weekend wrap-up (5-3)

So this is how we spent out weekend.

Mowing the lawn like champs:

 Rolling out the kinks after a slooooow ten-miler:

(due to my vanity I blocked out myself as much as possible but this picture of him is too cute) - and he really thought this was the best thing in the world.

Living it up like he was the king of Costco:

And finally . . . pretending like he was listening at Church - while eating a delicious pb&j

Oh we also watched Silver Linings Playbook (but Henry was not invited to that adult party).

And there you go - weekend wrapped.

weekend wrap-up (4-11)

This weekend was off the hook.

It started off pretty great with some organizing:

(I am currently obsessed with Henry in overalls. Obsessed.)

We then decided that Henry needed some culture. So we hit up "The Tempest." Who knew that Henry would love Shakespeare so much? True confession - I didn't understand a word - it might as well have been in Japanese. But then, after it was over, I read the synopsis and realized, "Oh - that's what was going on - now it makes sense."

(pic shamelessly taken from my sister's blog since I took zero pictures).

Oh we also hit up the pot party. Get your mind out of the gutter - you take your pots to the nursery and buy some flowers and they fill your pots up dirt to plant. Our goal this year is to keep the planters alive all summer. Trust me - this is a big goal for us.

Saturday we ran nine miles (because we are awesome like that). Hit up a baptism, went for a walk, and then took a few prom pics.

This was then followed up with my cousin's wedding. Henry thought he was pretty much a part of the wedding party and played on the stairs at the reception as if he owned the place.

(If Henry's hair was a little more red you would think these guys were his brothers).

And finally, Greg and I subbed in nursery on Sunday. I don't want to say that I would hate being put in the nursery (because if I do that is like a guarantee that I will be put in the nursery) but oy vey that is a rough job. Henry came along (he is 1 month shy of being "official"). All the other kids are at least 7 months older than he is . . . so he seemed like a baby baby baby. But really - he was pretty intrigued by the whole business.

(see - overalls - again - obsessed)

weekend re-cap (4-4)

I've learned that watching conference is totally different from listening to conference. Case in point - conference was on during each of these pictures . . . but I have no idea what was being said:

 What else did we do this weekend?
Oh we fired up the grill . . .

Henry got a new favorite toy from my sister's basement. You know, the basement that keeps on giving:

And now this concludes the most boring post ever.

weekend wrap-up (3-2)

Henry's trauma of the high chair continues. This weekend he was so mad that we were actually making him sit in the chair that he twisted and turned and tantrummed himself out of it. For a 22 lb weakling - he really is the boss. Unfortunately, all his twisting and turning resulted in us discovering that Henry inherited my Achilles heel . . . double jointed elbows!

The sad thing is, we didn't discover he had popped his elbow out of socket until an hour later when we realized that he refused to hold anything with his left hand. Off to instacare and a quick pop and we turned this guy:

 into this guy . . . our own personal janitor.

Oh and we also watched the movie Argo, worked on me completing all those ridiculous pinterest projects so that we'll have blog fodder, picked ourselves up a 44 oz at the beloved Walker's/7-11, grocery shopped (at Winco - of course), celebrated my parent's upcoming birthday with a good ol' fashioned family talent show, went on a phone fast, and managed to go to church where Henry flirted with everyone in the back. Not interested in listening at church? Sit in the back and Henry will keep you entertained. I don't think a 15 month old has any idea what reverence means and we certainly are not the ones to teach him.

weekend recap

We're just living it up this July. Living.It.Up.

We made our very first (and hopefully not our last) skymall purchase.

That's right - a screen thing for our back door. Why not just buy a screen door? Good question - I'm not sure - but we saw this screen thing and thought, "we need that" - skymall - it's where you can buy good stuff.

I had to speak in church . . . and my mom and dad surprised me by showing up (but let's face it - the talk wasn't the draw - I'm sure it was the opportunity to play with Henry). Thanks to my dad, who feels just fine about taking pictures at church - he captured these shots:

(for the record Church was over and due to Henry's insistence about always putting Greg's ties in his mouth - Greg wears his polyester mission ties all the time)

Henry continues to work on getting some teeth which translates into some pretty junky sleep over at the Carlklef household. But the past few nights have been better - I'll take it. I'll also take a diet coke.

(but he did sleep through my talk - so rude!)

Thanks to the lovely Jessika - Greg and I went to a movie - "Moonrise Kingdom" we chose this movie based on the fact that it was only 90 minutes - a quick "in and out" sort of thing.

(I think that Henry looks like my brother Kiki here so much - just the expression on his face or something).

And one more picture for good measure - because I love it:

Henry: 1 Kitty: 0

This weekend Henry won. He beat me fair and square.

First off we finally decided that since we had to put butter on the bassinet at night to squeeze Henry into it - it was time for a crib.

