Better Late Than Never

These pictures were all taken over Conference weekend. I didn't have them on my camera so I wasn't able to post them before. We had the opportunity to go to the Saturday afternoon session of Conference. After conference the girls went shopping and the boys waited to go to the Priesthood session with my Grandpa Hitchcock. After the priesthood session we went out to dinner at Wingers in Spanish Fork. It was fun to be together as a family....and of course my dad made us Saturday morning breakfast as usual.

WOW! I am Impressed!

They poured the slab of concrete on Monday and Colby told me they would have the house framed by the end of the week! I told him that was impossible, but I was sure wrong! When we drove past the house tonight....this is what we found. I can't believe the entire house was framed in TWO DAYS! I am so excited I can't even stand it! It is a four bedroom, two bath, 1800 Square foot home with everything we wanted. We were not able to find any houses in St. George with basements and very few contractors that even build homes with basements anymore. It was interesting to find that out but this house will be PERFECT for us for the few years that we will be living down here. I will post more pictures as the house gets further along so I hope you don't mind!

It's a Start...

So I was just getting ready for work yesterday when Colby called me and told me they had framed some of our house! I know it's not much to look at but I wanted him to take a picture so we can look back and see the process. They got so much done yesterday and I was so excited when he showed me the picture! I can't wait to drive past in about an hour when I am on my way to work AGAIN and see what else they accomplished on it today! I am getting so excited! I am also excited because after I get off work in the morning we are on our way to NEPHI! I can't wait to see my family and the Parks.

Conversation to Remember

Trevin had been walking around the house all day saying "Coby" "Dad" "Coby" and I was feeling a little left out. He hardly ever says "Mom." I had been scrapbooking and showed him a picture of Colby and Me and of course when asked where mom was....he didn't point to anything. But when asked where dad was....Ya, he pointed right to Colby. I couldn't believe it! Then, we were sitting at the dinner table with Trevin in his high chair sitting beside us. He was being a blabber mouth. This is how our conversation went:
Natalie (looking at Trevin): Do you love mom?
Trevin: No answer
Colby: I got this one Nat. Trevin do you love dad?
Trevin: Ya
Colby: Do you love mom?
Trevin: Ya
Natalie: (Silent)

I hope maybe one of these days he will start recognizing me a little more and realize how much I truely love him! He brings such joy into our life! I just keep telling myself that he knows me and loves me!

I totally LOVE care-free days like today!

We just got back from church and I love Sunday afternoons. This is our time to be together as a family and to relax. Trevin just went into take a nap and so Colby and I took some fun pictures. I found an idea from my scrapbook magazines to take random pictures of you and your husband and to scrapbook them. I love spending time with Colby! I have the best husband in the world. He is such a good father! He takes such good care of Trevin and always allows me some time for myself. As everyone knows, he is a goof ball but I love that most about him! He is always making me laugh and doing fun things to surprise me. I love our little family and I love Sundays!

Colby never wants to take pictures or have his picture taken so when he is in the mood, I take advantage of it!

The Great Eight

8 T.V. shows I watch:
Biggest Loser
Oprah
Good Things Utah
Friday Night Lights
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
(That's about it, I don't watch a lot of T.V.)

8 favorite restaurants:
Costa Vida
California Pizza Kitchen
Wingers
Texas Roadhouse
Chilis
Olive Garden
Tepanyaki
TGI Friday's

8 things that happened yesterday:
This is nothing special...
Slept until about 3:00 p.m. (Had to work the night before)
Got ready for work
Ate breakfast (I know it sounds retarded but that was my breakfast time)
Went to work at 6:00 p.m.
Had a patient take a swing at me (drugs can make you a little funny sometimes)
Ate Dinner
Came home
Checked on Trevin and went to Bed

8 things that I'm looking forward to:
Going home and getting some sleep (Notice I am posting this at like 1:00 am)
Being able to spend time with my husband and little boy
Making a special dinner for Colby tomorrow night
Watching a movie with Colby and eating Ice Cream
Going to Church on Sunday
Seeing my house completed
Scrapbooking
Getting Family Pictures Taken

8 things on my wish list:
A desk for my scrapbook room
Some new Barstools for my new house
A HUGE family picture
New Shoes
Photoshop
A cute watch
New Dresser
Entertainment center for our Room

8 people I'm tagging:
Alyse
Diana
Tana
Mariah
Camille
Mandee
Nikki
Rachelle

Finally...

So today was one of those days that I was home all by myself. Colby went to school and Trevin went to the day care. We have decided that although I will be home some Tuesdays & Thursdays to watch Trevin we still wanted to take him to the day care to give him some time with other kids and allow me to get some things done around the house. So I got up and did all my motherly chores and then decided it was a PJ kinda day. Yup. I brushed my teeth, ate breakfast, did chores, and then.....Scrapbooked! I cannot even begin to tell you the last time I got to do something like this! With moving and getting settled I have not had any time at all to do any scrapbooking. The cards were made all from scraps that I had. I normally don't make a lot of cards (I leave that one up to Tana) but I decided to give it a shot.
I found these two pictures in my jewelry box (because my son found them on the table when Hilary brought them over and that was where they got stuck so he couldn't get to them) and so I decided to scrapbook them today. This first one is not something I would normally do but I saw one like it and decided to try something new! Do you like it?
When I was a nurse at CVMC I had a patient who's wife worked for a scrapbooking magazine. We got talking and she asked me for my home address so she could sent me free stuff. I was a little hesitant because we are not allowed to accept gifts but after talking to my director he said it would be fine as long as she isn't the one paying for the stuff (she gets tons of free stuff and a lot of it was duplicates). To my surprise, she has actually sent me two packages loaded with scrapbooking stuff and she also sends me a Free subscription to Scrapbook Trends Magazine (the company she works for). The supplies used in these last two photos were all free stuff she gave me. I have tons more and I am excited to start scrapbooking again!