Shut the front door. You will never believe what I bought today. As my recent post divulged, I am a sucker for chewy Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies. So you can imagine my disbelief when to add to this goodness, we had chewy chips ahoy chocolate, chocolate chip (make note of the chocolate) white fudge cookies. At this point, I can't report on the actual taste of the new product, as I am saving this indulgence for when I am once again prepared to eat half a bag - that's right, you heard me, half a bag- of these things. I am still in somewhat of a state of shock that this is now on the market. It's one of those things though that when you see it, you think,"Absolutely. Of course this is a must-have cookie flavor." There is no second guessing whether or not a bag will be in your cart. Only makes perfect sense.

Other news, we moved today. Good things about the move:
#1 I can wear a different pair of jeans instead of the same pair I've worn the past 5 consecutive days due to my premature packing.
#2 We are now 10 minutes closer to most of our friends, so they will no longer have an excuse to avoid us.
#3 Multiple trips to the Goodwill to secretly empty Yosh's memory boxes- homeboy is a packrat. Every trip brings a renewed sense of accomplishment.

That's all I can think of for now.......

Tour stop #2

Now you didn't think that BYU being "on the road" would stop us from following them, right? Well you're absolutely right. We packed our bags and got on the plane and stalked their booties right over to Seattle. Thankfully we were greeted by, no- not the football players, but by the Denke's with a place to stay, food to eat, and did I mention a personal theater room to watch ALL the weekend football games on a projector? Crazy, I know. They must love us!!! We had a great time not only watching BYU, but we also squeezed in a Mariner's game. It was a nice fall-like weekend, which only made it feel natural to be at ball games! It was good to see Carrie, Xander, and the boys and ALL the room they now have to run around in. Little bit jealous!

Oh yes and Dave accompanied the group like the avid Cougar fan that he is.



What do these pics have in common? (and I could have added about a hundred more like it to get my point across) Yes, Porter has a new friend. This puppy backpack, that also doubles as a child leash which some people like to call inhumane and I prefer to refer to it as pure entertainment especially when Dallin is the one leading the leash, was Porter's constant buddy this weekend. Carrie went ahead and gave it to him as a b-day present which I'm sure spared all of us present lots of tears!



Precious Keane! It was good to see the boys and watch all 4 of them play together!

New subject: As you see on the side of my blog in my "quotable quotes" section, Dallin B came up with a good one the other day. We were in a store shopping for pillows and he says, "Mom, we need a baby." As always, I play dumb and say, "What do you mean?" He says, "You know another one, like me and Porter." I just kind of nod, not wanting to give him any false hope. He finishes off the conversation, "Yea mom, we need to buy a third baby." Some kids call it praying, others apparently refer to it as shopping.

I am not pregnant....

but I did just devour half a bag of Chips Ahoy Chewy chocolate Chip Cookies. Now before you go any further I must explain. I am a very strict organic eater. Maybe not "organic" in the definition we are used to hearing, but organic in the sense that I don't count calories, I simply listen to my body to know what and how much to eat. So you can imagine my shock when my peaceful relaxing during the boys' nap time was interrupted by a demand for Chewy Chocolate Chips Cookies. I was like "Hold up, now you know I don't need dessert yet. It's only 2 o'clock." But the demands persisted and first thing I did when the boys woke up was go to the grocery store to obey my body. The demand was somehow confirmed in my mind when the cookies were on sale for $1.77. To prevent further emergency runs to Vons, I bought 4 packs. (Only to be disappointed when at the check out stand one rung up for $4.29 and I didn't notice til after the fact and didn't have the courage to tell them I did not want the expensive bag.) Anyways, I took the boys to the pool where I thought I would enjoy probably 3 cookies. That's about my normal portion size. But oh no, not today. Like I said, I am a servant to my body- and it wanted more. And more. And more. And was not satisfied til half the bag was gone. All in one sitting. What can a girl do? Obey.

Now b/c a "post isn't complete without a picture", a little more....

Guess where we were this past week?

That is right... Utah for the opening BYU game. (an extra feature "Can you find Sam Hickox?")

