Crazy 8 SALE!

My friend Kallie told me about crazy8.com. It's one of my favorite online stores for kid's clothes. They are the cheaper version of Gymboree. Anyway, they are having a sale right now, and their stuff is SOOO cheap. So, I thought I'd share it with all of you. The clothes are great quality, and oh SO CUTE!!! I have NO idea when the sale will end, so act quickly.

Oh, and on top of shirts being only 2.99, you can get an additional $10 off when you spend $30. Use the promo code FREE10 when checking out. Happy shopping!

Another wedding!

Liz and I did another wedding this last weekend. I just wanted to show everyone a few of my favorites. I haven't even gotten the chance to see Liz's yet. I'm sure hers are sweet. Thanks for everyone's nice comments about our photography. It's been fun! I hope everyone likes them.

Random Favorite Things

One of our sweet neighbors got Dan a Ped-Egg for Christmas after a random conversation about cracking heels. Well, if you haven't tried one of these yet, YOU MUST! I have the most horrible heels and these things are GREAT! Thanks Wendi!


I love these gummy vitamins. My kids eat them right up. The only problem is that I have to hide them so they don't overdose on vitamins!


I have used my George Foreman grill a lot lately. I almost sent it to the DI at one point, and I'm so glad that I didn't. It really is an easy, and even more important FAST, way to create a healthy piece of chicken. I know...OLD NEWS, but it's been a good tool for me lately.


To those the know me well, you know that I've been on a personal quest to get fit. I've been drinking this drink for the last few months and I love it.


Dawn Direct foam is one of my favorite "can't do without" items. I love it. It honestly helps me keep up on my dishes to have the soap sitting on the edge of my sink with an easy pump of soap ready at any time! This one goes hand in hand with the next one!


These kitchen brushes are from IKEA, and I buy them about 5-8 at a time. I love them. They suction right to your sink so you don't lose them. I use it every day to clean the sink, dishes, pans...etc. They are cheap so, I don't feel the pressure to keep it after it gets gross. I think they are about $1.00 each.


NO IMAGE:
I chose not to put a picture of this item for OBVIOUS reasons! I bought a new bra when I went to Vegas a few weeks ago, and I LOVE IT! It was from Frederick's of Hollywood and it's called their "X" bra. Without going into too much detail, it's the best, most supportive bra I've ever bought! I even got it on sale for 20 bucks. SWEET.

Forgive my randomness...

Photographer?

My friend Liz asked me to help her with taking some pictures of a wedding. It was so much fun. Here are a few of my favorite shots. Maybe I should be a photographer! LOL. Thanks Liz for letting me help. I thought we did great work. Check out some more of our shots here. You might need to click on the image so you can see it bigger to be able to see some of the small ones!

Oakers

Oaklyn is growing up so quick lately. I wanted to take a few pictures of her, and I FINALLY convinced her to let me. She's pretty funny about pictures. She likes them sometimes and HATES them other times. So, we got in a few pictures before she changed her mind! :)

Here are a few funny things about her lately: She's really into Mamma Mia. (I know, it's not the best show for toddlers). But SHE LOVES it. She sings the songs so cute. I'm going to try and get it on video because she just JAMS out. I love it when my kids sing.

Her hair gets redder by the minute (or should I say oranger!) I love her hair, it's so unique. She also CUT her own hair. I was FURIOUS. Her hair grows at the rate of a snail in the first place, and she cut off about 2 inches on one side. SO, we had to even it out, and here we are back where we started two years ago. Seriously. Her hair DOESN'T GROW! AAAAAHHHH.

Also, I wanted to document a few things that Connelly has been praying for at night.
-That he can have a cowlick. ???? What the.
-That Easter can come so he can see the bunny on the fire engine again and find eggs.
-That it can be "Happy Holidays" again.
-That we can go to the bowling alley tomorrow.
-That we can go to Chuck E Cheese tomorrow.
What a crack up!

Zion!

I've actually never been to Zion until now. Can you believe it!?!? It was really fun to take the kids. They had a ton of fun. We took a lunch and had a picnic and even went on a short hike together. It was pretty snowy and slick in areas, but we still had a a blast.

Mission Accomplished!

These pictures were taken approx. 15 min apart! Wow...do you think he needed a haircut? His little smile makes me melt. He's such a stud!

What a DOLL!!!

I took Londyn outside to get a few pictures of her this morning, and I couldn't help but put this one on here. I know I'm her Mom, so I'm biased, but I think she's absolutely ADORABLE!

2009

I can't believe it's 2009. I've already signed "08" about five times, and I had to scratch it out and put "09" in it's place. It's always weird to switch to the new year when writing checks...etc. My brain is a little behind!

2009....WOW....I honestly can say that I'm pretty shocked that it's 2009 already. I've been thinking a lot about my resolutions this year. I really want 2009 to be a great year for us. Here are a few of the things I've decided to work on.

