tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39904110709889486932011-09-02T15:33:53.078-06:00"Love is in the Details"Heidi Maloyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793890058616340879noreply@blogger.comBlogger1281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990411070988948693.post-58447197120854997072009-12-11T09:28:00.003-07:002009-12-11T09:32:33.894-07:00

I have been absolutely terrible about keeping my blog up to date lately, and I'm sorry to those who might actually be interested in what I have to say ;) but I remembered this post from last year and thought it might be worth revisiting. It always helps put my frame of mind in the right place. Anyone who knows me knows that Christmas is and has always been my FAVORITE time of year. And you might

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Abigail Madelyn Maloy was baptized on October 31, 2009!Uncle Sonny baptized and confirmed Abby, and helped make the day so special for her! Thanks Sonny!Getting some love from Daddy... and Mom...We had a little luncheon for Abby afterwards with our family, and adopted family too!Kiddie Table ;)Carma Heimuli, Kemari and Derek Nielson... and some of their kids...Carl and Kristi Albright Family!

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The tiki bar is open... we made yummy Pina Coladas!Chris working his magic at the grill, sweet and sour shrimp skewers and Tropical Chicken skewers with grilled pineapple.... mmm...Cute Abby coming back for more Pina Colada, the girls wanted fancy glasses too, and had fun dressing up for the party.Nicole and Caleb...Patty with her cute wrap from Hawaii...Claire, Caitlyn and Nico with their plates

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Wednesday was Claire's first day of Kindergarten! She has been ready and waiting for about two years now... she was so excited! She got the same fabulous teacher that Abby had, so she could hardly wait.My little girl is growing up so fast! Zachary LOVES his big sister, he can't wait for her to get home everyday to play now. He looks up to her too! She bought this dress herself and it looked

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For the few of you who didn't hear... we just did our fun family photo session with Denise and Bella Blu Photography... she posted a sneak peek of some of the pics on her blog. If you want to check them out, Check out her Bella Blu Blog!!

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On Monday I picked up my cousin, Todd Hendrickson, from the SLC Airport. He came into town because today, he went into the MTC (Missionary Training Center) in Provo to prepare for his mission to the North Santiago, Chile mission. He was a funny, nervous missionary but I tried to keep him somewhat entertained, fed, and just distracted enough from getting too nervous. I took some pictures to show

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As most of you know... I got my hair did yesterday for our big family portrait session this weekend, here are the results, what do you think?? And please, only honest opinions, it will be immortalized on film!Don't worry, I'll actually wear some makeup for the pictures too... heehee

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Cute girlies ready for their first day of school... they were both so happy to be going back. Isabelle started fourth grade if you can believe that?? and Abby is in second... Claire starts Kindergarten next Wednesday...Here's my cute, smart, preppy little girls. I love you adorable little munchkins!Zach wanted in on the action too... I think this is his prepping to say "Cheese" face...We decided

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It's been awhile since I posted a Simple Sunday post, since Chris is taking a Sunday nap and Patty is doing the cooking today, I have some time to think and write.I recently enjoyed a good online conversation with one Ken Kirtley. For those of you who don't know him, or his relationship with my family... my Mom says her friends are her chosen family. So Ken is more like a favorite Uncle to me

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I'm admittedly a little behind on my blog posts... and I was going to jump in and get my camping pics up, but I realized I never even posted our 4th of July, so here it is... and hopefully more posts will be coming shortly. TJ and Nic were gone for their big anniversary backpacking trip but we had their kids, so that was a lot of fun. And Patty and Caitlyn were also gone to California... but

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It's funny that I don't have any pictures of our major activity for our only day at sea... but, they were having an Art 101 class, followed by a Live Art Auction... Chris was intrigued, and even though the Art 101 lecture was interesting, and we had never been to an auction... Long story short, I had to reign Chris in from getting way too caught up in the auction that lasted way, way too long...

