jazz game & baby blessing

this was one crazy busy weekend. we were finally able to get tickets to a jazz game on saturday march 5th and were able to go with lots of friends and family. we got tickets for the jazz vs. sacramento game, and boy what a game it was. :]  alot had changed since we had gotten our tickets. head coach jerry sloan resigned as well as his asst. coach and deron williams was traded to the nets, but the team seems to be doing ok and i think it will take some time for them to really work together and win some really good games.
i don't think i have yelled that loud in a very long time. in the final minutes of the game we tied it up and it went into OT. YES!! more yelling......

and we won!!

such a fun time with everyone.

wish i could afford season tickets.

i actually got alot more pictures but only am posting my favs.

[Raja Bell]

[cj miles]

[andre kirlenko]

[paul milsap]

[bear!!]

[al jefferson]

the new guys

[derek favors & devon harris]

[this girl LOVES ice cream! ]

after the jazz game we had to make the trip to logan for a baby blessing on sunday morning. we got to quintin and amandas after midnight and had to get up at 6:30 am to make it to church in weston idaho by 9. yeah, lets just say we were all tired and ornery in the morning. we wouldn't have missed this blessing for the world.

[sweet annie jo kropf] i believe i see some red in her hair. adorable.

bethie got this side shot of annie. i love it!

and....i could not leave these too beautiful little girls out for nothing. they are growing so fast!

[abbi] isn't her hair beautiful!?

[Lilli] so cute!!



good times!

i'm still trying to get caught up on my sleep! ugh

headed here in about 28 days :)

i can't wait! :]

 

it seems like i have time to change my blog background, but never have anything fun or exciting to post about.

there is something wrong with that picture.

oh well..at least my blog is cute. :)

on another note...

i'm going to cali in April.

i'm getting pretty excited.

-beach

-baseball game

-shopping

-safari (maybe)

-fresh fish

-swimming

-restraunts with calmari + seafood

ahhhh...i can't wait!

 just not sure about flying home for the first  time ever in my life.

at least i won't be flying alone.

valentine letters

here is my latest craft project

 *Valentine Letters *

these were actually pretty simple as there was just alot of painting because the letters are quite large so i couldn't really cover them with decorative paper.

i added some bling to the letters as well as a few buttons

the bling added a nice touch and made the letters stand out more.

i think they turned out awesome! 

Happy Valentines Day!

picture-lessssss

i went to Logan this weekend
and then to weston, idaho
to see a newborn baby
that i wanted to take pictures of
for the  first time.
the baby was so cute.
i left my camera in Logan.
what was i thinking!?

i went to dinner with some great friends

that i actually can call my family.

we went to Tandoori Oven

the restraunt is in a gas station, mind you

but it was some of the best Indian food i've had yet.

i didn't capture photos of this delicious food or friends

because once again, my camera was left behind.

we all met up later

to play some fun games

apples to apples

and a card game

by the name of

s*%t head. ha ha

pretty fun games.

but because i was enjoying myself so much

my camera got left upstairs.

i didn't capture mike and carlys laughter,

or bethies cute smile

or quintin and amanda concentration in reading their braille cards

sometimes there are moments you just don't want to forget.

next time, my camera will be dangling from my neck at all times.

the end. 

Christmas 2010

Christmas was kind of low-key this year for me. Brittany, Kasey and Kolbey spent christmas eve and christmas morning with their mom and kim.  I spent christmas eve at my parents house. we ate some yummy food and just spent some quality time together. we didn't do much as my mom is still recovering from her hip surgery and is doing very well.
Christmas morning I slept in, ha! :] the kids weren't going to be at my parents house until 10 or 11, so we cooked up some christmas morning breakfast and watched the parade until they arrived.

So fun to come from a small family and spoil the kids every year, even though they are teenagers now. I love them and i am glad i can get them things that they want for christmas.

i feel very blessed to have such great family and friends!

I hope you all had a great holiday spent with the ones you love.

[moms christmas tree]

[mom is doing amazing in her hip recovery. love her.]
*please don't kill me mom...haha *

[i can never get a good picture of my dad. he is either covering his face or turning away. this is the best i could do]

[wow. look at the concentration.]

[this kid right here is your future BMX champion. crazy kid, but oh how i love him.] 

[aspiring guitarist] love him.

[this picture cracks me up! kolbey got a new helmet and goggles for snowboarding and mom thought she would put it on and model it for us..haha]

** i think i am not going to be living when she sees that i posted this picture **

love u mom :]

Later that evening everyone came over to my house where we had a delicious dinner of ham, funeral potatoes and veggies. It was so yummy!  we also played mario kart for the wii because santa brought that to everyone as a family gift. thanks santa, you are the best! :]

I think we all had a little too much too eat. haha!

even jess. lol

[ahem.. don't look at the mess. thanks.]

[be berry berry quiet..kasey is hunting squirrels..]


christmas was great this year. thank you to everyone for everything. you are all the best and i love you all!
here is to a new year with new begginnings.

book review

I'm sure Jodi Picoult is a great author.

Her books are just too slow for me.

I had a really hard time getting into this book at the beginning. It got a little better towards the middle. I hated how they dragged out the storyline throughout the whole book and you had to wait until the very end to find out what happened. Kind of a depressing book as well.

meh. i wasn't a fan.