Perfect! Maybe.

Well I have been looking and looking for a coat that will fit Grace this year and next. I have become quite particular but i guess thats what looking for this long does to you.

These are my top two, but still too pricey when you include shipping. Any ideas how i can get these cheaper?

jcrew


and PB Kids
my computer will not let me have the picture, so go see it.

Let me know what you think.

Arlene Deem

My Grandma was and is amazing. I have been thinking about her so much in the last 6 months and it has helped me realized how extremely disciplined and talented she really was. She passed away in 1994 when I was in second grade. I still remember that morning when my Mom woke me up when it was still dark outside and she explained that Grandma had passed away a few hours ago from a heart aneurysm. My Mom sat there and cried and held us. It was a sad day.

Last night for FHE we went through our goals for 2008 and discussed how we did. It was so fun to read that our number one goal for 2008 was that we wanted a healthy baby. We feel so blessed to have Grace Arlene in our little family. She is beautiful and healthy and we know that this is a blessing from our Heavenly father and a consequence of righteous heritage.

Grandma Arlene was passionate about her family and her callings. She was an amazing cook, and especially creative when it came to cake decorating. She managed my Grandpa's family practice, kept all the books, and managed to keep tabs on TEN rental properties they owned. She was insistent on eating leftovers and she made everything from scratch. Ornaments, clothes, quilts, cakes, canning, decorations, etc. she made everything.

I love her so much. I hope that Grace will grow up to be like her Grandma Arlene and her Grandma Grace.

Thanksgiving

Went like this..

WEDNESDAY- Mel and Jason arrive, Cafe Rio and bowling
THURSDAY- Dinner at 2:00 in Provo at John and Jenilyn's, Pie at Grandpa's, more bowling
FRIDAY- Cari and Alec arrive, lunch at PF Changs to celebrate Mabel, Shopping, cousin Chris' Eagle court of Honor
SATURDAY- Mabel's blessing, Dinosaur museum, Savior of the World in Salt Lake
SUNDAY- Family travels home = (

Here are some highlights..

Eight

8 TV shows I love to watch
1. The Office
2. The Bachelor

3. (these spaces will not go away) American Idol

4. Lost

8 Favorite restaurants
1. Cafe Rio
2. PF Changs
3. La Bou (its in Ca)
4. The Mandrin
5. Thats it... I dont eat out often
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8 Things that happened today
1. Saved Grace when she slipped in the tub
2. Bought some fabric for a project
3. Ate lunch with my two favorite people (Josh and Grace)at Cafe Rio
4. Hung a fresh garland. It smells SOOO good!
5. Burned the sauce I made for our salmon dinner
6. Ate leftovers instead
7. Had a productive enrichment meeting planning our Christmas activity
8. Caught Grace walking into the room I was in! SHE IS WALKING!!

8 Things I'm looking forward to
1. Taking Family pictures in the snow
2. Living by friends again this summer somewhere new... we will find out soon.
3. Taking piano lessons again
4. Seeing all the pictures from this past week. They are stuck on my camera. My computer is FULL!
5. Date night on Saturday with my man
6. Learning how to be a leader in Nursery
7. Grace's 1st Christmas and 1st birthday
8. Finding just the right wreath for my door. no luck yet

8 Things on my wish list
1. Have someone repaint my entire downstairs
2. Get Grace to nurse till she is 1
3. In bed by 11 every night for 2 weeks in a row
4. New flats for Christmas (shoes)
5. Grace will say Jesus by the time she is 1
6. More time for being creative
7. Organize my basement and garage before we leave again for the summer
8. To be able to figure this whole Mom/ Wife thing and be perfect at it

8 People I'm tagging
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What do you think?

This is me at around the same age Grace is. Just thought i would share, she does look a little like her Mom.

* I think my favorite part of this picture is my sisters hair. Jenilyn and Mel both have the coolest brown curly hair.

Mabel Ann

My niece Mae was born on Sunday November 2nd, weeks early!! She was due on the 15 so we are so excited she came to see us sooner.

Soup and Candy Night

Happy Halloween

Halloween Fun Run

Over the past month and a half Hailey and i have been running in the mornings before our husbands have to go to work so we could leave our kids at home. It has been so fun getting to know Hailey better and realizing how many admirable qualities and traits she possesses. On Saturday night Hailey and i ran a 5k in American Fork and we did GREAT! Next year we will remember our flashlights... running through the cemetery in the dark was a little creepy.

Cute Pumpkins

My friend Lindsay told me about a patch in Herriman that had pumpkins, a little corn maze, tractors, a black cat. Grace loved the wheel barrow rides and eating lots and lots of hay with her cute cousins.

WE ARE HOME!!!

We have been home for about a week and a half now... and it feels good. REAL GOOD!

Fall Photos

Hailey (my step sister and really good friend) and I went went outside for some fresh air and some photos. These are some of my favorites from the day.

