Us Hughes'

Together Forever and a Vegas vaca

2009-03-05T09:20:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we were able to go down to the Las Vegas temple to see my brother and his wife sealed for eternity. It was such a great experience. They are a beautiful family and are expecting a little boy, Carter Joseph, in June. I am so proud of my little brother and Stephanie for all they have accomplished.

The weather was beautiful and sunny and it was so nice to be surrounded with family.
From the left is my Uncle Rod, Aunt Cindy, Stephanie, Joseph, cousin Jeff, cousin Jeric and his wife Natalie. It was so nice to see them.
Thats my mom and dad below.

And here are my cute Grandma's.

Scott and I decided to make a little vacation out of it so we stayed there a few days, went shopping, swimming (outside, yes it was that warm) and went out to eat. We also went to the Mirage to show Haven the dolphins, tigers, and lions. She loved it and talks about it on a daily basis.

I want to go back where its warm!!

L-O-V-E

2009-02-15T21:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!

I love this holiday. Scott bought me the most beautiful bouquet of roses you've eva seen. I mean....seriously. Look. They make me so happy. Thank you love.

We had a wonderful morning of heart shaped pancakes, bacon and staying in our pajamas till noon or so. Most of our Saturday's are like that actually :)

We hung out at home most of the day, just enjoying each others company, then later Scotty took Haven and I out to dinner at Mimi's Cafe. It was so so good and so fun, even if we had to wait 45 min. for a booth...with a toddler. I just have to say, going out to dinner changes completely once you have a kid. I always feel a little bit like I just fought a battle afterwards...keeping her from throwing things like plates and food oh and then getting her to eat. haha. But I gotta say, we've done it enough that I really don't think twice about it. Bite for Haven, bite for mommy, catch the pineapple before it hits someone in the booth next to us, pick up the crayon off the floor, grab the plate before she throws it on the floor, clean up the milk she just spilled, read the next page of a book so she will be distracted enough to not notice that I'm putting the next bite in her mouth, and then maybe another bite for mommy, without skippin a beat. Piece a cake. haha.

After dinner, we got some ice cream and drove home, put Haven to bed and then watched Everybody Loves Raymond and laughed about how similar we are to them. It was a great day. I love love you Scottywottypottimus. I really think there should be a Valentines Day every month or so.

I wrote this poem for Scott.

I love nights like this

2009-01-29T23:19:00.000-08:00

Happiness

There's nothin better than some Twister and smore milshakes at 1:30am with the man of your dreams.

A place of holiness and peace

2009-01-25T15:34:00.000-08:00

Scott and I...and Haven had the privilege of attending the Draper Temple open house last weekend. It is so beautiful and I felt so peaceful as we were walking through it, even though Haven was losing her patience pretty quick. There was what seemed like a billion people there that night so it took us over 3 hours to complete the whole process. First, they show a little movie in the chapel at one of the LDS churches near by and then you wait and are eventually bused up to the temple. Haven was mostly excited about the bus more than anything else. Luckily they had an enclosed tunnel that led from the bus stop to the temple doors because we were standing in line for a long time to get in. But the wait was worth it. As we walked in, I was holding Haven whispering to her that she needed to be quiet because we were in Jesus' house. Immediately she saw a picture of Joseph and Mary, with Mary riding a donkey. And so as loud as she could, she said "Mommy! Mommy! Donkey! Donkey says heehaw heehaw heehaw!" hahaha. Gotta love that girl.
Everything in the temple is so beautiful and perfect. I am so grateful for the opportunity to live in Utah, where we have 12 temples now so that if we ever want to escape the craziness of the world, receive inspiration and feel of the peace the spirit brings it is just a short drive and a few hours of our time. I am grateful that priesthood authority was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith so that these temple blessings are possible.

