Deveren. Kiara. Bailie. Brek.

More December Activities

2012-01-29T18:54:00.000-08:00

As a Christmas present to all of her preschoolers, Bailie's cute teacher, Miss Karli took them on a field trip to the University Mall where they got to talk to Santa Claus and went to Build-A-Bear!

Bailie had a blast! We LOVE Miss Karli!!

After the field trip and eating a sucker

Bailie also had a Christmas program that was ADORABLE!

(Bailie is in the middle with her legs wide open. Such a lady)

Right after Christmas, Deveren and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. We went up to temple square to reminisce :) Love you babe

After temple square we went to my FAVORITE ice cream place Leatherby's. Delicious!

My good friend Sara was in town for Christmas with her husband and kids so they came over and hung out one night.

I'm sure i'm going to get hate-mail for this but I had to do it:

Before

After

She loves it.

I love it.

Doing her hair now is SO easy and no Tears!

Brek got his hair trimmed but it's still "Sunshine" hair

The girls play really well together... Can you tell? Bailie has every pair of panties on.

Apparently she has 18

The cute girls watching Beauty and the Beast.

Haha I hope Bree (far left) got the gold she was digging for :)

Christmas

2012-01-29T15:15:00.000-08:00

Two Words.....

Technical. Difficulties.

oh and two more words

SO FRUSTRATING!!!

We have done so many fun things the past months and my computer got a virus.... So that's why i've been such a slacker.

But I'm back! (For now)

Let's start with Christmas! We had our very first Christmas at our home. My Parents, Grandma, Aunts and Cousin traveled to our house and my older sister's houses on Christmas morning so they could see the kids open presents. Because lets face it; Christmas is so much more fun when kids are around :)

On Christmas Eve Bailie left cookies and milk out for Santa and a note

Our family and Santa Claus were very good to us this year!

Deveren got a watch

Bailie had a very specific list for Santa this year.

She wanted:

A Bike

A Scooter

A Barbie Car

A New Barbie

A REAL Camera

A Surprise

Brek didn't care. He's still too little. But he was thrilled about all of his gifts!

Brent and Lori got the kids scooters before they left to go home for Christmas. The kids loved them! Thanks guys!

And since I have THE GREATEST HUSBAND that likes to go shopping on Black Friday, he was able to get a lot of it for her for WAY cheap. Love him.

Brek's Woody Cowboy boot slippers. These were my fav

Bailie and her REAL camera (this one was cheaper than a kids toys camera)

Santa brought the kids BIKES! Too bad it's too cold outside to go ride them. The house will have to do!

In the afternoon we went up to my parent's house and had a yummy Christmas dinner and exchanged gifts. It was a GREAT Christmas!

This past week

2011-12-18T11:18:00.000-08:00

About a month ago, my Grandma, Mom, Aunt Russie, Lori, Me and Talyn (not pictured, she met up with us at the movies) went to dinner and the premiere of Breaking Dawn.

It is so nice to spend quality time with my favorite girls!!

We all loved the movie

When we got to the theater they gave us each wedding rings, passes, and vampire teeth... They also did a raffle but we didn't win anything :(

Back in October my wonderful parents had a Halloween party and they went as Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.

Yeah I know. Coolest Parents Ever.

My mom asked me to do her makeup. This is what we came up with.

The Biebs

Apparently they were a huge hit and their costumes were so good that no one knew who they really were :)

I put Bailie in a Ballet/Jazz dance class in September and she has been LOVING it! They have been learning a dance for their Christmas concert since then. This past week was quite busy! She had pictures on Monday, dress rehearsal was Wednesday night, and the concert was Thursday.

Let me just say, I don't think I have seen ANYTHING cuter than her performing her dance in her costume! She was the only one that kind of knew what they were supposed to do... She did such a great job!!!

Getting her ready for the performance

Her hair had to be curly in the back and the sides pulled back

Our cousin Jonathan stopped by as we were getting her ready and gave the kids their Christmas presents. Bailie got a ballerina Barbie

Brek got a Toy Story car.

They love their gifts! Thanks Jonathan

Since makeup was mandatory, I tried to make the best of it... But it was so crazy to be putting it on a 4 year old!
She absolutely loved wearing it. I think I'm in trouble...

So here is my grown up girl!

The girl has got some eyelashes on her!

Thank you to everyone that came to support her!

I am so proud of my Bailie girl. She is did a great job and was so adorable. I can't wait for her Spring concert :)

After the concert we had to get a picture with Yaya and Papa.

In other news:
My bestie Amy and her husband Chase are HOMEOWNERS!!!!

Congratulations you two! I am so freakin happy for you! I can't wait to come see your beautiful home. Love you!

Part II

2011-12-16T15:22:00.000-08:00

Here are some more of my favorite pictures of our fun trip to Disneyland :)

Auntie came to visit us for a few days

We took Brek on the ferris wheel and learned that he is DEATHLY afraid of heights

This was his favorite ride

Little Mermaid: My Favorite ride

Splash Mountain: Bailie's favorite ride...

We stayed at Deveren's brother's house for the last few days and they have a dog, Piper. Bailie had fun 'styling' her hair

The last 2 days we were at Disneyland, my older sister was there with her husband and his family. One of my good friends, Annie, who happens to be my brother in law's sister, was there and we got to go on a couple rides together!!

More characters

Brek giving some love to Minnie the balloon

Bailie and Auntie waiting for the parade to start

'Someone' convinced me to go on Splash Mountain as it was getting dark. Big mistake

We went to Ariel's Grotto to eat lunch one day. Bailie, Auntie and I loved it... The boys, not so much

Santa was there so the kids wanted to tell him what they wanted for Christmas

This is one of my FAVORITE pictures from our trip

We met some of our good friends, Brandon and Tonya, for lunch

It was so good to see them!

Here is some of our gang when we met up with my sister and the Carters to watch a parade

Deveren's brother Sam, his kids, and us.

The morning we left was the first (and only) time I took a picture of the cousins! I will be better next time!

Cutie Pies

So that was a very condensed version of our trip! We had a fabulous time!

Happiest Place on Earth: Part I

2011-11-18T14:30:00.001-08:00

We just got back from the BEST vacation... We spent 9 days in Disneyland!! We had some much needed family time, spent time with great friends, and saw lots of extended family! We were so spoiled...

We got to our timeshare in Anaheim at about 4:30pm, got settled in and headed to the park (which was .8 miles from Disneyland) to get a little fun in.

Our First stop: Fantasy Land

We road that Carousel, Snow White, Pinocchio, and a few other rides

Then we headed over to Toon Town

We spent a couple of minutes there then turned our park hopper passes into SEASON passes and headed home.

