"groopdealz" of the day

Have you seen the groopdeal today??

 

 A cute erasable vinyl sticker, great for last minute messages. Only $7 normally $14!

And the MOST adorable earrings ever, only $8 normally $14! I bought some other ones a week ago and kinda wished I had waited til I saw these, SO cute!

Check out the dealz here at GroopDealz.

If you aren't familiar with GroopDealz you're gonna love it-it's similar to one day deals but it's all to support the handmade community. Enjoy!

We're off to California in a few hours and we're so excited. Good news-that means a new blog post finally is coming in a few days!

cutest video ever

I heard this dad/daughter group a few months back on Ellen but forgot about them. At work today my co-worker had Pandora on and this song came on, by the original artist. So I looked up the movie again and had to share it. I think it's so sweet! 

Enjoy!

It's official...California in 9 days!! Woohoooo!! Can't wait for some warmth :)

just the usual everyday stuff

I just realized it's been a very long time since I posted last. Nothing new has really happened so that's probably why I haven't posted.

We have been packing all day and I needed a break. We are moving a week from today and our apartment is a disaster! We are literally moving across the street. It'll be a nice easy move...minus the piano that has to go from the third floor down and back up to the third floor at our new place! Oh well, it's totally gonna be worth it. Our contract is up here and we decided not to sign here again so we found a bigger nicer place right across the street. We are beyond excited to move, 

I think it's gonna be a long week.

Logan is busy with school, pretty much non-stop with how many classes he is taking. And I am busy working full time at Silhouette. We're very happy and can't wait for Logan to graduate this December. It'll be interesting to see where we end up a year from now, but we're pretty much open to move anywhere Logan can get a good job. It's gonna be an adventure and we can't wait to see what happens!

Hopefully something exciting happens soon so I can post about it...but til then...


p.s. have you noticed the three new pictures I posted of our nieces and nephew? We love them so much, we feel so lucky to be the aunt and uncle of such sweet little kids.

giveaway!

Don't miss the GIVEAWAY I'm doing on my other blog! My friend offered some adorable earrings as a giveaway...be sure to enter by tomorrow night! You can only enter by clicking on "giveaway" above and checking out my other blog.

Business Trip to LA

This past weekend I was gone for five days in Los Angeles. My company had a booth at CHA in the LA Convention Center. This show is for retailers to come and buy all the product for their store for the next six months til summer CHA. It was so much fun! I am still recovering from the little sleep I got but it was well worth it.
The first day I was there was kindof a free day, which I spent with my parents. We went to one of my very favorite Mexican Restaurants, Poquito Mas and then we spent the rest of the day in Santa Monica finished off with dinner at Pitfire Pizza...yumm.
I checked into my room later that day and found out I had been upgraded! You know it's gonna be good when the front desk tells you your room is on a level that requires you to swipe your card in the elevator! All my co-workers were super jealous cause I was placed in a suite, with a king size bed all by myself. I must say I truly enjoyed the luxury.
The next four days were spent working at the booth til 6:30pm then dinner somewhere near by after. I was glad I enjoyed the warm weather the first day I was there cause every other day was spent indoors. We went to The Grove one night, which was really fun, I hadn't been there in a long time and I really miss it. I just wish we could have spent more time there.
Other than that we didn't do too much, but I really enjoyed getting to know my co-workers and staying in a suite!! Logan spent the time doing homework, going to school, playing some video games and missing me :)
It's great to be home, even if it is freezing here in Utah. Enjoy a few pictures from my trip!


Santa Monica Pier



Beautiful sunset on the beach



The whole Silhouette Team at Cheesecake Factory



This is what I did the entire show...told people what the Silhouette is and how it works.



The Design Team-Me, Traci & Amy



Our booth at the show



Jake, Andy, Kris, Chris
Me, Amy & Traci
don't Amy and I look like 2 little kids with everyone else?! I cracked up when I saw this picture



The booth next to us had some fun paintings...

California Christmas

We spent Christmas with my family in California this year and had a fabulous time. We hadn't been to California for quite awhile so this trip had been a long time coming. Here are some pictures of all the fun we had!

We requested tickets to the Jay Leno Show back in September and found out we got tickets in November. It felt like we waited forever but we had the best time! My parents came with us and we made the most of the day. We ate at one of our favorite Mexican restaurant Poquito Mas before the show, it was the same restaurant we went to after my brother got married in LA. After the show we drove down to the LA Temple to see the Christmas lights and ate at a super delicious pizza place.


Logan & I outside NBC studios



On the set of the Tonight Show...it was freeeeeeezing cold in there, my mom and I had to keep our jackets on the whole time. It was such a fun experience, regardless of who your favorite late night show star is I highly recommend going to a taping of a show. It was great and now everytime we watch the Jay Leno show we think of when we went.

A day later everyone else arrived in Lake Arrowhead. Lake Arrowhead was hit very hard during the huge rain storm, so hard that the lake was overflowing like crazy. We went for a little hike down to a river where water from the lake flows out. Normally this is a slow moving river but it was roaring this time. The pictures don't really do it justice, there was an incredible amount of water flowing.










Random pics from the week...

Grandpa (dad) and Lola coloring Hello Kitty!



I sewed an apron while I was there for my aunt Nalini, Lani was the model :)



I have plenty of pictures just like this in my baby book, Lola loves my mom's shoes, as did I at her age!



I got a heart shaped waffle iron for Christmas, I've been wanting one for a long time and Logan surprised me and remembered. Aren't those waffles so cute?!



Logan and my dad built a TV stand while we were there for our place. This is the most complete picture I had, but they added a back to it and we still need to stain it.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Thanksgiving & Christmas-time

It's been awhile! We've done so much since the last time I blogged! For some reason the pictures I took at Thanksgiving will not come up on my computer. So...I stole a few from my sister-in-laws blog-thanks Brandi! We spent Thanksgiving with Logan's family in St. George this year. We had a lot of fun seeing family, eating a ton of course, and shopping. It was nice to get away for the weekend and just relax.

Lorri, Logan, Presley, Me & Grandma



Brandi, Lorri & I had some time to do a little crafting. Aren't they so cute!?






I finally got around to making us a Christmas wreath that I have been wanting to make for quite awhile now. I love how it turned out, I had to share it with you!




The first weekend of December Logan and I went to Festival of Trees. It was pretty fun, but we went on a really crowded night so it was a little crazy. The most impressive things were the gingerbread houses. This is just one of them but they were all incredible!





A tree made entirely our of Christmas Ornaments



My favorite car :) a Fiat Cinquecento. I used to see these everywhere when I was in Italy, it was so fun to see one in person again!


Last weekend we had a little get-together at my cousins and made gingerbread houses. Ours was pretty sad and slightly unfinished. But hey thanks to the Silhouette we had a sleigh with reindeer and a little forest outside our home.

haha...everytime I look at it I am reminded of how pathetic it was, at least we had fun!



Maddox, Kara & Lani
I love this picture!



Logan & me



Lola & Logan
When I pulled out my camera Lola asked to see a picture of uncle Logan. I told her I didn't have any pictures of him on there then so she said she'd take one with him. She crawled up on his lap and sat perfectly still. I took the picture then she got down and came and saw the picture since uncle Logan was in it. She is so cute!