Anniversary & AuTuMn

This past week was our 3 year anniversary! I can not believe how different our lives are just from 3 years ago. We LOOK so different (ha ha), we have a baby, we have done so many things: bought a home, Scott has finished his Masters, I started school... man, I just can't believe it. I LOVE our life tho and I wouldn't trade it for anything. To celebrate we went out to dinner and got massages. We also exchanged a couple small gifts. I have the best husband ever and I am so blessed in my life. Happy 3 Years love!

All of you know by now that I LOVE to decorate my home... I am constantly switching out my decor and I am so excited for this upcoming season. Fall is my favorite and this year I decided to decorate with pumpkins and owls- my new obsession. So of course, here are the before and afters...


All my owls!!!


My mother-in-law is the sweetest and found me this Owl plug in at Bath and Body Works.... ah! I love it!!
And in our bedroom I decorate the wall with different art... here is winter, spring and summer...


And here is fall- more owls!


My sister and I are in a crafty mood so we are going to make some pillows. I am going to make an owl pillow to match the wall art and I am making a coupe bird pillows to match my summer and spring decor. I am so excited! We bought the fabric- so I will start working on them asap and post when I am done! Can you tell I am really excited for fall? ;)

"Agri-Culture"

Last weekend we went out with my parents to the Greek Festival and the State Fair all in one night. The Greek Festival was awesome and I wish I would have taken pictures- we were all about the food and the art. We tried a few dishes and desserts and they were all delicious. Scott and I really like the art they sell there as well and my parents got us a beautiful painting of cafes in Paris for our Kitchen! (We have a theme of Parisian Cafes in our kitchen all ready... so it will match perfectly!) I just love the Greek Festival! Opa!

Next we hit the State Fair in Salt Lake City! There wasn't a whole lot we wanted to really do or see... we mostly wanted to try a fried Twinkie. So we were on the hunt and we found it!

My parents and Scott holding the yummy food... fried oreos, fried Twinkie, fried snickers bar and fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We tried a bite of each and the Twinkie and PB&J won! They were delicious but EXTREMELY filling. Lol.

Scott enjoying the Twinkie...
We also wandered around and saw all the huge produce...900 lb pumpkins and huge watermelons and that sort of thing. We also saw some of the largest cows and rabbits I have ever seen. It was a fun night out and I'm glad we got to spend time with my parents and William :)

Family Photos

A couple weekends ago we decided to take some family pictures- and 3 month pictures of our little man. I am horrible at thinking of cool settings and coordinating outfits etc when it comes to photo shoots. However- I think we picked the perfect location and cute outfits this time... the only thing is... I still need to figure out the correct time of day. The sun was awful and in our faces the entire time. Despite that set back my sister Bri and my father-in-laws camera did a great job.

My Papa (William's great-grandpa) built this barn himself and it is FULL of vintage signs, gas pumps, every tool imaginable and old Ford cars. He rebuilds these cars as a hobby and he is amazing at it. Here is "Pop" in his sanctuary...


We used that black car (don't ask me what it is....I am awful with car info...but I bet Scott knows) and an old wagon for our shoot and I just love the way things turned out. Yay for Bri and her talent. Thanks so much for putting up with us Bri and for taking these pictures....

I love my men...

Found this picture on my father-in-law's camera... How cute is he? He is seriously one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. He is constantly smiling and laughing and just happy to be here. I love him so much.

Dubs

I am very slow... I am finally getting around to talking about William's photo shoot he had when he was 3 weeks old!!! (He is now almost 3 months old...) My friend Maddie came up to our home and took some precious pictures of my sweet baby. I love that we were able to get these done at home in his nursery and in our room. It makes them extra special. I am only posting a few of my favorites...but check out Maddie's blog to see some more!

http://www.maddiethomasphotography.com/2011/baby-william/

I love these sweet faces he pulls... he is such a calm and happy baby. I can't believe he was once this small because at 3 months old, he looks like a small 2 year old now!

Here he is in my room, with his stuffed animal collection. My Nana (William's great grandma) gave me her entire collection of Classic Pooh Bear animals. I have LOVED it for as long as I can remember. We have all the characters: Pooh Bear, Owl, Kanga/Roo, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger.

Let me first say that I was NOT planning on getting my picture taken that day... but I LOVE the snapshots Maddie got of me holding him. They turned out to be some of my absolute favorites. And I don't even care that I wasn't ready or dressed up for them, I just love to see the way my little man makes me glow and smile and I really love to see him in my arms. And here is his crib. Maddie got some great shots of his nursery...all classic pooh bear (even the wallpaper!) I love them. Thanks Maddie and Lee for all the great pictures- they are a treasure to me!

These last couple of pictures I found on my Father-In-Law's camera. He bought a fancy new camera that takes amazing pictures and I had to steal these from him. This one is of William and I at Grandma Webb's house. She is William's great-grandma that passed away just a few days after William was born. I can't get enough of that sweet face of his!! He is seriously a mini-Scott and Scott is the most handsome man ever of course!

