Shoes are a girls BEST friend!

My sister-in-law Lyndsie threw a shoe party yesterday and I'm gunna show off the goods! (If you want to see a really cute rendition of this post, check out Natalie's blog :)

Lyndsie's: Gold skin heels Suzie's: Classic black heels Natalie's: Red flats Mine: Colorful flower heels Kristen's: Black flats

I say, the more shoes the better!

One LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG Day....

So Caleb and I were having a rather boring day yesterday and we were looking at pictures together on our bed so we decided to take some! Caleb is so stinkin cute!

I had to add this one b/c I think it's funny how they are both making the same face! lol

I'm thankful for...

I love Thanksgiving!! I love everything about it; I love the fall colors, family, the wonderful food, and the fact that Christmas is close! But really, thanksgiving is about being thankful so I'm going to write down 5 things I a thankful for every week...that means this week gets 10 things because I didn't think about it soon enough to do it last week. (These are not necessarily in order of most to least grateful)

1) My cell phone
2) A two bedroom apt.
3) Having family only 45 min. away
4) Family period.
5) Free internet
6) Carbs
7) My piano
8) (For Kiel) Dave Matthew Band
9) My religion
10) Steven's mint truffle hot chocolate (+ big marshmellows)

XtreMe RoOm MaKeOVeR: Petramalo Edition

While I was in AZ this past week I decided to make my parent's bedroom my project! My parents did some extensive remodling of our entire home but they just never got around to finishing decorating their room! So I enlisted my little sister Mary's help and we fixed up my parents room in our spare time- all for under $150! The only thing was that she wanted lots of pictures of her family and I was NOT allowed to touch my dads corner...thats the corner thats still a disaster at the end.

Workin' It

BEFORE

My dad's corner...oh dear.

The armoir was actually closer to the doors and flat against the wall with a smaller TV on top and golf clubs in the corner but we had already moved it and put a bigger TV on top when we took these pictures.

AFTER

Mary! We forgot to get a different lamp shade! We'll have to fix that at Thanksgiving.

And...my dad's STILL disturbing corner.

THE END

Home for the pre-Holidays

Caleb and I got to spend a great five days back home in AZ! We missed Kiel so much but we had alot of fun! There is always something to do at home...but I guess that comes with having 1003 family members on the same street. In fact, the ongoing joke (that was really the truth) was that we had to keep leaving parties early to get to other parties on time! We're just pArtY ANiMalS and thats the way I like it. But my favorite part (besides maybe the pizookies because that was chocolately-chip goodness + family) was just being with my family and talking to them. They are so wonderful and I am so lucky to have such an awesome family!

Going to OREGANOS to get PIZOOKIES after Friday Forum

Pizookie: N. A giant crunchy-around-the-outside-gooy-in-the-inside deepdish cookie(best in the form of chocolate chip but available in PB and macadamian nut) served hot out of the oven with a giant wallop of vanilla ice cream in the middle of the cookie

Dad, my cousin Chad, and sisters Allie and Mary

The BIG french toast breakfast with fresh strawberries and whip cream, coconut syrup with bananas, pinapple, and nuts. We don't know anything about plain maple syrup :)

Blowing Rasberries: Volume II

The first video was so popular we decided to post a sequel!

hAPpY HaLloWeEN!!

This halloween we had a family theme: Ninjas!! Well, sort of. Kiel had a very authentic samari...robe?... he got in Japan and my costume came from my days of teaching martial arts. We went to dinner halloween night and several ppl asked us where we got our cool costumes because they wanted them too! Too bad! You gotta be in the biz. Caleb was a cute little pumpkin. If you look closely you'll realize the pumpkin has eye lashes...oops! Oh well...he was still pretty much the cutest little pumpkin I've ever seen.
Because Caleb is still a little too little to go trick or treating and the scale knows I don't need the candy! we spent the day in So Jo and watched scary halloween movies all night! K, the movies were kind of lame but the company was fun!

You thought Kiel could only fight verbally, well watch out! He taught the karate kid his moves!

The dark fairy (Aunt Lyndsie) and our pumpkin man!

My 2 very smart boys :)

Today has been pretty exciting!! (When your with a 5 month old 24/7 small things like blowing bubbles with your spit is pretty exciting). Today Caleb learned how to roll all over the place! He loves it. Now I don't know how I'll get him to take good naps because he always wants to sleep on our bed but I don't want him to roll off! Its quite the dilemma. Once he gets onto his tummy he pulls his little legs under him and gets up in a crawling position. My money is on him crawling like a pro by two weeks. Hes such a smart boy! He gets it from his daddy. Also, his 2nd tooth broke thru today! So now he has two little daggers he can bite me with. They are pretty cute though.
The final exciting thing for today has to do with my other boy! Kiel won honorable mention for his Chuck Norris paper in a paper writing contest at BYU! He won $100! And because I edited it he said he'll share a little with me so we are going to go do something fun. Yeah...I'm pretty proud of him :)

Rasberries!!!

I love it how Caleb seems to learn something new and cute every single day!! He's so smart. Well, his new thing is blowing rasberries and it is so cute we had to take a video and share it with you all! Enjoy!

Caleb's 1st Tooth!

Most babies don't get their 1st tooth for several more months, but what can I say? Our baby is advanced. He gets that from his daddy! He's actually had this little tooth for a few weeks and his 2nd one is on it's way in, but these are his first 1st tooth pictures :) The process has been a little rough for him...hes been more fussy than usual, which means hes just a little fussy cuz he never use to be at all! The nights are a little rough too...thats the hardest part! But the past 2 nights have been better...one of them he only woke up once! And did I mention he druels a hundred gallons a day??!

Carving Pumpkins

We got together with Ana and Spencer Garlick and finally carved our pumpkin just days before Halloween! (The design was all Kiel's)

Caleb oversaw the whole project...

The Garlick's at work...

Why are the guys just watching??

The finished product: (Ours is a ghost...in case you can't tell)

~Caleb~

Our little baby was born May 11, 2008 and he is now 5 and 1/2 months old. He is so cute!! I love him to death! Being a mother is the greatest thing in the world. I love spending all my time with him everyday. He is so smart and he learns new things everyday. He can sit up by himself but sometimes he falls over and bonks his head :( He is such a happy baby and we are so lucky to have him!

*Our Beginnings*

Kiel and I met shortly after we both started attending BYU in Sept 2006. We both lived at Branbury and our first Sunday at church I was standing all alone because my roommates were in Arizona at the BYU vs. ASU football game. So there I was trying to strike up conversations with ppl but no one would talk to me! So Kiel, feeling sorry for me, came over and started talking to me. He was so nervous! He wouldn't hardly even make eye contact! I thought that was kinda funny but we had some similarities (we were both majoring in Poli Sci at the time) so we hung out a bit. Our first date was just about a week later and we went to Park City. I had such a fun time!! I came back and told my roommates all about it and mentioned that Kiel was a pretty fine guy. A few days later he stopped by my apt with a horchata! I love horchata and I must have told him. Anyway, I thought that was the cutest thing. A few days after that a group of us went star gazing in the canyons and on the way home Kiel held my hand. It was official. We were dating. The dating part was a little rough for us but I guess it was meant to be because we got engaged June 16, 2007. Kiel took me back to Park City and we walked around and then took the ski lift to the top of the mountain. We were the only ones up there and he got down on a knee and proposed! It was dark when we were riding back down and it was such a pretty view! We got married August 18, 2007 and since then have had a darling little boy, Caleb, born May 11, 2008. Thats our happy little family!