College Game Day

My favorite parts of College Game Day are reading the signs and watching Lee Corso choose the Mascot head. You gotta love Corso, especially when he picks against the home team and gets boo'd. The best sign of this weekend in Provo was "We may be #16 in football, but we are #1 in accounting." That's what I'm talking about. We dominate in accounting.

Lavell takes the cougar head that Corso discarded.

I don't remember what happened in the football game.

(I have very selective memory.)

Costumes

Princess on Ice in Oakland--first chance at using the Cinderella costume for Reagan!! And my...they were on their "best" princess behavior ;) Probably not enough Mickey Mouse in the performance for Reagan's liking; she fell asleep in my lap with about 20 minutes to go and M and M showed up for the last 15 finale. Bummer! Still a great show, though.

The Snow White scene.Reagan prepping for Princess on Ice by playing with her Princesses a few hours before!

Saturday night was our ward trunk or treat. What a costume feast this was! I think Reagan looked pretty dolled up as Cinderella.

Daniel had an amazing Thomas the Train costume. His mom and grandma made it, wow!

Cinderella and the skeleton! Nolan had a nice easy costume, just jammies!

Aurora and Cinderella at the ball!

I think Jackson and Nolan look so much alike and we were laughing about how they ended up in the same costumes!

Hands down, best costume: the Muhlesteins portraying Monsters Inc.

And now we have WAY too much C-A-N-D-Y in our house. Anyone want some? Even Reagan has slowed down on eating it and there is still at least half her bucket. Come trick or treating to our place and I promise you will leave with a plethora of candy!

Its Halloween week on TV--and this year is an extra special treat because The Office is doing a Halloween episode. And its a real one, not just we see a glimpse of costumes in the cold open, like last year. And I saw the promo--and the costumes are GOOD!!!! I won't spoil, but just pay attention to Oscar and Andy. Creed is freaky as ever and Ryan--well, lets just say that the vampire craze hasn't been missed by The Office! Enjoy :)

Wedding of the Year

Well, Jim and Pam are finally hitched...YEA!!! Been waiting for this moment for way too long. I actually loved the entire episode, but most especially the last 15 minutes. I thought the dance down the aisle was HILARIOUS!! And for those of you who don't know what they were referring to (the youtube video), here it is. It will make you laugh and give you goosebumps at the same time. It was the big youtube sensation of the summer, so of course Michael probably watched it a million times. I love that they referenced it.




Oh, and not everyone loves the Office, according to this article. Classy inmates.




A few Saturdays ago was "free-museum" day from Smithsonian magazine or something like that. I am unsure of the details, all I know is that we got into San Francisco's Exploratorium for free! Reagan wouldn't take a drink from the toilet bowl fountain, of that I think I am grateful. I taught her well. She loved the funny mirrors and playing in the sand on the second level. The bubbles were pretty cool. Honestly, I am glad we didn't have to pay to get in. The grounds outside are beautiful, with the Palace of Fine Arts, the lake and ducks, and to top it off, a fog-free day in the city.



We drove around a little while later, actually looking for parking, but ended up at a marina near Crissy Field. We took our shoes off and waded while Nolan slept in his seat. Reagan could run from waves for days, I think. One direction was a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatrax Island the other direction. Days like this make me glad to live in a such a scenic place.

We learned this week that Nolan does NOT like to be put in a cardboard box and pulled around by his sister.

Working for a bank has its perks: random paid holidays like Monday's Columbus Day. We took Reagan to a pumpkin patch in San Ramon.

I was floored when she rode this ride all.by.herself. She asked to go on it, did it, never cried or even looked scared. She maybe even looked a bit bored? I don't know, I just know that she will not go into her room when the light is off (even during the day), she is scared to get water in her eyes or ears, but she goes on this amusement park ride by herself? ...

tThe storm of the century occured yesterday. It poured all day long! The result was an uprooted tree (our precious cherry tree that we love to watch bloom late winter) and this mess on our ceiling below.A drip that sagged our ceiling and turned into the popcorn falling off. YUM!

Well, that is about it. I need to watch last nights NCIS episode, I missed it. Love to all.

Honesty is the Best Policy

Tonight as I was putting Reagan into the bath, she said to me "Mom, your hair isn't very pretty anymore."

Sorry, Matt

Ah, man. Matt turned 31 on September 19th and I failed to recognize him on the ol' blog. But let me tell you, it was a great day, if you don't count the mess that BYU made on the football field. I can't believe Matt is 31; not that that sounds old to me or anything. Maybe 5 years ago it sounded old, not so much now. Matt still has the youth of a 10 year old anyways. He just keeps on playing. I love him for that. Happy Birthday, Matt! We love you :)



Random Thoughts:

1. I am looking forward to Halloween trick or treating so much because I can't wait to go through Reagan's candy and pick out some good stuff.

