A Winter Wedding

Hooray for Weddings!!!

My brother-in-law Nathan got married 5 days before Christmas and it was an absolutely beautiful day. I loved that it brought back memories of my own special day not too long ago. Congrates to both Nathan and Lindsey...we love you! Hope you're having a great time in Australia on your honeymoon!

Here are some fun snapshots of the day....

32 Weeks

I'm getting bigger, He's getting bigger, and we're getting closer to the due date. I am so excited. I really can't wait. I love that the appointments are now two weeks apart, I love that yesterday I finally figured out where his head, feet, and little bum is, I even love that he moves so much that it makes me sick to my stomache. It all means that I have a healthy baby boy.

Besides all of the happy stuff, I am more uncomfortable, I have a harder time sleeping, even maternity clothes are getting tighter. It's great though. Really great.

The Facer Girls

I got this framed for my birthday. it was taken in October

Cute Projects

I discovered something about my hubby and I. We both need to have a project at all times. David usually does something with computers/technology but has also liked doing the dog house and now is working on re-upholstering a chair for the nursery.

I like doing crafty stuff. Now that painting is finished; I've been making blankets and burp cloths.

These are two flannel rag quilts I did in no time at all. The blue one is for me, the pink is for my friend, Kellie.

Our Puppy and Snow

A few days ago, it's snowed all night and didn't stop until the next morning. Two hours later, our front yard looked like this.



Clean, pure, untouched snow.

Our backyard looked like this....





She was having a bit of fun I think. And this is her guard dog spot. From here, she can see into our kitchen, see the gate, see her dog house and hear the kids walking to school.

A Different Kind of thanksGIVING

This year we had a new kind of plan for the Thanksgiving holiday. Instead of turkey, stuffing, and pies; we experienced sheetrock, itchy insulation, and lots of hammering, nails, caulking...etc. The list could go on and on. The women mostly concentrated on the painting. We were able to finish the piano studio, both kids room, and the office. I can't believe how hard we all worked. I think even a week later we are all feeling the effects. However, every muscle pain was worth the memories and the service we gave. Here are some pictures of the progress.

Happy Birthday to Me

Last weekend David and I took a trip to Utah. He has some stuff to finish up at BYU and was going to be gone Sunday November 23. I said, no way! I am not being alone on my birthday; so I bought a plane ticket too! Happy Birthday to me!

It was so good to to see my brothers, family and friends! Oh friends, I love having people to play with! We haven't really made friends since moving so it was great to have some for a few days. I went to see Twilight (which I will not give my opinion now since some people probably haven't seen it and I didn't want to know what people thought beforehand so I'm not going to say anything at this time.) We also went out to dinner with almost everyone I love in Utah.




We ate at Shoots. It's a Chinese restaurant; and not as good as it was when it first opened unfortunately. Earlier I had gone shopping all day with Emily. We bought lots of fun stuff at Baby Depot in Burlington Coat Factory. For those with babies, or soon to be....SHOP THERE! They have such great prices on clothes! And they are cute!

Kellie took me for a pedicure. We needed this picture too. I couldn't leave without a comparison. I personally think we look the same (we are 2 days apart) It's funny though because I'm taller than her but our tummies are at the same height. Meaning; I carry low, and she carries high. Kinda funny huh!




It was a great birthday and a very fun weekend.

Crazy Eights

Eight Shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. 24
3. House
4. Smallville
5. Fringe
6. Friends
7. Jon & Kate plus 8
8. Gilmore Girls

Eight things that happened yesterday:
1. Put up all my inside Christmas decorations
2. Started reading a new book
3. Worked on our ward christmas program (i'm in charge)
4. Watched T.v
5. Wrapped Chritmas presents
6. Spent the night at the in-laws
7. Played the piano
8. Talked to my Dad

Eight places I like to eat:
1. Carabas
2. Costa Vita
3. Sushi Den
4. Brio
5. Shoots
6. Red Robin
7. My mother-in-laws
8. P.F Chang's

Eight things I am looking forward to:
1. Going to Twilight on Friday
2. My Birthday- (the whole weekend)
3. Thanksgiving
4. December
5. More Snow
6. Christmas
7. My baby boy to come
8. Seeing my family

Eight things on my WISH list:
1. Longer hair
2. A bigger bed
3. A beautiful backyard (ours is taken over by Shelby)
4. Go on a cruise
5. Vacation to Greece
6. Baby Stuff
7. A new piano
8. A waist...ok I have one, so maybe one without a basketball sticking out!