Lots of energy lately

Reason: Thinking about and loving all of these things..

- Packing this entire apartment into bins and boxes
- Running at 8:30 MWF with Hailey
- Fall leaves and crisp air
- Grace's costume shoot.
- Chocolate chip cookies
- My freezer is almost empty (this means we are almost done!)
- Early Christmas shopping
- New shoes (thanks Fish)
- A hot husband (I think he has been doing something new.. to his hair or something? He is just so hot to me)
- A healthy 17.5 lb pumpkin, i mean Grace
- My new Mom Agenda
- Using our fireplace
- Wearing sweaters and hoodies
- Starting my new filing system (we need more room BAD)
- Having someone start (and finish) our yard just in time before it gets too cold
- My sister Jenilyn's baby that will be here in 4 weeks
- Thanksgiving with the Mixa's and the Van Wagenen's
- Having my sister Mel and husband Jason and kids come stay with us
- Making pumpkin cookies (or pumpkin anything) in MY oven in MY house
- Going through all of my mail from the past month (i know im wierd, i love this)
- Arranging my picture collage in my front room
- An expensive trip to Sweet Briar Hollow = ) (thanks Fish)
- Grace is still nursing! Yay!
- Reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Quiet Cricket to Grace cuddled up with blankets on the couch at 8 am.
- Costumes for Hailey and I for next Friday
- Hmm.. Fake tree or real??
- Celebrating Lorna's birthday with family
- Seeing Brandon and Hill's new yard and playing on their grass. (we have dirt)
- The Icon banquet
- Sleeping in our cal king bed with our white down comforter
- A trip to Maui this winter

And Ill stop, im getting too carried away. But it was FUN!

Home for Conference

This last weekend we were home for a visit to enjoy a nice weekend with family. Cari and Alec stayed with us along with our friends Dave and Kelly. We enjoyed so many favorites this weekend including... Dinner at Missy and Greg's, watching Grandma Lorna and Grandpa Craig get some giggles and smiles out of Grace, our cal king bed, Cafe Rio with Cari and Alec, Cari and I's 20 minute Costco splurge to start our food storage (in the pouring rain), Conference and more conference, Papa Murphy's pizza with Jenilyn, John and Wes (sad i didnt get a picture with Jenilyn's TINY (due in 5 1/2 weeks) tummy), peeking in and Brandon and Hill's (new) yard and beautiful home( if i could i would copy and paste their style into my home), a late night with my cousins Leah and Sara, time with Josh's mission companions who are both (almost) engaged to beautiful girls, using my washer and dryer that i love because they don't bleach or rip my clothes, a sweet visit by Miss and Jake and Kate, a delicious (salmon, red potatoes, veggies, salad and apple crisp!)dinner at Lorna and Craig's, good talks with Craig and Jared (we missed you Beth and Thomas and cant wait to see you in a few weeks). Sorry this is so long i just want to remember it! Here are some fun pictures. Wish i had taken more.

Fishing and Tricks

On Tuesday we went with Kelly, David and James (welcome to the Denver Icon Family!) to Dave's Uncles house. He has a beautiful property in the middle of nowhere and a pond that is loaded with fish. Here are some pictures of how much fun we had.





Grace caught a frog!

Then the boys got bored with the fishing so they rigged an old purple bike with flat tires and no brakes! Kelly and I laughed and laughed as we let our "boys be boys"



Now Dave's turn....

I have twins!

I'm not saying my husband acts like a baby. I just think he is as cute as one. And I sure do love them Both. Life is great!

Saturday Night Out

Because all of our husbands work late on Saturdays we try and plan something fun to make the day go by faster. Last Saturday we all went to Costa Vida and then to the Super Target across the street. Costa Vida was delicious and Target was a blast. We had 3 carts, 6 adults and 5 kids.

Taya, Hailey, Kendra, Branson, Jen, Kayson, Emily, Kelly, Grace and I. And baby Sienna was on the ground in her car seat.

Dolls

A few months ago i saw my friend Dena and she had just made some dolls for her daughter. I thought they were the cutest things! So, i tried, but was not very successful. These are proof of my attempt to make something handmade for Grace. See them professionally here.

Fly

There has been a fly in our house for almost a week! Or maybe 6 different ones, i swear i have killed one everyday. He flies around bugging the heck out of me. But not Grace. She has become quite fond of him. She even giggles at him. He lands about 2 feet in front of her and just as she tries to poke him he flies another 2 feet. Now she can crawl.

Today he (the fly) landed on the metal wisk she was playing with, Grace twirled the wisk and he was off... to the couch, so she crawled over and pulled herself up to try and poke him. Maybe we do owe this fly at least a roof over his head, for finally teaching our daughter that being in one spot is not so fun after all.

Yuck! Nevermind.