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It's finally time to get on the ship... we grabbed some breakfast at a little sidewalk cafe near our Hotel, disappointingly found out that La Boqueria was closed, then grabbed a cab and headed for Port Vell to board the Norwegian Gem!!We got on the ship a little after noon, but our room wouldn't be ready until about 2, so we had fun exploring the ship, and mostly finding out where all the

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I entered Claire in a Sugar and Spice photography contest for little girls on my friend's photography blog. The winner will win a free photo session with her, and frankly we would love to win, plus you all know how adorable Claire is! The voting starts today at noon, and you can log on and vote as often as it will let you. So help us out, go check out her BLOG and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!! Here is the

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Chris and I had planned even before we came to Barcelona to have a nice dinner in Barceloneta, the old port part of Barcelona by the sea. We could see the Marina and the Mediterranean sea from our little table outside at the Siempreviva Restaurant. We had sort of planned on trying a different restaurant, but a very convincing cute little old man talked us into trying this place. We wanted a

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Some more of our great Saturday in Barcelona... these pictures are taken along and off of the Avenida Diagonal, one of the widest avenues of the city, it crosses the entire city diagonally until it reaches the sea. But there again were these beautiful buildings lining the streets, with these fantastic balconies and great architectural details.Chris was fascinated with Obelisks that were in

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I'm participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life this year in honor of my Grandpa Bill Fiet! It is a great opportunity for me to get involved in the fight against this horrible disease... and you can get involved too by donating to support the cause for prevention, research, treatments, diagnosis by visiting my personal donation page at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/

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This is the perfect way to start your day... we stopped in Mistral Panaderia, about a block from our Hotel and each picked out some fresh Croissants. Then took them to the Cafe next door to pair them with some Hot Chocolate. Chris had a Chocolate Croissant, and I had a Crema Croissant, which had a custard filling in the center. It was perfect with the thick, yummy, hot chocolate. And I literally

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La Rambla is probably one of the most famous streets in Barcelona and is pretty packed at all times of the day. It's a beautiful street with a large pedestrian walk down the center, and trees lining and joining all the way down the street. It's lined with shops, and hotels, restaurants, cafes, theaters, you name it. And along the pedestrian center, it's lined with all sorts of stalls and you can

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Here is your history lesson about "Parc Guell" as written in our Barcelona guide book... "In 1910 the industrialist Eusebio Guell commissioned Gaudi to lay out a private housing estate on a hillside above Barcelona. The plan was to create a mini garden city with common amenities, leisure areas and decorative structures but only two of the houses were ever built. What was left after the project

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This is an awesome Cello and Piano duet and combo of two great songs... a friend shared this with me, and I couldn't help sharing with all of you! Plus, you know I have a soft spot for cool Cello stuff...

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"Europe's most unconventional church, the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, is an emblem of a city that likes to think of itself as individualistic. Crammed with symbolism inspired by nature and striving for originality, it is the greatest work of Gaudi." (Barcelona and Catalonia Eyewitness Book) Gaudi began work on the church in 1883, "it became his life's work and he lived like a recluse

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First of all, Barcelona is in the Catalonian region of Spain and the people are fiercely proud of this heritage and will call themselves Catalonian before they will call themselves Spaniards. They think the bull fighting popular in other regions is barbaric, they pride themselves on being creative and modern and civilized and associate themselves more like northern Europeans, just some

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So with so many days and so many fantastic places, I figured I would break these posts down by our days traveled. Here is day 1, Thursday, May 14th. We dropped our kids off at Sonny and Patty's house on Wednesday night in order to prepare for our early departure. Our flight was supposed to leave at 8:30 am, which in travel terms meant we had to be out our door at 5, up at 4! Yikes... but we got a

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So I just downloaded my pictures because it sounded like more fun than laundry ;) and I had a couple requests, it's going to take me some time to get them organized (almost 1400 of them!) and I plan on doing a series of more detailed blogs about the many places we visited but I thought I would share just a couple pics to get you excited about seeing more.

