17 month old Bozo

Her favorite word(s) is No-No, it's awesome (not really)! I have 1 ornery little one. I am so not looking forward to the 2's. I feel like they have already hit, that's scary! Lauryn is still super fun, independent and crazy. We brought her slide inside a couple months ago and she loves climbing up and sliding down. She goes down all ways possible. She loves looking at books and her new favorite thing to do is climb up on our laps and get my brown fur blanket to cuddle with. Lauryn is an awesome sleeper. She sleeps 11 hours a night and takes a 3 to 4 hour nap. Lauryn loves to eat. We have yet to find something she does not like. We are having a harder time getting her to eat vegetables due to all the junk food she has discovered. We have a candy jar (Halloween candy) full, she always points to it and grunts. She is not talking much but we are really trying to get her to. Besides No, she says (that we can understand) Ma, Ma, Da, Da, more, eat, milk, and grunts. My favorite thing she does is give kisses. I bet she throws at least 20 kisses a day. My sweet girl.

Travels

I spent the weekend with this lovely lady, my sister Lisa. I flew up to Rapid City, by MYSELF, on Friday and returned Monday. We had a busy weekend of shopping and decorating. I/we had a great time. I have pictures to blog about our decorating in the next few days. Here we are in all our splendor. I keep telling myself, "I'll diet tomorrow", I can't believe how puffy my face is, so I really think I'll diet tomorrow will actually be tomorrow! Even though it's not a Monday. Seems like I always have to start a diet on Monday. I need to do something... Anyways, yes, I missed Al and the girls like crazy. He did an awesome job with the girls. I have to blog about that as well. We are getting back to normal this week. The weather is finally getting warmer. I'm getting excited to start yard work, go to St. Patty's Day Parade, and softball games. We have a KA-RAA-ZEE few months ahead!

An Olympic Sport

Las Vegas received the honor of hosting a Rugby World 7's Tournament here. Since Al and I are big fans and our friends are from Australia and huge fans, we went out to the pitch (Sam Boyd Stadium) to check it out. Rugby will be a new Olympic sport in 2016- that is exciting news!
This is Australia and France.


It was a beautiful day here. We had a great time watching and enjoying some cold beverage.



Crazy USA fans...the boys could see those fur boots from across the stadium. I'm sure they saw all the bare skin as well!

This is USA and South Africa.

Blue Hues

House Beautiful magazine featured a spread of blues.

My inspiration- not the frame- the BEACH.

I bought a new duvet cover. I couldn't resist! It was 80 percent off and I had a $10 off coupon. I loved my old one and I think I really like this one.


I'm starting to accessorize with items from my house. I can't wait to scour garage sales this spring to find some fun stuff.

Looking at my pictures it looks like I need big square pilllows with shams. I think they're called european. What do you think?

A Birthday Dream Come True

Our friends, Storm and Nichole, set up what I would say are birthday goals or dream gifts. These gifts would "arrive" on 40th birthdays. Well Nichole's was January 11th and Storm had to act.

This is a note Nichole read about how much Storm loves her, blah, blah, blah. Than she turned it over and it read, "yes, it's real".

These are the shock pictures of what is real.


An original Picasso drawing of a naked women none the less.

Nichole now has a little over 6 years to "act" on Storms wish of a Ferrari for his 40th!

Lisa's Creation (I think?)

I made these for the Superbowl party we went to. They are very easy and look very good. I say "look" because I strongly dislike strawberries. Which is a good thing in regards to desserts. All of my desserts should be made with strawberries! The problem is I still tend to eat it and pick the yuck out.
Lisa has made these in the past they are just a box of frozen puff pastries sliced in half with a slice of strawberries and sprinkled powdered sugar on top. Yummo!
I also made these cupcakes and Oreo balls that I forgot to take pictures of. They were a favorite. I drizzled Saints and Colts colors on top of them (darn no pic!).

O' Valentine, Sweet Valentine

Our Valentine dates...
Sunday morning BJ and Liana took Landree and Lily to Red Rock for hiking. They had a great time. Liana said if Lily was having trouble climbing Landree would go back to help her and hold her hand. What a great big sister she it! While they did that Al, Lauryn and I went to breakfast at the Omelet House and then finished Valentine shopping for the girls. That night we took all the girls to dinner at Outback. What a mistake! It was busy, the food was just ok, and the girls were obnoxious and not wanting to sit still! It was still a fun and busy day full with lots of love.




We made these Valentine's for the girls for their school Valentine's. I liked them because it wasn't candy and they actually were very easy to make. I found them here.