Scott and Melinda

Arise

2012-01-28T21:26:00.000-08:00

I saw this video the other day and I can't get the tune out of my head, it's a good one. I get choked up every time I watch it. Maybe it is because I feel like I am still in young womens or maybe because all of these youth are so cute, or maybe because this is an awesome message. I really like the idea that we have to get up and do something if we want to be happy. I like the word, "Arise" it shows action, I can't reach my full potential if I am sitting around all the time...yeah I need to get off the computer and do something good. I think "Arise" will be my go-to word this year.

Bath time

2012-01-24T10:53:00.000-08:00

We have had some interesting experiences with the bath tub lately. The other night Emlin woke up crying and it sounded like she was in pain. Scott rocked her for a while and laid her back down. The next morning when I went to get her she seemed kind of groggy and grumpy. She is usually happy in the morning and greets me with an excited "Hi!" so it was a little out of the norm to have her be unpleasant. But I took advantage of the opportunity to snuggle and settled down on the rocker to see if I could comfort her. She perked up a little but I could tell she wasn't herself. After breakfast I took her upstairs for a bath. As she was playing I snuck off to throw some laundry in. When I came back I could hear giggles. I thought to myself, "Oh good, she has finally woken up, maybe she was just tired?" But then as I turned the corner I saw the real reason for her excitement. The tub was filled with poop. (Sorry that's so disturbing, I'm still traumatized too.) She was so happy, her insides must have been full because that tub was full. This has never happened before so I was mostly in shock (We had another incident similar to this a week earlier, involving nap time and an escape from the diaper but something about soggy poop is much more difficult). I gagged my way through it and got it all cleaned up. Then gave her a second bath. She was back to her normal self after that and I was glad to have an extra clean bathroom, but I fear bath time now.

Cousin Sleepover

2012-01-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

Emlin got to have a little sleepover with these fun guys over Christmas break. I wanted to post before I forgot. These guys are so funny and have the best time together. They spent the day hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. They made cookies, watched the new Chipmunks movie and mostly had fun just being crazy together.

2012-01-20T16:02:00.000-08:00

Emlin has changed so much over the last couple of weeks. She loves being outside, feeding herself, taking care of her baby, reading her books, taking baths, and coloring. She is becoming her own little person.

Twas the day after Christmas...

2012-01-07T08:00:00.000-08:00

My mother's birthday is the day after Christmas, which is not an ideal birthday. So we try and make it extra fun, but it's hard to top Christmas. But I love that is the day after Christmas because it gives us one more day to party. This year we all pitched in and tried to have a cruise-inspired birthday party. My mom loves cruises and if she were rich we would never see her because she would be cruising everyday of her life.

Mack and Scott have a special connection, I think it is because they joined the family at the same time. Mack was born just a couple weeks before our wedding. Mack has a special black coat that looks like one Scott wears, he calls it his 'Scott coat.' I used to be Mack's favorite but about a year ago Mack slowly drifted over to Scott's lap. I'm learning to cope with it.

Who doesn't love a pinata? My sister got on for the party and that thing was a good time.

Happy Birthday Mom, I hope you had a wonderful day, love ya.

Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

2012-01-05T16:58:00.000-08:00

Before kicking off our Holiday vacation we had our own festivities at our house by reading "The Night Before Christmas" and taking a drive to look at Christmas lights.

We got a fantastic early Christmas present this year, we got a new little niece, Baby Ellie. She is beautiful and I've never seen so much hair on a newborn. Congratulations Jeff, Corene, Jake & James.

Scott was chasing Emlin around and somehow they ended up cuddling under a table. She laid there for a good 15 minutes, Scott was yelling for me to hurry with the camera because cuddling like this is a rare occasion.

We spent Christmas in Rexburg. Emlin was so excited to have people around to read her books and give her lots of attention.

Christmas Eve we did a lot of lounging around, playing games, making gingerbread houses, acting out and reading the nativity, playing the wii, and eating yummy food.

Christmas morning Emlin wasn't really sure what to think. But once she saw her new baby doll she got really excited. Christmas is so magical with a little one. I'm already excited for next year.

After all the excitement of opening presents we got ready went to church, came back ate another delicious meal (that is one of my favorite parts about going home for Christmas, all the amazing food) and sent the Pages off to catch a plane to California. I wish I would have gotten a photo of us all in our Christmas Sunday glory, but we were in such a hurry that I didn't even think about it.

We then went to the Kunzs and got even more spoiled. Emlin got a toy puppy and was delighted. The magic of Christmas was extra awesome with all the cousins opening their presents.

My favorite person to watch open presents is my sister, Annalee, she gets so excited and happy from the most simple of gifts. She is by far the most fun person to be around at Christmas time, she can hardly contain her excitement when it comes to Christmas festivities. I have many memories of her at Christmas time, some of which include; her waking me up at the break of dawn on Christmas morning, sneaking around trying to find out what we were getting for Christmas before the big day, and asking our Mom if we could take dimetapp on Christmas Eve so she could be able to sleep. I can't say I have that same enthusiasm for the season but I sure love to be around it.

After gifts we anxiously awaited a call from our favorite missionary, Clint. We got to skype him this time and it was awesome. I have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season and all year round.

Scenes from the {past couple} weeks.

2011-12-20T00:30:00.000-08:00

My aunt and cousins had us over for a Christmas party and spoiled Emlin with her new favorite toy. Thank you Hawkers, we love you guys. We played games and made these adorable little gingerbread houses. My cousin Sara runs a preschool out of their house so she has all kinds of fun toys and beautiful children's books and she needed something to display them. So Scott helped her whip up this wall of shelves.

This is what I have been doing and plan on doing for the rest of winter - sit by the fire, read Harry Potter and sip hot cocoa...it's a rough life.

We had family night at Thanksgiving Point the other night. We saw the lights, ice sculptors, picked up some treats and lastly apologized to the reindeer. Scott accidently hit one of their friends with his truck about two weeks ago. Luckily he was driving his truck and he came home safe and sound...can't say the same for the deer. Sorry about that Dancer, Prancer and the rest of the crew.

Emlin has never been a fan of watching tv, which is fine with me. But the other day I turned on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and she was so happy. She loved the music and couldn't stop smiling and dancing. Scott loves how Emlin holds onto her belly.

Another wonderful thing that happened is that some of my most favorite people came to visit and we got to see the lights at Temple Square twice. Last year in this post I wrote, "Being on temple square before Christmas this year really put me in the mood. I would like to do that again next year and maybe make it a tradition." Yay for keeping traditions, and being on Temple Square is a wonderful reminder of what this season is all about. And yay for visitors, I so appreciate you all for coming. It brightened my whole month!

Emlin loves this ball popper and has just figured out how to push the button herself. She likes to dance to the music and feel the air blow on her face.

My Christmas to-do list is almost all done. Our cards are sent, neighbor gifts are done, shopping is all done, and the presents are wrapped - If only Emlin would stop unwrapping them.

I think one of my most favorite things about Christmas is getting Christmas cards, there is nothing better than getting something in the mail especially when it is a friendly greeting from family and friends. I think I will keep those cards up all year.

Free printable Christmas tags found here.
Idea for neighbor gifts found here.
Merry Christmas.

Good Tidings.

2011-12-05T08:10:00.000-08:00

We are ready, bring on the Christmas spirit. It feels nice having all the decorations up, I wish I could keep them up all year. This Christmas season is already going by way too fast. I need to savor these moments.

Side note: Emlin takes the decorations off the tree and then sits on them. It's not ideal.

Scenes from the week.

2011-12-02T15:09:00.000-08:00

We've had a pretty low-key week, we have just been getting back into the swing of things after a fantastic thanksgiving week in Idaho. Emlin and I were there two weeks. I went down a week early with Em to help with the flea market and Scott joined us before thanksgiving.

Emlin and I enjoyed a nice fall day, this was just in time because the day after this was the windiest day on the planet. Emlin's hands were ice cold and she refused to come inside. She loved crunching leaves and eating leaves and saying, "Wow" over and over again. When I finally got her inside she was pretty upset but when we called dad she calmed right down. She taps his face on the screen and says, "Hi!"over and over.

And on the windiest day on the planet, Scott had to have a root canal. Luckily he wasn't in too much pain and the chicken noodle soup I made seemed to make him pretty happy. He was even happy enough to make my favorite treat - no bakes. We also decorated for Christmas, I will get those photos posted later.
Merry Christmas.

Busy Bee

2011-11-04T12:08:00.000-07:00

Emlin's Halloween costume fits her perfectly. She is a busy-bee. She has had excess energy since the day she was born, she gets it from her dad. Scott was trying to take a picture of her in her halloween costume and after about a million attempts we finally got a few. We had a lot of fun this halloween season. On halloween day we went to Jeff and Corene's and helped pass out candy. Jeff and Scott got very creative, they set up a PA system outside with scary halloween music and a strobe light. They brought the microphone inside so we could peak out the window and scare the trick-or-treaters. At one point Scott was hiding in a garbage can and jumping out at people. It was a great time. Emlin was roaming the street like she owned the place. My favorite part was looking at the moon through Jeff's telescope...who even owns a telescope? I've always wanted one of those and that thing was so neat. So without further ado, here's our busy bee.

Scott and I dressed up as a couple of pages....haha, lame joke.

Little Things

2011-10-26T13:01:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Scott's 26th birthday on October 3rd, the weekend before was conference so Rob came down and stayed with us. Dave and Becca came over for dinner (we missed you Jeff, Corene, and the boys) to help us celebrate Scott's bday. Scott never asks for anything so when I can give him something that he really loves it makes me so happy. I think birthdays are such a great idea, I really like that everyone has a special day that we all get to remember how important each person is. Scott is an amazing dad and husband. I don't know how I'd get along without him. It was nice to focus on him and remember how important he is to me.

I love the first two photos of Scott and Rob entertaining Emlin while she ate. She loves books and sometimes I wish I had a built-in helper to read to while I feed her. She has some amazing uncles and aunts and it is fun to see her with them. She has been so fun lately and really getting more comfortable being here in Utah. Poor thing, I think she was confused at first with all the changes but she has been really fun and happy lately.

We went to Gardner's Village this past weekend.

There was a ton of people but it was so fun and got me in the halloween spirit. I love looking through all the shops and feeling inspired. It was so fun being with Scott too, he gets really distracted with all the people around and I have to kind of push him through the crowds to stop him from staring. But I do love his impersonations.

Sunday night we took a drive through the canyon and it was gorgeous, I cannot get enough of this fall weather. We stopped at Daybreak and went for a little walk through all the pretty houses. Scott and I are daydreamers, we love imagining our future life and laughing at ourselves as old people. Scott refuses to believe he will ever be anything less than a butt-rocker. He wants to be that old guy still rocking a goatee and wearing Metallica memorabilia. It was a great weekend. It is amazing how easily I forget what is really important. And I think it's the little things.

