Under Construction!

Hi everyone! I'm in the process of making some changes to the "look" of my blog. It may look a little scary until I get it worked out. I'm in the experimentation stage. I know it has been a while since I've posted anything. That is trouble because it means I haven't been doing anything very exciting, unless you count work. I don't think my clients would want fancy pictures of them on my blog...actually you never know :) Good thing it would be unethical. Emily reminded me that I don't have to post just pictures, I can also post experiences. So I will try to be better. Miss everyone!

What the freak????

I seriously was like "What the freak" after I left this movie. Did I like it or was it just okay?? I called Emily after the movie and she asked me what I thought. I really couldn't come up with a concrete answer. I loved the suspense throughout the movie and the basic story line. It was a little freaky type scary in parts. At the end it was science fiction and then spiritual. When the kids were wearing white holding big white fluffy rabbits, I was really scratching my head. It was this ambivalent feeling of okay I think I am supposed to feel peaceful and happy about this ending but I feel kinda eerie at the same time. Hmmm. I will say I liked that it wasn't predictable and it was thought provoking in a weird sort of way.

Bridal Shower

Patrica and I decided to have a bridal brunch for our friend Teresa. The table looked better than it does in this picture. We had quiche, fresh fruit, orange rolls, and OJ. After brunch, Teresa opened presents. We all chatted up a storm.

Melissa and TeresaMelissa, Wendy, Me, Teresa, Patricia
These girl's were in my Master's Program with me. It was fun to be able to get together and update each other on post graduate plans. Teresa and I work at ISAT together, she is moving to Texas and I will miss her!

Family Weekend

Becky and her family came to Utah so Gracie and Callie could get baptized together. Mom and Dad also came up to celebrate their special day. The whole weekend was so much fun. I picked Becky and family up from the airport and we headed right to Iggy's to watch the JAZZ game. I love it that Cater and Ed are JAZZ fans even though they live in Houston! I loved just hanging out, visiting, and watching the game. Cater is my JAZZ Buddy! JAZZ won both games while Cater was here. He is good luck! Callie is soooo much like Becky...she chatted a little, ate dinner, and then snuggled and went right to sleep while the rest of us watched the game. She even did the big drool, just like Becky used to do.....Ahhhh. Another fun thing that I did was go shopping with Mom and Ashli before I joined up with Becky and Steve's families for the snow day. Mom is so cute!! Ashli and I had fun helping her pick out some new outfits. It was a perfect way to start out the day :)

Snow Day

Baptism Day!

Birthdays and Draper Temple

It was a fun family weekend. I miss everyone!!

Happy Birthday!

What a cute birthday girl and birthday boy! It was fun to celebrate Ashli and Ethan's birthdays. I love spending time with both and love them to pieces, if that is possible!

I learned something about Ashli and Ethan in regards to my favorite food....Chocolate cake. Ashli prefers just chocolate cake with NO FROSTING (what the heck, Ash???) and Ethan prefers hardly any cake with a very think layer of frosting! What a great team they are, Ashli can eat the cake and Ethan can polish off the frosting!

I think that Catie is getting MELLOW as she ages...I guess don't we all. Anyway, Gracie, Ethan, and Elle had a good time petting Catie.

Elsa really loved hanging out with Catie

Gracie prefers Ice cream!

Check out how cute Elsa is with this huge piece of cake she is taking home!

It was fun to hang out with family and celebrate Ashli and Ethan!

Christmas Eve

This year I spend Christmas with Emily's family and Dad and Mom in Carson City. Emily and Russ went all out to make the holiday fabulous. My favorite part of the holidays are spending time with family and traditions. For Christmas Eve we had appetizers including a fancy fondue.

Emily making Spritz Cookies for Santa and the chocolate fondue. Parker loves helping Emily in the kitchen. What a cute Mom!
After dinner Parker and Hannah opened one gift...PJ's. They were so cute and excited to open a present. They loved their PJ's. Parker also got some new car slippers that he wore faithfully!
After the kids got all snugly in their PJs we went and looked at Christmas lights. We found some pretty fancy lights. At one house in was a Christmas Extravaganza, you pulled up and tuned into a certain radio station which corresponded with a spectacular light show and movie presentation.
Russ read the Christmas story from the Bible and then the kids put cookies out for Santa!
Hannah has quite a sweet tooth, it was hilarious because Parker was serious about Santa getting his cookies and Hannah snagged one as soon as Parker walked away. A girl after my own heart :)

After the kids went to bed we had a yummy chocolate fondue.

White Christmas

We woke up to a White Christmas! It was so beautiful. It was so much fun to see Parker and Hannah's excitement on Christmas morning to see what Santa had brought them. This picture of Hannah by the Christmas tree is one of my favorite pictures...she is adorable.

Oh I forgot to mention that we woke up to Emily's homemade cinnamon rolls, which were delish!

Emily was very sweet and not only did stockings for her family but also for Dad, Mom, and I. Thanks Em!!!! One of my favorite parts of Christmas morning when I was younger was opening the presents out of my stocking.
After stockings we opened presents. It was so much fun to see the kids so excited with each gift that they opened. The adults had fun opening presents also!

Dad sang "Oh Holy Night!" I got teary as usual!!!

It was so relaxing to hear Emily play Christmas songs!

It was a very Merry Christmas.

Snow Day

The day after Christmas we got up and built a snowman. Parker had fun playing in the snow and eating a little also. The finished product (Mom was a little nervous about being out in the snow but adjusted fast)!

Hannah making friends with the snowman!

Lucy hanging out in the snow!
Mom and Parker sure had fun with the dogs. Lily and Lucy kinda got along and had fun chasing each other. We took a walk in the snow. I thought Parker was adorable walking Lily!

Christmas Weekend

What a cute couple Em and Russ are!

We had so much fun playing games. We played two nights in a row. It was fun to see Mom and Dad's "game personalities" they were hilarious. We all laughed and had a good time. A few times we laughed so hard a few of us almost wet our pants.

We were eating breakfast one morning and after Hannah was pretty much done with her cereal, she pulled this maneuver. She is so little and it totally cracked me up. It is just her normal routine, she eats her cereal and then drinks her milk. She is an expert at it.

How cute is she???? Emily dressed her so cute and did her hair in a fancy different style every day. She is quite the fashion baby! Hannah is very cuddly, which I loved. Mom had the magic touch, and rocked her to sleep at night.

Parker is soooooo good, sweet and snugly. I gave him so many hugs. He loves playing with his trains.

It was really hard to say goodbye. I wanted to pack Hannah and Parker in my suitcase and take them home with me!

What a cute Mom and Dad!

Emily and Russ' tree was so pretty. I couldn't believe how big it was. It was so festive at their house. I had so much fun with everyone. Thanks Emily and Russ for such a fun Christmas!