Be mine for Valentine's!!

On Super Bowl Sunday, Amy helped me take a photo shoot of Mar Mar. I got a few things from the dollar store, and found the other decorations in Mar Mar's room. It was just supposed to be for a fun activity, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE how they turned out, and am going to hang them up in her room! I was SOO giddy when I saw the pics, and am so thankful to Amy for her expertise in photo shop! Thanks Aim, they turned out amazing!!!

bE MiNe

fOR vAlEnTiNeS!!!

xOxO

Marlee

Papa Hansen

We absolutely love that we have been able to see Papa Hansen almost every month with his new job!!  It has been so much fun spending extra time with him! Here is a pic of Marlee and Papa Hansen getting some snugglin' time in.

Happy Birthday ol' man part 2

I love you because…………….

1.     You’re the best daddy Marlee could ask for. 

2.     You’ll do anything to make me laugh

3.     You are just as obsessed with Marlee as I am. If you could you’d be a stay-at-home dad.

4.     I can talk you into anything.

5.     You have the most kissable lips, and you gave them to MarleeJ.  Sorry it seems like I kiss hers more than yours.

6.     You have the biggest appetite. You are a garbage disposal, and I love that because I have a big appetite too!

7.     You are cheap just like me. You wear your socks with the holes that I made from dancing in them.

8.     You set so many goals for yourself because you are always striving to become better.

9.     You are such a compassionate husband.

10.    You are kind to everyone regardless of their background.

11.   You give everyone the benefit of the doubt, even if they are awful to be around.

12. You are so patient with me.

13. You help me to be decisive.

14.   You paint my finger nails if I ask you to.  You blow dry my hair when I am late, and brush my teeth for me when I am sick.

15. You clean up after Marlee and me, even though you’re tired from work.

16.  You value me as a woman and mother.

17.  You tell me you love me at least 15 times a day.

18.  You tell me you miss me when you’re standing right next to me.

19.  You sing to me even though it embarrasses you beyond belief.

20.  You get the job done. You are such a hard worker.

21.  You take the role of father and priesthood holder very seriously. You have such a strong desire to provide for Marlee and me.

22.  You play dance central with me. You want to become a better hip-hop dancer, and have taken on the second identity of Ja Rule.

23. You drove like a geyser even before we had Marlee.

24. You’re just as handsome as the Hemsworth brothers.

25. You are you:)

Happy Birthday ol' man!

This ol' man he played 8, he played 8, and now he's a whopping ol' 28! Happy Birthday Drewbie! I love you more than life itself. I hope you had an amazing birthday even though we ended up eating in the food court and staying at an old sketchy hotel! I can't imagine life without you in it. You are the perfect match for me!

Drew's Birthday was an adventure to say the least. I had it all planned out, and it was supposed to be a nice romantic evening. Well we started around 8 because Drew got off work late, but we went down to Salt Lake for dinner. The plan was to eat at Red Iguana the restaurant, and I heard there was one at City Creek so that's where we headed. My mom told me it was in the food court, and I thought it sounded strange to have a restaurant in the food court, but I just went with it. When we got there I checked the directory under restaurants, and no Red Iguana. I was so confused, and thought they maybe went out of business. But after further looking I found that it was in the food court, and it was the fast food version of Red Iguana. I still wanted to go to the actual restaurant, but Drew was starving by this point and was not having the idea of waiting any longer for food. So we ended up staring into each other's eyes over a fast food burrito in the food court chairs. Man was that romantic.

Next activity was to go to the hotel. I printed out the directions and was directing Drew from the back seat. We kept heading further and further West, deeper and deeper into sketchiness. We stayed at the Airport Inn, because from my research it was the cheapest hotel with the best ratings. AND the best part (besides the money I was saving by going to this hotel), was that it had a hot tub and free breakfast! I'll admit when I saw the area we were staying in, I thought about turning back home and forfeiting the money I put down on this hotel, and I am cheap. At one point I remember thinking that there was a chance we wouldn't make it through the night. A little dramatic I know, but I really was frightened. 

We ended up spending about 10 minutes in that hot tub I was so excited about because Marlee started getting fussy, and missed the free breakfast the next morning because Drew was running late to work.We started watching Bourne Legacy on my mom and dad's little DVD player, and just as the movie started getting intense the DVD player died! HA! Perfect ending to a wonderful night! Story of my life.

No really it was such a fun night, and I'm glad all those things happened. It was fun having that little adventure together.:) 

Here's a picture of the home made ice cream cake I made for Drew. It had an oreo crust, hot fudge layer, and caramel caribou ice cream. You can call me miss Suzy home maker by the looks of the picture if you'd like. It's supposed to say Happy B-day in hot fudge, but it smeared everywhere. 

the dark side

I've gone to the dark side, and I don't know if I'm ever coming back. No, not really. I've always wanted to go dark, but never dared to. My hair has always been long and blonde, my WHOLE life. .SO HERE I AM BABY with dark short locks.

Who knows how long I'll stay this way, but i'm gonna live it up while it lasts!

Ho, HO, Ho!

This year was so exciting having a little stinker to join us. Marlee was a good girl for those 3 months of her life, and got spoiled with lots of gifts from both sets of grandparents. This christmas season flew by way too fast; I wasn't able to get all my Christmas activities in! I think I was too distracted by Mar Mar to realize what month we were in :) Christmas came from no where!

Instead of sibling gifts this year we did a sibling activity, and I loved it. It was so much fun spending time with all of them instead of getting a gift. We went to Barbacoa, bowling, then headed to DQ to test the Strawberry Cheesquake, and it was AWESOME! Right when we walked into Dairy Queen the advertising had me sold. Bowling was girls against boys. I can't remember who won, all I can remember is that I spanked everybody by far.... nobody was even close to my low score.

(pics to come)

We went down to AZ 2 days after Christmas with the Hansen's expecting the warm Arizona sun to greet us, and were blasted with more cold weather! New years eve was so cold, I didn't want to go outside! Our trip consisted of lots of Dance Central 3, shooting, bowling (girls against boys again, and yes I again held the lowest score record), movies in the Hansen's amazing movie room, crazy illegal fireworks that made me scream, games, and hot tubbing. It was such an amazing trip; we were so sad to go! I'm so sad we don't have any pics. We can't find our camera charger, so I get all my pics from my moms phone.

4 month check-up

The doctor asked me if there was anyone in my family that was really tall because Marlee was in the 96 percentile for height! He said that she would be like a super model, and I told him that she didn't get her long skinny legs from me:)

Marlee was also in the 20's for weight and 50's for head size, so some improvement on her big noggin' (as the doctor said last time:)) She was in the 75 percentile for her head at her 2 month!!