A Fairly Fabulous Day

I did it!  My first pole performance has been completed.  I was actually really nervous, which is super silly since I'm used to doing things in front of people.  I think it's because I had never done this type of performance before.  Anyway, it went well, except for at the end when another girl's leg collided with mine.  She went a little later than usual and we smacked shins.  I totally forgot what was next, and you can tell in the video, I'm sitting smiling like a fool cause I can't remember what happens next!  We actually did the dance again, but Porter watched instead of filming, although the second time was much better, I wish I could show you that one.  Hope you enjoy the performance!  The Trio Afterwards, Porter and I played on the poles.  Our friends Brenden and Tiffany came and played too, but I couldn't manage to snap a shot of their mad pole skills!  If you live in Salt Lake City go and check out La Bombe Pole F...

My neighbor has the biggest, most beautiful cherry tree in the whole neighborhood.  Every year when the cherries are ripe I stare at them longingly, wishing the tree were mine.  Every year the neighbors come out and the pick their glorious cherries and I am left having to pay an arm and a leg for a tiny bag at the farmers market. This year was different.  Our neighbors had moved but the house had not sold, so Porter called and asked them if we could pick the cherries........and they said YES!!!  I was so excited.  Finally I would taste the sweet cherry flesh that I had yearned for.  So, Sunday morning, Porter went out and picked a huge bowl of cherries.  He brought them in, washed them off and we began feasting.  They were so good we just popped them in our mouth.  We ate at least 30-40 yesterday each.   Today we both took a bag to work thinking they would be a delicious snack. At lunch I opened up the bag, but I noticed something o...

 My baby brother turned 22 yesterday.....tear.  He is getting all grown up.  This is the first birthday we have celebrated with him in two years since he was on a mission for the LDS church for the past two years.  And this will be the last one he celebrates by himself, as he is getting married in two months.  I'm sure his lovely fiancee would have loved to be here but she is attending school at BYU-Idaho and had to be in Rexburg. Kit has been dying to get Indian Food.  He ate it a lot on his mission and is always raving about it.  My Dad took us out to A Taste of India in Layton, Utah.  It was very good.  I got a coconut korma, and some nan bread.    They had the birthday boy get all fancy so they could sing him a birthday song!  We got him a shirt from one of my favorite online shops, Threadless .  They make really fun clothing.  We got him a shirt titled, "Balloons over Edinburgh." Plus he also scored an I...

Saturday night Porter was so excited.  First of all, we had been very stressed all day, it was car shopping/buying day for us.  And it was the first time either of us had purchased a car without the parentals around.  So, it was pretty stressful.  We ended up buying a car, hooray!  Which I will blog about later, but this set us up for just wanting to go relax that night. Porter works out at a Muai Thai Kick-box Gym close to us and they were hosting a Fight that night.  Neither us had ever been to a live fight.  It was SO FUN!  I highly recommend going to them.  I was also able to meet his buddies that he fights with.  I think I definitely need to start working out at that gym, there is some pretty nice eye candy there! The night started with a bunch of amateur fights and then was slated to end with two pro fights.  There were even two women's fights.  Porter has now informed me that he wants to fight in either the October fight...

While driving around a few weeks ago I took a different route.  As I was driving a big old wall of color caught my attention.  I actually almost went into another lane because I was so distracted by this beautiful wall of art.  I quickly flipped around to go take a second look.  It was gorgeous!!!  All of these famous paintings on one wall, I was in heaven, and of course starting plotting, I mean planning my photo shoot.  Porter was actually excited about this one.  Usually when I say photo shoot he cringes a little, but I do believe he truly enjoyed this one.  The wall is titled 'Step in to Art.'   It looks like all these people painted this as a community project.  I am so happy they did, it is amazing!  If you are in South Salt Lake you should check it out.  I believe it's on West Temple.  We had a blast taking pictures, hope you have fun looking!

 My Dad and Brother came to pick up my sick little car last night.  They got it home and then I get a bunch of photos that look like these. Yikes!!!!  What happened was my timing belt was basically obliterated in to little black cotton fuzz.  I thought you changed them at 90K miles, but my dad said I should have changed it at 60K, I was currently at 85K on it.  So, everyone, go now, don't walk, RUN, go check your timing belts!  Or else this could be the fate of your little cars.  We are hoping my engine is a non-interference type, other wise, in the word of my father, "your car is toast."  Ummm, thanks, but like my toast nice and crispy with just a little bit of butter and jelly, not cold hard scrap metal with black fuzz.  So, here is hoping that the little Subby, gets to remain my vehicle and not some unappetizing breakfast item.   This is the guy who can work some magic, hopefully!  He is also the guy who is getting mar...

 A week ago, I had to opportunity to photograph such an awesome family!  Our friend, Danielle, who we met on our France Trip last year, asked me if I could take some family photos for their family.  I was thrilled, I mean who wouldn't want to photograph such fun people!  So we went out, I brought Porter with so he could help set up pictures and such.  It was really fun.  One thing that was a first for me was photographing young children.  They had so much energy, good thing they were so dang cute!  We got some great shots, I just wanted to post a few to share with you guys.  Hope you enjoy!

I am always so excited for holiday weekends.  They mean sleeping in, eating yummy food, playing games, hanging with friends, getting projects done around the house, having your car break down, ....... wait, what?!  That was not on the plan!  Unfortunately, on the freeway last night my car bit the dust.  We don't even really know what happened to it yet, but thank goodness we have AAA.  We got a tow home, now just we're trying to figure out what is next.  I hate car problems, they put such a cramp in my style!  Thank goodness for awesome friends, though.  Brendan and Tiffany, who had just flown in from their own weekend fun, went and got some pizzas for us.  We spent the night hanging out laughing and playing pass the pigs.  It turned that awful night in to such a fun time.  Hurray for friends!!!  Now hopefully my brother and dad can figure out what's going on with my little subby (this is what I call my Subaru Legacy, Por...

 While cleaning out our garage today we encountered a box.  It was slightly ajar, and had some scribbly writing on it that said, "Basement: Porter's things."  So, of course we had to investigate.  There were a ton of little knick-knacks from Porter's childhood.  Some of the highlights were: a comb that had a knife hidden in the handle, some juggling balls, real silver 'silver dollars,' pictures of old girlfriends (that was fun!), a saxophone, and this little gem that I'm going to share with you today.  It is a fully illustrated story from when he was in Kindergarten.  Aww, so sweet, right?  Just wait till you hear the story.   "The Land of Never Never" (p.s. this is a picture of a vampire turning into a bat) Once upon a time in the land of Never Never there was a vampire who was, but was not.  And he killed all the babies who were but were not.   Then one day a man who was, but was not said....'what are you doin...

The creepiest thing happened last night.  I was minding my own business, sleeping the the night away, when I woke up.  And when I open my eyes, I see two big eyes starring back at me.  My dog, Puck had inched his way up till he was sleeping right next to me with his head on my pillow, and his eyes were wide open.  As I groggily came too, I pushed him away, saying something like, "Puck, go away!"  However, he didn't move, he didn't budge.....he didn't blink!  Just this big potato sack of a dog laying there starring at me.  So I pushed him again...nothing.  By this point I'm pretty awake and wondering what the heck is going on with my dog.  I started to shake him gently while talking to him, still nothing.  So now I'm thinking to myself, 'if this dog croaked in the middle of the night right next to me with his eyes wide open, I don't think I can sleep in this bed again!'  I began looking for breath, he didn't even look like he was bre...