if you are a mormon girl who grew up in calgary you might appreciate this email i got yesterday. it's from good old dale!
Pam,
Happy 8,888 days old (on Aug 14)!
Dale.
oh dale!
the last few days have been rainy. and chilly. not very good summer weather. it's been kind of depressing. but there are 2 things that have made it alright.
number one.
matt got off work early on thursday and friday...due to rain. so we got extra time together.
and number two.
we are going to arizona in 2 weeks and the weather there is absolutely, completely, ridiculously hot. so i can find comfort in knowing that i will get to be stinking hot real soon. the forecast in phoenix today said a high of 44 and a low of 32. (celcius). a low of 32? oh my word. we are going to melt.
you know what i love about hot places like that? when you walk outside at night and it is dark out and it is still hot. how fun is that? that doesn't happen in calgary. it always cools off at night here. in my head night = cool.
i thought it was cute matt and chet were flannel twins the other day.
even though it's not cute that we needed flannel in august.
chet and i.
on wednesday i got to visit my old office. it was soo fun to catch up. i miss those girls.
thursday i baked cupcakes. i really enjoy doing things like decorating cupcakes and cakes. and i envy people on TV who make a living doing that. i would be lying if i said i haven't daydreamed about being a trendy cupcake designer! i could call my shop pam-cakes. unfortunately, decorating is one of those things that always turns out better in your head then it could ever in real life. like making an elephant sound. i can hear it in my head but i can't, for the life of me, get that sound to come out of my mouth!
after spending all that time decorating, matt ate a cupcake in one giant bite. he makes me laugh.
on friday afternoon we went to the new giant mall in calgary. crossiron mills. we went with matt's sister becky, her husband todd, and their little ones - jane and hayden. somehow we spent FIVE HOURS wandering around that mall. i have no idea where the time went. we hardly bought anything. but it was a very fun afternoon. and we got to finish off our mall trip with a crepe. matt and i will never pass up the chance to try a crepe.
i think it's fascinating how well chet's cousins get along with him. they are all so sweet with him. i love how much they fuss over him. the bigger cousins are so good at holding him, entertaining him, and rocking him to sleep. and the little ones love to show him toys and make him smile. i have never been super great with kids so i am very impressed by this.
this is chet and his cousin harrison. harrison just turned one and he doesn't talk, but he was able to make chet smile today. it's too cute.
