New Moon!

I got to go to the midnight showing of New Moon this past week with the gals-Adrienne, Brittany, Katie, Melanie, Trinette, Sunni & Karlie! It was way too much fun-this movie was 100% better than Twilight! We actually got to the movie theater at 9:00p.m. to get a good seat and we had the whole theater to ourselves and got the best seats in the house! We all wore our Twilight shirts that we made and while we waited we were taking pictures of ourselves in front of the screen(we are mature, really)...kinda too dark, but it was fun to just be with girls and talk about Twilight-Trinette brought the "Scene It" Twilight game and we played that until up till the movie started and Brittany brought blankets and a really yummy dessert(that we didn't sneak into the movie:)) Thanks gals it was great-can't wait till the next one! I heart Edward!

Brian's Birthday Weekend!

Last weekend we were lucky enough to go to the Jazz vs. Cavaliers game in Cleveland with our good buds The Albrecht's and The Hatch's :) 2 years ago we made the same trip-with no kiddies of course, but this time we had 2 little ones:) Luckily Lundon's parents were kind enough to watch the little rascals while the adults had a night out! It was fun and we were practically the only Jazz fans, but it was still a good ol' time. The Jazz gave them a run for their money- we didn't win, BUT D. Will, K. Korver,& C.J. Miles were out of the line up unfortunately...thanks for the trip guys it was great-I think we are on our way to a tradition!

 

Alli sported her Jazz shirt as well-I made her's and mine with freezer paper and fabric paint-so easy and way cheap since I already had the shirt-she doesn't like to model or have me take pics of her so this was pure luck gettin her to even sit still for 3 seconds that's why they are kinda fuzzy :)


Brian's actual birthday-we went to Marcella's Italian Restaurant with friends-The Muirs, Albrecht's, Hunter's, Jump's, and The Dansie's with dessert after at our house-thanks for coming and celebrating with us! Brian had a great b-day if you ask me-Jazz tickets, NBA package on TV, Basketball shoes and lots of cards with $$$-although he didn't get them all at the same time, he started collecting these things a few months before his "real" b-day, he just kept saying "Oh this is for my birthday..." hmmm...maybe I should start doing that right now too :)

 

HaPpY BiRtHo-WeEn AlLi J./MiNnIe MoUsE!

We have had a lot goin' on these past few weeks with Halloween and Alli's Birthday-its crazy that she is OFFICIALLY the big #1 TODAY! We had a ward Halloween party, Trick or Trunk, and Alli's Birthday/Halloween Party all within one week-phew! We have had lots of fun and Alli has had lots of entertainment:) It's always fun having fun:)!

Alli was Minnie Mouse this year-she was so cute in her outfit and she actually kept her ears on too :)

Since Alli was Minnie-we decided to be BiG Mickey and Minnie as well as it wasn't too difficult to make the outfits-Brian has to incorporate tights into his Halloween costumes-just different colors each year-yellow, green and this year he went with Black :) All his idea too...

Here is our first Halloween Party-all the boys-we had Shredder(beau), Flower (Dave), Mickey (brian) and Headless Horseman(Tyler)

Alli and Tatum or "Taterello"

She discovered chocolate candy at our ward's Trick or Trunk-she especially loved the chocolate candy bars 100 grand and Twix as you can see...Alli really wanted us to open up the candy so she wouldn't have to suck the wrapper off...we gave in and this is what happened next...



Alli's Birthday Party/Halloween Party-we ate some delicious foods and desserts, played Bingo, "Bobbing" for donuts, and Speed(basketball)

This is the closest we came to a picture of everyone :)

The Dansies gave the donut game a good shot...

Then the Jumps-Stephanie was pretty quick...


The May's-they were sweet looking Olympic Skeleton riders...

Then "Buzz"/Davis gave it us all a run for our money with his miniature donut :)

We gave it a go, I think we could've won except Brian inhaled the powder and couldn't get it all down fast enough-darn it :) I didn't get a picture of the winners Bart and Krista-she actually ate the last of her donut off of the floor to win it for them!


We played speed-pretty funny in costumes

If awards were given out for best costume-Dave and Steph would have gotten them-hats off to you guys-you mimes were a hit-they even played their parts-no talking the whole night! (not really)

Alli had a great time with all her buddies-Benson, Whitney, Emri, Averi, Ashton, Tatum, Reece, Davis, and Lexi-I didn't catch a picture with them all since they were all over the place:)

The cake-she wasn't too interested in it with all the people around and she was getting tired so Buzz gave her a hand with blowing out the candle...

Whitney helped Alli open her presents since she is 3 months her senior :)

Today on her birthday:
Alli is such a sweet, cute, loving, fun, enthusiastic, energetic, and social little gal! We can't believe she is ONE! Some of the things she is doing is waving and saying "hi" and "bye",she really likes saying "wow"and really emphasizes the "O" of her mouth:), making doggie and cow sounds, loves to clap-she stops what she is doing and claps if she hears anyone doing it or if its on TV, sing and dance to music especially "Itsy Bitsy Spider" "Popcorn popping" and the "ABC's", loves eating EVERYTHING especially when we are eating without her-we always have to share, she has recently discovered chocolate candy :) Alli stands on her own, but is scared to walk by herself so she still prefers crawling as her way of transportation, gives us kisses-usually wet ones, has discovered cupboards and drawers and loves to get in them, is a social butterfly-just recently we were at a restaurant and a lady came by and asked if she could show her to her friends at the next table-so without a second thought, Alli went to her and performed for them smiling and clapping and waving saying her adorable little "Hi", where did she get that from? Maybe Brian hmmm...I hope she eventually gets some stranger anxiety or something or she is going to as they say "give us a run for our money :)" it's crazy how fast time goes by, but to us she will always be our little "stinker"! Happy Birthday Alli J. We Love You!

