Who done it?

Murder mystery character #4. Looks like he fooled all of you too!:)

New post topic

Below is a post from Paul's friends blog...

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Preemptive Strike

I was talking with my friend back and forth through emails and he sent me his family's blog http://cookiesheets.blogspot.com/. He mentioned that their blog was getting a little "girly," but what can you expect with a name "cookiesheets" for your blog? Are these guys avid bakers?

My wife and I have refused to blog for about two years now while the rest of the people in our collective world have gotten mixed up in the blogging craze. Some people may call this oposition to blog as "rebellious," I think it is probably better described as "laziness." So in order to head off the inevitability of blogging down the road and end up with a blog name like the aforementioned, or some other blog name that lends itself to anything less than awesomeness that it should be, I decided to be a proactive and beat my wife to the punch.

I'm not promising daily (or weekly) posts about the random happenings in our lives, nor rainbows and sugar cookie dreams, but I do promise to be honest while adding a little humor to everyone's routine life (who doesn't like a routine?).

All I have to say is... I am grateful that I was able to inspire someone to start a blog.

The End!

Uncle Larry visit = Beach day!

Can I just say that I am in love with this picture?! that's all.

This was our setup...Paul is THE biggest BYU football fan. So, what does he do? He wraps his laptop in seran wrap and brings it to the beach with us so that he can listen to the game! Pretty creative right? Well, I thought so, until his computer overheated because the fan was covered with seran wrap.:( I hope you all learned a very valuable lesson...

I wasn't planning on this, but E touched the sand for the first time.

...and one more for your viewing pleasure.:)

E&Y Alumni event at Dodger's Stadium

Paul's previous employer has some awesome events for their "alumni." This week we were finally able to attend one. Paul was in heaven as we walked on the field at Dodger's stadium, batted at home plate, walked through the locker room and ate "Dodger Dogs" in the Dugout club.

This post is a Grandma Special...

E smiling...



E Fresh out of the tub...

E sitting up... (but only for a few seconds on his own at this point)

E's cute little tushy...

E laughing at his Daddy...

E putting his "passy" in his mouth...(his most recent "trick.")

E Flying...

E taking a little cat nap...

(Who needs a teddy bear when you've got socks?! Don't worry they were clean:)

Louisa Montfort

That was my name on Friday night as I participated in my first "Murder Mystery."

(Please, oh please, still be my friend after seeing these pictures! This is so embarassing, but I also find them rather amusing, so I thought I would give you a good laugh:)

The men...
The Women...

Louisa and her Fiance Gregory King . . .

The whole dinner party...

Who do you think looks most guilty? (from left to right numbered 1-10, place your vote at the top of the sidebar)

"I want you!"

I am tired of looking at myself everytime I go to my greeting card blog. I am coming up with some more holiday designs and I need a VARIETY of family pictures to display in my samples.

So here's the deal...

Email your most awesome family pictures (past or present) to CCgreetingcards@gmail.com. If I use one or more of your pictures on my Creative Cookie blog I will give you $5 off a future order.

I am looking for formal family pictures, small and large family pictures, multiple pictures of the same family or family members that can be displayed on one card, etc.

Basically, if you have a family picture(s) that you think would look good on a holiday card please send it my way. I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks so much!:)

Charlie in his blessing outfit

If you want to see some more click here.

Favorite Thing #4

(minus a few episodes)


We turned our cable off for the summer and our friends were kind enough to let us borrow their DVD's. (Thanks Becky and John!) I think Emmett is going to grow up thinking that this was his bedtime lullaby!

Favorite Thing #3

The "Money Saving Mom!"

Thanks to this website, I got everything you see in the picture for free, or with a full rebate! I am really digging this couponing thing so far and I think I have just scratched the surface.

Thanks for the tip Emily and Lisa!

Little Mr. tries "solids" and is 5 months old today!

"Hey! I like this whole sitting up thing..."

"Now I am getting a little nervous. What's in the bowl Mom?"

"Ewe! You people eat this stuff?!"

"Hey Dad, maybe this isn't so bad..."

"I'll take that, thank you very much!"

"This rice cereal is child's play. I want the real stuff!"

"Ok, ok, enough with the pictures Mom. Will you please just clean off my face?"

(It was fun to see E get so excited about eating and take the spoon and want to feed himself. The biggest challenge was his hands getting in the way when trying to get the spoon to his mouth. As much fun as the rice cereal was...I think we have decided to wait one more month before we continue on with solids.)

E had his 4 month check up last Tuesday (about three weeks late, because we missed the original appointment...Woops!) and the Dr. pinned him as a trouble maker! I told him that he is a very "spirited child." And he said, "Well you call it what you want, but I think you are going to have your hands full with this one." If he is anything like his Dad, I am sure that's the truth.:)

His stats were:

15lbs 6 oz. (50th percentile)
27 inches tall (75th percentile)

I had to stay in the room with him for his shots this time, because Paul wasn't able to make it for the appointment. He encouraged me to be strong and I made it through just fine. Oh and E handled them well too.



Journal bite:
This weekend we went to the outdoor mall, mainly for "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory" carameled apples (I had a coupon:), and there happened to be a Nordstrom's fashion show going on. It was kind of fun to see a "real life" fashion show. Plus we found some pretty good deals on baby clothes at Old Navy and Target for E. Not your typical date night, but we had a good time.

Sunday was pretty busy with church (I was called to be the "Nursery coordinator" today. We have 3 nursery's in our ward), reading, piano practicing, talking to family, zonking, cooking (Thanks for coming to dinner J!), game playing and blogging. I think I need to do a better job of making Sunday a "day of rest." We'll see how I do next week.

My business venture

Ta da! Click on the link above and let me know what you think. I want to be sure that the blog is as user friendly as possible.

Thanks for your input!

I LOVE the great feeling that accompanies completing a project!

(These are the projects that I planned to complete this summer. I almost made it.)

Project #1:

I started this project about a year and a half ago, when I was with my Mom in Utah. I have worked on it little by little over my past three trips there. I finally brought it home with me in August and just finished sanding the edges today. . .

Project #2:

I wanted to make some magnets to go on my magnet board and got the instructions for these . . .

from my friend Lisa's blog. Thanks la la la Lisa!:)

Project #4:

I obviously don't have a little girl, but it was great having E around to make sure I got everything the right size. I took some pictures, but I am pretty sure Paul would flip out if I posted a picture of our son with a little girl headband and huge daisy on his head.:) I am excited to send these to some special little girls.

Project #5: I volunteered to make these bags for a service project. I am kind of worried that when I drop them off they will look nothing like the others. I probably should have asked to see a completed one before I made mine, but hey, it's just a bag... right?

Now I am onto a new project that I would like to complete before we move. I want to "redo" a few pieces of our bedroom furniture and make them look like they somewhat match. I am thinking black. Does anyone have experience with this or advice?

One last picture I want to post...

It doesn't matter where I put E. He always seems to find a way to see the TV! He cracks me up all of the time!