The Seer

Let me tell you about Brian's special abilities. No, not special abilities in the bedroom. . .


About 6 months ago we ordered a bookshelf that came in pieces that you have to assemble. Basically Brian just screwed some boards together and now demands the title of
Joseph the Carpenter.

Another night Brian prepared dinner while I was at work. It was delicious and fairly difficult for a beginner... it

consisted of grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, and our favorite chicken rice a roni. Now he demands to be called Master Chef.

When Brian plays Halo he

dominates... He demands
to be called Master Chief.

His latest title is Seer. Recently B decided to do push-ups everyday. (He's been doing them for about two weeks.) And the other night he had a dream...

He was walking through the halls of the Marriott School of Business wearing jeans, white pumas, his recently purchased D&G glasses, black jansport backpack, but NO SHIRT. It was no doubt a celebrity walk. People were clapping & cheering for him, he was pointing and waving to his fans. And the best part is that his 8th grade girlfriend was there and all he said to her was "hey girl, wassup?" and then he kept walking. He seems to think that this dream is a sign of what is to come... his push ups are going to make him HUGE and very
DESIRABLE.

* This is not Brian. This is a paid actor reenacting the dream. *

Hallows Reunion

In honor of this lovely lady . . .
Gladys Kay Larsen Hallows Brown

some of the cousins at the swimming pool...
we had full access to the Washington City Rec Center

Dad & Reed
playing a little basketball... i'm apparently smelling my armpits

Tio reed shootin hoops with the cuzins

The SIBS with Gammy: uncle LANE, aunt LINDA, aunt JUL, Dad

cuzin Ruby

Cedar & Creams


Jack & Allyson

Me & B & creepster Robin popping up in the back

Brian & Me

Me & Dallyn

ALWAYS a wrestling match when the Hallows get together

Bad A Kristen & Kade-o

Jon & Kade-ster playing on the SPLASH pad

GopGop Hallows GRILLIN

Shelbs & Abby

Steele, Amy & Abster

Miss Sally, Aunt Jul, and Mamasita

HOTT Kristen

Rennie & Mom



SO SAD to be driving home after our FUN weekend!

Temper Tantrums, Couture Baby Accessories

My best friend Kelsey just started a new
part time business... it's called

Temper Tantrums, Couture Baby Accessories!

She is making all sorts of cute little baby accessories. So for all you little mommies out there in need of a quick on the go diaper bag that is fashion aware ... here is your solution! She also makes hair clips that are all attachable to the head bands she sells. Purchasing one head band and multiple hair clips is definitely the way to go.

Now, I am not a mom, but I've been purchasing them as
gifts for all of my friends and visiting teachees who are knocked up! They have LOVED them. Here are just a few of Kelsey's designs.... please check out her blog to find more pictures and information regarding pricing.

http://tempertantrumsaccessories.blogspot.com/

example numero uno

example numero dos

example numero tres

example numero quatro


example numero cinco

example numero seis

Bees!

The other day Brian told me a hilarious story. It went like this... "I was in the bedroom drying off from my shower, naked. I had the window cracked and out of the corner of my eye I saw 3 bees fly in through the crack. I promise to death they were coming for me! So i ran into the closet and slammed the door behind me!
(Yes, my husband admits to being a pansy.)
After about 5 minutes of hiding, I cracked the door of the closet to see what the
bees were doing. I saw all 3 fly out the window in single file."

So Brian continued to tell me that these were NO ordinary bees ... he is convinced that they were a team of scout bees. They were after him. The above picture is basically what he described & so I thought he was losing his mind .... until today.

I pictured the bees looking like this picture above...

Today the team of scout bees sent the reinforcements. While i was at work Brian was at home fighting for his life against GIANT bumblebees. When I came home from work I felt as if I had walked onto the set of CSI Miami.

Brian had marked the dead bodies as if it were a crime scene...

After walking through the crime scene Brian and I were in our bedroom and he was explaining to me what had happened.... then we heard a buuuUUUzzzZZZZZ! We both freaked out and ran out of the room, slamming the door behind us. We were sure the bees had called for more backup, but when we opened the door it was actually a wasp. We closed the door again and Brian told me how he had killed the other 2. This was the plan: I would grab the hairspray to stun the wasp, while Brian got the giant cardboard box that he had used on the bees.

This was the wasp we trapped... you can't really see it, but he was a BIG sucker!

Apparently B wasn't crazy... those bees were scout bees!
Let's hope they never come back.

Following graduation we had Lucy's baby blessing. I wasn't kidding about a busy weekend.
Here are some pictures from the day....

Me & B

Shout out to my
cool cousin Clog & his even cooler
wife Kristen. She's by far the best
hygienist I've ever known.

Some of our good friends:
Lyndsey & Cody Malone

BIG sister Sofie

Tio Reed with little Lulu
(Lucy)

We were ready to go home at this point....

Some of the Hallows cousins

Gammy...

Graduation is a time for Celebration!

We had a full weekend of celebration!

Classes ended and Jarem graduated. The whole family was up for this and we had a good time together celebrating!

Brian and I spent the day doing nothing school related then headed over to the Marriott Center to watch Jarem walk. It was a nice meeting, but a loooonnnngg one. Sofie kept us pretty entertained.

Brian and I got really excited thinking that this would be us in just one short year! We love school, but we can't wait to finish!

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After all of the formalities the Hallows clan finished the night with breakfast for dinner at Cracker Barrel.










The next day we celebrated J's 24th Birthday.... Lot's of the cousins and friends came over for a little BBQ at Brian's parents' house by the Provo temple. We had a lot of fun visiting with everyone. I think Brian and I were a little caught off guard when this picture was taken.