Monday, January 31, 2011

{ Day 1 }

A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.


Well since today is Monday, and it officially just started... Since I am up LATE and Blogging... I will tell you how my Sunday went! It was a pretty good day.. Got to sit home and chill with my baby boy and hubby... Harley and Oakley were at their dads for the last day of their weekend there, so the house was pretty quiet.. I don't think straight when it is dead silent, and I am not being asked a million questions a day! Since it was Sunday, we also went to Nanny and Papa's house to visit.. Pretty uneventful, but it was nice to get out of the house..
Sweet.. Day 1 down.. 29 more to go!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Isn't he just so CUTE!?

The other day I was holding Brighton in a thick blanket and playing around with him when I wrapped him up and he looked like this.... Yes, We had to take a picture! Love this boy!

Happy Birthday Gary

Saturday was Adam's dads 63rd birthday. So we all went to the cemetery to let go of some balloons and wish him a 'Happy Birthday'. I never had the chance to meet Gary personally but I know that I would have loved him like my own dad. I am so thankful for Gary and the way he raised his family. He has given me so much, and does not even know how much he means to me. Just wanted to give a shout out and say Happy Birthday Gary. We love you!

{ Everyone getting ready to let their Balloons go..}
{ Matt getting ready to write his message! }
{ Adde getting ready to let her balloon go.. }
{ The whole Family -minus Harley, Oakley and Brighton }
{ letting them go...}
{ Up, Up and Away..}



30 day Challenge

After all my blog stalking that I do.. haha in my spare time.. I found this 30 day challenge. I am trying to blog a little more around here, so what a way to get going... Isn't it after so many days, you develop a habit, and will do it everyday? 30 days, I should be able to remember to blog! You would think that with having a new baby around, I would blog a little more so that family and friends that don't see him everyday can check him out!? Hmmm.. Maybe I will get the hang of it! So anyways, I am going to do this challenge and let you all get to know me a little more! (hopefully I will get more comments than I have in the past. I have thought of not blogging because I don't think people look at it.. Maybe some comments will make my day! =)
This challenge will start TOMORROW! Well in 1 hour and 14 minutes! Wish me luck!

30 day blog challenge:

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

YOU HAVE GOTTA CHECK THIS OUT!!!

So I have been doing a little bit of blog stalking via my google reader... And found this amazing blog! I totally love the stuff that she does on it... Today she is doing a give-a-way and I absolutely want one of these for Baby B! Check out Little Eme HERE...

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Brighton Gary

Brighton was born on Monday, December 27th... He weighed in at 8lbs 10oz and 20 inches long.. Baby B came at 7:20pm! We love him so much! His brother and sister can't get enough of him!


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Sledding

After I got home from work today, we took the kids to the Jr High and let them sled down the hill. It is a pretty good hill.. Every time we drive by there are a ton of kids.. Luckily today there was only a couple, so the kids had a blast!







SNOW DAY!

Today we had a SNOW DAY! We got about 24 inches of snow at our house. I woke up this morning to the police outside STUCK in the road and having people pull him out! Adam told me that I was not going to make it to work.. Hello! I have to! I only work one day this week so I needed the time and no one else was there! So we drove to Springville in 4-wheel Drive.. On the way there, my dad called and told me that they have canceled school... WHAT? I never got a snow day! Harley started crying. She wanted to go to school to have a party and give her teacher her Christmas present.. Needless to say in the end, she had a good day!
Here is my car.. Snowed in!

Oakley on top of the car. He was going to sled down it... (or at least Adam wanted him to!)
Adam threw Harley in the air and let her fall into the snow.. Then threw snow on top of her.. She was having so much fun!

Oak's Pre-school Program

Oakley's Preschool class had a Christmas Program last week. They went to the Assisted Living Center in Spanish Fork. Oakley was so excited to be able to sing his songs for Nanny and the rest of us! Then the time came and he was to go and sing... The tears started coming! He sat in the back and cried. DID not sing a single song or participate in anything. I thought it was actually kind of funny. But he didn't!
Here are all the Rudolf's except for little Oak!
I caught a picture of him trying not to smile... What a stinker!
So besides Oakley not singing at all, there was a BOY and a GIRL that were fighting most the time. We could not stop laughing! It was so cute and funny... The girl must not have wanted to be by the boy or have him even sing.. She kept on hitting him and pushing him away. The teacher would move her more to the left, and she would go right back to him and hit him.. Oh the joys!
Then there was my niece Erika.. She was so cute. They got to hand out a card and a candy cane to the residents. Erika gave it to this little lady and she gave her a big hug, then the lady gave her a kiss. It was so cute! (Yes, Oakley would not give a card to anyone, he wanted it for himself)

Sunday, December 19, 2010

New obsession!

