Funny Photos

Today I was looking through the pictures on my computer and I decided to post some that I think are funny. Maybe nobody else will find humor in them, but they make ME smile.... so it's worth a try :)

My nephews and niece... Dillon, Payton and Mariah. Notice that Payton doesn't understand how to do it haha

Dillon was AMAZED by the animals at the Wild Animal Park haha

My nephew Blake was determined to eat the cupcake with no hands

My niece Brooklyn's face us priceless in this!! It was her first B-day

My brother Curtis and his baby Brooklyn... these are there "It's too early in the morning to be awake" faces.

Mitch and I at Lagoon last August :)

This is me giving Mitch the "You better watch what you say next" face haha

My friend Lynn caught my bouquet... and her face is hilarious in this picture!!

Okay this one is one of my favorites. It was taken while I was dancing with my dad at our reception. Mitch is obviously DREADING the fact that it's his turn to dance with me in front of everyone next. And my mom is day-dreaming about what it'd be like if my dad ever danced with her!

Mitch's brother Ryan thought it'd be funny to give him a hug..... Mitch wasn't going for it haha

My Grandma Blake walked up to Mitch and made him dance with her for a minute. It was pretty funny :)

Quilt-aholic!

It is official. I'm addicted to quilting! And may I say, it is not a cheap hobby! Just ask Mitch ;) Anyways, after making my first quilt that I posted about a few months ago, I had some left-over fabric. So I decided to get just a few more pieces of fabric and make 2 more quilts out of the leftovers. I made another one for a girl and a boy quilt too. I also decided to try something different with these two. I quilted the top and then attached it to one solid piece of minky for the back. They turned out super cute!

So this is the boy one...

And the girl one. It's a bit more colorful than the other quilts I've made :)

Much to Mitch's dismay, Walmart was having a big sale on tons of cute fabric.... so of course I "had" to buy some :) So this is a little preview of some blankets to come! I'm almost done with the girl one, so I'll post some pictures of it soon.

Picture of the Day

Sometimes Andy insists on bringing her toy inside with her.... and sometimes she likes to snuggle with it by her face :) Notice the pouty face? I'm pretty sure if she could talk, she would tell you what a horrible life she thinks she has with us. She constantly has a look on her face like she thinks she's pretty picked-on! Poor little girl.

A Little Overprotective Maybe?

So..... I love my dear husband, but sometimes I think he's gone a little crazy haha! A while ago, we planted a little flower garden, but it never grew very well because it was dinner for all the local bunnies! We were getting pretty frustrated, but Mitch was bound and determined to keep the bunnies, chipmunks, and squirrels out. We put up a little white fence around the flowers, but the animals could fit through it. So then Mitch put another fence made of chicken-wire behind the white fence.... but that still didn't help! We went to IFA and got some spray for the plants that's supposed to repell the animals. It seemed to work for a few weeks, but then it was right back to no flowers. Let me tell you, everytime Mitch saw the bud of a flower about to emerge, he was extatic!! But by the next morning, it would always be eaten off! So one day, a very very annoyed and determined Mitch disappeared outside for a few hours. When I suddenly heard a lot of hammering outside, I went to check on him. He had become a cage building monster!! haha That may be a little extreme, but he really was on a mission. He used chicken wire and some boards to make these cages that fit over and around all of our flowers that the animals liked to eat (yes, they only eat some of our plants... I guess they're more tasty than the others?) Ever since then, our flowers have grown like crazy!! The good thing is that the cages aren't permanent. Every night before bed, Mitch goes out back and puts the cages on to protect his babies :) And then he takes them off in the morning before he goes to school. We now have a beautiful flower bed..... just don't be alarmed if you come over to our house at night and it looks like we have a flower prison!

It's kinda hard to see, but there is chicken wire around the bottom half of these vines

I actually took these pictures about a month ago, and our plants have all doubled in size from this! Mitch's original cages don't fit around some of them anymore, so he had to alter them :)

Icing on the cake!!!!

