Selling stuff on KSL

So many of you know that I am raising money for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America to run a half marathon in honor of my dad who suffers from Colitis. I have had a few garage sales (more on that later) to get some cash flow coming in and have posted some things on KSL.com that didn't sell at the garage sale. Thought I would announce it on here too so that if anyone was interested in the stuff, they could find it! :) If you are interested in any of the following, click on the link for the ad and let me know!! Haha thanks for humoring me!

Bamboo Window Shade
Fax Machine
Throw Pillows
Computer Monitor with keyboard
Couch 1
Couch 2
Reader's Digest Books (I know, funny huh?)
Porcelain Snowman Set
Air Hockey Table
Desk 1
Desk 2
Wedding Dress
Mirror

Cabin Fever!

I know that I posted, oh YESTERDAY, that I am going to unclutter my life. And that that might mean less blogging. So what am I doing? Sitting here blogging, posting stuff on KSL (that is important though) when I should be at work (luckily, I can go whenever). But, I want to get some stuff on here so people know what we've been up to! And plus, Cailen is two now. You all need to see that and see his birthday stuff. Yes, you need to. So, I am going to post this whether my priorities list likes it or not (and yes, I made a priorities list this morning, and blogging was on the list entitled "Things I would like to do", work was on the "Things I need to do"......oh well).

It is summer!! We are so excited. It means fun times with family, friends and great weather. Well....except for these stupid rains we've been getting, DURING MY GARAGE SALES. Whatever. Anyway, we did get away a few weeks ago to Mark's family cabin. We just decided to pick up and go! Our friend Zak (my cousin actually) decided to join us. We had fun just lounging around, Cailen did great at entertaining himself, and the beach was surprisingly pretty warm! It was great!! Here are some pics to show you just what fun we had :) Anytime you guys want to join us there, let us know! We're game!!

Cailen decided to put the "man" to sleep

Crazy Badmitten tourny

Cailen taking pictures again, I helped a little with the placement.

The cow outside the restaurant :)

He found these on our walk to get shakes and LOVED blowing them :)

Beach Time! (pictured with Zak)

An intense game of Battleship

Fun to See Old Friends

My friend Keri came in town over Memorial Day and a bunch of us got together to celebrate :) We were all college roommates and have stayed in contact ever since! I don't actually think any of them read this blog, but oh well, haha. I really meant to get a picture of all of us, but I totally forgot until everyone had left! It was Keri, Christy (who is engaged!!), Nissa and her husband Jacob, and me and Mark and Cailen. We went to eat and went back to Nissa's for desert and chitchat. Lots of fun to see everyone again!

Keri playing with Cailen on the...whatever/balance board

Cailen taking pictures with the camera, of me and of Christy

In Need of Some Un-Cluttering!!

This can't be healthy....

I have been meaning to do sooo many things! I have mental lists, and actual lists, that seem neverending! Such is the life of someone in the "fast lane." I have decided that my life needs uncluttering. Very much so. Here is an article in the Ensign that really inspired me to take a good look at my life and make sure I am doing the important things first and then picking and choosing additional things. Because of this, I may or may not be doing a lot of blogging. I obviously have been having a hard time finding the time. I also may be doing dumb things that are wasting my time instead of documenting my life and my family's life as well as keeping in touch with friends. So my goal this week is to analyze how I am spending my time (this involves cleaning out my Google Reader!!! WAAAY too many blogs I'm following in there!) and making sure that my priorities are straight. That said, I hope to see you in a few days :) In the meantime, I am off to one of my top priorities...CHURCH! :)

My future life :) Nice and uncluttered!

Dallas! Oh, Texas, how I miss you...

Cailen, Mark and I took a trip to Texas at the beginning of April to move my sister Heather up to Utah. Yea! Cailen and I left a few days before Mark so that I could visit a few of my high school friends that I haven't seen in years!!! It was a lot of fun! I got to see my friends Kathryn and Renee, both of whom were pregnant at the time (Kathryn has since had her little boy and he is a cute munchkin!!! Congrats again Kat!). Kathryn lives in Dallas with her husband and Renee was in town for Kathryn's baby shower and stayed a few extra days so she could see me. We went out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Always a winner. Cailen was a hit, since both my friends were soon to be mommies. They have got to get used to little balls of energy and silliness like him! He took a little while to warm up, but soon made silly faces like usual. I had fun catching up on things with them and reminiscing. I was also able to visit with my friend Sam. He was actually just staying the night in Dallas for a layover on his way home to El Paso. Crazy timing! It was perfect! I was able to see his family and visit with them for a little bit, as well as show off Cailen. Then Sam treated us to the Rainforest Cafe! Cailen loooooved the elephants we sat by and thought it was cool to look at the fish swimming with Sam. Lots of fun hanging out like ol' times! I was able to meet up with a fourth friend at the Fort Worth Zoo!! Her name is Erin and we were buds in school, clear from Middle School! She gave us an awesome tour and told us some fun things about the animals. It was awesome! Thanks Erin!

