Inspiration #1

I've been inspired. It's true. The other day I read my sister-in-law Jenny's blog where she was discussing some of her favorite things. One of them was this fancy iheartorganizing blog. Oh my goodness...SERIOUSLY! I heart this blog!!! Careful, you can easily spend lots of time here. But there is a reason this beautiful blog hit home. I have been feeling a bit stressed and very annoyed that there are multiple places of yucky unorganized chaos in our appartment. THEN, another of my cute sister-in-lawsies posted all about her goals to make her home a "house of order." Immediately Amber and Jenny's blogs connected in my mind and BAM I was inspired. So I've started the very large project of organizing our little happy home so it can tooo be a house of order (someday). It is going to consist of tons of small projects and a couple large. Since our pantry was pretty bare already, I used our gigantic shopping trip as an opportunity to start there. Here's the before...

UGH. Nasty and messy, right? It's been driving me absolutely crazy. I haven't even been able to sweep the floor for months. So I cleared everything out...

Notice the grocery bags on the floor... yeah there were a ton of new things to put in there.

This little cutie patoootie loved the new clean floor! Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd TADAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

The pictures don't really do it justice. It is positively splendid! There was a stinky issue with the garbage too. So we decided to try out the old laundry sheet technique. We put one in the bottom of the garbage and sat the box right next to it. I take a large happy breath each time I enter that beautifully organized pantry. I have more little projects in mind, including an inventory grocery list for frequently used foods and a pretty little meal planner. But for now, project house of order #1 was so refreshing and wonderful!! So thanks Jenny and Amber for the inspiration!

Pictures!

My very most wonderfullest sister and brother took family pictures for us! Yay! Geoff says he'll do some photoshop magic if I can tell him four or five favorites. So hard! Here are some highlights...

I'm sure no one loves them quite as much as I do, but aren't they seriously so cute!!! Wes also had the most splendid idea to take some pictures in Main Street Music-this perfect little music shop where he has worked for many years, and where we have spent countless hours of joy. This picture captures the setting I was hoping for. Too bad I look not-so-great-eh? Annnd none of the other pictures turned out either because it was hot in there and Suzi was DONE! Did I mention it was hot?

Priceless.

10 Months and Gorgeous as Ever!!!

Can you believe this little sweety is already 10 months old(okay so she's 10 and a half months...getting anything done with a baby takes forever!)? Suzi gets more and more fun every day and seriously brings us so much joy! Some things about our little lady... She kinda loves to swing. Alot. She smiles and squeals and laughs. This girl is seriously so much fun.

Suz decided it was much more fun to climb in the chair and bounce standing up. She has quite the mind of her own.

She walks all over the place and definetly keeps mom and dad on their toes! She loves to open drawers and pull all the dvds off the shelf.

As you can see from that gigantic smile. She still has no teeth. I'm just hoping she gets her dad's teeth. (All thirty-two of them...or I guess she could be missing those wisdom teeth.)

Oh how much I love her!!

And oh how much she loves the guitar! And her "Dadadadaaaaad".

Um, and she kind of likes this girl too. And, that sippy cup full of ice cold water. She is a really great little eater, as long as it's not the same little snack as the last little snack. Oh, and it can't come out of a baby jar either.

Did I already say she has quite the mind of her own? bahahhaha just like her daddy.

Inquisitive much? Her favorite pastime is exploring. And when she discovers anything that is super wonderful (like mommy's phone) she giggles to herself.

Overall this is a smile that melts hearts and really gives the orders in this house. LOVE this lady!

A Day in the Sky

Before I start, look at what my wonderful husband and baby got me for Mother's Day! YAYAYAYAY!!! I can't tell you how much time this little gem is going to save me. Thanks Wes and Suzi!

And now, once upon a time we drove to Pleasant Grove for a day in the sky. Our sweet Suzi slumbered the whole way. But, alas she awoke the second we arrived and stayed that way until 1:30 am... Three hours later the tired parents left the peacful princess with her happy grandparents and set out for the perfect day.
There was plenty of fire...

and lots of fabric, happy faces, and a gnarly consent that I didn't even read. Can you guess our first adventure?

Hot Air Ballooning, of course!

We learned much about air currents and counted at least 15 seconds as Wes's spit fell to the ground.

Look how tiny those houses are! It was a strange,but liberating feeling floating in the sky.

Interesting side note: Did you know that when hot air balloons were first invented in France (I think...), when they landed on personal property, many people had never seen or heard of these strange, round flying saucers. The poor people were scared to death, thinking they were being invaded by aliens or some other man-eating beast. So, it became tradition for the balloon riders to take wine and bread with them to share as a peace offering once on the ground. This saved many from being stabbed with pitchforks. Our live-saving treat was donuts and juice. mmmmm

Now on to the real fun! Our Aunt Trudy is dating an old friend who just so happens to be a U2 and stunt plane pilot. This Guy (that's his name) is legit. He trained the Blue Angels. There's his pretty plane equipped with fancy smoke.

And though watching is fun, we didn't just watch...we rode in the sky! Here's Wes, ready for take-off.
And now it's my turn. So excited!!
We did all sorts of special stunts; flips and rolls, cloverleaves, humpty bumps, and straight-up flying upside down, just to name a few. We experienced 4-5 Gs, and -1 G within seconds of each other. I got to fly for a bit over to mt. timp, and Wes got to try out some stunts all on his own.

Thanks Trudy and Guy for a perfect day. Thanks Dallen and Roberta for getting us there and watching our sweetheart for much of it. And Thanks Heavenly Father for answering our prayers with beautiful weather. What a fantastic day!

It's a fact. I am SO not good at blogging. But here we are, after three super short months

INTRODUCING: Suzi Ruuuuuuuuth Ward!!!!

Starring in her Fantastic Firsts!

First opportunity to bond with dad

First bath

First tanning bed cursed jaundice

First Glamour Shoot and

First Halloween

We are having so much fun with our sweet little lady and all of her firsts! We love her more than we could imagine possible and feel so blessed every day to have her here with us. She is such a happy, smiley baby. Here's one for the road...