Diaper wreath

So normally for a baby shower I make diaper cakes, but this time I decided to try something different. I made a diaper wreath! My friend is having her baby shower tomorrow and I wanted to do something different. They are so easy to make, and they DON'T take as many diapers to make them. I think I used like 20 total compared to the 80 some odd ones I use on a cake.
This is the out come of all the diapers, ribbon, and fun stuff!

There are a couple outfits that go with it, but I have it in a separate bag. I can't wait for her to see it!

First Time For Everything

So this last weekend was Adam's first drill. He got to wake up at 0645 hours and had to be to Spanish Fork at 0745. From there Adam got to enjoy a fun afternoon playing with air soft guns. Or as Adam puts it he got to play with the air soft nerds and beat them at their own game. When he got home he had a nice sun burn line where his hat had been, it was pretty funny.

While he was gone on Saturday I got to have my sister Megan over and we watched The Princess and the Frog and I did her hair and we took pictures of her at the park. It was my first time watching Princess and the Frog, and it was really cute I thought. We also had a fun time running around getting everything ready for my brother's prom night. It was his first time going to Prom and he had a ton of fun.

This is Megan my one and only sister. Everyone says we look a lot alike.

Oh, and her hair is suppose to be curly, but her hair would not do anything I wanted it to do. So this is what we ended up with. I still think she looks cute.

On Sunday I got to go to church all by myself for the first time, and what do you know, I still don't have a partner for the nursery and since Adam was gone I didn't have anyone to help me. I tell you what though, it was hard with 9 kids in there. Lucky for me someone from the bishopric came in to bring his granddaughter and I got him to help me for a little bit. I love the little kids when they get ready to go because they love that time because it's called Bubble Time!

Adam's Sunday drill he got to do PT which is physical training. PT consists of 3 areas which are: Running, push ups, and sit ups. He barely didn't pass each part, in the running he missed my 11 sec. 16 sit ups and 2 push ups. He was so close, but I know he'll do better and pass next time.

Conference Weekend...and a little Easter.

This past weekend was General Conference, and my parents were able to get tickets for the whole family. Well, Every one but Jason, we didn't know if he'd be home in time to come with us. When we found out that he would be home my parent's bishop tried to find an extra ticket but sadly could not. So my mom decided that she would give Jason her ticket and she would try to get in by doing the standby tickets. Well when she got to the line she told her story to one of the ushers and he told her if one of us would bring our ticket down to prove that she was telling the truth then he would let her in even though he did not have an extra ticket to give her. It was so nice to have the whole family there, I love listening to the speakers and what they have to say. It was Megan's(my little sister) first time going and man I could tell that she was so board out of her mind. I think she may have fallen asleep at one point. I remember doing the same thing when I went at her age. Adam sometimes still falls asleep, but can help it. They turn the light down, your sitting in a nice seat, and the speakers just have that voice that calms you,
I'm so happy that it did not snow while we were up there or even rain for that matter. For the past two years I have been lucky enough to go two or three times and every time with out fell it rains on us and it is always cold. Every time I go to conference there is always those people that protest against us and what not. Telling us that we are going to hell and that we don't believe in GOD. Well this time there was not as many as there has been in the past. About two years ago when Adam and I got to go together for the first time there was a man walking around in a devil suit. It was so funny to watch!

After conference we walked around Temple square and took a couple of pictures. and here they are....

This is our temple, in July it will have been two years since we got sealed.

Families Are Forever

I guess the SECRET is OUT!

I guess it 's now no secret anymore. Adam and I have had a secret since November and we have not told anyone about it. Even our own parents, and family did not know until yesterday. Adam joined the National Guard yesterday. It's been a long time coming and it's not just something we jumped into. We have researched it a lot, and prayed about it, and we both feel really good about it. Ever since we have been dating we knew that Adam would join, the question was WHEN? Back when we got married he had planned to join then and leave just a few months after we got married, but that fell though. Since then we have put it off because we knew we would have to be apart for at least 6 months and we both were not looking forward to that. Finally in November 2009 Adam took what's call the ASVAB, which is the entrance exam to enlist in the army. Adam has now taken this a totally of 3 times now since high school. He almost got a perfect score each time and this time is miss 2 or 3, I can't remember exactly. Any who on with the story, Adam had to lose 20 pound to even get started on joining and he did it in like 7 weeks. I'm so proud of him for doing it. The reason we didn't tell anyone about it was because we didn't want anyone to know until it was official and we had his leave date and everything.
Adam will be leaving for boot camp on July 25,2010, which is just before our 2 year anniversary. He will be going to Fort Benning in Georgia, he'll be there for 9 weeks and 4 days. I can't wait till he is done because then I can go down for his graduation and see him. Don't worry I won't be going alone, my wonderful Mom has volunteered to go along since she knows where she is going down there(She did it back in Oct. 2008 when my brother Jason graduated). After that Adam will head to Texas for AIT school and he'll be training to be a 68W which stands for Health Care Specialist. His training there will last a long 18 weeks I believe. Which means he'll come home at the end of February 2011. Don't worry though he'll get to come home for Christmas! When he returns he'll join his unit for monthly drills, he's unit is called the 1457th Engineer Battalion which is based in American Fork.