2. Last friday we went on a date and ate at Claim Jumper. I was so starved at this point that I wolfed down a salad to start and ordered a huge bacon cheeseburger for dinner. Halfway through I felt sick and had the worst stomach ache ever. I went in the bathroom at Barnes and Noble later and threw it all up. I have never made myself throw up like this, but it felt so necessary because I didn't want to ruin our date with a stomach ache. I felt better afterwards :)

3. On the above date, we ordered my fav dessert there, the toffee mini cake. The server didn't realize they were out, so the manager came out a while later and offered another dessert for free. Even though our dessert we initially chose was like 3 dollars, I immediately blurted out, "Brownie Finale!" That one was like 11 dollars. I'll bet I looked like a total mooch, but it was truthfully the one that Matt was eyeing.

4. Reagan's nap situation is a no-win for us. She needs a nap still, but is up till 10pm when she gets one. It is torture trying to get her to take one, she usually crashes around 4pm. I would get rid of her naps, but when I did, she started waking up in the middle of the night crying. So frustrated...

5. I liked Bednar's talk this morning.

6. I am looking forward to watching New Moon on the big screen. I can't wait to see Edwardella in action.

7. I am really struggling losing the last of my baby weight. When I increase my exercise, my milk production drops too much. I don't have the self control to watch what I eat completely. I asked Matt the other day if he didn't mind me having some chub for another couple months and he just laughed at me.

8. Not being able to see my sister's baby in person is killing me. Her pictures are too cute for words.

9. It is barely October and I am already looking forward to the holidays like mad.

10. Nolan and Reagan take baths together and it is the highlight of their day. They just splash and laugh like crazy and everyone in the bathroom is drenched by end time.

11. Jim and Pam are getting married next Thursday in an hour-long Office special and I CAN'T WAIT!! I cried when I saw the promo that aired this week of them when Jim says, "I think I always knew I was waiting for my wife."

12. It has been a month since our Utah trip, but I still have some pics to share. We had a good time. Because we were there for almost 2 weeks, we got to spend some real quality time with family. Matt's parents, Lyle and Bev took us to dinner for our birthdays up to a wonderful restaurant in Morgan called Taggarts and I loved it. Might be my new favorite place to eat there:) Nah, still Cafe Rio, but this place was excellent. It is in the middle of the canyon, beautiful scenery and amazing french fries. I also got to go to Midway Swiss Days with my mom, sister and Nolan. We geeked out on all the crafty-things, but saved most of our money for the good food. A Navajo taco-worth the wait-some swiss cookies, kettle corn and caramel apples. It was hot as Hades, but we made it.

We had family photos taken at Layton Park for the Roundy side and as always, it was crazy and hectic. Our numbers are growing fast and trying to get everyone to smile at the same time, keep kids from wiggling and crying, you know how it goes. Reagan and Emma were so cute though, running around and playing together. It is so fun to see Reagan interact with cousins. She still talks about them.

Reagan and Matt's creation: a sandcastle in grandma Roundy's sandbox.

Loni had a birthday while we were there. Since she is a poor college student, we doted on her. We decorated her apartment in Provo, ate lunch at Olive Garden, then had some killer cupcakes at Sweet Tooth Fairy bakery. Everyone should try this place. It was worth the hype. We took home the cheesecake, key lime pie, strawberry shortcake and peanut butter chocolate.

Birthday girl and all you can eat soup, salad, breadsticks!

Since all Loni and her roommates think about are boys, they have some dumb posters up in their apartment. Matt took the liberty of "fixing" them for her.

BEFORE:

AFTER:My favorite:

My mom always jokes that she can tell when Matt has been in the house because he likes to turn over all the pictures, turn them upside down, etc. In this one, he put the life size cut-out of Zac Efron in time-out. I think the sign on Zac read, "I am jealous of Rob Pattinson."

We hit up the Country Barn boutique with Grandma Rasmussen and lucky Reagan walked out like a princess fairy!! She was tickled...

Lindsey and Nolan at the Midway Swiss Days. We were so tired by the end of the day, after taking turns carrying Nolan (too crowded for a stroller). That place was madness, we actually had to take a bus from the parking lot to the fair.

Having a Swiss Taco! I am glad Mom Ras recommended them, they were excellent. And huge, we all split one.

One of our days was spend visiting Lori, Robb and their family (thanks for the yogurt, Lori!), then we headed down to SF to see Mel and the fam. Lindsay and Jared came over for dinner and a game of Ticket to Ride. Jared and Aaron had their "game" faces on in the photo!

The kids played well together.

I took the picture right after Whitney said to me, "It's okay, Lace, you can go inside and I'll watch the kids."

Playing with some more cousins: Ashlee, Max and Reagan.

The weather was toasty pretty much the entire time, so one day we had Cafe Rio, went to Chuck E Cheese, got Rainbow's from Pace's and slip-n-slided in the backyard.

Nothing says Utah summer like a Pace popsicle.Grandpa Rasmussen and Nolan at the park.

Making cupcakes with Grandma.Here is Taggart's restaurant, what a beautiful setting!

The desserts were calling my name the whole time, "Eat me, Lacy!!" Not really, but they were a site for sore eyes.

Well, what a random as heck post this has been, and it only took me days, as the date will tell. But I am finding it harder and harder to post on the blog, so just bear with me. Love you all.