happy valentines day

Valentines Day on a budget, with a baby isn't so bad! We had a great night.
Ben made us a Cajun dinner. It was really great. For some reason Ben loves stuffing meat. So we had stuffed chicken with bacon and a "crab" boil, except with shrimp. I just ate everything around the shrimp and that was good. I made dessert. They are little bit size apple pies. They were so easy to make but so delicious.Grandma Harding sent us all Valentines presents. Macee got a cute dress that she will be able to wear in a few months and Ben and I got cards with some gift cards inside. Thanks so much! It was fun to get a package from family.

our family outing

I just noticed these pictures and thought I'd add them to the blog. We went on a family outing to Fountain Hills with my cousin, Allison and her cute family. We haven't seen a lot of Arizona because Ben jumped right into school when we moved here so it was so fun to get out and see the different beautiful area we live in. We saw mountains, not quite Utah mountains, but nonetheless, mountains. We saw a river and damn that would be so fun to go fishing at. Then we ended up at Fountain Hills to see the largest man made fountain. It goes off every hour and it is HUGE. The city has a beautiful park with ducks and a playground. Since it was January...and the weather couldn't get any better. We spent quite a while playing at the park. It was great.

I wish I knew how the flip these. For now it'll just have to be sideways.

I loved seeing how pretty the desert of Arizona could be. We just needed to venture out a little bit! We will have to do more of that in the future.

eleven things...

Okay Jan, I caved, just for you my dear. I am terrible at these little "survey" things. So here goes my best shot.

1. What is your favorite color and why?
I can never decide on a favorite color because it's such a broad question. I hot pink (I actually had a hot pink wall in my bedroom growing up and loved it...contrary to my dad's feelings). I like wear a lot of blacks and grays, probably because they're the most slimming, right?
2. Your favorite date idea or the best date you have ever been on?
"Dates" usually consist of running errands these days. But, as of late, my favorite date is when the husband cooks us a nice, romantic dinner (he is very good at this) and we watch a movie and cuddle afterwards, during which I would probably fall asleep.
3. What would you do if you had 10 spare minutes?
Spare time? Um...when I'm not doing things like this, and Macee is napping, I love doing crafts. Mine and Macee's favorite thing to do in our spare time together while daddy is at work, is go on a walk. It happens daily and we both completely love it.
4. What is your favorite childhood memory?
My favorite childhood memories included playing outside with my friends and brothers. It seemed like we were always outside rollerblading, catching frogs or playing night games.
5. What is your favorite movie?
The Notebook. That's an easy one.
6. Name 2-3 things on your bucket list.
The Bucket List is also a really good movie.
1. Like everyone else, I would love to travel with my family.
2. In order to travel, I would love to help Ben open a successful private practice.
3. This last one seems lame to even say because I have no excuse for not doing it now, but I would love to be really fit. Especially as an old lady.
7. What is your favorite time of the day? I switched this question from some dumb one that was about shapes or something. Sorry Jan. At least this survey didn't turn into "ten things".
My favorite time of day is the evening. I love when Ben is home with us, we can put Macee to bed together, then have some time together before we go to bed. I love being able to talk to him all about our days and such. A little lame.
8. What is your most embarrassing moment?
Oh geez. The first embarrassing moment that comes to my mind was in college. I'm not sure if it's the very most embarrassing, but it sure was bad. It was my freshman year at USU. I was catching the Aggie Shuttle to get to the campus with my good friend Kellie. In order to get to the shuttle, we had to cross a busy street. Kellie and I took off to run across the street because there was a car coming and the shuttle was just getting to our stop. Somehow, I can't remember the exact details, I missed the curb and completely face planted it onto the street, in front of at least ten other students. It must have been a hard face plant because my flip flops went flying off and my book bag went flying over my head. I'm so glad that Kellie was there with me so we could laugh it off together. It was bad.
9. What is your favorite restaurant?
I'm so original. I love anything Mexican or Italian. So, my favorites are Cafe Rio and Olive Garden.
10. What are your favorite gifts that you have given and received?
My favorite gift I have ever given was a digital scrapbook that I made for Ben's parents all about a Disneyland trip they took the family on. I put hours and hours of work into it and I was really excited to give it to them. I'm pretty sure I liked it much more than they did, but I was still happy with it. I have a lot of favorites that I was given. I loved the Kitchen Aid my parents gave us and a beautiful picture of Christ holding an infant by Simon Dewey that Ben's parents gave me.
11. What is your favorite candy bar?
If it has chocolate, it's my favorite. I love Carmelos, Twix, and Cookies and Cream Hershey's bar.