Christmas Flea Market

2011-10-18T16:37:00.000-07:00

Mark your calendars for the White Place Flea Market is happening in 31 days...whoa I gotta get back to work I have a lot to do before then. You can visit our lovely little blog here.

We've Moved.

2011-09-28T09:33:00.000-07:00

We are moved, we even have the internet and everything.
We moved from Rexburg to Herriman last weekend. Scott took a job with Big-D Construction and is really enjoying himself so far. Moving is always a pain but we felt pretty blessed because everything went quite smoothly. I am happy to finally have everything unpacked and somewhat organized. I don't have all my pictures hung yet, and I am taking my time decorating so I don't create too many holes in these freshly painted walls.
I don't have any pictures of my own of this place and I will get on that as soon as I have things decorated. But I found some images of Herriman online.

This awesome UP house is also located in Herriman. This is real. I saw it just the other day, you should come check it out, it is pretty cute.

And here is this place in winter time.
There ya have it, a little bit of our new home. If you can't tell I am trying to entice people to come visit.

On a side note, I missed the General Relief Society Meeting but watched this video today and that is the best thing I've done all day.

Birthday Girl

2011-09-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to posting photos from Emlin's birthday. It was a month ago. That seems impossible but it is true, Emlin is 1 year and 1 month old. Here is our sweet girl on her birthday. I tried to make it fun day for her. It was really nice too, we spent the morning baking and then took a little lunch to the park and enjoyed some time together just her and I. I was so happy I got to spend some alone time with her before she officially became a big one year old. Maybe I will try and make lunch at the park with mom a birthday tradition.

We had a fun little party for her. She loves raspberries so we had a 'Berry Sweet' party for her. I put together a little banner of her life and it still boggles my mind that she is a 1 year old. And it also reminded me that I need to take more pictures. Even though my camera is not the most sophisticated piece of equipment it is better than nothing.

The bags say "Berry Sweet of you to come" and were filled with berry and lemon penny candies- thankyou pinterest. And thank you to everyone for coming and sending birthday greetings, 1 year old birthday parties are not the most exciting thing in the world but we really appreciate our wonderful families for supporting us.

Emlin had so much fun opening her gifts, I am sure she was completely overwhelmed but almost everything we handed to her she gave a big hug.

Here she is with her cake. She carefully ate each raspberry one by one then ate a few handfuls of cake. After she had a few bites she was on a total sugar high. She started screaming - it was a happy scream but I have never seen her so excited. It took her a lot longer to settle down for bed that night.

Here is the cake the rest of the party ate. I was a little overzealous in making it so huge and could of fed the 5000 but luckily it tasted pretty great as a leftover breakfast option.

This is more evidence of the sugar high. She was bouncing off the walls until pretty late that night.

Em wasn't a huge fan of her birthday hat but luckily Scott liked it.

She is fun loving little girl. She is officially walking now and stumbles all over the house all day long. These moments are going by too fast and I am trying desperately to hang on to them.

Em turns 1 and we turn 4!

2011-08-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

Emlin turned 1 last week. It is so hard for me to believe that a year ago we were cuddling our little 8 lb. baby.

5 days old.


1 year old.

She is working on walking and can stand up and balance for about 30 seconds. She is a mover and a shaker. She loves books and brings her books to me all day long to read to her.

And yesterday Scott and I celebrated 4 years. August is an awesome month to remind me how dang lucky I am.

Flea Market This Saturday!

2011-07-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

The flea market is this Saturday! I can't believe it is already here, we have been working hard day and night getting ready for this deal, I am excited to see how it all turns out. Tell your friends and we shall see you there. Also check out the blog if you want more info here.

Can't get enough...

2011-07-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

Playing in the pool with the big kids, all of her cousins are so sweet to her. And she loves being around them.

Watching all the cars and bikes go by. She waves and claps as they pass.

Emlin and I on my first Mother's Day as a mom.

I can't seem to get enough of this little girl. She is so much fun and so sweet. She loves being outside. Sometimes I will just open the front door and let her watch the cars go by, she loves it and will clap as they pass. She is not afraid of any water, even it's chilly hose water. She also loves swing sets and trampolines. Emlin is a great eater and will it anything and everything. That includes bark, grass, rocks and mud, which makes me very nervous. She started crawling May 14 and hasn't stopped moving since. It takes all my energy to pin her down to get her dressed. I really love being her mom and am grateful for all she has done for me.

Easter and What Not

2011-05-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

Because I forgot that I had a blog, here is a recap for my own records of what we have been up to these past couple months.

Easter 2011

Nothing too exciting has been happening around our house.

Emlin is getting huge, she will be 9 months old in 2 days. She has two bottom teeth and is currently in the process of getting more on top. She has been pretty miserable with fevers and throwing up. I am hoping that a miracle happens and they all come through at once. She loves bath time. She splashes and screams the whole time.

Scott has been working his life away, he loves his job and the people he works with, so that makes life good.

We had a fun easter, with 3 easter egg hunts, too much candy, kite flying and topped it off Monday with a yummy grilled pizza.

We are so looking forward to summer. We have no plans as of now for any summer adventures but I'm thinking the park every day sounds great.

Remember that hat I made that I thought would never actually fit a human head - well turns out it does. Yay Emlin for having a big head.

Whitney Ricks took some fun pictures of Em. I think she was slightly mesmerized by her camera, or possibly because we never really leave the house so when she sees other people this is her general expression. So cute.

These last pictures might be slightly inappropriate but I thought they were so funny. They are in order of what happened. Elliot was being so sweet and quietly playing with his bath toys. Emlin was happily screaming and splashing, just being her normal loud self, then she notices Elliot has a toy and without hesitation reaches over and takes it. Poor guy, he didn't even see her coming. I love how she is looking at him like, "What's your problem?" He is such a good sport, I always feel so bad when Emlin is screamin his ear off.

She is such a fun little baby, full of spunk and personality. I'm not sure what we would do without her.

Happy Girl

2011-03-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

Emlin has been suffering from teething lately, but luckily last week two little teeth popped through her bottom gums and she has been all smiles ever since.

2011-03-22T15:54:00.000-07:00

To innovate does not necessarily

mean to expand;

very often it means to SIMPLIFY.

The instruction to magnify our callings

is not a command to embellish and complicate them.

We have to forego

some good things in order to choose others that are

BETTER or BEST, because they develop

faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and strengthen our families.

-Dallin H. Oaks

The tragedy of first position

2011-03-02T20:40:00.000-08:00

My friend Rachel just shared this, and I couldn't help but post it on my blog so I can watch it everyday.
This so reminds me of myself. My family used to (still does) tease me that I am always a count off. Haha It did not come natural to me and every time I watch a performance of mine I want to die inside because it never looked anything like how it felt. Haha I guess that's what makes a really excellent dancer, someone who can dance exactly how they feel.
But I love this video, I kinda feel bad for her but mostly just think it's stinkin hilarious.

Bring It On

2011-02-24T09:02:00.000-08:00

We are ready for summer.

Bathroom Update, because I know you wanna know.

2011-02-19T09:07:00.000-08:00

Bathroom Update:

The bathroom is comin' along. My handy Scott put his woodworking skills to work and framed in our mirror. It makes a big difference, I feel very fancy getting ready in front of that beauty.

The real 'laugh attack'.

2011-02-16T21:05:00.000-08:00

I am so glad Em can laugh, I was getting a little nervous. This video makes me so happy. We have tried since then to get her to laugh and we got nothin, so this may be the one and only time Em laughs. Luckily we caught it on video.

Laugh Attack

2011-02-16T08:03:00.000-08:00

She is getting too big. Grandma got her this little v-day outfit. I think she feels pretty in it.

I got Scott root-beer for v-day. I thought I was being so clever because he always begs for this stuff, but no I failed, I accidentally got diet root-beer. I didn't even notice until he said, "Uh, are you tryin to tell me somethin?" He was slightly offended. Although, I think I made up for it by getting him some i-tunes.

We had a lovely valentines day. I usual dislike valentines day because it's a real busy day for florists, like the busiest. But this year was awesome because I dismissed myself from doing valentines flowers and I enjoyed the day with my hubby. All three of us were sick, we spent the day with body aches and sore throats but at least we got to be together.

Now for the top 2 greatest things that have happened so far this week.
Number 1- We found this site. We have to set a time limit as to how long we can play on this site, because we are completely addicted. So far, I have learned 48 of the 53 countries in Africa and am getting pretty good at naming all of Asia. (Dang you, Tajikistan).

Number 2 - Emlin finally found her laugh. She has never really laughed before until last night. I am so happy we caught it on video, and I wanted to put it on here but it's not working, so maybe I will try again later. It is pretty funny tho, she gets kind of nervous with every giggle, like it scares her or something.

I need your help.

2011-01-31T09:20:00.000-08:00

I need your help.

My very talented sis, Annalee Taylor, has been dreaming of taking a photography class from a pro.
Well Julie Parker is a pro and is giving away a seat to her photography workshop.

Whoever gets the most votes wins the seat.

So I need your help.

I need you to click here.

Scroll down to Annalee Taylor.

Vote for Annalee Taylor.

And then tell your friends.

Thanks. This would mean the world to her.

Cereal Killer

2011-01-30T11:57:00.000-08:00

Pretty little napper. 5 Months.

January 29, 2011

Emlin tried rice cereal for the first time. She was unpleasantly surprised. She has been begging us to give her something edible besides a bottle for sometime and I think she regrets her pleadings. Just look at the disappointment.

Rice Cereal first timer, January 24, 2011

Em and Elliot, January 2011

And since this blog should probably include other things besides Emlin's cute face. Here are some pictures of our bathroom. We pulled up the linoleum, laid tile, repainted the vanity and painted the walls. And when I say "we", I mean "Scott". We still have stuff to do, like frame in the mirror, hang some kind of decor and figure out a window treatment. Again, I really have no intention of doing any of those things on my own and am relying on Scott for all that to happen. He may or may not need to find a new wife (or slave-driver).

Before

After

Bath, January 2011

The good news is that Emlin approves of the bathroom redo.

Little One.

2011-01-17T14:03:00.000-08:00

Em as a zebra for Halloween 2010.

Emlin was a zebra for Halloween, her slacker mom never took pictures of her on Halloween. So she tried to take some photos of her later and who know that after 3 months that little costume would be a little snug, haha, poor thing. So when the lazy mom attempted taking photos, the little babe was not so happy about her little legs being squished and therefore, no happiness. O well, she still looks so cute with her little mane.

Em likes chewing on the hard plastic part of her bink.

January, 5, 2011 (5 months and 1 day old.)

Em enjoys playing with her hands and feet and can fit her entire fist in her mouth.

