Justin, Mariesa, Macey and Madisyn

Halloween!

2011-11-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

At the tri-ward trunk-r-treat.

Two little dinosaurs.

Rawr!

We had a fun Halloween this year. I was glad that Justin had the evening off work so I didn't have to do it alone. The girls had a great time getting candy and looking at all the other kids costumes.

Easter Dresses

2011-04-17T16:49:00.000-07:00

I just couldn't wait until next Sunday to put the girls in their new Easter dresses! :-)

Just the Latest

2011-02-15T12:16:00.000-08:00

Macey had a fun time at her pre-schools valentine's party. She was soo excited to show me her valentine's bag.

She loved reading every single card.

Maddy's lastest trick is to pull all the washclothes and handtowels out of the bottom drawer in the bathroom and then climb in. She does this at LEAST twice a day. So fun!

I Love This Place

2011-01-31T10:45:00.000-08:00

Ya know what I love about living here? You can wash the car and ride your bike in January! :-)

Cute Girls

2011-01-25T11:10:00.000-08:00

And now it's time for another round of . . . "Look how cute my girls are!"

Maddy's got her two bottom teeth poking up in the bottom. I wish I could get a picture of it but she sticks her tongue out when she smiles. She's also soo, soo close to walking. She'll stand for a minute, look down and her feet and think about it and then sit down. She's really good at moving along furniture, unrolling the toilet paper and emptying the pantry though. And she has mastered the art of opening cabinet doors and empteying the contents of it. It's pretty much her favorite past time right now.

Macey's cute and she knows it. That girls got attitude and sass! It really feels like she's a miniature teenager some times. Heaven help me, I don't know what I'm going to do when she gets older.

Christmas Day

2010-12-28T13:11:00.000-08:00

I took over 200 pictures, but here are just a few that I thought I would share. We do Christmas morning and breakfast at our house and then go over to Grammys and open more presents and have dinner.

{Macey loved to help Maddy open all her presents.}

{Maddy with her crawl ball}

{Maddy with her rain stick-I love that thing as much as she does, it's pretty fun.}

Maddy playing with her music table.

Redneck playpen. It worked for a good ten minutes too.

Sshh! Don't tell Grammy I stole two candy canes off the tree. They were yummy . . . and sticky!

This is a quilt my sister and I made for our mom. Kirby did the embroidery and I did the piecing.

Christmas Eve

2010-12-27T16:51:00.000-08:00

Macey pointing to an ornament she made.

We went to go see the house that syncronizes their lights to music. A big fav. here in H-town.

And we made an impromptu gingerbread house because Macey has been begging to make one and I kept putting it off. I took a TON of Christmas pictures - so maybe I'll get those sorted through and up tommorow

The Rains Came Down and the Floods Came Up

2010-12-23T09:36:00.000-08:00

A few steps out the back door you can see the overflowing Virgin River.

Macey enjoying the rainy ride.

There were a lot of road closures around here due to water.

But the sun is shining today and things look like they might start to dry out.

On a completely unrelated to rain note: One more day to Christmas!

Cutest Girls at Church

2010-10-24T15:39:00.000-07:00

I just had to show off the cutest girls at church today. Don't they look adorable in their corduroy dresses?! Maceys dress has purple sequin butterflies on it and I happened to have some purple butterfly bows in the bow box. She thought she was pretty hot stuff with her coordinating bows and dress. And Maddy just looked stinkin' adorable in her cream colored dress and her cream headband. I wish I could just bottle their cuteness up in a jar!

Cute Girls

2010-10-20T15:51:00.000-07:00

This was my feeble attempt at doing Maddys six month pictures on my own. Um, yeah, I think I'll try to take her in to get some professional ones done.

Macey thought she could wear her sunglasses to church last Sunday. Sorry sister, that's a no-go. At least she had fun modeling them.

Random Pictures

2010-09-27T08:53:00.000-07:00

Yookit Mom! Two Yizards!

Such a helper girl.

Yay for Zions! One of my favorite hiking places.
{You may have noticed that Macey is wearing the same outfit in every picture. It is her favorite outfit right now. I'm hoping it's a phase that she grows of really soon.}

Maddy Paddy Pictures

2010-09-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

Last Monday for FHE we were talking about temples and Justin decided that instead of showing Macey pictures of temples it would be better to talk her there and show her. Good idea. But it was a little to close to bedtime. She feel asleep on the way there and woke up in a major grumpy mood. Hence the lack of Macey being in any pictures.

Just checking my email, chatting with my friends online.

Maddy is sooo close to crawling. She gets herself up, scooches her knees up and then her arms fall out from under her. It frusterates her like no other. But she can scoot and wiggle herself for a few feet - it's just not actual crawling.

Her latest favorite toy is the swing. Now that the temperature in mid-morning is perfect for being outside I set up her swing this morning and she loved it!

Preschool

2010-08-25T13:08:00.000-07:00

Today was Maceys first day of preschool. She did soo good! I was nervous that she would start crying and then I would start crying and it would be a disaster. But she went right in and didn't look back. When I picked her up and asked her how it went she told me there were kids and toys and backpacks. I'm soo glad I can quit stressing about it now. Yay!

Maddy 5 Months!

2010-08-18T11:51:00.000-07:00

Maddy is five months old! She is soo big and grown up now it seems. She can roll over and over and over. She is shy when new people come up to her and buries her head in my chest. She has the cutest smile and loves to blow spit bubbles. She can even sit up all by herself for as long as she wants. She sleeps from 10:30 to 6. Yay! She's such a big girl. I love my Maddy-paddy.

Campin'

2010-08-06T14:10:00.000-07:00

I forgot to blog about our campin' trip on the 24th of July. My parents staked out a camping spot and we drove up Saturday morning and stayed over night and came home Sunday afternoon. When I was a little girl my favorite thing about camping was big bubbles. Where we live in the desert you can't make big bubbles because it's too dry but up in the mountains it's perfect for it. Macey had fun with her little bubble maker which is made out of two straws and string. Justin made a big bubble wand out of PVC pipe and rope. It was pretty awesome.

{Grandpa and Maddy}

{Maddy watching Princess Diaries on Kirbys itouch}

I made Kirby a dutch oven apple cobbler for her birthday instead of the traditional chocolate cake. (Actually, I was just being lazy, it's to stinkin hot to turn the oven on.)

{Maddy chillin' in her bouncy}

Sunday morning Macey was walking around in her jammies, with her blankie and chocolate milk, the same as she would be if we were home. :-)

{Maddy blowing bubbles at Grammy}

And,

I made Justin take me on a date last Wednesday. We have never gone and done sealings before so we went and did that. It was soo fun! My mom had a few names for us to do so we did that and a bunch of others. After the temple we had dinner at Paula's (mexican restaurant) and then we went and picked up the girls at Grammys house and went home. It was our first real date since having Maddy, so it was fun to get out and do something without the girls.

