Whats Up with the Epps

Shoveling snow with daddy

2012-01-25T20:33:00.000-08:00

This was Maylee's first experience in the snow! I wish I would have gotten a picture of when the chair tipped and she fell flat on her face in the snow, but I couldn't leave her even for a second in the snow(belive me it did cross my mind)! Oh, and don't mind the miss matched outfit we put all that we had warm on her!

We are in Love!

2012-01-08T09:55:00.000-08:00

I can't get enough of this baby boy, I don't want him to grow up. I want him to stay his itty bitty self, and curl his back when you pick him up, scrunch his face, turn his head toward you when you kiss his cheeks, yawn the cutest yawns ever, grunt when you put him down and goes right to sleep when you cuddle him. We are so in love.

Madden Pictures

2012-01-03T20:25:00.000-08:00

So I had an appointment the Thurday after baby boy was born, and Maylee was sick, and I didn't have it in me at the time to take them both to Salt lake to have them done. I couldn't get pictures until the 5th, and I was worried that Madden would be too old. So I figured I would attempt at taking newborn pictures. so here they are. I thought that they turned out pretty decient. I didn't even want to try adding Maylee though, maybe I'll attempt that when Jimmy is home to be my assistant!

Maylee's Pigtails

2011-12-31T09:24:00.000-08:00

So I have not known what to do with Maylee's hair! Its long and wispy, straight in front and curly in back. So we tried pigtails....doesn't she look old!

Madden's first bath

2011-12-31T09:18:00.000-08:00

So we were thinking that he would just love his batheys as Maylee did! He didn't, I think it was because his whole body wasn't totally submerged. So it was a quick one, and he even curled his bottom lip as he cried... so sad, but don't you just want to kiss that!

Christmas Day

2011-12-31T09:15:00.001-08:00

We had a great Christmas spending it with lots of family! We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!

Maylee Meets Santa

2011-12-17T20:38:00.000-08:00

Madden James Epperson

2011-12-17T19:32:00.000-08:00

Madden James Epperson made his big arrival on Thursday December 15th at 4:50 pm. He weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz. and measured 19 1/2" long! He has his dads long fingers, arms and toes, moms button nose, and has a STRONG resemblance to Maylee when she was born! We couldn't be more excited and happy to have such a beautiful healthy baby boy added to our now family of FOUR. More pictures to come.... I promise!

Maylees First Birthday

2011-12-06T21:28:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that she is already one!! This year has gone by unbelievably fast, and we are happy each and every day we are blessed to have her in our lives! She is such a special girl, and keeps us laughing each and every day with her funny personality and amazing quirks...

Some of ours and your favorite things:

-You dance to jimmy beat boxing, and any music you hear.

-"Let me see your teefies (teeth)", and you will show us all of your 12 teeth!

-As much as we want you too, you will not walk for us. We try and you tuck your legs up into your belly and whine.....

- You LOVE your batheys time. Whenever we say batheys you will start pulling on your clothes to take off your clothes.

-You LOVE your TWO blankeys. Not just one now TWO!

-When we ask you your age, you will hold up a one on both fingers and give us a big grinner and clap.

-You love fruit, and candy, just like your mommy and will find it ANYWHERE!

We LOVE you so much, and are so Thankful each day you are in our lives! Happy First Birthday!

Test Post!

2011-12-06T20:35:00.000-08:00

I know its been a while since I have posted, but it seems like this summer flew with all of the business of life, home projects, trips, and getting ready for our baby boy to come. So when I got on to post, it wouldn't let me anymore. Thanks to some help, we were able finally able to figure it out. So hopefully you don't mind the jumbled, random, catch up posts. Until I sort through all of my pictures, enjoy this cute one that I took of Maylees cute figure!

Times like this...

2011-07-12T19:24:00.000-07:00

I can't belive how much I love this girl to think that this is funny! Maylee is growing so fast, she is almost 8 months, going on to the terrible two's. She wants to eat on her own and with her own spoon {doesn't that seem early}! If I don't give her the spoon she will shake her head back and forth and then grab the spoon until the food flings across the floor. Its a good thing she makes us smile and laugh more and more each and every day because it was not the easiest to clean up that spaghetti-o type baby food, YUCK! I have a feeling there will be MANY more times like this!

Happy 4th!

2011-07-05T12:51:00.001-07:00

Wyoming

2011-06-22T08:57:00.000-07:00

So I have been so bad at blogging lately...not sure why, just have been, and even worse at taking pictures. But Andrea inspired me with her cute post, to share the fun time we had in Wyoming with Jordan and Ash and Austin and Anj. Of course we decided to do an impromptu photo shoot ... and I thought that the pictures turned out great, the flowers were gorgeous and Maylee was grinning (which is few and far between)! Anj took quite a bit more, but here are a couple that I took!

Baby #2

2011-06-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

Yes as many of you do, and many don't know we are expecting another baby December 21. We are so excited (and a bit overwhelmed) but feel so blessed! We can not wait....well I am sure Maylee can, they will be 12, almost 13 months apart. It will be a handful for the first couple of years but after that, I am sure Maylee and baby #2 will be the best of friends. I always wanted my kids close together, and didn't relize it would come true and happen THAT fast!!!! So here we go again!

One night of Camping

2011-05-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

Campfire at night! We roasted s'mores!

Whew, we made it through. It was so much fun enjoying family. Jimmy and I had NEVER camped since we were married. ... and we took it on with Maylee. Of course she was a perfect angel....I on the other hand in the middle of the night thought "she" was too cold in the tent and we moved both her and I into the back of the car (I was cold too and there were coyotes and a pack of wolves licking there chops outside our tent). But beside the scary night and a day without a shower, It was a lot of fun...

