A Big Fat Measuring Stick

I know it's kinda nerdy to post pictures of things you've made, but I'm in love with this thing. And I'm a nerd. I started it way back in October, finally got around to finishing it last month and just hung it up last night. It'll be a fun way to measure all our kiddos (if we ever have anymore) and we can take it from house to house. Me likes!

Susan's Run 2012

This past Saturday was Susan's Run. My sister-in-laws Kim and Deirdre ran it with me again this year. We did the 5k. It was fun to be out running and to be supporting such a good cause!

A horrible picture of us. Enjoy.

I wish you could see this picture better. My SILs look like they're out for a nice, casual jog and I look like I'm on the brink of death!

For more info on the Susan Mortensen Turley Foundation visit http://www.susanmturley.org/wp/

"Owl" Always Be Your Friend

Owen loved taking his Valentine gift to Riley (next door neighbor) yesterday. Riley happened to be out front with her daddy and Owen and Riley started running toward each other as soon as they saw each other! Well, Riley was running to Owen to give him hugs and kisses and Owen was running over because he wanted to play with their dog, but whatever!

I copied this idea for the owl valentine bag and thought it was super easy and cute.

And I put these cookies inside...Owen helped me make them and they were delish!

And PS...I know Owen's hat is too small. He kept asking me to put it on, though, and I thought it was cute!

Update

Prepare yourself for a whole bunch of randomness here.

I woke up two weeks ago and decided that I needed some Valentine's decorations in my house. Two hours later I was at Hobby Lobby and that night before bed our front entry table looked like this!

With these on some shelves:

There is more but I won't bore you with it all. I'm most proud of the blocks...I bought a beam of wood at Home Depot, sawed them all by my onsey (with some guidance from a more experienced SIL who isn't as afraid of loud saws like me) and busted out the electric sander (which Owen LOVED) and then decorated them all cutesy with paper and pictures. It's a good thing Russ was gone on business that night because our house was a disaster! (Thank you, Pinterest, for these ideas!)

I joined in on a produce co-op for the first time last Saturday and got all of this:

$12 well spent!

Went to the temple last Saturday with my family to see my brother and his wife get sealed to their sweet little Gemma that they adopted. One of the more memorable temple experiences I've had. And look at that girl...she is the cutest thing I've ever seen!


Yesterday was the hubby's birthday. The night before I made him a birthday cake to take to my family's dinner. A super yummy double-layer chocolate cake (recipe from my Hershey's cookbook...the gift that keeps on giving) topped with Pirouette cookies and some candy flames I made to look like a campfire. I was pretty darn proud of myself for this one!


(Again...thank you, Pinterest, for the idea.)
Then yesterday I made Russ breakfast, took the kiddo to spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house and let Russ choose whatever we did last night! We ended up going to an AWESOME restaurant (Citizen Public House...thank you, Google Offers, for the $25 off) and then hit up the new dine-in AMC theater by our house for some dessert and movie watching in comfy chairs. It's a pretty sweet theater. By the way, the move Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close makes you cry. A lot.