RIP dear Spaz

2009-01-20T17:10:00.000-08:00

Ode to Spaz

Crazy little bird
Blue and white and gray
You liked to bite me… a lot
But hey I loved you anyway

I adopted you one summer
When you were left in my care
You probably missed your best buddy Bogi
He moved to Pasandena… it’s pretty humid there.

Even though I was scared of you
And you were scared of me
I became attached to your cute little birdness
But sometimes I did want to set you free

Just so you could fly around in the sky
Be free and happy, see a star
But I knew maybe you’d have trouble finding food
And shelter and I didn’t want you to get hit by a car

Remember on those Saturdays
Those morning I wanted to sleep in?
You sang so loud… so early
But I didn’t stop you…I knew if we got into a fight, you would win.

You worked your charm on Mom
You sang when she did the dishes and grew some more feathers that were blue
Even though you were a spaz
She grew to love you too

Rest in peace lil' buddy
Have fun up there, ok?
Try not to bite anyone
We’ll see you again someday.

-Jessica Hughes

Spaz ?/?/??- 01/16/09

Twinkle Twinkle and ABC

2009-01-18T22:35:00.000-08:00

My sweetie pie loves music and loves to sing. Here she is performing Twinkle Twinkle little Star and the ABC song. Listen for the LMNOP part. Its the best.
This little girl makes my day. She's amazing. Check it out.

Merry Christmas?

2009-01-12T21:49:00.000-08:00

I know, I know. I have been a lazy blogger lately. I have a million excuses but I'll spare you. I have a lot to catch up on, so I thought I'd start with Christmas. Here are some cute pictures of the Hughes' family festivities.

Haven loved the Christmas tree and still says "bye bye imus tree" to the empty space where it used to be.

She was obsessed with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. We had to watch it every day since about October. Needless to say, it went "bye bye". Here she is watching it with her pal Rudolph and her favorite sippy cup. What a cutie.

Before Christmas we were able to spend some time in Cedar City with my family and it snowed. alot. Grandpa got out the snow blower and Haven loved to watch him and say "Wow Papa! Woah! Awesome! "

Haven and cousin Michael. They love eachother a lot. And just in case your wondering, Michael's hands are not really that big. haha :)

Haven decorated Gram's tree. Don't worry...we fixed it.

...and then she decorated herself. Beautiful.

My mom, to the right, played with Haven and Michael in this big container of rice for hours. Best idea ever! They loved to pour it onto their hands and dumb it in and out of things. Just remember to put a big sheet or something underneath it all. And ya gotta love that cheesy smile.

We got back home on Christmas Eve just in time to go to our annual Hughes and Butler Christmas Eve dinner at the Bonsai Japanese Steak House. If you haven't been, go. They cook the food in front of you and do all sorts of fancy fire tricks. Plus you can catch shrimp in your mouth. And the food is amazing...really amazing.

Christmas morning Haven woke up to some fun new toys from Santa...a pink explosion. And then we headed over to Sandy to visit Grandma and Grandpa Hughes' and everybody else to open many more presents.

After Christmas my sister, Kimberly and her husband and family stayed with us for a few days and we got to see the lights at temple square. so pretty. and so cold. And now they're back in Michigan two time zones away and I miss them so much.

the end.

better late than never!!

2008-12-07T21:03:00.000-08:00

I know this is a late Thanksgiving post, but better late than never, right?! Thanksgiving was fabulous. Definitely an abundance of food, fun, family and friends. We spent it in Sandy with our family. As you can see, Haven loved helping Grandma Hughes make rolls. I did help with the dinner too!! I made 3 batches of stuffing even. Impressive, I know. Oh and me and my mother-in-law made the best fudge you could imagine- microwave even! I couldn't stop eating it. I couldn't stop eating everything actually. I quite possibly could have gained 10 or so pounds that day. Haven was even napping during the dinner so I got to actually eat in peace. haha doesn't happen very often.

