The Pearson Project

Tuesday, August 12

Ricki needed a bath...badly! I couldn't help taking a picture of her sweet face while I was getting her ready to get in. Tonight, my sweet neighbor brought us dinner. She felt bad that she didn't know what I had gone through and insisted on still bringing us dinner. It ended up being a crazy night so this was so helpful! We tried to go to Thanksgiving Point (again) but it rained like crazy so we didn't go. Instead, we opted for a movie at my parent's house. We watched "Old Dogs" in memory of Robin Williams.

 

 

Monday, August 11

We met Mom and Jenni at the park for lunch today. Mom gets a break between her job so we stayed for a couple of hours and visited. We nailed down dates for Girl's Trip...YAY!

Another noteworthy event today is that the amazing actor Robin Williams died. He seemed like such a great person and a wonderful actor, it is so sad that he's gone. I grew up watching Robin Williams' shows like Mork & Mindy, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Dead Poet's Society, Aladdin...the list could go on and on. I'm really sad to hear of his passing.

 

 

Sunday, August 10

We did our annual trip to Silver Lake. It was super fun and of course, we got pictures on "engagement rock". :)

 

 

Saturday, August 9

Celebrating 11 years of marriage! We started the day off by dropping the kids off at Dave & Viv's then going to breakfast at Kneader's. Yum! We then took Ricki to Jenni's house and went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple for an endowment session. Wow, that temple is so beautiful! We picked Ricki back up and went to a bunch of Parade of Homes homes. It was fun going with Simon; I don't think we've ever gone together. We had dinner at the Red Dragon (Chinese food) then went to a few more houses. We topped the day off with shakes from Iceberg and a movie, "Heaven is for Real". It was a fun day just to be with Simon!

 

Friday, August 8

First thing first, today is our anniversary! Simon brought me home roses and a 2-liter of Diet Coke (he REALLY loves me)! The Coke said "Share with your family" so we did just that. It was a huge treat for the kids since they're never allowed it. I spent most of my day snuggling with this cutie and building this puzzle. Nick wanted to get out and work on a 1,000 puzzle so we got this out a few days ago and guess who did it all? ME!

 

Thursday, August 7

I got a call from the school this morning saying Kendra had a bad headache and needed to come home. I went and got her but she seemed fine to me all day. We had Joel Rowley come out and spray for spiders. Simon and I have seen 5 black widows outside around the house and this one in the garage. Well, when he sprayed, he said he found several dozen! YUCK! I hate spiders and especially the poisonous kind...that totally freaks me out! The good news is, when we find them now, they'll be dead!

 

 

Wednesday, August 6

We went to the Jo Dee Messina concert but I'm horrible at remembering to takes pics! This little girl has been smiling since she was 4 weeks old (or younger) but we can't ever capture it on camera. We took about 10 pics while she was smiling at her daddy but this is the best one we got! :)

 

 

Tuesday, August 5

August means $2 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point! We wanted to go to The Gardens today with my parents but it was raining so the McCullough's and I decided to go to the Museum of Natural Curiosity instead. As expected, it was busy but it was so much fun! Simon would have come too but he and Dave went to Girl's Camp for the day to help them get all set up. They also had a great time.

 

 

Monday, August 4

Today ended up being memorable. Mom and Jenni called me first thing this morning and said that mom's job fell through for today and they were wondering if we could make it to the Parade of Homes. Heck yes! We struggled and stressed trying to find a babysitter but thought all was well when mom called one of her young women girls and she could do it. We had lunch at Olive Garden with dad then us girls hit a ton of homes in Riverton and Herriman. It was a great day...until we saw the havoc the babysitter left at Jenni's house. I won't go into detail but let's just say that $1/hr per kid was WAY too much to pay her. Especially with the mess, throw up on the floor, kids missing, and box of chicken nuggets she ruined! Oh well, it was fun while we were oblivious!