Happy Birthday...oh dear...28...better then 29!!!

Sorry to most everyone that is older than me! I still feel very safe at 28, other then thinking that next year will be 29, ahhhh, but then, oh well, I'll take 28 for what it is and run with it, becuase after all, many of you are rolling your eyes at me anyhow! I had a fun birthday, basically eating out, Breakfast at IHOP with my two favorite people! Then Lunch at Olive Garden with a darling friend! Then Dinner at Tucci's(spelling) With Carston's family!!! Thank you to everyone that wished me a birthday and made me feel so special. I feel blessed to have you all sharing parts of our lives together! My latest goal is to stop getting distracted by the things that really don't matter!

We also had a kidless weekend in St. George and had great time. It is so much fun to get out of town and feel the freedom of feeling completly carefree to responsiblities. It was serioulsy a blast. It was also the best to come home to see my sweet little monkey after missing her so much!




My bed is startng to call to me and if I stay up too much longer, I might start rambling on and on.... I really wish I could post more often so I could put in all the funny little stories of life without a long post, but right now I just have to take whatever computer time I get!!!!

The Holidays!

Finally Carston is gone for the day and I get some real time on the computer. I definatly feel I need my own laptop someday! And since I havn't updated for so long, I'm just going to do pictures and keep this short. We had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas, soooo much fun with Isabelle this year, and I am sure we will have a great New Year!!!! Isabelle is growing up so fast. She is quite the character. My favorite recent story is when we took her to the aquarium and Carston and I were touching some sting rays and when I looked over at Izz she had her jacket in the water, swishing it back and forth. It was drenched!!!! She makes us laugh everyday, what a turkey! Definalty a Busy Izzy Bee!

The latest.

We have been busy to say the least lately. Last weekend I ran a 5K, that seemed to be harder then the other longer races I have ran, with some friends. And our main water line into our house was totally leaking, soaking our carpet in the basement. After we had quotes to get it fixed for $350 to $490, Carston decided to fix a leaking valve himself. I am so glad I married a handyman. It only took him an hour(other then digging the hole, 4 feet by 5 feet deep!!!) and saved us tons of tons of money.

But the big news in our family is the passing of my Grandpa Simmons. He passed away on the morning of Election Day and although he has been in poor health for a few years now, it was kind of a sudden thing. We visisted him in the hospital on Sunday and he looked actually really healthy, we had a great visit, which is now a cherished memeory. Carston told him of his dive trip and the fish he caught and that got my grandpa remembering all the good times he had fishing on the ocean. I really don't want to go into details but I was very suprized to see how my grandpa looked in only one days time. And I couldn't get over the fact that his time on earth, his test, was over. We had his funeral yesturday, Novemeber 11th, Veterans Day, and it was very emotional to watch as my brother, in the military and cousins whom have served in the military, did the military honors with the flag over the gravesite. It was a pretty day and a wonderful service and I have some very specail moments that I will never forget. Thank' you grandpa for being such a character. For always making me feel so loved, for loving Carston and telling me you thought my daughter was the smartest, most beautiful little girl and always marveling over her. Thank'you for having your prized garden, for your love of food, for your love of the temple, for your testimony and stories of knowing, President Kimball our prophet. Thank' you for having me sit on your lap, well beyond the point of me being your little granddaughter. Thank'you for Pinza, freezer burnt ice cream, and letting me in on your hiden stashes of treats. Ice Cream buckets and planter baskets on your head, stories of all the girls you dated, and making sure we knew you picked the best girl! You were and are loved so much. I will miss your laughter, but I will not forget your love and your legacy! Till we meet again....I love you!

Our Little Bumble Bee!

Trick-or-Treating with Isabelle was so much fun this year. She was so cute waddling down the street in her little costume. At the second house she picked out a sucker, and of course,how can you say no on Halloween, right! The rest of the night she was a sticky, but very happy Bumble Bee.

The cake was for our Twlight Book Club. Six layers of Cherry Chocolate with Cream Cheese Frosting. Yummy!

It's Autumn Time! It's Autumn Time!

So we just sang It's Autumn Time in Primary last week and that song is totally stuck in my head. But it's true and I thought I would post some fun Picture of a hike we did on Saturday. It was the Crecet Lake Trail up by Alta Ski Resort, but Carston says it is called Secret Lake. Anyhow it was really a fun time. And since, true to how we are, we didn't have my camera for our post anniversary date picture or the fun hay ride we went on on this weekend, we tried to make up for it by taking a huge photo shoot on the hike! I hope everyone is having a great Autumn Time with all the pretty leaves falling down!



Isabelle's newest words, Hot and Ball!
And the cutest thing. I love when we say prayers and she folds her arms for all of two seconds, but then as soon as she hears the word, amen, she totally, very quickly, folds her arms again!!!!

Carston had a great Man's Trip, diving in Catalina. And I have to admit if my husband is going to be a hunter, I am a lot happier to have him bring home lobster, halibet, and Bonita rather then an elk or a deer. Too bad he couldn't bring home the octopus as well! Thanks my mighter hunter for the yummy food!

So much to do and so little time!

This past month has been so fun. Karl had a fabulous wedding. My parents moved to Missouri. Exciting but very sad!!! Can't wait to visit. I can totally feel this wide open space between us with them being so far away. And I had a great time on a girls trip to New York with Melissa Sauter. I love the city and am so glad we went. I loved, loved, LOVED, Mary Poppins. Loved the shopping, A Tale of Two cities, and walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. And I loved going to Harrison to visit my Nanny family all in the Rain. Thanks Melissa for a great trip together! Carston is leaving today for his boys dive trip to Catalina today with Ben Sauter. We also went to St. George and saw Cam, Mandy and the kids, which I hopfully with get pics soon and Izz had her first hair cut!!!!! Oh yea and for the first time will be spending our first anniversary apart. This Thursday the 9th, it will be four years! And I am so happy to say I love my little family, now and forever! Cheesy, but true!

I love the word 'No, No, No"!!!

So Izz loves to walk around the house to all the things she is not suppose to get into, (ie, trash can, toilet, garbage cans, heater vent covers) and say the now famous, "no, no, no" while pointing her finger. But then she still proceeds to get into everything she is not suppose to. Too bad it's so dang cute. So the other day while I heard her walking down the hallway to her room I heard her say "mmmmmm"!! So I finished what I as doing and went to check on her, and this is how I found her.......


Needless to say, I hope she grows out of eating out of the trashcan sooner then later! And Yes I do feed her and Yes she does eat just about anything, even rinds!