The kids chillin in the AMAZING timeshare (Thanks Auntie! We love you!)

Grandma Santa (Deveren's Mom, Sheri) met us at our hotel and she came to Disneyland with us for 2 days! We bought the kids autograph books so when we met the characters they could get their signatures as well.

Love this sweet girl so much.... Don't ask about her socks. I tried to get her to fold them over so you couldn't see them, but she DID NOT like that idea. There are lots of pictures with her and her horrible socks. You have been warned.

Deveren searched for the cheapest lanyard he could find for the kids to put their books on and keep it around their necks... The books didn't stay closed to it was kind of pointless. He decided to put those lanyards to good use by putting his business card in them and wrote this:

If you can't read it, it says "If you find this kid call Deveren B. Farley. Her name is Bailie"

Family Photo waiting in line to meet the princesses

Brek was in awe of Belle.

I love how he is holding her hand :)

Cinderella

Jasmine and Aladdin

It got pretty chilly in the evenings so we had to make a trip to Target and get hats, gloves, and warmer coats for the kids

Cornbelly's

2011-11-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

All of these pictures are from my phone... sorry.

I've been kind of a slacker when it comes to taking real non-blurry pictures....

But I have been getting lots of grief for not updating as much as I used to so I figured something is better than nothing, right?

I LOVE them

Last week Bailie's preschool class had a field trip to Cornbelly's so I took both kids to check it out. We have never been and can I just say, we had lots of fun!

Brek was terrified to sit on the big chair so here is Bailie... All alone. On the Ginormous chair

Riding the motorcycle tire swing

Bailie and her cute friend Ashlin from preschool

Bailie with another preschool friend, Lucas

Getting ready for the pig races :)

Cornbelly's was super fun! Can't wait to go again next year

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

2011-10-30T20:39:00.000-07:00

Last night we had our annual Halloween Party.

Brent and Lori were kind enough to host the party this year.... They had it all decked out! I'm so sad I didn't take pictures.... but it was WAY cool.

We were pirates this year. Deveren made all of our costumes. He spent a couple of hours at D.I. and whipped these out. Everything except a couple small things are from D.I.

My man is a costume designing genius!

I didn't get pictures of everyone but here are some of the people that came
The Hosts Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber

My cute Sister and her boyfriend Colby were Quidditch players

The cute Tidwell girls as bees, and Cy as a beekeeper

All of the kids

Deveren drew this on his own neck. UNreal huh?

Hardcore, I know :)

The Baby, Jonathan

Luis the Woman, Denise is Mother Earth, and Aanisah as Minnie Mouse

Emily and Jackson, Willy Wonka and an Oompa Loompa

The cute Peacocks Lauren and Hailey

I put my camera away right before we started games, but take my word for it, it was so fun!!

We had yummy Cafe Rio food and played a bunch of Minute To Win It games and had lots of cool prizes (from D.I.)

Brent and Lori got the kids a pinata to hit and they LOVED it.

Thanks to everyone that came!

We are so happy to have such amazing friends.

Brent and Lori, Thanks for hosting this year... You guys are fabulous

Life

2011-10-21T22:45:00.000-07:00

Here are a few things that we have been up to lately:

I made pancakes for breakfast one day and Brek got so sticky!

He LOVED it though

His hands got stuck together from all of the syrup. He also LOVED that

Bailie posing for the camera. Shocker, I know

Brek is learning all kinds of new skills

Dev and I had a temple date and Sub Zero Ice Cream... Yummy

I babysat my nephews one day so I had to get a picture of all the Camp grandkids

I made this Halloween wreath! I'm pretty proud... I am so NOT crafty in any way, but it was surprisingly easy, even for me :)

Brek woke up from his nap and had some pretty sweet bed head

A lot of these pictures have been from my phone, and I found this one that Miss Bailie took. Love them

I have lots more pictures to upload, but I can't find my power cord to my point and shoot camera... Hopefully soon!

2nd Birthday and Goodbye Par

2011-09-11T17:54:00.000-07:00

Bailie had her first day of Preschool... and dance class but more about that later. (Her dance pictures are on my phone) Here is her preschool picture

My baby turned 2 on Thursday! We got him a basketball hoop that we set up the night before so as soon as he woke up and saw it, he grabbed the ball, and dunked it!

I made his cake but Deveren decorated it. It was originally supposed to be a basketball, football, soccer ball, and baseball... but the icing I got was not good to it turned into a 2 on FIRE!!

Cool huh?

We went to Chuck E Cheese's... Some of us had LOTS of fun

Brek was going crazy with all of the fun toys to ride and play on.

We put him in the monster truck...

He hated it

Thanks for coming everyone!

Family photo

The day after Brek's birthday was the day we got rid of his binky aka par.

We told him that there were lots of other babies that needed them.

So we got helium balloons and tied his par's to them and had Brek let go of them.

It's gone better than expected! He asked for it a couple of times the first day but other than that it's been really good. He cried for about 20 minutes when I laid him down for bed, and then 20 for bedtime on day 1, but day 2 was only 7 minutes for nap and bedtime. Today was about 2 minutes :) Hopefully this continues...

B+E=2 Cutie Pies

2011-08-29T12:32:00.000-07:00

While our friends were visiting us we went to the beach and got some family pictures... I'm really sad it was so bloody hot and sweaty because we didn't get to take very many.

Sorry there aren't very many Erica, I hope you like some of them.

I LOVE this family!!!

Wow... 2 Months. Really?

2011-08-27T23:32:00.000-07:00

A lot has been going on the past 2 months.... The kids and I finally made it home! It was a VERY long trip but we are home! We got home 2 weeks ago and have been crazy busy seeing family and friends, and trying to get back on track. Oh and I haven't had my computer to post pictures. But I'm back.

Let me back up a little bit first.

The last couple of weeks in Washington DC we had lots of fun!

These first few pictures were just really funny so I had to post them.

Bailie fell asleep like this. Yes, her face is facing the camera.

Can you tell my kids have lots of personality?

Brek is a climber. He climbs on EVERYTHING

We had some of our good friends come and visit us! Ben, Erica, Ethan and Carter were so much fun! They live in Ohio and we haven't seen them for awhile so they were just what we needed!

We went swimming and had a few more fun outings, but i'll get back to that in a second.

Look at Bailie in the next few pictures...

I promise I didn't tell her to pose... She did that awesome 'America's Next Top Model' pose all on her own. And she does it all the time now...

Back to swimming... What stud muffins we have!

Ben and Erica hadn't been to Cafe Rio in quite some time so when they heard there was one close, we just HAD to go.

Ethan and Bailie were basically inseparable the entire weekend.

They became close.

Very very close.

Check out the hand holding action....