Cailen's 1st Airplane ride!

Kathryn, me, Cailen and Renee

Hanging out with Sam

Zoo with Erin (and Heather)

Trip home. Mark smiling as he is driving the U-Haul

Heather and I were able to go to some of her favorite local places to eat and hang out before she had to leave. My mom and Mark came down a few days after me to help us load the truck and get movin'. We took two days to drive back to Utah and it was a looong 2 days. Mark and I were driving the U-Haul and my mom and sister drove her car with the 2 dogs, 1 cat and Cailen! It wasn't too bad and soon enough we were in Utah! So now my sister is living in Utah, which is kinda weird because it's been sooo long since we have ALL lived in the same area (since 2000). It's been fun for her to hang out with Cailen and now we're all local! It was a lot of fun to visit Texas too and I am making a pact with...myself I guess, to visit Texas again!! El Paso, here I come!

Belated Ward Easter Egg Hunt

Yes, I am still trying to catch up, despite several people telling me to just start with the here and now. But there are some cute things that have happened!! And I want them documented, if only for my sake :) So here is Cailen at our ward Easter Egg Hunt...oh...back in March, hehe.We had it at our local park, just down the street from us. Cailen had a blast looking for eggs, playing with real bunnies and playing on the playground. It was a little cold so after getting all the eggs, we pretty much left so his little hands wouldn't freeze! But it was fun. We spent actual Easter with Mark's family down by Price camping. I'll post about that later though. Hope everyone is enjoying good weather and summertime fun!

Hello All!! I'm Back!

Man, it has been a long time since I have been blogging. And I gotta tell you, I'm not sure how on top of this I can be. Life has just gotten crazy!! I have a (almost) 2 year old and he makes life fast paced and demanding :) But he is a blast! I figured I would try to do a picture review of the last few months, so that I sort of felt up to date and then I can just go from there. We'll see how this goes considering my computer is on the fritz...or just doesn't like me! I just tried to upload over 500 pictures from my camera and they are no where to be found on my computer! So...I'm going to try again and then maybe we'll have some pictures for you to enjoy :)

March:

Playing in the backyard on a warm day. He threw his ball around for at least 30 minutes. Then he inspected the bugs on the tree and that took like 10 minutes. He also gave the tree a hug :)

Making cookies with Mommy (they turned out disgusting by the way). He wore my apron which strongly resembled a dress....especially when he twirled and danced in it...

Playing outside on another great day! He loves balls and he would not come out of the planter that he is playing in. He kept throwing the ball under the bush and getting it, then repeating. He also loves his slide. He likes the camera too and took a "great" picture of me, or my elbow I should say. I went inside for something real quick and when I came back out, I about freaked out because I couldn't find him! I started yelling his name and running around to the front yard when..."Mama!" There he is, hiding under his slide! Little sneak!

Hilarious! I went shopping with my mom and sister and thought I might try to get Cailen some new clothes. We decided to try them on and man did Cailen love looking at himself in the mirror!! Can you tell which one is the real Cailen??

Ball Pen Time! Cailen loves balls, as said before. He got this bad boy for Christmas...wait no, his bday last year. Anyway, loved it then, but now he is old enough to REALLY love it! He kept chucking the balls out and then going and throwing them back in. He would climb in throught the windows, as seen in the 4th picture, slithering in like some little animal. He even coerced his dad to join in :) (nice pj's Mark)

Check out those muscles!! So as many of you know, I am training for a half-marathon (little plug inserted here :) hehe), and for a while I was going to my local Rec Center and using their track. Well on this particular day, I had Cailen with me, but I was planning on taking him swimming afterwards for being such a good little boy! I invited my little sister Michelle along and she came a little early to watchi him while I finished up. They entertained themselves by "lifting" weights. My big boy is STRONG! :) It was hilarious to watch. He would run after me sometimes too when I would run by. Cutie patootie is almost 2!!

That's all I'm putting in this post, it's already jam-packed! We have fun, us Barber's. Stay tuned for more info on the Barber clan!