The Powells

Finally Feeling ok!

2009-10-15T07:29:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I know I haven't been blogging much lately, but for those of you who don't know, we are having a baby in May! I have been pretty sick and just feeling crappy, so I haven't had the energy to do much other than lay around the house! A couple weeks ago I decided that this wasn't going to work because I still have to be a mom and a wife, and my house was falling apart! :-) So, I called and got a prescription for Zofran to help with my nausea and it has worked wonders!! I can finally be a normal person again, hooray! Anyway, right after I found out we were pregnant (before I had even told my family), I created a new blog. AdamKatieandFamily.blogspot.com I will be using this blog from now on, so add it to your blog list!

More Summer Fun and birthday parties!

2009-09-17T12:20:00.001-07:00

WOW- Okay, so I uploaded these pictures like a month ago, but lost my energy to write anything about them. So, here are a few pics from the end of summer. Keli and I made apricot and raspberry jam, and applesauce, and Deegan loved helping!

Helping water our sad little garden.

Loving the "burbries" (raspberries)

I got to go visit my best friends from high school (Tiffany and Brittany). We went to Ikea with the kiddos.

Cullen and Mom's birthday party

Our friends Garrett and Emily-

We had an Elder's Quorum party at the Beaver Creek Lodge (one of the guys in the ward owns it).

We went horseback riding, and it was lots of fun. Since we arrived late the 4 of us got a private tour! It was pretty much a new experience to all of us because those of us who had ridden before, did so a very long time ago. My horse's name was Pegasus, he was nice. Emily's horse was very not nice. He kept trying to run and didn't want to behave, but we made it okay, and will probably go back next year!

2009-09-11T09:58:00.000-07:00

The times they are a changing

2009-09-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

Well, life is about to get a little bit more hectic at the Powell house! Last week (on the last possible day for registration) I decided to go back to school to become a nurse. Since I have been going to school for ever and have completed my Associate's Degree, I have all of the prerequisites except for the anatomy and physiology courses and a nutrition course. So I had to make a quick decision since those classes have to be taken over 2 semesters, and the nursing program starts each fall: Do I hurry and start today (a week late) or hold off and add another year to the time it will take to complete the program? Of course, the faster the better, so I decided to jump right in! It was a bit chaotic last week, but I am finally almost caught up to where I should be. I took my first test today and got an 86%. Not bad for last minute cramming! Even though I have only been out of school for a year and a half, it is SO weird to go back. I walked the campus today, and the kids there all looked SO YOUNG! I'm not that old!! I feel like I've been out of it forever! Oh well, I guess that's ok. Assuming I go straight through the program with no stops, I will be finished with my RN in 3 years. I'm so excited!

A Month in Review

2009-08-10T13:02:00.000-07:00

Well, I got so busy getting ready for the craft show, that I haven't taken the time to do much blogging. I have found that once I get behind, it is hard for me to make time to catch up, so here it is...

For the 4th of July, I had to work during the day, so we missed some of the festivites, but still got in the evening fun...

Keli and I decided to sell glow necklaces to help fund our craft show, so the whole family pitched in and helped... and Baleigh was the best little sales girl I have ever seen. She'd roam the area yelling "glow necklaces, get your glow necklaces. 2 for $3!" It was cute and very effective too! Deegan of course loved the fireworks as much as I do.

Deegan has learned how to use headphones and so he carries Adam's ipod around when we let him and just rocks out to it! It's the cutest thing, until we are ready to put it away and he throws a fit!

Every time Adam brings Deegan to Motherhood to see me at work, he make a bee line straight to the bras and panties. For some reason (maybe because he is a boy!) he loves to take the bras and squish his face right into the middle of them! I caught him one time grabbing the bra and kind of "motor-boating" his face into it (rubbing his face side to side basically)! What a BOY!

A week after the 4th, Keli and I and 3 other friends had a "girls night" in SLC. We went to dinner with a bunch of the girls, and then the 5 of us went to SLC to stay in the hotel. It's funny how you revert back about 10 years when you get together for some free time without husbands and kids! We had a blast and ate way too much junk food!

A week later, Adam had his own "Guys night", only there were girls there- just not me... Sad huh? :-) jk I had other things I needed to do for the weekend, so he and his brother, Kyle went to visit Kyle's friend in Moscow, ID and to see Josh Ritter in concert. All the other friends there had wives there, so I was kinda sad to miss it, but- maybe next year we'll all go. We saw Josh Ritter last summer as well, in SLC, and had a lot of fun. Adam even got his debit card signed (See Last year's Post ) Well, this time, while Adam waited for the show to start, he saw Josh Ritter walking across the field where they were sitting. He decided to run up and see if he would sign the new debit card (also a Josh Ritter card) and a poster. He was more than happy to, and even helped Adam search for a sharpie from other people around. Adam was really excited and had a ton of fun!

Deegan has started pulling at the bottom of his diaper and saying "uh, uh, uh!" with a disgusted look on his face anytime he wets his diaper. So, I decided maybe I'd give the potty training thing a shot. I was not too thrilled about it really, because I really thought I'd be wasting my time this soon, but he has done pretty well. I've been really lazy this week, and haven't made him go since like last Tuesday, but tomorrow I'll get back to it. (I'm going to work in a few) The week before that he was doin really well. He had 3 days in a row where he went twice a day in the little potty chair. I got him a chair that plays music when you pee in it and a bag of Dum Dum suckers. He's loved it. Now I just need to be more consistent and maybe we'll get this done!

So Proud, he had to sit back down and show me his sucker! :-)

On Friday, my little Bro got married. I'll post more pics of them when I have them, but here are a few of the rest of us.

When did my baby become such a big boy?

Look at those handsome boys!

After the reception, Adam and I stayed at the Marriott for our 4th anniversary (which is on Wednesday 8/12) and then went to see Transformers on Saturday (finally!) and then Saturday night we went to see The Blanks (aka: "Ted's Band" from Scrubs). It was a LOT of fun. They are a very funny group of guys and also have a lot of talent. I took some videos, but they are shaky and not very clear (You can just listen to them instead). Adam's parents, brother and my brother, Steve and his wife Roxy, came and we brought Deegan too. It was a fun night and a great weekend!

Really quick post: Tutu Lane

2009-07-20T12:27:00.001-07:00

So I have decided to start a new website with just my tutus. To be honest, I have gotten a little bored with my "Baby Emblems" for now, I may go back to it later, but for now I just want to focus on Tutus! The new website is http://www.tutulane.weebly.com/. It is not completed, but it is as complete as it can be for this week until after the craft show. Right now, I only have Toddler sizes up, but will have infant and children/adult sizes as well. Go check it out!

