The Nesbit's

Our life, as of late

2011-03-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

In most recent news, we had a snow storm last night, which was nothing spectacular. I didn't think it was any worse than any other snow storm we've had this year. Luke and I both woke up at 2:00am to the sound of a huge crash. Luke looked around the house to find that the tree in our backyard had broken and crashed to the ground! If you look at the first picture, you'll see that it fell within 1 foot of our house! I can't imagine if it would've fallen on the house! I was up all night worrying about another branch breaking, or what if it was 5 feet to the left, who do we call to clean it up? Mostly, I am grateful that we all are OK. No one was hurt and nothing was damaged. I'm grateful that the Lord was looking out for us and kept us safe when there really was nothing we could do to prevent it.

As for catch-up, it has been a crazy past few months. I went from working full time, to staying home with Dax for a couple months, working part-time from home, working full-time again, and picked up another part-time job that I do at home at nights . . . in all my spare time. We are lucky to have found a great day care for the time being. I am training in my full-time job to be able to work at home by the first of next year. The ultimate goal is to be at home with Dax, and the Lord has provided this opportunity as a way to reach that goal. I sure miss being at home with my little guy, but I look forward to the time that I will be able to and cherish every moment that I have with him now.

So, here's a little glimpse of what we've been up to since Dax's birthday in November. (**Disclaimer - there are a couple naked baby pictures on this post, so don't continue if you're not comfortable with that!**) Can you tell that we love bathtime?

(The pictures are in backward order - most recent pics are first - and I didn't want to make the effort to switch them all)

Dax is so fun and developing his little personality. This was a day that he wanted to wear his shoes and nothing else. I think he's pretty much adorable! He doesn't like to sit in his Bumbo anymore, unless he's playing in it. He is a huge reader and loves all books. I wonder what goes on in his little mind?

We spend a lot of time playing - as all kids do. Dax loves to help in the kitchen when I'm cooking. He gets his own set of pots, pans, measuring cups, wisks and makes something delicious. (It's all imaginary, of course - I'm trying to avoid the mess as long as I can)
This was a time Dad was chasing Dax as we were trying to get him into pajamas. He thought he was pretty funny to be running away from Dad. Check out that cute little leg muscle!
Definitely an Oreo fan!
Over Christmas and New Years, Luke's sister Nikki got stuck in Logan with her kids because of the weather. I'm sure they wanted to be home, but we were happy to have them stay for a while, since we don't see them often. Dax and Corbin were best buds and looked forward to playing together everyday. He missed his buddy when they left.
Christmas was great this year. We spent 4 nights in Bear Lake with Luke's mom and all the Cottle's and Nesbit's. The cabins were incredible! Luke's mom rented 2 huge cabins for all the family, so there was plenty of room to spread out. Each family had their own huge room with attached bathroom. We were definitely spoiled! The kids slept in one room with 8 bunk beds. How cool! I'll probably put more pictures up on facebook, so you can check it out there. We had movies, games, delicious food, video games and relaxing at the cabins. We were just a drive away from snowboarding, snowmobiling, sledding, and cross country skiing. It was a great few days.

Somehow Luke's truck keys got lost in the cabin and we spent hours searching. We ended up getting the truck towed to Logan where a locksmith could read the code for the key and rekey it. That ended up being a $215 mistake. And to make it worse, someone found the keys a couple months later. Grrr!!! We learned our lesson and now have spare keys.

Christmas day was so much fun. Dax didn't really grasp the concept of opening gifts, he just wanted to play with all the other kids toys. Maybe next year he'll understand.
Here's most of the Bear Lake crowd. Those who didn't make stockings at the last Cottle/Nesbit Christmas were required to make them this year. It was fun to do something crafty with everyone.
A week before Christmas, we celebrated with the Adams'. Steve and Kristen came from Ohio and it was great to be together with everyone. It wasn't nearly a long enough holiday, but we had a lot of fun.
Dax got this train from Lindsey and Tyler and I think the picture below shows how much he really likes it! I love those cute chubby cheeks!

This year we cut down our own Christmas tree. Dax and I didn't go because he was pretty sick, but Luke went with his uncles family and brought home a beautiful tree! I've never done a self-cut tree, so I was pretty excited.

Dax did pretty well not touching the ornaments. I had to put the balls out of his reach though - they were too hard to resist.

I think it turned out pretty good. It looks a little Charlie Brown-ish, but that's what self-cut trees are all about, right?

The only problem with a tree from the wild, is the creatures that come a long with it. I found a very intricate web one morning. Yuck!

One night, while Dad was watching football, he rested his arm over his head. I looked over to see Dax staring at him, putting his hand on his head, trying to figure out just what Dad was doing.

We did our family pictures just after Dax's first birthday. Our neighbor has some huge trees and was willing to keep them on his lawn a few extra days so we could come take pictures in the piles. It was fun, although cold. But I think we got come great ones.

I don't think Dax likes nature. He even has a hard time stepping on the grass, even with shoes on!

Dax had his first sink bath, although it wasn't really a bath. He was just playing in the sink. This boys loves water!
I found Dax one morning in his corner where I keep his toys. He had pulled most of the books off the bookshelf, toys out of the box, puzzles off the racks and was happy as could be. Why do kids like making messes so much?
Dax got to wear his snowsuit a few times this winter. It's a little big and he was walking around like the kid on Christmas Story so Dad had to help him out a little bit. I don't know if he's really a fan of snow. He doesn't keep his gloves on very long and then his hands get cold. Hopefully next winter, he'll understand the purpose of gloves.
Dax's birthday fell on a Monday this year. We waited until Saturday to celebrate it. I reserved the kitchen and gym at the church and it was a great space to have a big group and let kids run around.

I did a pirate theme, mostly just because I thought it was cute and something I could pull off. Since I wasn't working at the time, I had plenty of time to do something cute and fun. I made the cupcakes, powder sugar frosting and the pirates are cookies. I found a bear cookie cutter and used that for the shape, but cut the ears off before cooking them. The trees are pretzel sticks with lime slices. I had so much fun putting it all together.

I made a little iron-on shirt for Dax, which was almost too small for him by the time his birthday rolled around. It's crazy how fast these kids grow!

Well, that's what we've been up to. Nothing really exciting, but at least you know we're alive now!

Dax is one!

2010-11-11T09:51:00.000-08:00

My little baby is ONE! I can't believe a year has gone by already. These were taken on his Birthday, November 1st. I'll post the party later.

It's hard to believe that just a year ago, he was this. Sleeping all the time and not moving. Now I've got my hands full!

At one, here are some of the things Dax is doing.

*He has 2 bottom teeth and are working on his 2 top teeth

*Dances to anything with a good beat (Veggie Tales, I Like to Move it Move it, and Baby I Like It - by Enrique Iglesias - random I know)

*Says uh oh, dada, mama, and ba for most everything else.

*He is walking and thinks he can run - this usually results in a face plant

*Loves whatever Mom and Dad are eating. Doesn't like baby food from jars anymore. He loves Gerber yogurts, gold fish crackers, and Marshmallow Mateys.

*He loves our neighbor kids, Macie and Noah and gets so excited to see them

*His favorite toys right now are the Johnson's bottle of baby soap, the broom his size, wooden puzzles, his rocking chair, his teddy bear and the banana chair

*He still loves books and will sit down to read and talk to himself

*Loves helping Mom with laundry. He plays in the water and pulls out the dryer filter for me. Such a sweetie

*He still sleeps through the night from about 9:00pm until 7:30am. If he does wake up, he puts himself back to sleep. I think I got super lucky with this!

*He points and grunts when he wants something. We are working on sign language, but he doesn't seem interested in trying it at all.

*He LOVES the kitties and they are very tolerant to put up with his roughness

*He is pretty much happy all the time. It's easy to get him to smile and giggle

*He always has something in his mouth. And he has a big mouth, so we have to watch closely

*He loves his silky blanket and his binky (as you'll see in the pictures). They are his biggest comfort and will be hard to break the habit later.

So that's my little man at one. I pretty much love him to death!

Halloween 2010

2010-10-31T20:35:00.001-07:00

So I clearly have been a blog slacker since it's been 6 months since I posted last. Some exciting news: Luke got a really great job as an office administrator for a guy that does financial planning, life insurance and investments. He loves it and he loves his boss. And I love it because that means I was able to quit my job, working for the devil :) It has been great being home with Dax and I love being able to see him grow up, moment by moment. It's amazing that even after one week, I can already see why the Lord made motherhood and nurturing the main role for women. I always knew it was important, but it's different to actually live it and see the importance as my child learns and grows. We are really blessed that I can be home with him.

Dax is now 1!!! I can't believe it has already been a year! We are having his party this weekend, so I'll post pictures after that. Here's what we've been up to for the last few months (The pictures are in order from oldest to newest on bottom).

We had a couple swimming adventures this summer. Dax didn't like the cold pool so much but the hot tub was always a hit with him. I love the gut!

Bear Lake's highlight was eating sand! Who doesn't love a little crunch in their sandwich?

My aunt Jennifer and her family was here for a couple weeks in July. We went to the Bountiful Pioneer Days parade, and even though we were in the shade, we were all still sweating! We also had a family reunion at the Bountiful Rec Center - which was awesome!
The next day we all went to Snowbird and rode the alpine slide, zip line, ropes course, rock wall, and hiking. It was a great couple days with everyone.
Dax experienced his first Demolition Derby. As you can see from the look on his face, he was a little concerned at first. He did really well even with all the loud noises and stinky car smells. It looks like we have a hit.
I love when he sits on his feet like this. So cute! He is pretty much into everything now. I don't realize how messy a room is until he's taking a nap and I have a chance to assess the damage. It's as if a tornado followed him around.
We fed the ducks a couple times this year. Dax loves animals so he wasn't scared, but some of the geese did get a little too close. They get a little impatient and nip at you if you don't feed them quick enough.

