So excited!!

LOOK HOW CUTE THIS IS!!! I have been working on this tutu halter dress and I LOVE how it turned out! I think I am going to add two more yellow flowers on either side to cover better, One works fine but I think I will be less worried about "showing" :) But I had to hurry because my CUTE little model Jayden was coming over. I will be selling these along with my bows and think it turned out cute! I think these would make THE CUTEST flower girl dresses. They would also work for pictures, formal events, dress ups, dance recitals, ect. Tell me what ya think!

Paradise Bakery Soup!

I LOVE the fire roasted tomato soup at Paradise Bakery..and trust me I hate tomatoes and tomato soup! But this is SOOO good! HOwever if you buy a cup of it at PB it cost around $4 sorry I am not paying that for soup! So I got brave and decided to try to make it! It was pretty easy to make and OH SO YUMMY!!! ENJOY! (i know my picture looks professional with my garnish huh?)

Fire Roasted Tomato Soup

2 medium onions, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

olive oil

28 oz can San Marzano whole tomatoes (I buy them at Fresh Market)

14 oz can Muir Glen fire roasted diced tomatoes (I buy them at SuperTarget)8 oz can tomato sauce

6 oz can tomato paste

4 cups water

4 chicken bouillon cubes (less or more to your taste)

2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

2 cups milk

In a pan saute onion in olive oil until almost translucent. Add garlic and continue to saute a few minutes more. Add tomatoes, sauce and paste as well as water. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes. Puree in blender, or with immersion blender until desired consistency. (I like mine slightly chunky but you should puree until your hearts content) Add milk and seasonings and continue to simmer for another 5 or 1o minutes. Add a littel sour cream and tortilla chips and enjoy! LOOK AT NOTES BELOW!!

NOTES: I added a pinch of basil. ALSO AND THIS IS IMPORTANT!!! If your going to blend the soup in the blender...make sure it is cooled quite a bit...TRUST ME I LEARNED THE HARD WAY!!! If you put it in hot, the steam plus a tight lid = PRESSURE....my blender lid came off and needless to say Nolan and I laughed and had a BIG mess to clean up...(he thought I didn't put the lid on tight enough) so he tried again and it happened AGAIN I wish i had a picture of the BLOW UP!!! ALSO i didn't buy either brand of tomatoes this recipe called for because they were 4 dollars a can and the target brand was 89cents!! However people have raved about that brand of tomatoes but i could not justify it! So let me know if you try them!

Weaning a baby is HARD ...PERIOD!!

So last night I had the opportunity to help a good friend wean her baby. She is 4 months old and the cutest baby you have ever seen! She is a breastfed baby ONLY. So the mom has tried to get her to take a bottle for her, but obviously she being the one with the "GOODS" the baby was a little confused. So that's where I came in...I took her yesterday afternoon to try and get her to take a bottle. Doctor said "if she is hungry enough she will take it" NOT TRUE!!!! This baby eats every 3 hours. When i got her she had not eaten for an hour and a half, and I had her for 6 hours which equals 7 1/2 hours she went with out eating!!! Poor little Avery did not take the bottle for the life of her! For the first few hours she was an angel, it did not bother her that she was hungry. She was a little fussy but still a VERY good baby. About 9:00 p.m. came and she was one Starving little girl! But still NO BOTTLE!!! 10:00 p.m. and few tears later shed by me (It was heartbreaking to hear her screaming the saddest cry!) Mom came to pick her up and rescue her from the MEAN people who kept trying to put fake plastic nipples in her mouth. This was an eye opening experience for me. I told Nolan: I am scared I a not going to be a good mom now!! I can't stand to her them scream, and I felt like I could do nothing for her. WOW WEANING IS HARD!!!!
However, she REALLY is one of the cutest babies I have every seen and enjoyed staring at her FREAKIN cute face the whole time and kissing her chubby cheeks! I will have to post some pictures of her soon, I was a little occupied last night and didn't have time to take any.

JULY FUN!!

The 4th of July is one of my FAVORITE holidays! I LOVE IT!!! We had a blast this year. First we went to Bear Lake with our friends the Gardners and had so much fun in the sun and water. They always make us laugh! Then Saturday we spent the day with my mom and sister (Dad and Staci gone to a tournament, Bran in Bearlake, and Ali with a significant other) Since June, Nolans been telling me how much he wants to go to the 4th of July breakfast for Kaysville city. He had always done this in Salina and so he wanted to continue the tradition. Our friends Brian and Maile also joined us for the fun! We started out early and had breakfast and then enjoyed all the festivities...Parade, fireworks, food, ect. It was a blast!

The girls eating their "not so great" breakfast

OK.. I just have to show off this bow..its probably one of my favorites I have ever made! And look at the cutie wearing it...PERFECT

Waitin for the parade to start!

Uncle Nolan playin with Brylie

CUTE!

Ok...so we were pretty crazy at the parade...screamin, dancing, stealing necklaces out from under the kids hands (mom) :) This is Maile yelling at a guy on a float. Look at Nolan..He is a natural! He'll make a good daddy one day.

BEAR LAKE

Rach and I modeling our matching swimsuits! Some girls make a big deal out of having matching clothes...But we LAUGHED and thought it was cute! Great minds think alike!

JOSHY SQUASHY playin in the sand!

Last but not least....NOLAN'S Sand creation...can you guess what it is???? HA HA he is so proud of this!!! IT's a MOTOCROSS track!!! My little boy at heart!

COME ONE AND ALL....

I haven't really wanted to take my bows to a "career" level. I have wanted to keep it a hobby that I enjoy. But I have always wanted to try selling them at a boutique booth, like at a fair. Well the opportunity toally came my way thanks to my wonderful cousins Tina and Cami. They make cute little dresses called "Sunnies" and they wanted to do a booth at Farmington Festival Days. So they got me on board and now we will have the CUTEST booth!! SO please join us and check out all of our cute stuff!!! It's JULY 11th (in 2 weeks) right by the Farmington Pool, Park, and elementary school. They have a parade that morning and then a carnival and entertainment! We will be there until 5:00 that evening!! I will give a sneak peak of the products we will have in a later post! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

Still Honeymooners of 3 years!

Today is the day 3 years ago that I married the man of my dreams, now my dreams are reality and it has been the most amazing 3 years of my life. Nolan thankyou for choosing me and hanging in there through our crazy dating years, I love you more than anything and you have made me the happiest I have ever been. YOu are such an incredible husband. Happy Anniversary! I LOVE YOU!

It is so crazy to think it has already been 3 years! I still feel like a newlywed and people are always telling us how much we still act like it! I absolutely LOVE being married and I seriously can't imagine my life with out Nolan.

One of the best things about being married is you can hug, kiss, and cuddle as much as you want and there is always someone to wake up next to!

I am so greatful that we were able to be sealed in the temple and I am so grateful the blessings it has brought us!

And we are also so greatful for our families and friends who have supported us through these last 3 years especially the while he was in Iraq.

I love remembering this day every year. Nolan said it's our very own holiday! I seriously just get giddy when I think of Nolan and our relationship. Sorry I have probably wanted to make you all throw up with all this cheesyness!!!