In the past month Utah has seen A LOT of rain. I think they said it has rained 20 of the last 30 days (or something like that), so our yard has been a complete mushy mess. A few days ago when the sun finally broke through I quickly sent the boys out to play while I cleaned up inside. When I went to check on them I found them stomping, kicking and splashing in filthy gutter water.

This was my thought process (in this order):

“Oh man…they’re going to be SO dirty!”

“Who cares…they’re boys! Let them have fun!”

“Grab your camera!”

So I did. And I’m glad.

Thanks to everyone who followed me over to Write.Click.Scrapbook last week. I had fun hosting the blog and scrapbooking some!

I think summer will be pretty hit and miss as far as blogging goes, but I’ll try to keep up. We’re looking forward to vacations, family reunions, camping, lots of time spent in the pool, and tons of popsicles and lemonade. Oh, and this:

My baby turns TWO on Friday. Wow.

And the invitations are to die for. I know. I just wish I could take credit for them, but they’re from Stampin’ Up, of course.

Everyone has heard words today like “icon” and “legend” and “monumental.”

But wow. Just wow.

It was weird trying to explain to my dad (a child of the 50’s) and my teenage sister (a child of the new millennium) exactly what Michael Jackson means to someone like me (a child of the 80’s).

I remember exactly where I was the first time I ever saw Michael Jackson do the moon walk. I was fascinated.

Truly a great artist. One of my favorites of all time.

I have such fond memories of getting popsicles from the ice cream man when I was little. He’d come down our street maybe once a week, and my mom would let us get something maybe every other week. My favorite were the rocket pops. Remember those? Red, white and blue with a point at the end? Getting something from the ice cream man was such a treat because pretty much the only popsicles available in the stores when I was little were twin pops (the kind you break in half), and Otter Pops.

But these days, with a HUGE assortment of popsicles available in the grocery store, is it really wrong of me to actually feel a bit of loathing for the ice cream man that patrols our street DAILY? I mean, in this day and age of child predators, am I way off base to be quite a bit concerned and creeped out? Not to mention that my almost-2-year-old would freely run out into the street to chase down something sweet on a stick.

I’m actually to the point of anger and wanting to call the company to complain. Please just tell me if you think I should loosen up. I can take it. I think that from now on I’m going to tell my boys that any time they hear the ice cream man, they get to have a popsicle from the freezer. We’ll see if that suffices.

P.S. Don’t even get me started on male solicitors that come by my house in the middle of the day, knowing full well that many moms and kids are home while husbands are at work. Grrrrr… You seriously think I’m going to let a complete stranger come into my house to show me how clean you can get my carpet? As if!

Oh, I can’t wait to share what’s inside this cute package! But my dad may be snooping around on my blog, so I’ll have to wait to share…

Like my tags? That stamp is from Stampin’ Up!’s new “Perfect Chemistry” set (available July 1st), and oh my gosh I LOVE it. It’s so cute and versaitle. And speaking of Stampin’ Up!, you’ve GOT to get your hands on their new 2009-2010 catalog and inspiration book (also available July 1st). I’m dying at how cute everything is and can’t wait to scraplift a few things!

And one more thing (but it’s a big one!): I’ll be hosting the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog this week, so PLEASE come on over and see what I  have in store (photography, scrapbooking, etc.). Anything specific you’d like to see or would like me to talk about? See you there!

I thought I’d share the photos that have been keeping me busy lately. These are from Ryan and Lyndsay’s beautiful wedding a few days ago. I don’t do many weddings–but I should. Everyone is just so happy and they’re such joyous occassions (this one being no exception). Congratulations you two!

Getting Ready:

He sees her, she sees him:

The ceremony:

Married!:

A few photos of the happy couple:

The flower girl resisting a kiss from her mom:

Lyndsay’s cute sister caught the bouquet:

And the kids had fun with the garter toss:

A few details (my favorites!):

Sorry I’ve been missing in blog-land lately. When the temperature outside hovers around a perfect 72 degrees, you simply can’t afford to waste time indoors.

Matt and I celebrated our fifth anniversary last night. I managed to trick talk my mom and sister into coming over and putting the boys to bed while we went out. We headed to downtown Salt Lake City and had a fabulous dinner at Biaggi’s. After dinner we sat outside and watched people walk by and talked. My goodness there are some strange people in Salt Lake. I must have thought 10 times, “Gosh, I wish I had my camera so I could take a picture of that person.”

Finally, we went to see Star Trek. I’ve never even seen one episode of Star Trek in my life, so I was worried I’d be a little lost, but I wasn’t and it was actually quite entertaining.

So five years of marriage…Some days that seems like an eternity, and other days it seems like no time at all. Then when I consider that my parents have been married for 34 years my head starts to spin a little. That’s quite a long time. The cool thing is that I know Matt and I will be there before we know it. And we WILL be there. Check back here in 28 years and 364 days.

Please excuse the quality of the above scanned image. I hate that we got married right on the cusp of the big digital SLR revolution and have no digital pictures of our wedding.

And would you believe that since our wedding we have not had ONE single usable photo taken of the two of us? Let’s just say that it  hasn’t been me that acts like a baby every time a camera comes near our faces. Oh wait…here’s a good one:

 Okay, it’s no secret that I’m partial to toddler boys (especially my own), but the whole time I was taking Mr. K’s pictures and editing them I kept thinking, “Are you kidding me with this cuteness??” He was seriously so fun!

And no, he’s not a concert pianist, just a little boy who loves the sound of an instrument being abused.

If so, check out my (humble) scrapbook space featured on pages 54-55 of the July 2009 issue. I offer several tips for creating your space on a very serious budget (as I continue to be). It’s a short article that I had a lot of fun writing.