fried green tomatoes

was love at first bite.
after that
i was a goner.

thanks to some friends who suggested them on our lunch outing a while back.

thanks girls for opening my eyes to whole new variety of appetizers.
yum.

fall leaves

require a little picking up.

but i don't mind as long as i get to do it with mr. jake,
and in my slippers.
now...
where is the hot chocolate?

go shawty

it was my birthday.

and i got a polaroid camera.
(side note...don't you just love my halloween outfit? very fitting
and the background...it's grandma's house. what are ya gonna do...)

exactly what i wanted.

but that's not all i got...
mr. jake surprised me to dinner at the roof.

emotions that ran through me:

definitely surprised,
curious as i have never been there,
pampered as rolls magically appeared on my plate,
snooty as i could pick and chose my food,
stuffed as i ate all that food,
and then guilty seeing the bill...

but your birthday is only once a year right?
and my motto is to spend spend spend on such an occasion.

and then to top of the night,
and to walk off our stuffed tummies,
we walked around the temple grounds.

thanks babe for a birthday with a view!
(and for an excuse to wear my birthday dress. yay!)

can't wait till next year...

happy halloween

love,
thing 1 and thing 2

i did it again

i try to read books leisurely so they last longer
but...
this one i just couldn't put down.

i bought it monday
and finished it last night.

urg.
i hate it when i do that.

picture found here

unexpected, spur of the moment, so worth it trip

(the cast: frankenstein, his wife, egyptians, vampire victim, michael jackson, and jessie)

phone call saturday afternoon:

mom: "you wanna drive down to st. george monday
and see jessie at tuacahn?"
me: "what?"
mom: "let's go! i'm going!"
me: "ok..."

so we did.
we drove the four hours to support little sister in Thriller down in st. georgy.

this may surpirse you,
being st. george and all,
but it was 34 degrees tuesday night!!
burrrrrrrrrr.
AND
it snowed the first 10 minutes of the show.

so we wore our winter clothes in southern utah.
(another first!)

but who cares when you see your sis in the program!!
(the second row second in from the left)

so proud of her once again.

seriously,
if any of you have a chance to see it a tuacahn,
don't even blink.
nothing compares to the scenery, production, and atmosphere.
(yes, it's even worth it in the freezing weather)

then we braved the snow storm home.
oh boy,
that's another 5 hour story...

even when he was four years old...

he was darn cute.

i pretty much squealed when i saw this picture
and HAD to have it.

oh mr. jake,
how things never change.