Just wanted to quickly share with you all one of my favorite websites!! It's called City Deals and I'm not sure where all their deals are, but I know they have some in Arizona, Nevada and of course Utah! Right now they're having a huge fall savings sale so you can save even less on your favorite places! I got coupons for less than half the price they're worth, it's just awesome! Go check it out! :)

http://www.citydeals.com/?ref=CDUMTA5OTI5

Been a while since I last wrote! Not that a whole lot has been going on anyway ;) I never did post any pictures of the house either, so I'll post a few of those too. (Oh and the picture of the dining room was one while we were moving in, the table and chairs were just temporary ;)) We're still doing the same stuff as we were before, only in our lovely home! :) We just love it here. We love having the extra space, the private backyard for the kids to run around in, a garage to store our extra stuff and our car, it's all just been wonderful. I think my favorite part of the house is the kitchen :) It's a beautiful kitchen and the appliances were all bought within the past couple of years! There's so much more space in the kitchen and sadly, I don't have an organizational system for papers and things yet so those are kinda spread on a counter or two, but other than that, I just LOVE my kitchen :) I haven't thought too much about it lately, but I've thought about maybe painting the kitchen cabinets. The previous owner told me she wanted to paint them an off-white color and it got me thinking that maybe I should do it! :) So we'll see if that'll happen. Unfortunately, our garden has pretty much died. I'm SO not used to doing yard duties, so we neglected the yard and the garden! Jared's been more dedicated the past week or two to watering the lawn at night, but I don't know how much good it's doing in this awful heat! But it's good that he's still doing it, he's done so much already with this house :)
Anna and Aiden....there's one word to describe each of them right now! Anna~ opinionated! Aiden~ energetic! Anna is really starting to become even more independent. She wants to do everything by herself, she wants to really speak her mind, even if it's calling someone stupid! A lot of things "aren't fair" to her and she'll storm off if she doesn't get her way sometimes. With all of those things, I still love her so dearly :) She can be so sweet with Aiden and helps me a lot with certain things. It still amazes me sometimes how big she's gotten, I can't believe she'll be four in January!! Aiden, oh my Aiden. A big ball of energy is what he is!! He's always exploring, getting into things he shouldn't, running away if we try to get something from him he shouldn't have, climbing on everything and everywhere! And yet he's the cutest little boy I've ever seen :) He can be a real sweetheart sometimes and still makes sure he says his "thank you's" when needed. He can be a good helper when he wants to be and he LOVES to dance! I still remember when I was pregnant with him, how Jared and I really hoped for another girl. Now I wouldn't want it any other way, I LOVE having my little boy!!!! And having one of each, it's just perfect :) We are all so happy and even though we've hit rough patches this summer, we all have each other and can keep each other happy and that's what matters the most :) That might sound corny but I don't care, we've realized the un-importance of material things the past few months and the importance of focusing on each other and our family. We're all so happy and doing so well, I love my family and our dear home!! :)

I guess I should write a post about our new, exciting adventure in life!! :) We bought a house!!!!!! I couldn't be more excited and thrilled!!! Right now it's totally hectic with the packing, unpacking, all that stuff, but it's going to be totally worth it, I can't wait to be all moved in!! Tomorrow is when we finish all the moving, but then of course we have to clean the apartment after that, shouldn't be too bad though ;) We just LOVE our new home, it's just perfect! And has soo many things in it that I've always wanted! I just couldn't be happier!! :) The house is in Clearfield, so the commute for Jared to get to work should be interesting....but we just love this place. It's about 1,500 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, two living rooms, a fireplace, a BEAUTIFUL kitchen with all matching stainless steel appliances, dining room of course, really deep two car garage, FULLY FENCED BACKYARD!!!, a big deck, and a hot tub!! :D Love it all! Once things get settled down then I'll want to do some sort of get together, which makes me WAY happy to finally be able to do!! :) I'll have to post pictures later, gotta get back to packing for now! :)