Crazy Macey

2010-07-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

This kid comes up with the craziest outfits! She can fit into Maddys six month outfits and she puts them on all the time. Getting them off is another matter. . .

4th of July

2010-07-06T07:16:00.000-07:00

We had a low-key fourth of July. Justin worked all day so we just went and saw fireworks in the evening. We did find the perfect firework watching spot though. I hope everyone else had a great fourth!

Family Pictures

2010-07-02T11:42:00.000-07:00

I've wanted to get family pictures done every year in June, but it's been kinda' hit and miss. So when I heard that my friend Caralee was starting a photog business I jumped at the chance to get family pictures done. She did an awesome job and was soo patient with Macey's crazy personality! I love all the pretty green backgrounds there are at the Brigham Young home.

Rolls and Rolls . . .

2010-06-28T11:32:00.000-07:00

Just showing off Maddys lovely chubby!

A funny side note: This outfit never did fit Macey because it was too big around. It fits Maddy perfectly though, I think it was made for her and all her chubbiness.

Another Post

2010-06-24T15:19:00.000-07:00

I know, you thinking, another post so soon, what's wrong with her? I guess I'm just in a picture posting mood.

Maddy is super close to rolling over. She hasn't done it yet, but she really wants too. Can't you see the determination in her face? She gets this far and then can't get any further.

Macey went to the dentist yesterday and actually did pretty good. I had Justin take her because I thought Macey would start throwing a fit and then Maddy would start crying and then I'd have a disaster on my hands. But from what I hear she was a brave little girl and did a good job.

I call this picture "Piggy toes and polka-dots." How I love pink!

Update

2010-06-22T13:04:00.000-07:00

Here's just a little update on what our family's been doing, since I haven't posted anything in awhile.

Maddy now weighs fourteen pounds and just turned three months. That's huge compared to what Macey was at three months. Maddy has outgrown all of her 3 month stuff and now wears 6 month clothing. We love to sit around and squish her chubby little cheeks.

I love summer and Macey loves summer because that means popsicles on the back porch.

And she loves to help bake cookies.

Blogger posted the pictures out of order, but I love Macey and her brain freezes. Too cute!

Two Stiches and a Chubby Baby

2010-05-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

Look at those cheeks! They're huge!

And look at those arms! Someone put rubber bands on them! At Maddy's 2 month check-up she weighed almost 12 pounds. That's almost double her birth weight!

I had to throw this one in here. Macey was soo proud of her tower.

And here's the two stiches on her forehead. The poor dear is as accident prone as her dad. She was looking down at the ground and ran right into a door. There was blood everywhere, it gashed pretty deep. So we took her to the instacare and she got two stiches. So sad!

Grateful to be a Mom . . .

2010-05-11T08:17:00.000-07:00

especially today. I woke up with a grateful heart and just thought I would share some of my thoughts. I'm soo grateful to be a mom in this day and age. We seem to have soo many more conveniences than moms did 15 years or more ago. The things that came to my mind are:

-kitchen appliances. It is so nice to have a microwave for when I need something to be warm right NOW. Also, slow cookers that are programmable, it's not a need, but it's definitely handy. My kitchenaid mixer. I bet pioneer women would have loved to have one of those. And my bread maker for when I'm to lazy to use my mixer for dough. :-)

-sewing machine. It does soo much more than sewing machines did ten years ago, and is soo fun to use. Fabric is way cuter as well. And what about long arm quilting machines? I bet those pioneer women would have loved those too. They could'a whipped out all those homemade quilts in a day or so.

-baby equipment. There has been soo many advances in this area it's hard to know where to even start. But the big one that comes to mind is disposable diapers. Even those are cooler than they were a few years ago with the little stripe that changes color when it's wet. I'm soo grateful I don't have to deal with cloth diapers.

-breastfeeding. It is still what it was ages ago, but how nice is it that I have an awesome breast pump for when I need a break from my baby piranha? Also, how nice are those absorbable nursing pads and my nursing cover. Breastfeeding, while still being what it used to be has made some great advances as well.

-the biggest thing I am grateful for is the INTERNET! How nice it is when I need a "mental health break" that I can turn on the computer, go to facebook and see that there are other moms on the computer for the exact same reasons. We are all going through the exact same things with our kids. It's soo nice to be able to connect with other moms without having to leave our homes. Blogs are soo nice to see what friends and family are up to that live far away. It's soo fun to see pictures of other peoples kids and hear their triumphs and trials. Email is the best thing ever! It's nice that I can send my mom or Justin an email, and then when it's convenient for them they can email me back. There are soo many awesome websites that I feel like they enrich my life soo much and make being the mommy soo much easier. There is soo much good information out there on the 'net that can help us be better homemakers. Like WebMD, and allrecipes.com and on and on and on.

-the gospel. I'm so grateful we have a living prophet of God on the earth today to lead us and guide us through these scary times. It's so nice that I can pray for guidance and then receive an answer to my prayers. What a blessing it is!

I just feel so grateful to be a mom today. We have soo many modern conveniences that make our life easier and for that I am truly grateful!

Mothers Day

2010-05-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

I had the best Mothers Day! Justin made me a gourmet breakfast in bed and gave me a card with a picture of my new sewing machine in it to remind me that that is my mothers day present. The girls looked super cute in their matching dresses. I'm soo grateful for my mom. She has taught me soo much about being a mom by her example. I hope everyone else had a great Mothers Day!

Cute Girls

2010-05-07T08:21:00.000-07:00

Macey looooves to hold Maddy. I love my little girls.

Macey is 3!

2010-04-29T09:48:00.000-07:00

We did a little party for Macey on Saturday afternoon in the backyard. The little stinker didn't want to blow out the candles, so we had to help her.

My little girl's getting soo big!

A Little Update

2010-04-18T18:16:00.000-07:00

This little girl has finally overcome her fear of the potty! I'm soo proud of her!

Maddy got her first bath last week and she actually kinda enjoyed it.

