Great Weekend!

I just had to post about my weekend. This past Saturday I was invited to a Body Shop at Home Girls Nite Out party hosted by my Sis-in-law Jacci. Now the Body Shop Rep happened to be my other Sis-in-law Sarah so that was really fun. My mother and I were among the guest list and can I just say how fun it really was. I don't know about you but I'm always a little hesitant to go to parties like: Lia Sophia, Pampered Chef, Sentsy and all the others because I don't find them to be the best time and I always feel like I have to buy something (no offense to those who sell these things because I was one of you at one point). Sarah has sold a few things before and I have hosted parties for her in the past but none like this one. If any of you have ever attended a Mary Kay or Avon party years ago you will have an idea of what this was like. We started with the skin care lines that they have and we were able to use any and all of what they have and really gear it towards our skin types. Then we got to play with all the make up!!! And if that weren't fun enough, we were completely pampered with a hand and foot treatment after that. Then to finish it all up we got to play with the Spa items as well. It only took about 2 hours and it was sooooo much fun!!! Now none of you are safe because I have booked a party in a few weeks on a Saturday morning and everyone is invited!!! You need to come just to get away from your kids for a little bit and focus on something relaxing and fun for YOU!!! Please don't feel pressured to buy anything or let that feeling keep you from coming because I won't be hurt if you don't purchase anything. Finances are tough for almost all people right now but we all need a moment to ourselves! If you do like what they have totally feel free to buy what you want :) ... Look for you invite in the mail and if you don't get one and want to come it's because I only have a few invites but just leave a comment or call me and I'll get you the info!!!! I promise that you will love it and that even just the social time will be worth it!
Then the other cool part of my weekend was that my very good friend Kathi had a baby Girl!!! Yeah! Baby A (not her real name obviously) was born on 9/20/09. She is totally cute, I've seen pictures! I'm just happy for you Kathi that your not prego anymore.

UUGH

Don't you really hate it when your kids are sick? I do!!! Nathan has been battling Bronchitis for the past MONTH, I have had two colds in that time. Now Bubba has a cold but poor Little Miss Pai takes the gold with the "Ragging" ear infection and CROUP!!!! You know it's bad when the Dr. uses the word "Ragging" to describe your child's infirmities. My poor little baby girl has croup, and is totally miserable. The only plus is that she has totally lost her voice so she can't cry about anything but she also can't laugh either (bummer). She has the cutest laugh so I can't wait until I can hear it again.

Beautiful cake

Bubba and I made a cake the other day that I let him decorate and all day long he called it his "beautiful cake". I guess that he really takes pride in his baking skills. I did get a picture before we bug in however I can't find the battery charger for my camera and it's dead so there is no getting pictures until I locate the charger. I really don't loose everything in my house even though my posts would prove otherwise.
I guess there's really nothing else to report, we haven't done anything or gone anywhere fun lately. We are keeping ourselves busy with the house and the projects that it provides as well as my new un-natural desire to sew.

pictures as promised

So here are the pictures of some of the dresses that I have made recently for Little Miss. I still have to attach the decorative buttons on two of them but I'm having a hard time finding them!!!

FYI

Ok so I hope that Nathan doesn't kill me for posting this but he and I agree that this is one of the stupidest things ever!!! Nathan was in a small car accident the other day when he hit an older lady while diving home on Ticklegrass. He was heading West and the other driver was heading South on 4900 West. Now as we (anyone who has driven on Ticklegrass) all know there are NO stop signs or Yield signs for that matter all the way until Beargrass. The "social norm" for this neighborhood seems to be that Ticklegrass has the right of way and all cross streets yield to it which is what Nathan was doing when he T-boned the other driver who didn't yield to him because she was looking for an address and was not paying any attention. When the officer arrived she explained to Nathan that he was at fault (to a point) because in a "residential area that is unmarked you are to treat all intersections as 4-way stops!!!!!" So Nathan apparently ran the IMAGINARY stop sign. Now the other driver was also at fault for running her imaginary stop sign as well. So I guess that means that from now on when you are driving up Ticklegrass you should yield to all cross traffic that is to the intersection first. I'm almost positive that this will actually cause more accidents! Nathan and I will most likely be contacting West Jordan City to argue this exact case because I don't feel that I should have to pay for this lady's car to be fixed because the city didn't feel the need to post any traffic signs in our neighborhood!

Finger Painting

I just needed to share this one last post with you all today. Bubba loves to play with his food just like 90% of kids his age and Nathan caught these cute pictures of him eating cucumbers with Ranch dressing. As you can see he was doing more finger painting with the dressing on my counter top that eating!!!

Little Miss Pai

She is growing so fast and she wants nothing more than to be big enough to chase her brother. She gets so upset when she has to stay in her saucer while he runs around her. It won't be long before she learns to crawl and walk!

Who doesn't love french fries? They are even better with Chick-Fil-A's Polynesian sauce on them!!!

All things Austin

Bubba loves to help Nathan do all things around the house especially when tools are involved. This past weekend Nathan changed out one of our toilets for a "low flow" one. While he had the old one removed, Nathan decided to re-texturize the walls and paint my bathroom. Bubba couldn't resist the need to help. He followed Nathan around the house talking continuously to the point that I thought Nathan might go crazy. After waiting soooo patiently for the texture to dry Bubba got on his "paintin clothes" and helped Dad paint my bathroom.After his wonderful painting job he decided it would be fun to play with his little sister (what a good brother). He wanted to play horsey ride but he didn't understand that Little Miss is too small so Dad and I had to assist.

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Where to start! I have had such a busy last week that I just haven't had the time to blog! This last week Nathan's work put on a Charity Benefit to introduce their new and innovative home design and all the proceeds when to help Camp Kostopulos

build their new Therapeutic Equestrian Center! It was really amazing to see Nathan at work and to see all the new and greatest in home furnishings that I will most likely never be able to afford!

My amazing Young Women WON their basketball game this week!!!!! YEAH!!! I'm so excited for them and beyond proud of them. I knew they could do it! The final score was 18-14. I'm sooo very excited to see them all at practice this week and get them ready for this week's game.

I have also been hard at work on a bunch of new dresses for Little Miss Pai and they are looking freakin cute if I say so myself. There will be pictures soon, I just have to put the finishing touches on them before I post them. I am totally into this sewing thing that I have started. I never thought that I would like sewing or really have any fun doing it but I guess I was wrong. I really do enjoy it and when it all turns out the way I wanted it's even better! I'm going to start a Quilt for my next project. This will be an actual quilted quilt not a tied one so we will see how that will go. This may truly be above my skill level.

I guess that's really all I did this last week, it doesn't sound as busy as I felt I was, Oh well!