Skip To The Good Part

This post is a recap of the past week, please excuse the picture quality-- all photos were taken on my phone, and I am sure the camera had nasty fingerprints on it all week!!

Riley drove into Provo on Monday all the way from North Carolina; that's a 36 hour drive y'all!

I was so excited to see him. It was my first day of work and I didn't get off til 9. 

I didn't think he was going to get into town until about ten o'clock, but he actually got in at six. SNEAKY!

He went to my house and got Lauren's help setting up a plan...

He walks into Jos. A. Bank at 8:15 and leaves a note for me. 

It was an invitation to meet him at The Happy Sumo for dinner after I got off work. 

As he was walking out my manager figured out who Riley was (since work was slow and I talked about him) and he let me leave early. 

Riley had a dozen red roses in his truck; he had planned to wait for me to meet him at the restaurant.

We ate some delicious sushi!

On Tuesday we went to Ogden to play with CapriLee and Hayze.

This girl is the sassiest! She wanted to eat at Costa Vida, so we all went to lunch together.

 On Wednesday morning I cut Riley's hair and then we bought some sunscreen and snacks and went to Seven Peaks. They almost didn't let me in with my cheez-its, but then the guy said "Oh, you must be hypoglycemic, have fun!" I didn't ask questions...

We rented a tube and did all of the slides; Riley's favorite was the one that he rode backwards--should have seen his face.. he thought he was dropping to his death! It was a lot of fun. 

We headed to Salt Lake for the He Is We concert and ate at The Cheesecake Factory first.

The menu was literally a textbook, so with a little guidance from our waiter we got some delicious food. 

Riley couldn't get enough of the bread, but I think he liked the butter more.

I ate about a quarter of my meal and then Riley ate some of it, but I ate all the mushrooms off of his plate. SO GOOD! Thank you aunt Jenny for my love of mushrooms :]

We were too full to eat dessert so we got a slice of red velvet cheesecake to go. 

We finally got to the concert after I got us lost and we went two miles in the wrong direction.

South Jordan, the second band that played was awesome! They were so entertaining

Here is one of their songs

The third band should have quit before they played their first song. It was terrible, but it got everyone even more excited for He Is We.

Turns out the lead singer for He Is We is sick.. so this girl filled in for he and did a really good job.

Just kinda strange that the lead singer wasn't there. It's like going to a Taylor Swift concert and they are like- "O, hey, Taylor isn't here but this girl is gonna sing her songs".. strange

 Skip To The Good Part

Fun- We Are Young & All About US

I thought Riley just brought me to the concert because I love He Is We so much, but he was singing along to  half of the songs that they played. It was so much fun! I think we were the only college kids there. So many high school mullets. It was entertaining to say the least.. 

On Wednesday we ate red velvet cheesecake for lunch.. oh yeah, and some of the leftovers too ;]

Best cheesecake of my life. I ate all of the cream cheese icing off the top!

I don't know how three days went by so fast, but I had so much fun!

ps- The concert was two days ago and my ears are still ringing!

O Capri, She's beauty!!

Last Saturday my favorite girl CapriLee Rose came to spend the night with me!

We had a big day together. 

We went swimming

We played barbies and babies outside on my newly completed t-shirt quilt

We went to the BYU creamery and ate corn dogs and ice cream (i-lick)

She got Sparkle--it is straight up grape soda in pink ice cream flavor

We played games and made new friends

I was exhausted by the time we finally went to bed (9 pm, lol)

She slept in my little bed with me and kicked me all night, haha!

She woke up at 6am and wanted more milk

Then at 7:30 she grabbed my sleeping face and said "TUBBY TIME!!!"

So she was bathed before 8 am, church didn't start til 10:40. .

I MADE BLUE PANCAKES!

We went to sacrament meeting and then fed the duckies

they love cheerios!

My home teachers came over and Capri was showing off and giving them the flirty eyes ;]

On the way home exhaustion finally set in and she passed out in her carseat!!