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Most of our internet availability has been very limited, but we are now checked into our final hotel and have easy access to internet and no one else around, so...We've checked into our hotel for our last night in Barcelona... and I believe I've officially broken Chris, he's dropped on me like a horse that I can't budge. I almost got him into the Picasso museum but I guess it wasn't meant to be,

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We are getting ready to get off the ship and then it's our final day in Barcelona before taking our LONG journey home... it's been the most amazing experience and I definitely have the travel bug now! Sorry Chris... but we'll be happy to get home tomorrow night and see our kids and get home.We love you and miss you all and will have some great pictures to share in our future more detailed posts

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Well it has been a while since we updated. I guess we were lost in the beauty of Florence. OK OK, enough of the cheese I know. This is Chris and I have to tell you that I didn't know I was going to be vacationing with "Frank the Tank". Heidi walks me into the ground trying to suck the marrow out of each minute in each place. What is a fat computer geek like me to do. I am not used to this

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Hello from Rome!They say that you cant see Rome in a day... but we came pretty close! We took our own train in today, even though chris was scared that I was going to get us lost... and weve done what I call our photo op tour... weve been to St. Peters, Castel San Angelo, Bridge of Angels, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Pnatheon, Spanish Steps, more piazza and palazzos than I can remember right

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Today we explored Pompeii, and walked the streets of Napoli. We ate real pizza Margherita. We did find ourselves in the middle of a worker's strike and police barricade. Pompeii was amazing!!!! It is the most well preserved ancient city in the world.Tomorrow we are hiking all over Rome.

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We just visited St. John's Cathedral and saw more art than any person should be allowed to see including Caravaggio's "Beheading of John the Baptist". The most beautiful thing was arriving in our port this morning in the early morning sun. The say Malta is the city of gold for the fine workmanship in the precious metals, but the island looked like gold when the sun hits the limestone in the

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Today we are at sea, the best part is I got to order three soufles last night. We are constantly eating. Internet on the cruise ship cost .75$ a minute, so this blog will not be much. More detail later. Love you miss you goodbye.

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Yesterday, we had a fabulous day, Chris says the best ever. We ate Croissants in a small cafe for breakfast with Hot Chocolate as thick as pudding. We walked down the entire Las Ramblas and had a blast finding and eating fresh foods in La Boqueria, the fresh fruit juices were AMAZING, fresh fruit, chorizo and cheese, and Awesome Gelato with some fruits you´ve never ever seen or heard of before.

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We arrived in Barcelona yesterday, exhausted and exhilarated... but still managed to start our tour on a Double Decker tour bus (since someone already tried to pickpocket Chris on the train). We are getting familiar with our part of the city and have already visited La Sagrada Familia and Park Guell... we love the Gothic Quarter and tried some Paella and Tapas last night, I even ate Fried

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If you were a two year old, where would you hide an expensive cell phone?? If you want to get a hold of me on my cell, your correct answer to this question is required!

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All the credit goes to Scott for finding my favorite post of the day!!And even more...

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While some are complaining that I need to go already and shut up about our trip ;)... others are begging for pictures to live vicariously, so... I will share!We will be spending the most time in Barcelona, and the more I have researched this beautiful city, the more excited I am getting. It has one whole section of the city called the Barrio Gotic or Gothic Quarter which is an amazing little area

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Chris made fun of me the other day for suddenly yelling from the bathroom- "I love soft toilet paper!" Anyone who has used the facilities in my house knows that it is usually stocked with nice, soft toilet paper... for very silly reasons, the last couple weeks, it has been stocked with sub par toilet paper. Finally, my sub par stash has run out... and without even thinking I rejoiced at the

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Isabelle's sisters were very worried about Belle's birthday since we were not planning a friend party for her. They were afraid she was missing out or somehow being deprived- let me assure you that she is in no way deprived, in fact she was spoiled rotten!! I redecorated her whole bedroom, and am still finishing an awesome quilt for it. We also got her a new pink bike with matching pink helmet!

