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New work

2010-06-03T15:30:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to share with everyone some of my new designs i have been working on.

ENJOY!!

Update!

2010-04-19T15:37:00.000-07:00

wow!!! its been way to long sense my last post! Any way i just wanted to give everyone an update on whats going on in the life of the Birds.

Spence got put in the Young Men's Presidency as the first counselor. So that has been a fun adventure for the both of us. Spencer even got me put in as the cook at there camp outs so i have a legitimate excuse to go on all the camp outs with him so we don't have to spend a night alone. ha ha ha i think its more for his sake instead of mine. He is still in school doing his generally right now and changes his mind all the time of what he is going into. something medical for sure, he knows that part. His top picks right now are either a nurse anesthesia or a pharmacist. But it could probably change next week. ha ha Spencers also got a salt water fist tank for Easter and it was a pre established take so it came with all of the live rock, sand, and coral i was not very excited for it at first because i was just thinking of all the maintains that they require. but i have to admit i really like it now. this is a picture of the first little fish we have gotten for it. his name is carlos. check out his eye brows! my mom said that god must of had a fun time creating him.

I have been so busy lately taking pictures, and design invitations. i am not complaining tho! I would rather be busy then not. I am having a blast with my design business creating wedding invitations. here are some of the pictures i have taken lately, along with some of the designs i have just finished with.

Some stinking cute nails i did, i just had to share them.

And to finish it off i wanted to leave you all with a funny story. (well spencer does not think it is really funny) Usually our dogs sleep in their kennen. But spence felt bad because they are in there kennels all day and they were going to be in there kennels all day the next day also. so spencer decided to let the dogs sleep in our bed. so we all went to bed. I was woken up a two in the morning by max our little dog throwing up right between spencer and i. So we get up and spencer cleans max off and i changed the sheets on our bed. we all go back to sleep again. I am woken up again this time by ellie trying to burrow under me. i wake up just in time to see spencer hitting max into the pillow and then throwing him into the closet. I asked him what was wrong and he tell me that max walking up on his pillow, lifted his leg and peed on spencer face!!!! He stomped off to the shower, so once again i pulled off all the sheets and cleaned the bed. I just told spencer that he was marking his territory but he did not really appreciate that. Lets just say that the puppys no longer sleep in our bed anymore.

2010-01-01T19:19:00.000-08:00

I am a little obsessed with love songs. I think it drives Spencer nuts how much i listen to them. I wanted to share this songs with you and the lyrics. Every time i hear a song that i love i tell Spencer it is our song. but this time i think i found a keeper!

All the things you are to me,

darling you have set me free

Always give you what you need and what you desire.

All the joy and all this love, and all that it is from above

Now together there's enough to fill this world..

Cause you are the love of my life,

you are the love of my life..

and now we're man and wife.

All the things that you would do..

you know I'm standing next to you,

darling I will see you through the rest.. of our lives..

With you beside me I have won,

I'm glad I waited for so long,

but there's no doubt that you are the one..for me.

You are the love of my life,

you are the love of my life..

and everytime, they'll be things, everything is gonna be fine..

Now you're in my life.

So I give you heart and soul,

its yours to take wherever you go,

through the years you'll always know it's yours to keep.

God is best at sacred vow,

Angels high above look down,

see the two of us we've found the perfect love

You are the love of my life,

Now we're man and wife..

Ready for Christmas

2009-12-24T22:04:00.000-08:00

The TREE is decorated

The COOKIES are set out for santa
The PRESENTS are wrapped and under the tree

The PUPPIES are tucked safely in bed

and the STOCKINGS are hung.

MAX

2009-12-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

Meet our new puppy Max

Custom Designed Christmas Cards

2009-11-21T19:24:00.000-08:00

I only have a couple more opening for my custom designed christmas cards. Check out my design blog for all of the details.

www.prettybirddesign.blogspot.com

Update!!!

2009-10-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

It had been far to long since my last entry. So i thought it was time to update you on what had been going on in our life's.

Lake Powell:

We went to lake Powell for one last trip before summer was over. This trip was alot different for us we usually have all of spencers family there, this trip there was just a small group. I love lake powell, there is just nothing quite like it.

1st Anniversary!!!!
Spencer and i celebrated our first anniversary. It was so much fun. Spencer gave me a puppy so it kind of put a stop to most of our plans. but it was still nice to go away and do whatever we wanted. I cant believe its been a whole year. Every day just gets better then the last. By far getting married was the best thing i ever did. I love spencer so much more now then when we got married.

