Stranded In Montana

This past weekend was extremely eventful so I am going to start from the beginning. I had planned to go to Montana on Thursday morning until Sunday to help Wendy find a house. So when Thursday morning arrived I was enjoying my morning slumber when my mom whom just happens to have a key to my house comes running into Jon and I's bedroom while it is still dark outside exclaiming, "Whitney is getting married!!!" I was extremely shocked for those of you who don't know that she is the youngest in our family and has two brothers preceding her whom are not yet married. So on the drive up we began planning her wedding calling her for the small details like colors :) When we arrived in Billings it was gorgeous with all the autumn colors. However, as soon as Wendy's plane arrived it began snowing and didn't stop the entire time we were there. We stayed at Ruth's house (Wendy's Realtor who is a member) and had a blast with her. She loved having girls in the house because she only had two sons. Searching for homes proved to be a fabulous time as we giggled and laughed as sisters do. Wendy kept saying she didn't want to commit because then my mom and I would get excited about a home, but we just started getting excited about them all after that. Then came the purchasing which Wendy did without Bret!! Three cheers for her. She even had an agreement that she would have $10,000 to spend on furnishings. It was definitely a women's buy! So we had 5 hours to find her all the things she wanted. Wendy kept saying she felt like she had won the lottery and we were spending it. So, after all that fun the time came to leave yet the snow had amounted to a few feet. The roads home were closed and we were stuck. So Wendy flew out and my mom and I had to wait until Monday. No worries we got home just fine and even got to stop in and talk to Whitney and go wedding dress shopping!!! It was a really fun girls weekend.

House Projects

So I finally am posting pictures of the before and after effects of our whirl wind of house projects. I just have to say that I cannot believe I built a deck!!!! I did neglect Autumn for a matter of a few minutes while we were screwing in the boards and she managed to color her entire body with markers. And the shelves in the Laundry room I brought back from NY. I love them because the closet shelf has a pull down laundry board. Maybe I will Iron my clothes now??? Hope you Enjoy!!!

Life; Tagged

Well, Life came at us fast when Jon came home :) Sorry I haven't kept up on posts. It has been great having Jon back into the picture except now the girls won't have anything to do with me. Everything is, "No I want Daddy" Today at the grocery store we were supposedly sharing a candy bar and Autumn would let everyone but me have a bite. I felt rejected. No worries though it has given me time to take a bath, do my hair, sleep in, and enjoy personal time. It has been nice seeing that I had taken the liberty of contracting our entire yard out by myself without Jon home to help. When he arrived it had been leveled, 2 loads of dirt brought in, a deck 1/2 put on and sprinklers in. I can't say I did it single handedly though; MY DAD WAS AMAZING!!! He obviously built the deck as I am not capable of such a feet, and he was the one that noticed we needed some top soil and chased down a dump truck in Morgan which was just trying to get rid of dirt, thanks Dad. I couldn't have done it without you. So after Jon's brief rest on Sunday, Monday morning was back to work. We raked the dirt into mounds for flower beds, then Had the hydro seed sprayed. Jon has put blinds up in our house and put handles on the cupboards in the kitchen. I LOVE YOU HONEY. He hasn't complained once at my honey do list. WOW!!!
Now, I have been tagged by my sweet neighbor so here goes it:

Seven Random Fact:
1)I am frightened easily by people, Example: Jon loves coming up behind me and grabbing I scream every time, or even if I know he is coming home I still jump if he quietly comes around a corner.
2)I LOVE brownie sundae's especially the skillet from Tony Roma's. A hot brownie with ice cream and hot fudge is to die for.
3)I love the thrill of falling. Like cliff jumping into water of course. Or Roller Coasters; I don't like the tea cups they make me sick. Also, I have been sky diving. Not so much the falling thrill, but it was awesome.
4)I LOVE to dance. I enjoy challenging my body, but dancing is truly a passion.
5) This is turning into a "What I love List" I absolutely love 4-Wheeling in the outdoors in the fall. Hence my daughters name Autumn. I think it is beautiful, my favorite time of year.
6)I love traveling and experiencing new things in life. I hate being bored.
7) Seven, I literally cannot function without sleep :)

