Nursery doesn't scare me!

It seems that these days with being the Nursery Leader I tend to go up and down when my desires to have kids. I think that the reason wards put the young marrieds with NO kids in nursery is a means to warn them what they will be getting themselves into. I have come to realize though that I will most likely never have 9 3year olds at any one give time in my house (except for maybe a birthday party or two but parents will be there then). So, their little trick isn't working very good on me anymore!

So until we are ready for our own kids.. these two little cuties are welcome in our home anytime!



We love when the Belo kids come to play. Addie likes to walk in and go right to the closet where we keep the toys. There aren't many for her to play with so we are always coming up with other ways to keep ourselves entertained. This last weekend it was playing on me like I was a jungle gym. I don't mind it, it's good exercise, right?





Thanks Katie and Steve for giving us a baby fix once and a while! We love it... and your kids!

Love is in the Air...

I have been getting some flack that 1) we rarely update our blog and 2) there are rarely pictures of us...more of the places we've been without proof that we really were there. The main reason for that is not because Todd doesn't like pictures but I am a typical girl and hate pictures of myself so I never take them. I am working on it. I will try to take more pictures of us and the few adventures we go on.

Having said that, here is a picture of us at Natalie's wedding last December.

What a beautiful day it was!

Do you remember my last post when I showed you this cute project I had ahead?

Here is what it turned into! Todd helped me sand it and we both took turns putting layers of paint on it. Just don't look too close. The pait we got when we painted our bar stools was too dark of red and this was more of a pink color. Maybe next project I'll mix the 2 paints together and I can finally get the right shade of RED!

Overall, I think it turned out pretty cute. My parents got us that light behind it for Valentines Day. I had seen it at the store with my mom a while back and she went and snatched it for me. Thanks MOM and DAD! I love it! (Todd does too, he just doesn't get as excited about lights as I do<3)

I also made our valentines for our friends this year. I think they turned out pretty cute. I found on some website someone who had used candy canes for hearts on cards. I went over to Wal-Mart and guess what, they still had some and for a crazy $0.17 a box! That was the best bargain ever! I loved how they turned out.

Hopefully if I ever get my own classroom someday I can do this project with students. I can't beat the price and they turned out adorable!

And since it is almost Valentines Day I figured I would just make sure you all know how fabulous my husband is. He is truely the most amazing man I have ever known. He has been my friend since I was 12 and my best friend since I was 17! I am so fortunate to be able to spend eternity with him. Such a lucky girl!!!

"Candy Canes"

Apparently not many teachers have been sick this week so I have been home all week trying to keep busy. The other hard part is that it has been raining all week long (at this very moment it's hailing with a side of thunder and lightening) and I don't want to go out. Todd realized that I was going crazy so he bought me some fabric I have been wanting to make curtains for our living room! I was so excited... PROJECT! I think they turned out pretty good. I even had a little extra to make a few throw pillows. Anyway, here is the final product. I think they turned out pretty cute. Todd thinks they look like candy canes!

Slowly but surely we are adding all the little touches to our place and making it our home. Next project, refinishing this little shelf to use as a end table.

Christmas Virginia Style

We had a blast in Virginia this Christmas. We made a last minute trip out there to spend the holidays with my brother Justin and his family. The kids had a fabulous time on Christmas morning! They were shocked to see that Santa had come and brought so many fun gifts.

Porter enjoying the "rain stick" he got from his cousins in the Philippines/Australia.

Sienna doing a "sassy" pose in her new gloves, hat, and scarf.

It was about 15* when this picture was taken. I'm absolutely freezing!

We went to the air and space museum out by the Dulles Airport that they used in the movie Transformers. This is the plan that transforms during it. Todd had to have a picture with it!

We had a lot to be grateful for this holiday season. We are so blessed to have the families that we have and the support they give us each day. We are so glad we had the opportunity to be with Justin's family this Christmas and New Years. We are already looking forward to going back soon. We can never get enough of them!

We love Mrs. Barth!

I have been working at the same school this entire school year so far covering for a 5th grade teacher who was out on maternity leave. The Friday before Christmas was not only the last day before Christmas, but it was also my last day! My students definitely make me feel like I did a good job! Here is my LOOT they gave me!

I'll post Christmas festivities as soon as we get home from VA! We are out helping my brothers family during the holidays!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

November was a crazy month all around. We started the month off with our anniversary. The next week we went to Monteray to celebrate our anniversary plus my birthday! We had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to get away.

This year for Thanksgiving it was our year to be with Whitney's family. Whitney's mom left 2 days before Thanksgiving to go be grandma so we were left with her dad to be the hosts of 4 British visitors and Whitney's family. Her cousin is engaged to a guy from England. His family just so happened to coming to the states for a visit and it happened to be during Thanksgiving. We made sure to give them a true American Thanksgiving. We went all out which was fun but a little stressful not having mom around. Overall it was a fabulous day and we realized how much we had to be thankful for!

As for Whitney and her attempts at crafts... SUCCESS!!! She and McKae King found a cute wreath made out of ornaments on a friends blog and they decided try it. They turned out great! they were both very proud of them. Whitney has since made another one for her mom in different colors and is in the process for making one for Cami in exchange for some bows she made.

December has started a crazy month and has no signs of slowing down. We are headed off to Virginia to spend Christmas and New Years with Justin and Hannah. We are going to miss our California families but are excited to go be Aunt Whitney and Uncle Todd.

Happy...

Anniversary!!!
I can't believe that it has already been a year! It's been a fabulous year and we can't wait for many more to come!

The beautiful flowers Todd bought me and our cake... Haven't tasted it yet but Todd made me wait a whole year to eat my favorite flavor so you bet were going to try it tonight!

FALL!!!!

I love the fall! The smells, colors, and everything fun that comes from it. Here is our little patch of decoration on our front porch.

We also went to the corn maze a few weeks ago with Mckae and Nate. It was a blast! It's amazing how even though there are a thousand people there, you don't run into too many while lost in the gigantic maze!! Thanks Kings for inviting us. We had a blast!!!