After dinner and a wonderful nap, my sister in-laws husbands family came over and we all decorated gingerbread houses. Here is mine...Frankensnowman 'n all.

its a log cabin...but you can't really tell from the front.

love that cheesy smile Haven :)

Now the house is in our kitchen at home and every time we walk in there Haven says, "eat house" :)

Twilight

2008-11-22T21:55:00.000-08:00

I looooooved Twilight!!! In fact I loved it so much, I saw it twice in one day. The 10:45 am and the 10:50 pm. I went with my two sister-in-laws, Stephanie and Mindy and we had so much fun. We were planning on taking the husbands for the late show but um...that didn't work out so we just went again by ourselves. And I'm glad we did because, lets be honest, our post show giddiness would have been weird for the men. hahaha.

I loved Edward and Bella. I thought they were perfect...don't care what anyone else says about it. They looked kinda just how I pictured them. And yeah there were a few cheesy lines, like the spider monkey one. whoa. hahaha but I can forgive them. Can I just say that I thought the baseball scene was awesome?! Those who know me, know how I feel about baseball in real life, but oh my vampire baseball is so cool. And did anyone catch Edward mouthing "I love you" when Bella rode away with Jasper and Alice? I didn't but Mindy did! I want to go again just so I can see that part. sigh.

It wasn't perfect but who cares, it was fun and I loved loved it. Loved the books loved the movie. Thats all I have to say.

Mal hurry and read the books so we can go see the movie again!!

I am thankful for....Scott

2008-11-20T23:45:00.000-08:00

Happy almost Thanksgiving! I am thankful for a lot of things. But at the very top of my list is my husband. Its hard to know where to begin. He does so many things for me and our daughter. Sometimes I feel like even though I am always grateful for the many things he does for us, they don't always get acknowledged, so...

Thank you, my love, first for being mine and bringing me to the temple so that we can be together forever.

Thank you for stopping me on the stairs coming out of English 101 to ask me out :) You know after you were out of sight I called everyone I could think of to tell them the wonderful news.

Thank you for fake marrying me at Mardi Gras night back in our college days.

Thank you for signing up to work extra hours just so you could be with me a little longer at work.

Thank you for taking me to the Rascal Flatts concert and wearing that cowboy hat.

Thank you for being such a wonderful father. It means the world to me.

Thank you for going to work every day and excelling in everything you do there.

Thank you for putting up with an emotional/moody/huge/uncomfortable pregnant wife the first year of our marriage.

Thank you for providing us with a home, a car, food, clothing, all the necessities of life.

Thank you for always being so quick to compliment me.

Thank you for holding me every night for almost the past 3 years.

Thank you for always thinking I'm pretty.

Thank you for taking me in your arms and putting my head against your chest when I am upset, for knowing this calms me down instantly and makes me forget about my worries while I'm there.

Thank you for letting me have control over the music (most of the time) during our car rides and for letting me sing and dance to my hearts content.

Thank you for our beautiful daughter. I see you every time I look in her eyes and it makes me so happy to know that even when your not with us, part of you is, in her.

Thank you for being so awesome that you can jump and put both legs in your pants at the same time. hahaha. You really should go to that school for the gifted you were telling me about ; )

Thank you for being drop dead gorgeous, especially when you first wake up.

Thank you for teaching me Spanish a little. Donde esta mi juaves? (I'm sure I spelled that totally wrong)

Thank you for being you. I love you. Everything about you.

Thank you for giving me and our daughter such an amazing life. We are so grateful to have you.

I can play again!

2008-11-18T14:40:00.000-08:00

I love playing my piano, but it has been making a strange raddling sound lately. I was very sad because it messed up any song I was trying to play and made it sound horrible. I didn't know what to do.

Then, the other day I'm in the kitchen making some dinner or something and I look over just in time to see Haven pushing a CD into the piano through the little slit on top of the keys. ha! So Scott took off the front of the piano and this is what we found:

There were 5 or 6 cd/dvds and some papers. That would do it! Hooray! I'm so happy to be playing it again. That Haven is quite the little trouble maker :)

This is for Jen

2008-11-17T23:54:00.001-08:00

The red coat

it looks better on me. hahaha.

