Problem Solver

Those close to me know that I'm the wiggliest person ever, I can remember sitting in church and everyone would tell me to stop wiggling. I'm probably the worst cuddler because I don't hold still, which leads me to how I solved the problem of the fitted sheet on my bed popping off every night.
Brad and I needed some more support so we invested in a 4" memory foam for the bed but it made the fitted sheet way to snug, and the corners would pop off at night and drive me crazy.
Have you ever looked at the price of "deep sheets"? They are so stinking expensive. So I found at Walmart super soft and comfy sheets for $29 so I just bought King sized sheets and used the fitted sheet for the Queen bed.
I definitely out smarted the fitted sheet problem!! Go me!!

Hollo?

Okay, So last post 6 months ago... I know insanely lame! I apologize. Brad and I have dug ourselves from the feet of snow this winter and are back to life. Brad's in the middle of his summer semester with only 2 more to go. Hurray! And I, of course am doing what I do...working. Now that it is warming up we have been trying to get out of the house. We've gone to the Museum of Idaho to see the Body Exhibit, which was amazing (ps. don"t smoke...you're lungs will look disgusting.... :) ) and we've been to the driving range, Brad went golfing for the first time this summer. We've seen a ton of movies, been to the resently opened Buffelo Wild Wings, and even got our Skiball and mini golf on! I've been to California twice to see some family and Brad went to Washington for baby Rachel's blessing. We've decided no more separate trips, we miss each other way to much! We are so ready for it to start warming up and get this summer going. Now, we just need to get better at remembering the camera and we'll be up and running again! Love you all! I will blog again soon!

Super Late Post of my Surpirse Sister Trip!!!

Early in October after listening to weeks of Shannon asking me to come see her because I'm her favorite and so wonderful, pretty, and fun...and well the list goes on. I called Ian and asked if I could come surprise Shannon in early November. Hardest secret I have ever kept, I could hardly talk to Shannon because I didn't want to spill the beans!! But after a long awaited month I showed up on her door (thanks to Ian's plan of a "package arriving") and got just the reaction I expected, something along the lines of. "Shut up you are NOT here!!!!" haha It was so fun! Here's the picture Weston took within the first minute of me being there... thanks for the cabbage patch face Shan!
So luckily Shannon had already planned a fun weekend for the kids and I got to tag along!! We watched movies, talked, napped and had some good ol' sister time!
The boys obviously don't listen to their Auntie Mel very well when she says, " OK smile at Auntie Mel!!" Because this is what I got 90% of the time... thanks boys! ha
I loved all the monkey's, they were so stinkin' funny especially the ones that reminded us of mommy dearest! (***Video on Shannon's Blog***) This is my signature monkey face!!
I told Weston to stick his head in the Lion's mouth and Davin wanted to give it a try... Does he look scared?! HA They were seriously so funny this last trip!
Here's our brave lion tamer!!! He's getting so big and fun to talk to. I'm so glad I was able to drive down and that my whole family of women could keep it a secret!! I love you Shannon and I'm glad you are only a few hours away from me and congratulations on delivering the most beautiful baby girl, we love you tons!

Happy Halloween!!!

Brad and I have been pretty busy with him in school studying 24/7 and me working and keeping the rest of our lives in order, but our good friends Jen and BJ had their Halloween party and it couldn't have come at a better time. We had a hard time figuring out what to dress up as, we finally settled with Nerds. I headed to DI to find fun stuff for the party. Here we are! (Believe it or not, those are really Brad's chemistry goggles!)

The party was a lot of fun, we've gotten to know Jen and BJ's family throughout this last year and so we felt very comfortable with everyone there! This is BJ bobbing for an apple, which was fun to watch, Brad and I weren't feeling brave.