Easter Sunday

2011-04-26T09:06:00.000-07:00

I have a lot more pictures to post but haven't had the time. We went to my parents, and had the ultimate easer egg hunt... I found $38 and jimmy found $12, but he did find more candy ha. Then we headed over to our Aunt Cathys to have another easter dinner and it was great to see all of our family. Here are a couple of pictures that I took right before Maylee was going to bed on easter day. She is starting to try and sit up, she plays with her feet all day long, smacks her lips, pushes her body off yours while cuddling to see you, gets so excited when I make a bottle and tries to suck the side when I am holding it, and my favorite gives me eskimo kisses (i'll try to upload the video). But since I don't have the time today, here is a quick little update of our soooo big 5 month old!

Girlies

2011-04-10T07:47:00.000-07:00

So we watched Andy and Jeni's Kids this last week which was crazy and fun with 6. I took some pictures with Izzy and Addie and there were soo many cute ones! Aren't they both so pretty! I just love those girls!

Not quite ready

2011-04-10T07:38:00.000-07:00

So we wanted to see what Maylee did when she tried some rice cerial...She didn't do much... and didn't know what to think, but gave us a couple of smiles. So we will wait to eat solids again.

Another Photoshoot!

2011-04-02T22:05:00.001-07:00

I tried another photo session with Maylee to practice and here is what I came up with! Thanks Andrea for your tips! It helped having such a cute subject too!

Big Belly

2011-04-02T21:52:00.000-07:00

So Jimmy and I the other day were in our front room and we looked over to see this. Obviously, I neglected to put a onsie on her and found out the reason for them....to cover the baby belly! ha It was so stinking cute!

Parenting 101

2011-03-22T09:41:00.001-07:00

Prop the bottle.... its a life savor!

California

2011-03-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

Lovin' life at the beach
Gum alley in San Luis Obispo!

The 3 girls- Kate, Maylee & Macy- all 3 months apart!

Maylee and I shopping- staying out of the sun! She kept those glasses on all day- she is going to be an accessory girl!

Oh so cute!!

Cute Macy-feeling the sand for the first time!

This is how we rolled-4 strollers!

just chillen

So Many babies this trip!

Visit to Fresno-Taryns baby Alex was born the same day as Maylee-sooo cute!

Maylee Photoshoot!

2011-03-06T08:40:00.000-08:00

The other day I dressed Maylee up and tried our first photoshoot.... Oh I loved how they turned out...she couldn't keep those fingers out... These were taken on March 1st, so she is about 3 1/2 months....

St George

2011-02-22T12:03:00.000-08:00

Maylee turned 3 months a couple of weeks ago! I can't believe time has gone that quick. We are loveing every second with her. I'm a little bit late but wanted to post on our trip to St george with my parents. It ended up being a lot of "firsts" for Maylee! First Vaca, first time hikeing, first time swimming, first time rolling over. We just love watching her grow!

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-15T14:46:00.000-08:00

I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this valentines day! It was sweet & simple, with my two greatest loves!! Feburary has always had a special place in my heart becuase Jimmy and I met on Valentines day, at a Valentines day party, and I got pregnant with Maylee a couple days after valentines day 4 v-days later. So this year I had so much love for my new little family! This year, I wasn't ready to go without my baby girl yet, so Jimmy, Maymay and I all went to try a new resturant. Jimmy looked so handsome, and Maymay was absolutly adorable. There was nothing better than spending Valentines day with the both of them. I couldn't have been any happier! I hope you all had a wonderful and loved valentines day too!

Look who stopped by for a visit!!

2011-01-29T15:00:00.000-08:00

Of course I lost my phone so no one can get ahold of me right now.. . . .So yesterday, I pulled up to my house with a van in the driveway wondering who could it be. Jimmy opened the door holding two babies!! I was so excited to see Kate and her triplets came all the way from farmington for a visit, and Derek joined us later for dinner! It was such a fun suprise to have them there and see all the cute babies together! She is an amazing mother, and they are all so stinking cute!! It was fun finally having them in our home! Just a side note- they are 5 months now and Maylee is only 10 weeks (She is one chubby baby! ha).

Two Months

2011-01-19T18:28:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that it has already been two months that MayMay has entered our lives! She has been so much fun! We took this video last night of her and Jimmy...I love that she is starting to interact, coo and smile!

2011-01-05T14:29:00.000-08:00

I love this one... she is still working on keeping that binki in by herself, but I don't know if she ever will because Jimmy and I keep putting it right back in! She gets so exausted that she can't suck any longer and it pops right out... but how can you resist that cute face?

6 Weeks and such a fatty!

2011-01-05T14:09:00.000-08:00

So yesterday Maylee and I went to the doctors and we found out Maylee has turned into the cubby baby I knew we would have! She weighed in at a whole 10 lbs 15 oz....that is almost 11 pounds! I love it! She went from the 30th percentile to the 70th! We were so proud of our baby girl!

Similarities

2011-01-02T08:45:00.000-08:00

Curled toes

cute macie

So we have been seeing some similarities in our family. When my sister was visiting, we were getting ready in my bathroom and we looked over at Maylee and Macie to find they were sitting the exact same way cross legged- so I got a few picts.

Then Jimmy always asks me "whats wrong with your toes", becuase I constantly curl them with out knowing. Then the other day I look at Maylee and she had all of her toes completly curled....we laughed.... so here are the picts of some funny similarities.

Jimmys figure!

