Better late than never Santa Pictures

This year was so much fun seeing Santa a few times and getting to see the Temple Square Lights. To me even though it was really cold, it was worth it. If only my hubby felt the same way:)

We had a great Christmas! It was fun to be back in Utah and get to spend the Holidays with family. Santa brought our family a Wii and we have been having so much fun playing it as a family! We are so blessed to have such great people in our lives, and we look forward to a very Happy New Year!

Sledding with the 4 wheeler

Dad is getting them tied on

Just about ready
Starting up

Here they come

Here they are

Hold on!!

No hands, crazy kid!
There they go!

We are so lucky to have the mountain right by us! We have a trail that is 2 houses up from us where we like to go 4 wheeling. Matt has been waiting for enough snow to take the kids on their sled with the 4 wheeler. Thanks to yesterday's snow, we had plenty! The kids had alot of fun! I am so glad they have such a fun dad!~

Christmas Quiz

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping Paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial
3. When do you put your tree up? day after thanksgiving, except this year we did it a week before:)
4. When do you take the tree down? a few days after Christmas
5. Do you like eggnog? Heck no!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Lots of Dolls
7. Hardest person to buy for? My mother-in-law. I never know what to get her.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Taylor and Oakley. They are easy to figure out.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? no
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Something used, very used, smelly used.......
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Miracle on 34th Street, Charlie Brown, and old cartoon ones.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I started in October, but next year I plan on starting alot earlier.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Of course!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Lots of cookies and yummy treats!
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, love lights!! Clear for me!
17. Favorite Christmas song? Winter Wonderland
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? This will be our first in 3 years that we are back by our family! Stay close!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Yes
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Normally a star, but nothing this year.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open one on Christmas (new p.j.s) and the rest that morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The crowds
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I love sparkles balls, and ribbon in silver.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Stuffing and treats
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I want a new Dvd player for the car.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Everyone!

The Diet From.......

I have decided that I need to lose some weight. I decided that along time ago, but just recently decided to get my butt in gear and do it. (We are going to Mexico in March so that is another reason too!) A year ago I was on steroids for my allergy's to get rid of the swelling and I gained 20 lbs in a month from them. Lovely! As easy as it was to put on the weight, it has not been easy to lose. I have lost 15 out of the 20 lbs, but need to lose a good 25 more. So here starts the fun!

My brother-in-law is a health fanatic. Not really but I like to give him crap. He gained some weight on his mission and a little more when he got home. Before he left for his mission, he was really cut. He worked out alot and was on a strict diet. He did the same diet when he got home and just from the diet alone he dropped 20 lbs in 2 months. So I decided to try his diet. Trust me it was hard to cave because I LOVE to make fun of his diet!! He is always cooking eggs, or chicken while we are eating my mother-in-laws yummy dinner. So sorry Shane! I am now eating my words!!

The diet is eating every two hours. There is alot of eggs, turkey wraps, chicken, protein shakes, and lots of water. It is tuff for me because I am a vegetarian. Not because I want to save animals, but because I don't like the taste! So this one is hard for me. I am doing the turkey, I tried to do tuna, but it was gross! I am doing fake chicken that is really good. I am into day 4 and I am already feeling a difference. It is hard though seeing my family eat yummy things and I can't. But so far so good at staying away from the temptation.

Wish me luck! I will need it!!

This is for you Jenny!

This is for my girl Jenny who is battling the dentist and her teeth. A reminder why we go through so much crap to have teeth! I hope it makes you laugh! Everything will be o.k. and things will work out:)

Happy Birthday Tiff!

My hot little friend had a Birthday today. Poor girl, the BYU/UTAH game seems to fall on it quite often:) Tiff has always been such a great friend to me! She is always there for her friends! I can't say enough good things about the girl! I need to see her more often! She is so fun to be around!

Happy Birthday Girl!!!

Happy Birthday Matt!

I feel bad. Yesterday was my Hubby's birthday and I meant to post about it, but I had to work until 6 and then it was off to dinner with the Family. So here is my post a day late, but still done with tons of love!

Matt is the best guy ever. He is the exact opposite of me. He is so nice, caring, doesn't like to talk trash, a great husband and father, patient and super HOT!!

Happy Birthday Babe!!

Twilight

Woo hoo!! The movie is here! So of course I had to change my background!!!!

Happy Birthday Jenny!! Ya Hot Mama!!

Happy Birthday Jenny!! I have great memories with Jenny!! I have known her since Jr.High. We used to have such good times hanging at her house, watching her brother throw bowling balls off the roof!! We were working together when she met her cute husband Derek! And I was able to see what a gorgeous bride she made the day she married him!!! Love ya girl! Plan on us going out big for our 30th next year!!!!

Goodbye Stop Sign, It's been great knowing ya!

Today I say goodbye to my beloved Stop Sign and Orange and Yellow Vest. Yes, you have read it right. The hottest, greatest, funnest Crossing Guard is hanging up her sign and vest. I start a new job on Monday working from home on our computer. I am really excited for my new job, but I will also miss my old job.

Here is my top ten things I will miss:

1. I will miss the cute little kids that say "hi" to me everyday.

2. I will miss the super cold weather and standing out there in the cold! J/K

3. I will miss the little kid who likes to throw snow at my sign, which then falls down my coat and shirt.

4. I will miss the girls who check out my outfits everyday. Yes, they look me up and down to see what I am wearing:)

5. I will miss the really nice parents who think I am poor and offer me one of their winter coats. I just moved over from Hawaii!!! I am working on the coat thing!! Geez!!!!