Ellie!

Spencer gave me the most adorable cuddly puppy! She is such a fun addition to our family. She is a pure bread Polmeranian. when we got her she was just 12 weeks old. She has changed so much in the short time we have had her. She will not get any bigger she will just turn into a poof ball.

Spencers Hospital Stay:

Spencer and i were driving home from our nephews baptism and he all of the sudden instantly got pale, really sweaty, nauseous, and was really dizzy. Once we got to my moms i had to help him walk into the house, whenever he stood up he would fall to the left and could not walk. He threw up his lunch once, and about 10 minutes later he started throwing up blood. That's when we decided it was time to go to see the Dr. I drove him up to layton to the insta care there and the Dr. on duty said that his vitals, and the symptoms he had were so server he needed to go to the ER right now he suggested an ambulance. I asked if i could drive him there my self and he said that he had been an ER doctor for 10 years and he would not suggest an ambulance if he did not fill like he really needed one. So in the ambulance he went. One we got to the ER there was a 4 hour waiting period but because he came in on an ambulance we got to go right in. So to make a long story short after 6 hours in the ER, and x-ray, Cat scan, and lots of blood tests. They decided to admit him. by this time he is feeling fine, just tired. So we spent the night in the hospital and i think i got the worst night sleep of my life sleeping on the most uncomfortable couch/bed ever! They did his blood work throe out the night, and a scope down his stomach in the morning they decided to release us from the hospital around 2:00 the next day. After all of that they still dont know what was wrong with him!!! but i am glad to say that he has not had any of the symptoms any more.

Wedding Cake:

My sister in law, spencers cousin, and I made a wedding cake. What a good experiance! I now know why they charge so much for wedding cakes. I really enjoyed the experiance and would totally do it again. but this time i would charge for it! ha ha

Ellies ER visit:

So a week after spencers hospital visit ellie decided that she was feeling left out and need to go to the ER also. My mom was holding here when she started to move her head back and fourth, and she would not stand up she would just lay there, so spencer and i got in the car to take her to the animal ER on the way there her eyes started to roll into the back of her head and she turned into a puddle in my arms. So spencer stepped on the gas. once we go there we still had to Waite in the waiting room even tho she was just a puddle and not responding. once we go to see the vet (about an hour later) she was responding, walking around and smelling everything. The vet did not know what was wrong with her or why she was shaking her head. He wanted to run all of these blood work tests on her but would not have the results for two days anyways. So we decided to take her home. She slept for about an hour and woke up back to normal! So we payed $104.00 buck for the vet to tell us he does not know what was wrong with her, and after a little sleep she was fine. Frustrating!!!

Photography:

I have been taking alot of pictures lately. What is mostly a hobby had turned into a fun little business. I did a wedding last week, Family pictures, baptism pictures, & new born pictures. I love photography and am excited for all of the photo shoots i have coming up this next month.

Pretty Bird Design

2009-07-24T20:08:00.000-07:00

I have started my own custom Invitation and Announcement company. After doing invitations for friends and family i have decided to branch out and do it for real. I opened shop a couple of months ago and have been really blessed to be quite successful with it. I wanted to share with you a couple of my designs, and hope that if you know anyone that needs invitations or announcements that you will send them my way. These are just a couple of my designes check out my blog for more.

WWW.prettybirddesign.blogspot.com

A New Experiance.

2009-07-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

This blog is a little late but i still felt like i need to talk about it. On July 1st my sweet aunt Jill passed away. For as long as i could remember she had been my playmate. Jill had the best barbies! She always had the biggest nail polish collection, The best movie collection, and every time i went over when i was younger i would always have to go threw all of her jewelry boxes and try on all of her jewelry. Her room was a little girls dream.

Spencer and i were in Lake Powell when i hear that she was not doing well. We hurried and packed up all of our stuff and hurried home. but she passed before we even made it half way home. I was asked if i would pain her fingernails for her one last time. I was a little nervous at first but after i thought about it and talked to a couple of the girls at my salon i felt alot better about it. The following Monday was the day, i met my aunt Susan at the Mortuary in Ogden. As her and i walked into the room where Jill's body was waiting for us all nervousness went out the door and i felt peace. All though i did not know going it to this that i was going to help my aunt Dress Jill, I am glad now that i had the opportunity to help dress her. What an amazing experience. I will admit it was strange for me to touch her at first but by the end i got comfortable with it. My aunt had picked out the PERFECT dress for her. It was a pink, sparkly, flowing Princess dress. She would of loved it! After we got here hair done and her makeup on she started to look more like her self. I Painted her nails to match her dress. I had done this countless time in the past so this was nothing new to me.