We spend a lot of time up in my in-laws field on Sundays when we go visit the family. The nieces love to run and play and ride the four-wheeler. I was trying out this new harness I got for Dubs and Scott snapped this precious photo.

Needless to say, he loves that thing and sleeps the whole time. Some mom's wear these everywhere they go...I can't get myself to use it very often, but it is pretty handy!

I can't believe how much he has grown... He is now starting to be very interactive which I love. He smiles lots and even laughs when you tickle under his chin or arms. He "talks" all the time and loves to watch his toys- he's not grabbing them yet but he kicks them! I will post more recent photos of my man soon. We are hoping to take some family pictures this weekend. Hope everyone has a good week!

Can You Feel the Love?

We have lots to catch up on! A couple weekends ago our beautiful niece Jenna got baptized! We were so proud of her and excited so we decided to drive up to Idaho to join in on the fun. We were a little worried about how William would survive a 9 hour car ride at 2 1/2 months old, but he did really well!! Jenna's baptism was a great experience and we are so happy for her. Here are my two men after the baptism:

And I snuck this picture of Dubs taking a snooze while daddy drives us home safely. We are going to Disneyland in October and we were going to drive... although Dubs did great in the car, I don't think we could handle an 11 hour drive. So we are going to fly with the rest of the family. We are SOOOO excited!

In other news, my little brother Josh was recently married! They had their beautiful reception in my parents backyard and were sealed in the Jordan River temple on Aug. 10 (which is a good day considering that is the date that Scott and I used to celebrate as our "official dating" day. lol.) Here is the happy couple:

And of course I have to show off William's cute matching tie and outfit! I love these faces:

And I can't express enough how happy I am that we have so much love in our family. I can't imagine living in a family that has no love for each other. It is such a huge part of our lives and I am so blessed to be able to bring a beautiful and perfect baby into such a loving home. Here he is being smothered by his Aunt Bree:

And even my pretty cousin Kylee (which makes her William's second cousin or cousin once removed or some jazz like that??) adores him.

He was just chillin outside the temple with Bree & Kylee who took tons of cute pictures of him. I just loved this profile picture they caught:

Here is the happy couple coming out of the temple!! These two are honestly perfect for each other. I can't believe how much alike they are. Even though all of this happened fast... we are so happy for them and we love them. Welcome to the family Diane!

This summer there have been lots of car shows! I have grown to love them and like to walk around with my honey and my baby. It's fun to get out of the house and Dubs loves to be outside!

And finally- here is Dubs with his Great-Grandma known as Nana. Isn't she SO young and beautiful to be a GREAT grandma?? I can't believe it. He was having so much fun chatting and sitting with her. I can't explain it enough how blessed I feel to have such a close family for William to enjoy.

This is a regular occurrence around William...everyone gathered around and smiling. It makes my heart melt.

Drive In

First and foremost.... are these not THE most handsome boys you have ever seen?? I am the luckiest girl in the world!

Anyhow, this summer lots of great movies have come out and unfortunately we can't go to the movies anymore like normal people. However we have discovered that the drive in is AWESOME for William cause he just sleeps in the cozy car and we still get to see all the new and exciting movies. A couple weekends ago we went to see Harry Potter with Aunt Bri! It was a blast and I loved the movie. We have also seen Pirates and X Men at the drive in this summer.

Our Family:

Aunt Bri! Little William just loves her and we love it when she hangs out with us!

Not much else has been going on this summer. Today was the first time I have laid out at all....it is terrifying how white I am. And after all our outdoor time William and I were sitting in bed having a discussion that ended with him giving me some of these precious things:

How do you not love that face? I want to pinch and kiss those cheeks til I die. And that dimple??? I love him.

4th of July--Finally!

It's hard to believe that being a new stay at home mom vs. full-time dental assistant + full-time student leaves me with NO time to do extra things like blogging.... SO crazy. Anyway, I am finally getting around to our 4th of July extravaganza! We actually ended up doing quite a bit. Over the weekend we went down to Provo with my family and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks, which has been a family tradition for as long as I can remember. William slept the entire time.

Sunday night was a blast- some neighbors of ours through a little bash and invited us over. We ate food and yummy brownies and then sat on the grass to enjoy all the "legal" fireworks. It was a blast and I was surprised that William loved just chillin outside on his blanket in the grass. On Monday we went to our ward breakfast party- then spent the remainder of the morning fixing our fridge that broke the night before... fun stuff. Then we went out to Grantsville for the annual car show. The 4th of July is my brother-in-law's birthday as well. So we went back to Scott's parents for an awesome BBQ and cake!

Here is our little man in his "All American Baby" outfit. I love that all 3 of us had gray 4th of July shirts on- it so was not even planned!
And as always- my adorable nieces have to make an appearance! I just love all their matching outfits. This was outside throwing "pops" around.

Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday! Happy Independence Day!!