Simply Chic Craft Show- WOW!

2009-07-06T14:26:00.000-07:00

**UPDATE** I forgot to put the time, dat and location, so here it is: Sat. July 25th 10am-8pm at the Ogden Marriott Hotel 247 24th st**

For those of you who have not heard yet, here are some of the latest developments in the craft show that Keli and I are putting together! This is a craft show you are NOT going to want to miss! We have just gained sponsorship from
(Provo Craft)
AND

(Roberts).We will have Cathy Davis ("The Cricut Lady" from the Cricut infomercials) at the show to do some of our drawings. Roberts is going to donate for our drawing... GET READY FOR THIS... a CRICUT EXPRESSION!!!! a $500 value!!!! WOW! They will also be doing a "Make-it, Take-it" booth and advertising the show in their stores all around Utah! YAY!

We also have 's My Memories Suite Software -an AWESOME digital scrapbooking software- to give away as well as some coupons! (You already know I own this software, and LOVE it!)

Some of our other sponsors include Iggy's Sports Bar and Grill, The Athenian Restaurant, I-Rock Rock wall, Flow Rider, Great Harvest, Bistro 258, FedEx Kinkos, and Sonora Grill.
We will be giving away goodie bags from our sponsors to the first 200 attendees, so tell your friends! AND... everyone who comes to the show will be entered in the drawings for the day!
We are SO excited about this show! Along with all of this excitement, we will have live music performed by Arvis Tatom and a kids corner where you can leave you kiddos to watch a movie and color pictures! Sweet! I am so excited! Admission is $2 for adults Children 12 and under are free.

Put it on your calendar now, so you don't forget! See you there!

Summer time

2009-06-28T19:53:00.000-07:00

I just have to say that summer time is so much more fun with Deegan being old enough to enjoy the fun kid things! It is so nice that I am home with him during the day and can play and enjoy the days together! (Last summer the closest I got to playing outside was sitting on a blanket with him next to me and a laptop on my legs while I listened in on conference call after conference call... ugh!) So, needless to say, I AM LOVING THIS! Anyway, here are a few pics to show what we've been up to the last little while....

Deegan and I made dad a Father's day card....

He LOVED painting, so I'm sure I will have more painted pictures to come in the coming weeks/months!

Yesterday we went and got Deegan a swingset. He couldn't wait to play on it, so he played on the slide...

...while we finished putting the rest together. (The instructions to these things are so vague! We had to do a lot of experimenting to make sure we had pole 4a, since it didn't have labels, or screw W2 since the diagram sizes were not accurate, but we made it out alive, and only had 3 screws that were too long and will have to be cut down :-) )

The finished Product! YAY!

:-( Deegan wouldn't come play with dad!

That's more like it! He LOVED it... he started jumping anytime Adam let his feet touch the ground! We had a lot of fun playing while we waited for our artichokes to cook! :-) Yes, we tried again!

For those of you who saw my previous post about artichokes-This is what it SHOULD look like when you have cooked the artichoke properly! They were DE-Lish!

This morning, Deegan went straight to the back door when he got up, so we all threw on some shoes and went out to play for a bit. He's learned to say bubble, so he carries his bubble wand around saying "bob-oh, bob-oh?". I've put him off enough the last few days that we decided we should go play bubbles and slide some too.

They both caught the bubble at the same time and it popped between them!

Then we picked strawberries! MMMMM! What a week- it's been great!

Memorial day

2009-06-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

I know it's a little late, but better late than never, right? For memorial day, we went with my whole family to Fort Buena Ventura in Ogden for a picnic and a fun day of playing. They have a little area that has an old house, a trading post, a school house, and a bunch of Tee Pee's that you can go in and hang out. The kids loved them!

The kids all had bikes (except Deegan- he just got to sit on Aiden's and that was enough) and there were fun bike path's for them to ride on...

And there were PLENTY of things to climb...

Grandma and Grandpa brought giant bubble wands for everyone, so we had fun blowing bubbles. We also had Horseshoes and the Ladder Ball game. And of course, yummy lunch and tons of snacks (Keli made a VERY yummy cake, as usual!)

We even got to go canoeing.

All in all, it was a very fun day, I don't recall any disasters, and we really enjoyed having a day to spend with the family and just relax. That doesn't happen very often!

My Extra Earnings

2009-06-08T22:34:00.001-07:00

For those of you who know me, you probably know that I am always looking for ways to work from home and just be a mom! Along with that, you probably know that I am ALWAYS getting myself into scams! ARG!!! Well, after the last scam (Make Money from home working for Google, which was actually a company out of the Middle East that has no connections to Google), I decided that I will NEVER put my credit card number online again with the exception of paying my bills. Well, yesterday I came upon this website while looking for just a new "real" job (having given up my hope for work at home). It led me to the site that this stay at home mom uses for her extra earnings. After VERY CAREFULLY reading all of the fine print, I signed up, ensuring that I was NOT giving out any info on my accounts or credit cards. I watched a short tutorial and was ready to go, so I played around on it while looking at other online things and chatting with friends on Facebook. In about 2 hours I racked up about $8. Now I understand that $8 is NOT good pay for 2 hours, but for doing what I would have been doing during those 2 hours anyway, I may as well earn a little extra. I figure that if I spend 2 hours a day doing these surveys, and earn roughly $8 per day, I will make a little over $240 per month. Again, this is not that much... BUT, I really didn't put that much into it, and who would turn down an extra $250 per month??? NOT ME!So far, I have not had any of the offers I filled out ask me ANYTHING about my money, and if there are any that require money or a credit card, Cash Crate lets you know before you even click on the offer, so you can just delete them from your listings.Cash Crate is a wonderful way for mom's, dad's and even college students to make a little extra spending cash! But- the beauty of this is that on top of the money they give you for the surveys, if you recruit others for them, you can earn 20% of their earnings too! So there is definately earning potential, since this is a free business, and there are plenty of people wanting to make a little extra money (like yourself!) So, go to the website, get signed up and try it. What's there to lose? http://cashcrate.com/1358881 (this is my personal referral site, so I can earn when you do!)

So much to update about!

2009-05-29T13:50:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a while, and I just loaded my recent pics to my computer and realized that there are a TON! (Of course, I will not bombard you with all of them!) So here's a short version of what we've been up to.

Deegan has found some AWESOME new hobbies Like:

Re-organizing my Pantry (and my house for that matter!)

Playing in ANY Water he can find!