The sling I got when Macey was a baby was recalled (thank goodness, I never trusted that thing and only used it once). So I sent off for the replacement sling and it makes life soo much nicer! Anyways, that's all that's new around here. :-)

More Maddy

2010-04-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

Madisyn

2010-03-19T13:52:00.000-07:00

Our little Madisyn finally arrived. She was over 6 lbs. and absolutly perfect! I'm leaving out specifics like the day, time, and weight because this is a public blog and I don't want my babies identity stolen. If you want specifics you can email me. Her middle name is Jusins moms' name, I never met her but from what I have heard she was a really great lady. Labor was long but not terrible because I asked for the epidural early. We went to the hospital at nighttime and had my mom come over and stay the night with Macey.When we got to the hospital my contractions were consistent but not strong enough to admit me. So I did laps around labor and delivery for an hour and had them hook meup to the monitor again. By that time I was dilated a whole centimer more and the contractions were strong enough for them to admit me. One I got the IV and epidural over with things went pretty good. The nurses in L&D were awesome (the nurses in postpartum were horrible!) . Maddy was born the next morning after two set of pushes. It was a big surprise to me that everything went soo smoothly. She even caught onto nursing right after she was born. She was soo quiet that I was worried something was wrong, but that's just her nature. She just squeaks when she needs something, like right now, maybe I'll have to post more later, but I think my baby's hungry. :-)

Snow!

2010-03-09T15:00:00.000-08:00

It snowed here in sunny southern Utah. Macey wanted to build a "tall, tall, tall." The silly girl doesn't even own snow gloves!

Seriously?!?

2010-03-04T14:52:00.000-08:00

37.5 Weeks

Unfortunatly, the hike didn't start any contractions.

It's not a blog post without a picture of my Macey. Throwing rocks off a cliff is big time entertainment.

Old Pictures

2010-02-19T11:27:00.000-08:00

I was just looking through some pictures from last year and came across some cute ones from out trip to Salt Lake. We went to Hogle Zoo the end of July and then I lost the camera so these never did make it to the blog. It was kinda funny how Macey was more interested in the play area than she was in the animals. But I guess after a whole morning of just looking at animals you need a break.

This picture just cracks me up because at home Macey isn't allowed to eat anywhere but the kitchen. Well, that's the rule, sometimes I'm not the best at enforcing it. But anyways, she thought it was sooo fun to eat oreos in bed at the Little America. I love the look on her face, like she knows she's getting away with something naughty. Too cute. Anyways, that's all for now. Maybe sometime I'll update the blog with more recent pictures. :-)

Fair Trade

2010-01-28T09:00:00.000-08:00

I logged into my computer this morning, reached for my work phone and realized that Macey had replaced it with two of her play phones. I guess in a two-year-olds eyes that's a fair trade.

32.5 Weeks

2010-01-26T16:10:00.000-08:00

It's pretty pathetic when even your maternity shirts are too tight. I am the same size right now that I was when Macey was born, so this is going to be a big baby. I guess I shouldn't bother washing the preemie outfits. I'm feeling pretty good other than the occasional case of the pukies. I'm not complaining though, I'm just grateful that I'm not on bedrest. It's fun to feel the baby move around and it makes me anxious to see her! (Just hopefully not for another month or so.)

My Cutie Pie

2010-01-07T14:52:00.000-08:00

I took this picture the other day when Macey was getting ready to go over to Grammys house for a while. She's soo funny about any time we go anywhere because she thinks she has to pack up all her favorite toys to take with her. What a cutie pie!

Christmas Pictures

2009-12-31T13:55:00.000-08:00

We had a very fun Christmas! We open presents and do breakfast at home and then get dressed and go over to my parents house for the rest of the day. It works out really good. I got some fun presents for Christmas. My favorites being the tripod (which is how we took the first picture) and a baby video monitor. Justin got a GPS and a Volcano for his dutch ovens. Macey got everything that her little heart desired. She got a tent and a choo-choo and Grammy spoiled her with a play kitchen. It was a very fun Christmas.

I'm Thankful for . . .

2009-11-23T13:42:00.000-08:00

these noodleheads. I love them so very much!

Feelin' Domestic

2009-11-16T07:10:00.000-08:00

Mmm, canned apple pie filling for my food storage pantry. I would've never thought to can apple pie filling except for: #1 at RS enrichment they had a class about food storage and the table decoration was jars of apple pie filling - and it looked soo good. #2 My MIL cleaned out her shed and gave me all her old jars. #3 Justin declared his love for apple pie. #4 Apples were on sale for $1 per pound. So with those four things combined, how could I not make can apple pie filling? It was my first attempt at canning and I'm soo thankfull all the jars sealed ok. It was a fun Sunday afternoon project and Macey loved "helping" peel the apples.

Failed Attempt

2009-11-12T21:43:00.000-08:00

At doing our own Christmas pictures.

More Pictures

2009-11-02T14:36:00.000-08:00

Macey with a mouthful of smarties.

Trunk-or-treat.

This is for Grammy since she doesn't get to see Macey all dressed up cute for church.

I knew she was in the laundry room but I didn't know she could get herself into the washer. It was quiet and then I hear "Mom!, Mom!" she's never really got herself into a space she couldn't get herself out of so it was kinda' funny.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T08:02:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone! A lot has been going on lately and I have failed to blog all about it. We're having baby next March and we are soo excited about it. I think I'm past the worst of the morning sickness and I'm finally feeling like a human again. I can't seem to get blogger to re-arrange my pictures so here they are out of order. Hopefully I'll get some cuter ones at the trunk or treat tonight. The first picture of us singing "Happy You" to the "punkey" before we blow the candle out. Somehow Macey associates blowing out candles with singing the Happy Birthday song. I guess that would make sense since most of the candle blowing out happens at a birthday party.

This picture I had to put in because it shows just how stinkin' stubborn she is lately. I don't have hardly any good pictures of her the last three months because she puts her hands on her face and runs away. I thought if I sat with her she would have anywhere to go to, but she fought it.
Her witch costume really is super cute. However, she won't keep her hat or her orange tulle skirt on. At least she keeps her "spidey" cape on.
Carving "punkeys" at Grammys house for FHE. Justin did all the carving because Macey and I don't like to get our hands gooey. We just supervised.
Just us witches. Don't mind my crazy eyes. I have a hard time not blinking when the flash goes off so I try to hold them as open as I can.

Popcorn Popping

2009-08-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

I seem to have lost the camera cord to the camera that has lots of pictures from our trip last weekend. So until I find it all you get is pictures of Macey singing "Popcorn Popping." It's the only way I can get her to hold still for two seconds!

(Notice the blankey behind her, she folded that over the bench all by herself, I guess it needed some cushioning)

"It wasn't really soo . . . ."