2011-01-01T17:47:00.000-08:00

I can't believe 6 weeks has already past! Maylee has already started to grow right before our eyes, and I want it to slow down so I can take in every single second. She has been such a good baby, and she makes Jimmy and I laugh and smile every single day. She has just started to hold her head up high (for some short seconds), she's found her hands and drools all over them, she hisses, grunts (and hardly ever cries), and our favorite she has slowly started to get a smile and coo (we work on it for long amounts of time). We love seeing her grow, she is just so darn cute! Here is a picture of her big belly and small little Jimmy hips and legs!

Daniels Wedding

2011-01-01T17:29:00.001-08:00

Congratulations Daniel and Jen, everything was beautiful!

Baby pictures {10 days old}

2010-12-27T09:20:00.001-08:00

Baby blessing

2010-12-15T12:47:00.000-08:00

We had such a wonderful Sunday. Maylee was blessed by Jimmy, and he gave such a beautiful blessing. I love seeing Jimmy with Maylee and the love that he has for her and the special place she takes in his heart. It also always touches me to see all of our family and friends that love her so much as well. She was perfect and beautiful, and as family and friends held her during the rest of church and that day, I could tell she felt calm and at peace on her blessing day. Can you tell how much we love this little girl, ha! :)

Festival of Trees

2010-12-08T10:59:00.001-08:00

Every year Jimmy's family donates a tree at the festival of trees in memory of their Brother Rob that passed away. This year the tree was so beautiful, Adrienne, Erin, Patti, and Jeni did such an amazing job! Jimmy and I went this year to start off our Christmas festivities. I couldn't help but feel so blessed as a read the story's of many of the trees donated to have such a wonderful husband and cute sweet daughter. I love Christmas time and the spirit it brings in homes and people everywhere!

Just some Picts of the cutest girl!

2010-12-08T10:50:00.000-08:00

Maylee Birth Story

2010-12-05T13:27:00.001-08:00

So I know I am doing this a little backwords but I didn't want to miss writing the whole story of how Maylee arrived into our world. So here how it began....

Of course like every pregnant woman, they have a plan on WHEN they are suppose to have there baby besides their due date. Baby Maylee's due date was on the 23rd, but I wanted her out by thanksgiving and not spend Thanksgiving in the hospital! Thanksgiving was coming and Jimmy and I were dying to meet our baby girl! On Thursday the 19th, at about 10:30 Jimmy asked me to cut his hair (it is usually about at one of the most inconvenient times, and Jimmy has to beg) So I agreed, thinking if I have baby Maylee the next day, I would have felt bad not cutting his hair. So we pull up the kitchen rug and I get down to my underwear, cause I didn't want to get hair all over my clothes. I started to cut Jimmy's hair and got to my second cut with the clippers and all of a sudden my water broke...ALL OVER THE KITCHEN FLOOR!!! Jimmy freaked out yelling "What do I do, What do I do!!" (with half a haircut) haha. I told him to clean the water up, and run up stairs and get my bag that I had packed that morning. I hadn't had too many contractions up until my water broke...I thought they were Braxton Hicks cause they weren't too bad! We get in the car and start heading to the hospital and on the Freeway. Of course a cop pulled on the freeway right in front of us and starts slowing down the traffic to a stop. My contractions were getting really bad and I could feel the pain!!! Jimmy was trying to get in front of the cop and the cop kept turning on his lights- you could tell he was mad! Jimmy was waving out the window "My wife is in labor", but of course the cop could not hear. After quite a while of jimmy trying to dart in front of him laying on his horn and waving out the window, Jimmy got to the side of him and yelled "MY WIFE IS IN LABOR!" The cop was like which hospital, and jimmy told him Timpanogus, and he let us by and told us to go quickly to get in front of a beam coming on and closing the freeway. We did...Thank goodness!! We checked into the hospital at about 11, and they said I was dilated to a 2 and the called the anesthesiologist and the doctor. 30 min had gone by and I was in the worse pain of my life. I kept yelling at jimmy to see where the doc and anesthesiologist was and Jimmy would just step outside and pretend he was asking. The anesthesiologist showed up 45 min after I had checked in and I was already dilated at a 7! By time the doctor showed up Jimmy already got to see the top of the baby's head, and with 2 pushes baby Maylee was here by 1! The doctor told me I had laughed the baby out I was so happy to finally see her. It was one of the most amazing experience, and we could not be happier to have such a beautiful, healthy baby girl join our family.

Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T11:41:00.000-08:00

First Bath...More to come!
Flashing a ganster sign....

I can't believe how much I love these two!

Here are a couple of pictures....i'll post again soon we are on our way to Thanksgiving dinner. :) We are so very grateful for all the love help and support! We could not have been more blessed with a beautiful, healthy baby, surrounded by such amazing family, and friends! Thank you to all!!

Maylee Maree Epperson

2010-11-19T19:27:00.001-08:00

This is my very first time posting on this thing so I am going to keep it short and simple. Maylee Maree Epperson was born on November 19, 2010 at 1:39 AM, she weighed 7 lbs and 5 oz and was 20 inches tall. She was blessed with her Daddy's skinny legs and her Mommy's cute little button nose. She truly beautiful and such a peaceful baby. We are all still a little tired from the long night but I fell so blessed to have the two most amazing girls in my life, I love them both more than anything in this world.

Maternity Pictures

2010-11-11T13:55:00.000-08:00

Here I am at 38 1/2 weeks prego! These were taken by Stacey at Brody Dezember photography, and I think that they turned out great they are so talented there! Go to this link at http://dezemberphoto.com/blog.php/?p=4276 and vote on your favorite picture so that we can win a free 11x14 print!

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-01T08:11:00.000-07:00

I know it has been awhile since our last post, but here is our Halloween at 37 weeks prego. Now that it is cold the countdown is on for BABY, Thanksgiving, My brothers wedding, and CHRISTMAS!!!!

