Thank you UTAH!!!

For being worthy enough for this little joint to grace you with it's presence:


And today I drove myself just five minutes away and was able to ENJOY this slice of heaven! (except for when I came home with it, I TOTALLY fell in my parking lot. Full on FELL right then and there. My boot made my ankle twist a little and I wasn't able to catch myself. BUT the worst part is that, I was ALL Alone and felt very embarrassed! I think embarrassing moments are better had when you're NOT ALONE!!) And I went to my friend's sealing today and TOTALLY forgot my temple recommend. Didn't even think about it until I stepped foot through the front door. Luckily it all got taken care of. Should I blame this on Pregnancy?? What is the deal?!? Sheesh!

Happy Birthday!

To this little Gem!

She is the bestest friend and bestest sister ever!

A quarter of a century! Can you believe it?
She is one awesome chica. Has the Cutest little family in all the land. Cooks like she belongs on the cooking channel (or at least my kitchen). Is the sweetest most considered person. And an awesome mom. I mean she did help create this cute little thing:

Hope you've had an awesome day with these peep:



Thank you for being one of my best friends!!

Can't wait to see your face!! Love you!

Results are in..........

(If you can make anything out of this picture, more power to ya!)
We had the Ultrasound appt. today, and it was discovered that we're having a:

At first when she told us, I didn't see it, but apparently Steven saw it too. We talked about how cool it was, checked other things and she filled out some boxes. When it came to the gender she made sure to check BOY, and in the back of my mind I was a tiny bit worried, and hoped that it was for sure a boy. Just because I felt she just decided that quickly and since I couldn't see how it was a boy, but thankfully she came back once she was done with all the things she needed to do and said "ok, let's have another look at this boy" Whew!! I just wanted it to be what it was for sure. Didn't want to expect a boy and have it be a girl last minute...that's all! Everything else she was checking for was normal and fine, which is a huge blessing that I'm thankful for. Organs working properly, measuring just right and growing normally. No signs of any defects that they look for this early on, I mean who knows in the end right. But so far, so good!
Right after we left the Doctor's office we headed over to Target and bought our first baby item.


Here is little baby boy's outfit he's wearing on his way home. Not gonna lie, when looking for Baby stuff, girly things just always attract my eyes, but this is gonna be one COOL dude. Still trying to let the fact that I'm going to be a boy mom sink in, but truth be told, I AM SO EXCITED!! when I see other people's boy's I do think they're so adorable. Just like little men! And well, if he looks anything like the Steve-O when he was little, then I'm down with that!! He did tell me to feel free to have all the girls I want after this one, he just wanted the first one to be the big brother, so he looks after his siblings. Haha, thanks you Y chromosome giver, good to know I can now feel free!! sheesh!! ;)
Well that's all folks. Here is another one for your viewing pleasure. I love the profile pictures. And let's face it, I LOVE my son!

Hallow...Weeners!!

October is over. wow. Now on to getting used to it being Noviembre!
On the 24th of this month we went on a date to celebrate our one year anniversary of when we got engaged. we went to Chilli's and I discovered the BEST drink ever: Blackberry Lemonade. All I have to say is...Yum! try it, I dare you!
and these pictures...well, Steven and I just had to strike a pose, but mainly it's because LOOK how beautiful fall is! LOVE the leaves and the colors and even the leaves on the ground. Stepping on dry leaves is one of my favorite things to do when I'm walking outside (I'm weird like that)



And this year for Halloween we went to the Taylor's Crazy annual party. Torey goes all out for holidays, she's so cute. And of course Halloween isn't the exception.
This was my Husband's Halloween costume: Meet Esteban. He is smooth, he is suave, he....Looks like a pedophile. But don't worry, I got my good laugh out of this one (I tell ya, this one humors me!!). Anyway, we decided to do this to cover up for what's ahead. We had to trick These little poor souls: into believing this was his costume in order to prepare for this Costume:
The little ones were gathered in the family room and scary stories were told during a "power outage". Go figure..how creepy is a dark room for halloween when scary stories are being told?! Yikes! After Preston, Jason and Newt tried to figure out what was wrong, it was decided that "the city was just having a crazy power outage!" Well perfect timing for uncle Preston to share the Legend of Sleepy Hallow. And he also happened to know that the Headless Horseman was now making his way around the streets of Utah!! Well out we ALL go to take a look outside and check out why the neighbor's horses are going crazy and to check out the full moon. When all of a sudden around one of the buildings we see a dark figure from a distance. We took a closer look and sure enough, it was HIM. The headless Horseman, Pumpkin and all. It was way creepy...Made more than half of these brave souls cry for their mommies and make a run for it. IT WAS HILARIOUS!! Steven says he felt really bad when he heard all the kids crying and running away, he didn't know if he should stop or keep going as he was walking towards us. But it's funny, every year, apparently Torey goes all out to scare the pee out of these kids! It turned out great!
The funniest part is that Miriah, the two year old knew all along that the "visitor" was Steven, while the older kids I think to this day are still not 100% sure it was Steven. Too Fun!! it was great.

And one last thing: Had my 191/2 week appointment today and everything looks good. I'm so grateful that to this day, I'm having a healthy "normal" pregnancy. But on to the other most exciting part: We have the ultrasound apointment this Wends. And we get to find out what we're having!!! SO, let's hear it peeps. What are your guesses?? first one to post on here and gets it right.........(to be continued)

October Fun

For FHE we had a fun little activity with some friends. We decided to head down south and go into the land of Santaquin to the Big Red Barn. I don't have a picture of the actual barn there, but as I was searching on Google Image I was just thinking about how much I LOVE Big Red Barns!! Anyway, we tried to go last year and get a hayride, but we got there too late. This time we were pushing it close again and got there RIGHT at 7, which was the "last" hayride, but the owner there was so nice and took on one anyway. So we had a fun hayride, picked out our pumpkins and then headed back to the barn for some super Delicious Apple Pie Ice cream (YUM) And I also found out they sold Squeaky Cheese (YES) Then we headed to our place for some Pumpkin Carving fun. Overall it was a fun night. It's fun doing little traditional activities for the different Seasons.

Tonight....

Enjoying this for dinner.....


You can find the recipe here. This girl's a Genius!! I might attempt her Lemon Bars later on tonight (you can find the recipe if you scroll up on this link) So easy and Delicious!!

And I'm excited for....

I would say it's gonna be the wedding of the year, but Steven and I got married this year....so.....It'll still be great!!

Feliz Cumpleanos Estevan!!

Part Two:


here's the Goofy, I mean Cool,Good looking and Humble, Birthday Boy! I asked him to be Cheesy and this is what I got! Mission Accomplished!

For his birthday we went to Dinner at Tepanyaki, which was Very delicious, Except for our Teriyaki Lobster Tails we got...No Bueno!! Lesson learned. But the Fried Noddles totally make up for any gross thing ever!! Yum! Overall it was good, and it didn't scare him away from ever wanting to go back, which is good for me!
Then I recruited the help of his sister Sarah and my sister Cort to help with making a cake and some brownies and then Sarah came over to the house while we were away at Dinner to decorate and stuff, and I had previously invited a few of his friends to come over for a surprise get together. It was fun, he was surprised, so again...Mission accomplished.
Thanks to all those that came! I unfortunately forgot the camera in the car, so I didn't get any fun pics of the crazy party. But it was overall a fun night for him.