Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Jeep 4 Sale

We are selling our Grand Jeep Cherokee. If you or anyone you know is looking for a new vehicle let us know!!!
Here are the details:
Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 2001
Only 58,000 miles, V-6, leather, 10-disc CD changer, excellent condition inside and out! $8,900/ offer.

I realize it's totally cheesy to post our Jeep on my blog...but you never know who may be interested!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Welcome Baby Emmy!!

My cute cousin Alison just had her 2nd baby girl Thurs. March 12th!

Emmy weighs 8 lbs. 14 oz. and is 21 inches long.

She is such an ADORABLE baby girl!

CONGRATS Rich & Ali!!!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Spring is in the air!

Today was such a gorgeous day! The temp. reached a perfect 67 degrees :) Spring is one of my favorite seasons. The dirty snow finally starts to melt and the weather warms up more and more each day. You can wear lighter clothing, open up the windows in your house, smell the fresh air and drive with the windows rolled down. I know that mother nature is just teasing us with this warm weather and that it will probably end up storming again soon, but we can enjoy it while it lasts!!!

34 weeks

If you know me well at all you know that I'm not a huge fan of having my picture taken. But I know that you are all dying to see how huge I am, so here you go...

My belly at 12 weeks...

My belly at 34 weeks...

Only 6 more weeks to go!!!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

2 yr. Anniversary!!

Dave and I just celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary on Feb. 3rd. I am so lucky to be married to Dave. He is the man of my dreams and my BEST friend! I love him so much. The past 2 yrs. have been the happiest years of my life! I'm so looking forward to many many more wonderful years together :)
{Dave had these gorgeous flowers delivered to me at work!}

{We had dinner at Iggy's, Cold Stone for dessert and went to a movie} I LOVE Dave!!!!!!!!!!

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
½ cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
½ cup Sour cream
2 2/3 cups Flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
½ tsp. Baking soda
½ tsp. Salt
***Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; about 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Add baking powder, soda and salt, mix well. Alternate adding flour and sour cream until well blended. Wrap dough in wax paper and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Sprinkle work surface with powdered sugar, and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Cut into desired shape using cookie cutters. Place cookies on baking sheet greased with butter or parchment paper. Bake 8- 10 minutes. Do not allow cookies to brown. Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes and then move to a cooling rack.
Glossy Frosting:
1/4 c. butter or margarine
4 c. pwd. sugar
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
1-2 tsp milk
dash salt
***1 capful almond flavoring
Beat together. Color as desired.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Sunday Drive...

Dave & I took a drive up by Wolf Mountain & Pine View Res. It was really pretty. {but I can't wait for SpRiNg!!!}




{an ice fisherman hut on the frozen lake}
{frozen waterfall}

Birthday FUN!

Sat. night we CeLEbRaTeD 3 Birthday's!!!
{Dad~Dave~Chaz}
We ate dinner at the Mandarin...
Went bOwLiNg... {I got the highest score!!!}
and ate coconut cake & lemon meringue pie :)
{It was such a FuN night!}







Saturday, January 17, 2009

LOu's CoCoNUt caKe

I have made this
cAkE twice in the
past 2 wEeKs!
{you have to try it!}

1 white cake mix
1 1/2 c. milk
8 oz. Cool Whip
1/2 c. sugar
2 c. coconut

Prepare the white cake mix as instructed on package for 9 x 13-inch pan. Combine 1 1/2 cups milk, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup coconut, in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute. Cool cake 15 minutes, poke holes through cake with a long tined fork. Spoon coconut mixture over warm cake. Cool completely. Fold 1/2 cup coconut into thawed 8 ounces Cool Whip. Spread over cake. Sprinkle with 1 cup coconut. Chill overnight very important. Refrigerate any unused cake.
{it is sO gOoD!!!}

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Amazing Shrinking PIZZA!

So I thought I'd be really domestic lastnight and make "homemade" pizza...This is how it looked when I pulled it out of the oven...hahaha :) It tasted yummy though!
{P.S. I really can cook..I swear!}

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Nursery

The nursery is coming along...
{The crib looks white in the pictures but it's cream and so darling!}
{This cute bedding was custom made by a woman in Idaho}
{Thanks to my sister-in -law for spotting this swing at a garage sale..only $10!}{We got this changing table for free and it was in pretty bad shape.
Amazing what a little paint can do!}

{His closet is starting to fill up!}

{Lilly thinks this is her new room}

Catch Up...

I cannot believe how much time has gone by since my last post! So much has been going on. Our holiday's were so much fun! We had a such a great time spending time together and having fun with our families. I'm always sad when the holiday's are over, but I am so excited for this new year and all the EXCITING things that await our family in 2009!!!

We had a great time celebrating Dave's 26th birthday on Jan. 7th! We went out to eat and to a movie. I am so bad at remembering to take a camera along with me, so sorry for the lack of pictures. There should be no excuse because my parents gave us an awesome video camera for Christmas which is super tiny - so as soon as Dave teaches me how to use it I will take it everywhere I go!

Dave is doing great at his new job at the University of Phoenix as a Corporate Education Liaison. He really enjoys it and his job has been such a blessing to us. He starts school on Jan. 19!! He's a little bit nervous, but I know that he will do great. I am still working full time at the Standard Examiner as a National Advertising Rep. My last day will be March 27th. I have been there almost 2 years. I love my job and the people I work with, so it will be sad to leave. However it will be such a blessing to be able to stay at home with our baby (we will need to get our satellite TV back for sure!!!).

I am now 27 weeks along! Time is seriously flying by. Our little guy will be here before we know it. I have been busy getting his nursery all ready for him and shopping up a storm! I swear I come home with something new for him almost everyday. (Dave is thrilled about that!) We are just so excited for him to come and we only have a few more months to wait!