Em is now 5.5 months old. She smiles lots now, I'm just not so good at capturing her grin. She is getting the hang of sitting up. I enjoy when she sits up because she is able to give her little neck rolls some air. Scott calls her cheeks Jeffrey R. Holland cheeks, I'm not sure who that offends more, Em or Elder Holland. Nonetheless, she is a little sweetheart and I don't know what we would do without her.

I had myself a Merry little Christmas.

2011-01-03T15:24:00.000-08:00

Three great things about these pictures.

1. Weddings are awesome.
2. Christmas is so fun.
3. Being with loved ones is the best.

Am I a cheeseball?

Afraid so.

The most wonderful time of the year...

2010-12-28T07:48:00.000-08:00

We had a killer Holiday this year. We got to spend time with both our families, went to Dave and Becca's wedding, got to spend lots of time on temple square, had a quick party with Jace and Nichole, and finished it off back at the Burg just in time for Christmas and a sleigh ride.

Dave and Becca had a beautiful wedding. They had a yummy dinner after their sealing followed by dancing. I love dancing at a wedding, Scott even enjoyed himself on the dance floor. Emlin was a trooper all day.

Later that night we went back to temple square and enjoyed the lights.

The next day we spent time with the Bullards and let Em and Elliot get to know eachother, they are gonna hate us when they grow up.

The view from Dave and Becca's wedding dinner.

Grandpa's one-horse open sleigh full of babies.

Haha, who's that thug in the middle?

My dad took us on a sleigh ride Christmas Eve. Before we started our sleigh adventure, my dad wanted a picture with all his grandkids in the little sleigh. Emlin was crackin us up. Her little face was so squished but she never made a peep. And Kellen is such a stud look at that little sweet face.

This year we tied sleds to the back of the big sleigh. We used to do this when we were little when my grandpa would take us on sleigh rides. It is my favorite tradition. The kids loved it, but I think the adults enjoyed it more. Kyle, Randall and Scott reverted to little kids. Luckily there were no major injuries.

Don't worry this didn't actually happen, Em was safely sleeping on the big sleigh through the whole ride.

On Christmas morning we woke up around 6:30. poor Em was kind of out of it for most of the present opening time.

She got a pink penguin from Santa and she immediately cuddled it. She also got clothes, bowls, spoons, a fairy doll, bumbo tray and toys. Christmas was much more enjoyable having Emlin around.

Scott was excited to get a Metallica DVD, an ihome, clothes and jerky. He loves jerky. He is pretty easy to please and it makes me so happy if I can get it right. He is an awesome gift giver. He gets the kind of gifts I don't even know I want. Like Victoria Secret shampoo and conditioner, it's awesome but I would never get if for myself.

After opening gifts we took naps, had a yummy dinner, played games, and got to talk to our 2 favorite missionaries, Clint & Rob.

Being on temple square before Christmas this year really put me in the mood. I would like to do that again next year and maybe make it a tradition.

Christmas 2010 was a success and I am looking forward to next year.

So clever, I wish I came up with it.

2010-12-18T13:33:00.000-08:00

Here's a little something we ALL can appreciate, plus it has Katy Perry music!

Playing catch-up.

2010-12-09T12:11:00.000-08:00

Emlin is 4 months old. She likes to growl, for a while she was cooing but now she has advanced to growling. It's sweet. She grins lots in the morning. She always is bright-eyed and very curious. She loves sitting in her bumbo (thanks Bec!) watching me cook and clean. During bath time she kicks and kicks. If you hold her on your chest while sitting or laying she will climb up your chest. She is a tough little thing. She is sleeping in her crib now. And doing a good job of getting through the night with only minor interruptions. I usually wake up to a little baby growl in the monitor.

Em was a cute little zebra for Halloween. I don't remember what we did for halloween, it obviously was not too eventful. Em and I went with all the Ras girls to a pumpkin patch party. Scott and I thought about dressing up, we wanted to be Snoop Dogg (that's D - O- double G) and Katy Perry, we kind of have a weird obsession with them. But last minute things got busy and we never had the time. We need to be better about making time for those kinds of things.

For thanksgiving we went to Logan to spend time with Scott's fam and extended fam. We had a yummy dinner and made gingerbread houses. Emlin got lots of love from all the cousins. She did awesome, it took her a while to get used to everybody but after the first day she was a champ. We woke up one night to her cooing and she didn't stop for about an hour. She was lovin all the socializing and couldn't stop even at 4 AM.

We did some black friday shopping and went to Becca's bridal shower that weekend. I love seeing Dave and Becca together, they are getting married in two weeks and are so happy. Saturday night we got to see our beloved Bullards and then we headed home, we chatted the whole 4 hours and Em slept through all of dinner and the drive home. Poor thing was so tired. We had to wake her up the next day to get ready for church and our church doesn't start until 1:00.

I know these pictures don't have anything to do with what I've been talking about, but I can't get enough of them. And these are so much prettier than any photos I have because Geri took them.

Beautifully Simple, Simply Beautiful.

2010-11-08T16:56:00.000-08:00

I got really bored today. It snowed alot. Even Emlin is bored, she can't stay awake for more than 20 minutes. So, even though I enjoy listening to Emlin snore, I have been really bored.

A while ago, my friend Kiri suggested on her blog to make a profile for the church website. I've been thinking about that for a while, I thought that was a really good idea but I don't know if my boring little life is worth a profile listing. So I was looking through the website and started watching these cute little videos about LDS people and their simple, sweet lives. They are cute. They made me happy and I remembered how simple, sometimes boring, but great my life is.

Anyway, I haven't made a profile yet but I enjoyed the videos, especially Rose and Emily.
And Alex Boye because I've seen stuff about him on BYUTV, he seems pretty cool.
Oh and Ryan, he has a cool life.
And Jane Clayson, she came to BYUI.

They are all good, we might watch them again for FHE.

5 Days

2010-10-21T20:57:00.000-07:00

Geri Egbert took Em's pictures when she was 5 days old. She just posted them to her blog.

Did I mention Geri is really talented and so sweet?

I know it hasn't been that long but,

I feel like I've already forgotten so much.

These pictures made all kinds emotions come flooding back.

I remember she would open her mouth really wide when she would yawn.

I remember feeling like our lives were never going to be the same.

I remember dreading the day Scott would go back to work.

I remember feeling really, really blessed.

I remember worrying I would never sleep again.

I remember Emlin smelling beyond good.

I remember feeling nervous with every noise Emlin would make.

I remember getting her dressed was my favorite.

I remember Scott painted my nails, even french tipped em'.

I remember being excited.

A good day.

2010-10-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

Emlin 10 weeks.

Been feeling really lucky today, mostly because of these two.

And I watched this video.

Just a couple pics that make me smile.

2010-10-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

Our sweet SWEET nephew, "baby" James. He's not really a baby anymore, but still just as sweet.

This is Scott's dad, Ric. I love is picture so much, he said some lady asked him if he would be a groom for a parade. He is not really sure what it was for. But at the end of the parade a guy told him how cute they were and gave the little girl (Alice Atkin) a piece of candy, Ric was so sad that the guy didn't even offer him some. Mandy put together this CD of old pictures and I love them all so much!

I sure love these two. Emy's blessing day. 8 1/2 weeks old, 9.26.10

Em with Grandpa Page, she sat like this for a good 15 minutes. She thinks she is so big.

7 Weeks

2010-09-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

Emlin's Photoshoot

We won a photoshoot with Josh Peterson. He did such a good job, Emlin was really fussy so it took us a long time and he was super patient with us. Thanks Josh! His site is pvmphotography.wordpress.com or you can click here.

Emlin at 7 weeks, photos taken 9.22.10

In the words of Mack...

2010-09-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

Emlin, 7 weeks

"I luf her."

-Mack

Fall is just around the corner...

2010-09-14T10:34:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our Kunz Family Reunion this past weekend. We went to Island Park and stayed at an awesome cabin. The first day we went to Yellowstone and saw buffalos, a black bear and a grizzly bear! The next day we lounged around and played with the kids. On Saturday we went for a fourwheeler ride and stumbled across some beautiful scenery, I am pretty sure we got a glimpse of Heaven. And Sunday we came home. It was the perfect break from everyday life.

Scott in West Yellowstone.

Kellen & Emlin, she was infatuated with him.

Carmen

Brenner

Linden

Mack & I

Mack really wanted to be in our picture.

Emlin, I could kiss on her cheeks all day.

4 Weeks

2010-09-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

Emlin is lovin life, and so am I. I got really sick when she was a week old and thought I might not make it...just kiddin. But I was super sick and now I am feeling great.

Time is going by too fast, Scott leaves for work, Emlin and I chill all day, Scott comes home, it feels like seconds go by and its time for bed, then I blink my eyes and its morning again. What is crazy is that our lives are so monotonous but I never get sick of lovin on this sweet girl.

She looks like she has to potty in this picture.

Scott and I play this fun game. He acts out someone or makes a funny face and says, "Hey, guess who I am" The answer is always Emlin. It's a really fun game.

Our friends, Jace and Nichole, came up last week. Their cute little man, Elliot AKA "The ManCub" was puttin the moves on Emlin the whole weekend.

This is Emlin, she is 4 weeks old today and we love her.

Welcome Home

2010-08-09T08:25:00.000-07:00

Can you see the terror in my eyes?

Emlin saying goodbye to the hospital.

Scott was so happy to be home, those daddy chairs are really uncomfortable.

Wednesday morning (Aug 4) I could not sleep to save my life. I was so nervous for the induction and delivery process. Around 2 AM I finally dozed off and woke up at 3 AM to pains in my belly. These pains were tight and were exactly 2 minutes apart. "Hmm, that's weird" I thought, "Am I in labor?" After an hour of consistent pain I thought, "I think I'm in labor."

I woke up Scott, and he shot up like a perky little bird. All of a sudden it dawned on the both of us that we know nothing about delivering a baby. We are those unprepared parents that never read any books, watched any videos or took any classes. So Scott whipped out the computer and we started scavenging for as much information as possible. He also made us a handy little Excel spreadsheet with a timetable of my contractions. (He is a nerd).

Around 6 AM my contractions were becoming less painful so we decided to go for a walk. We called the hospital and they said to come up at our scheduled time. We arrived at 7:30, got checked in, broke my water at 8:30, got an epidural around 9:30. I was terrified of getting the epidural but it wasn't so bad. The only bad part is that it affected me really weird, the left side of my face got all droopy. I thought my eye felt funny but when I looked at Scott straight on and saw the horror on his face then I was scared. (I've always been a little sensitive to medicine. One time I took a tylenol PM and seriously slept for 3 days). But once they turned it down I was fine, I was more than fine, that part was like heaven really.

I was dilated all the way by 4 PM, started pushing at 5 PM, and Scott caught our sweet baby Emlin at 5:37 PM. My nurse Sharee was amazing and I loved having Dr. Meredith.

