Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I made succotash and rolls from scratch for the first time. They were "mostly" a success...

A weekend in Vegas

Last weekend we went to Vegas for a family reunion! We had a great time spending quality time with the fam! We stayed at the MGM Grand. Here are pics in the lobby.

That husband of mine is sure good lookin!!

The famous Ethel M's

The below picture is my favorite of the whole trip. I took a picture of a glass door at Ethel M's factory and it reflected the cactus garden behind it.

Quite the king size slot machine...that is just ridiculous!

Here goes Grandma!

There goes Cheryl!

Win me some money honey!

In Vegas, pics of the fam

Rick took us all out to eat at a fabulous steak restaurant at the Golden Nugget! Very Ruth's Chris style!

I took the below picture from the back seat of the rental car. Doesn't Grandma look like a movie star!!

Recently we visited Hoover Dam

They had some fun items in the gift shop....

I have the best husband ever!!!

So this will be my third Christmas in this house and to date I have not been able to have Christmas lights on my second story. My wonderful husband decided to put them up there just to make my happy. Don't worry, he was under close supervision....

If you look closely you can see Brody and Cali supervising their dad.

So after I posted the below post Henry decided he wanted to fill one out so here are his answers:

1. Where is your cell phone ... charging on my nightstand
2. Where is your significant other ... laying next to me in bed, typing
3. Your hair color ... dark brown
4. Your mother ... is excited to see me
5. Your father ... is cutting trees
6. Your favorite thing ... to fly
7. Your dream last night ... Kara kept me up...wink wink....
8. Your dream goal ... to be a commercial pilot
9. Room you're in ... bedroom
10. Your hobby ... cars
11. Your fear ... the unknown
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years ... with children and comfortable
13. Where were you last night ... drove newlyweds to park city a la limo
14. What you're not ... democrat
15. One of your wish-list items ... '67 Lincoln Continental, '49 Rolls Royce
16. Where you grew up ... Connecticut and Virginia
17. The last thing you ate ... fms
18. What are you wearing ... no comment....I am in bed with my sexy wife
19. Your tv ... sweet action
20. Your pets ... Bad babies-Brody and Cali
21. Your computer ... frustrates me
22. Your mood ... happy as always
23. Missing someone ... my family
24. Your car ... is a land shark
25. Something you're not wearing ... clothes
26. Favorite store ... Sporty's Pilot Shop
27. Your summer ... was awesome
28. Love someone ... my Karebear
29. Your favorite color ...blue
30. Last time you laughed ... 10 min ago
31. Last time you cried ... when we were sealed

So I recently read on my old babysitter's blog (ok so she may be older than me but she will always look young) Alli, that she requested I fill out the below info, assuming she knows only one Kara....

I would love it, if those reading this would do the same for their blogs .....so here goes....


1. Where is your cell phone ... somewhere in the house...I am always losing track of that thing.
2. Where is your significant other ... downstairs on the couch watching sopranos with our roomie
3. Your hair color ... dark brown
4. Your mother ... makes me laugh
5. Your father ... travels
6. Your favorite thing ... the beach
7. Your dream last night ... none, I slept like a baby!
8. Your dream goal ... to be a good mom
9. Room you're in ... my bedroom
10. Your hobby ... spending time with the "kids"
11. Your fear ... growing old
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years ... outta Utah
13. Where were you last night ... being driven in a limo in my pj's drinking Martinelli's :)
14. What you're not ... tan :(
15. One of your wish-list items ... a raise at work
16. Where you grew up ... New Jersey, Texas, Utah
17. The last thing you ate ... Juicy Pear Jelly Belly
18. What are you wearing ... Pj's
19. Your tv ... is quite lovely.
20. Your pets ... Brody & Cali
21. Your computer ... my life
22. Your mood ... sleepy
23. Missing someone ... my sister Bree, who I rarely see
24. Your car ... just got new brakes
25. Something you're not wearing ... socks
26. Favorite store ... Fashion Bug
27. Your summer ... had a happy ending :)
28. Love someone ... my sweetheart husband!
29. Your favorite color ... blue & pink
30. Last time you laughed ... less than an hour ago
31. Last time you cried ... Thursday

One Last Halloween Photo...I promise!

Our neighbor took this picture, and I just had to share :)

Hooked on Phonics worked for me!!!

So I must blog about the most recent ridiculous event that has happened in my life. Henry dropped off his wedding ring last Saturday at the jewelers to have it re sized because it kept falling off of his finger. I thought I would be sneaky and surprise him by getting it engraved while it was there. So I called over there and the high school girl that helped us before answered the phone and took down the engraving. So Henry goes to pick up his ring and calls me to ask if "always" is supposed to have two L's. At first I thought he was kidding but sure enough, the engraving that was supposed to say "Love you Always 9-30-08" in fact said "Love you Allways 9-30-08". Henry also told me that the jeweler tried to convince him that Always had two L's in it before he left the jewelers. Now we can do nothing but laugh about it and luckily we didn't get charged for the engraving. After I thought about it I realized I do love Henry in All Ways so I guess it can just have a double meaning.

Pumpkin Carving 2008 at Mom's