A day at the beach

 The view.

 The sand.

 Photographer being photographed by photographer.

More sand.

The kids.

 

The dog.

 

Something to share.

 

King of the Mountain.

 A man and his dog.

The end

Celebrity Sightings

 We had some exciting guests at our house last weekend! Jared and I threw a celebrity look alike family gathering and it was a blast!

 The Guests

White Beyonce and White JayZ added some hip hop to the atmosphere! The couple left their new baby home for the first time, reported our sources, with the nanny so they could get down with their bad selves!

Two up and coming musicians, Indy and Libby! Both preformed at the award ceremony.

Dwight and Angela arrived at the party together, but Angela insisted that she only got a ride with Dwight because her husband, the Senator, had to attend some inportant meetings.

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling  looked picture perfect at the party. Sources reported that Ryan was heard telling Michelle that while she look great in her party dress he didn't mind at all when she stayed home in her jammies looking at Pinterest.

Bob and Doug from Strange Brew stumbled into the party on time but left early saying that they had a "concert" to attend. Sources say they were seen later at a kegger...

Laura and Rob Petry from the Dick Van Dyke Show seemed to be having a fabulous time at the party! Rob did trip over the ottoman once and got lots of laughs from the other guests!

Men in Black and Men in Brown came to the party looking for an alien infiltrator that was rumored to be shaped in the form of a very popular party appetizer- chips!  They said that all our chips tasted normal and we continued our party without aliens!

Adele also made a short appearance at the party.  It was rumored she left the party early because she got invited to another party with even more famous people and food...

 The Flintstone family showed up all worn out after driving their prehistoric car to the party all the way from Orem. Fred and Wilma had so much fun at the party and kept asking to where all the dinosaurs were.

 Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner also had a fabulous time at the party. They also left their new baby at home with a sitter so they could enjoy the party with out having to leave the party early. Sources say that this Hollywood couple just might last another 5 years at least!

The host and hostess of the party Jesse James and Kat Von D said the party went off with out a hitch and that the entertainment was awesome and the food was fantastic. All their guest had a great time and while Jesse and Kat are not a couple anymore they said they will still throw parties together because they are so awesome at it!

The proposal

My husband took off his wedding band about 10 years ago, and of course, lost it, and he hasn't worn one since.  I haven't really cared because Jared sends off plenty of  "I am taken" vibes so I don't really feel that a ring is necessary to show the world he's mine. I have asked him about getting one but he'd rather spend his money on any of his 37 hobbies than to buy a wedding band.  But tonight his sister Holly realized he wasn't wearing a wedding ring and asked him why. And of course she didn't like the fact that he didn't have a ring especially because she had a solution to the problem.  While Jared was outside she showed me a mens titanium ring that she had won at a bridal expo that she was never going to use and said I could give it to Jared.  SO we planned a proposal! We tied a bow on the ring box and waited for Jared to come inside.

Here's how it happened in Jared's words-

 Ummm... What's going on here? Your making me nervous!

Oh phew! You aren't pregnant! You just want me to wear this ring?? You got it, babe!

 Wow, I am the luckiest man alive!

 Thank you, Holly! (You can see the ring in this picture! He is wearing a ring! It will take us both some time to get used to the new addition!)

 Here are some pics of the munchkins! Just being cute!

 Ellie loves posing!

 Indy is turning into a little hipster!

Libby relaxing.

Milo sitting on our big snow pile!

Nae had a birthday shout hooray!!

Denae is one of my best friends! She had a birthday last week and I think she just turned 21, right Denae? That sounds right because we are the same age so I will be turning 21 too in March! Denae's favorite dinner is spinach alfredo and she loves banana pudding.  She loves the color purple. She has a passion for teaching. Kids listen to her. She is courageous. She does hard things all the time.  She has to make lots of decisions on her own, not just for herself but for her two little chickadees and I admire her for that.  She knows what is right and she tries very hard to do it. Denae is a great friend, a great person and a great mom!

Love you, Nae!

Carrilyne

Blackberry Cobbler

This was super yummy! So yummy, infact, that I have to share a mouth watering photo! Blackberries were just $.88 last week at Sunflower Market! But I am afraid I have bad news! I used my smart phone to find the recipe and I didn't write it down and now I can't find it! Boo hoo! But I still wanted to post the picture because it turned out so awesome!

Joys of Childhood

When I was a kid we used to fight over the stickers on bananas. Getting the sticker and proudly wearing it for the short amount of time it actually stuck to my skin was one of the joys of my childhood.  Along with things like gum, riding my bike, playing with friends, and getting money so I could ride my bike to the store to buy candy or doughnuts!

  These days my kids don't fight over the stickers, they can only ride their bikes on the side walk, and they definitely can't ride their bikes to store!  But that doesn't mean they don't have plenty of childhood joys that I know they will tell their kids about, like being silly and saying, "Mom, take a picture and put it on facebook!"  This picture was blog worthy!

What were some of your joys of childhood and do you let your kids do them now?

Happenings...

 Here are some of the highlights of last week...

  My parents turned 52 on December 28! I think they look pretty cute in this picture...

 Jared's grandpa, Robert Jaynes, died the week after Christmas and his funeral was on New Years Eve. He was a great man and for his funeral he wanted all 10 of his children to bear their testimonies.  It was very special. He was a lot of things in his life but one of the really impressive things he did besides raise 10 children was be a pilot in World War II. We are lucky to be related to him!

New Years Eve

 We never made graham cracker houses this holiday season and my kids kept reminding me of this fact. So on New Years Eve I went to the Walmart and bought 5 boxes of the $1 candy they have by the register and some crackers, with of course some Martinellis to toast in the New Year and we had us a par-tay!!

 We used homemade frosting so we could really enjoy eating them!

Jared, of course, had to be original! Yes, that is a fish driving a race car...

Milo's house was many things at first he made a robot, then he changed it to a caterpillar and then it became this, whatever this is....

Ellie's was very pretty. She likes things to be pretty!

Libby was proud of hers too!

This is me taking a picture of myself. I had gone running with Jasmin just before all this and I hadn't gotten a shower yet, aren't I cute!

Ellie enjoying herself some frosting!

Jared is pretty proud of his creation! 

Our gingerbread houses might be a bit ghetto but the kids didn't care and had a great time making/eating their houses! 

Jared and I both fell a sleep for a bit before the new year, but the girls were die hards! Even Ellie made it to the New Year awake! We toasted another year to be as good as the last one and went right to bed!

HaPPy NeW YeaR!