I am so thankful that i got to do one last service for Jill. Jill was truly the meaning of love. And i cant Waite to get to meet the real Jill one day.

Jade

2009-05-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

A Couple of days ago i took my darling niece out for a little photo shoot. I wish i could of posted all of the picture but here is a couple of my favs.

Spring Botique

2009-05-18T19:24:00.001-07:00

We are having a Boutique in my moms back yard on may 30th! We are so excited. So mark your calenders and make it on over. if you want to sell anything or know of some one who does just let me know me i would love to have you.

A boy and his sword.

2009-05-11T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the senior pics i shot this last weekend.

He was so much fun and a blast to work with.

The BIG race!

2009-04-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

The Young men in my parents ward decided to have a no rules Pine Wood Derby. it was so fun!

Spencer threw his together in an hour. It would of won if he could of kept it on the track. He put two CO2 cartridges in the back. it was so powerful it would just fly off, do a flip, and crash off the track. but it was pretty good for having an hour notice.

All of those cars are Masons and Mckays. some old ones and some new.

Tanner made his into a Remote Control Pine Wood derby car it one first place! it was so fast.

I don't think from the looks on there faces that they liked my car. Its a Pink Sparkly Stiletto

Spencer hitting the CO2 cartridges with a hammer and nail.

Easter fun!!!

2009-04-13T16:34:00.000-07:00

Chelsey invited us all over for a easter egg party! It was a blast.

We all went home with different colored fingers and a ton of colorful eggs.

So much fun!

2009-04-05T20:13:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun today making this cute apron. It took me just a couple of hours to make. I do need to thank my mom for helping me with a couple of things. I think everyone should have a fun and apron. Its going to make cooking a little more fun.

Sparetime

2009-04-03T14:00:00.000-07:00

My Dad designed the new Sparetime family fun center in Syracuse. Getting this place build and up running has been an ordeal. they have had to jump threw alot of hoops with the city. but they are now open. On april 1st they had the ribbion cutting ceremony. And opened it up to everyone that helped build it and there familys. We got to play everything for free. It was really a blast.

My dad took us on a behind the seen's tour threw the building. it was cool to see behind the alleys and in the kitchen.

They have a 3-D Glatic Golfing. It was way cool. as you walk threw it tells a story. we had alot of fun in there.

This is the floor plan to the laser tag. It is the biggest and best designed laser tag i have ever seen. Spencer got first place of course. When you go you can do all sorts of different games. you can play tag, free for all, red Vs. Blue, space marines, ..........

Friends Weddings

2009-03-15T18:54:00.000-07:00

Two of spencer and I's Best friends got married recently. we are so happy for the both of them and cant Waite to do married couple stuff with them. ha ha! We only have Three more to go.

Lance and Melina Andersen

Neal and Cali Schmidt

Amicus Banquet

2009-03-07T18:08:00.000-08:00

Spencers sister Alisa invited us to a banquet at the little america where she was asked to be a special guest speaker. As you probally read earlyer in my blog we almost lost her due to a rare heart condition she has. The banquet was sponcered by Amicus and the Deseret foundation. They donate money to hospitals in Utah for resherch on heart conditions among other things. The Small pump that was put into alisa heart that saved her life while she was delivering her baby lily was made possible by the money donated from Amicus and the Deseret Foundation. She Gave the most amazing talk! It was hard to hold back tears.

Alisa's Talk:

In our blackberry world, I am somebody who has a calendar made of paper. I would rather go see somebody than call them, let alone email them or text message them. Today humor is conveyed with '"lol" for lots of laughs, but I like to recognize the sound of someone's laugh, and be able to identify them unseen across a room. I think those goofy cellphone earpiece things make people in airports look like asylum escapees, walking, talking and laughing to themselves. I like licked mail, and stationary with my name printed on it. I like knowing someone's signature. I like pens. So the notion of speaking on behalf of new technology and reaserch is a little foregin to me. I am alive to because of it, so it is rapidly becoming my new best friend.

I really wasn't sure how to start out tonight and my Mom always says when all else fails, remember your manners. so I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Alisa Barnard and I am a wife and a mom to 4 wonderful children. Four children means a busy mommy, which is my primary mission at this time with sons who are 13, 10 and almost 3 and a new daughter. When I am not on the mommy clock, I'm usually reading or googling information about heart failure or spending time with my husband.

