The Capson's Re-"Cap"

Las Vegas Ragnar

2011-11-26T13:01:00.001-08:00

So, I am finally getting around to posting about our RAGNAR experience. I knew it would take me awhile to write this post, so many things to say, so many emotions... In October, Blake and I ran in the Las Vegas Ragnar relay together. Two days, a team of 12, two vans (suburban and truck in our case) lots of water, good running shoes, no showers, good music and no sleep. Does it get better than that? It was our 8th anniversary weekend. And what better way to spend your anniversary than with 4 other people in a suburban for 2 days? We had the BEST team ever. TEAM BONK! We ran with our good friends the Jensen's and the Jensen family and a few of their friends. Our van consisted of "Non Jensen" runners. We had Blake, Myself, Amy, Kim, Chris, and Cameron. We called our van the "Mugbloods". Because we aren't of Jensen Decent. :) The race was such an incredible experience. I can honestly say I experienced just about every emotion. It was such an incredible feeling to set a goal, train for it and then go out and do it. Our van was so encouraging and so supportive. We started at Lake Mead and ended very close to downtown Las Vegas. It was hot, and dry, and at times I felt so discouraged, and just when I was ready to stop and walk, my team would drive by, honking the horn, yelling from the window and cheering me on. We had the best team! I can't say that enough. All 12 runners did an awesome job. We experienced sleep deprivation, thirst, anxiousness and tons and tons of laughter. Sleeping on mole hills at a truck stop near a freeway entrance has never been so much fun! :) I'm pretty sure I cried about 10 times, out of joy, pain, pride and just being touched by everyone's kindness and support to each other. At one point, one of our runners, Larry got injured and was unable to even put weight on his leg, I was amazed at how everyone was willing to help out. Brad (Trent's dad) and Trent ran his last two legs for him...making their total distance longer than anticipated. At the end of the race, our team carried Larry through the finish line, (once again, causing more tears). This was an incredible experience for Blake and I to do together. If you would have told me 8 years ago that this is how we would have spent our 8th anniversary, I would have laughed. I was not a runner...but I am proud to say that now, I AM A RUNNER. Running is my time to think, to escape and to just listen to my own thoughts. I am so grateful to Blake for training with me (early saturday morning runs) for encouraging me in all that I do... (sorry to get sappy)...for believing in me and cheering me on in all of life's journey's. I am so lucky to have you in my life. You are my best friend. We have been through a lot together, I know that you will always be there for me. You make my life so much better and so happy just because you are in it. Happy 8th Anniversary! I loved being a part of this race, and look forward to doing more of them. Thanks to the Jensen's for all of their planning and letting us join their team. Trent was an awesome team captain, and kept us super organized. It was a blast! Go Team Bonk!

Thankful turkeys

2011-11-14T18:47:00.001-08:00

Tonight for fhe, blake had the cute idea to make ” thankful turkeys” out of our handprints. Halle loved coloring on her turkey. We would ask her what she was thankful for...basically we said all the words she knows...like mommy, daddy, cheese, harvey, ” pops” which is cereal, juice juice etc. we truly have so much to be grateful for. for wonderful family and friends...so live in this free country, and to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. We hope that you all have a wonderful november and a memorable thanksgiving.

Hires big h

2011-11-05T15:51:00.001-07:00

So with the snow outside...there wasn't a lot of yard work to be done. So we decided to run errands in salt lake...after all of our errands were done I was craving hires big h..so we took halle there for her first time. She LOVES root beer. We Couldn't get it in her fast enough. She ate all of her grilled cheese and pickle spear.this girl loves pickles. She loves anything sour or tart. She doesn't get that from me. I think she takes after her aunt jaclyn, who also loves sour things. Anyway. Hires was a fun little outing not to mention delish!

Happy "Halle-Ween"

2011-11-03T11:03:00.001-07:00

This was Halle's second Halloween, and she had so much fun. She LOVED being in her cozy pumpkin costume and wouldn't let me take it off for nap time. ( I think she liked how padded it was. Super soft and comfy) The day was crazy and busy, but it was great. We started out by visiting Blake at his office at lunch time. His office did a Costume parade for all the little kiddos. It was so fun to see all the cute costumes. Halle LOVED walking around her daddy's office and visiting everyone who worked there. (She is our social butterfly, always talking to everyone) She loved picking out the little candy and putting it in her pumpkin bucket. Blake's only complaint was that Halle picked all the lame candy. Smarties, starbursts and nerds. Don't get me wrong, we love those too, but how about a butterfinger or 100 grand every now and then?
Later in the afternoon we went to our neighborhood "Trunk or Treat" and got more candy. Halle didn't really care too much for the candy there. She just wanted to play in the leaves. It was super cute to see her running around in her little costume.
Later that night, we went trick or treating up our street. We only went to a few homes, but She figured out how it worked pretty quickly. She would take a little candy and then put it in her bucket, then she would say " two?" and grab a second candy. She is a smarty pants. Blake and I had more fun on this Halloween than I think we have ever had. Watching Halle enjoy the holidays has made them more enjoyable and exciting for us too.

Witch Fest

2011-10-30T10:31:00.000-07:00

Halle and I went to Gardner Village the other day with our friends Amberlee, Sienna and Kayden. We had so much fun wandering around the grounds. "Witch Fest" is going on right now and it is decorated so cute. It was so nice outside, we just had to get the kiddos out of the house. Halle loved being outside and had a fun time looking at all the witches and pumpkins (which she calls "balls"). Gardner Village goes all out for the holidays. It was lots of fun, and got us in the Halloween spirit. (P.S. You like halle's runny nose in all these pictures? Poor little thing...I swear she has a mother somewhere)

Catching up...again

2011-10-28T14:07:00.000-07:00

I know I do a massive post at least once a quarter, with all sorts of pictures and re-caps...I am really going to try hard to do better. I don't have any good excuse for not blogging. I guess I am Just lazy when it comes blogging...but not anymore...I am turning over yet another "NEW LEAF". I don't know if I feel overwhelmed to try and write something witty about our average, everyday lives, or if I need to get better at taking more pictures and documenting moments in our lives that we want to remember...but whatever it is, I am going to figure it out and fix it. So for this Quarter big "Catch Up" post, I'll tell you a little bit about what we have been doing.

Daddy and Halle: There wasn't really anything going on here, it was just super cute...and I thought Blake looks super hot. Halle loves her Daddy, and he is wrapped pretty tightly around her little finger. So it all works out!

** Many trips to Wheeler Farm, with cousins, aunts, uncles and Grandma's and Grandpa's. It was a lot of fun. Halle loves the animals and the hay ride. I seriously think we have been out there about 4 times in the last few months. But it is so much fun to see her with the animals. She loves to feed the ducks and gets a little freaked out if they come too close. (Note, every animal makes the same noise to halle. We ask her what a chicken says, and she makes a monkey noise...we ask her what a goat says, and she makes a monkey noise...We are going to have to work on that)

Skittles: Halle is absolutely obsessed with Skittles. She loves these things. She doesn't really care for any other candies, but she knows where I have a little jar of them hidden and she found it the other day. She took the lid off and was having a wonderful time, until I cought her. I love her little chubby hand stuck in the jar. She had a fist full and wouldn't drop them.

** Red Fish Lake: We went to Red Fish Lake for a fun Labor Day weekend. Lots of boating, bike riding and staying up way too late. We stayed in an awesome cabin just by the water. There was a great bike trail that went around the lake, and Blake and I took Halle on it several times. Again, she would not take a nap, (didn't want to miss a thing) so every time we put her in the bike trailer and started moving, she would fall asleep. We just kept riding so we could keep her asleep for at least a little while. Blake and I did some Rock jumping with the cousins. (I know it doesn't look that high, but once you are up there it is SUPER scary) The water was SO FREEZING. Blake jumped in the water with his 2 day old iPhone 4 (not a highlight)...however, Apple was awesome at taking care of him as the phone wasn't completely ruined. All in all it was an wonderful trip. Thanks to everyone who made it so much fun and so memorable.

The Bumbo: Halle discovered her little bumbo chair the other day. For a few months, she had no desire to even come near the thing...but all of a sudden we can't get her out of it. SHE LOVES to sit in it, then get up and walk around it, then sit in it and then walk around it. She must feel really big and grown up because she can get in and out of it herself. We love the Bumbo. It keeps her busy for a VERY long time. She loves to sit in it and watch Word world and Looney Toones.

"Peeeesssee": Halle says a lot of words now, she is talking like crazy. She jibber jabbers all over the house, and is really good at playing "pretend" . She loves to pretend to talk on the phone, and we will hear her jibber jabbering away, and then we hear. "bla, bla,dah, dah, ma, dadeeee, a momeeee" So we know she is saying something about us, we just hope its good. Sometimes she says it with a really angry voice, and other times in her sweet little voice. Who knows. She is definitely growing up and become quite the little diva. She is really good at saying "peeaasse and taint too" We love to hear her ask for things, she just says "peeeeeaase" and points to them. She also has to have two of everything. One in each hand, and she has learned to say "two, two". She keep us laughing.

Cowgirl Up: We got the cutest jammies from some friends for one of my baby showers. I thought she would never fit in these, they seemed so big at the time. But our little girl is growing up. She is so big now...We love the little pink cowboy boots at the bottom and the western shirt on the back. Super cute.

Tuckered Out!

2011-10-28T14:03:00.001-07:00

Halle will fight with all she has to stay awake...she hates to miss out on anything. I wonder where she gets that from... (Grandma Bev). She had played hard all day long... but she would not take a nap. Finally I put her in her high chair to eat some snacks and I left the room for 5 minutes and when I came back, this is how I found her. SHE WAS EXHAUSTED. Poor little thing. It was hard to wake her up. She had just worn herself completely out.

Ragnar & Swimming

2011-06-23T08:34:00.001-07:00

This past weekend was the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay! This thing is a monster. 192 miles...from Logan to Park City, 12 team members (unless you do an ultra team which is 6 team members), each team member runs 3 legs, 2 vans, 6 people in each van, lots of running, little sleeping. Lot of snacking on granola bars, fruit and whatever else sounds good after running. This year Blake ran in it with a few of my cousins and their friends. He had such a great time and is looking forward to doing it again next year. They had a 12 passenger van that they lived out of for 2 days, however he slept a few hours on a high school gym floor, because its impossible being 6'6" to sleep in a van. They were team "Canada vs. USA" There were about 6 Canadians on the team and several Americans, so they had t-shirts made with their countries printed on them. Blake is full blown AMERICAN, however, he was put on the Canadian team, so he ran for the country of my ancestors. :) Way to go you guys! This was such an awesome race to be a part of and it was so great to see them cross the finish line. I'm so proud of you Blake. This is such a huge accomplishment. You constantly amaze me. When you say you are going to do something, you do it. Lots of training, and hard work, but you stick to it and reach your goal. Way to go Blake. I am SO proud of you!

Kicking "EH" one mile at a time!!!

While Blake was out, "living in a van, down by the river"...Halle and I had some fun, swimming and playing with her cousins on the slip and slide in our back yard. It's so nice that Summer is finally here. We have had enough of the cold and being indoors.

"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire..."

2011-06-23T08:09:00.000-07:00

Summer is FINALLY HERE!!! We have been pretty busy around our house...mostly with projects that we were waiting to do when it got warmer. So our roof was never actually on fire, but it needed to be changed. We had shingles blowing off our roof whenever it would be super windy. We had two layers of shingles on already, so that meant we had to tear the whole thing off and re-shingle. We thought this wouldn't be too hard, so we rented tools and enlisted friends and family for what we thought would be " a few hours of tearing off the old stuff". Not quite how it worked out. We started Friday night at about 6:00 and worked until 10:00 (and by "We" I mean "Blake, Quinn (blake's brother) and Trent (our friend and handyman). Then began again the next morning around 7:00 am. We had tons of help from dad's, brothers in law, friends, and my sister in law Meg. It was amazing to see how hard it was to tear this stuff off. We finally wrapped it up on Saturday around 5:00-6:00 ish. Lots and lots of back breaking work, sunburns and sore muscles. But we got it taken off. Trent layed the new roof right behind us...and we think it turned out AWESOME! The new color really makes a difference and it's nice to know we don't have to do that for at least another 20+ years. :)
I don't know if you can see or not, but the old roof used to be Grey/white, and the new one is Jet Black. Such a difference. :)

Catching Up!

