Wouldn't it be nice...

I have been taking occasional naps on cloud 9 and so I would like to blog about them...
I created a floor plan of what I would like my future DREAM house to look like (I just did the main level..I have not finished the top or basement)


another thing that has been on my mind is LAKE POWELL!

I just have such a love for water and boating! Lake Powell is a passion of mine.

When my brother Max was on his mission my Dad sold our house boat AND our boat..no one mentioned this to Max. Well when Max called home for Christmas he just randomly asked my brothers Ben and Marc if Dad sold the house boat, there was a long pause...Max then repeated.."DID DAD SELL THE BOATS??"............pause...Ben, "YEAH Max he did!"....long pause....."What else do you want to talk about, Mom dying.."

HAHAHA OH FUNNY. Anyways that conversation just illustrates how boating is like a member of our family and it was as if we had lost a family member when my Dad sold our house boat and the ski boat.

This is the last trip we took (unfortunately my whole family was not there..only a few of us but I will always remember the good times that were made in Powell with my AMAZING FAMILY!)




one day I would like to have..(not these exact boats..but similar)

and this...


I am stepping down from cloud 9 now...

A little bit of red here and there..

This Valentines I was especially excited because it is my first one being married:) Here is how my day went:

As I got out of the shower I went for my towel and it was gone, I turned the corner and saw my husband holding my towel in front of a little heater, he was standing there for a long time trying to get my towel warm ha ha, he is such a sweetie:)It is the little things that always seem BIG.

Tay then guided me to the kitchen, where I found that he had made me one of my favorite breakfast meals...fresh grounded whole wheat crepes with fruit and wonderfulness~



Tay was just recently made an accountant at his work and rarely has time to go to lunch everyday with me like he used to. Well he was able to make it work so he could take me to lunch at a yummy bakery, (I love fresh food) he sure knows how to make his women happy.

After we got off work I started making dinner. I made stir fry, which really is not hard but for some reason took ME SO LONG to get all the ingredients together and ready (probably because it had a bunch of random spices that I have never heard of). Anyways I got done and it turned out good but I made it with whole wheat noodles which just didn't do it and since I cooked for 8 people we will have left overs and I will have the chance to redeem myself and enjoy the stir fry with rice.


~Well after a late dinner Tay had the rest of the night planned..
He surprised me with MY FAVORITE PERFUME that I have wanted but I never would buy for myself.


~He spoiled me with an amazing massage..


~In addition he had a few other game surprises for me that topped of the night and made it simply DELIGHTFUL FOR THE BOTH OF US:)

~(He also wanted to take me to park city to go hot tubbing but it was late and we had to get up early the next day so we decided we will save that for this weekend).

~TAY A THOUGHTFUL man!!!??? - YES:)

Oh baby you are on my mind...

Just to let EVERYONE know..I really am not rushed to have a baby right now! A couple of weeks ago I decided to take a different route with school and my career choice so I want to be able to get my feet a little more on the ground before I bring little feet in the picture:)

Am I excited to have a baby??...(That really is not even a question as much as it is a fact) YES!! ah I think about my children everyday. I don't know if other women feel this way that have not had their children yet; I truly do feel like I already have a strong connection with each one of them, especial my first child. This may sound crazy to some but to me it is the most wonderful feeling. When ever I see Tay with a baby or little children I just think about how wonderful it will be when it is OUR child he is holding and playing with. Taylor will be a wise, wonderful Dad. I really enjoy when we talk about our future children and how excited he is to start a family with me, it makes me feel the great joy of having a FAMILY here on this earth as well as in the eternity.

Show the LOVE~

I LOVE VALENTINES!!

I am so excited for tomorrow because then I get to start the......

14 Days of Valentines~
(I got this idea from Angelica..I used to work with her when I was a wedding consultant, so I thank her for the idea.)

Day 1: Tomorrow night I am making 1 large homemade vegetable pizza with a red heart that says,"I am 1 lucky girl to have you".

Day 2: We have school till 10pm so when we get home I will rub his 2 tired feet while he eats 2 chocolate covered strawberries or bananas.

Day 3: Make him 3 of his favorite things for breakfast.

Day 4: This one is private.

Day 5: Fun 5 things to do for a date. Give him a list of the 5 things we are going to do for a date. Plan A- I was going to go get something to eat, go sledding with him, have hot chocolate, watch a movie, and cuddle, but it is not snowing so that will not work so we go to Plan B: Get something to eat, go country dancing (we have not gone since we were dating 2yrs ago), have hot chocolate or ice cream (depending how hot or cold we are), go home cuddle up and watch a romantic movie together.

