Hello out there

Wow, have I been a major blog slacker or what! Sorry about that.  Really there is nothing new or exciting going on in our lives right now.  Oh wait, I take that back....

Luke officially has a job after 5 months and we are super excited!  He is working at Little Caesars.  So far he's really enjoyed it.  They're pretty flexible with his school schedule, so that will be awesome.  

Here's another twin-kitty picture for all you fans out there.

They are pretty much best friends. 

A murder on the grill

We had a swingin' weekend in 1959.  We did a murder mystery dinner, that turned out to be lots of fun!  I'd never done one before so I had no idea what to expect.  

From left to right, Emma was Tiara Diamond (the late Tom's fiance), Scott was Chubby Cheddar (a rock star), Justin was Dan Dragnet (TV star stepping in as a cop/detective), Candice was Peggy Sue (newspaper gossip columnist), I was Bobby Sox (Tom's kid sister) Luke was Johnny Angel (a mechanic), and in front is John as Ivan Spudnick (Russian rocket scientist) and Tina was Barby Q (a divorcee with a 140 IQ.

We decorated with as much '50's decor as we could find - ignore the cell phone and CD player.

I was feeling very Sandra Dee.

Dan Dragnet and Peggy Sue

Bobby Sox and Johnny Angel

Tiara Diamond, the murderer!!! She looks so cute and innocent!

John played a great Russian.  I'll definitely take him with me if I ever get that desire to visit mother Russia.

Visits

Steve and Kristin came up last weekend to visit Lindsey and I (and our husbands).  We were all able to go to the temple together, which was a fun experience.  Tyler was the only one who wasn't there, because he had to work.  We had a great time hanging out, playing games, and just enjoying each others company.  Thanks Steve and Kristin for coming to visit. 

For Young Women's last week, the girls made journals.  I am amazed by their creativity and they came up with some super cute ideas.

Lots of FUN!

Luke and I have had a lot of fun this past week.  Luke has been working in Salt Lake for a week and a half, so Saturday, I drove down to visit him.  On the way, I stopped at Marianne's baby shower for her little girl, Jordynn.  She is such a cute little baby!  It was so fun to visit with old friends and just have fun hanging out together again.  

For our remaining Saturday activities, Luke and I spent the day car shopping.  We have been looking for a while and trying to get  our Jeep sold.  After some very long hours, exchanging numbers with sneaky salesmen, we worked out a great deal and left with this beauty!
We absolutely love the car and have had so much fun with it already.  It's amazing some of the features that a "new" car has compared to our older models.  We would love to take anyone around for a spin, just give us a call.
Luke's been working on the basement again.  We didn't want to finish up the drywall until we had all the duct work for the heating.  I'm so glad Luke knows all these handy things around the house.  He's worked so hard on it and I'm proud of him for learning how to do it and doing it!

Happy Birthday Steve

Steve turned the big 2-6 on the 12th.  He picked a Thai restaurant, which was surprisingly pretty good.  I'd never had Thai food before, so I didn't really know what to expect.  We had a lot of fun eating and talking, and we probably wore out our welcome at the restaurant.

We had celebrated earlier this month and here's Steve showing off our awesome present to him.
My great friend, Lisa, is having a baby next month, so I drove down for her shower this last week.  It was so good to see her and I'm so excited for her to have a cute little one soon.  It was so fun to get together with old friends that I grew up with.  Hopefully we won't wait so long next time to get together.
Luke and I spent our Valentine's Day on the snowy slopes of Brighton ski resort.  It was such a perfect day with fresh powder and hardly anyone there - I guess Valentine's Day isn't that big of a day for them.  
And what would Valentine's Day be without some beautiful red roses.  Thanks sweetie for a wonderful day.  I love you!

A short catch-up

Since I've been such a blog slacker lately, I will just start with the most recent and we'll have to go from there.  

A few months ago, my brother downloaded a bunch of his "locked" pictures onto my laptop.  While I enjoy seeing pictures of his friends all the time, I cannot delete these pictures at all!  I have no idea how to get rid of them.  If anyone can help, please let me know.  They're taking up so much room that I can't download my pictures.... that's my maid excuse for not blogging - I just can't do it without pictures.

Yesterday I got to skip out on the last 2 hours of church with the young women in our ward.  No, we didn't go get slurpies or anything.  We had the bishops approval to go down to Salt Lake for the annual Interfaith Concert.  I was really impressed.

There were musical numbers from a bunch of local religions.  It was really need to see how different cultures express their religious beliefs.  

Two muslim girls sat behind me and it was interesting to hear some of their comments.  One of the musical numbers was sung by the muslims and the jews.  I heard one of them say, "that was probably the first time in the world that that has happened."  It made me so much more aware of the conflict between people, cultures, and countries.  We are so lucky to live in peaceful place.

While I enjoyed all the productions, it really strengthened my testimony that I am a member of the only true church on this earth.  After the LDS children's choir sang, I heard the muslim girls whisper "wow."  I don't think they were the only ones that felt the spirit in the tabernacle that night.  It was truly an amazing experience.

Draper Temple

I had the chance to go through the Draper Temple Open House with the young women in our ward.  It was such a neat experience and really great to have the girls be able to see rooms in the temple they normally wouldn't.  The temple was so beautiful and peaceful.  The decorating inside was so simple, yet so elegant.  

Even though it was raining all day, it was so beautiful and stood out against the grey, clouded sky.
As other girls can testify, long car rides can get a little crazy...  

... And boring at times

Don't worry, this wasn't a real threat.  We yelled across the freeway to the other cars full of girls and had fun giggling and being silly.