2011-06-11T08:18:00.001-07:00

So I am the worlds worst blogger. This is not a surprise to anyone I'm sure. I am going to try and do better...I really have no excuse, just lazy I guess. Anyway...I thought I would post some pictures of the things we have been up to these past few months. After we got home from Mexico, it was Halle's 1st birthday! It was so stinkin' cute if I do say so myself. We did a "Monkey" party for her. She makes the cutest little monkey noise, so we decided that would be a cute theme for her first birthday. She is getting so big and doing so many things. It is so much fun to watch her grown and learn new things. What a fun little girl she is!

May was a busy month for house rennovations. We decided to give our kitchen cabinets a little facelift. Not a full on makeover, just a nip and tuck here and there. We kept the original boxes, and painted them white, then had some new cabinet doors made for them. We think it was an awesome "bang for the buck". It makes our whole family room/kitchen feel so much more open and bright. Thanks to my mother in law Karen for all of her help painting the cabinets. It's a much bigger job than it looks. We have begun the summer off with a bang as well. We had to have a new roof put on the beginning of June. I'll post pictures of that soon as well. The old roof was falling off and there were already two layers of shingles, so we had to take the whole thing off. Quite the experience! That is a topic for a whole different blog post though.
Hope you are all having a good start to your summer! Love,
The Capsons

"Oh, oh Mexico"

2011-04-14T15:56:00.000-07:00

So Blake and I headed south last week. We had a great week soaking up the sun in good ol' Mexico. While it was snowing back here at home, we were kayaking and 4 wheeling in Cabo, and Zip lining in Puerto Vallarta. (sorry to all those stuck back here in the miserable cold) Blake won a cruise from his work, and it was AWESOME! We had both never been on a cruise before, and it was my first time to Mexico...It was one of the best trips I've ever been on. The food was incredible and all the excursions we did in the ports were unforgettable. One of the highlights was when we were kayaking in Cabo, we saw a mama and a baby humpback whale about 50 yards away from our boat. The baby kept jumping out of the water, and putting on a show. It was amazing. I've never been that close to a whale before. We had fun snorkeling, and 4wheeling on the beach. Then in Puerto Vallarta, we did the "Extreme Canopy" excursion. We zip lined in the jungle and then did a 100 foot waterfall repel. It was a lot of fun and also very relaxing. Thank you to everyone back at home for watching things at work, taking care of Halle and Harvey and making it possible for us to go on this much needed vacation. It was hard to leave Halle for so long, but I know that Blake and I needed that. It was great to come home and see her. She made strange for a little bit, but after a while she warmed right up to us. I think she is a little nervous that we are going to leave her again, because if I walk out of a room for too long, she starts to whimper. Poor little thing. But she is adjusting back to her regular schedule, and so am I (unfortunately) It was so nice to be able to sleep all night long for a whole week. No middle of the night bottles to prepare, or crying babies to go calm at 3:30 am. It was amazing! Three words..."Chocolate Melting Cake"!!!! YUM!!!!! :)

Halle is 10 Months!

2011-02-24T07:52:00.000-08:00

Where does the time go? Halle turned 10 months on the 21st. It is crazy to see how much she has grown. She is such a fun little girl! She is getting so big and independent...she wants to do things by herself, which is sad for me, cause I love to hold her and cuddle her, but now she wants to be on her own, she is scooting everywhere. She loves to just play on the floor with her toys and with Harvey. They are really good friends, and love to tease each other. She has learned how to make a Monkey noise. It is so cute. Blake and I were trying to teach her how to make the noise, she just smiled at us and laughed, almost thinking "you guys are nuts". But the other day while she was in her car seat, I heard her start to go "ooh ooh ooh, ahh ahh" like a monkey in the back seat. It was so funny. Theses little ones are like sponges. They learn so much, so quickly.
Halle is a Tummy sleeper. She LOVES to sleep on her front. I'll put her in her crib on her back and when I go in to check on her before I go to bed, she has rolled onto her tummy and her little bum is in the air. She is doing pretty good at night, usually only waking up once. Which Blake and I are SO grateful for.
Halle loves to eat! She is a great little eater, but you wouldn't know it cause she is seriously skin and bones. At her last check up she was 16.9 lbs and 28" long... But she loves her FOOD. She loves feeding herself little finger foods and making a giant mess. But who doesn't? She has two front bottom teeth and she looks like a cute little hippo when she smiles big.
She loves to sing, (or just hear her own voice) we aren't quite sure. She is always making noises of some sort. When she wakes up in the morning, we can hear her talking and playing in her crib. This little girl is such a fun girl. She loves to laugh, and be tickled. She LOVES bath time and gets very sad when we have to take her out. Halle loves to jump in her jolly jumper. (mom loves it too cause it will wear her out) Halle is such a fun little lady. We are so glad she came to our home. I have posted some AMAZING pictures that my friend Heather Kennington took of Halle a few weeks ago. She did such an amazing job. If any of you are interested in checking her out, her website is:

http://www.heatherkennington.com/Heather_Kennington_Photography/Heather_Kennington_Photography_-_Home.html

She is amazingly talented! Thanks Heather for spending time with Halle and Me. The pictures are darling!

To Our Birthday Girl!

2011-02-23T12:27:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to our little Eva girl! She would be 4 years old today. Both Blake and I can't believe that 4 years have already passed, since we had to say goodbye to our little girl. We know that she is with our Father in Heaven and that brings us so much comfort. It is still hard to think about all the things she would be doing and learning, and how she would be growing if she were still here with us. Eva has taught us so much in these 4 short years. We have learned a lot about the plan of salvation and eternal families. We have learned that God's plan for us isn't always the plan that we have for ourselves. We have learned that prayer is a REAL thing, and is truly a way to communicate and receive answers from our Heavenly Father. We have learned that TIME heals wounds and sadness. We have also learned and have faith that Time flies by so quickly and it is only a matter of a short time here on earth until we are able to be with our little Eva again. We have learned to rely on our Heavenly Father and how to rely on one another when we have tough days (which we still have) We know that she is still aware of us, she knows her little sister Halle, and I know that they knew each other in Heaven. Losing a child, or baby is truly one of the hardest things to describe. You feel so many emotions. You feel sadness, loss, confusion, lonely and a whole slew of other things, and yet, you feel comfort and peace when you can turn to our Heavenly Father.
In honor of Eva, we are planning as a family to run in a 10K this year, it is a Race for infant and pregnancy loss. Check it out if you are interested...

http://blonderunner.com/events/race-for-infant-pregnancy-loss-10k-2-mile-awareness-walk/

We continue to have HOPE and FAITH that we will see our little Eva again. Hope is truly what helps us go on and look to the future. We don't want to stay in the past, I know that Eva wouldn't want that. I know that she wants us to continue to live and love and serve others, and that is what we try to do each day. We love her and are so grateful for our little Angel. Happy Birthday Eva Hope!!! We love you so much, thank you for all that you teach us on a daily basis.
Love always,
Mommy and Daddy

Rollin, rollin, rollin...

2010-12-29T12:00:00.000-08:00

So Halle is becoming very mobile these days. She has been rolling for a few months now, but she has nailed the whole scooting thing just recently. Wow this girl can get where she wants to in no time flat. The other day, I put her in her room to play for a little bit, when just a few seconds later, I hear some thumping coming from down the hall. She had rolled and scooted right under her changing table. She was kicking the shelf from underneath, causing all the thumping. And me, being the good mom that I am, didn't take her out immediately, no, I went and grabbed my camera. It was just too funny, I couldn't not take a picture.

She has also learned how to open the lower drawers in our family room. OH NO! Time to baby proof. She and Harv had a good time opening the drawer and then slamming it shut. It is so much fun to see her learning new things. It is also hard to see my baby growing up SO dang fast. Where has the time gone? YIKES!

Halle has learned to clap and play patti cake the past few weeks. She LOVES to clap whenever Blake or I come into the room. She claps when she listens to music and she claps when I make dinner. I have to say, I feel pretty special when I get a standing (well sitting) ovation for making soup. She is such a cute little girl. She is getting quite the personality and becoming such a little person. When she isn't clapping, she loves to hold her hands together. When she is resting, or watch Baby Einstein (again, I'm a good mom eh?) Her little hands are clasped together. I had to get a picture of that too. SO SO cute. Anyway, that is the update on Halle. She is getting so big.

Simply Having a wonderful Christmas Time

2010-12-29T11:22:00.000-08:00

So the title of this blog is funny because the other night we had a discussion about the most annoying Christmas songs ever! Quinn thinks that this little gem by Paul McCartney and Wings takes the cake, however, It is the most creative title I could come up with today. My brain has been on overload the past few weeks, and the creativity is completely gone. So this blog title is dedicated to my brother in law Quinn. :)

We hope that each of you had a great holiday season, we definitely had a "wonderful Christmas Time". It can be a little stressful at times, but once it is all over, you sit back and look at all the fun and excitement and I feel a little sad that it is another year before next Christmas. This year was Halle's first Christmas, which made it SO SO special for Blake and I. It was so fun to see her eyes light up when she was around the Christmas tree, she LOVED the wrapping paper and bows, and in all reality, that is ALL we should have gotten her. However, she got some really cute little toys and loves playing with them. We went to see the lights at temple square with the Capson's and with the Harris's. (both sides of the family) We went to see A Christmas Carol at the Hale family theater which was REALLY amazing. I had never been there before, and It was incredible to see how they used the stage in so many different ways. That was a highlight of the season for us. We shopped, ate, and watched Christmas movies. It was a great December. Thank you to all of our family, for making it such a sweet and memorable Christmas season. We love you all, and wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hallo-"weenie" cafe

2010-11-15T16:05:00.000-08:00

For Halloween this year we handed out HOT DOGS! We had a Hallo-"weenie" cafe in our garage. It was a lot of fun and turned out super cute. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate with us. It rained most of the night, and was freezing. Poor little trick-or-treaters. We had about 30 people stop by, so it wasn't too bad a turn out.

Teething Biscuits, Parking tickets, Pumpkins and Butterflies

2010-10-30T14:01:00.000-07:00

So the title of this post makes absolutely no sense, however, it will. I have been so horrible at posting that you are now going to get an overload update, full of pictures and what we have been up to. Halle is now 6 months old and is doing so many fun things. She is eating solid foods and LOVES her teething biscuits. She gets good and messy when she eats them, and we just let her go for it, with a tub of water waiting for her in the bathroom.

Blake and I celebrated our 7th anniversary on the 23rd. It is crazy to look back and see how fast time has gone by. We went to our FAVORITE place for dinner, RED ROCK, and had a wonderful and tasty meal, but as we got back to our car (parked in the AMPCO parking lot to the east of the restaurant), we found a little present on our car...a $50 parking ticket. BOO!!! $50 DOLLARS?!?!?! What? We put the $3 in the little metal box before going into the restaurant and they still gave us a ticket for "non pre payment". Grrrrr! It made Blake so mad. Needless to say, we are sending in an appeal. The rest of the weekend was a lot of fun, despite the ticket. Happy Anniversary Blake! Love you!

My family carved pumpkins the other night, and had a blast doing it. My mom made a yummy Halloween dinner, complete with witches brew. It was delish! Carving was a lot of fun. I have posted the pictures of our masterpieces. Way to go everyone. They look amazing!