Just us

I just wanted to write a post of how much I LOVE my little family!!! :) My kids are just dolls and I love them both to pieces. I love that I have one boy and one girl, one of each, it's just perfect! I remember wanting another girl when I was pregnant with Aiden...I wouldn't trade him for all the girls in the world :) Anna was pure joy for us because she was our first and I wasn't happier to have a girl! Now she's 3 years old, man how the time flies! And Aiden is 16 months...I swear he was just born last year, it certainly feels like it!
And then there's Jared. I couldn't have asked for a better husband for me and dad for my kids. He is just SO amazing!! We've been married for over four years now and they have been by far THE BEST four years of my life. We've gone through a lot together and continue to love each other more each day, I love my sweet husband!!! :) Here are some pictures of my loved ones....in the beginning...and now. Enjoy :)

My little Anna, about two weeks old!


Anna on her 3rd birthday, she's so big!



Aww, my little man ready to go home from the hospital!


When did he get so big?? (Sorry the picture's a little blurry!)



Can't believe this was over four years ago, look at us!!


My main man today, I'm sure he would love that I posted this silly pic of him ;)

Finally!

Well, I was FINALLY able to put up a picture at the top of this page, not sure why it didn't work before! But now, how do I do the "fancy font" for the rest of my page? On here they only allow certain types of fonts, but I know you're able to do different fonts, so how do I do that? If I'm going to keep this blog then I need some help with it! ;) As for us.....
We're all doing great. Anna and Aiden have had a cough this week and Aiden a mild ear infection, but otherwise still doing good! They still have plenty of energy to use! We're getting excited for warm weather, we want to get outside and run around! Especially the kids ;) We all had a great Valentine's Day, I made us a big, very yummy breakfast and we spent the evening with Jared's parents, as we do every Sunday and we love it every week. Earlier that week, Jared and I did a double date dinner with some friends of ours for our Valentine's dinner, it was soo much fun and so yummy! We went to Tucano's, LOVE that place! That's pretty much the only update I have right now! This week, Jared is working at the North Salt Lake Post Office again and it's awesome, he only has to walk a few blocks to get to work! Plus he has an hour lunch so he can come home for lunch. It's too bad it's not his permanent schedule to work there ;) I'll post some recent pictures of us and the kids, we're doing great but just can't wait for warmer weather!!



The kids really didn't want me to take this picture and Jared had to help keep them somewhat still, but I just love their shirts :)



Anna insisted on riding in the shopping cart this way a few weeks ago, she's so funny :) And yes she's in her jammies!



Anna enjoying her ice cream at Pirate Island Pizza, we went there on her birthday!



She loved going there for her birthday, we all had a great time :)



The kids in their matching sweaters, these are my favorite outfits for them! :)

Help if you can!

I've been trying for days to upload pictures on here and it's just not working and I have no idea why! The pictures are in the right format and are not too big or anything. It'll take who knows how long to try and upload them, then it takes me to a site and says they can't locate it and to try entering the location again....WHAT?? Doesn't make any sense to me! Is there anyone who can help me with this???

Trip, kitty, haircuts, oh my!

