Christmas 2010

I hope that Christmas was great for all of our loved ones and friends. We had a great Christmas! It was wonderful to spend time with our families and friends but the time went by really fast. It was nice to just reflect on the reason we celebrate this time of year and I am so grateful to have so many blessings in my life. On a funnier side I had to post this picture of Cameron. He got a Superman Snuggie from his parents and I think it totally looks like he is dressed in a costume.

I can't help but show what a great deal we got on some baby furniture. The room that we plan to put the baby in is not very big so we knew we had to be resourceful in picking out furniture. Plus it can get very expensive very fast. We decided to just start checking on KSL.com and with time we figured we could find a good deal on what we were looking for. Here is what we found: A crib that has a small dresser that comes off to convert into a toddler bed and the dresser stands alone, a changing table with drawers, and a book shelf, all for $200. We couldn't even find a new crib for that much. Cameron put some stain on it and then sealed it and ta-da it was like new. Did I mention that it came with the crib mattress and the toddler bed mattress. I thought that was one good investment. Only time will tell.

For Halloween Cameron got this crazy idea to dress up as his boss. Clients frequently ask if he is the boss' son so Cameron decided to dress as Terry. But in order to look more like Terry he needed to get a hair cut. It was a little drastic as you can see. Funny thing is Terry ended up wearing the same color shirt Cameron had chosen to wear so it really added to the whole effect.

Here is Terry's reaction when he saw Cameron.

In one of our rooms we found out that there was some wasted space. So we got this bright idea to knock out the wall and add a little space to the room. We figured it would be perfect for a changing table. It was a great learning project for us. Here are some pictures along the way. The walls are a bit lighter than they appear in the pictures. We didn't know the gender of our baby when we painted. As you can see we have added princess decals to the walls and I'm working on some curtains to make it more girl-ish.

I decided not to go to school for the summer semester and rather we filled our schedule with a garden and home improvement projects. Our parents helped us a lot with both. THANK YOU!!! We called them several times to ask how to do a number of different things. It was a summer of learning! Here are a few things we got out of our garden. This potato was HUGE!!! We also got beets, peas, strawberries, raspberries, radishes, pumpkins, honeydew, green peppers, jalapenos, onions, corn and a TON of tomatoes. Lesson Learned: A flat of tomato plants is too much!

I'm still working out the kinks. Looks like my attempt to catch up may be a bit confusing, these posts are in reverse chronological order. Oh well:) A short time after we got the dog we found out that two years of trying to start a family paid off, we finally would be having a child!!! We were so excited. I was supper surprised and didn't believe it at first. It took several tests and a trip to the doctor before it finally hit me. Even then I was afraid to get too excited but now I can hardly wait.

We swept up this much hair three different times. Binx looked like she had lost ten pounds.

Oh Gee!!! I am really going to try to keep up on blogging. A few friends and a sister keep telling me I really need to write so now that the semester is over I'll see what I can do. In a nut shell the last several months have been great and gone by really fast. After our camping trip we inherited a dog. We named her Binx. I was not supper thrilled but she needed a home and my brother thought that we would be good parents. We decided to give her a haircut ourselves. it took us over six hours (over the space of two days) to cut her hair. Next time it should not take so long now that we know what we are doing.

Uncle Junior brought up one of his horses and let us ride. The horse was a little overwhelmed by all the people but he did well to let us all take a turn.

Uncle Bruce had some pretty fun guns. He was so generous to let us all have an opportunity to shoot them too.

Zack and Tyson had a hay day trying out all of the guns. I think they could have spent all night shooting if they could have.

Up top Cameron is telling another one of his funny stories around the camp fire.

It is so nice to be back home. We went camping over the weekend with Cameron's family. It was great weather and we had a lot of fun shooting guns and ridding four-wheelers. We all got a little bit of color which I think is great since we have all been cramped up for the winter. Cameron and I took our memory foam pillows with us. When we went out to our tent to sleep they were as hard as rocks, literally. The foam had frozen in the cold air. Needless to say that first night we had a bit of a sore neck in the morning. The next night mom and dad were kind enough to trade us pillows since they were in the trailer. Lesson learned, memory foam is only good if the temperature doesn't drop too much. I'll post some pictures soon!

We Decided to Join

Well my class got out early and I finished the homework I had with me so I decided I'd try this blogging craze. I figured this would be a great way to follow others' blog and keep in touch with those who don't live so close... A little bit about Cameron and I. We met in high school and dated until he left on his mission to Jamaica. I left a few months later to my mission in Brazil. We wrote letters back and forth (that was a slow process.) Cameron and I got home not to far apart and decided we would continue dating. Five weeks later we were engaged and married three and a half months later...and as they say the rest is history. Shortly after we got engaged we started looking for a house. we found one we loved, despite the paint colors, and we moved in shortly after we got married. We love our house and find the challenges of being a homeowner to be fun and rewarding. This summer we are expanding our garden so we will see how our green our thumbs are.