My Mom {Peeps Post #11}

Today's peeps post is about one of my favorite people. My mama bear. Have you met her?


She's a world traveler, chef extraordinaire, a rock climber, an amazing mom. (just to name a few)

She stands by her convictions and beliefs. She loves, cares, and protects her family. She's hysterical, a fun person to be around, and would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it.

She's the funnest person to give a gift to, or share a talent with. She raves and makes you feel as if you are the most amazing person in existence. She cooks like no one's business. She can whip up a recipe off the top of her head and it will knock your socks off.

She's smart. My entire childhood I always knew I could ask her a question and she would know. Or find the answer. She is the best example of someone who practices what she preaches that I can think of.

She would do anything for her kids. She loves her husband and is an amazing example of a strong woman who has a strong marriage. She has always taught me to stand up for myself and be strong. To realize my value.

Something that amazes me is she knows how to do EVERYTHING. She cooks, sews, draws, rock climbs, and has a better top bowling score than I do. (In the 240's!) She went back to school to get her nursing degree just a few years ago. Not a lot of people would have the courage or the drive to do that.

My mom has such a witty sense of humor. She is the best person to get laughing, because it's infectious. My mom has a sense of humor that catches me off guard sometimes with how funny it is.

She amazes me with her strength. Have I mentioned she's pretty? Well beautiful really. She's a mom to be proud of. And I am. I can't imagine life without her. I wouldn't know how to live it. She helps me solve problems, she encourages me. She truly cares.

When I was little she made it a point to stay home so she would be there during the week, and so I would be able to have someone to come home to. She helped me with countless school projects and science fairs. She made the mediocre, magnificent.

In a world of mothers who aren't there for their kids, who aren't involved in their lives. I have a hard time fathoming why I get to be so blessed and lucky to have such an incredible mom. We have spent nights laughing our guts out until we are crying. We have been on adventures and a plethora of vacations. She has taught me the love of traveling and how important it is to know what else is out there and to appreciate what our country has to offer.

I love you mom. I hope you realize how much you affect my life and make it better. I really have been blessed with family. Mom you are my rock, I don't express my feelings very well, but you can rest assured that when I count my blessings and pray and thank Heavenly Father, you are one of the first names I mention.

Love you,

Lambkin

Utah State Fair

This weekend we went to the fair with some friends. Thanks to Eric, Bonnie, Jon, and Ella for the fun in the sun.

We checked out just about everything. The photography, the animals, the food. (I get my funnel cake fix once a year at the fair.) Here is our fair trip in pictures..

Wow, that looked pretty bad.

Remember in Clueless where Tai walks into the party and falls down the stairs, and then the random guy comes up to her and says "Are you okay? That looked pretty bad."

That's the first thing that popped into my head when I fell at the grocery store this week..

The other night it was pouring rain and I stopped to get a 12 pack of Sprite and a gallon of milk. It was so crowded that there wasn't much parking, so I definitely had an audience for the ever so graceful swan dive.

I was wearing flip flops and totally slid coming out of the store and fell hard. My legs went flailing, I dropped the box, and cans went flying all over. All the while cursing and slumped on the ground I tried to gather the scattered Sprite cans.

That's when I hear, "Wow, it's slippery out here, are you okay?" When I looked up I saw a chubby 15 year old kid in a Metallica shirt staring down at me.

I was so embarrassed and was trying to get out of there. I mumbled something like "Yeah thanks." but when I looked back up, he had already left and was quickly getting into a car. It was bizarre because tons of people were watching and not one of them said anything except for this kid and it wasn't like he was helping me gather the cans and help me up, he was almost just making an observation.

When I got home I relayed the story to Bob and he just sat silent for a minute and then said "Wow, it's incredible how often this stuff happens to you." "You know winter is coming up, and with all the ice maybe we should invest in getting you some knee pads and a helmet."

Tom the Polite Peeper

A couple of days ago Bob and I woke up to find the light in our bedroom on. Well half on, kind of like dimmed. When we woke up we both asked each other why the light was on. Well it turned out neither one of us had turned it on. (or remembered turning it on)

So of course I started to freak out.

"Bob! That's creepy!"

"Why is it creepy?"

"Because someone else turned it on.. or something else!"

"Caity, really don't you think it's more logical that we don't remember, or it got bumped or something?" "Or maybe it's an electrical issue?" "I mean what other explanation is there?"

"It could have been a peeping Tom watching us sleep."

" Oh okay, well that's logical, that's fine then."

" That doesn't bother you? Someone was in our room watching you sleep, and that doesn't bother you?!"

"No, I don't mind. I mean he seems pretty polite, he locked the door after he left and was quiet."

"Well he didn't turn off the light."

"If that's the worst thing that happened, I'm okay with him stopping by."

"Fine, but he's chipping in on the electricity bill."

September

September in Utah is one of my favorite times. It means the weather is cooling down. It means the leaves are changing just a tad. We get more rainy days. In the early mornings I crank up the heater in my car, and by the afternoon drive home, I need to turn on the air conditioner to cool down. It's that happy in between time.. where it's not quite Summer and Fall hasn't yet arrived.

When I glanced out the window just now, this is what I saw and it seems to sum it all up for me..

A few white puffy clouds entangled with some rain filled ones. With a happy blue sky to boot. (I just sounded like Bob Ross, didn't I?)

"I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier."

First of all let me just say thanks to Bonnie for coming with me. She really helped me out. And she even let us drive her car there. She's such a fun girl, and really is one of my best friends. We talked, we ate, we drove, we danced, we sang at the top of our lungs. Such a fun trip!

On Wednesday we hopped in the car and headed to Colorado.


It was a gorgeous drive. It didn't feel like nine hours, but that's what it ended up being. We arrived in Morrison just a bit before the concert started. The theater really is breathtaking. Those Coloradoans.. Colaradoites?.. sure are lucky to live so close to such an amazing venue.

The concert was so fun. The Killers put on an amazing show. They had fireworks and confetti bombs and crazy special effects. They sounded awesome and even had a good opening band. Bonnie and I screamed so much that our voices were ragged by the end. We danced like crazy and probably drove people crazy with all of the pictures we took.

After the concert was over there were so many people trying to leave, that we just decided to roll down the windows, enjoy the cool night air, and sing to the radio. People probably thought we were drunk, but we didn't care, we were having fun. We sang everything from Heart to Kanye. We were laughing until our stomachs hurt.

We stayed at a nice hotel with two very comfortable beds. We slept in, and then headed into the city.

We stopped at a darling shopping district, went to a yummy bakery, did some window shopping and munched on a sour cream muffin.


Then did a little antique shopping and headed back to Morrison to have lunch in their cute little town.

After lunch we headed home. We arrived around midnight. This is a picture we took on our way to Colorado..


And this is the one we took when we got home..

Can you tell we played hard? It was an awesome trip. I was lucky to have such a fun travel buddy.