The boys and I went up early to visit Josh's family and then Yosh joined us in time for more hanging out and of course, the highlight- The BYU game. I think I ate out every lunch or dinner, which is a highlight for me. Nancy took me to Rumbi's, which I've been dying to try, along with other Utah staples. (Yes, I like being spoiled.) We also got to see Hailey's new house (pictured below are the kids on the newest toy- Devree's bunk bed.) We headed up to Midway to relax there and took advantage and went to Park City for the Alpine slides. The 2 year olds were insistent that we repeat the experience so, for $15 a pop, we did. Who knew Park City was such an in-demand place that they can charge so much for the slides. Anyways, it was a good time. Porter obviously got a lot of camera time this trip so here is his cute face!

Monogamy? Oh no, not from me.

As you may or may not have noticed, I updated my "friends" list on the side. Although I'm sure i missed a few, this was basically a way of divulging those whom I stalk. Take a close look. You might see your best friend that I've never met, your sister who doesn't even know me, or possibly even your husband's blog. But don't hate. I never committed to a monogamous blogging relationship. And I never will. Take it or leave it... this is the DTR. I got enough love to go around. So don't dump me now (Laura Anderson!! ha ha!)

To myself I would like to say....

WELCOME HOME! After nearly 20 months of being on the hunt, 2 cities, 6 rejected properties, we have found a place to call home and here she is...
My favorite space....

The kitchen opens right to the family room. The bottom picture is taken from the kitchen.

Where you will not be showering.......

........ but I will be!

Not to be too concerned though. In our effort to lure in visitors, a picture of the guest suite........

Not pictured is the 42" TV that will be at your dispense, or the bathroom that has it's own entrance. (Not its own entrance to the bedroom, but to the house.) Somehow we got to keep all their TV's, so the one we own will go right in this room.

Move in date: sometime after Sept 17th. Make your plans accordingly!

I kid you not...

I think I'm being stalked. And I'm for real. Would somebody please tell Heidi Montag to stop following me around? I mean I let it fly as a coincidence when I saw her and boy toy in their car a couple of times, but seriously, can't a girl enjoy a Saturday morning with her family, alone, with no one following her? Apparently Ms Montag thinks that is too much to ask as she casually showed up at Noah's bagels minutes behind me. I had the manners to not follow her to Coffee Bean right next door. And then I see her at Restoration Hardware ordering the same bed as Yosh and I? Seriously, that is too much. In fact I'm so disgusted that I don't think I'll get that bed anymore. Or the nightstands that she ordered to go with it. And then she had the audacity to call Spencer right in front of me and tell him... this has got to stop. Heidi, no more "coincidental" show ups please. Unless you plan to say hi to me next time. And then maybe, maybe, we can be friends...

OK I've been getting harassed, mainly by my husband. Seriously been in a blogging slump. But I'm going to pull it together for at least 5 min to put together a decent post!

Yosh has loved this classic dialogue I had with B while getting him dressed...
"Mom, what does this say?" pointing to his shirt.
"Gap."
Looks at me quizzically, "How do you play 'Gap'?"

Because surely I wouldn't be dressing him in something non-sports! What a crack up. That alone explains who my Dallin B is.

So what else? Spent a lovely night at the ball park, just in time to see Manny hit his first homerun as a Dodger. There was electricity in the stadium. And then to see all three of my boys chanting, "Manny, Manny..." It was quite a hoot.

Did I mention Chels and Pistol were making out on the way to the game? And that she was taking pics of it?! Did I also mention I miss Chels? She left on Friday after being my p.i.c for the summer... sad.
Before Chels ditched me we had an escape to San Diego. A lot of fun. One of the highlights was renting bikes, which I wish I knew the correct term because they are not really bikes. They are like huge cars with no motor. Hence, the need to pedal. And sometimes get out and push when necessary. Because they are freakin heavy. And when you have no momentum and a hill someone is going to be out pushing. And the other one is going to be the manual blinker. Gotta love it. And look how cute the boys look in their helmets...

And let's be honest, 5 minutes after we left the rental place the helmets were ditched. Cuz that's how kids roll.
Last thing that is definitely blog worthy... my most recent purchase called the waterpik. And why aren't orthodontists telling everyone and their mom about this? I mean for real, this is almost as good as going to the dentist for a cleaning. Put a little mouthwash in the mix and you are feeling good. It's as easy as going to Target and picking one up for yourself. And braces or no braces, it's a $40 well spent.