Lucky to be alive

This Christmas I feel a little lucky to be alive! As we headed to the Barker family Christmas party in Roy during the snow storm, I was a little nervous. JD's car isn't great in the snow, but my tires were bad so we ended up taking his. As we got off the Roy exit, we started to slide, but JD got things back under control...so we thought. We then started heading for the fence on the side of the road and straight towards a mile marker. I thought for sure we would just mow it right down and end up in the ditch! Surprisingly I kept it together pretty well as our car slid out of control! And we definitely had someone watching over us. As I watched in horror, heading straight for the ditch, we amazingly did a 90* turn and stopped dead in our tracks! We stopped about a foot away from the mile marker I thougth we were sture to hit. We both just sat there stunned for a minute wondering how we just stopped and hit nothing. The car was stuck and JD got out to push, which left me in the drivers seat. (I get a little nervous driving in the snow when cars are whizzing right by me) As soon as he got out of the car, someone behind us pulled over to help, which in a matter of about 30 seconds turned into two, three, and four people. I can't believe this many people stopped to help us! Whoever you are, thank you! It took 5 people to push the car out with me behind the wheel trying not to make someone else slide off the road by backing up into traffic coming off the off-ramp. We safely made it to the party and we happened to tell my mom and Rod about our little adventure on the way to which they responded, "Oh that was you?" Come to find out, my entire family was behind us and saw us slide off the road! My own family didn't stop to help! My mom actually said as they were driving by, "Oh that's so nice of those people to stop and help on Christmas Eve!" Apparently none of them know what JD's car looks like...they all said they didn't know it was us! Thanks! Well, I'm sure if they would have known, they would have stopped! Anyway, we are alive! And we had a wonderful Christmas! Thanks again to whoever it was that helped us!

Winter Wonderland

Here are some pitcures from ashley and chase's wedding. I wish I had more pictures from the dinner, but I let allison take most of those since she just got an awesome new camera.

ashley and chase got married on December 14 and it was fabulous! I guess I'm a little biased since I was the wedding planner, decorator, and cake decorator. The ceremony was awesome and they look so happy!

I don't think I've seen either of them this happy or smile like this before!

Just look at their faces!

All of the girls!

5 down, 1 to go

It was seriously so cold outside! I couldn't feel my feet by the time we were done with pictures! Poor ashley and chase had to stand out there for another hour or two! Maybe this little expression on my face will tell you just how cold it was! I had to wear my lovely green gloves to try and keep warm!

Here are a couple pictures from the dinner at Log Haven in Millcreek Canyon. It was so beautiful up there with the snow and everything! Since I did the cake and the cupcakes I mostly took pictures of that! I also did the decorations so I will have to get some pictures from allison and post those on here. I do have to say I think it turned out very nicely and it looked amazing in there! You wouldn't even know you were outside in a tent! This last picture is a little closer up of the cake so hopefully you can see the detail! It's supposed to kind of look like swirly snow....you can be the judge whether it does or not! Comments welcome!

I guess the only thing left to post is the fabulous florida vacation photos! Those will have to wait because I've got Christmas decorating to finish and presents to wrap! Check back for photos! As a little preview....we fed alligators!

Feeling a little Christmasy...

Which I think is appropriate because it's CHRISTMAS EVE!!! Yay! I have been meaning to post these pictures for a while, but it's been a little crazy with the wedding (Ashley and Chase) and vacation! I don't think these pictures do our tree justice...it looks even better in person! Trust me! I happen to think my tree looks fabulous! I haven't quite finished putting up my Christmas decorations yet...I know, nothin like waiting until the last minute huh? Like I said, it was finals, wedding plans, wedding cake, 160 wedding cupcakes, and then Florida! It's taken me a while. I think I'll go finish before tonight! I can't wait for the Barker family Christmas party tonight held at the Roy Senior Center! Yes, that's right....the Roy Senior Center! It's so fun! After that, we drive around the neighborhood and look at the Christmas lights and the whole neighborhood puts out luminaires along the sidewalk. It looks so pretty, and I love it! Then sleeping over at my mom's house with everyone and waking up to a fabulous Christmas morning! Although we will miss Adam and Allison who are in Wyoming. Come home! Maybe I'll post some pictures of Christmas! Linc will be a little more entertaining this year as he actually knows what presents are and loves opening them! I'm sure he'll be exhausted by the time he finished opening the mound he got waiting! Merry Christmas!

Rejuvenate

So we were looking at buying a house and getting out of the basement apartment...after not being able to find one we really loved and searching for months, we just decided to stay here. Since we will be moving in about a year and half, we decided that it wasn't worth it. I told JD that the only way I would stay here is if we could make it feel more like home! So I made him ask the Yospes (upstairs) if we could paint. They told us we could paint whatever we wanted so we went and picked out paint! The color that we picked was called rejuvenate, which I think is very fitting! We needed a little rejuvenation down here! I like the apartment, but it tends to be a little dark down here with only two window wells! I think this helps brighten it up! We also bought some new lights for the ceiling to replace the old flourescent ones. So anyway...there's only

one wall becuase I wasn't sure if I could handle more than one wall of green! We absolutely love the color! I matches with our couch and pillows perfectly! Next I think we'll be moving on into our bedroom and bathroom for a little color. Here is a closeup of what the color looks like. It'll make you feel just like you're here!