We went to a neighborhood "Trunk or Treat" yesterday. It was so cute to see all the little kiddles in their costumes. Cayden was a bat, Cooper was a ghost and Cole was a little mouse. Their amazing, talented mom, Meg made all of their costumes. How cute are they? Halle is a little Butterfly for Halloween this year. I think she looks pretty dang cute if I do say so myself. I LOVE her fat little cheeks with the antenna's. I made her little tutu, onesie and antenna's. It was so much fun to have a little one to dress up for Halloween this year. We are beginning to have so many firsts with her. It is so awesome.

We hope you all have a wonderful Halloween! Be safe, and stay WARM! :)

"We Are Family"

2010-09-09T11:13:00.000-07:00

This past week we went the the Crane Family Reunion (my mom's side of the family) up in Bear Lake and had a BLAST!!! We got to see aunts and uncles and cousins that we hadn't seen in years. It was a lot of fun to get to know each other again. We stayed in a cabin right by the water (well kind of, the water is down quite a bit so it was still a ways away). We ate good food, played "Just Dance" on the Wii and did "skits in a bag". On Saturday we spent the day at the lake, playing in the water, tubing on the boat and soaking up the sun. It was a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who made the food, and planned the weekend. I'm so glad we got to do this and spend time as an extended family. Halle loved all the little girl cousins, they all wanted to play with her and help feed her. It was so cute to watch them all huddle around her. We have lots of little helpers in our family. :) On Monday before we came home, we HAD to stop off at the "Chocolate Bear" and get some chocolate dipped raspberries and fresh raspberry honey and jams. DELISH! We were going to stop for Raspberry shakes, but it was WAY too busy. Maybe next time. We had a great weekend and are so grateful for such a great legacy. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Crane for starting it all. WE love you guys!

Growing like a weed

2010-08-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

Halle had her 4 month check up on Monday. She is getting so big. She is 25" long and 13lbs 13 oz. She is playing a ton more now and I am constantly laughing at the funny faces and noises she makes. We have had a bunch of firsts with her and it has been so fun to see her take everything in. We went to the boat a few weeks ago, she didn't really like going fast, cause it took her breath away, but she loved the rocking motion of the water...she really liked watching fireworks with Daddy. At first they scared her and made her cry, but after a while, she loved to just watch the colors explode in the sky. She LOVES to watch tv, which I'm not totally thrilled about. She will focus on tv for such a long time. I know that she just loves the bright lights and colors, but this could be the beginning of an addiction. We were in Costco the other day, and she was cranking her head all the way around to watch the big screen televisions as I was picking up some photos. YIKES!!! She is such a fun little girl and makes our home so much more lively and colorful. We are so grateful for her.

We have had a pretty non eventful summer so far...it is really hard to travel or do anything big with a newborn, so we have laid low for the past few months. Now that she is getting older, we are hoping to do some fun things in the months to come. I can't believe how quickly this summer went by. It is already the beginning of a new school year, and soon fall. Wow. Where does the time go?

2010-07-23T10:20:00.001-07:00

Blessing Day

2010-07-22T08:48:00.001-07:00

Halle was blessed on the 4th of July! It was such a gorgeous day. We had a lot of family and friends there to be with us and participate in the blessing. Thank you to everyone who came and who helped. We are still in awe that we finally have our little girl here. She is growing so big and getting so active. She has found her little voice and LOVES to use it. She is constantly cooing and squealing. My incredibly talented mom made her beautiful blessing dress, and it turned out AMAZING! We had Whitney Kofford take some professional photos of her in it. I think they turned out so great.

Blessing Day

2010-07-05T09:26:00.000-07:00

We blessed little Halle on July 4th! It was such a beautiful day. We are so grateful for such wonderful family and friends who were there to support us. Halle looked so pretty in her blessing dress. Her dress is so special to me because my mom made it for her. It was sewn on Blake's grandma Joyce's sewing machine. Grandma Joyce passed away on April 3rd of this year, and Halle was born on April 21st. Grandma wanted to see little Halle so badly, every time we would go over to see her, she would say, "is that baby here yet?" but unfortunately, she didn't live to see her born...It was very special that the little dress Halle was blessed in was sewn on the machine that grandma Joyce used to sew on.
We had a little get together later at our house, and it was so much fun to have our family, friends and neighbors there to celebrate little Halle's blessing and life with us. We love you all, and are so grateful for you all. We are so grateful for our little Halle and the blessing she is in our life. She has brought so much joy and life into our home. We love each little smile and noise that she makes. I never could have imagined loving someone like this. She is absolutely amazing.
We hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July! God bless America!
"May the colors of our flag never run and may the wings of liberty never lose a feather" (Jack Burton) Nice Quinn!

"So Big"

2010-07-05T09:13:00.001-07:00

Halle is getting SO BIG! She is now 3 months old and is growing like a weed. I can't believe how fast time is going by. She is smiling a ton and cooing all the time. She likes to stare at her hands and suck on her fat little fists when she is sitting in the car. I love watching her in the rear view mirror when we are driving...It is so fun to see the world through her eyes, even though she is so young, she is totally in awe at all that she sees. She is a good sleeper (which mommy and daddy are SO grateful for). I know that her sleep patterns will probably change, so we'll take what sleep we can get right now.
Blake and I are just in amazement that she is finally here after waiting for her for so long. She is an answer to prayer and we are so grateful that she is in our family. Here are some pictures of her over the last few weeks. Get a load of those cheeks! They are so fun to kiss and squeeze. :)

AMAZING PHOTOS

2010-06-15T08:19:00.000-07:00

Halle's "Aunt" Whitney took some amazing photos of her the other day. I am in LOVE with these pictures. I only posted a few, because I'm going to use some for her announcement and I didn't want to ruin the surprise :)
Whit is such an incredible photographer. Check out her stuff at: whitneykoffordphotography.com

She took a few of Harvey too, he was feeling left out with the baby getting so much attention. I'll post those soon too.
Thanks so much Whit for taking the time with us. They turned out amazing. I need you to do some more here in a few months.

8 Week Update

2010-06-15T07:58:00.000-07:00

Halle is going to be 8 weeks old tomorrow! Yikes! Time has flown by so fast. She has outgrown her newborn clothes, and I cried when I had to put them in the bin for storage. She is getting so big and so dang cute. She is smiling a ton now and she is making the cutest noises. We are getting little sleep, but it is so worth it. Having her in our home and family has truly been the greatest blessing in our lives. It is a lot of work and truly an adjustment, but we feel as though she has been here forever. We can't imagine our lives without her now. It is hard to tell who she looks like. I think she looks a lot like Blake, but sometimes I see a lot of me in her too. It depends on the day I guess. We went down to St. George over Memorial day with the Capsons...and had a blast! Halle wore her new swimming suit for the first time. We didn't actually get in the pool because is was SO crowded. But she looked pretty dang cute in the swim suit none the less. She has had a whole lot of "firsts" in her short time here. Her first road trip (we now call her Road Trip Halle, because she was SO good on the way down, she slept almost the whole way). Her first trip out to see Great Grandma and Grandpa Crane, her first trip to the Gateway Mall, her first time going to church, her first time out to Cafe Rio (a must!), and many more little mile stones. She is a really good baby, most of the time. She got a little rash a while ago, Prickly Heat which made her a little fussy and uncomfortable. She is so much fun to have around. The best feeling in the world is when you can make her smile and she recognizes you. That melts my heart. We go in next week for her 2 month check up. I can't wait to see how she is growing. I'm also sending out her announcements this week. I have been a little bit behind the 8 ball these past few weeks. But they are coming! I have posted a few pictures here, I have a small problem with taking TOO MANY pictures, but it is hard to stop. She is so cute! haha.

She's Here!!!

2010-04-27T14:19:00.000-07:00

Halle Faith Capson is FINALLY here! We are so excited to have her in our little family. She was born on Wednesday April 21st, at 5:19 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz. and was 19 inches long. She is absolutely gorgeous, but we may be a little biased. She has her daddy's olive skin and some really pretty light brown hair. (which is really cool to me because I was BALD until I was about 2 yrs old) So far, she has been such a good little baby. She loves to sleep as all babies do, and she loves when she hears our voices. Her little eyes will follow my voice and Blake's around the room...SO SO SO cute! Everything went really well with the delivery, we had such an amazing doctor and some really amazing nurses. We definitely were taken really good care of. We are so grateful to have little Halle in our family. It has been such a long time since we began this journey of becoming parents, with a few set backs along the way, we are overwhelmed that she is finally here! We are so grateful for her and truly can't believe she is ours. We just sit and stare at her, and can't believe she is a little piece of both of us. I read a quote the other day that truly brought tears to my eyes...and it is truly how I feel. "Making a decision to have a child-- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside of your body"- Elizabeth Stone- We love our little Halle and can't wait for every stage of her growing up. Thank you to all of our friends and family who have prayed for us and who have given us so much support over the years. We love you all.

Pneumonia!?!?!?!?!

2010-03-17T13:26:00.001-07:00

I have not been feeling very well the last week or so, and on Saturday night, I asked Blake to take me to insta-care because I could not breath. We waited forever there until the doctor finally came in. She was a short, wirey, abrupt lady who honestly couldn't care less about being there on a Saturday night. I told her my symptoms and that I was 8 mos pregnant. She barely listened to my lungs, and looked in my throat, she said "You may just have Bronchitis, it is going around and everyone has it right now". She gave me a prescription for a "cough syrup" and an inhaler. So Blake and I went and got the prescriptions filled. Days went by and my symptoms kept getting worse and worse. Until Monday I was laboring to get any oxygen at all. I had the strongest feeling to just go into my OBGYN's office. It was about 4:00 pm, and I didn't know if he'd still be there, but I headed over to his office. I took the medicine that I had been taking...so I could show my doctor what I had been on.

When I got there, he took me right back into an exam room and listened to my lungs. He said "You have Pneumonia". I started to cry, I was so worried about the baby and what damage may have been done because I had this sickness. He said not to worry, that the baby would be just fine, the only scary thing is if she wasn't getting enough oxygen. So he gave me an antibiotic to start taking. I showed him the medicine that I was prescribed from the lady doctor at Insta-care...he said "this isn't even a cough medicine, it is for nausea, and the inhaler is for asthma". Needless to say, the help I sought on Saturday turned out to be useless and probably prolonged this illness. I am feeling SO much better today...after only 3 days on the antibiotics, I am bouncing right back to myself. Baby is healthy and moving a TON! I am getting really excited and really nervous for her to come. So many things will be changing, and there are so many "unknown's" on the horizon. But I am looking forward to them. We'll keep you all posted.
Hope you all have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

"Hair today, Gone tomorrow"

2010-03-06T18:12:00.000-08:00

Blake has been growing a goatee since January 1st...I think it looked pretty good on him. But I think he looks good no matter what. So today, he was getting ready for the day, and it was taking an extra long time. When he got out of the shower, he had this goofy look on his face...I didn't notice for a long time, but he shaved the bottom part of the goatee off and kept the creepy mustache. NOT A FAN!!! I still say he is hot no matter what he does, but a mustache?!?! REALLY???? Needless to say, he shaved it off as soon as I saw it, but I had to take a picture first. You weigh in and tell me what you think of the "stache". (I like the 2nd picture better, the first one looks like a mug shot)

The Finished Nursery....(well almost )

2010-03-06T17:52:00.000-08:00

We have been working hard to transform this room from a "catch all" storage room into a little girl's nursery. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of work...but I think it is turning out great! We have a few little shelves and pictures to hang on the walls still, but for the most part, it is ready for little Halle to come home to. My mom and I sewed the bedding (well mostly my amazing mom)...and it is my favorite part of the whole room. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fabric we found. It was so crazy, because it is EXACTLY what I had in my mind. When we walked into Brooks Fabrics, there it was, I went right to it, held it up and said, "This is exactly what I was looking for". It has totally come together the way I wanted it to. Thank you mom for all your hard work and time sewing this. It was so much fun to work on it with you.

