holy update

Well it has been a little while since i posted about my amazingly exciting life. I guess I am a picture- poster- kind of girl and without a camera it is depressing to post, but here is my update anyways. Barry and I spent Thanksgiving in good 'ole Eagar. Many games where played and there was lots of snuggling-up for a good movie. It was a durn good time. Kari, Tami and I worked out a LOT. Every morning we did some form of kick boxing. Kari is a certified instructor. Places of body were sore that I never knew could be. I was sore to say the least. It felt good to work out especially when you know you will be consuming many, many calories. Yes, my mother is a bomb diggity cook and I thoroughly enjoyed her food!! hoot hoot!! Friday after Thanksgiving, we played football at the annual turkey bowl. The boys got rough and I threw a great pass!

THEN SATURDAY Barry, I, Kirk, Kari and M&D piled into Whitey Tighty (Barry's White Nissan Titan-get it?) and headed for the mountains to find the PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE!! It had been a few years since I have went Christmas tree hunting. It was sort of a rush to be in the snow-capped mountains in the chilly air- burrrrrr- bundled up stomping around the hard ground, hoping that just ahead of you awaits YOUR full and lovely Blue Spruce to make your Christmas oh so very festive. I didn't find my perfect tree. MY MOM DID. She found the best tree in all of the forest. I don't know how she did it, but there it was after a mile hike into the wood, through a small clearing just on the edge of the deep forest had grown a tree just for us. AHHHH soak in the moment. D and Barry chopped it down and hauled it back. I was so in love with this tree I didn't want Barry to drive his truck (loaded with our tree) to church Sunday in case of little punk Christmas tree VANDALS!! FOUND THESE PIC on my PHONE!! YAY!!




Barry loves our tree too!!
Kirk and Kari found this little Christmas tree- just the right size for the their car.





Bret and Becki tricked us all into thinking there weren't coming at all this year. But they did. They snuck in the back of the house and hid. While hiding, they sent Kingston in the house through the back door. I was napping on the couch and in my dream- like state hear this classic Kingston- "tuck, tuck" (kingston saying TRUCK) I sit up and there is my nephew who appeared from what seemed to be thin air. A few moments later in crawls little London. It was such a good surprise. They are so sneaky.

That night My Mom had a Watch party with Mellissa Hamblin. I have two new amazing chunky beaded watches. A GIRL CAN ACCESSORIZE . visit www.whippycake.blogspot.com to see


other details: lots of eating and BEADING!!


I am so very thankful for all I have. I am so very blessed. I have a wonderful life. I have a loving husband and supportive family. I have the truth of the restored gospel. I have it all. I am sure grateful for this free country we live in.

hello world again

this is lisa making sure i still remember how to post...
its only a test though...
keep anxiously awaiting my first post...

hello world

i know many of you have been anxiously awaiting my first post...

You won't find one without the other

YUP, if you have ketchup, mustard will always be close by.

This year we went to Bret and Becki's for a couples Halloween dinner (if you follow her blog you have already seen the pics) The theme was famous DUOS

I love my husband for many reasons. One being that he wore this: (ENJOY)

I think we make a GREAT DUO!!

A bit of our Halloween spirit 2009

I borrowed some pictures from my sisters camera so I could update my blog. Its really the pits not having a camera. sad face.

Bret and Becki had us over for a fun and FESTIVE FHE a few weeks ago. She made a fall inspired dish where she actually made this rice meat stuff INSIDE a PUMPKIN. cool. I made spooky Halloween cupcakes. We carved some amazing jack-0-lanters (they are check'em out) and we had a real good time enjoying Halloween traditions. My brother Mark, wife Holly and their kiddo Kaemon, Milea and Zallen joined us along with Tami and Ryne. The kids helped inspire some of our carvings. Milea chose the Cinderella pumpkin that I carved. I am a little prideful about how it turned out. WHO KNEW I had a hidden talent. wink.

MY cool cupcakes

STAY TUNED FOR BARRY AND I's COSTUMES..... THEY'LL make you.......hungry!!

broken camera

My camera is broken (sad face) so my posting has been delayed. I apologize for the inconvenience!

Halloween memories

Halloween has always been a fun time of year for me. I especially cherish my memories of Halloween as a child in Eagar AZ. I loved the smell of fresh pressed apples lingering in the crisp air. I love that our house was/is always decked out in holiday spirit: flashing skeleton lights, huge spider webs, the pumpkin cans and mummy bears. Mom always made Halloween fun. She or Dad would take us kids out to go trick-or-treating. We'd all pile in and out of our 1989 Toyota corolla Our costumes were for the most part homemade and had to be warm to fight the cold air of Eagar nights in October. I will never forget Chads mummy costume and that Kari was ALWAYS a Witch. When we were small each of us wore the lil' pumpkin costume (above). I remember some spooky full moons with the clouds hovering near casting eerie shadows on the fallen fall leaves and brown grass. I've never seen that anywhere else. I remember after an evening of door to door candy hoarding, Bret and I would dump all of our candy out on the floor and separate it all into categories and trade for our favorites. Happy Halloween!!