All made up!

The title of this post is two fold. Yesterday, I went and got my hair done. I wanted a change. I was sick of my roots growing out and feeling like I always had to get an appointment to get it done again or just living with my brown roots. So I took the plunge and got it dyed as close to my natural color as possible. I'm sure it's not exactly the same as my natural but probably pretty close. She also put in a few auburn highlights to add some dimension (the picture doesn't really show that though) So I am still getting used to it. It feels so-o dark to me but I am hoping it grows on me and just feels natural soon. Here's a pic of the new doo.

The other half of the post is Sophie's make-up adventure. While Jimmy and I went out last night, Sophie found my make-up. This could have turned out a lot worse than it did. Thankfully it just ended up on her face and not all over the walls, floor, sink, ect. She was so proud of her lips when we got home. I just had to laugh! It was the 12 hour lipstick that doesn't come off easily so this morning she woke up and her lips were just as bright as ever. I had to take a baby wipe to them and it seemed to help. Her lips are back to normal for the most part. (notice her shirt in the bottom picture- 99% angel. It must have been the 1% non-angel that got into my make-up!)

Ultrasound today!

So I went in for my big ultrasound today! I'm 22 weeks along- I'm measuring at 22 weeks 2 days and the baby weighs 1.1 lb. The big news though is we are going to balance out our family with another BOY! We thought is was going to be a girl. I guess I should say I thought, Jimmy kept his mind set that it was a boy. I went into my Dr. apt in Dec and he did a ultrasound with his old, fuzzy machine and to him it looked like a girl. So I've been thinking girl names and preparing for pink. So I was really caught off guard when the ultrasound tech said it was a boy. I am excited and thinking I need to prepare now for a boy since I have nothing left from Conner. What fun another little boy will be!

Birthday Boy!

Yesterday was Jimmy's birthday. He went to some early appointments in the morning and then had lunch & saw a movie with his brothers. When he got home I put Sophie down for a nap (that she ended up not taking) and I left to do some last minute birthday shopping. It was so nice not having Sophie with me. On the way home, I picked up some Panda Express and a couple shakes from Arctic Circle. It's a real treat to get those two- especially on the same day! So after dinner we put a candle in one of the shakes and sang Happy Birthday! Then I divided the shakes into waffle cones (another treat) for the kids and Jimmy and I just ate out of the cups. We even have some left over shake for tonight. This weekend, Jimmy and I will go out without the kids and celebrate some more. (we try and stretch birthday's out around here) Last year, Camile tagged me and I didn't get around to doing it but now seems like a great time to catch up.

What's his name? James Scott Atkin
How long have you been together? 7 months before we got married and married for 11 years & 5 months
How old is he? 35
Who eats more? Jimmy
Who said "I love you" first? probably Jimmy but I'm not sure- that's what a journal would be good for
Who is taller? he's got me by 7 inches
Who sings better? he does
Who is smarter? depends on the subject
Whose temper is worse? His
Who does the laundry? I usually wash (unless I get behind then Jimmy will) and then separate but usually everyone puts away their own (besides Sophie)
Who does the dishes? Mostly me and Jimmy sweeps
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I just switched so I'm closer to our bathroom now
Who pays the bills? Jimmy
Who mows the lawn? Jimmy
Who cooks dinner? Me and I enjoy it, Jimmy cooks great Mac & Cheese, scrabbled eggs & cookies
Who drives when you are together? Jimmy
Whose parents do you see the most? lately his, his grandma has been sick so they have been visiting a lot more
Who kissed whom first? we met halfway, he leaned in first though
Who asked whom out? Brandon (a mutual friend) asked me out for him- he just stood in the background and I didn't know I would be going out with Jimmy until Brandon said he was going to ask my friend out
Who proposed? Jimmy
Who has more friends? Jimmy- he seems to know people wherever we go
Who is more sensitive? Me but Jimmy is sensitive too
Who has more siblings? we both have 5 (6 kids total in our families)
Who wears the pants in the family? We each have a leg in
Where did you meet each other? Ricks College Library
What was the first thing you said to your husband? After I realized it was him who wanted to go out, I had to explain how my friend Hillary was coming to town from Utah State and how it wouldn't be a good night. However, he found a friend for Hillary to go out with so we went out anyway.
Where was your first date? Legends Restaurant, bowling and then went to his apartment to watch a movie (I think it was House Guest)
Where was your first kiss? At his apartment (not on the first date though- that came about a month later)
Where did you get engaged? Outside the gate at Temple Square
Where were you married? Idaho Falls Temple
How was the honeymoon? Quick- we stayed in Idaho Falls the first night and then went to Jackson Hole for a night and then back to our apartment in Rexburg so Jimmy could start football camp

