An Attempt

My good friend Mandy had a baby girl last week and name her Haven (cute, huh?). I wanted to get her something simple but really cute. I thought up this idea and good ol' Walmart had all the stuff I needed. (Yes, in all reality it's a bedazzled onesie.) The flowers are actually a bow for her hair. This is my first try at making a bow. I'll have to get Kyrsten to show me how it's really done. :) Here is the finished product. I really hope she likes it.

GO COUGARS!

What a game! I'll admit it was slow to start, but I think BYU fans will agree that we all nearly had a heart attack at the end. We had to sport our BYU gear and thankfully Cannon finally fits into his jersey. :) There was much rising and shouting and the Cougs dominated. YaHoo!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great day on Thanksgiving! I just love that day. It's possibly one of the best days of the whole years. MMmm! Turkey!

Jarom played a little football in the morning with some guys from the neighborhood. He was working up his appetite for some amazing food. Then, we saw "Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium." It was a great flick. Then, we went to my parents house for some grub.

Here we are ready to eat. Cannon is not interested in the camera as usual.
Cannon got some sweet potatoes. Obviously, he's not a fan.

There was a fight over the last drumstick and guess who won? Haha!
For those of you panicking right now, he did not actually consume
the turkey leg.

Then Cannon and daddy crashed on the carpet after dinner.
I couldn't help but notice how similar their hands look in this pic. Crazy!

We finished out the day at Grandma's for some awesome desserts. MMMMmmm! It was so great to be with the family, and just relax. It has been three years since we had Thanksgiving with my family. I was just glad to be home and not have to drive to Cali. I am thankful for a lot of things. I'm mostly grateful for my husband and son. They are my world. I am also thankful for my friends, family, blessings and of course, the Gospel. I hope you had a great day and got to be with the ones you love.

Meg

If you know my sister, you know she raises guide dogs for the blind. Well, the Daily Herald did an editorial about her.

You can read it here. Cool, huh?

Way to go MEG!!

Tag! I'm IT!

I got tagged 2 weeks ago by Cami. Sorry Cami!!! I wasn't ignoring your tag. :)

Here it goes:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

5 THINGS I WAS DOING 10 YEARS AGO:
1. Lip-Syncing to the Spice Girls -- SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!
2. Hitching rides to Stake Dances.
3. Wearing WAY too much makeup.
4. Talking on the phone with my BFF Alisha.
5. Playing the flute in 8th grade band.

5 THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST TODAY:
1. Go shopping for Thanksgiving food. (Major procrastination on that one.)
2. Finish the laundry.
3. Go on a walk.
4. Pay the bills.
5. Snuggle with my "boys."

5 SNACKS I ENJOY:
1. Vanilla tootsie rolls
2. Bagels
3. Dried apples
4. Chips & Salsa
5. Frozen Grapes

5 THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WERE A BILLIONAIRE:
1. Build my dream house.
2. Travel
3. Get a really nice boat
4. Buy a private island
5. Throw lots of parties with yummy food and fly all the people to my house just because I can.

5 OF MY BAD HABITS:
1. I bite my nails.
2. I twirl my hair when I'm tired.
3. I procrastinate.
4. I leave cups of water all over the house.
5. I don't finish projects.

5 THINGS I WILL NEVER WEAR AGAIN:
1. Majorly flared bell bottoms.
2. Really oversized shirts with really undersized pants.
3. Blue or Purple eyeshadow.
4. Sequins
5. Mini-micro shorts. yuck!

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
1. Provo
2. Orem
3. Lindon
4. Logan
5. Eagle Mountain

5 JOBS I'VE HAD:
1. Concession worker at a movie theater.
2. Manager at a copy/mail store.
3. Teachers Aide at Bonneville Elementary.
4. I taught English to foreign students at USU. I think my title was a conversation ... something.
5. I taught 3rd grade.

5 THINGS PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. When I was 16, I rear-ended a pregnant lady in my parents minivan. She went into labor and had a boy later that day. He was totally healthy and she later thanked me because she was quite overdue.
2. I'm still afraid of the dark. Jarom makes me turn the lights off. I run and jump into bed as quick as I can.
3. Sometimes when I am eating, my throat closes up. It's really strange and it hurts. I have had a procedure done three times to open it up because my throat is so narrow. I'm due to have another one done again soon.
4. Jarom and I have a deal. If he gets a motorcycle, then I can get a dog. It works both ways. ;)
5. My next door neighbors are hermits. I've spoken to them once, because they didn't see me coming. Every time we go outside and they are out there, they run back into their house. It's really strange! We share a parking strip and if they drive up and we are outside, they drive into their garage and close the garage door before they even get out of the car. Are we really that intimidating? :)

I tag Scott, Jessica (two people, one blog!), Kyrsten, Megan and Allison

5 Months!

Wow! That was one fast month. It was so fast, that I FORGOT to take any pictures of him yesterday! So, these pictures are actually 5 months and 1 day, but who's counting?