It was so much fun to have her for the weekend, Thanks Dan and Liese :)

Silly faces. .  

YUMMY!!

Love you guys!!

The worst sunburn my face has ever experienced

I took Conlee and Capri to swim today and we had so much fun!

It was good to get a little bit of sun, 

because I feel like I have spent most of the summer hiding inside with my sewing machine.

About two hours after we came back to the house my face started to burn and itch like crazy. 

Now it feels like I have one of those cucumber masks on that makes your face feel all tight and leathery.

I used my microderm abrasion gel thinking my skin was just really dry.

My face rejected the abrasion--and my face bled a little. . 

I put on some moisturizer.

It burned like salt in an open wound..

I washed the moisturizer off and the burn only increased. .

"WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY SKIN?

MY FACE IS NOT EVEN RED!!"

(I think to myself whilst I stand under the ceiling fan soothing the burn)

I REMEMBER! 

"Exposure to sunlight while using this product may cause skin irritation"

(Warnings from the label on the cream I recently started using on my face)

So I contemplate whether to use the product again or not.

I go for it! And guess what happened?!

It soothed the burning deep inside my skin!

Go figure, the same product that caused me so much pain is the only one that makes it feel better!

This photo has no relation to today, but the face pretty much sums up the way I am feeling

Calling all Baby (Bopper) lovers

For those of you who gush over the ridiculous cuteness of babies

with their over-sized heads and teeny little bodies. . .

This one's for you...

Last week I took CapriLee pants to Raysh's baseball game.

We had to drop Raysh off an hour before the game started

and it was just TOO HOT to sit outside for a WHOLE HOUR before the

90-minute game even started.

So Capri and I headed back to the car to make an ice cream run to Country Corner

(i-lick as Capri calls it)

I unlocked the passenger door to throw Capri's "diaper" bag in,

and she jumped in the car and climbed into the driver seat.

she then said-

"Pri drive, Ta-duh tarseat"

TRANSLATION- "Capri drives, and Tara sits in the carseat"

I laughed as she reached up and grabbed the steering wheel.

"Uh-Oh, Busted!!"

Watch for the disastrous cake pops to be blogged soon!

Council, Cowboys, Color, and CapriLee

Next Semester is looking good for the Service Council

We have cowboys (and some indians too) ;]

We have ultimate zoom cameras

We picked up a few line dances at the Rockin' R Ranch

and rode a few horses!

Hike the Y

Allie

Josh, Allie, and myself (talking about unicorns n such)

Lauren and I Rockin those pocketless, high-waist riders!

Lauren Wo (not to be confused with the above mentioned) has dark(er) brown hair!!

and I have darker brown hands and fingernails (gloves are muy importante!!)

Before

During

After!!

Sorry that I failed to brush my hair that day :]

Little Capri pants isn't so little anymore.

She is so much fun to be around and she is such a big talker.

My favorite is when she scrunches up her face and puts her hands in the air and say"WHAT?!"

Other favorite is when you do something nice for her and she says "Nanks"

The other night she was trying to climb into the car window and when Dan tried to grab her she gripped as hard as she could--here are a few snapshots!

Siddy (english translation- Silly)

Sweet Valentine

In preparation for Valentine's day I was cleaning the kitchen last

night and overheard some boys in the BC singing
SWEET VALENTINE
(Sweet Caroline)
in a most beautiful harmony.
I opened the door for a better listen and sang
along while I swept the floors! It was so cute.

speaking of cute! This was the sweetest valentine I got all day!
Sweet little Capri says Happy Valentine's day Aunt Tara :)

. . .And so does Roo! Thanks for being such a sweetie pie!
you are the cutest :)Oh, Sweet Valentine,
Good times never seem so good,
(SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!)
I've been inclined. . . to believe it never would. . .
Hope everyone had a fabulous day,
can't wait to buy half-price Valentine candy tomorrow!!