Mary Kay

Hearing those two words may make some of you cringe. But for the past month and a half those two words have been weighing heavily on my mind. Not many of you know this but for the past month and a half I have been seriously thinking about becoming a Mary Kay consultant. I kept wondering if it was the solution to being able to bring in money but still be able to be home with my boys.

Well, last night I attended one of the weekly meetings that my personal consultant invited me to. 50% of the women in the room, including the National Sales Director, were LDS. As I sat there thinking I wasn't ready to make the commitment, listening to everything that was going on around me, I had an overwhelming feeling that this was something that I could and should do. So I sent Jared a text asking if I could sign my agreement and he said yes.

SO I am now officially a Mary Kay consultant and I'm so excited. Its a big step but I really think I can do it. I really do love the products and the women that I get to work with are awesome. And of course I'm excited to share the products with all of my family and friends and hope that you may love them as much as I do.

Here's to starting something new! And maybe someday I'll get one of these!

~Love To All~

MARY POPPINS

So in February I REALLY wanted to go see the stage production of Legally Blonde. It sounds silly but the music is FANTASTIC and fun. Long story short, we couldn't go see it. So, when we got our tax return Jared told me that we needed another date night to which I replied, "Umm, ok. Do you have something specific in mind?" He then said, "Yeah, I really want to take you to see Mary Poppins."

Well, at that I almost cried. I have been wanting to see Mary Poppins for years but it has never come to Denver. (Mary Poppins is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE movies. I used to pretend I was Mary Poppins, talking to the end of my umbrella and everything. I had a healthy imagination.) So we purchased the tickets and I couldn't wait to go!

We went on Saturday and it was AWESOME!!! I didn't want it to be over. I can't wait to go see it again.

Thanks Jared for such a wonderful evening! Thanks Mom, Dad, and Bethy for watching the boys so we could go.

~Love To All~

3 Months Old

I can't believe its been three months since our little Jacob joined us. He is such a cutie. He is already starting to sit up on his own and for the past week he has been sleeping from about 8:30pm until 6:00am. I'm hesitant to say he's sleeping through the night now because I don't want to jinx it. But we are getting lots of sleep these days.

Jacob happend to be three months old on St. Patrick's Day. ;)

I just LOVE my boys!!

~Love To ALL~

"What's your name?"

So Cayden hasn't really learned that Sacrament meeting is a time to stay quiet and do quiet activities. He talks A LOT. We are trying to teach him to at least use his whisper. Well, while he was talking about his snack I noticed he wasn't calling his snack a cookie he was calling it a "tookie" and his carrots were "tarrots." I thought this was strange considering he says car and cup with no problem. I decided I wanted to really hear how he said his name. So I tapped him and whispered, "Hey, what's your name?" To which he replied, VERY loudly, "BIG BOY!"

I guess he decided that was more fitting than Cayden. ;)

~Love To All~

First Bath with Daddy

I haven't taken any pictures of Jacob taking a bath because I'm the one always bathing him. Jared finally gave him a bath last week so I ran and grabbed the camera. Cayden helped too. Jacob really LOVES bath time.

Although, I think we need to move him to a bigger sink. ;)

~LOVE TO ALL~

Great Weekend!

Sorry its been a few weeks. Life gets crazy. But I have to tell you about our fantastic weekend!

Last Saturday we decided to go on a trip down town. We had a special friend with us that we wanted to show the sights. Our trip started at the Capital Building where we found the "Mile High" markers. Yes that's plural. There are 3 of them because as science gets better they can better estimate where the "Mile High" spot really is.

Our special friend

Then we headed over to the DAM. The Denver Art Museum. We love to go to the museum and since it was the free day we thought it was a PERFECT place to visit. They have an exhibit right now that spreads throughout the entire museum. Its titled EMBRACE. One of the pieces is actually a room full of words. Guests can write a word, cut it out, and add it to the wall.

We tried to get him to hold up his two fingers. He did but not long enough for a good picture.

Another part of the EMBRACE exhibit.

