I didn't expect that year to go by so fast, or to let my blog fall behind. My friend Tara, told me I had to update it so she could keep in touch and see what is going on with our lives! All sorts of family members will be happy to see I have updated and added some pictures! Lets see if I can remember what has happened this past year!
January- was my last post, we had Mark's mom in town for his 27th birthday! We had a wonderful dinner straight out of the Pioneer Woman's Cookbook! Love her food and love her!
February- Well in the last post I posted some of the cute crafts I made. Not much happened, well, maybe it's because I can't remember.
March- Celebrated St. Patrick's Day, started working on cute spring crafts. Which I will have a few pictures posted somewhere in this post.
April- Started working out at the gym, doing The Biggest Loser competition at Desert Palms Fitness center. I had lots of motivation, I don't know where it all went. I ended up losing 9 inches across my body and 7 lbs.
May- Desiree got married and chose me to be her Matron of Honor, and what an honor it was to be a part of her wedding. I made a jacket for her to wear, she bought the jacket and I put Mrs. Beacham on the back. Super Cute! I also ran a 5 K, completing it in 39.22! It was at midnight so nice and cool outside. I feel like this is the best shape I have been in awhile.
June- I celebrated my 26th birthday! We didn't do much, how sad I really can't remember. I think we had a BBQ with some friends at my Auntie and Uncle's house! It was a blast.
July- My sweet baby girl turned 4, where does the time go. We also went to Lake Powell, it was Mark's first time. We had a blast camping out in 100 + degree weather. Taylor learned to love the water and swim by herself, thanks to her LIFE JACKET!
August- Taylor started Pre-school out at Watch Me Grow Preschool, with Grandma Smith and Mrs. Julie. She is learning how to write her letters and what sounds they make, she has been doing such a wonderful job. Taylor had her very first Dentist appointment, she had to have a cavity filled. She talks about the dentist filled her tooth with toilet paper! Oh, I love her and all the things she says.
September- We have just been home and hanging out with friends and family. Getting ready for our vacation to Mark's parents house at the end of October. We also spent some time with THE WILSON family out in the BLM, hanging out and riding Dirtbikes!
October- I ran my second 5k, not sure why.. Oh, wait I know, I wanted to hang out with my friend Tara! Thanks for inspiring me to get off my lazy A. Also, to support a good cause BREAST CANCER! Taylor has been asking for months if she could be Princess Peach for Halloween, So I found a pink dress and a blonde wig for her to wear. I also found a crown and some pink high heels for kids. She looked super cute. We spent Halloween in Missouri, with Mark's Parents. While out trick or treating Taylor ran into Luigi and Mario! While in Missouri we went to Silver Dollar City, in Branson. Taylor is tall enough to ride some of their roller coasters. What a brave little girl we have, she loved the roller coaster and all the kid rides. We had the chance to head down to California to go to the X-Games. EXCITING! Super Fun.
November- for the first two weeks we were still in Missouri, hanging out with family. Our friends picked us up from the airport and we hung out did a little Christmas shopping and came home. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Star and Shawn's house. Christine, Kevin and Family came down, we spent several nights with them playing games. One night while playing games, Taylor and Katelynn got a hold of our Camera.... Wow, I am impressed with their photo skills.
We sure do miss you guys. One of my best est friends moved back home to Oregon! I will miss her dearly, but am super for her and her family. I am grateful for the wonderful time I have had with her. I am glad I still have JULIE down here!
I think I did pretty good with the updates. I promise to post more often to keep in touch with all those people who like to keep in touch with our family. We are Thankful to have such a wonderful family and such wonderful friends who bless us everyday!
We never really get to play in the snow, living in beautiful sunny St. George. So we decided we would head towards Pine valley and let Taylor have her first snowball fight! I thought for sure she would cry when she fell onto the snow covered ground, but she got right back up and just laughed.
This past winter we bought the original Frosty the Snowman cartoon and Taylor became obsessed with Frosty. Anyways, there is a part in the movie where they put a hat on frosty and he comes to life! On our way up to the snow she said, " I can't wait to put my hat on Frosty!" I didn't want to say anything, but I thought I better so she didn't freak out while we were up there! Kids are just to Cute.
Happy Birthday to Mark, he turned 27 on January 11, 2010! He is not to big on birthdays, he has never really let me invite friends over and celebrate. Well, he changed his mind this year. On Saturday we went to our friend Tara and Tommy's house for dinner with Mark's mom. We made a wonderful dinner and thanks to, Pioneer Women for her recipes! We made Chicken Fried Steak, Creamy Mashed Potato's, and last but not LEAST Mt. Dew Apple Dumplings. Oh, my what a wonderful meal.
