another photo dump

I think the majority of my posts are just random pictures but hey it's an easy fast way to remember what we have been up to!

Preston likes to take lots of naps after an early morning of PT.

At our favorite Texas Roadhouse, Preston was physco!

These two are inseperable

Stimulus Tuesday going to Act of Valor. (I think he actually meant to close his eyes this time, the movie got over pretty late)

End of Semester award ceremony for ROTC. I was so upset I forgot my camera. Preston did amazing he recieved lots of awards and was announced as the Cadet Battalion Commander for next year. (In layman terms it means he is in charge of the all the other Cadets) I couldn't be prouder.

Baby Shower for Meisha & Lilly

I had great ideas for Meisha's baby shower with some really cute decorations, and a good setup but unfortunately the weather did not want to cooperate so we had to shove 40 ish people into my parents house. It still turned out great though just different than planned. Meisha had lots of friends and family to support her, we had lots of good food, played some fun games, and laughed a lot.

 Shelly had some really fun games and great prizes

Meisha's little helper

One of the blankets from Grandma Evee

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

I have a lot to catch up on and the easiest fastest way to do that?... Picture overload!

Preston has used my bike a few times when he is in charge of running P.T. in the mornings. (Bandit did not like the basket! He jumped out a couple of times so we stopped trying)

One of the first warm nights we had Preston wanted to BBQ. This boy would either starve without me, or weigh 300 pounds from eating fast food all the time.

Preston's family and my mom came to our house to celebrate Preston's 23rd Birthday with dinner and cake.

Bandit has learned a lot of naughty things from Bella and Chewy

We went to the Hunger Games movie, I liked the book better of course but it was still really good!

We went to Moab for spring break with the Littlewoods

The weather is getting nice, and there is lots of sun that comes through our kitchen window, so Preston always keeps his sunglasses near by!

We celebrated Easter with Church in Shelley, an Easter egg hunt my mom did for the "kids", dinner with my family and grandparents, and dessert with the Littlewoods.

and on a side note it has been almost two years since I cut my hair this short,

 and now it is this long. I can't decide....

If I should let it grow out (or possibly get extensions) or...

If I should cut it short again and do some blonde highlights? What do you think?

(and I would wait until at least the end of July to cut it if I do)

two years is a LOOONG time for a hair dresser not to do anything to her hair! (besides a few highlights here and there)

Happy St. Patty's Day

 I love decorating for holidays. I love changing things around and this is such an easy way to do! And pretty cheap because I make a lot of them myself!

 I have made lots of blocks like these before. I don't have a cricut, and don't want to spend the money on one. So I just print off letters from my computer cut them out and use some spray adhesive.

 I love subway art, it's such an easy way to decorate, especially for holiday's that are harder to decorate for. I found this free printable from here

Thanks to Pinterest I found this idea for a fun easy and cheap wreath! All it took was some foam tubing from Home Depot, two colors of tissue paper from the dollar store, some hot glue, and shiny clear spray paint. I found the shamrock in the middle at shopko for 60% off!

The Birthday Boy

Preston was not very excited about his birthday this year, he thinks 23 is old. He kept saying he remembered when Mitch (his older brother) turned 23 and thinking how old that made him. So I wanted to make sure this birthday was a great one. We lucked out and his birthday fell on a Wednesday that I didn't have to work at the bank or the salon, and it's Preston's easy day at school. So I decided to celebrate all day. When he got home from PT, I had crepes and fruit ready for breakfast, and his surprise present wrapped and waiting. I got the idea for his present awhile ago, and had the hardest time not telling him! He always knows what gifts he is getting so I really wanted it to be a suprised but really wanted to make sure it was what he wanted, so I was very sneaky and tricked him. Our TV is possessed, it changes inputs on its own, sometimes theres only sound and no picture, and its very old school, so I bought Preston a new flat screen TV. I knew it was something he wanted (and I wanted a entertainment stand that matched my other furniture) so I told him we should get one once we got our tax return back. He of course thought this was a great idea and started telling me what he wanted. We finally found the ONE a few weeks before his birthday so I just stopped talking about it since we weren't getting our taxes done until right before his birthday. The night before his birthday (yes I am a procrastinator) Shae & I went to Sears to pickup the TV. Well the TV (a 50" plasma) was last years model and they didn't have any in stock, and neither did the Idaho Falls store and no they wouldn't be getting in anymore. So after i freaked out for a little bit I decided to stick with the same price I was planning on spending him and got a 40" LCD, and asked about there return policy. If Preston wants to upgrade or get something else he can't but at least he would have something to open on his birthday. I found an entertainment stand at Shopko for $75 that was normally $225, so his presents were ready to go.





he said once he saw the boxes he had an idea it was a TV but never would have thought that's what he was getting, it was a combined present from me, my parents, and his parents.

he couldn't belive it

Sadly he didn't get to play with his present because he had to go to his morning class. We went out for lunch at the Works (like subway), and he decided he wanted fried chicken for dinner, so while he was doing homework I gave it a shot! It actually turned out really good, he said it was as good as my mom's and her's is very yummy so I was happy. He also said he wanted a cupcake so thanks to pinterest I found a reciepe for Cupcakes For Two It was perfect and so easy! I had leftover homemade whipped cream from the crepes so I just used that as frosting!

 We both decided they were good but not our favorites, but a lot better than the two of us eating a whole batch of really good cupcakes!

  

Don't judge me in these pictures one was early in the morning and the other one late at night! I put together the TV stand while Preston was doing homework and we finally had time to put the TV up on Friday! Preston said it was a great birthday and thats all that matters to me!