Coming over to the darkside

Well, not really. Although I was pretty surprised last night when Scott told me what he wanted for dinner. Sushi.
I love the stuff, but like most people who have never had it before he had always said he refused to eat raw fish. Well for his birthday in June I took him to Tepanyaki for dinner. He naturally got the cooked stuff, and I got some Sunshine Rolls. Well, after a lot of persuasion I finally got him to try one. It's been down hill ever since. My favorite comment he made that night was, "It's not bad. It's not something I would order for myself, but it's good." Oh how this boy makes me giggle. Because the next time we went, I couldn't keep him away from my plate! Then finally the deal breaker last night, when he was the one requesting sushi. I always get the sunshine roll, but Scott is big on mixing things up and trying new things, so we tried the dragon roll. It was good, but I don't think I dig the spicy tuna. :( He loved it though. I even got him to try edamame. YUM! The transition to Japanese cuisine is almost complete. ;)
Then to top it all off I even got him to pose-literally-for a picture with me!! (For those of you who don't know this-he's anti anti photo taking. And yes, that's the only face he knows how to make.)

He's just so cute-I don't know why he hates pictures so. I just look tired. And what's with that weird flippy part of my hair? Huh.

Let's play catch-up, shall we?

Holy crap. Have you ever had times in your life where it's just sped by, yet you have nothing to show for it? That's how the last couple weeks have been for me. Then when I sit down to account of my adventures (or lack thereof)-I draw a complete blank. So...I will attempt to make this short, sweet, and somewhat interesting for those of you who care to read further.

In August my best friend Amber, Grandma Honey, and I took the girls to see "South Pacific" in Sandy. Amber is doing such a great job teaching her girls to love the theater. We had so much fun dressing in hula skirts (the girls did, anyway), our flower leis, and hibiscus in our hair for the night out. I thought the girls would have a harder time with this show than they did with last year-we saw "Beauty & the Beast"- but aside from a few wiggles they were captivated! Now they go around the house singing "I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair..." Thanks to my little shutterbug best friend I have photos of the evening:

Makala, Mommy, Grandma Honey, and Ashton

Makala, Mommy, Auntie Kristen, and Ashton

Um...what else....ooh! ooh! Kimmy and I went to the State Fair a couple weeks back. We had a BALL!!! She had only been once before and had missed out on so much. The Fair was a family tradition for me growing up--I have especially fond memories of the "Big Yellow Slide". Amazingly enough Kimmy had never been on it, so NATURALLY we had to go!! It was so fun spending the afternoon with her wandering the Fairway, people watching, and eating all different varieties of Fair food!! P.S.-the corn dogs and funnel cakes were our FAVORITE!! :) Kim never sent me HER pictures, you you're stuck with mine: (Why they're HUGE, I don't know...)

Waiting in line on the slide-Kimmy is so cute in her new shades!

Partaking of the Fair food...YUM!!

Last week was my birthday, and that was fun. I'm not one of those people who dread getting older. Actually I look forward to my birthdays. The only thing I dread is the landmarks--you know, the milestones society thinks you should be hitting each year. That aside, I had the special treat of my parents visiting. It's always so fun to have them here. You don't realize how much you need your family until they aren't readily accessible. Unfortunately I don't have pictures-my parents are about as willing for pictures as Scott is--but I do have a couple of what awaited me when I came back to work the next day:


This is the whole reason I didn't come in on my birthday. I was trying to avoid the chaos!! I appreciate the effort of my co-workers though. It did make me feel loved.








Hanging in my chaos--let's just say I didn't get much done that day-there was TOO MUCH going on!! :)

Can you believe she'd never been on the Big Yellow Slide!? I KNOW!! We had fun though!

Last year these were all over the fairgrounds, but this is the only one we saw...

Well, that's about all that's been going on as of late--nothing too exciting as you can see.