Pioneer Day

I'm so glad that as a culture we've decided to celebrate the Pioneers' incredible sacrifice with explosives. We got to hang out with Carrie and Dennis and Chris and Camille and Ian on Pioneer Day. I asked Chris to take some sparklers and make cool shapes in front of the camera. But I realized as I was photographing all this, that it was kind of hilarious watching him waving his arms around like a ribbon dancer. So I secretly took some videos. Some hilarious videos.

Happy Birthday!

Michael's birthday was on Monday. Here's how it went:
Michael came home from work in the morning, and instead of going to bed, decided that he wanted to take care of some things, so he got to bed around noon. But he also really wanted to see Batman. I was sick with a cold that I didn't know was turning into bronchitis, so we decided that if we did anything, it would have to be low-key. Michael woke up at 3:30, and we saw the movie around 5, which gave us a little time to come home and eat before he had to leave for work again around 8:30.

With him only on 3 1/2 hours of sleep, and me on the verge of the plague, the movie was totally awesome but a little strenuous. So we will have to re-celebrate this weekend with family. I did manage to get a piece of yummy chocolate cake for him (did you know Walmart sells cake by the slice?), so we had some semblance of a birthday.

When faced with temptation...

The other day I walked into the bedroom and saw Michael's feet sticking out from the covers. I had to take a picture. It's hilarious. You'd think the bedcovers weren't big enough to cover all of him at once.

By the way, I am not a nice wife and don't lovingly pull the covers over his feet. I tickle them, one at a time, and in his sleepiness he pulls one under the covers, and I move to the other foot, which he pulls under the covers while putting the other one back out, which I start to tickle again... it goes on like this.