He has really grown up this month. He is rolling over ALL the time. It gets pretty frustrating when it's naptime and he gets mad because he rolled over and doesn't really like to be on his tummy. He is playing with his toes all the time too. He blows raspberries to Jarom and I. That always makes us laugh. He is giggling and grinning and I absolutely love this stage. It is SO fun!

Love You

Today Oprah made me cry. That's not totally unheard of because it has been known to happen from time to time. But, let me tell you why.

There was a couple that has written love letters to one another EVERY DAY for the last 27 years. Wow! I honestly can't think of something I've ever done every single day for the last 5 years. They just write them in simple notebooks and they follow the same outline every night before they go to bed. First, they write about how they are feeling about the other that day. Second, they write a reason that they love the other that particular day. Lastly, they answer the same question about their relationship. Then, they swap letters and talk about them.

Okay, so I KNOW that I couldn't do this every day like they do. I also know that Jarom would roll his eyes at the suggestion of even trying it. But, here is my attempt at a letter to my sweetness...

Dear Jarom,

Today I am feeling happy because we got to spend so much time together yesterday. We hardly ever get time together and I honestly love being anywhere with you. You just make everything so much fun. I am looking forward to the next time when we get to just be. I know it probably won't be until Thanksgiving, but that's just fine.

I love you because you are such a hard worker. You know what you want and you have determination like I've never seen in anyone.

My favorite time of the day is when you have your work done and you call to talk on your way to class.

Love,
Me

AWESOME!

So, Friday after work, my AWESOME husband came home with a gift. Not flowers, not chocolates, but the 3rd season of The Office on DVD. So, that's how I spent my weekend. Oh man, this show cracks me up! Haha, my favorite was when Jim convinces Dwight that Jim is a vampire. Haha!

A Public Service Announcement

Want to know how I got this huge burn on my arm? A cool story would be that I saved a lady from a burning building. However, that is not my story. Notice the cascades of barrel curls in my hair in the picture. This is the result of an unpleasant encounter with a curling iron. A VERY unpleasant encounter. Please for the sake of all upper arms, be cautious while curling.

'Nuf Said. :(

Crawling??

No, he's not really crawling already. He's doing this weird thing where he can spin himself in a full circle. It's actually really funny. I guess it's pre-crawling. When he gets mad, he goes really fast. Poor baby is frustrated and spinning himself in circles and mommy is laughing her bum off. That's comedy. Has anyone else's baby ever done this? I just haven't heard of it before. I know some babies rock or scoot, or even flail, anyone else have a spinning baby?

Speaking of Remodeling...

Here is what my living room looks like now. I know I said I would post pictures clear back at the beginning of October, but isn't this close enough? Oh, and try to ignore the Halloween candy I was snacking on. The evidence is on the couch.

Remodeling

I've been working on a new look for the blog. What do you think? Want to change your own blog? I discovered this blog www.sjhblogdesign.blogspot.com (her name is Suzanne) and she gives really easy to follow directions on how personalize your blog. I used paper that I found on shabbyprincess.com. I love how it turned out, but I'm working on fixing my title. :) Go ahead and have fun with your blog!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great day. It started out at the MTC saying our final goodbyes to Chrissy. Oh, a funny story really quick. We were waiting outside the chapel. We sat on these benches as a mom, dad and a young Elder started looking around for someone to take a picture for them. My MIL announced to them that "Ashley should do it, she's a photographer." She is SO sweet for thinking that I am a true photographer, but I honestly am not. I never really thought of myself that way, but I timidly stepped up to do it. The lady handed me her camera and it was the biggest most confusing contraption I've ever seen. The thing had a zoom lens on it that was at least a foot in length. I managed to snap a quick photo for them. Then, she asked me to zoom in and get a closeup. Uh, err, hmm.... I bashfully asked her where the zoom was and she said you just twist the lens. OH! Of course! You just twist the lens! So, obviously I am NOT a photographer. I only wish I was. I am looking into taking some classes and hopefully, someday my MIL will be right!

Okay, but back to Halloween. Cannon was a lion! ROAAARRRR! Well, actually he was a lion for approximately 5 minutes and 42 seconds. He was annoyed that we put him in his outfit to put it nicely. We wanted to take him trick-or-treating and everything, but our attempts were in vain. He was awfully cute for those few minutes he let us parade him around in his outfit. maybe next year he'll last 10 minutes. I'm writing that on our long-term goal sheet.

Here are some pictures while he was tolerating his giddy parents gawking at his misery...

Called to Serve

Crissy & Cannon

Cannon is truly his father's son. He wanted some "All Meat" pizza too.

Jarom, Chrissy, Cannon, Me

Chrissy and BYU friends

We had dinner with Chrissy and the Becar crew at Brick Oven the night before she went in to the MTC. First of all, YUM! Second of all, sad! We will miss Chrissy a lot. She is so much fun and always keeps things entertaining. Of course, we were late to the MTC, so I didn't get any pictures of her with her name tag or anything like that. Hopefully I'll get some from the in-laws and I'll post them when we get them. The MTC was bittersweet. We know she'll be a great missionary and Uruguay won't know how lucky they are to have her.