Congrats to Matt and Kirsten!

Jeff has had a great group of 7 guy friend since Jr High and prior. They loved to play basketball together and infact still do every chance they get. Yesterday Matt (one of the friends) married Kirsten and none of us could be any happier for them! They are truly the perfect couple, an example to us all! (In the photo, they are on the far right)

Nick and Brittney flew up from Arizona for the special occasion! It was SO great to see them and their adorable kids!

Danny and Darcie

Us:)

After the luncheon the 6 of us went to Target and got all kinds of treats and stuff to make Matt and Kirsten a honeymoon basket. I must say Darcie and I did a good job of puting it all together, we were pretty proud of ourselves:)

After the reception that night we enjoyed a little dinner and shopping with Dan and Darc. There is always a good time when we are with friends!

CONGRATS MATT AND KIRSTEN!! WE LOVE YOU GUYS!

Dog Sitting

Is that not the cutest little boxer face you have ever seen?

This is my dog Annabelle that lives at my mom and dads house;)
She has come for an extented visit while they are gone to St. George.
J/K dad! I know she is yours! (I don't want backyard clean-up duty, besides what I am already going to have after her stay with us, that is!!)

She really is the BEST dog!!
For those of you who don't know Jeff at all, he is NOT an animal lover and for as long as we have been together it has been a 'discussion' about when we will/will not have a dog. --Sore subject, we are currently not discussing it because I KNOW that one day we will have a dog so why should we fight about it:)

I think my dad was feeling bad for Jeff and maybe alittle worried about leaving his baby here because he knows how Jeff feels about dogs. Well, I believe we have had a break through since she has been with us... All I have been hearing the whole time is "She really is SUCH a GOOD dog!", "I love that she just does what ever you tell her to do!", and my personal favorite "She is like a person, a MUTE.".
I think he also touched her for the first time EVER, since she has been staying with us.

We ARE making progress! He also said tonight about her leaving tomorrow... "We are going to miss you Annabelle" (of course it was in his cute little dog voice:))


Annabelle's thinking: 'Could you guys have more stairs in this house?'

Poor Annabelle is getting old and she is a little nervous and stays close by! She doesn't get up and down the stairs like she used to and gets winded easily!


And she like to sleep A LOT!!

If you can look past her Cataracts, Gray Beard, Gingival Hyperplasia, and Female Pattern Baldness you can't help but just love her and think that she is just the cutest BIG dog you have ever seen:)
Thanks for visiting ANNABELLE!

Life is Busy!

This is me blogging from work (on my lunch hour of course:)). It is pretty much where I live these days Mon. - Thur. I just recently picked up the other hygienist I work withs days since she had a baby. So I am up at 5:45am, at work by 6:45am, leave around 5:30pm and in bed again at as close to 9:00pm as I can possibly manage so I can start again bright and early. Needless to say there is not a lot of time for blogging (or anything else for that matter)! I come home and crash, try to get Jeff to give me a back massage and try to find something in our house to call dinner. It's the life!

No really though, I can't complain!! I have Fridays off and I sleep in and rest the whole day and it is my favorite day of the week:) I am truly grateful to have a good job and for all the thing our Heavenly Father has given us!! We really are so so blessed!!

Friends

There is almost nothing we love more than getting together with all of our dear friends! We probably drive them all crazy planning different get togethers (we have to do it or no one else will;))! This last Monday there was just such an occasion that gave us an excuse to put together a PaRTy! Some sort of football game I think it was:)

Jake, Amber, Jayma, and Hallie (1 1/2 wks old ahhhh)

Matt and Kirsten (Wedding in 3 1/2 wks ohhhh)

Danny and Darcie (our Park City friends:))

Saturday we got together with a different group of friends for my cousins 27th birthday!!! We had a delicious dinner at Tucci's and then games at their apartment.

Starting in the back with me and going clockwise: Me and Jeff, Ashley and Preston, Kip and Chantel.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANTEL! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful close friends! We love them all and can't imagine how boring our lives would be with out them!

**now for some random pictures**

After only 20 years of playing basketball on a fairly regular basis, Jeff had a first... He FINALLY refereed a game. Ya Gotta Love CHuRch BaLl!!

He did a great job, was an easy going ref and said it gave him some appreciation for all the ref's out there! He probably should have had this experience along time ago, I think it might have same a lot of ref's out there a lot of grief;)

Jeff and I the night of the football game! Aren't we cute;)

Kentucky

I have been slow to update my blog since I got home from my trip to Kentucky. Life has been busy but this afternoon I was making the Amish friendship bread Kathryn sent me home with and I was thinking great toughts of my wonderful family in Kentucky and I much I love them! GOOD TIMES!

