christmas goodies . . .

Last week we got together at Ty & Amber's house with Lauren & Deven & Pierce & Amelia to make some popcorn treats for some friends for the holidays. We made 3 batches each of caramel popcorn and a yummy white chocolate peppermine recipe of Amelia's. We became pro's at it and are now considered professionals

This is what the boys did while we did all the hard work. . . watched the jazz game and played tennis on the Wii. No help!

Longggggg Overdue

I'm probably the WORST person ever at blogging I have decided. I think one reason might be that I'm not exactly sure how to still work everything to do with blogging. I still don't know how to add friends to the side of the page, and for that reason I think that nobody knows we have a blog. So why blog if the only person that is going to read it is your mom? ha

You would think that my life is completely boring and that I have absolutely nothing to write about, but that's not entirely true. Since my last post....in MAY...ha....Tom has started going back to school (so exciting!), we have moved (we now live in the middle of a sheep farm, no joke), and we are having a baby!

A baby girl to be exact and the time is soon approaching. Only 9 weeks left! I'm going just a little bit crazy. My mom always says that my life is about to change and I don't doubt it. It's no longer about me ha which is going to be a harsh reality I'm sure. ANYWAYS we are VERY VERY VERY excited and can't wait to meet this little girl. We are still not sure on a name. Unfortunately we had a million bazillion boys names picked out and not a single girl name on our list. We've narrowed it down to about 2 or 3 names that we like but we're still not sure. I always thought I would be one of those people that would know way in advance what I was going to be naming my child. But I was wrong. Who knew that could happen? ha

Here's just a few pictures to catch all of you (mom) up to date for the past 7 months:

I turned 23 - wahoo!

Tom and I found a new favorite pizza place in Park City called Maxwell's and took Lar & Devan and had a blast! (obviously, since we're in bobsled)

We went on a date night and I made an elephant piggy bank for the soon to be little girl and Tom made a huge mug that he uses for cereal because he would always steal mine.

Tom still loved to play sports any chance he can get.

Tom turned 26- what an old man!

We all dressed up as Swamp People (aka white trash) for Halloween. If you haven't seen the show Swamp People - you should probably now take the opportunity to catch up on what you've been missing out on. It's about people who hunt alligators. ha

This is our little girl at 25 weeks with her legs all stretched up to her face :)

I still have the cutest nieces in the whole world. This picture was taken at the celebration of my mom's parents, Gigi & Grandpa Bob's, 60th wedding anniversary!

And....this is me at 30 weeks prego

I almost forgot something very important- we also played on an Orem city kickball league this fall and we were pretty much amazing. We were the only team that was undefeated before the championship.

Just to let you know how terrible I am at blogging - this blog took me an hour to complete. That's probably why I NEVER blog!

mmmmmoab

My brother Cort and his family FINALLY moved back from Florida at the beginning of May and I am so glad that they are back home and that I can see my nieces whenever I please. He is starting a new job at a law firm up in Salt Lake so we decided to take a family vacation with everybody down to Moab before he started work.
I had fun spending time with my family, hiking, playing tennis, going to the park, and most of all swimming in the SUN! I live for warm weather and I can't wait for it to me warm here soon. Tom had fun doing all that I'm sure but the thing that he lives for in Moab is jeeping with Tyson. That scares me way to much and I opt out for the pool so we all get what we want. Unfortunately now it's back to the real world of cold Provo and working. Sad day for us.

ps- can you tell my cute Tom doesn't have the same skin type as our family lol it looks like he's still wearing a white tank. but don't be fooled. he's not!

cOlLeGe gRadUatE!!!

So I finally graduated from college and received my diploma in the mail to make it official last week and I am so very excited! It's a little bit weird to think that I don't have to sign up for classes this upcoming fall - I'm not exactly sure what to do with myself. I probably should be applying for jobs but I'm just loving having free time. I have decided that I will dedicate myself to applying for jobs this next week even though I've heard from all my classmates that it is hopeless. Anyways- for my graduation my best Jessie flew out to come see me walk! It was a blast! Tom got kicked out of the bedroom for the couch (he went willingly although I know that he is so glad to have his bed back) and was such a sweet husband to do that for us. It was such a fun week and I miss her so much already!

easily the cutest sister-in-laws

I was thinking today that, well more than just today, but specifically today about my sister-in-laws that were married into our family. Sometimes you just get lucky and that's what happened with our family. Besides adding family members to the family I feel like I got best friends as well. Mary Ann came along first almost 6 years ago and I was not quite sure what to think of her at first. Ha Mary Ann don't laugh! I thought she was the cutest but she was so quiet it seemed! I didn't know how she would fit in with our family at all. Little did I know that she is quite the wild child. Well wild child may be the wrong words. SASSY! Mary Ann is as sassy as can be, especially when she gives you the finger. (Not the finger you're thinking about, but if you know her you know what I mean.) She is such a wonderful mother to my two little nieces and I have to say that if her genes didn't turn up in Madi and Malan then those little girls probably wouldn't be as cute as they are. No offense Cort - it's just the truth. HA. So here are some cute picture of our lovely Mary Ann.

