afternoon delight

it's finally friday. phew. the week has seemed to pass quickly but then waking up this morning it seems to have stopped.... time is a funny.

yesterday my nanna stopped by the store after she finished running errands for her boss. i sure love my sister. i asked her if she had plans for the afternoon and lucky for me she was free. i originally planned to spend the afternoon getting computer work done but changed my mind. instead we attempted a little christmas shopping. i picked up an 18" raw hide for the boys. i can't wait til christmas morning to give it to them! hopefully jake will know what to do with such a ginormous bone. as always it was a fabulous way to spend my afternoon. we finished out our little outing with a trip to yogurtland. absolutely delightful.

i ended up back at work to pick up some poinsettias for my mother in law and then stuck around to help with a couple orders. clocked out for the night at 5:30. it was a good day. i'm grateful for my job. i truly do love it.

agenda

yoga

trip to the post office

visit from mom

nap

paint nails

hang out with the boys

drink a pepsi

relax

throw out a few flower pots that are ragged

girls night

canning dilly beans

oh. and kill the two flies that are going to drive me insane!
i don't understand why they seem to live forever once trapped indoors

Abby's Bridal Shower

One of Abby's dearest friends - Taylor threw her the most darling and fabulous bridal shower. It was such a wonderful evening. Games, bridal dress up, girl chat, an insane amount of laughter, followed up with a romantic kiss by the couple under the beautiful rainbow. I'm grateful I was able to be a part of this exciting time for Abby. She is so blessed with wonderful friends and family and we were all excited to be included.

{Dear Lexi, I will cherish these fabulous pictures of us for ever and ever.}

highlights of my week

getting a lot accomplished in my yard. my patio is looking a little bare due to the fact I'm finally getting more of my 'collection' planted. it feels good. plus my garden is looking beautiful.

having wednesday off and spending time indoors cleaning and organizing.

taking a nap {even though Mitch has great timing and always wakes me up sooner than I wanted}

taking Abby and Russell's engagement photos and spending time doing minor edits. I love the end results.

having Cezar spend lots of time snuggling me.

sleeping with the windows open and having the nights get chilly.

having date night with Mitch on Tuesday

getting my office put together a little more and hanging some vases {wedding gift} and will plant them with succulents..... sooo excited!!!

spending almost 4 hours with Jaclyn last night having dinner and catching up. Good golly it's been too long since we've enjoyed a girl's night and spending some quality time together! Looking forward to the 18th lady!!

looking forward to spending tonight {Friday} soaking up some more girls time with Nanna. It will be epic as always.

driving Mitch's Z for the first time ever. It's been 6 months since I've driving clutch. I forgot how exciting and fun they are to drive.

making it to yoga this morning. the one highlight of having to switch schedules with Sanna at work. My body needed it {as always}

Spring forward

Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous!! The weather was beautiful, the boys came to work with me due to the replacement of our furnace that took all day, and a fabulous afternoon walk with Nanna! It was challenging to spend most the day at work, because all I wanted to do was spend the day outside with the boys. Hope came to work with mom to help with Cezar, while Jake and I attended the pruning class we were holding. I was able to take off around 3 which made all three of us happy. The boys were a little tired of hanging out in the Jeep between potty breaks and customers. Nanna and I had the best girl time taking a long walk next to the lake. We laughed and giggled and basked in the warm sunshine. Spring was definitely in the air. It was such a long day for the boys. I felt bad for them, but they were troopers and loved all the attention and time out and about. On the way home I went to grab Cafe Rio, since the furnace guys were still not finished.... By the time I made it home, my mood had soured a little, the boys were hungry and ready to be in their own space... And the furnace guys still hadn't finished. 8+ hours it took them. It cost us some serious money and they left us with broken sliding doors.... So our furnace closet is WIDE open now. Both Mitch and I are upset about this. My complain will finally come to good use tomorrow when I call to complain. The good news - we thought our house was poorly insulated.... nope. It was that our furnace and AC unit was a old piece of garbage. Our home was the most comfortable and consistent temperature ever last night. 

Daylight savings was today. Springing forward an hour... gives us more light at night, but with battling a insane headache all night I struggled with getting up and out of bed this morning. Poor Mitchel did too. Plus tomorrow he has an insane shift. {13 hours} Hopefully he'll get a good nights rest. If it wasn't daylight savings... we would've been early to church today. Instead we were 20 mins late. better late then never right?! lol. When I got to primary today I was pleased to hear that I was finally released. phew. The new lady they called will be perfect. Mitch is excited that I will be sitting with him in Sunday school again. And it will be nice to meet the other ladies in the ward that aren't in primary. We ended up chatting with a few people as we tried to make our way home after church. I realized I finally feel comfortable in our ward and know some wonderful people. It was a good feeling. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at home and decided to head up to battle creek canyon for a little Sunday hike with the boys. We love the sunny weather. The incline was a bit much for us... but I don't anticipate it being a problem for long with all the exercise we are getting. Poor Cezar got a bum full of burrs. We had to cut them out once we got home. {Two days in a row of burrs}. After our hike I curled up in bed with the boys for a lovely afternoon nap. Sunlight pouring through the window. I look forward to the warm temperatures this coming week and the extended sunlight. 

{Bloggy Party}

Friday I had butterflies all day. I thought about what I would wear, hoping I'd hit it off with everyone...

it felt like a giant blind date with lots of darling women who I may or may not bloggy stock.

I kissed my hubby good bye at 4 and wished him luck on the YM campout.