I am not someone who is particularly fast or talented in anything specific. I can't talk much about medical terms or procedures or dive into a great discusions about business or politics. But here is what I do know, and maybe this relates to you too; I LOVE living. Give me a slow, plodding, painful day. Give me a zippy, light on my feet, springy morning. Give me a downpour of emotions. Give me a day with my children. Give me a day with my husband. 0

I cannot pinpoint the exact moment when living every day transitioned from a slow, weighed down 'have to,' to an ' I can't wait to.' But it did. And something happened for me as a woman, as a mom, and as a wife...all at once.
So to understand me, and why I'm even at this event (because I feel like Forrest Gump in the background photos of all the famous world events), first of all you have to understand why I want to live. It's the hardest and easiest question for me. It's just like asking you to describe why you love someone. That one for me is easier. You love someone because of all the precious moments you have spent together, because of all the ways they understand you, the subtle acts of kindness and grace they offer you, the ways they accept you good and bad, the way they offer you insight when you are stuck in a bad place, the way they keep you humble and make you feel great all at the same time, the way their presence is your insurance that you will never be numb...because you are at ease in their company, because they lead you to your truest self.

Why do I want to live, because I can't imagine not. I can't imagine not being a mother or friend

If being a mother was a form of writing then my children would be my love letter. Being a mother has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good mother' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a mother. My children make me want to be here. They make me want to hold on. My children need me and I need them.

So when we connect tonight, however impersonal this medium might seem, there is nothing impersonal about anything when I relate it to living. I am alive as a direct result from the reaserch and medical advances that take place because people care enough to give. This means all thoes donations in the past are connected to my family, my spiritual life, my fitness, my friendships, my health, my sanity, my peace.

Going Green?

2009-02-10T18:45:00.000-08:00

Utah just raised it Building Code for Attic Insulation to a R-38. All tho the federal code for attic insulation says that for our Clement region we souled have a R-50. So to help with this problem the Public Service Commission of Utah has donated a large sum of money to Rocky Mountain Power and Questar Gas company so they can offer rebates to there customers who upgrade there insulation. 70% of all heat loss from our houses is threw our attics. so it only makes sense to take advantage if this. Heating and cooling your home is the biggest source of energy consumption, so increasing the insulation you have in your home helps lower your utility bills. Also help save your AC unit by reducing its work load. An over worked AC unit wear out much faster than normal. It makes sense to save money in our bad economy.

So what does this mean for you? You can upgrade the insulation in your attic for free. How it works is Spencer comes and measures how much insulation you have in your attic and figures out how much more you qualify for. He has his guys come out and spray new insulation in your attic. Spencer then Submits all the paperwork into Rocky Mountain power and Questar for you. In about 8 weeks your rebate will show up for the full amount of the cost of the insulation. So you do have to pay for the insulation up front and you can put it on a credit card. In the end the insulation ends up being free for you. There are restrictions that apply but so far he has only been in one house that did not qualify for it.

Not only is the rebate good for attic insulation it valid on basement ceilings, walls, and crawl spaces.

Spencer has done about 30 houses so far. And all of them have noticed a big difference. Even if you live in a newer house or a old home they probably still need more insulation.

Spencers website
http://utahgoinggreen.building.officelive.com

For more information regarding terms and conditions visit
www.rockymountainpower.net
www.thermwise.com

For Rbates visit
www.thermwise.com/home/Weatherization_Application_09.pdf
www.homeenergysavings.net/utah/docs/RMTUT_ins2008.pdf

Our Honeymoon!

2009-01-08T20:28:00.000-08:00

Ok so i know its about 3 months past due but i thought i would post some pictures from our honeymoon. Spencer and i went on a cruis. it was so much fun! We went to San Diego, Catalina Island, and Ensanada mexico.

There was a honeymooners gala on the ship. It was so fun to here about the other couples weddings. We actually met more honeymooners that were on the ship that did not come to the gala.

Our ship stoped at Catalina Island. This stop was my fav. It was so pretty!

Ensanada was ok. it did not have as good of deals as i thought i would, so i was a little bummed. All tho i do have to say that they had beautiful tile work!

Our first Christmas together!

