Out With the Old, In With the New

Happy 2011!!! Holy crap, the year 2010 has FLOWN by!  Our New Years Eve was pretty low key.  We went down to my parent's in Spanish Fork and ate and watched movies.  We mostly ate...that's what my family is good at.  It was also sad because my sister and her cute family is moving!  AND to El Paso, Texas!!!!  My nephew Jackson and bro-in-law Joe left the next day (today) and my sister leaves early Monday morning.  I bawled my eyes out for the first time in a LONG time.  (Ryan may beg to differ).  I will miss her and my cute and fun nephews and niece!

 I bought some ridiculous glasses....everyone had their turn with them.

 My love.

 Jackson.

 Ainsley and Brecken.

 Brecken.  New Years eve is also her birthday. She turned 4!

 Me and my mom.

 Dan and Christy.

I posted this pic from when my sister and I ran our first marathon together.  BEST TIME EVER!!!  Well, maybe not during the race, but definitely after! I'll miss you Melissa!  Love ya forever! Get my room ready for me in El Paso.

Kallie's Blessing and Family Christmas Party!

Last weekend, Brooke and TJ blessed Kallie at my parent's home in Spanish Fork.  They wanted to do it before my sister Melissa and her family move to El Paso.  (tear)  Kallie was SO stinkin' cute in her little blessing dress.  TJ did a great job with the blessing too.

Isn't she the CUTEST thing you've seen?!

Brooke and her sweet baby.

Proud papa

Kallie in her dress afterward

This past Tuesday was my family's Christmas party.  We did it early since Dan and Christy left for California the next day.  We exchanged our gifts with the siblings, played a candy game, did a white elephant chinese christmas exchange, and had a FANTASTIC brisket dinner! My mom, of course, went all out and had the most beautiful arrangements on the tables and we all HAD to drink out of the fancy glasses. 

Me and Kallie, all hunched over...not sure what I'm doing.

Take two...much better!

We also celebrated my brother Zach's birthday.  His b-day is the 22nd of this month (poor kid!).  His little girl, Brecken did an excellent job of helping him unwrap his presents.

Brooke and TJ's white elephant prizes!

This hat was stolen MANY times!  My dad had one just like this as a kid.  My mom eventually threw it out. It made us all laugh and reminisce.

Dad sporting the hat after he stole it from Dan.

After I stole it from Dad.

Then mom stole it from me!  She ended up with it, but gave it to Brooke because she didn't want it in her house. :)

I snuggled with Kallie most of the night.  :)

Ryan's suh-weet prize he won! It's a keeper!

Ryan lookin' might fine.  I actually think this fits quite well.

Mel and Kallie.

My bro-in-law Joe won the BEST prize of all!  He ended up with little girl's make-up.

Dan and Christy gave Miss Brecken her b-day gift since they'll be in Cali on the big day.  She wanted purple bows, purple dress, and purple boots.  She got the bows and dress and was SO excited, but the first sentence out of her mouth was, "Where are my purple boots?"  It was TOO funny.

Welcome Miss Kallie Ann Welsh!

This post is long overdue! I attempted this a while ago, but my pictures wouldn't up load.  So here's baby Kallie Ann Welsh, the newest member to the Weber clan!  She is also the CUTEST baby ever!  [No biased opinion here! :)] She decided to make her debut 4 weeks early, on October 23, so she spent some time in the NICU but was home a week later.  She was 5 lbs and 19 inches long.  She has the biggest hands and feet and so I'm thinking future volleyball/basketball player. :)

In the NICU

Finally home!

In her cute Halloween outfit her Aunt Kimmie got her.  :)

Halloween Par-tay!

It was our family Halloween party at my grandparent's in Layton today.  They had a hay ride, picked out pumpkins, played games for the kids, had a treasure hunt and a spook alley down in the basement.  Most of the kids dressed up and Ryan and I were about the only adults that dressed up, other than my mom and a few of my aunts.  A friend in my ward gave me an awesome idea for costumes and since I had a lot of free time this week because I didn't work, I actually made me and Ryan costumes.  Even if Ryan didn't have fun dressing up, I sure did!  We were American Gladiators! 