Look at that cute little face! I can't believe how much he's looking like a little boy and not a baby anymore.

Luke and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. My parents were kind enough to take Dax for a couple nights and we headed to Park City. We spent a day shopping the outlets and had some delicious meals at some great restaurants. I saved up money for a couple months - too bad we aren't rich enough to shop like that all the time. We had a great weekend.
Here's the loot.
Dax didn't even miss us. Look at the fun he was having without us.

Dax had his first Halloween this year! He was a dragon - which looks a little sleepy. We went to our ward party and did some of the games: cake walk, fishing and face painting. I was surprised that he actually sat still while the young women painted his face.
Then we headed to Lindsey and Tyler's ward party for dinner and more fun events. They did a Trunk-r-Treat at their church. Dax had no idea what was going on, but he had fun running around and making dragon noises. Luke and I actually dressed up this year - Nerd and cavewoman.
Jake and Kara came over and carved pumpkins with us. Luke's (far left) is a monster eating a little pumpkin. The little pumpkin guts are falling into the monsters mouth. Jake made a scary face. Mine is the spider. Kara (far right) made a silly face and stuck the tongue on with toothpicks. I love to see people's creativity. I am amazed at what people come up with with just a pumpkin.

One night Luke and I were playing Wii and laughing at ourselves. Dax thought it was pretty funny and copied our laughing. I love how his laugh is totally fake and he thinks he's so funny!

Well, that's it for now. I really will try to make an effort to post more than once every 6 months.

6 Month Pictures (really 7 month pics)

2010-06-24T21:48:00.000-07:00

We had some scheduling conflicts with rain in May since we wanted to do pictures outside. By the time we got the pictures done it was almost June. Thanks Linds for doing the photo shoot - they turned out great! Here's our favorites.

Other than not loving the grass, Dax did pretty well.

This will be my second post EVER!

2010-05-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

As many of you know I am an avid blogger and I am completely addicted to posting my every moment and if any of you have met me you know that last sentence is totally untrue. However, I felt that some of dax's pictures needed to be shared. I love when he is super happy and I love it when he smiles when his hand or foot is not in his mouth. This was one of those rare moments. We had aunt lindsey come over and take his 7 month pictures and this picture was taken as we where trying to get him to smile. What a great smile that little bugger.

P.S Natalie is making me tell everyone that this is a post from luke nesbit not natalie. So now you know.

6 months

2010-05-04T17:04:00.000-07:00

Since Dax is now 6 months old, this requires another blog post.

He is 16.88 lbs which is the 38%

He is 27.5 inches which is the 84%

His head is 16.9 inches which is the 28%

So pretty much, he's a long skinny boy. Hopefully he'll be a tall kid. It's hard to believe he's only in the 38% when you see his little tubby belly. So cute! Can you see how tight the pajamas are on his forearms?

Dax got his first haircut a couple weeks ago. He didn't have a ton of hair, but he had some nasty long hairs. When I pushed it forward, he would have these 2 long bangs. Not attractive at all. I love his snotty nose and gaping mouth.

I tried to make a cool mohawk before we cut it, but it just curled and it looked like we were trying to make him a girl. Not a good look.

Dax loves his bath time is starting to figure out how to sit in his little tub without tipping over. I love him wrapped up in a towel. He was smiling and as soon as I get the camera out, the stunned look is all I get.

Toes were a new discovery this month. The best part about toes is that they go in the mouth. Wouldn't it be nice to still be that flexible? Dax would be in heaven if he could put EVERYTHING in his mouth.

I love waking him up from naps because I get to see the crazy ways he sleeps. He loves falling asleep with his silky blanket on his face and I found him like this one afternoon. I love that it's perfectly positioned over his face.

He's been sleeping on his side which makes him seem so grown up to me.

My parents got back from Europe Saturday night so we got the family together on Sunday to visit and hang out. I think they were only gone 3 weeks, but it felt like much longer, since I usually talk to my mom every few days. It was fun to hang out together before Linds and Tyler take off for Europe. All this traveling is making me want to go to Europe. Someday.

Dax was a great little card player and made a great asset to Lindsey's team.

We'll have to turn him into a professional card holder.

I love that he's growing up and learning how to do new things. Everyday is a new experience where he learns something new. He is so much fun and such a happy kid. Now I just need to figure out how to get him to smile for pictures.

Weddings, Easter and more

2010-04-05T16:46:00.000-07:00

It's hard to keep all these web pages updated. Facebook, blogs, etc. I finally have some free time to update a little bit.

On March 14th we finally blessed Dax. I know babies usually get blessed at a much younger age, but we waited because Luke's brother Jake planned his wedding for St Patrick's Day and we wanted all the family to be there. It turned out to be a great day. For being 4 1/2 months, Dax did great and didn't make a peep. Thanks to everyone that was able to make it. We really appreciate your support and had a great time seeing everyone.

As I mentioned, the wedding was on St Patrick's Day but the reception was the night before. It was so much fun to have all the family together for a few days. Everyone looked so cute in their green, brown and white.

Wednesday was a wonderfully sunny day for a wedding. The ceremony was simple but beautiful and Jake and Kara looked great. As is tradition now, we went to Rodizio's for the wedding luncheon. Super delicious! It was just a great day all around.

I was able to attend the Young Womens General Broadcast the week before Conference. It was an amazing meeting and was the spirit was so strong! I walked out just thinking "Wow!" It's funny how we get so caught up in the day-to-day things that we forget the really important stuff. I understand now why conference is as often as it is. I definitely need the spiritual reminder.

Dax is growing up so fast and we are loving him at 5 months! I love this picture because it totally shows off his little belly. Why is it that chubby babies are so cute yet being a chubby adult is not so cute? It would be a lot simpler and less work if being chubby was trendy. Someday perhaps...

I thought he looked super cute in this yellow jacket so I started snapping pictures. And he was really cooperating while I took pictures so I got a couple good ones. Can you tell he needs a hair cut?

I know this one is kind of blurry, but love how happy he is in it! He is smiling so much these days and laughing more often. I love that he's such a mellow, happy kid.
I found a Bumbo on KSL. It was definitely worth the money. Thanks to those who left comments and helped me make the decision to get one. Dax loves being able to sit up and have a change in view from laying down or being held.
Easter was great this year. We decorated eggs with Justin, Jake and Kara. I never knew that if you use Vaseline, the color won't soak onto the egg. We had a lot of fun expressing our creativity.

After Conference, we went to my grandparents house in Bountiful for dinner and an Easter Egg Hunt! No matter how old I get, I'm still so excited to find the eggs. I'm glad I'm still considered one of the kids and that I get to gather. I'm sure it's fun to hide eggs too, but I'll stick to finding for as long as I can.
Dax's first Easter Egg Hunt. He found so many eggs he had to keep them in his pockets :)

Well, there's a little March update to carry you through until next month. One of these days we'll stay on top of things. Farewell.

Bumbo???

2010-03-03T19:34:00.000-08:00

Dax is getting to the age where sitting is desirable. I however, don't have a desire to spend $40 on one of these. Does anyone have one that they would be willing to loan me for a few months? Or if anyone knows of a way to get them cheaper, let me know. Thanks!

4 months!

2010-02-28T23:04:00.000-08:00

As long as this posts on March 1st, then it is true to the title. I've totally become one of those parents who has a kid and that's all they ever blog about. Guilty. Well, for those who care, this is what Dax is doing now as of 4 months old:

-sleeps from 9:30 pm to 9:00 am (eats at 4 and 7 am usually)

-smiles a ton! and gets bashful after smiling at you

-giggles occasionally, we're working on getting this more frequent

-lifts his legs up, tips to one side and does this over and over until he's rotated all the way around

-loved formula from the first taste

-chews on his fingers and drools like crazy

-has very stinky toots

-loves to explore other peoples hands (as long as they're clean)

-grabs the toys on his floor gym and tries to eat them

-gets very excited, body stiffens and appendages flail about

-talks a lot, too bad we don't know what he's saying

-hates laying on his tummy, he can't push himself up yet

-loves his bath time

-puts his hands over his eyes and face when he's tired

-rubs his silky blanket

-loves his binky, probably more than anything else

-loves being kissed

-trying to master standing up

I'm sure I could keep going, but since Grandma is probably the only one reading this, and she already knows all of them, I'll stop there. We have his 4 month appointment in a week, so I'll post his weight, height and head size then. Until then, enjoy this pictures from his 3 month photo shoot.

Thanks Linds!

2010-02-14T12:34:00.001-08:00

Lindsey got some great shots of Dax the other night. Here's a little smile:

And as hard as I try to keep the binky in his mouth and fingers out... it just doesn't work. I guess it's better than sucking his thumb though.

What's not to love?

2010-02-10T16:32:00.000-08:00

I love this little guy! I mean, who wouldn't want to to kiss these squishable cheeks?

Dax is getting to be so much fun! He smiles a ton, but I have yet to get a good smile on camera. My camera has an orange light before it takes a picture, which is enough to distract Dax which ends all the smiles. Someday I'll get a good one.

I love when Dax lounges with Dad. He loves all the manly things that Dad does: watching football and basketball, killing bad guys in video games, etc. As much as I've tried to turn him on to Chick-Flicks, he just likes the manly action movies. I don't get it.

I've gone back to work part-time and it's so much fun coming home to his little happy face! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

Happy Holidays

2010-01-11T14:14:00.000-08:00

Well, I certainly have a lot of catching up to do. We've been busy the past month and there's a little summary of what we've been up do.