Then hurried and got dolled up.

As I drove up to Dear Lizze's in Highland I couldn't help but be slightly nervous.

It was amazing!! 

I loved meeting each of the ladies and getting to know them a little better.

It has been a very long time since I've spent an evening with lots of darling women!

Best girl's night in a very long time!!

All the darling ladies who came!

Kylee, Me and Meredith

Our wonderful hosts Ashely and Gentri. 

They were amazing!

I also won the Yogurtland gift card!! HOORAY!

Me and Megan. 

She is absolutely darling and it was fun to meet one of my sponsors :)

After we wore out our stay at Dear Lizze's

we decided to head over to Kneaders for dinner. 

FABULOUS!!

Wonderful food and fantastic company!!

I'm so grateful that I was able to spend the evening with such incredible women!

I hope there will be many more bloggy parties in the future! :)

Morning brunch

It's Monday. I ended up spending my Sunday sleeping. All day. I started feeling sick saturday and didn't feel any better yesterday. Slept til 11 and another 5 hours in the afternoon. Nyquil is my new BFF lol.

This morning we were able to go out for breakfast. Yay for morning dates and yummy food! Too bad we both have to work the rest of the day.

My 'blind' date with the Utah bloggers turned out fabulously!! I'll have to post the few pictures I have soon! I am totally smitten with all the darling ladies I got to meet. Best girls night in a long time :)

Here's to hoping for a great week and that I start to feel better soon :)

Saturday with the girls

Saturday we had big plans. We were going to climb to timp caves. Unfortunately strollers weren't allowed and we changed our plans. We walked the little nature trail near the caves. It was a charming little walk and I sure had a ball snapping shots of my niece :) my mother and sister-in-law too.

Adventure to Ikea

Here's a litte recap from our girls outing to Ikea on Tuesday. It was a ball :) Spending time with my mommy and sisters is always fun!

Is it Sunday yet?

Here's a sneak peak of my office.... I still have finishing touches to do... like finished painting along the ceiling and decorate :) BUT I love it!!

It's thursday and it feels like it should be saturday night. I'm exhausted!!

Tuesday I had off and I was able to enjoy time with my mom and grandma picking out light fixtures for my grandparents new home. We showed her our house and had dollar burritos and Smart cookies. Hope was with us as well. It was a charming day. After that, I went and got the oil changed on the Jetta AND I got my nails done :) I love love love getting my nails done!! We also had a training meeting tuesday night that one of our suppliers put on. It was a dinner meeting. Sanna, Chase, my mom and I were able to make it to the meeting. We are SO excited for the Spring this year. We learned about wonderful products that we are very excited to use and introduce to our customers.



Wolf Mountain stopped by the other day and explained their products as well.... PLUS samples!! I love trying out samples!! :)

Oh so much going on...
long hours at work, trying to get all the plants from last week and this week shipments planted.
Exhausted beyond belief
It's time for bed

Another day.... another post

{Everything in March is better}

Abby's bestest friend Vanessa is in town. We ALL adore her :) She's pretty much the coolest lady ever. I was super lucky to have them over for a girl's night on Monday. It had been way to long since we've all had the joy of a girl's night. We all met Mitch at Subway for dinner. Lots of giggles to say the least! Then we ran to Redbox for Morning Glory. {It was an okay movie. Worth a $1 lol} and we painted toes!!! What a blast!! The boys kept us company and behaved for the most part.... {No more jelly beans for puppies Abby...} And we stayed up waaay late - 11pm :) Girls nights are the best!! Thanks darling ladies for coming and playing with me!!



Spring is quickly arriving, along with all these delightful boxes FULL with my plants!! it's like christmas in Spring. This week I've got lots of goodies coming!! I LOVE it!!! Please come and enjoy all the beautiful plants we have people!! It's a lot of fun!! I have lots of AWESOME new varieties coming in!! Voltage Yellow Osteos {daisies}, black petunias.... the list goes on!

Tuesday I took the afternoon off so Mitch and I could make a trip into Provo. We went to pick up an edger for the lawn. I love that it's an attachment to our weed whacker! :) Then we met up with Joe {Mitch's best friend} for lunch at Wingers. YUMMY!! I got blackened chicken tacos with cilantro dressing.... it was delicious!!! Plus we met up with Abby and Vanessa for SubZero Ice Cream after wingers. They are my all time favorite ice cream place!! It's a true story. THEN we headed home to enjoy some yard work in the wonderful warm sun!! :) Mitch edged the lawn, it looks a million times better!! And I cleaned up a bag of bark the boys destroyed and the patio. It looks like we need to BBQ out there now :)

What a great start to the week!!

PS Daylight savings is kinda rough to get used too.... but I LOVE the extended sun in the evenings!!! It makes every day better!!

Christmas time

{ Self Portrait }

Gardener Village

On the 3rd Faith was dancing at the Festival of Trees. I was super excited because I was able to finally make it to one of her performances. She's incredibly talented!! It was going to be a great day because it was my mom, sisters and me -- girls day!! I don't remember ever going to the festival of trees, although my mom said I have. LOL. I was in LOVE with all the trees!! So many gorgeous trees.... oh the ideas started flowing for my own tree!! If only I had a little more money to decorate my tree with :) lol. Faith did an incredible job dancing!! I'm envious of her talent :) After the Festival of Trees we headed to Gardener Village. I was SUPER excited! There are SO many charming shops up there! I can't wait to go back sometime! I had such a fabulous time spending my day with my mom and sisters!! Thanks ladies for such a great day!