Meet Dutch!

Well we have a new edition to the fam.. his name is Dutch he is exactly 1 pound... He is a brussels griffon(same dog in the movie As Good As It Gets) only gets 6 pounds and he is a good lil edition to the fam. The girls love him. This was all Marks idea.. we were going to look at the puppies and of course came home with one. Already potty trained, doesn't bark, no shedding and doesn't require walks in the Florida heat! So, that's that!

BYU GRADUATE=NYC or BUST

Where is Shea Shea???

Tay the college Grad!!

The family....minus shea shea

Congrats to my baby sister... ok she is 21, but she is my youngest and first college grad of the girls... we were sooo excited to fly out to Utah and see her walk across that stage that cost "oh soo much money, time , effort and memories for Tay". It was a blast to have some family time no kids and just us girls with mom and dad(shea couldnt get off work to come out) we missed her.. but we took a pic and left space for her to be photoshopped in..tee hee.. Cafe Rio and In n Out we ate in the same day which equals my celestial kingdom...stayed in our friends cabin in Park City( it freaken snowed)... spent time with the grandparents and tried to find Davis a husband..lol just kidding!! I am soo happy for Taylor she graduated in Advertising in the creative track as a copy writer, and now is in NYC... Interning for a huge ad firm... soo fun and I will be visiting.. she is amazing and talented beyond talented... Look out Everyone Taylor is about to rock your world...

Soccer mom!

We lost our first game:(

But man do I love practice!!

Well let's just say I am truly feeling old.. Stella is playing soccer against all that we believe in when it comes to sports...and I joined a Bunco group.. WOW I am OLD.. now back to soccer.. she plays on the yellow YMCA team with her friends Madison and Jackson. They are all totally clueless and would rather play on the playground. Stella was not very happy when she could not get the ball and was really pissed when everyone was running for the SAME ball. Oh yes... screaming crying fits.... which means... we will finish out the season, she loves practice, however I think we will wait a few more years to put Ivey in...p.s. no one keeps score but she knew her team wasnt all that great.. the other team we played was bit too much..(as if they were training the kids to be mini Beckhams..) Whatever, my kid had a bow in her hair and that's all that mattered....xoxo

daddy and his girls!!

Saturday we decided to go eat some soup from Olive Garden..Stella loves pasta fagoli..me too! The weather outside still is freaken cold... UGH. So we went to the Inflatable Fun Factory and the girls bounced around in what I like to call Germ Central..not sure whats worse... a water parks lazy river or the jumpy blow up houses... ewww ! The girls had a blast. It was cheap and Ivey enjoyed dancing to the beat of the music rather than jumping. Family day is hard to come by between both of us working and Mark back in school. I love these 3 peeps!

hilarious

Stella came into my room and told me she was dressed and ready to go.I laughed so hard because she never dresses herself, then to see she was in shorts...but the true laughter came when she turned around!!! Wow would her daddy not be very happy if she left the house looking like this...she laughed with me and then we changed, needless to say it was 50 degrees outside. Enjoy

Our Grandma Joan

In memory of our favorite grandma Joan... you will truly be missed. Gotta love a woman who was a fighter, feisty,loved to shop for clothes in my closet, told you what she thought and best of all...raised a son who is the best dad I could ever ask for. Thanks Joan for the love, support, laughter,tears, and honesty in all things. You were an amazing hard worker, great cook, great grandma and most of all.....you started a generation of people and legacy that will work just as hard as you did in life, and for all this I am truly grateful I can say Joan you are the DAMN best!! See you on the otherside. Tell Clarence and Pearl we said HI....xoxo thanks gma...

Lil Miss Feb.

The suspense is over...here is my Ivey girls first cover of a magazine..BabyTalk...they loved her and she loved it. ( i did not dress her up in this pic, they did) Sooo exciting to have someone famous in the fam...lol I have 100 copies thanks to BabiesRUs... and Ivey and myself are featured in the table of contents page...check it out! Enjoy and I just want everyone to know I dedicate this pic to my grandma Joan who passed away Jan.15 2010. A week before we received this picture, however she knew she was gonna be on the cover! I love you grandma and know you are watching over us!!!! You will be missed!

Dec.12-17...best week ever of 2009..uhm the 2nd best

on the top of Peak 9..freezing my butt off literally...tis the season

OK besides the week Ivey was born in Feb. this was hands down the best week ever. Mark and I went to Breckenridge Colorado on a ski tripand stayed in an amazing ski in ski out penthouse. We had a blast, the Finleys and Hairs joined us and did I fail to mention NO KIDS...! My mom who rocks btw, watched my girls for us. They love her tons...so it was relaxing. I could take a nap whenever I wanted. This was for my 30th birthday...yes I turned 30 this year and Marks graduation. We had great snow, massages and the best part we needed it for our marriage. Its hard at times to focus on eachother when you got lil ones running around..well deserved trip..well worth it! Gotta make it a family vacation every year!!!!

end of Jan....