Lisa and Brent celebrated their 5 year anniversary at the beginning of the month and came up to Logan, so we got to see them. We went to lunch and then bowling. It was so great to see them and have a fun day. And Dax loved the black lights a the bowling alley.

Lindsey put in her time at USU and made it to graduation. I know how long and hard of a road it is to finish school, so I'm proud of her for doing it. Congrats Linds!
Snowboarding is becoming an expensive hobby so when we heard about Brighton having a $15 day pass, we couldn't pass it up. It was a beautiful day on the mountain and a great day of snowboarding. It was nice to get out of the house and get some good exercise too.
We spent Christmas this year in South Dakota with Luke's family. We spent a week with them plus and extra day because of bad weather. It was such a fun week laughing, playing games, rocking out on Rock Band, and just hanging out. As you can tell, Kara was loving this round of video games.
We did a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas Eve. I was the proud owner of a book about fishing. Wow, I'm sure you can hear the excitement in my voice. Luckily, Dennis is a huge fan of fishing and wanted to trade for his awesome prize... Superman underpants. Since both meant nothing to me, I figured trading wouldn't hurt. But the cost was that he had to pose before he gave the underpants away. I might have to use that for blackmail later.
My big gift this year was the Wii! It has been so much fun playing games that everyone can do together. Luke's brother brought over Super Mario Brothers and that was a blast playing with 4 people. We ended up buying the game because it was so much fun.

We came home for a week after South Dakota and then headed to Midway, UT for another week of vacation. We had a free trip from listening to one of those time-share things, so we figured local would be the easiest with a small child.

Near the resort was what we named Christmas World. I don't know where it came from exactly, but that's what Lindsey named it. It was a bunch of structures made with water fountains that would drip and then freeze. Very cool and very time consuming.

My parents, Lindsey and Tyler came to the resort as well and we celebrated Christmas a week late. As you can tell from the loot below, Dax got really spoiled. OK, not all of them were his, but he did get spoiled. His grandparents gave him a ton a books that he loves looking at! Thanks for spending a few days with us.

Thanks to Warren Miller, we had a ski day at The Canyons. It wasn't as good of snow as Brighton was, but still a great day. Jake and Kara came along with us. It's always fun to snowboard with a group.

This is the resort where we stayed. All the buildings were Switzerland themed. It felt like a little village in the mountains.
So that pretty much sums up what we've been up to the past month. Hope that everyone had happy holidays!

Pictures for the Grandparents

2010-01-11T13:52:00.000-08:00

I decided to do a post with just pictures of Daxton that way I wouldn't have to talk about him in every post that I write while trying to catch up on events of the past month. They are in order by age - I don't know if you can tell a difference, but he looks older to me. Hope you enjoy!

Also, his 2 month stats are as follows:

Weight 12 pounds 10 ounces (66 percentile)

Length 24 inches (80 percentile)

Head 15.4 inches (25 percentile)

Photo Shoot

2009-12-06T22:38:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned on a previous post, Jalene came and took pictures of Dax when he was 2 weeks old. Here's a few of our favorites. Thanks Jalene! We love how they turned out.

Who wants more pictures?

2009-11-28T19:07:00.000-08:00

One of Luke's friends made a sarcastic remark that we needed more pictures of Dax sleeping. So here are some pictures of Dax NOT sleeping.

I love this picture :)

I think Dax is a little tired of the paparazzi always taking pictures of him. Eventually he'll get used to it.

Luke and I were able to go on a date, thanks to my parents who were super excited to watch Daxton for us. We went to the Transiberian Orchestra. It was AWESOME!

The lighting was incredible and made the show so much fun. I love that it was classical orchestra yet they were totally rocking out. They had 2 violinist head banging as they played. It was so cool!

We had a great night and a nice little break from Dax for a few hours. We loved the concert and now we just need to brush up on our Guitar Hero skills and then we can join their crew.

A week of many firsts

2009-11-17T10:34:00.000-08:00

Since Dax is fairly new to this world, he is experiencing many things for the first time. We've had a lot of fun already. Here's what we've been up to:

My dad (AKA Grandpa) came up Saturday to see Daxton for the first time. Since the swine flu is such a threat they would only let 1 visitor in the hospital to see me. Not just one at a time, only 1 visitor. Being so gracious, my dad let my mom have that privilege. So this was the first time my dad got to hold him and actually spend some time with him. I think my dad kind of likes him... a lot!

The Great Grandparents also came up for a visit. This is their first great grandchild so they were pretty anxious to meet him.

We had to do a generational picture. 4 generations together.

Dax did not enjoy his first bath at home. We tried to make it comfortable with warm water, space heater and warm towels on hand. He wasn't having it, until...

... Hair washing. He LOVES his hair being washed. I don't know if it's the water rushing over his head or the brush giving him a massage.

Needless to say, after bath-time, we have a very content, curly-haired baby.

He loves sucking on his binky. He's also very protective.

I think he looks like an old man in this one.

What a poser!

Tummy time.

It's been a fun couple of weeks. We did his 2 week old pictures on Sunday and he did really well with all the posing and moving around. I'll post the pictures as soon as I get them back. Thanks Jalene for coming over and doing pictures with us.

The big debut

2009-11-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

Here's the moment you've all been waiting for. Daxton Luke Nesbit is here! He was born November 1st - so today is his 1 week birthday. It was a long labor (almost 19 hours) but thank goodness for epidurals! He was 8 pounds 6 ounces and 19.5 inches long. I never would've guessed I was carrying something that big in my belly!

We are so happy he is here! He is such a great and happy baby. We are all still getting used to each other and eventually we'll have it all figured out. He sleeps pretty good and usually wakes up every 3 hours for some food. He makes the cutest little grunting noises.

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

Our first family photo

Opening his little eyes for the first time.
He is my little sweetheart :)

Belly pics, baby room and more

2009-10-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

Luke thinks I'm silly for taking pictures in the same outfit, but I wanted to see the true comparison of baby's growth. The first picture was wtih about 8 weeks left. The second picture is just over a week left. So yeah, I would say baby has still been growing. Soon he will be here! Now we just have to decide on a name.

We got baby's room all ready to go. Crib... check. Changing table... check. Rocking chair... check

Proper installation of carseat... check... oh wait a second! We saw this one night while we were out. Not quite sure what these people were thinking. I don't think their children will last very long in this world.
We do have a car seat, but it is yet to be installed properly. That is what we are working on this week.

We celebrated Luke's birthday at my parents house this Sunday. My mom and dad got him a bunch of cool shirts as well as a manly diaper bag so that he doesn't have to carry my girly ones around. He was pretty excited.
And since we haven't had a "Twin Kitty" picture in a while, here's one for you. I know you'll all been axiously awaiting that one.

Hopefully my next post will be with a baby in my arms rather than inside my belly!!!

The showers

2009-10-18T16:27:00.000-07:00

It's been a fun past few weekends! Hope threw me a shower in Logan with ward friends and some great friends we've made since living here. Thank you everyone that came! It was so fun to be with good friends and get some fun goodies for the little guy who is just around the corner.

I hope these girls don't mind, but this was is my belly as of September 26th. I'll try to get a more recent one up soon.

Notice the look of confusion on my face? I'm such an airhead that I opened this thinking it was a hat. I wondered to myself "How is this supposed to stay on his head?" I was then informed that it is a Pee-pee Tee-pee. Ya know, to keep the pee from going everywhere when I'm changing diapers. Genious!
And what a cute way to give diapers as a gift! I will never be that creative!
And what female gathering would be complete without delicious food? Thanks to Hope and my mom, we had some great munchies!
This weekend, Lisa threw me a shower with our friends from our high school and college days. Here's the group of everyone that was there. Thanks to those who came and made the day so much fun. It was so fun to see you guys and your little ones that came.

Lisa did such a cute job decorating! We had super yummy food, cute clothes hanging around the gazebo, and "It's a boy" signs. She went all out with games and party favors. It was such a blast! And the weather was perfect to be outside!

Lisa, thanks for all the work you put into it and thanks again for everyone who came. Baby celebrations are so much fun!

Retreat

2009-09-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

Our ward did a Relief Society Retreat last weekend and it was such a blast. Our challenge for the overnight retreat was to read the whole Book of Mormon. We split up and each read 22 pages and we actually got it all done! It was fun to have some quiet time reading and be able to work together to read the entire Book of Mormon.

Here's the group that was able to be there. It was so much fun getting to know some of the ladies in the ward a little better.

We had some fun get-to-know-you games and some great spiritual uplifting.
And the scenery was beautiful. This is the same camp where we had Girls Camp, only this time it wasn't raining - thank goodness.
The hike was gorgeous in the canyon with the leaves starting to change colors. I love fall!
Angela, Hope and I were buddies during the trip.

After coming home to a much needed shower and nap - yes, both were necessary - the excitement really started at the Demolition Derby. If you've read my blog, you know how much I love the derby's. Gotta love the crunching metal, flipping cars, and dirt flying in your face!
Luke even got off work early enough to make it to part of it.
And just in case you were worried that I was the crazy-picture-taking-maniac in my family.... you're wrong. I do like taking pictures, but obviously not as much as my brother and sisiter! OK, well maybe we are all picture maniacs.
Steve is now in Scotland for the next year with his lovely wife, so we won't be seeing many pictures of him for a while. Try not to have too much fun without us.

Let the countdown begin

2009-09-15T19:04:00.000-07:00

Less than 8 weeks people! This is getting very exciting! I still have a ton of work to do to get little baby's nursery ready, but hopefully I'll have enough time.

