Now That's a Bed!

Matt and I bought an early Christmas/Wedding present... a new bed!  It was fun trying out a dozen or so different mattresses and then picking out a bed to go with it.  Everything was delivered and set up yesterday, and I had the most wonderful night's sleep last night.  It's a king bed, and it pretty much takes up my entire bedroom, but I love it.  The white bedding with the mahogany bed look even better in person.  I still need to get another euro pillow - I didn't think about the fact that I would need three to fit across the bed instead of the two I always kept on my queen... For now, sweet dreams!

Popcorn Anyone?

This weekend, Matt and I took Kylee to see the new Muppet movie in the theater.  Kylee was extra excited about getting popcorn.  I know that her eyes are closed in the picture below, but I had to share... look at the size of the popcorn container compared to Kylee!

I loved watching Kylee during the movie.  My favorite was when she would dance in her chair to the music.  Love this little girl!

Pre-Thanksgiving Workout

I seriously love the ladies I work out with.  It makes going to the gym so much more enjoyable.  Like I've mentioned before, I'm definitely a social workout person - I need that motivation of having other people there with me!  Well, thanks to my workout buddies, I got my 5th workout of the week in this morning... our pre-Thanksgiving dinner workout.  I know that my hour at the gym will not counteract all that I will eat today, but I probably burned around 600 calories so that definitely helps!

Robin, me, Lynette, Brandee, and Kris

Now I'm off to have my morning protein shake, shower, make a green bean casserole, and look at Black Friday ads :-)

Kylee's 3rd Birthday

Kylee turned three on Friday!  She had been looking forward to her birthday for weeks.  We celebrated with a family party on Sunday, complete with presents, balloons, and an ice cream cake (Kylee LOVES ice cream!) 

Blowing out the candles!

It was fun shopping for little girl presents... I know that Christmas with Kylee will be a blast :-)

Spoiled

This guy spoils me.

Tonight I got a hand and foot massage.  It was lovely!  Definitely nice to be pampered :-)

So So Sad

Saturday was a little bit of dejavu.  We lost our football game.  By one point.  And we had a botched field goal attempt with one second left on the clock.  I didn't cry, but I sure wanted to!  It was the same scenario as last year in Nevada.  Well, there went our hopes of a BCS bowl game.  I even thought we had a long shot at the national championship.  I am bummed, but will still be in Bronco Stadium for the last couple games of the season, cheering on my Broncos.

Mandy and me... clearly this picture wasn't taken at the end of the game because we're still smiling!!

11/11/11

Yesterday was 11/11/11!  To celebrate this historic day, Jen and I planned an "11" themed night.  We started off the evening with a dinner of 11 different appetizers.  Mmmmm.... thanks to pinterest for over half our appetizer ideas!

Over the last couple weeks, we had racked our brains trying to think of some activity where the number 11 came into play.  We decided on mini golf - the person who was winning after the 11th hole would be our champion.  So after dinner, we bundled up and headed to Wahooz.  Of course we took some pictures by the 11th hole!

We ended the evening with dessert and a movie (totally un-11 related), but we did pause to make a wish at 11:11:11 (yes, down to the second!).  I am sure all our wishes will come true :-)

And in case you are wondering about the number 11, here's an article with 11 things you didn't know about the number 11!

How It Happened & Plans!

Everyone has been asking how Matt proposed, so here you go.  As I blogged about a few days ago, we attended a Halloween party at Jared's house on Saturday night... Well, after the party, Matt helped me carry a bunch of stuff into my house, and before he left, he told me he had a question to ask me.  He got down on one knee and was holding a ring - he told me he loved me and asked me to marry him!  I was totally surprised (I had a good idea it was coming at some point, but had no idea he was asking me that night!)  And as I already posted, I told him yes!  (Note: We may or may not have still been dressed as a cowboy and Indian.)  He then placed this beautiful ring on my finger.  Really, the picture doesn't do it justice.  It is big and sparkly and simple and elegant and just perfect.  I love it.  I can't stop staring at it!

I am so excited to marry Matt.  I didn't know if it would be possible for me to love again, but Matt has proven that I can!  I love him so much.  He is wonderful and perfect for me.  And I am excited to be a mom to Kylee.  We are going to have some great family adventures :-)

Truthfully, I wish we could just get married tomorrow, but unfortunately, there are a few steps we have to go through first.  Since we've both been previously married, we have to work through some paperwork with our church and get an approval before we can set a wedding date.  Hopefully this will be a fairly quick process.  We plan on being married in the LDS Twin Falls temple (the Boise temple is currently closed for renovations)... probably just weeks after we hear back!  Ideally we would be married in January, but that could be wishful thinking.  I've heard that the process we are going through could take just a few weeks, or it could take several months.  Keep your fingers crossed for us!

At this point, we aren't planning on having a reception... so if you don't receive an invitation, that's why!  If we do end up planning some kind of an open house, we'll be sure to let people know.  For now, we'll be working on making "my" house "our" house... starting with turning my guest bedroom into Kylee's future room.  I'll be selling the couch/daybed that's currently in there... if you're interested, let me know!  I'll probably post it on Craigslist this weekend.