Emlin is so sweet and smells like Heaven. When she came out I couldn't believe how chunky she was and that she has hair. I was a skinny little gray baby with strawberry blonde curly hair. Could we be any more opposite? She is a chunky, pink, baby with dark hair. She has got some long legs and her newborn clothes don't fit. She looks so much like Scott and really is the sweetest thing. We are so happy to finally have her home.

Emlin Page

2010-08-06T20:46:00.000-07:00

Born August 4, 2010

at 5:37 PM

8 lbs. 1 oz.

20 inches

Mom's nose,

Dad's eyes,

and the best thing that has ever happened to us.

Nestin Like Bird

2010-08-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

Nesting? Maybe just a little. I think we are about as prepared as we ever will be. Our bags are packed, the crib is set, she has clothes and diapers and a carseat. Really? What else could a little baby need?

We are scheduled to go to the hospital tomorrow morning at 7:30, although there is a chance the labor and delivery unit may be too full. So we have to wait and see what they say tomorrow morning. Part of me is secretly ok with being sent home, I am still a little nervous. But a much bigger part of me would like to get this show on the road and meet this little girl. I love her so much already and I can't wait to see Scott with her, he is going to be an amazing dad. I love that guy. Wish us luck.

I am gonna go make some leggings, maybe that will make the time go by faster, this has been a long day. Nesting? Yeah, I'm afraid so.

Itty Bitty Dress tutorial found here. Carseat Cover tutorial found here.

Page Reunion 2010

2010-08-03T15:14:00.000-07:00

We had our Page Family Reunion last weekend. It was the perfect distraction from all my large discomfort. We did all kinds of fun things. Sadly, all the pictures I have are pretty lame but other people got tons so I will have to remember to add them later. My favorite part of the reunion - lazer tag, Scott's favorite part of the reunion - paint balling. Apparently we like to shoot stuff.

(Lance, Jeff, Ric, Dave, Trent, Scott)

Below are some pics of the family, I never got one of Lance & Mandy or Scott & I, but will try to remember to add them later.

Ric & Rebecka

Jeff, Corene, Jake & James

Dave & Becca

Christy, Trent, Aubry, Miriam & Mark

Amy & Scott

Happy Graduation!

2010-08-03T06:46:00.000-07:00

We made it to Graduation! How nuts is that? Scott graduated on July 23, it was awesome. The last couple weeks were pretty challenging and and he is so happy its all over. At least for now, he would like to get a masters eventually.

He took his last final around 10:00 AM on July 23 (friday). After he finished we met his dad at the Crossroads for lunch. They had a tradition of meeting every friday for lunch and I know they are both going to miss that a lot. After lunch I surprised Scott with a massage at Sage Day Spa. They let us be in the same room and Scott was crackin me up. There is nothing that boy loves more than getting massaged. I kept dozin off, that was the most comfortable I have been in a long time. I tried to get Scott to let me take a picture of us in our robes and he refused, he said he would rather die than have that picture be on the internet.

Later that night was his graduation ceremony and convocation. Scott looked so handsome. Elder Richard Hinckley spoke, he sounds just like his dad. He talked about the journeys we take and how we need to listen to our leaders and the spirit and not let other people lead us astray.

Amy and Christy got to be there, it was perfect timing because our reunion was the next week so Christy made it just in time.

Ric got to hand Scott his diploma.

Saturday we went to the 24th of July parade in St. Anthony, then to the air show in Idaho Falls. Both of which were excellent and provided much entertainment in the people-watching department.

And finally to finish off the graduation celebrations, we had a barbecue Saturday night. We had hamburgers and fries - yum! Scott has got some mad bbq skills.

The little kids had lots of fun swinging on the tire swing and jumping on the tramp together.

Ric had a tiny accident involving the collapsing of a chair which sent the entire group into a laugh attack. Then, Amy started honking and we lost all control. I have never seen my dad laugh like that, he had tears coming down and could barely keep it together.

Can you feel the joy in this picture?

Sweet Carmen, so happy all the time.

It was an awesome night. I am glad we have so many great people in our lives that support us and we don't have to do anything alone. Thanks for coming everyone and for taking such good care of us.

A Way to Help

2010-07-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

Our friends little girl was in an accident last week and is currently at Primary Childrens in SLC. They have set up a blog to help out this cute family. You can visit the blog here. And visit their family blog here.

You can either donate to a Paypal system they have set up or visit the Sno Shack in Rigby on Mainstreet. And of course prayer is more powerful than anything else.

We love you Pat, Ashley, and Preslee and are thinking about you!

So You Think...

2010-07-06T13:33:00.000-07:00

If you don't watch So You Think You Can Dance, I am really sorry, but you should.

This is Lauren, she is one of the 2 girls left and if she doesn't make it I will be a little upset. This was her final solo during Vegas week. If you have ever wondered what kind of dancing I do in my kitchen, this will give you a little idea...haha jus kiddin.

And here is the best number that has ever happened, it was the season opener with the new 11 dancers from this season and the flippin awesome allstars from seasons past. So much happiness in one little video.

Baby Shower Power

2010-06-23T09:14:00.001-07:00

So my amazing sister and mom threw me an awesome shower. It was a joint effort on everyone's part really. Rebecka, Lexie, Leeann, Beth, Sara, ...the whole gang pitched in and it was a huge success. I loved it. Thanks everyone who came and for everyone who helped...even Scott helped out, although he may or may not have dropped some food. I love that guy.

Anyway it was tons of fun and the weather was perfect. I got so many great things our little girl is one lucky lady. She is already loved by so many people.

I stole these photos from my sister's blog, thanks for the pics Annapeepee.

Sweet little baby quilts. I made the first, then some snuggle blankies, Annalee's is the pink, and my mom's is the last. I have slept with the last one a couple of times it is so comfy...I'm just getting it ready for the baby. Scott thinks I'm weird.

Yummy food. Mmm I could use a brownie pop right about now.

Cute little fabric topiaries huh? My sister made them.

Tissue balls, Lexie and I made these, she's in the picture just below holding the darling Carmen.

And here ya go...Check out that cute double chin, just call me Whale-inda. O well it's a worthy sacrifice right? I shouldn't complain I have been feeling so good for the past couple months and really have had a good pregnancy. I was really nervous at first, then I got over it, and now I am just nervous for the whole delivery thing. I am going to miss feeling her wiggle and it is so easy to just carry her around all day without thinking about it. But I can't wait to see her. I think it will definitely be more fun for Scott as well.

But thanks everyone for coming and giving so much, I really really appreciate it.

Etched Impressions

2010-06-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

Check out this cool site. Just click on the image or here.

This is Scott's IBC group, that thing that has been keeping him busy day and night.

They do custom wood engravings. I am really impressed with all the work they have put in and they have come up with an awesome product. You can order just about anything - a temple image, a hymn, any photo, priesthood line of authority (cool idea for father's day), a quote, family name...just about anything!

Below are some samples.

The hymns are my favorite, this is a random hymn they did as a test, but the other ones I have seen are so awesome.

Keep checking back, they will be updating the site within the next day or two.

As for me...I've been on jury duty for the past 2 days...let's just say it wasn't my favorite thing.

HOLy Moly!

2010-06-01T13:33:00.001-07:00

Check out this gigantic sink hole in Guatemala. Rob, Scott's brother is serving there and his sister Mandy just sent our family this link.

Wedding Wonderful

2010-05-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

So pretty. Check here and here.

Quiet House

2010-05-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

Our house is pretty quiet these days, except when I am talking to myself or dancing in the kitchen. But other than that, it is really quiet.

Speaking of kitchens, we painted ours. It was a really dark red when we moved in and I always felt like I was living in a cave. So we lightened it up.

Before and After

So I am staying busy with baby stuff and flower stuff. You can check my flower blog for flower stuff. As for baby stuff, the nursery is getting there even though we really haven't done much. Just moved stuff around and cleaned out the closet, I love having an almost empty closet. I need to get on the ball and get bedding and curtains done.

Scott was nice enough to turn this side table into a real beauty. It was his grandma's, he painted it and changed the hardware to match the babies room.

Before and After

I made one hat for the baby. I'm not sure if will ever do that again. It wasn't super hard but I'm still not so sure it will ever fit a human head, it's shaped a little weird. Maybe someday I will try again. I've also made a few blankies, bibs, and burp clothes.

Kyle and Lexie blessed their little baby on May 2nd. Kyle did a great job and it is really fun to see them as parents of 3. Clint gave his mission report on April 25th and left on May 5th. I sure hope he is doing good, I am sure he is. We love and miss him lots. Ric and Rebecka took a trip to Hawaii for their big anniversary. They had a blast and were crackin us up with their stories about never feeling so relaxed in all their life.

Scott has been running ever since school started 3 weeks ago. He has more energy then anyone I know. It's very impressive.

The baby gets bigger and bigger every second I swear. Maybe I am in denial and should say that I am getting bigger and bigger every second but I like to think it's just her. Just 93 days left!

So even though our house is quiet, I guess there is a lot happening. Hmm, I guess I just need to blog more to realize it.

O Baby

2010-03-28T12:00:00.001-07:00

So we went to the Doctor and in the words of Scott, "SHE's a SHE!"

She is super active and was wiggling like crazy, it took the tech a long time to get a good picture.

Here is her little bear foot...

That will look really cute in these...

I am amazed with technology, those ultrasound machines are amazing, and the people who can tell what they are looking at are even more amazing. I kind of wish I could be hooked up to that all day and see what she is up to. We can't wait to meet her.

Too good to be true...

2010-03-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

But it is, the rumor is true. We are having a little Page. Sorry about my bad blogging. I have been sick...but that's a terrible excuse. I really just haven't been in the mood.

But anyway, more about the baby, we are so excited. We have been trying for some time and I still have to pinch myself to know that we are gonna have little baby. So far everything is going great.

I am 19 weeks and we find out on Thursday what we are having. I have no idea what we are having. At first we both thought it was a boy, but now I kind of think it's a girl. Scott's brother Jeff said that he thinks its a girl because Scott will make a good Girl-dad. Haha I thought that was cute. It's true Scott will be a good dad for a girl, our little neighbor is three and she was telling her mom the other day that she thought Scott was "nice and handsome." Haha she is funny, but I agree with her.

As for an update, Scott has been working hard at school and doing side jobs here and there. He remodeled my mom's bathroom, and last week he trimmed out a basement. Next he will be making a bed for our friend, then who knows what.

I have just been working on flowers, and I finally updated my flower blog! And I made this wreath. I found the tutorial here. If you make this be prepared to spend forever, it looked a lot simpler than it actually was and I was exhausted by the end. But it makes me excited for spring.

So anyway, I will try to be better about posting. It sure will be nice to have something other than Scott and I to post about!