One of my other favorite parts of this room, is the darling little tea cup lamp. It was my splurge, from Pottery Barn Kids. It was so cute and so unique, I had to do it. We are getting so excited for this little girl to come. It has definitely been a long time coming. We have been waiting and praying for so long to be able to have a family of our own, and it is so surreal to me that we are only 6-7 weeks away from having her actually here. I am getting a little nervous about the labor, delivery and mostly of just being in charge of taking care of this little life once we bring her home. I know that this is probably normal to feel all these things, but it is still crazy and a little scary to me. We are getting really excited, and we will keep y'all posted on any news!

Nursery and Harvey

2010-02-24T11:42:00.000-08:00

We are really close to having the nursery all ready for little Halle. Blake has been busy putting together the crib, changing table and book case. It is looking so cute. I will post pictures as soon as it is all finished. The bedding is coming along as well. My mom are working on it and it is looking SO cute! I think Harvey is starting to feel that something is about to change. He is becoming super needy and sometimes outright annoying. The other day I was sorting through some of my baby clothes and I couldn't find Harv anywhere, this is what I found. He was laying down on the heater vent, looking so dejected. SO SAD!!! I had to play "lazer" with him for a little while to cheer him up. Funny dog. In a few months he will have to start being a "dog" and not a "baby".

Baby Showers

2010-02-24T11:32:00.000-08:00

I just had to post some of the pictures from the family showers I have had. They were so darling and so wonderful...I am so grateful to such amazing cousins and sisters who threw these great showers for me and our little baby girl. I swear we have some "Martha Stewart's" in the making on our hands. Thank you Kalise, Sharon, Mai, Laura, Tiff and Jenna!!! You are all so sweet!

Carpet!!!

2010-02-24T11:28:00.001-08:00

We have been living in a construction zone for the last year or so, with bathroom renovations, finishing our basement and working on the nursery, and today, I am starting to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. We had our carpet installed today!!! Woo Hoo! It looks really good, and is SO soft! I am so excited to have this room completed. It will be a great place to hang out, especially in the summer when it is so hot. We are excited for people to come over and watch movies in our new room. So let me know when you want to come and have a movie night! Everyone is welcome!!!

3 Years Goes By Quickly

2010-02-23T13:33:00.000-08:00

Today is a very special day for Blake and I, it is a day that is happy, sad, a celebration, somber and truly a miracle...it is what would have been our little Eva's 3rd birthday, and it is truly amazing to me how quickly time has gone by. It seems so hard to believe that 3 years ago today, we were in the hospital on what was truly the hardest day of my life. I look back at those memories now and wonder how in the world we have made it this far. I know that it is only with the help of our Heavenly Father. He is truly the only one who can comfort and bring peace. I am so comforted knowing that Eva is with Him and very much a part of our lives still. As we prepare for this new little baby, I often stop and think about how Eva is involved in our family's lives still, how she knows her little sister who is coming to our home in the next few months, and how she is aware of our love for her. We miss her and wish so much that we would have had the opportunity to raise her in this life, but I know we will be able to know her and raise her in the next. I am so grateful for all that Blake and I have learned over the past 3 years. We have learned about and truly felt the Atonement working in our lives, we have learned about patience and prayer. I know that prayers are heard and they are answered, they may not be answered the way we expect them to be, or in the time frame we want, but the Lord is aware of us and all His children. We are so grateful for such amazing family and friends who love us and show their love to us. We have felt of your love and strength. Thank you to each of you. We love you and feel so blessed to have you in our lives. Happy Birthday Eva!

Tummy Time

2010-02-09T09:54:00.000-08:00

I have been asked by a few people to post some "belly photos"...which i have reluctantly taken at their request. I don't know why but I have avoided the camera the past 7 months. It is amazing to me how pregnancy looks SO cute on everyone else, but when it comes your turn, you do not feel cute, comfortable or "camera ready". However, here are some pictures that I took to document the fact that I was actually pregnant. I think I need a few of them as proof. (Maybe stripes weren't such a good idea, don't they make you look wider) Well, I am now 29 weeks along and I am feeling really good. I have a lot more energy than I did a while ago, and I am no longer sick. Blake and I are getting so excited and are starting the count down to when this little girl will finally be here. It all seems so surreal to me that there will be a new little person here in a few weeks. We have waited so long for this and have truly learned a lot during the past few years. Most importantly we have had to learn patience. Which has not been the easiest thing for me. We are grateful for the trials we have had, for they have made us stronger, but we are so excited and grateful for the moments in our lives when all seems good and peaceful. I guess it's the trials that we go through in life that make those joyful moments that much sweeter to us.

"I see the light..."

2010-02-09T09:21:00.000-08:00

So, owning an older home is a lot of fun if you like projects...which we seem to have a lot of right now. We have truly loved turning this house into our home and making it our own, but with that comes a lot of mess, construction and more mess. We are still working on our basement and trying to get the nursery done in time...but the other day we made a small little change in our front entryway that I have absolutely LOVED! It has changed the look of the front room a ton and makes it feel more updated. Blake found this amazing "Restoration Hardware" light on KSL about a month ago. I called the owner that day and made an appointment to come out and see it. Needless to say, we made a deal! Once we got it home, Blake began to hang it. I love Restoration Hardware and Pottery Barn, but their light fixtures are not easy to hang. They come with a half page drawing as the instructions. It was a long afternoon to say the least. Finally Blake just threw the instructions/drawing aside and did it the way he thought it should be done. That went a lot better. It looks gorgeous over the staircase. It was a simple little project, but made a huge impact. I also finally hung some pictures over our dining room table area...I think they look really good. I love the teal and grass green color together. It is fun to see things coming together...I can't wait til the basement is done...it will be nice to hang out down there in the summer when it is hot. I'll have to post some pictures of that soon. It is looking really good.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

2009-12-07T10:07:00.000-08:00

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year. There are so many fun things to do and so many memories that are made. We have been enjoying the snow and the beginning of the Christmas season! We finally got our tree up and decorated! I set up my cute mantle, however, I think it may need some garland or something else on it to dress it up a bit. Last night we had our annual "gingerbread house competition" with my family. I think that our house won. The teams were...Blake, Kristen and Jordan. Doug, Beverley, Tiffany and Tanner. Tobin, Laura, and Alisa. We usually do Boys vs. Girls, but this year we drew names out of a bowl. It was a lot of fun. Our team made the house with the darling snowman, whose pipe was actually lit on fire (thanks to Blake and Jordan's pyrotechnics.) Next week we are going to make Gingerbread houses with the Capsons...it is so much fun having both families so close. So many fun Christmas traditions to participate in. We'll post pictures of that one too. So the dish is my new favorite Christmas decoration. I found this last year after Christmas, and It is so cute!!! I can't wait to put some yummy Christmas treats on it. Anyway, that is what we have been up to. We hope you all are having a great Holiday season so far.

Basement

2009-12-04T10:15:00.000-08:00

So we have been working hard on our basement the past few months. It is really coming along and starting to look like a room. We are so excited to have it finished, and to be able to use this space for entertaining. Here are some pictures of what we have done so far. We have done framing, drywall (I hate drywall dust, it is absolutely EVERYWHERE) , electrical, paint, and the start of the fireplace. It's looking pretty good. We are so grateful to be able to finish this basement off the way we want to. We couldn't believe that when we bought this house, only 2 bedrooms were finished in the basement. The rest had never been finished. It is a lot of fun drawing up plans and making it our own.

It's A......Girl!!!

2009-11-30T11:48:00.001-08:00

IT'S A GIRL!!!
We truly have so much to be thankful for! We are thankful for such wonderful family and friends who influence our lives each and everyday. We are thankful to live in such an amazing country and such a wonderful area. We are so thankful for our freedom, for our health and for all the luxuries we enjoy because we live in this great Country.
On November 25th, Blake and I went to the doctor office, and have yet one more thing to be grateful for. We got to hear the baby's heart beat and to see it moving around. We are so grateful for this pregnancy and for this new chapter of our lives. We are grateful that this pregnancy is looking healthy and strong. We were also so excited to find out that we are having a little GIRL!!! We are so excited to have this little one in our home. We can't wait to meet her. It has truly been a long time of waiting and praying for her. We think about our little Eva each day and long for the day that we will be able to hold her, we know that she knows her little sister who is coming to our home. Our little Eva has taught us so much, one of the most important things we have learned from her is patience. We have come to know that the Lord has a plan for each of us...and sometimes our timing is not His timing. That has been the hardest thing for me to understand and to accept. We know that she is with her Father in Heaven and that we will see her again. I am so grateful for the gospel and for the knowledge I have of eternal families. We are very excited for this little girl! I am looking forward to getting the nursery all ready. Pink is going to be so much fun!!!

Curtains

2009-11-12T11:59:00.001-08:00

This has been a work in progress, however, they are finally DONE!!! Thanks to my amazingly talented mom, my living room curtains are finished. She is the best! I can't thank you enough mom for your time and help. My mom is the most amazing seamstress, and she helped me make these white linen curtains for our front room...I think they turned out great. It makes the room look so warm and homey. So here of some pics.

Clarification...

2009-11-06T11:57:00.000-08:00

So I'm not great at putting the description of the picture next to it...so I need to explain some of the photos below. Haha. Blake went as John from "John and Kate plus 8". Do you like the dark hair & earing? I was going to try and go as Kate, but I couldn't find the right wig. So I borrowed Tobin's inflatable horse costume. It was really fun, except Cayden and Cooper wanted to ride on it. Poor little guys didn't understand that it was just full of air. Quinn was the Phantom, Meg was a beautiful fairy, the boys were UFC fighters and little Cole was Mickey Mouse. Our friends the Jensens went as Zombies...Trent couldn't wait to get dressed up in his costume. One of my favorite costumes was Juline King's, she went as the Octamom...see all the dolls tied to her? Jac and Quin went as Rhianna and Chris Brown. So hopefully that cleared up some of the costumes.

The pumkin dinner was our Halloween dinner. I made White Chicken Chili and we ate out of pumpkins (as our bowls)... Harvey was our little Jail Bird. He didn't keep the hat on very long...just long enough for some pictures. :)

Halloween and Baby Update!!!

2009-11-05T17:27:00.001-08:00

Halloween season was a lot of fun. We carved pumpkins with my family, ate some yummy chili, and went to Quinn and Meg's Annual Halloween party, which included good friends, family, (more chili) spudnut donuts (homemade thanks to Karen and Chris) and yummy treats. Here are some photos from the Party, and Halloween Night. My sister Tiff and her husband Tobin went as Malibu Ken and Barbie, however, the makeup made them look like Black Ken and Barbie. We had way too much fun with their wigs. I love the blond one on Blake. don't you think he could pull of the Blond look? Blake stayed up Halloween night until the clock struck midnight to turn on the radio to COZY 106.5 to see if they started their Christmas music. I guess they have done this in the past...but not this year. He was so disappointed. I am super excited for Christmas, but I think we should enjoy Thanksgiving first! :)

We also went to the doctor on Wednesday for our ultrasound...but no success. This baby was being way too modest! The doctor thought for sure it was a girl, then before he finished, he said "wait, that could be the umbilical cord, or it could be a boy". He tried to get a better look, but the baby would not cooperate. So we will go back in 3 weeks to try to look again. Either way, we are so excited and very happy and relieved that all is going well so far. Thank you all again for all the prayers...we have felt a lot of love and so much support from each of our friends and family. We are so truly blessed to have each of you in our lives. I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Halloween!

Oooohhh Baby!