What's Going On

2009-07-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

After I finished the Old Red Barn quilt I realized I had enough scraps left over to make a baby quilt. (I have no idea why blogger is underlining everything). At about the same time I got a bench to go in the entryway. So I made a coin quilt to go on the bench. I need more decorating ideas for it though. Like maybe a mirror above it or some kind of vinyl sign. Decorating is not my forte. I still haven't decided what kind of curtains I like, therefore we have no curtains and we've lived here for years. So I'm happy my new quilts take the blahness out of the room and give it a little color.
Here it is full size. After getting everything quilted together I realized all I had left was one 2.5 inch strip. I was cutting it close! The backside is selveges of the other quilt. Good thing it's all polka dot so it's not super obvious that it's actually 16 pieces of fabric sewn together. Usually a backing is has 1 seam down the back and that's it. But who cares? It's expensive fabric and I wasn't going to let it sit in my material box. I quilted it myself with my mom's sewing machine. It has a handy dandy walking foot attachment (she acutally bought the attachment for me so I could quilt with it, she's soo nice :-). But the thing that made it quilt so nice was the fabric adhesive I sprayed inbetween the layers. Macey wanted to "help" me of course and got covered in a mist of the adhesive and then played with the scraps of batting. I wish I would've got a picture of her, it was soo dang funny. She looked like a little dog with fur.

For Pioneer Day my parents invited us to go 4-wheeling with them up Beaver mountain. The weather was soo nice and once we got up really high it even got a little chilly. Macey loved riding the 4-wheelers.

So much so that she fell asleep! Good thing Grandma was there to hold her head.

Here's Kirby and Josh at the top of one of the trails. I just realized I don't have a picture of Dad and Taylor on the other 4-wheeler. Whups!

Here's Justin on his motorcycle.

These mountain biking pictures are from June when Justin went biking at the Grand Canyon with a group of his friends.

And here's a picture of the group that he went with.

And this is from the fourth of July. We hiked up Angels Landing in the morning. We always stop at Scout Outlook. I don't dare go any farther than that or my knees starting shaking and I get really nauseaus. One day I'll conquer my fear of heights. But not today. After that we hiked down to the trooper and had lunch, went home, took a nap and then went swimming and watched fireworks. I'd say it was one of our best fourth of July's yet.

Old Red Barn quilt finished!

2009-07-06T10:53:00.000-07:00

One project down a bazillion to go. I finished the binding on this baby last Friday and we finally got the shelf hung up yesterday to put it on. I love how it looks in Maceys room. It just makes it feel so much more "homey." I made this to enter in the Old Red Barn quilt-along contest. All you have to do is make the quilt with the pattern posted on the website and post a picture of your finished product and the picture enters you in a contest to win a Janome 6600 sewing machine. I would LOVE to win it! My dream sewing machine would be a Bernina, but I'll take whatever upgrade I can get. I really do like my old Kenmore, but something with more options would be fun. Here's the back of the quilt with a strip of leftovers on the lower third.

My favorite part of the quilt. I asked the quilter to stich Maceys name on a block and she embellished it with cute little flowers. Love it!

Anyways, that's all for now. I'll have to download pictures off the other camera of the 4th - later.

The Latest

2009-06-27T08:51:00.000-07:00

So here's just a quick run down of what's been going on at the Morgan house. Justin had his 32nd birthday. Yes, that's water down his shirt - he was filling up his camelback to go on his Saturday morning mountain bike ride with his friends. I'll have to post some pictures of that sometime.
Macey and I made his favorite dessert - cake pops. Although we altered the recipe a bit so it's more like mini cupcakes. And yes, they are as good, maybe even better than they look.

Here's Macey and her creation. She was soo proud of it!
The raggedy quilt is finally finished! I love how it puckered up and got all raggedy after being washed. I just had to show it off one last time. I've got two more quilts in the works. One I've just got to put the binding on and then I'll post pictures. The other one is a nine-patch made out of scraps from another quilt.

I was just informed this morning that there are only 65 days until BYU's first football game. Oh boy!
Part of being an old man means kidney stones. This one is a whole millimeter larger than his last one. That's huge in kidney stone size!

Also I've found a solution to my picture problem. The problem was that I've got thousands and thousands of adorable pictures saved on the computer. And even though they are back up on a external hard drive and then saved onto CD's, it still made me nervouse that something could happen and I would lose everything. I've given up on trying to scrapbook every picture. I hate sitting at the computer more than I have to to do digital pages, and I'm just not a paper scrapper. The solution to my anxiety? I would take a month and in that month print out 15-20 of the best pictures. Then I got these pages dividers at Roberts. There are 3 slots for 4x6 photos. So you can put 6 pictures per page. You can get a box of 50 for $13. And then to send pictures to Costco only costs 12 cents per picture. Not bad at all for some peace of mind! So here's a picture of how it's organized. There is a one inch slot on the right side, I printed out a little label of the month and year and slid that in. So every thing is in order by month. Anyways, I thought I would post about that because I get lots of helpfull ideas off other peoples blogs so maybe this will help someone else out.

Projects & a toddler bob

2009-05-30T09:04:00.000-07:00

There's not a lot of super exciting news to post about, but we have been busy with lots of little projects. My gardens making good progress. Justin finally got the drip system installed last week so I don't have to go out every morning and water it. He also put a shade up over my other garden box because the 'maters don't seem to love the summer sun. So far all we've been able to eat out the garden is cilantro. I love cilantro, but I'm ready for some real vegetables!

This is a quilt I've been working on to go on Maceys bed. She's still in a crib for now, but I figured by the time I actually get this done she will be ready for a twin size bed. It's a ragged square pattern. The only thing left to do is the machine quilting. I'm trying to do it myself so it might be awhile before it's done at the rate I go.

My favorite part of the quilt (beside the ragged edges the will fluff up all cute when it gets washed) is the back. I got this idea of crazymomquilts.blogspot. She always puts something on the backside so it's kinda like a two sided quilt.

I just bought this material yesterday at Scrap Apple! I looooove it! It's the bubble gum line from Moda. I love that the colors are so bright and summery! I should probably finish my other project before I start this one, but I'm making it to enter into a contest with a deadline in four weeks, so I better get crackin'!

I decided it's probably time to cut off the baby hair {sob}. Look how long and pretty it was! It was getting kinda scraggly on the bottom and since she was the only girl in nursery that still hadn't gotten her hair cut I gave in. So here's the before picture.

Here's the "during" picture. She was actually pretty good. I was really suprised because she usually freaks out whenever someone she doesn't know gets close to her.

And here's the after. We tried to do her two-year-old pictures ourselves and after about 300+ pictures only ended up with about 2 or 3 that are OK.

Anyways, that's all for now!

My baby's TWO!

2009-05-02T17:58:00.001-07:00

I can't believe my baby's two already. It seems like only yesterday she was a little peanut in my arms. Where does the time go? Now she's an extremly active and demanding toddler. She's her own little person, with her own little quirks. For instance she loves to watch bugs on the sidewalk. But if the bug happens to touch her she freaks out. She loves dogs (although very allergic to them) and sometimes thinks she's a dog and barks at the tv if she's watching 101 Dalmations. She loves "Pooh" and has worn out her Winnie the Pooh books soo bad, same goes for the DVD. Therefore she got a chocolate dobashi Pooh birthday cake. The chocolate is for us and the Pooh is for her. We have texas sheet cake for almost every birthday and I thought I would try something different. We also did homemade mint ice cream. It was sooo good!