Eight

2008-11-13T13:55:00.000-08:00

long time comin Mal- thanks for bein stern with me!

8 favorite T.V. shows: This is tough. I don't really watch too much t.v. I don't think I could think of 8.

8 favorite Restaurants: Much easier. Cheesecake Factory, PF Changs, Asian Star, Black Angus, Wendys, Crown Burger, The Roof, Cafe Rio....oooo can I name one more? Bonsai- Japanese Steak House (someday I will learn to catch shrimp with my mouth).

8 things that happened yesterday: I think in this case, a picture is worth a thousand words.

8 things to look forward to: bed, I'm a little sleepy, TWILIGHT this Friday. I'm sooooooooooooo excited I just might have to blog about it, Haven, Scott, Smores, Book Club...when is that btw?, Seeing my brother and his wife get sealed next month, my life.

8 things on my wish list: that $300 fabulous red coat at J. Crew, eternal life (these are not in order!), brown close toed heels, more highlights (in my hair), Justin to do his residency at the U, an old Victorian mansion, a black Kate Spade handbag, a meat thermometer.

8 things I love about fall: leaves, coldness, coats, sweaters, cardigans, Haven in her cute hats, Thanksgiving, blankets.

Michigan

2008-11-04T22:34:00.000-08:00

In case you were wondering....I just got back from spending two weeks in Michigan, hence the uh no posts for forever. My sister/BFF's husband is going to med school there and they just had a sweet little baby girl, Aralea. She is little sister to my wonderful little nephew, Michael, whom I love with my whole heart and miss terribly. My mom, Haven and I flew up together and stayed for two weeks. We had sooo much fun and I cried when I had to say goodbye to my sister, we are closer than close, but I am happy to be back home. Being away from the husb for two weeks was painful and lets face it, I sleep horribly without him holding me.
Here's some pictures from the trip...

Looking out the airplane window.....I think it's sweet.

Look Grandma! I have a sticker on my hand! There were over 600 stickers in that book and she had to show almost all of them to Grandma.

Asleep on Grandma's lap....finally.

A note to all the airplane makers out there- please make sure EVERY airplane has individual TV's on the back of EVERY seat from now on.....could ya? thanks.

Here she is!! Aralea Marie Bowles. 6lbs 5oz. Beautiful as can be.

I miss holding her and feeding her and putting her to sleep. She is so sweet and perfect. Haven adored baby Lea. Every time the baby would cry, she would say "Baby cryin! Shh! Don cry...iss ok!" Michael and Haven = Best Friends Forever. These two became soo close while we were up there. They laughed and played all day. They even learned how to work out their differences, with toy sharing. It made me so happy to see my little darling having so much fun with her cousin.
Master Yoda and Princess Lea. Michael doesn't like getting his picture taken :) They had fun trick or treating together. goodness they are cute.

13 bobby pins later...

playin at the park for Michael's birthday. I love this picture. It looks like happiness to me.

Oh how I love this little girl.

Cold little nose.

I can't stop taking pictures of the little thing. She is so picture perfect to me.

Some other highlights of the trip:

The billions of multi-colored trees everywhere.
Staying up till 3am every morning watching LOST webisodes with Kimberly, while we ate cookies, popcorn and drank hot chocolate. We are always so healthy together. hahaha.
Waking up to Michael and Haven laughing hysterically and jumping in their beds.
My mom's cooking.
My mom.
Shopping with Kimberly
Making fun of Obama with Kimberly. ba hahaha.
Toaster Strudels and hot pockets
The whole Bowles family. They are my fav.

2008-10-11T23:12:00.000-07:00

I am: indecisive. don't ask me what my favorite color is. don't ask me what my favorite food is. I DONT KNOW.

I think: of ways to justify expensive things I want. it's true. I'm sorry honey.

I want: Haven and Scott to be happy and healthy all the time.