Teaching moment

After the museum we headed to 16th Street Mall. Its a big tourist spot. Its a pretty fun place with some CRAZY street performers.

Such a fun family day!!!

~LOVE TO ALL~

More Home Projects

So we bought blinds for our living room over a week ago and Jared finally got them put up. It completely changes our living room. I love being able to enjoy my bay window now. Its AWESOME!!! Cayden had so much fun helping his daddy put them up. He really loves doing projects with Jared. Its really cute.

Putting up the blinds

Dragon breath...keeping the fire going.

Jared also built a shelf to put our dvds on so Cayden can't get to them. It looks really nice and finishes of the room nicely.

I love not living in an apartment anymore. Its so fantastic!!!

~Love To All~

Four Years, Two Kids, and...

STILL SO IN LOVE!!!

Jared and I celebrated our fourth anniversary this week. It was a day much like our actual wedding day. It was overcast and cloudy and began to snow in the afternoon. Then after a long exhausting day, of work not fun, we came home and fell asleep watching the Olympics. Its kind of fun to think that every four years we can spend our anniversary watching the Olympics. ;)

Anyway, I was so excited to give Jared his gift. I think it was my all time favorite gift that I have ever given him. It made it even more special that he shed a few tears when he opened it.

We have always followed the traditional gift list for our anniversaries. Well, this year the gift was fruit. I remembered Jared had an awesome painting that he had done and has wanted it framed for a long time now. So I snuck it out of his portfolio and had it framed. It happily lives on our dining room wall now. Cayden had fun helping Jared hang it.

Last night to celebrate our anniversary we went to a place called Color Me Mine. It is a ceramics studio where you can pick a piece, paint it, they fire it, and then you bring it home. It takes a week for them to fire the pieces though. It was so fun. It is the only art related thing we have done together other than scrap booking. We had a great time and had the studio all to ourselves. It was awesome!!!
I am so thankful to have the amazing husband that I do. These past four years have been so wonderful and I look forward to the many more that we have together. I love you Jared!!!

A little side note before I go....Our little Jacob is now 2 months old! Its amazing how fast time goes by. I'm sure you can tell why I am losing weight as quickly as I am. He's quite the chunker. We love him so much!!!

~Love To All~

Brotherly Love

I am so thankful that I have such a loving two year old. Cayden is such a great big brother and loves Jacob dearly. The other day we were in my mom's car coming home from breakfast. (We went to breakfast with Mikey before he went back home.) I was sitting in the back seat with Timmy and Cayden and Jacob were in the seat in front of us. All of a sudden Cayden pulled Jacob's blanket up so he could see him and said, "Hi Jakey boy, hi Jakey boy!" Then he reached over and did this...He held Jacob's hand all the way back to the house. It was such a sweet moment.

What a Great Weekend!

This weekend we had lots of family come into town for Jacob's blessing. My brother Mikey came from Florida. My sister, Kimmy, and her family came down from Loveland. Jared's mom and sister, Jess, and 2 of her kids came from Utah and his oldest sister, Jenny, came from Georgia. It was awesome to have so much family in town. It was nice to spend time with everyone and have those that hadn't yet meet Jacob. It was a very special time.

Cayden and Rylee watching a movieJess brought Jackson along so we got to meet him too!!!

Sunday was a great day! Jacob was blessed in Sacrament meeting and the words Jared spoke were beautiful. It was really special because it was also my grandfather's, who Jacob is named after, birthday. I never knew my grandfather but if he was anything like my dad he was a fantastic man. My dad and Grandma always speak very highly of him and I'm so glad we named Jacob after him.

Jacob on his special day

It was a long day ;)

After sacrament meeting we went to my mom and dad's house for lunch. (Thanks for hosting our big bunch mom and dad, YOU ROCK!)

The weekend was full of fun times. Thanks to everyone who helped make it special. Special thanks to those who traveled to be here for Jacob's special day. It meant so much to us to have so much family to share this special time with us.
~Love To All~