2009-10-21T08:36:00.000-07:00

Blake and I have very exciting news!!! We are going to become parents in April of 2010!!! We are 13 weeks along and so excited. Things seem to be going pretty good so far. The baby looks healthy and strong, and I am feeling a little bit better now that we are getting into the 2nd trimester. We love and appreciate you all and are so grateful for all the prayers on our behalf. We are really excited about starting this chapter of our lives (again) and want to thank everyone for your love and support. We will keep you all posted! Our next doctor visit is November 4th, and we hope to be able to find out what we are having. I have battled with the idea of finding out the gender when the baby is born...and that sounds SO exciting! However, I have come to the realization that I am NOT that PATIENT! I can't wait to start buying boy or girl clothes, blankets, toys, etc. We are so excited and can't wait to meet this new little one.

More of the Wedding...Funnel Cakes, and the beginning of FALL!

2009-09-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

I have posted a few more pictures from the wedding reception. (All pictures are in no particular order, it's just how they came off the camera) :) It was so beautiful and I loved the vintage theme. The guys look so handsome in their tuxedos. We are so happy for Quin and Jac. They are settling into married life and loving every minute of it. We are so happy to have Quin in the family. He just fits right in and seems like he has been part of the fam forever!

Here are some pictures from the State Fair, which I had NEVER been to in my life, and I have now deemed it as "SCARY LAGOON". We spend about 3 hours there walking around, looking at the animals, the world's largest Alligator, and eating funnel cakes and pizza. Do we know how to have a good time or what??? The other pictures are from the other night, when Blake decided to make a spooky Halloween Ghost cake. Yes, that's right, I said BLAKE decided to make a HALLOWEEN cake. I must say, the Capson boys sure get into Halloween early. Quinn had his decorations up the first week of September, and now we are starting to watch all the Harry Potter movies leading up to Halloween. This cake was so cute. The eyes catch on fire and it is very cool to look at in the dark. The little boys LOVED it. Fall is my favorite time...I love the smells, the cooler weather, the cute fall fashions...I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. So happy Fall to all of you. This is one of our favorite times of the year.

Here Comes the Bride

2009-08-30T10:05:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Quin and Jaclyn! Friday was a pretty special day for the Capson Family. Jaclyn married Quin Kofford in the Bountiful Temple. It was such a gorgeous day. The weather was perfect (super HOT) but it was so pretty. Jac looked so Beautiful. Elder Kofford sealed Quin and Jac and it was such an incredible ceremony. He gave such great counsel and advise. Both Quin and Jac were beaming when he had them look into the mirrors. We are so happy for them both and wish them all the best as they begin this new chapter of their lives together. I have attached some photos from the wedding day. It was a gorgeous reception, at the Grand Ballroom in Bountiful, she had a Vintage Theme wedding, which turned out so incredible. I think the kids' favorite part was the Vintage 1940's Candy Bar that was set up. We couldn't keep them away from it. We had such a great day, and thank everyone who helped to make it so special.

Girls Camp

2009-07-20T09:14:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a week long girl's camp at the Heber Valley Camp. It was such an incredible week. It was long and by the time I got home, I was ready for a hot shower and a 12 hour nap, but it was amazing! We have such an incredible ward, with such amazing young women. Honestly, I am amazed at the things they would say, the little acts of kindness they would perform and the way they all loved and accept each other. We went Monday through Friday morning...we had such a great time canoeing on Legacy Lake and then doing the challenge course. This camp site was incredible. I can't believe all that the church has done to make this such a beautiful camp site. We had an amazing camp director this year. Heather Limon put so much work into making this such a fun and very spiritual camp. Our theme this year was..."It's a jungle out there...Fear Not!" We read a lot in D&C 6 and 3 Nephi 13. One of the highlights for me was when we did our "Journey in the Jungle" each day. We had darling camp journals that we made the first day we were there and we would take those journals and our scriptures and have some time to meditate and think. We could read our scriptures or write in our journals...it was a really cool part of camp. Heather was truly inspired to do this. We did a great hike one of the days called the Eagle Loop. It was awesome. The highest point of the hike was breathtaking...we could look out and see the whole Heber Camp, the lakes, trails and campsites. So beautiful!!! We made "hiking ice cream" in our backpacks on that hike. What a sweet treat that was on our way down from this long and steep hike. And this brings me to the food...WOW! The food was amazing! Amy Jensen was in charge of the food, and it was one of the best parts of camp. We were truly well fed spiritually and physically. This was a great week. I love this ward, I am so grateful for the frienships I have made and the incredible girls and leaders I get to associate with. They are such great examples to me and teach me so much each time I am with them.

Quote of the Day

2009-07-09T09:01:00.000-07:00

I heard a great quote today by President Hinckley, and thought I'd share it. I really like it.

"True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious
concern for the well-being of one's companion."

Thanks to my sweet husband, Blake for your constant concern for me and the love that you show to me. I don't want to get all mushy, we just aren't that way, but I want you to know how much I appreciate all that you do for me. You are truly my best friend. I love you with all my heart.

Summertime

2009-07-08T09:48:00.000-07:00

We have been having a great summer so far. Lots of good food, (mostly bbq's) and fun with family and friends. Don't get me wrong, there has been a ton of yard work. But that has been very fulfilling. We have been working really hard to reclaim our yard. Luckily we had a deadline that we had to get it ready for, we had a 4th of July breakfast in our backyard, and we had to get it lookin' pretty before then. Blake has been amazing at removing bushes, cutting down dead tree branches, and helping me put in a rubber edge so the grass won't grow into my flower bed anymore. Poor guy hurt his back doing all this yard work. So I say to you Blake, thank you and you have earned a few weekends off. You are the best!!! Here are some pictures of what we have been doing. We tore out a ton of Holly by our bedroom window. That is the worst bush in the world. It is so prickly and sharp, it can really scrape and cut you if you aren't super careful. Blake spent about an hour and a half pulling one holly stump out, when his dad came by to drop something off at our house. Chris said "hey lets hook up a rope to my truck and just rip those babies out". So we did! It went much faster and saved Blake from a week of aching muscles. Thanks Chris! It looks so much better now. We also took a picture of our yummy BBQ'd pizza. It was delicious! This is a new fun summer favorite.

Harvey's Letter

2009-06-29T19:35:00.000-07:00

Harvey got a special letter in the mail from his friend Andrew today. Andrew writes the best letters and Harvey was lucky enough to get one. Andrew, Aiden, Oakley, Paige and Morgan like to stop by and visit Harvey every now and then, and he gets so excited to see them. He is so lucky to have friends in the neighborhood to play with. Thanks Andrew for writing such a nice letter to Harvey.

June Re-Cap

2009-06-29T16:59:00.001-07:00

June has been a busy month for our family. We have had several birthday's and fun holidays as a family. here are just a few pictures of what we have done.

We had my mom's 50th Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! It was so much fun. We had a surprise Luau...inside of course because of all the rain we were getting. We prayed for nice weather, but to no avail. The indoor Luau turned out great though. We even had our Luau pig there. Aren't these little hula girls darling? Cute Korbyn and Bailey got decked out for the Hawaiian evening. Thanks to everyone who helped make this such a fun and memorable night for Beverley.

Next we celebrated Cayden and Coopers 2nd birthday! Holy Cow I can't believe they are already 2. They are growing like weeds. It was really fun to see them blow out their candles and open their presents. We love these little guys are so grateful we were here to help celebrate. The other day they were both helping "Unca Bate" (Uncle Blake) install our mailbox. Such big boys and such big helpers. Happy Birthday Cayd & Coop.

Are Women Born This Way?!?!

2009-06-23T11:19:00.000-07:00

Check out this video...I thought it was pretty funny. Just click on the link, it takes a minute to load.

http://www.snotr.com/video/2630

:)

"The Conditions Were Perfect"

2009-06-03T16:42:00.001-07:00

It has been a few weeks since we went to St.George and Vegas, and I am FINALLY getting around to updating my blog. We had a great time hanging out down south. "The conditions were perfect".

We hung out at the pool, walked around on the strip in Las Vegas and ate at the AMAZING PIZZA FACTORY. The best was just relaxing and enjoying some down time. We took Harvey and my sister Tiffany took their dog Gus. They did awesome traveling and had so much fun playing together. I have posted our pictures from our travels. The highlight of the trip for Blake and Tobin was the UFC fight that was at the MGM Grand the day we were there. I wish we could say we went, but YIKES!!! Ticket to go were super expensive. To buy scalped tickets would have cost us $200/ticket (and those were the cheap ones). Um, I don't think so. So the closest we got to the fight was outside the arena doors. You could just smell the sweat, and hear the rumble of the crowd. Blake and Tob got their pictures taken outside the doors. Check out the huge smiles on their faces. They also got to play some golf at Sunbrook. Man, it sounds like this was quite the "mancation". I think next time, we need to hit up the salon for some pedicures.

Veggie Garden

2009-05-03T20:00:00.000-07:00

On Saturday it was raining outside. Sadly this was to be the day we were going to work in our garden, but that was not to be. So Blake cleaned out our garage and set up shop. He built our 6'x3' planter box. It turned out awesome. We just have to fill it with dirt and compost and plant our seeds and plants. I am getting really excited to see if anything even grows. I am getting a little overwhelmed with all the yard work that is awaiting us. Because of all the snow and rain we have had the last few weeks, we haven't even touched it yet. Hopefully we will have a few good weekends the next little while.

The Finished Project

2009-05-02T16:03:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures of our finished bathroom. It turned out so nice. I am really happy with it. The flooring is different than we had originally chosen...but I like this better I think. It is so nice to have a tub that doesn't leak and walls that aren't molding behind wall paper. Yay!!!

Veggin' Out

2009-04-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

So Blake and I decided that we wanted to start a garden in our backyard. We have lots of space for it, we just have one problem...the deer. They love to sleep in the oaks in our backyard. Once they wake up, they love to eat breakfast in our yard. They have eaten all my tulips (except one) and all of our roses. (We ended up tearing the rose bush out). We think we have this figured out. We have both been reading and talking to others in our area about what they do to keep the deer from eating their vegetable and flowers...you would be surprised by some of the responses. Human hair (YUCK), coyote urine (Double YUCK YUCK!) etc. My family gave Blake a gardening book for his birthday that says to use pepper juice, like from a jalapeno. It says to juice the pepper, or blend it in a blender. Then take the juice and spray it on your veggies, flowers, etc. The deer won't eat them with the pepper juice on them, because it is too hot for their little tongues. We may just try tabasco sauce first and see how that goes. We are starting our garden project this weekend...so I will post pictures as we go. Yesterday I went to Lowe's to find the seeds and plants I want to put in our garden. I am so excited. I have decided to plant tomatoes, carrots, beans, zucchini, squash and peppers. We are also going to plant a couple of pumpkins outside the planter box for carving in the Fall. I have started the germination process in a little egg carton type of box. I can't wait to see how this all turns out. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully I am able to keep them all alive. I am notorious for killing most plants, but I feel that I am turning over a new leaf (like the pun?) I am going to do my homework, and be committed to making this garden grow. I will also be posting cool little facts and tips about gardening that I get from neighbors & books.

ROAD TRIP!!!

2009-04-01T11:28:00.000-07:00

We just got back from St.George on Sunday. It was a fun road trip, and we really enjoyed the warm weather down south. We drove to Kanab, UT. We thought that while we were down there, we should take in all the beauty and excitement that is Kanab. So we went to see Moke Cave. If you are ever down south near Kanab, this is a MUST SEE! I can hardly describe all that there is to see. It is only $5 per person and totally worth it! Totally kidding. This is the biggest bust I've ever seen. We were so excited to see some local sites, and when we walked into the cave, we found that there were just a bunch of strange collections behind glass cases. The collections included, a money collection with many bills from other countries, fake Bill Clinton $100 bill was included. A Pittsburgh Steelers random collection (beer cans, buttons, foam fingers, you name it, it was there) Thimbles, spoons, etc. We basically paid money to walk around and look at someones random collections. So after about 15 minutes, we decided it was time to hit the road again. We drove through Zions National Park, and got to St. George around 6:00 pm. We left Bountiful at 8:30 am. It was the longest drive to St. George either of us has ever taken. Harvey earned himself a new nickname of Road Trip Harv. He was such a good little traveler. He slept most of the time which was nice for us. It is good to be home, but really hard to see the snow still falling. When is Spring coming?