On to the next sister to join the family - Amber Bamber as my mom likes to call her. I wasn't too sure about this one either. She seemed quiet as well. Maybe I was just nervous about having sister-in-laws or something, who knows! I actually felt bad for Amber as she joined our familly because our family is pretty athletic and let's just say that Amber would much rather sit around than do anything that requires energy to move about. HA! She's probably loving this right now. Amber is the fastest internet racer as my grandma GiGi has said in the past. She amazes me more and more with this talent that she has. Not only is Amber an amazing runner but she has introduced me to a few things that I am thankful to her for - mainly cardboard kitty. Tom and I love when we get together with Ty and Amber and make dinner or play fugitive or search for rocks up in the mountais to make a fire pit in their backyard lol. She is just a blast and I'm happy that she lives so close and that I work with her that I get to see her as much as I do. So with regret, I mean happiness, I share a few pictures of our Amber!

* Side note/ Mental note: I am constantly trying to sneak/take pictures of these two and I have discovered today as I was searching for pictures of them that I do not do a good job and that I only have a few of just them. So girls I will try my hardest to do a better job! HAHA!

Happy 88th birthday Grandpa BOB!!!!!

A few weeks ago we had the chance to go celebrate my moms dad's 88th birthday with the family. Unfortunately Tom had to work so he couldn't' come. We had a delicious dinner and my cousin Laura Jane made an absolutely wonderful lemon cake that we had with 3 different kinds of sorbet. That is my kind of dessert!

Me, Grandpa Bob (the birthday boy), GiGi

Laura Jane, who made the yuppy birthday cake. If you look closely you will notice that she has a ring on her left hand. Everytime I see her she steals my wedding ring and wears it until I leave to go back home. I almost forgot it last time- Tom would not have been happy! ha

Grandpa Bob has recently started to write short stories about his life that are so fun to read. It's amazing the detail that he can remember and it makes the stories seem so real. I'm so glad that he is writing these stories that we will have them as part of our family history and I hope that he continues to write more so that I can share them with my children someday. (Not for a while - don't worry!) He is an amazing man though, not to mention he gives the best back scratches. It's so much fun whenever we get to spend time with them.

calzone night

So I forgot to mention below about calzone night. For a little Valentine's Day gift my mom gave Tom and I a calzone maker from William & Sonoma (love that store). You just make your dough, roll it out, place it on the calzone maker, fill it with all sorts of goodies and press it closed and WALAAA!!! you have yourself a calzone. Then of course you cook it! It was such a good present though and we love it - thanks mom! I have the best mom ever, don't be jealous.

Devan is probably the worst at making calzones. His had holes everywhere.

Lauren working hard in her top of the line apron.

All of our yummy ingredients. Of course I only used cheese and bacon I think. ha

My handsome husband in his Tmobile work shirt. He is now a pro at making calzones. I cannot lie.

PIZZA PIZZA!

Anybody that knows me knows that I love to eat! As does my husband. So one of our favorite things to do is to have friends over to make dinner together. Lately it's pretty much been with Lauren and Devan and we have themed nights. So far we have had pizza night, asian night, and calzone night. We may be lame but it makes the week a little more fun.

So here are some pictures from pizza night and calzone night. We actually ended up having pizza night at one of Tom's good friends house - Tyler and his wife Tahnee. We all had a blast and our pizza's were delicious. I didn't get a picture of the first pizza that I made, but it was a potato pizza. I know that sounds really weird and everything was making fun of it but . . . it was the favorite pizza of the night! DELICIOUS!

BEFORE (artichoke hearts w/ ham - stuffed crust may I add)

AFTER!!! lots and lots of cheese

Speaking of cheesey ha

Valentine's Cookie Making!!!

So I realize that I am probably the absolute worst blogger ever but . . . . somebody has been very busy with student teaching all day long, and that somebody is ME! It's not like Tom is super excited to take time out of his day to update a blog. He doesn't even like that we have one! He'll learn to live with it though- if he knows what's good for him :)

Since we have been so busy lately we also haven't had a lot of time to take very many pictures which makes me so sad because anybody that knows me well, knows that I love me some picture taking. So I have decided to update just a little bit with the few pictures that we do have. So here are some pictures back in February of one night when we decided to make some yummy valentine's day sugar cookies. We actually made them a few nights that week and I think that Tom is all sugar cookied out - which is amazing because Tom loves anything with sugar! Tom's sister Britt and her fiance Addie came over one night and these are some of the lovelies that we made!

Tom showing off his work off art - I honestly think this is the only cookie that he frosted all the way. He tends to slab some frosting on and shove it in his mouth. Not good when I was trying to make some to give away. ha

Here's cute Britt and Addie frosting away. Addie tends to frost like Tom.

He eats more than he frosts!

Christmas time!

This year was mine and Tom's third Christmas together, but our first one being married. It's so different when you're married. . . you're so poor! haha. It didn't matter though because it was one of my favorites yet. Tom knows that I love real Christmas trees, and one day when I had gotten out of the shower he had suprised me by having his family sneak in a Christmas tree into our front room. I walked out and was so suprised, I almost didn't notice it there for a second! ha.

We also loved this Christmas because Cort and Mary Ann, who have been down in Florida since September, came home to visit with the little girls. It was so good to see them because they havechanged so much in those few months, and we missed all of them so much.

It was such a wonderful, relaxing Christmas break, getting to hang out with both of our families. It's so convenient that our families live so close together. We love when we get the opportunities to spend more time with them, they are all so good to us!

Madi playing with her favorite most white trash present- the weasel ball!

Malan quizzing Madi and I on our flashcard knowledge.

Tom getting major air off the jump....oh wait...he missed it, like he missed the tube most the time!


One of my most favorite sister in laws!

My handsome husband and I

Christmas morning with my Malan girl. Notice Malan is sporting her new pink sparkly belt and her heels. ha

Christmas Eve with the Perotti's: Addison (Britt's fiance), Brittnie, Tiffanie, Tom & me