Josie's Wedding

My very good friend Josie(which also happens to be Brandon's cousin) got married in the Manti Temple this weekend. Brandon & I were able to attend the ceremony & it was amazing. It was such a good feeling & we are SO HAPPY for josie & her new husband Mark!!!

Here is the BEAUTIFUL bride with our roommate from snow college days, Tricia. Tricia caught the bouquet!

A few weeks ago, Josie asked me if I would make her wedding cake. I knew it would be a challenge, but I accepted. Her colors were Black & white & her flowers were calla lilies.(which made an absolutly beautiful and classy wedding by the way) I was so afraid I'd mess it up, and That would be unacceptable cause Josie deserves a pretty wedding cake. But, with a few prayers and much determination, it turned out quite well. So here it is...my first wedding cake:

First Day of Preschool

Andy Started preschool this week! Yes, thats right, my baby boy is in school!!! I can't believe how fast time has gone! It doesn't seem that long ago that the nurse handed me this beautiful( though very beat-up looking) baby boy & said " Here, meet your son". He has brought so much joy to his family with his bright smile and outgoing personality, and we're so proud of him & love himSSO MUCH!! He loved his first day, even through the disappointment of preschool being held in a "regular house" with "no school bus".

Had to fit a few pics of my darling little Maddex in here too!! Next year, they'll both be in preschool!

8 THINGS TAG

I haven't been very good at keeping the posts coming, so hopefully this will get things started again. Thanks Jenni!

8 Things I look forward to:

1. Fall (my favorite season)
2. vacation
3. Christmas
4. Maddex potty trained
5. Having a daughter(maybe someday?)
6. Not having to worry about getting pregnant
7.bedtime
8. remodeling

8 Things I did this weekend:

1 Went shopping
2 Girl's night!(buncos)
3. Watched brandon play ball
4. paintd my toe nails
5. loved on my boys
6. church
7. read books
8. held my CUTE nephew

8 Things I wish I could do:

1. Cook amazing dinners
2. Make poop disapear with a magic wand!
3. Get paid cash for being a mom!
4. Lose 30 lbs in one day
5. Silence stupid people
6. erase tatoos( just to clear things up, I don't have one)
7.buy Brandon a truck
8. afford a maid

8 shows I watch:

1. Everybody loves Raymond
2. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
3. Handy Manny
4. Special Agent Oso
5. Dora the explorer
6 Wonder Pets
7. Imagination movers
8. The Backyardegins

(yes, I am a loser)

8 Places I'd like to travel:

1. Alaska
2. Northern Cali
3. The east coast
4. Italy
5 Africa
6. Germany
7. Paris
8. the moon

8 Things I'm grateful for:

!. Andy
2. Maddex
3. Brandon
4. Gospel
5. Family & friends
6. good health
7. magic erasers
8. hairspray

8 people I tag: Tosha, Amy, Steph, Sarah, Sha, Kristi, Kellie, Julia

I need your help!

So, this is kind of a random post, but I need help...with my hair. Those of you that know me know that I have long hair, and that I highlight it every 6-8 weeks.(just the roots) Well it is in WAY bad condition. It's been thinning, breaking etc, and is VERY dry. I also refuse to stop highlighting it...it's how I want it, so that's not an option. Cutting it off isn't an option either( though I am willing to take a few inches off). So, I guess what I need from you is suggestions on how I can help it get healthy, without going my natural color or chopping it all off.I use Aussie DEEEEP conditioner, and have realized that without it, it would probably all be broken off. Does anyone know of any miracle treatments, conditioners, oils, etc. that would really make a difference? I need to reverse this damaging procces before I end up bald!!! Please help by giving me suggestions if you can! Thanks.

My funny three year old...

Andy has a bad habit of waiting last minute to go potty. When he's just about unable to hold it, he'll start dancing. Well, I was at my moms house today making jam, and we could tell Andy needed to pee. My mom said "Andy, you better hurry & go to the bathroom. Somebody's dancing." So Andy runs to the bathroom, comes back out & says" Grandma, there's nobody dancing in that bathroom!!"

OUR EXTREMELY BUSY JULY

This month has been crazy busy! But before I get into

what we've been up to this month, I thought I'd post some pics of our house & yard. When we bought this house 3 yrs ago, we really didn't know quite what to do with the extra large, weed-infested flower beds. Knowing it would cost too much to fill with flowers & shrubs, we found a way to fill them, low cost. The front of our home, we planted pumpkins & squash. (the flowerbeds are MUCH larger than this pic shows!

We already have pumpkins growing like crazy....

This year I tried something new with the little flower bed by the driveway. I bought a box of wild flower seeds. I watered them like crazy, and for the longest time, they just looked like weeds. When they started blooming, I was over-joyed! So if anyone has a flower bed that they don't know what to do with, I highly recommend trying this wild flower mix. I think it gives a yard a nice "country cottage" look. I got them at walmart...

Brandon took 3 wks off work, starting the end of June. We went on two camping trips during that time. From june 29-July 2nd, Brandon and I took a mini vacation to Park City. It was so much fun & nice to get away without kids for a few days. Sadly, I forgot the camera :(


We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration with family. Again....I didn't take picures:(

We also went to a Bee's game. Grandpa Bailey bought Andy a Bee's hat & he got it signed by bumble.(the mascot) And, you guessed it. I yet again....forgot the camera:(

Brandon played in the Lamb Days mens softball tourny, and won the tournament!

We also went to the Ute Stampede. Brandon won these large, unattractive stuffed animals by making baskets...

We Celebrated my 24th Birthday on the 11th.

Brandon surprised me with this AWESOME gift!!!! It extends larger than the pic shows( leaf) and I have two more chairs coming.......it will be so great to have six chairs!! This table fits up to eight chairs.......I think I know what I'm going to ask for, for christmas;)

These pics are in my living room. My other table & chairs were still in my kitchen when these photos were taken.

The leaf..........

To celebrate my B-day, we went up the mountain & had bb-q turkey & dutch oven with my family.

CUTE baby Dakson..

my mom & her grand-kiddles(minus Dakson)

My dad & Dakson

Devin cookin turkey..

And there it is! JULY IN A NUT SHELL!

Camping & a cool discovery!

Brandon is on his vacation, so we decided to go camping with the kids. We went up fairview canyon.

Here are pics of us on the drive up.....

My Gorgeous little boys.............
This is my "oh crap, what have I got myself into, camping with a two & three year old" look.

Just after we arrived at our beautiful & quite secluded camping spot, Maddex & I ventured off to find wood for a fire and discovered this sweet little guy about 30 yards from our tent. Maddex screams "OOOHHHH BAAAMMMBBIIEEEE, SOOOO CUUUUTE!! The sweet little guy let us get right up to him & I let the kids pet him with sticks(if human sent is on them, mama deer will reject them) We could tell he was only hours old. Baby deer are unsented so preditors are unable to find them. Mother deer leave them in bushes and take off for six to eight hours at a time, only returning to feed them, then leave again. Mama deer moved him during the night. He was gone in the morning. It was pretty cool, and I'm glad the kids were able to see a baby deer!
Andy's catch of the day.

My lovely catch...
The albino fish I caught. They've got RED EYES. Pretty cool.

Brandons trophy fish.......haha.
We found this tree up by fairview lakes. We carved it one month after we were married, over 5 years ago....crazy!!

The boys chillin in the tent....

Note to self: Bring foam pad next time.