***Cute girls and Crafty moms!

I love to go up to Evanston because we always do something fun and crafty. This past trip my sister and Capri came to play for a day. We had plans to do all kinds of fun crafty projects like making bracelets for the girls (didn't happen)... Then I was telling Ranell how I wanted to buy Tori a tutu. She said, "those are cute but we could make our own". That's just what we did and they turned out better then half of the ones I have seen. It didn't take long at all to make them and it was so fun. Tori's turned out a little big and will fit for quite a few years but I plan on making a few more. I love them and it turn out to be a fun photo shoot prop!! Thanks Ranell for being so crafty and rubbing off on me a little!!

DAD BEING GOOFY WEARING TORI'S TUTU:)

TORI AND MOM

TORI EATING THE TOOLE.

CUTE COUSINS IN THEIR TUTUS:) LOVE IT!
MY ADORABLE NIECE CAPRI JUST POSING FOR THE CAMERA!(IN PHOTO BELOW)

TORI SMILING AT DAD

CUTE CAPRI AND TORI!!

I LOVE THIS PHOTO AND THINK THAT THESE GIRLS ARE JUST SO GORGEOUS!!

~Visiting the Fam...

Grandpa Rick (1st time seeing his grand baby), Tori and Daddy

Me, Torrance, Ranell, Capri, Mariah and Trinity (Cousins and Second Cousins;)

Grandma Tami and Tori

Grandma George and Tori

Grandpa George and Tori

• Going to E-town is always so much fun!
• We never have enough time to see everyone that we wanted to-Sorry if we missed anyone this past visit!
• Usually we are sooo not ready to leave and make our 5 hour journey back to St. G!
• We always go home with more then we came with. Ok, almost always!
• All in all we miss everyone and had such a great time:We spent most of our time visiting family and just relaxing. We love going home and are ready to go back. In fact we we will be going back up to E-town on Friday for Tori's special day...Her baby bless. Yes, finally, since she is now 3 1/2 months old. WOW!!!
  

*Tiffany's Bridal Shower*

My friend Tiff will be getting married in two weeks. I am sure she is ready since she and Jesse have been engaged for a while:) So I knew we had to throw her a bridal shower. I was so excited to get this whole thing planed(Heather and I- The Bridesmaides got it all cooked up!). When the day came...March 7th we had such a good time. We played lots of games and had some wonderful food and decorations(Shout out to Tiff's mom-she is so great). I hope Tiff had a good time and I hope she will have many special memories of this day!!

This Week...

These Photos were taken from my backyard earlier this week. They may need to be blown up, framed and used as decor in my home.


I love these pics. Who knew my camera would be able to take them. I think they turned out so good because I actually used the correct settings for the type of pic I was taking:)

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I had to do something that is so cute but some may think a little mean. We got Torrance's ears pierced. I just think it is the most adorable thing ever and she only cried for a few minutes after it was done. I think if I waited a few years down the road I would have to worry about her playing with them and them getting infected. I doubt she even has any idea that her ears have changed. Now she is even more of a girly-girl!! LOVE IT. ***oh by the way I have to mention that Justin was a little concerned about his baby going through the process but I convinced him that it was the perfect time and she would get over it quickly:)

The Ladies~

I love the way the flower covers her eye- Big bows are just too cute!

Just having fun with our kind-of photo shop

Watching mom pulling weeds.

After work- Just hanging out.

Tori, Jordan and Giz

My princess ready and preparing for her Disney Land Days!

