Look what we have on our balcony

Look how some of them are slanted. That should show you how bad the wind was. We get so much wind and snow where we live. Its crazy. We have snow mounds taller than me in front of our building.

Christmas EVE & DAY

Christmas night we brought Chloe home to stay the night at our house. This is us after I gave her a bath. She wanted some soup before bed.

This is Chad and I at my families house Christmas morning. Chad got spoiled but his favorite gift was his IPOD touch. I got spoiled too.

This is me Paris necklace and diamond ring& necklace. I love all of it so much

Christmas eve we went to see the Zimmerman's. We got Zack a firetruck that was as tall as he was. And got Maddie a really cute jacket and pants.

WICKED

Well today was a VERY long day for us. We went to bed at 11:30 last night and woke up at 2:45 this morning so that we could make it up to SLC to get Wicked Tickets. It was so nuts. People where sleeping at the door,they had been there all night. We where number 300 in line and waited in the cold till 7:00am when they started selling tickets. Chad was such a trooper for coming with me,he didn't want me to go alone. He was cranky but thats ok. I was so glad that we got tickets to go. I have seen it in NYC but wanted to go with Chad here. We also decided to buy extra and sell them. After putting them on KSL they where gone after 4minutes. Crazy. There was over 700 people there wanting tickets. I felt bad they didn't get them but they should have gone early like me. Here we are almost to the door to get our tickets.

TAG...

Christmas Tag
Getting to know you...getting to know everything about you Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, & try not to be a SCROOGE! Copy this entire post & paste onto your own new post!Change all the answers so they apply to you. Then tag a bunch of people you know....Tis the Season to be NICE!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrap I LOVE to make them look so cute. I hate to even open it
2. Real tree or Artificial? Fake. I love to have it up for a while but I do have a tree candle
3. When do you put up the tree? When I feel like it
4. When do you take the tree down? Day after Christmas
5. Do you like Egg Nog? Freak NO!!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I don't know.Maybe 3 pigs house? Like BIG house
7. Hardest person to buy for? Anyone but Chad
8. Easiest person to buy for? Chad
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yep
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I don't do any.. If you want one I will make you one though
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? ?
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Santa Clause The Movie from like the 80's
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Long ago
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Maybe
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Candy
16. Lights on the tree? Duh.Does someone out there not? WEIRD
17. Favorite Christmas song? I love them all. Really I do
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Always home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yep. Silly Tasha
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? So much pressure
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Stars and snowflakes ONLY
24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Mashed potatoes without gravy
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Peace on earth..
Now I TAG:
Toni(you better do this one)
Brittany Erickson
Erin Herring
Andrea T
Snook

A Christmas Miracle from the Clarks

So I told my clients about the popcorn attack that Chad and I had the other night(or they read it on my blog) Well today they gave me a Christmas gift (could not wait to open it) and this was it a popcorn popper!!! I laughed so hard. This was the perfect gift for us and I am so grateful for it. This was so thoughtful of them.Now I am now going to be able to make Carmel popcorn all the time. Thank you Dave&Louise Clark! You guys are so wonderful! You all know we need this.

Merry Christmas From the Lake

Good friends of mine John(Lohner) and Keith went to Utah Lake to water ski Saturday morning dressed up. They have been doing this the last few years and the news comes to film since it is so fun. (Its on the daily herald website) John is the Grinch and Keith is Santa. They are die hard water skiing fools. They go skiing every month of the year but wear a wet suit so they don't freeze. Just thought this was fun so ENJOY!!!

Just for fun..hehehe

( Having Camara fun after Chads work Party)

I made Chad do a Photo Shoot after his work party. I don't know why I love taking pictures of us but I DO! You all may get sick of it but that's part of being my friends..Telling me how cute we are.LOL. This is our tree by the way. LOVE IT

Now this one is at Chad's work party. We had a great time and the treats that we(I) made where a hit,everyone wanted the popcorn recipe. I was glad that all our(MY) hard work payed off.

Home Made Carmel Corn

Ok so tonight I was so funny. I had to make some treats for Chad' s work I was going to make Carmel corn from scratch. I called my mom(mom's know everything) to find out how to make popcorn on the stove like the old days. So she told Chad and off we went. Chad obviously didn't listen very well cause this is what happened. He put too much oil and too put kernels in the pan and it went everywhere. He was trying to dump out the popcorn so it would not burn but since there was so much oil it came out too. So round 2: I made sure to help but this time it was coming out so fast since he put too many kernels in the pan it went everywhere the floor all over the counter along with oil.So I only needed 14 cups popped but ended with about 50. Chef Chad is not aloud to help in the kitchen with popcorn ever again. So I finished the popcorn and it is so good. Alot of work for not so much popcorn. I also made these cookies from scratch they are a short bead. Hope people like what we bring because it took my WHOLE Friday night making it and every dish in the house oh and rags to clean up oil.

