So a picture says a thousand words....so how many words do a thousand pictures say?

Marrekesh!

One of our favorite presents from Brad's parents was dinner at the Marrekesh. If you've never been blessed to experience the Marrekesh I'll fill you in. The Marrekesh is the family's favorite Moroccan resturaunt staffed and owned by a very friendly Egyptian fellow. He remembers all the kids and details from previous visits even though ventures are only annually. If you ever go spulrge and get the feast- a delicious five course meal served family style. The food is great but it's all about the experience. Eating with your hands, fighting over the bastilla, making truces to let the food cool before anyone digs in an effort to get your fair share, and listening to stories about Mondo and his life. Not sure why but I love this picture of Zach
Justin and Stephanie

Matt and Emily

Ben and CelesteAnd...
Ang and Cameron didn't end up with a picture of the two of them but we did manage to capture a classic Angela face:)

The whole fam-damily

Our table.. Brad's such a tough guy!

Our table again.. that's more like it

The other table

To your healthUs and Mondo the owner, server, and kitchen help.. "true story"

P.S.

I had to share this video of Brad when we went iceskating.

Not much has changed. He sure does keep me laughing!

New Years Eve

It's been forever since I've posted. I've been enjoying all of YOUR blogs and decided I'd stop being just a consumer:)

We spent Christmas and New Years in Spokane and had a great time. These catch up posts will be out of order but yall can figure it out.

To start out the evening we went to Flaming Joes to watch the Gonzaga- Utah basketball game. I was pretty bummed(I"ll admit I wasn't too charming) to be watching sports but the boysenberrry boneless buffalo wings put me in a good mood. If you're ever in Spokane stop by... seriously I'm still craving them! After Flaming Joes we went to Riverfront Park with Justin and Stephanie for some ice skating.

Justin and Steph showed off their sweet skills. They're pretty much profesh :)

The hot chocolate we broughtwas aweseome! It totally hit the spot and we all guzzled it down.

Spokane's First Night celebrations were going on so skate rental was free which was a fabulous suprise. About an hour after we started skating they had everyone clear the ice and it turned out a guy had fallen down and got sliced in the head with a skate..ouch! Needless to say as we sat on the bleachers and waited we had PLENTY of time for pictures.

I LOVE my new sister in-law Stephanie and really enjoyed spending some time with her. This is a personal blog so I'll gush :) Steph is super down to earth, very mature, has a great sense of humor, tons of fun, patient, loving, and just plain beautiful! It's hard for me not to to compare myself to these awesome Wagner women and get down, but I sure am glad for their example and truly appreciate their patience with me!

We figured an hour of skating was just perfect and head to Justin and Steph's to ring in the year with a rousing game of ticket to ride:)

I'm learning that life is never perfect and it doesn't have to be to be wonderful.

Ode to the Rogers

This wednesday our friends Kent and Brinn moved back to Montana. Due to a flood in their apartment and a few other unexpected circumstances they decided to move Tuesday at 3 pm and were gone by 1 PM wednesday We were able to help them pack and get in a little quality time:) I had forgotten how good it feels to focus on others needs instead of my own. I am amazed we were able to get everything packed in less than 24 hours! We will miss them but we know they're doing what's best for their family. In honor of their "passing" I wanted to post these cute pictures of their daughter Emma at our house right before we went to Spokane for Christams. She is such a doll and Brad and I have had a great time playing with her and holding her new baby sister Camilla.

I'm grateful for all the friends I have made here in Provo who have come and moved away. But I sure am excited for the day when we no longer live in a college town and people stick around longer!

Sullivan Christmas Party

I finally made it safely to Spokane on Friday and we've been having an awesome time! Nothin like eight kids plus their kids and spouses:) On Saturday Brad's parents ward had a Santa breakfast despite thinking it started an hour later we enjoyed a fabulous breakfast, the primary's musical numbers..(never seen a string quartet in primary.. wow!) and even managed to get some pictures with santa. The sister minus stephanie who was bringing home the bacon

All the kiddies, Lucy and Jaycie were not interested in looking at the camera (the babies) and Benson is trying so hard not to be scared. The personalities in these kids could not be more different.

The ladies have had a great time crafting and shopping, the boys have been enjoying watching football and using Marv's super sweet snow blower, and the whole fam-damily has had a blast playing wii, putting together puzzles, eating tons of delicious food and treats, sledding in the backyard and watching brad use the sledding ramp as a ski jump.

no promises but I'll work on posting some sweet pictures of the above mentioned pictures and then some. Just wanted you all to know I got here safely and we're having a blast

(miss you J ans Mons!)

Great Deal!! On baby Halloween costumes

I was surfing the net looking for a cheap way to get my wisdom teeth removed and stumbled upon a great deal on baby halloween costumes! check it out here: http://store.babycenter.com/category/seasonal-special+categories/clearance/costumes+-+dress+up.do

There aren't a ton of costumes left but there is a code for free checkout code : freeship that's good until the 3rd. But a baby costume for as cheap as 2.50 ??? Pretty good deal if you ask me! I don't have kids and almost bought the bumblebee one

How cute is that?!