Tis the season

I have been excited for the holidays since September. I really have just been waiting and waiting for Halloween and November to come. David has always said that he doesn't want any decorations up until after Thanksgiving but yesterday he wasn't home. So the decorations went up. That's right, my tree, my nativity scene, stockings...it's all out. I loved getting everything together. I do need David to put up the lights outside so I'll have to wait on those.

As for shopping...I am almost done! Seriously, I think I have 3 presents left and then I am done. I've even started wrapping. It's probably easier since I don't have any kids to shop for yet, only our family names and each other. But still, quite the accomplishment I must say.

Wow, now what am I doing to do in December waiting for Christmas?! Any project ideas?

The Finished Project

IT'S DONE! I updated the slide show since the new wall is done. So all I need for the nursery is a rocker/glider and some drapes. YAY!

The Double Digits

We are in the 3rd trimester....and we are out of the 3 digit countdown and working towards the singles!

Everything about the pregnancy is going great. My little wiggler just doesn't stop wiggling. He loves to move...especially right before I want to go to sleep. Little sinker! Well, this is me at 26 weeks.

The Nursery

I have been working on the room for a few months now and I'm very excited to have everything finished. I only have one more wall to paint and then it's done! Well I guess that and I need to get stuff to put in it besides a crib and dresser!

Fun in the Sun

October weather is so gorgeous. Sun. I love it. Here are a few pictures of the fun.

VOTE

If you haven't already...please vote. It's just important.

60 things that made me laugh

When's the last time you ran? ok like a run....June but I occasionally have something to do at a faster speed.

Do your jeans have rips, tears, and holes in them? every single pair but maternity

What are you dreading right now? labor

Do you celebrate 420? what is there to celebrate

Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep a night? that and much more! I'm a 12 hourer

If anyone came to your house on your "lazy days" what would you all do? watch t.v, eat lots, perhaps paint nails or something girly

Who last grabbed your rear? my husband

Have you ever been on your school's track team? no, i left that up to others

Do you own a pair of Converse? no

Did you copy and paste this survey? yeah obviously

Do you eat raw cookie dough? i'm sorry do people not do this?

Have you ever kicked a vending machine? yes, that dollar was expensive

Don't you hate it when the radio ruins good songs by playing them over and over? yes

Do you watch Trading Spaces? nope

How do you eat oreos? i dunk them

Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone? not since the single days

Are you cocky? no i don't really think so

Could you live without a computer? no, that's why i think i'm alive now

Do you wear your shoes in the house? no not in my house

Who or what sleeps with you? my hubby, and 3 pillows

At what age did you find out that Santa wasn't real? i don't remember 9?

How many phones, house phones and cell phones are in your house? 3

What do you do when you're sad? i don't think i have a "thing". sometimes I veg, sometimes I sleep, sometimes I yell, sometimes i eat......

Who would you call first if you won the lottery? david

Last time you saw your best friend? my husband...this morning. my bff's months

Are you in high school? i sure hope not

What jewelry are you wearing? earrings and my wedding ring

Is anyone on your bad side now? no...i rarely have a bad side or people on it

What's the first thing you do when you get online? check my email and blog

Do you watch Grey's Anatomy? never seen an episode

How do most people spell your name? mallory or malorie but never correctly the first time

Would you wear a boy/girlfriends clothes? i wear my husbands

Where do you work? i don't

What are you doing tomorrow? sewing a blanket...grocery shopping....t.v i don't know yet

Favorite name for a girl? wow...i don't know but i like Alexis, Alia, Amelia, Kate

Favorite name for a boy? what a question since i'm trying to name one

Will you keep your last name when you get married? how bout i didn't when i got married

When was the last time you left your house? this morning, I'm still not there. I'm at the in-laws

Do you return your cart? almost always

Do you have a dishwasher? yeah, one time I didn't and I'll never go back

What noise do you hear? there is a t.v on somewhere, my own talking out loud, kaylee laughing at me, and the keyboard

Would you survive in prison? i wouldn't ever be in prison

Who is the youngest in your family? well...extended? Dakota my neice. but my own little family unit...baby boy

If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would most likely over pack? hands down...kaylee. My sister in law

Do you know anyone with the same name as you? no one who spells it like me

What's the last thing you purchased? jeans, shirts, and shoes

Do your siblings ever pay for stuff for you? ah sometimes

What brand are your pants right now? Motherhood maternity

Ever been to Georgia (the state)? no

What irritates you most on the internet? pornography in ads

What brand is your digital camera? wow...i don't know

Do you watch movies with your parents? yes

What song best describes your life right now? the one about waiting for a baby and loving the holidays to come

Do you own expensive perfume/cologne? yes

Are you taking college classes right now? nope

Do you like sushi? it's the only thing I can't eat and the only thing i crave

Do you get your hair cut every month? sha yeah...no

Do you go online everyday? - yes without a doubt

What brand of socks do you prefer? fruit of the loom

HaPpY HaLLoWeEn

It's here! In about a half hour, I am sure my doorbell will ring and little trick-or-treaters will be in front asking for candy. So cute! I'm excited for next year when my little boy will be able to dress up and look cute too. I've had fun carving pumpkins this year. When I was in with my family I carved 2 pumpkins with my siblings and then here, I helped carve 3 pumpkins at my in-laws. And yet....none are sitting in front of my porch. Oh well, kinda funny. Hopefully I'll get pictures from my family and I can show them off. Well, Hope everyone has a great Halloween!

