CaRLi's PriNCesS ShOwER!!!!

I particularly love this picture...I think it's artistic and captures the essence of the shower. This post is going to have a lot of pictures that might not be that interesting to everyone...but I'm doing with Annie in mind, so she can feel like she was there (she was definitely missed!).

The cupcakes were my contribution...

Julie and Jody came up with the theme of a Princess shower...everyone got tiara's as they entered...as well as bead necklaces and name tags with their very own princess name!

...the original princess....

Princess Carli of Calla Lilies...

Caddie, Brenda, Julie and Nikki...

Lindsey and Abbey Coryel...Abby was so stinkin' cute...she helped me pass out drinks...

Carli getting ready for her honeymoon....

She looked hot!!!!

Jody holding the mirror for Carli to see herself in all her glory!!!

Maxine, Claire, Megan and Whitney Hendrix...

This picture isn't the best one of me or Nikki, but I loved Maxwell and Monson's expressions!

Brooke and Abbey were the official present deliverers!

Carli opening her grocery gifts from her shower.

Each guest got a homemade chocolate truffle in a box.

Max trying to Da Bien!

Why is it that everything is funnier and cuter when a baby does it...case in point?!?! You can tell when he's really focusing on the task at hand if he won't make eye contact!!!! I'll bet most of you have figured out what da bien is!!! Oh how I love this boy of mine!!!!

Even better looking than Edward Cullen!!!

We went to Provo this weekend to visit Jason and Meradith...on our way shopping, Jason subconsciously drove us to the Halloween store...which, of course, Eric and I were ecstatic about!!! Here is the Max...seriously, way better looking than Edward Cullen!!!! RPatz move aside, Max has got the brooding stare down!!!

Here's Lucy in the "Billy Bob Mullet Hat."
Talk about large shoes to fill!

Lucy is a Snow White wig...so cute...I cropped this picture because she is so cute...but I wanted to show the full picture...I love Eric...he always keeps me laughing!!!!

...he spent the whole time carrying this giant rat...an R.U.S. if you will...

I always wanted a little blond baby...I mentioned earlier that it was the Billy Bob hat because Eric refused to let me put Max in a girl's wig!

We went to P.F. Chang's...it was quite good...we noticed in all of the pictures we took Jason and Meradith are cuddling and we are barely touching...that's how we roll!!! While we were waiting for our meal, we noticed high schoolers dressed for their school dance...I can pin point the moment I started looking older...January 8th, 2009 (the day Max was born!) but it's harder to figure out the exact moment I started feeling old...was it when I started checking not only fat and calories but salt and cholesterol?....or maybe when I pulled a muscle while doing absolutely nothing...sleeping on the couch started hurting my back...when I've seen styles come in, go out and come back in fifteen years later (i.e. Madonna and Mylie Cyrus pretty much wear the same clothes)...the first time I heard one of my favorite songs at the bank, I knew the best years were behind me...but, you know what, I'm embracing it...I thought the kid in this picture looked like an idiot and if my son ever tried to dress like this or my daughter ever brought a boy home like this...words would fly and clothes would be burned...am I totally out of it or does he look like a moron?!

Max wearing his lil' cougars shirt!!! It wasn't too exciting of a game...BYU smashed the competition!!!

Carli's Salt Lake shower was also this weekend...it was a nice intimate family gathering...we got to meek Chuck's mother, sister and grandmother. Eric kept saying how nice Chuck's aunt was...I kept asking when he met her...'at the shower.' I don't know how he got it into his head that Chuck's mom was his aunt!

Carli's favorite gift!

Linda made Carli a beautiful blue quilt (I LOVE quilts, too, Linda!!! Hint Hint!!!)

I made strawberry won tons with sour creme and brown sugar...I have to give Wendy lots of credit as she did my grunt work and fried them all (with Becky's help)!!!

Meradith helped by eating them...this is after I double dogged dared her to eat a whole one. We had a great weekend...it's raining now and I'm a starting to feel the dread of winter... alas, this summer has been one of the best!!!

Meeks! Meeks! Meeks!!!

Next year will mark the 20th year that the Phillips have been going to Meeks cabin for Labor Day weekend. I’ll admit, Meeks is something Eric and I both look forward to all year long…but as we packed everything in preparation, there was a bittersweet feeling in the air…it marked the end of summer. Still, Meeks did not disappoint…so many people helped to make it so wonderful, but I have to give a special shout out to Julie. She worked so tirelessly to ensure that everyone had the best time!!!

Here we are at the nearby pond.
Jim holding Max and Ken holding his THREE month old Ty-Ty who happens to weigh the same as Max...and look, they were even wearing matching outfits!!!

This is Ty's big brother Abraham...who refers to himself as. "Hammer!" He is the absolute best big brother, I'm sure of it...he was so gentle and sweet and loving to Max...Kim told me that he even included 'baby Max' in his prayers!

Eric lounging with the Stink Shark (and Lindsey, I LOVE this outfit!!!).

Sorry Cathy, I saw Jen's facebook request for faces for facials...so I asked her to bring some Mary Kay facials to Meeks...here, you can see her beautiful assistant, Alexandria! We were sad that they had to leave early due to a not so fun bout of the stomach flu...sadly, I hear Kale in the morning and I thought, how nice, he's playing something like the Hulk with his boys...no, just vomiting!!!!

Here is the after of our wonderful facials!!!

Chuck had never been to the Mountain Man Rendezvous, so Carli, Brooke, Max and I decided to go with him. Here they are holding a $450.00 dog...he was cute! Look what an adorable family they make!!!

I sort of thought the caption on this picture could be, "The Bjorn, Pioneer edition"

Here's a telling picture of the dynamics of Chuck and Carli's relationship! It shows how funny they are together!

Here's one of my favorite pictures of the Chief holding Max...I dub him Stinky Shark Crooked Neck.

Chuck tried on this manly vest...it reminded me of the Oyster Ridge man that Eric and I mocked!!!

Speaking of mocking...Carli pointed out this man by the port-o-pottie at the Rendezvous!!!

Here we are at the FEAST!!! YUMMMY!!!! Eric did well and ate 39 shrimp..but he was no match for Chuck...who ate...49 shrimp...Carli has chosen well!!!!

Meeks fun... Of course, we did crafts on Sunday...an activity that Eric and I always look forward to with much anticipation...this year Carrie brought this amazing foam clay that we named space clay...here is Carli's eerily authentic replica of The Brain!

Here's my Max...king of the wild things... I wanted Eric to mold a Wild thing...but instead he made items close to his heart...
A hot dog, a pizza and a Hulk Hogan puppet!!!!

Jody and Geoff couldn't stay the entire time, so, we had some fun times with the kids...here are Brooke and Hanky at the pond feeding the fish with Eric, Chuck, Carli and me as the photographer.

...I just thought I would throw this in because I have a cute husband and I like showing funny pictures of him...even before I took this picture, I knew he would do that pose!!!Eric did a lot of fishing...and caught a lot of fish...randomly the ones that we did take were deleted off of our camera...just the pictures of Eric and Chuck fishing...I guess someone doesn't want Eric to have proof of his great fishing skills...well, I know he's a great fisher!!!