28 August 2011

Bowtie Festival

Hilary figured out a very close recipe to Johnny Carino's Bowtie Festival. It is maybe the most amazing pasta, well ever. I tried making it the other day and it turned out DELISH. 

This picture doesn't even begin to do it justice.


*e-mail me if you want the recipe - and I'll see if I can get permission!

11 August 2011

Twins!

I'm excited to post about the TWINS! They came and made a surprise visit these past couple weeks. BEST SURPRISE EVER! We had so much fun with Hilary and Jordan and their little tinies - Bella (aka Belly) and Sofia (aka Sofie Mofie).

Here are just a few pictures to show you how much fun we had!

Here are the girls on their way to see us! (Hil and Jord sent this to us when they were in the airport… Can you imagine how excited we got to squeeze those little ones?!)

 Hanging out with A Ali wearing their feather head bands

 Grandpa Keith surprised them with this double seat Radio Flyer. They really loved riding in the wagon!

 When the grown-ups were boring… they found way's to entertain themselves.

 Like true siblings… They fought a little over the coolest toy - the drum sticks. So funny.

 They liked to lounge and drink their 'baba's' 

A large percentage of the time we would find both of them cuddling up to Grandma Allyson (Nana).

 They played around the sofa, practicing their walking skills!

 Such a cute little Mug!

 They got to spend Remi's Birthday with all of their Grandparents on their mom's side. Grandma Helen, Grandpa Roy, and Grandma Dot

The twins also love to swim! So we got to go spend an afternoon at the pool with them!

Bella with her classic tongue out and holding her toes. Just having fun swimming with A Ali :)

Sofia was a little more adventurous and appreciated a good splash. What a cutie with her curly locks!

We had a blast spending time with the girls! Thanks for coming to see us Hil and Jord!

07 August 2011

REMI MAE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Happiest, Funniest, Kindest, Sweetest, Most Dramatic, Most Entertaining, Most Beautiful GIRL on Planet EARTH.

Any person in the world would have to be CRAZY not to love you. And I am definitely not crazy! Love you Remi Mae. Happy happy Birthday.






Can you believe she is 14 today?!

02 August 2011

Tarnation

Earlier today I was hanging out with my best friend. Our conversation went like this.

Best friend: Ali, do you know what 'what in tarnation' means?
Me: Nope, do you?
Best friend: Well, it just means… what the.

Hahaha

She is six.

17 July 2011

Flashback

Today as I was cleaning out my drawers and closets, I happened upon some of my favorite memories of all time - my high school dance pictures! I rummaged through them and was able to find pictures from every dance. They are so fun, I figured it was necessary to scan them so I had digital copies. Then I decided I would blog them for your (but mostly my) viewing pleasure! Enjoy.

Girls Choice

 "A Night on the Nile" with Tanner. Our shirts said "Who's Your Mummy?" This was my first girls choice dance, and it was so much fun!


 "Vegas, City of Lights" with Steven. Our shirts had our dates names on the front, written in dice. Then the back said "That's How I Roll." Clever, right?!


 "Cops & Robbers" with Nic! Shirts said "I Shot the Sheriff, But I Didn't Shoot…" Dinner was at Bethany's and the decorations were better than those at the dance!


 "The Luck of the Irish" with Andrew. The shirts for this read "At the End of the Rainbow I Found…" We thought we were clever with our rainbow shirts!

Commencement 

 This was my very first formal dance "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight," it was with Spencer, and it was awesome! Yes - you did see me wear this dress to another dance below. Disclaimer: They were a year apart, and let's be honest… that dress is bangin'!


 "A Night to Remember" with Austin. Loved this dress. He asked me the cutest of any dance. It involved a Teddy Bear and literally hundreds of chocolate kisses!


This was my very last formal dance, "A Walk to Remember." Who better to go with than Brian? He told me his suit color so I could match my dress to it. He was that excited about it!

Senior Ball

 "Star Struck" with Carter. Loved this dance. I also loved how he asked me - there was a bag of peanuts with a poster that said… can you guess? Probably not. …"Ali, because I'm nuts… will you go to Senior Ball with me?!" Haha, classic Carter, so funny. I loved it. Also, please notice Shelby's dress in the group picture (it is the mint green one). That was my Grandma Dot's high school Prom dress. How neat is that!? 


 "A Night of Espionage" with Cory. Favorite part: When we were dancing and I lost Cory,  I looked down and found him in the splits on the floor. He did it intentionally - it was just one of his better dance moves!

Homecoming

 "A Moment in Time" with Jeremy. This was a lot of fun, Hilary also won Miss Tri-Counties this night!


Without a doubt this was my favorite dance and favorite dress. "Back in Black" with Spencer! My club was in charge of this dance, and we did an amazing job if I do say so myself! I also picked out the picture backdrops! They are pretty neat, aren't they?!

Rummage Romp

This was the at the end of the year - the dress code was anything you could find at the rummage sell. As you can see, we always looked real classy.

 Turkey Trot


This was our Pilgrims and Indians dance that we had late November - it was always very fun!

15 July 2011

Fishing

Over 4th of July weekend, we went camping and fishing! It was really fun, but I think it is best described in pictures… so, here they are!



As you can see, the lake was beautiful!


We found these Pelican Eggs in the shallow water!


Here are all of the crew members!


Another pic. of the view.

Just a picture of my scar, for good measure.


As you can see, we ate very well :)

And here were my sleeping quarters!

Not a bad trip if you ask me.