Monday, October 10, 2011

Happenings...

We always get so busy during the fall and this year is still no exception...! We had the opportunity to attend a dinner in Honor of all the Past Miss UVU's-UVSC's and also attend the Miss UVU pageant, it was a blast! They fed us amazingly and then had us walk the Red Carpet to our reserved seats before the show started and then brought us up on stage!! We for sure felt extremely special...So fun! The pageant was AMAZING! 20 contestants and it was held in the UCCU Events Center (old Mckay Events building) the stage and production were like a mini Miss America...Carly the new director did Amazing! Thanks for having all us old gals there!


Me and the hubby!Check SpellingDanica Miss Utah (she won as Miss UVU, where I judged her ;) ) and Me
Some of the "old" gals after the show...Me, Carly, Raych, and Val

All the formers that could make it! The oldest one was crowned in 1983!! Year I was born...crazy right! The newest being Danica who won Miss Utah!Cupcake with her first black eye...Her and her cousins got a little too rowdy! (kinda hard to see)My Mom found out about a princess day in her town and of course signed Miss Cupcake right up...and who else would we run into there none other than our lovely Danica!!

Me, Ash, and Jess

I was so excited to get to see my Bestie Ash last month at her Brother's wedding! She lives in Cali and I miss her dearly!





Erin (who is one of my best friends, and Jordan who is Daddy's best friend) met at our wedding and are married with one munchkin and just moved Alabama...we were happy to see them at her brother's wedding, haha yes another one, since they had been moved for about a month!

Last but not least this months annual Bunco group decided to have a Halloween theme...we all drew a character from a hat and that is who we had to dress up as! It was so fun and Jess did a great job hosting! There was a Smurf, Snooki, Zombie, Mobster, Flapper girl, Jazzersize instructor, Biker chic, 80's working girl, Greek Goddess, Minnie, Cowgirl, and a 50's housewife! What a blast! I have so much more to post but this is all for now...

Thursday, October 6, 2011

"I was 3 and then I got big and turned 4!"



It was this little Miss Cupcake's birthday was this week and she is a whopping 4!!! I still can't quite believe that we have a four year old but man oh man we sure do love her! She is so bright, compassionate, funny, sensitive, caring, always wanting to learn, creative, artistic, musically inclined, and of course BEAUTIFUL!!!




She woke up to Me, Daddy, and Monkey singing her happy birthday...and then we headed down for her to get her new Hello Kitty bike! As you can see she loved it! All day she kept telling people that she got a Hello Kitty bicycle and that she is 4 now so she is big and can ride it!She had Preschool that day which she was excited about, I signed up to be the mystery reader (a fun little activity her teacher does) and I brought her fave book, who might I add we got from my darling cousin AshLee, I also asked the teacher if I could make treats...so what else than some gingerbread people!! This was a huge hit with the kiddos... After preschool I asked her where she wanted to have her bday lunch and the little miss thing picked Zupas...she is so cute! She loves the soup and chocolate strawberries! Then she got to go home and practice riding her new bike, and later had vocal lessons so since I am the teacher I decided to make some sprinkle treats to take along! Oh and the kids in her vocal class sang a fabulous rendition of Happy Birthday!
Next we went to a pumpkin patch to end our day...That is all she has been asking to do for the last two weeks! She loved it and picked her own pumpkin!This is her "cute pumpkin"...that's what she kept calling itHappy Birthday Cupcake!!! WE LOVE YOU and our lives would be meaningless without you!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Viva...Las Vegas!

Gotta love Vegas!!! We had the chance to go to Vegas with two of my best girlfriends and their hubby's. It was so nice to get a little break from all of our kids, (between the 3 couples we have 7 kids) and just play and relax! We started our trip with some yummy Magelby's Fresh breakfast in SF and then headed down...the drive down was probably my favorite part...I have not laughed that hard in a long time! When we got there we checked into our nice suites that Melissa found a fabulous deal on, and then we were off, to what else of course than...a buffet! We decided that night to see a movie, and it was so nice to just go to the theater without kids or worrying about kids! We saw Crazy, Stupid, Love and we all loved it...even the boys were diggin it! It was pretty hilarious. The next day the boys golfed, and the gals shopped! We ate lunch at the best burger joint...Steak and Shake, then spent the rest of the day with some laying out and trying to dunk Melissa by the pool and then on to some yummy Mexican food of Daddy's choice!! We left the next day around 12 and the drive home was a great end to the trip...so funny!! I am so grateful for amazing friends (Melissa and Jake, Chelsie and Lloyd) and a wonderful husband who made the trip so unforgettable!