And cuddling

They were SO cute with each other. Bailie still talks about Ethan and asks when she gets to see him again.

More to come... Very soon.

I'd Be Jealous...

2011-07-06T15:38:00.000-07:00

If I were you.

We got to spend the Fourth of July in our Nation's Capitol.

In the morning, the girls took the metro to the parade.

The kids in their festive getup

I have such pretty friends

Lori and Me waiting for the parade to start

This was my favorite float... these are real guys that stayed still the entire parade

Bailie's favorite thing about the parade. Can you guess why?

I just had to snap a shot if this sweet guy.

He dropped his baton right before this was taken.

So sad I missed it

I thought this was really cool too.

After the parade we went to Pentagon City and got lunch.

Then we headed back to the National Mall to get a spot for the fireworks.

Posing for the pictures

Aanisah and Denise

Bailie made friends with these cute girls that were sitting by us...

They gave her the crown she is wearing :)

Aanisah

Dev, Jonathan, and Me

They kept shooting off canons at random times so Miss B was being prepared

Brek freaked out when the canons went off... Such a good daddy he has

SO COOL

This is my favorite picture from that night. No explanation necessary :)

It was such an amazing holiday for us! I hope you had a great Fourth!

Fathers Day and the DC Temple

2011-06-26T07:17:00.000-07:00

This post is a week late but better late than never.

On Fathers Day, after church we went to Qdoba and the to the park...

The Boys (Chase and Jaron) played Frisbee, Brek played with some balls that we bought for him (he was in pure heaven), and Bailie ran around played with her pretend giraffe and unicorn (once again pure heaven).

I am so lucky to have such stud muffins in my life

Love him

Happy Fathers Day to my love! You are so amazing and the greatest Daddy ever (well besides my daddy).

One day this last week we went to see the DC temple.

It is SO different than any other temple I have seen. It might just be my new favorite.

It is surrounded by forest and has little trails everywhere. A deer walked across the sidewalk 20 feet in front of us!

This is the best picture I got of them. Sad. I know.

Saturday and Sunday Activities

2011-06-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

Saturday was a long work day for Deveren and it's a REALLY long day for us... Plus it was really overcast so we couldn't go to the pool :(

I made the kids a fort and they played and played and played in that thing all day!

It was great.

Sunday we headed to Georgetown and Jaron came along. He is a close family friend, but Dev and I have adopted him :)

Here we are on the metro

We ate a yummy chicago pizza place but I can't remember the name of it

I didn't take any pictures of Georgetown... Oops

But we found a building that Talyn is familiar with and had to take a picture...

Aren't you proud we found it Tal???

Carnival... Kind of

2011-06-08T09:09:00.000-07:00

Last week the gang headed to Bethesda to check out a carnival that was there.

We got there later than we wanted so a lot of the booths were closed. Bailie really wanted her face painted, but it was closed. We wanted cotton candy, but they didn't have any. Lame.

They got balloons

Miss B got to color a frog-faced hat

She got to get dressed up and have a tea party...

It was cute! They taught the kids manners and how to drink the tea.

And Bailie's Favorite

Sidewalk chalk!

And here are some pictures of the munchkins

Pool, Memorial Weekend, and Shades

2011-06-02T06:59:00.000-07:00

The pool at our complex FINALLY opened! We are thrilled.

Can't you tell?

On Sunday after church we headed downtown to see what DC had to offer for Memorial Weekend...

Brek got to stick his feet (or entire body) in the fountain. Bailie fell asleep

You can't really tell in this picture, but he got soaked

I think we went downtown at the wrong time... cause the only thing we could find was this parade of motorcycles.

Apparently we caught the tail end of 400,000 motorcycles cruisin' the National Mall.

It was pretty cool.
This is for you, Dad.

I bought the kids some new shades for the summer... Any bets on how long they will last?

DC Zoo

2011-05-31T14:28:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to the National Zoo with a few of the girls. The first half of it wasn't great, but after we moved over to the other side, it got LOTS better! The best part about it... It was free!

Bailie's mug shot

The Gang

I love Bailie's face

Trivia: How many lions can you spot?

July 28th

2011-05-21T07:17:00.000-07:00

Guess who is coming out to visit us!?!?

I'll give you a hint....

Yup. You guessed it!! For 6 glorious days, my amazing parentals and Taylynn are coming!

I CANNOT WAIT!

Don't worry Dad. I'm mapping out our trip already. :)

He has NEVER been to Washington DC before so it should be a party!

Oh and I can't believe I forgot to blog about this.

Talyn is an official college grad!! You are so freaking a-ma-za-zing Tal! I'm so sad I missed it, but I was thinking of you...

I am so proud of you. You have done SO much with your life and you are only 20!

You are an inspiration.

Thank you for your great example.

I am so glad you are my sister.

I LOVE YOU!

These next couple of months better fly by... Cause I can't wait to see my incredible family!

Nice

2011-05-14T12:50:00.000-07:00

Being a mom can be hard. Lately it has been.

But the last few days have been great.

I LOVE MY FAMILY

They truly are my world and teach me so much!

Brek trying to give me kisses

So to my Bailie and Brek,

Thank you for being patient with me

You guys are by far the cutest and greatest kids :)

Daddy and I can't imagine what our lives would be like without you two!!

Love,

Your Mommy

What we have been up to

2011-05-05T16:02:00.000-07:00

Quite a bit actually!

I don't know if you've heard, but Osama is gone!!

So, on Tuesday night the girls and I went down to the White House to check out what was going on down there.

Apparently Lori and I look like lesbians...

The guy that took this picture treated us like we were. Weird. Very weird.

The girls

This guy was in front of the White House... He was chanting and meditating.

A Spanish news station was there too

Every Saturday night is our going out night. We went to Olive Garden a few weeks ago

Lori's birthday was last Sunday so on Monday the girls took her out to lunch at a Brazilian restaurant in Chinatown...

Talyn told me about it.

It was amazing!!

This was my meal

The birthday girl!

Meet the Fantastic Four

2011-04-29T06:44:00.000-07:00

Here they are....

NAME: Jordan

AGE: 2 1/2

NAME: Aanisah

AGE: 16 months

NAME: Brek

AGE: 18 months

NAME: Bailie

AGE: 4

Check out those intimidating faces

These are the cute kiddos that I get to see almost everyday. I sure do love them!

Here are some pictures of them on Easter. We had an Easter egg hunt for them and they got to decorate cookies.

Sunday

2011-04-20T16:09:00.000-07:00

I love Sundays.