DEMOLITION!!!

2009-04-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

Handy Man Blake

We are currently in the process of redoing our hallway bathroom. I must say that I thought it would be a lot quicker and easier than it has turned out to be. I thought 3 hours tops to demo the shower and the tile floor, but this was not the case. Two days and 9 blisters later, the bathroom was ready for new tile. It is going to be so nice when it is all said and done, it just the "getting there" part that is hard. We are putting in subway tile around the bathtub and marble flooring. For now we don't have one bathroom that works completely. The toilet and shower in the master work, but the sink doesn't, the sinks in the hall bath work, but the toilet and shower are gone. The back hallway bathroom is in the middle of remodel as well, so that doesn't work. It will be so nice when this bathroom is done, so we will no longer have to run all around the house using different parts of the bathrooms.

Twilight Party!!!

2009-03-30T16:14:00.001-07:00

We had a neighborhood Twilight Party on Thursday night. It was so much fun. As you can see from the pictures, we had a special guest drop by for the evening. Edward Cullen decided to make an appearance. lol. We had so much fun, watching the movie, eating yummy "non low-cal" treats and hanging out with the girls. Thanks to Alyssa for having us all over. As you can see from the pictures, we had way too much fun.

Blake and I went out of town over the weekend and when we got back, we walked in our house from the garage, and I screamed...there was a man standing in the doorway staring at us. It was the life size Edward cutout. Craig and Alyssa (with the help of their accomplices, Meg and Quinn, my trusted brother and sister in law) put him in our house while we were gone. We had a good scare, then a good laugh. Who knew how much fun you could have with a $20 lifesize cutout? The twilight party was awesome! Just having a "girls night" was awesome. We need to have these more often.

"The rain came down and the flood came up..."

2009-01-23T15:45:00.000-08:00

Wait a minute, I thought that was a clever title for this post, but does that mean that I am the foolishman? This used to be one of my favorite primary songs to sing. Until today. I went downstairs into our basement around 1:30 today and found that our basement had flooded. YIKES! I had been doing laundry all morning and after about 4 loads we had about 3-4 inches of standing water around one of the drains, and about 1/3 of the basement was covered in water. We are so grateful that our basement isn't finished yet. The carpet in the hallway did get wet, but the rest of the water was on the concrete. We had most of our stuff in plastic totes, so the Christmas decorations and Blake's stuff from his mission was protected. We had a plumber come over to look at it. He was able to clear it in about 45 minutes, using some special machine that fed a line about 105 feet away from our house, clearing the whole line. We are so glad to have this problem solved. We now have to go and try to clean up all the water.

"Nobody knows the Trifles I've seen"

2009-01-06T14:43:00.000-08:00

On New Year's day my mom made the most delicious English/Aussie Trifle. It was amazing. She spent all day making the custard, cake, etc. from scratch. Thanks mom for taking the time to make this dessert for us to celebrate the new year with. I also got to spend Saturday night with some of my friends from high school. (We miss those who couldn't make it) It was a lot of fun to see everyone and catch up. It is amazing that we have been out of high school for almost 9 years now. YIKES! Time sure flies when you are having fun. It was fun to see everyone. I am very grateful that we all still stay in touch.
I just had to attach this picture of my darling nephews Cayden and Cooper. They were playing my piano and I thought it was so cute. They love music and dancin'. Coop was dancing, swaying back and forth while he was playing the notes. It was so dang cute. We love these little guys, they truly make our lives so rich.

"Gone to the Dogs..."

2009-01-06T14:29:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! We hope that 2009 brings joy, success and love to each one of you. New Year's day was a really fun day for Blake and I. We went out to Draper look at a puppy with Tiff and Tobin. They have been thinking about getting another little dog for Gus to play with. Blake and I had been looking for a while at Yorkie's and when we met this breeder that Tiff and Tob took us to, we fell in love with her. She is so careful with her dogs and truly loves this breed. She told us that she had only one little boy left. He was so tiny and only 6 weeks old. After spending a lot of time playing with him and talking with her, we decided that this was the puppy for us. Tiff and Tobin are going to use this breeder when they get their second dog too. She is awesome! So, we have expanded our little family. We got to bring him home on New Year's day. His name is Harvey Dent Capson. (For those of you Batman fans out there, this dog is "two face") He is so sweet, and yet very active and mischevious. Harvey has been so much fun. He is already paper trained and he is learning how to "sit". Happy New Year to everyone. We love you and hope you have a wonderful 2009.

"Lights, Camera, Action!"

2008-12-31T12:11:00.000-08:00

We got to go see the lights at temple square with our friends Dan and Amberlee on Monday night. It was so much fun, and so warm. We went to dinner at Macaroni grill and then went to the lights. We always have so much fun with the Brigg's. We laugh so hard when we are together. Here are some of the pictures. Dan was posing for the pictures big time. You can see Blake couldn't stop laughing.

Christmas!

2008-12-31T12:01:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was truly such an amazing Christmas for our family. It was so nice to be with everyone and to make such wonderful memories. Christmas Eve, we spent time with the Capson's and saw the boys open a few presents. They got bissell vacuum's. They LOVED them, and now Meg can put them to work. They are going to start earnin' their keep. Next we went up to my parent's house and watched all the little kids (and not so little High school kids) act out the Nativity. It was so cute to watch, and truly invites such a nice spirit as we remember why we celebrate this holiday. After everyone left my parent's home, we opened our pj's. After that, the boys played a Christmas Eve Halo tournament. Is this a new tradition? We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! We love you and look forward to wonderful New Year.

The "Twilight" before Christmas!

2008-12-31T11:46:00.000-08:00

So this is a little late, I know. But it is so funny. My cousin Jenna sent me this link, and I laughed so hard, I had to share it with all you Twilight fans out there. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Check out this link...it is so funny.

http://www.take180.com/s/ep5l7

Lights at Temple Square

2008-12-19T11:45:00.000-08:00

The other night, we went to temple square to see the lights. Meg and Quinn brought Cayden and Cooper, and they loved it...aside from the cold. I love looking at the lights. It always feels like Christmas time after I have done that. The nativities that were set up all around temple square were so beautiful. Afterword's we went back to the Capson's and had hot chocolate and watch "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation" This is a Capson Classic. Blake and Quinn would watch it EVERYDAY in December when they were younger. Thanks Jac for putting this night together. It was awesome!

What have we been doing...

2008-12-19T11:31:00.000-08:00

Where is the time going? It seems like it was just Halloween, and according to my last post, it was. I have been such a slacker at posting, so I am starting my new year's resolutions early. I am going to do better at updating and keeping in touch with all of you. This fall/winter has been so much fun. Blake and I went to St.George and Vegas for our 5th anniversary, we went back to St.George just after Thanksgiving with the Capson's and stayed in their gorgeous new home. I have put a few pictures of us all playing Rock Band down there. (Thanks Quinn for motivating Blake to"impulse buy" this and going halvsies on it at Costco. It has provided hours and hours of pure rock entertainment.) We have enjoyed the snow and are looking forward to Christmas. We love you all and hope you are having an enjoyable Holiday Season.

Fall Time

2008-10-31T10:46:00.000-07:00

This Fall has been so much fun. We have gone hiking in the mountains to see all the pretty leaves, we went to "Packs Pumpkin Patch" with Quinn, Meg and the boys. We have been watching plenty of Halloween movies & making caramel popcorn. We also had our 5th wedding anniversary on the 23rd. All in all, I'd say it has been a great couple of months.

You Decide!

2008-10-31T10:32:00.000-07:00

Blake and I carved pumpkins last night at a family party. We are a little competitive with each other and need your help voting. Blake carved an awesome, very detailed Frankenstein and I carved the ONE AND ONLY EDWARD CULLEN. (In honor of the Twilight movie coming out on November 21st, well, and just because he is gorgeous.) Blake and Quinn refer to him as "Shovel Face". Do you sense a little jealousy? Maybe you can help judge and decide who should win this year's "Pumpkin Carve Off".

Frankenstein

Edward Cullen

"Oh Can-a-DUH"

2008-10-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

We had the incredible opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor when we were in O'ahu. It was amazing. There is truly such a reverent spirit there when you visit the USS Arizona. So many American lives were lost on December 7, 1941. This memorial is truly a remarkable way for us to remember those lives. We took a boat out to the memorial...we spent about a half hour out there, then returned back to the visitor's center. We were also able to see the "Mighty Mo" (USS Missouri) battleship. This was the last battleship ever made. Now days the US Navy uses Destroyers and no longer uses battleships due to the high cost of running them and manning them. This is the battleship where the Peace Treaty was signed that ended WWII. The treaty was signed in Tokyo Harbor on September 2, 1945. The title of this blog entry is dedicated to my family's motherland, Canada, who made us proud when they signed this peace treaty. We learned that each country was to sign on the line above where their country name was printed. Canada signed on the wrong line, thus, messing up each country's signature from then on. I have attached a picture of a replica of the treaty. See for yourself. You may have to enlarge the photo to see it clearly (New Zealand had to sign on the bottom of the page and draw a line for them to sign on), Poor Canada! What did we learn from this? United States, One... Canada, Zero! God Bless the USA! (This is in good humor, as most of my family is from Canada, and I am a first generation American, I couldn't help myself. I love you all! But seriously, the USA Rocks!)

O'ahu Hawaii

2008-10-05T12:56:00.001-07:00

I have been so bad at updating my blog, so I am going to catch you up on all that we have been doing recently. We went to Hawaii a few weeks ago with Blake's family. It was such an incredible trip. We went to O'ahu and stayed at the Ko Olina Beach Club. It was amazing. We spent time at Pearl Harbor visiting the USS Arizona and the Mighty Mo (which is where the treaty was signed that ended WWII, more on that to follow) We hung out at the beach a ton, and enjoyed touring the Island waterfall's and shops, along with late night Uno games and movies. Thank you to the Capson's for such a great vacation. We love you guys.

"Chicks Man"

2008-08-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

These are our three brave girls!
They are tough little things.

The "Chicken Saga" Continues...Tonight Blake and I went over to my parents house for dinner and to watch the Olympics Closing Ceremony. We left our chickens in our coop out back when we left. We pulled into our driveway around 9:00 pm, and saw a big fat black cat sitting on our front porch. Both Blake and I ran out of the car and to the back yard to check on the coop. All three chicks were gone. I started to bawl right then and there. I didn't know how attached to these little ladies I was until tonight. Blake has taken such good care of them, they love him so much, particularly Skittles (the biggest one) she climbs onto his hand whenever he goes to pet her. We didn't know what had happened to them, the cage was still in tact and there weren't any feathers anywhere. (I was imagining a huge feather mess if they had been eaten). Blake looked like he was going to be sick. He said "they're gone, there is no way they made it". We started to take down the coop, not saying a whole lot to each other. We were both feeling so sad. As we started to walk into the garage, we saw a bird dive down right in front of us. It was Millie, our little spotted sussex chick. She was chirping and running around. Blake picked her up, and checked her out, she looked good, no war wounds, her little chirp was really horse, like she had been chirping all night. We started to gain hope that maybe the other two were out there somewhere too. So we started walking around the yard with Millie while she chirped her little heart out, we were beginning to lose hope, until we heard a faint little squeak coming from the long tall grass below the oak trees. I shone the flashlight in the grass, and after a few seconds, out comes Zoey, she walked right up to me and let me pick her up. (usually she puts up a bit of a fight) These little chicks have had a rough night, and they were so tired. Both of their little chirps were so horse and raspy. Blake thought there was no way that Skittles made it alive, she is twice the size of the other two and didn't think she would have been able to escape from the coop like the others, but we couldn't go inside without looking a little longer, Blake had the flashlight and walked around the side of the house, looking behind trees and bushes...when all of a sudden he saw a dark object inside one of the window wells. It was Skittles, she was just curled up in a corner laying there, not making any noise. Blake jumped down to get her, and brought her inside. She seems to be in shock a little bit, but looks healthy. We are so grateful that all three of our little girls made it. We are going to be building a much stronger, and safer coop this week. That is our project for the next couple of days, until then, they are staying in the back hallway in a big Rubbermade bin. I have no idea where they all ran to when they got scared, but we learned that they have amazing survival skills. I never thought that chickens would be good pets, but they are so sweet. They come up and run into your hands when you pet them, they love to run around in the back yard, and they follow us all over the place. We are SO grateful that they are ok, and safe inside.