2008-12-29T13:36:00.000-08:00

This year was a little different for the Nielson family. Chase was not here and there is a new member of our family. But all in all it has been my best Christmas ever! Christmas morning we work up to tanners LOUD music. I think his sub was shaking the house. Spencer quickly got up and turned it off for a couple more hours of sleep. WRONG soon after the boys came down stairs and pulled the plugs out of our air mattress. So we dragged our self's up stairs to open presents. on Christmas eve Spencer had let me open one present and to me surprise it was a pearl necklace! its gorgeous i love it. I thought it was my main big present so i was not expecting anything else but small stuff. Towards the end of everyone opening presents my dad handed me a little ring box it said it was from Spencer. I opened it and to my surprise there was a baby turtle in it! He is the cutest thing in the whole world. He is about the size of a quarter. We named him squirt. After we were done with presents we spent the morning making stuffed french toast and playing games. Spencer and i got ready and walked down the street to his moms for there Christmas lunch. We all get in a big circle and race to open our gifts. it was so fun to see his nieces and nephews faces when they saw there gifts. remember the turtles we got to babysit. yep they were at the Christmas party as gifts. The kids flipped! After presents we ate dinner and just enjoyed each others company. We walked back to me house around 5 to Waite for Chase to call us from his mission. We waited, and waited. then finally the phone rang! my mom and i had made bunch of treats. So was just sat around the table, phone in the middle, ate good food and talked to chase for about an hour and a half. It was so good to talk to him! He is not even the same kid that went out it amazing. After Spencer and i started to pack up all of our stuff to head home. But once we saw the snow storm we decided to just stay in Syracuse. We drove about two miles to Trisha and Luke's house (Spencer's sister) and played Rock Band tell i was passed out on the love sack. We slowly drove back and headed to his parents house where we crashed for the night in his old room. It was an amazing Christmas that we spent with each other and our family's.

My moms tree she always has the best looking tree i love it!

Spencer wearing his new snowboarding helmet my parents got him,

Spencers dad gave him a box of socks that they found when they were cleaning out his room after he moved out. his face when he saw them was so funny!

The Month for Babysitting

2008-12-20T20:05:00.000-08:00

Spencer and i have been doing alot of babysitting for his sisters. It started out with his sister krystalny's baby turtles. They are so cute and small. The Biggest one in the pics is only about 2 inches long! We get to watch them tell christmas. we also babysat over the weekend for his sister Mary it was fun and i got this really cute picture of spencer and audrey sleeping.

Christmas tree!

2008-12-18T13:10:00.000-08:00

spencer and i got to set up our first chritmas tree together. He put it together and put the lights on it. And i put all the orniments on it. I am so excited for our first christmas together!

I also put together this garland to make our place more festive!

Something to be thankful for!

2008-12-13T12:18:00.000-08:00

On November 7th i was at work when i recived a call from my husband that he was rushing down to IMC to meet his sister who was being life flighted there to give her a blessing. My heart dropped. He then told me that she was only using 10% of her heart and there was a good chance she would not make it. I quickly left work, met up with spencers other sisters and we rushed down to salt lake. when we got there we were able to go in a see her and she was stable for the moment but if she went into labor it would put to much stress on her heart and would stop it. The Dr.'s said they had never seen anything like this. so they spent the next four days calling other dr.'s around the country getting second oppions. We also spent the next four days back and forth to the hospital. not wanting to not be by her side if anything went wrong. They ended up delivering the baby naturally but she was not allowed to push and had to just let the dr.'s pull lilly out. OUCH!!! a long scary made short we now have lilly and alisa with us, home, and safe. The dr.'s put a pump in her hear so they held a press conferance. she was on the news you might of saw her. the article below is from the desseret news. she made front page.

Alisa Barnard's heart was failing from causes related to her pregnancy when doctors at Intermountain Medical Center decided her best and perhaps only shot at survival was delivering the baby in the cardiac catheterization lab.
Tuesday, the 30-year-old Layton woman cuddled 2-week-old Lily Marie in her arms as doctors described the chaotic scene Nov. 10. The baby was delivered, using forceps, then cardiologist Dr. James Revenaugh threaded the world's smallest heart pump, the Abiomed Impella 2.5, into the pumping chamber of Alisa Barnard's heart to suck blood into the aorta for distribution to her body. That tiny pump, approved just a few months before by the Food and Drug Administration, gave her heart temporary support when it was too weak to pump adequately on its own, saving her life.
Once Lily Marie was safely delivered, the assembled multidisciplinary medical crew clapped and some of them wiped away tears of relief, they said.
Alisa and Paul Barnard also have three boys, ages 2 1/2 to 13. Not long before baby Lily was due, Mom started experiencing extreme fatigue and shortness of breath. She thought it was just the toll of the pregnancy; it was actually peripartum cardiomyopathy, a relatively rare heart failure syndrome that occurs in the final weeks of pregnancy or first few months after delivery.

