Halloween 2007

Landon got into the Halloween spirit this year. We had Dave, Denae, Lexi, Logan and Macey come for FHE and we made tombstones. Dave and Landon cut the boards and everyone painted. Here is our final product!

Las Vegas...Ohh Yeah!

Ok, Following the lead of Angie Denae and Julie. I took my camera to Las Vegas and took pictures! We had fun running around together and checking out all the great hotels. We think that the one we stayed in, the Mandalay Bay Hotel was the best. Even though Dad doesn't look like he's having a good time...he was!





This is the Luxor, where Pete, Dave and chad dropped pennies on people from the the peak.

This is the Excaliber.....KIng Arthur's castle I guess.

Dad in front of New York, New York. We rode the rollercoaster! Pretty wild!

MGM Grand.

And the Mandalay Bay

We ate in fancy restaurants, I had a massage, we went to a show and a movie and slept in...didn't gamble, but saw more nakie people than we wanted to! Learning from Denae, here is a picture of a lunch I had: a chicken, cheese and mushroom crepe and a chocolate brownie dessert crepe!

And last of all, they were having the world championship bull riding contest at the Mandaley while we were there. I tried really hard to get some pictures of the cowboys but they didn't turn out because of the delay on my camera!

Featuring Devin and Kim in Mexico!

Kaley's movie

This was fun. It didn't take too long either. It's my first one and its not that good. Enjoy!

Getting Grooovvvyyyyyy

Dad goes all out for Halloween

Ok, so we know that dad has an allergic reaction when he takes Advil...he also must be allergic to something in aspirin. He's pretty scary looking and these pictures don't even do it justice.

Christmas!!

Can you believe it is almost here! I love this time of year!

Julie and I are very sad that we won't be able to come home and party with ya'll. Take pics, and vid's and sign up on twitter so it will be like we are there with you.

Here is an interesting study conducted on our gift giving assignments...the names in italics are repeats from last year. Pretty much Julie lucked out getting gifts from Denae again, Pete lucked out getting gifts from Julie again, and Angie got robbed getting gifts from Devin again...Teasin' Dev!!

Love ya all!

Christmas 2006			Christmas 2007
Pete gives to Landon			Pete is giving to Devin
Angie gives to Denae			Angie is giving to Kaley
Dave gives to Dustin			Dave is giving to Kim
Denae gives to Julie			Denae is giving to Julie
Chad gives to Devin			Chad is giving to Dave
Julie gives to Pete			Julie is giving to Pete
Devin gives to Angie			Devin is giving to Angie
Kim gives to Dave			Kim is giving to Landon
Dustin gives to Kim			Brett is giving to Chad
Kaley gives to Chad			Dustin
Landon gives to Kaley			Kaley is giving to Denae

Christmas Gift Giving 2007

Guys, I drew names at mom and dad's to see who everyone has for Christmas. If you think you've already had the person you have, you're right. We've all had eachother before cause we have been doing it for awhile now. So don't worry.

Pete is giving to Devin

Angie is giving to Kaley

Dave is giving to Kim (is that awkward? hahahah just kidding)

Denae is giving to Julie

Chad is giving to Dave

Julie is giving to Pete

Devin is giving to Angie

Kim is giving to Landon

Brett is giving to Chad

Dustin............ WE MISS YOU!!!!! AND LOVE YOU!!! EVERYONE SEND DUSTIN SOMETHING.. HE IS ONLY IN NJ IT IS NOT HARD!

Kaley is giving to Denae

Landon is giving to Brett.

Sound good????

Christmas Presents

Hi Everyone,

Does someone want to draw the names out of a hat and post who got who for Christmas this year???

If not, I will do it tomorrow when I'm at mom's house.

I like to know ahead of time so I can think about it!

Denae

Rocky

Family - I really like this scene from the latest rocky movie. Life seems to beat down on us a lot with the various things we are all doing. But the trick is to keep movin' and to enjoy, as President Hinckley has said, the ride. I love you guys.

more pics

Read my blog to see others

Presidential Candidate Matching Game

Luke sent me a quiz from CNN that matches you up with the current Presidential Candidates. It was fun. So, here is the game.

Everyone in the family takes the quiz and then reveals who they match up with (first, second and third) in the comments. Then we will see who the hidden democrats in the family are!!

Click this link to start

Im Coming Out!!

Hello Dear Blodgett family of mine... First off I would like to say that I love you... and yes love is going to be the topic of this blog. I thought I would take a moment of your time to explain to you all how my love life is going. There are rumors going around about a girl named Emily Crowley from Benicia and its about time to set the record straight. Yes we did start liking each other many years ago in high school... and yes even though some beg to differ she was in high school and not elementary! But due to age differences and weird high school situations we did not deeply persue that love interest at that time. So now lets talk about today! Yes I have dated her again, yes I loved it, yes I did look her up on facebook as soon as I got home from the mission, and yes she did also look me up as soon as I got home. Yes our dates are fantastic, yes they are da best, yes we click, yes we are physically and spirtually attracted to one another, and yes all of this is perfectly normal for sons and daughters of God. So here is what we are doing about this attraction. Umm well we are dating, pretty much every week while at the same time dating others to get to know other personalities (her idea). We are classified to everyone as just friends or teased by others like my roomates as engaged. We dont know the future and we cant tell you what will happen but we are going to keep enjoying one anothers company, lips, and friendship, until we figure things out. So you all need to take it easy and go read some books. I appreciate your love and opinions and would love to answer any questions sent my way.

Fall Family Fling-a-ding!

