The Update You've Been Waiting For!

I know you have been holding your breath waiting for me to get my bum in gear and actually start blogging again (as in, not just putting up crap because I'm too lazy to actually put up any decent posts). So from now on I solemnly swear to .... try harder to blog more often!

The main problem is that I have a serious picture deficiency right now. I just haven't been taking pictures! That leads to me not having any good pictures to post on my blog... which leads me to this horrible state my blog has come to. So I dug and salvaged some pictures that can hopefully summarize our lives as of late. . .

This is how I found Collin after I got done cleaning up the kitchen last Sunday. I know most of you take pictures of your babies that you find sleeping in funny positions. This is what I take pictures of sleeping in funny positions. I consider it the same. And this is what I just turned around and took a picture of from my chair about 10 minutes ago. (apparently it's a new Sunday ritual)

Mom and Jodee came to visit a few weeks ago and this is the only picture I got from that trip. It was so fun, too, I'm ashamed I didn't capture more on camera! Oh well. They came to hear me play in my possibly last BSU Duo Recital, in which Breanna and I had the audience in stitches with our silly "C.S. Theme and Variations" (piano comedy, if you didn't know it existed.) Jodee did great in her swim meet, and of course that was the same weekend Collin had districts, which had their good and bad points. We finished out the weekend with a trip to Red Robin, which I am always in favor of.



I got this in the mail!! A freaking warning letter about how many tickets I have. If you didn't know I got three, count them THREE, tickets all within like 4 months in 2008. This coming from someone who has never gotten so much as pulled over in my entire life. I was not happy. And now I have to drive like, 5 under just because I really, really don't want to have to go to driver's school or whatever that garbage is they make you do if you get 4 tickets.

I finally got Collin to see Twilight with me. I know it is out on dvd next week but I had good reason: He never stays awake during a movie we rent that I pick out. never! So I knew I had to get him to the dollar theater because if he paid $2 to get in, he would definitely watch. It was true! And he denies this, but I know he enjoyed it. He was fascinated! I'm sure what he enjoyed even more than the movie was me basically telling him the entire story line of all 4 books the entire way home. He was fascinated, I tell you. (eye roll)


Us in the theater waiting for Twilight! I had to get proof, you know.

The next night we went to yet another movie-- this time we met up with Joe (Collin's old roomie). Poor Joe. We were 5 minutes late so he was waiting in the lobby tapping his toe! Then we rushed in and it was PACKED! The only 3 seats together were in the 3rd row! Have you ever sat there? Because there should not even be seats that close, it is ridiculous. We sat there for like 5 minutes before Joe was like, "I have to go sit farther back, I can't stand this." We knew there weren't seats for all of us, so we let him go and watched the whole move up close and personal, if you know what I mean!! Then Joe had to get home to bed (early church meetings) right after the movie, so we went to the movie with Joe, but not really.



After Benjamin Button, Collin and I still hadn't eaten dinner. . . even though it was like 11:30 and most sensible people would just skip a meal and go home to bed, we decided to go hit our old favorite, Merritt's!! We love this place! (I know Dakin is making puking sounds right now!) Merritt's has been a tradition in our marriage since we started dating, and maybe even before that! And at 11:30 pm on Saturday it is hopping! So we had ourselves some tasty breakfast there, and guess who popped in!

Trever! (another of Collin's old roomies) And his girlfriend. It was so great, we had a lot of fun catching up with them. So we were really glad we decided on Merritt's!

The wrestling banquet.... these are both stolen pictures so hope you guys I stole them from don't mind!

If you want to know, the wrestling season went very well. The team was something like 16-4 which is great, and sadly, ahem, they sort of crashed and burned at state. Okay, not really. But it definitely didn't turn out as Collin had thought it would back when he was dreaming about it at the beginning of the season. But he is just a competitive, intense perfectionist who isn't truly happy with the outcome unless it is the best ever possible, so let's just ignore his opinion for now. :) I keep reminding him that even if the scoreboard/team record isn't the highest it could be, he still built so many great memories and taught so many life lessons, etc. throughout the season that it was worth it anyway. I think they did fabulous, and his wrestlers are stinkin' cute. (most of them!!) It was great to see them get recognition for what they've accomplished at the banquet.

Collin, Jason, Cam, and Kacen--3 great coaches and one adorable baby!

I know that Lyss will k-i-l-l me for posting this picture...

But for some reason my email doesn't work on her newly "private" blog so this was the best I could find of their family off our family website! Lyssa, Chris and their sweet little Kardynn came to stay with us this past week for a couple of days. Chris had an architecture field trip here in Boise so Lyss, Kardynn, and I got to hang out and have some fun while our husbands were hard at work. We did some shopping and had lots of fun talking and spending some good old "cousin time!" They were good sports to put up with sleeping on our hide-a-bed too! And of course this trip also ended with a trip to Red Robin, yahoo!

Last night we met up with Cam and Chaly at BSU Gymnastics' final meet for the season. I love, love watching gymnastics and even though we had friends there to visit (if you know me I sometimes go to those by myself if I don't have anyone to go with, I am cool just watching and not socializing whatsoever!) I still got my fill of gymnastics and also had a great time holding little Kacen!

Cam, Chaly, and Kacen. Cute family!

Collin all of a sudden really wanted to use these little ice cream bowls that I bought like 3 years ago that we have used probably once. I didn't even know if we still had them but he searched around and found them and was so proud. But once he filled his bowl up he realized the problem: He is the kind of person who eats like 10 billion scoops of ice cream in each bowl, so the serving size was way too small! He got like 3 refills. So, I was glad that that little fascination with the ice cream bowls was over quick.