Day 6: I am making 6 YUMMY magic bars with a red heart that says, "you make our marriage MAGICAL" (I know it is cheesy).

Day 7: 7 min in Heaven- full body massage (it might take longer then 7min. ha)

Day 8: 8 rolo cookies (they melt in your mouth when you bite into them so I will have a little note that says, "you melt my heart away".

Day 9: Write him a poem with 9 lines and read it to him.

Day 10: put 10 sticky notes all over his mirror with love quotes we say to each other.

Day 11: 11 HUGS & KISSES

Day 12: In 12 words I will write him a note telling him we are going shopping for slippers because he really wants some!(we have hard wood floor in the main area and so it is really cold on his feet in the morning)

Day 13: I have a big card made up for him with 13 reasons why I love him out of 500 million.

Day 14: a special, romantic dinner.

This time about now is when I am ready for winter to be over, having Valentines just makes everything better..at least for 14 days:)

A random trip to the Big Apple~

We just got back from NYC 4 days ago and we really had a fabulous time! About two weeks ago we decided to be spontaneous and go to NYC because..well just for fun really! I have been to NYC a lot but Tay has never been so it was really fun to go with him. I honestly LOVE taking off work and school to have a little get away with him. The only thing that I wish is that we would have waited for the summer because it WAS SO COLD. Other then being cold NYC was great, we both realized we would NEVER want to live in the city..unless Tay went to school or got a job there then I guess we would live in up state NY (a lot better in my opinion).

We quickly learned to say NO to people, right when we got off the plane a guy told us to follow him to his cab..so we did..(DUMB)anyway we continued to follow him into the parking garage, he finally stopped at this black SUV and we got in (dumb again) anyway he pulled a gun on us and told us to give him any money we had.


just kidding, just thought I would liven up the story, no we were really fine but he did charge us 80 dollars for the cab ride which was a joke.

After a couple days in NYC we took a bus to go see my brother Ben and his cute family in Boston.

The Condo we stayed at~(for free) - the view was amazing..we have a pic of it on Tay's phone but I'm too lazy to download it right now so here are the pics I got of just the inside of the Condo (which was really nice place to stay at..kind of plan.)

THE MUSEUM of Natural History~


BROADWAY PLAY~ We went and saw the Lion king which was seriously SO amazing, I love plays, they are so entertaining especially broad way ones! I kept trying to take pics but I kept getting in trouble..so I couldn't even take one of me and Tay, the ladies that worked there had their means pants on.

(we also went to ground ZERO..and they still have not finished the memorial, it was still neat to see how tall the building is going to be that they are building.)

SERENDIPITY~ One thing that bugs me about this place is that they charge so much for a meal because they serve such LARGE AMOUNTS and then you can only eat a small amount which makes me fill guilt we paid for it so we continue to shove our faces with food until we realized we haven't even eaten dessert yet. So we got Two desserts a frozen hot chocolate and a fudge ice cream... we only took about two sips of the hot chocolate and could barely make a dent in the fudge ice cream..It was VERY good though:)I only ask that they make there portion sizes smaller- but that is America's way of getting us nice and plump.




ROCKEFELLER CENTER~


The Candy STORE~

STATUE OF LIBERTY~

KISSES... :)


Ellis Island


Empire State Building~

Metropolitan museum of art~



BOSTON~
WE LOVED Boston~ so much~~ we would live there if we were to move back east! SO BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE THE HOUSES THERE, THEY ALL HAVE SO MUCH CHARACTER TO THEM. We stayed with my brother and his wife, Lora. They were great host and we had a great time with them!

I REALLY LOVED BEN AND LORA'S HOUSE, it was just so fitting for them. WE REALLY LOVED STAYING WITH THEM IN THERE CUTE HOUSE, HERE ARE SOME PICS I TOOK OF THERE HOUSE (I FORGOT TO GET ONE OF THE OUTSIDE).
Ben's awesome Beatles Bath he made~

Table area~

the little passage way to the boys room~

boys room~

the other half of the boys room~

THE GUEST ROOM WE STAYED IN~

WE GOT A TOUR OF HAVARD WHERE BEN WORKS WHICH WAS REALLY NEAT, TAY IS NOW CONSIDERING GOING THERE. THERE IS A BEAN BAG HALL WHERE WE HUNG OUT FOR HOURS! OH I LOVED IT:)I feel asleep for an hour it was quite nice.

