Another Adventure at JoAnn's

I don't know why, but I always have a story to tell when I go to JoAnn's Fabrics. I think it's just because I go there a lot and I live on Los Angeles. Braden said I should take a video camera next time I go.

So here goes....
I was making my way to stand in line at the cash register when a woman with a 4-year-old little girl, facing backward in her cart, asked me if I was in line. I looked up to see that the person talking to me was.....




Justine Bateman! I love L.A.! I know it's no Johnny Depp sighting or anything, but when I was 14 watching t.v. in my living room, I never in a million years thought that Mallory Keaton would be at a fabric store in front of me in line. It was so cute too because Jonah loves older kids. He was facing Justine's daughter and making the cutest noises and faces and trying to get her to laugh at him. He was getting so crazy that Justine looked at me and asked what her daughter was doing--thinking she was provoking Jonah. I just told her that Jonah just loves kids and was trying to make her laugh. As we were buying our things Mallory and Jonah's new girlfriend left as Justine said "bye bye" to Jonah.

Thanksgiving and grandparents

This is a little behind but I wanted to post these really cute photos. Jonah never smiles for the camera, but when we wanted to take a picture of him with Grandma and Grandpa he was being rediculously silly. My parents came for Thanksgiving, and it was so much fun even though it was small. We had delicious food including a turkey that Braden made and croissants that I made from scratch. I'm still thinking about them! Yummy! My dad was so kind to help Braden extend the sprinkler system for a grassy play area for Jonah in the yard.

I was taking a shower the other day, and when I was done I came out and say this. Jonah had taken my robe from my bedroom and brought it into the den, so he could cuddle with it on the couch while watching Yo Gabba! Gabba! It was so cute!

New Flavor

Well my ice cream is gone. It only lasted a week--even with all the Thanksgiving food we had to eat too. It doesn't help that Braden also loved it, so that meant I had to share. Anyone have an idea on the next flavor I should try? It should probably have chocolate in it. I was thinking mint ice cream with chocolate swirl. Any ideas?

Enjoying the Moment

I'm sitting here having a great moment.
I've been having the cliche ice cream cravings because of this


My very favorite kind has always been Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk




I just can't get enough of it. Instead of buying a little pint of it for $3 or $1.99 if it's on sale and having it disappear in just one sitting, I decided to use my Ben and Jerrys ice cream recipe book and make it myself.


Can I just say yummy!!!!! I made about 3 quarts, so it should last me a little while anyway. I'm just sitting here while Jonah is napping and eating my delicious creation. Life's pretty good!

fun with friends

I thought these would be fun to post. This first video is when Kevin and Adam Low were over at our house. Jonah showed them something he learned a few weeks ago. It caught on with the other two boys and they were all doing it.

This is Jonah with his friend Josie. I don't know why kids like to congregate in the bathroom. Good thing it's clean!

Post Election Conversations

I was at JoAnn's today buying fabric. While I was standing in line to pay for it, the checker started a conversation that got everyone around me involved. She mentioned how Prop 8 passed and now same sex couples can't get married. Then someone else said, "Well I think people didn't really understand to vote 'no'to allow same sex marriage. Otherwise I don't see how it could have possibly passed." Then I heard an employee say, "You know the Mormon church was in charge of the campaign." The other lady responded by saying, "I don't know why they care, they can marry as many wives as they want anyway. They're just hateful and so hypocritical."

These were their actual words while I just sat there listening. I'm not one that likes confrontation, so I didn't say anything. I also thought that engaging in a debate or argument would be just giving them fuel for the fire and proving their point. What I wanted to say though was, "How can you make such judgements on people that you don't even know anything about?" I know that any debate has two sides, and I've always thought that if you really try to understand the opposite side usually any negative feelings toward that person dissolve. I've put that in action. It's really easy to make judgements when you are distanced from someone.

I just wanted to share that because it really disturbed me. I was someone that they were talking about "a mormon" standing right there as they were talking about me. They didn't know me, and I wonder if they had known if they would still be saying those things.

In case anyone was wondering polygymy is illegal. I wonder what those same people at JoAnn's would think if there was a proposition making polygymy legal in California. Would they be as open minded about it?

Poop cake

Ok. I know that blog posts about Halloween are getting old, but I had to post a picture of the poop cake I made. I actually didn't take the picture, and I was upset that I didn't have one. Then I read my friend Claire's blog and she had taken one. By the way it tasted really good. Not many people dared eat it.