Quilting with the fam...

My mom started a quilt for me when i was about 4. My great grandma and her split up the squares and quilted them and for years now she has been telling me that she was going to finish this quilt... well, as soon as i told her i was getting married she pulled it out and has gotten it about half way finished!! It is awesome!! I am so excited! Marshall is super good to help out. Right when he got there he sat down and asked us to show him. He caught on super quick and did a way good job.

Family Visit

My brother, sister-in-law, 2 nephews & new baby in the oven came to Utah! They moved to Chicago about 4 years ago and it has been really hard with them gone. My mom treats there visits like a photo shoot so i will post more pictures when i get some from her. This is really the only one that i took.

My uncle Klint, brother Zach, cousin Hunter & Marshall were playing some racing game on playstation. Austin wanted to play but everyone was so into it that they just kept moving the controller from him so he would not mess them up (as you can see by the look on my brothers face, it is VERY serious). Well, Marshall didn't care... he sat Austin right up on his lap and let him help. Needless to say they came in 14th place..... out of 14 ;o)

It was so nice to have them here! They are my only nephews so i really look forward to their visits.

February Flowers

Hilarious Office Prank

So... Ashley runs past my office today and says "Jenn, come here" so we look out the window in another office (that is vacant 98% of the time because it is one of the owners's offices) anyways and a cop car is behind a car that is parked right under the window and a guy is on the ground with his hands behind his back and the cop has the tazer pointed at him. So long story short... we end up with 8 cop cars in the parking lot including 3 sheriffs and a K9 unit and the guy is arrested and sitting in the back of one of the Sherrif cars while all the cops search the car. Well, channel 5 news shows up and this thing is turning into a huge deal. We watched them search the car and they found drugs. It was sad, the guy had to be in his 50s and he looked totally normal. In the mean time one of the accountants that works afternoons pulls up and we see him coming so Nancy, the office manager (who is watching the whole thing with us) hides under the desk. Kip asks what is going on and i begin to tell him that the cops came in looking for Nancy and they cuffed her and took her and she was in the cop car and they were towing her car. It was HILARIOUS!!! He bought the whole thing... then he said "she was acting shady yesterday, she stayed late waiting for a personal call from a bank or something" and his eyes were huge. Then the phone rings and its Nancy's husband so Ashley gives the phone to Nancy, who is under the desk and then Kip walks out when we all bust up hysterically and says "You better watch your back on April fools day". Most entertaining day at the office in 3 years, hands down!

Here is the link: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=5641358

Happy Valentine's Day to ME!

First of all i would just like to say how much i adore Marshall. He is such a sweet heart and i have no idea how i made it 21 years with out him in my life. So, with that being said, for Valentines Day Marshall told me he would make dinner for me. He came over and texted me to go into my room. About 10 minutes later he told me he was ready so when i walked into the living room it was completely dark and he had pushed the coffee table into the center and lined about 8 candles on the edge of both sides of it. He had gotten Chinese food and had it all arranged for us. On the edge of the table he had a frame with a picture of him thinking and then it had the little thought cloud (which was in the shape of a heart) with my picture in it and it read "When i am not with you i am thinking about you. I cherish the time we are together and i look forward to spending the rest of my life with you". How cute is that! Oh, and he had "our song" playing. Eric Clapton "I feel wonderful tonight". He had also gotten me a black frame and he told me that when i got my bridal pictures he wanted to take on of them and print it in black and white but have the boquet have red roses and he thought it would look great in the frame. And last but not least... he had gotten me a pair of shoes that i have been SEARCHING for! I couldnt find them in my size anywhere, including the internet so i dont know where he got them but he sure did. What a sweet heart!

Marshall's Valentines Day Surprise!!!!!

Marshall is a HUGE Jazz fan, he just loves them and last year he was super bummed out when he couldnt go the the Jazz vs. Lakers game (because they are rivals). So this year I thought I would be on it. I had to jump through hoops galore to get my hands on tickets but i did it! I have had them since November and I didnt tell Marshall AT ALL. Which is great for me because i am not good at keeping "good secrets". So i told Marshall that i would plan our Valentines Day this year to give him a break, i waited until last week and i told him my friend at work had a great idea so i got us tickets for Wednesday night. He didn't really care what we did, until he figured out that it was on the same night as the Lakers vs. Jazz game. He tried to go along with me and not upset me that i had made such a terrible mistake but he didnt do a very good job at it. So we got up to Salt Lake and we found the Macaroni Grill and he asked me where this "event" was so we could park in the middle of the 2 places. So i pulled out the tickets and it went like this:Jennifer: Oh no.... Oh no Marsh
Marshall: What? Whats the matter?
Jennifer: These aren't the right tickets... I don't know what happened.
Marshall: Why, whats wrong with them, what do they say?
Jennifer: They say the Jazz vs. the Lakers
Marshall: (mad voice) Shut up, they do not (he was mad that i would tease him about such an important event) Let me see them.
(Jennifer is all smiles at this point)
Marshall: (ECSTATIC) I'M GOING TO THE JAZZ LAKERS GAME? I'M GOING TO THE JAZZ LAKERS GAME? (He looks at the tickets, he looks at me (he didn't believe what was happening)) I'M GOING TO THE JAZZ LAKERS GAME? (he even started to get a little teary eyed... he will deny it, but take my word for it, IT HAPPENED)
Jennifer: Happy Valentines Day Marshall
Marshall: I never thought i would say this but i LOVE valentines day

So at dinner the kid couldn't stop smiling. You would think i just bought him a house. It was adorable. Later that night he said to me.."Jenn, do you remember when i told you that i was so in love with you that i didn't think i could ever be more in love with you because i just didn't think it was possible?" I said yeah... "well, i think i just fell more in love with you". How cute is he. It helped that the Jazz WON!!! 113 to 109. By far the best game i have ever gone to in person and one of the best i have ever watched! It was awesome! We seriously had the time of our lives!