Another Adventure Starts....

Tomorrow I leave to see family. I am EXCITED! I love being with my family. First off, I have the best parents ever! And then, to have the coolest brothers and sister! Ahhh, the life. We have so much fun too. David is coming out later in the week so I will miss him for the first little bit. Check back in awhile...I'm sure there will be pictures and stories! We are going camping, football games, and Halloween preparations.

I'm an Esme...anyone shocked?

So, since Kellie had this on her blog and....it was later at night when I'm bored; I did this. I am not surprised that I am Esme. I can't imagine being anything but homely, motherly, and sensitive. Ha, I think I was hoping for Alice though. Not sure why.




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Desserts everyone should be making

So, I wait and wait for it to finally be October 1st so that I can make my favorite desserts. I wanted to pass along these recipes so that everyone could enjoy. I must admit that neither one is my own. I borrowed both so I don't get the credit.

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

1 small can pumpkin mix
1 pkg spice cake mix
chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients (add chocolate chips as you desire). Bake at 350 for 15 min or til tops are brown. Seriously easy.

Pumpkin Bars

4 eggs
2 C. sugar
1 C. veg. oil
1 16oz can pumpkin (NOT the seasoned pie filling)
2 C. flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
Chocolate Chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs, sugar, & oil. Add pumpkin and mix. Add dry ingredients & Mix. Grease & Flour Costco size Cookie Sheet. Pour batter onto cookie sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes. Cool & Frost.

Frosting
1 cube margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 8oz. cube of cream cheese

Mix margarine, cream cheese & vanilla until smooth and creamy. Add powdered sugar, blend until smooth.

For the record, I enjoy the bars much more without chocolate chips. To me it brings out the pumpkin flavor but most of the family likes them with. Also, if you are not a pumpkin pie eater....DO NOT let these recipes scare you. They are nothing like the pie. ENJOY!!!

Weekend Fun

This weekend was so much fun. On Friday I drove down to St. George to see my mother-in-law run the marathon. We woke up Saturday morning to rain, rain, and more rain. It was about 50 degrees most of the day...odd for St. George. The race began at 6:45am and she finished around ten. 3 hours and 31 min was her time...go mom!!! I am totally inspired by her. After, we biked home in the rain back to our B&B and snuggled into bed to watch conference.

I love love love General Conference. I am so sad when it's over and get excited for 6 months to pass. This year I was away from David because he couldn't get time off work to come down to Utah. I missed him lots. I did however get to spend some great time with my sister-in-law Mindy. She is at BYU and so I miss seeing her around. We had late nights of talking and laughing and watching conference together. I had way too many favorites to mention but the message was clear. We as members still need to give more, have more faith & hope, give more charity. I hope that I can continue to reference these talks in the next few months and heed the counsel given.

We ended up driving up to Provo on Sunday night and I got to see my brother Hansen. He is so cool. I mean he is the best big brother a girl could ask for. He loves me and he tells me...so cool. I did however blow it for him....let me explain. Hansen has said from the beginning that he didn't want to know what we are having. He wanted it to be a surprise. I made sure everyone in the family knew not to tell him if it was a boy or girl, even talking to him in the last few weeks, I've still said "it" or "the baby". Well, one of the first things I say to him when I saw him was; 'The baby is kicking so much. I'll let you feel him if he does, he's such a little stinker' ahhh... I didn't even realize I said it until he told me I blew it for him. Oh well, after all that, and I tell him.

The driving wasn't much fun. Pregnant women are not comfortable as is...10 hours in the car; not helping. But everything else was totally worth the drive. Being with family is great.

I'm excited for this month. Weekend fun every time. This week it's Jacob's baptism and all the Daines' are coming. Next week (and the week after) it's vacation with my family! I can't wait to see them! And then...it's Halloween which to me is the beginning of the holiday season.

Picture Updates

The last picture I posted was me at 5 weeks. This is me at 20 weeks.



We bought a crib, I love it!





Here is Shelby just 2 weeks ago.

