All good things must come to an end.....

I never thought I would see this day happening, but it's here!

We are selling our HOME!

Moving you ask, yes!

We would love to pass this home along to any family folk who are interested.

Great community, great neighborhood, get place all around.

Please help us my passing the word along to any friends and family who you wouldn't mind living close to!   You can reach me at 801.404.2043 for questions and appointments to see the home!

Thank you!

3719 East St Andrews Drive, Eagle Mountain Utah

$249,000
Gorgeous and Immaculate Home!
3 Bedrooms. 2 Baths.
Office/Den
Bonus Room above Garage
2005 finished s.f.
3779 total s.f.
Custom Kitchen
Gas Range
Gas Fireplace.
Granite Counter tops
Knotty Alder Cabinets
Dark Brown Flooring
Vaulted Ceiling in Family Room
French Doors in Den
Master Walk-in Closet
Master Tile Shower
Upgraded Carpet
Upgraded Fixtures
Custom Paneling
Ceiling Fans
Can Lighting
Cold Storage in Basement
Corner Lot
2 Car Garage with Storage Closet in Garage
Beautiful Landscaping

4th of July Weekend 2010

I am way behind on my blogging but for now I wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

I love this day.  I love this weekend.  I am tired.  I am beyond tired. 

We have had nothing but fun for about a week straight now.

4 BBQ'S 

1 Bees Game 

1 Crazy slip'n slide

2 Parades 

2 Firework shows (ok one was in a backyard but who cares) 

1 Swim party with cousin CJ 

1 Pool party with Daddy 

1 Wedding 

 

Love this picture of Livvy.

As I am telling her smile. She sits down and says "Mommy sit like this??" 

I think I have a poser on my hands!

Olivia's Quotes

So here are a few funny moments that I have to blog about or else I will clearly forget. 

* So the other day as I was sitting with her in the first part of Nursery, since she was freaking out, she finally calmed down enough to at least bat her eyes and see what the other kids were up to. As it was now snack time, her favorite time (and mine) and as she was drinking her drink. She looks at her awesome nursery leaders and says clear as day "MY MOMMY DRINKS COKE"! A proud but sad moment!

* Then today as I was cleaning the house, which honestly desperately needed to be done, since I have been a naughty girl and haven't followed my cleaning schedule. She and Casey were sitting on the couch, I started to vacuum in the other room and ....
Olivia - "Hurry tide (hurry hide)
Casey - "What's that?"
Olivia - "Vacum, Mama always Vacum" (btw I know I spelled it wrong, that's how she says it)

So apparently all I do is Vacum and drink Diet Coke!!!!
Do you think vacuuming twice a day is to much?
Just kidding I just wanted to scare you all!

Let me introduce you to....

Olivia's First Boyfriend.

 You can't tell me that they wouldn't make the cutest little grandykiddos???

I know it may be a little early to start thinking about that but oh well.

We ask Olivia what she is going to

DrEaM

about every night before bed and without a doubt she always says

COLE

(along with Boys, Jetter (NY Yankee player her father has brainwashed her with, and Debbie (her aunt)

I'm not apposed to arranged marriages.

In fact Cole is just one of three possible options,

but since the Storrs are moving we are going to have to work on a long distant relationship with him. 

Sunday Morning

Its a cold, cloudy Sunday morning. 

Olivia and I woke up early this morning. I decided rather than rushing out to the kitchen to get the morning rolling with miscellaneous things that probably needed wiped down, dishes to be put away, and on and on and on.

I thought Liv and I  would spend a few quiet moments in her room just being girls. 

Hiding in the corner.
Making funny faces.
Holding each others hands.
And of course putting shoes on her bears to see if they fit. 
Nope.

She is the Cinderella in the room. 

This is when she decided she would see if her ruby slipper, or in this case tenny shoes, fit her adorable pink painted toes.  So of course we have to strip down to our skivvy's and test it out. 

"IT FITS!!

She yells "I DID IT, I DID IT!"

This is the view I had. I thought I would save her the embarrassment and not post a full body shot with the fear that it would end up in her wedding video.



We are excited to go to church today. We are wearing a new outfit that Aunt Linda and Uncle Gary gave to her as a gift because they are so sweet and generous.  Thank you it's a perfect fit, even in the size 3.  She loves to Dance in it and twirl around.
Oh yea and those are leg warmers on her arms!! She insisted that she wear them on her arms. Who runs this house???? Apparently her elbows were cold.

1st "Kindof" Day at Nursery

Dear Mom,

I promise one day I will attend a FULL day at nursery.

Oh wait, let's not jump to any ideas here, I will agree to attend 1 hour without interruption.

Aaaahhhhh, wait let me reconsider this.  Give me a minute. 

Or just make funny faces.

HA HA!!!

Jokes on you MOM!!!

I will probably like it when I'm 14.

Dear Olivia,

It's me your Mom!!! You WILL go to nursery before your 14. 

Two reasons.

#1 - They don't allow girls who can attend Stake Dances to still attend nursery,

unless they are volunteering on Mothers Day.

