Scotty cleans Bob

Bob will do anything to get clean but not have to do it himself. He'll come out when we vaccum so he can be cleaned that way. And if the vaccum is nowhere in sight, then he'll just cuddle with the next best thing. Here he snuggles with Scotty. But we know where this will lead.

Now that they've both become aware of the situation, Bob will send the "clean me" vibes to Scotty.

Ahhhh, and Scotty has picked up the vibe, and thus the cleaning begins. What I love is when Scotty detects an "itch" and proceeds to "chew" the area to get rid of the itch. How he knows where the itch is, I don't know.

World's cleanest cat.

I have a very clean kitty. I wouldn't say Bob LOVES to be vaccumed, but he certainly doesn't mind. I've heard of cats who do this, but didn't think one of mine would be one of them. But here's the proof.

Good Things Utah taping

I went to the filming of Good Things Utah with my sister Cindy, and her friends Erica and Angie. It was really interesting to watch how a live show was done. They had a few good guests like the chef from Noodles who made a dish that smelled so good, but the really good guest was David Osmond fresh from his booting on American Idol. Here's some pics.

I couldn't pass up a chance to get a pic with the King of Queens himself.

Katy Perry

Jodi and I went to see Katy Perry in concert. She played at a dance club called "In the Venue". It was surprisingly big. I had been to this place before for a comedy event and it was a really small place. But when we got in there (along with the other 2000 people), it actually seemed very big. But back to Katy. She was AWESOME!!!!! She had such energy, and she was just as spunky as she looks. She had little stories that would lead into her songs, and everyone would just shout when she mentioned certain little tid bits, like we were all in on the joke. I only knew what songs I had heard on the radio (which is where I won my tix), but I loved the other songs that I hadn't heard yet. I felt a bit foolish like I was the only one there who wasn't singing with the lyrics. But it's easy to blend in when it's so loud with everyone else shouting.
The only down part of the night was the lady in front of me (we'll call her Thumper) who kept bouncing and jumping up and down, and she had all this hair that she just kept shaking around like she was in one of the hair bands from the 80's. I had my own little fun with her, everytime she and her friends would take a pic of them in their little group, I would somehow manage to appear in the background. It was funny to watch them review their pics and I would say "there I am, oh there I am again, oh and look, it's me!!!" The gals next to me were getting a kick out of it.
Any ways, I would definitely say that if you get a chance to see Katy in concert, you should go. Her show was very lively, and she is such a cutie patootie. I think doing these little venues kind of gives it a more personal touch, but it won't be long before she's appearing in a bigger place.

My goofy animals

Bob & Scoobie cuddling together.

We're all just one big happy family. Laying together on the bed.

Oh the light is so bright!!!

Carlie's favorite place to snooze, at the bottom of our bed under all the covers.

Bob's favorite place to hang, on Will's right hip.

Carlie and Scotty sharing a meal.

"You talkin' to me?"

Bro's to the end.

Wake me when it's over.

Isn't she cute!!!

Jodi meets her bio father

When I was in high school, I had my daughter. Her father and I had split up so it was just the 2 of us for a long time. With the help of my family, we had a really great life. She knew early on, that her father was out there, and I always told her that if she was interested in finding him, I would help. Well, it turns out the only help we needed was a Classmates website. He had contacted me last fall through this website and over the course of a few weeks we were able to trade info on how our lives had turned out. I eventually forwarded his email address to Jodi and they were able to get in touch and play a little catch up.
Well, he finally was able to come out to Utah and visit with Jodi for a weekend. We met at the Training Table for dinner, and ended up there for about 4 hours playing catch up. He told stories, then we told stories. There was a lot of laughter. He brought her 21 roses (1 for each year that he missed). The next day he took her out to lunch and then shopping for a birthday present. She is now planning a visit out to Indiana to see his family and meet all of them. We were a bit nervous at first , but I think this will be a good thing for them.

Christmas 2008.

Our Happy Clan!!! This was the first time I was able to have all my kiddos in one place at the same time.


Will and me modeling our Christmas hats.

Jodi and Larry.

All my boys!!!

Every year my dad puts together the Christmas Village. This year Will and I tried to live up to his level. We learned that putting up the village is a 5 hour event. And that each year it will look different. I lost count at how many pieces are in the village but it's easy over a couple hundred when you count in the people and the houses. Every year mom gets another piece.

This is the before pic of the table:

And here it is complete. These pics don't do it justice. It is so big.

Cindy and I were both taking pics of the village, so we thought we'd throw one in of us taking a pic of each other.

These are the pics of how we decorated our own house. I do have to admit, we get a bit carried away.

We do like our inflatables.

Santa is stuck in our "chimney".