A One Year Old Birthday

Kambri turned One year old yesterday! I can't believe it. One year ago she looked like this:



And now we've got a much bigger version:


(who will not leave her ponytails alone. dangit.)


So Happy First Birthday to my sweet spunky girl.

Let's take a look at your birthday party.

First the Invite:



Mom spent a lot of time decorating for your special day:



















And a lot of time baking. Along with your awesome aunts who came to help.





We made you sugar cookies, cupcakes, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered bananas, and caramel apples.



And water to drink



Pretty sure you had a great time in your cupcake top and pink skirt.





And you had so many guests!

Some little:


(Brighton & Liberty)


(Titan)


(Kyler)


(Uncle Zach)


(Dextin. He already knows how to make an entrance.)


(less frightening version)

And some a little bigger.


(Grandma)


(Great Grandma)


(Grandpa)


(various aunts and uncles)

We all played the 'Kambri Quiz'



You got to open your very first presents. Last Christmas doesn't count since we did it for you.


(Aunt Stefi helped a little...)


(Yay, awesome toy!)


(they just kept on coming!)




(had to test this one out)

And you got to have your very first cupcake:


(Yes, we were much more excited than you.)


(Mmm mmm good.)

After which we proceeded to party the night away!





Happy Birthday to my favorite one year old!

Love, mom.

September 1st

August 31st is like Christmas Eve to my husband. He gets so excited he can't sleep, just like a little boy. Every year on this night he is full of anticipation.

September 1st starts the hunting season.

More specifically he is a bird hunter. I went with him today. He went yesterday and got a few so he was alright with the fact that I am more of a 'nature walker' and take my time. I need constant breaks and a little pushing and pulling along, some carrying even. He went slow, held my hand, and bushwacked for me. It's fun to get out once in a while, even if we did not see one bird.


I felt pretty safe following this guy and his large gun.


If you look close you can see Justin's Brittany Spaniel, Autumn. Named for her favorite time of the year she is an excellent bird dog.


Ruger: our biggest dumb dog who gallops when he runs.


Below: Bushwacking necessary.



Even though we didn't seen one bird we did catch a fish.

At this cute little creek, called Bennie Creek up Payson Canyon. Justin pulled out his fly fishing gear and we had a 9 incher within two minutes. He was still a little guy so we didn't keep him. Instead we went out for seafood ;)

And She's Off!

Pigtails

You have no idea how happy this makes me.

Stef's Wedding

My sister Stefani got married yesterday in the Mt Timpanogos temple at noon. She was beautiful and they looked so happy. The sealer gave some great advice and it was so fun to be there to hear it. They had the luncheon catered by Carabbas, which was delicious! They had their reception at the Highland Gardens, and that too was beautiful. The bridesmaids dresses and tuxes turned out so well. Overall, it was a great day and I am so happy for her.









Cute Dextin in his suspenders and Bow Tie.



My mom found a camera that prints tiny polaroids. So my cousin took pics of everyone that came through and used them for the book. It turned out soooo cute!!





Such a fun day :)

A Something Blue BBQ

My sisters and I were in charge of Stefani's Bridal Shower. We decided on the theme 'A Something Blue BBQ' because it's summertime, and stef's colors are a bright blue and green.

Here's how the invites turned out:



I used my cricut for the outer shape and to cut the ribbon holes. The inside had this:



Obviously some info was omitted for the blog :).

We learned a couple of important lessons. If you plan a lot of stuff, you need more than one day to pull everything off. Kali came home on Friday, so we were rushing to say the least.

I couldn't get a great pic of this but it says "Here comes the Bride"


Adorable tissue flowers done by Kasi



I put together the fabric garland and centerpieces.





Kali did an awesome job with the food! (my mom helped quite a bit too). It was a nicer version of a BBQ with rolls for buns and tiny hamburgers, wieners with toothpicks, green salad, and fruit salad using the watermelon as the bowl. Blue punch as well. Above you can see the dessert, a version of s'mores with chocolate pudding, graham cracker crumbs, and marshmallows. Along with a brownie version.

Stef & Kambri, with my Grandma in the background.


Dextin succeeded in getting some of that pudding, yum!



Aunt Kasi and Kambri



I also made these flower clips for anyone who came. I think they turned out cute!



They're clipped to a paper that says "Here is your something blue. Thanks for coming to our Barbeque. Feel free to wear them to the wedding too!"

Overall, it turned out cute, the food was good, and Stefani was happy, so I think it was a success.

While we were Out

Look what our baby girl decided to do while we were on the below mentioned date. And I haven't been able to persuade her to try again since.

A Birthday

It was some hot guy's birthday yesterday. He turned 26 years old.



Because he is the love of my life, and because he decided he wanted nothing more than to spend the day with me (rather than the big party we usually do) I got to plan some fun stuff.

Currently we are low on funds so I tried to be creative.

I got up and made him a nice healthy breakfast in the morning and then he headed off to work.

He was due to come home just after five. I had been running errands and instead of going home afterward I parked around the corner and waited for him.

I saw him pull up, get out, get the mail, and go in.

I pulled into the driveway of our next door neighbors empty home and hopped out.

Knocked on our door and ran around the corner.

When he opened it up he saw this:


Found on my favorite dating site. Here.

I came around the corner with these:



Cuffed him to me and took him to my car.

On a box marked "Choose Your Destiny" he had three gift certificates for three food places: Thai, Italian, and Chinese. BTW I got these off of Restaurants.com when they were having an 80% off promo code. Two $25 ($50) gift certificates and one $10 cost me a whopping $8 total.

He chose Italian.

So we had a 45 min drive to Parleys way in which we were forced to hold hands the entire time and talk. It was very nice.

We got to eat outside at the restaurant. They had a patio area completely enclosed in grape vines. Absolutely awesome!



And very charming. The food was pretty good. It was a little more authentic which is a good and bad thing I think. We ended up paying about $30 which I think is what it was worth. Though they did bring his strawberry cheesecake out with a candle on top. Nice.

We got back in the car and I told Justin I was going to take him to my 'hideout'. I had him drive up to Suncrest and told him to find a secluded spot where we could see the sunset. He laughed at what a bad kidnapper I am. We found a bike trail head that was perfect.


(i did not take this pic, though this is almost exactly what it looked like...with a few more bushes.)

I told him he had a chance to win his freedom. I had purchased This game:



If he won he could go free. We folded down the backseats. I already had pillows and blankets back there. We rolled down the windows and enjoyed the sunset. The game took a while to learn, but it ended up being really fun! We had a good time. I won though, so he is still my slave.

We headed back down to grab Kambri from my mom's. Thanks mom!

Put her to bed and afterward Justin found this on his pillow:


This adorable invitation can be found here.

I invited him to a late night party with all the icecream toppings he could ask for (which is basically vanilla and whipped cream. The caramel, oreos, and bananas were for myself), and his presents were all laid out there as well.

Such a fun day! and I think he had a pretty good time :)