Arts & Crafts time

Check out my "Peeps" wreath! So, my decor shelf was lookin a little bare. My "SPRING" letters are about all I have to display, so I started looking for some spring decor ideas online and I came across a wreath made out of blue, yellow, and pink peeps. I have never liked peeps, but I thought it was super cute, so I shared the idea with my sister-in-law, Kellie, who is a little more than into peeps and wreaths. It took her about 2 seconds to get on board and she came over to create her own masterpeice alongside me. (Hers is pink, purple and yellow). Pretty much any color combination looks good (except red), but I wouldn't recommend more than 3 colors. It looks way too busy and may cause a seizure.

My niece, Rylee had her 6th birthday party this weekend. I saw this cute idea on some random blog (except they just did blue and yellow for a boy scout theme) I figured I could do it with any, or in this case, EVERY, color. They turned out so much cuter than I could've planned! I meant for them to be kind of swirly, but they are layered and I love them! So I'm not really super creative with original ideas, but I stole them from other people and I thought I'd pass them along. I also have a super cute, square wreath in the works for my door, which I will share with you once it comes true.

Phoenix

I've shared Parkers story and the story of Kasey and me, but what about Phoenix? Phoenix was our first little miracle. It took us 2 years to become pregnant with her and when we found out that she was (another) girl, her Grandpa Kevin was overjoyed. (There were 6 granddaughters and only 2 grandsons on this side at the time, and this is a family of hunters). Phoenix was due Oct. 9, 2008, but she was born Sept. 19, weighing a whopping 5lb 4oz. She has been tiny her whole life. At 2 1/2, she has finally made it onto the charts, in the 1% percentile. I could not be more proud of my little beaner. She already knows her "ABCDs", colors, shapes, is potty trained, and can count to 10 by herself, 20 with a little assistance. She picks up EVERYTHING she hears and is a great conversationalist. She loves Mater, Woody, and her babies. She loves to go to church and see "the friends" every week. Phoenix loves her mommy, but no one holds a candle to daddy's flame. She is exactly like I was when I was little. She is a dancin fool, She talks all the time, is pretty sassy, and quite bossy. But I was a good kid over all so I will be lucky if she turns out as awesome as I did. And humble, too.

Kasey & Randee

"The cutest love story is always your own."

I really think ours is pretty cool, so here it is. Kasey and I met in our Criminal Justice class at Weber State, Spring semester 2003. I had recently moved to the back of the class because I couldn't stand this obnoxios kid that sat up front. After missing a class in March to attend my dear friend, Staci's wedding, I needed to get notes from somebody. There was this foxy blonde guy that always sat around me, so I figured I needed to get my notes from somebody, might as well ask the hot guy. So I did and we became friends. (I failed to mention that I had a boyfriend at this time and he failed to mention that he had a girlfriend). We would always walk to our cars together after class and whoever was parked closer would give the other one a ride to their car. On the day before the final exam, we were parked right across the street from each other. Kasey asked me if I was seeing anyone and I reluctantly told him that I was. After the final exam, we walked out of the building together. Kasey was waiting for his girlfriend to pick him up (which he told me was his mom), so I walked away and never expected to see him again...

That summer, after breaking up with the earlier mentioned boyfriend, I decided to casually e-mail Kasey, just to see if he was still around. I sent an e-mail to a weber account with his name, guessing really, and not expecting a reply. I didn't even log in to my weber e-mail again until September 2004. When I did, I found 3 responses from Kasey, spread out over the whole year since I had tried contacting him. I was stoked! He gave me his number, but when I called it, I miss-dialed and was so discouraged that I couldn't get through! So I gave him my number and when he called, we set up a wake-boarding date for a Saturday morning. Kasey was working 6 nights a week and going to school 5 days a week, so the only time he could go on dates was Saturday mornings. Super romantic, let me tell ya. So after one more Saturday morning date, I kinda gave up. Again...

On October 30th, I was set to go to the Howl in Logan, with my best girl, Kylee. We got lazy and decided to stay in town and just go to the dance at Weber. So I shot Kasey a call and asked what he was doing that night. He was on his way to Weber State with his brother Kyle, and his buddy, Brandon. I was looking hot in my camo mini skirt and he was hooked! We went back to his house to watch a movie and he asked me to a fireside the next night. After the fireside, we had our first kiss and I, too, was hooked! I caught the bouquet at Maryann's Nov 20 wedding and we were engaged Jan 7th. We got married June 4th in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. I was so honored to be able to have my Grandma Slater at my Sealing. I am the only one of her 5 grandkids that she got to see get married.