We did the birthday party at my parents house since it seems to be the central location for everyone that was going to come. I think it worked out a lot better for us to bring the party to St. George rather than make them all drive out to our house. We sang the happy birthday song and Macey loved it soo much that we sang it over and over, re-lighting the candles in-between. Hey, it's her party she can do what she wants to. I think we sang it a total of ten times.

Aunt Kirby gave her this lovely xylophone (thanks Kirb!) and it was her absolute most favorite toy. It's pretty fitting comming from her since she plays percussion at the college. Now I get to enjoy the benefits of Maceys lovely "music" all day long.

Grandma and Grandpa spoiled her with a tricycle. It's pretty awesome with it's old fashioned colors and style. It even has a bell:-) She didn't seem to want much to do with it at the party but once we got home she got on it. Yesterday she got going pretty good on it. Now she needs to learn how to steer. Oh well, one thing at a time. All in all she had an awesome birthday and is really good at being two (like the big tantrum she threw at the grocery store this morning.)

On a roll

2009-04-23T15:43:00.001-07:00

Easter

2009-04-13T15:24:00.000-07:00

Garden Update

2009-04-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

I'm soo excited my plants are starting to grow! I was getting worried for a while there. So far everything has sprouted up except for my onions and peppers. I've got spinach, lettuce, broccoli, peas, corn, carrots, tomato, and cilantro. In a few weeks I get to plant cantalope, zucchini, squash, watermelon, and strawberries and whatever else I decide I have to have, in the other planter box. Who knew gardening could be soo fun? Macey especially loves it! Well, she loves to hold the hose and water the wall anyways, but at least she thinks she is helping. The other day we were out watering the garden and Justin happened to be home. He was telling Macey which section needed to be watered next so she would move the hose over to where he would tell her. Then he said "now water mommy," and she did! Little stinker!

Conference

2009-04-05T18:54:00.000-07:00

Here's the family watching conference. Taylor had it comming to him. All of the conference talks were really good (as usual), there seemed to be a message for everyone. We went over to Kanab for the afternoon Sunday session. The drive over was nice. We just bought a year pass to Zions, so we went that route to Kanab on the way out there. My grandmas health isn't doing too good, and she probably doesn't have much longer, so in a way it was a trip to see her one last time. It was hard to see her the way she was, but I'm glad we made the trip. I'm sure she loves all of her grandchildren the same, but I think I'm her favorite:-)

And what's a trip to Grandma and Grandpas house without a ride on the tire swing?

Yay Zion!

2009-03-21T08:34:00.000-07:00

Justin and I had Wednesday off work and we just happened to have some friends in town so we headed for Zion. The weather was perfect. I was afraid it would be a little chilly, but it was just right for walking the trails. We just did the Emerald Pools and Weeping Rock.
Here's a picture of Zach and Amy. Hmm, should've got a picture of their front side. They're such a cute couple. I wish they lived a little closer. Amy talked me out of my scrapbook funk. I haven't scrapbooked in a while because I don't really like the 12x12 size, it's too big and I don't really like the 8.5x11 either because all the downloads come in 12x12. The solution? 8x8. She had done a whole album in 8x8 that she had brought with her to show off her cute little angel baby and it was just the right size. So as soon as I get some time to myself I can get back into scrapbooking. I'm kinda excited about it!

And here's my garden beds 4x8 feet each. There all ready to go except for the drip system needs to be finished. I think Justin is waiting to see if I can grow anything in these two before he makes me two more garden beds. Hopefully I don't kill it all.

I've got my seed packets and plans all ready, now I just got to get out there and get it planted when Macey goes down for a nap. Hopefully I'll have some pictures in a few weeks of those garden beds full of big green veggie plants!

Do you know what time it is?

2009-03-15T08:34:00.000-07:00

It's hiking time! Finally! Saturday we went out to Snow Canyon and did a couple of the trails. It was so nice to be out in the warm sunshine. One of Justins old mission friends and his wife came down to St. George for the weekend and went out hiking with us. It's nice to have the winter blahs gone.

Landscape

2009-03-10T09:52:00.000-07:00

This is a picture I took last Wednesday the 4th.

This was taken this morning. What a difference a week makes! I'm excited for this summer. It will be nice to have grass to play on. I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so we can break out the kiddie pool in the backyard and have picnics and BBQ's back there. And although our backyard isn't very deep our yard is very wide. Hopefully I'll be able to get a garden planted on the side of the house before it's too late. At least my peach tree has a place to go now. I was worried that the wall would block my view of the mountains, but Justin was nice and left it low enough that I can still enjoy my view while I have my morning chocolate milk. The sunrises are beautiful.
And I have to add this picture, just 'cuz it's funny. Anybody need a coffee table? I need to get it out of our bedroom.

Nothing New

2009-01-27T14:39:00.000-08:00

January has been a pretty un-eventful month. Maybe I'll have something to blog about next month.

Spoiled Rotten

2008-12-30T07:57:00.000-08:00

That pretty much sums up Maceys Christmas. Santa and Grandma went overboard this year. She has more toys than she knows what to do with. Although the front room is in a constant state of disaster it keeps her busy while I'm working so it's worth it!

Big Macey and little Macey. The dolls hat (which it isn't wearing at the moment) has Maceys name embroidered on it. So cute!

Bristle blocks! This is my favorite toy! Why didn't they have cool stuff like this around when I was a kid?

Checking out the stocking. Just the usual - Mr. Bubble, hair stuff, toothbrush and orange. There are a ton of other things she got that I don't have pictures of. Like her favorite toy a little barking dog from Uncle Taylor, her little people town set and a mini recliner.

I made this blanket for little bro out of his old T-shirts. It was fun to make and he really likes it. Justin and I had an awesome Christmas as well!

Gingerbread Party

2008-12-30T07:49:00.000-08:00

On the Sunday before Christmas I had my first annual gingerbread house making party. It was soo much fun. I ordered a gingerbread house mold on amazon and baked three houses. After trying a few different gingerbread recipes I now know which ones work and which ones make huge messes.
I put Justin in charge of making our house. He seemed to have the creative juices flowing. He even made a reindeer out of pretzels - I wish I would have got a picture of it.

Here's Kirby and Josh's house. It was very cute and lovey dovey, just like newlyweds.

Taylors house won the "most candy used" award. I'm suprised it didn't collapse. Next year I will make him his own house so he doesn't have to share with Dad. They seemed to have artistic differences of opinion.

New Post!

2008-12-15T18:48:00.000-08:00

The UPS guy came by today with our new memory card for the computer. Which means I can finally download pictures and use the family computer without swearing. Not that I would swear . . . Anyways, it's nice to have a fast computer now.
This is what I found Macey doing today. I guess she was hungry and didn't want to bother me. How considerate of her.

