Happy New Year!

I am always so happy when we bring in a new year because it gives me a chance to reflect on the past year. We have been so blessed and it has probably been one of MY best years. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband who was truly made to fit me perfectly. I couldn't be happier with our marriage, our family, and our future! Plus I have the cutest little girl I have ever seen! Shelby has brought me so much joy in my life. I never knew that I could enjoy something so much, but being a mom is the most rewarding and most fun thing that I have ever done. She and I crack up every single day. (I'm not kidding we really do belly laugh at least 2 times a day, she is hilarious and knows it). I also have GREAT friends. It is so nice to be so close to so many people and be able to just call them up and go to lunch or have a play date. Another great thing is that my family is so close that I can visit them all the time and have them be a part of our family. My only complaint for the year is that my best friend (besides my husband) moved all the to Flordia!!! I understand why, but it still doen't make me too happy, I miss you MOO!
In 2008 I have a lot of goals, as does most everyone at the new year. If I put them in writing then I seem to be more motivated. I seem to always do 10 because I really like that number and I hate odd numbers.

1. Get back in shape (isn't that everyones number 1 goal after the holidays?)
2. Eat Healthier
3. Keep a Journal of blessings, cute things Shelby does, and anything else that is noteable
4. Buy a House!
5. Read my scriptures once a day (even if it is only 1 verse)
6. Plan a fun FHE activity every week and a date night every other week
7. Wherever we move I want to get my real estate license again in that state
8. Learn about Photography enough that I can take professional looking pics for my family
9. Get all my Personal training certificates
10. Be more Thankful!

Dress up!

While we were unpacking Shelby decided to put on all of my clothes. I thought this was the cutest outfit for her, it made her look like a melted snowman. Don't mind the runny nose, she is getting a bunch of new teeth right now! I just love this little girl, it's pretty crazy.

The suspense is over!

Here is Shelby waving Hello to everyone after a long time away.

We're finally Back!!!! It seems like forever since we have slept in our own bed. We have been gone for a month doing family stuff, school stuff, and interview stuff. I am sure that everyone has been anxiouly awaiting a new post from us only to be dissappointed for quite some time (as if you didn't have something better to do!). Well we had a great time on our break but it is so nice to be home, even if I do have an upstairs neighbor that I would LOVE to strangle.

We were in St. George with my family for a week and then we went to Idaho Falls to visit with Jon's family. It was great to see everyone and especially to show Shelby off. She seems to be getting so big. We took her sledding in Idaho and she had a great time, I think her face actually froze in a smile! I am still working on getting the pictures of that. After Idaho we went back to St. George for Jon to take the last half of his boards! Yeah only 5 more months of dental school!!!!!! We still aren't sure where we are going to be in a couple months, but the fact that it will be somewhere that we will have an income is awesome news to me. We are stoked. We had a pretty uneventful New Year's. Matt & Haley came and spent the night at my parents so that we could party, but our party ended at about 10:45pm because we were all falling asleep. ( I know you are all so jealous of our wild night!!) Anyway just wanted you all to know that we are back!

Molly, this is it!

Okay Molly here is what I was talking about with the making your own bulbs. I decided to leave them out of the vase so that you could see them better, plus I am all out of vases since I have been giving them away as gifts. But in the end you put them in a large vase with one of the top ribbons tied on the outside (they are wired) and there you have a very cute and festive decoration for the holidays. You could also do it with Halloween ribbon or whatever colors you decide in order to match anything. NOW do you get it? Man, this would be so much easier if you still lived a couple blocks away! Love ya Sis.

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Santa's Present.

Okay so I am way too excited to wait until Christmas, so I have posted Shelby's present on my blog to relieve some of the excitement. This is the cutest kitchen set that I have ever seen and Shelby is going to love it! Auntie Paige actually got this for her at Costco and as you can see I am pretty stoked. Thanks again Paige, I love it; and I know that Shelby will really love it too!!!

Mommy's Helper!

She was so tangled when I ran to get the camera, but she somehow escaped really quickly!

Those of you who know me, know that I am some what of a clean freak and I am starting to rub off on my daughter. One of her favorite things to do is to vacuum. She would do it everyday if I would let her, but the best time is once we have unplugged it and she "helps" me wind up the cord. Her she is being extremely helpful, I love my little clone!!!

Sweet Shades Shelby!

Lately Shelby has loved to wear her sunglasses around the house. She thinks that it is really funny and so do her parents! Anyway I thought I would just share a little pic. of her playing with her toys and wearing her Sweet Shades.

Love Thy Neighbor?????

What is she doing up there? Yikes, is she like that all the time? Holy crap that is loud! These are all comments by my friends visiting my home. Those of you that have been to my condo know that I have an extremely loud upstairs neighbor named Marie. She is a very sweet old lady, but she walks as if she had cinder blocks tied to the bottom of her feet! It is making this paticular commandment very difficult for me to abide by. Every day she also goes into each of her bathrooms and continues to bang on the floor for 45 seconds (I'm not even kinding, I timed it!). What Could she be doing???!!!!! I am not sure, but it is getting old especially now that Shelby is waking up from her naps because of Marie and her elephant feet. Ocassionally it sounds as if she is running a marathon in our tiny little condo back and forth back and forth! Somebody please help me or there may be a story of a mother gone mad with a shotgun on her neighbor in the news tomorrow! I love Marie, I love Marie, I love Marie, I love Marie! (Positive thinking right.)

