Baby Showers for Mindy and Heather

These are the cupcakes that I made for Heather's shower. Don't you think they turned out cute? I forgot my camera so I don't have pictures from the shower, but it turned out really well. Angela had darling decorations and the cutest diaper cake.

Shower for Mindy

We were so glad that we were able to give Mindy and baby Rachel a shower while she was in town. I have to say that baby girl stuff is so cute.

Aunt Sue, Nats, "Broke", Nana, Nance, & Aunt Pat

Lisa, Anna, & Hailey

Nana's Birthday

We had a fun night celebrating Nana's birthday down in Provo. We had a presentation at the retirement home followed by cupcakes, then headed out for pizza.

Mikey is going through a phase where if he has a shirt or coat with a hood, he thinks he had to have it on.

Nance, Nana & Susie

Nana and Amy

Weekend getaway

The first weekend in March... and yes I am a little behind with this whole blogging thing...we had an adventure heading up to "The High Life" cabin. It was a short trip, lasting only 24 hours, but it was great to finally get up there this winter. Mikey and I drove the snow cat up while Johnn took a snowmobile. The powder was so deep that Johnn buried the snowmobile and the snow cat barely made it up the big hill. But with some digging out and towing, we did make it there safely. Johnn spend most of our time there fixing the snowmobile, but my Mr. Fix It was able to come through. I'm starting to think that if Johnn can't fix something than it can't be fixed. He's kinda like duck tape :)

Michael thinks the big truck (aka snow cat) is really fun. He makes great engine sounds while we were riding in it. If you have ever been in a snow cat, you know that they are anything but quiet.

It's a little deceptive how deep the snow was. I stepped out of the cat into the powder on the side and figured that I would sink down a little, but ended up in waist-deep snow.

We were able to accomplish our main goal of the trip and leave the snow cat up at the cabin, which meant that we also got to bring down one of the the 4-wheelers that were stuck out in the snow all winter. The cat packed our track pretty well, but there was no way that I could 4-wheel out in that much snow so Johnn towed me with the snow mobile while I gave it gas. I have never fishtailed so much in my life, and after one near tip over, we made it down safely. We always say that half the adventure of the cabin is getting there & getting back. I am proud to say that we have never turned around an headed home without reaching our destination. We have walked in from miles out when we forgot the key to the lower gate, crawled the last mile up the hill in the deep powder because it was too deep to walk in, gotten the car stuck in yucky mud and hoofed it with 6 inches of mud stuck to our shoes, and even been tracked by a mountain lion while snowshoeing up in the wee hours of the morning. Like I said, it's an adventure.

This is one of the 3 moose that we saw.

St George... here we come!

My parents bought a second home down in St George last week. It's something that my Dad has been talking about doing for a while now, so we are so excited that they found what they were looking for. This house is amazing! I realize that I am posting a gazillion pictures, but this is for my siblings who have yet to see it yet. We headed down with parents and DeMills and for the weekend (Fredricks and my Grammy stopped by too) to check it out and to help shop for furniture. As you'll see, we haven't picked out much yet. Considering that they closed on Wednesday and had mattresses and bedding by Friday, I think we did very well. Not to mention 8 shopping carts worth of goods from Bed Bath and Beyond (plus 2 more on a later trip). We are having fun helping furnish the place and cannot wait for all the fun times I know that we will have down there.

I love the entrance. It's an open aired turret that reminds me of a castle.

front gate

Gas fire pit and cooking area up on the roof. It has a beautiful view in the daylight.

Michael and Dave had some fun with the torches by the hot tub. We had to turn them up all the way just to see how big they would get. I think it gives a new meaning to the name "hot tub".

There are two outdoor showers.

Pool side BBQ

The glass doors slide all the way open, which I love. It feels like a home out of House Beautiful or the fabulous resort we stayed in down in Playa.

This is my favorite bathroom. The shower is open and the shower head it about 12 feet up. With the skylight above, it almost feels like showering out under the stars in the rain.

Master Bath
I know the picture is took in the mirror isn't fabulous with the flash, but I wanted to show how big it is.

It took me a few minutes to figure out this neat shower since there are three different handles. You get a regular shower, plus spray from the side and ceiling as well.

The fabulous kitchen.

Hailey in the bumbo.

I love that they painted the outlets in the kitchen to match the granite as well as the rock work.

Living room fireplace

Master bed

Casida

guest bed

Entryway. I love that very few of the surfaces and rooms are square. Everything has curves and fun angles.

Theater
I think this might be Johnn's dream room.

Caden's Blessing

Lisa and Deken's first little guy, Caden, blessing.

Isn't he a handsome little guy?

Camie & Caden

Miller Family Pictures

We got new Miller family pictures at the Capitol. Michael, as usual, didn't want anything to do with pictures, so I'm just glad that we were able to get a few where he wasn't screaming.