What we've been up to...

On Sept. 19, we went to the wedding reception of two of Bobby's really good friends (and me! :), Bonnie and Adam. It was a fun reception, with yummy ice cream, and lots of Bobby's old friends from Jr. High- that's right! JR. HIGH! I love how everyone in Davis County stays around the area, and makes it possible to get together with old friends often! So much fun!

On Sept. 20-25, we headed to St. George for a nice relaxing mini vay cay! :) We went down on Saturday, had a BBQ at my Aunt and Uncle's home, then went to the Dixie Round-up Rodeo, which we do every year with my family. It's always a lot of fun! We get the best seats and the kids love it! Brody points at everything and makes his "O" face. It's so much fun watching his reactions.

My sweet Grandma had us over for dinner on Sunday and we got to take a ride in her nice little golf cart. Brody loved it! Thanks again, Grandma!

Monday, we wanted to do something fun, so we grabbed some lunch, and headed to Jumping Jacks. It was a BLAST! Brody was a little scared at first, because of the huge blown up slides and monsters, but he got use to it quick and was having a great time.

Tuesday, Bobby got up early to go golfing, and when he got home we went to the pool. It was soooo hot in S.G. but, it was a nice relaxing weekend. After dinner on Tuesday, we went to the Brigham young home and took Brody's 18 month pictures. He doesn't exactly cooperate very well, but we got some cute ones! He was more interested in running around! Typical!

We did a little shopping, bought Brody's Halloween costume, and just hung out. Wednesday, we got packed, grabbed an in-and-out burger and headed home.

On our way home, we stopped at Bobby's sisters house, (Kris) and went to watch our niece and nephew play a soccer game. great job Jake and Emma!

Bonnie and Adam's Reception (Jr. High Friends)

Pointing at the Rodeo

Swimming with Daddy

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18 month Pictures

Can you say STUD MUFFIN!?

Daddy and Brody

Being Silly!

"O" face

Loves to play in the water

Playing at Jumping Jacks

Golf Cart ride

Good-bye Civ-dog! And, Happy Birthday to ME!

Dear "Civ-Dog",

Thanks for being so special to us! Sorry we had to sell you, but you were causing too many problems for us. Bobby didn't like forking out so much money to get you in better shape. But, the nice man who bought you will be taking good care of you, I'm sure! He works on cars- you will be very grateful for him. He will be giving you a new paint job, a new muffler, and fixing your driver's side window. I don't think he'll be rocking out to music like we use to, but you're probably getting too old for that anyway. 11 years old is almost "over-the-hill"- WOW! 260,000 miles is DEFINITELY "over-the-hill". But, you never failed us! You drove 4 men to and from work every day for a week straight every month. You made memories for me and Bobby to keep for a lifetime! Thanks for letting him drive me on our first date- and for letting me write "I heart you" in your sun roof's cold frost, for helping us fall in love, and be able to drive you away the night we got married. You've been a good car, but it's time to say good-bye! We won't be missing you, but will always keep the memories!

Much LOVE,

Your previous owners,
Bobby and Erica








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I turned 23 on Sept. 7! It was on a Sunday this year, so we went to dinner on Saturday at Tepanyaki (sp?) we sat by a group of Junior high kids who were very entertaining and they heard it was my birthday, and decided to have the waitress sing "Happy birthday" to me. How nice! :) Afterwards, we went to Bobby's parents home for cake and ice cream. Sunday, I opened presents and then we went to Church. Afterwards, we went to my Parents home for dinner, and cake and ice cream. It was a fun day! Thanks everyone for helping me celebrate!! And THANK YOU MOM, for having me!! I love you!

Me and B at Dinner!

Cake and ice cream at McGuire home

Brody in my HUGE Princess bag! LOVE IT!

Brody, My Mom, nephew Braxton, and Me on my birthday!

one of my Birthday presents! (the guy at the Dealership made a bow for me! HA!)



Acura MDX

"Lud-ju"

OH! HAPPY! DAY! Brody can say "Love you" - in his own words, of course! Yesterday, I was getting ready and Brody was opening and closing the closet door to entertain himself! My Bathroom and closet doors are right across from each other, so I was able to watch Brody in my mirror and do my hair/makeup at the same time... I know, shocking that I was able to do more than one thing at a time, but I'll tell you- that's what being a mom does to you! (So glad I've FINALLY learned to multi-task after all these years! 22 to be exact... until tomorrow- my birthday- kinda sad to be 23 :( JK) Anyway, as I would watch Brody open and close my closet door (he was inside the closet) I would say, "Bye bye. Love you!" and after a few times, he started to copy me, until he was saying it on his own! He would open the door, peek out, and then say "bye bye lud-ju!" as he closed the door. I just love my sweet baby boy! He's talking up a storm and always entertaining us! Some of his new words include:

(At 18 months)

-thank you (dant du)
- what's that? (What dat)
-Toy Story (Doy dory) (New favorite movie- he Loved Nemo for the past 3 months, though!)
-Nemo
-Buzz
-Dory
-Drink
-none
-oh no! (especially when Daddy says he's going to get him!)
-bad bad (when something hurts him, he points and calls it bad)
-Nana (My mom)

Brody also LOVES cars, bikes, balloons, doggy's, kitty's, and STILL... vacuums! (And of course, Mommy and Daddy!)

Brody being silly

I snagged these pictures from my Sister-in-law, Natalie's, blog. Thanks Nat! (Pictures taken Sunday, Aug. 24)

Here is a pic of Brody sitting in a basket at my In-laws. He always gets into a certain cupboard and loves taking out all of the baskets. He just so happened to take a seat in one!