(This was at a park, and right after this when I told him "Gross you can't play in that dirty water!" he threw himself down into it only to completely cover himself in the "Dirty water"!)

Running dirt or sand through his hands- and often into his or anyone in his way's hair

When we were at the previously mentioned park, Deegan had his first chance to play in the sand -other than when he was so little he couldn't do anything with it. He LOVED it! We were there for a baby shower, and he sat at the corner of the sandbox just digging in the sand almost the whole time. (Until he found the water!) Now he finds any dirt he can to play with!

Playing Outside

...Or Begging to Play outside! (Come on dad- I have your shoes, let's go!)

He frequently sits at my door crying to go out

He has also learned some new tricks! Like:

Riding a bike!

ok, so he's just sitting on it- it's still cute!

Turning a boring bath into a Shower!

How to make Popcorn...

AND be patient!

Anyway, that's all I have time for right now, but we had a very fun Memorial Day, that I will definately post pictures from next time I have a few minutes!

The Eddie Cap

2009-05-12T13:31:00.000-07:00

I found this (http://mushroomvillagers.wordpress.com/the-eddie-cap-tutorial/) Super Cute hat the other day and was so excited to make one for Deegan. It was really quite easy and didn't take too long either. I was pretty proud of myself, so here are some pictures to show off my works of art -My adorable son and his adorable hat!

New Camera- Lots of Pictures!

2009-04-27T18:19:00.000-07:00

I got a new camera for my birthday, and have been loving taking pictures with it, so I thought I'd post some of them. I can't believe the clarity of them (I went from a 7 megapixel to a 10.. WOW, love it!) (Also, one other exciting thing before I turn you loose to my pictures, I made a newborn size tutu and a cute little matching headband a couple weeks ago for a girl who lives up this way, and she posted pictures- SOOOOOO beautiful! I have to say her little girl is the prettiest 3 week old baby girl I have ever seen! She has perfect little girly eyes and lips. Anyway, you have to see the pics! her blog is http://greatgreens.blogspot.com/ )

First flower of the year and first flower at this house! YAY!

How can you EVER say no to those beautiful blue eyes?

My Turk Turkleton

This was taken from my back doorway which is about 40 feet away! still a little grainy, but for that far away... looks good to me!

Trying out the new camera for the first time-Our friends Jess and Josh

Playing on the porch

Back Yard Tulips

Analysse, Grandma Jorgensen and Deegan last Saturday. It sure is nice to see Grandma, wish we could do it more often.

We recently found out that Deegan is allergic to Turk... I didn't understand how because it only happens when Turk licks him, and I always thought animal allergies came from the fur, but that same night I got an advertisement e-mail from Claritin with "Common misconceptions about allergies" which said that when you have a dog or cat allergy it is actually an allergy to their saliva. Guess that confirms it! Hopefully we can control it with allergy medicine, so we can keep Turk too!

A New Ogden Tradition!

2009-04-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

Keli and I are putting together a BIG Craft Show! The Simply Chic Craft Show will be held on Saturday, July 25th from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. We still have booth spaces open, so if you are interested, check out the blog for more information. If you have any questions at all, e-mail us at SimplyChicCraftShow@yahoo.com. We will have about 65 vendors!

Artichokes for Dinner

2009-04-08T13:19:00.000-07:00

So Adam and I ABSOLUTELY love artichokes, so we have them for dinner quite often. Well on Sunday we were going to have them for dinner, so Adam filled up the pot with water and asked if it was enough. I looked briefly over the edge and said "yeah, that should be fine!" So we put them on the stove to boil for an hour like we always do, and went outside to play with Deegan and Turk (I figured I'd come in and check to make sure there was enough water still after about 45 min of so). About 45 min later, I went in to check on them. On the way in the back door I heard a popping sound and assumed it was the neighbors doing something. When I got in, the kitchen was filled with smoke, and the popping was much louder. It was the sound of fire crackling in the bottom of the pot. Apparently it was not enough water! I took the lid off and the whole inside bottom of the pot was glowing red and the artichokes were on fire. I told Adam and in a bit of a panic asked what to do, so he threw water on it. Apparently that's a great way to put a fire out, but not a great way to do it this time. The bottom coating of the pot completely melted right onto the stove top. It was a little funny, and I'm sure will be much more fummy later, but for now, I'm a little annoyed because apparently when artichokes catch on fire they smell EXACTLY like cigarette smoke, which I can't stand! So now, when you walk into my kitchen it smells like a bar. There is a yellow/brownish looking smoke ring on the ceiling, so we will be repainting the kitchen now to get the smell out-hopefully!

NICE!!!

New Blog

2009-03-31T17:08:00.001-07:00

So I got on today to post my great shopping deal for this week (which I must say was one of my best yet!), and I decided that this blog is my Family blog- about us and mostly Deegan, so maybe some of you are tired of hearing my shopping deals, and would rather skip that! So I made a new blog that will be filled with all of my great shopping trips and some tips as to how you can be a great shopper too! So, for those of you who enjoy hearing about it, and maybe even are interested in learning how I do it, Check it out! http://shoppingtripsandtips.blogspot.com/
For those of you who don't- I won't bore you anymore with that and you can just see how my sweet little boy is doing instead!

Snow day and another great deal!

2009-03-11T11:40:00.000-07:00

So, like I said, we got a ton of snow on Monday. Well, Deegan and I got tired of being stuck inside, so I bundled him up and took him out to play. He hasn't gotten to play in the snow before Monday because I can NOT find snow clothes small enough. I just finally decided, too bad- we'll make do with what we have ( 1 pair of size 7 snow boots, 1 pair of wind pants, 1 pair of jeans, 2 pairs of socks, a onesie, a tee shirt, a hoodie, a coat and a light weight pair of gloves! It worked out great except that his hands were soaked immediately. He loved it and Adam took him out yesterday afternoon on the snow tube that we got for Christmas. We have a small retaining wall between the firepit area and our "orchard", so he built a hill down that and went sledding. They both had SO much fun! I didn't get pics of the sleddin, but I did get some of my Stay Puff Marshmallow!

So here's my great deal for yesterday-$12 for 30 bottles of suave shampoo and conditioner and 2 bags of chocolate chips. That makes the shampoo/conditioners about $0.30 each! What a deal... I figure, the conditioners ( which they had a lot more of than shampoos) are good to use for shaving creams!

So Long Spring, and something fun to do with $50!

