Saturday is a special day....

Day three..... Saturday! I am wearing a vest that I got at Costco, my shirt is from Snowbasin Ski Resort and my jeans are from the Buckle. My boots were bought at NOrdstrom Rack and are Cole Haan. I'm not one to talk brands....so this is big for me!

Got some drawers cleaned out today and it felt so good to get some places in the house re-organized and cleaned up! Love that feeling.... I know we have only been in our house since the end of March but doesn't everyone's home get a little messy after the holidays??? I know that I am probably the only one that happens to.

Have you ever tried the Tortilla Soup at Cafe Rio??? I could eat it once a week...for sure! Ask for extra chicken and tomatoes....it is scrumptious and surprisingly filling! Did I mention that Rick and Kurt went on an elk hunt with the Bumstead boy's in Morgan and both of our guys came home with an elk. That means we have hundreds of pounds of elk meat..... anyone have any good recipes???

day 2

Here I am ...day 2 on this funny little journey! I am standing at my across the street neighbor's door here!
I knit this scarf last winter! My sweater is from gap and my pants are from somewhere....?
Thanks to Jen for taking my pic's of day 2! What will I do when Rick leaves for Detroit next week???

first outfit....

I know that I am not following the rules for this little exercise of .... living with what you have! I am suppose to show the thirty items of clothing that I will be using for the next month. I have all but two items picked and photographed but am pooped! So I am thinking I'm doing good by getting this pic up! Hope I can do this!!!

Thirty for thirty....

You are probably wondering what I'm doing with this stylish looking hat on! I'm beginning the challenge of wearing only thirty pieces of clothing for the next thirty days. Apparently, age is no respector of peer pressure. You all know that I have some adorable twenty plus aged daughters and apparently they think it would be fun to pick out thirty items of clothing~ jeans, tops, shoes, sweaters, skirts (thirty of them) and mix & match them for the next thirty days..... the other part of this is we can not buy any clothing items for the next thirty days. My girls have all posted on their blogs what items they have chosen! NOt me!!! I just took a pic of my closet...pretty boring! I'll have to choose my selections tomorrow a.m.!!!

The hat is a little joke with the girls. Rick let Kylie pick it out and yes... buy it at the dollar store. Kylie's MOm would not let her bring it back to Arizona. Cara wanted Ky to wear it at the airport and Jamie (the Mom) did not see the humor in it. I'm not sure but I think this hat could be the Smith family gnome! Look for it in my 30 for 30! I'll try to be as creative as possible... I promise! This should be fun! WE have Kenzie in on the 30 for 30 and I'm hoping Jen will do it too! I sure love all of the girls in my life!!!

Tyler's baptism day!

My sweet sis-in-law, Jennifer and her newly baptized little one, Tyler....on his baptism day. We came over to their home after for a luncheon. Jenn has leukemia and has had it for a couple of months. Please, keep her in your prayers! The more prayers, the more power....

Cathy and Jenn at the luncheon. Good times and what a cute apron!!!

Uncle Craig, Cara and Aunt Jenn with their most adorable niece!

The four Kleinman kiddo's.. one of the perks for living here!

The reason for fishing....

Rick has been doing some fishing lately. Usually when he has come home in the past he has nothing to show for it. Now I know that fishing is not like shopping but when I go shopping I usually come home with something to show for it! But, since we have been in beautiful Utah Rick has taken up his passion for fly fishing! The other day he was out with his new fishing buddy, Bob Romney and Bob caught a big enough German Brown Trout that fed the three of us! The three were Rick and Cara & I. This is the picture of our meal. All real and healthy foods. Oranges, trout, black beans & pea pods. What a great way to start the year out! Now, if I can finish eating all of the holiday goodies I can continue with the healthy start!

The Big Drop-off's....

Kenzie Patterson left yesterday to head back to Michigan State. WE had lots of fun with Cara's bff from MiChiGan. She will have to come back when it is a little warmer! We love you Kenz and will miss you!

Kelsey left to finish her last semester at BYU-Idaho. This is a cute craft she made while they girls were here! I will miss her, too! So proud of her that she is almost done with her bachelor degree! YOu can do it...polar bear!! (It is super cold in Rex..Iceberg, Idaho!)

Here is the gang of girl's before Jamie and her cutie's head back to the warmth of Arizona. We had bunches of fun and made some great memories. How did I get so blessed to have so many beautiful women in my life????

Reese and Bapa at the airport. I need to find a full length pick of this most adorable coat on little Reese. She is a little dolly and is growing too quickly! She is walking everywhere and loves to cuddle.

Off they go back to med school and to warmer weather. We loved having them here for the holiday and can't wait to get the family back together. I love my family...

Four tree's....it is true!

Here is our patriotic tree. This tree came to being after Sept. 11, 2001 and Kurt asked if we could put a patriotic tree together. I was touched by his feelings of patriotism.

Here is a full shot of it. My new idea is for Rick to build me a small stand that has wheels on the bottom so we can wheel this tree into the storage room and cover it for next year! Hope it works! The other fun thing about this tree is I have had many friends who have given me patriotic ornaments to make this tree even more special.

This is the missionary tree. When we first moved to MIchigan we had a few Christmas Eve's with the elder's and sisters. We would buy clear ball ornaments and have them decorate them with their names and anything else they wanted to do to the ornament. Now it is placed in Rick's office with a train surrounding it. The grand-darlings loved the train this year!

This is our fancy tree that is our only live tree. We found this one at my girlfriend's, Dad's Christmas tree farm. We picked it out in less then five minutes then we had it cut down. This one use to be in our formal living room in Kalamazoo but now we have it placed in our big family room.

This is the kid tree that sits next to our fireplace. One of my favorite moments of the season is when we got home Christmas Eve and Kylie ran upstairs from the garage wanting me to show her every tree. It was magical! This post is especially for Nicole and Sarah...loveyoutwoandthanksforalwayscommenting. That last part was code for them....
I love Christmas...ok? I also love snow......

Park City visit 1/1/11

Kelsey, Cara and Kenzie Patterson in Park City. Kenz is here visiting from Kalamazoo for the week! We are thrilled that she is here.

Cathy, Kels and Rick at Cesero's at PC.

Kenz and Cara in front of the ice skating rink at the resort. It was three degrees when we were there! A bit nippy!

Cara, Kenz, Kels and Jen on Main Street in Park City. The store fronts are so fun!

Cara and Cathy just hanging out at the resort! Not for too long because of the cold....

Happy New Year 2011

Kurt and Jen at the party!


Our kids having way too much fun!

Cathy, Rick and Kurt. Kurt just graduated from University of Utah and made it on the dean's list! WE are so proud of him and this accomplishment! Way to go Kurt!!!

Jamie and Conrad and their girls! Notice the cute party hats that Jamie designed!

The Smith girl's sporting their new apron's that cousin Carol made each of us! WE love them!