"Listen!...Can you smell that?"

2008-08-19T13:29:00.000-07:00

Last night, Blake and I went to go see Jack Johnson (aka "J.J”) in concert at the USANA Amphitheatre with our friends Jeff, Bobbie, Andy, Bri, Tony & Cindy. It was such a good concert! We had a perfect spot on the lawn (thanks to Jeff and Bobbi for getting there ubber early, thanks guys, it was awesome). The concert started out with several opening bands that were great. Then…as the sun was disappearing behind the Mountains, a hush fell over the crowd, people were hurrying to their blankets with their 9th glass of beer in their hands, this was it…the moment we had all been waiting for…Jack Johnson appears on stage, and no sooner than he had walked out, the impenetrable wall of teenagers stands up right in front of us, blocking everyone’s view. (See picture) Luckily they got tired after about 5 or 6 songs and decided to sit down. Jack played many of his older songs and a lot of his songs from his new album. “Sleep through the Static”. He is amazing and sounds so good live. About half way through the concert, we were greeted by the “Concert Fairy” (again, See picture) spreading the “spirit of the dance” throughout the venue. This guy was awesome! He was so totally inebriated; he didn’t know which way was up. He started to dance in front of us, showcasing several dance moves we had not seen in years… “the lawnmower” & “the shopping cart” to name a few. At one point he stopped and said…”Listen!...Can you smell that?” He was referring to the potent smell of weed that was wafting around in the air. “Where is the weed and why isn’t it in my mouth?!?!” he said. We were very entertained by amazing music, dance, comedy from the strangers that sat near us and good times with our friends. This concert was amazing, and truly memorable. Jack came out for the encore and played 3 acoustic songs. He ended with “Better Together”, one of my very favorites.

Jack Johnson

"The Concert Fairy" and Cindy dancing

Jack on stage

Andy & Bri

Blake & Me

"THE WALL"

Jeff & Bobbie

Tony & Cindy

Summer Time

2008-08-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

I have been such a slacker at posting, so I have decided to post a few pictures of what we have been doing this summer. We have had a really good summer so far, I can't believe it is almost over though. I don't know if I am ready for cool weather yet. It feels like the snow just melted. I love living in Utah with the changing seasons. Anyway...this summer has been a busy one. We went to Cayden and Cooper's 1st birthday party, had our first family party in our new house, we had a 4th of July breakfast in our backyard, went to St. George with our good friends Dan and Amberlee, and I can't forget the new addition to our little family...we are the proud owners of three baby chicks. These chicks have been so funny. Blake decided one day that he wanted to have chickens so we could have fresh eggs. We'll see how this whole "raising chickens" thing goes, for now they are just little and not much work or mess. Their names are Zoey, Millie and Skittles. Blake is constantly coming up with new ideas and hobbies. I can't keep up sometimes, but this idea is one that I felt I could go along with. (He agreed to clean out the coop.) We also went to the Davis County Fair the other night, so I posted some pictures of that. The fair is such a crazy place to sit and just "people watch". While we were looking at the "Prize winning" chickens, one of them layed an egg right there in the cage. Then she started to peck at the egg. Karen (my mother in law) was trying to stop her from breaking the egg with a popsicle stick, but to no avail, the stick fell out of her hand and into the cage. One little girl behind us said to her dad, "hey, dad that chicken layed an egg...and a stick". Good times. We hope you are all having a good summer. Sorry for all the pictures, I couldn't decide which ones to post and leave out.

Memories!

2008-07-17T15:54:00.001-07:00

This is a cute idea...I saw it on my sister in law's blog.

Instructions:
As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you (if you already haven't). It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Day at the races...

2008-06-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

Well, the summer is finally here and we have jumped right into "Triathlon Season" as I call it at our house. Two weekends ago, Blake and Jesse did a triathlon in Salem, UT. Unfortunately it was raining and very cold. They both did great despite the poor weather conditions. They are die hard, If it were me competing I would have just said, "Oh well, I know I paid my entrance fee, but the water is 40 degrees, I think I'll just watch". I don't have any pictures of this one, because I stayed in bed. Blake had to leave our house around 5:30 am in order to get there by 7:00 am, and I had every intention of going with him, but when 5:00 rolled around and it was pouring rain, I decided that this is one race I wouldn't mind missing. I sent the camera with Blake, but no dice. Next we headed down to St.George over the weekend of the 14th for Blake and Tobin's triathlon in Sand Hollow. The weather was really nice, a little hot for the athletes, but beautiful and sunny. This was Tobin's first triathlon, and he invited some other friends to do the race with them as well. They all did awesome! I am so proud of these guys. It takes a lot of time and determination to do a race like this. I loved being there, watching each of them cross that finish line. It is truly such a great feeling to set a goal like this and accomplish it. After the race we got to lay out by the pool a little bit, and eat at the famous St. George Pizza Factory (3 times, by default) Congratulations to all the Athletes! Way to go.

I was born in the wrong decade!

2008-04-29T14:07:00.001-07:00

You Belong in 1954

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

Fun in the Sun

2008-04-24T13:37:00.000-07:00

Well, Blake and I went to St. George with our friends Dan & Amberlee over last weekend. We had a great time. I will post some pictures as soon as I can find my camera. I am the worst at unpacking. Dan and Blake spent time golfing and getting lost of 4 wheelers, while Amberlee and I spent time at the pool and shopping. Blake and Dan spent about 4 hours out on 4 wheelers on Saturday. Amberlee and I had no idea they would stay out that long, or else we would have sent them with water and sun screen. (aren't we good wives?) To say the least, they were both toasted when they got home. We were so glad when they came home safely. This trip was so nice, it was such a great break from the everyday. Since the NBA finals began over the last weekend, we spent a lot of time watching basketball. As a trade for how many "Guy" things we did, our husbands let us go get pedicures...one word. "Wow". It was so relaxing, and so nice to be pampered for a little while. We had such a fun time and are so grateful for such good friendships in our lives.

Tagged again!

2008-04-11T15:30:00.001-07:00

So My friend Shana tagged me, and this looked like a fun one so here it goes. (Thanks a lot Shana)

A- ATTACHED OR SINGLE: Attached, for 4 1/2 years!
B- BEST FRIEND: Blake hands down
C- CAKE OR PIE: Both please...

D- DAY OF CHOICE: Saturday
E- ESSENTIAL ITEM: Natural Ice Chap stick (I never leave home without it)

F- FAVORITE COLOR: Green
G- GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Marrying my best friend.
H- HOMETOWN: I wish it were Maui, HI

I- INDULGENCES: Massages, hot baths, and Hawaii
J- JANUARY OR JULY: July- I love all the BBQ's and Fireworks
K- KIDS: Not yet
L- LIFE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT: Love
M- MARRIAGE DATE: October 23, 2003
N- NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: 2 sisters and 2 brothers
O- ORANGES OR APPLES: Oranges

P- PHOBIAS OR FEARS: Spiders, and swimming if merky water.
Q- QUOTES: "Love doesn't make the world go round, it's what makes the ride worth while."

R- REASON TO SMILE: It is almost Spring/Summer

T- TAG four FRIENDS: Meg, Jenna, Mel, Shell
U- UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME: I love eating cold left overs late at night. It doesn't matter what kind of left overs...they always taste better late at night.

V- VERY FAVORITE STORE: Anthropologie

W- WORST HABIT: Used to be biting my nails, but now it is grinding my teeth at night. YUCK! I wish I could stop.
X- X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND: Blake and I are kind of freaked out by ultrasounds, so X-Ray.

Y- YOUR FAVORITE FOOD: Italian

Z- ZODIAC: Piecies (Wow. I know I spelled that wrong)

Gotcha!

2008-04-01T12:09:00.001-07:00

Here are a few fun April Fools pranks I found on a website...
Hope you are all having a fun, sneaky April Fools Day.

Early Bird

Set the victim’s alarm clock for the middle of the night and hide it somewhere in the room where they will have to get up and scramble around to turn it off. (This works even better if you sneak in after they go to sleep and unscrew the light bulb in their lamp. Then they’ll have to search for the clock in the dark!)

While You Were Out

Leave a phone message for the victim that says that a “Mr. Lyon” called (or Mr. Behr also works), and wants to be called back. Then list the phone number of the local zoo.

Mouse Trap

Take a Post-It note and place it over the eye of the victim’s optical mouse. When the victim tries to use his or her computer, the cursor won’t move. Be sure to write “April Fools!” on the note! (Note if they have a standard mouse, you can perform the same trick by taping a piece of paper over the ball underneath the mouse.)

Typo Trouble

Carefully pop off a few of the keys from the victim’s keyboard. Switch them around and replace them. If the victim is a “hunt and peck” typist, this will cause great confusion!

Big Foot

Stuff some cotton into the toes of the victim's shoes. They will think their feet grew or their shoes shrank.

Unexpected

Take all the cereal in the house, remove the plastic bags from the boxes, and switch them around. When the victim tries to eat breakfast they will do a double-take when the wrong cereal pours out.

Test Their Patience

For a college or high school student: right before class, as you are walking into the classroom, ask one of your classmates if they are “ready for the test today?” This will work best if you have another friend who confirms that there is indeed a test that day.

Coming or Going

Use a computer to print out some signs that say “PUSH” and “PULL.” Go to a local store and paste them on the door (on the wrong sides of course!). Then stay nearby and watch the confusion!

Going Private!

2008-03-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about doing this for a while, but didn't know how to make the transition, and I saw Tasha did this on her blog, so here I go, ditto-ing her statement...Due to all the CRAZY people in this world and crazy stories that have been on the news, I have decided to go private with this blog. Not that our lives are all that interesting or exciting, but if you want to view and keep being udated on what we are doing, let me know by leaving your email and I will send you an invite. You can do that by leaving a comment or email me at kecapson@yahoo.com
Love you all,
Thanks!!!!

Name Tag

2008-03-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

This is kind of unique...some of these don't really work out, but it is fun.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Coda Runner?
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) cookies n' cream punkin'
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) K-CAP
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Green Horse
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) - Elizabeth Salt Lake
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) CAPKR
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Green Chocolate Milk
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Richard Ray
9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Juicy Chocolate
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Helen Ormonde
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) McCormick Manhattan
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Fall Paperwhite
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Plum Hoodie
14. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Oatmeal Lemon

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, weather element+ Tour") The Photo Thunderstorm Tour

If you are reading this...consider yourself tagged.

Home Sweet Home

2008-03-17T19:31:00.000-07:00

We are finally getting all settled into our new house and it is actually starting to feel like home. Thank you to everyone who helped us move in. It went so fast. We are getting used to all the new noises and new things that come with a new place. We were finally getting used to the noises of our condo and then we moved. We feel so blessed to be living in this home and truly love the neighborhood and ward. Here are just a few pictures of our new place.