I have: the most darling little daughter and the handsomest (is that a word?) husband.

I dislike: emptying the dishwasher.

I miss: my sister. She is my BFF and everything I hope to be.

I fear: grasshoppers.

I feel: happy. and a little sleepy.

I hear: Haven in her room, just waking up from a nap saying "Mommy, where are you?"

I smell: like a girl. hm.

I crave: hot chocolate. really anything chocolate.

I cry: because I am a girl and it's part of how we deal.

I usually: dance and sing in the car.

I regret: not listening to my mom more when I was a teen.

I search: for my hair brush every morning. Haven always hides it.

I wonder: out loud about everything when I'm with Scott. He usually knows the answers to my questions but if he doesn't he makes one up that will satisfy me. And I'm ok with that.

I love: my family. more than anything. I seriously have the most amazing beautiful people in my family, including extended.

I care: about what Haven eats, how she sleeps, what she says, what she thinks, what she wants, what she needs, what she wears, her hair, her teath, her health, her happiness.

I always: have fun with Mal.

I am not: complete without Scott.

I remember: that summer in Boulder when we were there for a month with all of my cousins. We played dress-up, house, climbed the Sugar Loaf, swung on the sack swing 16 billion times, slept in sleeping bags that were lined up from one end of the house to the other because there were so many of us, played kick the can at night, andi-i-over, hiked Calf Creek and slid down on our bums into the water, named all the horses, got shakes from poles place, watched movies, played with Lincoln Logs, played lots of tripoly, decorated chairs and made microphones out of yarn so that we could be the spice girls. ah. it was fun.

I believe: in God the eternal Father, in his Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.

I dance: all day long.

I sing: all day long.

I don't always: cook. sometimes though ; )

I argue: about expiration dates. I like my food fresh alright? :)

I write: down cute things Haven does and says so I can remember her beautiful one-year-old self.

I win: cake walks. limbo contests. TVs.

I lose: every game I play with Scott.

I wish: I could travel by thought.

I listen: to the spice girls still.

I don't understand: football. And I'm ok with it.

I can usually be found: singing the alphabet, counting toes, trying to get Haven to eat, reading "A Porcupine Named Fluffy"

I watch: Barney, Clifford the big red dog, Sesame Street and Elmo's world on a regular basis.

I need: Scott to hold me at night while I fall asleep.

I forget: to pay my library fines.

I am happy: being me.

Out of Control

2008-10-07T18:53:00.000-07:00

Take a look at this tomato plant. Yes, that is just one. We planted it from a little seed and it got a little out of control. It looks more like a tomato bush. We finally pulled everything out of our little garden but this. I don't know what kind of super over-achieving stuff is in the dirt but we had tons of humongous cucumbers and beans...I couldn't keep up with them. It's especially weird because we hardly ever watered the darn thing. And I know your supposed to use a tomato cage, but still....I don't think this is normal. We now have tomatoes growing in our window well because it ran out of room and decided to go down there. Yikes.

Sandy Weekends

2008-10-05T17:12:00.000-07:00

Every weekend we pack up and go to Sandy. It is where our family is (Scott's parents, his siblings and their families.). As soon as we're out of the neighborhood, Haven says "Mama, Papa oh boy!!" (Which means, Grandma, Grandpa). She knows where we're goin. Haven looooves Grandma's house. It's her favorite place to be. Not only is she BFFs with Grandma, she has so much fun with her cousin Cody and everyone else. It's our home away from home. It has become a lovely little tradition to have Sunday dinners with the family. It brings us closer and gives us a chance to have a tasty meal. Grandma Hughes always cooks the best food...and seriously I don't even know how many times I've said "Thanks for dinner!". Probably a billion or so times. Sheesh...if she had a dollar for every time I said that...thanks again Cindy!! This weekend was full of fun and food as usual. We stayed for two nights since it was conference weekend. Here is a little taste of what went on...