(doesn't instagram make this picture look arty and fancy instead of just like a crappy picture with horrible lighting?)

Here he is, pretending to like it. But two nights of pretty much crap sleep where he insisted on being the boss and making us put his binkie in his mouth every two minutes showed us otherwise. 
(Last night, however, he was back to his good sleeping self  . . . praise be - we're hopeful).

What did we do to show Henry that his behavior was unacceptable? Oh we pretty much bought him the Disneyland for babies - a "zoo" jumparoo.

We also gave the boss a haircut - (Haylee, I need you to fix it!) but don't worry - he is still sportin' the combover. He just no longer sports the payots.

And we took some pictures of some pretty ladies at prom.

(this is an "action" shot)

This feels like an anti-climactic ending to this post- does it punch it up to know that we also went to Costco this weekend? Probably not. I better stop.

this weekend

On Saturday, Bret Michaels (you know, of "Poison", "Celebrity Apprentice", and "Rock of Love" fame) stopped by to help Greg install some bike racks. He insisted on wearing the man-pron for the job.

We failed to get his autograph.

In other news - we received this in our Bountiful Basket . . . what is it? Any thoughts?

And finally, I'm convinced that I need to do some sort of Christmas ornament exchange. I borrowed these from my sil to get me inspired and now all I can think about is making stuff out of some felt and sequins. It's enough to make me think we might just have a traditional Christmas tree. Anyone want in? Don't all speak at once.

*our blog code is still all messed up - curses to google and their free services!

today/this weekend

Ross has abandoned me since Friday. It's cruel. Who is supposed to drive me around and take me where I need to go? More importantly, I don't like being home all alone with those two strangers living with me. Seriously, I'm ready to ask if YM/YW can happen at my house tomorrow night just so the Elders know that they don't have the run of the place.

I would complain more but since I want the Elders to find a new place to live . . . I won't. But I will tell you this - this morning (with the laundry soap securely hidden in my bedroom) one of the Elders hustled downstairs to interrupt my corn flakes and ask me where the laundry soap was. I (politely) told them that "we don't supply you with laundry soap" and besides - "we're out" (a white lie but I like to leave the "crucial conversations" to Greg and since he is out of town . . . ).

I took my 14 year old niece to get a "make-over" at the MAC counter this weekend. It was awesome. We should have taken before and after pictures of ourselves - we looked like a million bucks. And when it was all said and done I pretty much ended up spending a million bucks on make-up.

I also worked on perfecting my Snowcone Snake recipe for my start-up business - Drake thought it was a hit (he ate three):

Oh - and I'm pregnant. But I haven't told work yet so any of you Aprils that are reading this - BE QUIET.

weekend recap

1) I rode in the Goldilocks bike ride on Saturday. 62 miles of fun. For the record - give me the Little Red bike ride over this one any day. Also my legs pretty much felt like lead for the last 20 miles. It wasn't pretty. But I finished and I'm not walking funny so it must have turned out okay.

2) Greg washed our new white towels with a red apron. Which means we ended up with new pink towels. After two more washings in heavy clorox bleach we have regained our white towels but it also means we are swimming in dirty clothes because all our laundry time this weekend was spent recovering from the red apron fiasco. But don't worry I would gladly take pink towels and a husband that helps with the laundry than white towels and no help with the laundry.

3) The work-horse came through with her favorite things. She and my dad spoil their daughters on mother's day. They really do. It's pretty much fantastic.

4) We watched "Despicable Me" this weekend. I had no idea there was so much drama over a fluffy unicorn. But we liked it.

5) Greg was in charge of making Cafe Rio dressing for the Sunday meal. We were running late and he left a mess. We came home and the Elders cleaned up his mess! Yes, this transfer has made a huge difference. We actually don't dread coming home anymore. When I asked the Elders why they did this they said that as men they have to look out for one another. Oh brother! I think they were both just in great moods because they got to call home to their families.

6) We celebrated Greg's mom's birthday at Los Hermanos. It was a delight. I could probably drink their salsa.

weekend recap

September continues to be a little crazy. This weekend was no exception. We went and helped my parents try and finish their new house and help them move out of their old house. I keep telling my mom - selling your house so fast is a good thing - even if it means that things are insane. Literally.

Here is Greg, relaxing in the "new" garage. He loves his phone - loves it. Obviously.

I took a break from the moving to attend an adult sewing boot camp. Greg bought me a sewing machine for Christmas three years ago and I have never used it. I've been too scared. Well - no longer! I sewed up some pajama pants that were promptly given to my niece and a timely pillowcase. Check it.

