Vintage Cupcake

This post is for you Syd ;) This little store downtown Ogden has your name ALL over it. They sell vintage headbands and accessories, as well as heavenly cupcakes. Granted they're not as good as my mom's home made recipe, but they're still a cupcake nonetheless. The shop is IDEAL for a girl's evening of visiting or a mommy/daughter date, and perhaps snapping a few photos.

8 years bay-be!

Alright, sorry, but the room a day plan is not working out. Sure I could take photos and it would look like everything has come along, but I still need to touch up paint and finalize a few things. I only want to debut a room when I have nothing left to do in there, even if it can't be seen from a still photo. So, hopefully I will return to that idea by this weekend.



For now I have some day to day updates. First of all, Ryan and I just celebrated our 8 year anniversary. I remember when we had been married 3 years how long that sounded and good for us. However, now that we're 8 years in I feel like we are just barely starting our "journey." I love Ryan of course, what's not to love? But I genuinely LIKE him, and that's what makes our marriage great. I wouldn't change anything thus far in our life together and am so glad we've had so many ups, and I'm thankful for what we have learned from our downs.



Below, check out my awesome, beautiful, cape and the prettiest bouquet I've ever seen. That's all my wedding day had going, were those two things. It was a hideous time of year to get married. Oh, yeah, I will mention this now and then not again....our actual anniversary is in November, but it competes with the week of my birthday and Thanksgiving. So from now on we are celebrating our anniversary September 13th, that was the day we had our first kiss back in 1997, and we've been boyfriend/girlfriend ever since.























This picture below is to show just how long ago 8 years was. Look at Jessica!! That's Kennedy she is holding. Kylee, you look the same.

















Just kidding, Ky.


We have been LOVING the seasonal produce. Our favorite is tomatoes with fresh mozzarella cheese, but corn is what the girls love best.

















Lydia is a good little baby. Mischievous as all get out, but overall a very sweet little girl. Her signing has come to be very useful and minimizes the whining. Below she is singing "more." She can sign juice, treat, cheese, more, all done, wash hands, and sleep. She is talking earlier then Emma did so we didn't need to teach her many more signs than that. It is very helpful though that when she is whining I can ask her what she wants and she can either say it or sign it.

Emma started pre-school!! I was worried that when Ryan was between jobs she wouldn't be able to attend this year. However I have a sweet trade with her teacher that makes her tuition affordable so we don't have to pinch to let her attend.

Emma goes with one of her life long friends Lily. I know she's only 4, so a lifelong friend doesn't sound like much, but I think she will be one of two friends who Emma will actually stay friends with from birth to death....okay, maybe not death, but at least until marriage. Cause we all know how marriage makes or breaks your friendships. Anyway, Lily and Emma love school and Holly and I love sharing the car pool :)

This little guy, oh don't worry. He's just one of many that I kill each day. Honestly, truly, they haunt my dreams at night. EVERY night I dream about spiders. Ryan stuck his hand down this sprinkler valve, something he has done a dozen times. Well the other day when he did it we saw something move so he poked at it with a stick, sure enough, a black widow. I guess you could say I was glad he was okay, I mean I was, really. However, it would have been a little bit nice for me if he went to the ER so I could be justified in my fear and upset of the spider species.

I guess Emma grabbed my camera and went to town taking some photos. I got a kick out of seeing what she thought was interesting. This photo of Lydia is not something I do often, letting her sit on the counter, I was right there making cupcakes, but not sure where I was when she took this photo.

This pretty little photo Emma took of her doughnut, the photo captures nicely that yes, it is fly season. Nice. Luckily I threw it away, and that was without even knowing a fly had got it's fill too.

Another Emma photo. However, all the photos on this post were taken with my little hand held digital and the quality is junk. So I edited this to look extra funky, just to add some artistic style to this post.

I made Ryan peach cupcake for our anniversary and took them down to his work for him and his co-workers. They were a hit and it made his day. I also took them over to some of the neighbors who we adore. Nothing like peach cupcakes to win loyal friends.

