Siblings day.

Well hello there.
It's nation siblings day and so here is a shout out to my brothers that I love.
oh and more on my Amsterdam trip to come.

Happenings

Pardon me for not blogging all week long but my sister is in town and I have been spending every minute possible with her and her kids. Here is a snippet of what we have been up to:

Cheering Daddy on at his soccer games

Playing, running around and visiting animals with BFF cousin Jaida

 

And of course holding hands and making up songs together

And growing an extra large baby bump (Me @ 25 weeks)

 

 

49ers Cupcakes

My dad always throws the best Superbowl parties filled with so much food you would think he had invited the whole neighborhood when really it is just our family! This year he asked me to make cupcakes - well, he specifically said "49ers cupcakes". I am not a huge football fan and I don't really have a team I am one of those people who cheers for the team that my family is rooting for. So it just so happens that we are rooting for the San Fransisco 49ers! Fine with me since I went on a vaction there this year!  I made a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting and a white chocolate "SF" for garnish. Can't wait for good food, funny commercials and family time!

GO 49ers!

 

 

Families are Forever

On a day like to day when we are mourning the loss of a dear loved one I just want to hold my family close to me. It is always comforting to know that Families are Forever. Grateful to just have celebrated five amazing years with my hubby, we never know what God's plan is for us. Just be thankful for the time you have now and hold your loved ones tight.

Pictures from our wedding day: 1/12/08

The beginning of our beautiful family together forever

 

 

Goodbye 2012

2012 was such a good year to us. As I was making a collage of a "year in review" I had a hard time limiting my pictures but here are some highlights from our 2012:

1.  I turned 25 and had a fun birthday with lots of friends and family. My sister flew out for my birthday weekend!
2. I ran my first FULL marathon - 26.2 miles. Such an accomplishment for me. I did it and am still alive!
3. One of my BFF's got married at the most beautiful St. Regis in Deer Valley.
4. We spent the 4th of July at Deer Valley with family.
5. My sister flew in town for July and we spent the entire month playing and having fun in the sun.
6. Allen family trip to HotLanta.
7. Mia turns 2!
8. Girls trip to San Francisco and ran the NWM half marathon.
9. Hubby got his Bull Elk
10. Mia's first dance recital
11. Found out we are adding to our little family due in JUNE 2013

Goodbye 2012- You have been good to me and my family, we have been so blessed. I can't wait for what 2013 has to bring us. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

 

 

Christmas Joy

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. We had a wonderful few days celebrating Christmas with our loved ones. There is nothing better than spending time with family and enjoying family traditions. And the best part? Watching my sweet daughter's face light up with pure joy. Seeing her happy makes me happy. This time of year is truly something special.

Winner Winners! & other things

And the Winners are...

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Congrats to the both of you please email us at somethingbroughtyouhere@gmail.com within the next 48 hours to claim your prize.

Also, exciting news. I am the guest blogger today over at the Downeast Basics Blog blogging about my favorite Downeast dress from this winter.

 Check it out HERE

 

 

Also, even with all of the heartache that is happening there is still happiness and light in the world. My baby girl had her first dance recital this weekend. It was the cutest, most precious, and funniest things ever! She was a true shining star, and especially for being only 2 and half everyone elses' age!

 

 

And I have a new niece!!!!! Couldn't be more thrilled. I can't wait to meet her.

 

 



Happy Tuesday Loves!

Trick Or Treat

I hope you all had a fantastic Halloween. Ours was great. Mia dressed up as Minnie Mouse and caught on to Trick or Treating pretty quick. She made sure to go to every single house, ring the doorbell and say "Happy Halloween, Trick or Treat." The person at the door would then proceed to let her pick "one" piece of candy out of the candy bowl. Mia just started grabbing handfuls. I had to stop her each time. Good thing she is so darn cute! We went up to Great Grandma Jones' where she dresses up as a witch and is famous for her witch cackle. We had taco soup for dinner and enjoyed hanging out with family. The hubby and I were lame this year and didn't dress up. Oh well, as long as Mia had the time of her life, right?