On Saturday Julie and I and Clayton and Conner had a BLAST at Jump On It! It is a new business that is filled with trampolines and bouncy houses. See the videos below…

So…this gets us to the next point. October in Utah is our favorite time of year. The weather is perfect, the best activities come out, and we sit and talk about the upcoming holidays!

This October we are officially inviting the Denny and Jill Blodgett’s and the Dave and Denae Harlow’s to come to Utah to party with the Chad and Julies Blodgett’s, Devin and Kim Blodgett’s, Pete and Angie Abilla’s and the Bretters. Here are just a few things that we will do….

1. Corn belly Maze: Last year…the maze won (I had to give up cause we couldn’t figure out where to go!). I am bound and determined to make it through this maze this year if it’s the last thing I do – but I need all of your help! There are also a ton of fun things for the kids. Check out the link: http://www.cornbellys.com/
2. Jump On It! The kids will love this, and so will the Adults! They will literally be bouncing off the walls!
3. Haunted House: There are plenty of spooky haunted houses around…and babysitters work for “like a dollar an hour” in Utah!
4. And more!

We are open for any weekend during October – so lets discuss the dates in the comments!

Life is flying by so we gotta party while we can.

It's not me...it's the car!!

Many of you know that last summer while we were living in Murrieta I hit a post while trying to park our car and knocked our side mirror off. Recently we re-glued the mirror with gorilla glue...WOW that glue works. I would recommend it to anyone. Anyway (say that with a nacho accent), as Dev and I were driving back to Provo from Walnut Creek we saw a car with its side mirror (the same side) knocked off and it was Ford Taurus...same make and model! That let me to wonder maybe it's not me, it's the car! Take a look at the picture. Dev and I sure had a good laugh.

Putting at Cascade

There is this really fun, free putting course at Cascade in Orem. Chad and I have been going there on occasion ever since we were married. We love it because the kids can run around and its fun for us too. The last week we've gone a lot with Devin and Kim and Brett. It is fun to watch the Blodgett brothers. They are all really good, very confident and very competitive.

The course is 18 holes. Each hole is par 3. So far Devin holds the record at 14 under. Today Chad and Devin tied at 12 under. Then they played 3 play off holes and Chad edged Devin on the last playoff hole with a birdie. So - between Chad and Devin they are 1-1. I have a feeling this will be an ongoing tournament this semester. Brett was very impressive as well and ended up being only a few strokes behind at 9 under. For not playing as much as the older two, I thought that was great. But mostly I was proud of myself for being 5 under, hardly ever playing and being 6 months pregnant. I have to admit, golf is really fun and as much as I complain about how its such a long, expensive sport, I can see why so many people love it.

Here are some pictures from today's round:Some of the bwuddahs.
Usually Clayton putts with us , but today he collected worms, flowers and sticks.

My New Car After Dad Took Out a Fire Hydrant

Tonight I got tried of waiting for Brett to put his pictures from his cell phone on the computer so I could blog about Dad's accident ,so I went to the car hospital and took these pictures.

I might get a bigger purse so I can carry my camera everywhere like Denae does.

I feel sad about my car, but I'm glad Dad didn't get injured....today he took the bus home from work!

Also I'm wondering if I bought a cursed car. Here are the things that have happened so far:

The day after I buy it I realize the honk won't honk at all.

I also realize that what I thought was bug spots on the front of the car are actually paint damage.

That same day I get rear-ended in the Macdonald drive through, by a lady with no insurance.

I have a second key made and 3 weeks later find out that neither key will work in the doors (500.00) to rekey everything because someone had broken something off in both key holes...or so they say)

And now Dads take out a hydrant....

Hey everyone, put pressure on Brett to download his pictures of the huge water geyser and Dad getting a ride on the stretcher.

Raising Boys

On the way to the airport my boys made me real proud. We passed the new IKEA store shown here...

And what did they say???

BEST BUY DADDY! BEST BUY! DADDY, BEST BUY!!

Good boys. We have made quite a few family trips to Best Buy. Mostly to just look around...at all the sweet stuff. It was funny how the colors of both stores made them think that IKEA was BEST BUY.

That is one of the ways to raise boys.

My Brother, the Pest Control Sprayer

Brett has a sweet new job spraying bugs.

This job came with a car, a uniform that is cleaned for you daily, a cell phone, and tons of poison in the back of your truck to use at your disposal!

He loves it!

Yesterday he showed us all his truck, guns and the basic "ins and outs" of his sweet new job.

Way to go Bretters!

This is what he looks like when about to spray a yard.

Holding one of the big guns used to spray trees... right Brett?

In front of his new truck!!

Now Lexi, Logan and Macey all want to be pest control "workers" when they grow up like Uncle Brett!

My Favorite Purchase

I had been reading about the iPhone for months. The ads, the info on Apple.com, the Keynote address at mac world just had me drooling.

I Texted everyone I new the friday that the iPhone came out to see if they were planning on going to the store to check them out.

I went the next day with the fam, played around with the phone...but didn't buy it.

One week passed. A week filled with following user reviews of the phone online to see what people were experiencing. I would check Apple.com to see if my local apple retail store had any iPhones left...most of the days during the week it didn't.

Saturday rolled around - I called Pete and Danny to get their opinions. I called AT&T to see what my monthly rate would be (and was happy to know that it was only $10 more). Then, I called the local Apple Retail store.

"We just got a shipment in 10 min ago. If you are here within the next hour or so you'll be able to get one."

The race was on.

I made it to the store, purchased my new 8gig iPhone. And drove home.

I thought about buckling up the beautiful bag that the iPhone comes in...but I didn't.

I got home to a thunderous crowd...that all gathered around to unveil the iPhone. Here are some of the pictures...