We've gotten a TON of hand-me-down clothes so I'm pretty sure I won't have to do any clothes shopping for the first year. I'm guessing that it's diaper shopping that I'll have to do.

I haven't intentionlly hid the belly, I just don't have many pictures with it in there. But here's one for those of you that haven't seen it already.

Introducing...

2009-09-07T16:13:00.000-07:00

Mr and Mrs Steven Grant and Kristen Kathleen Adams

They were married in the Bountiful Temple on September 3rd for time and eternity. It was such a beautiful day and a beautiful wedding.

After pictures at the temple, we had a luncheon at Joy Luck Chinese. It was so delicious! Nothing beats great Chinese food. The reception was at The Officers Club on University of Utah campus.

Kristen did all the flower arrangements, which were beautiful.

Me and groom

I was concentrating so much on throwing the little beads in the air that I only got Kristen in the picture. It was such a fun day and we're so excited to have Kristen part of our family.

Congrats on the great day and many to come in the future.

Some fun in the sun... and shade

2009-08-30T16:57:00.000-07:00

Luke's family was here a couple weekends ago and we met them in Bear Lake for some fun in the sun. The weather was perfect! Here's some pictures of our fun.

After spending some time at the lake, we picked raspberries in Claudia's garden. Do you think we picked enough? The best part about picking fresh raspberries is eating the raspberries! They are like candy! I think I had an overload on raspberries, but they were so DELICIOUS!

Then we had a nice relaxing evening sitting by the fire and the river.

One of Luke's typical picture faces:

Then this weekend, Luke and I went to Bear Lake again for a relaxing weekend getaway. Unfortunately the weather wasn't so perfect as last time. It actually started raining on us, but we still had some fun. Luke sported some mad skills on the knee board.

And here's a couple pictures of Macie, because she's so dang cute!

Happy Birthday Cyrus

2009-08-19T19:04:00.000-07:00

Cyrus was here for his 9th birthday. So we gathered the family and had a celebration!

I love the excitement!
Luke is practicing for all the baby-holding he'll be getting to do in a few months!

Believe it or not, Cyrus can fit in his baby brothers car seat. Oh how I wish my hips were that small!

Mariah, Zach, Glenda, Corbin, Danny, Claudia, Nikki, Cyrus, me, Luke and Jaiden

24th of July Festivities

2009-08-19T18:52:00.000-07:00

Again, I'm posting a little late, but better late than never.

We spent the day at my parents house and it was so nice to be able to relax and not feel like we had to go anywhere or do anything. I love days like that. We broke out the croquette and Luke ended up winning.

While everyone else was playing croquette, my mom and I washed my car and vacuumed inside. I love having a clean car! Too bad it never stays that way for long.

And what kind of family gathering would it be if we didn't try a jumping picture. I opted out of jumping this time and let everyone else look silly.
As dusk was approaching, we all got ready for fireworks. It's amazing how much fun you can have with sparklers.

Happy (late) 24th of July!

Girls Camp 2009

2009-08-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

I know I'm pretty late in posting this, since it happened in June, but since I've been a blog slacker, this is what you'll get. We went to Camp Lomia up Logan Canyon.

It was really a lot of fun to hang out with the young women and get to know them better. We had to put up with some crummy weather, but we still found fun things to do. The clouds in the mountains made me feel like I was in the Twilight movies! Very exciting.

We snapped this of most of the girls when there wasn't too much rain.

Our young woman President twisted her ankle pretty good the first day. It swelled up nicely. I was the lucky one that got to drive her to the emergency room. Lots of fun for day #1.

The easiest way to get her around after that was in the wheel barrow. It sure was quick, but she didn't like the extra attention.

Finally on the last day, the weather was nice enough that we went on a hike and had some fun playing games and goofing around.

Cat-sitting

2009-08-01T15:15:00.000-07:00

We watched a kitten for a couple in our ward. They have been nice enough to feed our cats when we've been out of town, so it was time to return the favor.

Meet Cody:

He's only about 4 months old and was cute as can be. He enjoyed our cats company, when they let him near them, but I think he enjoyed us more. His first experience with other cats wasn't so great, so he was a little defensive, which my cats didn't like. After a few days, they got used to each other though.

Mow-Mow mostly kept to herself. She didn't much care for Cody. Well, now we know that it's not the best idea to mix cats that are established and set in their ways. Next time we'll just go over to their house to feed him.

Weekend Fun

2009-07-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we made it up to Bear Lake for the first time this summer. We camped with the Hansen's on some of Luke's mom's property. Other than all the mosquitos, camping was great. And the views were gorgeous.

Saturday morning we went to Luke's mom's house and made breakfast on the outside fireplace. Pretty much any food made on that thing is delicious. Macie had fun with the rocks and really enjoyed carrying this big one around.
She got tired of how long breakfast was taking, so she figured the rock would be a good substitute. Luckily it never fell on her little toes.
Cute Macie ready to swim.
Macie and her dad in the water.
Dustin, Hope and Macie. Dustin's brother Ethan came too. He was swimming most of the time, so I didn't get any pictures.
Luke and I enjoying the rays... or lack thereof. Despite the cloudy weather, there were some serious sunburns.
Luke was swimming most of the time, as he usually does. He loves the water! Don't swim with him unless you are planning on getting really wet... he'll pull you in.
And no summer weekend would be complete without a demolition derby! This is the first one we've gone to this year. It was a blast as usual. Even if the show is no good, it's always a good reason to get together with long lost friends... and rednecks.

Progress

2009-06-27T18:51:00.000-07:00

Well, here's a beautiful picture of our little fetus at only 7 weeks old.

And such a development 2 weeks later!
But this is definitely my favorite. I love his little profile. So cute! I can't wait until he's here to see what he'll really look like!
He's been kicking around quite a bit. I notice it consistently when I lay down for bed at night. That's usually the only time he isn't squished. I love feeling him kick and squirm around!

And the verdict is...

2009-06-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

Well, 7 of you that voted were correct. We are having a BOY!!! I'm super excited! When I first thought about having a boy, I didn't really get excited. But then I realized, it's still going to be fun to shop and get cute little outfits. My other kids will have an older brother, like I did. We'll have the first grandson to carry on the Nesbit name. Plus he'll be super studly, so what's not to love? I'll scan in the ultra sounds and post them later. So until then, feel free to post any cute boy names. That will be the hard part!

THE VOTE

2009-06-16T18:49:00.001-07:00

Well folks.... It's time for a vote. Luke and I will be finding out the gender of our child next Tuesday. So it's time to decide.

Will I be dressing a studly little boy???

Or a sweet adorable girl???

Rock Climbing

2009-06-07T10:49:00.000-07:00

Our neighbors have gottne pretty into rock climbing, and since it's something we like to do anyway, we usually all go together. There are some great canyons here in Cache Valley for rock climbing and we've had a couple great weekends so far.

Here's Luke giving me strange looks before he made his climb up the wall.

He was successful, as always.

Here's Dustin at the top of a different climb. He got the rope hooked in at the top and then had to repell down. He was a little worried about coming over that first ledge. He was brave though and made it with no problems.
Here's talented Hope talking on the phone while climbing. I never knew she had that sort of talent.
Macie is even a natural at climbing, just like her mom Hope. Look at that grip of death! Such a pro.

Brighton even wanted in on some of the fun. Anything to be next to his girlfriend, Macie.

I usually don't climb since I'm not sure if it's OK while being prego. I keep forgetting to ask when I go to the doctor. I have still have fun hanging out with the gals, Hope and Angela.
I even got a new hair-do while everyone else was climbing. It was well worth it.

Camping Weekend

2009-05-25T17:10:00.000-07:00

We took full advantage of the long weekend this year. Work has been crazy busy and it was so nice to get away from the world for a few days and enjoy nature. We went camping in Idaho with some friends and had a blast. We had some nice sunny weather and a couple crazy rain storms. Here's a peek of our adventures:

Luke rock climbing. He made it to the top. GO LUKE!!!!

Ignore the fact that Luke is standing awkwardly - this is the only picture of us together.

Fence golf. This turned out to be a big hit and I almost peed my pants while playing. You would think I would've learned my lesson from my grandmother.
Bike riding. It's been a while since I've ridden a bike, but as the saying goes, "It's like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it" (or something like that).
Here's our little campsite. We had some pro fire-makers which was very handy since the mornings were a little nippy.
And here's just some beautiful pictures of our surroundings for your viewing pleasure.

This was after our camping adventures were over, but still a beautiful sight. It was even more enjoyable after a shower and indoor plumbing :)
We'll definitely have to break out the tent again soon. If anyone wants to come next time, let us know and we'll have a grand ole time.

Its about time!!!

2009-05-08T16:28:00.000-07:00

I officially have 5 minutes to sit down and make a post. Life has been crazy busy and any spare moment that I have, I'm usually not blogging. Here's a quick catch-up of the past month for us. Make sure to read to the end.

We celebrated Easter at my Grandparents house with all my cousins - most of them anyway. Here's Scott sporting his fantastic find.

My mother and I celebrated our birthdays! YEA! I'm now the big 2-4! Mom is now... just kidding, we won't expose that. My birthday was great! My family came up to have dinner, open presents and have a fun night of Guitar Hero. It was a day spent in great company.
On my mom's birthday, Steve proposed to his sweetheart, Kristen. It was well disguised since she thought they were all going out to dinner for my mom. What a surprise that ended up being! I'm super excited for September 17th to roll around.
After 6 months, I finally got my hair cut and colored again and I love it! This is Hope, my cute neighbor, and I showing off our new do's.

And for the announcement you've all been waiting for.....

