My Simple Life

Tradition at our house is that every New Years Eve it is semi- mandatory to announce your New Years Resolution.

Things spill out like, "Be a better person" and "Serve others" "Read the BOM 3 times" but this year mine was simple...

To make my life less cluttered. Simplify things. Get rid of, organize, rearrange things making life simple.

So, the exact goal came out amidst all the other brilliant ideas that I would give to good will 100 items this year.

Now the piece I am leaving out is that I need therapy.... Yes me.

I have this complete obsession with being organized! (It came from my Mom who denys it, but is the most organized person I know!)

Well...

I have now taken this to the ump- teenth- degree...

I "adopted" some Craft Made closet organization inserts and (embarrassing I know) went wild!
I have now not only given away 100 items... (it is more like 200 things...) But my closet is AMAZING! I open it just to feel the stress leave my body.

It is true.

My big de- stresser in life is opening my closet.


Little do they know but the kids closets are next. I hope they don't find me at 3am "de-stressing" with their closets open... But we will see! ;)

the L word at OUR house

A funny thing happened at our house this week.

The boys both went on a scout outing overnight on Friday, so Chad and I decided to order dinner out, but stay in because of the little one.

We agreed on Red Lobster.

I ordered lobster, thinking that I would share some with Corby, not realizing that he would have a LOVE AFFAIR with it.

So you cannot say the L word with out him opening up his mouth and making yummy sounds. It seems as though he has a new favorite... Takes after his Momma.

Happy Birthday Ken!!!

So...

According to blogger tradition on birthdays you are to write as many things about the birthday person as they are old. So, while putting my life in danger I will tell you a few things about my wonderful brother. (He hates his picture being taken so I had to steal it off his work web-site, 95% of the ones I have he is hiding...)

1. Ken is smart! (Not just smart- he is CRAZY SMART!)

2. Ken is fluent in Russian.

3. Ken LOVES to read! (I envy the fact you can read "War and Peace" in Russian)

4. Ken is the worlds BEST uncle!

5. Ken is handsome and quite a catch.

6. Ken makes the yummiest best cheesecake!!!

7. Ken has impeccable taste.

8. Ken is a tax lawyer and works for the most prominent firm in Utah.

9. Ken LOVES the Yankees.

10. Ken has a testimony of the gospel.

11. Ken collects books and sports cards.

12. Ken loves babies. (He is really cute with them too!)

13. Ken always gives the best gifts & is very thoughtful! (He single- handed furnished my kitchen with Williams-Sonoma)

14. Ken LOVES the U of U teams. (He is a season ticket holder of football and basketball and makes sure my kids are too)

15. Ken is hilarious! (He has a great sense of humor)

16. Ken is a fast driver. (He makes me nervous going down the canyon with my kids in the back cheering him on telling him to break 100)

17. Ken has a red couch in his U of U family room. (Yes, I am jealous!)

18. Ken wears almost exclusively POLO brand.

19. Ken loves to golf and often takes his nephews along to drive the golf carts.

20. Ken makes AMAZING pasta dishes!

21. Ken is usually the instigator for going to Midway on weekends, he loves going!

22. Ken has helped his nephews not be "sissy boys" while they didn't have a Dad.

23. Ken is very patient with a certain dog who thinks he is his personal walker.

24. Ken is competitive!

25. Ken lived in NYC for a little over a year. (I am also jealous of this...)

26. Ken loves the arts. (remember RENT? haha)

27. Ken loves his family.

28. He hates BYU! (from Ash & Tae)

29. Ken collects Don Mattingly cards.

30. Ken loves chocolate and peanut butter.

31. Ken loves Carl Snarl. (His teddy bear)

32. Ken would have been better as the oldest in our family. Not me...

33. Ken is really loved by his family!!!

34. Ken has a beautiful home, he decorated himself.

Happy Birthday! I hope you get all the things you deserve! I love you!