Absolutely LIFE CHANGING.

This is a story about love. It's a story about forgiveness. It's a story about changing your life because someone changed yours.

What story am I talking about? A Tale of Two Cities. Unfortunately, I've never read the book, but the musical at Hale Center Theater is absolutely incredible.

I can officially say I like a musical more than Les Mis (or just as much)...NEVER thought I could or would say that! I LOVED every bit of this musical and am so grateful for the opportunity to once again be changed by words and music. The music was inspiring, the actors as good or better than broadway, and their voices...INCREDIBLE.

I love the feeling that you want to change your life for the better. That you want to go and influence everyone you meet just because you love unconditionally. Incredible!

This musical only shows through next week. But it will be worth the money and time!


This is my good friend Megan Heaps who plays the lead female roll. Katelyn and I had a blast with each other!

Looks can be deceiving...

So there I was. Hungry. It was after church and I was craving pizza. But since it was Sunday, we couldn't go out and buy some, so I decided to make some. I already had bought the ingredients to make it in the next little while, so it was perfect....or at least I thought. It was my first time making homemade pizza. Called my mom with a couple questions, slaved away for a good hour or so and....voila! I made pizza! I was so excited :). After all it smelled and looked so amazing. I can say I was proud of myself....proud enough to at least take a picture :). We cut it and sat down to enjoy our feast. I took the piece of pizza up to my mouth and took a big bite! Yummmmmyyyyyyeeeeewwwwwww. Something was wrong. After searching the problem I discovered the flour we used expired APRIL 2009!!!!! That was TWO YEARS AGO!!! It was probably given to us when we were married! I know, I know, I am revealing that I hardly EVER bake...I love to cook, but haven't gotten into baking much. But now I have learned my lesson. Bake more so ingredients don't have to sit on your shelf for 4 years! :) Lesson learned....check! Husband that still ate the pizza....check! And for me...I ate cereal and gogurt for dinner :(. Oh, well. Good story, right?

AZ and Las Vegas

A few weeks ago, Cade, Emma, and I left for Arizona to spend time with Emma's grandparents and great-grandparents. Emma had SOOOOOO much fun in a new place where she had new corners to explore and a whole new array of buttons, dog toys, stairs, and so much more to have fun with! Mommy, on the other hand, had to keep an eye on her the WHOLE time. At our house, I can let Emma roam around as she pleases because there are minimal things she can ruin or break, there I had to watch her a lot more closely! I never did get a picture of this, but Emma had the most fun on Great-grandma's wheelchair! Great-grandma Jones went through a quadruple bypass just over 1 month ago and is recovering really well! Emma just loved pushing and riding on that wheel chair!






One of our highlights was being able to spend time with Cousin Tammara and her boyfriend Eric. We went hiking in the Dells and it was SO much fun! I miss hiking and we haven't done it nearly enough lately! We also went walking in shops downtown and ate dinner and played some games back at Cade's parents house. We had a blast getting to know them better!




After spending time in Arizona, we headed to Las Vegas for the Mountain West B-ball tournament. The guys watched lots of b-ball and us girls had fun shopping and doing other things. We did watch a couple games in the hotel room. Kristen and I also went to the Bodies exhibit and it was SO neat! I wanted to it when it was in SLC, but never made it over there, so we took advantage of the opportunity to see it there. I loved my anatomy class in college and find the body so fascinating! There is so much work that goes into it and such fine details. We really enjoyed it! Emma is a champ....she slept in a couple different places when we were in AZ and then a hotel in LV and she slept so good! What a blessing!! She is so easy to take on trips which allows us to be able to do it often!

Kristen's Pregnant!!!

Yay for more babies!!! We are so excited for Kristen and Andrew! Her due date is October 3rd and she is 11 weeks along. She has not had the best pregnancy so far, but every day gets better and she's finally feeling pretty good now! Today she and Andrew got to see an ultra-sound and see the heartbeat. The little one was VERY active and looking great! She was SO happy after the doctor's appointment. Here are a couple pictures when she announced to the family...

If you've played Quiddler, she spelled the words out with the cards (she and Andrew had been stealing them throughout each round of the game :)). The best part was that everyone was confused. Boose was saying "that's not a funny joke", mom kept saying, "REALLY, REALLY???" (after staring at the words upside down and not knowing what it said), and dad saying, "prego isn't a word, you can't count that"...OH, it was hilarious! I was just laughing cause I already knew. But the reactions were priceless!




We are happy for you guys, Kristen and Andrew, and can't wait for you to have an addition to the family! We love you!

Pony tails and Snow!

Emma finally has enough hair on top to do a pony tail! Someday we'll make it to piggy tails, but for now I think she looks SO cute with her hair up!







About a week and half ago, Pleasant Grove got over 6 inches of snow in one night. Emma had never played in the snow before so I took her outside to play! We got bundled up and it was a fun new experience for her! We lost a shoe at one point, but we survived :).


Grandma Hope (our cute next door neighbor)...

Valentine's 2011

Valentine's this year was a lot of fun! Cade and I switch planning V-day and our Anniversary every year (thank for the idea, Nathan and Steph) and it works out great because only one person has to worry about all the planning and the other person can enjoy everything...that's why it was so fun this year...I got to enjoy it :)! Cade made me a pink pancake breakfast and the gift I made for him went with it good! I sewed a more "manly" apron for him. He would always use my bright pink one, so I sewed one that he can at least feel not so girly in :). I really liked the way it turned out! And then at night, we both went and got a couples massage and it was wonderful! We then went out for dinner at Terra Mia (love that restaurant!) and watched a movie when we got home. It was so much fun! Thank you, Cade for such a fun day!

Bryan's Engagement!

Yay! Bryan and Jennie are engaged and we are so happy for them! Jennie originally thought she was planning a surprise birthday party for Bryan at his place....the plans were made, family called and invites out. On that day, Jennie and Steph went to Bryan's and decorated for the b-day party. But after Jennie left, Stephanie took down ALL the birthday decorations and set up for the engagement (Steph should win an award for being the best sister-in-law for sure). That night Jennie and Bryan went back to their house and instead of a surprise party for her, there was a beautiful rose filled engagement for her! Good job, Bryan!





After they had a candle-lit dinner together, they walked over to the club house where all of their family were waiting to congratulate them! They will be married the first week of May and we couldn't be happier! Welcome to the family Jennie!