 Me with Brecken, a.k.a. "Strawberry Shortcake."

 Some of the fun treats.

 There was a ring toss game with headstones and you threw a hula hoop over them.  My nephew Caleb made these two.  I think they are too cute!

The bean bag toss.  

Hopefully, Ryan and I will get another chance to sport our awesome costumes.  :)  If not, I am definitely keeping these for future use!

Keeping Myself Busy

I have had the last week off work so I've been working hard to keep myself busy! This is what I've been up to:

I made this little wall display in my guest bathroom. The bathroom is done in black and white damask. I had these frames and my mom got this amazing paper from the Nebo School District (still not sure how!). She got this 8 x 8 size that I used and then 12 x 12 for a buck for a huge box! I think there were 4 of each package in one box. We saw it at JoAnn's this past week for 1/4 of ONE of the packages for 20 bucks. My mom always gets THE best deals.

I recovered this lamp shade I got from the DI. I am going to add a little something around it, still working on that.

This is my small hutch I got off KSL for 50 bucks a few weeks ago. It was black and it had glass doors on it. My mom helped me paint it this awesome red color. I didn't do that this week, but I still had to put a picture of it up.

This is what I've been DYING to make! I HATE these vertical blinds with a passion. We don't actually have a sliding glass door behind it. I've looked into other options for blinds for the two windows and door that are behind those fugly things but everything was WAY too expensive. So my once again brilliant mother helped me make a cornice board. I was pretty happy with the end result. We made it out of insulation foam board, batting, some hot glue, and T-pins. My total cost for it was about 40 bucks.

I also painted a few accent walls just a few shades darker than what the rest of our sad house is painted and it looks a lot better. If you look closely, you can see the two different colors that meet in the corner behind the lamp. I ALSO repainted that little TV stand underneath that TV. As you can see, it's now black. It was a cute sage green color, but it didn't go with everything else.

Something else I worked on this week was mine and Ryan's Halloween costumes. We have our family Halloween party this weekend up at my grandparents farm in Layton. We're American Gladiators! Pictures will be uploaded this weekend. I know Ryan's not exactly looking forward to wearing his bedazzled costume, but he'll look pretty cute. :)

Catch-up post!

Where do I even begin?! Lots has happened since my last post (in August!). Ryan's sister, Blaney, had a little baby girl and she is just as cute as can be! Welcome Addison Marie Hanvey.

One of the many bows I gave Blaney, AND yes, that pacifier has bling. :) I blinged out several things for this baby that is going to be super girly, thanks to herAuntie Kimmie.

At the hospital.

I turned 27 on the 27th of September! I honestly have never felt my age UNTIL this year. Everyone tells me that 27 is young and I SHOULD believe that. Up until this year I've always thought of myself as still only 20. And I warned Ryan that I just might have a hard time when I turn 30...we'll see.

Here's a picture of me with my cupcake cake. I LOVED the one candle on top.

Ryan's other sister, Lindsey, left on her mission on September 29th. She has been called to serve in the Tegucigalpa, Honduras mission. We are all so proud of her and know she'll be a GREAT missionary.

We went and saw Disney's the Lion King on Broadway up in Salt Lake. It was AMAZING! This honestly is a must see for everyone! The costumes were awesome and so was the whole cast.

I also was voted (and I did NOT vote for myself) to make a scarecrow for my office. They decided to participate in the Homesteads Scarecrow Festival up in Heber. Me and another girl from my office drove up and made our scarecrow there. Ours by FAR is the worst up there. But at least they won't vote me to do it again next year! So...meet my boss, Dr Leishman!


This past weekend while the boys went to the Priesthood session of Conference, all the girls headed down to my moms in Spanish Fork. We ate good food and made some fun Halloween crafts!

My cute spider magnet.

My "Ghost" banner.

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My candy corn banner.