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This comes out May 15th, one day after we leave for our trip that includes a day in Rome, Yeah!! Angels and Demons...

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Abby has been asking for a Monkey from Build-A-Bear for almost as long as I can remember--- wasn't she elated when Grandma Grace got her a gift certificate for Christmas. (I've been promising to post these pics for almost as long- Oops ;) But in procrastinating Heidi fashion- here they are! She loves her Monkey, named Hannah in honor of her cousin, (who had just left prior to making the monkey).

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“Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold” ProverbMy mom says that her friends are her "chosen family." Through the years that idea has become more important to me. Since we live so far from most of our family, we've had to improvise our support group through the years. Until Sonny and Patty moved here, we didn't even have family to share holiday meals with. I

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It seems that I have two speeds... I haven't quilted in awhile and have had a hard time getting motivated until recently. When Chris went to Cali, there was going to be a big shower for his favorite cousin so I decided the day before he left to whip together a baby quilt, I started it on Thursday and finished it Friday morning before he left. The following week, I had a double shower for a couple

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Being a homeowner has it's ups and downs- today I remembered one of the downs!Quick update of my fun Saturday... Chris is in Cali working on his uncle's website, so this morning I planned on taking all the kids to a movie and lunch and having a fun day... Oops! I put them all in the showers and baths, and we were going to be ready to go play UNTIL... I heard water dripping in the kitchen and

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This just makes me laugh out loud!

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The other day, Sonny asked if I was wearing a Fruit Loop necklace. Naturally I quickly responded that it was Turquoise and Coral and that I had made it. So yesterday, Chris asks if I like my "Fruit Loop" necklace, and answers my quizzical look with, "well, I've noticed that you wear it a lot." Ok?... but then he expounds and points out that it's one of the reasons that he loves me and that I am

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So, you know how when you are planning on having a baby, or building a house- thoughts and plans for those events consume every waking moment of your thoughts... Well, now that our Mediterranean vacation is booked- it is ALL I can think about. I'll just warn all of you right now, it's probably all I will talk about too for the next, I don't know 6 months, maybe longer! Sorry, but that's what you

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Bros- Sonny and T... Christmas is all about family and it was wonderful to have so many family and friends around us, even though we missed the rest of our California family terribly! But it was so nice to have a nice relaxing Christmas day complete with good food, family, friends, and fun!The dining room is almost ready for our big feast! Yummy!We hosted our family Christmas morning brunch at

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So fun- I love Christmas mornings.... ours may have started early, but it was great! And it was fabulous having the Shelby's here to share it with us.All the cute kids (minus Caleb) in their new jammies waiting to come downstairs.Santa was good to us this year- EVERYONE was spoiled rotten- nice!Here is the traditional shots of the Christmas tree as it looks before we all annihilate everything

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I know it's late, but you know the saying, I've been promising to share some of these photos, see here is a (late) glimpse into our fantastic Holidays!It was Hannah and Adam's first time playing in or even seeing Snow- too bad we all get sick and couldn't play in it more... guess you guys will have to come back soon ;)Here's Adam getting all bundled and ready to play.Uncle Sonny... love ya Bro!I

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Some of you may have thought that my previous post was just dreaming... and I guess it sort of was, but sometimes dreams become reality... and this time they are! Chris and I just booked our first cruise- and it is to no other than the Mediterranean! We will fly over to Barcelona, we'll spend a couple days there, then we leave for a 7 night cruise of the Western Mediterranean. We have a day in

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If you had a chance to go anywhere in the world, where would it be? AND if you had a choice between a Caribbean Cruise, a week in Hawaii, or a week in Italy? What would you choose- and why?

