S-O-L-D

We have finally Sold our cute (but tiny) home in Layton. We are officially moved out as of today and we are thrilled to start a new chapter of our lives together.

Ice Caslte.

My sister invited Blake and I out for a double date with her and her husband this weekend. She really wanted to go see the Ice Castles in Midway. I had seen so many cool pictures recently so we decided to go check it out with them. Our pictures don't even do it justice. It was so neat!!

change of plans.

In my last post I announced the newest member of our family being an adorable white boxer. In the time we had before bringing her home, we did our research and we're quickly informed of many concerns that come along with white boxers. It's said that they are not as healthly as other colored boxer and can often times be deaf. Regardless if the statements are myths or actual facts, we didn't want to take the chance of what may have been another heartache. Since there was another puppy Blake had fallen in love with he made me an an awesome deal that I couldn't resist.

The deal is, we get the puppy he wants and when we adventually get into our forever home with more room I get another Great Dane.

So, we did not bring home the little white puppy but instead this precious little thing!

Say hello to Mori. 

puppy love.

I started looking through the KSL classifieds a couple days ago and ever since I haven't stopped bugging Blake about getting a puppy. I guess I must have nagged a few too many times because... we just got back from picking out the newest member of our family!!

We got first pick of a litter of 8 boxer puppies. I fell in love with one and Blake fell in love with another. We had to leave with out making a decision because neither of us would agree on one. After leaving, we decided to flip a coin.. my pick was heads and heads it was!

say hello to our sweet little lady.

we bring her home in a few weeks!

We miss our Kady so much and we would do anything in the world to have her back. This puppy has got some big shoes to fill, but she'll be loved for whatever personality she brings into our home. I'm just excited to have another 4 legged friend in our house. 

Home is not a home without a dog.

party animals.

Blake & I really know how to bring in a new year.

We started the evening out with some dinner at Teppanyaki. It's always hit or miss with who you are seated with there, but last night we happened to sit with not only football fans but 49er fans. Die hard 9er fans. One of them was also some big name that played for the U awhile back... Brent Casteel? Blake was in heaven. He had lots to talk about. They were a riot. It was a fun dinner!

Once we got home I made deep dish chocolate chip cookies and topped them with heaping scoops of ice cream and a generous amount of caramel topping. Then, Blake passed out and I watched all the crazy people in NYC and waited for the ball to drop. With only 5 seconds to go till the new year I woke my love up to get my New Years kiss and then we went to bed. Party animals, I know but I wouldn't have traded it for the world.

Happy New Year everyone!

farewell Christmas.

Another Christmas day has come and gone just like that. Every year I am reminded how lucky I am while celebrating such an incredible day surrounded by so many amazing people in my life. My husband for one, never disappoints. I'm blessed to get to spend every single Christmas with him for the rest of my life. We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!! XOXO

our Candlestick experience.

I would like to announce that I am officially a new 49er fan! Blake is more than pleased with my decision and we owe it all to our experience at Sundays game.  Blake has been a 9er fan ever since we was a little boy so this was a dream come true for him. I will never forget the pure joy he was in. It was priceless! I'm totally taking credit for what was quite possibly his best birthday present ever. Here are some pictures of our day at Candlestick.

our first sight of Candlestick from the freeway

walking down to tailgating chaos

Blake couldn't get to the field fast enough

we watched the players warm up for a while

parking was a nightmare

8 dollar fries and a 10 dollar beer

I was so happy Blake flagged down the hot coco man. I was FREEEEEEZING

we tried to stay as close to the field as possible until whoever's seats we
were in decided to come kick us out.. oops.

somewhere down there are some girls from the dance studio that I teach at preforming at half time with the Gold Rush Cheerleaders

the view from our real seats. I personally enjoyed this spot better. We were tucked up under the upper level out of the frigid wind.

final score. AMAZING game!

kady.

We had to say goodbye to our little bear yesterday. Our home is not the same and our hearts are completely shattered but, we know she is at peace. We're happy to have had the chance to get one last family photo sesh in before saying our goodbyes. Here are some photos in memory of kady that we will cherish forever.

You will forever be missed.

 

 

 

Halloween.

This year was a fun Halloween!!! The best part was seeing my cute little dancers all dressed up! Here's some pictures of our fun holiday and festivities.



Dance girls:

my mini class

my baby class

my junior class



one of my favorite costumes



the teachers

our annual pumpkin carving:








my Halloween treat

the girls tools

the mens tools

our pumpkins

me & my mom with my niece and nephew

just an old man and his cheetah

favorite things.

My sweet friend Ashley hosted a favorite things party last night. I had never heard of such a party but, I guess it's pretty trendy right now. After attending I completely understand what all the rage is about. Favorite things parties are fabulous!! You get together with your friends, eat tons of good food and get lots of gifts. What's not to love!?
For those that have not heard of a favorite things party, let me explain.
Each guest was assigned a food item. For example, appetizer, dessert, drink, side etc.. we all brought our favorite of the item we were assigned. I was assigned to bring a drink so, of course I took ingredients for dirty Diet Cokes.
Along with our favorite food item, we were asked to bring a favorite thing for half the amount of people attending the party. We had a total of 12 girls so, we each took 6 of our favorite things. I have always had this guilty pleasure with Cosmo magazine so, that's what I took for my favorite thing.
After eating and mingling everyone drew 6 different names from a bowl and one by one we gave out our favorite items to the names we drew.

It was delightful and quite possibly the best party I've ever attended. I Encourage everyone to have their own favorite things party! you will not be disappointed :)



it was like Christmas!

for sale.

Our adorable home is for sale.
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY OCTOBER 19TH 11-1

In Layton (behind the Training Table)
Two bedrooms.
One bath.
Huge yard.
New plumbing.
New shingles.
Charming.
Awesome neighbors.