Spring Break!

Dean and Shelli invited us to go to Newport Coast for Jord's Spring Break.  We found a place for the dogs and headed out west.  We drove out on Wednesday and it was a beautiful sunny day.  It was only a 6 hour drive so it just flew by for us.  We got to the hotel and everyone came in from the pool (yes they had a nice warm pool day) and got ready to go to The Cheesecake Factory. YUM!!!  We had a yummy dinner and it was fun to just be with the fam.  After dinner Al wanted to go to the beach to watch the sunset.  It was so pretty.  I just love watching the ocean!

We needed a group shot (well, of the kids at least) and tried to act like it wasn't getting cold and windy. 

Dean and Jord got to play 4 rounds of golf.  Two on Thursday and two on Friday.  They just love to get to play together.  I am sure they will have more than their share of golf dates once we move in next door.

Jord got a nice action shot of Dean.

Ah, just look how happy he is!

While Jord and Dean played we tried to do a pool day on Thursday.  We made it for about 3 hrs and then decided it was just too cold so we thought we would head out and see what we could find along the coast.  We went to Balboa island and walked along the pier.

Al at the beach at sunset.  Life doesn't get better for her than that!

As we were leaving the pier some fishermen pulled up this HUGE star fish.  It was amazing to get to see one alive and moving.  Some people were picking it up and checking it out.. I was not one of those people.

We stopped for some ice cream before we hit the little shops along the beach.  The ice cream was delightful!

Saturday brought rain and more cold.  We thought about going to see a movie but when we got there the movie was sold out.  The nurses in the group that that it was the ideal opportunity to start IV's on all the patients that were stuck in the villa with them.

The gloves were a tad small but Jord got the job done and was ready to get to work.

Al's face was too good not to post!

Riley was a great patient for Jord.

Again, too many faces that were too good not to post.  Notice who is smiling vs who is nervous.  It may have something to do with who is holding the needle.

Sunday morning came and that meant it was time to head home.  When we got 40 miles out of Flagstaff the road was closed.  We headed down toward Prescott hoping we could get in to Flagstaff from the south.  The interstate was closed so we found a mountain highway that got us to Sedona and by then the freeway was open so we could get home.  Our six hour drive took about 11 hours and added an extra 100 miles.  Oh well, we got home safe and sound to find Flagstaff under 18 inches of snow.  We had a blast with the family and are so glad that we got to spend the time with everyone.

Projects

So I really didn't like this dresser.  I just didn't like the how it looked with everything else in our room.  I decided that I had whined about it long enough and it was high time to paint it or to just live with it.  I decided to paint.  I am sure you can guess what color.... black!  Hello, it is me we are talking about here!

So my grand idea started with this....



then this.....

and not long after.. this....

I started paining the dresser.  I am too much of a wuss to move it out to the deck to paint so I had to just put the drop cloth down and paint in my room.  I don't think Jord was too happy to try to pack to go to Fort Defiance while the room was in disarray but once I decide on something I have to do it right then!

I had wanted to cover the pillows on the bench for a while now.  Anyone with dogs knows that nothing is sacred to them so I wanted something that I could take off the pillows and wash when the pups got them dirty.  This is the first pillow case I finished.  I was pretty proud!  I still am!

Here it is all finished and the room is all put back together.  I like the dresser a LOT more now.

I think the bench turned out cute too.  I couldn't get Lily out of the picture.  I guess she thinks she is pretty cute and needs a little attention.

I think the lamps turned out better than I thought they would.   I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!

I am very pleased now that it is all finished.  Jord thinks all I have done is the dresser so I am wondering how long it will take him to notice the bench and the lamps.

I should say thanks to everyone for the million calls.  I think Kami got the brunt of it.  She ended up getting a picture sent to her about every hour just to get her opinion on how I should do things.  Amanda told me how to do the lamps and again, I LOVE how they turned out.  Mom, thanks for all your help too. 

Christmas

um... once I find a few Christmas pics I will come back and post on Christmas!

Thanksgiving

I decided that it was finally time to catch up and post a few things.  If I can think back that far I am going to start with Thanksgiving. 

This was our first year away from family but we decided that we still wanted to do a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.  If you know Jord you know why we couldn't part with tradition. :)  I didn't want to make a full turkey for just the two of us but I knew that Jord would be really bummed not to have his drumstick for dinner.  I got REALLY lucky one day about a month before Thanksgiving and found a package of two drumsticks!  YAY!!!  I bought them and then decided I could just throw them in the bag with a turkey breast and bam....Thanksgiving dinner!

Jord did the honors of carving up the bird

Our cute little table set for two.  We had turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, stuffing, banana apple pomegranate salad, and what dinner would be complete without the rolls.  It was super yummy.  Mom, I hope you notice that I didn't serve anything from the pot it was cooked in.  You should be so proud! :)

Jord said that we needed a full family picture for the occasion.  Even though the kids didn't cooperate very well.  They were way more interested in the food than taking a picture.  Jord was a softy and even put a paper plate down with some turkey and some pumpkin from the can down for them so they could enjoy a nice dinner too.

We had a fun time just the two of us even though we really missed our families.  We decided to just hang out and enjoy our time so we blew up an air mattress in front of the TV and just watched movies after dinner.  We ended our day with a slice of pumpkin cream pie and Christmas Vacation.  It just doesn't get better than that!

