{Coupon Confessions}

Has anyone else ever watched the TLC show extreme couponing? I have recently discovered this and I find it so fascinating. I actually just got done watching it and now I have to admit I want to try it out... Does anybody out there do this and have any tips. Please let me know.

{Locks of LOVE}

So I feel like I am officially a mom! I chopped off my hair... It was a combination of needing a change, sick of trying to pull it out of Aniston's death grip, and never having the time to do it cute. But whatever the reasons I've always wanted to donate my hair to {locks of love} & it turned out I met the 10 in requirement, I actually surpassed it and cut 11in. I told myself if I hated the cut at least I would feel good that it was going to a good use.

Sorry the picture is upside down... I brought the pony tail in to get it ready to send off and Travis was really freaked out by it.. I'll admit it is a little weird.
And here is the new do... Aniston still some how gets her hands on it but it definitely is a lot easier to get her hands untangled

{Mr. Congeniality}

{Ten Weeks} has come and gone and I finally have my husband back! He has been gone for his police training and this past Friday we were able to go to Boise for his graduation. During the graduation they gave away a Leadership award {that was voted on by their peers} voting for the cop they would want as their back-up and Travis got it so I have been teasing him all weekend that he won the Mr. Congeniality award!! But all teasing aside I am so proud of him, he worked so hard and I know it was just as hard for him to be away us as it was for me & Aniston to not have him here.

{While we were sitting waiting for the graduation to start Travis's mom Debbie was holding Aniston and his Grandma Elnora started fanning her face with the program and she starting laughing so hard. She probably laughed for 15 min straight it was cute here's a little snipet.}

{Here's to 10 more & Eternity}

I made this for my sister Kellie & her Drew since this year is their 10 year anniversary. {I can't believe its been that long already}... Happy Anniversary guys! They are off to Utah and I am watching the twins its only been two hours and we have already played duck duck goose many times, watched Mickey Mouse Club, had lunch and now wrestling. {Good times}

{It's the Small Things...}

{THAT MAKE ME HAPPY}

Cupcakes make me Happy!

The Cocoa Bean has come to Idaho Falls and every time I am in town I am tempted to stop and get a cupcake. Not only are they delicious but they are so cute to look at. I wish I could make cupcakes like that... {that is one of my goals it's harder than I thought}

Spending the Weekends with Travis {Pure Bliss}

Last weekend I went to Boise it was a great weekend full of shopping, time with Travis and you can't forget the Cheesecake Factory {definitely recommend the Chocolate Coconut Cheesecake.} ...The whole time I was pregnant I craved Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory and one time Travis was in Utah taking a test for his new job and I asked him to stop and get a slice and bring it home for me. When he got home I asked where it was and he told me Oh the place where I took the test was no where close to the Cheesecake Factory, I looked it up he was within 2 blocks... So he took me there to make it up to me...

Seeing that my Favorite Place to eat is coming to Idaho Falls {Ecstatic}

Every time we go to Salt Lake I have to stop here and eat even if I am not hungry! But when we were in Boise I wanted to look it up and see if they had one there and that is when I saw COMING SOON TO IDAHO FALLS! Best news: Life will never be the same!


One thing that doesn't make me Happy is Aniston is now sucking her thumb {but I do have to admit it is pretty cute how she gets her thumb in her mouth; she has to hold all of her other fingers so she can actually get her thumb in her mouth.}
But being her mom Makes me the Happiest

{When it rains it pours}

{That is exactly how this winter has felt for me.} My family has been through a lot with 3 family members having surgery, 2 happy additions {Aniston & Brighton}, losing 2 grandmas within a month, a blessing & a baptism! As you can see with all the good that we have experienced, it has come with its amount of sadness.
Each of these experiences has given me the chance to ponder and realize that I am indeed blessed and have a Heavenly Father who is there to comfort in my time of need. I guess sometimes it takes these experiences to help you put life in perspective.

Here is our winter in pictures!!

{Cousins Aniston & Brighton}

{Me holding Brighton McCall Lewis}

{Us at Grandma Anthony's viewing} I miss my grandma's ♥

{Aniston's Blessing Dress}

I decided I wanted to make a blessing dress for Aniston I briefly looked on the internet for dresses and didn't find anything. But I am obsessed with looking at wedding Dresses on J.Crew for some reason and one day when I was looking I found this one that I thought if turned into a blessing dress would be perfect.

{The inspiration} this is not the exact dress I got the inspiration from but they already took it off their website so this one is really similar{The Result } up close

{Full length} It turned out perfect thanks to my mom she's amazing when it comes to this kind of stuff!

{So Worth it}

I just wanted to share a few of the pictures we have taken in the last couple of days to celebrate Aniston being one month... These are some of the emotions and actions we experience each and everyday. Everything good and bad is so worth it.