When she went to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden for a test, her doctor was alarmed and she was transported by Life Flight to IMC in Murray, where she spent three days while doctors worked to stabilize her and come up with a plan to keep both mom and baby "safe and alive," said heart expert Dr. A.G. Kfoury.
Her cardiomyopathy had kicked off another potentially deadly condition, pulmonary hypertension, which reduces blood to the lungs and oxygen to the body and increases the already weakened heart's load. Going into the delivery, doctors figured things could go badly not only for Mom but for baby.
The medical team, led by Dr. Patrick W. Fisher, an advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist, kept the plan fluid as her condition changed and doctors juggled various concerns. He referred to the night as a "nail biter."
Revenaugh described it as a "medical Rubik's Cube." Most heart pumps, for instance, require blood thinners — very dangerous during delivery, especially if there's a chance a Caesarean section will be required. So they took the baby first but prepped for insertion of the heart pump as they prepared for delivery. Meanwhile, her heart rate plunged then slowly rose as maternal-fetal specialist Dr. Flint Porter delivered the baby.
Even then, they gave Alisa Barnard only small amounts of localized anti-clotting agents at the site of the heart pump, which was removed three days later. Alisa Barnard now has an implanted defibrillator.
Barnard's heart remains weak, functioning at about 20 percent compared to the normal 50 percent to 70 percent. But when she arrived to have her baby, it was only 5 percent. They're all very hopeful that it will continue to recover, Kfoury said.
Awake the whole time, Alisa Barnard said she "relied on everyone's prayers and blessings" to see her through. And she's happy now to be back home with her family.

The bad word car

2008-12-05T18:19:00.000-08:00

Spencer bought him self a Audi S4 to numb the pain after he rolled his baby!

His baby before and after!

Well we decided to sell out Audi to save on costs. Well now i think its mad at us cause as soon as we put the for sale sign in the window everything started to go. we had to replace the inner and outter tie rod ends so $240.00 dollars later spencer let a kid intrested in buying the car test drive. well needless to say this kid did not know that you can not burn out in a four wheel drive car. So he ended up buring up the clutch in it!!! So now spencer had spent the past week every night after work under his bad word car putting in a new clutch another $200.00 might i add. Dont get me wrong this is an seriously fast and fun car. but i am ready to see it go.

So if anyone want a Audi S4 with Twin Turbo 2.7 v6! Straight pipe sounds awesome and kn air filter! Lowering kit and 19" rims! Two new tires! European front bumper and licence plate! Rear window spoiler! l.e.d blinkers! No computer mods because they can melt the turbosQuattro All wheel drive!Climate Control. cd/tape/am/fm. Tinted windows. and full power seats. Just let me know! I will gladly give it up.

Look at our dance

2008-12-04T19:42:00.001-08:00

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Friend Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T14:08:00.000-08:00

Last Night a punch of spencer and I friends decided to go out to eat and to see some of the lights at temple square. While we were sitting at dinner we decided that this was our friend thanksgiving. ha ha we had a blast. We all had dates so we all ordered the Mondo Burritto from the Blue Iguna. The First couple to eat the whole thing won! Well only one couple even finished the challage.

He was the only one to finish!

Cute Invites

2008-11-16T16:38:00.000-08:00

The girl that made my wedding invites e-mailed me last week to ask if she could use some of my pics to make sample invites because she loved how our pictures turned out. So of course I told her yes!!! Just to check with my photographers to make sure it was ok with them. So here is some of them. The first one is the one we used. They are way cute!!!http://ciaobelladesigns.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

Her name is lindsay wall and she did a wonderful job!

We started a Trend

2008-11-08T10:38:00.000-08:00

So i think that spencer and i stared a trend! soon after spencer and i got married most all of our best friends have gotten engaged. i am so excited for all of them. there is still two of them to go but i have a feeling they will be not shortly behind.

Our friend neal and his girl Cali. January 8th

Our friend lance and his girl melina March 5th

Our friend nash and his girl chelsay May 21st

Sorry if i got anyones dates wrong! i cant wate for your days to come!

playing catch up!

2008-11-06T14:03:00.000-08:00

ok so i have really been slacking on posting blogs ha ha. i have a tone of stuff i need to blog about so i am just going to combine them into to one. ha ha

Monster Nails.

So i have to share them because i just fell in love with them! my mom is such a trooper she usually ends up being my ginny pig.
My pumpkin and candy corn

My Fav Cousins Wedding!!!

