Birthday Boys

Happy Birthday!!

A couple Sundays ago we celebrated my dad and my brother Takoma's brithday. We had a lot of fun having them over to eat and it was a wonderful excuse to enjoy some amazing red velvet cake all thanks to Nothing Bundt Cake.

Love you guys!!

Oquirrah Mountain

We went to the Oquirrah Mountain Temple on Saturday for the first time and it was gorgeous!! Wanted to share the pictures I took. We are so blessed to be so close to so many temples.  

Little Yellow Teapot

Hot chocolate mmm... One thing I love about winter is making hot chocolate in my cute yellow teapot. Although I love the winter I don't love that it has made me a hermit.I feel so lazy and unmotivated. Something needs to change  Step One sign up for a triathlon.Step two we are banning computer and TV from our house for a week. I feel like that is all we do sometimes so I hope by doing so we spend more quality time together and get out. I love being outside and I think I'm going crazy staying couped up inside. So hopefully this kicks my butt into gear.

Check Out the Photo Blog

I've recently posted a couple more photo shoots I did before Christmas so go check them out!!

I hope I win!

This bag is beautiful!! The Rockstar Diaries is having a giveaway on her blog and if I win I'm going to buy this!!

Bedskirts and Blue Striped Sheets

I love this bed skirt. I just got a white duvet cover for Christmas and I think it would be so fun together. Why does everything have to be so expensive? Maybe I could make my own bed skirt! Can you tell I'm a little obsessed with this pea green color lately.

So since I probably won't buy this bed skirt since its like $180 bucks, should I just get white? Ruffled or not?

I'm also in love with these sheets!! I want them so bad. Aren't they so cute? Picture white duvet, blue striped sheets, mustard yellow pillow sounds perfect!

I think I'm getting a little to materialistic lately. Since I have started redoing our room and it is getting that much closer to being done I just want to finish buying everything, but in all honesty I have so much more to save up for. I just need to enjoy the monthly things I get to add to it. I need to go to do something charitable now I'm feeling greedy.

Sewing 101

I can't wait I signed up for a sewing class with my friend Meghan through UVSC. I'm really excited to start sewing more and making some of my own clothes!! With the help of my Mother in Law I was able to finish my first quilt this Christmas. ( I will post that in a week or so still have some finishing touches). It is so rewarding to accomplish something like that, I'm excited to start learning about how to sew my own clothes now!!

Really Saturday..

you're almost over?

I feel like I got hardly anything on my list accomplished and we didn't even have plans this weekend how did that happen?

So I have been attempting to decorate our house and holy cow is it hard. Not only do I have to figure out affordable ways to make our house cute, but I have to decide what I want to do with it. I have been focusing on our bedroom recently and can't decide if I want it vintagie looking, anthropologyish style, cottage style, chic. There are so many options out there I don't think I will ever be able to decorate an entire house there are to many decisions to make.  How do you guys do it? I could never be an interior designer I'm to indecisive.

Glimpse of Our Christmas

We made gingerbread houses with our neighbors Dan and Meg and had lots of fun. We didn't know going into it that they are pro gingerbread makers so we had to step up our game a little so ours looked decent next to theirs. :) Next year we are going all out I decided and using graham crackers, making our own frosting and buying lots of fun candy.

Christmas eve party with the Conovers.. 

Christmas morning at my dads... Christmas is always better with kids.

 

Christmas night at our housie..I totally surprised him with that present.

We also started a new tradition this year that I saw from here.  I can wait to read them next year!

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!

If you didn't get a christmas card in the mail it is not because we don't love you!!

We had lots of fun making these cards. My favorite part was the envelopes they were "grocery bag" envelopes. My goal every year is to make treats for our neighbors and send out Christmas cards. Last year I made treats and no card..this year I made cards and no treats. Hopefully next Christmas I can get them both done. :)

p.s greg wrote the christmas letter :) I had to clarify because I didn't want people thinking I didn't think he "really didn't do anything exciting" :)

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Hope you have a Happy New Year!!!

Snowed In

So it has been a while since I have blogged. Recently I haven't felt up to blogging. With Christmas and all the wonderful things that went along with it, all I felt like when I wasn't doing Christmasie stuff was to cuddle with my hubby on the couch and drink hot chocolate.So as a result I have so many pictures to post. Today we are stuck in the house because of all the snow and it is glorious!!! Time to catch up.

Greg is working from home.....