6. I will miss the nasty guys who drive by and check me out, I will miss the ones who are so obvious that they stop to look at me when there is no one crossing and I am just standing against the fence. Hello!! Obvious!!

7. I will miss the mom's who race to the school and think the speed limit of 20MPH doesn't apply when you are running late to get your kid to school.

8. I will miss the kids who run over my feet with their bikes.

9. I will miss the little girl who brings me cookies!

10. I will miss the money, oh wait, my new job pays better, I don't have to drive there, and has benefits! Never mind!!

J/K!! I really have enjoyed having a easy job that I could take Oakley with. I am grateful that I have been able to find more than one job that allows stay at home moms to work out of their house and make money! Life is great!!

The ABC's of me!

A- Attached or Single? Attached to the hottest man ever!!
B- Best Friend? Matt
C- Cake or Pie? I am a cake girl! Love em!!
D- Day of Choice? Saturday. Most of the time we are all home and can hang.
E- Essential Item? A car. I NEED to get out of the house often.
F- Favorite Color? Black (when it comes to clothes, slimming:)
G- Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms? Gummy worms (I like to stretch them out)
H- Hometown? Smagna, Ut
I- Favorite Indulgence? Chocolate covered strawberries
J- January or July? July, I love the sun.
K- Kids? 3 fabulous ones!
L- Life isn't complete without? My hubby!
M- Movie favorite? 50 First Dates, love it!
N- Number of Brothers and Sisters? 1 brother 1 half sister
O- Oranges or Apples? Green Apples
P- Phobias or Fears? I am scared of small places.
Q- Quote? "It's all good", because it is. Life is great!!
R- Reason to Smile? My family room addition is almost done!!! YAY!!
S- Season of Choice? I love the summer. LOve it Love it Love it!
T- Tag a few friends: Anyone who needs something to post about! I love reading about what you are up to!!
U- Unknown Fact About Me? I have a little OCD when it comes to clothes in the closet. Shirts,pants, work shirts, you know-don't mix them together! It's annoying!!
V- Vegetable? Mashed Potato
W- Worst Habit? Complaining about a messy house, but not cleaning it as often as I should.
X- X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound.
Y- Your Favorite Food? Mexican. I could eat it every day.(almost)
Z- Zodiac Sign? Libra

Daddy Daughter Night

So for our Anniversary I bought Matt tickets to the Jazz game. He loves to watch them, so I thought that would be a good present for him. At the time, we didn't have anything going on that night. Then Parker's Jr.Jazz season started up and surprise surprise, his game is on the same night. Not to mention Parker gets free tickets to go to a Jazz game for Jr.Jazz and he and Matt went last Saturday. So last night Matt took Taylor with him to the game. She was really excited to go with her dad! It was so cute!! We are trying to do better with our money and so we are doing a budget and he had a certain amount of money for parking and a treat. Well he told me he spent some of his lunch money on her buying her treats. He just couldn't say "No"!! I thought it was so cute! They had a great time! A guy behind them caught a ball from the bear and gave it to Taylor and everyone at the game got a poster of the Jazz Players that were on the Olympic Game! I fell in love all over again with my husband last night seeing how cute he was with her!

Halloween

The kids had such a great time this year! For the past couple of years they have been going to Trunk or Treats at our church so this was year it was fun for them to go house to house. Oakley got tired after 5 streets and she was done:) Parker went with his friends and had a great time. We also were able to go to a party at one of our neighbor's! Lots of fun!!

Family Pictures

We went up yesterday into the
Canyon to do family pictures. The kids were so good. Probably because I promised Happy Meals:)

Fall Leaves

I have been dying to go up in the mountains and see the fall leaves and get some pictures. Matt tells me to go outside and look at the mountain and that is the same:) Not!! So yesterday I told everyone that I had a surprise and to dress warm. We went up to Mueller Park and roasted Hot dogs, and smores. It was alot of fun, but very cold. It took us a few minutes to gather up things for the fire, but Matt got it going pretty fast. We had a great time being up there and seeing the leaves, playing football, and eating. I hadn't realized how much I had missed seeing the leaves change!

Happy Anniversary!!

Matt and I celebrated our 9 year Anniversary last Thursday on the 16th. We dropped the kids off at his mom's on Friday and went to dinner at the Macaroni Grill, went and saw a Movie, and then stayed at the Crystal Inn. The next morning we were able to sleep in until 10:30! That never happens!! It was so much fun! I love Matt so much. Here are 9 things I love about him!

1-He loves me unconditionally

2-He never gets mad (which can be annoying sometimes:)

3-He never has a mean thing to say about anyone

4-He is a very hard worker to support our family

5-He supports me in everything new I want to try

6-He is a amazing father

7-He gets hotter and hotter as he gets older:)

8-I love watching him play Basketball, he still has game-and I love him in his warm ups:)

9-He wants to grow old with me!

Dinosaur Museum and Pumpkin Patch

A few weeks ago we went to the Dinosaur Museum in Ogden. They had a Dog Halloween Costume and we have a membership there so we thought we would take the dogs. Bella was a princess, and Lily was a surfer. She had on a wet suit and matt made her a surfboard attached to her shirt. Lily won 3rd place so we got a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Robert's! We had yummy warm scones and were able to walk around the park and see all the Halloween dinosaurs! It was alot of fun!!

We also went last week to a Pumpkin Patch so the
kid's could pick out their pumpkins to carve.
They wanted to pick the biggest ones and we kept
trying to talk them into getting smaller ones.
Taylor was the only one who got a smaller one.
After carving them, I decided that I will get Large ones from now on.Not as gooey and less seeds!! We had a great time though!