And the Bronze Goes to ..... Ogden

I don't get it. I just don't get it. Generous Ogdenites give back to the city by doing what? By donating lovely bronze children of course. These bronze bundles of joy can be found scattered around the city for all to enjoy. You might have thought that I was exaggerating a little bit on our last post when I said, "Ogden has a plethora of bronze children." Mitchell and I spent part of our Friday night hunting children....bronze children. Just try and guess how many we sited in just one hours time.

knickerbockers

Respect your elders

Erin is not a ballerina

She was taking too long

Bronze bobsled team

Strange. I never got my turn

We want a pitcher not a belly itcher

tandem

big brother

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse .... Ogden had to throw in these horses, painted by local artists. There are some real doozies. Trust me.

Side saddle

Lowrider
We have some pranksters in Ogden .....

Then we came across this beauty to behold ..... Union Station: an old train station from the 1890s

No bronze children were harmed in the making of this post

Labor Day Challenge

Labor day is coming up (September 7th) and I'm going celebrate it right this year. I present to you, the first ever that i know of, Labor Day Cake Off. And if you're reading this then you are officially invited to join in on the fun.

Rules:
1. Create a Labor Day themed cake
2. Everything on the cake must be edible, no toys or buttons etc...
3. You must submit pictures of this creation to me at mitchellfillmore@gmail.com after the 8th of September and before the 13th.
4. Be creative
5. If you get so creative that it isn't immediately apparent it has anything to do with labor day, please send the explanation with your cake picture submission and it will be included as a caption.

I will post the results on the 14th with pictures of every entry i get and not say whose is whose and I will put a poll on the page where people can come and vote. Erin and I will have made our cake before the 7th so don't worry about us stealing your ideas. Then you can all put links on your blogs encouraging your friends to come and vote too. This should be a lot of fun, if any of you want to submit more than one or tell your friends to join in on the fun .... feel free.

So start planning now and i'm thinking there will be prizes. If anyone wants to donate something as a prize that would be awesome.

When Nature Calls

Mitchell and I like to explore. We are not native Ogdenites and so this provides us with many an opportunity to meander about, discovering what Ogden has to offer. We live pretty close to McKay Dee Hospital and Mitchell heard there was a walking trail around it. We considered it a worthy adventure.

Call me a nerd but I always enjoy a good sun burst

child of light

We plan on turning this into our very own Swiss family Robinson house.

Ogden has a plethora of bronze children

spy cam

This Relationship is Over

I broke up with my hair stylist. It was hard to do, we have been together now for about 3 years and have been through a lot. I have come to grips with the fact that I won't be able to afford my ex- hair stylist for quite a while ... probably never, which is completely fine. So I take what I can afford ..... and price usually = quality. Hair isn't everything right?

Before

I have a small celebrity crush on Rhianna. I'm slightly obsessed with her hair and I was sure this was what I wanted. I even took this picture to the salon.

When I showed the stylist the picture..... Quote: " I don't think this will look good on you." - hair stylist. What the heck?! So I ended up with this boring bob. Where are the jagged angles and the adventurous asymmetrical lines? My request was denied. Oh well. Better luck next time.

Creepy Smile

Mitchell trimmed his ethnic mane a while back.

This hair style is such a toss up: the fro style screams party animal while the side part adds a bit of refined gentleman to it all.

shear time

the end product.

Frolicking at 56

Once there was a woman who was quite the foxy dame.
She thought celebrating her birthday on just one day was lame.
So she proclaimed, "My birthday will last an entire week!
And if you've got a problem with that, too bad ya' freak."

Yesterday was my mom's real birthday, so we thought we would sneak over and stick these cool jello jiggler thingys to her window. The best part about it, those letters only cost $.50 at Carl's Supersaver. Cha-ching.

My dad happened to be out of town this week for business, but he made sure he had his bases covered with some flowers. Mitchell and I love the arm shelf pose she has going.

Wearing Granny Janny's glasses.

The celebration was getting a little stale, so we thought we would have a birthday photo shoot.

still frolicking at the age of 56
This picture sums up the kind of relationship my mom and Mitchell have together
Samurai warrior princess

You lost something there Mitchell

Barbalicious

It's the most wonderful time of the year .... my dear mother's birthday. She usually likes to celebrate her birthday over a span of a week... so the festivities began on Sunday.

This cake is kind of an inside joke ... it's a lazy eye. Our creative cakes usually look pretty cool, but don't win any awards in the taste department. We decided this go around we would make a cool cake that not only looked awesome but tasted amazing as well. Mitchell made this "to die for" cake. My grandma ranted and raved about it. Score.

This ice cream cake had to have weighed at least ten pounds. It consisted of multiple layers: oreo, butterfinger, chocolate sauce, peanut butter cookie and brownie. The bulk of the cake was 2.5 cartons of ice cream. Each sliver of cake must have had at least 900 calories, no joke. My small slice gave me diabetes.

She luved it with all her heart

She thought she could produce a lazy eye on purpose. Failed.

Her favorite candy bar

Another inside joke

Barb Sauce: Mitchell picked out the spicy honey just for her. She is sweet and spicy

I'm so sad this picture turned out blurry. We figured since she is now a senior citizen, she should start dressing like one ..... we present to you.... GRANNY PANTIES! She was shocked and apalled.

My grandma came up for the weekend and gave my mom this very vogue necklace.
This is the absent minded model look

Only my mom could get this excited about a pair of gardening gloves.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Jubilant Jillian Jumping for Joy

Today we journeyed down south to my niece's Baptism. We are so proud of you Jillian, and you looked beautiful!! Thanks for inviting us and allowing us to participate.

Afterward we had fun with the family and hung out there for a bit. I'm not too far from them but still don't see them as much as I'd like to. I love you guys.