Oscar dress-up Party!

And the Oscar goes to...

Jess and Austin for having an intense undying love of all things 

MOVIE

Thanks to my hubby and his crazy neighbor friend, we threw together an outstanding Oscar party, fully done up with the glamorous dresses, finger food, and the Golden Aunt Jemima Oscar Award!

Although the turn out was mostly just us, ok it was just us, we had a blast!

There was bubbly all around!!!

Jess was trying to look like the actor in the silent film,
The Artist.
I think he pulled it off beauifully

Red Carpet shots before the Oscars began

Dont they look Lovely!

A toast to the winners and to a most excellent night!

Jess and Austin tied in their battle to name the most Oscar winners!

and a shameless ploy on how awesome my hair looked! tehe

Valentines, my favorite holiday

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..

I woke up before you to plaster the house in hearts

You had printed out our wedding pics and had them in lovely frames

I gave you kisses alllllll day loooong

You fed the horses so I didnt have to get out in the cold in my dress

We went shopping in our finest to make a romantic dinner at home

You made the Cookie brownies PERFECT

I made a new dish, Curry, YUM

We let our love be know to one another, over and over!!

That weekend we had our friends over to celebrate Valentines as couples.

Homemade pizza was delicious and fun to make.

We had a TON left over too..

Kashia brought over fantastic no bake cookies, and our picture props. lol

We laughed all night playing White Lies. 

I couldnt ask for better friends to hang out with!!!!

Arent we a HANDSOME bunch?!?!?!?

Thanks for coming guys, cant wait for the next one!

Happy 50th!!!!!! Love you MOM

Us kids racked our brains on coming up with something AWESOME for mom's 50th. Its no small feat considering mom in a cast. It tends to narrow down the playing field! However, we (well I came up with the genius idea of course) decided to take her out and not only get her the coolest gift ever, but have the making of the gift a memory we can all cherish.

!!!!!Color Me Mine!!!!

We wanted to spend some quality time with Mom and the usual dinner and such just didnt seem that special, no WOW factor. So, we went to paint a giant plate for mom to have and display from her kids. 

I think it was a total success,

 Mom was as involved as she could be minus a hand,

 we chatted, painted, and laughed together for 2 hours while creating the perfect gift.

Happy 50th Mother Dear! I love you!!!!!!!!!!

Cabo 2 and DISNEYLAND

If I havent already said it enough, I will say it again.

My husband is the BEST!!!

Well, its true. After an amazing Christmas we head out to Vegas to spend New Years Eve. No it isnt what you're thinking. We stayed in, chowing on Panda Express and attempting to learn the new expansion for Settlers of Catan. However, we were in Vegas with our neighbors and besties The Colemans. To show how kinda lame we are, we ended up celebrating New Years at Utah time so we could sleep and continue the drive to Cali early.. heheheh...

Jess was able to make good on the resolution he had from last year. He went an ENTIRE year without drinking soda. So, to celebrate he got a Dr. Pepper that night. I tried to tell him it would be better if he had a Pepsi, but he insisted it was his favorite... Or was..

Continuing on from our extremely eventful New Years party, we drove to Cali and got on our Cruise ship! Heading, once again, to Cabo. Ready, set , SAIL!

5 days after cruising the ocean blue we realized how lucky we were. We made some amazing friends, running around playing in the waves at Lovers Beach, making interesting dinner conversation, dancing the night away, and having an all around fun time doing nothing! 

When we got off the ship, I for one did NOT want to make the trip back to cold, snowy Utah. Thankfully, neither did anyone else. So, we decided to hang out at the Seal beach, trying to make it to Huntington but didnt quite make it.It wasnt as warm and inviting as cabo but the sun felt amazing and we made a little competition out of collecting awesome seashells.  Having spent most of the remaining day at the beach it was decided that we would stay in California instead of making the long drive home. 

Jess had the hook up in Cali for our hotel and we went straight to the hot tub to relax. Later that evening, there was a mysterious knock at the door. The guy at the front office handed me an envelope with Katelyn and I's name on it. With surprise and anticipation we ripped open said envelope and found a note.. and a ticket to DISNEYLAND!! Needless to say our husbands planned on surprising us and taking us to the Magic Kingdom for our last day of our FANTASTIC VACA! Jess is a sneaky sneaky husband and I love him for it. I adore surprises and thankfully he loves to make them happen. Not to mention he is really good at it. As it just so happens our hotel was literally a block from the entrance from Disneyland, Jess was sweating bullets hoping we wouldnt notice how close we were! 

A quick note on this little guy. It is called a HIDDEN MICKEY.
Apparently these guys are hidden all over Disneyland.
If you cant tell why hes called a HIDDEN MICKEY, its cause
he has mickey mouse ears. Anything in this shape can be one.
Guess there is over 300 in the park! 

We broke down on the Indiana Jones ride TWICE! All the lights came on
and everything. Kinda ruins the magic but whatev.. We chatted with our new friends
and got to see that hidden mickey in the skeleton room though, oh and ride
it again without waiting in line.. We could have gone again but we had
other rides to get to. 

Call me silly but I was SO EXCITED to see
the princess! Its kinda my secret favorite part
of Disneyland...heheh

Why do they always dress Aurora in PINK?!
She can wear the blue one too obviously,
so why is she only in this one.. makes me sad.

I though Prince Charming was the best looking
prince in the Parade. I dont usually like him
but oh well. 

Quick note: Jess HATES heights. Enter Tower of Terror. 13 stories of drop in
a malfunctioning elevator. Jess was pretty nervous waiting in line to face his doom.
He crushed my hand as we fell! I think he loved it...

    Thank you my love for taking me on another adventure! I loved playing with you where a kid can truly be a kid.