Family Pictures

A few weeks ago, my family got together for a new family portrait. It's been 4 years since our last official picture. We have three new kids in the family!

We had a great time and loved how they turned out. The fabulous ABBEY KYHL did them for us. Her website is www.abbeykyhl.com. She was very reasonably priced and really flexible.

I think the pic. above is going to be the official "Family Portrait." In our house. I am really excited because its our first official portrait as a family of THREE!

This little boy just melts me!

I have such an amazing family.

I am excited to hang up some of these pictures in my home!

Love you guys!

Photo Booth Fun and New Bangs!

Since our camera is on the fritz- here is a nice lil' photo booth pic. I just think my little monkey is getting cuter and cuter every day!! I feel so bad not documenting it better!!

He is sooo curious. He is all over the place ALL DAY LONG! He keeps me so busy. Yesterday he INSISTED upon going up and down the stairs. He seemed to be getting pretty good at it, so I left him for literally 30 seconds, and sure enough... I hear a tumble. He fell down probably 6 or 7 stairs. He was SCREAMING! I think it just scared him more than anything. He got a nice little rug burn right by his eye. I felt so bad!! But he instantly got up and wanted to go up the stairs again! What a little trooper!

Anyway, he is just so fun! He loves the Christmas tree. It just never gets old to him. EVERY morning he still says, "WOW" when he sees the tree. It's so fun living life through the eyes of a small child. It reminds me every day of my many blessings, and what the most important things in life are. I am so thankful for my little buddy!

GO UTES!

We had such a fun time on Saturday at the big U of U vs. BYU game! It was a CLOSE game. TOO close for comfort... but we pulled through!

Go UTES!

TOMS Shoe Drop: Argentina 2006

I love this inspiring video that shows the receiving end of TOMS shoes. It's totally inspiring. I would love to become part of something like this.

To see the TOMS that I am dreaming of this Christmas, check out my beauty blog today!!

The Band Perry - If I Die Young

I am just loving this new song by "The Band Perry."

Listen. And enjoy.

sick.

My camera is very sick right now. Something happened to it in New York. :( This is a very sad time for us. I hope we will be back soon with some exciting pictures.

Until then, I will keep swiping pictures from my friends blogs.

Bird Love.

For some reason I have this crazy obsession with birds. So, it's no surprise that I fell in love with this darling owl hat. It's made by the amazing and talented Muranda Barker. She has the cutest shop on Etsy called {mur}made.

You should check out her shop.

She has all sorts of stuff including adult hats, scarfs, gloves & headbands.

I can't wait to see my little man wearing the Owl Hat out on the town!!

New York.

I returned home from my girls trip to N.Y.C. on Sunday night. I don't even know where to begin to explain all the fun things we did. It was for sure a trip I will always remember. We had such an amazing time.

These pictures are in no particular order... So I will briefly just try explaining what each one is and what we did.

Do any of you watch "Keeping Up With The Kardashians?" I'll admit... it's a guilty pleasure of mine. I love it. Three of the sisters own this store- "DASH." The whole time we wanted to find the brand new New York location. We asked around and no one seemed to know where it was. Well, we were pleasantly surprised when we just accidentally stumbled upon it one day in SOHO. I was so excited!! Everything was super expensive, but it was still way fun to be there. The store had only been open for 3 days!!

We stayed in Brooklyn the whole time we were there and just rode the subway all over the city. I feel like a real pro. at the metro system now. It was really fun riding the subway. A definate cultural experience! We saw giant rats, lots of bums, a few major creeps, and mostly lots of normal, everyday people.

The picture below is Erin & I at "Serendipty." Famous for their frozen hot chocolate. It was AMAZING. It seriously was so delicious. I am really so glad we went.

What's a New York trip without a Broadway show?? We jumped at the chance to go and see "WICKED." It was Uh-MAZE-ing!! My eyes were watering the whole time. It was such a fantastic show. Made me re-think my profession...

Broadway anyone??

In my next life...

The first morning we were there, we went for brunch at Cafe Lalo. We didn't know until we got there, but it turns out this is the cafe in "You've Got Mail." It was the sweetest little cafe. And I think they were even playing the "You've Got Mail" soundtrack. It was a great start to the trip.

Central Park.

So after Brunch at Cafe Lalo, we decided to walk through Central Park to get to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Central Park is about a million times bigger than I thought it would be. It was absolutely gorgeous with all the fall colors. We seriously walked for almost an hour and finally made it out to the museum. It was a really fun day. I have never walked so much in my life!!

The next day was lots of shopping! Canal street, H&M, Zara, Topshop, Anthropologie, {my FAV.} and a visit to the Jonathan Adler store.

So on Saturday night we decided to try out a pizza place called Grimaldi's. It's near the end of the Brooklyn bridge. We had heard TONS of great reviews for this place so I was way excited to try it. We had to walk a long way to get there, and then wait in line for an hour... but it was SOOO worth it. Best pizza I have ever had. Hands down. It was so dang good. And it was amazing because we could see the whole city.

After dinner, we decided to brave the chilly wind and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was so spectacular. It was a clear night and to WALK into Manhattan was just amazing. All the lights, and you could see the Statue of Liberty. It truly felt enchanting. That was my favorite night of the whole trip I think.

We had a such an amazing time. My only regret was that Casey wasn't with me. The whole time I just kept thinking to myself how much he would love "the big city." We will for sure be going back sometime in our lives!!

The Juicy Tube: Dreamgirl.

The Juicy Tube: Dreamgirl.: "Wow. Did you see Carrie Underwood hosting the CMA Awards Show tonight? First of all, she probably wore 7 different dresses all throughout th..."

And I'm Off...

to new york.

my first time.

with 3 fantastic other females. :)

i am sure there will be lots of shopping, eating, laughing, staying up late, shopping some more and a broadway show

{wicked} somewhere in the middle of all of that.

i shall return and report!

any advice? hurry quick!