It's the day we get to spend time with Deveren! This past Sunday we went here

I thought this was a pretty view of Washington Monument and the AMAZING flowers

Bailie slept a lot... and had very static-y hair

This was the best picture I got of Brent and Lori

Our new friends Luis and Denise

Dev, Me and Jonathan

The gang at Lincoln Memorial

The kids playing on the steps at Lincoln Memorial

The Mall

2011-04-12T06:33:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we took the metro (that is right outside our apartment complex by the way) to see some of the sights....

Kiddos waiting for the metro

Bailie fell asleep right after we got off the metro and slept for 1 1/2 hours

Washington Monument

There were tons of people there flying kites. I'm guessing for the Cherry Blossom Festival?

We saw the White House

Pretty view

Having a snack

Deveren and his cousin Jonathan at the Lincoln Memorial

Even though I have been to DC before there is SO much that I have forgotten.... Plus, Deveren hasn't been here before so it's fun to be with him when he sees all of these fun sites!!!

Have I mentioned how excited we are to be here????

We Made It... And We Are Alive

2011-04-11T07:33:00.000-07:00

Our road trip went very very well :)

Surprising?

Very much so.

This is how it went...

DAY 1:

13 1/2 hours of driving. We drove through Utah and Wyoming, and part of Nebraska. We were going to try to make it to Omaha, but the kids were getting really antsy and I didn't want to push them to their limit so we stopped in Lincoln, Nebraska. We stayed in a Super 8. It wasn't too bad actually... Not nice by any means but it was fine. Since we were all in the same room, we didn't get much sleep. Brek was in his crib but since he could see us he screamed... And screamed. And screamed. For over an hour.

I didn't take any pictures that day because my camera was packed.

DAY 2:

Woke up, got ready and then hit the road. 12 hours driving. The kids were AMAZING. We had gone to the dollar store and bought lots of toys for the kids to play with so that made it so nice. Our neighbor and good friend Sister Echols came over a couple days before we left to say goodbye and brought a goodie bag for both kids. It had some treats, a coloring book, sticker book, and some other cute little toys in it. Thanks Jenala!!

We drove through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. We stopped in Columbus, Ohio and stayed the night.

I don't remember what state this is in... Iowa maybe?

This is when we stopped for gas... We weren't driving. He stayed in his seat the whole time the car was moving :)

We drove out with one of our sales guys, Todd. He is awesome. He is a trooper... We all shared a hotel room so he had to hear the screaming... Sorry Todd!

Wyatt, another sales guy met up with us in Omaha and he followed (sped past us) until we hit Ohio. He did this to be funny... He did not really fall asleep

For most babies it takes skill to smile and flip off the camera. For my Brek, not so much. It comes naturally

That night we stayed in a really bad motel. It was really dirty and gross... and it smelled horrible. There was yelling outside all night. Brek screamed and screamed... Finally after some tears (from Brek and me) and an hour of listening to him, I got him out and put him next to me. He fell asleep right away... He slept the rest of the night. He was OUT. He stayed asleep while the rest of us got ready, the boys packed the car up, all of us talking in our normal voices, and Deveren sneezing super loud. He didn't even flinch.

DAY 3:

Deveren's brother Nate and his family live in Columbus so we got to have breakfast with them. I'm sad we didn't take any pictures, but it was great to catch up and see them. After breakfast we were back on the road.

Because Brek spent most of the night screaming, you can imagine how tired he was.... He slept quite a bit in the car.

Bailie was SO SO SO good! She had a ball playing with her new toys and coloring.

We were lucky enough to go through West Virginia twice! Don't be jealous

Our new home!!!

As we were driving into Washington DC, we hit some BAD traffic.... but luckily we had this to calm down the road rage :) The temple!! I can't wait to see it at night!!

I think that the hardest part so far has been adjusting to the time change and our sleeping routines. We have a 2 bedroom apartment and Bailie and Brek have to share a room, so that has been a major adjustment...They didn't sleep well the first 2 nights, but last night was AWESOME. Both of them slept all night which is really big!

We are so grateful that we have this opportunity to live in our nation's capitol. We are going to have so many adventures... It has only just begun!

Thanks to all who had us in your prayers... We made it safe and sound.

More posts to come... and LOTS of pictures. Stay Tuned.

And We're Off....

2011-04-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

We are starting our VERY long road trip to Washington DC on Wednesday! I'm excited it's finally here... But on the other hand, totally stressing out. I have SO much to do in less than 2 days!

Anyway, Bailie had her last day of preschool on Friday and it happened to be April Fools Day so they got to dress crazy.... Deveren put together her awesome outfit and I did her hair... This is what she looked like :)

Talyn stopped by one day last week and we took some pictures... Aren't we attractive?

I probably won't blog for awhile seeing as how we'll be on the road until Saturday and I don't know when I'll have internet so... Wish me luck!!

Bree and Tal

2011-03-30T14:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some favorites from my shoot with Bree and Talyn.

These girls are so gorgeous.

The photo shoot was a blast! This was my first time shooting Bree and it will not be my last :) She is a born model. (I don't think she knows it yet)

I love these pictures. And I love you Miss Bree. Thanks again girly!

Beautiful Bree Preview

2011-03-26T21:01:00.000-07:00

I'm Old

2011-03-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

It's true. I'm old. I have a 4 year old!

What the???

Oh how time flies.

We celebrated on Sunday with a few friends and family.

I asked Bailie what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday and she wanted strawberry cake with a barbie on it...

I thought it would be cute to make her cake this year. So with the help of Talyn and LOTS of help from Deveren, we made a barbie cake.

It took WAY too long and at one point I almost threw it away and bought one, but Talyn and Dev convinced me to put lots of frosting on it and it would be great :)

Deveren did all of the yellow detailing and basically made it look sweet! Thanks baby.

Bailie LOVED it!

She was in heaven all day long

Every present she opened was so exciting!

Happy Birthday Bailie Girl! I love you more than you will ever know. You bring so much joy and laughter into our home. I'm so lucky to be your Mommy!

A Few Things We Love About You:

When you sneeze I have to say 'bless you' or you say 'bless me Mom'

Your amazing laugh

How sensitive and sweet you are

Your creative imagination

That your favorite word these days is 'freakin'

That you ask me every day if your hair is 'long like Tangled'

Your concern for everyone around you

How much you love your brother

When I get to hear your prayers

Finale

2011-03-22T15:28:00.000-07:00

13. honeymoon

We went up to Salt Lake and stayed at the Anniversary Inn for 4 nights. If you've never been there it's very cool. They have themed rooms. We stayed in a different room each night. We stayed in the Jungle Safari, Mountain Hideaway, Sultan's Palace, and Treasure Island rooms.

If you haven't gone, you need to go. They have a ton to choose from.

14. thoughts on marriage: what is the easiest/hardest part? if you could change anything, what would it be?

