It was a wonderful dream. . .

Last night I had the most "refreshing" dream. I dreamt I was drinking my absolute favorite soda, Peach Fresca.


It's been a whole year since I've really drank soda. Like really, really drank. Like multiple cans a day, drank. Now most of you are thinking, What's the big deal about that?

I LOVE PEACH FRESCA!! It's sparkling, peachy, grapefruity goodness just makes me all giddy, like a teenager with her first real crush.

And I haven't had any in over 365 DAYS!!

And I'll continue to not have any. And this is why.

* Carbonated water
* Citric acid
* Concentrated Grapefruit juice
* Potassium citrate
* Potassium benzoate and EDTA (preservatives)
* Aspartame
* Acesulfame potassium
* Acacia
* Natural flavors
* Glycerol ester of wood rosin
* Brominated vegetable oil
* Carob bean gum

The only thing that can even be said that's "good" for you is the Grapefruit juice. The rest? Yeah, NOT so much.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm a pretty consistent label reader, and I do try to stay away from foods that aren't really "food", and I do pretty often eat things that aren't really good for me, but soda? There's absolutely no redeeming quality to the stuff. And so, I don't drink it.

But I'll go right ahead and DREAM about it. :)

Brooklyn's first piano lesson

Brooklyn just had her first piano lesson today. Her teacher is Charlie Moses, who used to be a member of our Kerman ward. Brooklyn's pretty excited to be learning to play. I just hope she likes it enough that I won't have to bug her about practicing. :)

One year older, another year. . . nope, just older. :)

We just got back from my birthday dinner date with the Nehrings and the Molloys. We had a absolute blast, of course. Our original plan was to go to The Olive Garden for dinner, but while waiting for seats, Lora brought up Luna's Italian Restaurant, so we decided to go there instead.


And boy, am I glad we did! The food was delicious!


And the company was excellent!



Lora, Kevin, Cory and Eddie. . . Thanks for sharing my birthday with me! You guys are the best and we sure love ya!

Happy New Year, 2009!

We had a fun New Year's Eve hanging out with the Nehrings. We each made our own personal pizza for dinner, and then ice cream sundaes for dessert.




While waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square, we played a rousing game of Disney/ Pixar Monopoly!


Here's to the New Year! May it bring us all nothing but happiness!