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I may be a Simple Woman, but what I'm about to share with you is anything but simple!Chris and I have been hearing about this new fancy restaurant in Provo called Spark Restaurant Lounge, and being the foodie wannabe's that we are, we've been wanting to try it out, and see if the hype was worth it, or overrated. One of Chris' friends tried it out and recommended the Chef's Tasting Table, in fact

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Well, my house is beginning to look a lot like Christmas- today, it even felt like it while I was baking a Gingerbread House... (more on that later), And it started to snow outside (our first real snow). I've been talking about decking my halls, and promised pictures- so here you go!My entry -- Welcome!Family room, and mantel, complete with my Christmas villageFamily room tree, changed the colors

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So most of you know that Chris hates to hang Christmas lights... and in the 11 years that we've been married, I have only previously convinced him to hang them up once! But this year, I'm not sure if it was the peer pressure from the nieghbor's (we have a very festive and well lit block), or the fact that we are in a new house, or the influence from the kids, or that it was unseasonably warm (and

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We spent Thanksgiving with our family and friends at the DeSantiago's home! We had a fabulous feast, that once we were finished eating still looked like we had hardly touched it. I was of course in charge of the baking- stuffing, homemade rolls, Pumpkin Almond Praline Pie, Pumpkin Crisp, and a cookie wreath (wish I had gotten a pic of that- it turned out great!), and my now famous Tart Cranberry

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What would a visit from family be without great food?- I spent a lot of time in the kitchen but the food was fantastic, and I love to take care of my parents since they have always taken such good care of me! If anyone wasn't fat and happy, it wasn't my fault!Abby showing off her new necklace that she made with Grandma's help!Claire is concentrating very hard... and did a great job on her

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I haven't kept up on my Simple Sunday posts lately, but I decided this week I couldn't wait and you are all getting your dose of Simple Sunday a little early.I've had a conversation with Ebenezer and Scrooge lately about how the spirit of Christmas is missing. It made me think of a talk I gave to kick start the holiday season last year, and I felt it appropriate to share this simple reminder of

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Ok, so I'm admittedly a blogger slacker, but with good reason (I always have great excuses)... I will try to post pics soon, but I've been busy. Mom and Dad came to visit (Yahoo!) in the beginning of November and we had a fan-freaking-tastic weekend together (they spoiled us so much that we don't need to have Christmas- almost), then I've been trying to get ahead in making all sorts of Chrismas

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We got an XBox 360 for our family Christmas present this year (yes, we are already playing with it). We got a really sweet deal from a friend as a package deal, and ended up with Guitar Hero, and RockBand! I wasn't that excited about it... But... from the first time I played RockBand, I was hooked! My name is Heidi Maloy and I am a RockBand-a-holic! I LOVE it.... yesterday, the choice was bang on

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Gross, Yuck, I hate it! And why I'm good not having any more babies...

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Lately, I've been privy to many discussions and debates (sometimes heated) about the definition of marriage- with so many discussing what marriage is and who should or shouldn't be a part of the instituton of marriage, I've decided it is my turn to join the discussion on marriage (since other than private discussions, I've stayed quiet about the matter).So, I've decided to share my definition of

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Chris actually relinquished his computer and practically demanded that I blog tonight- he said I was too far behind and had some fun things to share. I told him I was too busy doing things to take the time to write and blog about them---And this is only the start of the busy holiday season... Yeah!! Chris may be burned out already- but I'm ready to go, and next week is going to be great because

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Trick or Treat!! Happy Halloween everyone!Abby had so much fun getting into her part as a witch, and loved posing with her cape!Caitlyn was happy to get dragged around by her cousins, and was a trooper even after she had obviously had enough!This year had an added element of fun because it was the first year where Zach really understood what was going on (or at least how to get what he wanted). "

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I am the head Room mom in Abby's first grade class- and so I was in charge of the Halloween party! We played Halloween Bingo, and made a Witch's stew (game), and did a Broom Dance (another game). We decorated Pumpkin Sugar cookies and made our own chocolate dipped pretzels and Halloween candy molds! We also decorated a little Halloween fun foam craft! And then we drank homemade Root Beer (that

