Newman G.N.O.

While all of our men were off at the General Conference Priesthood session, my mother-in-law, sister-in-laws, and myself had a really fun G.N.O. (For those not accustomed like nate, this means girl's night out.) We went to Thanksgiving Point for some dinner, and shopped around the Emporium. Window shopped of course :) Then we went back home and played with little Carter and Miss Kiera, my little niece. Here are a few photos of the fun evening.

Poor Carter. Had to be the only boy on girl's night out.

My cute family

This is little niece kiera. 

We were fortunate enough to see this beauty on the drive home.

Then we took a little photo shoot of Kiera and her mommy for the fun of it. She had some rockin' boots!

Nothing to make your day bright like spending quality time with the girls!

The Harvest

Gardening is an art. Normally, to be so accomplished, you must have a garden. But for us Newman's this is simply not so. All we needed was some soil, seeds, boxes, and a little T.L.C. So long ago, I made a post about Nate's urges to have a garden. Those planter boxes we invested so much time and love in paid off!! Well...in a way. My beautiful flowers took a turn for the worst week two that they were planted. My younger brother Dylan and his lady friend knocked the poor thing over. Then, in angst to cover their tracks, they poured the rest of the seeds in the soil and replanted over the top of the first seeds. Obviously this was a horrible mistake, because all my little flowers choked each other to death. All but one... 

This single dried up gem could not be taken so easily. It persevered through thick and thin. Even when I did not love it like I should have. We prevailed. We did everything to kill this little flower, and alas, with so little effort, we are STILL too good of gardeners for this to be so. I walk past this every day, and it makes me smile :)

The peppers we were so hopeful to harvest turned out better than planned! Only a third of the plants survived, but still. Coming from a seed, that was pretty impressive I thought! Nate was VERY pleased. here are the little sweethearts.

Look at the size of that guy in Nate's left hand!! Prize winning pep!

I had to take a similar photo with our award winning masterpiece.

Woohoo!! We will never go hungry!!

The four survivors that made it til the harvest. So impressive.

Here's the papa, pleased with his accomplishments and glad he can bring home the bacon!

At Last I See the Light!!

Confession: I am obsessed with "Tangled". Disney was extraordinary before, but I sincerely think that Tangled holds a spot on my favorites top five list right now.  Nate, who can barely convince himself to watch the same movie twice in two months, finds it almost impossible to understand how I can watch the same movie two to even three nights in a row. This doesn't happen with all movies I like, only the selective few. And lately Tangled is the only movie that I want to watch on my shelf. A few things I admire about this show-
1. GREAT music. Way catchy, upbeat, and something you find yourself humming frequently.
2. Romance! Hello, Flynn Rider is a VERY attractive animated character, not even second to dimitri from Anastasia (who we young girls were all in love with). AND the floating lights scene? Brilliant. Makes my heart very warm.
3. Clever humor! There are some really awesome lines and funny moments throughout this entire movie. I get a kick out of it every time :) Even the freaky Mother Gothel is hilarious. However, Maximus the horse holds a special place in my heart. As does Pascal. Moving on.
4. This movie makes me feel like a young girl again! (In my old age ;) But serious. It makes me feel creative and imaginative and it makes me feel giddy and happy :) Like a REALLY good movie should. The kind of movie that makes you want to play dress ups again haha I love it!!

So I could rant and rave about how much I love this movie for ever, but I think this'll do it for now!

I hope there will still be good classics like this when my kids are older!

SO romantic...

Wow...Animated DREAM BOAT.

My two favorites of Rapunzel's talents...

Sewing the tiniest successes...

And I think we all ought to practice ventriloquy a lot more often.

Long live the Classics!!

Gotcha Daddy!!

Nothin' like a full stomach......

Lucky Daddy loves his little guy so much!!

Cozy Bear!

This is Carter in his night time Winnie the Pooh sleep sack. These just make me smile :)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

 Dear Blog,
I know it has been a LONG time since I blogged, and I am falling behind. But I will play a little bit of catch up now. Starting with this post. Not too far back, Nate took me and Carter Moo to a Bees Baseball game. During our entire first year and a half of marriage I have sat alone at baseball games due to the fact that Nate was always playing or on the team... so THIS game was the best I've been to yet! It was so fun getting to sit with my hubby and relax on the grass. There is something SO nice about the atmosphere of a baseball game in the fresh air at the close of your summer.

                                                   

                                                       

I have some good looking' boys!!

Carter got really nervous when the game got intense....

You hate to see the good ones strike out.

We were lucky enough to see this beauty as the sun went down.

Then Moo got real tired. So he snuggled with Daddy.

There was this awesome race they had in between a couple innings. There were three people, dressed in these massive suits that had to run around the field and race each other. One was a hot dog, one a pizza slice, and one an ice cream cone. There is just something SERIOUSLY funny about a running hot dog...

Check it out haha I got a real kick out of this. Mr. Hot Dog won of course, and sadly the other two were too far behind to remember who took second or third. 

See the enthusiasm from this fan?? This was the highlight of the game for more than just me. 

Any crowd goes nuts for running food.

These were just some really pretty shots of the sunset that we enjoyed. This was such a great night!

                                                     

For it's one! Two!! THREE Strikes you're out at the Ole Ball GAAAAAAME!!! :)

Mallard and Mrs. Quackles

Every morning on my way to work I pass a quaint little pond with ducks usually afloat, enjoying the summer sun. When Nate was driving me to work in the morning's we began to become very familiar with each duck, and their little quirks. I LOVE ducks. The way they waddle, the way they dip their head into the pond and disappear, the way they look when they drink the water (funny lookin' tongues, but mostly I looove their feet. They really just do it for me. So in passing, we noticed that two of these ducks were ALWAYS with each other. Smitten! In love! Never seperated for even a moment! I saw them trekking down the road together, sleeping side by side, and beginning a new adventure every day. So Nate and I grew rather fond of these duckies. It was inspiring to our own relationship :) Well atleast for me it was. So we named them. Mallard and Mrs. Quackles. Mrs. Quackles is much....fatter bigger than Mallard, but we like it that way. Their love is unconditional regardless of outer appearances, and they make a darling duck duo! The problem now, is that for the past week I have looked and looked for the young couple far and wide, and I cannot seem to find them! It makes my mind run wild at the thought that something may have happened to them! Like perhaps one was hit by a car and the other died of a broken heart....or maybe they were being threatened by someone or something so they packed up their nap-sacks and skeedaddled. I hate to think I won't be seeing them every morning, so I won't give up hope. I've decided to post this message around the pond and Salt Lake Valley....

HAVE YOU SEEN THESE DUCKS?

                                                                 

Mallard (Pictured Left) and the Mrs. Quackles (Right) have gone MISSING.

Should Anyone find these said Ducks, please CONTACT: LINDSEY NEWMAN at the DUCK HOTLINE 1-800-QUACK, AND BRING THEM HOME!! Should these ducks act in any way hungry... DON'T FEED THEM! They are probably starving the poor dears. But NOTE: THEY HATE DORITOS, CHEETOS, AND DO NOT APPRECIATE THEIR BREAD SATURATED WITH PEANUT BUTTER (not good for the beak...) SO PLAIN OLD BREAD AND THE OCCASSIONAL WHEAT THIN WILL SUFFICE. (But don't offend the Mrs. by calling it a wheat THIN...just go with "wheatie". She's already self concious about being the plumper of the two.

We are waiting to hear any good news!! FIND MY DUCKIES!!!