Marriage is amazing. It is hard. It is a roller coaster of emotions... but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I wouldn't change anything. We live and learn. We argue sometimes. We communicate. We have fun. We love each other.

The most important part of our marriage is communication and compromise. It can be very hard sometimes, but we work on it every day.

I love Deveren more and more every day and CAN NOT imagine my life without him. He makes me a better. He knows how to handle my ups and downs. He is the best husband in the world.
15. first place that you lived together

We lived in a basement apartment in Orem. It was so cute. We lived there about 5 months before we bought our home that we are in now.

16. kids: do you have any yet? if not, when do you plan on it? how many do you want? any tips on good/bad birth control?

Yes we have 2 kiddos. Bailie just turned 4 and Brek is 18 months. They are great kids. They keep us on our toes that's for sure, but we love them so so much!

17. most recent picture of you and your significant other and what you love most about them

I love everything about Deveren... Ok maybe not EVERYTHING but just about :)

A Few Things I Do Love...

He loves his family and friends

He is the nicest guy you will ever meet

He still tells me 'I look hot' and tries to get the kids to tell me I look good

He is such a good example to me and our kids

He works SO HARD for us

I love that he makes mistakes like me

He makes it hard not to love him

Wedding Challenge Failure

2011-03-22T14:49:00.000-07:00

Yes. Yes I am...

I was looking through all of the pictures on my computer and can't find any of my wedding ones :( I have prints but none on my computer to post.

Just call me a failure...

I was SO looking forward to finishing this challenge.

I guess I will finish but there won't be any pictures...

5. engagement/bridal pictures

I will try and find some to post soon

6. the colors

My colors were deep purple, chocolate brown, gold, a deep red, and cream.

7. the dress: was it what you always imagined? did you have it made for you? white or ivory?

I actually rented my dress. I figure why spend lots of money on a dress that I am only going to wear once? It was white.

8. the little accessories: you know, veil? shoes? jewelry? what did your bridesmaids wear?

I wore a veil that had the same detailing on my dress. After we got out of the temple it kept pulling my hair out so I decided not to wear it anymore. I wore white tennis shoes and put pretty lace in them.

I didn't have bridesmaids... my sisters wore cream tops and chocolate brown skirts.

I got my jewelry at the mall I think. I wore a necklace and earrings to match.

9. the reception

We got married on a Wednesday. The reception was at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was amazing because we got married in the late afternoon, took pictures at the temple and then walked right over to the JSMB and had a nice sit down dinner and little program. Everything was all ready for us, I heard the food was great (I didn't eat very much because my corset was so tight I couldn't), and my family didn't have to worry about cleaning up. It was great!

10. the cake/food

We just had cheesecake. No formal cake. I don't remember the food... If I could find my pictures, maybe I could tell you! :(

11. your song and/or the first song you danced to at your wedding

We danced to Sara Evans and Vince Gill's No Place That Far

I can't imagine any greater fear

Than waking up without you here

And though the sun would still shine on

My whole world would all be gone

But not for long

If I had to run, if I had to crawl

If I had to swim a hundreds rivers

Just to climb a thousand walls

Always know that I would find a way to get to where you are

There's no place that far

(That's just the 1st verse and chorus but I LOVE that song)

12. favorite part of the day and least favorite part of the day

Everything about that day was wonderful. Everything went as planned. I didn't have any glitches.... It was great. My favorite part of the day was walking into the sealing room and seeing all of our family and friends waiting for us. I will never forget it.

My least favorite part was probably the corset I was wearing.... It made me look great but it did not make me feel so good :)

W.P.C. #3

2011-03-16T17:35:00.000-07:00

Wedding Post Challenge

3. Proposal: How it happened, how long were you engaged for? was it a total surprise? pictures of that... etc..

This is a VERY long story so i'll try to keep it as short as possible.

I had driven out to California with my older sister, Brielle, to meet Deveren's family. He said he wanted to show me around his hometown and take me to see some of the sights... And he wanted to introduce me to some close friends.

First stop was his oldest Brother, Sam, and sister-in-law's house. I was actually going to stay there so we dropped my stuff off and went to eat at a Chinese restaurant. Deveren pulled out a video camera and started recording... He told me that his 2 older sisters really wanted him to make a video of me (they both live in Arizona) so he was going to record bits and pieces of our weekend and send it to them. (THIS WAS A LIE. HE WANTED IT THE PROPOSAL ON VIDEO CAMERA)

So we ate, had a lot of fun and Sam brought out a long stem rose that was made out of copper and handed it to me. He said he made it for me (which I thought was kind of weird but VERY nice.)

After lunch we went to Deveren's parents' house to hang out.
I was given another rose just like the first one.

He took me to see his childhood best friend, Jonny. We talked for a while and right as we were leaving, he told me how great it was meeting me and pulled out a copper rose that he had made. I had no idea what was going on still.

He took me to his high school. He wanted to show me the sun dial that his high school put it in the front of his school. As we walked up to it, I saw that there was a rose laying on it.

Then we walked over to the football field where he played football and there was another rose laying on the bleachers.
Next stop, Brad and Katie's. Katie is Deveren's best friend from high school. Brad brought out a rose that he had made me too! At this point I was thinking, 'that is so crazy that EVERYONE here knows how to weld and makes these cool roses!'
I was starting to think that something was up...
We went to Deveren's old boss' house and talked with him and his wife. He gave me a rose too. :)
One night we met my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin for dinner and my Aunt Paralee so generously gave me a lovely copper rose that ironically she had made!

I feel really horrible that I can't remember where I got 2 of the roses...

We went to eat at Buca de Beppo for dinner one night with Dev's parents, little brother and little sister. His mom gave me a diamond necklace and a copper rose!

As the number of roses increased, I started thinking that he would propose by giving me 1 dozen of these amazing roses... I had just received rose #11 so I started getting nervous!
After we left the restaurant, Dev and I were in the car and he was asking me about the roses. As we hit a stop light, our conversation went something like this:

Dev: 'So babe, how many roses do you have now?'
Me: '11... All I need is 1 more' :)
Dev: (Proceeded to get out of the car and reach under his seat. He pulled out rose #12 and got back in the car.) 'Here ya go. I just wanted you to have a dozen roses that you could keep forever.'

SOOOOO Sweet, right?
I got super nervous all of the sudden and just sat there waiting for something amazing to happen (like a proposal maybe)

NOTHING.
Nothing happened.
He just drove. In silence.

I was not very happy.

