journalism at it's finest

BYU weekly did a story on our little Bijou Market. If you didn't get a chance to see it on the telly, take a look. It made me happy we do what we do and also made me realize my voice is kinda on the man side. Oh well, enjoy!

gus

I want to apologize to anyone that has come to my house and used my bathroom, because the toilet paper looks like this...

Thanks to this....

In my defense after 137 times of carefully winding the TP back on the roll so it looks normal you get sick of it.


p.s.
He is also great at empting any and all drawers in your home.

Cheap-O Christmas tree

My friend Annie and I went into the local dollar store a month ago, looking for decorations for an activity day party, and I told her "Someone could decorate a pretty descent Christmas tree with decorations from here" and she said "You should do it" So, I accepted the challenge and here is my end result.

I need to clarify...
These are not from the dollar store.
They were stocking hangers from walmart but they cost $1 each so it counts. Also the glitter ribbon is not from the dollar store either but it only cost me $3 to wrap the entire tree.

little things

I love it when I go to the TV to see what recorded the night before only to find that Chad recorded one of my favorite comedians {Zach Galifianakis} on one of my favorite late night shows {Jimmy Fallon} He didn't have to, but he loves me.

It made my day part because of the gesture and part because it was so funny! Please tell me someone else saw it and laughed as hard as I did?

halloween in December

Only because you asked...


Batman and Robin

Merlin and Archimedes the Owl

And can you guess?

...of course the Grinch

Sorry for the camera phone photos, my camera is still broken.

these two and me

Bijou is over {always a dose of bittersweet}

I just want to let these two darlings know how much I love doing what we do. We three are a great mix of everything you need in a partnership. I wouldn't want to do Bijou with anyone else. Thanks guys!

p.s. that is the last time we put the

tall person in the middle for a picture.

Plan on this

I am letting you all know that the the live Nativity in Alpine is going on this weekend the 3rd,4th and 6th from 6-9pm. Go, enjoy, your welcome.

If you are going on Monday I will see you there.

900 North Main St. Alpine, UT {no nativity is complete without camels.}

get em' whilt their hot

Okay the wait is almost over! Bijou Market starts Friday.

If you want to get a preview hop on over toBijoumarket.com

Not to toot my own horn, but we are selling these

most adorable totes for a mere $2 {no that is not a typo}

Make sure and get yours get there early!

toot,toot!

confessions of a S.A.H.M.

Humor me for a moment...

I have come to love to vacuum. For the only reason that my extremely loud vacuum drowns out EVERYTHING! So the kids can be crazy and screaming and all I have to do to escape the insanity is vacuum my house.

Next- the shopping carts at IKEA give me a great love handle workout, thanks to the wheels that turn in all directions. Trying to wrangle to cart at every turn used to drive me crazy, but now I just go with it and get a solid workout while I shop.

Lastly- I am trying my hand at Homemade Laundry soap. I want to know who has tried it, what works, what didn't, what they liked and what they didn't.

p.s I promise halloween pics are coming!

what's in a trip?

I could post 17 times about our trip, but I won't. Enter collage...

Chad and I had not taken a trip together since our honeymoon, this trip was much needed and so super fun. Disneyworld is so different without kids {better, oddly enough} and it was a blast to see ye olde mission.

These pictures brought to by Kilmars Ice

cream shoppe, thanks for mailing us our camera!

Back in the Saddle

I took a long Hiatus from the old blog, for no reason other than I was busy. A quick recap by numbers

27 -days without a post

1- new calling {activity days}

3-people that thought Chad was having an affair with a blonde chick, {until I turned around}

48- Number of wipes I pick off the floor each day due to Milo's addiction with them

4- times August surprised me with crawling and standing and walking along with couch all the the same week

3- reflections projects Gavin wants to enter

17- amount of times Milo has changed his mind about Halloween costumes

7- hours it took me to put up Halloween decorations

2- sick kids

300- times I wipes said kids noses

15- planning sessions with chad to decide what to do in Florida next week.

1349- number of times I have been ridiculously excited about the Holiday Bijou Market

1,000,000 - other things I did and can't remember

cosmo came to my buday

This post is SO late but what are you gonna do. If you have a son like mine, BYU is all they think about. Milo takes it a step further and idolizes Cosmo. So me being the fantastic mom I am, up and invited {paid rather} Cosmo to Milo's 3rd Birthday!

I found out after the fact that we got the best Cosmo {they have like 6} and he was so good with Milo I don't think Milo left his side the whole time.

This cake was a Nightmare, but it was a Y and it was Huge Milo loved it.

Thanks everyone for coming and celebrating with Milo!

changes

No, I am not dead. Life just is amazingly busy. I have so many posts to share but one at a time. A little warning if you haven't already seen me, these pics are a bit much. But I always welcome your opinion so go ahead and tell me what you think.
I took this

and this...

And turned it into this

and this

I have to say that cutting my hair off has been so liberating and fun. I think everyone should try this at least once in their life.

school

Now that the shock has worn off I am glad to say that Gav is in First Grade

And he is pretty excited about it.

coif

I have had lots of different hair lengths in my lifetime. I always have this idea that if I don't change it so often that I will get into a rut, so every once in a while I do something different.

For several years now {maybe more} I have wanted a pixie cut. I have torn countless photos out of magazines and saved tons of photos from the web of versions I like.
Why have I not done it yet you ask? {Aside that it is a pretty big move} Two reasons really.

Reason number one being I do like my hair now. I love that it is wavy and effortless, people are always asking me how I get my hair to look the way it does and honestly I really only let it air dry. I read an article about a girl who liked her hair but gave in to peer pressure and cut it for a more trendy style and it took her years to get it back to something she liked again. I know that won't happen but if it isn't broke don't fix it right?

Reason number 2: Two years ago I dyed my hair dark. In the salon I liked it and when I got home to a husband that didn't my opinion changed and I hated it. Any woman that says they don't need there husbands approval is lying. EVERY woman wants to feel beautiful to her husband. Chad likes my hair long, obviously I don't think cutting my hair will change anything between Chad and I but it is something to think about.

So now I wonder what you think? Tell me what you would do & be honest I love hearing different opinions, and just so you know either way I have an appointment set for Saturday. yikes!