zach: the ward sports director

this is the email my husband sent out to all of the men in our ward...my neighbor then read it to me...and i had to share.

readers, i present to you, my husband:

"Church basketball is coming up! The first games start Dec 27. There will be 3 teams from our ward. Deacons/Teachers, Priests and a Seniors team. Priests already graduated from High school must play on the Seniors team. Remind your sons and neighbors.

I'm trying to get Jerry Sloan out of retirement to come coach us but my restraining order from him is hindering my objective (joke...Jerry would never do that to me). Anyways, It should be a blast! Come out and burn some calories in the winter months.

If we have to we can combine with other wards to make a full team, but we would need to know before the season starts if that's the case.

Let me know if you can make some games this year or have any questions."

p.s. (This is liz again) in case you're wondering, he had one response... unfortunately, not everyone in the ward knows my husband, so they might not know what to think. i'm picturing the guy in our ward that owns a genealogy company and has 5 kids. and our bishop. haha. oh my husband. sure love you, my dear.

thanksgiving in vegas

vegas for thanksgiving turned out to be a great option for this year with my fam. good food, no dishes. lovely.
and then the black friday shopping?? uh-mazing. i mean, we were in vegas.
around 11pm thanksgiving night i started complaining about not having a sister to go black friday shopping with at midnight and how i really needed one... turns out, that's what brothers are for, too. they may not be able to decide whether it's a yes, absolutely buy or a mm, maybe buy it and see how you are feeling about it tomorrow and then decide... but they were great to have a long for the ride. and were pretty good  at the "definitely no" option.
and they were quite entertained by how it kind of felt like it was three in the afternoon not 1am in the mall....
bless black friday and the nonstop deals i wait all year for. i've literally been saving and planning for months for this day. love. and it was a success. me and the boys got home around 4am, then my mom woke me up at 7 to go out again. i couldn't say no to more deals or more shopping, so out we went. am i crazy? don't answer that question.

luckily i got a nap while z taught the boys how to play black jack with m&ms, because we went to beatles love that night. love love. oh yes i do. amazing show and the music? come on. i'd recommend it to anyone.

it was a fun trip and fun to hang out with my fam all together... we'll be all split up in no time, with the two boys on missions, so we savor these moments. although i've been told SEVERAL times now that the only member of mine and zach's family that will be missed is frankie... we know that's not completely true... although we do plan to package him up and ship him to frankfurt for awhile... because why not, ya know? (jk, guys).

sure love my fam.

also, have you been watching the Mindy Project and/or Nashville  These are the two new shows I've picked up this season:) and i'm loving both. and please tell me one of you is watching the x factor?? still my favorite show every week. and i need more than one person at my work to talk about it with!! i want like at least seven people to discuss it with.
i'm over the voice, not attached to a single contestant.
but i'll always love adam.

xo liz

the pup is our favorite guy

me and franks played outside before church for awhile this morning...on this windy, windy day. while zach was stuck inside on the couch with kidney stones. the worst.
and when i say play i mean we ran back and forth through the leaves and then i followed him around and took pics. he's such a little sweetie. he's been taking good care of zach, snuggling with him and laying by him all night last night and this morning. he doesnt like it when his buddy is sick, i'm not quite as fun to play with. too much picture taking.
here's our guy.

we went out of town last week and a friend from work and his wife offered to take the pup for the weekend... and i think frank misses them. when we got there to pick him up, he had to show us around his new digs. where he slept, where they kept his food, the cool mirror where he can SEE his REFLECTION?!! (or maybe it's another dog that looks just like him.... can't be sure, can we franks). he's a little sweetie and we missed our guy, but glad he had a fun thanksgiving full of attention, scraps of turkey and snoozing away. thanks jared and tiff, and here are some pics i took from their instagrams:)

that squished face? are you kidding me?! i just love this little guy.

ps zach made me delete at least 6 pics of the frank... because "i look crazy" or something like that... so you're welcome to those of you who are not as obsessed with my dog as i am:)

frank's friend ira

sweet ira loves mr. frank. if frankie is around, ira is right by his side.

the other day when pam was watching the kids, ira said, "i just wish frank could come over."

frank sure loves his ira. and so do we.

Etta Girl

baby girl #2 was born last thursday.
Etta Rose.
I am in love with the name. and even more in love with the girl.

i love babies...and this isn't a baby hungry type of love.. it started in high school when i worked for a daycare. i begged to be with the babies. full-time. all the time. i fell in love with them. and my last day at that horrid facility, i cried as each baby left with their mom, or dad, or grandma, or aunt, or whoever took care of them after me. it broke my heart leaving them. and i still think about them.
so, luckily, i have my nieces and nephews now. and i love them to absolute pieces. and i love miss etta.

for whatever reason, we were busy thurs, when the baby came, busier friday and then she'd be home from the hospital on sat (and we were even more busy that day)... which is weird because we are never busy. not being sarcastic there.
anyway, etta wasn't on my calendar, even though she should have been.
we were planning to just see her on sunday (when she looks like a completely different person and so grown up!)

well, we had somewhere to be friday night at 7, but friday morning i was talking to jess and i got like homesick for this baby i had never met... you know?
friday afternoon i called zach and said i cant wait any longer to meet this baby girl.
so we left work early and made the trek to provo. the heart of provo.
and we got to see this sweet babe.
and spend some one-on-one time with her parents. which... never really happens (they must have 4 kids or something)... but i love when it does.
we love you jess and jon. and we love your kids even more.
send rub girl my way! (i hear she's up for adoption).