yoga every day (brutal), someone to cook all my meals, an hour of meditation every night----sweet! It was a really cool experience and a great gift from a cool fiance.

Our day started at 7 a.m. with an hour of breathing exercises on the deck. After our lungs were burning, we had a fantastic breakfast. However, five days of no dairy, no wheat, no sugar and no fat left me craving pizza BIG time.

After breakfast, our first 3 1/2 hour yoga session began. Brutal, grueling and tortuous--but it was so cool to be able to endure for the entire class. After class and lunch, we had a few hours to recover (massage!!!) and then the second 2 1/2 hour class began. Dinner, meditation, movies and bedtime. I should have been very tired, but all the exercise and healthy food left me really energized.

I had a post-yoga glow coming back from the retreat. I had the whole love-for-my-fellow-man thing going on. I would love to go back and do it all again.

And then I came home. . .