Anniversary Lunch

Today we enjoyed the much anticipated anniversary lunch. We got a baby sitter and went out to a Japanese steak house. I finally enjoyed the steak that I have been craving for a month now and Garett went with some tasty chicken. It was a bit strange sitting there not having to battle Owen for a fork or knife. It was relaxing, I loved it. Garett said he did too. Now that my sister has moved closer to us I think we might go out more often.

I've been thinking back on my past and to me it's amazing how much my life has changed over the past six years. I returned home from serving a mission, met - dated and married Garett. I enjoyed most of my working years, had a wonderful little baby boy who turned our world upside down and have a girl on the way, who I'm sure will follow in the footsteps of her brother.
My life has gone from selfless service, to selfish indulgence - buying and doing whatever I wanted when I wanted, and now as of two years ago back to selfless (and thankless) service. What a roller coaster ride. I can honestly say that my best years are the ones where I give the most. Those are my happiest years. Garett and I have this conversation probably once a week, we both agree that we love our lives. I love my family, I love how I spend my time, I love who I spend my time with, and we have the things we need. Garett is a wonderful husband, father and friend. I feel blessed to be so happy.

What's new?

It's been a while since the last post. There has not been much going on with us. So I thought I would update you on a few of the little things..

Owen: Watches Disney's CARS everyday. He has a lot to say but it is still hard to understand. Although with the right candy as bribery he will try to say anything. We are doing our best to get him to stop throwing things and to listen better. Unfortunately for us he's not interested so he sits in time out a few times a day.

Garett: Still enjoys his job a year later. :) He has been working a few side jobs as well to keep learning and the extra income helps too. And he is really excited for the new "Borne" movie to be released to DVD tomorrow.

April: Me, I'm still pregnant and getting bigger. I'm pretty sure that I'm 5 and 1/2 months now. I constantly lose track. This baby is very active and packs a hard punch. As of Saturday afternoon I now love Swedish fish and I have been craving steak for weeks now. Garett and I are going out for our anniversary and I will be ordering steak. This Thursday will mark 5 awesome years of marriage for us. :)

Family: We have gotten really good at remembering and holding Family Home Evenings. It's one of the best times we spend together all week. We finished our Christmas shopping right after Thanksgiving - this season will be low stress. And we are trying to figure out how to decorate a gender neutral room for Owen and his little sister. Please comment on that if you have some ideas.

We hope all is well with you and your family. We will be decorating cookies tonight and seeing Santa later this week... so I will be sure to post some pictures in the next day or two.

The Big Day!

Today was our ultrasound! We found out that we are having a girl! We are excited, yet still wondering what we will do with a girl. I felt the same way with Owen. :) I figured it out. :) I'm looking forward to buying some pink and purple things.

Wonderful Fall Day

Today we had fun playing outside. The weather could not have been better. Owen joined in on the fun with the neighbors and played in the leaves. I remember having so much fun doing that as a kid. It was fun until one year I discovered that there were bugs in the leaves, that was the end of my leafy fun.

Sliding into a pile of leaves for the first time.

Score! I give it a 10!

He loved the leaves falling on his head.

Baby D has no idea what's about to hit him.

I've learned to say "Cheese" for pictures.

I thought I should include this. It's a tile with vinyl lettering.
I made it at the last Enrichment Day.
I've had so many friends make similar projects that
I just had to make one to. It was very simple.

My Painted Kitchen

So when we moved into this house in June the kitchen was a deep dark red, almost maroon. Nice, but not my style. I prefer lighter colors. So here we are in November and finally have painted the kitchen. We chose green and I really like it. Here are the before and after shots.

I couldn't find the picture I took so this is the one from the listing.

Here it is after the missionaries came over and helped me prime the walls. Notice the stains on the floor. I've tried everything I can think of and they will not come up. I think I will just have to buy bigger mats to cover them.

Here it is freshly painted. I still have touch ups and some decorating to do. I really like the green it will look great with the color we have chosen for the living and dinning room. That will happen sometime next year. :)

Take a Guess

Next Tuesday is the big day. We are having our ultrasound! I'm so excited to find out the gender of the little person growing inside of me. So we would like to hear your guesses.
Boy? or Girl?
The odds are good that you will guess right.

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Shopping Success!

So I have been trying to tighten up our food budget by better menu planning and the use of coupons. I've been seeing the savings grow each week and I'm telling you it is worth the investment of time and planning. Today I went to Publix and bought $66.15 of food, after BOGO and coupons some doubled some not, I saved 32.28 leaving me with a bill of 33.87. I know there are others who have done much better than that but I still feel good about my savings :) I wish Walmart would double coupons. Anyone know of a store that will triple coupons?