Shopping

I don't go shopping in actual stores very often... I buy almost EVERYTHING online. I don't know what I'd do without Amazon. I know that my sisters don't like shopping either. In Park City this past weekend, my sisters asked me to tell them more often when I find cute clothes for good prices. It got sparked by this shirt:



I found it on this website where everything is $15:

http://www.getheavenly.com/.

I also got two other shirts. It was pretty risky getting these things online, but I ended up LOVING all three (sorry- no pics for the other two). I have bought clothes online before from stores that I know my size cause i've been into their store... like Gap and American Eagle. While I think MOST clothes on this website are rather ugly.... some of them are cute. Like if I were to buy something else- which I am not cause I really shouldn't- I would get these:




My other lastest deal (It might not seem like it, but I really don't shop that often... promise) was on J. Crew sale. I know that I recently posted that one day when Casey and I are rich that I would shop at J Crew... well don't worry... we definately aren't there yet- but the prices for a few of the swim suits came down even more... and a 14 dollar swim suit is actually in my budget and hard to pass up. I told Andrea about this one, she got the same one in green :). We already have two other matching swim suits... so when we go on our cruise to Cabo, we will have to coordinate!



I also got this from j crew for 10 bucks. I like it because it has a little bit longer sleeves which us Godfrey girls like to cover our arms, and the gathering in the middle is also flattering.



There you have it sisters... I'll try better to tell ya more often ;)

Girls time out? Girly Week? Girls Bondange?

So us Godfrey girls had a really hard time naming our girly get-togethers. Apparently there are some pretty picky people when it comes to naming what we call it when we spend time together. First it was "Girls Time Out", but then someone felt like they were a child being put in time out. Then we were calling it "Girly Week", but then that is what my grandma and her sisters call it, and my mom wanted something different for our family. Then "Girls Bondage" was more of just a joke. Regardless, I had a really good time with my sisters his past weekend.

We went to Park City for the parade of homes. When we got there on friday the first thing we did was go shopping. That was halarious- most of us have different taste, different budgets and some just plain old hates shopping. Regardless, I think it went pretty well. Then for dinner we went to the Park City Medical Center cafeteria. Yep- we are in Park City and that's the hospital is the winner. Michele had eaten there quite a bit and apparently the chef there is really great. The cafeteria is extremely health oriented, which was kinda perfect for our family. I don't think i'd choose the hospital over loco lizard or schewan (i think that's how you spell it) on my next trip to PC, but it was pretty good. After dinner we went back to The Chateaux ( a way nice hotel my mom got for us) and went to the hot tub. It was fun and relaxing.






Then the next morning we went back to the hospital for breakfast and then hit up the parade of homes! This was my first parade of homes and I am kinda disappointed to report I may never to that again. At least never in Park City. I get pretty car sick and going up all the winding roads to get to all the houses, then getting in and out of the car, putting those dang booties on and off... ALL DAY... not my cup of tea. We were all exhausted by mid-day. I don't think it helped that I didn't love the style of the homes. They were all decorated basically the same- dark and neutrals. After a few houses I kinda felt like they were all the same. I much prefer brighter colors, with a lot of white.

I will say though... one day, no matter our financial circumstances, Kc and I will fit a shower with three shower heads into our budget. We could live in a condo forever, as long as we have a shower like this, I think we could be happy. I really feel like that would drastically improve our qaulity of life.








When my mom booked the hotel, she also got dinner for two at the Cena, the restaurant in the hotel. It was super fancy. Because Julie and Andrea are on diets, and my mom looked at the menu and didnt want anything (it was a lot of cheese which she is allergic to and fish which she doesn't like) Michele and I got to go to the restaurant. While it was really nice, I just wasn't all that impressed. For my appetizer I got this pesto/fresh mozerella/tomato salad that was good... but my mother in law makes something similar... but better. Then for my main dish because there was a lack of anything better- I got chicken parmesan which was OK. The noodles just tasted greasy and the tomatoes looked sketchy. I think i'm messed up for life cause I compare every dish to Chicken Marsala from Cheesecake Factory and really- nothing can beat that. After not being very impressed, its a good thing our $80 bill was taken care of by the hotel! Note to self: If i'm ever super rich... remember i'm just as happy - possibly happier- with the smoking apple/texas roadhouse/olive garden and of coarse, CheeseCake Factory.






After dinner on Saturday night, we met back up with Andrea, Julie and my mom who had gone into town and went and got Ice Cream on mainstreet in Park City. After that we went back to the hotel and honestly- basically fell asleep.

A special Thanks to my mom for getting such a nice hotel and putting it all together! It was a fun weekend... no matter what we call it ;)

Another reason to get married in the temple.

Saturday

Saturdays are normally my favorite day cause:

1. I don't have to work-duh! Oh how I cherish sleeping in!
2. I normally get to spend the whole day with Casey!!

Casey had Youth Conference until about 4 on saturday. After two years of marriage... I still hate not being able to spend time with him. I will say though... that him being gone gave me some MUCH needed catch up time.

*I was able to clean my house! It desperately needed it.



