It's a Wonderful Life

Jacoby and Johnny on Thanksgiving! They are some good lookin' boys!
When Tyler was a baby, his dad would hold his feet in one hand and Tyler would stand up on them and balance himself. Tyler wants Jacoby to be able to do this, but for now, he can sit on one hand. Impressive, I know!

I loved this outfit he's wearing with his matching hat. I was trying to get him to talk to me, but lately he's much more interested in stuffing his fist in his mouth. Ha ha. Whatever makes ya happy buddy!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! This year we went to my uncle Ryan and aunt Jenny’s home for Thanksgiving. My sisters and I are on the same schedule for Thanksgiving, so our whole family was able to be there this year. I made sure and took some pictures of Jacoby and Johnny; I’m so excited for them to grow up together. There was so much food, we had appetizers and were full before we even ate. It was really nice that Jacoby decided to fall asleep right before we ate, so we were really able to enjoy our meal. Thanks bud! I made a yummy artichoke dip and my very favorite, banana cream pie, all from scratch, and it takes forever but well worth it. It was so fun to be with family and just sit and visit all day. I really want to express my gratitude for all that I have in my life. I truly have been blessed in my life. I’m so grateful for my healthy baby boy; he brings so much joy and happiness into our lives. He really is a wonderful baby. I’m grateful that I am a mother and a wife. I love Tyler so much; he works so hard in school and also at his job. He makes me feel good about myself and he keeps me laughing. He is a wonderful father, and loves to help out with Jacoby. It’s so fun to watch him with Jacoby. I’m so grateful for my parents and the example that have always been to me. I always give my dad a hard time and tell him that he became so much nicer after I got married. It’s true though, he was a strict man! I love my mom and more than ever I realize how much she did for me growing up because I’m now a mother. I’m grateful for my sisters and my brother, they’re my best friends! I’m grateful for Tyler’s parents. They do so many nice things for us and I love them. There are so many other things that I’m so grateful for, It’s a wonderful life.

Oprah Giveaway!

Oprah had a really great show on today and she gave a bunch of ideas for fun, inexpensive, thoughtful Christmas gifts. So if you're interested, you better check it out http://www.oprah.com. The best part of the show was a giveaway of 8 Christmas songs from this year. I love love Christmas music, so I was thrilled. Here's the list of the songs:
Faith Hill, "Joy to the World" from the album Joy to the World
Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas" from the album A Swingin' Christmas
Il Divo, "O Holy Night" from the album The Christmas Collection
Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the album Noel
Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from the album I'll Be Home for Christmas
Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful" from the album The Christms Collection
Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album
Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night" from the album This Christmas

Now go to the link above to download.
P.S. This giveway is only available for the next 48 hours, so hurry hurry!

Monkey Boy

I feel like I haven't had much to post about lately, but I have been working on this scrapbook page of Jacoby today. This is our little monkey boy on Halloween this year, it's only been a month, but he has already changed so much. I love these monkey jammies he's wearing, I will be bummed when they don't fit him anymore. The journaling reads: Jacoby, you looked so cute in your monkey jammies and hat on Halloween. Because you were only 2 months old, we didn’t take you trick-or-treating, but we still got you all dressed up! You were the cutest monkey we’d ever seen!

Festival of Trees

The last couple years, my mom and some of her sisters have been over decorating the Christmas trees for the Festival of Trees. It's so much fun to pick a theme and find all these decorations that you love to decorate a tree with. On Saturday we went to the Red Lion to decorate and had a blast. I did my tree with my sister, Olivia, and we had a lot of fun. Our tree is called Christmas Cheer and it's pretty much all red, with a little lime green and plum. I wasn't sure about the plum, but Olivia was dead set on it and now I'm really glad we added it in. It's always so fun to see the trees, so if you get a chance go to the Red Lion sometime this week, it goes until Friday night.

Lyndsi Got Hitched

Yesterday my good friends Lyndsi Struhs and Taylor Morrow got married. It was fun to be able to go to the wedding and reception. She looked so pretty, I loved her sash so much. They have been dating ever since we were in high school and are the cutest couple. I got some pictures as they came out of the temple, but this one was a little blurry. Oh well, it's the first picture of the married couple and they look happy as can be. It was a good day! Jessica, Lyndsi Morrow, Katelyn, and me.
Katelyn, Lynds, and me just outside the temple. Lyndsi was a gorgeous bride!

Jacoby is Talking! Ha ha

This is the sweetest video ever. Jacoby has started cooing like crazy. This video is pretty cute, so turn that volume on your computer way up! :)

Check Out These Sexy Red Shoes! Ha ha

So I've been working on our wedding scrapbook and I'm just loving it. Digital scrapbooking is so much fun, if you haven't tried it, you've got to get into it. Our wedding colors were robin egg blue and red. So I decided that I wanted to wear these red shoes instead of the usual white shoes. Ha ha. Here I am showing them off.

My Cute Bridesmaids

Finally I'm starting my wedding scrapbook, and it's been so fun. This is a page of my good friends, Jess and Katelyn, who were my bridesmaids. They're the best. I dunno if you can read the journaling so it reads: Jess and Kate were my bridesmaids, and they looked gorgeous that day. They were there for every event of the wedding: the dinner, waiting at the temple, and staying at the reception all night. It meant so much to have them there. They have always been there for me. I hope that I have been as good of a friend to them as they have been to me.
I loved my wedding so much, I do have one regret though, I didn't have one of my friends, Lyndsi be one of my bridesmaids. At the time I didn't feel like we were very close, but we are so close now. I will always feel bad about that. She's getting married this Friday and I'm so excited for her and Taylor. She's the best example to me, I just love her.

Good Times

Yesterday was my good friend, Jason's mission report. He did such an awesome job. It's so amazing to see how much he has changed and the strong testimony he has. I know that he was a great missionary and that he touched so many lives. It was really fun to see my group of friends again and be together. It's crazy to think how much can happen in two years, my friends keep saying I'm a perfect example of that. Ha ha. I have some great friends from highschool that I know I will always be close to. Good times! I've been dying to have this done so that I could hang it up in Jacoby's room. I'm all about doing things cheap, and this was. Woo hoo! My mom came up with the cute idea and did it for my sisters, and I loved it so I decided to do one for Jacoby's room. It is definitely hard for me to decorate for a boy, and I didn't want it to look to girly, so I stayed pretty basic on the fonts. I really like how it turned out. Thanks Mom!