Happy Birthday

Happy 25th BIRTHDAY Jon! You are an amazing husband, friend, and father. I want you to know that Maddie & I appreciate you so much. I admire your hard work and your perseverance .

You are as attractive as the day that I met you, but now with alot more muscles :) . I'm proud of the person you've become and the talents you've acquired. You are my favorite.

I love you and am sorry that your birthday this year is sparse. But here's my shout out to you my OLD man. A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.

Thanksgiving

Notice Jon's BYU-I shirt, found it at the D.I.





Liz & Scott




Kelly


Alittle behind I know, what a great Thanksgiving we had this year. It was so much fun and I felt like it was so simple. I didn't make the hard entrees either though. I will be dreaming of the mashed potatoes and turkey with the yummy gravy Kelly whipped up for the rest of the year. Oh and the sparkling cider, its what I live for each holiday:) I even got some pomegranate sparkling cider this year, which was alittle bitter for me. I tried sweet potatoes for the first time ever and they were delicious. Oh it was so much fun and I've still got pumpkin cheesecake in my fridge, anyone want some? I've still got the carmel I drizzled on top. Thanks Coltons for being such wonderful neighbors.
That next morning Kelly and I did our BF shopping. It was awesome to say that least we got crazy bought alot then returned quite a bit but I didn't have to wait in any cashier lines can you believe it? I'm afraid next year won't be quite as easy. Unless I can convince Kelly to move to WA (I don't know if we'll be in WA next year).
Jon has taken his P.O.S.T. exam and felt like it was easy, lets hope I'm eager to see his scores. He's still been looking for work until we figure this whole police thing out. I can't wait to go home for Christmas! I have my home decorated I suppose I'll post about that next. Tomorrow is my company party should be wild, just kidding but it should be fun.

If I Had Money, I'd Tell You What I'd Do

I'd go down the road and buy a car load or two, crazy about Black Friday.

It's so funny because I've never had an interest in BF until this year. This is probably due to the fact that I live a block away from the store I'd like to raid on BF and I'm into saving money lately. BUT we don't have money this year to buy all that I want so this post is dedicated to all that I'm wishing for or I guess wanting.

Okay so the snuggie is on Jon's wish list this Christmas, so I thought it only appropriate to list it. What's on your list this Black Friday?

Or do you think I'm crazy for attempting to sit out in the parking lot at the crack of dawn?

Just Call Me Betty

I just made my first meatloaf, ha ha I don't know why I feel like this is such a feat. I guess since I'm on the topic of cooking I should also write about Jon's cooking experience. For the first time in A LONG time I came home from the gym and Jon had made dinner. Not just macaroni but he sliced potatoes and sauted them with onions in butter on the stove. He also made some grilled chicken. He made up his own little recipe. I was astounded really, and then realized he must have seen something like this on Rachel Ray. He's become a Rachel Ray watcher while taking care of Maddie in the morning while I'm working. So funny. Maddie has been walking around like crazy and I love it. She'll even try to run and then falls shortly after, but I can not wait. No more holding or carrying, halelujah! Today was the first Sunday in a long time where both Jon and I were able to stay for the whole sacrament meeting. She was pretty good through it too.

Winter time

Winter is here and I'm happy to have so many hats for Maddie, it covers her bald head :) She refuses to wear headbands and her hair isn't thick enough for ponytails yet so this is as close to femine as we get. I forgot to post Maddie's 12 mo. stats she weighed 20lbs, 27 inches, and was in the 70th percentile for her head. I haven't been posting because we've been sick and I guess that means I've been lazy. Maddie and I are swine flu survivors (opposed to fighters). Thank heavens thats all over it only took two weeks.
Jon has been looking into law enforcement we're hoping something works out soon. I'm getting ready for Black Friday, silly I know since we don't really have any money but there are a few items I really want and a few I need (like a vacuum). Maybe I'll pick up a camera too since ours is dying and our laptop. Probably not, but there are too many things to list. Melissa Hahn made this gorgeous hat, she sells them at a craft show probably somewhere in WA so you'll have to ask her about it if your interested.

Halloween

Maddie loves Halloween and candy, she did get sick of the zebra head. I walked around with her trick or treating. It was the best Halloween we've had since we've been married. We started at our ward trunk or treat then made it over to my sister-in-law's mother-in-laws ward and did some more trunk or treating. Then we went door to door in some nice neighborhoods nearby. Then we watched the movie ghost, so cheesy but lots of fun.

I didn't get any other pictures but I dressed up in camo and put leaves & twigs in my hair and smuged brown eyeliner on my face. Jon dressed as a BYU football player complete with jersey, pads, and the white pants. A few kids at our trunk or treat wanted to tackel him.

One Year Ago

Our baby is 1 YEAR OLD, here's what was going on exactly a year and 1 day ago.

........ But yesterday was full of treats and fun company. We only had two other kids there but they played together really well. And yes that is her costume, she is a Zebra.

She loved the frosting, who can blame her though its the best part of the cupcake.

She was so funny about opening the gifts. I thought she'd be more into it, but I think she was distracted by our guests.

Liz, Tyson, and Maddie.

Uh oh Tyson what would your Daddy say?

That sticker says Happy Birthday she wore it all morning.
All the present were so awesome thank you to my amazing neighbors Natalie & Kelly, my good friend Heidi, and my mom & sisters, and of course of wonderful friend Karen.

I had so many treats, what was I thinking this wasn't a teenage party. All the kids were hyped up on sugar. I even put gummy worms in the ice cubes in everyone's apple juice.

My spooky decor, and my black entertainment center (we painted this several months ago this is for Jody who started the project, she'll be happy to see the finished product).