2009-03-09T08:39:00.000-07:00

So I was so excited to say good bye to all of the snow that quickly melted off of my driveway, lawn and deck. It has been great because Turk can run around outside all day and get his energy out, Deegan and I have been able to take a few walks, and we are comfortable with out coats when we go out! Well, this morning, Adam woke me up as he left for work, telling me that we got about 8 inches of snow last night. When I got out of bed a couple hours later, I looked outside and was reminded of the snow. His foot prints were completely covered. There was no sign of any life outside. I opened the back door to let Turk out, and found that the snow was about 15 inches deep! (Poor Turk walked right into it not knowing how deep it was and nearly drowned himself in snow!) SO I decded I'd better get out and clear a path to the yard for him. Here's what it looked like at about 8:00 this morning, but it is still snowing....

So I guess I am saying so long to spring for a little while longer instead of winter!

Anyway, yesterday (I know I shouldn't have been shopping on Sunday, but I couldn't pass it up!) I went to Walgreens for a really great deal on Huggies Diapers... Ok, so it's not the MOST fun thing to do with $50, but I get pretty excited :-) Anyway, I spend a little over $50, and got 12 packs of 30-40 Huggies diapers. Unfotunately the Gentle Care (Size 1 and 2) were cheaper than the 4's, so I stocked up on those too. I figure they make great gifts, or one day I'll use them for the next baby! Too good of a deal to pass up! (the picture is kind of blurry- I was using my phone, and had to act fast because this was a really fun pile of diapers for Deegan to climb all over!)

Concert-You are invited!

2009-02-20T06:33:00.000-08:00

So we went to this concert about a month ago and had a lot of fun. The guy's name is Griffin House, and some of his music is on my playlist below if you want to hear it. Anyway, it was in this hole in the wall venue, and we really were a little unsure about it, but we had so much fun! Well, they are coming again to the same venue (Kilby Court in SLC) on April 1st, and we are going. Anyone interested in a night out and some good music is welcome to come with us! We'd love to have you come! Tickets are like $8 or $10 (I don't remember- but cheap). Let me know if you want to go with us.

Mr. Right

2009-02-11T07:45:00.001-08:00

For anyone who is looking for Mr. Right, you are going to have to settle for Mr. Almost Right, because I have him already! I just have to tell you what a wonderful husband I have! He is such a sweetheart and is always looking out for what is best for ME.

For those of you who don't already know the story, here it is... When Adam and I met, it was at a mission prep Christmas party, and I talked to him for a whole probably 1 minnute! He found my number about a month later and called me to invite me to go skiing with a group of people. The night he called I had just returned from visiting my boyfriend in Colorado. I was hesitant because I didn't even remember him and I had a boyfriend, so I said I'd see if I was busy or not and call him back (meaning, I'll come up with an excuse and call you back!) I asked my friend Heidi who he was and she convinced me that I should go. Of course, my family was all anxious to have me go, but at that point, their opinion didn't count because I knew it was just because the didn't like my boyfriend. I ended up going, and all of Adam's friends had things come up except for his buddy Tyler and Tyler's little brother. When Adam picked me up, my WHOLE family was up and dressed and sitting in the living room ready to meet him. My mom had even had time to make muffins :-) So it was the 4 of us... after a couple of runs, it seemed like I kept having to dodge the fact that I had a boyfriend, so I finally told Adam. He was pretty disappointed for the rest of the day, but we had fun and he didn't show the disappointment. From there, we started hanging out like 3-5 times a week. We went to church together and really had alot of fun together, but I kept thinking what a great best friend he would make. (Never making the connection that Husband=Best Friend). I continued "dating" the guy in Colorado, until the week before my birthday in April. Adam called me at work and said he wanted to hang out, get some ice cream and just TALK. That word scared me beyond belief because I knew what was coming, but I agreed and we went out that night for ice cream. The drive back to the house was... well, it was silent to start with. Then all of a sudden, with out even looking at me, he said "I know you have a boyfriend but...." I stopped him and said, "I'm sorry, but I'm going to marry him Adam." He told me that he was going to stop going to institute with me and start going to another ward because he was only doing those things to be with me. We spent the next couple hours just talking about things. He told me that he hoped things worked out with the other boyfriend, but that quite often people will either agree to get baptised or will actually join the church, just for their spouse, but then they fall away. I thought about that the whole way home and immediately when I got home I called my boyfriend and before he had a chance to say hi, I blurted out "Are you EVER going to be mormon?" Really, I had no intentions of breaking up, just wanted to discuss my frustration, but his answer was "Katie, I'm tired of this, let's just break up". I spent the next probably day and a half bawling my eyes out, and swore I wouldn't be dating for atleast another year (but in the back of my mind I figured I'd date Adam when I did start dating)! Exactly one week later was my birthday, and Keli had already invited Adam over, so he came regardless of our conversation. He brought a bouquet of Calla Lillies (which I had never outwardly told him were my favorite flower, he just over heard it once) and a giant pop-up card that he made from cardboard.

It was the sweetest thing ever. I still was hesitant to tell him that I had broken up with the boyfriend though, so I waited about another week. When I told him, he said "so does that mean that we can date now then?" I said yes, and we ended up kissing that night. About a week and a half later he told me "I think I more than like you". That REALLY scared me, and I told him that he really didn't know alot of things about me. I told him everything I could think of that would probably scare him away (things that I had mentioned to the old boyfriend nad had made him angry), and he didn't care about any of it and said he liked me the way I was! I just told him he needed to get to know me better and that was it. Just a few days later, after having time to think about it, I told him the same thing, he said "I love you" and we decided to get married ( after 2 weeks of dating!).

It has been the BEST 4 years EVER! I have never known a guy who treats women so well and with such respect! So many times people tell me what a great husband I have, and all I can do is smile and say "I know, isn't he wonderful?"

Anyway, I have to admit, I was wrong and my friends and family were all right when they said he was the one for me, because he truly is, and I love him more and more each day!

Happy Valentines Day!

Last Night's Purchase

2009-02-10T07:48:00.000-08:00

Okay, so this isn't the best I've ever done, but for a last minute shopping trip, I thought I did pretty well...

TOTAL AFTER TAX: $33.72

6 boxes of Wheat Thins
2 Boxes of Triscuits
2 bags of Ritz Chips
8 bottles of Herbal Essences Shampoo and Conditioners
4 boxes of hair color-yes I color my own hair from a box
6 Colgate sparkle toothpastes
5 Crest toothpastes
and a bottle of parmesan ceese

Not bad...?