I'M PREGNANT!!!!! We are due the first week of November and we are so excited!!! I'm through the first trimester, which wasn't that bad. Hopefully it stays that way. We'll find out what we're having in 6 weeks. I can hardly wait!!! I think it will a lot more real at that point!

Well that's all for now. I had to throw in a picture of the cat, since I know you've been missing Monster. She fell asleep while playing with her toy. So cute!

My new pets

2009-04-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

So I decided to add some fun colors to our bleak home. I figured cacti would be a good option since I wouldn't have to water them very often. That gives them a better chance of survival.

Can you see the little black menace there in the background? I woke up in the morning to find....
... all the tops of this plant eaten off. Silly me, I thought a cactus would keep the cats away! Hopefully it will grow back.

I got this one because it's bubbly and looks like grapes. So far, the cats don't like it.

And this one should be free and clear from the cats since the pokey's probably don't feel very good going down.

So we'll see if I can keep these little guys alive.

Hello out there

2009-03-20T18:42:00.000-07:00

Wow, have I been a major blog slacker or what! Sorry about that. Really there is nothing new or exciting going on in our lives right now. Oh wait, I take that back....

Luke officially has a job after 5 months and we are super excited! He is working at Little Caesars. So far he's really enjoyed it. They're pretty flexible with his school schedule, so that will be awesome.

Here's another twin-kitty picture for all you fans out there.

They are pretty much best friends.

A murder on the grill

2009-03-08T16:22:00.000-07:00

We had a swingin' weekend in 1959. We did a murder mystery dinner, that turned out to be lots of fun! I'd never done one before so I had no idea what to expect.

From left to right, Emma was Tiara Diamond (the late Tom's fiance), Scott was Chubby Cheddar (a rock star), Justin was Dan Dragnet (TV star stepping in as a cop/detective), Candice was Peggy Sue (newspaper gossip columnist), I was Bobby Sox (Tom's kid sister) Luke was Johnny Angel (a mechanic), and in front is John as Ivan Spudnick (Russian rocket scientist) and Tina was Barby Q (a divorcee with a 140 IQ.

We decorated with as much '50's decor as we could find - ignore the cell phone and CD player.

I was feeling very Sandra Dee.

Dan Dragnet and Peggy Sue

Bobby Sox and Johnny Angel

Tiara Diamond, the murderer!!! She looks so cute and innocent!

John played a great Russian. I'll definitely take him with me if I ever get that desire to visit mother Russia.

Visits

2009-03-08T15:31:00.001-07:00

Steve and Kristin came up last weekend to visit Lindsey and I (and our husbands). We were all able to go to the temple together, which was a fun experience. Tyler was the only one who wasn't there, because he had to work. We had a great time hanging out, playing games, and just enjoying each others company. Thanks Steve and Kristin for coming to visit.

For Young Women's last week, the girls made journals. I am amazed by their creativity and they came up with some super cute ideas.

Lots of FUN!

2009-02-26T17:19:00.001-08:00

Luke and I have had a lot of fun this past week. Luke has been working in Salt Lake for a week and a half, so Saturday, I drove down to visit him. On the way, I stopped at Marianne's baby shower for her little girl, Jordynn. She is such a cute little baby! It was so fun to visit with old friends and just have fun hanging out together again.

For our remaining Saturday activities, Luke and I spent the day car shopping. We have been looking for a while and trying to get our Jeep sold. After some very long hours, exchanging numbers with sneaky salesmen, we worked out a great deal and left with this beauty!
We absolutely love the car and have had so much fun with it already. It's amazing some of the features that a "new" car has compared to our older models. We would love to take anyone around for a spin, just give us a call.
Luke's been working on the basement again. We didn't want to finish up the drywall until we had all the duct work for the heating. I'm so glad Luke knows all these handy things around the house. He's worked so hard on it and I'm proud of him for learning how to do it and doing it!

Happy Birthday Steve

2009-02-16T16:34:00.000-08:00

Steve turned the big 2-6 on the 12th. He picked a Thai restaurant, which was surprisingly pretty good. I'd never had Thai food before, so I didn't really know what to expect. We had a lot of fun eating and talking, and we probably wore out our welcome at the restaurant.

We had celebrated earlier this month and here's Steve showing off our awesome present to him.
My great friend, Lisa, is having a baby next month, so I drove down for her shower this last week. It was so good to see her and I'm so excited for her to have a cute little one soon. It was so fun to get together with old friends that I grew up with. Hopefully we won't wait so long next time to get together.
Luke and I spent our Valentine's Day on the snowy slopes of Brighton ski resort. It was such a perfect day with fresh powder and hardly anyone there - I guess Valentine's Day isn't that big of a day for them.
And what would Valentine's Day be without some beautiful red roses. Thanks sweetie for a wonderful day. I love you!

A short catch-up

2009-02-09T21:24:00.000-08:00

Since I've been such a blog slacker lately, I will just start with the most recent and we'll have to go from there.

A few months ago, my brother downloaded a bunch of his "locked" pictures onto my laptop. While I enjoy seeing pictures of his friends all the time, I cannot delete these pictures at all! I have no idea how to get rid of them. If anyone can help, please let me know. They're taking up so much room that I can't download my pictures.... that's my maid excuse for not blogging - I just can't do it without pictures.

Yesterday I got to skip out on the last 2 hours of church with the young women in our ward. No, we didn't go get slurpies or anything. We had the bishops approval to go down to Salt Lake for the annual Interfaith Concert. I was really impressed.

There were musical numbers from a bunch of local religions. It was really need to see how different cultures express their religious beliefs.

Two muslim girls sat behind me and it was interesting to hear some of their comments. One of the musical numbers was sung by the muslims and the jews. I heard one of them say, "that was probably the first time in the world that that has happened." It made me so much more aware of the conflict between people, cultures, and countries. We are so lucky to live in peaceful place.

While I enjoyed all the productions, it really strengthened my testimony that I am a member of the only true church on this earth. After the LDS children's choir sang, I heard the muslim girls whisper "wow." I don't think they were the only ones that felt the spirit in the tabernacle that night. It was truly an amazing experience.

Draper Temple

2009-01-25T17:36:00.000-08:00

I had the chance to go through the Draper Temple Open House with the young women in our ward. It was such a neat experience and really great to have the girls be able to see rooms in the temple they normally wouldn't. The temple was so beautiful and peaceful. The decorating inside was so simple, yet so elegant.

Even though it was raining all day, it was so beautiful and stood out against the grey, clouded sky.
As other girls can testify, long car rides can get a little crazy...

... And boring at times

Don't worry, this wasn't a real threat. We yelled across the freeway to the other cars full of girls and had fun giggling and being silly.

Mother Goose

2009-01-11T18:27:00.001-08:00

For those of you that don't know about Mother Goose, she comes on New Years and brings gifts to the family. Mother Goose got lost this year because Santa passed the message that we were in Bountiful during Christmas. So, she finally made it around and we were excited. She brought us some new shoes, a Blue Ray player and Iron Man. So far, we've really enjoyed everything.

The moon has been really bright the past few nights. I woke up in the middle of the night with the moon shining right in my eyes. I tried to catch it on film, but I think it needs some work. Plus it's hard when I'm half asleep.
And since I haven't talked about the cats in a while, I figured I'd throw this in here. Monster is very fashion savvy and I think she's right when she says this belt really brings out the colors in her eyes.

Blog Issues

2009-01-03T20:55:00.000-08:00

As you can tell, I'm attempting to change my blog background. It has successfully erased all my contacts and I am in the process of finding them again and getting them on my page. So, if you notice that you are not on my contact list and you were before, either be patient and wait until I do, or you can post your blog address to make it a little easier. Until then, enjoy the boring blog.

Temple Square

2008-12-29T19:55:00.000-08:00

Here are some Temple Square Christmas light pictures for your viewing pleasure. And one cute one of my mom.

Merry Christmas - a little late

2008-12-29T19:26:00.000-08:00

We were at my parents this year for Christmas. It was so fun being home. It was like my childhood years all over again. Except that I was able to sleep just fine as Santa came and delivered gifts.

My parents gave us a bunch of food storage which will be very nice to help us get started on something we should have done a long time ago.
Christmas afternoon, we drove to Salt Lake and Luke had a chance to talk to his brother, Jake. He's on a mission in the Phillipines and comes home next October. It was great to talk to him.

Christmas night was spent at my Grandpa and Grandma Simms. It was fun to get the family together. Now that more of my cousins are at Utah State, we actually get together with cousins our age. It was a blast.
And Christmas would not be complete without some fresh powder. There was so much snow on our car by the time we were ready to go home. I love it!
Luke had to get out of the car and help it up the little hill to my parents house. It was the perfect ending to a wonderful day. Merry Christmas everyone.

The Mug Exchange

2008-12-28T19:51:00.000-08:00

After 5 Christmas' together, Luke and I finally made it to the Annual Mug Exchange on Christmas Eve. It is played the same as the ever popular White Elephant game. It was at Jon and Anji's house in Salt Lake (my mom's brother). Good times were had by all.

Here's Grandma sporting her Christmas sweater while trying to decide which child she would make cry by taking their mug.
It wasn't Luke... He felt very devious that he ended up with his mug that no one ever wanted... I can't imagine why???
Lindsey took home a mug that I brought - super cute. And Tyler had a creepy jack-o-lantern mug.
Steve took home the other mug we brought and Kristin got a cool pencil-holder-type mug.
I got a cool blue goblet. I was pretty excited about it. The lady Steve's right is Shari - Anji's sister. I noticed Steve's arm is around her (Don't worry Steve, I won't tell Kristin)
My mom loved her cute little snowman cup... Lindsey did too. Creepy!
Lindsey and I hanging out on cute little cushions. If I had a wood floor, I would totally get these.
Jon and Anji live in a cool old house in Salt Lake by the Capitol. There are so many cool things that you just don't see in the new houses. Such as this awesome old fireplace. Love it.