I tag whoever wants to do this~
(Sophie took the below picture) Her new thing is wanting to take pictures of everything! I have all these pictures of her toys, of our furniture, the carpet, and just today she took some pictures of Jimmy and I. This one actually turned out cute. There is another one of me sitting and she just got my belly, crotch and legs. I won't be posting that one!
Happy Birthday, Jimmy! You get better every year!

Playing Catch Up (Again)

Camile, Me, Steph, and Gina modeling our "ugly sweaters" (check our that pretty shirt under mine)


Blake won the most likely to wear again award & Conner won most sparkly (his had Dalmatians and hearts all over it and it was glittery)

Mom & Dad

We had a wonderful Christmas. We stayed home this year. It's only the second time since we've been married that Jimmy and I haven't been in either Oregon or Idaho. It was a lot of fun to be in our own home and have family come HERE. On Christmas Eve, we had an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party with my family. It was fun seeing what people came up with and then finding things for those who didn't come with anything ugly on. We had a great dinner, a nice nativity story and a fun gift exchange. At the end we opened PJ's and said good-bye to everyone but my parents and Steph spent the night.

Conner started coming in our room at 5 am and said he couldn't sleep. (he woke up Kali shortly there after) We told the kids they had to wait 'til 7. We still waited until 7 and since Sophie was still sleeping we went down without her. The kids were excited about their presents from Santa. Their big gift this year was a Wii. It's been on their list for a couple years now. We've had fun playing it together.

Christmas afternoon, we went to Jimmy's grandma's rest home and had a party with some of his aunts, uncles and cousins. It was great being able to see both sides of the family on Christmas- that's a first for us.

The kids have been having a great break. They have made a sled hill in between our house and our neighbors and it goes into another neighbors back yard. They've also been working on a huge snow fort. I've managed to only miss two days working out (I always take Sunday off, and I missed Christmas and once this week). I am still feeling great and my belly is popping out more. We'll find out the end of this week what we are having (hopefully, although I am already planning on a girl)



We had a fun New Years' Eve. We hung out with our neighbors (the Fishers), got Wingers take out, watched a movie, played Guitar Hero, ate ice cream and counted down the New Year with some Sparkling Apple Cider.

This week we started on our basement. The framing is almost done and we are hoping in about a month we'll have the rest done.

Tomorrow we start going to church at 9. The kids are bathed, their clothes are laid out, and now I need to do the same. Jimmy has meetings in the morning so I'll be going solo getting everyone ready. Sophie starts Sunbeans tomorrow! She is so little still- I can't believe it! She had an activity at the church to meet her teachers and after I went to show her her classroom and all she could say when she saw the empty room was "where are the toys?" This should be interesting.

Way Behind!

Well, it's been a month and a half since I've posted so I have a lot to catch up on. My blog header is still from Halloween and my music is summer time songs. But until I am ready for Christmas I'm not going to worry about it. Each of these paragraphs deserves it's own post but I am going to keep this short and sweet. Hopefully, I won't get so far behind again!

We went to Lubbock, Texas for Thanksgiving and spent it with Jimmy's sister's family. We had a great time and enjoyed seeing their new house and touring around Lubbock.

I am going to be 19 weeks along in a couple days. This pregnancy has been great so far. No throwing up or nausea which has been great. I go in for my big ultra sound next week so we are hoping to know for sure what we are having. I had one last week at my Dr. apt. and he thought it looked like a girl but his machine isn't great so he said wasn't sure. I am thinking it's a girl now though and having fun thinking of girl names. I am feeling the baby move all around now and Jimmy said he felt it kicking last night.

Sophie turned 3 yesterday. She is so much fun! We had a party for her on Sunday since I had Enrichment last night. She was so excited about her cupcakes and presents. This is the first year she's really gotten it. She's been singing happy birthday all month and talking about a cake. Here are some of the cute things she has been doing- she loves to sing I am A Child of God, she loves playing My Little Ponies and playing with Kali, she LOVES all sorts of fruit, she blows her nose great, she loves to go on the four wheeler with her dad (she had to go with him when he was plowing driveways yesterday even though it was freezing out), she is always so happy when she wakes up and is so excited to see me, and she learned how to smile for the camera, she is very smart (count, colors, shapes, recognizes some letters and numbers) I am so grateful she is my little daughter.

