OFFICE PARTY

I have the coolest job. And the coolest bosses.

Anthony and Jason (the owners) took the whole office to FatCats

where we had some Costa Vida and an extreme-bowling competition

Filled with spinning, grannys, backwards, eyes closed, and left-handed bowling

 All trying to beat Anthony, Jason, and Dr. Brown

with a couple bucks up for grabs each frame

 And holy crap was it funny!

 And my baby got to come and meet everyone!

Now maybe he won't feel quite so awkward

when we go on the cruise in May with this crazy bunch!

I have the best job ever.

LATE CHRISTMAS

Yes, these are old

But I did some fun decorations for Christmas this year 

 Courtesy of pinterest

and D.I. 

 And my awesome husband who found the best tree ever!

Merry Christmas.

A little late.

BEST GIFT

For Christmas this year,

After two and a half years

I finally get to see these little turkeys!! 

Holy crap, I can't wait!!

IN LOVE

Every once in a while

I look into this cutie's eyes

and just get butterflies again.

Today was one of those days.

What a hottie.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH

Another inspiration

Turned into this! 

4-inch styrofoam balls

Piano music from D.I., thoroughly crumpled

Tear pieces of music, modge-podge onto balls

Phrases from Handel's Messiah onto construction paper

Modge-podge everything, sprinkle glitter everywhere.

 Bow.

I'm in love.

RECYCLING

This was my inspiration

So I gathered some leftover fabric from a quilt I made years ago

 Pinned a ribbon on the top

 And used a pencil to push squares of fabric (2-2 1/2 inch squares)

into styrofoam balls.

And I can't wait to see them on the tree!

FOR THE HONEYMOON

Alisha's bridal shower.

Grandma-approved.

KIERA PACKARD

Baby hungry again.

Still. 

 I mean really?

 How could you not just love her!?!?

 This little girl is going to be LOVED!

Congrats Hailey and PJ!

I love you!

(Mostly because you make cute babies!)

MY NEW HOBBY.

One of the MANY fun things we got to do with Mom and Dad

when they came to Utah for Thanksgiving break

and probably my favorite.

SHOOTING.

You know, like, guns.

I recently learned that to kill a zombie, you have to shoot him in the head.

Take that zombies, you're dead. 

 True love.

Violence.

We shot two different kinds of pistols 

And then Phil busted out his rifle. 

 It was pretty awesome.

 My heart was racing the whole rest of the day.

 Sarah wanted to be gangster.

 And since her boyfriend didn't come with us

we decided to give him a present.

It says "Christian-we were ALL thinking of YOU!"

Signed. Hearted.

I have a new hobby.

GLUTTONY

Any holiday that is primarily celebrated by eating is a good thing.

So I experimented a little bit this year and tried...

Baked apples!!

I must say, they turned out pretty delish...

And of course we had the usual pomegranate salad 

 And Phil finally figured out the monkey bread,

with lots of help from the mother-in-law (my mom)

and that was a huge hit as well!

We were full... 

 Then Paige and I had some quality time

 While Phil ate some more

And then he started passing around his 3-D game...

which is code for... 

 NAP TIME.

Under the dinner table, if needs be.