Update of Our Month

We have had such a busy month! It has gone by so fast, and truthfully I don't remember a lot of the things we did. But here is what I do remember...

We put together a charity poker tournamnet/auction for our friend Alisa who has leukemia. I am not going to lie, it was A TON OF WORK which led to many sleepless nights, but it was so worth every single bit of it. Tons of people donated stuff for us to auction off and then people just kept giving us money that night. Seeing how generous people are always makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside. We spent hours making the food for people to eat that night along with some orange almond rolls to be auctioned (delish if I do say so myself and they sold for $45, not to shabby eh), ran a bazillion errands to get stuff, and got the place decorated just in the knick (sp?) of time.
We are so grateful to all of the people who helped us and for everyone who donated and showed up that night. We were able to raise about $7500 for that cute girl. I just know that she is going to win this battle. She is so strong and has such an amazing attitude and outlook. She was actually super sick the night that all of this was going down and she still showed up with a smile on her face and was so grateful for all of it. I have never seen so many tears flow down one persons cheeks in one day before. But hers were constant and filled with happiness and gratitude which made everything so worth it!

We have also attended or watched on the telly many football games. They mainly consist of the utes and the 49ers. I can't help but smile when I see Michael watching football. It is seriously so funny. The things he says and his little dance he does when they get a touch down crack me up. Sometimes I will watch a movie in our room when he is watching the 49ers and I still know everything that is happening because that boy is so loud and he dances/runs back and forth between the kitchen and the living room because he can't sit still. I love it!

One thing that I feel like we have not done lately is see our friends. Life has gotten so busy lately that we don't see them a ton and I don't like it one bit. I am going to make a valiant effort to change that though.  Michael's basketball season just started and so I will at least get to see Dasha every Monday and maybe we can squeeze in some sort of activity before or after the game every now and then?

Thanksgiving was good/hard. We went with Michael's family which was great and I love them oh so much and they totally make me feel so welcome and comfortable but it just isn't the same as being with my family. And I don't think I would have cared so much if my family had stayed here, but they were in St. George and it was the first time they have gone down there and it was my mom's first Thanksgiving since getting divorced so I wanted to go so bad and be with her, but it all turned out fine and there will always be another time.

Then of course after the festivities ended I went shopping! I love me some black friday!!! I went with Kirstin who is my favorite shopping p.i.c and we went to Park City to hit up the outlets for a few hours and got some amaze-balls deals, then headed to Target which seriously was insane. We didn't really pay attention to the line because we were so focused on getting what we needed but by the time we actually got in line it was about a 3 hour wait to check out! So we got on my trusty iPhone and looked up the stuff we had in our arms on target.com and they had all of it for the same price plus free shipping! So needless to say, we just put our stuff down and hurried and ordered our stuff so we didn't have to wait in that insane line. Then we were starving. It was almost 3 a.m. and it had been over 12 hours since our delicious dinners so we hit up the only place we could find open... Rancheritos. And let me tell you it was surprisingly delicious! We are both fairly picky eaters and we loved it! Maybe because we were about to starve to death? But I am just going to go with that it was amazing regardless. Then we made our final stop at Macy's and made out like bandits! I am DONE yes done (besides Michael, which won't be hard) Christmas shopping. And it didn't even break the bank. I heart black Friday. :)

Now let the other holiday festivities begin!!!

Our Weekend

This weekend was super busy but a ton of fun! On Friday we went to Cornbelly's with Grant and Sadie. We did the corn maze, hay maze, and Sadie and I did this obstacle course that was about 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep so we had to army crawl on our tummies while going through the maze and doing flips and all kinds of crazy turns. I was apprehensive to do it at first but I'm so glad that I did it now.
On Saturday we had a Halloween party with Michael's friends from high school. We dressed up as Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Butch and Dasha went as Barney and Betty Rubble. It was fun to be with the Cassity's and to get to know some of his high school friends better.
On Sunday we celebrated little miss Ellie's birthday. We got invited to dinner with her family and I made watermelon cupcakes for the watermelon themed birthday she was dying to have, I love that little nugget and I can't believe how fast she is growing up.
We had a fantastic weekend and we can't wait for the next one to get here!!












