A Special Friend...

You know sometimes, every now and then, you meet someone that you just totally "click with". Someone that in a way, you feel like you have known forever, someone that you could talk to for hours and hours.... Well, back in May, I came across one of those people. At work, I was moved departments (ugh, I hate change) but it ended up being such a great experience..and I met a friend that I hope to have forever. Her name is Beth McHale Landgrebe. January 22 was her birthday and I traveled to Tooele with the kids to spend the day with her and her family.

Here is a picture of Lauren and Beth's adorable daughter, Harbor...good friends despite the age difference:

One of the kid's favorite things to do at Miss Beth's house is to play with their cute bunny, Sadie:

Here is a picture of all the kids, their dogs, Beth's husband Josh (even though you can't see him...it was freezing outside), oh and the bunny:

Beth and Harbor:

Beth and Me. Lauren took our picture, we were trying not to laugh:

Us again:

One of the things I gave her for her birthday was tickets for her and Josh to come to a Jazz Game with Matt and I. It was on January 25, versus the Suns and it was packed:

Matt and I had a blast at the game too! Good food, a good game, with good friends. Oh yeah!

Beth and me at the game:

The Jazz Bear was entertaining as always!

It was cool to see Steve Nash in person! My favorite Jazz player is in this shot too, # 24 Paul Milsap! I am often heard yelling "go Milly!"

Here is Josh and Beth, a cute couple!

Sweet Victory! It was a nail biter..but the Jazz pulled off a win! It was probably the highest scoring game I've ever been to! Woo-hoo!

Happy Birthday Beth. I hope it was a good one. Thanks for all you've done for me...for all that you are.
*For Pink Stuff
*For Early Morning Texts
*For always always having a smile on your face
*For being loud and outspoken (I'm not the only one!)
*For Midday Texts, okay..all day texts
*For your zest for life, it is so fun to spoil you as you are so grateful for everything.
*For your honesty
*For you always trying to be helpful, you are always trying to take care of me
*For making me feel like I am a good boss
*For being the shoulder to cry on and the one to celebrate small and big victories with.

LOVE YA GIRL! Hope you had a good birthday!

Recent Happenings

I have to apologize...I've become a bad-blogger! Christmas is such a busy time, with the bad weather, the shopping, all the preparation...plus crazy Scentsy time and making jewelry too! Life gets a bit hectic. Let me give you a brief summary of the past couple of weeks.

*Lauren is off track, which has actually been nice, as I have had to stay up later than normal to get some stuff done, so it has been nice to sleep a bit longer in the morning. At night, we have enjoyed watching all the Christmas Specials that are on this time of year....as well as yummy cookies from Lauren's school fundraiser:
*As Matt and I were putting up all the Christmas decorations, Jamie thought (for some crazy reason) that he would shove this button UP his nose. We had no idea until the NEXT morning when I was bathing him, I noticed something shiny up there. I called Matt at work in a total panic. THANK GOODNESS WE LIVE 2 MILES FROM WORK! We thought we were going to have to go to the Emergency Room as our first attempts only shoved the button up further! FINALLY Matt got smart and used a paperclip to hook the button and remove it. I couldn't stop shaking after it came out, I think I shook the rest of the day!

*Oreo, the cat, has enjoyed the Christmas tree. What a silly cat!

*Matt's work, bought us family tickets to a Jazz game. We got to be on the floor and do the fan tunnel as the players entered. Jamie didn't know quite what to think.

Our family at Energy Solutions Arena. This was their first Jazz game!

My cute little girl had a blast!

They gave us all Jazz shirts to wear, the kids shirts were adult shirts and were huge on them. BUT Jamie wouldn't even let us take his coat off.

* Lauren had her Christmas dance recital. She did such an awesome job. She makes me get teary eyed everytime I see her dance.

We celebrated her performance afterwards at the Texas Roadhouse. Good times!

*I also had a sleepover with my sisters. I rented some scary movies, we had snacks and we stayed up late. They are so much fun, I am so lucky to have them! Aren't they cute!?

I also invited my friend Beth to be an adopted sister and join in our fun. She has become such a good friend to me the past few months, although it feels like I have known her forever! I was glad she was able to make it, even though she hated the movies I picked!

Sarah kept teasing me about my Snuggie! I tell ya, it is the coolest thing ever...but somehow everyone thinks it is funny! Here she is trying to imitate the Snuggie ads! Pretty good, eh?

My kids love Beth too. Or "Miss Beff" as Jamie calls her.

My sister Ashley is the weirdest sleeper ever. She had worked a 10 hour day and had been up since 5, so she was the first to crash. Believe it or not, she is sleeping here AND keeping her phone safe!

**Here is Lauren in her camo pants. Pretty stylish.

Okay, confession, I actually bought the two kids matching camo outfits. I know it is cheesy, but I love it!

Cute Lauren and her hairbow. She loves to have her picture taken.

*This month they started to build the house next to us. They did ALL of this framing in one week. The lady building the house is actually a First Grade Teacher at Lauren's school..so she could actually be Lauren's teacher next year! Cool huh? I met her the other day and she seemed super nice.

*We also got to travel to Clearfield to celebrate my Grandpa's 85th birthday! It was great to see almost all of my aunts, uncles, and cousin's on my dad's side. I wish we got to see each other more often!

*Last Saturday our little family met Beth and her family (hubby Josh and daughter Harbor) for dinner at the Olive Garden and then we all went to see Santa at Matt's Mom's friend Jewel's house. Lauren was shocked that Santa knew so much about her. Jamie wouldn't get near Santa! Lauren told Santa what he wanted...a scooter, and what she wanted, a Barbie house. Luckily, we even showed up at the same time as Matt's sister and brother and his wife and kids (sorry no pic...too crazy!) It was a bit hectic...but it was a good time for all!

*Okay, last entry. Tuesday night my parents had offered to take both kids overnight. WOW! It was great to have a night at home with just Matt and I...that never happens. Matt and I were up late, prepping Christmas stuff..when at 2 am there was an Earthquake. It was a 2.7, not huge, but not small either. It was really weird. It felt like a bomb went off or like a car hit the house. Matt knew right away that it was an earthquake and it was verified on the U of U Seismology site. The epicenter was about 4 miles away.

*Well, I am sure that I will have to blog soon, as I will have about a million Christmas pictures to share. Christmas is so much better with kids, and mine are at a great age.....pure joy and excitement!! It brings out the kids in ya! SO..Merry Christmas to all of you out there! I hope you catch the Christmas Spirit..and you get more BUMHUGGING than HUMBUGGING. Ha! That isn't inappropriate is it? This is what happens when I function for a month on less than 5 hours of sleep a night and too much candy. Seriously though MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!