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Howdy Ya'll!!! HAPPY DAY LATE THANKSGIVING!! :D :D :D Our lil family had a great lil turkey day-- it was the first one we have cooked all by our lil selves. Bri was sooooo proud of how tasty the turkey he made was. It was way yummy!!!! He now swears by marinade ever since my dad suggested using it on the turkey :D All of it was super tasty. Kensi kinda missed out on the whole thing ha she was super tired after a long day before and slept through the whole thing ha We woke up and watched the macy's thanksgiving day parade and a lil of the dog show and bri watched him some football of course!! It was just a chill fun day. Later we went down to my family in Spanish Fork for some fun and games :D Here are some pics from our Turkey Day-- they aren't the best but hey...atleast they are pics :D

Kensi was dressed up cute in her lil sweater dress, leggings, and fake baby ugg boots, but she burped up on it so we had to put her in jam jams before we got a pic of her... sadness :/

This was Daisy after the first snow... I know it's a lil out of place.. but I thought it was funny how the snowballs were stuck in her fur haha


Kensi eatin her Thanksgiving din din on our way to Spanish Fork :D

Our yummy yummy din din!!! :D

Bri and I and Daisy before we chowed down.. yes... even Daisy had a lil plate :D

All in all it was an AAAAAAAAAAMazing turkey day!! Hope ya'lls was just as great!!! Tomorrow-- we are going Christmas shoppin hehe Toodles ya'll :D

NEWS!!!!!!!

Who has two thumbs and just got a new job as a Financial Analyst at L3 Communications?!?!?

THIS GUY!!!!!!

I'm so proud of my cute lil hubby!!! He has some MADDDDDDDD interviewing skills... the kid gets every job he interviews for... which I feel very lucky about... The big guy must be watching out for us!!! He'll be making twice as much money getting experience for his career and could possibly get a full time job here out of college!!! SO YAY BRI GUY!!! We love you!!! :D

Deck The Halls FALALALALALALALALA

Our lil house is all decorated for Christmas(well atleast with all the decorations we have at our house already-- my mom is sending all of mine that I have at home too :D) Here are a few pics... they are just teasers... I'll take better pictures a lil later!!!!

This is one of my fav lil decorations that my mom got me... my poor lil fav Santa and decoration got damaged in the mail... DEEEEEEEEEEEpressing :(

The TV stand decorations

The wayyyyyyyyy cute tree skirt Mads got Bri and I to match our stockings :D

Top part of the Christmas Tree :D

The whole tree in it's Reindeer gloriousness haha

Kensi's room with her lil tree :D

Kensi's got a reindeer hangin out in her crib

Close up of her lil tree... Next year I think I'll move these ornaments into our bedroom and get us a baby tree..and decorate hers with white ornaments and light light pink bows :D

Our countdown to Christmas on our desk :D

Our dresser... alot of the decorations I'd use in our bedroom are in Penn :( Mom's sending it out though ha

Our lil living room :D

Our DAAAAAAAAANG cute stockings from Potterybarn... even Daisy has one ha

Our Kitchen Christmas chochkeys :D

And of course what would a post from me be like without the latest pics of our sweet lil girl Kensi :D

Poor lil munchkin... this is how she woke up from her nap... no WONDER her three hour nap only lasted two hours today.... I wouldn't be able to sleep with a bow covering my eyes ha

This is from when we were having our everyday playing time... I was talkin to her and she was doing her newest smile(she opens her mouth as wide as she can and smiles as big as she can.. it is the cheesiest smile EVER-- I heart it)

Kensi Hearts....

Her Boppy!!!!!!!!!! My sister gave it to me as soon as she found out I was pregnant and Kensi is just in love with it these days.... We just plop her in it on the floor and she just lounges and stares at the Christmas Tree or the T.V... or sits and talks to the fan. Yes, Kensi LOVES the fan--It is her best friend... she talks to the fan in every single room... they are buddies. :D

In other news: the UPS guy finally came to day to pick up our damaged high chair which means- WE CAN REORDER OUR NEW ONE IN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS!!!!! Hallelujah for that. Thank goodness we ordered it in a month before we needed it or we would have been in some trouble ha

Our family pics are also done so I can go and pick them up tomorrow!! I'm so excited!!!! Now I just need it to be Christmas so I can buy my shelves and frames to put them on. Hurry Christmas and get here!!!!! :D :D :D

Other EXCITING news: Bri got a job at the U of U bookstore as an auditer which is fun because he'll get some experience for his career. GOOD JOB BRI!!!!! way to make us proud :D

Update on Daisy: Daisy hides any and all people food that she gets now. I think she's getting pickier in the food she'll eat. I have found pizza crust in my dirty laundry pile and sheets on my bed, marshmallows in my Christmas tree skirt and laundry pile, and other random stuff in my laundry. That is her hiding spot. Now I know if she's near my closet or the laundry.. I better look out for food. Daisy also loves just laying under our Christmas tree. I've tried to get a pic of it but she's too quick. Daisy is a cutie :D

Well, that's all the news for our lil family today!! Toodles for now!!!!! :D

A Time To Be Thankful :D

With it being November and Thanksgiving being only a week away...I figured I should probably take time to think about all of the great things I've been fortunate to be blessed with.

