Oh it Just Had to Happen

What happens when part of this breaks

and leaks in through this windowYou end up with fans and smells
throughout
your entire basement

I have decided that owning a home has its ups and it's downs. The ups are that it is yours. No one can tell you what to do with it, how to decorate it, etc. (Well sometimes that is.) Don't ask. The downfall would be that you have to deal with the disasters that come with it. Last year on October Conference weekend, we had a sewer backage that flooded our basement. Pain in the rear but a blessing in disguise. It enabled us to redo the basement which needed it so terribly bad. If you had seen it, you would agree. So come right around Thanksgiving we had new everything down there. Thanks Scotty and crew for helping on that one. There is the little back story which leads me to today. We woke up this morning to mud outside and Justin hearing water running. He went downstairs to check on things and the carpet rippled like water under his feet. Not a good sign. There was a good 2 inches of water covering every inch of our basement. A water main broke and leaked in through the toy room window over night. So awesome huh? I wish I would have taken pictures but I was too busy stressing out over things. Justin's friends Scotty and Tye came over to help suck things out. (Thanks Ashley and Paige for letting us borrow your husbands ;) All in all we filed a claim and ServPro is yet again bailing us out. Thank you for them and for our insurance company who must just love us at this point. I just hope this isn't becoming a yearly tradition.

Family Fun

Last Sunday after church we headed north to Ogden to have a family bbq. My grandparents left to go back to Arizona last Tuesday and will be gone til next spring. While the rest of us freeze it out in Utah all winter they go and snowbird down in Quartzsite. It's a little town with not a lot of things. They have a gem society and spend a lot of time out in the desert looking for geodes and cool rocks. (We went down a couple of years ago and that is what we did.) Its cool to see different things though. Anyway so back to the topic at hand. BBQ. Broc got to play with his cousin Avery and I got to spend time with cousins I don't see quite enough plus got to spend one last time with my grandma and grandpa. It was a nice afternoon.

Family Fun Weekend

CUTEST KIDS BY FAR (minus my own that is)

The girl in the striped shirt was the winner.

My mom and cute pregnant sister Heidi

Me and my sisters

Look I can be domestic

Making cupcakes for dad and
Broc enjoying the fruits of his labor

This past weekend we spent it up in Ogden for some family functions. It was busy but so much fun. Saturday we had a family reunion for my mom's side. Our family was in charge which somehow ended up being me and my aunt doing most of the planning and coordinating. I was in charge of games and activities. We painted sun catchers, hit a couple of pinatas and had a doughnut eating contest. The rule for that was that they were not allowed to use their hands and they all took it so seriously. It was the funniest thing to watch. Most of them wanted to do it again. They loved it. AFter the kids were done, there were a few adults that wanted a go at it. My cousin that won ate the remaining part of the doughnut off of the cement. It was great. She deserved to win at that point. Good times. Every year at this reunion also we have a raffle to win random junk (you know what they say; One man's junk is another man's treasure). Broc ended up with a squishy ball. I am trying to get rid of all my junk not aquire more therefore didn't try to win anything. All in all, it was a success.
Sunday I was in charge of a baby shower for my sister Heidi. We made monkey cupcakes and oreo truffles (Thanks Valerie for the recipe. Everyone LOVED them). I also made what Heidi's boyfriend's son calls Heaven in a Bowl (jello salad). It was nice seeing family and old friends that I don't get to see as much anymore. It was a busy, busy weekend but I am glad I have family to do all of this with and for. Thanks babe for putting up with craziness for the weekend.
Oh and on a side note, last Monday was also Justin's birthday. We went to Sushi House for a birthday dinner and Broc and I made him some German Chocolate Cupcakes for him to take to work. Every year for his birthday I usually take the day off, got to his office and decorate and take the cupcakes but since it was back to school week, I had to work. (One day I will be free of retail. I just need to keep telling myself that). Happy Birthday!! Broc and I love you and are so glad we have you around and get to call you ours. You are the greatest!!