#2 - When you're 14 they don't serve snacks, sing songs and play with toys in your regular class.

So I suggest you enjoy it now Sis!!!

Just for my sake I keep telling myself that she will go if I keep trying. 
I don't understand it however.
She LOVES kids, she loves playing.
Her nursery leaders are amazing. 
She is towering over the other kids so it's hard to believe she is scared of them. 
I am open to ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MOTHERS HAVE OUT THERE!!
To her credit she did last about 30 mins without me,
 that was after I snuck out after being in there with her for a few mins. 
Its hard sometimes to know weither or not your doing the right thing.  Welcome to Motherhood right? 
This is really the first encouter of motherhood were I continue to second guess myself. 
Do I leave her in there while she's screaming, or is that going to make all of the other kids scream?
Do I stay a few mins and then vanish?  Or just vanish?


Easter is just around the corner!!!

I always make these REAL grass baskets for easter.  Stay tuned for more pics.

Dreams!

Before I go to bed and forget I had to post this cute conversation I had with Olivia tonight.
While getting ready for bed, she was laying on my lap, kicking her legs restlesly.
I was combing through her hair to see how "Don Kingish" I could get it.
I said "Liv are you going to have good dreams tonight?"
She said "Yes"
I said "What are you going to dream about? Ponies, Rainbows,...."

And coincidence or not, still funny.
She said "No, Boys!"

WHAT? You aren't even two yet! You'd better not be dreaming of boys yet. Cool it Sista!

Its a process

I get questions/comments at LEAST once a day about her hair.

Some silly. Some stupid. Some funny. Some true.
Here are some samples.
"Its that naturally curly?"
"She is going to hate that when she is holder."
"How adorable"

I also have become accustom to seeing people out of the corner of my eye, poke the person they are with and say "look at those curls"

I then get the question how do you take care of that hair?
Well my friends I have found THE GOLDEN TICKET!!!
I can't even tell you how many bottles of hair product we have in our bathroom trying to find the hidden secret.
So I will walk you through the process step by step.

#1 Wash the hair every other day. Get it wet everyday but NO NO NO don't shampoo!


#2 AAAAHHHH AAAAAAHHH AAAAAAHHHH (That is the angels singing)
Here is the magic product.
What: The Cream
Who: Paul Mitchell
Where: Walmart
Why: A boatload of money


#3 Let it sit.


#4 DA DA DA The EVIL COMB


#5 The Distraction.
Thank you Mr. Bubbles. Thank you.


#6 Bring on the bubbles.
Then you begin "The Process". The process of combing through every curl from the end to the head. If you don't oh you'd better believe you wish you would have two days later. Her hair is adorable, but unforgiving.

I have said it before and I am sure i will say it millions of times again but I often just look at her and I can't help but laugh at her hair. It rocks. I only hope that it will grow and not stay this length. For heavens sake I don't want her to look like she has a awful clown wig on.


Let dry and look cute. Its hard being so cute.


After all that she for the first time grabbed a pair of MaMa's shoes and pranced around the house. Surprisingly she does very well in heels. Just like her mama, she knows a cute pair of shoes when she sees them.
I apolgize for the fact that she looks like a naughty school girl and could be in a Britney Spears video. 

Da Da Da! (That's me singing)

That me singing, sorry that's all your going to get. I was the girl in high school who was in in choir for two reason and two reasons only.

#1 - make my mother happy
#2 - make myself happy and go on "choir tour" to CALIFORNIA!!
(trust me it was worth the wasted credit hours over the total of three years to be able to enjoy Cali for a week)

I also believe I was probably the only girl in the entire history of Bingham High School to EVER get kicked out of CHOIR!

Who does that?
Oh yea, I do.

I don't recall exactly what I was/wasn't doing to be punished with such cruelty but I am sure it was immature, obnoxious, and maybe made a few of my best friends laugh as I left the room.

I apologize Mrs ????. (I am sure I will remember your name tomorrow.)

I do remember that I didn't like you and you didn't like me.

Which made it even more awkward when you had to be my "at home tutor" when I got Mono my Junior year and you came knocking at my door every day for three months while I couldn't attend school.

That was worse than actually being sick. Having you trying to teach me Math.

I am sure you are a wonderful woman, grandma, friend, etc, etc , etc. But we didn't like each other I remember that.

For that I apologize.
I'm sorry.
I'm different now. (somewhat)

Now that I think about it, I think you owe me an apology because although I was stupid and innocent, you however are the adult!

So I'm waiting......




As my ending note and memory of High School Choir, we had AWFUL dresses that we had to wear when performing. My senior year they were all black with little black felt POLKA DOTS all over!

HIDEOUS WITH A CAPITAL H! They were worse than ANY bridemaids dress I have ever seen.

A couple of a choir rebels would tear off our polka dots during performances so when we would leave the stage you see a pile of black dots all over our designated spots.

Kind of like we were leaving our mark.

By the end of the year I had no polka dots left on my dress. This may or may not have contributed to the tension between Mrs. Whatshername.

