TOM HANKS!!!!

So.... We went to Fat Cats tonight (Friday) with our friends Shawn and Katie! And low and behold... who do we meet? TOM HANKS. He was so nice and so cool! Here he is!
Yeah, pretty much one of the greatest actors in Hollywood and all I could think was "Hi, I'm woody!" haha

So. The idea here is that you go through the list and make bold all items that apply to you. So here goes...

Have you:
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a Solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty-- the top was closed the day we went.. of all days, sheesh!
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run-- believe it or not, but I have haha
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been on television
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma-- I'm not selfish, I'm just dealthy afraid of fainting or something while doing it haha.
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone -- I've broken two toes. haha and it was VERY painful!
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone's blog to your own-- haha thanks Kristyn!

Anybody want to join me in doing this?! I think it'd be awesome! haha and I can name quite a few of you right now that would totally be down for this!

What haven't we been up to?!

Well, where to start! A couple of weekends ago, Preston took off early Friday morning and took off to Vegas for the weekend. It was a blast and a much needed get away! We loaded up on junk food, good music and DVD's and hit the road at 5 am. It was so fun, we love road trips! That Friday when we got into Vegas, we got some food, hung out in the hotel for a while and went to do a session at the Las Vegas temple. What a beautiful temple! All the temples are of course gorgeous but it was just fun to go to the temple in Vegas haha. When we went into the temple, it was nice and sunny and SO warm, (unlike some other state that I know of) When we got out of the temple a couple of hours late, it was of course dark so I was able to get a picture with the lights on. Check em out!
Sorry about the night picture, I don't know what was up with my camera but I couldn't get it to focus very good. But, I still think it looks pretty awesome!

Saturday, we went to the Red Rock Canyon and did some hiking in the "mountains" of Nevada. It was so fun to see other parts of Vegas besides the strip. We did a hike that was about 2 miles long round trip. It was a nice leisure hike or more like walk haha. It got really windy and very dusty but it didn't stop us! We had a blast!
See what I mean by a Leisure hike hahaSaturday after the hike we went and got refreshed and rested and hit the strip the rest of the day/night and did all the sight seeing stuff and lots of fun shopping!
K, this isn't the best angle of either of our faces haha but I took this picture because of the ceiling of blown glass in the Bellagio. Very cool!
Am I eating these right? YUMMY!!! King crab legs! Bellagio buffet is fantastic.


Alright, moving on... the Wednesday after we got back, my studly brother Chris finished up his Eagle project at the Grizz game. He promoted being an organ donor at various things throughout the year. 4th of July festivities and Grizzly games. Our grandpa was an organ donor and helped save 9 lives because of it. My brother did a great job and got a lot of good response and lots of help from the family and his fellow scout buddies! I'm so proud of him! He has his head on straigth and is a great example to the family and is one of my favorite buddies ever! WE LOVE YOU CHRIS!!! Keep up the hard work. sidenote... Chris tried out for the Drumline for Skyline High (another side note, I can't believe he'll be in HIGH SCHOOL next school year... YIKES!) Anywho, we'll be going to the Skyline football games to watch my bro on the drumline and he'll be on the Hockey team. There isn't anything this kid can't do. (Chris, don't let that get to your head TOO much =) )
Me and Chris. Check out all his meritbadges! He's pretty much got them all! The team warmin up! The lost this game which totally was NOT cool, because if they would have won this game, they would have made it to the play offs. Oh well, still fun!
Chillin in the VIP lounge at the Grizz game. Me and my awesome cousin Kelsey! Isn't she oh so pretty! And my mom, tryin to get in the picture!! I see you mom!
Me and my little lili who I can't believe will be in Young Womens NEXT MONTH!!! and will be starting Jr. High next school year. Wow, I'm feeling old. I'm an aunt to my little sister who had a baby, my baby sister is going to be in Jr. High and Young Womens and Chris, well he'll be in High School. Sheesh. These kids were just running around in their diapers it seems like yesterday and as for my parents... well, they just keep getting older! If I'm getting old, they must be too right? haha But they are the BEST parents any 4 kids could ask for. We love them mucho!


The next weekend we got some time in with our friends Shawn and Katie and played some pool and ate at a very good and cheap restaurant in Logan called Bluebird, if any of you yonder up towards Logan, you should try it out! Delish! We also got to watch this cute little girl...
She is now 7 months... right?! She's adorable. Her mommy and daddy had a romantic weekend getaway so we watched little Cade. She was such a good baby the whole time. She was so fun and just talked and scooted away. Preston and her had lots of fun together whenever I'd go to take her from Preston she'd cry. I don't know how I felt about that haha. Cause she was crying when she was coming to me but then she also loved being with uncle Preston! But then she did it to him when he'd pick her up from me. I guess she couldn't make up her mind. Preston also fed his first bottle to a baby! haha he was so fun with her!
All dolled up for church, you might ask if she lived on her blanket while she was with us, which she did most of the time because she LOVES her toys especially the little doll that she's holding onto, she mauls that baby. She's such a little cutie- pa- tootie

The little buds! Cute eh?!

This weekend is Conference weekend, today was amazing, the talks and inspiration that was given today was much needed for I think the whole world. It always is, but this time more than usual I think with how the whole world has been. I felt very comforted when they kept saying that the church is doing great and that we just need to keep faith and continue to pray and give ourselves to the Lord and we will be just fine! And we just need to remember that the Lord wont give us more than we can't handle! Preston got to go to Priesthood session with his dad, it's always fun to hear what they talk about there and to see what Preston gets from it! We got to start the Conference weekend off nice with a session through the new Draper temple with my parents. It was soo nice and so peaceful! And it still smelt like new carpet haha. I can't wait for tomorrow to see what the church leaders have to bring!

Well, folks. Preston is fast asleep in our comfy warm bed and here I am at midnight determined to finish this LONG blog. So now that it's done, I'm off to beddy! So, until next time... That's the way the cookie crumbles!