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Last Monday, for family night, we carved our pumpkins for Halloween. The girls were very proud of the fact that they did a lot of it all by themselves! Claire and Abby were not too fond of pulling out all the gook- but they did it, and we all had a good time together! The only funny thing is that it's actually been rather warm here this last week, so by Halloween night- the pumpkins were all

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We recently returned from, yes, another week in Park City. We were offered a bonus week as an incentive as new owners of the Westgate resort and weren't about to turn that down- so we took advantage of the kids fall break (and maybe a couple extra days off from school) and had a great, chill, week in Park City.It was absolutely beautiful with the changing leaves and colors of autumn in the

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Zach's hair was getting a little shaggy, and at dinner one night, I made the comment that I need to get Zach's hair cut. Chris takes off upstairs, and comes back down with the clippers, and announces that Zach is getting his first buzz! So right there at the dinner table, while the rest of us are finishing our food- Chris starts buzzing Zach's hair- which Zach thought was hilarious, as did the

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For those of you who know that Claire's birthday is on October 2nd, y0u know that this post is a little late... but, as always, better late than never. I survived all of my parties- Yahoo!! You've already seen Abby's birthday and our Hulaween extravaganza- so here are the pics (and some details) from the Pink Pampered Princess Tea Party. I have to admit that it was very cute and a raging success,

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I always wondered what the heck they were saying, so here you go!I loved the music and the dancing when I was a kid, but now that I can actually understand it- I love it even more- talk about crack up!! Enjoy... once Nicole got me to search this on youtube... I couldn't stop- (it's almost one)- Good night and good luck!

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I was reading Nicole's post about her favorite musicals, and in searching for some info, I stumbled across a blast from our past, and decided to share since I know it will make some of you smile too!We used to LOVE watching Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater and couldn't get enough of it, and probably had tons of them memorized... and we didn't know at the time the big names that were in them,

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We held our now Third Annual Halloween Extravaganza last night, and I think it was a raging success! Patty and I have a lot of fun planning and scheming, and naturally, there was a ton of preparation, and money, time, and work but it turned out great! Even Chris who has been, uh, apprehensive about this party, thought it turned out pretty dang good and has even conceded that we should have it

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So if you have seen any of these clips on You Tube (Chris watched them obsessively one night)... you know how funny they are, and how AWESOME that Blender is??!! Well, if you have read my earlier posts, you will know that Chris HAD to get this Blender and we have been having all sorts of fun with it since! We've made some great smoothies, cashew butter, almond paste, soups, sauces, salsas, etc.

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I recently wrote a post titled I Am A Simple Woman, and I got a rather unexpected response. I wrote that post late at night, while Chris lay snoring next to me, and it began rather lighthearted and, what else, simple. It sort of developed itself into something I hadn't originally intended, but was happy with nonetheless. Yet, in finishing writing, I felt it was slightly random, somewhat personal

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Kemari said she loves my blog and asked me to do this! I love to read other peoples, so here is mine!1. Where is your cell phone? On the charger2. Where is your significant other? Sleeping3. Your hair color? Chocolate and Caramel4. Your mother? My hero5. Your father? My standard for Men6. Your favorite thing? Laughing and Smiling7. Your dream last night? Can't remember8. Your dream/goal? To be

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So, for anyone who thinks I'm uncapable of being lazy (Nicole)... this post is for you. This is my favorite creative avoidance, time wasting, silly stupid game... I found it while looking for games for the kids, and it's totally addicting. And now, every once in awhile, I still try to break 100,000 points, I did it at least once and have come really close a bunch of times, but, oh well... check

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By personal request I'm including the recipe I used to make my now, almost famous Meat Sauce.But it's sauce, measurements are not precise, just sprinkle and add until it tastes good to you... use what you have on hand (I happened to throw in some leftover homemade pizza sauce too...) Cooking should be fun, it should be a reflection of yourself and your own personal tastes- Enjoy!Heidi's Meat