So after I wrote my venting blog yesterday, we went to our nephew's birthday party up in Enterprise, Utah. Mitch, Grandma Schmutz and I left to come home a little after 8:30pm.... which is right about when it is getting dark. Well about 15 minutes into our drive, I look up from texting on my phone and BAM!!! I feel Mitch slam on the brakes and swerve... see the flash of tan color run in front of our truck... and feel us smash into a deer!! Can we say that this was the icing on the cake for my WONDERFUL day?! Mitch pulled over and we noticed that the truck was making a weird noise. We got out of the truck and found that the front grill was broken, the radiator was bent, and the left headlight didn't work. GREAT, right? Well we called my in-laws who were just about to leave Enterprise and they hurried down to come look at the truck. While we waited, Mitch and I walked back up the road to try to find the deer... but we never found it. We did see a deer run back across the road a minute later, so maybe that was the deer? I'm just not sure how a deer could get hit by a truck going 55 MPH and not be injured pretty badly. Anyways, Mitch's brother and parents got there a little later and checked out the truck. They said that the weird noise was from the bent radiator hitting a fan that comes on when we run the A/C. So with their approval, we drove the rest of the way back to St. George with no air conditioning...... very slowly. We got home fine. AKA we didn't kill another Bambi :( Now we get to have all the fun of estimates, insurance companies and repair shops. Lovely. Oh I should mention that Mitch, Grandma, and I were all fine... with the exception of a sore back from Mitch slamming on the brakes and all being a little shaken up haha

Needless to say, when it rains it pores. After another wonderful day of annoyingness today, I am ready for this week to be over. Yay for tomorrow being my day off!!!! Let's all hope that I can get a better attitude by Monday.... because I'm afraid I might say some not nice things otherwise. Luckily my brother is in town, and he always cheers me up with his hilarious sense of humor :) Thanks for reading some more of my whining!

Notice the deer hair. Gross!

I'm Having a Bad Day

So I'm in a bad mood. I'm going to vent a little bit...... so beware!!

Do you ever just have a day where you have just had it?! When you feel like crap... emotionally, mentally and physically? Today is one of those days. I don't want to go into much detail, but I am annoyed.... at just about everyone and everything. One thing made me mad, and just about everything has ever since then haha. I can't stand it when people are hypocritical!! I hate when people think that they can harp on others continually, while they are doing no better? Sometimes I think that people need to stop and evaluate their own actions before they tell others what they should or shouldn't do. Some people think that they can do no wrong and they are oblivious to problems that they cause. I'm sick of constant problems that I don't have the ability to fix. They won't go away....... so I wish that I could. I want to get away from immature people and stupid situations. I want a grown-up job, with grown-up people, and a grown-up environment. Maybe one day my wish will come true :) Maybe I just need a nap or something. But everyone is allowed to have a bad day sometimes right? I think that I'm allowed to be in a bad mood sometimes.... I just wish I could figure out how to get out of it! haha Poor Mitch, right?! The good thing is that he is an awesome best friend. He just listens to me complain and backs me up on things. I'm lucky to have such a good husband. He makes all my problems tolerable. Maybe one day I'll learn to be as nice as he is....... I wish that I didn't get upset or annoyed by things. But let's face it.... I'm a woman.... and I'm irritable sometimes :) Today's irritations: I hate my hair, all of my clothes don't look good or fit right, my stomach hurts, St. George drivers are dumb, people are rude, I want a better job, and there just aren't enough hours in a day!! Anyways, I'll get over all of this after a good night's sleep... but I thought I'd whine a little bit first ;)

I Want A Puppy!!!

I want this puppy so bad that I could cry!!

Lately I've been feeling like I want another dog. After our other puppy died, I didn't really want to go get another dog for a while....... but now I think that I'm ready for 2 dogs again!! Only this time, I want to get the kind of dog that I want!! Mitch thinks that if a dog isn't huge, "it's not a REAL dog!" Yeah, I don't agree. The dog I grew up with was half Shitzu and we're not sure what the other half was. But that is the type of dog that I want to get. The only problem is that we don't really have money for a dog. So for now, I'll just look at the puppies on KSL.com everyday and wish I could have one! I'm pretty pathetic, huh?!