SPRING!

I know this isn't the greatest picture because the sun is in Peyton's eyes...but that's what IS so great about it...THE SUN IS IN PEYTON'S EYES! YAHOO! WARMTH...FRESH AIR...50's and 60's...NO MORE (or at least less) SNOW...SHORT SLEEVED SHIRTS...I could go on for hours! Yes we are so excited to have the warm weather coming in. It's great to live somewhere where we get to experience all four seasons, but I'm always so excited for Spring to come (can you tell!) I could actually live in a climate like California and love everyday of it.



















On another note - Peyton is already becoming a climber. I turned my back for 2 seconds today and he had managed to climb on the printer to pound on the keyboard. He loves to push buttons! And I've found in the last few days he loves cars. He loves to drive them back and forth. He's giving me good ideas for his birthday gifts! I'm getting excited for March to come and the big 1st birthday. They are the days that are so fun and rewarding for Mom's (probably more so than the kids at least for the first few years!)

A little more about me...

Lindsay's ABC's...
A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: McKay
C- Cake or Pie: Cake
D- Day of Choice: Saturday
E- Essential Item: Puffs for Peyton and shopping money!
F- Favorite Color: Pink
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears
H- Hometown: Lehi (never thought I'd say that...but yes...Lehi)
I- Indulgence(s): Shopping, Blogging, Running, Reading, Scrapbooking and Decorating my house
K- Kids: 1
L- Life is incomplete without: Family and Friends, the Gospel, being happy and dessert!
M- Marriage Date: May 8, 2003
N- Number of Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister, 3 brother-in-laws, 4 sister-in laws
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges
P- Phobias or Fears: The big earthquake...losing McKay or Peyton or anyone I love!
Q- Quote(s): Don't get caught up in the thick of thin things
R- Restaurant: Cafe Rio, Bajio, Olive Garden, P.F. Changs, Chef's Table (I love going out to eat!)
S- Season: Summer
T- Tag Six: Anyone who wants to do it!
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I don't like pets and my poor husband wants a dog so bad!
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I like moderation with meat
W- Worst Habit: playing with my hair alot!
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds
Y- Your Favorite Food: Italian
Z: Zodiac: Virgo

New House and Stairs

We are up and running folks. This is the new house and we love it. Everything worked out so smoothly with the sell of our home and moving into this home. Words can't express how GRATEFUL and THANKFUL we are to those of you who helped us so much. We have more personalized thank yous on the way, but for now, please accept this! Here's a pic of the new house. For our out of town relatives I will post inside pictures soon...when it's more set-up...














This house has a great big staircase...perfect timing for our little crawler! He's already mastered going up the stairs...now the trick is getting him down safely. I can't believe what a handful these little babies become when they start to crawl. All the people telling me I was crazy to want him to crawl knew what they were talking about I guess. He's so much fun though and has so much personality. What a big boy!

OH MY GOSH!

The freeway right outside where we live has been stopped since 4 p.m. this afternoon...it is 10 p.m. and it is still STOPPED. I am so sorry if you are one of those people who were stuck in it. I've been taking loads over to my new house and just driving there has been a nightmare! Some of my friends live in Traverse and up Alpine Highway so I hope you are home OK! This has been the worst road conditions from a storm I think I've ever seen! Crazy!

CUTE SWIM SUITS!

I LOVE the new Modbe swimming suits. I think they are so flattering and look good on everyone! I'm not a big fan of shopping for suits because I never find anything I really like...and I really could buy at least five of these and love them all! If you visit my friend Sarah's blog you probably already saw this picture (I stole it from her!)

I've never been successful with parties at my house for some reason so I don't do them anymore. I really don't like to do them much either because I don't want people to feel like they HAVE to buy stuff if they don't want to. However...I wanted you all to see these suits because they are so cute. So I thought I'd do a poll...if you would be interested in coming to my house to try these suits on, let me know by leaving a comment. Sarah's sister is a consultant and would do one for me if I found enough interest. Just FYI most of the tops are $48 and the bottoms about $26...really a typical price for a nicer swimming suit (ignoring the lucky find at Target for $30!) So if you have interest let me know and maybe I'll host a party in March...if not, no biggie either!

