challenge day UNO

so i decided that i am going to start noticing the good in everything..wow what a great idea huh??
friday:

• had a good friend & her cute little girl over to swim & chill
• made yummy hawaiian haystacks
• received the sweetest call from my friend megan
• challenged my handsome husband to like 5 games of yahtzee..{no one needs to know who won.}

saturday:

• maddix slept in until 7am
• maddix now has 2 teeth!
• ran 3 miles without the vicious sun beating down on me
• enjoyed a peaceful swim alone
• saw the most beautiful yellow butterfly
• made 4 lovely trips to wal mart{one in which i left my groceries in the cart..who does that?? i do}
• baked a cake
• spent time with my sweet boys
• maddix survived an unpleasant fall off of the changing table..
• devoured down a delectable salad and pizza at bj’s with family
• i learned several lessons.

sunday:

• maddix slept in until 7am..
• listened to elder neil l. andersen from the quorum of the twelve apostles speak at our stake conference
• brigham & i felt the Spirit so strongly
• he left a blessing upon the youth that no matter what choices they decide to make in life, to always remember that they heard testimony from someone that KNOWS that Jesus Christ lives.
• felt so much comfort
• had so much fun decorating a cake!
• scripture study with brigham
• ate a delicious dinner at my parents house
• visited with both families

NEXT item of business. Maddix LOVES LOVES baby food. {yes even his peas.} maddix scoots like crazy. likes to pretend like he knows how to talk. makes spitting noises. enjoys waking up in the middle of the night STILL at least 3 times now. has now started to get to a sitting position from his belly {it is soo cute when i go into his room in the middle of the night when he’s crying and he’s just sitting there. its precious. the sitting in his crib part..not the crying part}
picture #1: {“hey ladies look how cute my round face & big eyes are”}. picture #2: don’t be fooled by the “im shy” smile. picture #3: "{“okay, enough pictures of me mom. my turn!”}

SO i really wanted to get into cake decorating so i went and bought some stuff, watched and read some different things online, and threw together a cake. this is what i got.

i want some more practice but i need an occasion to make a cake for! anyone need a cake for anything?? party? just to eat? gift? anything? i would love some practice so let me know. please!

{happy monday}

little man + utah shmutah

maddix is 6 months old. brig & i both would agree that he has the most handsome smile ever, not to mention the most adorable laugh!

maddix is one happy boy. {most of the time}. however, he is about to get his 2 bottom teeth ANY day now so the past couple of days havnt been the best for him. poor guy. he is still not sleeping through the night. he usually wakes up at least 2 or 3 times.

we started maddix on homemade rice cereal {thanks to my sweet friend kami} & veggies. dont be fooled by the face..he loved it! but really. somehow he already knew how to eat off of a spoon! plus he didnt even spit it everywhere like i was expecting..he loves food! must be his mammas boy :) love you sweet maddix!

W: 17 lbs {50th per.} H: 26 1/4 in {50th per.}

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this past week maddix & i went to my aunts cabin in utah with my family. we had lots of fun! the weather was incredible. rain. rain. and more rain. the zip line was definitely a favorite. o and the tie dye shirts :) so attractive. my sisters and i took some model pictures. that was fun…and my older sister and i ran four whole miles there…{dont remember the last time i ran over 3 miles…}. plus we found a bat in the cabin. that made life interesting! dont worry, my dad caught it and smashed it :) one more highlight was when my grandpa demonstrated the zip line for us. he kept trying to teach us the “right” way to do it. soo good! maddix didnt like to sleep at night there. at all. but he made up for it by doing sooo good on the 10 hour ride there AND back. he was an angel. {mostly}. thanks family for the fun trip!

  

 

we’re cool. i know.

self esteem booster

first off..last night brig & i went to dinner with one of my best friends from high school & her husband {Lauren & Brent Herman}. we went to BJ’s. sooo good. we both agreed it was the best pizza we’ve ever tasted. it was so good to see lauren!! she’s the cutest sweetest girl ever. love her!

sometimes i have days where i just feel ugly or inadequate & i feel down on myself. last night was one of those nights. brig could tell something was wrong…like always. he reads me like a book! without me even admitting to him how i was feeling, he began to tell me how grateful he is for all i do & he let me know everything he loves about me. then he just held me & said “have you looked in the mirror lately? come on…right now. lets go!” he managed to pull me over to the bathroom mirror& made me stare at myself while telling me how beautiful i am, especially when i smile.
i love my husband so much! he always makes me feel 100% better! i am pretty much the luckiest girl ever :)
 
whoever said you cant find true love at 18..think again. ive got all the love i need from this man.

feeling like a kid again

this last week brig went to alaska with his brothers and dad on a fishing trip. my family was so kind to invite me to stay with them while he was gone. it gets lonely when its just me and maddix! soo. allies' friends were gone the whole week so she hung out with her big sis :) {AND mel was here for a day too!} we had fun. we shopped, ate filibertos 2 times, went to dq to get blizzards, realized how expensive they are and how much money we dont have, then told the lady “never mind, we dont want anything”, went to walmart got ice cream & candy bars, came home only to find that mom bought like 10 packs of candy bars as well like 5 minutes before us, ate about 7 bowls of ice cream in 4 days, embarrassed nate at nielson’s, dressed up as a teddy bear, played guitar, went to the temple, walked in the rain with a giant umbrella, did pilates, watched penelope, etc. i felt like a kid again!
   



story time.

so last night brig came up with this brilliant idea to tickle torture me. me: “STOP! why are you tickling me so much??” him: “you said you love to laugh & tickling makes you laugh!” me{trying to speak while being tickle tortured}: “then just tell me jokes or something!” him: “this is better!” me:” STOP!” him: “say UNCLE then i’ll stop” me: “why??” him: “just do it!” so it ends up that i seriously could not get that word out of my mouth to save my life. for real. it took me awhile! its soo hard to say when being tickled! try it i dare you.
so then i was in our bathroom getting ready for bed & some more tickle torturing came on & what do you know. im trying to back away and i run into a small drawer that was sticking out and it completely comes out and falls right on my foot. that hurt. sooo bad. brig apologized & felt bad {that was my whole goal} ;). jk. but really. we were laughing about it afterwards. no worries we still love each other :)
AND now i cant walk. well ok i can. but i almost couldn’t.
moral of the story is…
i love having fun & feeling like a kid again :) even if i do get hurt at the end of it.

PS. pics from july that were a must to post!


that was in our backyard. gross…i’d take those over scorpions any day though!