The Superbowl & a Jazz Game

We had a Superbowl party at my parents house and let's be honest, I could care less about the game itself but I love spending time with my Mom & Sister's while the Men watch the game. I don't feel like I missed out at all. 

We had A LOT of delicious food!

Watching the game!

During the game, my mom showed us her Quilting Machine. She hasn't had it very long but she is learning how to use it. I'm so proud of her for trying new things, even if it's totally out of her comfort zone. I know she'll be able to master this in no time. 

She let us try it, and it is not as easy as it looks! The machine is ginormous!

My sweet husband is the Marketing Director at work and he worked his magic with Utah Business Magazine and got us free tickets to their Jazz suite. A good networking opportunity for sure!

Hard Winter

I can't believe March is already here and I couldn't be more excited about it! Does anyone else feel like this has been a LONG and cold Winter? The snow in our backyard is North facing so the snow hasn't melted since November. I finally got to  had to scoop Sophie's poop (Sorry TMI) for the first time since November but that was only on the parts where I could see grass. Otherwise - I don't even want to know how much is still covered under that blanket of snow.

Pics to show proof of this Winter:

Yes, that is 1 Degree. A screenshot from some time back in December.

Almost 2 feet of snow at work.

 Blanket of Fog covering the valley. Looking out my upstairs bedroom window.

                                             So what do we do when the Weather is bad?

                          We make green smoothies in our AMAZING Blendtec to try and stay healthy

We have a Lord of the Rings marathon with Spencers sister's!

And we build igloo's! and by we, I mean Spencer, Bart, Jeff, & Kayla while I watch out the window :)

Happy New Year

Our friends came into town from Arizona (Brady, Brittany & their daughter Holly, JP, & Lindsey). It's not often that we are all together and it was so good to be with them!

I can't take serious pictures without laughing.

On New Year's Eve, we had just a small group over to our house for dinner, games, & a movie.

What's a New Year's Eve without Champagne glasses? Of course we drank Martinelli's!

Adam, Brady, Spencer

Brittany, Lexi, & Me

and here are some of my New Year Resolutions for 2013:

Pray every night

Read a lesson/scriptures every night

Build savings

Start funding a retirement account

Workout 3x a week

Eat less sugar (1x a day)

Go to the Dentist

Get my wisdom teeth out

Go on vacations (California, Arizona, St. George)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The 12 "Dates" of Christmas

This year I decided to do something I've never done before (thanks to Pinterest), and that was the 12 "Dates" of Christmas! Due to the Holiday's getting busy and things coming up, we didn't follow my schedule verbatim but we got pretty close! Here is a re-cap:

The Schedule

Date #1: Holiday Movie Night

 Date #2: Sledding

Date #3: Temple Square & City Creek

Date #4: Gift Wrapping

Date #5: Make Cookies 

Date 6: Driving Light Tour

Date #7: Christmas Shopping

Date #8: Harmon's Date (we were supposed to get Hot Chocolate but we had eaten so much sugar already that we decided to go with something healthy)

Date #9: This date got skipped, we went and saw McKay Dunn open his mission call instead. (totally worth it)

Date #10: Dinner Date w/ Friends

Date #11: Breakfast in Bed

Date #12: Christmas Eve @ my Aunt DeAnn's house

We all wore red bottoms and didn't even plan it!

 The guys were very comfortable with each other!

Overall, doing the 12 Dates of Christmas was really fun. It allowed us to really slow down and get into the Holiday spirit together. Next year if we do it again, I really want to do something more in the spirit of giving and service since that is what Christmas should be focused on. 

Thanksgiving 2012

Every other year, we head down to St. George for Thanksgiving to be with Spencer's side of the family.  Yeah it's January and I'm just now writing about this. Go me!

Kind of unique that there are two children with Down Syndrome in the same family! I love them... they're so fun.

Jackson & Alli 

We decided to try out Target on Black Friday... got myself some movies for a steal of deal! For some, this was their first time ever Black Friday shopping. I think it was pretty successful!

The weather was unusually warm and perfect for this time of year. We took advantage of it!

I don't totally enjoy shooting, so I just watched and soaked up the sun rays!

The guys that are left to carry on the Frandsen name; cousins Bart, Spencer, & Brad.

Panoramic of everyone hanging out