Happy Boo To You!

I am in this club where every month we go to someones house and make a card. Then on the month we host the event, we get some free stamps or other fluff'n'stuff. On Thursday, I got to host Stampin Up at my house which gave me an excuse to buy yummy food like mini-cheesecakes & lots of candy (who really needs an excuse though)! This is a picture of the card we made. It is embossed and I used watercolors to make it pretty. Good thing the demonstrator was there, otherwise I would be so lost. I am new to this whole craft thing.On the same night, the Bachman's (my sis' family) were driving back from Island Park to Utah and decided to make a detour to our house, which I was so excited about because we hadn't seen everyone for a long time (probably a month or two, but it always seems long). Zekie thought our lazy susan was fascinating! And here is the photogenic Bachman Family - Katie, Issac, Ben & Rob.

Defying Gravity

When we went to New York in April we saw the Broadway musical "Wicked" and since then I have listened to the soundtrack pretty much on a daily basis. (It rotates through my mp3 player while I am at work). I checked YouTube back in April for some bootlegged clips of the show and found nothing. But alas, five months later there are so many fun clips.
Each night we rode the subway back to New Jersey where we stayed with my Aunt Clyda and cousin Kylee. In between stations we always had about a thirty minute wait so we had a tradition of going to the McDonald's and getting Fruit Parfaits from the $1 menu. After midnight those things are dang good!

Summer Is Over

I think it is about time for a general update on what Brian and I have been up to. We are happy to have the majority of our fence put up and the sprinkler system scheduled to go in sometime this week. Who knew that putting a yard in would be so much work! It will be nice to have our yard, trees, bushes, and a garden next year. I am sure we will then complain about the upkeep, but for the time being it is a nice idea. We are teaching the Sunbeams at church and I am amazed at how entertaining Brian can make that one hour. He tells the best church and non-related stories that I am just as enthralled as the kids. I would love to take a picture of the kids faces while they listen. It is way cute to see their eyes light up. We celebrated Grandma Albertson's birthday this last weekend (Brian's grandma). She just turned 77 and we were delighted that everyone came to Idaho Falls to celebrate. She had a cake with a crown and septor and she was good enough to wear it. Gotta love that woman! Tonight is our last softball game. It is at 9:30pm and we feel so sorry for everyone on the team that has young kids they have to bring. But, honestly I think the kids are more awake than I am at that hour. I sadly never hit it over the fence, so I will have to earn a trip to Hawaii another way :) Lately I have been really wanting to get cable so we can watch our shows in the comfort of the living room, but my computer genius of a husband thinks it is a better idea to just watch them online for free. Most of the time I am glad to not have the the distraction of the TV in the house, and I can't complain because we pick up three channels with the antenna we bought! I guess there is too much to do each night to try to add TV to the mix, but we are going to watch Heroes, Lost, & 24 oneway or another. We hope everyone had a great summer and that you are ready for the Fall! Bring on the carmel and candy corn!

Yay, It Is Fall!

Last weekend we went to the Eastern Idaho Parade of Homes and I got some great decorating ideas. One idea I liked was the pictures hanging on the wall looked as though they were being supported by ribbon. (I tried this at home last night and it didn't look as cool as I thought it would, so I must be doing somthing wrong.)Another thing that stood out was rub-on sayings on blocks, the wall ....pretty much anywhere. I have been into this trend for awhile, but for some reason in Idaho Falls it seems like everyone is obsessed with it.I love going on the tour because it always ends up being in the Fall and this is the best time to decorate! I have been slowly adding to my decorating reportage. Three good stores I go to are Roberts, The Crackleberry Boutique, and Real Deals.

Two Thumbs Way Up!

For all of the unlucky people in Utah, my condolences go out to you. It was such sad news when they closed the clean flicks chain down there. For some unknown reason we still have a "clean flicks" store call Great American Videos and we frequent it often. I was just trying to remember all of the movies we had seen this summer and here is what I came up with....
The Best Movies of the Summer:
The Bourne Ultimatum
Pirates of the Caribbean
Transformers
Fracture (edited)
300 (edited)
Save Dawn
The Last Mimzy
Night at the Museum
Bridge to Terabithia
Disturbia
Blood Diamond (edited)
Hairspray (Kelly's addition)

These Movies Were Pretty Good:
Blades of Glory (edited)
Vacancy (edited)
Wild Hogs (edited)
De JaVu
The Holiday
Music & Lyrics (Another Kelly addition)

We Could Have Done Without:
Perfume (crazy ending - actually the whole thing was just crazy!)
Perfect Stranger (bad acting)

Like You Wanted To Know...

This was a pretty uneventful weekend for the Stewart family, but I am excited to say that Brian is almost done putting up our vinyl fence. He worked hard all Saturday putting the posts in and now we are hopefully going to finish it off today. Instead of boring you with pictures of it all we decided to put together a list of our favorite stuff and whatever other random things we thought of. Hope you enjoy!
good eatin':
1. Plum Loco
2. Jalisco's
3. Johnny Carinos
4. Café Rio/Bajio's
5. The Thai House
6. The Crossings
7. Sam Hawk
8. Doo-Li's Shik-Dong
9. This Mexican restaurant in Florida that we don't remember the name of!
10. The Bombay House

desserts we can't live without:
1. Soft serve from Dairy Queen
2. Brownies
3. Snicker's Cake & Pie
4. Chocolate Chip Cookies
5. Mint Three Musketeer Bar
6. Mint Anything
7. Turtle Cheesecake
8. Lemon Bars
9. Chocolate Pie

fun places we've been together:
1. Disneyland
2. Hawaii
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Yellowstone

places we will go to together someday:
1. Korea
2. Church History Tour
3. we really need to broaden our horizon if we can only think of two! (any suggestions?)

our lamest jobs:
1. Taco Bell (Kelly)
2. Newspaper Delivery Boy (Brian)
3. Call Center (Brian & Kelly)
4. Quizno's (Kelly)

stores we visit regularly:
1. Wal-Mart
2. Roberts
3. Circuit City
4. Home Depot


websites we check daily:
1. movies.go.com
2. nba.com
3. slickdeals.net
4. cnn.com
5. BLOGS

movies we could watch over and over:
1. Indiana Jones Series
2. Musicals (Seven Brides for Seven Brother's, Oklahoma, Hairspray)
3. Live Free Die Hard
4. Miracle
5. How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
6. Clueless
7. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
8. Pride & Prejudice
9. Sense & Sensibility
10. Back to the Future Series

we are tuned into:
1. 24!!!
2. Heroes
3. Lost
4. The Bachelor (Brian would disagree!)
5. So You Think You Can Dance

brian's dream cars & the only cars kelly could think of:
Brian
1. Corvette Z06 (ouch!)
2. Toyota Tundra CrewMax Limited 5.7L (roar!)
3. Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4x4 Steel Blue Metallic (ooolala!)
Kelly (disclaimer - the car choices below may change. I like whatever I see on a day to day basis)
1. Nissan Murano
2. Toyota Matrix
3. LexusRX