AlLi'S (11 month) BiRtHdAy CeLeBrAtIoN!

Since we were in SG for the marathon we decided to celebrate Alli's #1 B-day a little early with our fams! It was a cowgirl party of course with all the fixin's! Alli loves all her cousins and has lots of fun being entertained by them. We had some delicious food, Alli and all the kiddos enjoyed the cake, and we had a great time watching all the youngins ride the horse and hit the pinata! Thanks everyone for coming and celebrating and a BiG thanks to my mom and dad for providing all the festivities!

I made AlLi's cake-I thought it was cute and it was inexpensive too :)

The cakes-a pony cake for AlLi and farm friends for the cuz's

Great Grandma Snow and Dad tryin to get Alli to walk-she still prefers crawling :)

Ridin' the horse-all the kids seemed to have a good time-especially Brooke and Ben's girlies-they cried when they had to get off:)

Ady and Emma-such cute cowgirls...


The cutest cowboys in town Austin and Landon...

Some decorations...

All the fam...

Alli loved her cake, she wasn't shy at all it was pretty funny to watch her eat it...

Forget the utensils...


All the kids decided to join in on Alli's cake eating and help her out...


Great Grandpa Hunter and Alli J. in her cowgirl outfit I made her...

Opening gifts...

The pinata-Alli gave it a good hit :)

Landon and the pinata-this was the funnest event of the party all the kids loved it


Pin the tail on the donkey...

Nat decided to join the kids in dressin up too :)

26.2-We DiD It! #3

Well, I'm happy to say that I am alive and that my good buddy o' mine Krista Jo is alive as well!! We made it through our 3rd marathon together! Ya Hoo! I will say that it was our hardest-most likely due to our lack of training :) and we weren't that pleased with our time, but we stopped and visited with family and friends along the way, we were just glad to finish with our bodies intact! Krista and I decided that we have had our fill once again of running long distances-that is marathons:) and that if we ever do one again, we are training better-hopefully :) Thanks Krista for another accomplishment-couldn't have done it without ya and I am so glad that we didn't lose each other this time (our first marathon together we lost each other at mile 3 not cool, luckily we were able to reunite fairly quickly :)) Our parting remarks to each other went something like this, "Please don't call me if it regards running!" I think we are ready for another long break!

Everyone in Pine Valley the morning of the race...

Krista and I at the start-don't mind my reflectors :)

At Veyo...we weren't feeling too bad here-it was still chilly, but the sun was starting to come up-beautiful!

Us coming down Snow Canyon hoping our knees and feet will hold out for 9 more miles...

Last mile...it goes on forever

Last few lengths, we were running on fumes-that actually started at mile 13 :)

Glad to be done!

At the finish!

Night Shift

I have learned to really appreciate sleep. After you have a baby you REALLY learn this, but since I work the night shift I also have REALLY learned to appreciate it too :) Alli sleeps 12-13 hours a night, but yet I still feel like a new mom because I still take care of little ones all night long. I love my job, but this is definitely one of the downers...This is how I feel a lot of the time...

Working night shift has its pros and cons and this is the biggest con for sure. I do really well until the clock dings 3 a.m. We night shift nurses call it the "bewitching" hour. If you look at any of us we are zombies-don't get me wrong we are awake and able to our work, but if you sit down to chart at the computer and its really quiet and dark-it takes double time because it is really hard to concentrate :)

But I love helping these little guys and seeing them grow and overcome such difficult things like breathing on their own and it is so great to see them get big enough that they can eventually eat from a bottle-who knew that these things could be such a difficult task to accomplish...I get jealous of them at night though cause they get to sleep and are all cuddly and snuggled and I want to curl up with them...

You learn to appreciate your health and your families health even more so when you see the trials and tribulations that families go through to bring these little people into the world.

I am grateful I have a job that I love and that I can provide some $$$ and insurance for our fam-I just don't let Brian forget that he gets to take over really soon and then I can get back to really enjoying my sleep :)

Whatsa goin on? Well...

**Lotsa pics-beware!

Brian made it to his 1/2 way mark for Dental school can I get a woo woo! They celebrated with a 1/2 way BBQ, it was fun to visit with everyone and meet a few more of his classmates and Professors

All the little gals together at the BBQ that are pretty much the same age- 2-3 months difference-and as you can see ALL girls-so fun! Alli is the oldest of the bunch and took advantage of that-poor little Averi lost her bink to the J'ster unfortunately when I turned my head for a split second :) Katie has a good picture of that on her blog he he

Alli and Tatum having a play date (Beau & Shannon's cutie)... as you can see they quite like each other


Alli and I at the Aquarium...

Alli at the zoo...she loved the monkeys when they were jumping around from tree to tree, she also loved to look at all the kids, couldn't decide what she liked more kids or animals :) (kids I think)

Adrienne and Benson came along with us to the zoo-so fun!:)

SO tired after looking at all the kids and animals at the zoo...she rarely falls asleep in her car seat so she MUST have been tired :)

Darren came to visit Brian so he could golf at the OSU dental tournament-is 7 under par good? They had a good time, giggling like little school boys all night & playing PS3 College Football j/k :) Too bad TIffany was in LONDON of all places so she wasn't able to come :(

I've been kinda crafty lately...I made Alli this outfit-I tried it out with some tester fabric-hence the weird prison looking stripes to see if I liked the pattern :) We'll see if I do it again duh duh duh

Skirts and a wallet...

Tried out a new dessert recipe-I thought it was a different take on strawberry shortcake-yum yum!

Also tried my hand at canning salsa because we had so many garden tomatoes-well I thought so many, turned out to make not very much, but hey, I tried it out and it wasn't so bad :)

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