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Park City Adventure

About a month ago, mom and dad took all 22 of us to Park City for the weekend. They got us a sweet condo to stay in and we just hung out together. It was so much fun!

Grandpa and Kobe at the pool

The men had a who's hairiest discussion at the pool. I think Jed won! Way to go, hun!

Heidi and I started it out by going to the Gap Outlet for a killer sale. We had an extra 30% off coupon so the prices were crazy cheap. I don't know what happens to me during sales, I HAVE to get everything possible because these kind of prices will NEVER happen again (it's a disease). I ended up spending way more than I ever do and I about had a heart attack when she told me how much it was (Where's that damn credit card!). Heidi and I decided to go back to the room and analyze and return. We analyzed but did no returning. Oh well.

One of my favorite activities was the Alpine Coaster. There's no way of falling out of the thing, so you can go as fast as you want. Kobe and I went together and I tried to go as fast as possible the whole way down. I got some great screams out of Kobe (all happy). Ike and Vivi went behind me and went a LOT slower. Ike, being the awesome dad he is, didn't want to scare Viv, so he took it easy. We later saw the guy that was behind them demanding to get free tickets to go down again - haha.

I loved spending time together in such an awesome place. Thanks so much, mom and dad!

SPIDER FROM YOU KNOW WHERE

Two weekends ago, the kids had a party for the premier of High School Musical 2. Jess and Maddie decorated the basement so cute and some of Jess and Teylor's friends came to watch the show and then have a big slumber party. Jed was out of town so when the girls started screaming about a HUGE "tarantula" on the stairs, I freaked. I seriously get paralyzed when there is a spider close by. I think it all stems back to when I was about 5 years old and a little jerk kid put a daddy long leg down the back of my shirt and I couldn't get it out, but could feel it crawling on my back. UGH! the memories... So, I've been pretty happy here because I NEVER see spiders. Now I know why. This GIGANTIC spider is eating all of the other ones. All I could hear were the girls from the basement SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER. The only thing I could think of was to spray it with this nasty bug killer I just got (thank the heavens). I had to yell at the girls to stop screaming and then I heard Maddie saying "don't kill it! Take a picture for the blog!!!" Now that's dedication. I sprayed the crap out of it and then took a picture. It was all shriveled up in the picture - it was WAY bigger alive. SHIVER. I sprayed the whole house inside and out and found the craziest webs - yep, funnel webs the Hobo's make (or as my family call them, Homo's) and I'm pretty sure we had quite the homo family living in our house. I really hope that spray works.

Phase 2

Yes, it has been 3 months, but the yard is coming slowly but surely. About a month ago, Jed, Mike and I went out to The Great Salt Lake and filled Jed's truck up with rocks. It was A LOT of work for me, so I can't imagine what those men went through. It was done that afternoon and it turned out AWESOME! Me and Jed never would have been able to do it without Mike. He can like VISUALIZE it.

So today, I was thinking, you know, I should really start looking into cement curbing. We've wanted to get it done and so let's get some bids. I had a phone number of a curbing place on the fridge that I put there months ago, so I gave them a call and left a message. Rob, the cement guy, called me back a few minutes later and says "we had a guy cancel today so we could be to your house in 30 minutes and get it done." THIS IS THE REASON WHY I HATE PHONE CALLS. Instead of saying, "I better talk to my husband first" or "how much exactly is it going to be?", I just say, "uh-ok." After I got off the phone I tried like mad to call Jed, but the guy never answers his phone while golfing. What's up with that? 3 hours later I have cement curbing and Jed still has no idea. It turned out good and I think I got a good price...

This is what I want to know: How many husbands out there would be; a) appreciate of such an assertive wife; b) annoyed that she didn't do any shopping around and is such a pushover, but glad that it got taken care of; or c) mad as hell. I'm hoping for a, but I really can handle b too. We'll see!

8 Things You are all DYING to know about me...

Thanks to Maddie for passing this list on to me. Here goes nothin...

1. I was a pretty irresponsible teenager (as my parents will tell you). I wrecked a mint green Infiniti Q45 into the owners brick mailbox and did $1500 damage to the car. Ya, I was babysitting and I did NOT have permission to take there saweet car.

2. A few months after that fiasco, I was babysitting again (why did they keep calling me?) and I ran into a big pole with an old and dented truck. I didn't tell anyone about that one. What's one more dent?

3. When Jed and I broke up my senior year, I went a little wild and went camping with 10 boys and just me. I was the only sober person and I slept in a car with a total stranger. I am horrified that I did this now, and I would KILL any daughter/niece who ever followed in my footsteps. ps - the guys were complete gentlemen. I had a gaurdian angel for sure.

4. When I was in college, I worked at Taco Time. My boss was in a huge panic because one of the machines had broken down so he asked me to go get him a Phillips screwdriver. I frantically looked and looked through the tool box and returned empty handed. I told him that I couldn't find any Phillips because they all said Stanley.

5. Me and Heidi went to London and Paris about 10 years ago. While we were in Paris we got in a fight about whether or not to go to McDonalds to eat. Apparantly Heidi can live on a baguette and hot chocolate for the whole day. I left her without a map, or any idea what the name of our hotel was. I didn't speak any french and I was LOST. I called Jed in SLC and cried to him, of course he was helpless. I wandered for about 4 hours and finally stumbled across my hotel. Good times. I now know that I have to be fed at least 3 times a day, or I'm unreasonable.

6. I was talking to Jed just the other night about this trip to London and he asked if we took a boat from London to Paris. I told him no that we had taken the train. I then wondered out loud, "Is there water between London and Paris??" I honestly didn't know and now I am questioning Jeds intelligence... How in the hell do you take a train through water? Please help.

7. I have a phobia of talking on the phone. It makes me so nervous and I always feel like an idiot after I talk to someone. I have one friend who calls me about 3 times a day and I'm finally getting to the point where I answer her phone calls and I'm not so uncomfortable talking to her on the phone. Although, 3 times a day is WAY TOO MUCH. Who has time for that?

8. I LOVE the fall!!! I can't wait for walks and hikes in the cool weather, leaves, baseball playoffs (go Yankees), football (BYU & maybe this year the 49ers will be worth watching- when I was pregnant with Jess I would blow-off my pre-natal classes to watch Steve Young rock the casba. He was my FAVORITE) and Halloween. It's the best time of the year.

There you have it! Mom - You're IT! Good Luck.

Zoey the retard

I'm really trying to be positive about this dog, but seriously. She is HUGE. She is now a full-time outside dog, which is sad. And now she is apparantly a vegetarian. She is picking the zuccini and squash out of my garden and eating it. It makes me SO mad! I have a cute little (like 1 foot high) fence around my garden to keep her out. Ya- it doesn't work. Jed thinks it is hilarious. What do I do with this dog?