My mom came out tonight and watched the girls so we could go out and celebrate our anniversary. We went to T-Roadhouse and then saw Night and Day which was cute. We didn't talk about the kids or money. It has hard, but can be done. We had a great, long over due date. I meant to have someone take our photo, but no dice. So at the end of the date Ryan just took it for us. Wow. Long update. Good for you if you're still reading this.

Guest Bath

So this room is nothing spectacular, but I did promise myself I would do a room a day, and since I need more time on some of the other rooms I thought I would just use this little bathroom as my debut for the day.

King Benjamin Tower

As far as I'm concerned nobody creates magic like my parents do. They are unbeatable in making family traditions and continuing to teach us what life is truly about. I'm so thankful for their constant FHE learning opportunities that come more than just on Monday nights. They know how to combine, family, fun and eternal perspective all into the same activity. This is their latest creation....the King Benjamin Tower. It is still a little bit unfinished, but it pretty much speaks for its self and it is what a little kid's dreams are made of, and that goes for me too!

Emma's room

This room had the worst of the cat urine, I wouldn't be surprised if you could smell what I was talking about just by looking at these photos.

The door on the right is to the hallway, the door on the left is to her closet. I bought the dresser at the D.I. and gave it a makeover and Ryan made the little cupboard on top years ago, we're only just now finding a perfect place for it. (blogger is being dumb and won't let my words match up. These words belong with the photos at the bottom of this post)

Rainy day project

This green ladder is a project waiting to be finished. So as it sits in the corner of the play room I figured I might as well give it a go as a photo prop. Now I'm torn whether I should leave it as a prop or turn it into my book shelf. Hmm, hmm, hmmm.

Debut a day

I have decided to show our progress with one room a day, this will keep me working during these lazy, rainy days. I'm sure nobody cares much to see my home room by room (except for Kylee) but this is more to keep me focused than anything. I hope I can keep it up. They won't go in any special order, just whatever I have completely finished first :)


I am sooooooo mad at myself for not having better before photos. Some rooms are better than others though. Below is the before of our front entry room.
















There was a tile border around the room that was just odd. Bundy and his friend Ryan tore that out in a flash. The hideous light fixture and curtains had to go. Bundy SCRUBBED the walls of their cat urine, then he had to put oil base primer on every wall in the house. He also repainted the cielings, added new baseboards, scrubbed the blinds down like only he knows how, had the windows cleaned, and put up a fresh coat of paint, oh and new carpet pad and carpet of course :)

I love how open this front room is and I love the colors. The dark brown was a big gamble, but we both really like it. We've already had our Bishopric and relief society presidency over, so I sure am glad we had somewhere for them to sit!

This post may not be appropriate for some viewers

Fear- noun; a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

I don't understand why most people dismiss my fear of spiders. First of all, what's with the 8 legs? Gross. Secondly, the fate of my well being is in the hands of something that doesn't even have hands!

Most girls are afraid of mice. Really? They're quite cute. Not that I want to let them roam my house, but mice are way way too scared of you to ever be a threat. They do make a mess of your storage room and can ruin your fabric goods by making nests in there, and they do carry disease, but they are not fatal.













Snakes, I get it. It's pretty disgusting that they don't have any legs and they just slither about, but they generally have ZERO interest in coming in your home, let alone hiding at the foot of your bed. Yes, some of them can be quite fatal, but they won't get you while you're sleeping.




















Now this little diddy below is worthy of fear. They hide in your shoes, your bed sheets, and your closet. They are silent, weightless, and very hard to spot until it's too late. For the last week I have woken up thrashing around after having a dream one was in my bed. Now not all spider bites are fatal, but they can cause some serious lasting damage.















Below is a photo of a brown recluse spider bite....HELLO!! Join me won't you? Develop a fear of spiders so we can put an end to their eight legged existence.

P.S. This man will have this open sore for the rest of his life. Brown recluse bites never heal. I'm not making this up, I saw it on Discovery Channel, so there!