On our way there!!! Gotta love Mel and Chels This says a lot about these girls...haha
Getting our Buffet on!
Our awesome Steak and Shake hats...Lloyd doing some nickel slots ;)

The gals

At lunch...

The hubbys...all in bad moods cause we made them wait til about 2 to eat lunch and obviously our food wasn't there yet!

Being silly

Me and the Hubby at dinner

We think we are pretty funny...

So do Chels and Lloyd

Jake and Mel are just a little scary...haha



We had so much fun! Thanks guys for a great, and well needed trip!

Monday, August 22, 2011

Lions, Tigers, and Bears Oh MY!!!

We had so much fun at Monkey Man's Safari themed birthday party!!! Mal and I did Ryder and Monkey's 1 year old birthday party together since they are only 6 days apart. I am pretty sure the boys loved it and the guests most surely enjoyed it...I was a little stressed I have to admit, due to the heat and a few other last minute stresses but all and all it turned out to be a Roaring good time ;)...note to self never do an outdoor Birthday for Monkey again! I had so many fun ideas thanks to my darling and very creative cousin AshLee who did the invites, animal drawings, and placemat mazes. Check out her blog for these fun ideas and millions more that you can print for free!!! twopennybluemom.wordpress.com, she is a blessing!!! We had lots of yummy BBQ food, treats in the form of animals, and activities to help bring out our inner adventurer! I know that the little one will probably not remember too much but I loved almost every minute of it, so hopefully he did! Beware of the pic overload...


Invite...created by AshCenter pieces and yummy edible cake pops made by yours truly!
Our Safari animals, the kids did an expedition looking for the animals throughout the yard with binocularsOur VIP tour guides...


More animals

One of the explorers Hunter (fitting name) looking for animals... Another Center piece



Food table, with the Happy Birthday banner and year in review banners

Cake pops...lions, tigers, and bears oh my...there were monkey's too of course!

The kids goodie station...treat bags with animal crackers, chocolate bars, and mini rubber animals and snakes. Also the Binoculars, and maze placemats below...

It sure was a hot day...good thing we had lots to drink.

The yummies!!

More food...

Present time

Presents...

Cake time...our cake chef herself, Dani!

Loved his cake!!!

The cutest cakes I have ever seen made by our cute cousin...let me know if you need one for a party she is amazing!

Yummy!

Diving in

Happy Birthday Monkey Man!!!


Sunday, August 14, 2011

Adventure...

This little Monkey of ours turned 1 last week!!! We couldn't be happier to have him in our lives! We threw a safari party for the Monkey Man, (pics to come) which was so fun. He is such a sweet boy, but a little high strung like his Momma! Speaking of Momma he is quite the Momma's boy...not quite sure why but it is very apparent. He is saying a few words like "momma", "da da", "daddy", "ba ba". "hi", hi dad", and "lee" aka what he calls cupcake his sister. He his such a character this one, he loves to dance and clap! Especially when watching Yo Gabba Gabba his favorite show. He moves his head back and forth and bounces his body whenever he hears music! He only has his two bottom teeth and is cutting in the top two as we speak. His sleep habits are still amazing and have been about the same since he was 2 months old, 7:30pm-7:30am with two good naps in the day! He crawls so well and fast, he pulls himself up to everything, walks around furniture, and has taken a few shaky steps! He is into EVERYTHING...and I think we are in for quite the adventure with this little man as he grows! WE LOVE YOU BUBBY! Happy First Birthday!


Yummy Cake




I love this pic!What a HAM!




Best friends!


Birthday Boy!




1 Year Stats


Height - 29 1/4 in.


Weight - 20 lbs


Head Circumference - 44 cm.