That's right, a bus

Marlo bought a bus...awesome right?  So, what do we do as 30 something mom's when we get together for our girl's night?  We cruise the neighborhood in the bus ...and make a music video in the bus!  That's right... my friends are the greatest.

The Cabaña

We had a great weekend with the Ford family at the Williamson's cabin.  The cabin is great, a perfect space for a family getaway (thank you Williamsons.)  The kids for the most part ran around looking like homeless bums, covered in dirt, bug bites and cuts.  The men/boy folk were always engaged in some sort of competition like, horseshoes, cards or feats of strength. The women were either cooking, cleaning kids or house, or chit-chatting.  No cabin excursion would be complete without a campfire, or trampoline??  (yes they have a trampoline and it was loved by all the kids.)  We rounded off the weekend with a great testimony meeting and a nice clean up crew (Is it crazy that my family loves to clean up, well we do and the cabin looks amazing!!)  As for the pictures of Gus...I was chillaxing with James when he jumped up and said that Gus was buck naked.  We found Gus trying to go potty #2 and he figured it was fine to go outside just like when he goes pee.  FALSE...not okay.  Love my family, they are great! 

Boutique

My first boutique...not going to lie, I'm a little nervous.  Come, give me a high five and tell me my hair stuff is cute.

Labor Day (the day we celebrated Grandma D's birthday)

We are always looking for a reason to do some sort of BBQ/family get together. So we decided to combine mom's birthday and our Labor day celebrations.  We got mom this awesome ice cream maker that fits onto her Kitchen-Aid, it's super cool.  The kids were a wild bunch, they even had a dance party.  The men played poker for hours, until James challenged them to Monopoly which he guaranteed he could win in 1 hour (he won in 1hr 18 min, do not play Monopoly with James unless you want to cry.)  Us women sat and planned a getaway, complete with a test run to ensure comfort for our drive.  My family is great, we miss our brothers though.

I still love you!

James and I are horrible about getting away... alone, it's been 2 years. I blame myself, I'm weird about leaving Gus with people. So I carefully planned and executed a staycation just for the two of us, and it was great. I love vacationing with James, we love to just relax when we are together. We did a lot of chilling, swimming, talking, and eating cookie dough in a robe while watching TV. It was great, James is great, Peter and Lacy are great (for watching Gus), Gus is great, vacations alone are great!

Rocking the ball park

We went with Lacy and Peter to a Diamondbacks game. It is kind of sad how the stadium is so empty, we are a state of fair-weathered fans. The highlight of the night may have been the fist fight James and Peter almost had to break up between two drunk college guys on the light rail. It was fantastic.

What are your thoughts??

Have you ever studied the Word of Wisdom? I read over it recently trying to get some personal inspiration, I'm still working on it and I wanted to know your thoughts. I find it interesting that people read it so differently. I know some people who take it to mean becoming a vegetarian, I know some people who feel that grains should be used on a restricted basis. What do you think??

WORD OF WISDOM