Heather and joe finally tied the knot and it is about dang time! here are a couple of photos

PuMpKiN cArViNg!!!

i decied to do a bird cage and well spencer decied to do a butt. ha ha ha oh i dont think boys ever grow up.

Little Devils!

2008-11-02T16:16:00.001-08:00

Spencer and i decided to be devils for halloween. it was so funny. Spencer looked so scary with his eye makeup. i loved it!!! We went and visited both of the parents houses, its nice that they are 5 houses away from each other. Then we were off to a party at our friend Calis house. What a fun night.

Here are some of my fav's....

2008-10-28T12:16:00.000-07:00

A Couple Wedding Pictures

2008-10-25T11:15:00.000-07:00

This was one of our three centerpices.

Me with all of my new nices and nephews! i love them all to death.

I decided to post just a couple of our wedding pics. we will have more to come!

I married the right man!

2008-10-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

So the other night i was talking to spencer about some traditions that my family has, And Black Friday came up. I told him that every year my cousins sleep over and we wake up really early and go shopping. So i explained to him that usually my cousins all crash in my bed and so we will probally be having my cousins spend that night in our appartment that night. What i expected to hear back from him was "What! you do what! you wake up how early! your crazy" But instead i heard "I go shopping on black friday every year with my family but we usually just stay up all night. I love black friday" I was shocked! That was just the icing on the cake. It just confirmed to me that i married the right man.

Friend bridal Shower

2008-08-31T10:34:00.000-07:00

I love my friends more than anything they are the best. Carly came up with the most cute theme and color sceme ever. i was so tickeld when i got there that i called spencer sister to come over and see. she did a whole bird theme and i loved it! i think the picture explain it all.

carly had this adorable cake made and it tasted even better then it looked.

this is me with all of my brides maids. Nikki, Ashlie, Carly, a Haylie. Oh but we are missing one Heather had to leave early.

The Trip from Hell !!!

2008-08-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

What started out as a fun trip that everyone was looking forward to ended up being the worse trip ever! We went up to Bear Lake for a fun filled weekend up at the Deelstras cabin. We should of known when we almost got into an accident on the way up that we should of just turned around and gone home. A little bit after we got up there and settled in we decied to put Dans boat in the water (dan in my father in law to be). So we hooked the boat up to the tractor and pulled in down to the beach. they had never launched there boat this was and they forgot to put the pins in the breaks to keep them from locking up. so as we started to back up in the water the breakes on the trailer locked up causing the tractor to fly back basically pinning Sam between the boat and the tractor. Well sam was determined to get the boat in the water at this time not knowing that the breaks were locked. so as he did wheelies in the tractor for the next 15 min untill they realised it was locked. So to get the breaks to unlock they had to bring the truck down, plug it in and turn them off. So we got the truck down and turned the breaks off and when we went to pull the truck out it got stuck!

So then we hooked the tractor to the front of the truck to pull it all out of the water, when you will never believe what happened. yep the tractor got stuck also!!!! so then we had to get another tractor to come pull the stuck tractor out. so after that they continued to try to pull the truck and boat out when i gave them the bright idea to use both of the tractors at the same time side by side to pull the truck out. And it worked!

And because there were alread tracks where the truck and tractor were stuck before we had to get a bigger tractor to come and get the boat out of the water. so after that we decied to just pay the money and put the boat in at a ramp.

So thinking that all of our toubles are over. on saturday morning the boys decide to take the boat out one last time while patty (spencers mom) and i pack up. right as i was about to get in the shower i get a call from spencer telling to me go get him mom cause another boat just ran into them. My stomac dropped i was imaging them out in the middle of the lake with a huge hole in the side of the boat and it sinking. So let just say after two stupid rangers, having to wate all day before we could pull the boat off the lake, and us all sick over the damage on the boat. we got in at 11 only to wanting to go the sleep and put it all behind us.

Spencers Birthday

2008-08-19T21:27:00.000-07:00

Spencers birthday was on the 7th of Aug so this post is just a little late. His Birthday was a lot of fun. We had a party with his family that turned into a water fight. And we also had a dinner with all of our good friends at famous daves. it is always good times when we are together with all of our friends. i dont know why i did not get a picture of everyone by lance and melina, nash and chelsie,and cody and delannie were also there.

Ashlee and i. i just love this girl.
Spencer blowing out his cake made of zingers and served with chocolate milk. That is spencers two fav foods. He eats it for breakfast every morning!
Neal and Cali. They crack me up.

