Happy 24th

Happy 24th!!!

Usually the 24th is a big party and sleepover on the parade route in Salt Lake. We arrive on the 23rd and hang out, play games, and munch on snacks until the early hours of the morning. Sleep through the marathon (sorry if you're a runner in it) and get woken up by the parade later on.

But the city has started getting grumpy and being mean about people camping out and making all these crazy insane rules... Anyway... breathe... Moving on. Anyway needless to say we didn't want to deal with that again so... We had a giant sleepover at my mother-in-law's house the night of the 23rd, we stayed up till the wee hours of the morning like usual. Had omelets the next morning then hiked up to Doughnut Falls up Cottonwood Canyon, then went to the Days of 47 Rodeo that night :)

Monday night most of the adults stayed up till 2:30am I fell asleep on the couch at about 1 (I had a sore throat). Then we had make your own omelets, muffins and fruit the next morning. Then we all got ready to go to on our hike.





The weather was perfect :) just overcast enough that we stayed cool. Then as we got back to the cars it started to down pour so we ate our lunches in the cars.

Then we all went our separate ways and Curtis, Nan and I went to get ready for the rodeo.

Monster in the closet

We had a monster in our closet this morning but Curt was already gone to work so I left for work hoping it would stay put till he got home...

 it didn't...

I tried to show it to him and he said there's no such things as monsters. I told him we were turning our house upside down till we found it and disposed of it!

I climbed on the bed for protection...I looked to my right and there it was on the wall! So I snapped a picture, for proof, then recorded his death! Granted I mostly filmed sheets because we missed the first time... But I love my hubby so much!!! I'm glad he is brave!

The monster in our closet/moved to our wall

Kids say the darnest things No.6

So as I just realized I did leave out one of my Kids say the darnest things. At Curt's Grandpa's funeral and as I did post the girls were being silly as usually. Which if you missed you can see it down a few posts.

But the story I left out was... my 5 year old niece Kate was standing by me and she was just staring at me. She then turned in front of me and put her hands on my hips like feeling she was feeling my width. She proceeds to pat me a few times, then comments, " Aunt Aerika you're big........ like there's a baby in there.... I said "No Kate, no baby." Just then a pregnant lady walked past and I whispered "That's what a pregnant belly looks like." She turns back to me and goes back to patting my hips. "Ya I know you're just big.... like WIDE......"

Well thank you Kate for boosting my self-esteem as you always do :P I believe she was supposed to be my daughter not my niece, because whenever I share her stories with my mom she tells me how much that sounds like something I did or would have done when I was her age. Oh the honesty of youth! Why can't we keep it forever?

Our New Couches!!!

We got new couches! (As my cousin Whitney would say) Huzzah!

We got a sofa and love seat for free off of KSL just before we got married. They were nice for the first year and plus they were free so can't complain right? Right. But we decided we needed something a little nicer, that would last a little longer. We both love recliners, but knew with people coming over just recliners wouldn't do. So we started looking at reclining sofas and love seats. We found a set at Ashley's Furniture that I fell in love with! We kept looking but didn't really find anything else that compared. So we decided those were the ones we wanted finally, and we got a memorial day sale special and a discount because my brother-in-law used to work there. So for a pretty good price we got these Beauts!!!

Love Seat

Love Seat reclined

Sofa

Sofa reclined

We love them! They are so comfortable and big enough that we basically can sit on one side/seat! We hope that these will last a long time!!! We figure now is a good time to have nice(ish) couches, while we can afford them, and before we have kids that (as my daddy puts things) "destroy everything!" We can make them last  a while!

So anyway thats my happy news! The End!

One of those days

Today... is one of THOSE days.... You know the days that you want to do nothing else but curl up in your favorite blankie, in your comfiest (is that even a word?) p.j's, snuggle up with your mom and sisters, hunker down with your favorite comfort food, have a good cry and watch your favorite chick flick? That explains my day to a T.


There are just some days that seem to make me really down. Today was one of those days. I was just feeling really down on myself, I was feeling worthless, and like nothing seems to be going right. On days like this I pull out my poem notebook and one seemed to fit perfectly today

Its called Less Than Perfect:

Life's not supposed to be perfect I know this, there's always something.

Like your cool new shoes, wear a blister on your toe.

Or your bike has a flat, when you're ready to go.

Or you get a big zit before your first date, or fall on your face after doing something great.

There's always something I know this, I just wish that sometimes everything would be perfect.



That was kind of, really just how I felt. It was just one of those days that I just needed to break down. Tired of being strong and acting like everything is great when really I've been struggling just to get out of bed in the morning most days. Questioning why and wanting answers.

Anyway excuse the emotional post I just needed somewhere to vent. So to make up for it here is my happy picture that makes me smile

A proud momma otter showing you her baby

Bear Lake-Newman get-a-way

I took way too long to post this. I forgot most of the little details so here are the pictures! We had a good time :) Curtis and I enjoyed being the favorite Auntie and Uncle for four whole days (We always are the favorite Aunt and Uncle but it was nice to have it for a few days straight).

We went down to Eagle Mountain to see my grandma and great grandmother while they were up here for a short time while my grandma had hip replacement surgery. So we got a picture with Great Grandma Lue :) but Grandma Carmen was not feeling well enough for pictures.

Baptisms/Baby Blessings

On Saturday April 7, 2012 we had two baptisms in the Newman family. Our niece Brooke Goates and our nephew Nolan Smith both got baptized.
Brooke was baptized at 9:30am in Logan by her dad Brad Goates, her mom Connie Goates gave a talk on baptism/repentance, it was beautifully done. Uncle Curtis and Grandpa Goates were the witnesses. We had a breakfast get together afterwards at the Goates residence. Then it was off to Layton for the 2nd baptism of the day.

Nolan was baptized at 3:30pm in Layton by his dad Jeremy Smith. Uncle Joey and Grandpa Smith were the witnesses. We had a luncheon gathering afterwards at the Smiths residence. Then it was off to Highland to spend the weekend with my family for Easter and to be with our friends for their baby blessing.

Our good friends/Curts mission comp. Cameron and Ariana Field blessed their beautiful chunky baby girl Bethany Opal Field on Easter Sunday April 8, 2012. Curtis got to stand in the circle. We also found out that Ari's dad was my dad's longest comp in their mission. What a small world it is. We had a luncheon in Orem afterwards and I sat and talked with "Elder Molleman" the whole time. It was a great day, makes me excited to one day have that be us, it is years away but it will be a great day.