Have you tried these?

They are seriously amazing! Do yourself a favor and go out and get a bag right now! They are spicy and sweet and kind of have an asian style flavor. I'm obsessed. Yum!

Oh, the Irony...

Ok, so I've been a total slacker with the blogging but I'm trying to be better and I've got some things to catch up on...but first...I saw something awesome the other day and I want to remember it, so I thought I'd mention it here.

So, my dad and I were driving to breakfast and we saw a guy begging for money on the side of the freeway. He had a sign saying he had rough times and God Bless and all the usual stuff. Here's the awesome part...He was wearing a t-shirt that said "Born to Party, Forced to Work" Holey moley! I wanted to go back and pay the guy $10 just to take a picture of him in the shirt! People are amazing!

Pine Valley Snow!

It's been pretty spring-like here in the STG lately but today it was cold and stormy so Kristie and I headed up to Pine Valley to see if we could find some snow...yep...we found it! It was snowing and freezing!!! We loved it! We made it as far as the resevoir but this is what the road looked like from there...

The resevoir was frozen over!

Kristie was a little excited!

But it was really cold!!!

I was pretty stoked too...

Yep.

It was so pretty!

I love taking pictures of old rustic stuff. Probably because it's such a difference from the beach life I had growing up in CA. Utah is A LOT different but it's not so bad...

It's supposed to be back up to about 80 degrees by Friday...the weather is crazy here...but today was a nice change of pace. :)

Ancestor Square

I took my "nieces" to Ancestor Square last weekend for a photoshoot. We had so much fun! They both practiced their "model" poses and I couldn't have asked for more cooperative subjects. It doesn't hurt that they are super cute either! I think this one is my favorite of the day...

Ashley kept giving me her "model smile" so I was trying to get her to change her look and I asked her to show me her "It's your birthday" face and this is the reaction I got. Love it!

Emily is just WAY too grown up here...
This was Rachel's idea and I love how it turned out...
Seriously Emily, are you 8 or 28???
Had to capture the blinged-out shoes too...
Thanks Emily and Ashley for being such awesome models! You girls are so much fun!!

Photoshoot

It was a nice day here yesterday so Mom and Zorro and I headed to the park for a quick photoshoot. I took 186 picutures and these are some of the very few that actually turned out...Mom was pretty cooperative but Zorro is a total diva and made things difficult...

He had a good time at the park even if he wouldn't look at my camera...

I think this one is my favorite...both mom and Zorro are happy...

I'm sorry...but isn't he just adorable when he's running? :)
This shot cracks me up...this is Zorro's "pensive" pose. Lol!

Craftapalooza

My cousin Keri came down and stayed with us for President's Day weekend and she and my mom and I had a gigantic craft-fest. We made these really fun pincushions. This one is mine..

Keri made the first two in the picture here...

I made this one too. Here it is in progress...I had to make millions of those little fabric yo-yo's for this thing.
Keri and my mom made some wool flowers to use as lapel pins or hair clips.
Then we made satin flowers for our hair. They are really fun and easy to make. You cut out circles of satin and then melt the edges of the fabric over a candle flame and then stack them up, sew them together and add a button or a rhinestone in the middle. We made lots of these!
This one was my favorite...

So, I've had my fill of crafting for a little while. 3 days of crafting fun is a lot! hahaha!

Olympic Fever!

So, I can admit that I am totally obsessed when it comes to the olympics! I love it! I'm glued to the TV and just can't get enough of the stories of the athletes and their struggles to get there and then the moments of triumph when they win the gold! Oh man, I cry my eyes out every day. I typically prefer the summer olympics and the Bejing games were so awesome!! I just hope that Vancouver doesn't dissapoint...I'm pretty sure it won't. Bring on the games! :)