A few weeks ago, one of the girls that I work with was telling me about this blog that she found. I had to go to it and see for myself! I shouldn't have! I find myself going there to find different things to my house, and things to make for my kids! It is my new addiction! She does step by step tutorials on how to make and alter clothing, re-purpose clothes, make different things for your home, things for baby... She also has recipes and a cake series.
I even showed Adam the blog and told him that I wanted to do a few different things at our house. So the blog that I go to is called Makeit-loveit.com She does some amazing things! Here are some of the things that I want to do while I am off on Maternity leave!

Make a new shower curtain for our bathroom. The one that we have right now, is from when the kids and I lived in our own house in Spanish Fork.. Umm lets say forever ago!

Another project that I am going to do is...
Make my room over! We wanted to refinish the headboard.. make it black and then I am going to make new pillows and curtains! I love what she did to her room, and have inspiration! The red pillow on the bed is made out of a SWEATER... yes I said a sweater! I have a gray one that I am going to use, and make one for myself!
Our bedroom needs new curtains! We are using the ones that came with the house, so what they are like 50 yrs old!
I also want to make my living room more my house that a rented room! I love pictures, and think that I am going to do something like this... I have a MILLION frames in my garage from over the years, and I am going to have some fun!
Yes, I know it is alot! I may be working my whole maternity leave to do what I want... Good thing I know how to sew! I will keep you all posted on how my journey is doing!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

My Bags are Packed....

I think!
I feel like I am going to forget something. I have had my bags packed for the hospital for awhile and I keep on thinking that I am going to forget something. What are your "Must Haves?"

Monday, December 13, 2010

For Baby B

I have been wanting a cover for the car seat since I will be having Baby B in December! I looked around and found some material that I wanted. Yes, it was Boston Red Sox and was $14 a yard... Um no! So a lady at work was telling me about a blanket that she bought from Walmart for $12 for both pieces of flannel. I had to go and get it... (there was not any at the store, so she sold me one of hers!) Thanks Chris! So on Saturday night, I read a tutorial about how to make one.. I kind of made up my own... So here is the finished project.

I didn't want it too girly, so I only used white ribbon to tie it on..


It's ABOUT time!

So last summer... 2009... I started working on my table and chairs. I bought them off of KSL.com and wanted make them mine! I started with sanding them down and then painted them. I wanted them to be a little worn, so that's what I did! We have been using the table since we have been married, with chairs that DID not match. Yeah, we were a little ghetto!
Well this week I have been a little on the crafty/sewing mood and I got it all done! I finished the chairs, recovered them in material that I have had for almost a year... and then with the extra I made a table runner to match..

The table after I sanded it..
The chairs before...
After they were sanded..
The Table and chairs AFTER!
The table runner that I made on my own!
The chairs after!




Monday, November 29, 2010

Guess WHAT?

I only have 28 days left!

(that is if I don't go before the 27th!)

YIPPEE!!

i WANNA kiss a Girl!

So have you ever heard the song "I wanna Kiss a girl" by Keith Urban?

WELL.....


I have a 4 year old that heard that song one night driving home and said to Adam and I... "I wanna kiss a girl.." Hello, he is 4 yrs old! I looked at Adam and started laughing.. I then said to Oakley.. "You wanna kiss a girl?" He looked at me like I was crazy.. and said "Yes MOM... Her name is Sara and she is PREEETTY!" (Okay really... he is going to be the death of me...)

So this Sara girl... I started asking a ton of questions.. here is what I found out...

Sarah....
*Has blonde hair
*Some days it is curly and some days she wears it straight..
*She is in his Pre-school Class
*wears skirts.... alot (I can ask him on a daily basis what she wore to school and he will tell me how pretty she was and if she was wearing pants or a skirt.. How her hair was, and what colors she had on!)


We are seriously going to have a Fantasic time with this one... Lets hope he grows out of it!
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