Ivey's front cover will be unveiled at the end of this month...if you live near a babies r us...raid it! its free and they have tons... I will keep all posted on the exact date of the release..happy new year! love you all!

Baby Talk Magazine

this pic is not Ivey obviously....

Baby Talk what???

Sooo, I have a client.. her name is Jenny. She thinks my kids are cute.. so she sent a pic of Ivey to a friend who works at Baby Talk Magazine....(owned by Parenting mag)I told her I'm not that kind of mom.. she told me, Well I'll send it in... (I'm not a pagent mom..p.s.they weigh like 400 pounds..)The lady emailed me a day later asking for more pics... so I sent them and on November 17 we went to Ivey's photo shoot in Winter Park. It was a long 2 hours but she was sooo great, happy, loving and cute!! The cover shoot will be for the Feb. Issue...she is in clothes that I wouldn't exactly put her in, but she looked darling. Go online to babytalk.com and subscribe for a year... ITS FREE! You can see my Ivey girl...it's distributed throughout the US. She is on the cover...this might be the start of a career that could maybe pay for her college..I'm in!

SCARY...too close to home for me!

SOOO, today there was a shooting downtown Orlando. Scary ! Yeah, a guy walked into a building and open fired on the engineering firm killing 1 injuring 5. My sister works downtown, so I quickly called to make sure she was ok. She answered the phone and said she was good, however she was in lockdown. I didn't get off work today till 6 and saw a picture of the gunman. Well, guess freaken what??? He was the guy who made my subway sandwich next to my salon. I could not believe it was really him! He seemed normal, guess NOT!! The moral of the story....don't eat at a subway next to my salon!!! and normal looking people are freaks! Glad to know he was caught and its over....this world is something else right now!

Mommy and Me

Stella and her photoshoots...every now and then I'll jump in for some pics!! She loves the camera...oh boy we have created a monster!! SAY CHEESE MOMMY!! So we say cheese 100 times!!

grouted!!

So here it is.... grouted gray! It's alright. A ton of freaken work.. bloody fingers, cause I was dumb and din't wear gloves.... I wish I grouted the backsplash with a white grout!! Dang it, but it's done and I better like it for a long time cause we ain't movin anytime soon!!

My girls!

we were all smiling! I can't believe it.. mark took this picture after our stake conference for church!! Yes we all have some type of hair piece..it wouldn't be the same without the hair pretties!

MY KITCHEN PROJECT

yes these are flat marbles, big and small some kinda like 3D rocks too. I freaken decided to do my backsplash in my kitchen.. so this is only half of it.OMGOODNESS my thumb is killing me and my back..etc. all in one day till 1:00 in the morning. One by one I placed them on the wall. This is what thowing a baby shower next week at my house created. WHat the heck am I thinking ? I'm gonna love it when I grout it. It should be done by friday. Thanks to Michaels for having all the rocks on sale!!!

Necklace GALORE

So my lil Stella was at mima's on thursday and she loves to play in the jewerly. Here she is with like 20 bracelets on and 8 necklaces, plus a hawaiian Lei! She loves dress up, here comes the girly girly I knew I would give birth too.. and p.s. she si singing winkle winkle widdle star here as well. I'm gonna miss this age oneday I tell ya!

Hey Everyone!! I created a blog just for hair! Im really excited about it.. I want tons of traffic, so if you are a fan, please follow and send friends and family my way!!! GO to see what it's all about.. www.hairdrama101.blogspot.com love you all!! This should be fun

Thank You KB Homes

This is what my downstairs formal living room looks like at the moment. Our house we built just under 2 years ago had a window leaking. We contacted KB homes who in return said they would fix the drywall...well thats not the problem..how bout finding where the water is coming from, so I came home from work on Friday to see this giant thing of plastic with a loud buzzing noise with a tube leading to my sink in the bathroom removing all the water and moisture from the walls..ok, so now I have holes in my walls, this could be very interesting, I will keep you posted.....this reminds me of that movie where the guy lives in the bubble?? Anywho.. I love working hard to pay for a house with mold!!

Guess Who??

My mom brought this picture to my attention, and in fact I think there is quite the similarities to my lil Ivey. This is my mom Carol, aka "MI MA"...so finally a kid that will look like a Donohoo or a Felt for that matter!!!

WINTER HAIR COLOR???

So, I'm thinking this hair color will be my fall/winter hair color.. ??? Any thoughts people.. yeah that's me on the right!!