Lady Gaga

Well, I recorded this special for my sister, Terra, so I have to text her and tell her to look at it. You'd better look at it, Terra! But I couldn't figure out how to get it to her. It was too big for an email, and I couldn't get Facebook to let me post a video... Grrrrrr. So here it is for everyone to see!! This is Bella's impression of Lady Gaga!

It's official...

I could only hold it off for so long. I knew it would come sooner or later. It was bound to happen, even after the attempt at hot wheels and monster trucks... I have a little girl! She got all dressed up today and scooted around in her way-too-big plastic high heels all morning. And yes, she was scooting. Walking in shoes like that requires careful precision that only a female can pull off.

And by the way, we really did try hot wheels and monster trucks. She loves those, too, but I think we've found a new addiction. Welcome, me, to the world of dress-ups! And just in time for her baby brother. Oh the pictures we will have.

Our Summer Vacation

Ha, you all thought I was going to be posting about some great summer vacation we had! Well, you are wrong! Both of our families took great summer vacations. My family went to a reunion of sorts on my mom's side in Northern California and Ryan's family went to Disneyland and other attractions around there. We wanted to go so badly, cause we could really use a vacation, but a few things hindered us. Ryan doesn't have any more vacation time, so getting work off would have been difficult. We also decided that we didn't want to travel anywhere in my car without A/C and we don't really fit in Ryan's car for a vacation. So we had a little vacation of our own. We went all the way to... Park City!! We went last Saturday and decided to have some fun for the summer. I know, contain your excitement! But we did have some fun. It was super crowded because the Arts Festival was going on, which we didn't know. We didn't really get to do a lot of what we wanted to because it was so crowded and busy that things went very slowly. But I got new spin shoes at the outlet malls. That was exciting for me! And of course, we had to stop at the chocolate store and get chocolate. So we had a little day of fun, and I guess that will have to suffice as our summer vacation! We also had our first "oh shoot, where did we leave piggy experience". Because of the Arts Festival, we had to park really far away and then shuttle in. When we got back to our car that night, we realized that piggy was no longer with us. Bella had been so into her sucker, she had set him down somewhere and we all forgot about him. I was physically ill driving all the way back to Main Street because I'm just not ready to lose him yet (and I don't think Bella is yet either!). But thank heavens, I ran back into the bookstore we had been in and there he was, just lying on the floor. I think his feelings were really hurt because he was forgotten!

And, I will just mention dinner with the girls, cause it was really fun! It was so good to see everyone. I only just mention because most of the people that read my blog were at the dinner! But, we got a picture, taken by the cute little busser at the restaraunt that didn't speak english and had apparantly not used a lot of cameras!! So, that's all I have. I'm just trying to keep up on my posts so that people don't nag me about it! :)