FrEaKy FaMiLy ReUnIoN. . .

Don't we all look a little freaky? haha

We had a Family Reunion on my dads side of the family last weekend and it was a blast! Almost all of the grandkids made it so that was really fun to see everbody. We all live in different places and don't get to see eachother to often. We had fun (sometimes a little to much fun) playing some minute to win it games, eating some tasty food and catching up. At the end of the games everyone got prizes. . . Doug got a lovely pink see through bra, I got a pirate hat acccompanied by and eye patch and hook, and Krew recieved and orange wig. The prizes were halarius ranging from clown nose, crazy glasses and interesting underwear we all got a kick out of it. Days like these really make me wish that all my family lived closer together and we could see eachother more often!




This is my Uncle Scott, Aunt Jen and the rest of their crew: Cousins Beau, Taylor, Malorie, Burkley, Riley, Kristy and her Fiance Ron MIA: Tiffany her husband Josh and her little baby bunp :)

My Aunt Shelly and cousins Forrest and Casey.


Kinda looks like we're in Hawii in this pic. . . to bad we're not.

And finally . . . our family.

I feel like the summer is coming to a close and I haven't had time to post anything about what we've been up to. Can't believe the summer is almost over! Well here is a little bit of what we've been doing:
One of Doug's good friends Benny is getting married soon and all his friends threw his a bachelor party and went ridin. I decided that all the wives should get together so everyone came over for dinner and then we had fun watching our kids play. All together there was 5 mommies and 6 kids at our house. There was lots of crying, nursing and laughing going on. Here is a pic of all the kids from left to right-
Maddex, Tory, Ellie, Krew, and Kia MIA: Ryann really wanted her mommy :)

We have discovered this summer that one of Krew FAVORITE treats ever is ice cream cones. Doug was delighted when we discovered that and now takes Krew out for and ice cream at least twice weekly. Krew has since gained 10 lbs. . . no I'm kidding but this boy definatly gets his share of sugar!


Krew don't like to share his treats :)

We've also been boating quite a bit this summer. Its fun to be with fam. have lots of fun and of course eat some tasty food!






Doug on the sky ski. . . as of now him and my dad are the only people who can ride this thing. . . woohoo go Doug!

By the end of the day me and my Krew were BUSHED!

Viva Las Vegas

Me and Doug took a little trip to the fabulous Las Vegas a couple weeks ago so that Doug could check out a dental school and I decided to tag along. Neither of us had been there and it was amazing. I've never seen so many sparkling lights, amazing hotels, or drunk people ever.:) It was so nice to get away just the two of us.



This was our hotel it was off the strip a little ways so we definatly got our exercise in walking a bit.

In front of the Bellagio Hotel there is a BEAUTIFUL fountain that goes off every night it was awesome!


Us at a cute little river. . . nearing the end of our wonderful trip.


When all was said and done Vegas was fun but there just wasn't a whole lot for us to do :) We don't party and by the end all I wanted was to come home and see my baby. It was SO nice to get away together and it was much needed but when it comes down to it I would trade living in good ol' Idaho Falls with my family.

To bone and back!

Me and a bunch of my friends at work ran the "To bone and back" race a couple of weeks ago. It was so much fun to train and really work for something! It made running so much more enjoyable. For anybody who hasn't heard of this race its a 40 mile race, each team has 8 people or less and each person has to run at least 5 miles. We had 7 on our team including: Me, Annie Cooper, Tiffy Sargent, Emily Sargent, Melanie Furniss, Lyndsay Nulph and filling in at the last min. Kim Ence. We all ran five miles except for Melanie who ran ten. Our Boss Sherry, her husband Bruce and daughter carly came and drove our support vehicle and cheered us on. Sara Sanders came and rode with us to thanks Sara! Sherry chased us around with the water sprayer all day and boy was I glad because I ran my leg right in the heat of they day. Here's some pics:


This pic. was right before I ran . . . so nervous!


When we crossed the finish line we were so suprised to learn that we took 3rd! Out of 13 teams! We were not expecting to place at all we were just excited to do it so it was really exciting that we all did so well. I even got a medal out of it :) I had so much fun! Thanks to everyone who cheered us on and helped us out!

Catchin up!

