Happy Birthday Emma.

One decade Emma...it's so hard to believe.

Just yesterday you were a tiny ball of sweetness and chubbiness.

Our little baby girl.
This is what would great me each morning when I woke up.

You were always an early-riser and still are...

We are so proud of you. You have a kind, sensitive heart and always reach out to help others. You are smart, talented and beautiful, but are so modest. We love you and hope your 10th birthday is everything you've dreamed. We can't wait to see what the next 10 years bring.

Isn't she cute...

Westridge Music Festival 2010

It was music fest time again last week. This was Jake's last festival. That means we've already been doing this for 7 years! I figured out that we have 4 more years to go until Sophie is done at Westridge. They did great as always.

Getting ready to leave on the first night.

This year, Emma has been going to school early twice a week to sing in the show choir. They did a fabulous job!

Jake and Kevin were "stagehands" this year. They were in charge of spotlights & curtains. Then they came out to sing with the 6th graders.

Sophie and her best friend Audrey singing with the 2nd graders.

Emma singing with the 4th graders.

I have lots of great video, but Blogger apparently doesn't like my video anymore. I'll try to figure out how to get it loaded. Maybe I'll just post it on FB.

They did it again...

Tuesday evening Communal was awarded "Best Restaurant" from Salt Lake City magazine. I don't mean to brag, but Pizzeria 712 won the same award last year! Looks like we've become our own competition.

Congratulations Joseph & Colton!

Priscilla (the one-eyed wonder dog)

Thursday evening I took the kids & Rosie to Petco to pick up some cat food. I NEVER go to Petco. I'm a PetSmart girl, but my mom had given me a gift card to Petco, so there we were. As we walked in, we noticed a pet adoption drive going on, and immediately saw this adorable black dog.

We played with her for a while and the kids begged for her, but really, my life is busy enough as a pseudo single mom (you know with Joseph gone most of the time), why would I ever add the chaos of a dog to the family.

But... she was sooo cute.

We decided to take her home and "foster" her for a night. Those tricky adoption people...

Long story short... she's ours!! And, she is missing one eye. Sad story. She was attacked by a bull-mastiff who took her eye out.

She's 5 years old, potty-trained, uses a doggy door, rides in the car well.... and did I mention she was really cute? Of course, we can't change her name, she's been Priscilla for 5 years. We've been calling her Scilla - we like that better. She needs a good bath and grooming which she'll get tomorrow. I'll post some more pictures then.

The Box.

A while back, we got a new vacuum. I love it, but the best thing that came from this purchase was "The Box." Look closely.

Museum of Art

Last week we spent some time at the BYU Museum of Art. There are some really great exhibits right now. Of course, we aren't allowed to photograph any of the art, so you'll have to go see for yourself. What's really cool is the exhibit called "100 Years of Collecting Art." BYU has some amazing stuff. My favorite is a Norman Rockwell called "Look Up Thine Eyes." They also have an Andy Warhol of Marilyn Monroe. Our sweet, youngest child was not that interested though, so I'm going back by myself next week to really explore with out distractions.

When we left the museum, the mountains looked so beautiful.
We ended the evening at Pizzeria 712. Everything was delicious as always!