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We've had some busy weekends lately, and the next few are even busier so we decided to have a lazy conference weekend. That worked out perfectly because today was cold and rainy, I guess fall has officially arrived for us.Here is what Heidi does on a lazy saturday... I would have loved to sleep in, but Chris got me up early anyway, I really need to teach him about Saturday mornings. So I took a

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For some reason, today I was absolutely craving Vince's Spaghetti... for those of you who are deprived enough to not know what Vince's is... in Ontario, there is a little family owned spaghetti place called Vince's, it's not the most gourmet Italian restaurant, but they have the best Meat Sauce on their huge portions of spaghetti with great garlic bread! It is one of our family's collective

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My little Claire turns five today, and she is growing into such a beautiful little girl- oh, how the time flies when we are having fun! (She is getting an over the top Pink Pampered Princess party next week...) So today she got to take cupcakes to her preschool, and has requested Macaroni and Cheese for dinner, followed by cake, and root beer floats! And she informed me that she doesn't care if

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I previously posted about the fact that I'm a party planning fool at the moment- and even though I'm about a week late in posting the pictures (about par for the course)... I know, you've been anxiously waiting- so here they are! The whole party was inspired by some Crayola crayon thermos' I got as party favors- so it turned into a creative, make it yourself, make a mess, bright, fun, colorful

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If any of you were asked to describe me with just five adjectives, "simple" would probably not be one of them(but "random" might be after reading this). But as I have been recently pointing out to Chris, I am actually a very simple woman. Take food for instance, that's simple enough. I can appreciate (and even make) a Souffle, Creme Brulee, Flourless Chocolate Torte with Fresh Raspberry Coulis,

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After visiting Nicole's latest post with how to get your very own rap name (You may now call me Luscious Heidi) I decided to share some alternative name options with you...Click here-Porn Name"Blondie Jammer"-Me"Spanky Lottatang"- ChrisClick- Pirate Name"Pirate Javier the Badly Burnt"- Chris"Jolly Marie Smithe"- MeClick-Mafia Name"Legless Elisa Costa"- Me"Jackie the Con"- Chris

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So Chris says I need to find something worthwhile to do with my time... because I have crazy fun parties coming up! It all starts with Abigail's Artsy Fartsy 7th Birthday Bash on Friday (messy projects and lot's of bright Crayola colors). Then next week I'm in charge of project night for Enrichment (teaching the Witch wallhanging). The following Friday will be Claire's Pink Pampered Princess

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I have been wanting and waiting to get my hair done for awhile now... the highlights had grown out to white trash status, and the ends were beyond scraggly (yes, that is a word!)... so finally the day has come! I got brave and tried a whole new color- Kallie (Hi, if you are stalking) did a great job and I love it- we did an allover chocolate color with caramel low lights for depth and definition

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I was going to do a great post about our busy and productive Saturday... but Chris beat me to it and I'm tired... so go read Chris' blog right now, go, it will give you a giggle (at my expense- but that's okay because I'm a good sport) ... why are you still here? Go...

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Zach scared us tonight... he went upstairs to play in his room, and the girls and I were watching Ransom of Red Chief ("there's never a mongolian horde around when you need one") and Chris was on his computer (only important if you know the layout of our house- because from each of those rooms, you have a good view of the bottom of the stairs). Suddenly, I see a pillow from Zach's room rolling

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For anyone who has seen my "old" Halloween wall hanging, it's great and everyone loves it- but, I had a new idea for one this year, and couldn't help but make it... so I designed a new quilt and made it up and I know a few of you have been anxiously waiting for the grand reveal, so here it is! (Maybe I can even get Mom to comment on this one) I think it turned out pretty great, and I think even

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So just in case anyone still doubted, yes, we actually do have a sofa (two in fact) I know it took ten+ years, but isn't it pretty... well, it's nice but it needed some color... so here is the before-And here is the after--- the pillows added the much needed pop of color, and even though I made them for fall, I love them so much, they might just be my new colors for that room...Here are the

