6 years...

So, David and I have an "unoffical" anniversary on January 13th, which is the day we started dating. So, I thought I was being sneaky when I got David a card and a little treat to surprise him before he left for work that morning, but of course he outdid me with flowers, cinnamon hearts, chocolates, and of course a sweet card when I got home that night. Awesome!!! Makes me wonder what he has up his sleeve for our real anniversary in June! I am sure we will eventually forget about this, like when we have been married 75 years and can't even remember who that person next to us on the couch is...

Other than that, it has been pretty quiet around here. On Saturday my lil' sis Andi turned 9 (we got her an easy bake oven, and now I want one!) and we went to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks" with her. Bryar LOVED it! She was so good and just snacked on popcorn and danced in the aisle. Then we went to Chuck-E-Cheese, which was crowed but always fun anyway. Bryar won enough tickets to get a crazy straw, so she was happy. And, if that wasn't enough, we went to get ice cream after that! Bryar slept really well that night...

David is still working long, 6-day work weeks for the hospice company, but hopefully this is the last week because the new guy starts next week. It will be nice to have him around the house again :o)

I start two new classes this week, I am hoping at least one of them is online. Should only have another month or two of the pharmacy classes, then maybe I can take my test before the baby comes! Well, it's a nice thought, anyway...

Hope everyone has a great week, and stay warm!

Knifty Knitter

So, I was pretty spoiled this Christmas, as we already know. One of my gifts was a gift card to Michaels (thanks Paps!). After using it to buy a cross stitch kit for the new baby, I was wandering and spotted the Knifty Knitter. So I bought the circle loom set, because I am just not that great at knitting with needles but I like hats. I was playing with it a few nights later when David, who couldn't sleep decided he wanted to learn to knit too. And now he has knit three hats, two that would fit the new baby, and one for Bryar (that she loves!). I have not finished mine yet, as I am distracted by another cross stitch project, a book, and a game. But we both really enjoyed it, so we went and used our 50% off coupon to get the long loom set (so now we can make blankets and scarves, and I even found a pattern for leg warmers).

Other than knitting, our last week seemed really long and also really short. David worked the last 13 days, and some of them were 10-12 hour days. I also worked Monday through Friday, then had the weekend off, which went by entirely too fast.I have been in a Pharmacy class this last module that is mostly learning math calculations. I understand the math, but remembering what steps go where is the challenge. I have two classes starting next module (which is next week) so we'll see how that goes...

Bryar is doing really well. She seems to be learning fast, saying a new word everyday and stringing together sentences. She wants to watch her Spongebob movie that she got for Christmas ALL THE TIME, and it's funny to watch her giggle at it. She is getting so independent, she insists on walking everywhere and even tries to dress herself. She is a lot of fun, even when she drives me crazy :o)

Well this week we don't have any big plans, just working and school. On the 13th, David and I will have been "together" for 6 years. Andyes, we still like each other enough to remember silly little days like that. I hope you all have a good week!

Happy New Year!!

I hope you all enjoyed your holidays! I have not updated this thing in forever, but now I figured out how to make the pictures do what I want, so I guess my resolution will be to keep this updated for all of our far away friends and family.
To start with, we spent Thanksgiving at Monica and Chris' home, with David's family and also my mom and the girls. Everyone had a good time, not to mention a good meal! I even tried my hand at Pumpkin Cheesecake, and it turned out wonderfully. That same week we put up our Christmas tree and decorations, David even made this awesome shelf just for the stockings.



As we went into December, it seemed like things just kept getting busier. David got a few new patients added to his schedule, and worked a lot of extra hours. I was also working, of course, and going to school (even though we did get a winter break over the holidays). I also picked up a few projects, including making a blanket for Bryar (see pic of fabric below), a few recieving blankets that went to the hospital, and PJ pants for all three of us to wear for Christmas.

These are the pics we took for our Christmas card. Bryar is the cutest part of the family, so she got all three picture spots on the card :o)

This is a pic of Bryar modeling the PJ pants I made her. They are very snuggly and soft, David wouldn't even wait for Christmas to wear his!

Over the Christmas break my sisters Andi and Sadi got to come spend the days with us. David and I took them sledding one day, and it was so much fun! Of course, everyone was exhausted when we got home...

Then the girls and I made sugar cookie for Santa. Bryar ate more frosting than anything...

On the 19th we got to attend the Savoie family Christmas party, which is always so much fun. G'ma goes all out, and I look forward to it all year!

The day of Christmas Eve Bryar and I drove up to Heber to see my dad's family. Aunt Mary Ann was in town, so Bryar got to play with her cousin Maggie (very CUTE little girl, by the way!) along with her aunts and uncle. It was a nice visit, I wish it was able to happen more often...

When Bryar and I got home that night we discovered Santa had come early (wink, wink).

Bryar was thrilled with her presents, like the play tent w/tunnel and especially the toddler bed that David built for her (yes, we all know he is ridiculously talented!). SHe also got over 20 books, and some other small items. David got a nice new pea coat, that he looks really good in, along with a lot of stuff for camping next summer. I got some cute boots that I can wear around in all this snow and still look cute, and also a new hoodie, a new Kingdom Hearts game for my DS, and some make-up (I feel spoiled).

After our Christmas, we headed over to Chris and Monica's, where we all got even more spoiled. Bryar got all sorts of things to take care of her baby, David got a new coffee pot, and I got all sorts of things, including a gift card to Michaels, which I have already used :o)

When we woke up Christmas morning we were all sick with a cold (Bryar had an especially nasty sounding cough), but we did spend a little while with my mom. She made this beautiful quilt for Bryar, and that is a picture of me in my new boots. Mom also got us a new camera for Christmas that we got early so we could take all these wonderful pictures...

We spent the rest of our holiday relaxing and enjoying our time with family. It was a very nice Christmas, and we are lucky to have such awesome family to spend it with. We are still fighting off those colds, though...

While enjoying a morning off together, David and I decided to make crepes, which were delicious, but I dropped the jar of flour in the process...

You may have noticed my rather "fluffy" belly in the above pic, and if you don't already know, we are expecting our second child in May of this year!! And we just had the 20 week ultrasound, which not only showed us a very healthy baby, but we found out we're having another GIRL!!

Here are the pics below, the best I could get off the copies they gave us...

Well, I believe this gets us all caught up for now. Like I said, I hope to keep this updated so check back often! I hope you all have a happy new year!!