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My nuggets

Some nights I just need them... They can always make a bad day good. And after hugs and kisses and tuck-ins, sometimes I have to sneak a peek because seeing this makes me melt.



(you can just barely see miss Maggie's face peeking out from in between blankets, and I don't have a picture of Sawyer because he was still wide awake when I went to go check on him. Ha typical boys)
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Weekend update

This weekend was a lot of fun. Michael went hunting and fishing, he caught a fish but didn't kill anything (thank heavens they never do!) but in all honesty he didn't mind because the whole crew really just goes for the food. They eat AMAZING on their annual hunt trip. Steak, bacon wrapped chicken, and sweet potato hashbrown skillets to name a few things.
While he was away I went and had a spend the night with my mom on Friday and Saturday morning we went to get massages and got delicious Bruges waffles with creme fraiche, peaches, strawberries, and blueberries. After that we did some shopping and ran some errands.
Then Saturday night I ate some delish cafe rio with my mother in law and then ros came over to my apartment for another spend the night and conference the next day.
Sunday we watched general conference and I made some super yummy baked French toast topped with butter pecan ice-cream and fresh strawberries for breakfast.
In between sessions we managed to watch rio (super cute by the way) and give each other a pedi just in time to come home to welcome home my hubby and make some yummy salsa to devour during the second session of conference.
It was a great weekend filled with way too much amazing food and Michael and I are both very happy to both be home together!
Here are some picture of our weekend!



My handsome hubby with his fishy




Bruges yummy waffles




The baked French toast I made

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Bake fest

Between the utes game (by the way, thank you Jake Heaps for being the utes MVP, you really pulled through and gave us a great win) and Stockton's farewell I literally spent my entire day baking on Sunday. I made about 6 dozen peanut butter blossoms and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the farewell and 5 dozen raspberry red velvet cupcakes and some delish potato skins with dill dip for the game. The potato skins and cupcakes were a hit and were so divine if I do say so myself. A huge blowout game is even better with amazing food which we had a ton of! But we didn't expect anything less, we were at the Smith residence and there is always something tasty there! Thanks for having us!!

Here is a picture of the yummy cupcakes.







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The Fair

On Thursday we went to the fair with Grant and Sadie. We had such a good time and it was fun to get to go out with them. Our favorite parts were the hypnotist and the deep fried snickers, Oreos, cheesecake, and of course the boys loved the bacon twinkies (that is so nasty if you ask me). Thanks for going with us!!





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Summer has come and pretty much gone

Summer came and I am pretty sure that it is gone... I am not sure how I feel about that. I really like summer... a lot. But I like fall too (especially the clothes, oh the clothes are amazing!). But I strongly dislike winter and unfortunately winter always follows fall like clock work. But the point of this post really wasn't supposed to be about the changing seasons, it is because I realized that I didn't post one thing about what we did this summer, so I am going to do it now. But I was a huge struggle fest and took almost no pictures, so until I can find some this is going to be a pictureless post.


We were super busy this summer. It felt like we had something to do every day and that there were not enough hours in a day to get it all done. But most of our business was by choice and we had a blast doing it. After we got married it felt like summer was in full swing. We went to bear lake almost every weekend and we'll just say that it is slowly growing on me. Michael loves it more than anything in the world and I love going and seeing him so happy up there and hopefully one day I will love it as much as he does and we will be able to create lots of memories there with our future nuggets.


On top of the lake we spent a lot of time playing with Cassity's, Jones', Matthews', and some other friends. We love them and can't seem to get enough of them (hopefully they feel the same). Hopefully all of these fun play dates won't come to an end with summer!

My favorite :)

I seriously love my hubby. Every day he does something to make melt and he is so patient with me. Every night he let's me fall asleep with the tv on, even though he really doesn't like it. And he snuggles with me and rubs my back until I can't keep my eyes open and then he tucks me in and makes sure I'm warm enough. He watches keeping up with the kardashians and teen mom with me (and laughs when I yell at the screen like I know them), and every now and then he will car dance with me, but I have yet to convince him that a water bottle microphone is necessary. I love you Michael Troy!!! I am so happy that we are hubby and wifey. There is nobody I would rather have for an eternity! :)


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