18 Months Old!

I can not believe that 18 months has come and gone so fast! Before I know it this little man will be 2! Some fun things Carter is doing right now are:

-infatuated with Mickey Mouse

-Jabbers up a storm

-Goes to Nursery this Sunday! ( i cant wait!)

-New Words:

cheeeeese

please

ears

boo

Tony

papa

nona

banana

teeth

mom

dad

probly a few more, but i cant think straight right now.

ALSO Carter is going to be a.......

BIG BROTHER! We are expecting a new baby mid October. They will be 25 months apart.

3-YEARS AGO....

3 YEARS AGO.....
As we were recovering from being ROBBED the day before our wedding and a long night of tears, snowstorms, and missing family members I was trying to pull myself together as i was franticly lacing my husbands Etnies (that matched my white ones under my dress) so that we could make it to the beautiful Logan Temple to be sealed for time and all eternity. (yes he wore Etnies to the temple).

We thought March would be warm enough....its spring after all, right? WRONG! Someone tried to tell me that Logan had NO snow in March in 2007. I beg to differ.

Brrrr.

But we recovered from the snow and all our family members were able to make it and most of our stollen items were returned and the wedding went beautifully and so did the reception. It was everything I could have asked for and more to have all the people I love so much in 1 room. It was really a wake up call to me that all the "details" of a wedding really dont matter much. All you need is your family and the people you love to be around you to have a wonderful day!

And I had to post this picture of my dear papa. There is something about being "daddy's little (and ONLY) girl" on your wedding day that makes it EXTRA special.

Here's to 3 years with the man of my dreams and, i hope, MANY more to come. I love you Chad!

Valentines Getaway

This Valentine's Day it was Chad's year to plan it and since his week off was the week after valentine's day we decided to celebrate it on Tuesday. I woke up that morning to a sweet love note and at the bottom it said that i had to hurry and get ready because I had a massage at 10AM! I was SO excited. It has been....shhhh...2 YEARS....since i had a massage! I know that is terrible since I AM a massage therapist. But it was WONDERFUL! It may have been the best one I've ever had and i have had a lot in my days. After that, we headed to my moms to drop Carter off then turned around and drove to Boise! When we got there we went to this cool park ( i think it was called Kathryn Morrison Park) or something like that. It was beautiful! There were a ton of walking paths, benches and, and gazebos all over. Ducks and geese swarmed the park! We got down by a pond and Chad pulled a single stem rose out of his coat and gave it to me along with some chocolate covered strawberries. (Since I've been following The Bachelor, I told him i felt like i was on the show!) It was SO sweet! Then we walked around until it started raining.

After that we headed to the Anniversary Inn for a stay in the Capitol Room. It was huge! The picture doesnt do it justice. We had a super relaxing and enjoyable time! I'm so lucky to have a hubby that keeps things interesting and suprises me all the time! Love ya Chad! Thanks for treating me so special!

My Family

I have the most amazing family ever. This last Sunday we were ALL able to get together for one last shin dig before a few are moving on with different chapters in their lives. This was the last time we are ALL together for 2 years or better. Tony and Monserrat who have been living close to us here in Twin are moving to California. Monse leaves tommrow for a job she was offered and Tony will leave to be with her at the end of March if Walmart can transfer him to CA. So we are sad they are leaving us, but it will help them better their situation. And my 2nd youngest brother Jordan (with the red tie around his neck) is getting ready to submit his mission papers! He could have his call as soon as April! Am i really that old? Justin and Carrie (my oldest brother on the far right) could be leaving anywhere any time, too. He just graduated from BSU and is job hunting.

I seriously dont know what i did to get such an AWESOME family. Not very many families can say that their very best friends are their siblings. When we get together we have SO much fun and always stay up late laughing, playing games, sharing secrets and talking. We always support eachother in all we do and drive lots of miles just to have everyone together. We have made SO many wonderful memories and i hope many more are to come. I love each and everyone of you so much and feel so privledged to be in your family.

"Let there be no empty chairs in our home in heaven!"

SPOILED

I have been truly spoiled this month! I've been BEGGING Chad for some storage shelves in my laundry room and in our garage and FINALLY he built some for me! We've been storing our Holiday decor under our house in our crawl space in totes and it's a pain to get down there every few months. So here are my CHRISTMAS SHELVES!

This is Chad's corner. I've actually been wanting him to build shelves for HIM too so that all his tools and stuff would be organized. The shelves are done but the table still needs some cleaning!

Every week when Sunday rolls around I've been having breakdowns because i dont feel like i have anything that is cute or worth wearing to church. I have random skirts that i try to pair with tops sometimes but i just am running out of options and i REALLY wanted some dresses. This last week we went shopping in Idaho Falls and found this cute dress at Down East for $20! All there dresses right now are under $20! (it might be $25 i cant remember) but still a great deal!

THEN we went to Dillards and not thinking i could find anything i could afford i was still having fun browsing and then i came upon THIS dress and i couldnt pass it up! It was normaly $170.00! but had been marked down to $50. Since i had just bought a dress i was sadly putting it back on the rack and walking away and wasnt even going to ask. Chad saw the lust in my eyes i guess and grabbed it and took it up to the counter and bought it for me and it was on an even BETTER sale and only paid $35! I love sales!!! I've wanted a dress like this for a long time. It is a little fancier than i was expecting (95% real silk!) but none the less it will be fun to wear and worth taking care of!

These are the shoes soon to be bought to pair with my new dresses! Can't wait! They match the belt perfectly! Thanks hun for spoiling me! I dont know what i did to deserve it! LOVE YOU!

I have AMAZING friends!

Please dont kill me for posting these pictures! you all look BEAUTIFUL!

I am SO incredibly blessed to have amazing friends! And they are not just the ones i have posted in the pictures! I have blogged about this group of girls many times - you know who you all are- You are AMAZING! Its been a little over 2 years that i have been in Twin and this group of girls has truly kept me going. We all went through many trials together...babies, moving, building houses, job changes, more babies, and i swear that it is only because of these girls unconditional love and support that i made it through having a baby! Each of them are so talented in many ways! From awesome organizational skills, to running marathons, or being super crafty, What other group of girls do you know that will get together EVERYDAY faithfully for playgroup, take meals in for 2 weeks when i had a baby, throw baby showers, go walking 5 miles EVERYDAY even when its snowing sideways....(ok we didnt go the 5 miles THAT day) and just be there WHENEVER i needed any of them! I dont know what i did right to deserve such wonderful friends, but i am so thankful for all of you! I love that our babies have grown up together, that we are able to serve eachother, and that there is no bad talking or gossip that goes around in this group.

Please know that i value your friendship so much. Thank you for making me who i am today and holding my hand through the tough times and encouraging me to be a better woman. Please know.....

YOU ARE AMAZING!

Fun with the COZY COUP

Carter and Finn

Carter and Mikey

This fire truck may have been the best purchase yet. It is the hot item at every playgroup, babysitting job, or friend day. Carter loves to watch cartoons from it, push people around in it or ride on the back. He pushes it around all day even with no one in it. He uses it as a step ladder to climb up on anything, and plays with it EVERYDAY. I cant say that for most of his toys. Currently he can only push himself backwards when he is in the car, but soon hopefully, he will figure out how to go FORWARD!

Im so glad i work at a USED childrens store where i can pick up hot items at half the price (or better!) that are in great condition. I hope we have many summers of playing outside in it! We had one growing up but I was the one always pushing my brothers around in it, rarely riding in it. So i knew it would be a fun toy!