Fabulous Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful dads in our lives! The kids and I didn't get any gifts for Chris, which was decided on previously so we can pay off our Volvo, but he was able to get 2 seasons of Family Guy on dvd thanks to our Costco check we got in the mail (it's from our membership, you get a percentage back from the purchases you make throughout the year). In the morning, noah overheard me tell Chris happy Father's day and he just ran up to Chris and gave him a huge hug and said happy father's day. It was cute. I think that is present enough, to have your kid love you so much and I know that Chris would agree.

Chris was able to go on a nice long bike ride, and then we went to Margie's for dinner. It was a full house yesterday and lots of fun. We had steak, shrimp, corn on the cob (which is ALL Bostyn ate for dinner, by the way. She just walked around with her corn, chomping and chewing....) veggies with Margie's fabulous dip, chicken, salmon, salad, and pie. I think that's it. Chris ignored his diet so he could enjoy the food and we both ate so much by the time we left that we were literally sick to our stomachs! I think we might need a few days to recover, ha ha! When we got home, the kids signed their card to dad and gave him big hugs and kisses.

Chris: you are a wonderful father, and I have always felt so lucky to have such a great man in my life who is willing to do whatever it takes to support his family and be there for his kids. We love you so much!

Domino's pizza party!

A while back, I signed up at HouseParty.com, which is a web site where you can apply to be a host of parties for new products, events or even season premieres of TV shows. I don't know much about it but when I saw that you could apply to host a Domino's pizza party, I jumped on it quick! I was one of the first to be chosen and reply back and here is what I got in my Domino's pizza party pack:

$75 Domino's gift card
a free card game called Would You Rather? or something like that (we did not end up playing this because the cards got dumped out and scattered all over my living room)
a bunch of coupons good toward the card game & 2 others
a bunch of coupons to AMC theatres for a free large popcorn when you buy a drink Unfortunately the closest AMC movie theatre is in Layton, but Chris is willing to drive all the way out there to get free popcorn! When we picked up our pizza order, they had a bunch of these coupons there too, so you can pick some up if you want some.

It ended up being Chris, me and the kids, Margie & Wade, Aunt Liz and cousin Solano and my mom. We tried 3 of the new Domino's American Legends pizzas, which was part of the deal for the free food but also got a bunch of other good stuff from them, like free Cinnastix thanks to an online code we found. I think we foud a new favorite pizza from them and we plan to order it the next time we order pizza:

Memphis BBQ Chicken (amazingly good!)

Margie was a great sport and let us have the party at her house since our place isn't very big, and she even hung up party banners- thanks Margie!!! It was a lot of fun!

Sorry it's been so long!

Things have been a little crazy around here the last few months. It seems like since Noah started soccer, I haven't been able to catch up very well, even though his soccer is over! We didn't get soccer pics due to that day being rained out, but we got a lot of great memories and a really nice trophy to boot. 

A few things that we've been up to:

We finally managed to make it to a Bees game this year. We didn't win, but we had a lot of fun and they did a really good fireworks show afterwards. My friend Judith from my work and her mom sat on the field with us while we watched the fireworks. Bostyn just had to sit in Jude's lap for a while, but then she sat in mine while Noah sat in Chris's, holding his hands over his ears because "the fireworks were too loud". He still loved them, however, as he yelled at me at the top of his lungs, "We should get some of these mom! These are cool fireworks, we should buy some!" and Bostyn had her hand on his head, petting him. It was a lot of fun. And really cute.

I started school last week. I won't be able to take as many classes as I wanted to, but I'm really grateful that I am able to go. This semester I will fulfill my last requirement for my Associates Degree and I am finishing my pre-requisites for Dental Hygiene this and next semester, and hopefully that's the last semester before I start the Dental Hygiene program. I haven't applied to the program yet for 2010, but I will, and hopefully I'll be able to begin the program Fall 2010. It is a 22 month Bachelor Degree program. I will be ecstatic if I can graduate before I am 30!!! Chris also hopes to start school at SLCC fall semester. It will be much harder for him because he works 50+ hours a week and doesn't want to lose any income while he is going to school, which he wants to do full time.

Chris & I are working really hard on paying off bills so we can buy a house before the end of the year and not stress if the economy gets worse and affects our jobs. We are so excited that we sold the Volvo and will no longer have that car payment! 

And lastly, Bostyn's birthday is coming up. It falls on a Saturday, so we will probably have it then. Hers will just be a family get together, probably at a park or water park. Somewhere fun! We will keep you posted.

BUT don't be surprised if I don't keep updating too often. We have a lot of fun stuff planned over the next few weeks with summer and the holidays and birthdays and with school.....

The newest addition to our family:

Here is our new kitten right after his first bath: Zuko! Maybe his energy will help lazy old Frenchie lose some weight, ha ha!