Hope you're all doing well and we are moving into our house this week! I PROMISE pictures will come sooner than later!

Two Bits of WONDERFUL News

#1 - As expected, we have our new prophet! I am thrilled to have President Monson as our next prophet of the church. He will do such a wonderful job. I watched a documentary on him tonight and they brought up such a good point: President Monson has dedicated his life to serving...especially the elderly and the children. He is such a sweet man who will offer so much to the church. I think one remarkable story of him is when he was a young bishop and he was to care for 80 + widows as part of his ward boundaries...and he made sure to visit each and every one at Christmastime each year until the last one passed away (I think I'm telling the story right!) What a great example of service to all of us...I think that will be one of his legacies as a prophet!




















#2 - I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COURT! WAHOO! I know you've all heard the saga about this already (and I do apologize for telling this story to so many of you so many times...and complaining so much about it!) They settled the issue last weekend so I don't have to go sit in front of a jury pleading my innocence! This is one part of my life I am very happy to forget! And I don't have to hate the lady who was suing me anymore...I don't like negativity in my life and now it can be gone!

It's official...

...we're moving! We closed yesterday on the new house in Lehi. It's a cute house with black distressed shutters so I'm really excited! I still haven't taken any pictures but they'll be coming soon! We should be closing on our current house towards the end of this month! Yeah! The next chapter in our lives! It's bittersweet though to leave the first home you owned (especially with the cute nursery McKay did for Peyton!) We've had some good memories here over the past 2 1/2 years. I know this next home will treat us just as well.

After the dust settles and we are put together, I would love you to come visit me!

Goodbye to a wonderful prophet

Sadly, our beloved prophet, President Hinckley, died today. My sister called us as we were driving home from my parents house to tell us. I love him so much and feel blessed to have gone through my teenage years while he was the prophet. He provided so much insight to the youth and always knew what to tell us to become better.

My greatest memory I will keep of him was the time we shared with him in the celestial room of the Bountiful temple. We were able to attend one of the dedicatory sessions of the temple and President Hinckley (then a counselor in the first presidency) presided and spoke at the session. I was only 11 or 12 at the time, but I remember feeling such a spirit with him in the room. He brought it with him wherever he was.

I know all of you loved him and will miss him too. We are so lucky that our leaders are chosen by the spirit and we know the church will move forward through the Lord's direction.

President Hinckley will be missed! We are grateful for the wonderful man that he was! Bless him and his sweet wife that they are now united again for eternity!

Our crawling man

Here's the video I promised of Peyton crawling. Please excuse the ridiculous commentary by me in the video...anything to make them perform right? We are so excited that Peyton has reached this milestone, but he is now all of a sudden much more work. No more sitting around playing toys and minding his own business! Church has become a nightmare! Needless to say, we love him so much and our proud of him...next up: walking!



I know I've kind of kept this in the bag for some time, but it's finally here so I thought I might mention something. We bought a house! Yes I know we are slightly insane because we haven't sold our current house yet. However, we did receive an offer yesterday which we accepted. Sounds like a cute young couple and I'm really hoping it works out for them because I love this house! I'll be posting pics of the new house soon! That's what we'll be busy with for the next while!

Brad Paisley!

We had such a great time at the Brad Paisley concert last night! We went with our great friends the McArthurs and it was so nice to be out! His concerts are always so good! He did a whole section where he just played his guitar and sang without his band. It was my favorite. If you are a country fan and haven't been to one of his concerts before, I suggest you go next time he comes. It's worth it!








Also, I thought I would mention that I went to 27 Dresses last weekend with Lisa and a cute new friend named Callie and it was SO good! We both said it's a movie to buy when it comes out! I recommend all my girlfriends go see it. You will LOVE it!