Ok so I'm really sorry about this huge long post but I've been so behind lately. . . You don't have to read it. . . really!
On the Fourth this year me and Doug decided to the the "firecracker fun run" before the parade. It was a 5k along some of the parade route. We had fun doing it. My parents offered to watch Krew that morning and needless to say he was quite spoiled this morning. :)

Krew and grandpa. . ..

This was Mitch and Jack's fav. part of the parade :) MONSTER TRUCK!!! Hope everyone had a good 4th!

My B-day was the other day and I had the best birthday I've ever had! Seriously! My parents must have thought that I've been quite cranky lately or something so they gave me a gift certificate so that I could go get a massage which was DIVINE! My sister megan came in and worked for me all day. . . happy birthday to me. My sister Abi watched Krew for me all day . . . happy birthday to me!!!! This really meant alot to me I guess because I don't ever really have "me" time. Here are some pics I got of Meg Abi and Krew that day.




Me and my mom also took Krewa and Mitch and Jack to the zoo! I had to include this pic. This monkey was Krews fav. animal at the zoo! It came and sat righ in front of Krew and just stared at him. It was so cute! To bad I didn't get a pic.! . . .At the end of my most amazing wonderful day I was telling Doug all about it and got a little choked up because even tho I absolutely loved all my gifts, it meant so much to me to get such a genuine wonderful gift from my sisters. I love them so much and I'm going to miss them when we move away one day. I know that no matter how many "things" anyone has in life real joy comes from your family. Thanks so much Meg and Abi, I love you guys!

I also missed fathers day. Happy Fathers Day to all the dads in my life! This is Doug on the bike I gave him for fathers day. . . ok not really. He wishes. Its my dads bike and Doug drives it home for lunch almost every day and loves every min. of it!

This pic. is on of my fav's! Its the first time that doug held Krew. Krew's pretty fresh in this pic. but it just warms my heart to watch Doug with Krew he is such a good dad and I'm so so so glad that he is setting such a good example to Krew in every aspect of his life.

Bathroom re-do

I've been re-doing this bathroom for quite some time and I finally decided that I just need to git er done! I didn't have any before pics. but here are some afters: . . . I started with my shower curtain. Plain and boring brown. I got the idea from one of the craft blogs I was looking at one day, can't remember which one, but all I did was just sew on a strip of fabric and wa la. Drab to Fab.

I snagged this old shelf at a garage sale for .25 painted it up, made a string of pearls, found an old perfume bottle from hollister that I had and of course had to add some smell goods since its the bathroom. Notice how I wrapped some scrap fabric that I had left over from the shower curtain around the glass? I thought that tied it in pretty good. I had two pretty frames left over from our reception that I love but didn't really know what to do with so I used one here and antiqued a pic. of me and doug.

I made a couple more strands of pearls to put on the hand towels (which I thought would also be a cute idea for napkin rings), used an old frame from our wedding which had some pearls on it and antiqued a bum shot of Krew :)

All in all I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out . . . even tho Doug complains about the "girly-ness" of this room. I'm working on a couple projects right now so more projects coming soon . . . ok maybe not so soon.

15 months!

My "baby" is 15 months this month :( He is growing up so fast! When I look at these pics it makes me a little sad because he is a little boy now! . . .but, he will always be my baby lol. He is saying new words everyday but right now his vocabulary includes: momma, hey dad, hi, that hot?, abba (abi), and no. He can say a few other ones but I really can't count them yet. He is running all over the place (usually away from me) he loves unloading all my cabinets and he is enfatuated with the sprinkler and the toilet. I also have some really good news a couple times lately if I put Krew on the toilet right when he wakes up he goes potty on the toilet! He loves watching the toilet flush! I'm sure it will be a while before he is potty trained but I'm really glad that he is already excited about it! Oh and I'm pretty sure that Krew is going to be a lefty! He colors with his left hand and eats with it also! Even if I put his spoon in his right hand he changes it to his left to eat. I'm pretty excited about that because so far I'm the only lefty in my entire family so I think its pretty cool that Krew is joining the severely left handed club :) I've heard that you can't tell for sure until they are two so we'll see if anything changes. We were out at my parents the other night after it rained and Krew LOVED playing in the puddles! At first I was trying to keep him out of the water but I finally gave up and decided it would be ok if he looked like a little rag muffin. My mom took these pics. aren't they good? I'm so glad that we live so close to my family right now. Its been so fun spending time with them and I love that they help me with Krew so much. He loves his grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles!