Not quite Temple Square Christmas Lights

I have really missed being able to go to temple square during the holidays and walking around and seeing the lights and mangers. This year Jeff and I stumbled upon our own "temple square like" christmas lights, they don't quite match but they are pretty awesome nonetheless.

MadBaker

Ah, i love baking. During December I found every excuse out there to bake, and bake I did. :)

I made a big platter for Jeff to take into the office. It took me like 3 days to get everything made but I loved every minute of it and I already have big plans for next year, and every holiday in-between of course!

peppermint bark, egg nog spice donuts and peanut butter thumbprints. Yum!

tiny donuts=happy tiny humans

Pre-story background:

Jeff and I started a new tradition last christmas where we try to serve and give to others more than ask for things and hope to receive. This year Jeff took it a little further and came up with a great idea to do the 12 days of Service during the month of December. One of our service items was to babysit for a couple so they could have a date night out. Jeff's cousin Carissa and her husband Brandon were more than happy to oblige and we were just excited as the kids.

Scout was a huge hit from the beginning. How could anyone not lover his tiny face? The kids just adored him and all through out the night they were carrying him around, loving him and watching his every move.

My mom had given us a baby cakes mini donut maker and as soon as we told the kids we were going to make them after dinner dinner was over. It was the cutest thing, they were so excited and Kennedy just kept decorating donut after donut, she couldn't get them fast enough and Shane was eating them just as fast. About 15 minutes in there was sprinkles covering the table, floor and frosting as well, I was busy making donuts and Jeff was quite patiently decorating with the kids, Kennedy thought so anyway. She told him right out, "You're really good with kids, you should have some!" haha That made us both laugh right out loud. (No we are NOT pregnant) After we ran out of donuts to decorate we decided to clean up and watch a movie. All through the movie Kennedy was holding Scout and if he happened to jump off her lap for a second she would rush to the kitchen, get her plate of donuts down, give them a quick look over, scoop Scout back up and return to the couch. She was just so proud of those donuts. It was the cutest thing. We had so much fun with them, they are so cute and so darn polite. Thanks Brandon and Carissa for letting us play!

So proud


the girls were decorating and the boys were eating

Scout and his new best friend. He sat to sweetly on her lap all night

P.S. I have given up on trying to upload then delete then upload my pictures multiple times to make them look decent. Sorry but they are going to look like crap from now on I guess.

P.S.S. Blogger thanks for making my pictures look so great. You suck!

A post for Abbie

My sister Abbie has been asking me to post pictures of our apartment. Well here you go sister, if you would have come down to visit you would know what it looks like by now ;) love you.

Our new entertainment center we got for $250, brand new @ a Ashley furniture store liquidation. sorry the pic looks like crap. ugh.

Christmas tree and the awesome wreath I made

thanks for the book mom ;)

front room and handsome jeff

our table minus the leaf and 4 chairs
kitchen
its a mess, I'm in the process of making caramels and dinner
guest bath
master bath

my pretty shower curtain that remains me of you

our beautiful bedroom set

my favorite part-washer and dryer!!! NO more walking outside and taking 4 flights of stairs!

Seriously is anyone else having problems with blogger and their pictures?? They look like crap!

My working man

Just wanted to do a little shout-out post to my hard working man. Love you Jeffrey, thank you for working so hard and taking care of us. I am so proud of you and even more proud to be married to you.

Our boy Scout

Our little Scout is one of a kind.

When allowed out of his kennel (we are training) he loves to be right where you are and is my little helper around the house..

wrapping presents

making gingerbread houses
folding laundry

washing dishes

All that hard work made him one sweaty and stinky little pup, so he got his first bath which he didn't mind at all. The blow dryer on the other hand, let's just say even the microwave the next day caused him an anxiety attack. Poor boy.

We just love his little puppy face, he is very hard to say no to

A time share presentation= FREE date night on the strip

I forgot to blog this...

Seafood buffet @MGM

P.S. what is blogger doing to my pictures? Grr..

Our first week here and while on the strip one night we got suckered into going to a time share presentation. In exchange for 3.5 hours of our time they gave us 2 FREE tickets to the circ show Mystere, $100 dollars of food vouchers and because I drive a hard bargain, $20 cash. It made for an awesome date night out on the town.