Eloise Page

2009-12-03T01:48:00.000-08:00

I wanted to post before I forgot. Scott's Grandma, Eloise Page, passed away awhile ago. We went down to St George for the funeral Oct 23. She was the neatest lady, and left an awesome legacy.

On Friday we met everyone for lunch at the park, then took a tour of the old houses they lived in. Our first stop was this red brick house. Eloise and Elwood (Cutest married couple names ever, they went by Woody and Weezy) built this house, they built the garage first(left) and lived in it while they finished the house. Can you imagine living in that tiny little thing?

When we arrived we noticed it was vacant and pretty soon everyone was trickling inside to explore. Next door is a large City Senior Citizen Building. A lady came walking over from that building to ask us what we were up to. Someone explained to her the situation and she was shocked, she explained that is was amazing we had come, because the city was planning on tearing this house down within a couple weeks to expand the Senior Citizen Building parking lot. They had torn down 3 or 4 other homes to build the Senior Citizen Building years ago but had ran out of money and had left this one. So they were just waiting to get enough money to buy this home and tear it down for parking.

I am sure the real reason they hadn't torn it down yet was just a tender mercy for Eloise's kids and grandkids. I'm sure she knew exactly what was going on and it was just a little surprise from Woody.

So Gayle and Mike asked the lady if they could take somethings from the house, like the glass knobs and original mail box and stuff like that. She said they would have to ask "So-n-so" from the City (I can't remember his name). Well turns out, they all grew up with "So-n-so" and Ric even served with him in the mission field. They all kind of giggled at this point. So they called him and of course he said that could take whatever the wanted.

As we were all standing around, someone noticed two little faint footprints in the cement with the numbers "49" carved next to them. They were Jerry's little feet, left in the cement like he was standing right there with the rest of us. (Jerry is Ric's brother, he passed away recently from cancer) So many tender mercies, it was the perfect way to start off the weekend.

Uncle Mike gave everyone $2 to spend at Judd's. All the older kids were so jealous, they had never been given that much to spend on candy as little kids. I thought that was funny.

The funeral was so simple and sweet. It was a graveside service, there were several amazing musical numbers (the Pages are very talented in the music department). Just a few words were spoken and we let off balloons.

We spent the rest of the weekend having a mini Page reunion. We got pizza and shakes from Iceberg, went to an awesome park, and went swimming. Mandy put together a slideshow of old pictures of Eloise, that was my favorite part. Its so fun to see her so young and with her little kids. There was one picture of Ric that looked just like Scott. Anyway, I guess it just reminded me of what is really important and it's a good idea to try to preserve memories to bless your kids.

Scott turns 24!

2009-10-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

Scott turned 24 over conference weekend. I thought it would be fun to make pinatas. Scott is really into limes right now. We have lime air fresheners, limes in the fridge, he bought a lime colored shirt, lime chips, etc. It really is amazing how many lime things are actually available. So for his B-day we did all things lime. I made some yummy lime chicken tacos and Key Lime Pie- I got the recipe from here. So anyway this is us making lime shaped/colored pinatas. And us breaking and partaking of the lime pinatas! We had a great time at Scott's party. He is so sweet to put up with my birthday party games and things.

Conference was awesome, it was so nice to be able to spend some time with just my Scott. We learned some really great things, hopefully I can think back to them and be better. We have never spent so much time at home. Or so much time with our TV set to the BYU channel, we watched like every BYU program there is. Sometimes twice. We need to venture to that channel more often. We also did some serious cleaning and de-junking, which I love and I finally got out my Halloween stuff.

P.S. Remember this picture? Notice any strange/weird/hilarious similarities to the above picture?

Dandelion Gone to Sea

2009-09-29T19:02:00.000-07:00

My Grandma Rasmussen was the neatest lady. I think about her all the time. When we get together and make something I always think, "Grandma would love this." Or if I see a quilt that is put together poorly I always think, "Grandma would be so disappointed." Or if I see an elderly person with their blinker on for a couple of blocks I laugh and think, "That is something grandma would do, and if we told her, she would laugh."

Some cool facts about Grandma Ras include (but if you have more please add to the list):

She has won the lottery and has been struck by lightening (I think the lightening happened first).
She loved talking on the phone with her friends.
She was very patient and let my grandpa decorate with fake antlers and other weird things.
Her name has 30 letters in it - Marva Dawn Stringfellow Rasmussen
She had a sign on her front door that said, "Gone to Walmart"

So when I saw this website it totally reminded me of my grandma. People of Walmart is a sight where people submit pictures of people they have seen at Walmart. If she could have worked a computer she would of loved this sight for two reasons.

1- She really loved shopping (even if it was Walmart).

2- She loved people watching.

My favorite is the "half and half" picture. If you have ever feel the need to shave your head- this should be your inspiration. My grandma would have gotten a kick out of this.

Whistle while you work!

2009-09-12T09:32:00.000-07:00

Dave, Rob, and Ric have been working hard on fixing up a house in hibbard for some renters. They did an awesome job, they pretty much redid everything including; the roof, the floor, the lighting, the entire exterior, the kitchen, the bathrooms, added tons of storage, and more. Scott has been doing school and work so he has been able to help a little but not as much as he would have liked. He loves working with his brothers.

2009-08-07T22:13:00.000-07:00

Scott recently finished up a rough semester. To celebrate I wanted to throw him a little party. But everything got really busy and I couldn't figure when I was going to have time to do something without him knowing. Well luckily the other night the stars aligned and everything just fell into place. Dave, Amy, and Rob were coming over for a sleep over and when they got here Scott had went out back to sweep the carport. Right when they rang the doorbell it dawned on me that now would be a good time to surprise Scott. I rushed them in and put them to work blowing up balloons and hanging streamers. As soon as we got the streamers up and the balloons blown, Scott walked in the back door. We hadn't really practiced or even talked about what we were going to say to him, so when he came in we each let out a jumble of greetings like, "Surprise!" "Congrats!" "Happy!" "Yay!" "Scott!" He was really surprise/confused, but it was fun anyway. I am really proud of Scott. School is really not his favorite thing and doesn’t come easy to him but he works really hard. He does whatever it takes to make the most of his college experience and takes advantage of the opportunities that are available to him right now. Way to go Scott, love you.

Notice the streamer under Scott's chin. And the pile of shoes to the left...I can't break my bad habit.

Amy looks so cute in this picture. These boys are so cute with her. They are wrapped.

It took us forever to get picture with the balloons in the air with the timer. This is the best I got. Later that night I made some nasty cupcakes, they were more like really thick, sunken muffins and we watched Rescuers Down Under, Scott's favorite show. I think its pretty good, but it still seems weird to me that it's his favorite. He can pretty much reenact the whole movie, my favorite is when he does the hunter guy and says something about Joanna. Anyway, I had to post about this random night before I forgot about it.

P.S. These balloons have been haunting me ever since, everywhere I go there they are.

Sneak Peek

2009-07-27T20:57:00.000-07:00

More wedding flower fun this weekend...go here for a sneak peek of what I'm thinking for these love birds.

This little piggie went to the market...

2009-07-24T21:28:00.001-07:00

We hit the farmers market tonight and it was awesome. I didn't have any cash so I plan on being there next friday. We weren't able to get there until 7:30 and most of the goods were gone. So I wanna get there around 4:00 so I can scope it out and get some fun stuff. There was live music, food, and sweet fun booths.

There was an awesome card printing booth, they had this amazing temple print that I will be dreaming about tonight (I can't remember their company name, I will find out though) and my favorite was this darling booth by Daisy Doo - stinkin cute name hu? Well her stuff is even cuter. Her blog is http://www.daisydoodaisydoo.blogspot.com/.

You can find more info on the farmers market at farmersmarket.rexburg.org

Summer Love

2009-07-24T09:05:00.000-07:00

For posterity's sake let's go back and catch up.

Scott and I on a sweet date. This was back in Mayish sometime. We went to dinner, movie and as usual a bike ride around town. Normally they are fun easy rides, but this particular night Scott thought it would be fun to go up the temple road. I made it about 1/4 of the way and thought both of my thighs were going to combust. Meanwhile Scott was like hitting jumps and riding circles around me. Why are boys so athletic?

On Monday when we went his goal was to see how many weeds he could get in his spokes and he tries to make me feel better by pretending like he is tipping over and all being all squirmy when he falls off the sidewalk. Hah, I love bikes. The one I ride is way too tall for me and I have to jump to get off. Maybe I will save up and get me a real girls bike.

Clint graduated and he looked sharper than ever. His hat fit him nicely...lucky!

Isn't my mom the cutest, when I was little I always thought I had a hot mom.

We have been spending tons of time out side. The little kids refuse to play inside and its good because it is too nice outside to not be out there. My parents backyard was full of blossoms and I would catch myself just staring at the trees in the spring. I think I have a problem I am seriously way too into plants right now. I gotta find a new hobby.

We went to Utah to see the Bullards and went through a session at the Timanogos Temple while we were there. That temple was massive, the stained glass windows was my favorite. They were hot pink and bright blue and purple. So cool. More to come from our trip later.

We got a new little baby Carmen on June 8. She is doll baby and I want to hold her all day long.

YAY, Dave is home. It is so good to have him back. He was supposed to get home on a Friday night and he ended up having to stay in Salt Lake and come home Saturday morning. We were all so bummed. But it turned out better because we picked him up and then got to spend the whole day all together.

On the 4th we ran the liberty 5k fun-run. I'm not so sure why they call it a "fun" run, maybe for some people its fun. I was so happy to finish, I had an awesome running friend -Kylie-that kept me going or I probably would have died. At one part a little duck was waddling along the road. When I got to it I said "Hi duck" and it totally snapped at me. It scared me to death and I jumped super high and screamed. The people behind me were busting up, but it gave me tons of energy and I was able to take off sprinting to the end. Scott was amazing, he never runs and he did so good, he even came back at the end to run with me. But the best part was that Rebecka won this bike. When she came through the finish line she had made about 5 friends. They had chatted and walked the whole way. She also had her arms full of garbage. She had picked up trash the whole way. What a good lady. They raffled off this cute beach cruiser bike and Rebecka won, we were all so excited. Its perfect for her. She cruises on it all the time.

For the rest of the 4th we went to the parade, took a nap, ate at Texas Roadhouse, and hit up the IF fireworks. The night before we went to Logan and spent time with family down there. The 4th is the best holiday.

As for my summer goals:

Goals for Summer:

1. Picnic once a week (We have totally done this, if fast food in the car at the park counts)

2. Have at least 2 campfires at the sand dunes (Haven't done this, except we went to one campfire in the woods)

3. A couple of bike rides (make use of the camel-backs we never use) (We have done this but no camelbacks yet)

4. Go swimming outside (Not yet)

5. Go camping (Not yet, we are slackers - I'll see what I can do)

SLC Gardens

2009-07-24T08:47:00.000-07:00

Dear Salt Lake Temple grounds,

You are killin me right now. I had a mini heart attack when I saw your blossoms. Sadly, I covet you....I know, I am ashamed. Be a pal, and come teach my garden to grow nice and big like yourself...when I have a garden.