That night Deveren wanted to take me up to a look out spot to show me the lights of Sacramento. So we drove and drove and drove. We ended up getting lost.
After a little while we got back on track. Deveren decided to make me put a blanket over my head so it would be a surprise when we got to the top. Now remember, I wasn't too happy with him from previous events (or lack thereof) and now I have to put a blanket on my head?
Sweet.
So I did. We got to the top and he helped me out of the car... Then told me to sit down and wait for him.
I kept hearing him walk around me and then randomly say 'Dang it!'

Now I started putting things together.... and I got REALLY nervous.

He told me to stand up and take the blanket off.
I opened my eyes and there was my honey standing in front of me, with the BEAUTIFUL lights of Sacramento behind him, holding a copper rose like the ones a had been getting the past few days. But this one was bigger.
There was a little rolled up note stuck inside the top. I pulled it out and it said:

SHE LOVES ME, SHE LOVES ME NOT, SHE LOVES ME.

Dev: Do you know what a baker's dozen is?
Me: No.
Dev: It's 13 roses.

He got down on one knee.
He proceeded to pull down the petals of the rose, and as he did he would tell me something he loved about me. I could tell he was really nervous because he couldn't think of things to say so he just started pulling the pedals down as fast as he could!
He told me how much he loved me and then popped the question!

I said yes of course.

(Our first fight was about not getting a real ring because he didn't have any money, and I didn't want him to go into debt over a ring, so I was expecting a fake one from Walmart... I could have cared less)

Inside the rose there was a ring holder.

And a ring. He got me one of the wedding bands I wanted!!!

(His mom did some trade for a jewelry company so he got an amazing discount... No debt!)

I couldn't find a picture of just my band, but this is my ring now.

He proposed with one of the bands and gave me the other one for an anniversary :) Best hubby ever!

My Aunt actually gave him my main diamond :) We have the best families!

Wedding Post Challenge #2

2011-03-13T19:55:00.000-07:00

The challenge continues....

2. When you knew he was the one: Self explanatory.. but how and when did you know?

Like I mentioned in the previous post, I met Dev on a Friday night. We went on our first date on Saturday. After the movie, we went up to a friends' house and played games, then he dropped me off at my apartment because he had to go up to Magna, Utah to pick up a friend with Carlson. They ended up getting lost on the way home so they didn't even get back to my apartment until midnight or 1 am. I told him I would wait up for him so I made Amy come outside with me and talk to me on a blanket while we waited for him. (Thanks Aim!)

He stayed and talked until 6 am when he had to leave for the airport.

I knew there was something there because when I had to say goodbye to him I was SO sad. I was afraid that I would never see him again and that terrified me.

Being with him was easy. It felt right from the beginning. I NEVER questioned our relationship for a second. NEVER. If you know me, you know I question EVERYTHING.

That says a lot.

I just asked Deveren and he said he knew I was the one when we were in Mexico.

I asked him to elaborate... He said, 'I prayed about it in Mexico.' Typical guy answer. Gotta love him

I just found these on my computer... I think these were taken when we were engaged.

Wedding Post Challenge

2011-03-11T08:39:00.000-08:00

I stole this from Chloe... I don't know if I have ever written down our meeting/dating/engaged/wedding stories so here I go!

1. How it all began: How you met, first date, first kiss, how long did you date? First picture together.....etc.

Deveren and I met on Friday, July 7, 2005. He was in town for a mission companion's wedding (Billy Stronks). I was living with my good friends Amy and Chloe in Provo. Amy's good friend Chris Carlson (I will call him Carlson because that's what I call him) had a mission buddy in town and they had talked about setting me and the the mission buddy up. Amy told me his name was Devron (rhymes with Chevron), and that he was blond.

Well the date never happened for some reason. Dev told me later that they went to go pick up some girls to make out with. They couldn't find any though, so they came over to our apartment :) One of their other mission buddies that was visiting from Salt Lake came over with his fiance and the guys all spoke Spanish to each other for 4 hours. Super fun, right?

Dev told me later that he had a conversation with Carlson in Spanish about me and that he should ask me out. Carlson said I wasn't his type and that Dev should make a move...

Finally the Salt Lake buddy left so Carlson and Devron decided to stay and watch a movie with us. The rest of the evening was kind of a blur... Maybe because I chose to block it out, maybe not. You will never know.

According to Dev we sat next to each other, cuddled, held hands, and kissed... I do not recall the kissing part :) Ok maybe I do, Don't judge me.

Carlson and Dev stayed til wee hours of the morning. Dev asked for my number so I gave it to him. I didn't think he was going to call because he was from out of town, and I probably would never see him again.

He called the next day.

Our first date was to the Pizza Factory. The server had to come back 4 times to take our order because we kept talking and not looking at the menu. We were there for hours just talking. I remember his Mom calling him and I kept thinking how cute it was that he talks to his Mom.

Then we went and saw Kicking and Screaming with Will Ferrell.

These pictures were from our first date. Yes for some reason we took pictures. Weird I know.

I don't really know how to answer the last question. How long did we date? Our first date was the 8th of July. He went back home the next day. We talked on the phone and text each other for 2 weeks. Does that count as dating? After those 2 weeks, my family went to Mexico... My family goes there every summer. When we landed, my first thought was 'How am I going to talk to Deveren'?

I bought a calling card.

While we were there I wouldn't stop talking about him to my family. About the middle of our trip my Aunt asked me if I thought there was a future with this guy... I said 'Yeah I think so'.
Remember, none of my family had met him yet. After a little while of talking to my mom, my Aunt said, 'If there is a future with this guy we need to get to know him. What better place than Mexico?! Call him and see if he can get work off to come out here.'

2 days later we were at the airport waiting for his plane! I was nervous. And scared. What if I didn't recognize him? I had only seen him once. Right as he walked past the shark tank all of the nerves and anxiety went away completely. I knew RIGHT away it was him and felt dumb for questioning myself. Our second date was in Mexico.

That place means a lot to me. A lot happened there. We told each other we loved each other, and had many conversations that included 'hypothetically speaking, if we were to get married' talk. Not to mention, seeing a couple having sex on the beach! Man what a memory.

5 days later we each went back home and talked on the phone constantly for 1 1/2 weeks.

The following weekend he drove out here with a buddy to ask my dad's permission to marry me.

The next week I drove out with my sister to his house to meet his family. That's where he proposed. Stay tuned.

Change

2011-03-09T12:18:00.000-08:00

For those of you that know me, I like change...

I love Dev's job because I get to move every summer. I don't like being in the same place for too long

I don't like cooking the same meals over and over again so I'm always looking for new recipes to try

If I had a bigger house I would be moving furniture around constantly.

I love switching things up...

I'm the same way with my hair.

I wanted something a little more low maintenance for the summer (we will be gone for 5 months... that's a long time to not have your hair done!). 5 months blond highlights= NO BUENO.

