HO HO HO

I'm blogging with my phone...so let's see how this baby turns out! Christmas was amazing as usual! We lucked out this year....we FINALLY have a legit cooking set!!! We've been dealing with Wally Mart crap so it's delightful to have 13 pieces of pure stainless steel heaven :)

Little Brody

Our 2nd year of marriage Christmas ornament 

Matthew got me the gift of eyelashes for Christmas!!!!

Being lazy!

We saw a billion deer while we were out tubing!

I hope everyone's Christmas was jolly!!! Cant wait for the new year to begin :)

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

My dad flew all the way from freezing North Dakota to stay with us for four wonderful days!

Not long enough.

We had our own little pretend Christmas seeing as he wont be with us for Christmas this year. I miss him so much...so it was so great to see him! I made Oreo Cheesecake Bites & Apple Cider in preparation for his stay with us. The oreo cheesecake bites were delicious! I probably shouldn't have made them because I'm pretty sure I gained five pounds by eating so many of them. No biggy. That's what the holidays are for right? We all should gain at least 5 pounds during the holidays because that means we are celebrating right :) 

Even Miley pooped out from all the treats

This is where I got all my good looks from!

Grandpa LOVES little Miley! They were best friends all week!

So pretty much...I have the most wonderful husband EVER! I love that he surprises me constantly. I never know its coming either! I've been dying to have our first ever house Christmas lights. I called Matthew on my way home to see if he had put them up so when my dad got there it would be all "christmassy" for him...Hurricane was having 60mph winds that night and it was FREEZING. So Matthew told me he wasn't able to do it. I was super sad, but I understood. So on my way home I was bummed. As I drove up my road I saw my beautiful house all lit up!! I had a permanent smile and just laughed as I sat in the car because I was SO happy! I love when he surprises me! It definitely made my night. 

Beautiful!

This weekend I will be sending out our Christmas cards! All thanks to my sister in law, Shanell, she whipped these babies up for me and I love them! Here's a little sneak peak...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

LOADS OF TIDBITS

Thanksgiving has just passed and I must say that I am grateful for SO MANY things.

My life couldn't be more incredible. 

I still can't wrap my head around how I got so lucky to have such an amazing man in my life. He is extraordinary in every way. I'm not quite sure where I'd be without him right now, but I know that I would NOT be the same person. He has inspired me to be a better ME ever since the moment I met him. I'm constantly laughing with him and sharing every little bit of me with him. Marriage is work...but Matthew makes it the best job I've ever had. It's just so easy with him. Being with him feels effortless. We've almost hit four years together and I cant wait for 60 more! 

I love how much fun Matthew has playing hide and go seek with our little girl Miley

I love that he is constantly goofing off
I love how he always pokes my sides when I'm eating, drinking, laughing, or just sitting there (It's actually a love/hate thing)
I love that he provides for our little family so well
I love how handy he is...this man can do ANYTHING
I love that he can drink his weight in anything pepsi related
I love when he pinches me with his finger toes (they are freakishly large)
Above everything else...I love how he makes everyday amazing.


Now lets get out of all the mushy love crap :) Cause my new obsession is my app Instagram...it makes me an instant photographer. So I pretty much use this app on all of my photos. As you will soon see.

So it's been a BUSY month!!
My girlfriends and I went to Vegas....Shaleese and I sat in a hotel room all night and laughed our little tushies off. Doesn't sound exciting..but it WAS!

I have known this little lady since we were 11..so TEN YEARS! It's so crazy how time flies when you are having fun :)
I am so blessed to have the friends I do.
A little shout out to my little ladies...you know who you are! I love you all and couldn't imagine my life without you. Its rare to have TRUE friends...so when I find one..I dont let go. So prepare for me to stalk your life forever.

As Im sure EVERYONE knows....Twilight: Breaking Dawn came out this month.
It was truly the best movie EVER. I am absolutely in love with it. I love the books so much and it is so nice when the movie does the book justice. I drove up to Moab with my sister in law to attend the annual shindig my mother in law puts together for the twilight movies. She buys out the whole theater with her friends and puts on a fabulous night for twilight lovers. It is always worth the drive. Plus it gives me an excuse to spend time with my amazing in laws. I seriously love the crap out of them.

My Mother in law and I

She always gets cut outs of the characters and I love it! 

My niece and I...I know I know...we look the same age haha She is 16 and gorgeous. Also taller than me which makes me kinda sad. Im a midget. Its a curse. 

