Digital Scrapbooking...

When Reed has to work evenings I get a little bored after Macie goes to bed. Sure, there's things I could be doing, but I don't usually want to do anything "productive" after 8:30. So....here are a few scrapbook pages that I've been doing, plus some other stuff:)






Macie Packing around her little baby. I just loved the P.J.'s and tutu. She's so cute, it makes me laugh.


Ok, here's another little tiny sewing project that I did the other day while Macie was napping....It's the little black and white pillow. I love "Make It and Love It." :)

Please Help Me IMPROVE....

So now that I have a nice camera I REALLY want to learn how to take a good picture. I'd LOVE to take a class, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to fit one in before I have the baby! So.....I would LOVE to get some feedback on these pictures. Be brutally honest if you need to be, I don't mind. I just really want to improve, so please help! Angie, Jenny, Lacey, Amber, and anyone else who knows anything about photography...........let me know how to improve, please:) (Keep in mind, Macie was NOT cooperating, next time I will have someone there to help hold her attention. That's why she isn't looking at the camera in ANY of them!)










I also just wanted to post some fun LITTLE sewing projects that I did last night and this morning. When it comes to sewing, if it's not little and simple, it's best not to try it........for me anyway:)
Cute new strap for my camera. I see these all over, but I got a tutorial off of makeitandloveit.blogspot.com(found on my sidebar)

And a new nursing cover for baby boy....the only ones I had for Macie are girly colored:)

Happy Birthday Reed!

Yesterday (the 17th) was Reed's 27th Birthday! It probably wasn't the most exciting day for him because it was on a Sunday, so he went to meetings, and church, then hung out at home the rest of the day:) We did go out to eat on Saturday....but I think I always enjoy that more than him. I just want my hubby to know how much I love him and need him, and I am SO LUCKY he's mine! Happy Birthday Reed! Here are a few pictures from the big 2-7.....


Macie helping me make dad a cake in the morning while Reed was gone to meetings.
Tasting the cake batter....
She loved it of course!
The CAKE......yeah, I don't ever really get creative.
Birthday Boy and Macie

Blowing the candles out......and Macie trying to help.

Loving the frosting:)

My New Furniture.....

So I told you Reed's been spoiling me lately. Well, here's further proof. Our friend Kyle helped him make these chests over the Christmas break....a toy chest for Macie's room, and a bigger one to go in the front room! Thank you SO MUCH Kyle for helping Reed make these, I LOVE them! And THANK YOU Reed, they are beautiful, but I love them even more because YOU built them for ME:)

Nicest Husband...

Reed has been spoiling me rotten lately....not sure why, but I'm not going to complain:) It makes me feel a little guilty, but also loved...so thank you Honey! The latest thing he's spoiled me with is this...A KITCHENAID MIXER! I am SO excited! I was using my mom's old bread mixer that she gave to me up until now. And when I say old, I mean like 30 plus years old. But I was okay with that, at least it worked. Well, until a few week ago, then it finally died:( Reed took it apart and found out which part needed replaced, but I guess they stopped making them a while ago. I was SO sad. But Reed has been secretly looking at them on the Internet, and this weekend while we were in Utah we got this one off of KSL! Never been used and exactly the one I have always dreamed about...even the color! So, I am a nerd, and posted a couple pictures of the beauty and the PERFECT cookie dough that I made today. I didn't think that it would make a difference in the dough, but it did! Perfect consistency. Yesterday I made bread, and it was a BIG step up from before. Thank you Reed.....I LOVE it!

CoUpLe PiCtUrEs Of MaCiE...

I just wanted to post a couple cute pictures of our little girl, and tell you some cute things she's doing lately. I thought she would be too young to care about a new baby coming, but I think she might understand more than I know. Lately she has been obsessed with babies. If there is ever a car seat around, she's peeking in and saying "baby, baby!" When we babysit a baby, she's constantly trying to give them a bottle, or their binky, or poking them in the eye and saying, "eye, eye!" And she even wants to carry them, don't worry, I don't let her:) Macie's had a runny nose lately, so she gets it wiped A LOT. Yesterday she went and got her doll and a couple little teddy bears, then ran to the bathroom and got some tissue, and wiped all their little noses. I thought that was so cute! She wraps her little doll in a blanket and packs it around everywhere giving it lots of kisses and feeding it her sippy. She always wants to see the baby in my tummy, but also thinks there's one in hers....and her dad's, so I don't think she quite understands that one yet:) But she knows what a baby is, and I think she will be lots of "HELP" when our little guy gets here.

Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas this year! We were able to go to Salt Lake and see the lights on Temple Square a couple days before Christmas. While we were there we got to go to dinner with my sister Karen and her husband Nic. And we got to see my other sister Mandy who lives in West Jordan, and her whole family! We also got to go to the Salt Lake temple while we were there.....SO BEAUTIFUL! We stayed in a condo with Reed's brother Jed and his family. Macie absolutely loved being around her cousins for a couple days! It was a a short little trip, but fun to get away.
We spent Christmas Eve at my parents house with most of my immediate family. It's always so fun to see everyone and have LOTS of good food.
On Christmas Macie gave us a nice present and slept in until 9:00! That's really late for her! When she woke up we opened presents and just hung around home until dinner time. We had dinner at Reed's parents house, and spent the rest of the evening there.
Santa was REALLY nice this year and brought me a Canon Rebel! I am SO excited to learn how to use it. When Macie naps I've been reading the manual and trying to figure it all out. So you'll have to excuse my Christmas morning photos....I had no idea how to use my camera yet, but Reed wanted me to use my new one:) I've gotten a whole lot better since, but I need lots more practice. I might be able to take a little class soon, so that should help. I hope everyone had a good holiday! Here are some pictures from Christmas at our house and Salt Lake.......

Santa left Macie a play kitchen that she LOVES!
Opening presents from Mom & Dad

Playing dress-up in her new tutu and hat...Thank you Katie & Grandma:)
Helping me make a salad for dinner at the Dennings
Of course she loves to put the olives on her fingers:)

Random picture of Macie on her phone
Salt Lake City Temple

Seeing the lights...

Catching up on some pictures....

The camera was getting pretty full, so I decided it was probably time for a little catching up....more for me than for anyone else. So keep in mind, some of these are clear from Thanksgiving!




While I was making a jello pretzel salad for thanksgiving, Macie HAD to help, as always. And this time I let her lick the beaters for the first time. Of course she LOVED it, and now I can't make anything without her wanting to lick them....should have known:) Oh, I almost forgot!! When you make the salad(desert) you make the pretzel crust first, then add the cream cheese and whip cream layer, and you let that set up for a couple hours in the fridge. Well, Macie loves to sit in the fridge (with her feet hanging out) for some reason, and I was busy in the kitchen, so I let her sit in it for a couple minutes. I totally forgot that the salad was in there setting up until I hear her little voice saying, "mmmm, mmmm, mmmm." I opened the fridge and found her with the salad all over her face and hands and fridge, and huge scoops made by tiny fingers all over in the salad! I couldn't be mad even for a second because she just kept nodding her head and saying, "mmm, mmmm."


After Thanksgiving dinner we went and visited my Grandma and Grandpa Pike in Basalt. It was so nice to visit with them and here their stories of when they were young and raising kids. We love you Grandma & Grandpa!


I took this after our ward Christmas party. Macie was exausted, and fell asleep in the car. Her Daddy couldn't resist just holding her while she slept. I didn't realize how BIG she was getting until I looked at this picture....she's huge!




Yesterday I was about to stick Macie in the tub, but then I got distracted for like two minutes and Macie comes in the room with pen drawings all over her belly. I don't even know where she got the pen, but I thought it was funny because she was so FAST! I'm just glad she got her belly and not the walls or something....this time:)



The last few days we've been BAKING a lot while Reed is at work. Macie always has to help, so I got some pictures of her "helping". This is her measuring out raisens to dump into her own bowl to keep her busy while I was mixing. But she always loves to help me pour in the ingredients, so it takes a long time, and she gets flour everywhere. But I think it's so cute to watch her, and she thinks she is SO BIG!

Anytime anything is in the oven I have to turn on the light so Macie can see what's cooking....in this case the cookies. She stands there and says, "mmmmmmm."

IT'S A..........

BOY!!! We are SO excited to expecting a baby BROTHER! We went to the doctor this morning and everything is still going great with our new little baby. The Ultrasound Tech said that the placenta is on the back, and that is why I'm feeling so much movement. Whew...that's a relief. I thought this one was going to be wild or something, he already seems to never stop moving! We are so excited and are looking forward to meeting this little guy in the spring!