Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Dewey Readmore Books...the book

Ok so I am not a big cat person...but someone told me I needed to read this book. So on Christmas Day I downloaded it to my Kindle (more about that handy little invention later...) and I finished reading it on Monday. Oh My Gosh...What a great book. If any of you are looking for a good Easy read pick this one up. It is well worth the time and/or money you will spend on it.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Grant Family Christmas Party...Wait What the pregnant man lives in Utah???

You heard it here first...The pregnant man really lives in Utah...Yes Geoff...your HOT... or as Hadley said ridiculous... Olivia got a few necklaces and she was in heaven. She knew exactly how to put them on and she would scream as loud as she could if you tried to help her or take them away. What can I say, the girl likes to look good.


















BoBo With Grandma Graham and Grandma Callahan

Austin with Santa

BoBo was so amazed by Santa. She didn't cry or smile...She just stared.




What a fun day. We had good food, the cousins got to play and the parents got to catch up. It seems that life keeps us all way to busy, we love all of you. Merry Christmas!!!!









Monday, December 15, 2008

Party...

Tonight we had the Grant Automotive/RE/MAX Advanced Christmas party. We played a game with gifts...Not nearly has fun as I had expected...No one wanted to trade the gifts...no one had their gift stolen...no one fought for the good gift...No punches were thrown...No tears were shed...I was incredibly disappointed.... But honestly it was a lot of fun. We had great food at a new resturant here called Zoolanders and it was perfect. Olivia ate like a horse as usual... and Austin ate like a bird as usual... Mitch and Emma
Peace out Faye and Katie


Traci and Darrel



Matt and Alicia and Landon



Matt and Mitch





Thank you to all of our amazing employees and agents you make our businesses what they are today...


Friday, December 12, 2008

Oh Christmas Tree

We decorated the Christmas tree on Sunday. What an event. It was just that day that Olivia finally perfected her fit throwing. So everytime we would have to tell her no she would very carefully lay herself on the floor then she would begin screaming and kicking her legs...we endured this about 20 times in a 45 minute time frame...SOOO fun.
Finally she calmed down enough to hang her cow jumping over the moon ornament on the tree. Next it was Austins turn to hang his spaceship ornament up. It has sound effects...soooo we helped him hang it really high.
Since Daddy held everyone else up to hang their ornaments, Austin thought he should hold up Daddy while he hung his Santa ornament. (there was a picture of Daddy holding up Mommy while she hung her snowman ornament, but it was not a good picture so it got edited...)


Austin wanted to put the angel on the tree...

The Family...


The finished product!!!




The real angel on the tree...

Our BoBo girl:~}











Thursday, December 4, 2008

Tagged--

7 things I can do...
1. Roll my tongue...( I know not very impressive...I'm not a very impressive person)
2. Power Shop
3. Make a mean batch of spaghetti
4. Sing...(just not in front of anyone)
5. Crochet
6. Make Candles
7. Change the oil in a car...

7 things I cannot do...
1. Scrapbook --I am just not patient enough or creative enough
2. Organize (good call Traci) I try and try and try and no matter what I do my house and my office are always still a mess...
3. Stay mad at Ken...He has a true puppy dog face and I cannot stay mad at him when I see it...and he knows it...Kinda it makes me mad thinking about it...yeah not mad anymore...see the effect...
4. Mow the lawn he old fashioned way...like with a push mower...I am such a wuss...I have tried several times but I get hot and a headache and I just can't do it...the riding lawnmower is a different story though...I could do it all day...
5. Let water run on my face in the shower...it drives me crazy...I feel like I am suffocating...just thinking about it makes me nervous...
6. Make mashed potatoes--for some reason I ALWAYS screw them up.
7. Let it go when someone is mad at me...I don't know why but when someone is mad at me, whether I like them or not, it drives me crazy...It keeps me up at night... My husband thinks I'm mental...Leave me a comment and let me know what you think...

7 things that attracted me to Ken
1. Smile-He has a fantastic smile, it lights up the whole room...
2. Work Ethic- He works soo hard...He would work 15 jobs to take care of our kids and I.
3. Loyalty- He is a very loyal person...He has always been fiercely loyal to me...And he is very loyal to his parents...That is the sign of a good man.
4. Whew---He still, 8 years later, gives me butterflies... I look in his eyes and I see how much he loves me, that is amazing...
5. Family- He was very excited to start a family...And he is an amazing father...
6. Handy- He can do or build almost anything...If you need proof come look at my office
7. Loves me...He loves to make me happy, I know I am spoiled, but he really does like to make me happy, he very rarely tells me no...that is NICE...

7 things I say most often (I will try to keep this G rated...)
1. Oh my Heavens
2. You have got to be kidding me
3. Hi, this is Angela
4. Austin, hurry up
5. No, Olivia
6. I love you
7. Where is my phone?

7 Favorite Foods
1. Shrimp Scampi
2. Diet Coke (is that considered a food?)
3. Bajio (shrimp tacos)
4. Ravioli's
5. Barbecued steak
6. Nachos--fully loaded
7. Barbecue Chicken Pizza

Monday, November 17, 2008

Discovery Gateway






















Ok I don't know how many of you have been to Discovery Gateway at the Gateway Mall...but oh my gosh, My kids loved it. They have all kinds of cool things for kids to play with. They have a grocery store, a garden, a horse, a climbing wall, a news station, a life flight helicopter and so many more things. We just happened to go there on Saturday and it was sooooo much fun. Austin wants to go back everyday. Olivia could crawl around to all of the different stations and play with anything she wanted, and for all of you germ freaks out there like me I actually witnessed 3 people coming around with disinfectant more than once. I was incredibly impressed. We are even thinking of having Austins birthday party there because he had so much fun. If you are in the Salt Lake area and have a few minutes you should definitely check this place out.






Thursday, November 13, 2008

Olivia's 1st Birthday pictures
















Austin-seriously how cute is he???




Austin had his school pictures taken a couple of weeks ago...Can you believe that he is already in school?? I can not. He is doing so well, his teacher LOVES him, (but really who wouldn't) and he loves to go to school... although he thinks the bus ride there is a bit long... He also just lost his first tooth...It is so hard for me to believe he is really this big...

Hooray


I know you are all very interested in the daily happenings in my very exciting life...Really who wouldn't be right... Well right now I am trying to figure out how to get goldfish cracker slobber off of my black dress pants before my meeting tonight...Any suggestions??? Olivia's new favorite trick is to eat her food with no hands...Yeah like she is a dog. It is an impressive display. I do have to say though lately BoBo has become a very fun little person to be around, we have finally made it past the really naughty times (I hope) and she has got quite a little personality. She also has quite a bit of attitude...I'm not sure where that comes from, I think it is Ken... But really does life get any better than being a Mom??? I think not...