Work Christmas Party

2008-12-21T18:24:00.000-08:00

We had our work Christmas party on Friday at Hamilton's Steak and Seafood. That part alone can tell you it was a good night. Michelle, Michon and I created our own Party Planning Committee and had a lot of fun putting it together. My boss graciously donated some money so we could get gifts for everyone there. It seemed that everyone had a great time - or at least better than last year.

At my table from left to right is Luke, me, Jared - one of the owners, his wife Jenn, Steve - the land developer/maintenance guy, his wife Jean, Wendy - Dave's wife, and Dave - partner in one of the construction companies.
Steve ordered the most expensive dish - the 24 oz steak. This is him finishing the whole thing!!! And he still had room for dessert.
From left to right is Richard - my bosses dad, James - my boss, his wife Sherri, Lisa - Jeremy's wife, Jeremy - the accountant, Michon - party planning committee member, and her husband Collin.
Hiding on the left is Jose - one of the construction guys, his girlfriend, Kim - Justin's wife, Justin - one of the partners, Austin - Michelle's husband, Michelle - party planning committee member, Eddie - maintenance guy for the apartments, and his wife Lydia.
On the left is Germain's wife Jodi, Jenn - Matt's wife, Matt - one of the apartment owners, Ernie - Deidra's husband, Deidra - one of the apartment managers, Blair - Tiffer's husband, Tiffer - apartment maintenance guy, and Germain. Germain did his own little stand up comedy for us that night. I had my doubts, but it was actually pretty funny.
And that's pretty much everyone that I work with. It's nothing compared to the TV show The Office, but we have some good laughs. As entertaining as it might have been, our office "Dwight" didn't come.

A week of Birthdays

2008-12-21T16:44:00.000-08:00

We started out the festivities at work last Friday. Jeremy celebrated his ... oh I almost revealed his age. Anyway, we decorated the entrance to our office as well as...

His office entrance:
And his desk. We have this awesome orange chair that no one wants, so we put a bow on it and pretended it was his birthday present. He just put it in the corner and used his normal chair. Too bad.
We went to Cafe Sabor with our office to celebrate and they made him wear the birthday sombrero.
And since Michelle's Birthday was the following Monday, we made her wear one too.
Don't they look so happy that it's their birthdays??? We all benefited and got to share their birthday dessert. Yum!

So here's the decorations we did for Michelle's birthday.
We tried to give her the orange chair too, but no one seems to appreciate it. I mean, look at that beauty!
Michelle was in our neighborhood cleaning one of the houses so the builders to show a clean house to sell. I went over and got her kids so they would have less distractions while cleaning. This is Cooper. He's 3. He had lots of fun with the toys and maybe a little too much fun with the Polly Pockets - he thought they were Barbie's.

I pulled out all the toys that my parents let me keep from when I was a kid. They had so much fun. Pace just turned one. He loves to dump things out - hence the empty box and toys all over the floor. It was fun to watch them for a little while.
And this past Wednesday was my little sisters 21st Birthday. We were going to go to Vegas, but since my parents decided to come up to Logan, we did a family lunch instead.
Happy Birthday all you December birthday people.

Nature 2

2008-12-21T16:37:00.000-08:00

Here's some more of the beautiful surrounding of Northern Utah.

Nature

2008-12-20T17:14:00.000-08:00

The scenery around Cache Valley is beautiful on some days. The camera just doesn't do justice. I know Cache Valley can be cold and miserable sometimes, other times I'm amazed with how gorgeous it can be.

This on the other hand, is not beautiful:

Last Spring Luke gave me some flowers like these pictured below. They miraculously survived and thrived in our basement apartment that we were in with minimal light and cold AC blowing right on it.

When we moved to the new house, the flowers were more accessible to the cats and they decided to eat them. Luke was kind enough to get me more miracle flowers and I brought them to work so the cats couldn't touch them.

Obviously you can see what happened. Actually, I don't know what happened because I can't get them to come back to life. I did nothing different than with my last plant. That's probably a lot of the problem - I'm really not a green thumb.

It's too bad because they really had such potential.

Hide-and-Seek

2008-12-10T12:46:00.000-08:00

I love how trash can make cats happy. I threw this box on the floor before it went in the trash to see how the cats liked it. And we ended up with hours on entertainment. Monster hides inside and Mow-Mow would try to figure out where the black tail came from.
I love watching them find simple pleasures in trash - especially since it's a free toy.

I love fog

2008-12-05T12:21:00.000-08:00

Fog is the coolest natural phenomenon, in my opinion. I love it. Luckily we live in the part of town that actually gets foggy. This is the view out rhe back window of our house.
In a matter of about 5 minutes it had clouded up this much. It was so much fun driving in it. It's good we have headlights.

This was the next day. Such a beautiful sunrise! I bet you never would have known that church was back there.

BLACK FRIDAY

2008-12-04T12:18:00.000-08:00

I decided this year that I wanted to get up and go to a sale on Black Friday. I know... what was I thinking? I didn't even have anything in particular that I was shopping for. Lindsey, Tyler, Luke and I all went to Target at 6:00 am. We started in the electronics which was such a bad idea. I had an adrenaline rush for about 10 minutes and then I realized I was too tired to be up that early. It was fun, but unless I really need something that is a great deal, I probably won't be up that early again on Black Friday.

I got a short nap before heading out for more fun. The whole family headed out to a family party at my cousin Christie's house. We had a lot of fun seeing family that we haven't seen for a few years. My cousin Summer and her family was here from California and my cousin Troy and his family was here from New Mexico. Scott and Christie have a gas fire pit in their backyard - such a good idea - which we used to make s'mores. The little girls enjoyed eating them the most.

Although, it looks like Mike was having some fun himself.

They're on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley and it was beautiful from over there!

After our fun game day, we headed to Gateway mall to go shopping. We had fun joining the crowds in Salt Lake that were there for the Jazz game and the opening night for Temple Square Christmas lights.

While shopping, a question kept running through my mind...

Who decided that the 80's were EVER cool and decided to bring them back??? Seriously, this never looked good on anyone!

And while flourencents sure do attract attention, they also don't look good on anyone. This is another one of those fads that I will go ahead and refuse before it gets big. Hopefully everyone else rejects it too and we don't have to see it in stores anymore.

Once we were worn out of shopping, my mom and I went to my cousin Alison's house to make bead bracelets. It was actually really fun.

I made a bracelet call Wiggly Worm. It turned out really cute! The middle beads are matte and the edges are glossy. Being able to make something so cute made me feel crafty, even though Alison had to walk me through most of it.

Alison is really into beading and has a ton of necklaces and bracelets that she's made. It was so fun getting together with the girls and being crafty. Thanks Alison

Happy Thanksgiving - For Real

2008-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:00

I know I'm a little slow with getting this post up, but here it is anyway. Luke and I spent Thanksgiving Day with my family. We had a delicious dinner at my Grandparents house. My cute sister and her husband graced us with their presence.
I would say my cute brother, but we'll say my handsome brother and his girl friend, Kristin joined us after a big meal at her families house.

My grandma went all out with table decorations. I think she has more decorations for one holiday than I do for all the holidays combined. Maybe I should work on that.

I had the pleasure of sitting right in front of this leaf candle. I don't really feel like I'm a pyro, but when it's dripping so constantly , I couldn't help but want to play in it.

I'm very sad that Halloween and Thanksgiving are over because I absolutely love candy corns and could probably eat a whole bad if you left them in front of me. It's probably good that they aren't around the rest of the year or all my teeth might fall out.

These following pictures are to demonstrate not only the regular occurances at our family get togethers, but also the raw talent that we possess. I mean look at this: hanging a spoon from his nose and licking his elbow at the same time. I'm in awe.

Tyler was meditating to get his spoon to stick to his nose. I think this was a first time spoon hanging event for him. He did rather well.

We call this syncronized spoons on the nose. Impressive I know. It takes a lot of hard work and practice. Occationally we slip up. It's hard to get everyone at the same time.

After our food had settled in our full bellies, we went to Gateway Mall in Salt Lake to see movies. Half went to see the new James Bond and the other half when to Four Christmases. I had high expectations for Four Christmases and was a little disappointed, but it was still pretty good.

Everytime I'm at Gateway, I have to jump over these poles. I think we need work on our syncronized pole jumping.

As well as our syncronized feet-tapping-in-mid-air moves. Or at least I need to work on it.

My parents even joined in the fun of jumping in the air. You have no idea how hard it is to get everyone in the air at the same time.

We had a blast jumping in the air like fools and pretending to walk away non-chelant when a stranger came walking by. I love being silly. We were all laughing pretty hard.

And this post wouldn't be complete with out a classic time-lapse video. So until next year, Happy Thanksgiving to all.

GO AGGIES!

2008-11-26T12:14:00.000-08:00

Ster and his family stayed with us last night. A visit to Logan would not be worthwhile if you didn't see the Aggies play a great game of Basketball. It was neck-and-neck for a while, but we pulled through and ended up winning.

Simi and Sedar were super excited to get their picture with Big Blue. They enjoyed the times when he was out on the court dancing.
I tried to get a picture picking up the blue - since that's our school colors (I say that as if we are still at Utah State... which we're not). Sedar was cheering for the Weber Wildcats because they had purple uniforms and that is her favorite color. How cute those kids are!

And here's us... in case you forgot what we looked like.

