Anniversary Weekend

Can you believe that its been 2 years since I married Kelly! Wowza! I am so happy that I get so many more years with him!

This past two years we have had some great adventures that happened. There has been so much growth and things that have made us learn. Times that we just wanted a break & went on a vacation. Other times we thought it would be fun to start a project in the house. Lots of time spent together. Movies watched. Jokes shared & definitely there was not a lack of LOVE.

I seriously love how hard Kelly works & that I am able to have 2 amazing jobs. It keeps us insanely busy but, at the end of the day there is nothing better than coming home and seeing each other for a few hours before we fall asleep.

About a month a go my BFF/Twin Kenzie B. called me around 10pm. I answered and she said "Maggie, get out of bed... I know you old people are probably watching the news or starting to fall asleep!" ... I started laughing. She was right.. I just climbed into bed and had the news on. Although, it was totally worth staying up for the next hour and a half talking to her. I seriously love that we have kept a good relationship and friendship. I tell you that story because it seems that we may have gotten a little old in the last 2 years. We can't stay up very late & it takes us 4 days to finish a complete movie... you read that right 4 DAYS!

It is hard to wrap two years worth of memories, stories, laughs & frustrations in just a few paragraphs but that is why I get Eternity to spend with him!

On to the Celebration!

A couple weeks ago I started looking for a new washer & dryer. I was getting irritated with ours. The washer was never spinning out the water & the agitator was really annoying on how it would tie knots in everything. So..  Friday night we picked up a set that I found on KSL. They are sooooooo nice! The family that had them couldn't use them in their new house. They spoke very highly of the set and really wish they could keep them.

Also they have only had them a few years and for about one year they haven't used them. Plus if you know Kelly he loves getting a good deal & talking people down to a price that he wants to pay!

After some heavy lifting and taking doors off to get them set up I now have a set that I am in LOVE with!

I find it odd that a washer & dryer can make me so happy, considering most of my friends would rather spend the money on other things at my age. I really am so so so so happy with these!

After we had them set up we went to Olive Garden. I was CRAVING bread sticks & luckily they are open late on weekends. It was delicious and we had an awesome waiter. Although, I hardly ate any of my spaghetti because I filled up on salad & bread sticks.

Saturday 
Kelly had a skidsteer job so I got to hang out at home & sleep in. Yay! After I finally rolled out of bed I headed to my parents house to see my niece & nephews. Marci & Landon had some paperwork to do for the house they are going to be building in Kaysville so the kiddos were hanging out with us. We fed them lunch & drove them to meet with their parents so they could head back to Springville. Since my mom & me didn't have anything to do we walked through the open house that they will be building! Talk about BEAUTIFUL! It was absolutely stunning & I am so excited for them to have a house they love!

That afternoon we went to my Grandparents to see my Uncle Matt who was in town with a couple of his kids. It was fun to chat with him & watch the grand kids play with each other. Its so nice to have such close family & grandparents who will bring us all together!

Saturday night we headed to the Layton Mall to do some serious damage. At least it felt like it. Since April consists of both our birthdays & our anniversary it creates a lot of shopping. I got a couple new tunics, basketball shorts & a new shirt. Kelly got some new jeans, shirt, jacket and sweat bottoms. We absolutely spoiled ourselves but after we left the mall we realized that we 100% deserved it!

Already eating a Kit-Kat 

Easter Bunny Slept In...oops

Easter Sunday
We spent the day with my parents & had dinner with Kelly's extended family! It was fun to chat with them and spend time outside! Kelly's Grandma is a sweetheart. I love talking to her & listening to her stories.

Kaleb was hilarious. As I was sitting down he came over and said "Happy Anniversary Maggie, I got you a Coke!" Now, that my friends is an awesome Brother in Law. He knows what I like and knows what would make me happy! Thank you Kaleb!

Overall it was such a great weekend! I was going to post this Monday but, life got the best of me and here it is getting posted at the end of the week. (Better late than never.)

Gag.

Man,
You hear about the pregnancy nose. Well, I am starting to believe it at just 10 weeks. Its Horrible!

I can't stand the way my house smells. Does it always smell this bad?! I want to clean but have no energy & frankly I get distracted blogging on a new iMac. I did vacuum the kitchen and do dishes. But that is what sparked this post.

I can't stand doing dishes... I just gag. I have to step away and gain up the courage to go back and finish. I can't stand being in the kitchen if Nala's dog food is in her bowl.. it just makes me freak out and well GAG!

The dishwasher stinks and the microwave stinks. Even after all the cleaning things you can do off of Pinterest it still stinks!! The Scentsy is on but its not strong enough!