Gratitude

It is very late and I have much I need to blog about but I will get to all of that soon.
I returned Wednesday from my sister and brother-in-laws in Kentucky and I can't help but feel truly blessed to know them and have them in my family. I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't want to be just like my big sister (well maybe there were a few years there, around Jr. high age;)). Bless her heart she handled all the tagging along and missing clothes and then found clothes with stains on them and tagging along and just plain annoyances by me very well!

I guess some things never change though because I still look up to her and hope to some day be just like her! I couldn't have a more kind, loving, thoughtful, more Christ-like sister in all the world! I always leave them wanting to be and knowing I can be a better person. Kathryn and Trevor try so hard to do what is right and I think they do a good job of it, to good in fact, they make it look so completely easy! They have always been and continue to be shining examples to me of how to live righteously and how to reach my potential.

I love you guys more than you will ever know! Thank you for too many things to mention or to ever be able to pay you back for! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

101 Reasons Why I Love my Wife

On Christmas afternoon I took my wife to the airport. She flew to Kentucky to see her sister's family for the holiday's. I have been missing her a lot and can't wait to see her in 3 more days. I have been thinking about her the whole time and how much means to me. Here are just a few reasons why I love her.

1. She is Beautiful
2. She gives me massages
3. She is patient with me
4. She's a go-getter
5. She comes to my basketball games
5. Steak...
6. ...and homeade fries
7. There is always Coke in the fridge
8. She watches movies with me
9. She is concerned about my deteriorating hips
10. She is Friendly
11. She's a bargain shopper
12. She smells good
13. She does the grocery shopping
14. She listens about my golf rounds, shot...
15. ...by shot...
16. ...by shot
17. We go out to eat together
18. She gives me warm hugs
19. She lets me have a room in the house for all my sports memorabilia
20. She is a dental hygeinist
21. She is organized
22. She said "Yes"
23. She helps me with the computer
24. She's a hard worker
25. She cleans my teeth
26. She lets me golf...
27. ...whenever I want
28. She is a good sister
29. She keeps our house immaculate
30. She's very crafty
31. She has never made me clean the toilet
32. We watch The Office together
33. She likes to cuddle
34. She makes the absolute best Orange Julius
35. She got me everything I wanted for Christmas
36. She's thoughtful
37. She does the big slides at Raging Waters
38. She is active in the church
39. She comes to my softball games
40. She is a caring aunt
41. She got me a big screen T.V. for my birthday
42. She makes the bed
43. She got me a big screen for my birthday (it deserves 2 spots)
44. She listens to books on tape
45. She makes my Dr. appointments
46. We never fight about money
47. She prays with me
48. Every morning I open my drawer and there are clean clothes
49. She decorates our house
50. We watch American Idol together
51. She gave me a pedicure once
52. She dresses nice...
53. ...and modest
54. Sunday morning breakfast
55. She plans anniversary get-aways
56. Loves me despite my thinning hair
57. Our cupboards our always filled with snacks
58. She is a thoughtful daughter...
59. ...and daughter-in-law
60. She has a strong testimony
61. She loves my family
62. She keeps our yard looking nice
63. My friends have become her friends
64. She gets along great with my friends wives
65. She serves others
66. She plays board games with me
67. She likes to go on vacations together
68. She supports my goals
69. She lets me play in golf tournaments
70. She helps out at the deli when we need her
71. She lets me control the remote (most of the time)
72. She goes to Jazz games with me
73. Tells me when my clothes match...
74. ...and when they don't
75. She always makes my birthday a special day (did I mention what she got me)
76. She pays the bills
77. She lets me beat her at Sequence, every once in a while
78. Robintinos
79. She gets up 3 hours before me, but doesn't wake me up
80. We go to the Temple together
81. She keeps the vinegar bottle full
82. She's my best friend
83. She listens to my stories about the Fab 8
84. She wants to be a Mom...
85. ...and our kids will be lucky to have her
86. She lets me buy another tie
87. Great Kisser
88. She irons my shirts
89. She has a purse for every outfit...
90. ...she has lots of outfits
91. Supports me in my Church callings
92. Keeps our blog updated
93. She likes to get Jamba Juices with me
94. She talks to me about my day
95. Faithful visiting teacher
96. She straightened my teeth
97. She holds my hand
98. Because I have so many reasons...
99. ...because I know there will be many more reasons
100. She loves Me
101. She loves The Lord

Inspirational Blog

I ran into this blog and it made me want to be a better person! I think all the time, how I need to be better in so many aspects of my life and yet I am not actively taking the steps I need to be taking! I think this blog is full of great thoughts and ideas of things I can be doing everyday to be the person I want to be and that I know that I can be.

http://www.100daysoflove.blogspot.com/

If you have the time, start at the beginning. Oh and make sure to watch the clip on Day 9 it is FUNNY!

