a little of this... a little of that

Hmmmm....another year has successfully
disappeared before my eyes!
Funny how that happens when you get (dare I say...)
OLDER:)

Here's a little re-cap of only a FEW things we've been up to
the last two months......

We FINALLY finished re-finishing our
kitchen table to match our chairs.
It looks so much better to have
it all uniform now!

before.....

after.....


Here is Madi at Nana and Papa's on Christmas Eve.....
'nuf said, it's her to a 't'!


Christmas day....... and spoiled rotten!
She totally loved shredding all the
wrapping paper:)



New Years Eve was awesome.....we played games and
hung out at my parents for awhile....
then we headed home, put Madison to sleep,
enjoyed drinks and a movie
just the TWO of us!

My big brother Brig got married to the lovely Ali
on January 2 in the Salt Lake temple.
It was so awesome to be there with both of them.
All the pictures are on Kristen's blog, of course.
I miss them both.....there in Tenn. for schooling,
nice jobbey you two:)

I had a fabulous birthday earlier this month!
I got to sleep in.....YAY!!
My dear husband made me breakfast and then
Trev took Madi and they cleaned the house
while I soaked in a bubble bath and read.
They took me to Hobby Lobby (best store ever)
and I got some really sweet stuff for our house,
SO exciting!
Trevor than proceeded to make me dinner and
we had surprise guests.... Melanie, Danny, Liz, Chad,
and Heather all came to celebrate!!
It was awesome to eat and play games:)
To top it off, Trevor MADE me an ice cream cake!!
( i hate real cake)
Yes, you don't have to tell me twice....
I KNOW I have the most amazing huband
EVER!!

( thanks lover, you're the best! )

My handy - man of a husband is in the process
of making a new
coffee table!
I can't wait for it to be finished,
not only will our garage be clean and project free...
it's really looking so good!

Here is what I woke up to the other morning.....
not only the CUTEST little thing,
she's also quite TRICKY!!

( notice something funny about her legs? )

somehow through the night she decided her feet needed
to snuggle together or something.....

here she is, so very proud:)

Baby it's cold......INSIDE!

We've all been sick lately,
Madison still has a bit of a stuffy nose.
Makes it hard for her to breathe at night
while laying down.
So she hasn't been sleeping as long as she normally does.
Today she woke up around 6:45
She seemed still tired, so the nice mom I am
I let her snuggle with me in my bed!
We finally got up an hour later, seemed a little cold,
but figured it was just me.....cause I'm
usually cold this time of year.
My sister happened to call, to complain about how cold
she was, ha funny enough, she should win
though, it was -25 where she is.
Guess it makes me a little more thankful to be living in
northern Utah.....I think.
So, Madi and I were seriously covered in four blankets
on the couch.
I decided I needed to maybe turn up the heat to 72 for
just a little bit.
WOW, shall I take a second look at the thermostat??
Yup, it said 61......talk about FREEZING!
I called and the fix it man came over, I guess the
construction guys were supposed to replace the filter
one last time before we got the ok to move in.
Ya, they didn't.
It was FILLED with dust from all the construction!
It messed up the relay switch, but all is well now.
I'm now toasty warm,
Madi has been sleeping for two hours.
Sorry sis, my warmth got fixed and your's didn't.
I guess you could come visit?

During Trevor's weekend of fun

we visited Nana and Papa!

Madison enjoyed building castles,
but more knocking them down:)

She also demolished grahmcrackers
and helped make homemade doughnut holes!

We think Madi is really going to enjoy her first
Christmas!
Nana already put up her tree and madison
sat so still staring at all
the different lights!

one year older and wiser too.....

My sweet hunk of a man turned one year older

this last weekend!!

Lots of surprises....
Lots of desserts....
Lots of people....
Lots of kisses....
Lots of driving.....
Lots of dinners.....
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...
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needless to say.....
he had a whole weekend of birthday fun!!




You're the best Lover beans
Madi and I are so happy to have YOU as
our daddy and hubby!!

what's in the bag??

Wow....shall we play a little game of catch up?? Lots has gone on in our neck of the woods this last week and we enjoyed EVERY second of EVERY bit.

1st order or business.....my sister helped me do an
AWESOME shower for my very soon to be
sister (brig's cute fiance)

She invited all her favorite friends.....
we watched the FUNNIEST movie.....
we ate some seriously delicious food.....
and she got some AMAZINGLY sweet presents......
(of course mine and millie's were the best!)
she was quite SCARED to open her gifts.....
of course i HAD to video tape it all!


yes.....i had so much fun making this cake just for Ali

thanks so much ali for letting me do this!!
p.s. how many days????

is this the little girl i carried???

What a doll right?? I couldn't flip the next picture right side
up.....sorry:)
My little bug is growing so fast!
she turned 7 months today!

Yesterday couldn't have been better


because I went here.....