The ladies

With the trip up to Moab with my sister in law, I got to spend loads of time with her and her adorable kids. Did I mention she has twin boys who are to die for. They are beyond cute. They don't make it easy to not kidnap them. I resist the urge. But I take tons of photos of them! I can't help it.

Brody & Bronse

He loves those toes...nummy

 Everyone in the house was taking a nap so I entertained myself by taking some more pictures. I told you its an addiction.

Thanksgiving was soo much fun! It's so nice to just lounge around with family. We played games every night...and I decided I am definitely the all time best ;) ok maybe not. But we had loads of fun!

It takes some serious effort to get this man in a photo..I resort to bribes.

Game night...even Miley likes to join in!

SAY WHAAAAT

My Mother in law is in the process of her Chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer...so while we were in Moab we went to Grand Junction, CO on black friday to get a steal on a wig for her.

Shanell testing out the wig...It looks fantastic. These two could be twins now :)

Thanksgiving was perfect. What's even more perfect is that Christmas is right around the corner! My favorite holliday!!!!! I can't wait to put lights up on our house for the first time. We bought this house in January so this will be our first christmas in the house :) Im so excited!!

On a side note.....I made cupcakes for twilight and I am so proud of how they turned out. This is my first time baking cupcakes...this is why I am making a big deal out of it haha

Vanilla Bean Cupcakes (with a secret chocolate center)

FOOD...AND OTHER STUFF

I whipped out the inner Betty Crocker in me and I must say...I think it looks quite good on me! I decided to steal some recipes I found on PINTEREST and try them out on my beloved. Here's what I cooked up....

Mexican Chicken Casserole 

Buffalo Chicken Tacos

These turned out soooooo delissshh....It made me want to try out so many more things! Now that the winter has come and my restaurant has layed me off till things pick back up, I'll be able to focus on my cooking skills (and of course stupid school :) ) Im so excited to just have time with family and all the important things. Never thought I would be so happy to get unemployment! 

So for Halloween I begged my dear Matthew to carve pumpkins with me...and to my surprise he actually did! I must say it is a very tedious task. I dont even remember if I have ever even carved a pumpkin (so the last time was probably when I was VERY young) so I was extremely excited to do this with my hubbsters! I love that Matthew supports me in all the little things I want to do. Even though the cowboys were playing...he sat and carved pumpkins with his little wife :) 

Mines obviously the best....which would be the creepy house! WINNING

Also, on a little side note....I got some vintage knobs for our nightstand that are just to die for!!

Im so thrilled for the Hollidays! And not to mention the new Twilight movie next week! These next couple months will be truly epic!

AMAZEBALLS

I am neglecting my blog, what a bad little blogger I am. So lets gets some posting started!

Oh my amazeballs.....I can't believe its already October! Where has this year gone? It's a blur of incredibleness (yes I make up words...one day I will write my own dictionary for sweet words) This year has been another incredible year for me and my pudin pop. We've done so much! Bought a super fantastic house in an amazing neighborhood that Im in love with, took PLENTY of vacations (although you can never take too many vacations) I started school, and life has been spoiling us. Oh how I love to be spoiled. How does life know me so well? ;) Although I could definitely do without the school part.

Lately I have been obsessing over Pintrest.....hasn't everyone? Its only the most stellar invention EVER. I feel soo crafty (even though I just fantasize about doing everything, instead of actually doing it) I have big plans though! Two nights ago I decided to actually try one of the many things I have been pinning.....

It was soo nummmy!! If I say so myself :) I did one stand up job. My pizza could have done without the little hole in the middle (which was created because my stupid grill burnt my crust and therefore I had to do surgery and remove a little square of pizza) it was all my grills fault, I swear! But the dinner turned out pretty good...so it gave me hope of trying more things I found on Pinterst.

LIKE.....

                                                              Painting my pantry door!


AND.....

    

seeing as this is my exact floor plan....its fate that I paint my kitchen wall! (although Im thinking just a tad less bold of an orange)

I'm sooo excited to give my house a little pizzazz! Also, I'm incredibly stoked about my handy dandy hubby landscaping our backyard! He just started last weekend and I'm on the edge of my seat to see how this baby turns out! Im literally sitting on the little edge of my wooden chair. 

We've got some things in the works..so as soon as everything is done I will definitely be posting some pictures!

So in conclusion, life is AMAZEBALLS :) 

ohhhhhh and just because I never posted any pictures from our California trip.....

Bubba Gump was sooo delicioussss

LOVE LOVE LOVED our Cali trip