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Chris has been on a camera kick lately... Ever since he borrowed my new camera for ComicCon and found out how great it was and how fun and easy it is to use- he has been snapping random funny shots of mostly us... for anyone interested, I did my research when I got my camera, and I LURV it a lot! For anyone in the market- it's Canon PowerShot SD870 IS... love, love, love it! (and apparently Chris

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Isabelle won some money from the bake-off and earned some more from pulling weeds, and decided that with her hard earned cash she wanted to get a new artsy fartsy project- she ended up getting the Knifty Knitter rings from Roberts and has been knitting hats like an old lady ever since! She must be my daughter...

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When Kemari saw my blog and discovered that it wasn't all cute and creative, she was sure I had the flu, or had lost my mind, or that something definitely was not right in the world... so I've decided that since I'm cute and creative, my blog (at least background) should be too! So... here is the big unveiling of my autumn blog... what do you think?? Nicole, it is funny that your creative self

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Ok, so you probably all saw it anyway... but if you want to check out a cool new show- check out Fringe (Fox)... weird, fringe science stuff plus intrigue and action and everything you would want from an entertaining drama. It was created by JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost, etc) Anyone see it? Want to share thoughts, opinions, criticism--- be my guest. Be warned though, if you haven't seen it, there are

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Okay, most of you already know about this but just in case there is anyone who doesn't... I LOVE the show "Pushing Daisies"- the bummer is that I started watching last season on the internet and the powers that be decided to drive us all crazy by posting every episode EXCEPT the season premiere! Ughh!! I was waiting and watching and searching and could only find bad links to the elusive "

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Every Labor day weekend, Payson holds it's annual Onion Days celebration... something to do with their onion crops during the depression?? maybe... anyway, our family tradition is to always go to the Carnival on friday night (family night), and we have a lot of fun... the girls were excited to be tall enough this year to go on some of the scary rides and it was Zach's first year to go one some

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This was Claire's first day of preschool, and she was so excited because it was also the first day her best friend was coming with her! This is Kate (Kemari's daughter) and Claire's best friend, they play almost every day together and they are so excited to be in the same preschool class... and Claire was also very excited about this new outfit that she picked out in Park City... Cute!

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Grandma Connie and Grandpa Mark sent up a present for Zach, I wish this was a video, because I swear it took him about a half hour to open it (which killed his sisters and his Dad, hilarious). He was ripping one inch squares of paper at a time, too funny. Then when he opened it, he was scared of the cute Lion hooded towel, so we were showing him how fun it was and I think I may have had even more

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Here is the table spread with hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, chips, watermelon, 8 layer salad, candy, and spider man cupcakes! Yum...The girls were always hovering a little too close... but he loves Spider-Man!Oh, what is it? What is it? What is it?Yeah, more toys for Mom to clean up... Spider-Man, Hulk, Tonka truck, Ratatouille, Tonka police car, and a Transformers Potato head... so much fun

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Nicole always says, "Heidi likes nice things." But the truth is that "Chris likes nice things." AND he's completely spoiled rotten. How do you tell the guy that works so hard to provide for his family that he can't have the new toy that he is obsessing about!!?? I think it started when he found some funny clips on YouTube called, "Will it blend?" (funny if you want to go look them up, I

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First day of School-- new clothes, new shoes, new books, new crayons, yeah... we love back to school!! Isabelle's in third grade now... Abby's in first... and Claire has another year in preschool. Abby cracked us up after the first day of school, she came home and plopped on the couch. One of her friends knocked on the door to ask if she could play, and she said no, and plopped back on the couch.

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I promise pictures for Jodi and details for Nicole but I had to share some quick thoughts. I can't tell you how many times I pulled the camera out this week and said, "we have to take a picture so we can blog about this." But then, the reality is that I'm too busy doing the things I say I will blog about, to find the time to actually blog about them. So here is the quick list of obsessions and

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