Magic Potion Lotion

A while ago Matt brought home a bottle of lotion and said, "Here you go, Stephani at work made this." I admit there was some eye rolling and a bratty comment from me that went something like, "Oh, great another Martha!" Now in my defense I have sensitive skin, so I'm always a little leery about new beauty products. However, I promised to try this lotion out of respect, after all Matt is this womans boss.

Where do I begin to describe this wonderful product? From the moment I tried this lotion I fell in love with it! Matt hears every time I use it "Feel my silky, soft elbows!" I have dubbed it the "Magic Potion Lotion!" I don't know why Stephani hasn't gone into business with this formula - it would be bigger than anything Bath & Body Works has ever sold. Stephani's lotion is light, non-greasy and you don't have to smell like a fruit basket. But best of all it leaves your skin silky-soft! It's the Magic Potion Lotion! Sadly, my bottle is nearing the empty stage. Remember that when Stephani becomes famous for her Magic Potion Lotion, you heard about it from me first!!

Amazing Race

I posted last week about some of my favorite shows. I feel one of those shows needs another shout-out. Amazing Race. This show was on tonight and it had everything a show needs. Suspense, drama, and, best of all, comedy. This show had people saying some of the funniest things while they were under the stress of making it to the pit stop first. Some of those included: "Maybe we need to dig?", "They didn't even say hello", "I had them get another plane", and the best line of the night came from the wimpiest cry-baby dude I have ever seen in my life. After bumping his head on the trunk of a car turned to his girlfriend and said "Can't you see that it's bleeding?" - must have been invisible blood, no one could see it bleeding. Then he said "Now I need you to blow on it."
If you aren't watching this masterpiece, what are you waiting for? Tune in every Sunday on CBS. You will not be disappointed!

Just One of Those Days

It was one of those days. The kind of day where the rain continually falls, making it the perfect background noise. We snuggled together as a family to tune into General Conference, in our matching shirts that Matt bought for us. Matt got us "give" said the Little Stream shirts. I don't think he intended them for General Conference but we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to wear our matching shirts as we lounged around together.
General Conference seemed to come at a perfect time for me (even though it comes at the same time each year.) I just feel like I've been in a bit of a funk lately, so it came at the perfect time to refill my empty "spiritual well". After conference it was time for our semi-annual traditional dinner at El Farrol's courtesy Matt's parents! Although the food was not up to it's usual standards, I am so happy that Chloe's game was cancelled so I could hang out with the family. And as always while the guys attended the Priesthood Session, the kids and I walked around The Quilted Bear. To top it all off the rain was still drizzling down as we came home. I hope it continues because I love to listen to the rain while I drift off to sleep. See what I mean by just one of those days. Rain, Family, Food, Spiritual Enlightenment. What more could you ask for in a great day??

Decorating for Halloween!

After the kid's music lessons today, they wanted to decorate the house for Halloween. It was mainly Jordan's idea, and he even decorated his room! Here are the results.

This is Jordan's graveyard in his room on his bookshelf.

I am not a fan of Halloween lights, but Chloe and Jordan insisted. I think they did a pretty good job!These are bonus pictures of our magical kitty!

Kids make holidays so much fun - now that we've decorated the next thing on our list is costumes. This year the kid's school is doing something different- where they have to dress as a character from a book. I will let you know what they decide on later, right now I am trying to convince Chloe to be something other than what she's chosen. We will see who wins that battle!

Fall Is Here

Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I love the crisp, cool air. I love the changing color of the leaves. But most of all I love the fall t.v. line-up. I admit I am a bit of a t.v. junkie. My TiVo is always full of shows awaiting me. I thought I'd share my list.

Shows I never miss:
Heroes
How I Met your Mother
Fringe
The Amazing Race
Pushing Daisies

Shows I enjoy but if missed I can live:
The Big Bang Theory
Criminal Minds
Survivor
Terminator:Sarah Connor Chronicles


Shows I am trying to break-up with but haven't yet severed ties:
Grey's Anatomy
Private Practice

Shows I'm ashamed to admit that I watch:
90210
America's Next Top Model
Lipstick Jungle

There you have it. If you have a favorite show that is not on my list. feel free to let me know. I am always open for new entertainment!

Weekend of Fun!

Lesson learned. Painkillers and blogging do not go together. After duking it out in the blog-o-sphere I am happy to report that Matt and I are still on speaking terms. But enough of all that, I have more exciting things to blog about. Like my awesome weekend in St. George and Las Vegas. So here's a play-by-play:

Thursday we had a nice drive down. I listened to my new iPod which rocked!! We ate at Paula's Mexican Restaurant when we arrived in St. George. It was fun to see how much Matt loved it. He loved it so much that if they had stock on wall street he would buy it all up! We played Phase Ten which I lost, no surprise here!

