Kareoke Rob

For those of you who have been asking and waiting.... click this link to hear Robbie singing on our cruise ship. You can't see him very well but you sure can hear him loud and clear!!

Okay I guess I am not so smart...

Monocots!!

Well for those of you who left a guess- you were all right!!! Maybe it wasn't so difficult after all, but I will still let myself feel smart for that moment. Sorry Sacramento-Whitney about the candy cane, but for Amanda and Darci- A little peppermint package shaped as a cane will end up at your door sometime in the next few days!!

I'm smart!!!!

I don't really ever say this about myself... but I feel like I should say it today!! Robert called me from work to ask a question. He was playing are you smarter than a fifth grader at work ( thanks for earning the big bucks honey) and called me for his life line and million dollar question!! ( I think that is a combo of a few different game shows) The question he asked was: What type of plant are Lilies, Orchids, and Grasses? Well I got it right and he won and felt smart in front of his coworkers- as did I (while I was stirring mac and cheese and wiping snotty noses.) Granted I was a Horticulture major but still - I graduated almost five years ago so I have forgotten a lot of useless information.

Do any of you know the answer???

If you get it right I will personally come to your house and give you a candy cane..if you live in Utah that is.

Good luck!

the top ten Free Things to do at Christmas( in no particular order)

1.

Give love to your Old Man

2.

Sit and Cry with Santa at Fashion Place Mall

and you 'get' to use your digital camera

to take a picture of your kids-- for free

( the last mall that will let you do it for free!!! Ba Humbug)

3.

Make yummy sugar cookies

Don't forget the great Symbol of christmas... the Stegasaurous.


4.

Eat icing, (any yummy sugar treat for that matter) like its going out of style



5. Shovel the walk and freeze to death then come in and drink yummy hot chocolate

6.

make peppermint marshmallows for your Hot Chocolate

by smashing up candycanes,

dipping marshmallows in powdered sugar/water glaze

and then rolling in the peppermint.

7. Watch free Movies on TV or from the Library: ie. Charlie Brown Christmas, Testaments, Disney Ice Princess, Christmas Carol, The Christmas Story.

8.

Lighting and hanging the tree with your family while you sing crazy Christmas songs

9. Go to Temple Square to see the Nativity or act out the Nativity with your own family.

10.Dream of escaping the snow and wearing a speedo on a warm, sandy beach
Merry Christmas!!!!

Some pics and recap from our Mexican Vacation:

We brought home a mexican wrestler named SanTiagito (Little James in spanish)





Hot Sauce and Coconuts- yummy

fun friends in Ensenada

Hot Short Shorts on our Catamaran in Cabo

View of our ship off Lovers Beach

So no red ligh heels and slutty bikinis but it was a lot of fun and a lot of sleep- very relaxing- just in time for all the snow we are getting. I can't complain now....:) The highlight of the trip for me was Rob singing kareoke to Boys to Men -- I'll make love to you. I signed him up so he was suprised when they called his name. He went up to sing even though he was bright red. I don't think I have laughed so hard in a long time.

Cabo Arch

Embarking on the cruise.