My little poser

I received permission to post these from my friend Shannon. She is starting up her photography business and getting her portfolio ready to go. She is really talented and I'm so excited to see the rest of the pictures that she took. Maryn was shy at first to take pictures but that lasted a whole 2 minutes and she was really hamming it up...especially towards the end. We met at Gardener Village where they are decorating for Halloween and couldn't have asked for better decor all around. Thanks again Shannon for the beautiful job you did!!! Now I can finally put professional photos of my baby on the wall.

My favorite is the black and white. Maryn was twirling around being goofy and Shannon was taking the pictures.

We need serious help!!!

Baby girl is going to be here in less than 30 days and we still haven't figured out a name for her. We had the same problem with Maryn. For some reason girl's names are harder for us. We have all of our boys names picked out already. Matt and I have been tossing around names and on the side column are a few of the names we have been discussing. I can't agree on his and he can't agree on mine. A match made in heaven! Mind you baby girl's middle name will be Lenore. Not the easiest middle name to match a first name with but it's special to me. If there are any names that are not on the list that you think are cute send them our way. We are open to any and all suggestions.

Cute Sayings

Yesterday I spent a lot of time with Maryn doing things just with her. After playgroup at the library we headed for Jordan's Landing where it is plentiful with shopping. We went to our favorite shopping spot for her Old Navy (one of the few places I can find pants long enough for her but still fit her skinny waist). Usually I dread taking her shopping but she was especially funny that day. She would try on the pants we had then I would ask her to show them to me then turn around and she would do this bum pose where she would stick her hand on her bum and just turn half way around then give me these pouty lips. I was laughing so hard in the dressing room of course she would lay it on thicker.

That night I got her ready for bed and decided to make up some hot chocolate and enjoy the night out on the swing. We lit the tiki torches and enjoyed our hot chocolate cuddled under a blanket on the deck swing (I'm spoiled...I know). The moon and stars were so pretty and all of a sudden she got this shocked look on her face. She said, "Mom, someone cut the moon off". I told her sometimes the moon is a little smaller depending how the sun hits it. She told me her explanation that someone took a ladder and took a knife and cut it off. I told her, well that must be a really tall ladder and I hope we can find that piece.

We are also in the path where jets and planes fly over. One looked like it was headed straight for the moon and she said, "Oh no, that plane is going to fly right into the moon and pop it out of the sky!" Never a dull moment with Maryn around. She is always thinking and trying to figure out things.

These pictures were taken over Labor Day weekend. We took a drive around Utah Lake and ended up driving up Nebo Loop near Payson Lakes. We took a hike around the lake and enjoyed the beautiful day.

Random Facts Tag

I have been tagged by my friend Alison where I need to share 6 random facts about myself. You might get more than you bargained for...

Random Fact 1: In my first semester of college we were at war with these guys where we did random things to each other. Some of which consisted of sneaking in their second story apartment and stealing their furniture, putting bouillon cubes in their shower head, taking off all the labels on their canned foods, stringing their apartment and shutting off the breaker in the apartment. This was only one night but the war lasted about a month ending in our underwear drawers being taken luckily when we were out of town. The funniest thing was to see my roommate duck taped to a chair with her friend when we came home late from vacation and our whole apartment covered in toilet paper. They were given one phone call to get free.

Random Fact 2: In sixth grade I thought my arms were too hairy so I decided to shave a little section only finding it looked funny so I ended up doing both arms.

Random Fact 3: Whenever we go out to eat and I order hamburger and fries I have to eat my fries first or get close to finished before I start on my hamburger. I didn't realize I was doing this until my husband pointed it out to me. Just a habit I have. Maybe I don't like soggy fries.

Random Fact 4: It annoys me when people slurp their soup. So my husband and daughter slurp their soup on purpose to see how long it will take me to say something.

Random Fact 5: I love to sing and at one point in time I was embarrassed for people to hear me so when I was growing up (18) I would make sure no one was around, close all the windows and draw the curtains to make sure no one would see me or hear me.

Random Fact 6: I was on a co-ed Wallyball team for intramurals in college and we ended up winning the championship game. We each got a shirt that was 3 times the size of our bodies for winning.

Probably way more then you ever wanted to know about me. I'd like to tag Beth, Anne,
K. aka Kannie, Christina and Tiffany

Here are the "rules"
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write 6 random things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let the person know you tagged them on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when you've posted.

Feeding the Ducks

We had a play group at Gardener Village where we fed the ducks. I got a few pictures snapped of Maryn and her friends. Maryn couldn't grasp on to the idea to throw only little pieces of bread to the ducks so the whole slice of bread would go in the water. Gardener Village is a cute little shopping place with an old town feel. We ended up stopping in to the fabric store and the sweet shop. I got my fudge that I wanted and Maryn got some gumdrops and Laffy Taffy.

Yes...Habanero's are HOT!!!

Now I know that Habanero's are the hottest pepper known to man. But did my husband believe me??? Of course he had to find that out for himself.

At the beginning of the summer I made a goof and instead of grabbing a green pepper plant like I had intended I grabbed a habanero plant. This little plant ended up producing one tiny little orange pepper. Looked harmless.

Over the weekend I took all of our tomatoes and onions and made salsa. Not bad for my first time. Matt insisted that I put the habanero in the salsa. I reserved a little bit aside and he convinced me to add more salsa to his little pepper so reluctantly I did. Matt chopped up his proud little pepper and had each of us smell it and he hadn't even taken a bite yet and started writhing in pain. He licked his fingers and his lips were on fire. I told Maryn not to touch the pepper and I turned my back and 2 seconds later she was making the funny noises that Matt was. Both of them were a sight to see. I couldn't help but smile. I had Maryn down some milk and Matt was on his own. For the rest of the day Matt kept touching his face or nose and some part of his face would start burning again because no matter how much he washed his hands he couldn't get the juice all the way washed off. So now we have burning hot salsa sitting in the fridge. If any one is brave enough to try it stop on by.

Happy Birthday To Me!

It was my 30th birthday on Sept. 2nd and a while ago Matt asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said half jokingly that I wanted a piano and if he couldn't get me that I wanted those Molten N' More pans for baking. Big contrast...I know. I didn't think much of it until the week before my birthday he told me to start checking craigslist to find a piano. All the used pianos we found that we were interested in were expensive for being used and just didn't feel right. So that Saturday we decided to go to a piano gallery just to see what we would be missing if we ever had a new piano. Low and behold they were having a sale. And there was a sale on the already low sale prices. WHO KNEW!! Needless to say we walked out of the floor with a brand new Yamaha piano. I'm still in shock. This is something I have waited for years to have. It arrived on my birthday and I was like a kid waiting for Christmas. So Happy Birthday To Me!