Christmas and Birthday recap

2009-01-18T07:26:00.000-08:00

It's been a little crazy these days, so I'm a bit behind on my blogging, so here is a quick recap of the last few weeks. We had lots of fun for Christmas, starting with the Powell Family Christmas Eve. We had the whole family there, and played a few games. One of them was that we each had to pick a paper from a basket with soomething to do written on it. Some of the things were little Christmas stories to read, others were songs to sing/play. Adam's mom has these little pipe things that each play a different note when you hit them on something, so we played songs with those. Blake was excited when he drew the paper to sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" because he got to sing the part about Figgy Pudding!

The boys all sang Silent Night.

It was alot of fun!

For Christmas day, we kind of bounced around a lot. We had stayed the night at Adam's parent's house, so we got up at about 6 and opened our presents to eachother, and to Deegan, then headed to my mom and dad's house for family presents there. When we got there, everyone was up playing Keli's new Rock Band, so we joined in. It was alot of fun. When I went in and heard them singing, I swore I was not going to sing because you sound terrible when you are trying to follow it, but I ended up really liking the singing part, and usually did that when I played! We opened presents there and hung out for about an hour or 2, and then were right back to the Powell's for family presents and a second breakfast. Then after a couple more hours, headed back to the Jorgensen's for to spend the day and hang out until we were going to go home. We ended up deciding to stay one more night so that we wouldn't be driving in the storm, and of course, the storm decided to wait with us and came the next morning when we were trying to get back for me to go to work! We celebrated Adam and Deegan's Birthday on New Years Eve with Adam's parents and then a couple weeks later with my family. Deegan wasn't sure what to do with the whole cake, so I meant to help him by putting his face in it a little, but ended up covering his face (mostly eyes) with frosting... He didn't eat a bite of it, but he was happy to open presents right after.

New Year

2009-01-12T15:55:00.001-08:00

Okay, so I haven't even gotten my Christmas updates done yet, but I'm going to jump ahead to the New Year. I have decided that I really need to get things together for Baby Emblems, since I am basically paying for my website and products to sit and no one to know about them! So, since it is the beginning of a new year, it's a good time to start some fun monthly contests to get the word out. Check out my Baby Emblems blog to see what the contest is for the month of January, and then keep checking back because I will do short term contests once in a while too!

Learning to Love Turk

2008-12-19T13:28:00.000-08:00

So Deegan and Turk haven't really been getting along so hot until the last few days. Turk would jump on Deegan and Deegan would cry, the Deegan would get curious and go climb on Turk and Turk would cry... it was fun! Anyway, they have started learning to tollerate eachother a little better now, and it's almost like they don't even know eachother is there now! One day, they will love eachother but for now, they can "nothing" eachother and that will be good too!

Christmas Tag..

2008-12-16T14:53:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?Definately Wrapping paper! I usually wrap everyone elses gifts too because I love it!

2. Real tree or Artificial?Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree?Thanksgiving weekend, but this year it was a few days early since I was working on the weekend

4. When do you take the tree down? ... when I feel like it, before New Years. It's not as exciting taking it down as putting it up.

5. Do you like eggnog?Sometimes, but it has to have half eggnog and half sprite or 7 up

6. Favorite gift received as a child?not sure.

7. Hardest person to buy for?Men for sure...

8. Easiest person to buy for?Keli, my sister... she likes anything I like usually.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?Yes, a wooden one that my parents made.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?Christmas Cards??? SHOOT I FORGOT! Does posting it on the blog count?

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?Don't think I've even gotten anything terrible. I got a really ugly recycled lamp for my wedding though!

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
The Grinch. I did my senior paper in high school on it (we had to pick a book that had been made into a movie, everyone elses books were like 500 pages, mine was 39! :-))

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?Usually I wait until the day after Thanksgiving, but I always just end up buying for myself that day, so maybe the week after, but this year I started before Halloween... It's really thrown off my groove being done with it early!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?not that I can remember. Recycling is a nice idea, but only if you don't pretend it's new... I prefer to give those kinds of things away.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?Christmas Breakfast: Waffles, French Toast, or German Pancakes (my favorite of all) with sausage, eggs, and eggnog with 7-up

16. All time favorite Christmas present? From my doctor, telling me on Christmas Eve that he would induce me!! YAY! (and Deegan was a perfect gift too!)

17. Favorite Christmas song?Dolly Parton's Hard Candy Christmas, Silver Bells or Still, Still, Still

18.Travel at Christmas or stay at home?To Mom and Dads... this year thats a whole 60 miles!

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's?Maybe, if I thought hard, but Deegan is trying to eat my newspaper, so I better not.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?Adam- Angel, Me-Star.... our tree- Angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?Morning... at 630 for as long as I can remember.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?Grumpy people, how can you be so grumpy at such a great time of year??

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?I really love the black and red and white decor, but I also like the traditional dark red and green, which is what I have now.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?... who cares about Dinner, I can't wait for Breakfast!

25 What do you want for Christmas this year?well, I got my puppy... maybe a pair of slippers.

ho ho ho YOU'RE IT!
1.Keli
2.Roxy
3.Kristin
And of course the rest of you bloggers who haven't done it already!

My New Puppy

2008-12-10T08:25:00.000-08:00

Last night we went and got a Puggle puppy (He's a Beagle and Pug mix). He is so cute! His name is Turk Turkleton (from the show Scrubs), but we just call him Turk. He's about 2 months old. Deegan was a little jealous last night when we were holding the puppy, not him, but now, he just thinks it's funny to see the puppy.

He sat and watched Turk eat this morning, and he kept laughing at him. I think it scared Turk because he ran into his bed and hid in the corner. It's so sad to see him right now, becuase he just is acting depressed... He will get used to being here though. Anyway, here's some pics. I got some really cute ones last night on my phone, but I can't figure out how to put them on the computer, so these will have to do for now!

Down on the Farm

2008-12-05T11:38:00.000-08:00

So, I guess I live in a more rural area than I realized... the other day, I got home from running errands and saw something moving near my front door, so I figured it was the neighbor's cat. I was wrong. I walked closer to my door to find that my flower bed had been torn up and strewn all over my sidewalk, and there was a chicken at my doorstep. As I got closer, 2 others walked out of my window well (it has little steps down into it), and one other came around the corner of my house. They hung out there for a while. I'm not sure whose they are, but quite a few of my neighbors have chickens. Huh, who knew!

Random Pics From the summer...

2008-11-25T22:57:00.000-08:00

I was thinking this morning... it's silly to try and "catch up". No one really cares about what I did 4 months ago! I think that's why I was so good aboout writing in my journal for so many years. I felt guilty if I missed a day or two! Oh well, I'm a little nuts... I know! (and probably really OCD)

Anyway, here's some fun pics that I kept wanting to post and never did. I won't bore you with stories.

