The leaf wall.

I've had a lot of people ask how I made my leaf wall. If you want to know how, go to my new blog and I explain it! :) OR CLICK HERE!

Here's another picture of it with the desk in the office!

NEW "Thrifty" Blog!

As MANY of you know. I am a FREAK about decorating. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I can't get enough of it. I finally finish a room, and I want to RE-DO it. So I, along with a friend, (who is exactly the same as me in this area) have started a blog to prove that you can decorate on a "thrifty" budget. We have learned together that with a little creativity, decorating can be fun and MOST OF ALL....CHEAP. WE HOPE you'll like it enough to WANT us to help you in your house. We'll be doing consultations, and we'll be teaching you "how to" make some SAWEET decorations for CHEAP. Plus we'll be selling some of our projects, and believe me, they'll be surprisingly cheap. We have a RULE that everything we sell will be less than $150.00. We plan to refurnish furniture, create wall art, and show you how to decorate in some sweet THRIFTY ways. I hope you will check out the blog and hopefully like what we have to offer!

A friend of mine and I have been talking about doing this for a LONG time, but we have finally "taken the plunge." If you want to learn how to make these darling art pieces...click HERE and check out our new blog!


A lot of friends ask me "how to" make things I've made...etc. This way Kallie and I will get to teach you some new skills in the decorating area. The blog will teach you how to do things the "thrifty" way. What a fun beginning.

First WALL is PAINTED!

I have to give most of the credit to Dan because he painted this for me while I was out of town. I got the inspiration from a thank you card...I know I'm a weirdo. BUT...I thought it turned out AWESOME!!! We bought the paint at Home Depot. It was one of their OOPS paints that only cost $5.00 a gallon! It was Ralph Lauren Metallic paint, and I have to admit, I'm pretty proud of it! Trying to decide which wall and which color to use is VERY hard for someone who LOVES to decorate! I'm like a little kid in a candy store. I'm so indecisive....I WANT THEM ALL!

This is the thank you card I got the idea from.

A project completed!

I am constantly re-doing something, but I always forget to take a "before" picture. BUT, this time I remembered! Dan thinks I'm crazy when I come home with "old" and "ugly" things. BUT...he just doesn't see the vision! I thought they turned out SAWEET.

Last night we got to go to family bunko night, and the kids had a blast. We were supposed to wear "red, white, and blue" and we did our best! The kids and dads got to go swimming and the moms played the game. Thanks to Wendi, we all had a delicious dinner, and had a fantastic time! The only thing is that I'm on a LOSING streak...I have got to start WINNING again! I'm not competitive at all. Ha ha.

What a miracle!

We have been so lucky over the past few days. We got our first "visitors," and I have LOVED every minute of it. The scary part is the reason we got these visitors.

Gracie Kay Ulrich (4 lbs 3 oz) was born last Friday night after Jess (my cute sis-in-law) got an infection, and had to be rushed in for an emergency C-section. She was 8 weeks early and was transferred to the St. George NICU. So, after Jess was released from the hospital, she and her cute hubby came to stay for awhile. I'm so grateful that Gracie is ok. She is doing great and is slowly gaining weight.

It seems a little crazy that Gracie's cousin, Ayla, was also born 8 weeks early. What's up with babies coming early in our family!?!?

Mike and Jess brought their dogs and our kids have been in HEAVEN. We can now have canine visitors and it's AWESOME. My kids played and played with Daisy and Rocky. Oaklyn is begging me for a dog. Londyn was a little scared at first, but she was loving them by the time they left. Hopefully they get to come back soon.

The "winter" of St. George!

It got hot FAST this year because it was unusually mild during June. So, the last two weeks have "melted" us! You have to think of it as the "winter" time of St. George when it's this hot outside. Swimming is a MUST to get out of the heat. We took the kids swimming today, and we had a blast. Londyn has decided she loves the water now, so that helps. She just floats around with her floaty swim suit and arm floaties! Oaklyn and Connelly BEG us to go swimming every day, so they were happy that we finally did it. I love the picture of Londyn where she is stuffing her face with pizza, and she has the goggles on sideways.

Random I know, but I had to include a picture of the bunt cake that Dan and I made the other day. Holy cow this cake is DELICIOUS. My brother in law Chris got us the recipe from a friend, and it is so good!


I also got a new camera! I'm so excited. It's a little complicated for me, so it might take me a little while to learn what I'm doing! This is the "Mother's Day" camera that I mentioned a few months ago. (plus birthday...plus Christmas...lol...etc)

We are finally getting settled into our house. Dan took a few days off work to help me, and I am so glad. I can finally park our car in the garage. YAY. We sure have a lot of CRAP. I'm sure you can relate if you have moved lately. I laughed because we honestly have probably 10 "Halloween" bins. We love that holiday. If you don't remember...look HERE for a reminder!

Well, enjoy your Saturday!

We are IN!!! AND the reunion is OVER!

What a week. We weren't able to move our stuff into our house until Tuesday, so we had a lot of fun "searching" through boxes to find everything I needed for my reunion! I needed my yearbooks...something that would be buried at the bottom of the pile of boxes! So, needless to say, I may have been a little frustrated trying to find things. In the mean time, the kids have had a blast at the new house. They love Mommy and Daddy's tub, and they had a blast with the bubbles! And, the stairs have been such a fun place to play for them.

