February 21, 2012

Our President's Day Weekend...

Amazing food
Great company
Adorable babies
Lovely Arkansas weather 
Shopping (gotta hit those president day sales)
Exchanging stories
Did I mention amazing food???
and SHOPPING!

Meet Easton
This was actually one of the best pictures of little Noah. 
As you can see he was always on the run,
 making it a little hard to catch a picture.
These two little boys were so ADORABLE! I love babies. They definitely kept us entertained. 
Sandwiches anybody? 
So like I said, amazing food. My favorite is this delicious soup that my Aunt makes. SO GOOD! AND I get the recipe! I ate a bowl of it all weekend. The weather was perfect to curl up and have a delicious bowl of soup with good company. 

Cousin Billy, Felicia, Noah and Aunt Sharon. 
My family decided to take a small trip to Arkansas to visit my great aunt.(my mom's aunt) My great uncle Jim passed away on December 5th 2011. He had been battling cancer for years. I was in school in Idaho at the time and I was really upset there was no way I could come home for the funeral. The rest of my family went, but I wanted to go again since I was home. And boy, was it a wonderful trip. I loved every minute. We enjoyed sitting around telling stories and remembering memories. So much fun. It was a really nice "break."

When it comes to shopping I have a huge addiction. I reason with myself and if it's on sale, I buy it. Well that's some bad news if EVERYTHING was on sale. But I am proud to say that I SAVED more than I spent. That definitely counts for something. So 6 new shirts later, a cami, cardigan and new belt later I am very, very happy :) I got some of the cutest shirts! gah I'm really excited! I love shopping with Aunt Sharon. It's been something we've done together basically every time we've been there. I always remember setting aside a day to shop!

Great Aunt Sharon and I.

January 10, 2012

Christmas and New Years 2011!

2011 went by soooo quickly! 
Christmas was wonderful like always!
We celebrated the end of 2011 and starting a new year!
:)






NEW YEARS
I'm so ready for this year to fly by!
I was a little sad when I realized what was I really looking forward to in 2012?  In 2011 I was so excited about graduating from high school, turning 19 and moving out to start my first semester of college. Well, I accomplished all that! Now what’s going to happen this year?? We shall see. I'm sure this year will be filled with tons. I'll be faced with new situations, more opportunities and I'll make decisions. Some things may not go my way, things may happen unexpectedly and I may find inspiration. But its all about how we let these things affect us.
Something good about 2012? Well, I do turn 20 this year... really weird if you ask me. 
We brought the new year in with style. We made donuts! And they were super good!

Alyssa and I at MIDNIGHT! (we were outside freezing, watching the firework show!)
Audrey cut 10 inches of her hair off! I can't believe she really did it! but she wanted to donate it. And it looks great!!