Straight... or curly???

I straightened my hair today... ok technically I didn't straighten it because that would require the skill and patience required to do so to my crazy hair, the lady who cuts my hair did it for me.
So which do you like better? I know my preference... but I wont bias anyone with that information just yet, feel free to be honest... unless you just hate my hair period, you can keep that opinion to yourself. :)

Curly... aka the normal me



Straight... (admittedly not the greatest picture... white wall... white shirt... pale face... eek!!)



Opinions??????

My Life

Last night as I was driving to the post office at 1 AM I suddenly fell in love. Seriously. It was that heart pounding twitter-patted feeling. I was in love... with my life.
I don't know what it was that set it off but I suddenly felt so content regardless of the fact that I could have told you then and there 4297 things I'd change if I could. But most of those things are temporary, unimportant matters. All the stuff that is real, the things that count I've got plenty of.
I have a husband who treats me like a queen and is quite possible the worlds greatest father.
I have two children who daily show me they love me in their own way.
And I have the true Gospel of Jesus Christ that allows us to stay together as a family for eternity... seriously, what more could I want or need?

Our New Pad

A few months ago my job contacted me with an offer to move to a new complex. It offered a lot more money and a huge fenced in back yard for the kids, but a much smaller apartment. It was a very hard decision for us to make. But in the end we decided the pros outweighed the cons and made the big move. It was the right decision for sure. The kids are so much happier here. Talan has made so many friends and they get to run around and play all day long instead of being cramped inside all the time.
So here it is: Our New Home!!!!

Living Room:



Our couch set was too big so we sold it and got this brand new one:



Kitchen, which is actually much better than the one in the last place.



Bathroom:



Boys room:



See this dresser? It used to be an ugly old beige thing with gold knobs. I repainted it and did those cute baseball knobs.



See the name plates? I made them



See the cool balls on the walls? Those are actually floor mats. I found them in the dollar bin at Target and decided they'd be awesome for their wall.



Why is there only one bed when we have two kids?? Andy and his dad are building toddler bunk beds for them to use, so until that time Cohen is sleeping with us. *sigh* not my favorite thing.

And finally the best part of the house... the back yard!!!!

Our Halloween... ooh... scary...

Did you have a fun Halloween? We sure did! Let me just say Halloween isn't really my cup o' tea. BUT with kids it's a totally different game and now I love it.
So here's a run down of our many Halloween activities:

1. Pumpkin Carving

Talan getting the guts out


Andy doing all the real work


Mine - he's winking


Talan's (carved by Andy in the likeness of Curious George... see the resemblance???)


And I don't know what happened with this one... Andy did it


Why are there 3 pumpkins when there are 4 of us??? Well Talan decided that was all we could get... literally. He threw a fit at the store and made us put the 4th one back.

2. We had a kitchen fire



We had to pull out the extinguisher and everything... but we still had time for pictures of course



3. We went to Wheeler Farm for:

A hay maze



A Wagon Ride


And Talan's first pony ride!!!


4. We got all dressed up

Talan the train


Cohen the Dragon


Daddy the cook (ok he really WAS a cook... he had to work)


5. We met up with the cousins and went trick or treating!!!


Best Halloween ever! Talan really got into it and had a blast running from house to house getting candy. Makes me a fan of Halloween... maybe next year I'll even dress up... maybe.

Your kids sleep where?!?!??!

Talan, like most two year olds, is a little nutty. For the past two months he'll randomally decide he wants to sleep on the floor or in the crib:



So if the two year old is in the crib then where is the baby going to sleep???



In the big boy bed of course!!! I was a nervous wreak the first time he slept in there, I'm not really sure why cause he sleeps in our giant adult size high above the ground bed all the time. But he loves it in there and actually sleeps better. Whatever works for my nutty kids!!

Cohen's 1st Birthday!!

Like all my blogs this is a little late. :)

On August 26th our little man turned 1! What a great year we've had with our little man. He is such a joy and brings smiles to everyone he meets. He loves to make faces so that people will laugh and gives the best (and most painful) hugs and kisses ever.

On his actual birthday Andy had school and work all day. So to celebrate we met up with daddy during his short lunch break at the Sargent's favorite family friendly restaurant Noodles!!! Our rule is no sugar for the first year so Cohen was very happy to get a giant rice crispy treat all to himself!







Then we went to the park for Cohen's favorite past time... swinging!!!



Then that Sunday we had a family party for him in the park. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time!

Mommy with the birthday boy before the party started



The smash cake... before the smash



Talan was very interested in the cake... and snuck a taste



But... he wasn't very sneaky...



Cohen didn't eat much of the cake, he had a bite or two and was done, but he did have fun smashing it!!



But that's a big cake for such a little guy!!



It was a great day! I love you little man!

5 years... and forever to go

5 years ago Andy and I met and began dating pretty much immediately. He and I met after I taught an lesson in Elder's Quorum. Yep you read that right. The Elder's Quorum president thought it would be hilarious for me to come in as a surprise and teach, just your normal single's ward craziness.
After church that day we had a linger longer. Andy came up to me and told me he enjoyed my lesson. However in the middle of talking to me he ditched me to talk to another girl he had been trying to go out with. Good for him I somehow ignored that and still invited him over for our weekly pot luck at my place.
This picture was taken that night, it's not the best of me! (it looks weird cause I scanned it in from my scrapbook, yep that's right I actually made a scrapbook once!)

Andy stayed late at the pot luck and from that night we began dating










and... 1 year later we were engaged!





Andy is amazing, I don't tell him that enough. He works so hard, goes to school full time AND works full time all while being an amazing father and husband. I love you babe... and I can't wait to spend forever with you!