Sincerly,

Wannabe.

My Little Buddy

2009-07-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

Meet Mack Randall,

He is probably going to be in GQ Magazine, this face is called Blue Steal.

Mack can be crazy at times so we have to leash him. At first I thought the leash may be cause for social services to step in. However he seems to enjoy the monkey on his back.

He is very smart.

This is Mack on the move....notice the monkey leash.

He looks at the world differently than others.

This is why I love Mack.

Happy Birthday!

Scott and I now have 4 nieces and 5 nephews. They are the best. They say the funniest things, they are all really cute, they are stinkin smart, and they love us no matter what. Its the best. I don't want any of them to grow up. So it makes me kind of sad when they have birthdays. Jake just turned 4! Which is so crazy that is so old. And Mack just turned 2. Jameson is next on the birthday list, he was born just before we got married he will be 2 as well. Then Miriam, her mom had to miss your birthday and celebrate it another day to come to our wedding, then Brenner he was born just a few weeks after. By the end of August we will have 3 nephews that are 2! We love them all very much!

Turbo Jam is Hard

2009-06-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

Holy Moly! I did a little of this...

yesterday and I am feeling the effects.

I thought I would take a picture of myself to show all of you...

Bwahah, yeah right! But seriously it kicked my butt, I can barely move.
I will not be Jammin' it for quite some time.

Cheney Love

2009-05-27T07:03:00.000-07:00

Back in April Mandy and Lance had a reception here in Rexburg. I got to put together some flowers for it. Mandy and Lance only got to stay for a short weekend but it was fun to see the two lovebirds and celebrate their marriage again!

Below are the centerpeices, some tables had these and others had bowls of lemons.

Scott built these two stands for me. He whipped them out the day before. When he puts his mind to something there is really no stopping him. They turned out perfect and now I can use them for other weddings too! I made big arrangements to sit on each stand and the stands were placed at each end of the wedding line. After the reception Amy, Rob, and Mandy showed me their best Vanna White pose.

Rob just got his mission call to Guatemala City South. He leaves in September and we are going to miss him tons, but we are super excited for him.

Where did April go?

2009-05-01T17:03:00.000-07:00

Random April Pictures

I love getting birthday cards, but I think this one takes the cake. I got this awesome card for my birthday. I've always thought my name was pretty weird but now I am sure. In case you can't see the words, it says, "Melinda misunderstood her husbands request for her to wax" and the inside says, "Still, he was pretty happy. Hope you're pretty happy today." This has to be the best card I've ever gotten, and hopefully this is not an indication of what I will be like in a few years.

This is another funny picture I came across today. I love these 2 guys they are so fun I'm gonna miss this stage once they get bigger. The other day Brenner got right in Mack's face and said, "Hi Mack" then they hugged. They love climbing on this chair I think both of them have fallen off it and tipped it over a time or 2 but I guess boys will be boys.

I have a little problem where I take my shoes off at the back door and instead of taking them upstairs I just wear a different pair the next day, so they start to pile up. The other day Scott attempted taking them all upstairs by himself. He ended up leaving a trail of shoes, haha. I love this picture. What a good husband.

Time is Flyin

2009-04-27T18:47:00.000-07:00

April 1-10

April is the craziest month of the year. I can't believe how fast it came and went. But I'm sure glad all of the snow is finally gone and we can enjoy the sunshine. Scott and I have been taking advantage of all the sun with lots of jogs and walks to the park. I've always wanted to be a good runner and I try so hard but my running usually turns into a walk. Scott is really athletic and he runs really fast so I've had to learn to just let him run and I go my own pace.

Before all the snow melted we were stuck inside so we tried working on our house every spare minute. We have a spare bedroom so I wanted to make it into some kind of computer/craft room. Someday it will be a nursery but for now I just wanted it to be our fun-whatever room. We painted a while back, the paint job was quite the struggle. At first I really wanted it to be more of a gray and light blue color but I misjudged the paint swatches and it turned out bright blue and purple. So I changed the color scheme and we went for something a little more subtle. Scott built me this pretty white desk for Christmas.

I had him build me this shelf to hang a quilt my mom and I made when I graduated from Highschool. For so long it has been sitting in my closet so its been fun having the quilt up on the wall to see everyday.

A while back I got asked to judge a dance competition, it was really fun but sadly, it was the same day as 2 of my good friends baby showers. So for one of the showers Kiri and I got together to make a diaper cake for Becca and Trevor's little baby Dallin. I was so bummed I didn't get to go and meet the cute little guy. But I might be seeing him tomorrow! I can't wait!

This is Kiri modeling our creation. She took it to the shower since I couldn't be there. Good thing Holly was there to coach us through the whole construction of the diaper cake or we would have never figured it out.

I turned 22 on April 9th and graduated on April 10th. Talk about the best birthday present ever. I really didn't want to walk very much but my mom really wanted me to. And I'm so glad I did it was a really cool experience. I even got to sit with some of my closest friends so it made it that much more fun. My 2 favorite memories from graduation was when they had us walk from the field house to the gym all the teachers line the halls to cheer you on as you enter the gym. It is a pretty narrow hallway so its a little strange but really cool.

The other thing I thought was cool about graduation was when Vice President Eyring talked. He talked about when he was a mission president in Taiwan he was taking some elders to the airport to go home. Someone from the mission office called to tell him one of the missionaries in his car would not be able to go home because of visa problems. This particular elder was from Brazil and he knew that his family would have traveled for days to be able to pick him up. Being an experienced traveler and business man President Eyring was positive he would be able to get him home. He made several phone calls but still was unable to make it happen. President Eyring was still very persistent he pulled money from his own pocket and told the missionary to take this money and do whatever it takes to get home. In reply the missionary said something like, "President Eyring don't worry about me, Heavenly Father knows where I am."

President Eyring expressed how foolish he was to try to solve this problem without the help of his father in heaven. He went on to say even if you think you might have the wrong ticket to your desired destination it doesn't matter as long as you listen to the counsel of the Lord.

After graduation we had an fun little party. Lots of family and friends came to support. Scott was so sweet and got me a camera, I have been in desperate need of a new camera and the one he got is so awesome. I need to post more of my birthday and other stuff but my computer has a difficult time loading pictures on to here so I'll work on that later.

We also celebrated Easter that same night with an Easter egg hunt and some kite flying. I'm not sure whether Linden or Kyle enjoyed the kites more. Afterwards the boys played a football game, the city boys (Kyle & Scott) vs. the country boys (Randall, Jake, & Dad). I'm still not sure who won but they seemed to have fun.

Whew, like a said its been a crazy couple of weeks. Its been so nice to come home to no homework and stress. I've been feeling much more domestic as well. I cooked almost every night last week (That is quite the accomplishment for me, so I'm feelin pretty good). Anyway, I'm ready for a fun hot summer. Here is the plan-

Goals for Summer:

1. Picnic once a week

2. Have at least 2 campfires at the sand dunes

3. A couple of bike rides (make use of the camel-backs we never use)

4. Go swimming outside

5. Go camping

Most of the Time

2009-04-09T11:50:00.000-07:00

This is my friend Brooke Johnson and Nik Day at Guitars Unplugged

this semester. She was on my dance team a while back

and we got super close. Anyway, this song was written by Nik Day,

the guy playing the piano, you can see more of his stuff on youtube

and I think he is selling his new C.D. at the bookstore. His music is

so chilled out and fun to listen to.

But Brooke would kill me if she saw I put this on here. But seriously,

isn't she so good? Anyway, just thought I would post this cause I

can't stop listening to it!

Guess whose B-day it is!?

2009-04-06T21:30:00.000-07:00

Its Annalee's B-day tomorrow (April 7th)! I know she isn't going to say anything about so I thought I would give you all a heads-up!

Here is the top 25 things you are dying to know about Annalee:

25. In High School she used to sluff seminary to do handstands in the hall with her friends.

24. She is super sensitive to bad smells and gross stuff. One time when we were little, she had just finished a sandwich. When I pulled out the bag of bread she had gotten her bread from, I thought I saw mold and told her she had eaten moldy bread. She started dry heaving and ran to the bathroom to throw up. But I was wrong, the bread was fine... my bad.

23. She passed out in 7th grade in the middle of class. She fell back on the desk behind her. The kid behind her totally freaked out. They brought the ambulance and everything and the principal even called my mom to tell her Annalee had a grand-mall seizure. My mom, of course, was a mess and rushed to the school to find Annalee perfectly fine. Not sure what the principal was thinking.

22. She has super thick, thick, thick shiny hair. Lucky!

21. She was a cheerleader, on the dance team, and a Student Body Officer back in the day.

20. She has crashed her car a couple of times and had a warrant our for her arrest. (I think she forgot to pay a ticket or something like that?)

19. She plays the violin and piano.

18. Her laugh is really contagious.

17. Her friends and her once painted their entire faces with markers.

16. Her favorite shows are American Idol and Grey's Anatomy.

15. When she was really little she had a hard time falling asleep at night. So she would yell from our bunkbed, "Dad, I can't sleep!" and he would yell back, "Close your eyes!"

14. She worked in Jackson for a summer with her good friend Keri.

13. She is currently sportin a baby bump!

12. If you knew Grandma Rass, you know that they were super close. She spent a lot of her childhood hanging out with Grandma. I think this is where she got her love of shopping and sewing from. They are kindred spirits.

11. She is not a big fan of mushy stuff, she'll do anything for you but not a big fan of hugs.

10. One of her dreams is to design wedding announcements (she has already done a bunch but she would love to do it full time).

9. She is a faithful HGTV watcher, she knows all the designers by name and would love to be on Design Star. She loves to decorate and design, her house is a dream!

8. I'm not sure if I have this story right but it goes something like this- When Kyle and her were little they did everything together because they are only 11 months apart. She dared Kyle to moon one of their friends. And right when he pulled down his pants our mom pulled in the driveway. They were in big trouble!

7. Kyle and her dressed as eachother for Halloween one year and it was scary the resemblance. Even her closest friends didn't notice they were sharing rumors with Kyle, not Annalee.

6. When she was like 8 years old and I was 5 we shared a room. She used to push everything to one side and split the room in half. She would have me clean the side with all the stuff and she would take the side with nothing. I was too dumb to think about it so I just did it. She is smart.

5. She loves a good book.

4. One time she took me to drag main. She had a hoodie over her head and kept offering onion rings to complete strangers. I was like 15 so of course I was so embarressed. She can make friends with anyone!

3. I can't remember exactly when but I do have memories of her running away. She made it out the door but soon realized she needed shoes. She came back to get them and my mom said she couldn't have them if she was running away, so she decided she better stay.