On Sunday, we went to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner, because we were celebrating my Grandma's birthday amd Marks at the same time. We had some wonderful tasting Spaghetti and my aunt made Mark a Pecan Pie.
Monday, Mark's actual birthday we picked up Papa Murphy's pizza and invited Mark's friends Brady and Abee and Peter over for dinner and games. While the girls played the Train game the boys played call of duty moder welfare.
Mark, We love you and are glad to have you be a part of our little family. Thanks for all you do for us.
Hello Everyone, sorry it has been so long since my last post. We have been super busy! I left off on my birthday post which was a month late.
On July 7th, 2009 our little Taylor had her THIRD birthday! Wow, I can't believe how fast the time goes by. We had a birthday party for her and she loved every bit of attention. We would ask her what she wanted for her birthday and she said, " I just want Candles!" What a funny little girl we have, who knew blowing out candles would be so much fun.
The month of September has been a busy one Taylor started PRESCHOOL! She gets to go to school M-W-F, so it is a nice break for all us. Everyday we pick her up she has some new learning game to play at home. I tried taking a picture of her before school, well, lets just say she is at that cheesy picture stage.....
The second week in September I was lucky enough to get a little vacation and head up to Salt Lake City for a few days at my cousin Tami's house. I was going up to work on some cute crafts and christmas presents, while she scrap-booked! Would you know I forgot my camera, it seems like I am always forgetting that darn camera. I got to her house on Wednesday afternoon and we then headed to The Wood Connection, where I spent a good chunk of money.... This is what I made with some of the wood I bought, I am still working on my other projects.
I made this cute sign for my cousin Lindsey for a wedding present. I think it turned out cute! Not bad for my first sign. I might just have to make one for my house!
This is a cute "T" sign for little Taylor's room. I also did some vinyl on her bed. Lets just say I love my CRICUT!
I made this clock for myself, It was not that hard to do. The numbers are a little off, I would love to take the numbers off and fix them but I think it will rip the paper. I will just get over it or have to make another one...
On Thursday Tami and I went to Gardner Village and had lunch, walked around and shopped for a little while. The rest of the weekend we just hung out and watched some movies and crafted! Made some Oreo Truffles, way to good. It was so much fun, I can't wait to go again. I am going to have to get a job so I can support my crafting habit!
I came home for a few days then went back up north for my cousin Lindsey's wedding. I was the lucky one who took grandma and her beloved SPUD up to the wedding. It was a long car ride, we had to stop 5 times so Grandma, Spud and Taylor could all go to the bathroom. By the time I got to the cabin I was exhausted and didn't ever want to get in the car with those three again. I think next time I will be putting Diapers on all three of them. ( No it wasn't that bad). She got married up in Millcreek Canyon. I had never been up there, it was absoultley beautiful. I was sad for her because just as she was walking down the isle it started to rain. We had a wonderful time spending time with family and friends we had not seen in a long time.
Now, I have been home for a few days busy working on school pictures that I am helping with, it is keeping my busy and I am having a lot of fun doing the work and thinking about the nice Paycheck coming my way. Today is Friday the 25th of september and we are going to Lake Mead with the Mahoney family. Julie has a nephew getting married on Sat. in one of the little white chapels in Las Vegas. So we are going to Lake Mead and then to the Wedding and we will be home late Sat. night. We are so excited to go play in the water!
That is our story for the last couple of weeks.
We made it to Mark's parents house on June 14, 2009. I wanted to get there so I would not have to be stuck traveling on my birthday. So we made! I turned 25 on June 15, it was a great day. It started off with my favorite " CORNMEAL PANCAKES," if you have never had them you should try them. You can get the recipe of the jiffy corn muffin box or just go to their website!
After breakfast my mother and sister in law and myself went and got a pedicure and a manicure, and went to Chili's for lunch so we could get the White Chocolate Molten Cake! Another favorite!
When we got back to the house the boys and Taylor had cleaned my car out! It looked so good, thank you for scrubbing the carpet papa Dave!
Mark, Taylor, Dave, Jan and Myself all headed for Branson, Mo to have a wonderful dinner at Mels Hard Luck Diner. A place for American Idol Rejects (the good rejects). It was kind of interesting because the waiters would take turns singing even while they were waiting tables. They sang Happy Birthday and it was pretty amazing and a little embarrasing but I enjoyed the fun!
Here are a few pictures of that we thought were fun in Branson, and also crossed the Table Rock Dam.
We headed back to Mark's parents house for Cake and Ice Cream. It was way good cake and the best Rocky Road Ice Cream I have ever had!
More to come. I still have Taylor's Birthday and Zoo pictures to post. I promise to be better at posting!