*I went to my garden. Don't judge me cause of all the weeds. My garden is on a neighborhood/community garden plot next to some freak of nature weeds. I am convinced that even the best gardener working on it everyday would have been overwhelmed. I gave up on trying to keep up with the weeds a long time ago... as did many of the other garden owners. At least I still got some tomatoes!




*I made a skirt that I've been meaning to make for a few weeks... super easy pattern. No- I do not own an iron... so Yes- I had to use my straintener to iron this seam.




*I went to the pool with Ashley- had to get some sun time in before the pool closes soon! Also I haden't seen Ashley in a while, so it was really nice to catch up!



*Then Julie called and told me I could watch her boys for a little bit. We all know that is not even a question... So I got to spend some time with Tyler and Chaser with Ashley. We played ping pong where Tyty made up his own rules, and air hockey were Chase kept scoring on himself.





Then when Casey got home from Youth Conference, we went to his soccer game! That is him playing goalie. In case you didn't know this, Casey is an AMAZING goalie. I realize that KC is pretty much great at anything with a ball, but its pretty unbelievable how good he is at playing goalie for someone who has only played soccer for a few years. When everyone in the stands is in awe multiple times a game at some of the saves that he makes... I am so proud of him!




Something on the list that didn't get done: Organize my closet. There are so many things in my closet that I haven't worn in almost years! My goal today was if I haden't worn it in over a year, it goes in the bin. Yes- i'm one of those people... maybe if I EVER lose the weight I want to lose... these things will work again.



Other things that didn't get done:
*paint my nails
*finish a blog update in the works
*laundry- I only got some done- only I was able to label our laundry bins so KC and I stop getting whites and darks mixed up.

Houghton Trip 2011

This year for the Houghton Family trip we stayed in a cabin close to Park City for a few days. Thanks to Mindy for finding it.. it was way nice and a perfect fit for the family.

We left thursday night to head up to park city but on the way stopped in heber to do some grocery shopping and made the Houghton discovery of the year:



Us Houghtons, we like us some Wild Coyote Ranch. And that tub... well that's about as awesome has Andrea's huge tub of swiss chalet sauce (not quite tho- but close).

Then friday we all got up and went boating. Thanks to brooks for bringing his boat!After Brooks got done going as hard as he could with Jordan and Casey (which was really funny to see two grown men hugging each other like they haden't seen each other in years just to hold on for a few seconds)... I went out with Kryschelle and skyler... it was really fun!





Then the next day we were headed to park city! I was too cheap to pay to go on the alpine slide/zipline (really? $20 for 1 zipline when we got 16 ziplines for 40 in mexico??-no thanks!) Instead I got to go to the outlets with Jody, Krychelle and the Trimbles... and I much prefered spending my money on clothes! (note to self: there are AWESOME deals at the outlets when is school is about to start- good timing for us!).

One of my favorite parts of the trip was when we were driving into Park City with Skyler (Casey's brother's daughter). We were talking about spotting animals and how we had seen some deer the night before. The conversation went as follows:

Skyler: What if I see an Elk!?!
Casey: Than I would give you a treat. For any animal you spot, I will give you a treat.
Skyler: What if I spot a buffalo?!
Casey: Than I would give you a million treats
Skyler: Oh NO, you better not, my dad would kill you!


Hanging out in our room before bed:



Then also this week Casey and I got to spend some time with Ari, Ava and Alivia. These girls are so stinking cute!! We got to go to the pool:



And to the park




I was very blessed to marry into such an awesome family! Leading up to and on our wedding day my father in law pulled me aside and told me that I wasn't to marry Casey unless I promised I wouldn't ever take him outside of Utah County. While I know he was only kinda kidding... there is something to that. Casey and I are very blessed to have so much of our family close, and I hope we never take that for granted.

212 days

I have a widget on my phone that allows me to put a date in, and it will count down the days until that day is here. My latest countdown addition is when Matty gets home. He is in Sao Paulo Brazil serving a two year LDS mission. He told me that he will either come home on February 29, or march 7. Since I really really hope he gets home sooner rather than later, I thought I would put the date of March 7 in my countdown to not zinx anything. So there is 212 days (about 30 weeks) until matty cakes gets home. I can't freaking wait.

J. Crew

One day, when Casey and I have money, I WILL shop at J. Crew sale. Only sale tho... cause let's be honest, if Kc and I are ever fortunate enough to have extra money... it will go towards travelling the world. However, it would be nice to be able to purchase some of these adorable sale items. For now, I can only dream.









If you are in the market for a modest swim suit, J. Crew has some ADORABLE ones right now. A lot of them are on sale, which makes them very afordable! Too bad I can't rationalize buying one :(

http://www.jcrew.com/search/searchNavigation.jsp?eneQuery=Ne%3D1%2B2%2B3%2B22%2B4294967294%2B20%26N%3D20%2B17%2B4294967001%26Nu%3DP_productid&NUM_ITEMS=90&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441802198&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395181063&bmUID=1312818887335

Just imagine how thinning this one would be, and how wonderful it is that it's so long!


LOVE this print!