Deep in the heart...

OF TEXAS! So I just got back from my trip to Texas to visit my brother Zak and his wife Kate and my brand spankin new baby niece Kennedy Rose! I had SO much fun on this short little adventure, big thanks to my Mom for letting me tag along and big thanks to Zak and Kate for letting us invade their lives and hog their beautiful new baby girl.

Daddy and daughter... this guy is so in love...

I loved this picture, she looks like she is putting up her little dukes, ready to fight!

I could have sat here for hours...

Happy parents

We did manage to pull ourselves off the baby to go see the Riverwalk in San Antonio, pretty cool little place...

And back to baby :) Pretty young lookin grandma dont ya think?

And the dress... Jon and I bought this dress for her in Mexico before she was born and I couldnt wait to see it on her! She is the most perfect, beautiful little girl, I love her to pieces already and cant wait to see her in a couple weeks! Thanks again Zak and Kate!!! Love you guys!

AND.... When I left for this trip my livingroom wall looked like this.... boooooorring!

When I got home it looked like this!! YAY! My hubby finished and put up our little project that we have been working on for the past couple weeks! I love how it turned out! We copied it from a piece that my aunt and uncle bought. Its pretty simple, just some wood blocks that Jon made, painted brown and the we used a little tool to chisel out the wood to make the design... I love how it turned out! The only problem is that it is centered on the chairs and not the wall, but it would look funny if it was centered on the wall and not the chairs... does it look funny?

I like it! Thanks Jon!!!

Heaven on earth

This 4th of July weekend Jon and I were lucky enough to enjoy the holiday at my favorite place on the whole earth, Lake Powell!! Its my heaven...

Now, a normal family would hop in their car and GLADLY drive the 6 hours from Salt Lake to get there, but my family would not have that this time...

My awesome brother sent THIS to come get us! What?! He is the nicest guy on the planet. He sent his plane to come pick us and a few other family friends up and 40 minutes later.... we arrived! (Thank you Thank you Jer!)
First things first at the lake. If you know me, you know my greatest joy is wakeboarding at Lake Powell so this is as good as it gets for me.
And Jon loves it too... just not with the same passion as me
This is my cute litle niece Bree, who loves her uncle Jon. Check out those baby blues...
And my oh so brave niece allie! That is a loooooong jump for such a little girl!

My Dad, too much fun for him to handle

Ryan and Danna... good friends from high school (Ryans sister married my brother so they are fam), just sittin there being awesome.

Jon getting a workout on the kayak. Those things are so much fun...

Now, what happens when you are at lake powell, and the weather changes... clouds come it, it gets a little chilly, a little rainy, no fun to play in the lake, what do you do?

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You send the helicopter of course! Haha my family is crazy. My brother brought his big helicopter out, landed it on a rock in the middle of the lake and took us all for rides! So so fun!

see how much fun I'm having?

Ben and Bridget also enjoying the ride

But wait.... what happens when the "lake police" are not happy with you landing your big blue bird on their precious piece of rock? Well first you circle around them in your helicopter, making them helplessly follow you all over the lake, getting more and more angry with each change of direction... Oh yea, we did that. It was too funny... we could see them below us chasing us around so we would fly to the other side of the canyon, they would follow, then we would turnm around the other way, they would follow again, it was so funny... not nice or legal but funny.

So, when we have to eventually land, you can imagine that the lake police are not very happy with my brother the pilot. After about 2 hours of arguing, they give him a ticket and say you cant land out here anymore. So what does he do?

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He says "fine" and goes to get the smaller chopper and lands it on his own dang land (meaning his houseboat) which is perfectly legal.

Oh so much fun. We are spoiled absolutely rotten! Thanks so so so much to Jer and Shar for providing such an amazing trip! We love you guys!

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Hubby Tag

1. What is his name?  Jonathan Layne

2. Who eats more?  Depends on the day... sometimes me sometimes him

3. Who said "I love you" first?  I think I was in love first but I waited until he said it :)

4. Who is taller?  He is 5'11, I am 5'4 (we fit perfectly)

5. Who is smarter?  Him hands down

6. Who is more sensitive?  We both have our moments

7. Who does the laundry? Usually me

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Looking at the bed, him

9. Who pays the bills?  I do for the most part when he is in school, but he works his butt off at school and he will pay the bills when he is done :)

10. Who cooks more? Me, but I dont cook near as much as I should

11. What meals do you cook together? Mmmm nothing really...

12. Who is more stubborn?  Both but probably me more

13. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Probably me, Jon is never wrong... :)

14. Who has more siblings? He has 5, I have 3

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? We dont wear pants...

16. What do you like to do together? Tennis, Wakeboard, Snowboard, Rock climb... lots of stuff

17. Who eats more sweets? Jon... he is always eating a treat before dinner, makes me crazy!

18. What is his guilty pleasure? He cant really resist ice cream... and me:)

19. How did you meet?  We went to high school together

20. Who asked who out first?  We never really had a first date or anything, he just called me one day to hang out and I never let him go again

21. Who kissed who first?  Now this is an ongoing debate between us... I say it was pretty mutual

22. Who proposed? He did!!! The best day ever!  He did the most amazing proposal I could have imagined.

23. His best features? Oh I love so much about him its hard to narrow... I love his BIG bright eyes, I love his smile when he is really happy, nice bum too :)

24. What is his greatest quality? Again, lots to choose from... He is a very very hard worker, he always does his best no matter what it is, and he is very smart.  I love you babe!

25.  Tag, Mom, all sisters, all friends, everyone with a hubby!

Cake # 2

Ok, I promise I will stop posting these diaper cakes after this... This is the baby boy version. I liked how it turned out except it needs a star on the bottom layer and its kind of driving me nuts :)

Quote of the day

This is my new favorite song for the moment... It's Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

"Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been,
Lucky to be coming home again"

I think sometimes I forget how lucky I am and this song was so simple and it reminded me a lot about all the simple things that I really enjoy in life and all the simple but wonderful times I have shared with my hubby, who IS my best friend. I love simple things... ok this concludes my sappy post for the day. Have a good one! And download this song... its called Lucky

Happy Fathers Day

To my Dad, who I love to pieces! I hope you know today how important you are to me! I would be so lost without you. You are always there to give me advise, answer my questions, fix anything that needs fixing and spoil me to death! I feel honored and blessed to be your daughter and it's been amazing to see how alike we really are as I have grown up... That would be a good thing. I love you very much! Have a happy day!

Diaper Cake 101

What do ya think? My first ever diaper cake! My friends and I put this together last night and I thought it turned out pretty darn cute! This was such a fun little project... so fun in fact that I would like to make some more... I wonder if I could sell these???