Abbott's Habits: September 2012

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Homecoming for Caroline!

Homecoming at Orem High is Caroline's first formal dance. She was asked to the dance by a friend named Cameron Hernandez. Side note...Nelson and Cameron's dad went to law school together and his mom and I had a sewing class together at BYU. This was before either of us had any kids, a LONG time ago....now back to Caroline's story.... Cameron knows how much Caroline loves all things to do with Mountain Man Rendezvous so he asked her in a very unique way. He made this bracelet that she is wearing that says HOMECOMING spelled out in leatherwork with a bead and leather lacing to tie it together. Here she is wearing her bracelet in all of her rendezvous finery. Sorry it is so hard to see in the picture but I promise that's what it says!

Caroline answered Cameron with a bag of goldfish crackers that said "Of all the fish in the sea, I am so glad you picked me! YES!"

Here they are as Cameron picked her up for the day date. They had a picnic lunch with another couple in their group.

Here is Caroline all ready to go!

You are so pretty Caroline!

I love the dress Caroline picked. It is very sophisticated and so Caroline! She isn't into the big poofy, lacy, princess like dresses. It is such a pretty color and very unique.

We love shoes, how could we have a post about a formal dance without showing you the shoes?

Here is Caroline pinning on the boutineer.

They look so great! Awesome tie to match her shoes Cameron!

One more thumbs up...and they're off!

Here's the crowd that were here to see Caroline off on her date. We are so lucky to have such a great family! They come when they can to see the girls all dressed up and send them on their way. Thanks everybody!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

45th Birthday...really??

My sweet niece texted me first thing in the morning of my birthday with wishes for my day celebrating my 29th birthday. She is so cute. Yeah, I can't believe it either. No, I am not sure I even remember 29. That's right, I am 45. For some reason this was a hard birthday. Maybe because it's closer to 50 than 40. Maybe it's because my dad is 25 years older than me and there is no way he could be 70. No way. Do you even have any gray hairs, Dad? I don't think so. My mom was younger than I am now when I got married. I can't see the computer screen with the font on HUGE without my reading glasses. I like afternoon naps. Ok, that's not a valid point, I have always liked afternoon naps. I probably have bunions or something! Someone help! Ok, calm down, it's ok, lots of people are this old.

Maybe because of my joy in having to claim this year I was not really super excited to make a big deal about my birthday. It was a Thursday. I had regular mom duties to perform. We really didn't need a lot of pomp and circumstance. However, my family decided I did and I guess after all is said and done I am grateful. It is always nice to be remembered and have people express love for you. Yeah, it was nice. The kids were SO busy today so Nelson baked a cake for me. Isn't that just so sweet? He is really the best husband ever, really. I like to think this cake is a tribute to my roots in a representation of the great Alaskan earthquake....or maybe it's just that Nelson didn't realize you are supposed to cut the bump off of the bottom layer of a stacked cake or this happens.

45 candles

taking forever to light all of them

Finally all lit. See the green one on the left? wax running down the cake, the pink one next to it almost burned to the bottom it took so long to get them all lit.

Whoa, so bright!

Caroline was so fun to bring me balloons after school. Her gift to me is a pedicure. That girl really knows what a girl loves, huh? I am so looking forward to that.

Even though Katie is at BYU with no car she managed to bring me some fun balloons, flowers and a nice card. It was such a fun surprise for her to come visit! Nelson and David gave me a nice shirt and sweater, I love them!

After a lot of dread about being ....45......the day turned out very nice and I feel very loved. Thanks family!

Monday, September 3, 2012

HUGE Labor Day extravaganza family vacation

We decided to splurge and take 20 hours for a family vacation. When you are short on time your choices of destination are limited so we chose to visit Provo. That's right, Provo. We took the motorhome and the boat to an RV park right outside Utah Lake for a night. The next morning we went boating for a couple of hours and then headed home. We really like to spend time with just us and the kids, even if it's for less than a day.

Caroline and David went wakeboarding. I love how pictures of boating on Utah Lake have the Y in the background. The rest of us were babies thinking it was too cold. It really was, though.

We really do need a longer vacation. We got to go to California for a week before Michael left on his mission but that was 16 months ago. Since he has left we have had 3 other less than 24 hour little trips, two of which were the same weekend with a return home for church in the middle, and that's it. Can it be that we just need him home to have a real vacation? Maybe so.