Thursday, June 3, 2010
Why Heber?
Can someone tell me why Heber didn't think to take off all Mariah's clothes for this spaghetti dish with sauce for Mariah? And no, he didn't put down a matt either.... Men! I know what Heber was thinking. He was thinking, "I am going to take such good care of Mariah and give her a big platter of yummy spaghetti!," and that is all! Well, she sure enjoyed it! And she is pretty cute, and I am thankful Heber fed her, even if it ruined her clothes and my rug.
What we are up to!
I realize we don't ever post, so I thought I would go ahead and tell you what we've been up to lately. We are staying super-busy as usual. I think I must be addicted to being busy, cuz I keep doing this to myself! I have been taking care of our cute, cute girl and working on my Pampered Chef business. I have been trying to get all the coolest stuff for my kitchen, and my mother's day gift to myself was a set of lifetime guarantee pots and pans! Now, I am saving up for the knives. In addition, I am signed up to go to the National PC Conference in Chicago this July, so I am excited about that. I am bringing a baby-sitter, Mariah, and Heber will join us on a Thursday so we can go spend the weekend in Nauvoo. We are all excited about that!
Mariah is getting to be quite the little adventurer. She takes off any chance she gets and goes on her way to discover her world. She walks and talks all the time, and she is slowly learning to use her hands, and that is scary! She is starting to throw quick little tantrums when she doesn't get her way, but I think this means she is just trying to be independent and to control her world, so we aren't worried about her! Of course, she is cute as a button, so who could worry?
Heber is doing fantastic with his work. He works at a company in AF doing iPhone game programming. In all his spare time, he recently finished up a game for the iPad called "Puppet Pals." He hopes to finish up the iPhone version soon as well. His work is sending him to the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco next week, so we will really miss him. He is going to just soak it all up though! In the meantime, he is a wonderful Daddy and the best Hubby. We love and appreciate him so much. In fact, Mariah is a bit of a Daddy's Girl, despite my attempts to stop it!
We are all doing very well. The Lord is really blessing us!
Mariah is getting to be quite the little adventurer. She takes off any chance she gets and goes on her way to discover her world. She walks and talks all the time, and she is slowly learning to use her hands, and that is scary! She is starting to throw quick little tantrums when she doesn't get her way, but I think this means she is just trying to be independent and to control her world, so we aren't worried about her! Of course, she is cute as a button, so who could worry?
Heber is doing fantastic with his work. He works at a company in AF doing iPhone game programming. In all his spare time, he recently finished up a game for the iPad called "Puppet Pals." He hopes to finish up the iPhone version soon as well. His work is sending him to the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco next week, so we will really miss him. He is going to just soak it all up though! In the meantime, he is a wonderful Daddy and the best Hubby. We love and appreciate him so much. In fact, Mariah is a bit of a Daddy's Girl, despite my attempts to stop it!
We are all doing very well. The Lord is really blessing us!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Car Damage!
Last night, a guy knocked on Shelley's door to tell her he had wrecked into a car outside her house. Lucky us, it was our car. Of course, the odds were against us. While everyone else had 1 car outside, Heber and I had both our cars outside, so I learned this much in Statistics, we were at a higher probability of being hit! Now the fact that he wrecked into our new car (that we owe money on), was really just a fifty-fifty probability. Like the flip of the coin. Yeah, that stinks.
The guy who did it was curiously kind to come tell us, especially since he was drunk. He was arrested, and after being bailed out, he came over and apologized! We really appreciated his honesty because we really would've been in trouble. Of course, his car was suspiciously all over the place too. Now, we just hope that we are told that the car is totaled, so we don't have to deal with driving a "once wrecked" car! (He does have insurance--great relief). And we hope we will be given enough money to get us something equally as nice to drive. That was our security car! Hmmm, we will trust in the Lord. We have been doing our best to live right, so hopefully, everything will work out. We'll post pix when we have some. Say a "little" prayer for us if you would! We are especially thankful that no one was hurt. It sure shook Chantel up just hearing about it. Thanks, everyone.