26 Weeks!

2010-08-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

I have been avoiding pictures latley, so as I was going through our recent ones I realized that avoiding them has made pictures of me more candid, which is not the best for a pregnant body. So here is a side profile of my pregnant body at 6 1/2 months. It seems like it is going by so fast! I can't wait to meet my little baby girl, and count my blessings everyday at how lucky I am.

UPDATE

2010-08-09T17:30:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since I have updated! I keep saying I will get better but we have just been so busy with summer! When we haven't been on vacay, we have been staying busy with projects getting ready for the baby to come! 3 months and 12 days left!! :)

NEW MEXICO- at the Ranch! Thank you to Aunt DeeDee and Uncle Rodger we had such a fun time and it was sooo BEAUTIFUL!

Out shopping with the girls

Just Relaxing on the swings

Jimmy giving Carter a push on the Rope Swing

Jimmy with Hank... Taking a walk to see the Horses, and yes, Jimmy was trying to grow a stash.

Tired Cowgirl Meg...Isn't that cute!

BABY MACIE: My Sister had her baby! She is Beautiful- and it made me so excited for mine to come in 3 months! This was when they came home from the hospital and Carter and Britton got to see there sister for the first time! It was so fun to be there with them!

SAINT GEORGE: We went with my family to Saint George to see Tarzan...it was so much fun! Very hot- just how I like it!

My Cute Nephew Britton....I couln't resist posting this!

At the pool....

BEES GAME: Loving the Warm weather!

FORTH OF JULY:

My cute Hubby waiting for the fireworks!

4th of July at Thanksgiving Point...yes it was sooo cold!

17 Weeks with 23 left to go!

2010-06-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

It couldn't go any slower!!!! This has been such an exciting time for Jimmy and I. I'm sure from these pictures you are able to notice that we haven't wasted any time in getting ready for our new arrival, and yes, WE'RE HAVING A BABY GIRL- in case you couldn't tell by the pictures :) !!! We are so excited for our new addition to come and couldn't resist starting to get everything ready... so here is a sneek peek to the baby's room in progress, along with a couple of embellished onesies, and some cute little leggings (hopefully she has chunky legs and not jimmys chicken legs). There is still alot that needs to be done to the room and of course ALOT of shopping for my baby girl.

Jimmys latest project.

2010-04-28T19:12:00.000-07:00

from the deck... looks like a sock.

So most of our projects we work on together, but with me having morning, afternoon and evening sickness, I did not participate in the latest project, which I have been very anxious to have done.....but now I am very weary about how it will turn out! He tells me with water and fertilizer it will all turn to good grass, we'll see.

We bought our house in September with there being weeds up to our deck. So with a couple of sunny days/weeks, there has been a ton of work put into it with the weeds roots being the width of a cup coaster...seriously, it was like picking trees for him. So with a lot of hard work this is what he has accomplished, its ok to laugh....he has laughed about it too.

The cutest dot ever!

2010-03-31T14:40:00.000-07:00

The wait is over! We are finally pregnant! Its hard to even see the baby in the picts, but we were able to see and hear our babies heart beat today- such a relief after two years of trying! I now understand why parents still think there babies are cute when it is quite the contrary, but I understand a bit now when I look at this dot...thinking it is the cutest thing ever! We feel so blessed from everyone that has kept us in there thoughts and Prayers!

Winter Days are almost over!

2010-03-31T13:46:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I have not posted since Christmas!! I thought that I would update you on our winter months while it is still in season! I've been horrible about taking pictures So, here is a bit of what we have been up to this winter- thanks Anj for a few of the picts! As you can tell we have been busy between Jimmys basketball/Bachelor :) Jackson Hole, Sledding, Saint George a couple times, and our most recent trip Rocky Point Mexico!

Family For Christmas!

2010-01-26T19:39:00.001-08:00

spiderman

We miss you guys!!

Christmas Sweater Party

2010-01-12T18:28:00.001-08:00

{my attempt in getting a group picture}

{putting the reindeer antlers on his head}

{gpa boone, buntons, mom, daniel, and zach}

{jimmy and cute adrienne}

{the newly weds, jeni, and rod}

{papa jones and britton}

We were able to spend so much time with Family and Friends!! We loved it! Here are the pictures from our party, as you can tell it was such a fun night!

Thanksgiving in Cancun!

2009-12-27T15:21:00.000-08:00

Xelha...

Isla Mujeras

This was an island/house made out of recycled bottles...Jimmy wished he had a beebee gun...I thought it was soooo cool!

We have been wanting to go on a vacation and knew we had to take advantage of our time off work. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving we hadn't had anything planned and I was getting anxious in the freezing snow. So I hopped online and booked a vacation to Cancun, and we were off on Wednesday morning to warm 80 degree weather. We had so much fun! Here are some pictures of us in Beautiful Cancun.

Daniels Homecoming!

2009-11-02T20:11:00.001-08:00

Here are the pictures of Daniels homecoming! We are so happy to have Him back! Stephanie and Britton flew in 15 min. before Daniel so that she could see Him before us when he first got off the plane... we were all Jealous! haha

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T19:32:00.000-07:00

It has been so long since I have taken the time to update our Blog! We have so much going on and so much to update! So here it Goes...

1. We have been back in Utah for almost two months now! We purchased our first home and are so excited, and have had fun making it feel like home. We feel so blessed to be back in Utah with our family and friends, and be in such a great neighborhood.

2. We got the Red Dragon running! It is a red old Honda 90 that was made in 1968. It has sat at Adriennes house for a long time and has not been registered since 1981...before Jimmy and I were even Born! Adrienne got it when she was 16, and drove it everywhere. We have loved riding on it in the cold weather all around our neighborhood with gloves, goggles and scarves to keep us warm...people laugh at us as they drive by, WE LOVE it!