Plus, I could never be one of those people that has the same hairstyle for 30 years.

It was time for a change, so here is my new look

I absolutely love it! Thanks SO much Sara!

I trimmed it, dyed it dark brown (a little bit darker than my natural color), and added caramel highlights...

Baby Indi

2011-03-02T15:25:00.000-08:00

A few months ago my good friend Whitney and I were talking and she was telling me that she wanted some nice pictures taken of the baby right after she was born. Of course I said yes to her brilliant idea. So the last few weeks I have been waiting for the phone call to go to the hospital...

Last week she got induced.

15 hours later, Baby Indi Belle Tidwell made it here... Perfect and oh so beautiful

I got to be in the delivery room as she was being born!!

Probably one of the coolest experiences... Ever.

It is so cool to be on the good side of childbirth :) (Not having the baby)

I got to enjoy the atmosphere and the look on Cy and Whitney's face when they saw their little angel for the first time.

IT WAS SO AWESOME.

Anyway, on to the pictures...

This was RIGHT after Indi was born. Doesn't Whitney look amazing?

One of my favorites

This one's for you Cam

Hilarious... Love it

Congrats Cy and Whitney... She is so gorgeous!

Take 3

2011-03-01T08:50:00.000-08:00

As many of you know I LOVE taking pictures... Especially of these lovely ladies. We needed an excuse to go shoot some more and my sister Talyn is graduating next month...So we decided to take some of her. Did I mention she is graduating from COLLEGE?

And she's 20 years old.

Kind of sick?

YES.

She is amazingly amazing. That's why she made the sign.

Funny?

I think so.

I'm so proud of you Taylynn. You are my ABSOLUTE favorite younger/big sister!

Shoot styled by: Haley

Green couch courtesy of: Stephanie

We miss you daddy

2011-02-22T10:02:00.000-08:00

My lovey has been out of town for almost a week now. (He is in Southern California on a preseason trip) And we are definitely missing him.

I am so ready to have him home!

Bailie asks when he will be home every night before bed.

Brek is the most vocal about missing him.

We skyped with him on my friend's iphone and now every time he sees a phone he gets so excited and says 'dada! hi dada!' Sometimes he even cries cause he wants to see him so bad! It breaks my heart.

He sure LOVES his daddy.

It's hard to see him get so upset about him being gone but hopefully the next week will fly by so we can have him home!

We miss you Daddy! Good luck this week baby.

On a happier note...

I got the kids some new shoes yesterday and they have been wearing them all morning!

I think they like them.

girls night, date, and APX no more

2011-02-02T21:01:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we had our monthly girls night out... We had a blast! Pizza, chips and salsa, and more treats than we could handle. Welcome to the Camp family :)

Bailie and her Yaya had a hot date...

Taco Bell and Tangled.

Bailie was just a little excited

She wanted a picture with a scarf on like Yaya's

APX has evolved. Vivint is here. For more info go here. Very cool.

I found these

2011-02-02T20:27:00.000-08:00

And wanted to share them cause I can't get enough of my munchkins. It still amazes me that Brek can make a different face in every picture... Oh the talent.

It has been a very rough winter to say the least. We have tried to come up with fun games to play inside but the poor kids are getting very sick of playing inside! The laundry basket is a very fun new toy.

Brek is learning so many new things these days.

He is VERY observant. He mimics Bailie all the time.

Lots of new words... His favorite, of course, is "Ball" and "No no no"

He also knows had to pick on Bailie and hit her... and laugh about it.

He loves emptying the shoe bucket and hide shoes.

Making messes are his forte.

He also eats his own poop.

Don't get me wrong, they LOVE each other

My GQ baby

Please... Por Favor.

2011-01-17T10:20:00.000-08:00

Dearest Friend (that's you)~

WILL YOU PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BLOG??

You haven't for quite some time now.

I feel I have updated mine quite a bit lately.... Now it's your turn!!!

I love reading yours and I want to see what you have been up to!

Also, does anyone read this? I don't know if anyone does so maybe I will hold off blogging for awhile if no one reads it.

Look Out

2011-01-10T20:02:00.000-08:00

Washington DC.....

Here we come!!

That's right, we are going to be selling there this summer! I am so excited! I took Bailie a few summers ago with some of my family and I LOVED IT. So much to see and now I might actually have enough time to see it all! It's gonna be a great summer!

Dev's Latest....

2011-01-10T15:39:00.000-08:00

Deveren made this for my sister Talyn for Christmas.

And he made this for his regional manager for his birthday... I don't know if I have seen anything cooler.

But seriously

His talent still blows my mind. Dang.

December

2011-01-08T16:19:00.000-08:00

The Month of December flew by for us! Here are some of the highlights...

The Kimballs came into town for Christmas and they were sweet enough to fit us in for a little visit. Best buddies Bailie and Bree

They had so much fun dancing and playing together

The Cute Couple Sara and Stew

There adorable little one Kate

Sweet little Ally

I hosted a girls night with some friends and we pulled out the air mattress and the kids had so much fun playing on it

Brek was loving this!!! (I know the pictures are blurry but you get the jist)

I CAN'T BELIEVE she is a SUNBEAM!!!

Dev went and got Brek out of his crib and this is what he looked like. He's not without skills

We had a fun New Years Eve playing games with some friends... These are the only pictures I took that night

Photography By Kiara

2011-01-04T16:41:00.000-08:00

I have started scheduling sessions from now until April so contact me to schedule yours!

Senior Portraits

Engagements

Family

Way Too Many....

2010-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:00

Pictures.

I know.

We had a lot going on this past week! My Aunt and Uncle came into town and one day we went to Gramma's house and made some candy

Pretty sure this was on Christmas Eve... Dev was showing the kids how to use the back massager

The Pajama Fairy came and brought Jammies!

We went on a carriage ride around the temple on Christmas Eve

It was SO foggy... and cold. I think I was the only one that was cold though. Santa showed up to say hi before he went on his journey to deliver gifts!

When we got back to Yaya's house after the carriage ride we set out some milk and cookies for Santa

Christmas Morning

Bailie was SO excited! We found this when we woke up

Yaya and Papa's gift to the grand kids was some new toys for the playroom

I think these handsome guys will be my models for an upcoming photo shoot. What do you think?

The kids on Christmas morning waiting for everyone to get to Yaya and Papa's house

The grand kids

Brek got marshmallows in his stocking... His FAVORITE

Opening his stocking

Santa sure knows me well

Deveren made Talyn a sculpture... I should have taken a picture from the front, but it says her name :)

Dev also made a cool heart necklace for my Mom

(It was a TOTAL joke)

My Dad made my brother in law a quilt with the BYU logo on it

I turned my Mom's recipes into 2 books

My cute little nephew Calloway

My Dad was playing Barbies with Miss B

We had a great Christmas with the family...