This is last week while I was making dinner. I didn't realize she could reach the baking soda. Unfortantly she didn't like the dish she made as well as she liked mine.

She continues to be attached to this little dog. What a cutie pie!

18 Months

2008-11-12T19:28:00.000-08:00

So a funny thing happened as I was walking out of Joann's (fabric store) the other day. A girl came up to me in the parking lot and said she worked at Kiddie Kandids and wanted to know if I would like a free 5X7. I said "sure." "Like, right now?" Yep, she might right then. I figured why not. So we went over there and the place was empty except for a family on their way out. They took a ton of pictures of Macey and quite a few actually turned out pretty good considering she had just been to the doctor and got three shots and then had a sucker to make it all better. They took a lot of time doing the editing on them. I later figured out that their main motive was to promote their "perfect treasure" montages when I opened my email and there were quite a few different examples of perfect treasures I could order for only 30-something dollars. They picked the wrong person for that because I am not much of a fan of the montage picture things. But, whatever, I got my free 5X7, so I'm happy! Oh, and that dog is her favorite toy at the moment (if ya can't tell.)

Dorothy

2008-11-02T12:48:00.001-08:00

Macey was Dorothy for Halloween.

Her dad was a Harley biker dude.Uncle T. was a whoopie cushion, and was nice enough to take her around the ward trunk or treat even though she refused to carry her own bucket.

Just chillin' on Grandma's swing after some hard trick or treating.

Pumpkins and Nursery

2008-10-28T16:21:00.000-07:00

Macey had her first experience with pumpkin carving last night. She was fascinated by the little pumpkin carving knife and made sure Justin was staying on the line.

Amazed by the hallowness of the pumpkin.

Yep, tastes like pumpkin.

Sunday was her first day of nursery. Justin stayed in there with her for a little bit while I taught Primary. He snuck out while they were doing snacktime. The nursery leader said she got a little teary eyed and needed to go for a walk around the halls, but came back in and did ok.

This is what happens when you drive mommy crazy while she's working. You get a big "final notice" sticker slapped on your chest! Luckily, it did keep her occupied for a good 10 minutes.

Just 'cuz she's my cutie babe

2008-10-21T10:54:00.000-07:00

The last few Sundays we've only had Sacrament meeting because our ward was split and church headquarters forgot to include manuals in the new ward packet that they send. So this leaves us with a whole day to do whatever we want. We grabbed the camera and headed to the Red Mountain Reserve area (it's kinda past where the wal-mart distribution and Boulevard warehouse is). Anyways, I love it out there. It likes having a little mountainy area in the desert. Macey was a little stinker for the most part and made us work hard to get her to smile. We had bubbles going, playing peek-a-boo - the whole works and this is the ONLY picture out of about 250 that turned out good.

It's over!

2008-10-19T20:18:00.000-07:00

The wedding that is. My little sister Kirby got married yesterday. The temple ceremony was very nice. What stuck out in my mind the most was when the temple sealer said that the most royal ceremonys in England don't come close to comparing with the majesty of a temple sealing. The weather was perfect and we all endured the long day okay. I'm soo glad my mom has soo many close friends that were willing and anxious to help her in any way that they could. It really made things go a lot smoother with the reception. It's been a busy couple of weeks and I'm glad I can get back to the regular routine of life this week.

Pretty Sunrise & Tar

2008-09-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know, wierd title. I hate trying to come up with a title for posts. Anyways, this morning the sunrise was beautiful. Usually I miss the sunrise because I'm at the gym, but this morning when my alarm went off there was no way I was going to get out of bed. So after I slept in for another hour (it felt soo good) I went to open the back door and let some fresh air in and lo and behold, a beautiful sunrise. I really wish I could've set up the camera on a tripod and done a slow shutter speed, but the tripod was in Maceys room and there was no way I would risk waking her up just to take a picture of the sunrise. This picture is looking towards Zions. Standing there in the quiet cool morning made me greatful for all the blessings I have. Especially for this free and beautiful country we live in.
This has been our latest yard project. We just got the retaining wall and footers for the backyard done last week. This wall is one the boarder of our neighbors property. They were pretty ticked when they found out we were doing a concrete retaining wall because "that would look crappy from their side of the wall." Um, how else our we going to retain our dirt? So the top of where the tar is, is how much dirt we have to get hauled in to come up level to our house. It's going to take a TON of dirt. I will be glad when we get that much done, because then I can start planting my fruit trees and garden next spring. Justin spent all day yesterday doing two coats of tar on it and came in sunburned and sore. So, that's all for now.

My Three Favorites . . . Tag

2008-09-05T20:28:00.001-07:00

What are the last three things you purchased?

1. Groceries

2. Halloween Costume Pattern

3. Play Dough

What are the last three songs you downloaded onto your IPOD?

I haven't downloaded any for awhile. I think it's time to get some new ones in the mix.

What are your three favorite movies?

1. Ocean's 11

2. Italian Job

3. hmm, no #3

What are three things you have not done yet?

What three things can you not live without?

1. Modern conveniences, (shower, car, flat iron, internet)

2. My Fam.

3. My house

What are your three favorite dishes?

1. Hawaiian Haystacks with chicken

2. Scones

3. Chocolate milk and strawberry jelly toast for breakfast

What are your three favorite TV shows?

I have no favorite TV shows now that Friday Night Lights is cancelled.

What are the last three places you have traveled to?

1. St. George

2. Salt Lake

3. Kanab

What are your three favorite desserts?

1. Texas Sheet Cake

2. Apple Dumplings

3. Brownies

What are three things you would buy if money was not an issue?

1. Toyota Sequoia

2. Greenhouse and landscaping

3. Jewlery, clothes, lots and lots of food storage. (Can't be too worldly :-)

If you could have three wishes, what would they be?

1. For Justin to not have to work anymore.

2. To have the money to buy all of the above.

3. No people in my family pass away.

Three people I tag

1. Camille

2. Jessica

3. Clenece

Just 'cuz I can't do a post without a picture of my cutie-pie!

Photo Editing

2008-08-22T15:05:00.000-07:00

Here's the before picture. It's not too bad, and it's not completly the before, I did a few steps without realizing I didn't save an original. It just seemed to be lacking some oomph.

Here's the after. I love photoshop! And I love this little girl!

Hey Amy!

2008-08-22T15:04:00.000-07:00

I can't leave a comment on your blog! I've been trying for weeks!