Re-decorated....Already

When Jord looked at the balcony he decided that we needed to move everything to the outside and I decided that we needed more leaves.  We really like how everything turned out.  I am pretty sure we have a good chance to win now.

It was hard to take this since it is so dark out but just believe me.... DARLING!

Happy Fall Y'all

It has been a while and I thought it was time to play a little catch up.  We have pretty much been up to the same old same old here.  Jord is busy with school and really loving it.  He goes to Kingman (about 2 hrs away) two days a week for his clinicals.  He has learned a lot and seen some very interesting (aka GROSS) things.  While Jord is away I usually go to my friend Rachel's house and play with her.  Her husband Steven is in the program with Jordan. Our apt complex decided to have a decorating contest to "capture the essence of fall".  I wasn't planning on doing it but once I told Rachel she was all over it.  We decorated today and this is what we came up with.  If we win we get $100 off rent for November... everyone cross your fingers!!!

Rachel was very excited to paint things for the balcony.  Here is our "Happy Fall Y'all" sign.  I think she did a great job!

We decided to make a tree out of the pillar.  I am going to be honest.. it looks WAY better in real life.  The picture just doesn't do it justice.  It turned out way cute!

Happy pumpkins peeking out!  I think Jord might help me move these to the outside of the rail so we can see them better.

Here is the ADORABLE scarecrow that Rachel just whipped up.  She is seriously AMAZINGLY talented.  I always tell her she is so creative that she makes me barf.  I am just so thankful that she helped me out on this.  I think because of her talent I may have a decent chance of winning.

I just wanted to add this on to the post.  I.. yes I... painted this sign the first week that Jordan went to Kingman.  I will admit that Rachel helped with the writing but I did the rest all by myself!  I thought it turned out pretty cute. 

So much fun!



Jordan had a two week break from school in August so we decided to make the trip home and visit friends ad family.  First stop... Fish Lake National Forest to hang out with friends.  We got to the cabin really late on Friday night so Brooklyn was already asleep.  When she woke up the next morning she was just being such a cheese ball! 




Our first project of the friends trip was tie-dye. 










Everyone took turns and dyed their own shirts.  It was really fun to see how they all turned out!



The next activity was riding four wheelers up to a lookout over a coal mine.  The ride was fun and the view was AWESOME! 

I just had to post this pic.  Brooklyn being a cheese and Kenz just being so darn cute.  I just want to squeeze those cheeks.

The gals working away getting dinner ready.  We had yummy dutch oven pork and potatoes and of course cobbler.  We sat around the fire talking and playing games.  It was such a fun night!  We have the best friends ever! 



We needed our friend picture before we left the cabin and we wanted to show off our new shirts.  Pretty good lookin' I think!



We had to have our family picture.  It was pretty sunny that morning so we were all squinting trying to keep the sun out of our eyes.

After Fish Lake I dropped Jordan off in Kaysville to go hiking with Dean, Jake, and Riley (I would love pictures of the hike to post but Jord didn't give me any) and I headed off to Logan.  I stayed with Kami and babysat her kids on Monday while she worked and she took the dogs to get fixed.  This is post surgery.  They were pretty miserable.

Lily just looked like she felt awful. 

On Tuesday Kami and I packed up and headed to Burley.  It was fair week at home so we went to the parade on Wednesday morning.  All the kids were excited to watch the parade and get all the candy they could.

Ellie, Tate, and Emma were all in the parade for their hockey club.  Ellie rolled on by and Tate and Emma rode on the float.

Thursday we went to Steadmans just to have a fun day with the family.  Casey and Candice had to work so Jord and I stole Madison for the day so she could come play with us.  She and Case LOVED the swings and they couldn't get enough of the slides!

The three babes didn't care much for the day in the sun.  They are so darn cute and such good little ladies!

Jord and Bodey were slide buddies.

This could be my favorite shot of he day.  Kelly with a bunch of the kids. 

Madison had such a fun day she was gonzo beans before we even hit the freeway.

Jordan and I got to cruise in the caddie and he found these Blue Blocker sunglasses.  What a hottie I got.  Hands off gals.. he is mine!

We got to go to the zoo with Case.  He was so proud that he had his own ticket and wanted to show it to everyone. 

He says the monkeys were his favorite but this one about made him jump out of his skin.  He was crouched down looking in the window and it ran right over to him and sat on the other side of the glass.  It was fun to watch Case jump.

Ayla thought she was such a big girl when she got to ride in the backpack.

We had our annual Hunger Family Car Campout too.  We stay up Farmington canyon but the road washed out so we had to drive up the Bountiful side and then drive over to the Farmington side.  LONG DRIVE but well worth it.  We stopped to look out over the Great Salt Lake.  It was a beautiful view.

Audrey picked some wildflowers and we put them in a can on the table.  What a lovely centerpiece.  Now that is car camping!

Standing around waiting to start getting ready for dinner.

Lindy made some killer potatoes!  YUM!

It's shake and bake.. and Al helped

I love Audrey's face in this one.

The pups liked camping but they hated being tied up the whole time.

Our little birthday girl!  Lacey Jane had her first birthday on the campout.  What a cutie she is.  I don't know if I have every seen a happier baby.  I could really steal her!

ALEX... enough said!
We really had a wonderful two weeks.  It was so much fun to get to see and spend time with everyone.  We are so blessed to have such wonderful families and friends.