It's OFFICIAL!!!

Yes, the Howe family is anticipating a great event this year! We are going to have a sister-in-law!! (I finally have a sister!!) Her name is Aubrey White and she's from Bellevue Washington. In case your're wondering, Chris didn't know her before, but I think their families knew of each other. The wedding is going to be at the Seattle Temple November 10th with a reception there. Then there is going to be a reception in California about a week later. Since the date is coming up soon there is a lot of planning to do but the famiy is all estatic!! (Papa is debating whether to buy a summer house in Seattle or not.) I'm a bridesmaid!!! So yay!!!

Cute Dancing Sony Robots!!

It's amazing what kind of robots the Japanese are developing. But I really didn't know that robots could be such graceful dancers!!

What We Did During The Summer...To Now. EXTREME CATCHING UP!!

Here is a really fast synopsis of what we did this summer since our last post! Hope you enjoy the pictures.We were reunited with Kenshin!! He got HUUUGE!! And he's still barely a year old! But he remembered us and was really happy to see us as well.

We went fishing in Washington

Chris celebrated his 23rd birthday in WA and Oregon!

We saw big guns at Fort Casey at Puget Sound

We saw Andrew, Laura and Clancy and hung out!

I said good-bye to my daycare kids!

We stayed at Hood River, Oregon for a week.

We then drove down to San Hose and stayed with Eric and Sharn

They took us to San Francisco (Chris had never been before)

We ate STUPENDOUS chocolate yummies at Ghiradelli's

Once back in Santa Maria we got a new Siamese mix kitten named Yumi, she's the princess.

Kenshin was unsure about his feelings at first...

But he eventually warmed up to her

It's still a work in progress sometimes.

Eric and Sharn visited my hometown for a weekend

Chris and Eric had fun

We celebrated our 1st year anniversary! We stayed at the Radisson, where we had our reception!

Chris and I helped de-bullfrog the pond filter in the backyard.

We went fishing at the Avila Pier (Papa was the only one who caught fish)

We saw Cirque Du Soleil Corteo (it's about a clown) in L.A. With Bubbles, Bianca their friends and the family
(It's was awesome!!)

We drove back to Utah and learned how to make Korean BBQ.

Chris likes to baby Kenshin

The family came to visit so we took them to Cabela's.

They dropped Jeoffrey off to BYU Idaho.

Now it's back to the old school and work grind

But we still find time to play with our cats

That's about it for now. I'm working part-time at Bath and Body Works, Chris is working at BYU with a research job. I'm looking for another part-time job so we'll see how things will pan out. We're doing well and now we're done catching up with everything!

Summer Movies, having a blaaaast!

Chris and I have seen about three summer movies so far. I'm happy to say that we are still excited for more of the summer line up, besides the fact that Pirates 3 was only luke warm.

We were totally surprised with Transformers! Now I know I was wrong doubting my two bro's premature excitement. It was awesome! REALLY awesome! (funny too.) Bumblebee was my favorite. He was incredible and cute!

Ratatouille combines two of my favorites: Paris and good food! Sure, sometimes it was hard to believe that a rat out of all mammals could cook but it was charming and definitely a must see!

Movies I am looking forward to:

Simpsons, Bourne Ultimatum, Becoming Jane and Hairspray

My parents recommended Live Free Die Hard, I'm not sure if I should wait to rent it or not. We'll see.

Ah the joys of working at a daycare...

Well, after battling what I thought was a cold from work for a week, I finally relented and went to a doctor since I wasn't getting any better. It turns out that I have a sinus infection along with bronchitis. So it's antibiotics for me. *yay*

Well I am feeling a tad better but it does take a load off to know that I am now taking steps to fully recover. The doctor was also really nice and a friend of Chris so he didn't charge anything for the visit. I was so touched that I had to run out of the office after murmuring a quick thanks, because I was all teared up. (I was also highly stressed at that time from the sickness mind you). Anyway, Chris is still immune to my illnesses so far and has been nursing me very well, for all that I thank my lucky stars.

On a side note. I'm way excited for my brother Jon, I just found out that the NBA team the Phoenix Suns somehow found out about his promotional work for the BYU mascot Cosmo. Now they are asking him to redesign their van. How cool is that? I have a brother that's associated with famous people-teams-companies...ok I'm going to go lie down now.

Now I can see how Opera can make you cry...

I saw this on the yahoo homepage and it really surprised me! I'm assuming it's from Britain's Got Talent reality show.

Ocean's 13 Summer fun!

The first summer blockbuster in a long time to actually deliver. Y'all should go see it!



Oh it's so fun!