More Family Pictures

2008-11-24T18:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, so like I promised, I am posting more family pics and some of just Deegan that Steve took. I am SO happy with these pictures. He really did a GREAT job. Thanks again Steve!

Oh Deer!

2008-11-20T09:01:00.000-08:00

So I went to put Deegan in his highchair the other morning for breakfast, and glanced out the back window to see this...

They hung out eating my apples for a little while, until I tried to open the door quietly to take clearer pictures. Then they just walked out the back gate like it was their own.

I thought is was kinda cool. We've left the gate open ever since, in hopes that they come back.

Halloween- I know kinda late!

2008-11-13T19:48:00.000-08:00

I'm working on getting caught up still, so there will still be plenty to share, but for now, I have to show you Deegan's cute Halloween pics. We had a halloween party with Adam's family the week before, and had lots of fun. Deegan loves to play with his cousins. Well... he loves to play with anyone who is under 4 1/2 feet I think, but it was fun!

On Halloween, we went to my parent's house and played games with Steve and Rox and my parents. Deegan and Ana had fun playing with the interactive cat by the front door (which Liam STILL talks about, and I'm sure he is still having nightmares about it). We had lots of fun, and even got some good pics of Deegan as he flew into the night sky! :-)

Unforgotten Time Photography

2008-11-02T20:04:00.000-08:00

The last time we had pictures taken of us or Deegan was when he was about 3 months old, and he is 10 months now, so we were long over due for pictures again. My brother took some really great pics of my sister and her family, so we asked him if he could take some for us too. they turned out SOOOOO good. I haven't seen all of them yet, but he posted a few on his blog. you HAVE to see them, he did a great job! Anyway, his blog is http://unforgottentime.blogspot.com/. When I have more pics, I will post some of them.

Life in Mayberry

2008-10-26T21:01:00.000-07:00

Okay, so as I promised, I am going to really work on updating the blog so you guys can see what we've been up to for the last couple of months.
Last I left off, we were buying our house. Well, we are all moved in and LOVING the area. We have decided that we live in Mayberry ( from the Andy Griffith Show). (I was going to say the modern day Mayberry, but I'm not so sure Providence is up with the times!) The first few weeks after we moved in, we had people at the door coming to meet us almost every day! People from even blocks away would walk over to bring us treats and get to know the new neighbors. We got pie and ice cream, cakes, carmel corn, cookies... you name it, we probably had it! Everyone is just so friendly here it almost scares me! But, we love it. The ward is so welcoming and friendly. It's not so uptight that you can't be comfortable being there, like a couple of the wards we've been in.

I think what I am most excited about is that Deegan has friends all over the place. We have some great friends (Garrett and Emily Matthews) who live just up the street and are in our ward, and they have 3 kids who all adore Deegan. Their youngest just turned 1, so he and Deegan have alot of fun together, and the other 2, (3 and 5) love to play with Deegan too. There's a family right next door with a baby girl (maybe about 5 months old?) who will be fun for Deegan when she is a little bit older too, and accross the street, a little 8 month old boy. Lots of babies his age in the ward too, so there will be lots of kids to play with when he is a little bigger.

We really love it. The yard has taken over most of our weekends (when we were not down visiting family), but I think we are done with yard work for the winter. Next spring will be BUSY! Anyway, things are going really well, and we are so excited to have the new home and a wonderful group of people surrounding us. I have never been in a better ward!

My new endeavors

2008-10-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, so now I can explain why I have more time on my hands coming quickly. I quit Teleperformance yesterday! YAY!! I wanted to wait to write about it until I had given my notice, becuase some of my coworkers check the blog once in a while. I just got a job as an assistant manager at Motherhood Maternity, and I will just be working part time and mostly in the evenings. That way I can be home with Deegan during the day and actually get to be a mom and a wife. As crazy as it sounds, I can't wait to be able to do my grocery shopping and make dinner! Anyway, this new job is LONG overdue. After I got back from maternity leave, I was under new management, and it has been downhill from there. I used to love my job, but now I am working for a woman on a power trip who it seems has nothing better than to make my job miserable! She constantly is telling what I am doing wrong, or what needs to be changed, basically that I am not as good at my job as she would be. Unfortunately for her, I am leaving her with short notice that will mean, atleast for a short time, she will be filling in on my work. Maybe she will be able to see then, that I work a lot harder than she will ever know and that she can NOT do my job as easily as she thinks!

Anyway, enough of that rant. My newest adventure is starting a business. Right now, I am starting very small, but once life settles down a bit and I have the bricks and mortar in place for the business I plan to expand. I am starting a website with a few different baby items to begin with, and then maybe in a few months, will become a distributor for many other companies including clothing, toys and other baby and childrens accessories. My plan is to open a store up here in cache valley and maybe one day design my own children's clothing line (these of course are more along the lines of 5-10 years from now). For now, I am working on building http://www.babyemblems.com/, and my first shot at selling my products will be on the 25th of October. I am doing a boutique in Ogden at my sister's house. Come see what we have and see the other vendors too! If nothing else, I haven't seen some of you in a long time... this is a good chance to come say hi!

Stay Tuned

2008-10-12T18:27:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I have really been neglecting my blog... I know. Life has been absolutely nuts!! We are finally moved in to our house, almost everything is unpacked (I have boxes that probably wont ever get unpacked!), work is about to get a lot less chaotic and I think I finally will have time to do some blogging! I think after this week, I will probably be posting a lot so I can get caught up. Everytime I think about posting a new blog, I think "No way I have time to get caught up all the way, I'll do it later." Then of course, "later" never happens! So I figure, that no one wants to read a blog post that takes an hour to get through, so I will just post a little at a time and one day I will be caught up!

Anyway, for now... I have to show off these pictures I took of Deegan. This is in our backyard in the raspberry bushes.

Pedicures

2008-08-23T18:19:00.000-07:00

So I don't have any pictures right now, but that's because I am on the computer at Star Nails in Farmington. First- let me back up. Keli started this tradition that when any of us has a baby, we go in right before and have pedicures (Keli, me, Roxy and Mom). The best part of this is that so far, we have all been able to plan the day for our babies to come, so we know when to go in just before. Well we planned to get our pedicures today, and we told Keli they were at 4 pm. I picked her up just after 3 and "needed to stop to get tamales at Chapparros in Ogden for my in-laws since they helped us move yesterday". Instead we threw Keli a suprise baby shower. The first words out of her mounth were "So I don't get a pedicure?". She was SO excited for the pedicure! She loved the shower though, and we really had appointments for 6 pm. Anyway, so now we are getting pedicures, at probably my favorite place so far. They are the only licensed salon in Davis County, so they are able to do more than any other salon around here. My favorite part is that I am sitting in the chair with one of their laptops on my lap and complimentary drinks and a movie to watch. This is the life. I have decided that I need one of these chairs in my house to sit in while I work! Ok- enough of that, back to relaxing!

