Letter R

My friend Ashlyn tagged me. If you follow my blog and want to play, here's what you do. Leave me a "comment" that you want to play and I'll assign you a letter. You are to share with us 10 things you love... that begin with that letter. Then you play it forward and others will in turn leave you a comment and you can assign them a letter and on and on...... so here goes my list. I thought and thought and there was actually more things that I expected that start with R that i love, but here are 10.

1. RELAXING at home with Chris and Christopher

2. READING

3. eating at RESTAURANTS.... RUBIOS fish burritos...mmm

4. RAIN. and the smell outside after a good RAIN storm

5. RASPBERRIES ...in, or on anything. cereal, ice cream whatever..I LOVE them, especially picking them on vacations up at Bear Lake.

6. watching Christopher jump in his RAINFOREST jumperoo. He is so funny!

7. ROLLER skating just kidding...REDBOX

8. RED potatoes ...they make any dinner fabulous

9. ROSES

10. ROCKY ROAD ice cream

I Love Grocery Shopping!

I got my newspapers!!! What does that mean? Well ,there is an awesome system called "GrocerySmarts" that I recently learned about from my friend Tori. I went to a class about the system a while ago and left feeling totally fired up about how I was going to save TONS of money! Well, i got home and my printer wouldn't work (to print online coupons), and I had to wait a few weeks for newspapers to come. You need newspapers so that you have the coupons to help you maximize savings! I have now officially used the system myself and am so excited for the next weeks ads to come! If you want to know more about the system check out the little link picture I have added to my blog.

....back to my story.... SO, a couple of weeks went by that felt so hectic, that not only did I not plan meals, (as I like to do so we don't end up going out and spending lots at a restaurant) but I really did not even try and sale shop. Dumb, I know. I don't know what got into me! But, I do know that more money left my wallet than I am even willing to admit! Seriously! We ate out WAY to many times and I spent a stinking fortune on groceries! It would not seem like a fortune to me if I hadn't learned about the system. But I had, so ... You are wondering why I am telling you this? Well, mostly I am chewing myself out publicly! ha ha, take that self! I messed up and I wont be doing that again. Ever! In fact, with the arrival of my newspapers I wont be spending a fortune for a little bit of groceries ever again. haha I may go over my budget on super sale weeks, but on those weeks I will probably have to blog to share my excitement. As well as to show how much stuff I bought, and how little I spend. Seriously, it is an awesome program! I have tried using coupons before with no luck--but this system makes it easy! It does all the work (well almost) for you. So, unless you have like a serious problem and hate saving money then you should check it out!

Till we meet again....

My dear, sweet, little Grandma "Mor" (which means Mom in Danish) returned home to our Father in Heaven last Monday March 2. I will miss her like crazy! She was more than just a grandma to me.... she was truly one of my very best friends. She taught me so much! We had so much fun together and I will cherish the memories. She was a wonderful woman! I am so thankful to have had the chance to be so close to her all through my life. I am so thankful for the gospel at this time, and my testimony that I will see her again! I know that there was a very happy reunion going on in heaven last week when she got to see my sweet Grandpa (far) again! I love you so much dear Mor!

Top picture-- a very pregnant looking me (almost 7 months) on my birthday with Mor

Bottom picture-- Baby Christopher meeting his Great Grandmother the first time

a year ago today....

We heard our baby Christopher's heart beat for the first time year ago today. A year ago today I was thinking- holy schmoly I am going to be a MOM! and I was trying not to cry about how excited I was to hear his little heart working away. I cant believe how fast time flies! He is 5 months old this week! It is so crazy!!!!!!! I am so blessed! Life is so fun!

Was I dreaming?

Was I dreaming? Nope. He did it! Christopher slept all the way thru the night Friday and Saturday night. Yep, two nights in a row. It was like..... heaven! hahaha We woke up Saturday morning, and Chris asked if "lil man" woke up in the night. I had to just think for a minute...I was so confused. What time was it? What day was it? ...did I get up in the night? ? NO I DIDN'T! It was awesome! Sunday we were a little bit of schedule so he didnt quite make it. Almost though-- close enough I want to count it as 3 nights.....Not holding my breath or anything-- but I am hoping that this continues!

I love Daddy!

Sunday after church I was making some lunch, and looked over in the living room to see this. Chris was helping "little C" figure out how to work the toys that hang off of the play mat. It was so cute! Chris is such a cute Dad! I love watching the two of them together!

Chris likes to say that Christopher is a "Mommy's boy" but I beg to differ. He may be, (for now) but that would only be due to that I am his food source. If it weren't for that, I think he would be "Daddy's boy". He gets so happy when Chris comes home from work. Sometimes when I am holding him he fusses, and fusses until Chris takes him from me. Then once Chris has him he just smiles and coos. Christopher is becoming more and more active and interactive every day. It is so much fun to watch him grow! He is reaching for toys and holding on to everything. His new trick of the weekend is grabbing his toes, and pulling his socks off. That little trick, although funny, is kind of not so funny. Its hard enough to keep track of his little tiny socks--without him pulling them off!

I love those chubby little legs of his.

Happy Valentines Day!

Chris and Christopher spent the day together and I went to work. yipee... hahaha jk it was actually fun. There were sooooooooo many guys that came in needing gifts. Easy sales-- gotta love that. :) After work I came home and Chris had a cute card for me (that he had helped Christopher sign) along with some beautiful roses. It was early enough we thought we would try and go to dinner. Well apparently even 5 is not early enough on Valentines. There was a HUGE line, so we just headed back home and made dinner and watched some of our favorite shows that we had recorded. It turned out to be a really fun day! I love you Chris and Christopher!