3. DANIEL is HOME!!! After serving in Poland for two whole years he is Back!! WE have loved having him home. I am so proud of him! Along with him comming home Stephanie and Britton came in for a visit. We have loved having our family all together once again!!

4. Jimmy was promoted to an outside Medical Sales rep covering the whole Salt Lake territory. His company has been so great to Him. When we decided that we did not want to take the Seattle Region, He knew he wanted to continue with the company he was working with, but thought it would take a bit longer to get into the outside position being that there are about 15 guys that all wanted this position in Utah. With Jimmy's good looks, hard work, and personality he was given the position. I am so proud of him.

5. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Every year halloween just keeps getting better and better. Jimmy and I love Holidays, and Halloween has become one of our favorites! On Thursday, with us being in our home we threw a Halloween party. We loved having all of our Friends over, and I do have to say, Jimmy once again blew us all away in tight Spandex, but I do have to say those legs make me jealous. All of the costumes keep getting better and better, and this was no exception. Friday, Adrienne threw her annual party which we all love. It is ALWAYS fun seeing everyones costumes and the pumpkin carving contest that everyone wins. Hearing Andys whitty comments on the Pumpkins such as the PP pumpkin (patterned pumpkin) or simon birch, operation smile.... just to name a few, kept us laughing. Tonight, Jimmy and I decided we wanted to stay home for our First Halloween in our home and see all of the kids dressed up in there costumes. We have had so many Kids come by, all the cutest things ever, we have loved it.

Here are a couple of pictures of Halloween, our house and the red dragon. I will post more in a couple of days of Daniels Homecoming. It feels good to be back Blogging and hopefully I won't get behind again!

Fourth of July!

2009-07-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

Here is an update of pictures for the fourth of July.... I know it is almost the end of July and just getting around to it, but It was a fun night in Philly at the Art Museum. There was Sheryl Crow performing and the Roots! We loved watching the fireworks, and even more the crazy people around us. Anyways, I can't believe it is the end of July...Jimmy and I will be coming home shortly (end of August), and we couldn't be happier!

Philli with our Friends!!

2009-06-10T15:52:00.000-07:00

We are so happy becuase Rob and Crystalin are out here in Philli for the rest of the summer!!!! We didn't expect them out here but were thrilled they are here! Here pictures of us in Philli! We have missed our family and friends being so far away, but it made it better having at least two of our close friends out here!

I like to ride my bicycle!

2009-06-10T15:10:00.000-07:00

So is been a while since I have posted. We are out in Philli staying busy with work, work, and more work. It has been so busy...but we have had a couple days of fun. Last week we decided to go to the driving range. On our way we saw a RED retro bike on the side of the road that an old man was selling becuase they had had it hanging in there garage for many years. It was in mint condition, but had rust all over the rims and flat tires. I fell in love right away, we brought it home and I took a brillo pad to the rims and the rust came off and it shined up so well! Jimmy named it Foxy Lady. We road it to the walmart right behind our house and I road on the handle bars and jimmy pedaled! It was so fun! haha

Detour!

2009-05-03T07:45:00.000-07:00

So in our travels to Philidelphia, I found out from our trustee tom tom that Cedarburg (wheres my sister lives) was only 170 miles out of our way!! For a trip that is 3000 miles we felt it was worth our time to take the detour. We had so much fun with them and playing with the boys! The picture we took was at Amy's Carmel Apple Shop in the little town on Cedarburg. They were so yumy! The trip was long and annoying but we loved our little detour.

Graduation!

2009-05-03T07:42:00.000-07:00

Jimmy graduated from UVU! I am so proud of him with all that he had this semester....and he still seemed to do well enough in his classes to graduate! Here are the pictures from his party.... we were happy to have everyone there. It had great food and was a lot of fun! Again....I wish I would have taken pictures earlier with everyone there! We had such a fun time, and I am so proud of Jimmy and his accomplishments!

I Love the Jazz!

2009-04-24T09:37:00.000-07:00

GO JAZZ! That was one of the funnest games ever! So close, and the Jazz played so well!! We hate the lakers!

Mixed Emotions!

2009-04-17T08:30:00.000-07:00

{as the cam cam was leaving with its new owner I had to watch it drive away}
{I have to move on with my life}

{Jimmy saying don't take the cam cam away}

So we never thought the day would come when we would have to sell the camry....but the day has come! Since we are moving to Philidelphia, it was either pay to transport it for 800... or sell.... So we sold it this morning! We were sad to see it go becuase it got us from A to B and never gave us ANY problems....even with 234,000 miles! Jimmy woke me up early this morning and I took pictures of his last moments with the Cam cam...so here they are... As you can tell there were mixed emotions.

Casino Night!

2009-04-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

We had a couple of friends over for my birthday, and what would be a party without a game of AC Ducey. It was fun having everyone over. We were sad when everyone was leaving becuase we only have about 20 more days until we leave. We have loved all of our friends that we have grown so close to and will miss everyone tons! It was crazy though, we were thinking with Nate and Kirk there we would come out on top, but with kirks luck from Lauren, and Nates luck of well, Chad.... We all came out about even...except Chase and Goldie did bounce early with about $5 up...but we'll get that back soon! Thanks for all that came.... I wish I would have taken more pictures of everyone!

Welcome to Seattle!

