In honor of...

I made a slight change to my playlist.

No, I'm not a supermodel

but my husband is.

Seriously, no joke.

Today he is working a modeling job.

Paid.

This one's for REI.

Hopefully the first of many.

I'll post pictures if I can.

Road Trippin'

Let's just start off by saying, I don't do road trips. Of course, Andy loves them. The last time I was in the car for more then 4 hours was when I was pregnant with Savannah. Utah. I hated every second and by the time we got there Andy did too. Since then Andy's been on several, without me of course. You can imagine our trepidation on embarking on our CA trip. When Andy road trips he just drives. Me, I'm more of worry wort. Cops and such. So, how we worked it out is I pretended to not know how fast Andy was driving cause I just wanted out of that car. We were both much happier. There is something to be said for the state of oblivion. I think it can be healthy on certain occasions. Thankfully we made it all the way to CA with no issues police related or otherwise. I found I could do a 12 hour road trip without too much trouble. It probably helped that the kids slept through most of it, but I'm still gonna call it a victory. The drive home was not quite so daunting after our initial success. Again I went into my state of oblivion. Though oblivious, I was still on cop watch, so when I noticed headlights close behind us, seemingly out of nowhere it was hard not to panic just a little. Mind you, we weren't even out of CA at this point. I asked my sweet husband if the car behind us had come up quickly. He answered, like the thought never occurred to him, yeah. Um...might be a cop, ya think? When safe he moved out of the fast lane and after a few moments the cop passed us. We let out a huge sigh, he slowed down and we said a quick prayer of thanks. For the next few hours we were much for careful and mindful. When the night got later, weather better and feeling more relaxed Andy resumed road trip mode. As we were rounding a curve in the road I looked to the shoulder. COP, COP, COP. No time to slow down. We were caught. We watched as the headlights flipped on and he swung out onto the road. crap, crap, crap. We got pulled over. Consolation was that we were already a good ways through Oregon. He took all our information and went back to his cruiser. When he was on his way back Andy was convinced it was too fast for a ticket. I was not. Imagine my shock when he returned sans ticket book. He handed us back our information and told Andy he was letting him off with a verbal warning. Whoa. We were able to make it home with no further incident. So thankful.

Cali Highlights

Dinner with the Mother & Sisters-in-Law

while the boys were at Priesthood session...Making Deviled Eggs with Grandpa...
Easter Egg Hunt...
Discovering you can ride a pink trike
when you're a 7 year old boy with a cast...

Easter Basket

even though you no longer believe...

Williams Family traditional Conference Breakfast...

And, of course...

Surprising your parents by showing up at their doorstep at 8 am, after driving all night (on a whim) when they weren't expecting you to be there till 5pm.

Surviving (technically 2) 12 hour road trips, when you DON'T do road trips.

Watching your kids play with cousins. Willson chasing the boys yelling "Cousins, come mere"

Talking personalities and communications.

Triple dating with our Good friends.

Listening to everyone saying "So, when are you moving back?"

Sometimes wishing we could.

Visiting our old ward.

Seeing how big every ones kids are now.

Seeing all our wonderful friends and family!

One week wasn't quite enough.

We're shooting for 2 next year.

Hot Diggity Dog

My Dad is a hot dog lover.

Seriously.

It's kind of creepy.

He was so fortunate to get this at a white elephant party...

It's called a "Hot Diggity Dog"

You insert (2) hot dogs and (2) buns

Within a couple of minutes

(about as long as a toaster)

You have perfectly cooked hot dogs

and beautifully toasted buns...

I wanted to try it for the novelty of it.

It was delicious.

I now want my own "Hot Diggity Dog"

The proper way to eat Pringles...

(according to Willson)