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Monday, June 6, 2011
Day At the Lake
FINALLY... we got weather nice enough to spend a day on the lake in Matt & Natalie's new boat! Although the water is still a little too cold for most, Mike wasn't going to let that stop him! He was the only one that braved the water, the rest of us just cheered him on from the boat!
These 2 little stinkers... not sure who yelled "stick your finger in your nose" right as I took the picture, but to whomever it was, Thank you!
CHEESE!
Mason & I
Natalie & Jaxon
Mike showing off... Please note all of the snow on the mountains in the background!
Not sure what this trick was called...
I caught the back flip mid-air... I should have just video recorded this run... but who would have known he would hit that many tricks back to back and land them all!
360
Mike & his "Mimi-Me"
Ottosen Family Photo
He found the Sweet Spot surfing...
Our family photo!
Such a fun day! Can't wait to have many more of them this summer!
These 2 little stinkers... not sure who yelled "stick your finger in your nose" right as I took the picture, but to whomever it was, Thank you!
CHEESE!
Mason & I
Natalie & Jaxon
Mike showing off... Please note all of the snow on the mountains in the background!
Not sure what this trick was called...
I caught the back flip mid-air... I should have just video recorded this run... but who would have known he would hit that many tricks back to back and land them all!
360
Mike & his "Mimi-Me"
Ottosen Family Photo
He found the Sweet Spot surfing...
Our family photo!
Such a fun day! Can't wait to have many more of them this summer!
Zoorasic Park
I took Friday off to spend the day at the zoo with these two monkeys, YaYa and Connie! The Hogle Zoo is doing Zoorasic Park where they have dinosaurs all over the park... even ones that spit at you as you walk by!! I saw the water all over the ground and walked around, mom and Connie weren't so lucky and walked right through it! I have to say, I did get a good laugh out of it!
This was a bribed smile for a treat...
This was T-Rex... the first of the dinosaurs that we came across...
And this was Mason's reaction to T-Rex when I asked him to go stand by him!
Finally Mason agreed to a picture, but only if I held him!
And then another with both boys... do I look lop-sided holding them? Becasue I am pretty sure that Mason is a good 10+ pounds heavier than Michael!
The boys reaction when we went inside of the reptile house... PEEWW!
They were both so fascinated by this COOL animal...
Oh wait, it was just the construction site at the zoo for the new attraction, guess we could have saved some money and just take them to a construction site!
This elephant blows water... I don't know how many times I have been to the zoo, and never knew this. Kids were lining up to get sprayed! Mason and Michael were convinced that they were the ones making it spray on the kids!
Getting their photo op with the dinosaur... Michael seems less than thrilled!
This was a true measurement of the boys...
Such a fun day... and then after Mason went home with Michael and had a sleepover. I had an entire Friday night to myself, Mason was gone by 4 and Mike had to work until 11!
This was a bribed smile for a treat...
This was T-Rex... the first of the dinosaurs that we came across...
And this was Mason's reaction to T-Rex when I asked him to go stand by him!
Finally Mason agreed to a picture, but only if I held him!
And then another with both boys... do I look lop-sided holding them? Becasue I am pretty sure that Mason is a good 10+ pounds heavier than Michael!
The boys reaction when we went inside of the reptile house... PEEWW!
They were both so fascinated by this COOL animal...
Oh wait, it was just the construction site at the zoo for the new attraction, guess we could have saved some money and just take them to a construction site!
This elephant blows water... I don't know how many times I have been to the zoo, and never knew this. Kids were lining up to get sprayed! Mason and Michael were convinced that they were the ones making it spray on the kids!
Getting their photo op with the dinosaur... Michael seems less than thrilled!
This was a true measurement of the boys...
Such a fun day... and then after Mason went home with Michael and had a sleepover. I had an entire Friday night to myself, Mason was gone by 4 and Mike had to work until 11!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Volkswagen Commercial: The Force
Does this remind you of someone??
Love this commerical... this is the full version, not the abbreviated version from the Super Bowl!
Love this commerical... this is the full version, not the abbreviated version from the Super Bowl!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Christmas... Better late than Never!
