Craft Lake City!

Ever heard of it? I hadn't either, because this was the 1st annual. It was on Saturday at the Galavian (spelling?) center. And I can't wait til next year, it was awesome! It was so cool! Tons of handmade specialties. I just go and wish that God could have given me a ounce of creativity! There was tons of people there, live bands, food and beer and lots of really cool handmade jewelry, art, sculptures, anything you could think of. I got a really cute headband and a necklace... can't wait for next year!

Good Reads...

So... One of my goals this year was to read 1 book every month, I know to a lot of you that prob is a very easy and attainable thing to do, but for me not so much. Since reading is a newer thing for me, I still have a hard time concentrating on sitting there, by myself in complete silence and paying attention to the words going through to my brain.... I can never turn my brain off.

My husband thinks its amazing that we can be sitting there watching tv and he makes a comment about what is on and I say "what? what about that horse, I never saw a horse". I just stare at the tv and don't have any clue as to what my eyes are seeing cuz my thoughts are going a million miles a hour! I also do this when I try to sleep, which really sucks, since I am usually exhausted but my mind won't stop! (any suggestions to helping me let me know) I usually lay in bed (very tired) til about 1 a.m. (we go to bed about 10) and finally my thoughts drift into dream. (weird dreams too) No wonder why my 7th grade math teacher called me La La Land, she would never say Elissa, she would just call on me with my hand in the air "yes la la land?" (very embarrassing).

Anyways, back to the books. For the first 5 months of the year I did great. Thats because I had a cell phone and would make a list (I'm a obsessive about lists) each time I read a book for the month. Then I lost my phone (and my life of lists, lists of life) and now I am a slacker in a few areas of my life without my lists.... Books being one of them. So.... the point of this whole, long, dreadful rant is.... here is my lists of books for the year, before I forget them and to get me re-focused and back on this goal...

1 or January: My Sister's Keeper
2 Febuary: Sundays at Tiffany's
3 March: Nineteen Minutes
4 April: Change of Heart
5 May: this is where I lost track.... I think it was Eat, Pray, Love
6 Dead until Dark
7 Living dead in Dallas
8 now I need a book for this month, any suggestions?

Remember I need a easy read

Just for fun!

THE NAME GAME
1 . YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
FrostyFord
2.GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
CinnamonChocolateChip
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of last name)
EALL
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
PinkPuppy
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
DawnBountiful
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
CHREL
7.SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The Green Bloody Mary
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Willis Jim
9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)
Viva La Juicy Skor
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
Jimmy Gay
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 6th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Veronica Corningstone!! ha ha
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Summer Gerber Daisy
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now+“ie”)
PeachJeans
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Coffee Palm
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Reading Sun Tour
16. YOUR CELEBRITY COUPLE NAME: (half of your name, half your significant other's name, mixed together in whichever order sounds best.)
Elindon or Branssa

Fun in July!

Husband pretending to have fun at George Strait



Silly faces with Mac


Swimmin with Jess and Linds

Kinda blury but we got a good pick of the blackberry in front of us...

Loving summer concerts. Thanks again Mom!

ReCeNtLy....

We have been to both George Strait and Kenny Chesney concerts, thanks to my sweet mom!

Swimming on my weekly Tuesday swim day!

New niece was born on the 12th of July which happens to also be a friends and brother in laws birthday!

Been reading and LOVING the Sookie Stackhouse True Blood novels!

Planning some things for the big 1 year anniversary in 21 days! and planning a surprise trip!

Loving and missing my dogs....

Been looking at a house to buy and fix up in Layton.

Tried a few new restaurants: Wild Grape, Takashi and Martine.... mostly great, check out my reviews at http://www.urbanspoon.com/

Went camping at Lava for the 4th of July.
Haven't cleaned my house at all!!!!
Dreading the end of summer.....

Eating and sharing a lot of Popsicles with Jake!

I still am cell phone-less
Drove to Wendover

Died some pink in my hair

cheezball. I know.

Just wanted to tell all the friends and family that I love em'! I appreciate having you all in my life!!! And..... sunny tomorrow! YaY! Tuesday swim days are baack!! .LoVeS & HuGs.

said and done.

Here are a few pics..... sorry I don't have more!



First time with the new tent!


SKip Bo with the beau!


gotta have smores!


and brawts.....


we are lovers.....

almost hit a bison!


The coolest 2 year old I know!


Me and my girlie Alex


The crew for Manda and Dom's shower!

The past few of weeks have been eventful and boring, all in one! So just to update everyone but not put you to sleep with too many details.... Here is a quick review. . . . (sorry for the randomness)

• found a new love/addiction {pomegranate yogurt w/mangos} RED MANGO
• got new business cards for work that are adorable!
• loved the rain so much I have considered moving to WA
• lost my cell phone -still lost.
• camping trip with the boy - awesome quality time together(in which B made me laugh so hard i almost peed my pants), makes me sad its over
• Saw the awesome movie UP!!!! -must seeer..
• Our awesome nephew turned 2!
• was sick for 3 days straight with a fever of 101.... Doc thought it was swine flu (it wasn't)
• ate too much at ESTE pizzeria... new place I took B to for weekly date night!
• Baby showers galore!!!! one of which I successfully( i hope) hosted!
• had a VERY stressful day at work.
• made a couple new yummy meals, made a couple yucky ones too! (sorry Bran)
• got a new piercing
• on a budget.
• love spending time with Manda's "little man" -makes me a little baby hungry, but so not ready to give up the freedom. -anyone need a babysitter, let me know!
• getting ready for the big 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.....making some plans.
• kissed my favorite person
• got to visit my grandma-she is the best!
• missed all my dogs.....
• wrote my husband a love letter
• can't wait to see My sister's keeper and The proposal
• played golf and sucessfully sucked

10 things that make me amazingly happy!

rEaSoNs To sMiLe!!!

1. laying in my comfy bed under the covers listening to the rain outside
2. sunshine/summer
3. the pomodoro dish from {Cafe Trio}
4. animals, but mostly puppies!
5. sleep and dreams
6. road trips!
7. when something I cook actually turns out..... (and tastes good!)
8. being with my friends and family!
9. being spontaneous and care-free
10. doing something that makes someone else happy!

How amazing is this?

So I saw this a while ago and was

aMaZeD at how awesome animals can be! Dolphins have always been in my top five favorite animals ever!!!! In case you didn't hear the story, it was about a suspected somali pirate ship that was trying to overtake a chinese merchant ship when thousands of dolphins appeared and apparently scared off the pirates!!!! Animals really are smarter than people give them credit for!

Brandino's birthday!!!!!

We had all the fam over for fruit pizza and ice cream last thursday for his birthday! Just wanted to share a few of the pictures! Hope you had the best birthday handsome, I love ya!

Loft homes....

This post was inspired by my husband. Brandon and I went up to Park City on Saturday night in celebration of his birthday. Which by the way, park city was like a ghost town for a Saturday night, I'm assuming thanks to the swine flu cases that have been confirmed there?! It was kinda nice not to have to deal with a ton of people, but it was kinda creepy in a way and I kept feeling like maybe we shouldn't have been up there. But ANYWAYS, we went to ZOOM. The food and atmosphere was awesome, but the service was slow. If you have never been there, the building is really cool, it was built in the late 1800's and cost $5,000.00 to build, crazy to believe though! So anyways, Brandon and I got talking about one day builing our home and have it be a big open loft type house with the kitchen, dining, family room and bathroom with a couple rooms upstairs. Would be pretty cool, so here are a few pics.... I think my husband would love the above pic.