First and foremost being my family. The one I was born into and the one that I have made for myself. I couldn't have gotten a better mom--she is my best friend, my secret keeper, and the one who can make me smile when no one else can. It's hard living so far away for her-- I'm very grateful for phones so I can still talk to her EVERYDAY. She keeps me sane... when I feel I have no one to turn to and need help with something tricky... I know she's just a call away to comfort me.

My sisters are just the best ever-- they are my built in best friends and ya just can't find non family friends that you love more then your sisters. My dad is a joker-- he definitely fights for our family-- if anyone messes with his girls-- he's going to be the first to put them in their place. :D He has our backs.

My cute husband I am soooooooo thankful for. There was a time in my life where I was a little...well lost. I was not having a good year. It was tough...I wasn't myself. Then I met him and I found my old self. He's the reason I got past my hard time and was able to move on from mistakes I had made. He still to this day makes me want to be the best me ever. He's always there for me.

My sweet lil surprise Kensi. We were just newlyweds and weren't planning on starting our family just yet... but I guess Heavenly Father had other plans for us. He knew better of course. Kensi...is just amazing. She's such a happy baby. It's impossible to feel sad while holding her...I think she can tell if you are upset too or having a bad day,because at that moment you start crying... she grabs your face and smiles and talks to you. She's just perfect...in EVERY way!!!

Now off people... I am SOOOOOOO grateful for my church. I don't talk bout it often. I'm not a fan of the Mormons that SHOVE religion down your throat and think they are better than you and judge every single person and think if you aren't Mormon you aren't good enough... I've met some of these and vowed to NEVER be like it. With that said...I am going to talk about it just a teensy weensy bit. I love how if you are having a bad day there is prayer and He is always there for you. I love the power of repentance and how if you make a boo boo in life... it's there to help ya like a bar of soap and you are clean again. I love the priesthood--sick, scared, uncertain of life...??? It's there just like your favorite teddy bear or blanket when you were sick. I love the scriptures and reading them is such a comfort. I love family reading scripture time before we go to bed.

I love my patriarchal blessing!!! In it there's a saying that I absolutely love... that I will be faced with hard times but He will bless me with beautiful things to help me through these times. At this time, this is very comforting. Life is hard sometimes that's for sure. But when it's the absolute toughest... the best thing you can do is think about all the amazing things you have been blessed with. This is a challenging time in Bri and mine's life for many reasons and I'm just grateful for the small things and the big things. As you get older, ya realize not everything is black and white and bad things sometimes happen to good people...It's hard. But along with those things... there are so many amazing things....weddings, babies being born, holidays, family get togethers, a good laugh, sunshine, first snow, etc. I am thankful for these things.

I often skip Thanksgiving and call it Turkey Day because I think it's well a lil cuter ha But it really is a beautiful holiday. Ya sit around with family, eat YUMMY food, and are just together. :D

Well, I think that's enough rambling ha But I just had some feelings and thoughts I just wanted to jot down on... paper??? haha Toodle-oo for now :D

What a Weekend!!!!

So we had quite the weekend this weekend!!! It wasn't as busy as all of our other ones recently but it sure felt like it! ha It was more a series of unfortunate accidents starting off with out cute pup ruining a pair of Kensi's shoes... which happened to be my favorite!!! She nibbled the strap right off... which resulted in a trip down to Spanish Fork to drop them off at the shoe fixer's place!!! Then... we got our high chair--exciting right?!?! Well, they sent us a damaged one so I had to get it all packed up again and now am waiting for the UPS guy to come pick it up so I can return it, get my money refunded, and reorder the dang thing again. I don't get why I can't just get a new one immediately without getting a refund--seems like an unneccessary step ha So that happened and then Saturday was our family pics... should be fun, right??? WRONG-- if your baby is not in the mood to get pics taken. Kensi cried the.WHOLE.time!! She was just fine in the waiting room then we got in and she was just not in the modelicious mood! Luckily we got 6 pics of her and 2 family pics to choose from, but I definitely wanted more options... so we are having my Aunt Natalie who takes way cute pics take some family pics of us now ha I'm dreading getting her blessing dress pics in a week... YIKES!!! Then today Kensi has been sick again...so we had to miss church which I'm not a fan of doing... but can't have her getting sicker!! Atleast we ended it with yummy din din at my sister Madison's house! Welcome new week-- hope ya go smoother than last weeks ha Here are my fav pics that we got took yesterday... ENJOY!!!

