Fall 2010

I LOVE this time of year. Here's just a few more reasons to love it even more

Kassie and Whitney

Last weekend Cris and I had the pleasure of attending my friend Kassie's wedding in the Salt Lake Temple. Since I LOVE her dearly we headed up to Utah just to turn around and come right back, but it was soo worth it! Kassie was the most BEAUTIFUL bride I've ever seen! Seriously, everything was PERFECT! From her dress, to her shoes, to the flowers, to the venue... it was amazing! Cris and I had never been to a sealing in the SLC temple before, so we were soo excited to be able to attend.


Me and the beautiful bride!


Wahoo!

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The luncheon was at the Joseph Smith memorial building. I love the Temple in the back ground! The Salt Lake Temple is so amazing inside and out!
I can't wait to go back in December and see all the lights!

Gone again

We were so glad to have this guy back....








and now he's gone again.
We miss you Daddy! Please come home soon!

Tinfoil Table

So while my hubby's been away, I've been trying to keep myself busy, so what's better than projects to pass the time away?!
A couple months back my sister-in-laws and I went to the swap meet and I found a little table and a dresser that I could not pass up! So when Leah came accross this amazing blog (seriously I don't understand these insanely crafty women. HOW DO THEY DO IT?) The woman had taken a cheap table, tinfoil and modge podge and created a nightstand that was to die for! It was cheap, easy and dummie proof so of coarse it was the project for me! And here's how it turned out!

The table before...



Leah and I during the process...


The table after she'd been covered in tinfoil...


And here she is all finished... It's more 'weathered' looking than I wanted, but it's pretty cute for my first time!

A single mother for the time being

I have a new found appreciation for all the single parents out there. I really don't know how my mother, with 8 children of her own, did it all those years! I've only had the pleasure of experiencing it for 4 weeks... and let me tell ya I'M OVER IT!!
My husband Cris has been gone now for 4 weeks and I'm so ready to have him home. He really is so much help to me! Things around here truly just aren't the same without him. So E and I decided to go stay in Utah with my family for 3 weeks... I guess the word "stay" truly doesn't sum it up. I pretty much just MOVED IN! I took everything I possibly could fit into my SUV and somehow it just didn't seem like enough! My little sis Seij was gracious enough to fly down here and drive up to UT with me so I'd have some company and someone to keep me sane on the long drive. Thankfully Ethan is such an amazing little boy. He truly is the sweetest, calmest, most easy going baby ever so needless to say everything went off without a hitch! E was so good and the drive flew by! (THANKS SEIJ!)
So while I was up there I watched my sister Sid's two wonderful children while they were off track. We had a blast! We went swimming everyday, went to lunch, played games, watched movies and they didn't even complain the many times I hauled them off to the mall! The best time we had though was when we went to the Draper Aquarium. E loved it! Especially the little penguins. They were so cute! All in all we had a great time in Utah and I LOVED being able to see all my friends again! What a fun time we had getting caught up and seeing every one's cute babies! My family is amazing for helping me out so much while Cris is away. I love them so much and am so grateful they took me and my child in (and all our crap that came with us:)

Ethan and I with the penguins


E loves his aunt Sid!


Taylor and Canyon cutest kids ever!

6 months going on 12 months..

My little Ethan is 6 months old! Where has the time gone? It truly seems like yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital and started our new life as a family. Life with Ethan has been so amazing and has been the greatest blessing we could have ever asked for! I love being his mommy and had no idea I'd love anything as much as I love him. Every day that I look at him I thank Heavenly Father for blessing our lives so fully! He is growing up so fast and doing so much now.
Here are some of E's accomplishments this month:
He went swimming for the first time and LOVED it!
He sits up all by himself now!
He is now in size 5 diapers and size 12-18 months clothes (crazy I know!!)
He weighs 18.8 Lbs and is 27.5 in. long
He is sleeping through the night (It's been a long time coming!)
He LOVES food! Anything we give him the kid devours! Hence the reason I'm having to buy him 12-18 month clothes:D

Family Vacation 2010

So I've been putting off posting about our familly vacation for a few weeks now. We did so many fun things and we had a ton of awesome pictures that it became overwhelming trying to post them all... so I've decided to pick just a few of my favorites and move on. So our big family vacation this year was a trip to Yellowstone. I was really not that excited to be going at first, but we had such a fun time! We stayed in Driggs ID in a beautiful cabin. It was a great location and from there was easy access to all the places we visited: Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Rexburg (where we went shopping and to Bear World, and the Grand Tetons. So in 10 days we conquered 6 states and Ethan was such a champ! He loves to travel and be outside so lucky for us he is such a good baby!

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