Nothing to blog about

2008-08-12T20:45:00.000-07:00

There really hasn't been anything blog worthy to blog about. So I will post about the boring stuf that has been going on. We did finally find some good renters for our townhouse, so it's time to put something else on here. For the first time ever I made homemade noodles and Alfredo sauce from scratch. We'll actually I've made the Alfredo sauce before but the noodles was a new experience. I borrowed my mom's fancy schmancy pasta machine and went at it. It took me an hour to get this many noodles.So, it's not really a time-efficent thing, but Justin really like them, so it's all good. I was trying for Raviolies but I couldn't figure out how to make the attachment work. My other big accomplishment is this quiet book I have been working on. I haven't actually finished a sewing project since Macey was born so this is a big deal to me. I was hoping it would help keep her occupied in church, but since church is right in the middle of nap time, I don't think anything will really help with the crankies. These are our favorite pages

Peek-a-boo!

So now that I've got this project done I've got a few more waiting for me in the laundry room. Hopefully I'll have pictures of new couch pillows and a quilt for Macey soon, although I seriously doubt it!

Townhouse for Rent

2008-07-23T15:43:00.000-07:00

Front room
Kitchen
New stove (I love that it has a warmer on the stovetop)

Master Bedroom

Our townhouse is up for rent now. It's 1100 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, patio area out back. $790 rent per month with a $800 deposit. Water and basic cable are included. It has a washer/dryer hookup in the hallway closet. No smoking and no pets allowed. It's close to Dixie College and Harmons in St. George. Leave your email in the comments spot if you would like our phone number for further details. We have had really great renters in the past so we are hopeing to find good renters again! So if you know anyone that's looking . . . . .

Catch-up

2008-07-12T08:50:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in awhile. Not because there is nothing to post about, but because I am having a hard time figuring out how to condense a 10 megapixel picture into a format that can be posted on the blog. A few weeks ago we celebrated our 5-year anniversary! Justin couldn't decided whether to get me jewelery or a camera. He went for the camera, which I am soo happy about because Macey isn't getting any smaller. So the last few weeks I have been studying up on how to use it and I think I have every book checked out of the library that there is on digital photography.

We had a fun laid-back fourth of July. We went to the Hurricane parade in the morning, were lazy all afternoon and then went out to dinner and to see fireworks with my family. The family that was sitting next to us gave Macey a glow-stick which she thought was cool.These pictures I took with my new camera to try out the different settings. They could use a little photoshop touch-ups but I only have soo long to do stuff on the computer while Maceys down for a nap.So cute with the bug bows!And now the stinker face! This was picture 98, so I think she was trying to tell me she had had enough! The cute thing about this dress is it has little pantaloons under it instead of just a regular diaper cover. Well, that's it for now, Maceys starting to wake up :-)

Photoshop

2008-06-27T22:53:00.000-07:00

It's late and I can't sleep. I've been playing around in photoshop and this is what I came up with. If anyone knows of a good inked/burned edges download let me know. I'm not too happy with the way the inked edges look. Bytheway, isn't she a cutie pie?

Angels Landing

2008-06-24T15:26:00.000-07:00

So for Justins 31st birthday (wow, that's old!) he wanted to go hike Angels Landing in Zions. It was nice in the spots that we were in shade and it made the incline not soo bad. But once that sun starts beating down on you it's noo fun. Anyways, so this picture was taken up on Scout Outlook. We didn't want to go farther than that or I'm sure someone would have called Child Protective Services on us. The chain area looked really grisly. I'm pretty sure every one that passed us told us what a trooper our baby is or gave Justin credit for doing the hike with a baby on his back. After we got home and showered off we went out to Panda for dinner and then Justin bought a kiddie pool for the back patio. All three of us got in it and I'm pretty sure it wasn't designed to hold two adults and a baby, but we had fun. It was nice to spend Saturday together doing something other than errands and cleaning the house!
(Just waiting for the shuttle to come take us up the canyon.)

2 Tags

2008-06-08T14:43:00.000-07:00

3 Joys:
1) Macey
2) The Gospel
3) Finishing a project

3 Fears:
1) Losing a loved one
2) Unemployment
3) Earthquake

3 Goals:
1) To finish all the projects I have started
2) To make Macey the smartest kid in Primary
3) To organize the entire house

3 Obsessions:
1) digital scrapbooking
2) the Twilight books (I'm on #3 now!)
3) Reading other peoples blogs

3 Random suprising Facts:
1) I hate clothes shopping. (unless it's for Macey or Justin)
2) Reading books is soo much better when I have on my comfy sweats and fuzzy pink slippers.
3) I am always overwhelmed in the morning by how much work and chores need to be done. I hate that feeling.

Tag #2
8 Things I am passionate about:
1) Learning
2) Keeping bugs out of the house
3) The Gospel (not church though, we need to have a vote about this whole 3 hour thing)
4) My Family
5) trying to improve myself (cooking, genealogy, gardening)
6) sewing
7) Finishing Maceys 1 year scrapbook
8) Finding a cure for cancer (just kidding, I can't come up with a number 8)

8 Songs I can Listen to over and over again:
Huh, I guess I'm not a music person because I can't think of a single song title.

The past 8 Books I've read:
1) New Moon
2) Twilight
3) Scriptures
4) The Nose Book (Maceys)
5) Runaway Rabbit (Maceys)
6) Elmo's World (Maceys)
7) Goodnight Moon (Maceys)
8) The Hungry Catapiller (another one of Maceys)

8 Things I say often:
1) Hi cutie pea!
2) No! No!
3) I love you
4) Just two seconds
5) Are you done?
6) I'm gonna get you!
7) It's sleepy time
8) It's allright

8 things that attract me to a friend:
1) similar interests
2) same values
3) easy to carry a conversation with
4) doesn't make me feel awkward
5) understanding
6) someone who doesn't gossip about others
7) be fun and outgoing
8) hmm, that about covers it!

8 Random things about me:
1) see 1, 2, and three above
4) I like the ceiling fan on at night (?)
5) I hate ignorant people
6) I have no desire to travel out of this country
7) I think Macey is the cutest baby in the world
8) I have a job that I really enjoy

8 Things I want to do before I die:
1) Come up with a million dollar idea
2) Understand the scriptures better
3) Be a better mom
4) Do lots of Hiking with Justin
5) Go back to school and get my masters degree
6) Be better at serving others
7) I guess to learn more and become better than I am today pretty much sums it all up!

8 Things I've learned this past year:
1) I can function off of very little sleep (although it's not ideal)
2) To be more patient
3) I've learned to be self-less (still working on it though)
4) There's lots of other things I've learned but Macey is waking up now.

I tag Lisa Nielsen, Karley Terry, and Holly Woolsey. Do either one of the tags you want :-)!

New Moon

2008-06-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry I haven't updated my blog in almost a week. I am currently half-way through New Moon in the Twilight series and it just keeps getting better and better! Thanks for recommending it Amy!

