Small Happy Things

Life is great around our house. Here are some of the small (and big) things making us happy:



This is the rose that I got on Valentine's day...this picture was taken just a few days go, no kidding. I have never known roses to last this long but it's been wonderful. Not a petal has fallen still to this day but the last couple of days haven't been great, it's finally getting brown. It's been so fun to see how long it would last.



I love my students. I don't love them all equally though and I will be honest about that. This boy is one of my favorites. We are writing narratives right now about if we had a super power. This boy's power is superhuman strength and when I read this line (although it doesn't fit in very well with the rest of his paper) I just loved him even more. I don't know if he meant to say this but he did and it was brilliant. I want this power too.

Last weekend I took the quickest trip to Vegas to visit my friend Chanell who just had a baby four weeks ago. I talked my mom and sister into driving down with me and we got to see my aunts and grandma. On the way my mom and I were just chatting it up when I looked down and realized I was totally out of gas. I guess Stephen usually fills up when we're on road trips because it didn't even cross my mind when we stopped to eat. We were in the desert past Mesquite when I realized I had "0 miles" left. We coasted into the last chance truck stop just 20 miles outside Vegas. Close one.

The trip was quick but totally worth getting to hang out with this little guy all day on Saturday! I loved him. I got a picture with Chanell as well but neither of us looked great in it so this will have to do.

I made this quilt for her and it turned out alright. I didn't love the quilting but the pattern (from this website) was super cute. Mostly Braxton made it cute.


This isn't a very good quality picture but we got to play with our cutest little cousins and while we were there they got a new pet bunny who by the end of the day was called Patrick because it was St. Patrick's day. We had some discussion about how to find out if it was a boy or girl but Uncle Kyle just ruled that it was a boy since he has all daughters and is the only male in the house.

Mallery, the one in pink above, was super excited to tell Stephen over the phone about the bunny so she took this picture on my phone to text to him, it was cute and she was so proud of her photography.

Last but not least for this week, it was Stephen's birthday! I had parent-teacher conferences until late so we tried to celebrate over breakfast. Stephen insisted on cooking and I felt like a bad wife but it was kind of nice. He made his dream breakfast for that day which was country potatoes with bacon and eggs, white toast, and cinnamon rolls.

Stephen got a gift that took him one step closer to becoming a "real man", he claims he needs a gun before he can really be a real man but some power tools were a step in the right direction. Happy birthday to the greatest husband!

Ashley's Shower

This weekend we went to Logan for Ashley's baby shower thrown by her friend Katie. It was so beautifully done, I wish my pictures could do it justice.

The decorations were so cute.

They had a cake made to match Ashley's nursery theme.

So many fun people came.

Here are all of the Robinson (my mom's side) girls that were there: my mom, Lynette, Ashley (in all of her glory), grandma, Erin, Lyndsay, Jence, BreAnn, and me. It was fun to see them and we're so excited for Ashley's baby to come in May!

It's Here!

After a month of waiting and sharing a car with Stephen, our new car is here! I couldn't hardly be more spoiled and excited!

February

February came and went and here are the things that I missed blogging about:

Ski Utah

I took on a project at school to get us involved with a program called "Ski Utah". They take fourth graders skiing for a day at a local ski resort and any child who can't pay the $25 fee gets "scholarships" to still be able to participate. People who travel to Utah to ski probably wouldn't believe that out of the 70 or so fourth graders at my school that went skiing or snowboarding with us, one had been before. It was an awesome experience and I'm so glad we did it, even if it was a lot of work for me. 

Valentine's Day

Stephen and I had a great Valentine's Day. We went to see The Vow, which was a little bit more sad and less dreamy-lovey than I had hoped but I really liked it still. I thought it was even better after I looked up and read about the couple it was actually based on. The movie stayed pretty true to the actual story. After that Stephen took me to dinner at Log Haven which was delicious! It was so pretty up the canyon, even if there wan't much snow. 

Swamp People

We have some new neighbors that we have made friends with and they introduced us to "Swamp People". We aren't huge T.V. watchers and when I watch other people's cable, I remember why. If you haven't seen this show, I recommend at least a one-time watch. We have been going over to the Moore's to watch it on a weekly basis for a few weeks and we just crack up for the whole hour. After we thought that was funny we found another show called "Mudcats" that is just indescribable. Check out the link because I really can't do that one justice. 

Frontline on Meth

This really has nothing to do with mine and Stephen's life in February but I am sharing it here anyhow. Stephen is always finding interesting news articles and videos and showing them to me. This is one of those. This is a documentary from Frontline on the "Meth Epidemic" as they call it. I was so enthralled after I stared watching this that I ended up watching the entire thing. It was super educational, even if it was a little freaky. Here is the link if you want to check it out. 

My Birthday!

I was born on a leap year just one short hour after February 29th. It's been a disappointment for my father his entire life but my birthday is not in February but March 1st. It was a fun but crazy day. I thought it would be fun to take muffins to my class that morning, fun in theory but it really ended up being a bad idea after all of the sugar and wildness set in to them. I maybe could have got them back under control but  just before lunch my mom showed up in my classroom! She surprised me and drove down from Logan to have lunch with me. She brought treats for the kids and told them funny stories about me and showed them my fourth grade pictures. It was fun to have her come. By the end of the day I wasn't too sad to see the kids leave. Stephen and I went to dinner at the Paris Bistro and then had treats with friends at our house later. There were a couple of pictures taken but not by me so sorry, no photos. Rest assured that I look just the same now that I am 24 as I did when I was 23 though. It was a fun day and Stephen gave me a gift certificate here, which will make for another fun day if I can only choose what to do!