Thanksgiving #2

2008-11-24T17:21:00.000-08:00

I know it's hard to believe, but I've already completed Thanksgiving #2. It's been quite a weekend of great memories and great food. Luke's brother Sterling is in town with his family.

We made this delicious feast and then sent a picture to Jake on his mission in the Phillipines so that he knew how much fun and good food we were having without him.

I was in charge of the fruit salad. I had never made it before and was a little nervous, but it turned out great. And it even looks pretty.

Fun with the Kids

2008-11-24T13:24:00.000-08:00

As part of the Pre-Thanksgiving weekend, we had lots of fun activities going on. Simi and Sedar made little desserts out of the extra pie crust.
They turned out delicious and I ate most of them, don't worry.

Me and Simiron

Sedar in the process of making a fort.

I usually end up hanging out with the kids at the family parties. This is Caleb, Simi and Bayli

Caleb, Me and Simi

Bayli

My bubbles!

2008-11-24T12:23:00.000-08:00

The other night was enjoying a delicious drink of water with my meal. As I was getting to the last of it, I figured I would see how interested the cats would be in bubbles. I started blowing bubbles in my cup and they were immediatly enthralled.
Please note that while you may think you are looking at the same picture over and over again, Monster's head is actually getting closer to the cup opening.

It's amazing what little animals can get themselves into. More and more I'm understanding the meaning behind the phrase "curiousity killed the cat"

Her ears have officially disappeared. Getting out was an event in itself. Her head got stuck and she freaked out, resulting in water in her face and all over the coffee table. Luke and I had a good laugh over this one.

Random Photos

2008-11-13T11:03:00.000-08:00

I've been slacking off on the blog updates. I know you all were enjoying my awesome breakdance skill video, but it's time to move on. Here's a few updates for you.

I was running an errand for work one day and drove by this tree. I end up turing around and driving back to get a picture of it. It was in front of an office building and I felt a little silly for standing there taking a picture, so I was a little rushed, otherwise I would've been a little more creative.
Luke and I played the most boring game of Monopoly at his uncles house. The only real entertainment I could find was playing with the color features on my camera. Here's the GREEN color accent. How it picked up blue, I have no idea. Here's RED

I drove to work one day and the sky was so so dark. The light was coming through the bottom of the clouds, it was gorgeous.

Pictures just don't do nature justice, but it gets close.

I've been having way too much fun with the time lapse feature on my camera. Here's a video for your viewing pleasure.

Princess and the Pea

2008-11-13T09:53:00.000-08:00

We have finally upgraded from a hand-me-down bed from my grandparents. While it was a nice gift at the time, I didn't realize how sad of a bed it really was. Especially compared to ...
This! It's actually not sunken in the middle! It's amazing. Not to mention the comfort level has definitely improved. It is so much higher off the ground. If I sit on the edge of the bed, my feet don't touch the ground. It makes me feel even shorter than I am.

As I was putting sheets on the bed, my little Monster (black cat) crawled under the covers and got tucked in.

I don't think anyone would notice, do you?

Twins

2008-11-13T09:39:00.000-08:00

I know my cats look nothing alike, but sometimes I find them sitting the exact same way.
I have to be super quick and snap a picture before they move. I think it's so cute.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2008-10-31T11:32:00.000-07:00

This year I am really enjoying the holiday of Halloween. I don't know why I like it this year more than past years, but I've had a lot of fun.
These are the girls I work with. Michelle dressed up as a Pirate and Michon is the tooth fairy. Obviously you can tell that I am a gangter.
Here's my awesome skills. I know I'm totally a lame white chich, but I had so much fun dressing up and faking that I'm hard core.

4 YEARS

2008-10-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

Thursday October 23 was our 4 year anniversary! It's crazy how fast it goes. We didn't celebrate that night because I had my wisdom teeth out and was feeling awfully miserable. Saturday we went to Olive Garden to make up for a crappy anniversary night.
After dinner, we had nother fun filled night of pumpkin carving. Justin again ditched out on the fun and thought it would be more entertaining to play Guitar Hero.

Emma made some delicious donuts

Don't worry, they did taste a good as they looked. YUM!

This was the pumpkin that I carved. I call it "Melting Jack"

Luke thought it would be really scary to carve the word "DREAD" I'm scared... are you?

Here's Scott looking vicious before he carved his pumpkin.

I think he saw Luke's pumpkin and was intimidated, so this is what he came up with:

I'm pretty sure the whole pumpkin carving is becoming one of my favorite holiday activities. And since we've done it twice this year, I think that's enough. You shouldn't see anymore pumpkin pictures.

House Tour

2008-10-27T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well, we've been in the house almost 3 months and I'm finally getting pictures up of the inside finished product. Don't worry, I still haven't put anything up on the walls. I'm realizing all the pictures and decorations I had are too small and look funny on my big walls. I'll find something eventually to fill them with.

Front door/Living Room

Dining Room

Kitchen

Guest Room

Office

Guest Bathroom

My mom bought the towels to match the shower curtain

Master Bedroom (I took this when it was hot in the summer and all we used was our sheet at night. We really do have a comfortor)

We each have our own closet - wonderful

This is our awesome soaker tub (P.S. if you're going to custom build your home, get a soaker tub instead of a jetted tub - you'll use it way more)

Master Bath

Half flight of stairs to our Family/Game Room

Family/Game/TV Room

Doors for laundry, game closet and backyard

Laundry - we now have a dryer occupying the right side of the closet

Game Closet

Half flight of stairs to the unfinished basement of the house

Water Heater and door to cold storage - super exciting, I know

Cold storage - which currently holds our "cold things" like snowboards

Unfinished Room #1

Framed closets

Unfinished Room #2

There is also an unfinished bathroom on the same level, but I didn't take pictures of those

Crawl Space

Garage - which hold both of our cars!

And that's all. If you want more detail than that, you'll just have to come visit.

Are you ready for Halloween???

2008-10-22T09:09:00.000-07:00

The most crucial part of Halloween is carving the pumpkins. Ok, well the costumes are sort of important too. Last Monday for Family Home Evening, we gathered together and got our pumpkins carved.
Luke and I joined our efforts to come up with this masterpiece. Not only does is say "BOO", but there is a hidden face if you turn it sideways. Sneaky, I know!

Mac did the standard Jack-O-Lantern

Tyler got pretty artistic and did a spider on a web. It was pretty intense. I didn't get the finished product, and unfortunately, it is now collapsing.

Lindsey did a little devil, because she is one. Just kidding. I think it turned out really cute.

And I'm pretty sure Justin just got bored of the whole pumpkin carving thing and gave up. It's a bullseye. Pretty creative, I know.

Camera Fun

2008-10-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

Steve showed me some of the settings on my camera that I never use. This picture accents the green in the room - although, it looks like it picked up some browns too.
This is my cute cousin, Michael. He had a cute little monkey outfit on. Adorable!

And when I tried to just green in this picture, it ended up pulling all the blue too.

Fall

2008-10-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

For those who live in Northern Utah, this has been the usual scene for the past month or so. I love fall and and all the different colors.
And also for those in Northern Utah, this is what we woke up to on Sunday morning. While I certainly ejoyed the snow fall, I think I wanted to enjoy the cooling weather of Fall for a few more weeks... or months.

Birthday's

2008-10-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

So my boss absolutely hates his Birthday. I haven't quite figured out why exactly, but I think it's something along the lines of one more year has passed and he hasn't accomplished as much as he would have liked to. So needless to say, he does not want it celebrated at the office.
His wife had their kids make posters that we could hang up at the office. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out. And as much as he hated the attention, I think deep down he appreciated us recognizing the day he came into this world.

Time Out

2008-10-05T19:02:00.000-07:00

I love conference weekend! It was awesome! It always makes me feel like I could do so much better, but at the same time gives me so much hope. I love it. Joseph B. Wirthlin is my favorite. I love how old guys are just funny, no matter what they say. That reminded me of when I got to go to Time Out for Women in Logan with my mom and sister. I love being enriched. It was the greatest time. And it was nice to be able to hang out with girls for a couple days.

A new Friend

2008-09-18T14:10:00.000-07:00

We brought a little friend home for Mow-Mow on Saturday. Luke was actually the one convincing me this time to get another cat. Mow-Mow really enjoys the company.
We haven't really picked a name yet. We might go with Shadow, because she is a little shadow. She thinks she's the same size as Mow-Mow and always instigates wrestling, which looks a lot like fighting.

We're thinking of naming her Monster as well. She is a little naughty pants, but she's so cute that it's hard to get mad. I mean, look at that face!

I think she looks like a little skunk in this one, so maybe we'll go with Skunkie.

She's slightly narcaleptic and will pretty much fall asleep anywhere. We had to pull her out of the window sill because she fell alseep sitting up and about tipped over the edge. Little kitties are so cute!

Derby Time

2008-09-17T08:42:00.000-07:00

The demolition derby came to town again. It was a joyous occation and those of you who did not come, missed out on and eveing of excitement, destruction and fame. Mater from "Cars" was there. Lightening McQueen came too, but they said we couldn't take pictures. Bummer.
I really wanted to see this van crash, but it couldn't get started once it was out in the arena. It would have been awesome to see it flip over!

My aunt, Jamie, came up from Lehi with her husband and four boys. They love the derby and are making an annual trip to Logan for the festivities. Tyler and Lindsey and her friends from high school, Jalene and Kristin, came too.

Steve was here with his girlfriend, Kristin - different Kristin than the one mentioned above. It was fun to have them up for the weekend. I really like the faces we are getting in the background of this picture.

Rainy Days

2008-09-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

I love rainy days! I know this is kind of late, but it was rainy on Labor Day in Logan. I had a wonderfully relaxing day doing puzzles, listening to the rain and thunder, and watching movies.

