Merry Christmas!

I love this magical time of year. I love the glistening snow. I love listening to Christmas musicand reading Christmas books to my children. Brandon and I especially have so much to be grateful for. We have been extremely blessed this year, especially recently. My children are amazing. They are three big and wonderful blessings.

Merry Christmas to everyone! Enjoy this wonderful season!

My three biggest blessings! They are so adorable!

Caramel Apples

The Christmas season is coming up which means its time for Delicious Caramel apples again!! Michelle and I are selling them this year. Check out our blog for information. Click here.

I will be at a boutique in Lindon this Saturday. If you are in Utah County, come visit me!

Halloween!

Fall is my favorite season!! I love the colors and smells. These are pictures from a walk we took with my sister. Sooo beautiful!!


I am always so late on posting. Here are some pictures from our Happy Halloween!

Swagbucks

So I feel a little lame talking about Swagbucks, but it is really helping with our Christmas money. So why not share the joy?

This is how Swagbucks works, in cause you haven't heard about it. It is free to signup. You get points (swagbucks) for doing certain things, and then you can trade in your swagbucks for giftcards or other stuff you want. I've only been doing Swagbucks for two or three months, and I've already gotten three gift cards to Amazon.

At the top of the page in the bar there is a link called 'earn'. It lists all the ways you can earn swagbucks.

Here is how I earn Swagbucks:

• NOSO- Click on 'start earning' then skip all of the offers and get a point
• Surveys- Get a point for just going to the site. You can take the surveys and get points for that too.
• Daily Poll
• Search Engine- Every second search I do gets me points.

You can also get points for buying products from other stores if you use their links. There are also Special Offers you can sign up for and get points if you are willing to share your information.

So if your interested, sign up. Its free and helping to boost our Christmas budget. You can use my link to sign up. (I do get points if you use my link, but if you're not ok with that, just go to swagbucks.com- like I said, I'm just trying to share the joy.)

Another similar site I use is My Points. It is similar to Swagbucks but with some differences in how to earn points.

Saydee's Blessing Day

Last Sunday Saydee had her first special day!! My mom made the dress- isn't it beautiful? I love baby blessings. There is always such a special spirit, and both of our families were there. It was a beautiful day for a beautiful baby!



Look at our cute family! Notice any new additions-besides Saydee? That cute redhead is my nephew Aden, who apparently loves to have his picture taken. We could hardly get Canon to stay in the picture and Aden wouldn't move out of the picture. It was funny. Wish I could claim him as my own. :)

Doesn't my hubby look good? I have to brag about him a little bit. He has lost 40 lbs!! His dedication has been amazing!

Thoroughly Happy...

My adorable little energy balls! These pictures are from Aug, she is only a couple of weeks old. I can't believe how slow time goes when you're pregnant and then it zips on by after the baby comes!
I love her little dimple! See it? Right there on her right cheek!

I took these on Sunday. I love this dress! (It is the dress from the wedding.) I love taking pictures of babies on the grass... unfortunately they do not! She was a pretty good sport about it!


Mylee Jo just gets more beautiful every day! Her eyes are so blue!! That is one thing I wanted with my kids, blue eyes! (Or at least not brown.) Although at this point I wouldn't mind having at least one with my eyes, but we'll see...

Saydee May really is such an angel! She already sleeps through the night, she smiles all the time, and she just lights up when I talk and sing to her! She melts my heart! Canon and Mylee adore her as well. The other day Mylee was holding her hands and singing to her. Saydee had the biggest grin on her face! Yesterday Canon told Saydee, "I love you Saydee." Then he gave her a big kiss. It surprises me how much she responds to them! She loves it when they talk to her! Needless to say, our home has been even more joyful since Saydee has come! We are all thoroughly happy!

Wedding!

Congratulations Bryson and Sheila! We are so excited to have Sheila in the family. The wedding and reception was beautiful! We had a lot of fun!

3 years old... Happy Bday Canon!

Canon and his cousin Aden are lucky little boys!! They both celebrated their third birthdays this month! We had a little party for them...
I made these yummy treats for the party. These cones are filled with ice cream and cupcake. They are topped with a delicious peanut butter frosting (thank you Laurie for the recipe) and peanut butter cups.
Canon's gifts... Thanks everyone!!


I made this cake for celebration number two with my side of the family. After looking through several photos of cakes, this is the one Canon wanted. It was sweet, he loved the motorcycle.

More gifts! Yeah!
Canon has always had a very sweet and sensitive personality. He intuitively knows when others are sad and gives them hugs and kisses. He has the cutest and most contagious laugh! It is the best sound! I'm discovering he loves to dance! At Bryson and Sheila's wedding, he came and grabbed my hand, led me to the dance floor, and said, "Let's dance Mama!" So cute!! He is also a huge flirt!! And let's be honest, who could ever resist him? I love this little boy so much!

Saydee May Thornock

Here she is! My sweet angel. She was born Sunday afternoon, 7 lbs 1 oz, and 18 1/2 inches. Everything went perfectly.
The last few days have been pure joy for me. I love my little newborn!

Let The Summer Fun Begin!!

These first pics are at my parent's new property up in Idaho. We spent an afternoon up there over memorial weekend. It will be a lot of fun to have family gatherings there!!

On Memorial Day, we went to the bird sanctuary in Layton. It wasn't very pretty, but the birds love to nest there. It was nice to just let the kids run on the boardwalk.


Now for the summer fun! Playing in sprinklers and, yes, mud!

May Adventures

May went by so fast! I can't believe June is almost here! Where was the nice spring weather bytheway? My kids have NOT enjoyed the rain and snow. Our anniversary was on the 11th. Its been four years! Wow. We both recently got new cowboy boots, so we dressed in somewhat western clothes and then went out for the evening. It was fun! Later in the month, our good friends from Arkansas came up, and we drove to Utah County to see them. We hiked Timpanogas Cave. It was somewhat rainy, but perfect weather for a hike like that. The cave was spectacular, but the hike was steep! We took both of our kids, and they don't allow strollers on the path. Mylee was carried the entire time. Canon was a trooper and walked a good part of it, but still had to be carried. With my 7 month pregnant belly, it was a fun challenge. There is no way we could have managed without Bryson and Sheila. Thanks! We took the hike super slow so it really wasn't so bad. Next time I think I'll do it while I'm not pregnant. :) I didn't take any pictures though. Too many other things to handle!! Sounds like our next two months are going to be eventful, so hopefully it goes by fast and then our sweet little baby will be here! I'm getting sooo excited to meet her!!