Dear Diary...

I can't believe I haven't posted in 2 weeks! Yikes! I haven't really taken pictures lately so there are no pictures to add. But this is what we have been up to in the last 2 weeks...

I have been super busy working, especially for DCWV. My time with them is usually pretty up and down with how much time it takes being on the design team, but for the next few months, I will be super busy getting ready for our next show in Anehiem in January. I am looking forward to hitting Disney a few nights with friends without kids!

-I have been in "Hunters Safety" class to get my hunting license. It has been really interesting and I have learned a ton. I am planning on camping with Kev with the kids on the deer hunts from now on so we can make it a family affair. We have been looking for pink guns for me too :) Oh, and I am really good at shooting too :)

-My parents were in town last week for meetings. They are moving to Salt Lake (Cottonwood Heights) as soon as they can sell their house in OKC. We are sooo excited! It will be a dream come true when they are finally here. We are already talking about getting BYU season tickets all together since Provo will be 1/2 way for both of us :)

Bronco is driving me up the walls. We have had several "false alarms" with people finding Jack. Who knew there were so many pugs in my little town! Bronco is "not Jack" and it's been hard having a puppy again. Hopefully he will calm down sooner rather than later!

-Even though my life has been pretty boring lately, my friends have had exciting things happen. I never thought I would have so much joy and love for my friends and their big events. My good friend, Candice, adopted a new baby girl this week. I already love Sophie and I haven't even met her yet! My friend Sam is finally pregnant after trying for a long time. Know how that feels! And my friend Jill is having her third little girl after waiting for a long time. We are all so blessed and I feel so blessed to be a part of my friends lives.

Well that's about it. I should have started this post "Dear Diary". Oh, maybe I will!
Love you all!

Hunting for a Pumpkin!

We had so much fun on Saturday at the Red Barn in Santiquin. We went with our neighbors the Norris', and had a blast, even though it was snowing on us! We got to go on a tractor ride out to a big pumpkin patch and pick out our pumpkins. Then we went back to the barn and had homemade vanilla cake donuts that we SO GOOD and a big ol' Diet Coke...it sounded much better than Hot Cider or Hot Chocolate :) I just noticed how "country" our boys look in all of their camo! I tell my friends that have girls, "Camo is my pink". I love it, even if I look like a hick!

Bronco Madsen

Well, only one thing could heal my broken heart...a new puggy! Jack never came home, so by a small miracle, we got our perfect little puppy within hours of looking for one on ksl.com. He is 4 months old and his previous owners worked all day and couldn't give him the life he needed. It just totally worked out so within 2 hours of talking with the family, we had Bronco! Kev thinks he named him after the Denver Broncos & I think I named him after Bronco Mendenhall. It's a win-win situation! Bronco is so much fun and has the cutest personality. He is snuggled under my arm right now as I type. We still hope with all of our hearts that Jack comes home and meets his new little buddy!

Chore Charts

Just wanted to show these darling chore charts that I got for the kids. Colt doesn't need his yet but I had to make sure they would have matching ones on the fridge :) I ordered them from Just For Me Stationary and I love them! I should have put "Feed the dog" instead of "Feed Jack"...oh well. So far, Troy loves doing his chores and if he does all of them all week, he gets $1 at the end of the week! He thinks that is awesome! Whatever works!

Jack, Come Home!

Well I have had a depressing couple of days. Our sweet little Jack ran away with a neighbor dog yesterday morning, and he has yet to return home. Our neighbor's dog came home about 6 hours later but Jack was no where to be seen. The boys and I spent the day hanging flyers all over town and watching out the window, waiting for him to come home. And Troy has said MANY prayers too. The neighborhood kids are all teaming up and looking for him so they can split the $100 reward money, but every hour that goes by I am thinking that he might not come home. Hopefully my next post will be a little more upbeat. Jack is my first dog so I was hoping I would have him a lot longer than 18 months.

Hummm.....

Based on Saturday's forcast...would you take your family to see the Cougars play?? We already have tickets and I REALLY want to go (Kev will go no matter what) but for some reason, this may not be a fun game with 2 little boys, frozen fingers and wet clothes. What do you think???

30 Hours of Fun!

My little crew just got home from a short & sweet road trip! We headed up to Logan to watch the BYU/Utah State football game with one of Kev's cousins & his wife who have awesome season tickets. We got up there at about 4pm (after a quick "run in" to Tai Pan Trading) and dropped the kids off at Matt & Angie's house for their two kids to babysit the boys. We headed over to the game and realized we had awesome seats but we were surrounded by Aggie fans! Kev had enough nerve to be quiet and not scream for the Cougars, I on the other hand had no class and was ridiculously loud :) Would you expect anything else from me?? :) Angie and I had a fun time chatting and eating kettle corn while I was secretly starring at head coach Bronco Mendenhall the whole time. I just think he is so dang cute. Notice the pic? I forgot my camera so there are no pictures of our fun weekend! But some of the highlights of the weekend were:

-visiting Grandma Kay even though the boys broke her glass candy dish that sits on her coffee table...:(

-getting to shop at Hobby Lobby. My favorite store in Oklahoma City..now there is one in Logan!

(oh and Troy broke a Christmas ornament in that store...notice a trend with my boys??)

-Troy doing the impersonation of "Charlie Bit Me" from YouTube all the way home in the car. Kev and I have never laughed so hard!

-getting 32 mpg in my Accord :)

-all 4 of us dancing to my Pete Yorn CD, Colt dancing with his little pointer fingers in the air!

-eating at Cracker Barrel (yummy Coca Cola Chocolate Cake!)

-having many Sonic Diet Cokes

-running into 2 friends at the Provo Mall (Shawn & Ashley Aime & Angie T.)

-Troy spelling out the letters on my Sam's Club card...he knew every one and it made me cry! He is getting so smart!

-playing Rock Band with Matt & Angie after the game.

It was a great weekend, I wish I would have remembered my camera! Oh well, instead we will just look at the pictures of Cutie Pie Bronco :)