The doughnut eating contest was the best part because win or lose, you got a really good doughnut, but the Chapman siblings pretty much dominated at this game! There was no chance for me.
With Brad being super busy and me not being allowed to bother him, I've been trying to find things to do! For halloween I decided I will bake... a lot. These are for the cake walk for the ward party and I took some to the neighbor that we "phantomed" and then I'm making 4 dozen for work on Saturday, like I said I have to find something the keep me busy!
This is the first year I get to be home to pass out candy to the little trick or treaters! I always have to leave that for Brad because I have worked every year. But I'm excited for it this year, and to see all the cute costumes.
I love getting fun mail, and I was talking to Linda about how I have no Halloween decorations, and what comes in the mail?! The absolutely cutest mummy!! Brad and I love him, he had a spot as soon as he came out of the package. A Big Big Thank you Linda!!!
This was actually Brad's idea because of my complaining about not having anything fun to put up! I paid $.75 for this and what a cute decoration!
I love carving pumpkins so almost the day we got them I made a "Love Pumpkin" for Brad! It's cheesy but it was so fun to do and surprise him with. I did lips and hearts all over it!
This the new pumpkin, I did him a few days ago! And I found the cutest baby pumpkin, have I said that I love Halloween?
This is all of my decorations for the outside, I have my cute welcome sign, the window clings, the "phantom" thing the neighborhood is doing, the light hanging, and the pumpkins!
Hope everyone has a very fun and safe Halloween weekend!

Baking!!!

One of the Pharmacist that Brad works with had a lot of extra zucchini and offered us some, how can you say no to yummy home grown zucchini!! These things were HUGE!! Look at them next to my lovely Kitchen Aid.
I have been wanting to bake for awhile and it was cooling down a bit so each zucchini would make 5 mini loaves of zucchini bread and one batch of zucchini brownies, which I have been wanting to try forever since Lindsay sent me a recipe!
I ended up making 10 mini loaves, 3 sheet cakes of brownies, and sliced and froze half of the last zucchini.
Then we experimented with pizza, with garlic alfredo, portabello mushroom, bacon, mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Super yummy!
We don't do much other than work, Brad goes to school and works, and we eat! ha But at the candy store in Zion they had these popcorn off the cob and I really wanted it, because it was so cute! A convinced Brad caved, and we finally tried it out, it was pretty good, I burnt half of it, and when I told Brad to hold it for a picture, he burnt his fingers with the extremely hot kernals...opps! :) Other than that we haven't been up to much, just preparing for the winter!! YAY!! Not really. Ha

New Hair!

This is the new look. I will take more pictures of it with it not pulled back, but you see the color and the shortness!! Talking to Shannon trying to show her my hair but my not so bright computer wouldn't let me upload anything!
This is the back, it's cute and layered!
First thing in the morning! Just getting ready to go to work! I love it, I'm having fun learning how to do it still and enjoying the lightness!

Summer in Washington!

Brad and I got to spend a week with his family un Washington. The trip started hours before the sun came up, this was about 3-4 hours into our trip. We made it with only 3 bathroom breaks...(that's to impress Jeremy and everyone else that knows about my small bladder!) When we first got there we went sailing on their sail boat. It was so fun, super relaxing and perfect weather!

I even got to test my sailing skills, which was an excuse to quote "What about Bob?" I sail!! Ahoy!! I had so much fun trying to catch the wind in the sail, it's harder than you think.

We went to Seattle to shop around the touristy things and for a Mariners game. Safeco Field was very nice, and since it was rainy we got to see it with the roof up! They didn't end up winning but still a fun game.

This was after we went to the team store and got Brad a new hat, he was like a kid in a candy store, we got the conformation smile/smirk and we were off to our seats!

At Mariners games they give away "Rally Fries" to the fans that have the best poster. Brad wanted to make one to see if we could get any. We didn't end up getting the fries but it was still fun to hold up and get the funny stares.

The rival fans sit together!!!

We also went on a lot of ferry rides, but it was a very brisk wind so by the last ride Brad and I wanted to stay in the car!

This is the view from the car window while on the ferry, Pretty cool huh?!

We went to 2 different light houses, this one you could tour and go all the way up, Brad and I, mostly me got a little nervy and didn't go all the way up. A little way down from this light house, we did a fun hot dog picnic and enjoyed the fun surroundings.

This was where we did the picnic, and it was right by the light house, it was where they kept people from invading. It had been partially restored so people can continue to come see it.

Linda took some "engagement" pictures of us. They are family pictures but with no kids they always look like engagement pictures, but it was a lot of fun on this little beach. Brad and I skipped rocks, walked around the tide pools, and Linda successfully stacked rocks. (it's harder than you think.)

This was a fun summer trip we got to see family, new things, and go to Buffalo twice. Brad and I loved hanging out with everyone, playing games, and getting away from home. Thanks for the amazing trip Linda and Dave, we love you and are grateful for the things you did and do for us!