The people that mean the most! I started thinking back around Thanksgiving about who is the most important people in my life. Besides the easy answers like my husband, my kids, my family, my in-laws...I really reflected on who is important to me. This year, I really want to keep in better touch with the extended family and friends that I love dearly. I just want everyone to know that I love them, so I'm going to try harder in that department! I may even get CRAZY and send a birthday card or two! :)

Being a Mom: I really want to be a better mom this year. I feel like I've come a long way in this department already. But, I have a lot to improve on also. I REALLY want to focus on making memories this year. I want to spend more time at the park VS time in front of the TV. I want to read more to my kids. I want to be more patient with them.

Having FHE. Ever since we've moved to St. George and Dan has been so busy, I've really gained a testimony of the importance of FHE. Some weeks without FHE, the kids wouldn't have spent much time with their Dad. SOOOOO, I'm committing myself to having FHE consistently in 2009.

Food Storage: Dan's parents gave us some extra cash to start our food storage for Christmas this year. It was a great gift, and I'm excited to get going on this task. I'm a procrastinator at heart, and I know this area cannot be one that you put off or it could be too late. So, this year I will prepare my family for the event of an emergency. I'll be starting by getting our 72 hour kits in order.

Don't OVER REACT! I tend to be dramatic and I tend to over react sometimes. Don't take this statement wrong, but Dan tries to pick fights with me sometimes. I'm not sure why he does this, but he knows how to push my buttons and the drama-mama in me can't handle it sometimes. This year, I really want to work on this. I want to work on having a soft answer.

Work out! I've been working out routinely since we moved to St. George, and I just wanted to write that I plan to continue doing that during 2009.

Save Money: I really want to focus on saving more money this year. Our financial adviser told us that everyone should focus on having at least 6 months of your annual salary saved at all times. This was pretty overwhelming to me. I know that this won't happen instantly, but I really want to save some money for a "rainy day."

Increase my knowledge of the scriptures. I really want to become more "scripture smart" this year. I'd be embarrassed if you knew the last time I read the Book of Mormon cover to cover. I plan to change that this year.

I guess my theme for this year is PRIORITIZING. I want to spend time doing things that are my number 1 priority! WISH ME LUCK!

VEGAS BABY!

Sometimes you just need a break, ya know. I feel guilty saying that I needed a break from the kids, but I kind of did. I love my kiddos, but it was really nice to be away and miss them soooo badly that I couldn't wait to see them. I got to go to Vegas with a few friends on Saturday, and we had an absolute BLAST! We left around 9:30 am and didn't get back until past 10 pm! We shopped til we dropped, ate yummy food, and laughed A LOT! IT was so much fun. We went to California Pizza kitchen and Panera bread company. It was all DELICIOUS! Oh, and I got to go to H&M for the first time. I loved it!

We went to Sephora, and as you can see, we had a little bit of fun with the make-up. That place is a blast! I look a teeny bit like a clown! :) I put on about 20 different colors of lip gloss before I decided which one to wear. Oh, and I've decided that "Dior" show mascara is SWEEEEEEET. I put some on that day, and seriously it hadn't MOVED by the time I got home that night. It looked just like I had applied it thirty seconds before. I have NO idea how much it is though!

Thank you Dan for watching the kids all day so I could go. Thank you Liz for organizing the trip. I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

Christmas pictures finally...playing catch up!

The kids were playing Mary and Joseph for the entire month of December. I really tried to teach them why Christmas is such a special holiday. To me, Christmas is all about Christ, and it's pretty hard not to get caught up in the shopping/hustle and bustle of it all.

Overall our Christmas was great. The kids are at the perfect stage where they believe in Santa, but they don't question everything yet. I'm sure Santa will have to be a little more particular about his handwriting and such here in the near future! You might need to click on the pictures to make them bigger to be able to see them all!

Londyn was so excited to ride her giraffe!

Oaklyn was hilarious Christmas morning (as you can see from the pictures). Her expression says it all. The only thing she asked for was an Ariel barbie. Santa surprised her with a few extra things.

Connelly asked Santa for a remote control Lightning McQueen. Santa had a hard time finding it. Thank heavens for online shopping! Also, Santa decided to bring him the SAME guitar that Oaklyn got. Thank you Santa for preventing 100 fights by doing this :).

We took the kids sledding behind the four wheeler at my parents house. They had a blast! It's pretty fun to take the kids to Holden and let them experience the things that I grew up doing. They LOVED it.


We decorated Christmas cookies, and the kids had a blast. Unfortunately the cookies were harder than a rock...ummm I need a good recipe for sugar cookies. I STRUGGLE when it comes to making them for some reason.


It was fun for the kids when it snowed so much to be able to make a snowman. I have to admit, I was a little relieved because they'd been asking me when it was going to snow, and I kept saying, "Ummmm, I don't know if it will." They are used to Cedar City weather, where they got to make at least 5 snowmen every year.