In other news... I caved and put up our Christmas decorations and I heart it!!! I know I'm two weeks early and it's a lil tacky but I'm just so dang excited haha I'll post pics of our decked out lil house when it's closer to when I should have them out haha Well that's all for now-- Toodle-oo from the lil Lowes :D

Kensi is 3 months!!!! HOLY COW!! :D

Today our sweet lil Kensington is 3 months old!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!! I cannot believe how fast time is a flying! Seems like just yesterday we brought her home. :D She is just the best lil baby!!! She sleeps 12 hours at night(she must take after me on that one) and then hardly ever cries... well unless shes hungry and doesn't have that bottle in her month fast enough. Now when I feed her she likes to hold the side of my face and she just stares at me... flashin her cute lil smile every once and a while. She can hold her head up all by her lil self now too...and if i sit her on a chair/couch for a photo session she doesn't tip anymore. Shes a tough cookie for sure :D She talks ALL.THE.TIME!! We spend hours just a-gooin and a-geeing at each other. She has the CUTEST lil voice. I just love her!!! As she gets older... she just looks like a good mix of Bri and I... here's what I think: shape of face, nose, and mouth= like her mommy. Cheeks, eyes, hands, and feet= like her daddy!!! When my dad came out he said she was built like me-- but we'll see haha She's just a perfect lil mix and she has the cutest of everything!!! She's a lil shorty but her grandma's and I aren't the tallest chickadees on the block. She is by far the BEST thing that has happened to Bri and me and Daisy just loves her too :D We love Kensi and cannot wait for what each day brings with the cute things she does. HAPPY 3 MONTHS BIRTHDAY TODAY KENSI!!! Mommy and Daddy and Daisy love you lots hunny :D xoxo

Here are some of the pics from her lil 3 month old photo session we did at home tonight!!! She's growin way too fast!!! Tomorrow we have our family pics and in a couple of weeks she's getting her very own pics taken!!! YAY!!!! Well... that's all for now!! Toodles!!! :D

HiGH ChAir!!! :D

So our cute lil Kensi girl is almost 4 months... well in a month ha so that means:

SHE STARTS EATING CEREAL RICE!!!!!!!!!!!

which therefore means.... we need a high chair. Luckily, I'm a GREAT online window shopper... most the time... just looking at the pretty things I dream of having when I finally find that money tree... but luckily this is something we need. :D I way way love it... It's super cute, which is hard to come by in the time of not so cute baby stuff ha It's black and cream and will match our house perfectly. It will be at our door in 3 to 5 days and I'm excited. I love getting packages haha

Here's the winner that gets to have food dumped on it and be sat in by the cutest lil girl ever put on earth!!! :D

Isn't it just perfect?!?! I'm turning into a wierdo mom that gets excited to buy new baby things.. to think this is how I would get when American Eagle got in their new clothes haha

Today... well I guess yesterday now... was my older sister Mads' birthday!! So we went down to my grandma's house and had an itty bitty lil party!! Hopefully she had the best birthday EVER!!! :D We are going to go out saturday night with Kensi and do something fun to celebrate... which will of course be a blast!!!

That's really the only thing exciting that happened today!!! On the plus side... Lil miss Kensi girl is starting to feel a lil bit better :D Her nose isn't as runny and she hardly coughed/sneezed today!! Looks like we are getting better!!! YAY!!! OO the other thing I'm excited about...

THEY STILL MAKE OUR STOCKINGS!!!!



Ours look like the one that says "Maggie" :D

Bri gave me the okay to buy Kensi's and also 3 more since we want to have 4 kids hahaha I know we are wierd... but I just want all the stockings to match and Bri just lives with my OCD haha

Well... That's all the update I have on our lil family!!! Toodles for now!!! :D

CHRISTMAS!!!

Can I just say how excited I am for Christmas?!?! It is my MOOOOOOOOOOOOST favorite time of the year and I just cannot wait!! I'm having to fight the urge to put up my christmas tree and decorations... I can wait a couple more weeks... right?!?! ha I did break out the Christmas music though!!! As I was listening it made me quite homesick :( This is the first Christmas ever that I won't be home with my family.... This is the stuff I will miss the most:

We have an elf every year that we move around for fun.. when we were little mom told us that it moved when we gave it a hershey kiss and sprite... and it was so fun putting him in silly places that we just kept it going haha

I'm going to miss our cute family Christmas tree and helping my mom decorate... and play our special little game.. the "What's your favorite ornament???" game... Mainyl anything with my mom really.... :(

OOO and who can forget getting up BRIGHT and early and opening up presents in your jam jams :D

I will also miss this lil girl bunches... watchin her open up her presents... our sleepover in my bedroom christmas night... and just bein able to have an excuse for bein a lil kiddo with her. I love my lil sister Ryland lots... she was like my first lil baby hehe She's gettin so big and I can't believe how fast the time goes.

I will miss stayin up late watchin the A Christmas story marathon with this cute lil mama sita all night bein her lil elf... helpin her get everything into place for Christmas morning... and just talkin and laughin with her in general(while we be as quiet as possible of course) ;)

and I will miss this crazy guy of course... he's always good for a laugh.. even his home videos are a hoot

All in all... I will miss bein at home... but lucky for me I have my own cute lil family and this is the first year we will get to make our own fun traditions and I'll get to be Santa Clause for my lil family starting this year which will be fun. ANNNNNNND get to decorate my own tree again. It's bitter sweet not goin home but I'm sure it will be just as jolly as ever. It will definitely being fun spoiling my lil cutie pa tutie this year with presents(well as much as we can as college kiddos ha)

Anyways... just thought I'd get my Christmas fix with this post while I listen to my favorite Christmas songeroos :D