Grandma gave Haven a BIG piece of paper to color on! As you can see, she thought it was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

She loves to "play" the piano. As soon as her little fingers are big enough, I'm sure Grandma will be teaching her how to play! (She is also my teacher BTW and I am loving learning to play)

She played dress up and danced around the house to the clock that plays music.

Scott and I had a wonderful game of "see who can slide the farthest on their socks down the wood floor".

HE WON!

Haven and Cody had an intense game of rock band.

And of course she had to swing. She was as content as can be.

Saturday night me and my friend Mal went to the Castle of Chaos Haunted house in scary SSL ( south salt lake). It's a little creepy there at night and we were happy not to get stolen walking to and from the car! lol. Apparently everyone else in the valley had the same idea as us because they were all there standing in line at the HH. We didn't really dig the 1 hour wait so we got the VIP passes. Thankfully! It was soo fun and sooo scary. My throat is still hurting from screaming every 5 seconds. Unfortunately, we got some fake blood on our clothes from the blood swamp. I screamed and jumped like 3 feet, ok maybe not 3 feet but I'm sure it was close, into the air and splashed it all over the place. SOO SCARY but I loved it.

And last but not least!!!

Us Hughes' at our finest- midway through last sesh of conference.

To my girl

2008-09-26T23:04:00.000-07:00

My Little Piece of Heaven

I knew right away you were there
The beautiful answer to our prayer
No one can tell me it was luck that I knew
I carried a daughter of God in my womb

I wanted to tell Daddy in a special way
But there were only two words I could say
“I’m Pregnant!” I screamed so loud in his ear
I wanted the whole world to hear

The outline of your little foot in my belly
Watching it move from side to side
I loved every wiggle, I loved every kick
I loved to feel you move in my stomach

Forty weeks came, forty weeks went
You were still yet to be present
I walked and walked and walked up that hill
Hoping labor I would fulfill

I wanted to see you
To hold you and feed you
At last see your face, your hands and your feet
I knew only then we would be complete

The day finally came for your great debut
Your beautiful screaming face when I first saw you.
Your eyes so wide, so alert with surprise
Created in me a love so overwhelming it brought tears to my eyes

You’re getting so big now, you’re growing so fast
Bottles and bouncers are things of the past
You can sing me songs, you can count to ten
You love to read books over and over again

My darling girl you are a beauty
So innocent and pure
Your big blue eyes, your golden curly hair
Would make anyone stop and stare.

Haven, please know that I love you
There is nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you happy, comfortable and well
You make me so proud, my heart to swell

Sweet little girl, you have my whole heart
We are sealed forever, never to part

Spot

2008-09-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

I just had to put this on here. Haven loves walking her little plastic puppy around the neighborhood. "Walk! Puppy!" She'll say, and we'll take the little squeaky guy for a walk. His name is Spot.

So...if you ever hear a strange squeaking noise out your window, don't be alarmed. It's only Spot.

Dinner time at our house

2008-09-13T22:43:00.000-07:00

I loooove being a mommy. There are many reasons...but really where else can you go where someone spits out the food you cooked for them and then throws it at you but still you just love them with all your heart and soul? Feeding a toddler, as many of you already know, is such a challenge sometimes. And by sometimes I mean about 3 times a day. But....you do it and happily because you want them to be healthy and happy and you know no one else can do it better than you.
"Feeding" a toddler doesn't simply mean get the food and put it in their mouth. There is a lot that goes on to accomplish the task of getting the food from the plate to the tummy. For me these include:

Singing songs, lots of them.
Toys, toys, toys...and if that doesn't work, other household items.
Asking questions such as, "Haven, what color are your eyes?", "Where's daddy?", "Can you count your toes?", "What's your middle name?", "What color is this?", "Tell me about the park." "What does a cow say?"...and the list goes on.
And if nothing works...Elmo movies or any other kind of show that keeps their attention. Yes, I do give into this at times. I will confess that I love that Sesame Street comes on exactly during lunch time. Thank you PBS kids.