While we were in Boston we also saw these two museums~
JFK museum~

The New England Aquarium~


FOR THE LAST DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DO ANYTHING BUT WE DID MAKE A TRIP TO GET TO THIS WAFFLE STAND IN CENTRAL PARK~ my brother Ben and his wife recommended it to us. SO AMAZING! we would have eaten there ever day if we would have know how mouth watering good they are! When we got home Tay tried to make them and it took hours to make and he obviously didn't have the same recipe so they weren't as good but still very satisfying.

Life is a Gift~

This post is a few random things but I just wanted to update before school starts next week because then I won't have as much time...


The Gift~
I got some WONDERFUL gifts for Christmas this year although there is one particular gift that is very sentimental to me that was given to me from my Favorite Aunt Patty. She had a good neighbor (Harold Skousen) put all of our home videos that were on tape transferred onto a DVD set. My husband and I watched them together; I smiled, laughed, and cried. Those memories that were documented truly mean so much to me. I was 2 when my Mother past away and I really don't recall any memories of her or my family that young. Watching the home videos really brought up feelings that I have not had in a very long time. I am so used to not having a mom in my life but watching those made me realize how much she loves me and all of her children. There is such a great joy and peace I feel inside knowing that she LOVES me. I feel so blessed that I have these memories that I can look back on..NOT dwell on because that only makes me depressed. I love my family SO very much and am grateful for all the good times we have shared with each other. Thank you Patty for the WONDERFUL gift of memories.



MARC & MICHELLE'S NEW ADDITION~

I am a little late blogging on this because I don't have any pics of this cute little guy..but this one..
Baby Henry~

My BEAUTIFUL, HANDSOME little nephew was born Oct. 30th he weighs 9lbs, 8 ounces. He is really the perfect little man. So chubby! I want to kiss his face so bad. Unfortunately I have not had the privilege to munch on his sweet little face because that sweet little face is all the way in Argentina. I really do have the cutest/handsomest nephews, I have 10 nephews and they are all the BEST! I miss them all so much!

NEW YEARS EVE~
Tay took me to the ROOF for our first New Years Eve~
We felt like rich people because we honestly have NEVER spent so much money on ONE meal. The food was simply mouth watering good, the view was a very beautiful site of down town SLC, the pianist played so lovely that her tone she set made the environment seem very elegant and fancy.
CHEERS to SPENDING WAY TOO much money! ~ It is a wonderful way of starting the NEW year.




Dinner with friends~



and that is how the cookie crumbles....

Tis the Season to be JOYFUL~

Taylor took me out for a little surprise to the Melting Pot (I have really been wanting to go). We went with his little sister and her boyfriend. I must say I think it is really over priced but the fondue was so yummy!


"Ginger bread houses"
We had a date night with some of my friends and decided to have a contest who could build the best ginger bread house. Well Tay and I had this fabulous image in our minds to create a wonderful ginger bread house. After 4 stores and taking 3hrs just putting the crackers together Tay gave up, (it was midnight so I don't blame him) I on the other hand refused to give up! After another hr of working on it by myself, realized I ran out of candy so I that gave me the perfect excuse to give up and call it good. We had a lot of FUN..despite my frustration with my unfinished house that looked like anything but a GINGER BREAD HOUSE..


My brother Max and his friend Anna from New York is staying with us this whole week. The other night we went and saw the lights with them on temple square and had a fabulous time! I love my brother/husband's friends they always crack me up!


On Christmas Eve we were with Tay's family and had a wonderful dinner with them. Later that night we each opened one gift from each other. ~

Christmas Morning~ We woke up early because we were both so exited to give each other our gifts (that is why our eyes are half shut in the pictures bellow).

After we opened presents at our house we went to my Dad and Linda's house. My only sibling that was there was Max, so we really missed my other brothers and my cute sis. Other then my whole fam not being there we still had a very enjoyable Christmas morning/afternoon at my Dad's we got a lot of money, and gift cards and also play tickets to Hall theater(which I am SO excited about!)

Back to Riverton we went to spend the evening with my In-laws. I love being at my in-law's house, their home is very warm and welcoming. As soon as we got there we opened presents~ We got a new microwave (which was need so bad because we didn't have one), we also got gift cards and a few clothes.

Christmas night we went to Shawn Lott's house (one of Tay's best friend)to see him and his family. I didn't get any pics of our visit there but we enjoyed chatting with the Lott fam.

Christmas was over all simply wonderful, It was our first Christmas together being married and I really loved spending it with my husband and family.

The only thing I could have wished for is for all my siblings to be together and also to be with Patty and her kids! (Maybe one of these years)..

Hope EVERYONE had a very Merry Christmas!