Hair cuts

Today I took the boys to get their hair cut. The places we have been going haven't really been working for "us" (well me). So I wanted to try a new place. We went to try this hair chain place in a new location. When we got there the shop had been replaced with this awesome new place. The place was revamped into the cool "Barber Shop" place. I felt as if we had stepped into a movie. The boys had a great haircut and we will be back. --emily

Yogurt Fight Night

I found this video while archiving some old home movies. This brings back happy memories. Emily and I made this when we were dating back in March 2002. I had wanted to make an action movie where Emily would beat me up. We didn't use a tripod--we took turns holding the camera on each other. That's why we're never in the shot at the same time. --Kelly

Go Cougars!

Jake and Andrew sporting their Blue and White! For the big game tonight. Yes, this is a old picture but I though it was a perfect post for today. --emily

Wedding Week

This weekend we had lots of extended family time. I wish we did more of this! I love my crazy, funny family.

My cousin Miranda was married on Saturday. I had a great time helping where I could. My Mom and Aunt pulled this whole reception together. It was amazing!

Here are the cupcakes I made for the party. I made lots of them. They turned out so yummy! I realized that I find joy in this sort of thing. Isn't this stand amazing? It belongs to my cousin's wife. It is a perfect girly party stand. I think I might need to find one for myself.

I also did the flowers; they were simple. Her colors were navy, silver and white. So I used white roses. They turned out very elegant. It is funny I was watching "The View" at the gym a few week ago and they had a center piece on their table that was my inspiration. Open flowers, short stems, balled together, close to the rim of the vase. I love how they turned out!

Here are the bride and groom stuffing each other with cake!

Congratulations! We wish you much love and happiness. --emily

Fun Run

Today our YW and YM volunteered at our local St. Patty's day fun run in our neighborhood. The people who organize this event are in our ward and every year they allow the young people to help with this activity. They then donate the money to girls camp and scout camp. It is an amazing way for the kids to be involved in the community and a fun way to earn money for camp! Thank you Sundwall family for the fun morning.

Girls, you did a great job today. I am so proud of your hard work and your up-beat attitude so early in the morning. --emily

Joy Filled Day

That is Jacob licking the snow right from the ground.

His arms are straight down. That is how deep the snow is.

Andrew balancing on a large snow ball made by other kids.

The snow is up to Jacob's knees.

The joy on there faces. They love playing in the snow.

And so do I! --emily

More Snow . . .

The storm did come, Yeah! We have had a ton of snow today and more is still predicted to come. Today we played in it, ate a ton of it, threw it, and sculpted it. What a multi functional activity. --emily

Spring Snow

After dad was finished working, we took the kids to the sledding hill right next to our house. We have a BIG snow storm on the way. This year we have only had a small amount of snow the weekend of Thanksgiving. So we are super excited for this snow. We live in the perfect place to enjoy great winter weather. I hope we have more to write about this week. --emily

Weekend in Bloomington - Sunday

We flew home from our fun weekend in Bloomington, Indiana. Our flight was from Indiana to North Carolina and then home to Seattle. Yep, that is right we backtracked. It was a long flight but surprisingly upbeat. I got super close to finishing the book I'm reading! I hope to finish it this week. --emily

Weekend in Bloomington - Saturday

We woke up early in the morning and walked around campus before Kelly had any responsibilities with the school. It is such a beautiful and historic campus. The school was founded in 1820. The majority of the buildings are made from limestone. Walking around campus it feels royal with all the Gothic architecture. The buildings resemble castles and the campus has amazing giant old trees. They have a forest on campus called Dunn's Woods. Kelly saw fireflies for the first time in his life in this forest back in August 2009. We heard a legend that if they ever build in this forest the deed to IU's property goes to their biggest rival, Purdue! So it will never be built on :)

Here are The Sample Gates, the archway into the school.

Kelly's responsibilities began at the orientation desk. Kelly sat with the Student Advisory Board answering questions the new students may have. Next the students gathered in the Whittenberger auditorium for the 2011 Induction Ceremony. Kelly and Kenn ushered the new MBA students to their seats. Dan Smith, dean of the business school welcomed students and introduced some of the faculty, who where there for the event.

Here we are enjoying dinner with the new MBA students. We were all assigned a table to sit at so we had the opportunity to meet new people. At our table starting on the left Patrick from Utah, Jon from Malawi, Kelly and me, Clark from North Carolina, Professor Maines, and Jason from California. We had some fun and interesting conversations. It was a great dinner!

After dinner we walked over to the famous Nick's English Hut. This is the pup popular among graduate students and alumni. We enjoyed a nice cold soda and the last of the Indiana basketball game. Even though IU lost the game, it was a fun gathering place!

Here we are! Starting on the left Kenn, Jen, me, Kelly, some random joker from the next table, and Darren.

Sunday morning, Kelly spoke at an in-residence orientation meeting that was held in the Kelley School of Business building. It is a newly built building with amazing technology. Even though it is new, it was built to resemble all the old architecture. After this meeting we walked over to the Indiana University Art Museum. We didn't have much time so we had to go quickly and I didn't see everything I wanted to. But they have a amazing curator. They have original art from Picasso. It was my first time ever seeing a original Picasso. They had a bunch of plans for Christo and Jeanne-Claude's work. They are the artists that hug the orange flags in central park in 2005. They also wrapped an entire island. He does very cool stuff. --emily