2. When she was first married, she got upset and locked herself in the bathroom. Randall was so sweet and passed her love notes under the door until she came out. She is really crazy about him.

The first time after they hung out, Randall called and left a message on her phone. Her and I were driving together and I remember she listened to the message like 5 times with a big grin on her face.

1. She adores her boys... but I'm sure she is going to be even more wrapped around her little girls finger.

Happy Birthday AnnaGee!

Who are these crazy people?

2009-04-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

(Click to Enlarge)

Clint got sick of us making fun of him for looking like David Archuleta, so he made some adjustments to our family picture. I'm not sure how I feel about it but I am really impressed with his skills. He made this in the 'Paint' program. The funny thing is, is that you really can't tell whether that is Clint or Archie.

These are the famous people Clint thinks we look like. (From left to right)

Brenner: Not sure?

Kyle: Mr. T

Lexie: Bella

Linden: Belle

Scott: Byron (You'll have to ask Scott about this one)

Me: Shawn Johnson

David: Clint...I mean

Annalee: American Idol Bleep

Mack: Transformer something

Randall: Transformer something

He is a pretty funny kid.

Have you seen these two?

2009-03-17T09:29:00.001-07:00

They are so cute. I can't stand it.

Wedding Bells

2009-03-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

Lance & Mandy

March 14, 2009

We went down to St. George this weekend to Mandy (Scott's sister) & Lance's wedding. It was a really fast trip and I kept telling Scott I was not coming home. It was too nice and sunny to ever come back to Windburg.

Lance and Mandy are an awesome couple. It was so great to see all the people they have done so much for and to see how happy they are.

Scott and Rob have lots of fun together, most the time the rest of us don't understand what they are laughing about.

Jake is such a stud, the girls and him had a fun time dancing after all the chairs were cleared out of the way.

After the reception Trent ended up with all the balloons. He got pretty creative with how he distributed them. He tied them to car mirrors, all the kids wrists, Mark's little tie, and even his wife's ankle.

There reception was in this old renovated school house that Rebecka went to school at when she was little. It was coolest place.

Aubry rode with us for a little bit, she would say, "Whoa hold on! Here we go!"

I feel the same way, Scott is a crazy driver.

Sweet Jameson melts my heart. He looks so handsome in his collared shirt.

Doesn't Corene look like a model? I'm lovin this awesome pose, she didn't even know I was taking her picture.

Ric & Rebecka are so cute, they run circles around Scott and I, I don't know how they have so much energy.

I took about 4 of this same picture, Miriam is so lovable. She especially loves Scott and he is pretty crazy about her as well.

It was another great trip to St. George. This trip was especially good for me because I got to meet and get to know more of Scott's family. Most of Rebecka's family is down there and there is a lot of them. So it was really nice to be able to sit and talk with some of them. And it was nice because we got to spend time with our immediate family. They are all pretty awesome!

Bachelor-Smachelor

2009-03-02T14:12:00.000-08:00

As sad as this sounds I'm excited to see what happens tonight on the Bachelor! This winter has been long and cold if nothing else Bachelor makes me laugh. Tonight should be good, apparently, its too intense for a live audience or something like that? I'm hopin' he picks Melissa, I've rooted for Jillian since the beginning but since he sent her home, Melissa is my next favorite. But I'm really interested to hear what happens with that DeAnna chick coming back. This is my first season so I'm kinda new to this whole Bachelor thing but from the sounds of it, DeAnna might be bad news.

Who do you want Jason to pick?

It's been a 'love'ly day...

2009-02-14T17:48:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!

So behind...

2009-01-22T13:14:00.000-08:00

Christmas was great! Christmas is always great but this year was really great. We got to spend it with Scott's whole family. All the siblings came up! I lost my camera and wasn't able to find it until after Christmas so I only have pictures of our Christmas decor. We put our fresh tree in the living room. It's totally Charlie Brown and droopy but it made me so happy. Now that it is gone our little house is really empty. We put my grandma's old tree in our room and filled it with Scott's childhood ornaments and the ornaments we have gotten since we got married. His mission president sent him an ornament this year. It says Canada Halifax Mission with the mission logo. I started a new tradition this year, I grew a paper-white from a bulb. (From when our horticulture program went on our fieldtrip, Bro. Barnett gave us all bulbs.) But that thing was really stinky, so next year I'm going to do an amaryllis or something different. We attempted taking a Christmas picture before church one day, this was the best we could do, that timer thing is tricky.

Scott made me this beautiful desk for Christmas. I got him an air compressor. He seemed excited, I don't know how anyone could be excited about an air compressor but its surprising how much we have already used it.

After all the fun of Christmas not too much has been happening at our house. We moved in the beginning of December and we have just been settling in. We don't have internet or T.V. yet...kill me now. Life is rough without them, but I have been more productive with laundry and cleaning. Also, Scott and I are both school so we are trying to keep up with that.

Last week Scott and I got to babysit Brenner and Linden, it was tons of fun and tons of work. Shout out to all you moms, you are my new heroes! But they were super good for us and made us laugh a lot. I really enjoyed waking up every morning to their cute faces.

The first night they were with us Lex and Kyle put them to bed before they left and as we were sleeping Linden woke up around 3:00 am and was wondering the halls. Scott heard her say, "I know they're out here somewhere." Then the door cracked open and she whispered, "I need a mom." I didn't hear what she said but helped her climb in our bed. Scott called me from work the next day to tell me what she said, he was crackin up.

They played together pretty good, Linden totally knows how to make Brenner bust up laughing. It's so obvious he thinks she is pretty cool. Brenner was pretty chilled out he just followed Linden and I around. He is going to be a good husband because he was really patient while we were getting ready for the day. Sometimes Scott and I would catch ourselves just watching these two, they were definitely good entertainment.

The last day we watched them Mack came over, while Annalee went to the Doctor. What a little stud. He is getting pretty dramatic, I love his 'angry eyes' face.

But life is back to normal now and Scott and I are back to watching our Redbox while chowing down a Craigo's $5 Pizza...we really need a life.

Fancy Blossoms

2009-01-10T16:49:00.000-08:00

Introducing.....

Check out my new flower blog here.

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

2008-12-14T20:24:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday we went to Green Canyon to chop down our first real Christmas tree. Last year we had a little one and I considered buying a new one but when I checked the prices we decided a $10 tree tag was more affordable. Besides that, we didn't feel too excited to fight the people-bomb at the stores(Randall said a people-bomb went off in Sam's Club). Annalee and I weren't too excited to hike through the mountains but the boys kept saying how fun it would be to "make memories". We married 2 sappy guys...but we love them. So we took off and it was perfect timing because there wasn't a lot of snow and the weather was really nice. We hiked around a while when we came to this clearing (top picture). The sky was insane, it was like it came out of nowhere and only lasted for a minute.

We finally found the one and it looked perfect. My dad warned us it was a little sparse, but we just ignored him and Randall did the honors of chopping it down. Which is funny because when Randall and Annalee first got married he used to wear these yellow-leather construction boots (I think he still wears them) so I would tease him that they looked like lumber-jack boots and I would sing that song to him.

-I'm a Lumber Jack and that's okay, I sleep all night and I work all day...

So one night while he was sleeping, he sat straight up and said, "I'm a lumber jack, yes a lumber jack" Then proceeded to lay down and continue sleeping. Needless to say, I think it freaked Annalee out but it was really funny.

So to see him actually cut down a tree like a real lumber jack, it was pretty cool.

Poor Mack wanted so bad to get down and play but he kept slipping and getting his hands snowy. He was a good sport though. We worried it would get dark so we kinda rushed back to the car but I really could have stayed out there all night. It was fun to run around in the forest, breath some fresh air, and find cool stuff. Like, we found this rock that looked like a taco shell, I could have climbed right in and taken a nap.

Well we got the tree home and got it all decorated. My dad was right, it is definitely a little sparse, I would classify it as a Charlie Brown tree. And it was really hard to decorate because the branches are pretty weak and sag when you hang anything on them. But it was dang fun cutting it down and "making memories."

Mack Attack

2008-12-11T13:16:00.001-08:00

I was babysitting Mack the other day and he was being so sweet so I thought I should capture it.

Thanksgivin

2008-12-09T10:08:00.000-08:00

My parents took us to Park City this year for Thanksgiving. It was kind of weird to be away from home for the holiday but I was surprised what a relief it was to get away. I didn't think about school for a whole 8 days! We went for a walk throughout the town the first day, I love all the charming houses and weird street art. We hit up the awesome sales at the outlets, I've never shopped at Banana Republic but the whole store was 50% so we spent a long time in there. Scott got a bunch of shopping done too, he took off and found out all the cool sales and come back to report to me. I'm excited to see what he gets me for Christmas! He usually gets me something I really want but I would never think to get for myself, he has a knack for remembering details about what different people like.

The day before Thanksgiving we went ice skating, it looks so easy on T.V, but it's really kinda scary. There were lots of little kids skating and I was so scared of falling on them.

I made the boys do a routine with me, you would be surprised they are pretty good at doing all the moves. Scott could totally be an ice skater, he was doing these cool turn things, and we worked it out so I could go under his legs, cool hu? But when it comes to organizing a routine, they tried but weren't very good at remembering anything.

I loved how the rink had lights everywhere and looked just like one out of a book.

Beth's B-day was the day after Thanksgiving, we had a little twilight party after a day of shopping. We turned on some Christmas music and had a dance party...well more like I danced and my dad mimicked me. However, the man has got some moves.

It was pretty bare on snow, the boys went to Brighton on tuesday, they didn't seem too impressed with the snow but seemed to have had a good time. I was surprised how many people were skiing on the hill behind our hotel. Crazy.

While the boys were gone the girls hit up TaiPan and Taiwan for Christmas decorations, I did some serious damage.

The hotel had activities going on all throughout the day and we noticed on one of the itineraries that Friday would be a rock band tournament. Clint, Scott and I are pretty awesome at rock band so we were pretty pumped. Usually when we play, Scott plays drums, and Clint and I rotate the guitar and mic. But when it came to Friday I was really embarrassed to be singing in front of strangers, so I really wanted to play guitar for the tournament. However, Clint is a much better guitarist than me, so for the sake of the tournament they were forcing me to sing, so they could win.... dumb boys.

So we had argued about it all day, Clint finally agreed to sing and we headed downstairs. We walked into the room to meet our challengers. The lady in charge pointed us to the back of the line, made up of two dozen 5-7 years old, waiting for their turn to compete. The singer, or the girl holding the mic, was not hooked on phonics and was lathering the microphone in her spit mumbling soft noises. The drummer was a skinny, uncoordinated boy, who appeared to be afraid of the drumsticks because he had to dodge them from hitting his face. The guitarist was sitting on the floor with the guitar next to him, flicking the keys in desperation. Sadly, this was not the tournament we had been practicing for. We waited in line for a while and Clint even suggested we get all the kids chanting our names as we play, but Scott was worried about crushing their dreams so we went back to our room. Maybe someday.