I would like to tag, Lindsey; Whitney; Emily; Shannon; Beccah; Erica; Kristyn

Finally Settled

This week has been crazy, but I finally feel like I have things mostly under control. For starters, on Monday Makenna went to her first day of preschool. She was a little nervous, but she came home saying nothing but great things about Bobbi Brown her teacher. However, the con to her growing up is now she thinks she went from a little girl to a big girl over night. She gets the juice out of the fridge and a cup then pours her own juice; also, she climbs on a chair so she can change the DVD's herself and push play. She refuses to have me help her with anything unless she is so frustrated she is crying. I am starting to miss my little girl already. With Makenna away for 2 hours Autumn and I get to spend some quality bonding time which is nice. I love playing with her she already does make believe and talks incredibly well if your her mom and can understand her!! I thought she would soak up all the attention, but only after 1 hour of Makenna being gone she started asking where's kenna? She loves her sister!!! Secondly, that night I went back to work for the first time in 5 years!!! Yikes, it was actually really fun. I am teaching dance twice a week for 3 hours each night. I have to admit I was nervous, but the girls were all really sweet and I had a lot of fun getting back into the swing of dancing. Then, on Thursday Makenna started her first dance/tumbling class on Thursday with Josie and Tami as her teachers I think she likes it so far. She is always shy when she first starts something. So life was moving smoothly until that night after I taught dance I came home and started vomiting. The other dance teacher had the stomach flu and I am assuming I caught it from her. I threw up every 2 hours for nearly 24 hours. It was aweful! Thank goodness for a loving mom who came and got the girls. I was lying on the bathroom floor when she showed up to find them dancing on the table and spilled juice everywhere. After she took the girls I slept and and had an entire day to lye on the couch and have nothing to do. To bad I was sick!!! But now that I am back to health and it is Saturday we are soooooo excited to watch a BYU football game, Go Cougars!!!! We are having our cousins, Troy and Emily, over we just wish that Jon was here to enjoy it with us. Only one more week until vacation time for him!!!! Love Ya Jon

2 Weeks of Hotels +2 little girls = 1 crazy Mom

Well, we finally made it back to Morgan three cheers for us :) We left New York on Friday as a family and visited Washington D.C. which was really fun. It was nice to do a family vacation with Jon actually added to the picture. We also were able to stop in and see my cousin Tandi who had just recently moved there. They are doing really well and have the most beautiful home, very Eastern. After arriving on Monday in Charleston , WV I quickly found that I was not very comfortable. The girls had no idea what we were doing in a hotel and the people running the hotel new when we were coming down the elevator because Autumn always rang the emergency bell. We did have fun at a car show; I don't know much about cars, but I love looking at them Jon thought it was awesome. However when Jon went back to work I was ready to leave when my mother-in-law came on Thursday. We quickly packed up the van sad to say good-bye to Jon, but happy to be moving westward. We first visited Nauvoo which is one of my favorite places. I had the wonderful privilege of going to the temple. Recommend IT!!!! After touring and sight seeing we took off to corn country Nebraska, but when we hit Wyoming I knew we were homeward bound. Overall the girls were good, we did have one major crisis halfway through the trip when the DVD player broke, but Debbie purchased the new and improved DVD player that has one for each of the girls. They love it and we are so grateful to her for all the help she was even though she spoiled the girls rotten!!! They loved getting to know there grandma better and I know they both were sad to see her leave. When we arrived home we were able to go see great grandma Despain who celebrated her 95 birthday on Saturday. Congrats!!!
Well, that about sums up the trip home. We wish Jon luck out in West Virginia. Love ya honey, Your family

2 week trip home from New York