I am a bit behind in my blogging... but I guess late is better than not at all! We had a fabulous Christmas! This year Mason's wish was for Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee (Transformers)! Lucky for me, McDonald's was giving away Transformers in Happy Meals the month of December. Those babies were stashed and used as stocking stuffers from Santa! Only problem is that Mason is smarter than the average 3 year old and asked me if I got them from McDonalds. I had to re-assure him that I didn't, but that maybe Santa did! Can't fool him! Anyway, the little happy meal toys trumped everything else. There were many presents that remained unopened until after we got home on Christmas morning. Note to self... it is the little things that make him happy! No need to over-do Christmas... he was happy with the $1.50 toys I picked up at Micky D's! Here are some pictures of Christmas Eve and Morning!
Every year, my mom get's matching PJ's for the kids, this year, we spent many, many hours making them! A few days before Christmas, I get a phone call from Mike... "What do you think about matching Pajama's" he asks. I reply, "We already have some for the kids". Mike: "No, for US!" Oh... sure. So after 5 trips to Old Navy and 3 trips to Target we had matching PJ's for the adults too! Mike even helped shop with me! I think that we may have another new tradition!
Girls PJ's
Boys/Kids Matching PJ's
Couple pics of Mike and I... don't mind the Shrek horns, Mason got Shrek and these lovely numbers came with the DVD, as you will notice, Mike wore them all night!
I was trying to compete with the Shrek horns...
Mike was slightly intoxicated on Christmas Eve, if you couldn't tell!
Attempt at a family photo... for some reason they always turn out like this...
Boys playing with the toys they opened on Christmas Eve!
CHRISTMAS MORNING!!
OPTIMUM PRIME!!
Note the handful of transformers that he has in one hand as he tries to look at his Optimus!
Mike's new softball bat!
And his new Ogio gear bag!
And in the tradition of saving the best for last... Mike modeling Rick's new "I've given up pants!" These were the highlight of the evening!
Every year, my mom get's matching PJ's for the kids, this year, we spent many, many hours making them! A few days before Christmas, I get a phone call from Mike... "What do you think about matching Pajama's" he asks. I reply, "We already have some for the kids". Mike: "No, for US!" Oh... sure. So after 5 trips to Old Navy and 3 trips to Target we had matching PJ's for the adults too! Mike even helped shop with me! I think that we may have another new tradition!
Girls PJ's
Boys/Kids Matching PJ's
Couple pics of Mike and I... don't mind the Shrek horns, Mason got Shrek and these lovely numbers came with the DVD, as you will notice, Mike wore them all night!
I was trying to compete with the Shrek horns...
Mike was slightly intoxicated on Christmas Eve, if you couldn't tell!
Attempt at a family photo... for some reason they always turn out like this...
Boys playing with the toys they opened on Christmas Eve!
CHRISTMAS MORNING!!
OPTIMUM PRIME!!
Note the handful of transformers that he has in one hand as he tries to look at his Optimus!
Mike's new softball bat!
And his new Ogio gear bag!
And in the tradition of saving the best for last... Mike modeling Rick's new "I've given up pants!" These were the highlight of the evening!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Getting Crafty... Completed!!
As promised, here are pictures of the rest of my craft projects!
I was introduced to the Wood Connection, it is a little store in Midvale that sells wood cut outs and then has samples of them decorated so you can take pictures and remember how they decorated them once you get home! I found these cute heart cut outs and just painted them, sanded them and then just added some glitter stickers to add my "conversation" phrases! The ones they had at the store had vinyl lettering, but since I didn't have any vinyl handy... I made due with some stickers! I think they turned out pretty cute!
These glass marble XOXO's were also found on www.tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com. I thought this was such a cute idea and it was SO easy! Just a little E6000 glue, a bag of glass marbles, some scrapbook paper and 4 frames! For the x's I found the middle of the paper and marked it, then eyeballed the X from the center, outline the X with the E6000 glue, add a row of marbles, another row of glue and then another row of marbles. The o's were traced from Mason's Ironman cup, then followed the same procedure as on the X. Let the glue dry overnight and then put in the frame. Note that the glass will not fit in the frame, so just put it behind the paper so you can save it for a later use.
I made this center picture to go between my subway art using some vinyl letters I picked up at the Wood Connection and the wood heart cut out also from the Wood Connection.