This is the uniform my wonderful husband get to wear....and I might add he looks pretty darn good in it! I always though he looked amazing in it while he did ROTC when we met.
I'm super excited to get this going on the road because now we have a way to pay for school and we are that much closer to starting our family. I'm so proud of Adam for what he is doing, he has wanted to join since he was a little boy, and as an adult he has felt very strong that he needed to join. I love him so much, and even though it's going to be super hard for the both of us while he is gone I know when can do it. Hey, and what's that saying that says "Time makes the heart grow founder", I think that's it. I will also have my friends and family to help out.


Oh, and one more thing we are hoping to sale our house by July before he leaves, I really don't want to deal with that on my own. We are selling just so we can save money and send me to school. We really have not told anyone about this either.

Adam's the best!

Adam really is the best husband ever. For the past month he has been helping in nursery, the reason for that it because my partner in nursery got released and I have not got a new one yet. So Adam has skipped out on Young Mens to help me in nursery. Adam is always saying how lucky I am to sit and play during church, eat snacks, and blow bubbles. Mostly he likes the bubbles. Well he got his wish and gets to be with me until they find someone to help me. All the kids love him, they sit and laugh and play with him.

This is what he did this last Sunday, while he was in there the kids climb on top of him. It was so funny to watch. In our toy closet we found some dress-up stuff, mostly just different hats. Boy did those kids love them. Adam loves the last five minutes of class because that means he get to put all the toys away and blow grape flavored bubbles for the kids.

The mother-in-law I never Knew.

I'm a little late on it, but yesterday March 1, 2010 marked the anniversary of something Adam will never forget. Adam's mom Jane Ann died at the young age of 32 due to heart related issues. Adam was six years old and remembers that day like it was yesterday. Which is pretty amazing for a six year old. As of yesterday it happened 20 years ago. Today Adam and I took flowers to her grave in Spanish Fork. Jane loved daisies so that's what we got. Ever since I met Adam and heard about his mom Jane Ann, I have never ONCE heard anything negative about her. Everyone who knew here said only great things about her. Everyone says that she was the sweetest most kind women you have ever met. When someone says something like that you may think that they are just being nice since it was Adam's mom...But really everyone says it, no negatives about her at all.

When I first met Adam and found out that he was from Spanish Fork and I was from Payson. I just had to make fun of how Spanish Fork High has a PET rock...Really they do...Us cool people from Payson will sometimes even paint it Green and in return they paint our P red(they never do get enough paint because the P always ends up Pink). Anyway, Adam told me how his mom was the Student Body President or something to that effect, well she was the one who decided that Spanish Fork should get a PET rock. After that I can no longer make fun of the rock.

After hearing all the great things about Jane Ann it makes me sad that I won't get to met her for a long time to come. I wish she was here sometimes, I think she and I would get along perfectly. I wish I could have met here along with the rest of Adam's family. I love hearing stories about her from Adam, he is always talking about her and the memories he has of her. He remembers so much about his mom. Which I'm so happy for, since he was only six when she died.

So here is to the mother-in-law I never knew, and can't wait to met one day.
Thank you so much for bringing Adam into this world, so that I could met him and marry him.
Even though you were only here for 6 years of Adam's life, you were one of the biggest influences he had to become a better person and go on a mission. I love you and can't wait to tell my kids about you.

Last Friday I came home from work to find this in our living room....





Adam and I have been looking forever, for a waffle iron, not just any waffle iron. We were looking for one that had tiny squares instead of the big ones. We both grew up with the little squares, so we wanted one for ourselves. Well afters searching and searching we could never find one, until....One day I looked at Shopko and there it was. I was so happy that Adam got it for me! That night Adam made me his special waffles, it's a recipe that Grandma P gave us, it has heavy cream in it. Hence why we don't make it a lot.

So so so good.

I love my flowers he got me too, I love getting flowers. I never have gotten flowers from a boy until I married Adam and he has gotten them for me a couple times now. My favorite flower is the daisy, they are so simple and ever so perfect. They were our wedding flowers too. Adam and I have even planted them in our front flower bed.

Since Valentines Day was on Sunday and it was my year to make breakfast for Adam for Valentines day. I decided that I would do it Saturday morning instead so we would have more time. I made him pink heart shaped french toast, eggs, and orange juice(just normal, not PINK).


I also got him his present early this year, I got him Scrubs season 6. Adam and I love watching Scrubs, they are so funny and we currently own seasons 1-6 and I'm waiting for our season 7 to get here in the mail.