Gwenny & Auntie M

Jen and her beautiful daughter came to visit this week.  If you recall, I was there when Gwen was born! 
It was fun to see her in all her girlie cuteness--Come back and visit again!

Well, I'm certainly not going to be without PLANS!

I don't know about anyone else but I was tired of the old and tired, family exclusive, dry(in all senses), and expensive First Night. I planned this year
to stay in, with friends and be bored. Then I heard about Eve: WOW what a change
this is going to bring to DSLC with it's amazing line up of events for ALL(young, old,
Republican, Democrat, saint and sinner alike!) Events are inside and out and there truly is something for everyone(including little Ms Cleo who may be attending the animal activities at the Gateway)
Check out the schedule and maps at their oh so glossy and easy to use website
From an art treasure hunt, to fireworks, to outdoor concerts to kids crafts all with free parking, dining discounts, and free transportation on the 31st this is the most bang for your $15 there is going to be on the big night and the 2 days before! I'll be there every day! I live in the middle of everything! All of the events are a short, free Trax ride away!

Wine Friday is ON this friday night!

Come one come all!
Most Fridays you can find us
at our house, complete with
the latest boxed wine(try to
reserve judgment for both
the wine and the boxed :))
some dear friends, and some
great discussion/video game playing/
fun---It is the highlight of the week
and we hope you can join us!

Friday nights-
7ish(heavy emphasis on the ish)

our house

D&M

On the subject of wine...the mayor of our
great city is accepting comment on the new
liquor laws that are being proposed--
leave your comment and mark on Utah's
crazy liquor laws here:
and soon!(comments only accepted until
Sept 25th 2009!)

Today.......

I was in SUCH a fowl mood--OH-you
have no idea how bad!
Let's just say that I couldn't
figure out what to do first:
punch someone, fling myself into
bed the rest of the day or cry--
actually they almost happened
at the same time(yes--it was THAT
bad)
So I took a much needed walk around
my neighborhood to clear my head
and visit some friends(and work a little
ah multitasking)
It is amazing the lift I got from just
seeing a few friendly faces! I have no idea
who or what would have died if I had lived
in the suburbs today--I was happy for the
reminder: GOD I love living here!
My sis was reading an article to me while
I was pouring over interior design mags
at the bookstore she was, of course, looking
at parenting mags. She was reading an article
about a woman who in NYC where she had her first
baby she felt taken care of and got the exercise
she needed and never felt lonely. THEN she moved coasts
to Cali somewhere and when she had her 2nd child
she suffered some pretty serious withdrawals from her previous
neighborhood because the community wasn't the same(houses more
spread out, neighbors kept to themselves more etc)
I was happy to hear that someone else in this world DOESN'T like
to be isolated!
I always thought that I might be one of the only people on the planet
that is terrified of cabins in the woods and fields and such--simply put:
THERE ARE NO PEOPLE AROUND! If something happens to you no one will hear
you scream! Now I know there are two: me, and the woman in the parenting
magazine

Oh yea and I got my camera back from the repair shop YIPEEE!!!

Cinderellas?

This weekend we spent it helping my parents remodel their basement and then getting all glamed up to go out at night with friends.
out with friends!
Needless to say we may need a break from our weekend!

Fun times!

Les and I at a recent club opening downtown.....
When we were growing up people would ask if we were
twins...now we don't look that much alike do we?

Pinch me.....is this real?

i consider myself to be pretty lucky in most ways and feel that all in all i lead what one might consider a full and rewarding life.
So today when I walked into our own private villa in Phuket and I turned to Doug and said "I can now die happy" it had to be pretty amazing
In case you are wondering, yes, we did make it all 26 hours of our travel through San Fransisco, to Hong Kong then to Singapore, then to Phuket today about 2 pm local time.

The trip, happily, was uneventful and even Fischer(mick and nat's 1 year old), who is by the way, the most amazing baby of all time, was in good spirits once we reached Amanpuri.



Here are just some quick pics from when we arrived





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Taking away ALL of the fun from blog Voyerism

This is a sad, sad, story so prepare for a shock---
The other day, out of the blue Doug comes out of the bedroom and says: "hugh, you read James and Amelia's Blog?"

"Yea" I replied casually, I check it out with all the rest of my friends!
No big deal right?

"oh" he continues "I guess Amelia has a blog tracker"

"%%!!!** WHAT!!&&** there is such a thing?" I ask in complete horror to my husband who just chuckles(he spends all day designing online stuff) HE looks at me like "what, you thought no one could see you online"
and I scream in complete horror at him:

"well that takes all the fun out of checking personal blogs!" You don't want anyone to know that you check their blog, that is super creepy! My blog checking life as I know it is now over-O V E R!"

Silence for a few seconds to let the weight of this realization get to Doug(while he rolls his eyes, walks away and hopes for the best) and then:

Me "I want a blog tracker.....how/where do I get one?"

Doug: "You know how I feel about blogs....figure it out yourself!"

Me: "party pooper! what good is it having a computer wiz as a husband if you can't help me with this stuff"

Doug: doesn't justify my comment with a response which is pretty typical.

So....for now.......until I decide to go all patriot act on y'all you are safe reading about our adventures without fear of being spied on ;)

Happy B'day Nat! Thanks for turning 30 first(I really appreciate it!)

Happy B'day to YOU, Happy B'day to YOU, Happy B'day dear Natalie....happy b'day to you!

First Girls Night Out(aka Poker night)

Introducing the players: Me(the low talking planner), Nat(the gentle and gracious hostess and mommy), Tiffany(the yellow girl who gib says lights up any room she enters)and Fischer(the perfect little angel baby)
We had a great time while the guys were glad we were distracted.

Our husband's have such a good time together that we decided to unite and have our own fun :) We gotta stick together girls(and Fisch)

Fun with the Fisch man

Last night we hung out with the Hewitts(Mick Nat and Fischer) and Spence(the godfather-appears above with the "Fischman" as we like to call him :))

Fischer is now 4 months old! We had a great time with everyone! Nat and I(with Cleo and Fischer) and Mick were helping Doug put together his new office!

Jen Comes to visit!

Jen decided to make the long drive from Vegas to see us!
We had such a great time! Thanks for visiting Jen!

Ok Les....here they are-

Les was commenting that she doesn't like the ONE pic of her on here so here ya go-LAST YEAR!

We can't wait to see you guys this weekend!

Visiting Friends

Yesterday we went and visited Mick and Natalie. They just had a baby and named him Fischer. Congrats guys!

Here is Doug holding him

We Voted!

We voted in the primary election here....it is fun to get involved in local elections!

This is us with our great friend and neighbor Abby.

New Friends!

Here we are with our great friend Christian-who also happens to hate being photographed(oops) We are so lucky to have such great friends!



Here we are near Solitude with Kyle and Sara-also very great friends of ours-thanks for the great time in Solitude-we had a such a great time-as always!