A litte aggressive?

So this morning we were taking Mike to school and coming up on a big intersection and this car on the street perpendicular to us tried to make a free right into the lane next to us (apparently didn't realize that there was a car right there) so to avoid hitting the car, she crossed that lane and then continued into our lane cutting us off as well (by the way, the light was totally green for us, this lady was not smart) so we had to slam on our brakes and Mike blared the horn for probably a full 15 seconds while we tried to avoid hitting this car. Luckily we did, and then of course Brayden asked us what was going on. So I said "Someone was being really stupid and almost got us into an accident." I probably should watch what I say for many reasons and because Caleb is a fighter not a flighter and he started chanting "Stupid car. Punch the stupid car. My punch the car. Punch the stupid car."

What I'm listening to right now

Mike is man-handling a dead chicken for our dinner tonight and trying to entertain the boys at the same time. So he's making the chicken dance and sing, and he's telling the boys how the chicken was beheaded to die and how he just broke the bones in the chicken neck trying to do I don't know what. It is guuuurrrooooossssssss!!!!!! If Mike ever dies, my boys will never be able to eat this meal again. Too bad because it's super tasty!! Oh, and it looks like Mike just found the chicken's kidneys and is now giving a tutorial on how they work. Yuck!

The Happy Couple

Neal and Michelle got married on December 6 in the Seattle temple. As you can see from the picture, they are happy!!!!! It only took four years. They apparently knew within a month in a half of dating that they wanted to get married and they had their four year plan to get everything to work the way they wanted (missions, etc.) I guess the sealer must have felt their anticipation because he talked for a tiny bit, looked at them and said, "Let's do what we came here to do. Let's get this couple married." So without a lot of ado, they became the newest Bastian couple.
They had great weather, the rain held off, and they had an excellent photographer and everything looked amazing, especially Michelle. I loved her hair. We had a good time seeing family, Caleb had lots of fun hiding under th dessert tables and Brayden liked wrestling Sydney, the dog. All pictures of Brayden and Caleb from the reception show them wrestling on the floor. I'm sure lots of people were wondering where their irresponsible parents were.
Now, most people don't make money at their receptions (aside from gifts), but we have an uncle, and calling him a prankster is an understatement, who paid Neal and Michelle $100 to smash the cake into each other's faces. Neal wanted to, Michelle said, "Don't you dare!" and then proceeded to smash cake into Neal's face. Great fun. I think Neal's highlight of the reception was getting to peal out in my Dad's Mercedes afterwards. The only bummer is that Neal brought home some nasty virus from the Phillippines (b/c he had got off his mission three weeks before the wedding) and gave it to Michelle. So she was pretty hosed by the time they got married. She was upbeat about it though, and said they had fun staying up all night coughing and getting caught up on their favorite TV shows. Now on to real life. Good luck Neal and Michelle!

Happy Holidays!!

Notable Quotables

Brayden: "Mom, Caleb's being wicked!!." Caleb was in the kitchen dumping out spices.

C: "Noooooooooooo!!! Brayden, time out!"
B: "Whatever."
I find this one funny because often when Mike is kind of upset about something I did, I being the really understanding person that I am, say, "Whatever."

Michelle (my younger sister) "I'm so grateful for Twilight. I feel so beautiful in my pale skin. It makes me feel like a vampire." This girl used to fake 'n bake WAY too much, so I'm grateful for Twilight also. Who wants a leathery old hag by the time they are sixty for a sister anyway? Just kidding. I just don't want a skin cancer infested sister.

Fun with Brushes

I've been wanting to figure out how to use brushes in Illustrator for a while. I played around with it a little while ago trying to make a wedding announcement, and couldn't get it. But I decided to try again when I decided to donate Christmas cards for my auction item for Brayden's preschool. (We are all supposed to donate something worth $50 for the school's auction.) So my neighbor (who is a graphic designer) came over and gave me a brushes tutorial. It was soooooo fun!!!! I think I have a little (or a lot) more to learn about them, and I really wish I could take a class in Illustrator. But I know enough about them to get around. I think. Oh, and this isn't our Christmas card for the year, it's just one of the samples for the auction.

Playing with our food

We bought a little book from Kroger this fall and it had tons of yummy, fun, Halloween food ideas. We've made mummy dogs, witches' hats, cauldron apples, snake stromboli, ghost rice krispy treats, and tombstone brownies. Here are pictures of a couple. There were a lot more fun treats in the book we wanted to try, but there just wasn't enough time! But that means I have lots of fun ideas for next year. I really like food. :)