So life right now is fun, crazy, tiring, lazy and so much more!! I having an amazing time with my "little lady". At the same time I am working 5 days a week- usually half days and trying to keep the house in order. That can be tiring. I sure would like to be a stay at home mom, but it is nice to get away for a few hours(not all the time though.. some days I just want to cuddle Tori and Gizmo). I am lucky that I have a live in baby sitter- Tori's auntie Jordan. She loves to watch Tori and I appreciate it so much!! We still are missing daddy and are ready to go back and visit again!! We miss not having him in our pics;)
On days that I don't work I don't accomplish much. I try but Tori sure does like to be held. She is such a happy and sleepy baby. She rarely fusses! She also loves when I make faces at her, especially when I stick my lounge out.
Today I got up and went to work at 7:00 am. I worked until 2 and then came home to my fam. I decided that since it was such a nice St. George day I would pull some weeds outside. Not my favorite thing to do but I thought it would be nice for Tori to get some fresh air. I bet it was sixty-somthing degrees. We were only outside for about 1 hour but I think Torrance really enjoyed it.
Well that's what is going on with us Ladies and allthough it is not too interesting we had to put up more recent photos.

Our Trip- - - Fun and Relaxation

Miss Tori and
I @ the Las Vegas air port waiting to get on the plane.

At the hotel- One of the 1st outfits daddy bought Tori.

Just cuddling his princess after a long day of work.

Happy to be together--Love Justin's tan line?

Our Valentines Dinner--some hometown Italian restaurant.

Torrance wanted some Italian too!

Torrance and Grandpa Moon.

Shreveport Louisiana-- cant remember the name of the river.

Grandpa Moon bought Tori some cammo from The Bass Pro Fishing shop that we went to in Shreveport.

Justin playing with Tori before driving us to the airport to go home :(

Saying bye was so hard--

Well I can't believe the trip flew by so fast!! I loved being able to see Justin and it was great for him to see Torrance. I was also happy that we would be with him onValentines Day:)
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So this trip really was great and I am so sad that it's over. I think our next one will be to Georgia which will be a fun, new experience as well. Can I just say I was a little nervous to fly for the third time in my life and with a baby mind you, but it really turned out better then I thought it would. It was a long flight to Houston and then a short one to Jackson Mississippi but Torrance slept the whole way. I couldn't ask for a better baby!
While in Monroe Louisiana we spent most of our time in the Hotel room. While Justin was at work we went and did some shopping with Megan. We didn't veer to far from the hotel because their road system is quite different there and we were afraid of getting lost or mugged:) It was slightly ghetto there. Once done shopping we would head back to our hotel where we would watch TV or nap until Justin got home. Once he was home he just couldn't take his eyes off his little girl. At times it was difficult to remind him that it was time to shower and get ready for dinner. We went to a few fish restaurants while there. They are big on the cat fish and fried foods. I didn't try the catfish but I did have fried pickles(oh man they are awesome!!) and fried bowtie pasta(also very good).
We got to spend V-day there as well and it was great. I gave Justin a card from Tori with her hand traced in it. I think he really loved it!!
On Justin's day off we went to Shreveport. The drive there was a little long but I loved looking at the scenery. Mainly it consisted of Blue Sky and Tonz of trees. The land scape is soo different there.
Monday was our last day there and Justin still had to work. I really didn't want to leave but I knew we had too. Justin drove us to the airport and we flew out at about 5:30 pm. We did not get back to St. George until 3-something in the am. Man did that flight and drive seem so much longer on the way home. Anyways...that was our trip in a nutshell and there was so much more to tell but I gets hard to type with a baby in your arms and I know you all like the pics the most.

Going Home :(

Well... I have been awake since 5:30 and can't go back to sleep. Torrance is waking up so this will be short. We are leaving Louisiana today and are so not ready. We had a good time just hanging out, but we just didn't get enough time to see Justin. He was still working while we were here so yesterday was the only day we got to spend all day together! We both love him so much and are glad we had this opportunity to travel to the south. It is such a whole new world here. Fun to see but makes us greatful for what we have in Utah. I will post pics in a few days. We are flying home tonight and wont get back to St. G until like 2:00 am. Then lucky me I get to be at work at 7:00 am tomorrow. I will def. be excited to have my afternoon nap with Tori once I am off:)