Dad's New Car!

Yep, Dad finally got his dream car!



We were surprised with the purchase when we got home from Boise. I can't wait to ride in it more than just around the block...



Hope Dad had a good Birthday! We got him washing gear for the new toy. Here is the Birthday card I made him. I really like how it turned out. I usually struggle with masculine cards.

Boise Trip

After lots of working and not much playing, Ian and I took a day off work to give us a long weekend in Boise with our friends. It was so nice to get away and have some fun!

We spent the first day at the Zoo. It was alot of fun going with a little kid!

Ian got to feed a giraffe for the hefty price of $3.00... Oh well, we were on vacation and it was pretty awesome. :)
Giraffes are pretty much my favorite animal!
Purses in the stroller was a genius idea!
Franchesca was so cute in her little poncho!
Francisco got the condor all rialed up. That was awesome. It was making the weirdest noise. It's throat sounded like a helicopter. It was fun to see!
There is a small hint of giraffe in this picture. It didn't want to cooperate with our picture taking...
I don't know why I'm laughing so hard... but the lions were cool too.
The snow leopard isn't visible here... I just thought Ian looked cute :)

This trip we did alot of napping and eating. I really enjoyed my nap each day! We ate at so many good places and completely pigged out!

McGrath's Fish House
PF Chang's
Tucanos
Cheescake Factory
Cafe Ole

All were delicious. My favorite was Tucanos! That was quite the experience. I can't wait to go back.

We wen't to shopping at the Outlet Mall's and the regular Mall the second day. We expected better "outlet" prices, but the kitchen store was my favorite. I got some fun new kitchen gadgets.

The last day we went and walked around the Boise Temple and down along the river before we came home.

We had lots of fun playing and relaxing. It felt great to get away and miss a day of work!

January, February, & March

Wow, apparently it's been a while since I've posted anything. Well... not much has happened in the last few months.

I attempted my first real sewing project.


A lady from work helped me make this purse. It only took me 4 hours! Too bad I gave it away... Haha.

(Yes, that's a picture of the finished product in my car... right before I mailed it off.)

Brooke and Marthe both turned 18 in the same week. I made them super cute cupcake cards. I forgot to take pictures of them... It was fun using my new cupcake stamp set though!

Their cake turned out super cute!

Mom had a birthday too. She would probably prefer if I didn't announce her age... :)

Oh, and finally a year after we bought my new car, we sold my little red accord. It was sad to see it go... Glad my brother is the proud new owner!

Well, that pretty much wraps up the rest of January, February, and March. Nothing but excitement!

Finally Reunited!!

January 18, 2011: The day we have all been waiting for for 2 years! Jordan finally got home from Tokyo!
Wating in Idaho Falls for Jordan's flight to come in.

Moments before Brooke hangs up on Jordan calling to say he missed his flight in SLC. Apparently Mom doesn't have time to be taking phone calls from unknown numbers when Jordan is supposed to walk through the door any second... He called back to let us know the next flight into IF wouldn't be until 10pm. :(

We borrowed a 15 passenger van (aka Party Van) so we could all ride together when we picked him up.

Good times in the Party Van!! My cheeks hurt from laughing so much.

We found out Jordan was able to get a flight into Pocatello, so off we went!
We had a bit of time to kill in Pocatello, but we managed to keep ourselves entertained.


Here he comes! First time we saw him in 2 years...

Hugs & Tears.

Brooke: Yep, you smell like Japan. Jordan: Stop smelling me!

All the family back together!

It was a long day for all of us. Poor Jordan had been up for 36 hours when we picked him up at 6pm, but we are so glad to have him home!

2010 Summed Up