The guy who did it was curiously kind to come tell us, especially since he was drunk. He was arrested, and after being bailed out, he came over and apologized! We really appreciated his honesty because we really would've been in trouble. Of course, his car was suspiciously all over the place too. Now, we just hope that we are told that the car is totaled, so we don't have to deal with driving a "once wrecked" car! (He does have insurance--great relief). And we hope we will be given enough money to get us something equally as nice to drive. That was our security car! Hmmm, we will trust in the Lord. We have been doing our best to live right, so hopefully, everything will work out. We'll post pix when we have some. Say a "little" prayer for us if you would! We are especially thankful that no one was hurt. It sure shook Chantel up just hearing about it. Thanks, everyone.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Pampered Chef
I became a Pampered Chef consultant recently, and I decided that I should let everyone know! I am really excited about this because I love to cook, and I think it will be fun to do presentations and shows with these way cool products. Pampered Chef has the best quality products. I would love to be able to replace all my pans at some point in time because then Heber would know I really can cook, it's just that my pans are cheap (and that's why I burn stuff or it tastes funny sometimes)!
If anyone wants to host a show for me and earn free products and/or get great discounts on PC products, just let me know! Also, feel free to contact me if you want to learn about PC as a business opportunity or to buy anything. These products really do pamper you! I am way excited about this.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Mariah's 1st Birthday Party
We had Mariah's 1st Birthday Party with family for her on Saturday the 13th, although her birthday is actually February 16th! We had a wonderful time, as you'll see in the following pictures. 
Strawberry Shortcake was the theme, and I totally loved planning everything. 
I told Heber, "We are just going to spend some money on this party!" And you are saying, she won't remember this, right? Well, I will! And she will see her scrapbook! 
Mariah actually seemed to love it all. She even stood in front of everyone without help for a few minutes without falling. She was quite the entertainer! It was a lot of fun!
Strawberry Shortcake was the theme, and I totally loved planning everything. 
I told Heber, "We are just going to spend some money on this party!" And you are saying, she won't remember this, right? Well, I will! And she will see her scrapbook! 
Mariah actually seemed to love it all. She even stood in front of everyone without help for a few minutes without falling. She was quite the entertainer! It was a lot of fun!
Presents, presents and more presents!
Everyone who came brought beautiful presents for Mariah. She got tons of beautiful dresses and clothes! I decorated the room under the stairs and made it a playroom for her. I don't have a picture here, but on the opposite side of the unicorn, I painted a castle. The kids seemed to really like the space. For pictures of the quilt I made her and her first drawing I did of her, go to my other blog at elephantshrunkart.blogspot.com!
Strawberry Shortcake Themed Cakes
Heber and I had a good time decorating cakes, 
and Mariah enjoyed eating sugar for her first time!
Mariah was the Belle of the Ball! She looooved all the attention and fun.
We had a lot of sugar at the party. The twinkies were gone in 5 minutes! I got balloons and streamers and candy and other decorations! It was a really fun time.
and Mariah enjoyed eating sugar for her first time!
Mariah was the Belle of the Ball! She looooved all the attention and fun.
We had a lot of sugar at the party. The twinkies were gone in 5 minutes! I got balloons and streamers and candy and other decorations! It was a really fun time.
Mariah's Birthday Party Guests
A bunch of family came to Mariah's party, although I didn't invite even close to half of everyone! We got a lot of family! So for those of you that didn't get to come, hopefully, the pictures will make up for it!
The Watkins and Opa and Grammy came.
Shelley and the Mingo's came. Peggy's daughters and granddaughters came (Peggy was out of town)! Mom, Beverly, came up from Idaho with Bud and Jana.
We had a very fun time. There was a lot of females there!
The Watkins and Opa and Grammy came.
Shelley and the Mingo's came. Peggy's daughters and granddaughters came (Peggy was out of town)! Mom, Beverly, came up from Idaho with Bud and Jana. 
We had a very fun time. There was a lot of females there!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Atonement Heals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coef8G5ax6E
I found this on Aunt Arlene's blog. Paste this address into your browser and in 3:31, come unto Jesus. I know the Atonement heals us of our mortal hardships, and we find joy through it.
I found this on Aunt Arlene's blog. Paste this address into your browser and in 3:31, come unto Jesus. I know the Atonement heals us of our mortal hardships, and we find joy through it.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Husbands and Wives, Pray for Each Other
I really liked this quote:
Husbands and Wives, Pray for Each Other
“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
Henry B. Eyring, “Our Perfect Example,” Ensign, Nov. 2009, 71
Husbands and Wives, Pray for Each Other
“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
Henry B. Eyring, “Our Perfect Example,” Ensign, Nov. 2009, 71
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