One quick story about moving, We had everything out of the old house except 1 outfit for the kids, jammies, our mattresses (to sleep on), and shoes to wear. Well, when we woke up, we couldn't find Connelly's shoes ANYWHERE. Our house was empty, so it shouldn't have been hard to find them. But, we couldn't find them anywhere. So, we went outside to see if we could find them. Well, Londyn found my make up in the 1 minute I was outside, and the rest was history. I wish I would have snapped a picture of her face, but I didn't get it in time. All the walls that I had JUST washed had RED, LIPSTICK hand prints all over them! I had to call my mom to distract me for a minute or I would have EXPLODED.

My 10-year reunion was also during this week. (Yes, it was a week from BLEEP). It was fun to get together, and we figured we had almost 40 people out of 95 in our graduating class. So, I thought that was a great turn out. We had been working on this reunion for almost a year. So, to have it finished feels fantastic. We had a fun "quiz" about growing up, a slide-show, and a delicious dinner. IT was so fun to see everyone.

It's official!

We are officially home owners! It took a little longer than we thought it would for the loan to finalize, record, and fund. YAY for moving. LOL...I hope you can sense the sarcasm. No, honestly it hasn't been that bad. Especially with AWESOME neighbors that have helped lift and tend the kiddos.

A good deal at Walgreens

Did you think I had dropped off the face of the planet with my deals? The truth is that I honestly haven't needed to shop. I had stock-piled so much, that I haven't shopped much for the last month and a half! CRAZY, but AWESOME.

But, I thought I'd share this good deal. Purex 3-in-1 laundry detergent is on sale BIGI free at Walgreens starting today 6/28 through 7/4. So, if you buy one for 8.99 you will get another one free. BUT...the great deal is if you use 2 coupons from the Sunday paper a few weeks ago ($2.00 off) the deal will go as follows:

Buy two for 8.99
-2.00 coupon
-2.00 coupon
you will end up with two things of detergent for 4.99.
This equals 2.50 each. That's a great deal for laundry detergent. I haven't tried this brand, but I'll try anything for 2.50! Good luck!

To those of you who don't get the Sunday paper, you can also print two coupons from purex.com (but these coupons are only 1.00 off)

Our new house!

We have been busy over the past few weeks finalizing our plans with our new home. I've worried about posting this because the financing process has been CRAZY. We've had a lot of friends go through the entire process and then have their financing fall through. SO, hopefully since we are 7 days away from closing, we are safe to announce the exciting news.

Dan and I are absolutely THRILLED to buy our first house. The home is a bank-owned property, so beware of the "ragged" landscaping at the moment. We can hardly wait to get over there and start pulling weeds and working on getting the lawn "green."

If you know me...I'm sure you know I am DYING to start decorating. :)

We have been pretty MUSHED into our current place and we'll be super pumped to have extra space for visitors. Honestly this is probably one of the most exciting parts of getting this home.

We'll be busy over the next couple of weeks packing/cleaning...yada yada. But, just know that if you are coming into the St. George area, you will soon have a "FREE" place to stay at the Ulrich Hotel!

Even though we are moving "off site" Dan will continue to manage the townhomes, and actually have to drive to work like a "real" job.

What can I say...my baby is adorable!

Is it ok to call her a "baby" when she's 18 months old? Holy cow, she's growing fast. I snatched a few pictures of Londyn today, and I can't get over how cute she is. She is at such a fun stage, and I need to document some of her milestones. She is saying "please" for almost everything. It is so darn cute. She loves "teets" (treats...aka fruit snacks). She hates to have a stinky diaper and will go find the diaper bag and bring it to me when she's done doin' her business. She has started throwing fits if she doesn't get what she wants. (Bummer). She can say "Jesus." She loves to jump, and will jump over and over if you ask her to. She loves to dance to music. She points at everything and says "DAT" (we think it means "that"). Not to be confused with "DAX" who is our neighbor that she LOVES. He's a few months older than her and she lights up when she sees him. She always points at him and says "DAX, DAX!" Love it.

ATTENTION MHS class of 99 Alumni!

I am officially getting PUMPED with a capital P for the reunion. Yes...it has been 10 years...YES...we are OLD!

So, now what do I need you to do? SEND ME PICTURES!!! I need pictures from high school and current photos. E-mail would be great, but you can mail them to me also. My e-mail address is danandbrooke@msn.com. If you wish to mail them, send me an e-mail and I'll send you my address. You will get all your pictures back. I PROMISE.

Please let me know if you have any other ideas.

New Moon Trailer!

Ok, so I just watched the trailer for New Moon, and I honestly got the cold chills! I cannot WAIT for this movie to come out...yes I will be attending the midnight showing.

Don't make fun of me. You love it just as much as I do. Check out the trailer at the link below!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/New-Moon-The-Movie/58168456696?ref=nf

Smokin' Hot Sharpies!

Ok, so a few posts ago I showed you the family photos that my saawweeet friend Liz took of my fam-damily. Well, we did a trade, so I had to show you how smokin' hot she and her family are! It was so fun taking these pictures.

Picture Special Ending.

Just a quick note to remind ya that my photo special ends today (June 1st). Book by today and only pay $30.00 a session (35-45 min). Click HERE for details.

Thank you to those who have booked sessions. I LOVE THIS!! I will be traveling to Millard County soon, so if you are interested visit my photo blog for details.