Shout out to Katy!

So Katy is in France and gave me a ShOUt OuT... I love that girl! She's wicked. I love everything about her. Especially her chubby baby. So this post is a dedicated shout out to her and her French vacation.
Here's the story. Katy's gorgeous birth mother lives in France and invited Katy, hubby, and baby to stay with her for, I think an entire month. Doesn't that sound absolutely divine. Just relaxing in a beautiful foreign country with the ones you love. I can only dream.
I LOVE THE WILSONS!!!

My son, the Chocoholic...

My name is Anna and yes, my son is a chocoholic. This boy is not even two years old and will do anything for chocolate. Potty training has been pretty easy whenever there is chocolate involved. Whenever he gets hurt, through his tears Marshall will plead for the only cure..."chocolate...chocolate....chocolate." Whenever he feels he deserves a treat. He simply demands, "chocolate." Exhibit A and Exhibit B. Marshall shamelessly devouring a large chunk of chocolate. I have no idea where his obsession and dietary need for chocolate came from. No idea.

Kristen & Andrew Graham's wedding!

One of my very best friends, Kristen Adams got married on the 19th of this past month to Andrew Graham. They make the most beautiful couple. I am so happy for her. It's always great to be able to share in your friends happiness. It was so wonderful to see her make such a stunning bride and get married to someone who makes her so happy. Congratulations to Kristen and Andrew. May you get to work on replenishing the earth with gorgeous children!
What a great excuse for great friends to get together! (L to R Lindy, Kristen, Anna and Katy) I met Katy and Kristen my freshmen year and were roommates ever since. Lindy and I met at BYU-Hawaii and then when we transferred back to BYU-Idaho the four of us became roommates! That semester was a total blast! The stories we could tell...good friends are hard to find and I have honestly found some of the greatest!
Cutting the cake. Don't you agree...they're gorgeous together! The reception was beautiful! The cake, the dress, the flowers...everything was simply perfect!

The Craft Show

So I participated in the Little Bee Springville Art City day craft show. Whew! We sold diaper cakes, burp cloths, and cookies.

It definitely was a learning experience. I am not sure if I will ever do another craft show again. They are so much work!!! My sister-in-laws were great help and so was everyone else in my family! Couldn't have survived without them! Aren't families great!?!

A few of my thoughts...

I believe that at some point in every mother's life she will lose her cool. Children have this ability to push your buttons to the ultimate limit. Before I had a child, I would see a mother scolding her child in the store and think, man can't she wait until they get home. Before I had a child, I would see and hear a screaming child in the store and the mother would continue shopping completely oblivious to the child's screaming tantrum and I would think, really, you can't hear that? Why aren't you doing something? And before I had a child I would see a mother out and about looking a little haggered like she just threw whatever on and I would think, honestly...honestly...she has to own at least one mirror. NOW THAT I HAVE A CHILD, I think a little different. No the mother can't wait until she gets home to scold her child because by the time she gets home there will be four other things he has done and a mother really knows you have to catch them in the act or they have no idea what your talking about, and even when you catch them in the act...they still have no idea what you are talking about. (No I am not talking about husbands right now.) No the mother can't hear her screaming child because she has learned over time that if she semi-sanely wants to make it through the day she has to tune out the non-emergency screams. And finally, if a mother can at least shower once a day she is doing pretty good.

I make diaper cakes. I know it's weird. I have really unusual talents and above average time on my hands so yeah... I make diaper cakes. In fact my sister-in-laws and I signed up to do a craft show this weekend. At first it sounded like a really great idea, but talk about a lot of work and the hardest part hasn't even happened. And I am getting nervous. I am afraid that no one will find the need to buy one of my hand crafted and carefully made diaper cakes. Who couldn't use a diaper cake? We'll see if I survive. It's in Springville just off Main ST. June 13th-14th 9am-10pm

The Newest Addition to Our Family

This is the newest addition to our little family. His name is Duke. He is a 7 week old Doberman Pincher. He is the coolest puppy around. Marshall absolutely loves HIS new dog. The two of them make quite a pair. They chase each other, beat up on each other and both are total mama's boys. The only problem with Duke is that he pees and poos. I wish he didn't do that. But I guess I understand that all living animals physically need to do that so, it's not really a fault it's nature doing what nature does. It just would be easier if he didn't.

Am I really blogging?

Sooooo, I am finally entering the blogging scene. I tried to set up a blog last year and my attempt was very unsuccessful. Don't ask, it's just wasn't good. But it seems like everyone that I know has a totally adorable blog and I thought, what the heck, let's try it again. So here I finally am. Once you get the hang of it, it's not so bad.
Here we are. The three of us: Mitch, Anna, and the Marsh-Man (aka Marshall).