We have so much to be grateful for:

The Gospel

Our Home

Family and Friends

Deveren's Job

Our Kids

Happiness, Love and Lots of Laughter

We owe all of that to our Savior, Jesus Christ.

We hope everyone had a very memorable and great Christmas! We sure did.

Ouchy and Taquitos

2010-12-23T17:24:00.000-08:00

Ok let me start out by saying I absolutely despise the stage that Brek is in right now. Walking. But not a great walker yet, so he fells. A LOT. He has a new bump or bruise everyday it seems... He got 3 new ones today. His chin is the big one but he has 2 more; 1 on each side of his head.

So sad.

On a better note, I made YUMMY taquitos the other day when Talyn came over.

Love her by the way.

And she took this picture by the way :)

Bailie's Cake

2010-12-23T15:19:00.000-08:00

Brent's birthday was a couple of weeks ago and Bailie decided she wanted to make a cake for him.

She decorated it all by herself :)

He liked it

Bailie was telling him what it said

I love Bailie's face

Evil Baby??

2010-12-16T13:50:00.000-08:00

If you didn't know my kid and saw this picture, you would probably think that he is some sort of evil baby...

He's Not.

I LOVE this picture though. He looks so mad like I just told him he couldn't eat ever again.

And yes, that is his foot up on his chair.

He had his 15 month check up and he is doing great!

A little on the smaller side but healthy as can be...

Hopefully he bulks up a bit soon :)

Christmas Pictures

2010-12-10T14:45:00.000-08:00

I think I will be putting these in my family room...

These have got to be my favorite :)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

2010-12-09T10:20:00.000-08:00

With the holidays fast approaching, I am offering a killer deal on family pictures!!

1-1 1/2 hours of shooting time

A CD with at least 75 edited images

for only $50

Let me know if you are interested!!

Cookies

2010-12-06T14:25:00.000-08:00

Bailie helped me make cookies yesterday.

She actually was a great helper... and the cookies were so so GOOD!

2010-12-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when my camera gets away from me...

And here are some recent pictures of my babies

Thanksgiving

2010-12-02T18:33:00.000-08:00

Bailie and Brek learned the art of olive eating

The cute grand kids (minus Nicholas)

My mom's mom and sisters... (minus Aunt Cody. We missed you)

Aunt Paralee

Brielle and me

My cute mom

We didn't know it was zoomed in.

This was supposed to be a nice smile... Talyn didn't get the memo

Mr. & Mrs. Marriott

2010-11-25T08:53:00.000-08:00

Introducing Bruce and Cody Marriott

Waiting for them to come out of the temple...

Estes side of the family

They had a carriage take them to the reception. Cody is allergic... She was very puffy

The Reception (my parents' backyard)

LOVE the centerpieces

Cupcake cake

Cleaning up

All of girls got up and sang "This One's for the Girl" by Martina McBride

I am SO happy for you guys. Thanks for letting me be a part of your amazing day! Love you Bruce and Aunt Cody!!!

Do I Have Something in my Teeth?

2010-11-16T10:39:00.000-08:00

The Camp girls (plus our friend Kayla) are starting a new tradition... Girls Night Out. We got wild and CRAZY... Stop #1: Chilis

We had lots and lots of laughs, ate yummy food, great company, good conversation, and more laughs.

Next we went to F.Y.E. to look around and see if we could find some good movies...

Mom found her favorite movie!

Our final stop: Movie. We (meaning ME) wanted to see a chick flick but they all started to late and we didn't want to stay up that late... So we saw Red. It was really good. I had no expectations so it exceeded them!

I hope this picture makes you laugh! Yes it is embarrassing, but I feel kind of bad that I put funny pictures of other people and I don't put any of myself...

Thanks Brielle, Talyn, Kayla, and most of all Mom! You guys are so great and I love you SO much! I can't wait for our next girls night! (Kayla, I think we should fly you out for girls night!! :))

Past Due Birthday

2010-11-11T20:59:00.000-08:00

I had a birthday back in August. On the 24th. I know it was a while ago but I just found the pictures and wanted to share.

I'm not gonna lie, I didn't think it would be very memorable because Deveren and my mom were both out of town. They are the ones that usually plan birthday things so I wasn't really expecting anything.

It started out pretty much like a lot of my days... Woke up, did some cleaning, got the kiddos ready... I hear a knock at my door so I go get it and it's my cute grandma. She walked right in my house, put her Tupperware lunch in the fridge, and sat down on my couch. I thought it was a little weird that she came right in and just sat down, but whatever. So she is sitting on the couch and asks me what I have going on today. She told me that she just wanted to come and hang out with us. Again, a little weird, but I love having her over so I didn't care at all. About 15 minutes later there is another knock at the door. It was Talyn and Haley!!! They were kidnapping me...

They blindfolded me....

Silly girls

And took me to see the movie The Switch!

I freaking love them...

Then we went to Farr's Frozen Yogurt (I think that's the name) It was AMAZING! I wish I could go there everyday....

It was a great day! I also went to lunch with my good friend Whitney, and my friends Nikki and Zach came over and brought Cafe Rio for dinner!

I am so lucky to have great family and friends!!

Just when I think all of the fun is over...

Tal and Haley came over again! They made me a big cupcake....

(I have no clue what I'm doing in the background)

Blowing out my birthday candle!

We made caramel corn and pickle dip (2 of the best things EVER)!! Thanks so much for making my birthday so great girls.... I will never forget it! Love you both

Halloween Par-tay

2010-11-01T17:28:00.000-07:00

Our annual Halloween party was lots of fun this year....

We had some of the best costumes this year!!

This year we were characters from Batman. Batman, Robin, Cat Woman and Poison Ivy.

On Friday Bailie's preschool had a program for the parents to go to. They sang a few Halloween songs and got to wear their costumes... It was so fun to see all the cute kids dressed up! Here is Bailie with her teacher Miss Karli

She dressed up as a kitty for school

Major thanks to everyone who came! I hope we didn't disappoint :)

The Formal

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A few weeks ago APX had a formal night. The girls wore gowns, the men wore suits or tuxedos.... It was pretty hard core. We went to Log Haven to eat before. The event was located at a country club in Salt Lake. They had a huge ice sculpture out in front, valet parking, people walking around with orderves, and lots of gambling. It was fun don't get me wrong. It could have been a lot more fun if there weren't so many dang people there... They were guessing 900 people were going to come and there ended up being 1400 people. Like I said... WAY too many people.

Our group that went to dinner

Lori and Brent playing craps

Silly husbands... But they look so GQ, Don't ya think?