Halloween (or Hollyween as I like to call it) Oct. 31, 2009

Evy




Evy was a monkey


This was like a big sleeping bag and she loved it. Notice her arms aren't even in the sleeves.

Jessica's cousins Chaundra and Jaclyn Cox came by to trick or treat. They are frightening aren't they?

Mindy's annual Halloween/Birthday party Oct.23, 2009

Maggie was a "Mom", Stephanie and Evy. Happy Birthday to Steph!

Mindy was a pregnant Nun and Chris was a monk. Happy 31st birthday to Mindy Sue!


Kim and Evy. Nelson saw this picture and said "Oh she sure loves her little boy" and I said, "Nelson that is Evy".

Jeremy (cowboy), Lindsay (Indian), and Chris (monk)

Matt and Wyatt Buttle

Lindsey, Frank, and Brian

Casey, Vienna and Jessica (with baby girl #2 on the way)

Holly. I just pick stuff from my Mom's closet every year. This one was kind of a bust. I blame my unpreparedness with my recent move.

Shake or Fake?

As shake lovers, Maggie and I like to stop and taste new shakes when we can. Recently, we have been disappointed by several shakes from different venues and would like to expose them. Along with that we will mention shakes that we actually liked. Therefore when you go to get a shake you will not be had by these hit-and-miss/horrible/imcompetently employed joints. You will know where to get a good, decent, honest, hard-working, delicious shake.
Please feel free to leave us comments of where to find your favorite/least favorite shakes so we will know where to visit and where to avoid.


Sonic, Brigham City: Awful, just awful. We ordered Butterfinger shakes and what we got were vanilla shakes (with giant holes halfway down where the ice cream didn't quite make it) and maybe a tablespoon of crushed Butterfinger. There was probably 1/2 cup of whipped cream on the top- not worth it. When we ask for a Butterfinger shake, we want Butterfinger in it and not at the top to create an optical illusion. Do not order a candy bar shake at the Brigham City Sonic- or maybe any Sonic for that matter.


Dairy Queen, Holladay: Not bad, but more candy than ice cream. The Heath/cookie dough Blizzard was ordered and while they did not skimp on candy bar as many shake places do, there were so many chunks it was difficult to even find the ice cream. If we wanted a giant cup of candy bar, we would've bought that instead.

Arctic Circle, around the valley: Hit-and-miss. It also depends on what you order. We ordered a banana/Oreo shake (shout-out to Kim) and that did not disappoint. However, when it came to candy bar, they came up short. Unless you order chocolate ice cream as the base, you are going to get vanilla with a few candy bar pieces mixed in. Be careful with the caramel shakes- the shake gets quite diluted towards the bottom. It also makes a difference with who is working at the AC when you order. Some are generous with the flavors, some are chintzy.


Iceberg: hasn't disappointed yet. Iceberg does not skimp on the ice cream or the flavors. We ordered a "mini" Almond Joy shake and it was well-balanced with Almond Joy and ice cream from bottom to top. Same with the Rocky Road. The only drawbacks are the size and the price- both high. Unless you like half a gallon shoved into a giant cup, then you will be in heaven.

What are your suggestions?

Mommy's little angel

Evy sneezes one of these out almost every day. It's a delight. She'll thank me for these pictures someday, she really will.


In the middle of a fussy moment.

Our new place in Logan

We are renting this house until we can buy or build one of our own. When Nelson wanted to move to Logan, I pictured us renting a cute little old fashioned Logan home like my Grandparents' old home. It's kinda like renting a home in Sugarhouse. We looked at a bunch of those and I was sold. They were more money of course so Nelson just wouldn't do it. This house is newer and a lot less money, but it is TINY! Call me a snot but it is. I am not lying when I say I am struggling with this one. Nelson really owes me I think.


When we pulled up to the house with all of our stuff, my Mom said the house looks like it could be a garage. Enough said. All you have to do is stand in the hallway and do a 360 and you've pretty much taken a tour of the place. The house is set back a ways. This driveway is going to be a nightmare in the winter. Nelson is trying to use it as an excuse to buy himself a snow-blower.


My Mom told me to think of one good thing to say about the house. I told her this tree on the south side of the house is really pretty. Taggert likes it too.

This is our backyard. I am not lying. It ends at the posts you see here. The whole yard is weeds. We don't have any grass. Luckily there is a field in the back and it gives the illusion we have a larger back yard. It gives me something pretty to look out at out of the kitchen window. We do have a side yard though (still just weeds unfortunately) Everyone is invited to a huge backyard barbeque at my place on the patio as soon as we're settled! The old tenants were nice enough to leave us a bunch of junk garbage on the side of the house to get rid of.

This is the street in front of our house. This is our church just across the street. That's handy.

We moved from the Sandy house Oct. 17, 2009

This post is mostly for the Ashworths, so we can all be a little nostalgic...

Nelson's parents built this house over 31 years ago. Nelson was born here (not literally but you know) We bought the house over 4 years ago but have lived there for over 5 1/2. Nelson wanted to move to Logan so we moved out and I really miss the house! (We still own it for a little while but soon it will be sold) It's the end of an era.

Here is the backyard. Notice the family picnic table along the house.

I'm not sure what year they did this but obviously they were all very young. Crystal must have been a baby still. This is on the east side of the house by the fence.

Evy just hung out in her swing while we all moved.

Connie packing stuff into the truck from the garage.

Gene and Karlene in front of the home they built. They have since moved to Lehi.

Nelson, Holly, Evy and Taggert. Nelson and Evy were both born in this house. Nelson 1978. Evy 2009.

Nelson's sister Cheryl and her family.

L-R Sara, Hailey, Pete, Cheryl and Chandler

These are the front room windows we all loved. There is a perfect view of the mountains. You can even see skiers coming down the slope with a telescope. This was the perfect room to sit and soak in the sunshine. Taggert loved sitting here because he could watch the neighborhood at all times. Notice my neighbors across the street putting up their decorations they do every Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Conference weekend at our house

Still too lazy to hook up tv, so we listened like the 1940s to the radio.

Well, some of us listened...