And just because I need to disclose everything - I wore my fancy cowboy boots to Church on Sunday. These things are so so so so so so so hard to put on. Greg had to help me and still it was quite a production. Hence I wear them never. But I wasn't giving up - so we were late to church. But all in the name of fashion. I took this self portrait:

I know random post. At least it's a new post. At least.

weekend recap

With September rapidly approaching - Greg and I agreed . . . we need to do better at making our blog more exciting. So we're going to start living our life for the blog. But because it is still August - I'm going to just give a simple (read boring) weekend recap:

1) Yesterday morning the farmer's cows discovered the gate was open. They thought it was a free-for-all. There we were - me in my nightgown - Greg in his basketball shorts- trying to herd them back in. (I can hardly wait until our fence is up). Finally, Greg went and got the farmer - after all, we aren't cowboys.

2) Our garden hasn't been a complete flop. We have some delicious tomatoes that taste like candy. Candy!

3) Me and my sister and three of her ladies went and had an over-nighter at grandma's house. We partied hard and watched a Hallmark movie starring Kelly Ripa's husband. It was excellent. After we left there was a few hours of panic while my 90-year old Grandma couldn't find the remote. But after getting on her hands and knees (TWICE!) it was discovered. Yay!

4) Fall semester begins. The hipsters (read - boys in skinny jeans) are back. It was a great summer. And because every post needs a picture - here is one that Greg took at havasupai.

5) And one more thing - we have a new niece! Samantha Ruth. I would post a picture but I have only seen pictures on other people's cell phones. But trust me, she is beautiful. Charlotte and Ezra are WAY excited and Cory and Haylee have three kids with the oldest being 3 years old. That's crazy and way awesome all at the same time.

weekend recap

It was Youth Conference this weekend. Which is synonymous with "P A R T Y." As part of the party I hosted all the 14 and over ladies to sleeping over at my house for Thursday and Friday night. I had no idea that sliding down my stairs on your bum could be so awesome. Apparently, I've been missing out. I took zero pictures. I have no idea why I didn't capture the ridiculousness/awesomeness of it all.

On Saturday morning, Greg and I ditched Youth Conference and went and rode our bikes around Utah Lake. 111 miles later - we're still alive. And we finished. And our legs are tired. We did take a picture of us - but it's too ugly to post. Needless to say - it was hard - but awesome.

And now things are back to normal.

weekend recap

Enough with all these videos. The Carlklef's do more than just watch tv/movies. Sometimes.

This weekend was one of Greg's scout camps. You know what that means - I can do whatever I want. No rules! I was totally looking forward to living it up. I worked late (at least "late" for a Friday) - went to the gym - and on my way home planned what awesome things I was going to do. Much to my chagrin . . . I arrived home and found Greg's scout costume (I prefer costume not uniform) and hiking boots strewn along the floor. With no Greg in sight - I decided to give him a call. He informed me that his camp was cancelled and that I should go and visit him down the street - this is what I found:

Looks like a water line problem had occurred at the neighbor's/assistant scout man's house - and since Scouts do service first - campout cancelled.

The weekend, however, all was not lost. In fact, it was perfect. We got to hang out with awesome people (friends and family included) and we spontaneously went and saw Ben Folds at Deer Valley. Fantastic-o!

Crappy picture = awesome concert.

Posting from the city of brotherly love

I am sitting at Cosi - enjoying freshly baked bread and using the wi-fi to catch up a little on my email and do some work (boo). I thought we needed to post a quick update to our weekend in Philadelphia. I will post pictures later, but here are our highlights so far:

• The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall
  
• Not being able to find a proper Benjamin Franklin impersonator
• Waiting for 45 minutes in a line around the block to eat Cheesesteaks made with Cheese Whiz (that's right cheese whiz)
• Really missing Trader Joe's - we can only hope one will turn up in the UT
  
• Eating an entire bag of Cuties from TJs
• Climbing the Rocky steps
• Finding a stylish hat at H&M
• Finding out that the Constitution Museum is WAY too noisy/busy for it's own good. Not from all the people mind you - but from the audio tour and all that talking exhibits they have going on - it's all too much. Just watch Stephen Colbert's visit instead - much better than the real thing.
• A meal based on chocolate - so so good
• The art museum - which is fantastic. We saw some really great stuff there.
  
• Watching the Oscars in our hotel room
  
• A romantic walk along the river
• Being in a real city
• And not least - seeing the Toddcat - who "conveniently" was in the region for work
  

weekend update

So with a three-day weekend we decided to get some work done (combined with bar studying). Well we grossly underestimated how long and how much paint our small project would take. For example, we bought this five-gallon bucket of paint planning on using it for a bunch of rooms. Well, this weekend we painted the bathroom and the closet and used about four of the five gallons from this paint bucket for the two minuscule rooms. Sure, I'd like to say that our bathroom and closet is 800 square feet - but um it's not. By the end of it all (nine hours later) - we were both covered in paint - hair, elbows, forearms, legs, and face. I'm still washing it off and I'm positive we're going to look at our work today and find that it needs significant touch ups. On the bright side - at least we don't have any paint regrets -it's just white.