Then, later that night he decided to climb into the Doggy kennel. It was so funny how FAST he got in there, but as you can see, he would've had a hard time getting himself out. So, Nat and Bobby came to his rescue and took the top off for him while I took pictures! (Of course!) Once the top was off, he was out, and the top was put back on, he decided to do it again... I'm telling you, just like I said in this post- YES, he does things more than once, regardless of the fact that he didn't like it, or ended up with a bruise! Silly boy!

After the second time of these two having to rescue him, Nat decided to leave the lid off and he just sat in the doggy bed and played. I love my funny little boy- always keeps us laughing!

"Beh"

That's what Brody calls his bed. A couple of weeks ago (Aug. 13) We turned Brody's crib into a Toddler bed. Why did we do this when he is only 17 months?? Well, I'll tell you. We have a climber! I was out on the computer one afternoon when I heard Brody wake up from his nap. I usually wait just a couple of minutes before I go in to get him, but I started to hear him grunting. I went into his room to find him halfway over his crib, one foot about on the other side. I got him out and put him on the floor, wondering how he could do this ALREADY. (He is not even to the MAX height yet.) I didn't know if he would do this again, but the very next day, SAME thing! BUT! I didn't get into his room fast enough. I heard him say "mama" just a couple of times and then a THUMP! I ran into his room as quick as I could to find him on the floor. HOLY COW! How does he do this? I told Bobby and he asked "well, do you think that since he fell, he won't do it again?" I said, "Does ANYTHING make him stop if he gets hurt the first time?" What a silly boy! So, that evening, we sat in Brody's room and I put him in his crib to see if he would try it again. I also wanted to see if he was using his pillow as a little boost. As soon as he got in his crib, up came his feet, trying their hardest to get out! He then moved over to where his pillow was and was able to get his leg over the rail. I stopped him before he fell. Then, I took out the pillow to see if he would still be able to get out. Sure enough- same thing! He was halfway over his crib 2 more times in only a matter of seconds. That night, we changed his bed to the Toddler style. Much safer for our little guy! He loves his new bed, and likes to be able to get in and out on his own. It's so cute! But, I still have to lay with him at bedtime. (MUCH easier for me to get in and out of too!) I don't understand why he goes down for his nap with no problems, but the minute it's time for bed in the evening he hates it. Oh-well! I enjoy cuddling with him!

SPOILED?

I think so! (And, I love it!) On Thursday (Aug. 7) Bobby surprised me with a night alone- just the TWO of us! He had arranged for my parents to watch Brody overnight, while we went to a Bed and Breakfast (Johnson Mill) in Midway. It was our FIRST night ever to leave Brody, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Maybe it's because I knew we would see him the next day! I'm sure if it were a week or so, it would have been harder.

On Thursday, I dropped B off at my parents house and then went and picked Bobby up from work. He drove us to a YUMMY Mexi restaurant in Park City, and told me that we had to be somewhere by 8 at the latest. (I was thinking we were going to a concert or something, but he kept teasing me by saying we were going to go camping.) We pulled up to the Johnson Mill B&B and went in for a tour. It was very homey! We went on little paddle boats on a pond, and then went in for the night. (Can I just say... Chocolate dipped Strawberries, rose petals, Lionel Richie, bubbles, and a movie?? So NICE!!)

My baby- bringing in ALL of the luggage! (Yep- that's all for ONE night!)

The little pond that we went on with the paddle boat (those pics are from my other camera, I'll post them later - if i remember!)

I love this picture- but it makes me kinda sad because I'm not sitting next to him. As you can see, no one was around to take a picture for us that evening :(

How could I RESIST posting this picture?!?

Aww... how cute!

Scenery... BEAUTIFUL!

Sparkling Cider... YUMMY!

The next morning we had to be downstairs for breakfast at 9. (Did anyone else think that Bed and Breakfast meant you slept in as late as you wanted and THEY brought breakfast to you IN bed?!) HA! Bobby and I were both a little shocked that we needed to be somewhere at a certain time to eat breakfast with the 8 additional couples staying there. It was a lot of fun though! Then, at the end of breakfast, it started to rain, so we grabbed our stuff from the room and headed to Park City for an afternoon of shopping, lunch, and my FAVORITE- TCBY white Chocolate Mousse yogurt... mmmmm. That totally topped it off. We had planned on going on the Alpine slide and other things, but since it was bad weather, we just stayed covered by the stores! (That's fine with me!)

We got home around 4 pm and were so excited to see our baby boy! He looked a little confused when we walked into my mom's house, but he was excited to see us and show us all of the new toys... for Nama's house! Thanks mom and dad, for watching him!

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On our way home on Friday, Bobby told me that he had taken work off on Monday, TOO! So, we ended up going to Breakfast, then to Cherry Hill, and then home to do some cleaning. It was a FUN weekend! But, I miss my honey when he goes back to work :(

MOVING...

NOT US, DUH! MY LICENSE! I moved my Real Estate License to another Brokerage! YAY! I absolutely loved all of my fellow agents in Orem, but it was definitely time to bring my license closer to ME! I had interviewed a few other Brokerages in the area for the past 6-12 months and nothing ever felt right. I didn't like the way a LOT of them did business. But, lo and behold! I made the 'ol switcher-oo and voila, I am NOW with... drum roll please, LEGACY UTAH REAL ESTATE! So, for those of you who are interested in BUYING OR SELLING a home, PLEASE remember who your personal Agent is- ME! I also LOVE referrals, thanks for sending them!

I'll upload a pic of my NEW, SPARKLY business cards as soon as I get them (Ok, they're not sparkly, but how cool would that be? They do have super cute colors though!) Look for my sign in my lucky clients front yard! (YOU!)

Erica- 801-472-2507