Graduation

Again-I am a little behind on this post, but I wanted to post pictures of my graduation. Alex took some pictures-but our camera ran out of batteries half way through the program so luckily, my SIL Joyce had her camera and took some great pictures for me. It is so great to be done!!!

I could barely fit the belly under the gown.

I had the best little cheering section!!

The girls loved the hat-they wore it all day.

It ended up being a great day-I really thought it was going to rain which would have really sucked because it was all outside-but the weather was nice even if it was a little cold. Afterward we all went to eat at Garcias-one of my favorite restaurants. So thanks for all of my family that came to support me-I love you guys!!!

Christmas

So I am a little late with the post-I have been very busy doing nothing all day to make up for the craziness of last semester. I actually don't have any pictures of the girls on Christmas morning, but they had a great time. Once Abby saw the candy in her stocking-she didn't want to open any presents-just candy!! I did get some pictures of our Christmas eve party though. We went to my Mom and Dads house with all of my brothers and sisters minus one brother. My SIL Joyce has all the costumes and a program to do the nativity. It is really fun to get the kids dressed up and they absolutely love it.


My brother made a great donkey for Mary.


We also had a very authentic manger for baby Jesus.


There was a really cute Shepard!!

And a extremely feminine wise man.

Tree Skirt and Stockings

Last Christmas, I felt like the worst mom because Abby didn't even have a stocking. So this year I went out shopping for a new tree skirt and stockings so our family could have matching stockings. They were all so expensive and I didn't love any of them, so I decided to make them. When I was growing up "santa" liked to put lots of little presents in our stockings and I wanted this same tradition, but most stockings are too small. So I decided that we needed gigantic stockings. I love the way the turned out, but I realize that some people think they are weird-I don't care. They were awesome on Christmas morning!!! Here are some pictures of my new tree skirt and stockings. By the way-I always wanted a star shaped tree skirt, but didn't realize until it was already made that this would mean that I would have to bind 6 corners and 6 half-corners-next time, it will just be a circle!!

Family Pictures

I have this awesome friend that I have known my whole life who recently bought some camera equipment to take pictures on the side. So being the mooch that I am, I called and begged her to take some family pictures for us. Being the great friend that she is, she took us to this awesome park last Sunday and took some great pictures. She also did some enhancing on the photos and I got them back today. We were so happy when we got them back, they turned out so cute. So if anyone wants her to take your pictures just give me a call and I can give you her number. Here is a little slideshow of some of my favorites.

The Countdown

When I started school a year and a half ago I knew that it would be hard, but we managed to survive. Then this summer I went brain dead and decided that not only did I want to take 15 credit hours at the University, but I wanted to do it pregnant. I really want to know where all my friends were when I made this decision-you were supposed to stop me!!! Then Alex decided that it would be awesome if he could coach the freshman basketball team on top of everything. Needless to say we have been very busy and very stressed out lately. But on the bright side-the end is coming-in a good way. I graduate in 16 days and only have 5 more days of class. So bring it on-I might be clinically insane before the 16 days are up-but I will still have a degree!!! Anyway-I just wanted to let everyone know why I have been a nutcase lately and promise that I will be normal soon. I also wanted to give a shout-out to my wonderful Mom who has watched my kids numerous times the last few weeks-often with just 5 min. notice. My kids love you-you are the best!!!

Husband Tag

My awesome sister in law tagged me and I have never done a tag before so I decided to try it. Here is some info about my awesome husband.

1) Where did you meet? We met at the institute down at University of Arizona. I had seen him around and asked someone about him and they told me to forget it because he never talked to anyone and was hard to get to know. One day I sat in the chair next to him and said hi and he talked almost non-stop for the next 2 hours.

2) How long until you got married? After that day we became friends, but we didn't start dating for another 3 months. We got engaged a year later and married 5 months after that.

3) How long have you been married? We have been married 7 1/2 years.

4) What is your favorite feature on him? So many things-but I think that my favorite is how tall he is.

5) What is your favorite quality about him? I love his sense of humor. He is a little hard to get to know, but when you do you will find that he is so funny-in a very sarcastic, corny way-he can always make me laugh.

6) Does he have any nicknames for you? He is very romantic and usually calls me-Hey You (can you sense the sarcasm.)

7) What is his favorite food? He is not very picky-he likes practically everything, but he loves southern cooking like country fried steak and fried okra.

8) What is his favorite sports to watch? College Basketball-especially the Arizona Wildcats. We can never make plans during March for fear of interrupting March Madness.

9) When was your first kiss? We had been dating for a week and I walked out with him to his truck to get something and he just grabbed me and kissed me.

10) What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? We love to go out to dinner together and watch movies at home. Alex buys almost every movie so if anyone ever wants to borrow one-give me a call.

11) Do you have kids? We have two little girls and a boy due in March.

12) Does he have a hidden talent? I'm not sure it is so hidden, but he is good at basketball. He plays with some guys in our ward and he loves it so much. He has actually just started coaching the freshman team at his school and is excited to get the season started.

13) How old is he? Old!!! Just kidding-he will turn 31 this December.

14) Who said "I love you first"? I can't even remember!! I think that we both knew from the beginning that we were going to get married that it wasn't that big of a moment-almost like a formality. I just asked him and he told me to say that he did to make him look good!!

15) What do you admire most about him? I love the dad that he is. I was a little worried when I married him because he didn't seem that into kids,but as soon as Olivia was born he absolutely adored her and is an amazing dad. He takes care of them 3 nights a week by himself while I am in class and they complain when I am there-Olivia tells me to go to school. They love him so much.

16) What is his favorite music? He used to like country music the best, but now that he is teaching high school he knows all of the "cool" music that the kids listen to.

17) Do you think that he will read this? Yeah-mostly because I already told him I was doing it.

Anyway-hope I didn't bore anyone out there. Here are some more pictures of my great husband!!He would have held Olivia all day long.

He even lets the kids play X-box with him-unplugged of course.I think Olivia took this picture.

On temple square in Salt Lake he carried Abby in his jacket the whole time to keep her warm. I don't think there is anything sexier than a man carrying a baby.

Quilt Blogs

I have recently found some really cute quilting blogs and I now spend all my free time looking at other peoples quits and looking for cute fabric. One of my favorites is a girl named Camille-and she is having a free give away. The best part for those of you non-quilters is that she will make the quilt of your choice and send it to you-how awesome is that. Just follow the link -simplicity-at the bottom of my page to enter the giveaway-Good Luck!!!