Mia as Minnie Mouse- I think the Make-up totally makes the costume that much better!

 

Her face was priceless. What a great holiday!!!



Sup-Urbs + {WINNER, WINNER!}

As Nicole mentioned we spent the day yesterday celebrating our cousin and his beautiful bride's wedding day.  The Bride looked stunning in her lace 3/4 sleeve dress and her beautiful hair piece.  The weather was absolutely perfect. They were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, which is breathtaking. If you are not from Utah and you ever come visit you definitely need to take a tour of the temple grounds. So gorgeous. After the ceremony we headed over to City Creek for some lunch, then home so Mia could take a nap before the wedding reception later that night.

 Oh and Nicole took this "Super Urban" aka Sup-Urbs picture of my little family yesterday at the temple. She's pretty much pro-fessional!

Oh and remember that Shabby Apple giveaway we had going on?? Oh ya! That one for $50 towards Shabby Apple. Well we have  a WINNER WINNER!

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Hope you all have a fantastic weekend. I can't wait to spend mine with my cute little family. Let's just say I am soaking up all my time with my baby girl and my Mr. now that he is back from hunting!

 

XOXO,
Whitney

Throwback Thursday

 

Just a little Throwback Thursday love via the blog today.

We had a wedding today, made me realize it's now just me and this girl. Which one of us is next Meg? Woah, big gulps, huh? Lets not get married and eat rootbeer floats the rest of our lives.

 

nicole

Farmers Market- Summer List

Whitney and Mia had a sleepover Friday night, one because she was a hunters widow and two because we decided we wanted cross off yet another summer activity before time was up. So off we headed to the Salt Lake Farmers Market! I wasn't sure what to expect but once we got there I was in love with it all as you will be able to see in our photos.

 

 

The ladies trying Hummus. Jenna and her hummus.

 

 

And me trying the raw pure honey. It's amazing and I'm sold on it.

 

 

 

Lets just get one thing straight. I hate chocolate. So when we walked up to the Chocolate Conspiracy I had no intentions of even trying it. Then everyone was raving about it and they mentioned it had coconut so I was sold on giving it a try. Sure glad I did cause it was AMAZING! I'm not saying I could eat any more that a sample of it but boy was that sample to die for. And guess what it's vegan. Cool.

 

 

Plenty of entertainment as you shop the markets.

 

 

Whitney sampling. Yes we did a lot of this while at the farmers market, we had to try everything we were on a tight budget.

 

 

Mia Loved the Watermelon.....

 

 

......As did we.

 

 

Golden raspberries... tried them for the first time at the farmers market and was instantly in love with them. Don't let the color deceive or scare you, they are well worth it.

 

 

Bottom left corner of this photo you will notice a white tub. It is honey coconut butter as stated on the label, I could eat this stuff by the tub full. So dang delicious! If I had one reason to go back it would be to load up on that stuff for the winter until next farmers market

 

 

We loved the downtown farmers market!

 

 

And finally one last photo, a group shot of all us girls on our girls day, summer list, farmers market adventure!

 

 

nicole



Girls Day- Blue Lemon

Our girls day lead us to blue lemon for lunch! I've been once before and I loved it then so I figured I'd love it again. And Yes I loved it. The atmosphere is really fun, relaxed, hip and reminds me of what of something you'd see in New York maybe.

I ordered the Oriental Chicken Salad and as you can tell I was super excited to dig in!

 

My Salad came in a bowl, so hipster. But what I really loved was that I had lots of greens in my salad as opposed to some Oriental salads which sometimes overload on cabbage and wontons

 

 

Whitney got her usual Raspberry Chicken Salad which was huge although the picture does not lead you to believe so! But it looked amazing! She also got a side Butternut squash soup, which she let me try and it was quite tasty.

 

 

Sometimes Whitney and I take really great pics and other times we don't. This is one of those times that it was really great. Hey whit, cute shirt:) But seriously Blue Lemon was a nice touch to our girls day and so refreshing! The rest of our girls day will be coming at ya on wednesday. Until then check out our rad giveway!

 

nicole