Our First Born

We couldn't be more excited!

20 Weeks

HALF WAY!!! Yay. I am now to the middle marker in my pregnancy. I'm not sure if I can wait any longer.

A few things to note...

The baby is kicking all the time. David can't feel it yet but hopefully in the next little while.

I have now gained back enough weight after losing 10 lbs in the first trimester and I am the same as when I ran the Boulder Bolder in May.

Friday is the day when we find out boy or girl. Majority both on my blog poll and the family survey suggest we are going pink.

I have to buy maternity clothes soon. It's like overnight, I just popped.

I bought a crib. So cute but I'm still painting the nursery so it's not set up yet.

Anyway, things are great. I go online or to various stores multiple times a week and look at baby stuff. I just can't get enough.

Nursery

Right now I am working on painting the Nursery. It is a lot of fun but a bit of work too. I haven't finalized on the colors. I know I'm using cream and chocolate but I haven't figured if I'm going the teal and pastel greens or the soft oranges yet. Here is a link to what it's going to look like depending on colors. I am so excited though!

http://www.parents.com/baby/nursery/nurseries/color-in-the-nursery/

I'll take pictures and keep updating as I go along. It will be fun.

Shelby

Hooray for working computers, cameras, and all things electronical.

I have been meaning to post about Shelby; unfortunatly my computer has not wanted to read my memory card for my camera and so...no pictures. Shelby's post needs pictures. They are a bit old and when I finally got these pictures downloaded, I went to take a now photo of her and low and behold, we have no reading again. Hmmm, I guess we'll have to wait.

OK.... so, who is Shelby? She is my biggest challenging adventure ever, ok maybe that's a bit much but let's start from the beginning.

June 20, 2008 David's Birthday





Puppy food? Why would we need that? Well because later that day we got this...






Oh she's a cutie and a very good puppy. But she's a puppy and since I've never had a dog and I only got her for David...She's a bit of work for me. I like her don't get me wrong but she is so wild sometimes that I don't know what to do with her. Little terror, but cute.

New..new...new

It's all new!


So I never really understood how many firsts there are being pregnant with number 1. I don't hate pregnancy, some of it is pretty crappy but it's more joyous so all that is outweighed. I finally feel stable in the nausea department. I sometimes feel a little fatigued but it's not the same as the "morning sickness" stuff. For me morning was the wrong word. All day would be a better way to say my round of nausea. I also get dizzy and am super tired...like rubbing my eyes like a little kid tired. Every afternoon I try to take a nap because if I don't I can't pick myself up after 7pm. Anyway, here are my new pregnancy things:

Hating food. even now, beginning my 5th month, I hate food.

Eating way less than I ever have before. Apparently we have a chunker as a baby, I have no room for my stomache to expand.

Completely zero desire to put makeup on or really wear anything but basketball shorts and a tee

A constant stuffy/runny nose. Seriously, all the time

No ability to hold off on bathroom trips

Going up the stairs is my Mount Everest. I'm huffing at the top.

Bloodhound super smell. I can smell everything and most of the time; it's disgusting

Dreams are real. I wake up and I can recount every detail almost perfectly. They are so vivid and ridiculously strange.

My tummy pokes out. I have never looked this stomache heavy in my life and I love the excuse. It's been nice for me though (I don't think I show that much for how far I am) I fit into every pair of shorts and jeans. But I still poke out a little.



I really like the new stuff. I can't wait for more to come; the first kicking, when we find out boy or girl, and of course the day of the arrival. So fun

XXIX Summer Olympic Games

The Olympics are definitely in full swing now. And I have watched it non stop. We have been recording so much that it has pushed everything else off our DVR. I think it's great.

My in-laws just got back for China. they went to the Opening Ceremonies and a few other events. I can't imagine being there now. Just awesome. They brought us back some really neat stuff. They got a bunch of little trinket stuff; bracelets, washclothes, pens, stickers, Opening ceremony memorabilia. We also got cell phone and key chaines, earrings, a beautiful chopsticks set, David got a tie and I got a pearl necklace. I'm excited to see their pictures too!

I've been pretty pleased with the events that have been broadcast. It also helps to have about 6 different channels covering 24 hours a day. My favorite events (in no particular order) are;


Who could not watch Michael Phelps







I really enjoy watching May-Treanor/Welsh



I'm really glad both men and women from USA got on the medal Podium. I think the women blew it. They really could have fixed a bunch of mistakes but I enjoyed it.




Maybe why I like diving so much is because my
mom did it when she was younger and so when
we went swimming we always asked her to show
us her stuff!

I like to watch any and all the events though. I hope everyone is watching them too!!! GO USA