Let's Reminisce

2008-08-02T09:05:00.000-07:00

Come out, come out, wherever you are!(I got this from my really good friend,and sister Keli)
1. As a comment on our blog, leave one memory that you and one of us had together. It doesn't matter if you know us a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about us, we'll assume you're playing the game and we'll come to your blog and leave one about you

Our New House

2008-07-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

So we're finally getting comfortable and organized in the rental and we've found a house! We just signed the final contract and took it over to the sellers tonight. The house is in Providence, and was built in 1912. About 10 years ago, the walls were torn down and completely re-built on the inside with all new wiring and plumbing. It's BEAUTIFUL! The current owners have kept it really nice and have even painted it nice. It has 3 rooms and 2 bathrooms and a 2 car garage. The best part of the whole deal is the yard. This house sits on .39 acres that is very well landscaped. We have mature apple trees, and about 10 other trees which are only a couple of years old and include: Peaches, Pears, Plums and Apricots! We also have raspberries, strawberries and grapes! (and a whole other plot to plant veggies) There is a fire pit out towards the back of the yard as well as a shed. We already have a few friends in the neighborhood and are SO excited to move in!

This is the Living room looking in from the front door.

The gi-normous kitchen

The Master Bedroom on the main floor

The bathroom on the main floor

The downstairs family room

Downstairs bathroom

The Backyard ( I know you can't see it- but it goes WAY back)

My Raspberries, strawberries and grapes.

We are planning on closing the first part of September! YAY!

Josh Ritter Concert

2008-07-25T10:14:00.000-07:00

We went to a concert about a week ago and Deegan was having so much fun. The concert was Josh Ritter (native Idahoan). His website is linked on my blog, check him out. Anyway, it was SUPER hot at the concert while we waited, so Adam's parents got us slushes. Deegan LOVED it. He was so dang cute in his little hat and blue face from the slush. The concert was really good, and you could tell that Josh Ritter sings just because he loves to. After he was done singing, Adam and his brother went to meet him and get autographs. Well, America First (our bank) let's you put pictures on your debit cards, so Adam has one of Josh Ritter's album covers on his. He got up and asked Josh to sign his card. Josh was SO excited because of all the things he's signed, he'd never seen a debit card! He took it and showed it to the rest of the band. Adam was pretty excited too! needless to say, we are now sharing a debit card until his replacement comes in the mail!

On the move...

2008-07-25T10:08:00.000-07:00

Deegan has decided that he no longer wants to stay put! He's starting to learn to crawl. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks and usually moves his knees in until they are tucked under him so far that he knocks his arms down and lunges forward into a faceplant! Whatever works I guess... he's getting places! He's also sitting up REALLY well now... once in a while he tips back when he tries to see what's behind him. Unfortunately, right now I don't have any pictures to prove that he's up because the minute he sees the camera he drops and reaches for it.

Moving Day

2008-07-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

Well- I'm a little late on this, but we got our house sold and are now moved up to Logan. I hated the house, but we sure put alot into it and it was sad to leave all of that work and the memories behind. We had exactly 2 weeks from the time we accepted the offer to the time we had to be moved out, so we quickly found a townhome that we can rent month to month in Logan while we look for another house. I think the 2 things I will miss the most about the house are Deegan's room and the patio- Adam and Kyle finished up re-paving the patio just intime for us to sell it. Here's a picture, I think it turned out beautiful!

I changed my mind- there are 3 things I will miss... (and already do) the number one thing is having family close! I used to go sit at my mom's or sister's house and work when I didn't want to be working at home, and it was easy... now, not so easy. Today is one of those day's when I would be at their house becuase I am locked out of my network, so I am sitting here basically doing nothing while I wait to work. Oh well, sometimes you have to choose the lesser of 2 evils. (being away from family or comuting 5 days a week and filling up on gas every couple days!)

So far we love Logan. I love that I don't have to be even a little bit concerned about someone breaking into my car or house. I love that EVERYTHING is close and that there are so many friendly people around. I love that it is just beautiful here. I love that my neighborhood (no matter where I end up moving) will not have an average age of 74, as did our last neighborhood.

Basically, we are happy to be in Logan and excited to get a new (bigger) home!

Not just for pregnancy cravings...

2008-07-23T21:03:00.000-07:00

Apparently the 2 weeks at the beginning of my pregnancy when I craved pickles was enough of a taste for Deegan to know he loved them. He's found his two favorite desserts... Pickles and Oreo's. (no ice cream for this baby!)

Laundry day at Grandmas

2008-07-23T20:43:00.000-07:00

So for those of you who read Kristin's latest laundry update- I swear I'm not copying it! The week before we were to move out of our house, the dryer stopped working. I tried hanging ALL of the clothes for a couple batches, but hanging EVERY baby outfit, onesie, towel, etc. got very time consuming! We had decided that since the washer and dryer were probably close to 10 years old, it wasn't a bad idea to just get new ones than to deal with trying to fix the dryer. Of course, getting the house packed up we didn't want to mess with trying to bring the new set in and the old set out for just a week, so we went with out for a week and a half. We decided that since my parents were out of town for the 4th of July weekend, we'd go do laundry there between the parade and the fireworks. Deegan really loved helping!

4th of July

2008-07-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

Ok so it's time to update the blog again!

(I'm starting to get better at this!) For fourth of July, we went to the Kaysville parade with my sister, brother and their families. We had alot of fun helping the kids gather candy from the streets, but I'm not so sure Deegan enjoyed that part- He got hit in the head with a rootbeer barrel candy and a tootsie roll.

At the end of the parade there was a BIG water fight where we were standing, so Adam and I started to walk away so we didn't get soaked.

On the way out of the crowd, a girl walked past us and (standing about 2 feet away) sprayed Deegan right in the face with her super soaker. He didn't like that much either!

He was having fun in the inbetween times though!

It was very hot, so Deegan got worn out quickly.

When we were leaving, I put him in the sling awake, and by the time I got him situated in there he was out like a light! (what a day!)

We spent the rest of the day relaxing and then Deegan and I went to the Kaysville fireworks with the family (Adam was exhausted, so he stayed home).

Deegan LOVED the fireworks! Everytime one would shoot off he'd start jumping up and down and laugh and get SO excited. That was the best part of the whole day. I love to see him get so excited! The other kids were having fun too (with the exception of Aiden

who was a little bit scared by them). After a couple big fireworks, everyone clapped and Liam got so excited and started clapping and dancing! It was cute!