I kind of look like the NOT SO MUCH of a DALMATION DOG without her spots.

As a final tribute, a couple of us, (who shall remain anonymous) decided we would BURN, yes BURN our dresses in the middle of the football field.

Which I'm sure if we tried these days I would have some criminal background for.

So we did.

It was hilarious.

Don't ask how we put the fire out? (that I'm not to proud of)

It was three blonds doing this, so you may be wondering what we wore after we burned our dresses?

Good Question.

We didn't think about that either.

It was a cold drive home.

We officially have a two year old!!!!!

We officially have a two year old, and SHE ISN'T EVEN TWO YET!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to Us!

It is always a complicated and busy time of year for us around the holidays, like everyone else right? But we have both of our birthdays between Christmas and New Years! And EVERY year we always say that we should celebrate in the middle of the year.

Casey is always so sweet on my birthday and always finds a way to make me cry! This year was the big 30! I know, I'm an old fart what can I say. I have dreaded this day for about a year and a half now, honestly. Like for some reason I thought my world would come crashing down at the moment I turned 30. You know its a big deal when babies you knew growing up are playing College basketball now?

I had my last day of work that day and I thought Casey was going to have to work that night, so I have to admit I was really down thinking I was going to be all by my lonesome on my birthday. As much as I think we all like to play off birthdays like they aren't a big deal, who really doesn't want a little bit of fun! Instead Casey of course got work off, despite the need for the money in the pocketbook, but I think it was worth it in the end. We went to eat and then did a little shoppy shop! His favorite thing, but HEY it's my party! So he went along with it like a good man.

Casey is known for his "notes". I think it's important to really express our love to one another with words and I really appreciate his efforts in making up a few good lies in order to make me look good for the sake of this years "card". So that I don't forget what he said I think our blog is a perfect place to share. (however I did have to edit a few things)

This year he decided to simply come up with his top 30 list about Amy. (I don't post this to boast myself up, I honestly do it for the memories)
1. Fun Personality
2. Beautiful Smile
3. Helping People
4. Dare Devil
5. Perfect Eyes
6. Sexy Outfits
7. Love of Food
8. Love your Family
9. Sense of Humor
10. Supportive
11. Long Hair
12. Long Legs
13. Never Give Up
14. Always Trying New Things
15. A Great Wife
16. Talking in Sleep
17. Love of Treats
18. Laughhter
19. Athletic
20. Diet Coke
21. Baby Hands
22. Always wants to do something
23. Amazing Mom
24. Shoes
25. Purses
26. A Sister
27. A Daughter
28. A Friend
29. Always Wants To Improve
30. Good at Everything

Christmas 2009

I have to believe that Olivia has truly gotten the concept of opening presents! I think it took her about 2.3 seconds to get the idea that if I shred this beautiful paper into a million pieces something magnificent will be inside JUST FOR ME!!! Santa brought her a few items this year, a new comfy outfit, some pots and pans, a Magna Doodle (her parents hope for entertainment during church), a mini laptop (her mothers hope that she will stop stepping, drawing, on hers). After she opened her few gifts Casey brought in from the other room her Kitchen, since if she saw that first we thought we wouldn't have a chance of her opening up her other gifts.

After we hung out in the morning and just relaxed for a bit, we headed over to my Mom's house for Christmas day. It was fun to hang out with all of my siblings (besides Jeff and Mel). We stayed up late playing spoons, ate WAY to much, and laughed only a couple of times!

That night was a completely different story however. After we went to be around 2:30, Olivia decided she wanted to get up for the day around 4:45. And to my wondering surprise.... she didn't go back to sleep. I believe it was around 5:30 when I was very loudly (not yelling) at Casey telling him to "pack it all up we are outta here!"

Lights at Temple Square.

We decided to go up to Salt Lake to see the Temple Square lights. In years past we have experienced several funny memories of going up to the Temple.

Two years ago, after going to see our new Nephew after only a few hours after his birth, we went over to the grounds. The best part of that night was witnessing a little bit of a "tiff" between my dear sister and her patient and slow driving husband Greg (or at least that was the problem that night). I will never forget that night. Good times!

Last year, we went up but apparently Casey doesn't remember so I can see it left a lasting impact on him!!! I swear we did, but I could be losing it in my old age.

This year, it was cold, bitter cold. The air in Salt Lake was horrible. You couldn't see half of the office buildings surrounding the Temple. The best part of this night was watching all of the groups of 18 year olds trying the impress one another. I love hearing other people's conversations, not by choice but when they are talking REALLY LOUD for everyone to hear. Also when your in this tight confined space you tend to always follow the same crowd. The couple behind us were arguing on how many thousands or millions of lights they thought were on these trees. This man was determined that millions of lights were on trees and rambling on random calculations to his poor date like 10x10 is 100. Like this girl was 4. You could tell she just wanted to get home! The best part was when Casey and I just looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking and we just laughed. That's one of the reason's why we are a great team. Sometimes nothing needs to be said.