Other than that, we went swimming, ate a lot, played some pool, were thankful, water colored, put a puzzle together, and hung out. Thanksgiving might very well be my favorite holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-16T20:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a brief overview of recent happenings...

October 18, 2008

Alisha's Baby Shower

Tia threw a great baby shower for Alisha. (Tia asked me to bring glue sticks. And I am retarded and instead of bringing glue sticks, I brought hot glue sticks...my blondness is getting worse.)

Kels modeling some of Alisha's gifts. Everett loves Brittney.

October 17-18, 2008

Guitars Unplugged

Scott sang at Guitars Unplugged. I was going to record it but then we figured we could just get the DVD but for copyright reasons they didn't do one this year...bummer. But Clint, Amy, and Rob came and Scott did great so it was fun.

This girl wore Scott's face on her shirt.

Clint took out the guy sitting next to us to catch the shirt hanging around his neck.

October 18, 2008

Fall Ride

We went for a fall sleigh ride.

October 31, 2008

Halloween

We didn't dress up and I didn't take any pictures, I know, I'm disappointed in myself. We thought about using the Page's idea of wearing yellow and being the "Yellow Pages" but we ran out of time and just went as a lame married couple. But the party was fun.

November 3, 2008

Bug Collection

I finished my bug collection (I'm thinking about selling it on Ebay). Yes, I am the biggest dork you know.

Disclaimer* I had to do it for my Pest Control class. But the fact that I am taking a Pest Control class doesn't really help with me being any less of a nerd. And it gets worse because Monday I am turning in my weed collection, what has become of my life?

Anyways, I can't wait for Thanksgiving, what a great holiday. We get to eat some yummy food, go shopping, get a week off of school, wear sweaters and scarves, and hang out with family. I think thanksgiving is one of my favorites. Well, Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Deidg The QT

2008-11-01T10:24:00.002-07:00

Deid's Bridal Shower

October 10, 2008

Kate, Linds, and I threw a bridal shower for Deid.

We figured we owed her because she has thrown showers for all three of us!

She is a really great friend and a really cute bride.

At the shower we ate some yummy food thanks to Kate and Linds, played a fun matching game- thanks to Linds again, and of course watched the video of Kyle answering questions about Deid. It was hilarious, after every question he would bust out the cheesiest smile. And we found out some funny stuff about both of them.

Deid opening some riskay gifts, good job Kir and Dani, its always fun to see Deid blush.

This was our attempt at the self-timer, pretty impressive.

I wish I would have got a picture of everyone but here is one of most of us.

Dumb camera, most of the pictures I got turned out crappy.

But the party was fun, it's always fun to get together with the girls!

Deid and Kyle are a great match, they are going to do some great things together.

(And their kids will have the biggest, prettiest smiles.)

Congrats Deid!

Birthday Bash with Me

2008-10-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

Just a thought- I think I have been an effective blogger lately because I don't want to do the things I need to do. I know I need to study, do laundry, etc. But blogging is so much easier. Crap, what can you do? I know I am being unproductive but at least I'm recording memories, right?

Scott's 23rd Birthday

Friday October 3, 2008

For Scott's actually B-day we went out to dinner. Thanks to a gift card from Aly and Doug, thanks again guys, it was amazing. Funny Story- Scott has Fridays off, so Friday morning while I was at school, Scott and Rob went shopping. (P.S. At this time, he hadn't opened any gifts from me yet.) After school, Scott came and got me and we headed to I.F. I persisted that he open his gifts at the restaurant, opening them in our boring apartment sounded too lame. He begged me to let him open them at home or even in the car, but I thought that was boring and made him take them inside, telling him, "No one will see you, it's no big deal." So we got to Olive Garden and here we are loading in a couple bags of presents (All of which is pretty girly wrapping paper because I didn't have anything else.) We saw some friends, cousins, fellow Rexburgers, almost everyone we saw, including 3 servers asked if it was my birthday considering the girly wrapping, to which I explained, "Nope, it's Scott's." Then they asked, "Who are you guys with?" To which I explained, "Just ourselves." Haha, they all looked so confused.

Anyway, we sat down at dinner, opened gifts, and Scott found out that I got him:

A white church shirt, which he had wanted to buy that day but didn't.
The exact shirt he had purchased earlier that day. (Pictured Above)
A pair of church pants, which he also bought earlier that day.

What are the odds of that? So the moral of the story is: "Don't go shopping on your Birthday before you have opened you Birthday Presents" and "Wives Can Read Minds."

Maybe next year we will just go shopping together.

Nonetheless, it was a great birthday! Scott is awesome, he works super hard, he thinks of others before himself, he is currently folding laundry, and he makes me laugh.

Scott Turns 23! (continued)

2008-10-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

Pre-Birthday Bash with the Kunz Family

October 1, 2008

We did a little skeet shooting. My mom's favorite past-time.

Clint was really into it. He is a hunter's ed grad, see how safely the gun is pointed downward.

I don't bake or cook but I do know how to make brownies...but Annalee makes brownies better, so I watched Mack. Thanks Anna, I'll watch Mack anytime you want to cook for me.

I love the trick candles. I'm a sneaky wife.

Luckily Linden helped to get them out.

Scott got spoiled with tons of sweet gifts, he had alot of fun and so did I. We are lucky to have such a great family. They are always there when we need an escape from everything else.

Scott Turns 23!

2008-10-20T14:59:00.000-07:00

Pre-Birthday Bash with the Pages

September 29

We played a mean game of sardines and played on the swings.

Rebecka made her amazing bread.

Bird is such a good cook, she is always busting out these crazy good treats. She made Scott some yummy cake.

Scott got this cool drill set, I thought he might burst into tears, he was really excited. He uses it every chance he gets.

Scott explaining to us how amazing this drill is.

Happy Birthday Babe!

2008-10-20T14:25:00.001-07:00

Ringling Brothers Circus

September 26-28, 2008

For our anniversary I got Scott tickets to the circus.

He loves circus', just another interesting fact about Scott.

Jace and Nicole came with us!

Nicole loves Elephants, she was even wearing an elephant necklace. So we went down to meet this elephant and her name was Nicole! Weird hu?

These were cool, I don't know if you can tell but these people are in like innertubes and they would bounce all over the place. They were doing crazy flips and stuff. Kind of a crappy picture, we were sitting so far away I had to use the ultra zoom.

I loved all the flying people, the ones that get all tangled in the fabric and fly around, but my camera is pretty ghetto and I couldn't get a picture.

Besides all the weird people who work for the circus, the clowns, and the music, the circus is pretty fun!

On Sunday we went to Temple Square. Tons of people were walking in the same direction so we sorta followed them and they led us to Music and the Spoken Word. We sat down and it started not even 1 minute later. It was awesome, MoTab is amazing! It was a great Sunday activity.

And Glenn Beck was there, Scott always makes me watch him. He got a little star struck when he saw him.

After walking around Temple Square for a while we headed to Logan to see Scott's grandma, Eloise Page. She is the sweetest lady. We drove through the canyon and it was amazing. The trees were so bright, you can ask Scott I was freaking out.

It was really nice to see Scott's grandma, she is really sick but you would never know it, she kept getting up to get us stuff and joking with all the staff members. She is probably one of the toughest ladies around, and she is always reminds me how lucky I am to have Scott.

Fall

2008-10-20T09:55:00.000-07:00

Yay for Fall, I am lovin the weather and all the fun things that happen in the fall.

Including the new wreath I made. Credit goes to Walmart and Martha Stewart, thanks for all you do.

How Much Wood Would A Chukar Chuck?

2008-10-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

Chuckars Game

September 2008

So I made a list, a while ago, of goals before fall, and now that is getting pretty cold out I'd have to say that summer is over. So let's see how we did.

The List:

1. Go Hiking

2. Have a couple more picnics outside

3. BBQ Party

4. Float a river

The Results:

1. We never went hiking.

2. I think we had like one picnic but I'm not sure if the '20 piece McDonalds nuggets meal' counts as real picnic food.

3. We made hamburgers on the grill but ate them inside.

4. We never floated anything...I usually try to avoid swimsuits.

But we did go to a Chukars game, that's kind of summerish.

Alisha is amazing and won tickets to a Chukars game from Z103, she has got some serious radio game skills. Thanks for letting us go with you.

Maybe next year we will float a river or go for a hike.

Buddies For Life

2008-09-24T08:20:00.000-07:00

Yellowstone

September 12-14 2008

Jace and Nicole came up and we went to Yellowstone thanks to Kelsey and Brady for the pass! It was so beautiful, I haven't been there in a long time.

When Scott got home from his mission all he ever talked about was he best friend Jace, who was his companion. In fact when he was on his mission that's all he would write me about. And come to think of it more often than not our conversations are about Jace. Haha, ok maybe not that drastic. But Scott and Jace are really good friends. They are the kind of friends that can be apart for months at a time then get together and pick back up where they left off.

Its funny because they have so much in common, and Nicole and I do too.

Here are a few similarities that come to mind:

Like one time Scott packed me a lunch with a sandwich. When I went to eat the sandwich there was nothing but bread, he forgot to put stuff in it. Well I was telling Nicole that story and she just laughed because Jace had done the same thing.
They both played Highschool football and it was their life, but neither of them play now.
They love all the same bands, which is weird because no one likes the same music as Scott. I always say he is a butt-rocker. But Jace and Nicole are just as much into the same music as him. When we are with them they all review bands and music and get really into it, I usually throw random thoughts out, they just laugh.
Nicole and I both bought Jace and Scott "Rescurers Down Under" before their missions. What 18 yr. old do you know that "Rescurers Down Under" is their favorite movie?
They both refuse to ask directions before its too late.
They say the same thing at the same time, alot.... its almost creepy.
They dress the same- notice the pictures, this was not on purpose.
They both have silent laughs.
They make for really good husbands.

Nicole and I get left behind when we are together. Which is fine because Nicole is awesome and she knows everything about So You Think You Can Dance.

Buddies For Life

Our State Fair is a Great State Fair

2008-09-24T07:51:00.000-07:00

East Idaho State Fair

September 2008

I spent a couple days at the state fair this year. Clint showed his steer so I got to face my cow fears again and try to help. He had a scary steer, it kept kicking everyone. My dad had neck surgery so he was in a brace and couldn't really help, even though he did more than he should have. I kept thinking, Mom is gonna kill me if Dad gets hurt. Anyway on one of the days everyone else had to work so my dad and I went down to help. Clint did everything by himself pretty much but I guess I was just there for moral support.

Later that night Scott, Randall and Annalee came down to go the the Motorcross thing together. It was really cool at first but than it got kinda boring. So Annalee busted out the camera and we took lots of pictures of ourselves, we are so vain.