2009-03-27T09:10:00.001-07:00

Jimmy and I are so excited! Orbit the company he is working for right now has offered him a Medical Sales Rep Position opening the Seattle Washington and eventually Oregon area. Both Jimmy and I had never been there before and wanted to see the area before we packed our bags and moved there in September. So this last weekend we took a trip there to see if we could picture us living there and eventually start our family there. We have heard so many good things and were so excited and nervous to go, we had the feeling we would easily fall in love. The whole weeked was so Perfect. We stayed at Geoff Baulkmans house in Issaquah, which didn't help much becuase his family was so incredibly nice, and there home was so beautiful right on lake Sammaish. We woke up to incredible views of the lake and everything was so breathtaking! Everything was incredibly green, with rolling hills and amazing views all over! We looked at apartments, and homes and then did the tourest stuff like Pikes Market, the space needle, and Snoqualime Falls. Of course Jimmy gave me a LITTLE time in Nordstroms (which is the headquarters) and It gave me a glimps of the shopping ahead and I can't wait to get down there and spend a LITTLE more time there. At the end of the trip we we're both in LOVE, and excited to have the opportunity of living in such an amazing place. We will miss friends and family so much, but are excited for all the memories and experiences ahead. Here are a couple of pictures of our trip!

What the??!

2009-03-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

Are those two toothpicks.... No its jimmys white legs. We have started to run, and Jimmy refuses to wear anything but this. After we had run he said he wished there were more people out to see him. I was quite embarrassed of his immodesty.

Out with the Girls!

2009-03-11T19:03:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I've gone out with some of my best friends from college. We went to melting pot and then down to the piano bar for Michelles bachelorette party and had fun dancing and just spending time together with all the original girls! Who knows what we are doing in this picture....we're crazy! haha

Lost and Found

2009-03-07T21:36:00.000-08:00

Lauren and I found this lost dog....I thought is was a gift from heaven, and free would ring a bell with Jimmy...but I guess money isn't the issue... we had to knock door to door till we found its owner.

Chairs

2009-02-22T21:42:00.000-08:00

Right when I say I am not getting anything else for my apartment I found these green houndstooth chairs I had to get for my "future home"! They will work perfectly with the classic modern style that I want to go in my next home. They had my name written all over them and I couldn't pass them up. Since I don't have room in my apartment they are blocking our entryway but the good thing is that I am reminded how much I love them every time I get home or leave. Thank goodness I have a husband that understands cute chairs are needed even when there isn't room in our apartment!

Just a few projects....

2009-02-20T11:27:00.000-08:00

I love it. Lately I have had a itch to craft, re-upholster, paint, wallpaper, build, and just get down and dirty and create something. With being in an apartment it makes it difficult to do anything perminant. I have tried to stay away from doing much more with my apartment since we will be moving in about 2 months, and most likly the things that I have for this apartment won't move perfectly into our next home, and i don't want to move it to where we will be. So I have the itch, and can't do much about it! But there have been a couple things that I have done and I owe my sister a ton of pictures so that she can see my little aparment life.

Domino featured a kitchen and it had the cutest saying "BE CALM and CARRY ON"...I thought it was so cute, and I knew I will definantly want in my future home. So the other night Lauren and I decided to come together and craft. We got down and dirty (and almost high) spray painting her dresser a white laqure, and then with Laurens graphic design skills we recreated the same "Be Calm Carry On" Poster. We got a white mat and white frame and perfecto Something that i love, for an altogether total of $26!

Also, here are the other pictures that my sister has been begging for, a picture of my office with my new armoire, the perfect solution to hide my sewing & copy/fax machine. I love it! Jimmy can be doing homework on the desk, and i am busy sewing in my handy dandy armoire.

Just had to post of my new "BE CALM and CARRY ON" addition, and post pictures of my office for my sister to see.

Update...its been a while!

2009-02-16T08:40:00.000-08:00

Its been a while since I have posted. And Yes, I have been watching the bachelor every Monday, and I can't wait for tonights. Diana is comming back and she needs the boot!

Anyways, so I just thought I would update everyone with the only few pictures I have taken during these eventful last months. It was so nice spending Jimmy and My first Holiday season together. We absolutly feel lucky we have almost (two months away) had such an amazing first year of marrage. People told us it would be hard to adjust, but for us it has been so enjoyable spending every second possible having fun together, and never needing to "go home" at the end of the night since now we have our own home. We feel we are either lucky people, or just Best Friends, that love eachother so much! haha

The favorite holiday so far, has been Valentines day. Jimmy has been so busy from working for Orbit, taking his last classes in school (which includes anatomy, yuck!), and managing for Stone Security. We havn't had much US time with him waking up at 6, going to work, comming home for dinner and then off to his classes, leaving his lunches and dinners for recruting time, and Mondays for Basketball. Ahh, I can't wait till it is over! Only Two Months away! But in the mean time, we have been taking advantage of the short time we have together.

For Valentines day we had the most perfect date ever. It holds a place in both Jimmy and my heart because we meet at a Valentines day party two years ago! But for this valentines day we woke up and had couple massages which was so amazing. Then we went home got ready and headed up to Park city, shoped at the Outlets and then went on our way to Ruth's Chris...Yum! It was perfect. I was with him all day without phone calls or interuptions. Just US! I appretiate Jimmy so much with all that he does, and the time he takes to make me happy. I love him....so much!!

So in short for the pictures, there are a couple of valentines day, and one with my nephew and I during Christmas....I wish I would have taken more. I need to be better at grabbing my camra, to remember the moments!

I hope that everyone else has had a great holiday season...even though it is far past, and is enjoying the last few winter months!

Jason's Already Engaged!!!

2008-12-11T09:02:00.000-08:00

Well, like I had put on a couple post before, Jason the bachelor was going to have his own show....I was so excited, then yesterday we found out that he just got engaged!!! He found someone he is totally in love with!! I was excited to hear that, yet I was sad we wouldn't be able to watch the whole process....I wonder who will be the next now! Good thing Jimmy is taken....ABC would be all over him to be the next bachelor, he is such a stud!