And I couldn't get my car even down the street so as a result get to stay home too!!! :) It has been wonderful I have gotten so much stuff done. Cleaned our house, took down our Christmas decorations, posted things on craigslist, laundry, trying to convince Greg to stop working and come outside to build a snowman with me, but its not working, taken lots of pictures ( I feel like I don't pick up my camera enough) once I stop blogging I'm going to start decorating our house!! We have been living here for four months and I still haven't hung any pictures. It's looking a little bare now without the tree. And hopefully soon I will give you a tour of our housie.

Question: What color is my background on your computer?

It is suppose to be pea green but for some reason on other computers it looks yellow :(

Thanksgiving In Florida

We left this exciting, freezing, cold weather....

(driving on the freeway to sandy the night before our flight)

 to spend thanksgiving in 80 degree Florida weather....

ahh it was glorious.

(walking on the beach thanksgiving morning)

Our flight did end up getting cancelled, but everything turned out more than perfect. Some how we ended up getting to Georgia earlier then originally planned. We arrived at my moms cute new house*....

She loves Christmas don't judge ;) Shortly after arriving to my moms we headed to St. Augustine Florida, where I graduated from High School.

Thanksgiving day was yummy and so fun. Along with the holiday we celebrated my Costa Rica dad's 56th birthday :)...

 We did a lot of laying around, shopping, eating tons and tons of junk, playing with our fat cats, watching movies...etc. I wish I had taken more pictures, but I was soaking in my family time. I don't know how I live so far away from them all year long. I guess we need to start popping out babies and then maybe they will come visit more often :).

Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving!!

*above picture is not really my moms house

Christmas Pictures

For our christmas pictures we wanted lots of snow, so we drove up to snowbird with my sister and brother in law Val and Ryan for a fun little photo shoot. We love the pictures!! Thanks Val.

It was freezing, but it was well worth the pictures. 

A Little Behind

As you all know life is crazy and as a result I have gotten way behind on updating my photography blog. So instead of posting them all at once I am going to be posting them randomly this week and next week so keep your eyes peeled. There are lots of fun pictures to come.

DIY Tree Ornament

I saw this cute yarn ornament at Joann's and thought it would go perfectly with our Christmas decor, so me trying to save money and be crafty :) I decided to make four for the same price instead of buying one. It was super easy. Here are the supplies...

I glued the first part of the string to the styrofoam ball and just wrapped it around randomly and glued the end piece on the top.  If you slightly loosen one of the pieces of string on the top that becomes your way to hang it on the tree.

Yay for Christmas!! So you are probably thinking it is not even Thanksgiving yet why have we already put our tree up :). Well I just couldn't wait any longer. Not only did we not decorate last year and so we need to make up for it :) , but I'm just ready for it all.... the christmas music, presents, stockings, lights, wreaths, ribbon, wrapping paper, christmas cards, snow.... doesn't it just make you giddy thinking of it all?

While we were decorating we had lots of fun pulling out all our old ornaments.  My sister, Lauren gave this one to me last year and I had forgotten about it...its my favorite. On the wings it says best sister :) miss that girl.

Playing Mom aka Babysitting

Last Saturday we watched my little sisters. We had lots of fun. I can't wait to do that everyday. They took a bath with lots of bubbles :) , we played with their hair and fixed it all cute, made bread, played soccer in the yard.

Yay for fun Saturdays!! Hope you enjoy yours this week.

Bountiful Baskets

A few people in our ward purchase bountiful baskets every Saturday and so when we heard how much everyone else loved them we decided to sign up and we are in love. It is so fun. If you aren't in Utah I'm almost positive they sell them in other states so you should check it out.You get different types of local fruits and vegetables every time and it is such a great deal.

There are some things we have never even seen before, like these....Fuyus

We had to google what they were and how to eat them. We just ate them like apples but you can also cook them. They were yummy,  similar to an apple. I'm so excited to search for new recipes and try new things I have never tried before. I hope it helps us eat healthier!!

On The Search For Fabric

I finished the table!! I was originally going to sand the chairs and table but it makes me nervous I'm going to ruin something and have to redo it so for now they are staying how they are. I'm just looking for different fabric for the chairs and my year long project will finally be done :) yay

Creating a Plan

I love brick walls... I think this room is gorgeous and I'm making plans to make our bedroom have a brick wall. I think it is possible. :)

What do you think? Do you think it would look bad, weird?


P.S Thanks for all the advice on the yellow skirts I'm looking out for some cute shirts/ cardigans.