HOLD ONTO YOUR SPATS!

First of all, hold on to your spats folks, because I have so mauch to catch up on! I am so sorry that it's been so long since I have posted. I can honestly tell you however, that I have still been anxiously engaged in good causes. Blogging has been on the back burner for a while - but no more! I hate scrapbooking and I am awful at keeping a journal, so this is as close as it gets and I need to stay on top of it. (That was just a pep talk for me, please excuse that) Robbie and I have been busy with Church and clogging and Ivy has been growing up!!! (too fast for me) Anyway, won't bore you with the details of church callings and costumes and choreography and bills and couponing and Christmas and calendar crowd-age - I'll just show you some documentation of what we've been up to! :) I may need to do this in many different posts, so bare with me. Since I have last blogged, Ivy's motor skills have gone from this:
Ivy on the playmat from Kara Walker on Vimeo.

to this:

Ivy also went from making adorable coos and sighs to adorable noises like this:


She has also gone from falling asleep like this: to falling asleep on her own in her crib. **sniff sniff**

Part two is coming...Promise!

For Rizzle?!?!

So, I always thought that things likethe grocery game and the like was something I could never figure out or do. Well, on the CONTRARY! :) I've been collecting my coupons, tracking my sales, and doing my research. And yesterday it finally paid off! (No pun intended!) :) Robbie and I bought $187.00 worth of grocery items for $56.00. You betcha!! Look at us go! And it's only the beginning. Now that I'm starting to "get it", I'm learning a lot more. I'm so excited! I went to sleep last night dreaming of coupons. :) Sadly, that's partly true. :) But it's official, I'm hooked. I am now one of those annoying moms that hold up the grocery line with all her stupid coupons, who is busy correcting the cashier and kepping her baby quiet, but that end ups saving $111.07 on her grocery bill. Booya Grandma! For Rizzle.

Just Checking In...

**Sigh** What a busy September! Just wanted to quickly check in because we haven't posted in a while. There has been so much going on like taking my little brother to the MTC! Yikes! (Pics to come) And getting in last minute play dates with Lauryl who has since left to go back to Rexburg, my mom's birthday, Robbie's sister visiting from Virginia, 2 of my sister-in-laws announcing that they're pregnant, getting ready for the primary program, Ivy's shots (boo), Labor Day, 6 projects, etc. And that's just the in-between-work stuff. Work has been CA-RAZY! Robbie made a goal to have twice as many students at the beginning of this season, and he has come really close to his goal. I'm so proud of him. We now have 100 students enrolled, which means we have twice as much choreography, twice as many costumes, twice as much book keeping, and twice as many conflicts to work around. And as I look at the calendar it seems as though October will be just as busy. **sigh** I've really been wanting to post, but my picture situation is a mess, and for some reason I can't post without a picture. :) So, someday I'll get caught up. So for now, we are all doing well and hope to post soon!

Robbie's Magic Touch

One day when Ivy was extremely fussy, we set her on top of the piano and Robbie started playing and she calmed down immediately. It was so sweet. We do it often now to pacify her when she needs it. And one of those times, we caught it on video. :)

For Grandma & Abeulita

Playtime with Grandpa

Thanks for the play date Grandpa! Ivy loves you and can't wait to see you again! :)XOXO

3rd Year Anniversary

Robbie and I have officially been married for 3 years! Yeah! We had a really awesome day that we were able to celebrate babe-free. We really missed Ivy - but enjoyed just being husband and wife for a while instead of mom and dad. We started out going to Jump Creek to have a picnic - the same place Robbie proposed. After our lunch, we went hiking and ran into some hippies who were cliff jumping. To make a long story short, they talked Robbie into doing it too, so I took a video of it. It's a little long, but that's partly what makes it so funny. The majority of the video is waiting for Robbie to get up the courage to jump. But here is Robbie with his side of the story, "If I didn't have a wife and a baby, I would have been quicker to jump. But I have responsibilities now which makes me less of a dare devil. It was not because I was scare. In fact, if I didn't have a wife and a baby I would have jumped twice!" :)
Jump Creek from Kara Walker on Vimeo. So after our spontanious cliff fun, we went home to change and then Robbie took me to dinner at the Mona Lisa, it was very sweet. It was a wonderful day. I love you so much Robbie! I am one lucky girl to have been able to spend 3 years of my life with you. Here's to 3 years and many many more! XOXO

Some random-ness worth remembering!

These are some pictures and memories I didn't want to forget about, so I had to jumble them all into one post... When Ivy sleeps, she has her hands in one of two places. Over her eyes, or holding in her pacifier. I love it. This is us visiting daddy at work...which is just down the hall so we weren't there for very long. :) She wasn't very impressed with Robbie's new trick. Robbie just can't wait until she's old enough to throw around! Holy bed-head! This one is my favorite bed-head picture - her face is priceless! :) This is Robbie holding up the bridge all by himslef. He's been working out. (Do you know where the weight room is?) This was on our trip to see the Twin Falls Temple. For some reason, when Grandma Tolman snuggles Ivy to put her to sleep, Ivy will almost always shove her face straight into her shoulder and sleep that way. She doesn't do this with anybody else EVER! It cracks me up! It cracks me up so much that I had to take a picture of what she looks like when she's done sleeping in Grandma's shoulder... I had to post this picture to illustrate just how chubby Ivy's cheeks really are! Pretty soon, she'll have to pull back those cheeks just to smile! At the Farmer's Market...Ivy was rocking the sunglasses. Out to lunch with Grandma, which we ended up getting "to-go" because Ivy was freaking out. Needless to say, this picture was taken BEFORE we ordered. :) I had to get a picture here because we were seated at the same exact table when I told my mom I was pregnant with Ivy. :)