Crazy happenings as a Crismon

Spring Cleaning

Every spring I always get the itch to do some major cleaning. Closets need to be gone through and MANY a load of items ends up getting taken to donate.

Nothing is quite as satisfying as doing this to your home! Maybe I am a rare personality in that I truly ENJOY doing that! Most years I would even end up re-painting trim and baseboards, but I didn't have time for that this year.

I am a firm believer in keeping your home in such a way that if you had to sell it all of a sudden then you'd be ready!

Maybe that is crazy thinking to some, but it has served me well in keeping my home nice!

Don't you just love an organized closet! I got rid of a TON of towels! I didn't realize how many I had until I went through them! Haha!

I love my room, especially the color! It makes me happy!

I organized Carter's closet. I never did that when we moved his room upstairs after he left. Brianne still had stuff up there! So we went through her closet and got it sorted out and then did his too. Finally DONE! Yay!

Tammy and Matt are sealed!!

On March 25th Tammy and Matt were sealed in the Payson Utah Temple! What an absolutely glorious day! I couldn't be happier that it is with Matt. He's a wonderful man who truly adores her!

After they were sealed Tammy and I shared a hug that I will never forget. We held each other close for a long time, crying, and I whispered to her that I knew this day would come. Such a precious moment to share with my best friend.

Because Her wedding day was much less "formal" I wanted her to have something special to remember this beautiful day so Chan and I hired a photographer, who is also our neighbor, to take these sweet pictures. It was our gift to them!

These pictures are just priceless and truly show the love they have for each other. They are so happy and are getting even closer every day.

It was fun to visit them in their home not long after and see these pictures all over their walls. :)

We were sad that Will couldn't be there with us, but so happy that the three of us could make it!

I love you Tammy Prows and am so happy for you at Matt! Congratulations on eternity!

Bunko Friends

Hard to believe but our Bunko group is still going strong! The people in the group change here and there, but it's ALWAYS fun to get together with these ladies and eat yummy food, laugh and play!

And the funnest part of this picture is that it was taken for Laura's son Ryan who is on a mission! She was including it in his birthday email just for fun! It's awesome to share life events with great friends!

Choir Concert!

March also means spring choir concert! We always look forward to going because Mr Abbot never disappoints!! And of course we LOVE to hear Brianne sing! :)

They also sang these songs at the music festival that was held at Albion Middle School. Brianne had a solo that was so fun! A gospel type song and she was able to sing it there. The choir had to decide who would sing the solo at festival and who would sing at the choir concert and her peers chose HER to sing at festival! She was thrilled!

I was able to get to work a bit late so that I could go and watch her sing at festival. It was so amazing! The choir at her school is so talented!

They unfortunately do not choose a "winner" of the festival. It's only critiques from an invited judge and the scores are given to the choir teacher. But according to Mr Abbot our choir was the cream of the crop! :)

The entire list of choir members for Indian Hills Middle

Here's a short clip of Brianne's solo! We couldn't be ANY prouder of her!! :)

Spring photo shoot

It was a super fun surprise to get these photos from Will after spending the day with friends up the canyon.

They went up there just to do a fun photo shoot for no particular reason!

I LOVED it because everyone knows I am a HUGE photo fan!! And these were so fun!

I only chose a few to put up on here, but this one was one of my favorites! Truly shows his sweet personality and genuine smile!

I'm not certain exactly where they went but it was a beautiful day! These boulders were super cool too!

Meditating maybe?? Haha! Glad he didn't fall in! Must have been the great grip on his new shoes!

Teenagers are so funny! I love their adventurous spirit!

This is Jess and a great friend to Will. You can tell by the way they are always laughing around each other!

We live in such a beautiful area too! So blessed!

I am so thankful for these! I loved all of them!!!

Andee's Birthday!

This year Brianne decided that my birthday needed to have the same decorations! So she stayed up late and decorated! How sweet!!

I loved the balloons everywhere and I LOVED the flowers! So pretty!

Don't mind Brianne's phone in the picture! Haha! She also knows I take pictures of the "decor" before I go to bed, so she did that for me too! She's so thoughtful!

I always LOVE getting cards. Their messages mean so much to me! Especially when they are from the people you love MOST!

This cake was absolute HEAVEN! Peanut butter and chocolate are my favorite combination and of course they KNEW that!

Brianne insisted I wear the hat! :)

So I insisted I try the glasses too! Love to be silly! Another year down the drain! Even though I am getting older in age I am still young at heart!

I love to be silly with my kids, tease my hubby and try new things with my friends! It's these things that keep you young!

Laughing is the best medicine for EVERYTHING! And it's just a good time! I literally made my family take these with me as we were on our way out the door. I am so glad I did! Aren't they FUN!

This guy is the BEST! He makes me feel special EVERY day of the year! :)

My friends also make me feel so special! I am blessed to have these ladies right here!! They have been there more me MANY times and boy do we have FUN together! I was glad I got to have a birthday dinner with them at Fratelli's in Sandy. One of our favorite spots- a local Italian place that is YUM-O! Thanks to everyone for making my day so special! I love you ALL!! :)

Will's 17th Birthday!

I am still in a bit of denial that my kids are continuing to grow! Haha! But Will had a birthday on the 25th and turned 17! Yay!

I got a lot of his favorite things including some yummy donuts for breakfast!

For just waking up doesn't he look handsome! He's such a joy to have around! A hard worker, funny and a real sweetheart!

I was super excited for him to open this gift! I had been hiding this "surprise" for a while!

I think it got him!! Hahaha! He had told me a LONG time ago about some shoes he wanted very badly to train in. He even printed out a page straight from the Nike web site and had them circled!

The only bad part was he didn't include the SIZE he needed! So I just had to sneak down into his room while he was at school to look at his other shoes and get a size.

Little did I know that all his shoes were MULTIPLE sizes!!??? I was so confused! So I grabbed Brianne and we basically just picked a size and hoped that they would be the right fit! Drum roll.........

YAY!!!!! We got the PERFECT size! They look so good! And he said they were SUPER DUPER comfy!

For our birthday dinner (Me and Will) We had intended to go to Bonsai, which is our favorite tepinyaki (sp?) grill, but unfortunately on this day they were not open. Bummer. So we went to another place like it- Mt Fugi.