Happy Anniversary to my Davey

Happy Anniversary Dave!!! Thanks for the best 7 years of my life. Can't wait for the next 1,999,000,887,000 years to come!

Thanks for showing our kids the world

And sharing with them your love of four-wheelers

And teaching Quinn how to flip the bird

Thanks for having such a fun sense of humor. You are hil-ar-i-ous. you make me laugh all the time.

Thanks for humoring me and growing your hair out every couple of years. You are HOTT both ways.

Thanks for being such a passionate person. I love that you can't live without four-wheelers, music, art, movies, and salsa.

Thanks for passing your stunning good looks along to our kids. They get at least 89% of their cuteness from you.


Thanks for teaching our kids to do adventurous things. Without you around, there would be no wrestling, being thrown on the couch, or trying anything even remotely scary.

thanks for teaching our kids to laugh and be mellow... I think we both know that she might have gotten this from me:

thanks for sharing life's best moments with me

Last but not least, thanks for being my best friend. I love you more and more.

SANTA!!!

The kids got to sit on Santa's lap at our ward Christmas party this morning. I still don't know how I got Quinn to let go of me...
Afterwards when I was putting her in the car to go home she said "He's not so bad, mom!" (Santa)

Hendrix and the big man

(I'm sadly regretting that I didn't notice Hendrix's pants looking like capris and needing to be pulled down--especially that first picture with both of them...)

date night

we went out on a date with Jason and Christy last night. We ate a restaurant called the Tavern (excellent food, by the way). Here we all are.... happy smiling parents eating without kids around. (except Dave, who is clearly not enjoying himself)

it was a sort-of anniversary celebration for Dave and I since our anniversary is coming up. Hence the kiss :)

hair cut

before:

after:

it only took 2 hours to hack off 16 inches and 4 years of growing

and let me tell ya... I feel better already :)

like mother like daughter i guess.

and a big shout out to my friend April who did the honors of cutting it for me. She's AMAZING. she owns Lotus Hair Spa where I worked while I was pregnant with Quinn.

nothing better

nothing better than the joy of riding a bike with a silly two-year-old on the back

see??? how cute is that? drool and all

I made Q this back pack. i LOVE how it turned out. probably one of my favorite things i've EVER made. i used THIS TUTORIAL.

pictures just don't do it justice. make one!!! it was easy and fun

the front pocket was my idea :)

So long....

take a nice long look at my hair... you won't see it like this again for a LONG time.

Quinn-o

I have been letting Quinn wear whatever she wants after her bath... hoping it will get the craziness out of her system, so she won't fight me on what I pick out for her in the morning. Here is an example of what she chooses to put on:



Also--she has started using some really funny adjectives lately. Here's a couple examples:
handing me a pretzel hendrix sucked on
" will you throw this away, it's nasty."

Sitting together at the kitchen table eating a snack
"mom, your face looks kind of yucky."
(I still have no idea why she told me I looked yucky. I tried to ask her why... she had no response other than to repeat herself. I prompty ran to the bathroom to see if I had food on my face... unfortunately I didn't. So I put on some more make-up. When I returned I asked her if I looked better and she said I did. great... my two-year-old is going to give me a complex)

and the plastic bag holder I made tonight. I've wanted one of these for a long time and have never made one. I actually made two, but I didn't take a picture of both... you get the idea :) and yes, it's looks Christmas-y but that is totally coincidental.

I used THIS tutorial... but don't look at it because hers is much cuter.

kiddos

the kids crawling around together

hendrix LOVES to stand up by anything. one of his favorite spots is on the kitchen chairs. (that happens to be my least favorite spot. not fun to hear him thunk on the tile when he falls)

a picture of him in a bull dog Christmas shirt. he's cool enough to pull of being festive, don't you think?

sunday

Quinn's old cons finally fit Hendrix. He looked pretty cute in them today :) (his shoes....)

Quinn standing in front of the loot we got in the mail from grandma and grandpa stevens and her aunt Julie.

her hair nicely trimmed up for Christmas

daddy and quinn-o

mommy and hendrix