Big Boys

2008-03-17T19:21:00.000-07:00

I haven't put any pictures of my cute nephews on here for a very long time. And well, I just have to now. They are adorable and getting so big. These pictures were taken a few weeks ago at The Capson's house after church. Cooper was playing with this basket for the longest time. So I picked him up and put him in there, he looked at me like "what the heck are you doing with me?" It was too cute, I had to get it on camera. These little boys bring so much joy and comedy into our lives. Thanks Quinn and Meg for sharing them with us. We love you guys.

"Maybe She's born with it..."

2008-03-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

How many of us women feel inadequate when we look at the magazines near the checkout counter, or look at the gorgeous actresses in Holly wood? I know I have fallen victim to this feeling several times. I loved this commercial that Dove produced. I believe that the world would have us feel like we aren't good enough, pretty enough, skinny enough. But the truth is, no one is. Even the gorgeous girls on those magazine covers aren't real. It takes so many people to make them look that way. Instead of spending all that time to work on making the outside beautiful, I am going to really focus on making me more beautiful on the inside. The things I do, the things I say, the way I help others...that is what makes a beautiful woman. To all the many incredible, and beautiful women in my life. My mom, mother in law, sisters and sister's in law. My cousins, friends, aunts and grandma's. I love you, I am grateful for you and your examples to me. Below is one of my favorite little thoughts. Just something to think about. Love you all.

Audrey Hepburn's Beauty Tips:
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you never walk alone.

We leave you a tradition of the future. The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw anyone away.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand you’ll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you’ll discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the second for helping others.

You’ve great days still ahead of you. May there be many of them.

Sunny Day...Chasing the Clouds away

2008-03-11T11:04:00.001-07:00

I just looked out the window and had a Sesame Street flash back (the song). It is so gorgeous outside, I would love to be playing out there today instead of working inside. I am so grateful the snow is starting to melt. This winter seems to have lasted for such a long time. So in the words of George Harrison and the other three Beatles...
"Little Darlin' it's been a long cold lonely winter,
Little Darlin' it feels like years since it's been here...
Here comes the sun, do do do do, Here comes the sun, and I say, It's alright!"

You decide who the better singer is...

2008-03-06T16:48:00.001-08:00

So the other night, Blake and I went over to Dallas & Shannon's house to play a little "Rock Band". I think he's got a shot at American Idol, don't you?

P.S. Sorry Dallas for stealing your clip. I guess I'm a blog thief now too,as well as a "blog stalker"

Tag...You're it! - about you and your spouse

2008-03-05T11:34:00.001-08:00

What is his name? Blake Capson
How long have you been married? 4 1/2 years
How long did you date? Dated off and on for about 4 years, then he went on his mission.
How old is he? 25
Who eats more? I have to say him. Blake eats healthy, but a lot while he is training for races and things.
Who said "I love you" first? Blake, after about a year of dating (we were in high school, those words are scary in high school)
Who is taller? Hummmmm, let me think for a second. Definitely Blake at 6'6"
Who sings better? We both sing at the top of our lungs in the car. Neither of us are great.
Whose temper is worse? Mine. It takes a lot to get Blake to lose his cool.
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Blake usually does the dishes when I cook and vise versa
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Blake, I hate being close to the door. He is the first line of defense if there were ever an intruder or monster in the hallway.
Who pays the bills? I do, with the help from Automatic Bill Pay.
Who mows the lawn? We actually just got a lawn, so no one yet. But it will be Blake.
Who cooks dinner? I usually do. I love to cook, but Blake is pretty good too. He makes some mean German Pancakes and omelette's.
Who drives when you are together? Blake
Who is more stubborn? Neither of us are very stubborn. It depends on the issue though.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Blake, it takes me a while to calm down and admit defeat.
Who proposed? Blake, then me. It's a long story. But I called the engagement off, then I had to ask him to take me back.
Who has more friends? It's about the same.
Who has more siblings? Me. I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
Who wears the pants? I think we share them. One day he gets them, the next day I do.
I'm tagging Meg, Jenna, Jody, Tasha, Shanon, pretty much if you are reading this consider yourself tagged.

No apostrophe!

2008-03-03T10:11:00.000-08:00

This blog entry goes out to Dallas. I am happy to report that I have removed the apostrophe from "The Capson's". It is now grammatically correct. I hope that you will find things up to your specifications. lol. I guess all of those simple grammar rules go out the window after about 11th grade. We were looking at our blogs last night, and Dallas asked which one was ours, the one with the apostrophe or without?...and I said "I'm pretty sure it is the one without the apostrophe." He pulled it up and discovered that ours had the apostrophe in it. He told me that I should go and change that because the way I had spelled it was "possessive". Heaven forbid! In a nut shell, I was breaking a very serious grammar rule. Thank's fo'r pointin'g tha't ou't t'o m'e Dalla's. lol.

Happy Birthday Eva!

2008-02-25T13:32:00.000-08:00

February 23rd would have been our little Eva's 1st birthday. It was a bitter sweet day. A day filled with so many different emotions. I was so happy that it was a Saturday and that Blake and I got to spend the day together. We went out that night to dinner, and got to just talk about the past year and what we have been through, and what we have learned. We miss our little baby girl so very much,our hearts still ache for her, but we know that she is still very much involved in our lives. We have been so incredibly blessed and have so many things to be grateful for. I am so grateful to my Husband for his constant love and support, Blake, you are amazing, thank you for being my husband, you truly make my life so sweet and full. I am so grateful for the incredible doctors who helped us and took such good care of me last year. I thank them for saving my life.I am grateful to know that even though we don't have our little girl in this life,we will be with Eva again. I am so grateful to have that knowledge. My life has been so richly blessed. I am so grateful for my family and friends who love and support us. Thank you to everyone who has been such a great strength and support to me and Blake over this past year. We love you all. Happy Birthday Eva, we love you and miss you.

Great Superbowl Commercial

2008-02-05T10:24:00.000-08:00

I loved these commercials from eTrade. What a cute baby eh? Enjoy!

Moving!

2008-02-04T12:35:00.000-08:00

Well, this is the big week. Blake and I are moving on Saturday. We are getting so excited. It will be nice to have it all done and start getting settled in our new home. We will post some more pictures of the house soon, this one was taken in the fall, when it was pretty outside. I can't wait for spring. Anyway. We are getting ready this week, packing and making DI runs. It is amazing how much stuff you acquire and save over 4+ years. Old homework assignments, papers, the user manual to a vacuum that we no longer have. This is a good way to do some early "Spring Cleaning". All in all, we are really excited to be starting this new chapter in our lives.

Tribute

2008-01-31T15:44:00.000-08:00

This is such a beautiful tribute to President Hinckley that my grandma forwarded on to me. Enjoy!

President Gordon B. Hinckley 1910-2008

2008-01-28T10:29:00.000-08:00

We are going to greatly miss our loving Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley. He has truly been an incredible example and leader. Blake and I were talking last night about how amazing the reunion must have been for him and his sweet Marjorie. He has done so very much for the growth of this Church. I know that His Father in Heaven and Savior welcomed him home with loving arms. We will miss hearing his sweet words and testimony at conference, yet we know that the Church is in such good hands. We feel so blessed to know that this earthly life is just a small part of the grand picture. President Hinckley will always hold such a large place in our hearts, and will be sorely missed.

Aloha!

2008-01-19T07:54:00.000-08:00

Blake and I went to Maui Hawaii in October for our 4th anniversary, and I am just finally updating my blog. I can't believe it took me so long. We had such a great time. We stayed in Kihei which is on the West side of Maui, and close to EVERYTHING. The second day we were there, we drove the road to Hana. It was so gorgeous. There were so many incredible waterfalls all along the way that we stopped to hike. We also hiked the Haleakala Volcano (sliding sands trail) and spent a ton of time at the Beach. We took a couple of catamaran trips and went snorkeling, however I think Blake's favorite part was driving the Mustang convertible all around the Island. We had a wonderful and unforgettable 4th anniversary.

Great Halloween Read

2007-09-20T12:17:00.000-07:00

Well, I never thought I would love reading
vampire novels, but I am hooked.
My cousin told me about this series and suggested I read it.
So that is exactly what I did. I read the first one..."Twilight". And had to start the second one the very day after I finished the first. I have now finished all three and I am still thinking about them.
I definately recommend this series to anyone who likes a good Romance novel. This book made
me feel like a little kid again, it truly makes you extend your belief and open your mind up to a world of vampires and warewolves. These are great books to read this time of year as we get closer to Halloween. Enjoy!

On your marks, get set.....GO!

2007-08-29T08:59:00.000-07:00

July 14th was the weekend of the Triathlon. Blake, Jesse Webb, Jessica Kerns and Eric competed. It was such a great morning. The weather was perfect and they all did excellent. We had a lot of fun watching them. Spectators included...Gary & Leilani Crane, Jenna, Jake, and Josh Webb, Paul & Kathy Webb, Doug, Bev, laura, Tiff, Tobin, Chris , Karen & Jaclyn. It was great. Thanks to everyone for all their support. The athletes truly appreciated it.

Weekend Getaway!

2007-08-29T08:42:00.000-07:00

Blake and I spent a weekend this summer with Ryan & Tia at Tia's family's cabin. We had so much fun just relaxing. Blake and Ryan rode 4 wheelers and shot "pot guts". Tia and I just enjoyed talking and watching "Sommersby" (a cabin movie favorite) We went up to Smith & Morehouse reservoir and went fishing, then went back to the cabin to eat a lasagna that was put in the oven before we left. To our surprise, the power had gone off while we were gone and the dinner was still frozen solid. We ended up going to a great little restaurant in Kamas. We had a wonderful weekend.

No shoes, No Shirt, No Problem!

2007-08-28T18:32:00.000-07:00

Well, this summer, Blake and I went to the Kenny Chesney concert with Ryan & Tia and Jake & Ashely. We had a blast. It was quite the event of the summer. We had several drunk cowboys in front of us which made for some awesome "people watching". We had such a great time with our friends, under the stars, just listening to some good tunes. Thanks for making it so much fun guys. We love you.

More of the Boyz

2007-06-29T15:12:00.000-07:00

Well, I can't seem to get enough of these little guys. They are so sweet and so tiny. They both have such different personalities. It is so cute to see the little faces and the little noises they make. Mom, Dad and Babies are doing great. They are going through diapers like it is their job though. We love having them in the family. They are definately a great addition. The baby with his hands behind his head is Cooper, he is just chillin' there, waiting to be measured. (This picture was taken about 8 minutes after he was born.) The picture of the baby in the car seat is Cayden. What sweeties eh? We love them.

Good Day Sunshine

2007-06-27T13:48:00.001-07:00

Well, the sun is shining and the sky is blue...I know that sounded like some cheezy movie line. But today is a good day. It is gorgeous outside. Summer seems to be flying by so fast. Blake and I have been busy doing property managment. At the beginning of the summer I had a whole list of things I wanted to do or get done before the summer was over...now it is almost halfway over and I haven't even started on that list. I need to get crackin'. I heard from my cousin Reagan Nickl a couple of days ago. He is on his mission in the Marshallese Islands. (I hope I spelled that right) He is loving it and was just made a District leader. It is great to be able to keep in touch through email. Technology is a great thing. We hope you are all doing great. Have a wonderful week.

More Las Vegas

2007-06-26T13:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures from our Vegas Trip. We had a great time going to the different hotels. My favorite was the Wynn. We ate lunch at the Terrace Point Cafe inside the Wynn...it was delicious. Blake and I had a great time. Vegas is like a big playground for adults. We rode the Manhattan express roller coaster at the New York New York hotel. It was a great ride. It gave us both head aches afterward though. We played with the toys at FAO Schwarts inside Caesars Palace. We went window shopping at all the amazing designer stores. Dolce & Gabanna, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Prada. It was amazing. Too rich for my blood, but amazing. It is good to be home. Now I need to get all our laundry done and get caught up on everything around the house. We hope you are all having a great summer.