Columbia

2008-05-30T11:25:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago some people from Justins mission to Columbia came to stay with us. They brought this cute sweater for Macey. Anyways, I was just thinking about all the different things I learned about their culture, so I thought I would share.

-Women wear wedding rings on their right hand.

-Kids start kindergarten at age 3 and go for a full day of school.

-They have a really limited variety of baby food, so many don't even feed their babies baby food.

-They drink a LOT of orange juice!

-They don't like mint. (like peppermint patties or mint face scrub)

-They don't like rootbeer, they think it tastes like cough syrup.

-They are a lot more laid back when it comes to scheduling things.

-Only rich people have ovens and toasters. They had never seen a bread maker, crock-pot or a griddle.

-No family is allowed in the birthing rooms at their hospitals. They basically have 6 or more women all in one room. What a nightmare!

-Babies drink formula until they are 2 because the milk there is poor quality.

-Babies and kids don't ride in car seats, just the regular seat belt.

-They take super fast showers (this could solve our drought problem if every one here did that).

I'm sure I will think of more later. . . .

Long time, No post.

2008-05-26T15:38:00.000-07:00

I know it's been awhile since I've posted. That's because we've all been sick and haven't done anything post-worthy lately. These pictures are from our Zions hike over a week and a half ago. The weather was perfect and it wasn't overly crowded with hikers. Macey was looking sorta of bored towards the end of it though.
And I just had to add this picture because she looks so cute on Sunday mornings. (Thanks for the dresses Cinda!)

Random Pictures

2008-05-13T22:17:00.000-07:00

We made a little trip up to Salt Lake to visit with some friends. The flowers on temple square were gorgeous, so of course we had to take some pictures of the baby with them.
This picture is for Cinda. I think this is the best wedding cake I've done so far. The flowers on top are made out of gum paste and have luster dust steamed on them so they sparkle. I couldn't get the close-up picture to scan in so you can see the sparkles, but you get the idea.

Happy Mothers Day!

2008-05-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that my mom is the best mom there is! She is the most loving, giving, and self-less person I have ever met. She has so many good qualities that I don't think I could ever list them all. I know that I have more appreciation for my mom now that I'm a mom myself, and I don't think I will ever be as good at it as she is. I love that she is my best friend and always willing to help me when I need her. I love that she has a strong testimony of the gospel. She is truly a "mother who knows." I love you Mom!

Pioneer Woman

2008-04-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post this for my digital scrapbooking friends. I found this website called thepioneerwoman.com that has some awesome tutorials for photoshop on how to tweak your photos. So here is my before and after. I know your thinking the after is a little too lime green, but I was trying the blown-out raw effect. She also has a pretty good cooking section. I made her onion straws and Justin loved 'em. So now you girls will have to check it out and be sure to post your before and afters!

One Year Old

2008-04-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

Macey turned one year old yesterday. I don't know how in only one year she went from this
to this

what a big change! I can't believe how much she has learned and grown and what a funny little personality she has. I don't think she is going to be a shy little girl because whenever she is around other little kids she yells and plays with them. She loves to wiggle her little body to music and play on the swings at the park. One is definetly a fun age. She had a fun little party yesterday with the fam. She loved the chocolate cake!

And her most favorite present was Up! Up! Elmo! It took her a little while to get warmed up to it at first

But once everyone left they were like peas and carrots!

Almost One Year

2008-04-20T19:42:00.000-07:00

Macey's birthday is this Saturday and I thought I would try and do her birthday pictures myself with mom's fancy schmancy camera. The ones that Justin took turned out pretty darn good. I wish the sun wouldn't have been behind her on the bridge, but maybe with the help of photoshop I will be able to lighten them up a bit.

Now what?

2008-04-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

With all that's going on in the news lately we decided we had better get our food storage done. We went to the canney a few weeks ago to get wheat and it turns out they were all out and they didn't know when they were going to be getting more in. They are also all out of everything except like three things. So we called around and got on a waiting list at a place. The store called Friday night and said the wheat just came in but if I wanted any I had to come ASAP. Justin was at work so I hurried and dropped Macey off with my mom and went. When I got there the parking lot was full of trucks all backed up to load the wheat in. I felt silly backing up my little Honda Civic, but hey, I don't know how to drive the stick-shift on Justins' 4-runner. So now we've got all this wheat packed away in our food storage closet and I'm wondering to myself, "I've got 400 pounds of wheat, now what?" My last attempt at wheat bread turned out horrible. Justin said if we ever wanted to build a brick house I know how to make the bricks.

So after all the wheat got put into buckets and put away we went on a hike out past Hurricane. It was a lot of up hill hiking but the weather was nice so it was allright. We dodge a few mountain bikes on the trail but we survived without any fatalities. Macey enjoyed being in her back pack and it was nice to get out of the house.

New Car Seat

2008-04-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

I'd never thought I would get excited about a baby car seat - but guess what? Macey just got the coolest car seat I have ever seen! It's the Evenflow Triumph Advance. Why is it so cool you ask? Well, it has turn nobbys on the sides that adjust the tightness of the seat belt harness, and the straps that go above the shoulders adjust up and down without having to take it out of the car and adjust it from the back. I know I sound like a commercial - but seriously - it's just awesome! The other nice thing about it is that Macey likes facing forward and looking out at where we are going - and waving to me in the rear-view mirror. It's soo cute. I just haven't figured out what to do with her when she falls asleep. She looks so uncomfortable. The last picture is Macey enjoying one of those Gerber biter biscuits. She's cutting her second tooth and I thought this might help her a bit. If I would have know it was going to make such a big mess I probably wouldn't have got them. But, she sure does look like she's enjoying it!

Pizza Factory Cookies

2008-04-01T09:29:00.000-07:00

I was doing soo good last week and eating healthy and then came Sunday and we needed a little something sweet. I whipped up some of these and they are almost all gone now. If any of you have had the cookies at P.F. you know why.

Pizza Factory Cookies
2 Cups Butter
3 Eggs
2 Cups Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 small package instant French Vanilla Pudding
6 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 Cups Chocolate Chips

Bake 350 for 10 minutes.

Happy Easter

2008-03-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

I know Easter is long gone but I'm still figuring this blogspot thing out. Anyhow, our Easter was fun. We have 9 am church so Macey didn't get to see her basket until after church and by then the cute Easter dress was long gone. Luckily though I got a few pictures of her in it a few weeks ago, so at least I have some pictures of her in her dress, just not on Easter day. Grandma Nita gave her bubbles which she thought was fun. Also, we got two new palm trees in our front yard. I think that's all the landscaping we're going to do for awhile. It wore us out!

New Blog

2008-03-16T13:32:00.000-07:00

I guess I will follow the crowd and start a blog for my family.