Friday was a day of relaxing for me. Matt went golfing. The kids played at the park. Later in the afternoon the kids went swimming while Matt and I went "sight-seeing". We had In-N-Out Burger for lunch which was nasty. I had looked forward to this all month and it was a let down. Next time we will eat at the restaurant instead of take-out, I've been hearing that was the problem. Friday evening we played Mexi-Train with his Aunt Jennie. That was a hoot! She played by the non-rules which absolutely drives Matt crazy, but one by one we all turned to the dark side and used the non-rules way of playing to save ourselves. All of us except for Matt. Then the best part of the night - we played Phase Ten again and guess what??!! I actually won!! I even took a picture of the score sheet to record this monumental moment. I never win with his family - this is a HUGE deal to me. As much as I enjoy playing games it was becoming a joke that I could never win, but now I am a WINNER!

Sadly, that was all the time with the Roblyer's. We had a blast with everyone but it was time for us to move on to Las Vegas. My brother, Mikey, moved there about a year ago and this was our first time visiting him. Here's his house.

I really like the neighborhood, even if his car was stolen the night before....He had a Honda Civic and it was broken into twice in Salt Lake and then twice down in Las Vegas before it was finally stolen. I think it was more of a car issue than a location issue. Despite the stolen car, he still showed us a good ol' time in Vegas.

We started at The Mirage where we went to The Secret Garden. At first I was disappointed with this exhibit, then we got to the baby tigers and it made up for the lack of animals. There were five baby tigers all from the same litter in Florida. Four female and one male. The male tiger was a golden one the other four were snow white and white striped. SO adorable! Especially when they fed them with baby bottles. My favorite part is when I called "kitty kitty" and one came my direction. I could have stayed there all day and watched them play! I wish I had better pictures, but Matt is obsessed with his blackberry camera and refuses to tug along an actual camera that takes decent pictures. So if you'd like to see pictures head over to his blog.

After The Mirage we went to Caesar's Palace. Which I hated. I am not a window shopper. I don't like to be places where I can't buy things and this is one of them. They had many gorgeous purses and handbags. Many sparkly diamonds. But it was all about window shopping and personally I think a big waste of our time. We also had lunch at Planet Hollywood at the kid's request and that also sucked. Next time we know to skip Caesar's Palace altogether!

Next was the New York, New York where Matt, Jordan, and Mikey went on the roller coaster. Then we headed over to M&M World. That was a cool experience. I am not a huge fan of M&M's, because I am not a huge fan of chocolate. But the kids love M&M's and my grandma has given Jordan collectible M&M dispensers since he was a tot, so it was cute to see him so excited to be surrounded by M&M stuff.

Probably my favorite part of the night came next when we went to the Mandalay Bay Hotel (where my brother works) to see the Shark Reef. It was amazing. They had all kinds of sea life and it was displayed beautifully. I also liked this hotel the best. It seemed the cleanest and prettiest by far. We spent a long time going through the whole exhibit, and the kids seemed to like it a lot. My brother's wife even joined us for this adventure. I was beginning to get a complex that she doesn't care for us much, so I was happy when she showed up! We also went for ice cream at the Luxor. Best pina colada smoothie and best praline pecan ice cream I've ever had. The waffle cone was nasty though. Chloe agrees about the waffle cone (hers was even dipped in chocolate and she still didn't like it). But we all agree it was the best ice cream!

Finally after a full day of adventures, it was time to hit the sack by the time we got back to Mikey's it was about one in the morning. The next day was time for us to say good-bye. The kids were really sad to say good-bye to my brothers dogs (Sophie and Lucas). We had a fun time and look forward to visiting again. Even though Vegas is not our kind of town, we still manage to find some good, wholesome fun! Thanks to my little brother for showing us around - we had a blast!

Sleepless in Salt Lake

I could also title this post 'R.U.D.E. needs to learn some R.E.S.P.E.C.T.' !


I some how have managed to hurt my back/shoulder. Which has rendered me useless and in bed, except for those necessary moments where I have had to drive to pick up kids because a five mile walk seems cruel for kids at this age. So needless to say, yesterday after picking up the kids from school the pain was unbearable and I took some pain medication (tylenol just wasn't cutting it.) As I was trying to sleep tonight someone decided to stay up late and blog. In the bedroom. With the lights on, t.v. on, clickety click of the computer and non-stop blackberry buzzing that seemed to be right in my ear as he down loaded picture after picture. Just as he's finishing up and I'm finally annoyed enough that I am fully awake now, I ask for a little conversation to help me get sleepy, but I am informed that "this is sleeping time"!!! Really?? I wasn't aware that people were allowed peace and quiet when they wanted to sleep. But no need to worry out of R.E.S.P.E.C.T. I am in the kitchen clickety clicking away so my sweetie can enjoy his peace and quiet for "sleeping time"!

Maybe this should be title 'To Ticked of To Sleep'!