WARNING: This post displays pictures of factual events

Last week, Jeph sent me a text with this picture saying he had broken his wrist at work. Luckily he works for a doctor's office so they were going to take care of him in order to avoid workers comp. Poor kid!
Just for the record, I thought it was strange that he did not come home from work early, did not seem to be on any pain killers, and still went out with his little brother that night instead of coming home to rest. But who am I to say that my husband who has a cast on his arm is lying to me about having a broken wrist.
Needless to say, when I actually saw Jeph with the cast on, I began to believe he had really broken his wrist. However, within an hour Jeph was walking around with no cast on. He had me on this one. I guess some girl was learning how to cast people, and Jeph volunteered thinking it would be great to make me think he had broken his wrist.


Well, that was fine. Jeph made me think he had broken his wrist, I was going to get him back for that. So as I was going through some old emails, I stumbled upon the perfect picture to send to Jeph.
I saved this picture to the desktop of our computer and told Jeph I had a surprise for him.
He loved it. I could see his anxiety from across the room. I think in the end, Jeph got was coming to him.



*Special thanks to SLOC staff for providing a cast for Jeph to prank me and to Beth and Andy for sending this picture in an email a long time ago which provided me with a way to prank Jeph.

Renovation - Summer 2009

The Bathroom!

After last summer's kitchen renovation, we were so excited to get started on our next project... a year later. We (Jeph) tore out the old vanity, laid tile, installed a new vanity, tore out the florescent lights to put up new hot lighting, and made our bathroom look fabulous! I textured the walls and painted (I'm so helpful)! We still have plans to frame mirror but, it may take yet another year before that happens.

She's Back

It's a little late but, welcome home Sister Wilson!!

Way Back in May

A few months ago Jeph and I decided we would treat ourselves to a weekend away. At the last minute we got online and found an awesome deal on a hotel super close to the Strip and half priced DMB/Jason Mraz tickets.


I don't think I've seen Jeph so happy, except when he is enjoying his favorite Dave Matthews Band concerts.




Kickin' it in Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Restaurant and enjoying our waters in Mason Jars.

And live music and dancing.

Enjoying the city lights.

FHE Buddies

FHE at the Singletons + watching Orange County + eating Skookies + enjoying Dog Tricks + playing with Baby Chicks + being with good friends = a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good time!!!

I FINALLY have a little brother!!!

As you know, I am the youngest of 5 boys and so I never had a little brother. I always looked at my brothers and thought, "if I had a little brother, I'd be so much nicer to him and he'd think I was the coolest instead of thinking he was a jerk like you guys." I never felt deprived of having a little sister because (well, who wants sisters?) I had my next door neighbors who I considered to be my little sisters. Even when I married Venita, I inherited two younger sisters-in-law but her youngest brother is a year older than me so that didn't solve the problem.
Meet Aki, my new, long awaited little brother. No, L-Bizzle didn't have another baby, I decided to volunteer with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Having personally experienced the effects that good mentors can have in a kid's life, I decided that BBBS would be the most rewarding way I could volunteer in the community. He's a way fun kid and I can already tell that we're gonna have some good times together. Here are some pictures of our trip up to Ensign peak this past week. He made it up to the top in about 10 minutes (when we went with some friends a few weeks ago it took us about 30 minutes). Needless to say, with how active he is, I have my work cut out for me!

Ensign Peak

Last week we decided to hike Ensign Peak for FHE. We invited our only hangout friends Mike and Kim and Austin and Stephanie to go with us. We had a great time and especially loved how the pictures happened to turn out. Then we headed to Denny's for a good ol' fashioned 10:00pm breakfast/hot cocoa run. Thanks to fun friends for hanging out with us and making it an awesome evening of fun and laughter.

Congrats Chanae and David!!!

We're glad to have our house back!

Shady Chapel Concert at Kilby Court

My cool friend Jordan from work started up a band called Shady Chapel and invited us to one of his concerts. It was fun to experience the atmosphere of Kilby Court and enjoy some good music. We enjoy listening to Shady Chapel and if anyone is interested check 'em out on myspace. Jeph really enjoyed that Jordan looks like Johnny Depp, the bassist looks like Michael Moore, and the other guitarist looks like Napoleon Dynamite!

The whole lot of us: me, Jeph, Mindy, Paul, Amber, Jordan, and Jordan's wife.
Me and the chicas from work: Mindy and Amber.

Happy 95th Grandma Simmons

Grandma Simmons is still looking hot at her 95th birthday party. What other 95 year old shows up to her birthday party sporting high heels?
Mike and Jeph and their lovely guitar duet with special guests the lovely ladies.
Jaelyn put together this awesome lap quilt from the family.
Us with the special birthday girl!