Happy New Year 2013!

2012 was sure a whirlwind!  It was one of the hardest years of my life, but also the most wonderful.  Funny how that works :)  Here are the highlights!

January:

- Met our nephew, Ben, for the first time!

February:

- Our fun Valentine's Day celebrations!  Gaucho Grill, Beauty & the Beast, and an at home date with Papa Murphy's pizza!

March:

- Bought our truck, Brutus!
- Found out we were pregnant!!!

April:

- Went to Colorado and through the temple for Cam's first time!

May:

- We threw a Cinco de Mayo party!
- A song I wrote was performed by Sky View High School Choir
- We had to cancel all of our Anniversary plans because of my morning sickness... which landed me in the ER.  Fun :)

 

June:

- I was in bed for most of June, but we did have the Taylors come and we all said bye to Cam as he left on his mission!

July:

- 4th of July in Paris!  (Idaho)
- Fun with the Faerbers at Snowbird!
- We found out our baby is a boy!

August:

- The month full of Birthday fun!  Aggie pre-season game, dates and lots of food, Famous Dave's with the Thompsons, and Colorado with the Taylors.  Happy Birthday to us!

September:

- The Aggies beat the Utes!!!!  And the Thompsons came to cheer with us!
- Jesi and my best girl friends had a baby shower for me :)

 

October:

- Jake got home from his mission!
- Halloween fun!  Logan Pumpkin Walk, and a party with the Thompsons!  We were Pac Man  :)
- My family baby shower was so wonderful!

- November:

- I had my final voice/piano recital before most of my students were done.
- The Taylors came to celebrate Thanksgiving in Logan!
- Right after we went and cheered as the Aggies were awarded the WAC championship trophy, Carson Brock Taylor was born 11/25/12!!!! The most incredible day of my life :)

December:

- Heather got home from her mission!  We got to see her on her layover at the airport in Salt Lake!
- We spent Christmas with the Thompson family in Salt Lake.  It was wonderful.

We brought in the New Year with a relaxed, fun celebration with just us three at home.  Pigs in a blanket, Martinelli's while making resolutions, and of course, a Mt Dew drinking game!!

So all in all, it was a great year full of ups and downs but ending with a bang!  We are so happy!  Happy New Year everybody!  Here's to a great 2013! :)

Will You Be My Valentine?

It's time to add mine to the cute stories posted all over blogger about Valentine's Day!  First of all, in previous years, Brock ALWAYS out-smarts me on Valentine's Day and surprises me way better than I surprise him.  So this year was going to be different- because I had the whole day off yesterday!  And he had work and school until 5!  Bwahaha.  But he still got me.  He snuck home and put roses and a box of chocolates in the kitchen when I wasn't looking!!!  It was ADORABLE.  Just look :)

But don't worry, I still had the rest of the day to get him!  So here's what I did.  I set up a scavenger hunt for him around the house to find all the Toy Story Valentines that would give him directions.  First he had to push "play" on the ipod (which had a cute playlist I made).  Then he had to go around the house, get dressed up in a nice shirt and tie I set out for him, then in the last room, he opened the door, and I was in the dress I wore to our High School Prom together, holding one of the roses he gave me, and I said, "Will You Be My Valentine?"  And gave him the last Toy Story Valentine. :)  I had set up the room so we could take cute pictures like we were at a dance, and then right on cue, my ipod playlist went to our "song"...  "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain.  So we danced, and it was wonderful  :)  Here's a couple pics...

I know, I know... it's TOTALLY cheesy.  But I decided that it's better to be cheesy and enjoy life than not be cheesy and not have any fun.  So I went all out on the cheesy factor, and I'm totally proud of it :-)  

Also, it's not over!  I got us a Heart-shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's!  And it didn't set off the smoke alarms (like last year: see here ) because we actually have a full size oven to cook it in hahaha!  It was very delicious :)  And then we walked to Smiths in our PJ's and got a redbox, snuggled up on the cuddle bag, and watched a movie and enjoyed WAY too much chocolate and candy ha ha ha.  It was a wonderful night.  I know everyone says this, but I really do feel like I am the luckiest girl in the world. I love you Brock Taylor!!!