cra·zy -[krey-zee]

We have come up with a new term at our house: crazy. You might think you already know this word, but at our house it is neither a noun nor an adjective, it is a verb: to crazy. This word was created by Lauryn, inspired by Annie. The definition: to create a general state of chaos, or basically to do the complete opposite of what someone wants you to do. Let me give you some examples:
Q: How did all these (choose one: toys, coupons, newspapers, clean clothes, pots and pans) get spread over every inch of the house?
A: Annie crazied them.

Q: How did my cell phone get dropped in this cup of water?
A: Annie crazied it in there.

Q: Lauryn, why are you flipping out?
A: Annie is crazying my markers.

Q: How did this dish towel get into the sock drawer?
A: Annie crazied it.

Q: How did this book get into the silverware drawer?
A: Annie crazied it.

Q: Lauryn, how did 15 pairs of your panties get on Annie's arms?
A: She crazied them on.

Q: How did this bowl of guacamole that I just made get dumped all over the floor?
A: Annie climbed up onto the counter and crazied it.

Yes, Annie is one wild, biting, jumping, snuggly and crazy girl. She keeps us on our toes, and we love her little guts.

Summing up summer

I have been a total slacker in the blog department. But it isn't totally my fault. Our computer has been acting up and even now I am running the risk of it spontaneously shutting down on me. But I decided to take the risk to post the best pictures from our summer. They are a little bit in reverse order, but at least they're here :). I won't narrate the pictures, but here is a little summary of what we did this summer and you can try to find the pictures to match. Paul and I both celebrated our birthdays (lots of cake and presents), the girls and I went to Emmett for the Cherry Festival (lots of rides and cousin time), we had the Farnsworth reunion (river rafting, Starlight mountain theater, hot springs, even more cousin time), we attended our first ever Draper days (Collin Raye concert, bouncy houses and slides, parade with candy galore), I trained all summer and ran my marathon (lots of hills and sweat and pain), and we've finished up the summer with Lauryn taking swimming lessons (lots of water up the nose) and with us upgrading to a new vehicle (lots of seats). In between all of that we played in the backyard, played inside, and did some other fun stuff as well as worked on the house a lot inside and out (pics to come?). Yes, friends, the summer of 2010 has been a good one.

A great Daddy!!

I am so thankful for Paul, not just as my husband (which is pretty great), but also as my girls dad. He is a wonderful father for them. He is silly with them, teaches them, provides for them, and loves them. And they love him back. Everyday when they hear the door opening when he comes home from work they go running for him! We love you Paul!!!!

Shake your groove thing

GGs forever

In high school I had a group of friends and we called each other GGs. Over the past 11 years (yes I graduated 11 years ago, I can hardly believe it) we've all gone our separate ways but still keep in touch a little. A couple of weeks ago my friend Shalese, who lives in Wisconsin, happened to be having a baby shower here in Utah! I hadn't seen her since my wedding 5 years ago. Our other friend Andrea was also there, so it was a mini GGs reunion. (On a side note, Andrea is actually my step niece since my mom married her grandpa, crazy, huh? And even crazier, she lives in Saratoga Springs where we lived before we bought our house.) So here is a picture of the three of us (along with a vintage GGs picture from Riki's wedding). I'm the only one in the picture not pregnant! It was great to get together and see Shalese and her mom and sister, hopefully it's not another 5 years before it happens again.