What does a mom do all day?

I have heard many people say, What do you do all day long if you don't have a job. Well here is a little evidence of how some of my days go over and over again. Sometimes just living just takes time. I love my little tornado and I wouldn't have it any other way! Maybe saftey latches are in order at the Scott house now.

Trick or Treating!!

Well we went to St. George to go trick or treating with Jamie and her kids because Jon had to go to New Mexico for an interview with the residency down there. (it went well by the way) Before we left the house we ate dinner and played. Shelby LOVES Aunt Jamie's house because it is like a hands on Toy'r'us. it is so much fun to play!!! Anyway then we hit the pavement and started our trick or treating. Shelby and the Boys were not really all that impressed. They mostly wanted out of their costumes and to continue playing so we only went to a few houses. When we got back, Kallie was kinda sad because she wasn't finished so Kallie and I went back out to a few more houses. It was a really fun night and we all got lots of candy to achieve a sugar high. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Trunk or Treat!

Burton, Shelby, Emma, and AJ hanging out in the trunk!


Our Trunk or Treat was really fun. We went at 6pm and Shelby was SOOOOO tired so she just rode her trike around the parking lot like a zombie. We got lots of Candy for me to eat and I am getting fatter as I type this. Anyway we had lots of fun once the trick or treating was done and then we just let the kids hand out candy. That was Shelby's favorite. She was giving candy to anyone that would take it. Mostly Burton and Emma. AJ was too little to understand how to take it. Anyway we had tons of fun and it kept Shelby awake so we could go pick up Grandma Scott from the airport at 9:30pm.

Beautiful Car, Beautiful Name, Beautiful Girl!

I often get the question, Did you name your girl after someone or something? (hinting to me, is your kid named after a car?) Here is the background first....
My dad has always been really into cars and so consequently, so have I. A couple of years ago my pops bought the most beautiful car that I had EVER seen (I have been to my fair share of car shows too.) This mustang was O so nice!
When Jon and I got married he had a mustang, which we had to sell because we needed a more practical car that I could drive too. (power steering is a must) I always told him that one day when we are rich and famous we could get him a Shelby mustang.
Also Jon's dad has quite a few mustangs that he plans to fix up one day so he is also a mustang fanatic.
Well when we found out that we were having a girl, we thought all the men in this girls life are obsessed with the same beautiful car so it just seemed fitting to name the most beautiful girl after the most beautiful car that any of us have ever seen. So here are some pics of the car that Shelby was named after. I have some pics with her driving it when she was little, but I can't find them so you just get to enjoy the pics of this fine piece of red heaven.

Jock-O

While My mom (grandma Hammons) was here to visit she got a stuffed monkey for Shelby that reminded her of a stuffed monkey that she used to have as a child. She said that she had named it Jock-O when she was just a little girl. So we want to introduce you to Jock-O jr. This Monkey is Shelby's favorite thing EVER! She thinks he is so funny, the other day I was having Jock-o throw a ball to Shelby and she couldn't stop laughing. It was such a belly laugh that she fell backwards with her hands on her belly cracking up. In some of these pics you can see Shelby's slobber from giving Jock-O so many kisses! Thanks Mom she loves her Jock-O.

Grandma Scott's Visit!

(For those of you who haven't seen Shelby has front teeth that she doen't show too often.)

Well this last week has been a really crazy week for Shelby and I. We had both grandma's come and stay with us and it was SOO fun. I didn't get a picture when my mom was here so I will get one tomorrow on Halloween and then post about her visit too.

Last October we had just had Shelby, but Jon still really badly wanted to go to Idaho during hunting season so I told him if he could find someone to come stay with me and our 4 week old daughter that he could go. So Jon called his mom and asked if she wouldn't mind coming and helping me out and visiting her new granddaughter. Of course she was really excited and so she flew down and stayed with us while Jon went hunting. This has now kind of become a tradition and we LOVE it. Jon's mom flew down on Thursday night and stayed until Sunday. We had so much fun showing her what it is that Shelby and I do all week. We went to the park, shopping, In-n-Out burger, Cafe' Rio, and played at home with all of Shelby's toys. It was nice to be able to have Mom see how Shelby is in her own element. Anyways we had a wonderful time and hope that next hunting season it works out again. Thanks for the visit MOM!!!! We love you.

Bunco Madness

This is Deanna as our flight attendent, Kristina as our greek goddess, and Kristi as our white trash.
Kristen and Kaymee (80's prom queen and pirate)
Krsti & Tyree (white trash and our pregnant Brittney Spears)
These are our two Natalie's (Witch and only had 1 days notice)
That's me just Pimpin'
Breann & I (army dude and pimp)
This is our very HOT group!
Chelsea & Kaymee (zombie bride and Pirate)
Crystal & Kelly (hospital patient and witch)
Crystal your gown is open!!!!!

Yes, Bunco has happened again. Our group decided that we should have a costume party in honor of Halloween. It was so fun and the costumes were AAAAAmmmmmmaaaaazzzzinnnng. Anyway here are a few pics of our wild and crazy bunco night. I look forward to our bunco night each month we always have such a great time. Luckily we only have it at our house 1 time a year, otherwise the husbands wouldn't allow it because the noise volume is like a cheerleading camp. See ya next month ladies!!!