o how i miss this face

My little sister and her family just moved to Provo recently, and yes, I am a little sad :(

They used to be at my parent's house (my home) all the time and I could play with little Hallie when I came home from work. Now when I come home, Hal not there, I am actually kinda bored. She is so fun to play with, and she is trying to talk now. Last Sunday she said clear as day...Shawn. It was so cute :) She calls me mi-mi, we are trying to get her to say ni-ni, but mi-mi is good enough. I know I took the time they were here for granted and I do regret that, so now when they come to visit I will make time to visit. Miss you guys.

One last time for the camera before they left

Easter...love PEEPS!!

Look at that face...ooohhh :(

We gotta a lotta watta

Wow....these pictures really don't do any justice for how much water there is. This is the Ogden river which is flowing very fast, making it very scary. The river is starting to flood the backyard of the peoples homes.

Shawn pretending to fall in...crazy boy!

We know what fun is

Ok so it's not Lagoon...but Boondocks is still pretty fun! We went with our friends Travis and Teresa to boondocks and spent a good portion of our day there(a few weeks ago). It's so fun to bring the inner child out and play for a while. We played mini golf a few times and each time I got a hole-in-one!!! Shawn thinks he is the only one that's so amazing at golf...think again buddy...think again!! I know, it's kinda lame, but I like the pictures and thought I should post them.

March Craft

So I am beginning to feel the need to do monthly crafts. I prefer to do them over homework!!
I get this ancy feeling in me that's telling me to get busy and do something fun and productive :)
So this is what I came up with this month..well one of the crafts. I did a dark set and a lighter set, I think they turned out pretty cute!

Bat dog

Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh....BATDOG!!!

Grandma's Funeral

We went down to St. George for my Grandma's funeral, and it was so beautiful. The weather was perfect, all the family but 3 cousins were there (pretty amazing), the company was great to be around, and of course the food...so good!!! After the funeral services we had some cousins staying at the hotel we were at, so we all got together and called more of our cousins to come have pizza and just hang out. Well, there were so many of us in the commons area, I guess there were complaints about us being too loud...oops! The next day we all went to a park for a lunch, and that was so nice to hang out, the boys were playing basketball, girls were visiting and the kids were being kids. I am sad that it takes a funeral to get the family together, but it was a great visit!

My Dad & his siblings

My uncle's kelly & alan...funny boys!!

She lived a great life

We recieved some bad news Jan 28 this year, yeah, bad news already. My Grandma Hall passed away suddenly with her kids by her side. She was such a great Grandma to all of us kids here, and even to everyone else she came in contact with. The one thing I think our whole family remembers about her is the food she always prepared for us while visiting. Her food was amazing!! Didn't matter what she made, it was always so perfect and delicious. One of my many memories of her is being at her house when we were little and she was in the kitchen (of course), grandpa watching tv or doing something outside, and all of us kids just waiting for lunch, or dinner. Nobody could ever pass up her food, there was something in it that we just couldn't resist. Grandma=Food!!! :)

We are sad that she is gone, but we know we are all going to see her again, just as she got to experience with my Grandpa. He has been gone for 15 years and she was just waiting to be with him. I am sure it was great for the both of them to reunite and see eachother again. Love you Grandma!

Christmas

Another year come and gone...geez...why does it go so fast? Shawn and I had a good Christmas this year, we didn't spoil eachother, kinda kept it low key. We both got some clothes for eachother, and good job to Shawn for getting me pants that fit and look cute!! We spent Christmas Eve at his parents, had some great food, played games and opened our presents. I was dreading the rest of our time at his parents cause they always watch Christmas Story...ugh...that movie is horrible, thank goodness there was a lot of noise and no attention to the tv. We spent Christmas morning at my parents, had chorizo for breakfast, separated all the presents and waited for everyone else to show up. My nephew Graiden was so excited for the presents, he helped crawl under the tree to get all the presents out from under to put in their piles..he loved every minute of it. Once everyone was there we took turns opening presents, we ususally let the families with kids go first cause we're not that anxious. It was our turn to open and I was so excited cause I had a big box (which I saved for last) thinking it was a Cricut. I had been talking about getting one for quite a while, and I would hint to Shawn everytime we were at a craft store. I had my nieces help me open the "big box" and as the paper started coming off I looked at the box and saw a hose...cricuts don't have hoses... more paper came off and I saw wheels...Shawn got me a Shopvac. SERIOULSY...A SHOPVAC

Needless to say I was very upset, and I looked at Shawn (he was grinning) saying "it's a shopvac." He told me all the cricuts were out, but he walked away with a good deal on the vac. I don't care...I want my cricut!!! So I went to the bathroom to finish my hair and he followed, my chin started quivering and yeah...I was crying :( I know it's the thought that counts, and presents aren't that important, but it was still upsetting to me. He gave up his little secret and told me I had a cricut at his parents that I was to open later...so I stopped crying, smiled and gave him a hug! He is such a good guy! Anyway...it was a Great Christmas!!!

My computer WORKS!!!

I have been kinda bummed lately cause our laptop totally crashed about 4 months ago..I felt so lost with out it. My bro-in-law took it to one of his friends and he somehow fixed it, I was so happy to know I have my lap top back...YES!!!
Anyway, back-blogging ahead...

Halloween-

My niece Hallie had her 1st b-day, it was a dress up party and it was so fun to have family and friends there celebrating her birth!

Shawn and I skipped out on a few Halloween parties this year due to his haunted house that he had to do once again. One year I kinda hope it can just be us and friends, and not me by myself while he is scaring the neighborhood. Anyway, as a couple we dressed up, he was a Chef, and I was his Spaghetti & Meatballs. The costumes were homemade, and they turned out to be winning costumes!! I wore my costume to work for a contest, I won 1st place and got a $20 gift card.

I went to Gardner Village with my friend Zjani, we made it a girls night. It was pretty fun checking everything out and getting to see all the other women dressed up. We made our own skirts out of the tule material, and they turned out way cute!


Took some pictures of my sister and her little family, and a couple of Shawn and I...had to get us in.

Another yearly trip to the cabin in September. It was pretty fun this year, Shawn did a little fishing and was catching all the grass hoppers by hand, it was so funny to watch this big man trying to catch such a small creature. He caught one fish with his amazing skills, too bad he had to release it. He had a hard time trying to get it off the hook, it was out of water for so long that once he threw it back in the pond it fell to the bottom and didn't move for a while. Yeah, we thought Shawn killed it...we sat and poked at it for a while, and nothing. Come to find out..he was alive!!! So, I think that's about it for now...hope it wasn't too long or annoying to read.