This is probably going to get worse in fact I know its going to get worse but as of right now I would love to not gag.
A few weeks later...
I hate that I cooked dinner because it lingered in our house forever. It made me quite nausea but after some windows being left open I finally could stand being home again. I probably won't make BBQ pulled pork anytime soon.

New Beginnings: Don't Give UP...

First what is New Beginnings? 

"Young women who will reach the age of 12 in the coming year are also invited to attend with their parents. It may be held during Mutual. This event provides an opportunity for leaders to express their love for the young women, encourage parents to help their daughters in Personal Progress, and introduce new young women to the young women program."

I am a Miamaid Advisor and we were asked to plan the night. At first I came up with several ideas and let the girls choose what they would want. After some debating we all decided we loved the UP theme. 

So for the next two months the planning begun. My fabulous sister Kelsey drew some amazing pictures of the house. She even made the cool graphic balloons that would attach to the house. I loved what she made for me & did I mention she is pretty RAD!

My other sister Marci, got roped into this ordeal as well. I called her before Valentines Day to see if her daughter needed an idea for a V-day box. Well, schools don't do that anymore so instead we planned to start something once she came up for a weekend. After my collection of boxes & a few hours of duct taping, cutting. This was probably the longest and most time consuming thing.. but it made the night!

Next I probably watched this show another 10 times to get the details of the show. I also watched to get an idea for a theme of bringing the movie to part of that night.

I went to work on the bottle cap pin that Ellie gives Carl in the movie. At first I was going to make them into necklaces for the girls & after I already had made 10 or so of them I just wasn't in love with them. So, things changed I ended up getting them to look just perfect. 

(I will be honest I am a Hobbly Lobby shopaholic so I got all my supplies there.) I will post pictures because I think its easier to understand & find in a store when you have a picture.

Supplies:

Bottle Caps 1 1/4" (Collect and then spray paint or buy them)

*the package at Hobby Lobby gives you 24 in a pack

Safety Pins (Make sure you get a bag that is 1" to 2" in size)

White Cardstock

Foam brushes 1"

A 1.8" mm Bottle Cap Hole Punch. 

Glossy Accents 3D Medium glue

Krylon Workable Fixatif 

Modge Podge Matte 

*if you are a serious crafter you may already have Modge Podge. If not they do have a smaller 4oz. bottle that will be plenty.

                                                   

First, I printed out my grape soda design on Cardstock. Before you cut them into circles spray them with the Krylon Fixatif spray. Let them sit overnight or up to 4 hours. This helps with the ink not bleeding.

Second, while they are drying you can take out your bottle caps and start punching the holes in them. I would make one hole then stick the safety pin and line up where I want the other hole to be. (Make sure you punch it close to the top of the bottle cap so your safety pin can be seen at the top.) Punch your second hole & fasten the safety pin and you are ready to begin the next part.

Once you have coated the page of circles with Fixatif and let it sit; you can then cut them out. This may take some time depending on how good you are at cutting a perfect circle out. You then will be able to begin to put your badges together.

Dip your foam brush in the Modge Podge and coat the top of the bottle cap. Then center and stick your circle to the bottle cap. Rub it around so you won't get bubbles and let it dry.

Once you go through and finish gluing your circles on you will be ready to use your Glossy Accents.

Next, take the Glossy Accents and start around the edges of your glued paper. Go slowly around the edge in a circular motion and work your way into the center of the cap. It will be cloudy looking. It's best to wait overnight for these to dry & cure. 

Be sure not to shake the Glossy Accents. If you happen to get bubbles take a lighter next to it and they will pop. Also another tip don't get on to the very edge of the cap because the glue will slide off and can create a mess.

After all of those steps you will have made an adorable pin!

Do you remember the adorable Mailbox from the movie?!

Now, I have about 40 girls in my ward not including the leaders. So with that being said I couldn't have that many handprints on a mailbox. But, with the help of my Sister in Laws Silhouette Cameo machine I was able to cut all of their names onto vinyl.

This was by far one of the crazy dreams I had while planning this activity. I wanted something that would unify the girls throughout the rest of the year. That is when it hit me.
Come Unto Christ. That is the theme for the LDS youth this year. So, I decided that every Sunday the mailbox will be sitting out for them to write a letter to Christ.
As leaders we will keep all of there papers & at Evening of Excellence they will get them back.
We want them to work on becoming closer to Christ. So if they helped a friend on a bad day, prayed morning and night, read their scriptures, completed a Personal Progress, shared their Testimony.
They can write those things down and stick it inside the mailbox.

Our theme was: 

Don't Give UP the beginning is always the hardest.

On the Program it said the famous saying from the movie: Adventure is out there!

Along with the bottle caps & mailbox the girls each got a goody bag.

