HaPpY bIrThDaY

Happy Birthday to BJ, we miss you so much!

We decided to go up and put some balloons on his grave and sing happy birthday. Poor Addi was so confused that we were singing to him when he was still in heaven. But we told her to sing loud and he would hear her!

A few weeks ago my sister Amber got new couches. . . so good news for me we got her old ones! Compared to what we had these feel brand new. I wish i had a pic of the old one but funny story. . . we took the old one to DI and they REJECTED IT!! ha ha they said they would throw it away for us though.

I was cleaning out my purse the other day, Amber copied my idea but hers was more of a project! ha ha that would drive me insane! I love how her little guys are ready to attack. Thanks again for the couches!

Finally!!!

. . .i finished my blanket!!! It took me forever, i would do one step and get so sick of it and put it away for about a year. I can't believe it is actually done!

Me and my cute mommy tying it, she has made a million blankets and kept pointing out everything that didn't turn out perfect. But this was my first one so i didn't expect it to be perfect.

really?. . .no wonder why my back hurt so bad after. haha

All finished! It took me a while to find the back for it, i looked at 4 different fabric stores and when i finally found something i loved there wasn't enough. So i finally found this and it ended up looking perfect!

The best part :) I picked the thickest bating for it cause i am always freezing. . . its soooooo warm. I am in love!

the holidays

I know this post is a little overdue but i have been so busy at work and just been a slacker!
This is the only thing that erik really asked for, its a torque wrench to work on his car. Who knows what it does, but he was definetly excited!

Last year Erik got this sweater as a joke from his sister so we kept and re-gifted it this year! It was hilarious again because most everyone forgot about it.

Opening presents with my fam Christmas eve. It is so much fun to get together with everyone, but so loud and chaotic. I guess i am getting a little used to my quiet apt. Erik loves to tease my nephews, he was pushing the toy to make noise and wouldn't let them open it, they were freaking out!

We played bunco. . . only we can do that at our family party. We had a lot of fun and i won, to bad there wasn't a prize.

erik playing computer games with Conner, so cute!

This was the only thing i really asked for, i am so bad a reading my scriptures this one is a lot easier and it has pictures!

We were playing more games and Erik didn't want to so he got to take care of the baby. We will be pros by the time we have kids :)

Amber got rock band for Wii whatever its called. We played a ton! My niece lily rocking the drums!

We pretty much did the same thing on new years eve too and then i fell asleep at 11:30. . . I tried so hard but couldn't do it!

to busy to blog. . .

Erik just started a job/co-op last week at L3 communications. I don't know exactly what he does but he is working 20 hours a week and we are getting full benefits and tuition reimbursement! Which is amazing since i work for myself and we have to pay a ton for crappy health insurance and haven't had dental. Plus Tuition is more every semester . I am so happy he got the job and so proud of him, he is such a hard worker! So with him working and going to school my life pretty much consists of working extra long hours because of the holidays and then coming home making dinner, cleaning, grocery shopping, packing lunches etc... since Erik never has time to help out.

We got to hang out today and make gingerbread cookies with Erik's family, a tradition they have done since they were little. The recipe is amazing(val had to swear me into secrecy haha) they are really soft, nothing like the gingerbread houses. We had a lot of fun and more importantly got to relax, thank goodness for Sundays :)

Erik and I decorating, that's the funnest part! (besides eating it) Last year we did it, I spent like an hour doing one and it was so cute. It had these little silver balls all over it that break your teeth and sprinkles and mostly anything that was cute that didn't taste that great, ya no one gave me the heads up on that. So this year I just loaded mine with chocolate, it wasn't as cute but it tasted way better!

This was Erik's man out of the oven, i don't know if he tried to make it a muscle man with no neck and a grill in his mouth but that's what it turned out to be! it was pretty funny, i thought the tie was pretty creative though :)

Mere and Hope

Val rolling the dough, she was there for a while. we made 10 batches!

Violet copying mommy. . . don't worry after she was done she put the dough in her ears and hair

addi and teyah decorating

grace and grandpa, all the kids love their grandpa. its so cute

More decorating, it takes all day but its worth it, they are so amazing!

Mere and grandma putting tons of cream cheese frosting on them. Ummm they are so good. This was only about half of them, we made a ton! I decided to make them for all the girls i work with so hopefully they enjoy them

Football game or 7 am movie??

We totally look like we are at a football game in this pic but nope. . . that's right we went to new moon at 7 am! We waited to long to get tickets and everything was sold out for the weekend, but they just added a 7 am one so we figured why not? I had a sleepover at my moms and watched twilight the night before. We rolled out of bed and filled our purses with yogurt, granola, bagels and cream cheese. there were people buying popcorn. . . way to early for popcorn, sick! It was so worth getting up for! LOVED IT!

All the girls but Kelsey who wasn't feeling that good so we drug my brother Anthony along. . . who knows what he is doing in that pic, I promise he is not gay. Don't we all look so good though i didn't bring anything to sleep over so i just had to borrow random shiz.

Halloween Pics

Kristan and Kel came as my dates to a party that Shanna invited us to since Erik didn't come. We had a lot of fun! Kristan just wore Erik's costume and Kel was a black widow.

Don't we look hott together!!

Mark and Shanna, the Trio and Jayni and Ben. . . since you can't really tell who they are

All the cool people who dressed up for work! I only lasted about an hour in my heels though. Becca kept her skates on the whole time, she was amazing

We went to a party on Halloween at Erik's friends house. We ate food and treats till we were sick, then put in Ghost Busters. I was out in 10 minutes. I am a party pooper :(

He was supposed to wear the red suspenders Kristan had on, they weren't even close to fitting. haha

It was fun to hang out with my hubby again, I was looking on my blog and he hasnt made it on since this summer. . . stupid school. P.S. he is such a hottie in this pic

THRILLER

My sisters and I all went to thriller this week for Kelsey's birthday, it was so so fun! If you haven't ever been you definitely should!

Before and after the show there were all the dancers walking around scaring everyone! she was the creepiest one for sure. . . they didn't scare me, so my sisters made me sit on the isle seat. My sister Amber was by far the worst, she was screaming like a little girl. It was hilarious!

I love having sisters! So my eyes are getting worse and i don't realize it until times like this. So at intermission Kelsey had an extra pair of contacts and she let me wear them. I gave them back to her after, that's pretty nasty but that's what sisters are for! Thanks Kel