Monkey Munch

I saw this recipe on "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" and it looked so good- so I looked it up! I've got to say, I love this snack! I'm sure it's the highest thing you could possibly eat in sugar but, well, that's pretty much just perfect for me. Enjoy!
9 cups Chex Mix
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter into a large microwaveable bowl. Heat on high 1 minute. Stir. Heat in 30 second intervals until completely melted, stirring after each 30 seconds. Add vanilla, then chex. Stir until all the chex are coated. Put powdered sugar in large ziploc bag. Add chex mixture and shake until covered. Lay flat on cookie sheet until cool and dry. Store in fridge.

Birthdays and Some Laughs

This week was the week of birthdays in my family! Dad was the 14th and Tracy and Grandma's was on the 15th. So Aunt Sherma decided to throw a bash for the whole family. Sherma knows how to throw a party! First, last night, we went to dinner at a restaurant on the river. Here's some pics from that: Then today, we had the party at Aunt Sherma's. Lots of fun with the family! This is a clip of us playing the game of "Pop the balloon with your buns". It's a little fuzzy and you can't see everyone, but watch until the end. It has a little bit of a funny ending.

Up All Night for "Dawn"

If you've never stayed up for an event at midnight, I can say right now, you're missing out! This weekend was the midnight release of "Breaking Dawn", the fourth and final book in the "Twilight" series. I have a bunch of friends that are into this series, so we decided to have a midnight release party (sort of). We made tee shirts to display who we love (Edward...of course!) and met at Maggie Moos for some ice cream. Then, Amanda and I had a little time to cool our heels, so we went to Wal Mart and bummed around (the picture of us flexing our muscles was taken in the restroom-yeah, we really needed to burn some energy). Then we headed over and got our books from borders! We actually got them amazingly quickly (considering that we waited for our "Harry Potter" books for over an hour). I finished the book about 48 hours later. I couldn't stop reading the entire weekend. If you haven't checked these books out, you should!

It's a boy!!!!

We got the news today~ Monique's having a boy! I'm so excited, I just can't hide it! Ha ha! Congrats Ryan and Monique!
Also in other Hite family news, Devan's play is being read in Salt Lake City. Congrats to Dev as well!

Dev's Birthday and a Last Minute Visit from Mom

This week our big bro (okay, he's MY big bro) turned 29! And I had to remind him that, no, he wasn't turning 28 as he thought, it was in fact 29. Poor guy, he really IS busy up there at Yale! And since the sis works on weeknights, the only time to celebrate was sunday night. We had as many family members over as possible. Lots of fun with decorations, bubbles, and a few intense games of Uno. (Girls vs guys, but the stakes, which were "loser does dishes" went out the door because I did the dishes even though the girls won) Here's a few choice pics from the party.......







Then on Thursday, I talked to my mom and told her that Dev and I were going to a midnight showing of the new X-Files movie, and, hey, wouldn't it be a great idea if she hopped in the car and came down for a few days? So she got here just in time for the movie, and stayed until yesterday. We got a chance to go out in to the county and snap some photos of the beautiful farming area which I live in. We also visited some yard sales and antique shops. These wonderful and unplanned weekends just keep happening! Don't worry, I'm getting my sleep!

Impromtu Keith Urban/Kenny Chesney concert

So Amanda called me on friday with an offer not to be refused. She asked if I would like to go to a Kenny Chesney concert? Well, I'm not really a Chesney fan, but she also mentioned that Keith Urban would be performing (whom I LOVE) as well as LeAnn Rimes. "Well," I thought, "I really wanted to just do nothing this weekend because I've been so busy for a month straight. But who can pass up that offer?" So I said yes, and yesterday, we went. This was SO not what I expected! I thought we'd see a few songs from each of these performers, but found out that not only was it all these singers, but that they were all going to perform a full length concert each! It was an all-day event. And, yes, it was extremely hot day/evening/night in Philadelphia, but that bothered us not-the friend that gave us the tickets has a suite at the Licoln Financial Center, so we got to sit in a catered room and watch the whole thing. It was amazing!!! That is the only word I have for it. I don't think I've ever screamed so hard or jumped so high. Keith is extremely gorgeous in real life. Maybe I'll get my rest next weekend, but I wasn't at all sorry to miss it yesterday.


Me and Amanda in front of the tens of thousands in the crowd. (I think LeAnn Rimes was performing in this shot)

Driving down to Philly

Keith Urban the uberhottie.

Us in the suite.

Am I lookin' good in his shirt?

The whole group.

Summer Fun in the Sun

A day trip to the beach was on the agenda for this weekend, only not as we had expected. See, all THREE of us girls were supposed to go, but Amanda B had to work, so Amanda M and I decided we'd join the YSA group that was headed to Ocean City MD this weekend. As anyone who knows us is already aware, Amanda and I aren't much for YSA events, mostly because a great majority of the people in our stake YSA group are 18 or 19. But we went anyway, and managed to have a great time. Amanda lost her glasses (I won't rub it in, but why would anyone go into the water with their glasses on? Heehee, love you, Manda!) But after being thrown around by some VERY monterous waves, we got into the ocean fun of things. The waves are extreme right now, apparently, according to my dad, because of the hurricane off shore? But it made for some extreme swimming! I think these photos speak for themselves!