10 Things to Smile About

One of the blogs I love reading is Emmy Mom. I met Emily back at BYU my freshman year. She and I lived on the same floor at Deseret Towers (which are no longer there) We were in the same ward and had some of the same friends. While I really did not get to know her well at BYU she and I became facebook friends and are now blogging friends. She has such a cute family and is a great mom to her two adorable kids and is expecting her third baby in July.
She lists every month 10 things to smile about and I thought it was a great idea and so am linking up with her and sharing my 10 things to smile about this month.

1. Abe was promoted to a supervising position at work.

2. Zander finally started to roll over (he has only done it twice but we are very excited to watch him as he learns new tricks)

3.That my Grandma Holt has been able to continually get better from her terrible pneumonia.

4. That my Aunt Raydeen finished her breast cancer treatments and is now cancer free

5. That Abe gets me out of bed to go to breakfast with my Grandpa Holt on Saturday mornings. (I'm not a huge morning person and it is an hour drive for us)

6. That I was able to watch General Conference on Easter Sunday.

7. That I was able to experience Zanders first Easter

8. That Abe and I are finally getting the Internet at our house. Now only if my computer would work!

9. That I have such a good friend Adrianne that I can go out and play with

10. That my husband loves me no matter what!

Handy Husband

I love how handy my husband Abe is! He has many talents and luckily building things is one of them. He has so many tools and can really do any home project we need done. Abe put in this banister. Isn't it wonderful! Abes dad help him pick it up and bring it in from the Home Depot but ended up getting the flu so Abe had to instal it all by himself which involved some language I cannot repeat and a few extra trips back to the store.

It was a lot of work and took some creative thinking in parts (since our floor come to find out was not very level!) but Abe was able to see the whole project through. We both absolutely love how it turned out!
There used to be a half wall in this spot and the previous home owner took it out but did not get anything put up in its place. So basically we had this cliff from our dining area into our living room. Not very kid friendly. We did like how open it looked so when we saw this design for a banister we knew that was what we wanted.

Don't ya just love it? I do!!!!

Crombie

So I just realized that Abe and I have had Crombie for a little over a year now and thought I would dedicate a post to him. We had him shipped from a farm in Vermont a year ago March.

Crombies full name is Abercrombie Fitch, clever I know I came up with the name:) we call him Crombie or Croms for short. He is a Hungarian Komondor, if you have ever seen the dog shows and the "mop dogs" this is what they are. Their hair will grow all the way to the ground and into dreads or coords. We opt to keep him nice and short as the cords are a big pain in the butt and they get dirty easily. Although we did just get him groomed and are going to grow the top of his head out into dreads but keep the rest short.

 The komondor is a protector and usually used on ranches or farms to protect the herd or other animals along with families. They can fight mountain lions and other preditors.

Fun things about Crombie:

He has a great temperment.
He is still in the puppy phase and has been known to chew on things he should not like our walls!
He is very sweet and will follow you all through the house and is great with kids.
He is a big momas boy!
He also likes to sleep on his back, weired I know.
He also does what we call happy tinkles. He gets so excited when we come home that if you touch him at all he pees a little. He also does this when you get really mad at him and drives Abe crazy!

We just love our crazy pup!

Another pom pom

This is my latest paper pom pom for my office I love the two tones and it helps make my space happy.

Pom-Poms

Sorry for the lack of posting lately things have been busy. I have been getting into a very crafty mood lately and decided to make these paper pom poms. I got the idea and how to make them from my favorite TV show Studio 5. I love how they turned out and it adds a nice fun punch to the room. You can see how to make them here.
Really it was so fast and super easy. I put these in my craft/computer room. I am currently working on an idea to paint my table so be on the look out. I think I am also going to make these pom poms for my office to give it some very much needed fun and color.

Easter Fun

So Easter weekend was very fun. We kinda got to spread it out over two Sundays. The week before we got together with my side of the family at my parents and had our party. It was fun to see all the kids excited about all the candy and to also see my Grandma and Grandpa Holt. I am truly blessed with great grandparents who have all been amazing examples to me.

This Sunday we got together with Abes family for a huge Easter dinner and played games. Abes parents have only two grandkids and went all out spoiling them. Both Abe and I ate way to much candy. The bummer is that I did not take any pictures of Zanders first Easter at either party! I know what was I thinking. Abes parents got some really cute pictures of Zander. They gave him a huge plastic Easter egg with presents inside. Zander actually fit inside the egg it was so dang cute! I will have to get them to send me a copy.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter and Conference weekend.