I honestly lucked out on these little things! 

Since everything is about UP we used:

A can of 7up

Mentos Up2U gum

7 ways to have an uplifting day (These were laminated and we stuck magnets on them so they can stick them in their lockers, mirrors etc.)

                          7 ‘UP’ lifting ways to start your day 

1- WAKE UP & decide to have a good day

2- DRESS UP. The best way to dress up is to put on a smile!

3- CHEER UP and say nice things & have a positive attitude

4- STAND UP for what you believe in. Stand for something or you will fall for anything.

5- LOOK UP to the Lord. He is only a prayer away

6- REACH UP for something higher. Set some good goals.

7- LIFT UP, be a good friend and help those around you.

The girls also could pick up a YW theme card, a 5x7 picture of the Youth Theme and a fun coloring picture of their very own UP house. (My sister had made one with just pencil and my YW love to color!)

Our YW were assigned to bring the cupcakes. They are all so talented and every cupcake I had was delicious! We have some mini chefs in our ward!

A big thank you to my sisters who helped with my crazy ideas! 

Remember It's Better to Look Up!

Spring Break 2014

Man, I was so stoked for this break from school. But this year Davis School District got a weak Spring Break.

Friday, Kelly was home since he was working nights. We woke up and decided it was good weather to go and ride our bikes to my parents. I realized how much my bum hurt from sitting on the seat. I still love my cute little Schwinn Crusier. We hung out at my parents for a while. Kelly went on a bike ride with my dad when we got there in total Kelly biked 13 miles. Wow!

I ran into Sephora with my mom later that afternoon for some new makeup. I absolutely could spend thousands and thousands of dollars there. I am becoming a hoarder! Once we got back to my parents Marci had dropped off her kids and they left to go look at some new home development projects. It was fun to play with the kids. Especially to watch Corbin play in the dirt!

Saturday, I spent the day with my parents because Kelly went snowmobiling. I also went to Shayli's baptism and took some pictures. She is such a special little girl & I am so thankful I am such good friends with her mom, Toni. Later that night I went with my parents to the Women's Meeting. My mom wanted me to go to her building. It was fun seeing people from the homeward & others in the stake! Plus, seeing my dads counselors make me really happy. They are like family to us.

Sunday was an easy day well for the fact I got to stay in my PJ's all day. I wasn't feeling well so I stayed home from church. Kelly helped me make dinner for my parents since my mom's kitchen is torn apart. They are redoing the cabinets right now. The spaghetti turned out great and I loved the strawberry shortcake. Kelly was awesome for helping me put everything together.

Monday I helped my mom clean cabinets and prep them for painting & antiquing. We got lunch at Mcdonalds and spent the day chatting. I still had dance to go to that night, I love seeing the girls improve & the excitement that comes with Competition Season here.

Lunch at Kneaders...Yum!

Don't you think I should of bought that light?

Tuesday, I had got up & my mom was officially sick of painting. She said "get ready & lets leave". We went down to City Creek. Walking around some stores & eating lunch. It was fun & relaxing. I got a sweater on Clearance at Forever 21. I pulled a joke on Kelly for April Fools, there was this Pear light inside Anthropology. It was huge. I have wanted a light from IKEA for our front room for a long time now. Kelly call's it a snowball light but, I still love it! I sent Kelly a picture of the pear light and told him I bought it. He began to freak out that I would buy such an ugly thing. He totally thought I really bought it for thirty bucks. Oh, how hilarious I thought it was.

It was a easy going Spring Break. If only we could of had a full week off, I would of been so HAPPY!

Its the Freaking Weekend

I am so excited to be able to finally get somethings done this weekend.

A lot of it will consist of designing invites, posters & finishing things for New Beginnings in a couple of weeks. I am hoping to have it all done since Competition season is starting with dance!

I have a lyrical to finish on Saturday. Did I mention I love teaching those girls!

Really should get around to doing laundry (I swear it never ends). It would be nice to clean the kitchen but I don't know if thats going to happen. Plus I would love to get out and work in the yard a bit but it hasn't made the list yet.

Lots of things going on!
Now that it is spring Kelly is getting a lot skid steer jobs. Which is great! The weekends are surely picking up & as busy as ever!

As for now, I am going to just enjoy this large Coke from Maverik & work on a few secrets.

Much Love!

Winning & Loving

Friday night Kelly took me to In n Out burger. Yum. He told me that his coworker was asking where we like to eat. Kelly responded with my wife would be satisfied with any cheeseburger & pizza everyday. Sadly, he was totally correct. Those are major comfort foods & they make me happy.

