Tagged

I was tagged by MaryAnn. Here goes.

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. The Office
2. Jon & Kate Plus 8
3. What Not to Wear
4. 30 Rock
5. Ugly Betty
6. Midsomer Murders
7. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
8. Everybody Loves Raymond

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. The Mandarin
2. Cafe Rio
3. Blue Iguana
4. Aristo's
5. PF Chang's
6. Valanni
7. Sawadee
8. 5 Guys Burgers & Fries :) (mmm, now I want that for dinner...)

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Watched TV
2. Walked down to Keswick Village
3. Went to a flower shop
4. Made chili and cornbread for dinner
5. Made chocolate chip cookies
6. Surfed the internet
7. Sat on the front steps with Nicole watching cars and trains pass by
8. Ironed some of Alex's shirts

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. Nicole crawling/talking/walking
2. Christmas
3. Going to Utah in December
4. Getting a new dining table
5. Dressing Nicole up for Halloween
6. Getting Ugly Betty Season 2 from the library
7. My loans being paid off
8. Alex getting home from work

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. A dining table
2. A new wardrobe
3. New shoes
4. Nicole being good on our flight to and from Utah
5. A clean house all of the time
6. A leather armchair for the living room
7. To travel the world
8. A digital SLR camera

That's all! If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!

Rice Cereal

Daddy, what are you putting in my mouth?

Mommy, save me!

Yuck.

Block Party

So Alex and I went to our first block party on Saturday. I don't know why this concept was so foreign to me - it felt just like a ward party! I guess it's a pretty big deal out here, so they have planning meetings and the day of the party they put up barricades on both ends of the street so that they could set up. There was a big blow up waterslide, lots of food, music, and people. It was nice because we were able to meet some of our neighbors who all seem like really nice, down-to-earth kind of people. We went back to our place after dinner because the hard liquor started coming out...let's just say that our neighborhood was pretty quiet the next morning! :)

Who doesn't like cake?

I came across this video the other day, and it cracked me up!

Football Season

It's fall, which means that it's football season. We were able to watch the BYU vs UCLA game today (go Cougs!), and based on this footage it looks like my little girl bleeds blue...

Milestones

We've had some fun milestones over the past two weeks. It's amazing how fast babies grow up!

12 weeks old

Nicole found her thumb

Nicole rolled over from her stomach to her back

Playing dress up and wearing big girl clothes (3-6 months)

Holiday Weekend

I love holiday weekends. Even when we don't really do anything special. Just the fact that we can veg all weekend long and have Alex around for an extra day is holiday enough! In true Labor Day fashion, we bbq'ed. A lot. On Labor Day we visited two different state parks near our home. I totally regret not doing this more often over the past year - the parks are so beautiful! I also think that Nicole is a nature girl, since she loves going outside and seeing the trees and the sun shining through them. Here are just a couple of pics from our weekend...

Natalie holding Nicole and Madeleine

Alex's idea of fun

Alex and Nicole enjoying the park