First day of school

My baby started school (officially) today. He was so excited. This was actually a fun day for him. We went walking and he got to play at the park, he had a dentist appt this morning - which is what he wants to be when he grows up, AND he got to go to kindergarten for the first time. I know, I am an awesome Mom and just happened to plan that... (not!)





Doesn't he look so excited????? Wow, contain it a little Eli... ;) So lets see, its 2:55 and what did I get done while he was away and Nathan was sleeping...
-mopped the kitchen floor
-mopped the downstairs bathroom floor
-cleaned the downstairs bathroom
-put away the laundry
-took a shower
-blogged
And no, I will not be this productive every day. My sister is coming up to stay with me tonight, so I had to make sure everything was ready.

My own ped egg testimonial

So my feet are disgusting. Have been since high school and probably before that. When we were in Chicago, a bunch of us were watching Billy Mays and we were talking about the Ped Egg. They all said that it worked, but I had my doubts. I mean, seriously... that stuff started as "As Seen on TV". Well, when we got back I kept thinking about it and FINALLY ordered one on Amazon. I spent 2 hours yesterday scraping away my feet with this little mini cheese grater shaped like a cadbury easter egg. I did take before shots, but I am going to spare you because someone might be reading this while eating. (and yes, they were that bad) Holy crap this thing works. These shots weren't even taken right after I finished and lotioned and all that. It was about an hour (and one trip to work) later. Not bad - eh? They aren't 'perfect' yet as it was only my first time but if I keep it up through the winter, by next sandal season next spring I am going to have... well, still ugly... but dead skin free feet!! Yeah!! LOL!

-This is probably my grossest post to date. Sorry about that.

Layton Interchange is coming!!!!

I went to the open house they had for this new interchange and I am seriously excited! They're constructing a brand new road from Fort Lane to Flint Street called 750 South. The new interchange will be on this road. Its through the fields just south of Kings to Flint Street (obviously) just north of 900 South. But our bridge is officially gone. I drove past it today and it was already closed. Not that I use it all that often, but its the bridge to get into Kaysville - like if you were driving past Doug and Emmys going to Dairy Queen. Its closed forever and come Monday morning it will not even exist. Too bad it'll be 18 months to 2 years before this baby is open.

Here is UDOTs website for the project. You can take the survey for it to let them know your concerns or how you use the area. http://www.udot.utah.gov/laytoninterchange/home.aspx
I signed up for the email updates (they come from my company). They tell me when I need to stay HOME!

Just a warning though, they're narrowing up the freeway in the evenings and closing it at night from 11-4am. I am just going to avoid I-15 at all costs this weekend and call it good.

LIAR!

I am such a liar! I said that I would post when I got back from my vacation. Well, I didn't. Nor did I post after my next vacation, or my next! I missed Eli's 5th birthday, 2 camping trips, Chicago, and our numerous outings swimming, playing and enjoying the summer. I am so bad. I'm not sure whether to post about them now or just say 'oops' and move on starting with the present. Maybe I'll just post a few pictures and say that I had a good summer. I am not looking forward to the fall at all because that means that winter is right around the corner. I love the summer and the warm weather. ho-hum.

Ok, so here is the start of our summer... or should I say where I left off in my blogging world. Eli's 5th birthday was at Chuck E Cheese and he wanted his cousin Canon. Eli had fun even though it was stressful for me. We had our table and our pizza and cake and everything laid out, but since we were off playing games, they assumed we left and cleared our area. Yeah, we tons of leftover pizza, hadn't touched the cake or opened gifts or anything. Why would we have left???? They compensated and fixed everything, but it was a pain. This was also the day that brought "Lego Star Wars" into my life. LOL! Thanks Sara...

Camping trip to Bear Lake. I'm making popcorn over the fire.


We made our summer vacation to Chicago this year for a family reunion with Chris' family. This picture however is my family. Since Chicago is a bit closer than Utah, they decided to come out and say hi. It was so good to see them!

Hannah and Eli

Box fun...

4th of July at the Layton park as always. Thanks Sara for this picture.

Camping trip #2 to Rockport, Utah
Just a cute picture of my baby.
Ok, next is Eli's first day of kindergarten. It won't be till next week though. So that gives me a whole week before I need to post again. ;)