this is just a quick post to vent on how SICK i am of decorating, updating, cleaning, organizing, painting, etc! I have been working on this house for over a month now and the results show how much work i have put in but i am still getting discouraged! will it ever be done?? my goal was to have the place DONE by Saturday feb 5th for Kinsey's first birthday party.. and i better stick to it! there is only little things that need to be done now but those little things add up to be quite a big project! and tonight was my breaking point lol i went to school all morning, took Kinsey to our "mommy and me" class, came home and discovered she is not a happy girl today and is teething so i got ZERO done since she wont let me leave the room or put her down.. somehow i managed to cook dinner for the family and when brandon walked in the door from work he goes straight to the love sac in front of the TV and sits there!!!!! REALLY?!?!? that pushed me over the edge so i handed him the toilet paper holder that needed to be installed in the bathroom downstairs and said "read the directions, figure it out!!!!!!" i know he has NO idea how to put it on and he will always use that excuse to get out of things if i dont put an end to it right? well lets just say i am curious to see what it looks like when i go down there lol he is NOT a handy man because his dad always did that stuff for him and never taught him.. so i am the one always fixing things and to be honest.. I want to start playing stupid now so i dont have to do it anymore hahaha
well.. i just needed to vent :)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Happy Birthday to ME!!
Well I am legal now.. On the 28th I turned 21.. can you believe it?? haha I really do feel like there is no point in aging anymore... I hope someone finds the "magic" pill soon that prevents aging because I have heard that after your 21st birthday, years FLY by!
My birthday this year was all weekend long. Friday was my acutal birthday and my mom ordered take out from Andy's greek souvloki ( I LOVE that place). I just wanted to hang out at her house and be with family rather fighting the Friday night crowds at a restaurant!
Saturday night Brandon and I went out with our friends Christee, Austin, Chad and Jacie. We ate dinner at Squatter's and had fun watching the boys drink their nasty beer.. They wouldn't admit it but it was gross! After dinner we headed over to GreenStreet! I was so excited to hand the guy my ID lol BUT when I handed it to him, he scanned it and the scanner came back "UNDER-AGE" I don't know why that made me nervous but it did.. he looked at my birth date and then handed it back to me and said "good-luck" WHY would he say that?? ha Whatever.. Since I am still breastfeeding I only allowed myself to have 1 drink so I had to make it a fun one :) Jacie recommended the AMF and it was tasty! The rest of the night consisted of playing pool and dancing! I loved dancing with everyone and was so happy Brandon actually danced with me :) That was a GREAT night!!
Sunday was the birthday party with my dad's side of the family. We usually get together once a month for those birthdays. It has made us such a close family :)
Overall my birthday "weekend" was a BLAST!! its one i will remember forever!
My birthday this year was all weekend long. Friday was my acutal birthday and my mom ordered take out from Andy's greek souvloki ( I LOVE that place). I just wanted to hang out at her house and be with family rather fighting the Friday night crowds at a restaurant!
Saturday night Brandon and I went out with our friends Christee, Austin, Chad and Jacie. We ate dinner at Squatter's and had fun watching the boys drink their nasty beer.. They wouldn't admit it but it was gross! After dinner we headed over to GreenStreet! I was so excited to hand the guy my ID lol BUT when I handed it to him, he scanned it and the scanner came back "UNDER-AGE" I don't know why that made me nervous but it did.. he looked at my birth date and then handed it back to me and said "good-luck" WHY would he say that?? ha Whatever.. Since I am still breastfeeding I only allowed myself to have 1 drink so I had to make it a fun one :) Jacie recommended the AMF and it was tasty! The rest of the night consisted of playing pool and dancing! I loved dancing with everyone and was so happy Brandon actually danced with me :) That was a GREAT night!!
Sunday was the birthday party with my dad's side of the family. We usually get together once a month for those birthdays. It has made us such a close family :)
Overall my birthday "weekend" was a BLAST!! its one i will remember forever!
Brace Face
Ever since I can remember, my teeth have bugged me! its not like they are horrible, but they just aren't as straight as i would like them to be and my bite is pretty bad.. So I decided why wait any longer? I got braces put on 3 days before my birthday :) Happy Birthday to me right?? lol I will be honest and say I didn't think they would hurt this bad! I couldn't talk without my teeth radiating with pain, not to mention trying to eat! OUCH! And trying to be graceful and eat without getting food stuck in them is almost impossible (gross, i know..) But they have been on for a week today and i am finally able to eat and talk without my teeth hurting, I am still working on trying to eat without food getting stuck!! The good news is, the orthodontist said i will probably only have them on for 12 months :) Lets hope it stays that way!!!
IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT IN THE END!
IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT IN THE END!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Moving Day....
So we FINALLY found a house that we LOVE and bought it!!!! We closed just a few days before Christmas and moved in the day after.. talk about stressful! The day of the move went so smoothly thanks to all the help from family and friends. My brother even brought one of his buddies to help us.. we had well over 15 ppl helping us move boxes and the heavy furniture.
So a little bit about this house.. it was built in 1978 but has been remodeled and updated (thank goodness!) BUT.. the people that lived here before us did not know how to paint! All the walls only had 1 coat and their color choices were quite interesting ahah.. the kitchen was bright red and the living room was baby blue. It is a 4 bed 2 bath with a little over 2000 square feet and on a corner lot! I love it so so much!
I have been eating, breathing, and living paint since we closed on this place to cover up their idea of good color choices and give it my touch :) It a slow process but it is definitely coming along quite well I think!