Halloween Weekend

For Halloween this year we had a house full. Aaron & Camile and their girls, Ken & Gina, Brigham and Emma, Steph & Bryant, and Mom & Dad all came to celebrate, eat and go trick-or-treating. We started out with some yummy soups, cornbread and witches brew. After our tummies were full we got the kids ready for trick-or-treating. Sophie was going to be a giraffe until she saw Carly's pretty pink witches costume. She started bawling and wanted Carly's hat (no nap played into the costume envy tantrum). So I scrambled to find some of Kali's old dress up costumes and Sophie was happy being a princess with a pointed hat. Conner was an injured soccer player and Kali was a cheerleader that fell off the top of a pyramid. Ellie and Sophie lasted about 20 minutes outside (it was raining lightly). The rest of them stayed out about an hour. We had some pumpkin cake and played Apples to Apples for awhile and then it was time to hit the hay. (we had a temple sealing appointment at 7 am)

Above- Camile, Mom & I before dinner Below- Sophie and Ellie after Sophie calmed down and was happy with her costume

On Saturday, I had a neat experience with my family. My Grandma Johnson who passed away last year was a convert and wasn't sealed to her parents. So yesterday, we went to the temple and my parents knelt across the alter proxy for my dad's grandparents and I knelt in for my Grandma. I know my Grandma was celebrating and I am so glad I got to play a roll in such a wonderful ordinance.

Then we went to my nephew Brigham's Super Bowl game. It was at Pleasant Grove H.S. and his team won. It was a close, exciting game! Conner had his first indoor soccer game. They lost by a point but he made a goal and had a good time. He was excited there was so much family there to watch.

8's Tag

My friend LaNea tagged me this week and it was a fun one to do!

8 Favorite TV shows

1. Oprah
2. Good Things Utah
3. Prison Break
4. Lost
5. The Office
6. Biggest Loser
7. So You Think You Can Dance
8. American Idol

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Went to the Scarecrow Festival
2. planted Spring bulbs
3. Helped Jimmy clean the garage
4. started putting away clean laundry (didn't finish)
5. took a shower
7. watched Penelope with Conner & Kali
8. Shared a chicken salad with Jimmy from Cafe Rio

8 Favorite places to eat
1. Cafe Rio
2. Rumbi Grill
3. Wingers
4. Olive Garden
5. Kneaders
6. Paradise Bakery & Cafe
7. Dions (in New Mexico)
8. Zuppas

8 things I'm looking forward to

1. Sophie being potty trained all the way- she's getting real close! yeah!!

2. Going out with Kara and Laura on Wed. (friends that go way back with me!)

3. Going to the Bahamas with Jimmy in April (Champions Circle from Jimmy's work)

4. Having a new addition to the family in May (yep- you read that right)

5. not being so tired in a couple week (that'll be the start of my 2nd trimester- I always start feeling better by then)

6. Getting my hair done on Wed. (weaved & cut- maybe short- I haven't decided yet)

7. sometime this week my neighbor is waxing my eyebrows (it's badly needed)

8. relaxing after the kids are in bed & having some popcorn with Jimmy (have to be sure the kids are asleep though or they come down when they smell the popcorn)

8 things I love about this Fall-

1. Going for drives up the canyon & seeing the beautiful colors of the trees

2. Hot chocolate by the fire with fuzzy socks on my feet

3. having yummy soup again (it's hard to have hot soup in the summer)

4. baking bread and eating it fresh out of the oven

5. the holiday smells (pumpkin pie, apple cider, Cinnamon, wassail, apple pie)

6. Halloween & Thanksgiving

7. being with family & making new memories

8. decorating for Fall (I love fall colors)

8 things on my wish list

1. Take the kids on a Disney Cruise

2. Conner and Kali never fight anymore

3. make good parental choices (not mess my kids up)

4. be more organized with time & possessions

5. to just think about things and they would get done (yeah right!)

6. for me, my family & friends to be safe & healthy

7. to not gain too much weight during pregnancy (it's so easy to do)

8. to have a healthy baby

8 people I tag:

Camile, Ashley, Sheree, Lacey, Jessica, Karlenn, Nicole & Anjie