Leger Christmas Party

It's hard to believe that we just finished with another year of the Leger family Christmas party! Mike and Lesley have been hosing this party for 22 years now and it is always lots of fun and a time to see how talented the family is!

After dinner and talents, Santa comes bearing gifts. Santa even brought Jeff a present, he must have been a good boy this year.

Mason (Jeremy and Emilys little boy) made his first appearance to the Christmas party and he was a big hit! You can see why, is he not a little DOLL! He is such a happy baby!

We ended the night with the usual games, the whistle game and musical chairs. I was wishing I had a video camera during musical chairs! Jeff keeps everyone laughing as he dances his way around the circle... he is a hoot!!

It was a fun night and went by way to fast! Thanks Mike and Lesley!

Lunch with the girls

How could I possibly forget to post the DH girls luncheon? Thanks for the reminder Joelle! We met in Park City this time and after a delicious lunch at Ruby Tuesdays we hit the outlets for some serious SHOPPING!

Ryker is getting so big and so cute and we all just dote over him the whole time! It was so fun to catch up with all the girls and laugh at all the old stories!

Just like old times, Ashley and I can't help but dress up in some crazy outfits at the stores if we get half a chance!!

SUpEr fUN DAy GIrLS, THANKS!!!

Craft Day

Last Saturday my cousin Chantel and our friend Ashley got together for a Christmas craft day. We were cutting it a little close seeing how Christmas is like 10 days away, what can I say, I have been a few steps behind on everything this year!


I just love doing crafts and I just love these two girls! It was a very fun and successful day!

With all the estrogen in the house, Jeff couldn't help but get in on the action. Doesn't he look nice with his trendy scarf and man bag? We thought so!

I was honestly shocked that we got them all done (a total of 8 sets) before we all had to head out for the night. These are 2 of my four sets and they each did two. Chantel and Ashley's were similar to the set on the right but their top block was different (unfortunately I didn't get a chance to take any photos). We had so much fun we will probably be getting together again this week to do a few more:)

Not so curly, Curly Willow

To most this probably looks like a picture out of a Halloween movie, not the case! My mother has had a Curly Willow wreath hanging on her front room wall for years and for as many I have desperately wanted one on my front room wall!

Mine is not so curly but nonetheless makes me smile!! I can't say for sure why I love my new wreath so much but... I just do! Maybe because is sticks out almost as far as it is wide, hard to say exactly.

Oh, and do you see the Santa Claus standing on the floor next to smaller green wreath (I think I need to move that wreath elsewhere by the way) that is the only, yep, ONLY Christmas decor in my whole house. Scrooge!!

I've been tagged- redo

For some reason the date on my original 'tagged' post was Dec. 4, 2oo...8. So therefore it will show up ahead of all my post for a very long time if I don't fix it and sadly the only way to fix it (that I know of) is to re-write it and delete the other:(

Well, it's been a while ago now that I was 'tagged' by my sister Kathryn to share 6 habits or interesting facts about myself. After which I am supposed to tag 6 people to do the same and leave a comment on their blog letting them know.
Here are the problems though... first off I don't have 6 interesting things to say about myself not to mention I don't think I have 6 friends to tag. I'll see what I can come up with. Well, here goes:

*I am the worst possible speller!!! The longer I went to college the worse I got! I am sure if you have read many of my post you are well aware of this fact. Please forgive me!

*I have serious sleeping issues. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I can and do sleep anytime, anywhere! Luckily I had good friends in the hygiene program with me that would take turns waking me up during exams. It was bad :o (that is a yawn). Needless to say when my alarm goes off at 5:04 in the morning I want to DIE!

*Before I got married I used to go country swing dancing every week... by myself! I LOVED IT and felt like I was pretty good at it!!! I really feel like that is the one passion I actually had in my life and I had to give it up:"( I guess he is worth it!!

*I LOVE to play board and card games. Jeff and I play them all the time together and I can never get enough. I am not all about the games you have to be smart to play but more the easy fun ones:)

*I am very allergic to guinea pigs (random huh!), we are talking eyeballs and eyelids swollen shut! NOT PRETTY! And cats give me serious asthma! I'm a nerd:)

I am tagging: Emily L., Emily P., Darcie and Joelle

Pain in the BUNION!