So a little bit about this house.. it was built in 1978 but has been remodeled and updated (thank goodness!) BUT.. the people that lived here before us did not know how to paint! All the walls only had 1 coat and their color choices were quite interesting ahah.. the kitchen was bright red and the living room was baby blue. It is a 4 bed 2 bath with a little over 2000 square feet and on a corner lot! I love it so so much!
I have been eating, breathing, and living paint since we closed on this place to cover up their idea of good color choices and give it my touch :) It a slow process but it is definitely coming along quite well I think!
Christmas Morning
You never realize how much fun Christmas morning was until you have a little one to get excited for! I will admit, I had a hard time sleeping that night because I couldn't wait to have Kinsey open her presents the next morning haha! We woke Kinsey up around 730am (this will be the ONLY year we have to do that on Christmas morning I'm sure) and immediately had her start playing and opening toys lol The first one was a piano from Santa and then she went through her stocking that had treats, sippy cups and little toys. Then from mom and dad, she got books and more toys! Brandon spoiled me like always with creative gifts that I LOVE. Brandon is the best gift giver I know! He is always so creative!!!!
After we played with our new stuff we all got ready and headed over to my dad's house where we got LOTS more! Kinsey had a bag full of presents that was 3x her size ahah it was the never ending gift bag!
Then we went to Brandon's parents house and ate breakfast and opened more gifts again ;) Kinsey got a neat kitchen set that looks like a fridge and absolutely loves it! (I hope she is a better cook than me haha)
After all that we then went to my mom's house! She got us the pots and pans we asked for (since we never got any new ones and the ones we had were falling apart), and she made Kinsey the letter blocks that spell out her name and the coolest present any of us got for Christmas was a book she had made for Kinsey. She took some of the blog entries I have done along with the pic and put it all together in a book!!! I couldn't help but cry when I opened it.. It means the world to me :) My mom also fed us a late lunch that was so delicious!!!! She made a spinach artichoke dip that is to die for!
After we played with our new stuff we all got ready and headed over to my dad's house where we got LOTS more! Kinsey had a bag full of presents that was 3x her size ahah it was the never ending gift bag!
Then we went to Brandon's parents house and ate breakfast and opened more gifts again ;) Kinsey got a neat kitchen set that looks like a fridge and absolutely loves it! (I hope she is a better cook than me haha)
After all that we then went to my mom's house! She got us the pots and pans we asked for (since we never got any new ones and the ones we had were falling apart), and she made Kinsey the letter blocks that spell out her name and the coolest present any of us got for Christmas was a book she had made for Kinsey. She took some of the blog entries I have done along with the pic and put it all together in a book!!! I couldn't help but cry when I opened it.. It means the world to me :) My mom also fed us a late lunch that was so delicious!!!! She made a spinach artichoke dip that is to die for!
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| first gift from santa |
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| stocking goodies :) |
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| she loved the paper! |
Christmas Fun!
Wow do I have such an amazing family!!! I don't know what I would do without each and every single one of them! Brandon, Kinsey and I had such a GREAT Christmas.. We got SPOILED :)
This year I really tried hard to get into the Christmas spirit especially since we now have a little one. So we went to the Christmas lights in Salt Lake and in Ogden, and I even bought the "NOW Christmas Edition" so Kinsey and I could sing along to Christmas music while in the car!
Decorating for the big day was quite hard for me this year because as you will soon hear about, Brandon and I bought a house and we moved out of our town home the day after Christmas! I was not excited to take down my tree the day after :( It was also very hard for me to leave all the decor out while I pack up the rest of the house.. I got so antsy to just pack everything and live out of boxes for a week ha.
On Christmas Eve Brandon and I go to his side of the family's house first, then we head over to my grandma's to see my dad's side of the fam. This year Brandon's family decided to do a skit out of the scriptures and have all the little ones play a part. That had to be one of the cutest things i have ever seen lol Kinsey played baby Jesus and did such a great job!! We draped a white blanket over her head and she left it there the whole time! She just looked around at everyone and smiled haha she is a NATURAL! After we ate and visited over there we headed over to my grandma's. We opened presents and spent time with that family for a little bit before we all started to get partied out and very tired..
This year I really tried hard to get into the Christmas spirit especially since we now have a little one. So we went to the Christmas lights in Salt Lake and in Ogden, and I even bought the "NOW Christmas Edition" so Kinsey and I could sing along to Christmas music while in the car!
Decorating for the big day was quite hard for me this year because as you will soon hear about, Brandon and I bought a house and we moved out of our town home the day after Christmas! I was not excited to take down my tree the day after :( It was also very hard for me to leave all the decor out while I pack up the rest of the house.. I got so antsy to just pack everything and live out of boxes for a week ha.
On Christmas Eve Brandon and I go to his side of the family's house first, then we head over to my grandma's to see my dad's side of the fam. This year Brandon's family decided to do a skit out of the scriptures and have all the little ones play a part. That had to be one of the cutest things i have ever seen lol Kinsey played baby Jesus and did such a great job!! We draped a white blanket over her head and she left it there the whole time! She just looked around at everyone and smiled haha she is a NATURAL! After we ate and visited over there we headed over to my grandma's. We opened presents and spent time with that family for a little bit before we all started to get partied out and very tired..
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| Dad and Kins at the Ogden lights |
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| My everything! |
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| Christmas Eve |
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| I have the CUTEST family! |
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| Kinsey playing Baby Jesus |
boy do I have got some catchin up to do!!
The month of December and January have been THE busiest months I have ever had.. well except for the month before my wedding day.. so bare with me and I will get all caught up :)
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