Our Little Girl!

2008-12-11T08:58:00.000-08:00

We thought this was fun too!! Here is a possibility of what one of our little girls could look like... haha

MorphThing Image

2008-12-10T12:33:00.001-08:00

linzi and jimmy

So Jimmy and I thought that it would be fun to see what our babys would look like....this is what we found... a morph thing. This is Jimmy and I put together, I thought it was hallarious! The part that shows our kids wasn't working, so our kids are soon to come. For now, this is us becoming one! My face looks long and skinny... just like jimmys, I kind of like it, but those brows have got to go....they are wide and whispy, yuck! haha

Its begining to look a lot like Christmas!

2008-12-06T13:29:00.000-08:00

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year! This year has already started out to be one of the bests ever! Last night we went and got our first christmas tree! We went and did a little christmas shopping, got some nice hot, hot chocolate and then headed to the chrismas tree farm. We were so excited to be picking out our first, and bringing it into our own home! Here are some pictures of our little adventure! The tree is not complete yet becuase I have a lot of my christmas ornaments at home and we ran out of lights....and we figured that out half way through.. .. but we still love it!

Bitzy Boots

2008-11-26T10:51:00.000-08:00

So, a week or two ago, I decided to make some baby booties...and they turned out so cute I decided to share them with the world like my sister does all of her projects! So go check them out at bitzybooties.etsy.com....let me know what you think!

JASONS BACK!

2008-11-17T21:01:00.000-08:00

Oh my gosh, The last season of Bachelorette both Jimmy and I totally fell in love with Jason! We were so happy to find out HE WILL BE THE NEXT BACHELOR!! He was such a good guy and we are so excited that there will be a whole show with him!!! It will start in January and we can not wait--- He deserved much better than Dianna, and he will be able to choose this time!

-Jimmy just said that he would like to be exempt from this "WE" thing, but he did fall in love with him too, just like D. will and Pujoles, its called a man crush.

I Hung out with KORVER!!!!!

2008-11-08T12:38:00.000-08:00

SO, Jimmy and I went to he Jazz game and Korver came up to us becuase we were so cool and was like we should hang out sometime...and of course we said ok!!! So anyways we went and hung out with Korver!! Here are a couple of pictures!! Haha j/k I wish. Actually, Korver being one of the most amazing guy ever decided to hold a charity and for everyone who brought a coat for kids could meet him and sign autographs!! So of course we brought a coat!! He was just as cute in person! So i didn't think what I was going to say to him before I actually met him so when I saw him we met eyes and then I said, " I am a big fan." Then it became a little bit awakard and then I said, " me and my husband really like watching you". That was it! His eyes met mine....and then I turned around for a picture, that I wasn't suppose to take, and he smiled. It was perfect, I just wish I would have thought of something better to say!!

Happy Happy Halloween!

2008-11-02T15:06:00.000-08:00

So if you hadn't seen our halloween costume... here it is... Yup, this year we were the nutcracker and a ballerina!! I thought that I would include our memories from last years costumes as tinker bell and peter pan! I love that jimmy is so willing to dress up and wear tights. We look forward to the many more fun halloweens ahead! I hope everyone had a Fantastic and spooky halloween!

Cutest Boys Ever!!!

2008-10-30T15:53:00.000-07:00

So my sister has not posted in years it seems like and she sent me pictures of Carter and Britton. The just looked way too cute to not show them off. Carter just got glasses and he looks so cute and OLD with them!! I love them so much and MISS them every day!!! We miss you so much Stephanie, Carter, Britton, and Chris!

Buisness Man Jimmy!

2008-10-30T15:36:00.000-07:00

I just want to give a shout out to Jimmy for being such an AMAZING husband and new business man!! He is so good to me and is amazing in everything he does! He just got an internship with a Medical Sales company in Salt Lake, and they have already told him they will make an area for him after his Summer with Stone Security. He is so busy with School, Managing Stone Security, and Orbit Medical, and still makes plenty of fun time to spend with me. He leaves at 8 in the morning and doesn't get home till 7 at night! I am just so proud of him for all his hard work and already having sucess in what he is doing in just two weeks at his internship! I miss being with him every hour of everyday!! I love him so much and I am so excited to see what the future holds for Him! This was him at our celebration Dinner looking like a Business Man!! I love you Jimmy!

Lights out, GAME ON!!!

2008-10-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

Jazz season has began, and Korver got the cutest haircut and looking good( this is a picture with his long hair looking nice. Not as cute as jimmy in the pict next to him though) Jimmys man D will was lookin nice on the bench with his sweet sport coat (we were sad he wasn't playing)! They are off you a good start with the new sound system, lights and the fireworks...just what our boys deserve! Way to go Jazz on your first game!!! GOOD LUCK on your season!!! Lights out, GAME ON!! haha

More wedding pictures!

2008-10-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

I'm just getting around to ordering some wedding pictures and here are a couple that I have fallen love with.

Haunted House

2008-10-11T09:19:00.000-07:00

So last night we went on a very scary date!! we went to the Castle of Chaious with lauren, kirk, rob and Crystelin! It was so much fun getting together again! We love the Portwoods and soon to be Spencers!! We hadn't hung out since the summer and it was great to be together again and Lauren to join! Here are a couple of pictures!! The second one Jimmy took in the haunted house with our 3-D glasses on, and so I am so sad he is not in it cause it is so funny! After we took he pict a scary guy came up to me and was going to take my camera...so I wasn't going to take it out again! I love the pict though... haha Well it was just another fun night during this Scary Halloween season!