New Discovery

2008-09-09T09:32:00.000-07:00

Mow-Mow has somewhat overcome her fear of water. We still haven't convinced her that it would be fun to take a bath, but she has become interested in the shower. Luke was in there the other day and called me in. Mow-Mow discovered that she can go between the curtain the liner and stay dry.

I'm just waiting for the day when she loses her balance and falls in. That will teach her a lesson. For those that come to our house, be sure to close the bathroom door when you shower or you may have a visitor.

When are Hobbit tryouts?

2008-09-09T09:25:00.000-07:00

Luke twisted his ankle playing raquetball last week. We had some pretty awesome swelling. Can you see the purple bruising by his heel?
Don't you think he would be great for a hobbit in the next Lord of the Rings? Well, maybe just his left foot. I know it's mean to laugh, but sometimes just sitting there, I would look at his foot and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Don't worry, he is getting better.

Housewarming Party!!!

2008-09-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

We are now officially moved in the settled. We are going to have a party on September 19 and anyone and everyone is welcome. However, I don't want to send my home address out over the internet. For those of you interested in coming by to see the house, or just to come and visit, email me your home address to nnesbit2@hotmail.com - I have invitations to send out. Hope to see you there!

Tyler and Lindsey Coy 8.7.08

2008-08-27T12:25:00.000-07:00

Lindsey finally got hitched! Lindsey and Tyler got married in the Bountiful Temple on 8-7-08 (almost 8-8-08). It was so much fun and such a good day. She looked beautiful and so happy.

I should've worn heels that day! I look really short standing next to my family! And I don't know where Luke was during all this. He was there... somewhere.

The Cat

2008-08-27T12:14:00.000-07:00

I'm sure you've all been wondering how Mow-Mow likes the new house. I'm happy to say that she actually loves it. In fact, I don't know what we ever did for entertainment when we didn't have stairs.
She has a little ball with rocks in it so it makes noise when you throw it. She loves to chase it and will even play fetch with it. Luke and I were throwing it up and down the stairs to each other while Mow-Mow hunted it.
I love how she thinks she hiding behind the step. I certainly can't see her tail, or glowing eyes for that matter.

There is a field behind our house and she loves to look out the window the birds in the trees, pheasants and occationally farrets. We don't let her outside, so she gets super excited just to see other animals.

Boating

2008-08-26T10:45:00.000-07:00

Our old ward did a boating activity for the Relief Society. It was such a blast. This tube has to be the best tube ride of my life! It never flipped, even though it felt like it would. I was scared for my life and laughing histerically at the same time. It was awesome!
This isn't me wakeboarding, but I did wakeboard. I finally got some good air and was pretty excited about it. Someday I'll be a pro.

It was so much fun to spend time with ladies in my ward, even though we moved. I think every ward to should fun Relief Society activities like this. The only bad part about the day was that I was so incredibly sore the next few days - but it was worth it.

Family Parites

2008-08-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

We had a family party at my Grandparents house (my Mom's parents). It's always nice to get together with family.
Tyler had fun playing lazer tag with Jaren.

My aunt Jennifer is in town from Katy, TX for a month. These are to two middle children, Taylar and Jaren.

Rachel is her oldest - almost 12!

Best buds!

It wouldn't be a party at Grandma's if we didn't have some jumping on the trampoline. It also wouldn't be the same if we didn't have a crash on the tramp. Jenn's youngest about went face first off the side. It was a little scary. But luckily everyone is still alive.

Sparklers look much cooler when you can watch them moving. Although, Tyler does make them look pretty cool.

Happy Birthday Matthew

2008-08-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

My cousin Matthew turned 4 in July (the 28th I think). I love the faces he makes. He is such a character. Happy Birthday Matthew!

Blog slacker

2008-08-04T15:30:00.001-07:00

I'm getting worse at keeping our blog updated. As a partial excuse, we have been moving, attending wedding events for Lindsey, and working extra hard. :) We are in our house - we decided to just move in since it wasn't worth trying to pay rent and a mortgage. That could get scary. I'll post some pictures once we've got things cleaned up a bit.

Bear Lake

2008-07-20T12:41:00.000-07:00

Luke's oldest brother, Sterling, was in town with his family this weekend, so we all headed up to Bear Lake to have a day of fun at the beach.

Sedar was the first one ready.

Here is the whole group relaxing in the water.

Pre- Mermaid

Mermaid

Happy Bayli

S'more Time

Hanging around by the fire

Finally, some much needed posting

2008-07-16T19:41:00.000-07:00

To start off, I'm sorry I've been such a slacker with posts lately. I know everyone uses the "I'm busy" excuse, which is true, but I also could have made time. Anyway, I am making up for it now.

Our patriotism started off with a bang this year (I'm talking about croquette, not the fireworks). Logan does fireworks on the 3rd of July from the university stadium. We went over to Luke's uncles house to watch them. It was an OK show... I've seen better. We did have a mean game of croquette, which Luke won. He gets pretty vicious.

The festivities continued on the 4th of July in Bountiful. Davis High School puts on a really good show that is worth the drive. We found a seat as close at you could get to the fireworks; so not only did we hear the loud boom of each one, we actually felt it. My dad did awesome finding those seats.
I have yet to figure out how to get my videos to load. I had a really cool one with loud bangs and bright flashes. I just hope everyone got to see real fireworks since my pictures just won't cut it.
I saw this cute family of ducks when I was driving home the other day. They were all just sitting there in the road. I had to stop and take a picture, I could not resist. The mother duck gave one little quack and all the ducklings followed her into the tall grass. It was so cute!

Luke and I have a new hobby. We are now very avid racquetball players. We love it! We play at least 2 to 3 times a week. We will probably play it until we are old like this guy and kill over and die.

Probably the most excited news happened yesterday. Steve got home from Taiwan. He has been teaching English to cute little Taiwanese kids for the past 6 months. It was so fun to go to the airport to see him. He looks great and he brought home some cool experiences and souvenirs.

As we were waiting for Steve to come down the escalator, we saw this group of people gathering. There were probably about 25 of them and they each had a letter. We didn't ever figure out what it said because it wasn't English. I'm guessing they were from Europe somewhere. So we see this lady come down the escalator and they break into song. That would be so cool to have that kind of welcoming committee. All we had were little signs we made on the car ride over. Next time we'll have to step it up.

So there you have it for now. I'll try to be better about keeping up with the posts. Until then, farewell.

Finishing Touches

2008-06-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

If you look close, you can see that the overhang of the roof ( I think it's called the soffit) is actually black. I got the idea from a realtor. The trim around the garage door is black too.

This is the back patio.

The counter tops are in. I think we're going to go with black appliances.

I'll update soon with the finished product - carpet and all.

Happy Birthday Megan

2008-06-28T12:30:00.001-07:00

My cousin, Megan, turned 22 this year! Yea! I think this is the only picture of Brian I have where he is actually smiling.

My mom really likes kid toys. She took this one away from Nathan (right corner) and made him cry. Just kidding. My mom would never do such a thing. And I don't think Nathan was crying, but it does look like it... a little.

Almost done!

2008-06-14T16:53:00.000-07:00

The siding was started this week. I contemplated leaving the house with these beautiful shades of white and blue. The contractor told me it wouldn't hold up real great in bad weather though.

So I figured it would be alright to put the actual siding on. The color is called sage. I figured it would look more green, but it's turning out to be a nice neutral color. We are doing black and white accent colors. You can barely see the black around the garage, but it looks really cool.

The paint is finished. This is the view in the front living room looking up the stairs to the bedrooms.
Our kitchen doesn't have counter tops yet, but the cabinets are in. We're going with a dark grey, almost black textured counter top. Hopefully it turns out cool.
This is the view coming down the stairs that you saw in the picture of the front room.
I think I've showed this view before, but not it's painted and tiled. This is the master bedroom.
If anyone wants a cute new house in Logan, it's for sale for $179,000. 1450 sq feet are finished and there is about 450 sq feet unfinished in the basement. There are no homes behind our house, so the views out the back will be great. And there are a lot of little upgrades we've done that make the home really unique.

White Trash Weekend

2008-06-14T16:43:00.000-07:00

Nothing quite bring joy to my heart like a Demolition Derby. Maybe it's the fact that I get to act completely white trash for a few hours. Or maybe it's watching old cars become mangled hunks of metal. Whatever the reason, I can't help but smile and cheer from start to finish.

I couldn't get my video of the trucks to work. It really is a bummer because the video was awesome! For those interested, the next derby's are July 12th and Sept 6th. Everyone is welcome, just let us know ahead of time that you are coming and we'll save some extra seats. See you there!

Fence Golf

2008-06-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

The weather was finally nice enough to break out the ol' Fence Golf. That's what we like to call it anyway.

This is our landlord Mark and his oldest daughter, Isabele. They were on different teams so the competition was pretty tough. Isabele is a pretty serious player.

Luke and Isabele were on a team and Mark and Becky were on a team. As you can see, she has the technique down pretty good.
This is Gabriella. She enjoyed the Sit-n-Spin much more than Fence Golf.

Snowmobiling

2008-06-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

I had my first snowmobiling experience a couple weeks ago. I never knew it could be so much fun! I know the mountain probably doesn't look like much but it is tall and very steep. I can't believe some of the hills these machines can climb.

My boss' took us. Working with a bunch of construction guys makes for an interesting trip. They are good guys, but interesting to say the least.

This is Carlye and I overlooking the Smithfield Valley. This was on Mt. Naomi, the highest peak in Cache Valley. You could see everything from up there!
Overall, snowmobiling was awesome and I will definitely go again.