Splash Pad

2008-07-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

So we went to this fun park on Monday with my family and they have a "splash pad" with fun fountains and other water things. Deegan LOVED it! (Adam and I had lots of fun too!!)

Latest update

2008-06-28T16:00:00.000-07:00

Again- I'm terrible at updating this blog! (I guess I wasn't really cut out for blogging, but I'll keep trying!) So here's our latest adventures:

Deegan is getting so big! He has learned that he doesn't have to stay where he is put, and is starting to roll over more and more. He tries to crawl, but usually ends up pushing backwards and getting mad that he's further from his toys! He's sitting up some, but usually tries to stand when we help him sit.

I think he may be one of those babies who just completely skip the crawling and sitting thing. He's just got too much to do to waste time with those! His latest excitement comes from jumping. He NEVER sits still! We bought him a jumper a while ago, and he jumps (or swings when we raise it up higher) until he wears himself completely out! He LOVES to eat, but only what everyone else is eating. We went out for Gelato's the other night, and my brother-in-law Brant was holding him while he ate his ice cream. Deegan wanted it SOOOOO bad. He kept opening his mouth and practically diving into the ice cream. Unfortunately, we cannot share ice cream because he is allergic to milk. He Loves popsicles though!

Here's just a few pictures since it's been a while-

MMMM! I love to share Mom's drink!

Going out in my hat

Finally learned to like "tummy time"!

My New Highchair

Hanging out while mom does her hair

Deegan had his 6 month appointment on Friday. He is getting big, but apparently not growing the same way the average kid does! He is almost 27 in tall (60th percentile) and his head is 44.5 cm (70th percentile) but only weighs 15.5 lbs which is the 15th percentile! I guess he's kinda skinny!

Our next new adventure is moving up to Logan. We just sold our house on Friday, and we close on the 10th. We found a nice townhome to rent for a couple of months while we look for a house to buy. We're excited to move to a new area, and to save LOTS of money on gas and time traveling, but will be very sad to be away from family and friends. (it's only an hour, but still!) It will be kind of sad to leave our first home that we've put so much work into too! Here's some pictures of some of the things we've done since we moved in.

This kitchen was probably the most work of all- we re-did the cupboards once, and the finish on them turned yellow! it was AWEFUL, but it was right when I found out I was pregnant and the paint smells made me sick, so we had to just live with them for a few months. Then we re-did them and they turned out beautiful! You can't see it very well, but Adam put a Venetian Plaster on the one wall that is way cool. I love texture on my walls!

This is Adam's Texas bathroom. (you can't see the Texas stuff because we took it out when we listed our house)

My Favorite room of all- Deegan's room! We had a lot of fun doing this one! (Of course Adam did most of the work, but I did help a little with the boards on the wall!)

Anyway- That's all for now. We'll keep you posted on our new home and new adventures. (hopefully while they are happening rather than 2 months later!)

Movie Stars

2008-06-20T12:30:00.000-07:00

So Deegan is going to be a movie star! Well, kind of. Deegan and I and Roxy and Ana did a testimonial for the My Memories Suite infomercial that is coming out in a couple of weeks. Adam asks me all of the time if I'm going to leave him after it airs and I become a big movie star! Of course, even if I ever became a movie star (which would never happen because I don't like the spot light that much) I would NEVER leave him! I would need him even more because Hollywood is a CRAZY lifestyle- I think anyway! Anyway, you'll have to watch for us. I'll let you know when the infomercial airs.

Shopping Day

2008-05-24T19:28:00.001-07:00

Adam and I have been home sick for 2 days and were kind of tired of being home. So tonight we decided we'd just go to the mall and walk around. Well, Mervyns was having a big sale, so I was looking at baby clothes, and Adam and Deegan were playing with the baloons! Apparently Deegan likes baloons and is getting them for Christmas :-)

long while

2008-05-18T14:14:00.000-07:00

Well- It's been a while since I posted, and people are starting to point it out to me! Our latest big "thing" is that we have put our house up for sale and are planning on moving to Logan, UT. Adam has been working in the Logan area for almost a year now, and the hour drive twice a day is just not nice with the gas prices these days!

Deegan is finally sleeping through the night... YAY!! Through the night being 10:30 to 5:30, which is not what I would consider a full night, but luckily he eats and goes back to sleep until about 8 or 9! He had his first jar of baby food (Bananas) about a week ago, and thought it was a little weird, but now he Loves it! He's learned to push up on his arms and hold his head up. I love that he can do it, but at bed time it makes falling asleep harder. He sleeps on his tummy, so when I put him down, he thinks it's time to be awake and look around! When he couldn't lift his head, he would just lay there until he was asleep! Oh well! It's kind of one of those things like crawling or talking... you can't wait until they do, but you never want them to do it again!

Work has slowed down a little, but is still pretty crazy! From August to about February, I was managing only 2 accounts. I now have 6 active accounts and 3 in the build stage! We have some very cool clients, and then some who are a little difficult to handle at times, but it is fun anyway! The best part of my job is that when we move to Logan, I will still be able to work from home, so I wont have to commute! I love that! Life is good, and I am loving this warm weather!

My Memories Suite

2008-04-09T12:27:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note- all of my cute backgrounds and such on my pictures is done by a Digital Scrapbooking software by Poloroid called My Memories Suite. This is one of my new clients at work. We will be up in a couple weeks and then you can call to order it! If you are into scrapbooking but just don't have the time or patience for cutting and gluing, you will love it!

Intro to our blog

2008-04-03T20:54:00.000-07:00

So everyone in my family has a blog, and I really had no intentions on making one, but I'm told I have to if I'm going to be part of the family! Besides, I know I enjoy seeing what all of my friends and family are up to on their blogs, so maybe you will like seeing what we are up to (Mostly what Deegan is up to). For those of you who I haven't talked to for a while, Deegan is now 3 months old and growing VERY fast. He's starting to laugh and "talk" a lot. He is almost always content and smiley (except when he's hungry).
Adam is working for Copper Mountain Electric and has been working out of Logan, UT which is about a 45 minute drive for him. He loves his job and the company loves him. We plan on moving up to Logan in the next year or two once I quit working so he doesn't have the drive.
I am still working full time (sometimes 80 hours a week), but I am able to do my work mostly from home, so I get to play with Deegan all day too. I work as an account manager for Teleperformance, and I have been very fortunate to have a great boss who will be very flexible with my (Deegan's) schedule.