After we were done eating Kelly wanted to go and play games at Nickle Cade. I had to laugh. It was actually quite fun. We played Skeeball for most of the time and a jackpot game. We ended up getting 257 tickets. 166 of those tickets were from when I won the jackpot game. I kept getting the light before or after the jackpot. I finally won the tickets. It was so weird how I felt happy when all those tickets kept coming & their were a few kids who were just staring at me that I had won so many. They had some old school games like Pac-Man. But 75% of their games had a jammed nickle so most of them we couldn't even play.

Premiere 

Varsity

This Saturday two of our teams competed at Taylorsville High. It is the WDFKP, all of the fees for the dancers go straight to the Utah Food Bank. It costs a little more than usual competitions but they get to be around different studios & great judges. Plus just the cause of raising money for kids in need is a great idea.

Although some of the costumes didn't come like we wanted and didn't get shipped in time. The girls were great at knowing there routines & performing. I was very proud of them. Sometimes its hard to sit back and remember that they have improved & that things will still improve.

Also there is nothing better than a Hospitality room filled with veggies & coke!

Daylight savings time is killing me! I really shouldn't complain but I am going to. I just can't understand why we have to change the clocks. I know in about 6 months I will be fine with this & I do like it getting dark later.

I had to throw in these pictures of Kelly & Nala. We go and visit Kelly's grandma every Sunday. She has this chair that is fun to play with. I snapped this picture of Kelly getting out of it. The first thing he said was "No Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.." He didn't say blog. So here it is!

Nala is a sun bather. She cant get enough of it! & who wouldn't love to just lay in bed all day.

What a Weekend

Thursday after I left school it was raining & I was ready to go home and clean up things around the house. But as I was driving I remembered how when I was a kid getting home on Thursdays I would find my mom making cookies since she didn't teach piano on Thursdays. Cookies sounded really good so what did I do instead of cleaning as much as I wanted? I made cookies! YUM!

Okay, I ate more dough than anything but I did end up cleaning up most of the house. It was nice to take down Valentines decor & put up St. Patty's stuff.

We left Nala outside most of the night on Thursday because it was raining and we knew once we brought her in she would probably be disgusting. Once she was finally allowed in she was taken downstairs for a bath. She hates that bathroom because she knows what it means.

Friday night I was working on things for my Young Woman and going through things on my iMac. I turned around to see why Kelly wasn't responding to my questions & this is what I found these two passed out on the floor. Once Kelly woke up he wondered where he was, he is a very heavy sleeper. I told him he better get use to sleeping on the craft room floor since that is where I will be even more now.

I am not sure if you are aware of the amazing deal that Target had this past week but I stocked up only a little bit. It was 5 for $11 on Coke products. I think I have enough for the whole summer! 

This weekend I realized how I need some serious organizing help in my bathroom & craft room. I was looking at different type of storage units. Target also had a good deal on Sterlite drawers. I can officially say that underneath my bathroom sink is now organized. I now need to come up with a functional system for craft stuff & how to put everything in the room. 

Kelly has also enjoyed playing on the new 'plasma' as what he calls it since it is so big! He doesn't understand all the tricks and the programs. He was shocked that I knew everything I did. Its not the first time I have been on a iMac & it won't be the last.

Saturday Morning. 

I didn't really want to get out of bed. Let's be honest who really ever wants to get out of bed? Kelly got up and I could hear pans downstairs & thought he was making eggs for himself. About a half hour later he came and sat this next to me! Breakfast in Bed! What! He even put chocolate chips in my pancakes. 

After we finally forced ourselves to get going on projects, I got a lot done. I am getting so close to being done with all the decor, invites & gifts for New Beginnings. I love the things I have come up with & can't wait to post them! 

It is going to be an awesome night! We went to a Court of Honor Saturday night. I had never been to one & I found it very interesting! We also celebrated my mom's birthday a few days early. It was fun to talk to Marci & play duck, duck, goose with her kids. I just love those cute kids! 

We also hosted a mini concert Frozen. It was a fun night full of lots of food, laughs & noise.

Sunday.

We went to a friends baby blessing. It was fun to see some of Kelly's friends & meet new ones. We visited Grandma Smith after which was good because she wasn't going to be home much longer since she was going to dinner at Uncle John's house. Then, we finally made it to my parents & had some dinner. My best friend Whitney came over and we chatted for a while. She is living in Elko now and I am glad that she came up this weekend. I miss her & I am so glad we can pick up on each others lives. We then headed back over to our church for a Recognition night for my Young Women who were getting their medallions. I was a little late to it but still got to hug the girls and congratulate them! 

We then left and went to Kelly's parents & watched the Oscars with them. Got some massages from Kelly's mom & shared popcorn with his dad! It was a long day & we were in church clothes for way to long.