Since my lack of posting/updating is pretty obvious I thought I'd give you a sneak peak at my best excuses for the absence. In my best David Letterman voice...
#10-Our sweet 12 year old Alaskan Malamute is very sick with pneumonia. It was very touch and go for a few days but we're still crossing our fingers that he'll pull thru!
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#9-The night before we left for a 4 day camping trip with Rob's brother & his family our dishwasher went ca put! Yes that's a real word folks-it means dead as a doornail. We finally got a new one after almost 3 weeks and man was I ready to throw a party! Who knew 3 weeks without a dishwasher would be such a life altering event?!
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'Ol Betty
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New baby :)
#8-Every year I photograph the Bountiful School of Ballet dress rehearsal and create a poster to hang in the studio. This year I actually did photos for both the ballet and the jazz rehearsals so my work load was a little larger than normal.
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#7-Last weekend the kids and I were invited to enjoy the day boating on Utah Lake. We had a great time-minus the time spent waiting out the storm in the car :)
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My friend Trin and her son Alex.
#6-Tuesday night around 8pm I got a call from my local credit union asking me where I was located at that exact moment. You're not in New Castle Delaware? Nope. Do you have your debit card in your possession? Yep. Well I'm sure you can see where this is going but I'll sum it up just in case. Some lovely little criminal in Delaware created a fraudulent debit card and happened to make up a number that matched my business debit card. He used it to purchase $598 of who knows what from a Wal-Mart of all places. Of course there was no way to catch it until it had already cleared my account. Long story short I had to fill out a bunch of paperwork and close the card before any other charges could hit. Luckily the funds are back in my account now but not until after 24 hours of some serious stress.
#5-We spent the 4th of July celebrating with friends and family and the good 'ol West Bountiful parade then hit the "giraffe theatre" for Cars 2. Afterward we spent some time swimming in Grammy and Papa's pool then headed to Pizza Factory for salad bar and yummy bread sticks then back home to play games and watch the Eaglewood fireworks from our back deck. A great time was had by all :)
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It's pretty rare that I will allow anyone to capture me on the other side of the camera so this is a rare treat. With my sweet niece Sophie :)
#4-A new park opened in our neighborhood recently and it comes complete with it's own set of water fountains. Who needs The Gateway and 80million people when you can just swing over to our own little gem?!
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#3-As I mentioned in #9 we spent 4 fabulous days camping at Rockport Reservoir with Rob's brother Gary and his wife Danae and their sweet kiddos. The weather was warm and fabulous and the kids all played and played and played. Savanna even learned how to play chess with her Uncle Gary.
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photo courtesy of Danae Lilyquist
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#2-Many of you may not know this but I suffer from some pretty fabulous food intolerances and have some seriously not fun tummy traumas. It has gotten really bad over the last year or two so it was time to get to the bottom of it all. After RIDICULOUS amounts of reading and research I happened upon a book that has changed my life. Basically it lays out a very specific list of foods that I can and can't eat. I won't lie and say that I wasn't a little skeptical at first. I mean I already know that I am lactose and gluten intolerant. What else could I cut out...fruit and veggies? That was about all that was left anyway. Well it turns out that people with tummy "issues" often have a hard time digesting certain carbohydrates, sugars and starches when eaten together or in certain combinations. In layman's terms some of my favorite fruits and veggies are what's making me sick. Have I given up on ever eating my beloved broccoli or sweet baby cantaloupe ever again? Nope but for right now I'm pretty plain jane with a very short list of "approved" foods. How does this relate to blogging or my lack of it? Well when you can't have any dairy, wheat, or pre-packaged or prepared foods you are left making everything and I mean EVERYTHING you eat from scratch. My meal preparation time has more than quadrupled and I'm not going to lie and say that there aren't certain nights when McDonald's drive-thru sounds like heaven.
#1-Well folk's here we are at my #1 reason for the lack of blogging/facebooking...
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I've been busy being a wife and a mama and enjoying the summer with my family!
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Hopefully you're doing the same thing!!
Until next time...
Angela