Haven's guide to eating dinner:

Step 1. Spit out the food.

Step 2. Put it on your nose. Step 3. Throw the rest on the floor.Step 4. OK. Now time to throw the sippy cup. Read, Aim... Step 5. FIRE!

Step 6. Mimic mommy. Shake your finger and say, "No, no, no!".

Step 7. Try to take your bib off...before you've actually eaten anything.

Log cabins and cabbage soup

2008-09-08T23:32:00.000-07:00

<-----My husband over there is king of sleep talking. We can be in mid-conversation...and he'll all of a sudden make the most random comment that makes no sense at all and I know he's gone. Granted this happens late at night when our toddler is asleep and all of the adult conversation that I've been storing up all day comes flying out of my mouth at full speed. I can talk to him for hours and he is content to listen but eventually his sleepiness gets the best of him and he'll fall asleep but continue to talk to me. Like, for instance, tonight I was telling him something super important like how the shirt I was wearing was bugging me and I saw these really cute shoes the other day and he answered me by saying, "Just eat some cabbage soup." WHAT?? your probably thinking, right? Don't worry, this is completely normal behaviour. Sometimes I play along and so I told him we did not have any cabbage soup and he replied by saying, "It's around the tomato cage." Yeah. I have a billion stories like this. I think the best one was actually in the middle of the day, we were sitting up and he was kinda leanin back relaxing and we were talking about Haven and all of sudden he says, "Log cabins can't go over speed bumps."

I love you honey <3

Like father like daughter

2008-09-05T12:49:00.000-07:00

Future Cheerleader

I knew it was only a matter of time before Scott would be training Haven to follow in his footsteps. :)

No one told me I was going to find you...unexpected what you did to my heart.

2008-09-03T09:24:00.000-07:00

<-----This is my best friend. His name is Scott :) I love him with all my heart. I also love this picture. It was a taken back when we were dating. We were on our way to a Rascal Flatts concert, hence the cowboy hat. Which, by the way was one of our funnest dates EVER. OOh. Here's a picture of us at the concert in Vegas ---->

The stage is behind us you just cant see it.

The truth is he is my everything. My other half. My eternal companion. We've been through a lot together and no matter what happens he makes me happier than anyone or anything else in this world. I love everything about him. Yes, honey, from the strange way you make your smores to the pile of clothes in your side of the bathroom every morning. I love the person he was and is and will be as we grow and change together. He is so talented and good at pretty much anything. I'm not kidding. He is so smart and is such an amazing father to our daughter. She's got him wrapped around her little finger. If anyone is going to get angry or yell or lose their temper with our children...it wont be him. He has so much patience for our sweet lil' Haven. And, is such a good friend to her. The first thing she does when he comes home is dance around the living room and says " Daddy dance, dance, dance!", because he always dances with her when he gets home from work.

20 reasons why he's my one 'n only:

He is worthy to take me to the temple so that I will be his wife for eternity.

He is a wonderful father and friend to Haven.

He holds me every night while I fall asleep.

He will go downstairs and check for robbers at anytime of the night.:)

He supports me and encourages me in developing my talents.

He thinks I am pretty even between the blow-dry and staighten my hair period.

He thinks I have cute feet.

He kills all the grasshoppers so they don't jump on me.

He works hard outside of the home so I can work hard inside the home.

He serenades me on the piano.

He tells me I cook better than his mom even though I don't.

He loves to hear me sing.

He's good with money.

He makes me feel safe.

He empties the dishwasher periodically. :)

He gave up 2 years of his life to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of Mexico.

He kisses and hugs me before doing anything else when he comes home.

He is a black belt. So be careful. haha jk.

My grandma's love him.

He always loves me no matter what.

I know this is a really long post. Buuutt...I really love him.

How well DO you know your significant other??