Oh I just have to add...at the beggining we were crawling into a tight box that we didn't know where to go and we crawled too far into a place we were not suppose to be...pitch black...and we all got stuck, smooshed against eachother where we couldn't stand up or even move forward...this was no part of the haunted house! It wasn't funny at the time! haha

It's Daniels Brithday!!!

2008-10-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, so today is my brothers birthday today he is a big 20 years old! I can not believe it!!! He is in Poland right now serving his mission and we are so missing him on this big day!!!! I just woke up this morning wishing that I could sing him happy birthday, and take him out to lunch like we did last birthday! But instead I decided to throw him a party! We love you Daniel and wish we could all be together celebrating your big day!!

Rainy Day!

2008-10-05T10:38:00.000-07:00

I was so excited the other day when I woke up at 3 in the morning and it was raining! I was so excited becuase I knew I would be able to wear my new zebra rain boots! So I did! I love the rain and how it smells, and there was nothing better than wearing cute rainboots on such a beautiful rainy day!! Aren't they so cute?

Husband 5.0

2008-10-05T10:13:00.000-07:00

Jimmy and I saw this the other day on Jenna and Andrews blog and we thought it was so funny! We were at lunch the other day and I forgot my rings- he told me he is ok with being Boyfriend 5.0 for the day, but I am just the luckiest and have a husband 5.0! He brought me home an Orchid the other day and I absolutly love it! He loves making me happy! But read on, I know there are many of these...

Husband 101
Dear Tech Support,Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NASCAR 6.0, NFL 5.1 and Golf Clubs 4.1.Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.What can I do?Signed,Desperate.

DEAR DESPERATE,First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.HTML and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5 and Happy Hour 7.0.Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.Good Luck!Tech Support

Finally getting settled!

2008-09-24T12:04:00.000-07:00

Finally we are getting settled in our new apartment! We have been so happy here we haven't wanted to leave! Sunday we had our first dinner over at our house with My family, Grandpa Boone, Lisa and Zach. It was so nice to have my grandpa here, he was on his way to move to Saint George! We all feel so lucky to have him close by! I'm sad I didn't get a picture with everyone, but I got a picture of the table. :) It was so nice to finally have a home where we can invite family and friends over to! Here are a couple pictures of the apartment...its not done yet, but my sister wanted to see it right away!

See Ya Scionara Hello Murano!!

2008-09-20T16:07:00.000-07:00

So we finally got rid of my fun little car! I was so sad to see it go, but it had to because no one could fit in the back if they were bigger than 5'2, no SUV could see me cause the car was so short, and for the winter I knew my "I'm stuck in the snow" episodes were turning into a part time job for Jimmy's brother AJ! I tried getting rid of it a couple times and then things kept comming up! The first time I put it up for sale an SUV hit me comming out of a car wash, second time a Hummer ran into the back of me, and just on our way to go trade it in this time a Sequoia ran into the back of us with there bike rack...luckly we were able to wipe the scrapes out! All SUV's. And I could never forget to mention the chain in our little way. From Day one we named it sionara... and it lived up to its name fully. I loved that car and I put it though so much and it was still so good to me. I knew it needed to go for saftey reasons and so we could fit more than two people in our car. So I just wanted to say soolong scionara, I hope you go to a good owner! So Jimmy and I decided on a Nissan Murano which I had rented when scionara was being repaired from the chain and I absolutly loved it! I knew it would be a perfect car for us for many years to come and we love it! Everyone can see me and people can fit comfortably! We love it and look forward to the many years ahead! haha

Cable Man Jimmy

2008-09-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

The neighbors wern't home to ask to borrow the cable for the BYU game so Jimmy thought he could undo theirs temporarly ...it didn't work, but luckly the cable people had a cancellation...he was SO worried he would miss the game! This is Him trying to install cable! haha

Dinner with my girlfriends!

2008-09-20T15:58:00.000-07:00

Alcatraz

2008-09-20T15:55:00.001-07:00

First Guest in our Home!!

2008-08-04T19:41:00.000-07:00

My cousin Erin and her husband Anthony came to our apartment and stayed this weekend! It was so much fun because we were able to soak up the warm sun Santa Cruise and shop along the shore which is only 45 min away!! We totally enjoyed it! We had great food, fun entertainment and best of all fun company! We look forward to all of our visitors ahead...(taryn!!! :)

I finally figured it out!!

2008-08-01T19:50:00.000-07:00

So this entire week I have been working so hard to figure this blog design stuff out! It has pretty much been like biology for me...which is the worst thing in the world! I still can't believe that this many people use this thing with how not user friendly this is!!! But I finally did it and I am the happiest person in the world! Now I have the best husband in the world and a cute blog, living in sunny San Jose, I couldn't ask for more! Now I can start updateing everyone on what is going on in our new little world!!

Our Wedding!!!

2008-07-31T13:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, I know this post is about 3 months late but both Jimmy and I have not had time to look back yet! We still almost feel as though we are on our honeymoon cause we haven't lived back home in utah yet and we are still madly in love! :) Anyways, here are some pictures that the photographer posted on his blog until we get home and have more. It was a perfect wedding! I loved it so much, so take a look!

I can't have friends until my blog is cute!

2008-07-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

So every one has been bugging me about getting my blog up and going, but the hardest part is making it cute and personal, and i can't have a blog until it is just that! So the last couple of times I have gotten on here I sit at the computer try so hard to make it cute, then give up and think that I am wasting my time. So today I decided to put the looks of my blog aside and update people on what as been going on!! I don't even know where to start so I will just post a ton of pictures and let that tell our story of the past eventful months!

2008-03-09T16:07:00.000-07:00

OK, So I just have to say thank you to my sister for getting me up and running on this blog thing. And I just have to say I normally look like an angel when I sleep, that's why my sister thinks that posting she put up is hilarious!