Puppy Dog Tales

You all know how much I love my own two adorable pups - Sasha & Capri. Well my sister-in-law, Kristi, got a beautiful little chocolate lab that I get to help take care of during the day while she works.

Meet Bella - She is incredibly sweet, playful and patient, especially with all these kiddos around. Although she loves to torment Sasha and Capri is still trying to figure out where she fits in!

This is a few weeks ago, she ran around the chair with the broom while Dyl tried to put the dustpan back on the handle where it goes! This went on for about 30 minutes...

More of the Boys

Dylan is having so much fun with his cousins here! Lincoln (almost 4) and Sawyer (21 months) are all you could expect from little boys - they are rambunctious, loud and love to go, go, go! This is a new experience for Dylan and he is learning fast how to keep up and compromise...sometimes...They are all very cute together! It will be so different to have a little girl in the mix - hope she's tough!

I love this rare moment when they are all sitting nicely on the booth at Pei Wei.

Romance v. Reality

Ryan and I have never been the overly romantic types, we tend to keep it pretty casual and comfy when we go out. We were planning to go to dinner and already had tickets with his family to attend "Scrooge" at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse. But the reality of going out with little Dyl kicked in when he fell asleep on our way to dinner - so romance changed to Pei Wei take-out in the car before the play. It was actually very fun and we got a good laugh out of it!


After our yummy dinner and good fortunes we went to the playhouse to meet up with the family and see SCROOGE! This is a fun family tradition that Grandpa Thomas (Ryan's Grandpa/Dylan's Great) always treats us to - Thanks Grandpa! Dylan absolutely loved it, I couldn't believe how good he was. Grandpa got us seats in the front row so Dylan thought he was part of the show, sometimes this was a problem when we tried to get down on the stage and sing and dance with the other kids. He also said 'hi' to everyone as they came on stage, said 'bye' to the stage crew as they changed up sets in the dark and said 'yeah' every time the lights went out even before everyone began to clap. Grandpa wanted to get Dylan a treat at intermission too and we discovered he LOVES KIT KATS! It was everywhere and he loved every second of it, unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that one.



Dylan loved Marley and his chains, he doesn't seem to get scared of anything yet. He also loves Shane - one of the stars from our theatre company (Jaks) and a very good friend to Dylan. Overall we had a fantastic day!

Ten years of...marital bliss?

I don't know that I would have thought that at every moment over the last 10 years but at this moment I do. I understand that Ryan is the lucky one in our relationship (sarcasm intended) but I don't think I could have married anyone more perfect for me! He is an incredible support to all my crazy whims - and I certainly have more than my fair share. He is a fantastic dad! And he still makes me laugh EVERY DAY and I am not exaggerating. His dad consistently shakes his head when I laugh at something 'dumb' and says "it's a good thing you married her because you really aren't that funny". But you ARE that funny to me and let's face it, that's all that matters.

Thanks for being my best friend and here's to ten more with all the good and the bad as long as we're laughing!

LOVE YOU

Sixteen? Really??

Yesterday was my sisters SIXTEENTH Birthday! I don't really know how this is possible - she's just a baby, right?

Here she is 10 years ago. This is one of my favorite pictures of our wedding day, she was so in love with Ryan - could she be more adorable?

Ten years later Anna is still so much fun to be with, she is a fantastic aunt, sister and friend. Overall an absolutely beautiful person, she's actually quite a little smarty-pants too!

LOVE YOU ANNA BANANA BOO

Baby Girl Busby

She's here!! What a fantastic day for her to arrive - it is also our 10 YEAR Anniversary and my LITTLE sister's 16th Birthday... more on that later...
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A couple of hours ago our first little niece was born - she is BEAUTIFUL! Here is the first pic, taken on Grandma's phone. We haven't seen her yet but can't wait, both she and Lisa are doing well.

Tis the Season for Shopping!

Join us for an evening of fun, friends, food and shopping! Does it get any better?

December 11, 2009 at 6 o'clock in the evening we will be hosting the following vendors for shopping extraordinaire!

Pampered Chef - With cooking show at 6:30PM
Fancy Lil' Toads
Scentsy
Jason's Infamous Cobbler
Avon
Cookie Lee
Linger Floral
doTERRA
Usborne Books
and more!

While we stock up let's also give back! We'll be collecting items for the Utah Food Bank as well, please bring your items to donate.

Spread the word ~ The more the merrier

Here's to an absolutely wonderful holiday season!

Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving at my brothers house and it was delicious - SO MUCH GOOD FOOD! Thanks for hosting we had so much fun!

Boys Boys Boys

Cutest ~ Happy ~ Cheesy ~ Baby Gray

Dad blocked the TV ~ Mom is making me get my picture taken = DRAMA!

Pushing Buttons ~ Saying Cheese

Unrolling the paper towels ~ Being adorable Dylan!

Serious Sawyer

Perfect profile ~ Look at those eyes!

So many cute little boys around here! I love it!!

Thanksgiving with Friends

Last Friday we had an incredible feast of deliciousness! Some friends came over and brought the most fantastic food - just talking about it makes me hungry. Oh and the company was alright too... Just kidding! You guys are awesome - thank you so much for coming and sharing your Thanksgiving traditions with us.

The one thing we didn't do is take enough pictures - Actually we took quite a few but had the wrong lens on the camera so they didn't turn out...it saddens me...