"If ye are Prepared ye shall not fear" Pres. Hinckley

I have been thinking alot about food storage the last few weeks(it is always on my mind). I have been talking with Chad and others about things that we should do and what to have in our home. I have been to LOTS of stores and even bought a new rack to store it on. I have put together 72 hour kits, got more water and spent alot of money at Costco. Today I went to the Cannery in Lindon to see what they have and what you have to do and how much it cost. I only wanted one can of somethings not cases so a "Brother" (they call each other brother and sister) there told me if I could work for 30-45 minutes then he would let me buy one can of each of things I wanted if they had them on the shelve. So I did. I got right to work I counted out lids and bagged them up, stapled boxes and you know what? It was ALOT OF FUN!!! I want to go back sometime and do that again but next time I want one of you to come with me. I have been feeling alot better since I have been buying these things and not shoes and clothes(it has been a little hard since the hoiday is here). So friends and family go out and buy what you can. I told Chad whenever he buys stuff at the store to buy 3 so we have extra on had. I may sound crazy but working on this has given me a little peace of mind.Food storage is way more important than gifts in my mind!

The Babies

THE PICTURES ARE NOT SHOWING SO LOOK AT BECKY& ISAAC"S THEY ARE ON THERE

This is me a few days ago with Alli & Ezra. I want twins when we have kids and so this was perfect practice(no Im not prego). I had the best time. They loved me holding them.Look at the hair on that cute boy!!












This is Alli with a HUGE bow. So the deal with bow is... Isaac(the dad) hates flower bows on little girls and every time I put one on her he takes it off. So last night she needed a diaper change and in return for me changing it he would let me put a bow on her head. So here it is the biggest one I could find. He was not happy but I told him a deal is a deal. You know the second I left he took it off.

So GRATEFUL

Happy Thanksgiving! Chad and I had my parents over for the Holiday. Chad was very excited to have deep fried turkey for the first time(I don't eat meat). You could see the juice dripping off it as it was being cut,Chad said it was the best turkey he has ever had and the left overs where even better. I am so grateful for my parents and all they do for us. I am so grateful for all my family and friends, I have the best people in the world around me. I feel so blessed and I am so grateful for my heavenly father and all his love that I feel every day. My list goes on but is much to long to post.. I hope everyone had a great holiday. XOXO

BYU vs UTAH

This was such a fun game to watch. Kira wanted us to come over and watch the game and Jordan said the only way I could come over was if I kept my mouth shut. We all know that is very hard and never happens so needless to say I was driving him nuts. We showed up in Utah gear just to get him fired up and I painted a red "U" on my cheek just to tease him. We had a great time and I was sad that BYU lost I am really deep in my heart I am a cougar fan .

Home updates and the latest

Knob up close and a picture of farther away.
I Love this room so much!!!

Thank you so much to my mother for this wonderful Chandelier from Pottery Barn and to Justin the nice man to hung it for me(he was so great) Oh and my aunt Barb for her help and advice on the hanging of these beauty's. And how can I forget ANDREA she is the one who gave me the idea for the frame in the bathroom.I am so in love with our place now with all these upgrades. Love Love Love it!! And yes I have started putting up CHRISTMAS..

Everybody come see how good this looks

AFTER(with frame) BEFORE(WITHOUT)

Well i have been very busy with the re-model of our place..Well not re-model but a little fixin up. I have been wanting to paint my bathroom so yesterday I DID!!! I love how great it turned out. I also went to the wonderful Home Depot and had this frame made to go around the mirror(this is before and the other is after) and it made the biggest difference. Thanks to Andrea for the idea. I wanted to paint it dark brown but Chad would not let me...so its white. I drilled holes in the drawers and put in knobs.......I am lovin it all. My mom also bought me this light from Pottery Barn and so i have had to put it together,so much time and work. Tomorrow someone is coming to hang it and I cant wait. So this is why I have not blogged in a while,I have been acting like Martha Stewart and love every minute of it!!! So come see how good it looks

Picture TAG- Thanks Annie

Picture TAG---
The rule is that you cant clean up or organize anything-just take the picture "as is" no cheating!!!

1: Place that you have always wanted to go: Neuschwanstein

2: Kitchen Sink: Just made blueberry muffins for Sunday breakfast 3: Fridge

4: Laundry Room-Closet

5: Toilet

6: Right side of closet: I know messy and Yes alot of shoes you dont have to tell me

Left side

7: Favorite Room in the house: I guess this would be it(and my fav person CHAD)

8: Favorite Shoes: Love them both so much

9: Self Portrait: So lame I was just got out of the shower and my hair is totally wet!!!

10: Pet: We don't have any pet's..




Now I TAG Toni,Erin,Wendi(since you never blog)And Andrea..Now get to work girls.

Be Jealous

Yes be jealous!!! This is my wonderful husband cleaning off my car for me early Wednesday morning before I went to work. We got over 5 inches of snow that night and it kept falling all morning. I left for work and it was pure hell getting there,the traffic was so bad the freeway going to salt lake was a stand still. Thanks Babe for cleaning off my car(oh and he warmed it up too)

Halloween

Well Halloween was a very fun day!!! We both worked all day so boring I know.Chad dressed up as a Dodgers baseball player and I didn't dress up for the first time in history. After work we went to my uncles to play CANASTA of course and hand out candy with my family. Owen was a "Scary Bat" , Rachel brought him over to trick-or-treat at my house.Oh and Chloe was a Bunny if you cant tell . So Chloe likes to put in these Vampire teeth and it was the most hilarious thing ever they where so big in her little mouth but she loved them anyway.