Manti Pageant

The night before we left to Manti, this is how I found our little guy sleeping, haha his poor face is all red from laying on his hands, but it sure was cute!

For one of my Personal Progress Projects I decided to learn how to make curtains for our new trailer
(i still need to post about that beauty... I promise i will!)

Picking out fabric was a challenge for Scott and I - He wanted manly, plain and boring. I wanted bright, pretty, and fun!

so this is what we settled on

It was pretty convenient that our Ward was having Youth Conference down there at the same time! I was so glad I got to spend some time with them and finally see the inside of the Manti Temple!

It is beautiful inside, so quaint and historic. I loved it.
I can't wait to hopefully take my whole family there one day!

We have such a good group of youth!

Sweet Judy, I love this girl so much! We only served in YW together for a few short months (as she moved) but this girl moves mountains guys - she is an amazing person!

Our YW and YM got the hook ups too from here, as Manti is her hometown!

I can't get enough of the beauty of this temple

Back at Camp...

We stayed at Palisades, which is our favorite place to stay for the pageant - always a lot to do there!!

But let's just look how cute our trailer is... don't worry, we are recovering the cushions (I know those aren't cute) but the curtains look good, right?

Scott fishing and pondering life... and squatting so well.

let this little guy enjoy some of the great outdoors

This little guy truly enjoyed his carrots!

We had some pizza at a local pizza shop and then enjoyed the pageant, which was inspiring as always

The next morning (after a very long, not wanting to sleep mr. karter night)

we took him swimming

it was short lived as i think he just wanted to go home...

So we packed up, enjoyed a few more moments with this place that is so special to both of us

snapped some more beautiful pictures

and bid sweet Manti farewell...

...Until next Summer Manti!

Twenty-Nine

My Lover-Boy is 29 Today!!!

We have been celebrating since Saturday - I mean, come on, it's your very own holiday! Stretch it out for as long as possible!

How did we get so old? I remember when he turned 24, we were just barely dating and I made him cupcakes and bought all these silly little deer & elk figurines... haha
how's this for a throwback?

haha, we were such kids! I love Scotty's hair!

We started on Saturday night with Dinner with our awesome friends - the Maw's

This picture is soon to be a reality to them as Laynie is pregnant with #4!

They sure love K and he loves them!

Scott and Jeff totally have become the best of friends, along with Laynie and I - we love them lots and are sure glad we moved into the neighborhood we did. I swear Scott & Jeff are like long lost brothers!

Sunday night we headed over to the Nunley's for a birthday dinner and it was a dinner that didn't disappoint, it was beyond delicious! The Nunley's take their BBQ's seriously and.....

Valentines

First, let's talk about how Mother and Daughter think alike...
I took a bunch of pictures of Karter to send to both sets of Grandparents, well my Mom apparently had the same idea. Her and Emily took pictures of Karter like this... to give me for Valentines Day

Though i do need to take credit for his tie and suspenders outfit :) He is one loved baby!

But onto how our Valentine's was... Emily called me earlier last week wanting to know if she could babysit on Valentine's night for us as her and Stephen were celebrating on Saturday - sweet, sounded good to me, Scott and I definitely needed a date night!

I spent most of last week getting over a stupid cough/cold... to that point Karter and Scott had escaped from any sickness... until Thursday...
Karter just didn't really seem himself and he had a tiny little cough, nothing major. We sent him to his babysitter on Friday, she mentioned that he just wasn't his chipper self and instead of kicking and squirming like he usually does, she described him as a wet noodle. so sad.
I picked him up around 3, went down to the car lot to meet Scott (we are now proud owners of a travel trailer - another post), he was alright, just... mopey?
anyway, stopped to get a papa murphy's pizza for Emily and Stephen (heart shaped of course), got their diet cokes and headed home. Emily met me at the house as I was unloading the car. I told her Karter was a little sick, but nothing major, the only thing she really needed to know was if he starts coughing and it sounds like a seal barking, she needs to take him outside in the cold air and call me immediately. Well, sure enough, as I took him out of his carseat, he started coughing... and barking like a seal... Emily looked at me... "yep, that sound.." so I took him outside - he is hysterically crying at this point - I think it scared him as he was having a hard time breathing. Scott got home, we finally got him calmed down, fed him, changed him into pajamas. Canceled our movie tickets, sent Emily home and headed to KidsCare :( Once we got there...

Happy Valentines Day!

Hugs & Kisses from our cute little goober!

X O