American Idol

We headed up to Logan and had and American Idol party at my Sister's House. It was really fun to hang out in my old hometown! I miss it!!! We went to the local seed and garden store and then went by one of my favorite decorating stores. I enjoyed walking around historic downtown and reminicing about our time spent living there. We watched American Idol and I got to hold my darling nephew alot. We still laugh that Alexis said her favorite was "David Enchilada" instead of "David Archeletta" she also likes "David Cook".

Alexis loves to dance and sing and has her own signiture moves we like to call "the men in black", "the long horn", "the travolta twist", and "hips". She definetely has a personality all her own. We think she got it from both sides of the family and ancestors that were very "animated". I love that she is so outgoing and has a bright personality. She has never been shy and whenever we drop her off at nursery she runs right in. We were at the park the other day and she yelled across the park to a little girl "I'm coming, I'm coming" after she had stopped to get a drink for a minute. She went up to a little boy at my mom's kindergarten class and proudly exlaimed "I'm Alexis" and put up her left hand with her signiture "longhorn" gesture. The boy just kindof looked at her. I laughed from a distance! What a cutie. We love being parents.

Today was a great day! Shaun passed the Fundementals of Engineering Exam! Yay!!!!! He graduated last year in Biological Engineering from Utah State but they wouldn't give him his official degree till today when the department called to say he'd passed the exam. This will make the job hunt a whole lot easier. We are so glad he doesn't have to take it again it is a gruiling 8 hour test! Hip Hip Hooray! We just relaxed today. We went fishing with Mike up Ogden Canyon. We had fish jumping all over, but didn't catch anything. Too bad- we'll have try another day. I laughed when I cast and almost slipped down the rocky slope into the resevoir. A couple of casts later the whole top half of my fishing pole came undone and flew 30 feet into the river! I was able to reel it back in and save it though. Mike was talking the whole way home about our next adventure. He is a true fisherman. I'm glad I have a younger brother who is so close in age (just two years younger). We have always been really close. It was relaxing to be up in the mountains. We saw 3 baby colts, some lambs, a few eagles, and several deer.

We headed up Weber Canyon to go fishing yesterday. We all had fun fishing along the bank of the dam. I even caught the biggest fish! Alexis had fun throwing rocks in the water (needless to say the people standing by her didn't catch many fish). We enjoyed spending time with family. What a fun family outing!

I've jumped on board!

I've finally decided to start up a blog! I will be adding more posts soon!