Those of you that live here close have probably seen the ads on TV for Sirex's research study for a pain medication after BUNION removal. Well, here it is, just what you all have been waiting and wanting to see... pictures of my FEET! These are of course the BEFORE pictures.

I noticed I had a BUNION just last Sept. while I was in Kentucky visiting my sister. One night I look down at my foot and I was like "Oh my HECK!! I have a BUNION!!! Sick!!"

What exactly is a BUNION you ask? ... A misalignment of the two major bones of the foot (big toe) (hallux valgus) that causes the big toe to cave in on the 2nd toe that will continually get worse over time if left untreated.


I know, I know! More than you ever wanted to know about me!
So, I made the call and got in on the action. I was screened and x-rayed and poked and prodded and they said that my BUNION qualified and that upon completion I would receive the surgery etc. for FREE and a NICE check.


I never thought I would sign up for a study again after my wisdom teeth removal study. What can I say, I am a sucker!
This one was definitely more involved, I had to stay for 2 nights and 3 days and the pain... SO much worse!!! They completly cut your bone in two pieces in a V shape, put it in the proper alignment and pin it in place. Oh, and did I mention that I get the placebo every time I do a research study? Well I do!


My Jeffrey came and got me this afternoon and about fell off his chair laughing when he saw me in my pitiful condition;). Sadly I had to leave the walker there! Honestly, that thing is ingenious! I need one!

I was so glad to get home and take that darn boot off! AAHHH!! It is going to be a long 6 weeks walking in that thing! It is going to be hard not to get up and do stuff around the house this weekend, but I am glad to be home!!
AFTER pictures will follow soon! I will be getting my bandages changed next Wed. I can't wait to see the incision and absence of BUNION! Call me Crazy!

My First Turkey!

Good Morning to me... I was up at 6:30am on Thanksgiving morning (something I'm sure my mother has done for years)! I have been watching FOOD NETWORK to get turkey recipes for the last few weeks and we were just hours aways from finding out if it would all pay off.


We had a delicious spread of all the thanksgiving dishes thanks to the hard work of many.


It was a great Thanksgiving! There were only 10 of us and we really missed all of our family that wasn't with us this year!! Maybe one year soon we can all be back together for Thanksgiving. Well, meanwhile, I have many things to be thankful for and I am grateful for this time of year to remind me to take time to appreciate and give thanks for all the things I have been given! I hope everyone had a wonderful day and that that we can all carry the graditude with us all year.

Eating Out

Jeff and I love to eat out. We don't do it nearly as much as we did during our dating days but still to much!! I just we will just have to enjoy it while we can.
Happy Halloween! Our first time to training table together. I don't see us going back any time soon:l

Jeff's Birthday Celebration

What can I say, birthdays just are not the same as they were when we were kids! Jeff turned 28 on Nov. 5th!!! The bad wife that I am, I didn't have anything planned for
him. Work and dinner out was all that was on the menu and due to an apt. we had to make in
Odgen, we couldn't even go to dinner where he wanted to. Poor Jeff!!
On our way to our apt. Jeff spotted the NICKEL KADE, so there you have it, we had a plan! Work, Nickel Kade, and Dinner out!




We also mixed a visit to Barnes and Noble, a favorite little activity of Jeff and mine. Overall, it wasn't anything fancy but we had a fun night and I think Jeff had a good birthday too! Hope you had a happy birthday Babe!! love you!!

It finally happened!

As long as we have been married, Jeff has been talking about getting a big screen. It used to just be talk but several weeks ago he started to get serious :/ Needless to say he found 'the one'.
His new baby is only 1 year old and measures in at 62". HELLO!!! 62" that is bigger than our entire old entertainment center.


Ummm, I don't even know what to say right here! I have been feeling a little overwhelmed by the whole thing!


He is a happy camper! It doesn't seem that big in this picture but lets just say we feel like we are sitting on the front row at the movie theater. Our eyes are still adjusting! Oh and consider this an invitation to come over and watch a movie with us... If you can handle it:)

Jazz Game

Last Thur. night was the first home game of the Utah Jazz this season and well thanks to our good friend Matt (the one in yellow), WE WERE THERE!!! Matt also hooked us up with a delicious buffet dinner downstairs before the game and snacks downstairs at half time. Oh, and did I mention lower bowl tickets:) This is the way to go!


I wish you could have heard the noise in this place! It was deafening!!! But so fun to be in the middle of it! They handed out thse clappers/ noise makers (the things Jeff is holding) I can I just tell you I was having so much fun with those silly things! Jeff is still giving me a hard time about how silly I was being. I have never been so into a game before! THANKS MATT!!!