Table for Eight

Elder Meehan's bday carepackage. (A "candy cake," an old man's beard, bday candles, a motivational church talk, and a set of pens.) Today is Elder Meehan's first birthday in the mission field! Yehoo! And even though we aren't able to celebrate this birthday WITH HIM, we are definitely celebrating HIS BIRTH ... because he is one amazing (and joyful) missionary, son, brother, cousin, grandson, friend, engineer, dog-owner, and bicyclist. We love you Elder Meehan!  PS: It's snowing a TON today where he is serving ... so guess what ? CHURCH WAS CANCELLED! Yup, Elder Meehan got SNOW for his bday.  So fun! A close-up of the "candy cake." It's really a hat box that we got at Hobby Lobby. The kids all glued his favorite candies to it to make it look like a birthday cake. We added a photo of his missionary tag and sent candles with it for him to blow out.  I really like this idea, but can't remember when we firs...

Yesterday while we were out shopping for school supplies, we happened upon this this little fella: University of Utah Gnome And with just one quick glance, I knew what I had to do-- message our friends Liz and Whittney and tell them I couldn't wait for fall football season and the rivalry between The University of Utah (Utes) and Brigham Young University (Cougars) to begin. Translation: I told them to watch their backs--because this guy was gonna kick that gnome's can this year. BYU Cougar mask. What is it about athletic rivalry that makes grown women (moms!) TP each others' homes, stick plastic forks in their lawns, and plaster our teams' merchandise ALL OVER one anothers' porches? I have no idea. But I love it. And I have Liz and Whittney to thank for that--because they are the ones who gave our neighborhood the "Spirit Of Prank." I mean I wouldn't admit this to them, but I'm not really that invested in any one spo...