where oh where should i go?!

i know i haven't been around alot, but i still love you!

i hope you love me.

i'm (ALONE) headed to the oc (orange county california-and the reception is in coto!!!)
and wanted to know if there are any

amazing thrift shops

i can stop by.

oh, and im leaving utah thursday and coming home saturday.

im flying standby, so im unsure of what flight i will actually get.

could i be more pathetic?

and the reason im headed there for the quickest trip ever?

this pretty niece (britney) of mine...

is marrying, um, danny...

and they picked the san diego temple to be married.

and why not-it looks like a castle!

(every princess needs one!)

oh, and then monday im headed to sun valley idaho.

so if you have any suggestions, i could really use them!

dizz knee land!

yup-this is where we are headed!

and, it turns out my friends heather and megan are too!

sad, they wont let me embed it, so click here if you remember the song and want to sing along.

(or if you are you are like my brother patrick and don't even remember it, you can hear it for the first time.)

so we will see you all soon!

vacation, all i ever wanted...

oh who doesnt? (im such a geek for 80s music)
we dont go on a ton of vacations, but we always have fun.
and i hate buying tons of crappy souviners.
but i love remembering.
so years ago i came up with this BRILLANT IDEA!
vacation jars.
let me tell you how easy and cheap these are to make.
(this is our stash of jars in the tv room)

all you need is a mason jar, a lid and a vacation.

and since you are already on vacation, you have one down already!

while on your vacation, pick up things here and there. we have put sand, squished pennies, empty crayon boxes from resturants (we needed to to take the crayons out to entertain our kids the rest of the vacation), ticket stubs...you get the idea.
ANYTHING! (this one is from our trip to sun valley idaho july 2009)
then put the loacation and date on the top.
that's it.
we have the jars lined up on the shelf in out living room. nate has brought them for 'v' day in school.  the teacher loved it (and if you are like me, i still need the teachers approval!). sometimes the kids just want to look at them (not opening the jars, just thru the glass) and talk about the trip and the memories.
when they do that, i feel like the worlds best mom.
easier than scrapbooking, super cheap to make and an amazing way to remember great family vacations!
makes you want to head out right now, doesnt it?
(this one is from our trip to atlanta georgia may 2008)
im linking up to finding fabulous
and the groschen goblins and v & co and extreme personal measures and remodelaholics and i am only one and twiced remembered and delicious ambiguity