And this is the final product of my cupcake wrapper wreath hanging on the new mirrors that I just hung... confession... I actually bought the mirrors before Christmas, but just got around to hanging them! As you can see from the above pictures I am a little slow in getting pictures actually hung on the wall... those are just sitting on the shelf below, they would probably be even cuter if I actually hung them!
I was introduced to the Wood Connection, it is a little store in Midvale that sells wood cut outs and then has samples of them decorated so you can take pictures and remember how they decorated them once you get home! I found these cute heart cut outs and just painted them, sanded them and then just added some glitter stickers to add my "conversation" phrases! The ones they had at the store had vinyl lettering, but since I didn't have any vinyl handy... I made due with some stickers! I think they turned out pretty cute!
These glass marble XOXO's were also found on www.tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com. I thought this was such a cute idea and it was SO easy! Just a little E6000 glue, a bag of glass marbles, some scrapbook paper and 4 frames! For the x's I found the middle of the paper and marked it, then eyeballed the X from the center, outline the X with the E6000 glue, add a row of marbles, another row of glue and then another row of marbles. The o's were traced from Mason's Ironman cup, then followed the same procedure as on the X. Let the glue dry overnight and then put in the frame. Note that the glass will not fit in the frame, so just put it behind the paper so you can save it for a later use.
I made this center picture to go between my subway art using some vinyl letters I picked up at the Wood Connection and the wood heart cut out also from the Wood Connection.
And this is the final product of my cupcake wrapper wreath hanging on the new mirrors that I just hung... confession... I actually bought the mirrors before Christmas, but just got around to hanging them! As you can see from the above pictures I am a little slow in getting pictures actually hung on the wall... those are just sitting on the shelf below, they would probably be even cuter if I actually hung them!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Getting Crafty...
So it all started when I got an email yesterday from my Mother in Law with a cute New Years subway art attachment... I thought, that is really cute, too bad I got it a few days late! Then I got a wild idea that Valentine Subway art would look so cute in some frames that I needed to "re-season" since I took down all of my Christmas on Sunday. So after a quick Google search for "Valentine Subway Art" I stumbled upon tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com, let me tell you... I was stuck on her blog for HOURS! She had so many cute ideas for every holiday, that I spent my lunch hour at Hobby Lobby buying supplies and my evening working on projects. Below are 2 of my completed projects, and I still have a few others up my sleeve that I hope to accomplish this week... so stay tuned! I think that this is the first year that I have even thought of putting up Valentine decorations! Watch out, by next month, you may be calling me Martha!
I found the lettering on her blog and she was nice enough to include a printable word document that is in already done in the "highlight" mode, meaning that the lettering is white and then it is in a black box if you will... this made the project super easy, I just cut out the squares with the words, laid them on my black cardstock, used some modge podge to stick them to the paper and then a final layer over the whole thing once I had them all where I wanted them... the tutorial on her blog is to make a canvas out of the subway art... but since I already had these great frames in need of something, I just modified it!
Both of the pictures sitting side by side in the frames...
And this is my cute cupcake wrapper wreath... also found on tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com. This was super easy and also very inexpensive!
I will post pictures of all of my projects once they are hung and actually acting as decorations rather than just in random places of my home!
I may even post some pictures from Christmas if you are lucky! I am really going to try to be better about keeping the blog up to date... we will call it my New Years Resolution!
I found the lettering on her blog and she was nice enough to include a printable word document that is in already done in the "highlight" mode, meaning that the lettering is white and then it is in a black box if you will... this made the project super easy, I just cut out the squares with the words, laid them on my black cardstock, used some modge podge to stick them to the paper and then a final layer over the whole thing once I had them all where I wanted them... the tutorial on her blog is to make a canvas out of the subway art... but since I already had these great frames in need of something, I just modified it!
Both of the pictures sitting side by side in the frames...
And this is my cute cupcake wrapper wreath... also found on tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com. This was super easy and also very inexpensive!
I will post pictures of all of my projects once they are hung and actually acting as decorations rather than just in random places of my home!
I may even post some pictures from Christmas if you are lucky! I am really going to try to be better about keeping the blog up to date... we will call it my New Years Resolution!
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