1. They are watching TV...What are they watching? Sports of any kind.

2. You are out to eat. what kind of dressing do they get on their salad. haha. Scott doesn't eat salad. It is far too healthy. love you honey.

3.Whats one food this person doesn't like? oh boy. There are a lot to choose from. uhh..ok. pickles.

4. You go out to eat. What drink does he order? Root Beer. always and forever.

5 .Where did he go to high school?
Hillcrest High and he is darn proud of it. Go Huskies!! (I made the mistake of saying warriors, which is what I was, were cooler than dogs. haha.)

6.What size shoe do they wear? 10ish I believe. He doesn't buy a lot of shoes.

7. If this person were to collect anything, it would be....money and Mercedes's

8.What is their favorite type of sandwich....turkey, provolone cheese, and pepperoni heated up for 20 seconds than put between two hamburger buns.

9. This person could eat _________ everyday. my taco beef soup.

10.Favorite cereal? CTC

11. This person wouldn't be caught dead wearing...anything BYUish.

12 Favorite sports team? JAZZ

13.Who will he/she vote for? me.

14.What is their sign? He doesn't care enough about that crap to know.

15.What is something you do that he wishes you didn't? spend money.

16.How many states has this person lived in? 1- Utah.

17.What is he/shes heritage? good question.

18.What kind of cake would you bake them for their birthday? White cake with white icing...absolutely NO chocolate. I know, he's crazy.

19.Did he/she play sports in high school? He was a cheerleader/stunt man/gymnast/karate ninja.

20.This person could spend hours? doing math lol, watching sports, making money, loving me.

She won't stop talking about it...and I love it.

2008-08-31T21:22:00.000-07:00

I love having semi-conversations with my toddler. This is somewhat of a break-through after the one way conversations we've had up to this point. For the past two days all Haven has talked about is how we went to the park earlier this week...oh and the monkey with the hat and the boy in that movie...yeah- that's a different story that she often gets confused with the park. Anyway, if you ask Haven what she did at the park, her blue eyes get big with excitement and she says very matter-o-factly, "Duck, Car, Swing, Slide, Oh boy!" Yes, she rode the duck, the car, the swing and slid down the slide enough times to make anyone tired. Omigoodness. Watching her climb up the stairs and slide down the slide all by herself was bittersweet. She's is growing up so fast. Too fast part of me says. But she is so smart and active and turning into a beautiful little lady.

Don't you need my phone number??

2008-08-21T23:40:00.000-07:00

You wanna know our love story?? ok. here goes.

When I first saw him it felt like the world had come to a stop. I mean, I think I was even walking and then just stopped and stared. I remember thinking-yay someone non-creepy where I work and hm he's really handsome. I couldn't shake the feeling that this boy was suppose to be special to me. Every time I saw him the feeling just got stronger. So I came home one night and told my mom and brother that i had found my husband. haha. Of course I said it with a smile and laughed along with them when they asked me what his name was and I said I didn't know. So like..hm 3 months laterish he finally talked to me. And from that day on I was completely smitten and knew he was meant for me. believe it or not.

And so when he finally got up the courage to stop me on the stairs coming out of English 101 to ask me out I of course said I would love to. He said "Great. I'll call you tomorrow" or something. But I hadn't given him my number, so I said "Don't you need my phone number?"
I would later find out that he had had my number in his phone for 3 months prior to this conversasion, before I had even talked to him. He pretended to put it in there so that I wouldn't think he was a a crazy stalker. oh boy. From that day on, we spent every moment we could with eachother which gave my mom a few gray hairs she will tell you. ah haha. love you mom. told you.

We danced every night like crazy. He taught me how to 2-step. We painted a masterpiece that we thought we could sell on Ebay but ended up falling in love with it and now it hangs in our home. We had fun every day. There was NO drama. ever.
It felt like my heart had come home. I had found him.

A year later we were married for eternity in the SLC temple. About a year after that we were blessed with our beautiful baby...who isn't much of a baby anymore, actually. We make a cute little family I'd say. :)