Wolf Creek

2008-08-10T10:08:00.001-07:00

Spencers extended family spent a week up at wolf creek just to get away. we decided to go up on the 23rd - 24th. it was so much fun even tho we only spent one night there. we woke up early on the 24th to get on the lake before the crowds came.

These first three are of our friend Elliott. Him and his girl friend shannon came up for the day to go boating with us. he makes it look so effort less.
This is spencer doing a flip on the wakeboard. he is far more brave then i ever will be.

Paul is spencers cousin. I was making fun of him cause he shaved his whole body expect for his arm pits. It looked like he has two poof balls under his arms. ha ha ha but we still love him.

Poor Mike!!! he stayed in the sun a little to long and was burnt to a crisp. it was so funny watching spencer and paul rub ice cold aloe all over him.

Lake Powell

2008-08-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

The first of july i went to lake powell with spencers family. it was so much fun. it was my first time going to lake powell and i am totally addicted. We went to the south end of the lake. we stayed in Paige AZ in little condos (i was so thankful for the condos) His family is just so wonderful. There is never a dull moment with the Birds.

favor

2008-07-27T20:43:00.000-07:00

we are going to have a favor table with a big bowl of kisses with little baggies to fill up. nother is better then kisses and chocolate!

some wedding updates

2008-07-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

I want to put these cute birds on top of my cake or just sitting by my sign in book. Spencer does not think that it is very cute. i guess he is sick of the bird jokes.

These are two ideas for cakes. i having a hard time trying to decide what i want!

we are using this damask print in the reception alot. my colors are rasberry pink, olive green, and alot of black and white.
these flowers are what i basically want mine to look like. freathers and all.

I just thought i would put up some of my wedding updates so everyone can see how its coming.

The parade of homes

2008-07-06T22:27:00.000-07:00

Ever sense i can remember i have been going to the parade of home with my parents. So i figured that i would take Spencer and initiate him. I had lots of fun walking threw the pretty homes. As for Spencer i think he might be scared for life. ha ha no he liked looking at all the new trucks in each drive way more then anything i think. here are some pictures of some of my fave details and some funny ones of Spencer. be sure to notice the fun size toilet.

Roses!!!

2008-07-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

About three months ago i had taken Spencer's phone and i had set some reminders in it. As a joke i set a reminder to sent me flowers. i totally meant it to be a joke. So on June 18Th i was doing a clients nails when Spencer's sister Trish comes walking in with 2 dozen pink and white roses! i was so shocked. Trish handed me her phone and it was Spencer on the other line. i asked him why he sent me flowers and he said that the reminder in his phone told him to. i was so tickled. I have sense decided that i need to start setting more reminders in his phone from now on.

Pudding Pictionary

2008-07-05T21:46:00.000-07:00

What started out as a innocent game of pudding pictionary turned into a pudding war! I think the pictures say it all!

The history of Spencer and Amee

2008-07-02T09:37:00.000-07:00

Spencer and I meet about 8 years ago when we both moved into the same neighborhood. If you drive south on my street you will drive straight into his driveway. i don't really remember my first time meeting or seeing him. But he tells me that his first memory of me is when i dad was his young men's leader. And for an activity he took them snowboarding and i begged to tag along. Spencer says that i would not talk to him and that i just sat in the front seat and would only talk to my dad. Now i had to reassure him that i don't think that was the case. because i am nice to everyone and talk to everyone. But he did tell me that he remembers thinking that i was cute. Spencer's and i friendship really started to take of about 6 years ago. We just started to hang out all the time with our group for friends that included: Brooke Palmer (Miller), Carly Warburton (stanger), Eric francom, emiko (my friend from japan). i am sure there were others i just can quite remember them right now. We would hang out all day and all night. I dont remember if i had a crush on him or not but i do remember always thinking he was cute. Our first date was a group date. I asked him out (but he insisted on paying) we went ice skating. spencer tells me that ice skating was the first time that we held hands he says he remembers that for sure cause he was excited! spencer went on a mission to New Mexico Spanish speaking. I was so excited for him to go. i keep telling him now that i glad we were just friends then cause i would of gone crazy two years without him. I remember helping him get read for his mission. him practing his comb over, getting his braces off, and going threw the temple. Brook and i went over to his house for when he got set apart. i remember all of his sister being sad and happy at the same time. I gave spencer a Address Book with all of our friends addresses in it that he still has. I will admit that i was not the best at writing him on his mission but brook and i did send him one package for halloween. i hope that counts for something. When spencer got back from his mission we hung out a little bit here and there. We mostly just talked on the phone alot. We started to see each other more and more in December and the rest is history.