Weekend of Shopping

This past weekend I was lucky enough to head to Utah with some friends, Katie Phillips and Melissa Thomson. We went down specifically to shop without kids. Our wonderful husbands braved being at home with them Friday night and Saturday day so that we could make our great escape. We left around 6 on Friday evening and spent the night at Melissa's in-laws house. Cathy was such a great host and we had so much fun staying up late and talking. It has been awhile since I have been up until 2 a.m. chit chatting with a friend. It was like a true slumber party. The next morning we hit Ikea and spent half the day there and then hit Tai Pan Trading. I am so excited about my new decor, I have posted pics below of some of my favorite finds. Katie and Melissa found some great things too. I can't wait to see how everything turned out in their houses. We were so excited about our shopping experience that we even had a guy stop us in Tai Pan and comment on "how cute" we looked together walking around with our carts and stopping to talk about everything we were seeing. We were slightly imberassed after that. It is a pity we don't get out enough to not look like it is Christmas morning when we finally get to shop. Oh well. We had a blast. Thank you husbands for letting us desert you for some much needed girl time. This is a wall in my bedroom after I put the black vinyl flowers on it. $19.99 at Ikea, I absolutely love them! The previous sticks I had in my bucket were being broken slowly each day and were starting to look pretty sad. Although I had to carry these sticks for several hours through Ikea, they were worth the hassle and look much nicer in that space. I should have taken a before shot but I guess you just get to imagine them instead. This is a wall in the basement. I think I am going to buy one more sticker set to extend the branches more but eventually I will hang picture frames over it so the tree will be the background on the wall. It will be really cool when it is done.

9 Years!

I can't believe how fast time has flown. Yesterday we celebrated our 9th anniversary. Here are some reasons why I still love this guy:

*He cooks all day at work and is still willing to cook for us when he gets home.

*His Mom taught him to treat me like a princess and he always has!

*He has an amazing knowledge of the gospel and holds the priesthood.

*He took me to the temple to be married and can still bring me back to this day.

*If something is broke, he will figure out how to fix it. We call him the king of Jimmy Rigging.

*He is really tall so he can reach all the things that I can't.

*He is a great Dad and likes to play with his kids.

*He goes grocery shopping with me and will run errands for me.

*He has a great sense of humor.

*He helps me decorate even if it means balancing on one leg straddling the tv stand, or moving items a titch to the right and then no actually right back where it just was.

I love you Scott. Thank you for putting up with me all of these years.

I Was Made For Lovin' You Baby

For some reason my kids love this song. We get requests for it all the time. When it is on, this is what we get to hear which cracks me up every time. Sorry about the footage, I was doing my best to turn around in my seat to video.

Cress Creek Hike

We decided there isn't a lot of time left to take advantage of the outdoors. On Sunday we went on a little hike at Cress Creek (not far from Heise). We had discovered a few things along the way and had a lot of fun.

Our first discovery...a lizard. The kids (notice the view) Me and the girls. Our second discovery, an apple tree. Can you find Scott in the tree? He is wearing camo so it is a little hard. Enjoying the apples. Thanks Dad!

Dance

Dance has officially begun. Ashtyn took dance when she was 3 but I ended up relying on Scott to take them to dance a lot because of work. He did not enjoy it so I really haven't pushed it the last few years knowing I wouldn't be able to take them myself. Now that I am part-time I had no excuses and signed them up. They take lessons at Dance Unlimited and so far so good. Here are their first day outfits. I love to watch each girl in class. They all seem to light up when they are dancing. I think it may have something to do with the clothes they get to wear.

Kids are Funny...

This is the cool dude I get to hang out with all day. Lately he prefers not to wear a shirt and to walk around in these sweet cowboy boots. It makes me giggle every time I see him. Wouldn't it be fun to be a kid again? Haylee has been working on rolling her tongue for several days now. This was something she just had to master. Today has been a proud day. She finally figured it out and has been in a great mood all day because of this. Thank you tongue! Congrats Haylee! This was last Friday after only three days of school. We let the girls hand out in our bedroom to watch a movie since it was the weekend. This is what we found. Lets just say they didn't watch the movie...school apparently wore them out this week.

And School Begins...

All ready for the first day of school. Haylee was sooooo excited. Ashtyn not so much. Here is the neighborhood crew waiting at the bus stop. Every one of them is looking sharp in their new clothes and excited for the first day. Aren't they all so cute!?! Brigham was hoping to sneak on the school bus too. He was pretty disappointed to see the girls get to go without him. Off they go. . . I am more sad this year losing two kids than I was last year. It was really quiet at home today. Hope everyone has a great school year. Check out below for their after school interviews.