Wow, I can't believe it's been two months since I last posted! Ok, nevermind, I guess I can believe it. But it's time to update! I should have updated a month ago and just didn't get around to doing it! Let's see....a little over a month ago, Jared had a week off so we ended up taking a trip down to Arizona, it was so great! The kids did really good in the car and we decided to split up the ride on the way down so the kids didn't go too crazy. We stayed the night in a hotel in St. George, then headed off the rest of the way to Gilbert the next day. We stayed with my aunt and uncle at their home, which was soooo nice of them!!!, and did a few fun things while we were there. We drove into Phoenix one day and went to a science/children's museum of sorts. Everything was hands on and there were some pretty cool things there! We even got to see a live demonstration of an eye dissection! Talk about once in a lifetime experience! Although it WAS a cow's eye...still kinda cool though. So we spent a couple hours there, and of course Anna ran off on us during that time and got lost, an employee found her in an elevator!, and after that we went to the Superstition Springs Mall to have lunch and right next to it is a "dollar theater", which actually cost $2 per person lol. We watched the movie "Up", which Aiden slept through most of it, but Anna really enjoyed it. On one of the other days, we took a day trip down to Sierra Vista, where Jared used to live when he was younger. We saw the two houses he used to live in and the elementary school he went to. It was cool to be able to see that stuff! It also happened that I have a friend who lived down there at that time with her husband and daughter, so we were able to go visit with them for a couple hours, it was great! On the way back home, we ended up making some last minute plans and split up the ride on the way back and were able to spend the night at Jared's aunt and uncle's house in Henderson, NV, which was sooo great of them, especially so last minute! We had to wait a couple hours or so for them to get home, so in the meantime they told us about this water park type thing by their home. It's this free water park for kids to play in!! So we put Anna in her swimsuit and let her run around in the water, it was great and she loved it! It was basically some toys and things that continuously had water streams coming out of them, it was so cool and totally free! Anyway, we spent the night there and Jared's aunt and uncle generously bought us dinner at a nearby casino ;) lol. Then we headed home and rested once we got there, it was a fantastic trip!
After the trip, there hasn't been too much going on. Oh wait! About a week and a half before we left on our trip, we got a new kitty! We named her Bessie and she's a cute little calico. Our neighbors that live above us, their cat is always having kittens and they just give the kittens away, so with this last litter, we got to take one of the kittens. We mainly got her as a playmate for Allie so she would be a bit happier, and she is. They're so cute together :). I'll post a picture of Bessie.
Let's see, what else...ah yes. A couple weeks ago, I got sick. Sore throat, coughing, fever, chills, nausea, all that fun stuff. I went to the doctor and he gave me an antibiotic. He tested me for strep, but nothing else. I was negative for the strep though. A couple days after I got sick, Jared started feeling sick. He had everything I had, minus the sore throat. Went to the doctor, tested positive for Swine Flu. Oh joy. I was soo hoping we wouldn't get it, but I guess it was inevitable. A couple days after Jared got sick, the kids got sick. Took them to the doctor, Aiden tested positive for the Swine Flu. The doctor said Anna was already on the mend so she didn't need to be tested, but we're sure she had the same thing. They both had coughs and fevers, luckily it didn't get worse than that! And luckily now, it's all over and we're all better, thank goodness. It sucked while it lasted though! Jared was off work for a week because of all of us being sick :P. Glad it's all over though.
After that "joyous" adventure, a couple days ago Jared got a call from our bank. And what did they ask him? They wanted to know if the charges made in California that day were valid. Umm...we're in Utah right now, not California! Sure enough, someone hacked into our account or something and basically wiped out our account. Spent TONS of money at Walmart, of all places!, and must have filled up two gas tanks at a gas station. I was livid! I couldn't believe something like that had actually happened to us. I try my best to be safe with financial stuff, but somehow they got our info and took our money. So now we have no money in our account til Jared gets paid next Friday...it's a good thing Jared had a little cash in his wallet though! And the bank told us it would take up to 10 days to get us our money back....oh joy. Luckily they're still going to clear the bills we had mailed out. Just makes me so mad that someone would do that!! I'm glad the bank found out though and called us right away so we could get it taken care of!
Today was a fun day though. I finally went and got the kids' first haircuts! They look sooo cute!! I got Anna's trimmed a bit, got a couple inches or so cut off, and now she has a little bob and bangs, it looks so much better and just so cute! She looks so much older now, I just love it. And Aiden, oh what a stud!! She trimmed all of his hair so it was all even and cut it pretty short so I'm able to spike it and he looks so much older, but looks soooo cute! I love their cuts! My camera pretty much broke though, so I have no pictures of anything I talked about that I can post. I was able to get it to work for some other things, so I may post some other pictures, but I had to buy a disposable camera to take pictures of the kids' haircuts, so that will be on a later post, hopefully.
Other than allllll that stuff, we're still doing great and trying to find fun things to do in this colder weather! More later! :)

Ok, so the program to insert the images isn't working right now, so I'll try and post pictures later, sorry!