All girls (and one boy) weekend...

I went to see Les Mis a few weeks ago and while I was there I thought to myself, "my sisters and mom would really love this."  So I got home and told them we were going on a trip.  We invited my aunt and her daughters to come along.

A few weeks later we were off to Vegas/St. George.

Getting ready to go...

Alicia, Cash, Chelsea, Lydia, Ashley, Joan, Mom, Lindsey, Cortney and Me

Viva Las Vegas Baby...

Of course we had to go to the Paris...

and eat at their delicious buffet...

Sushi, crab legs and shrimp.  Boo ya...

The part of this buffet that we love the best... 

CREPES...

Leaving Tuacahn after seeing Les Mis.  I loved it even more this time...

Cashy poo was the best little baby on this trip.  He didn't make one peep the entire time.  Okay, maybe just this one, but his outfit was so cute in this picture I had to post it even though he was mad.

We have decided to make this a new tradition so hopefully Paula and Monica can come next year.  And LeAnne and all the girls should make the trek too.

It was nice to get away and have some "me" time but it was also nice to come back to my babies.  Tony was funny and told me that I can't die because he would be really bored without me...

I'll do my best.

P.S. Check out Cort's post about it here.

Girls Night Out...

Dinner

Movie

Shopping

 Caramel hot cocoa on a snowy night

Laughing our heads off

Just what I needed

Thanks for the good times ladies.

This little piggie...

I am not sure what possessed us to do this, but here are the results.

Tony told me I didn't look very cute with a pig nose.  Thanks babe.  Hopefully I won't ever be in a freak accident where my nose ends up looking like this.

MGK and card club...

I was having one of those "if I have to cook slash clean up one more meal I am going to go crazy" kind of weeks.  

I felt like by the time one meal was finished it was time to start the next one. 

Thank heavens for the cooking club I am in.  If it weren't for the ready made meals that I just pull out of the freezer and pop in the oven, we would probably never eat dinner.  It really is a lifesaver.  It's a lot of work one day a month but we reap the benefits for the rest of the month.

Here are the meals I came home with this month...

Garlic Chicken

Beef Stroganoff

Cream Cheese Chicken

Tomato Soup with Tortellini and Cream

Sherry Chicken

Beef and Broccoli 

French Dip

Chicken and Biscuits

Aunt Shelly's Rockin' Salad

Chicken Tenders with Lemon Sauce

Oh and here are the meals from last month...

Pasta with Prosciutto and Peas

Asian Barbeque Chicken

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Chicken Green Chile Quesadillas

Shrimp and Sausage Kabobs

Cranberry Chicken

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Chipotle Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Chicken and Corn Chili

Slow Cooker Cranberry Pork

The meals have really been stellar.  Click on any of the highlighted ones for the recipe, you won't regret it.  

Here are the last few months of card club goodies.  

The challenge was to incorporate flowers into a thank you card.  They all turned out so well.

Every few months, instead of a card exchange, Erinne puts together these adorable kits and we meet to assemble 5 or 6 cards.  The theme was weddings and the cards she came up with were amazing.  Thanks Erinne!

Workin' 9 to 5...

...well not quite.

I have a really sweet job.

I work for a company called Fusion Imaging.  It is a large format printing company.

You may recognize downtown SLC during the 2002 Winter Olympics, yeah we pretty much made all of that stuff.  The huge signs on the buildings, that was us... 

Our most recent venture...

...all the signs for the Body Worlds exhibit at The Leonardo downtown.

Here's the story.

About two years ago I was tired of the commute downtown so my cousins husband Joey got me a job at Fusion.  I worked full time until I had Ind, which was only about 6 months.  I took a few months off and went back to a very part time position.  I l.o.v.e. it.  They are so flexible with my schedule, I can go in as much or as little as I want...as long as I get my work done.  Sometimes I just bomp in for 3 or 4 hours a day, 2 or 3 times a week, and call it good.  It is great. 

I work in the accounting department so I get to see every job that goes out of that place.  And some are quite incredible.  I am in charge of a report that tracks what we sell and for how much.  Then, based off of that report, I track how much our salespeople make.  But don't even bother asking, because my lips are sealed.

So for all of the die-hard SAHM's out there that are cringing at the fact that I work, I must say this is not a permanent position.  I plan to, one day, stay home with my kids.  In the mean time I am contributing some money to the family until Ton starts making the big bucks (fingers crossed).  I will have you know that Ind is always with either Tony, Grandma Kim, Grandma Jack or Leash.  

It has been a great experience for Tony and Indie to have this time together.  They have created a strong bond that I think some guys unfortunately miss out on.  Tony can care for Indie as well as I can.  I love that.  And I love the peace of mind I have while I am at work, knowing she is in good hands.

Jerry Rice ain't got nothing on him...

Earlier in the spring Kim planted these beautiful impatiens in my flower box...

  At the time Indie wasn't very good at standing up by herself and her falls were usually straight back and right onto her noggin (now she kind of hits her bum and rolls so she doesn't really hit her head).  Anyways we wanted to take a picture of her by the flowers so we leaned her up against the little wall.  I was in front taking the picture and Tony had done the leaning and was coming to stand by me to get her attention.  Before he could make it to my side she had started to fall back.  Tony had to leap, literally leap, over our flower bed and do a Superman dive to catch her little head before it hit the ground.  All the while I am doing my best man scream.  It was hilarious.

So we got the picture but as you can see Tony is spotting her.

Good catch daddy.

Two for Tuesday...

My favorite figurines...

Willow Tree

I am in love with this line of figurines.  I am drawn to their simplicity and beauty; and I love that each one carries a meaning.  I have a few around the house that are important to me for different reasons and represent new stages in my life.