Senior Picture Time? REALLY????

I wish I had her natural beauty--





A little SHOUT OUT to my friend Heather from UP A NOTCH photography.... she is AMAZING!!!!

Sugar Plums starts tomorrow!!!

OK I went & set up today--- there is some WAY cute stuff at this boutique!

Friday is a holiday-- I am working from 9 to 1 p.m. so come see me!!!!

Happy Birthday Val Jr.!!!!! #42

Look how cute this wrapping paper is-- Val loves Star Wars-- so we wrapped his present in little boy Star Wars paper this year.

this time of year is so INSANE-- first my birthday, then our anniversary, then Val's birthday--

then Carinna's birthday, then Christmas. Plus-- add in Boutique time.

So, I don't want it to go un-noticed that I do totally ADORE my sweet husband-- i LOVE his smile, i LOVE the way he comes over to my side of the bed and gives me a kiss before he goes out for a run or leaves for the gym...i LOVE that he lines his golf clubs up so neatly in the formal living room (it's empty we have no furniture & it's Boutique time- so it is actually full of product) so he can put & swing & "pretend" he is playing golf when he isn't golfing. it is so cute!!! i LOVE his strong arms around me when he knows I NEED a hug... i LOVE how much he love's our Nixon boy. i LOVE how he honor's his priesthood. i LOVE how he looks at his daughters with compassion. i LOVE how he takes care of me when i don't feel good. i LOVE how i feel when i am with him. i LOVE how he looks at ME!!! i LOVE how he LOVES me!!!
I'm not sure if you can see the gift or not but we got Val a Ninja this year for his Birthday--- he has been wanting this blender & it is supposed to be the baddest blender around-- anyway-- the crazy thing is we got him the wrong one--- SHOOT!!!!

Girls day for LeAnn

My very creative friend Sarahanne put this way cute basket together for LeAnn as a great way for us to remind her how much we love her & during the holidays when she might be missing her sister who passed away recently to cancer- she can take out this basket, put that holiday display out & then when that holiday is over, the basket goes away & then within a few days we have a girls day or night out and spend some time with her just the 6 of us.

So Ana calls LeAnn up to set up this luncheon so we can give her this basket and explain what we want to do & the crazy thing is guess who ends up making lunch for us?? Yep LeAnn-- she is so crazy. I can't even take it.
I was trying to be creative like Kenz with the photo's.
Stacey & Ana

Look how pretty our table for our lunch was..
yum yum yum--- yogurt, granola, rasberries & chocolate chips--
A little "inside" joke about gettin our "drink" on with some yummy beverage that Lee made us.

This day was so fun. We must have laughed at some crazy conversations-- we talked about some crazy things & even cried a little. But that's totally o.k. I am just so thankful for friends!!

How about them Cowboys?

So Val took some customers to Philadelphia last week for the Dallas Cowboy-- Philadelphia Eagle Football game & he arranged to do a tour of the city one day. They toured the famous Eastern State Penitentiary among some other things. Here are the pictures from his tour. I wanted to post them on the blog, I think they are so cool.

Al Capone's cell- he didn't get any special treatment did he???

The famous steps from the movie "Rocky".

The Liberty Bell
Val had a mental block on what building or what statue this was.
He took this photo because he knows how much I love brick buildings & architecture in general.

I love this building too.
Here is the view from their seats. They were in the end zone like 12 rows up. Val was pretty bummed, he was looking forward to this game all year long & the Cowboys only scored one touchdown & he wasn't even there to see it, they had already left-- the score was like 34 to 7 or something crazy like that. The eagles just killed the cowboys.

I told Val- maybe next time he can take me instead of a bunch of guys. :)

Braces OFF!!!!!

How beautiful is she? I thought I was EXCITED to get my braces off. But Ceejay was pretty excited. I asked her what the first thing she wanted to eat was? Jack in the Box- curly fries. O.k.

Well, tonight I want SUSHI. She said that she wants to see what it is like not to have the rice get stuck in her braces.

O.k. you will have to talk to your dad about that one.

Double Dating.....

The girls went on their first "double date" today. Just kidding. Well, they took the Germaine boys to see a movie. It was really cute, the boys came & picked them up & Natalie & I dropped everyone off at the theater. They went & saw the movie called "Dolphin Tale." After the movie they went to Rubio's for lunch. The girls said they had a good time.
Ceejay & Jackson Germaine--
Awe look how cute Kenzie's date is. We just love these two boys. They are so cute!!! Crew is such a handsome boy & he is always asking me "where is matenzie."

We are lucky to have the Germaine's as neighbors & I can't wait till baby boy #3 is born. He will be here the end of December. I will probably have to be down there every day to hold the baby so she can take care of her other duties-- ha ha.