I Present to You... Scott Hamilton!!!

So graceful
I think this is the picture i took right after his triple toe loop.
They decided to have a competition to see who could slide the furthest on their back, stomach or butt. Marshall did not do to well, especially considering he is not wearing a slippery coat.
We went ice skating on Friday night at My Noah's in Lindon. It was so much fun. When we first put on the skates we were sliding everywhere and very unsure of ourselves but once you get the hang of it you are golden. We were putting together a figure skating routine by the end of the night and might is say that we would have taken home the gold!

Per the request of my "viewers"...

Whabam!!! It's a beauty isn't it?!? Marshall didn't want me to wear the wedding band until we were married but I like it better with both of them (duh, more diamonds is ALWAYS better in my book) Anyways... after debating about it for 10 minutes he finally told me that he would trade me for half of my quesadilla. DONE.

The Proposal...

Marshall suggested that we start looking at rings a few weeks ago. We went to Sierra West and within 30 seconds i found the one that i wanted. I knew it was the one. So we started to look at diamonds and i found a one carat that was fabulous and it fit within my "budget" so i told Marshall that when he was ready that it was the one for sure. So the next day Marshall told me that he was ready and he went and got it but it would be a week or so until i had it. A week rolls around (the longest week of my life) and it isnt ready but the jeweler said it would be done by Monday for sure. I was not happy. So on Monday Marshall calls me from the store and says that i am not going to be happy but it still isnt done and he is on his way over. He shows up about 20 minutes later with 3 red, long stem roses. He has a stone cold look on his face and he says, i am so sorry Jenn, i feel so bad. My heart sank to my feet, i was so bumbed out. So he hands me the roses and he had stuck the ring on the stems, so when he moved his hand... BAM, there it was and he full on asked me. I took the ring off and it was NOT the diamond i had picked out, it was an even BIGGER one!!! We had looked at it but i knew it was way out of my price range so i said i didnt like it and he must have called my bluff. I asked him how he knew that is the one i wanted and he said "Jenn, you would'nt of even had to be there for me to know it was the one you wanted". Busted. Anyways... he is adorable and i love love love the ring, everytime i look at it i think of what a big sacrifice he made to get it for me. I will never forget excatly how i felt when he put it on my finger.

Drum Roll Please...

That's right! Marshall propsed to me on Monday the 12th and duh... I said YES!!

January Flowers

This is my January bouquet. Pretty little pink and white carnations. Love em! I have loved this card thing. My house always has a vase of flowers on the table, it just adds such a nice touch. What an awesome guy i have.

Good Times People... Good Times

This weekend Chris was in town from New York (he goes to school there). He is Marshall's best buddy... in Utah... Anyways, Chris' lady "friend" came out as well to meet the fam. and stuff so we all decided to go out. We went to dinner at the Bombay house and then decided to go the Owl Bar at Sundance. Carrie & Amandah met us up there and it was so much fun! I felt like we had all been the best of friends forever... oh man, good times were had. Well, they were making fun of me for having a blog and yadie yadie yada... then they were laughing at a name that Chuckie (Chris) calls Marshall and I... Marshafer, he has called us that for a couple years now and he is so proud of himself for thinking of it. Anyways, he made me promise to make it the title of my blog, an alas, i am a woman of my word.

2009 New Years Resolutions

They say to write them down and this seems to be a suitable place, so here it goes...

1. Do not skip more than one night per week brushing and flossing (its the latter i have a probelm with)
2. Save more money, be more cautions on spending
3. Read one book per month
4. Fix one nice cookbook dinner per month (its time to expand my horizon)
5. Do a pilates video at least once a week

A Couple a Nuts Crackin Nuts

He was pumped when he got a whole nut out. They usually break in at least 2 pieces and he got the entire thing out unharmed. They look a lot like a brain when you get them out whole.

Marshall is always so good to help out. He tells my mom every summer that when she buys corn to call her and he will help her husk it. He helped her once and apparently really enjoyed himself. So my mom's aunt Judy has a walnut tree in her orchard and she gave my mom a laundry basket FULL of walnuts that needed to be cracked and de-shelled. We used to crack the walnuts as kids. We usually used a hammer and did it in our basement "food storage/paint room". It has a concrete floor so it was easy to whack the nutts on. Of course, when Marshall saw the walnuts he insisted on helping my mom. She likes the QT to i think.

I Found My Calling in Life...

Marshall & I were watching TV at my house Friday night and he started freaking out saying that his hair was driving him crazy. He kept groaning and flipping around on the couch. I kept reminding him to go get one but he never did and it lead to him having a little episode this weekend. So anyways, he decided that he was so desperate that he wanted to go to his mothers and have me buzz it. Now, i have NEVER done this before, you can probably tell by the concentration on my face in the pictures, and it came out pretty darn jazzy!

Tis' the Season!

Alexus just LOVES her Santa hat. Okay, not really. But how adorable does she look in it, i mean come on...??? In order to get this picture my mom had to hold a tub of cookies right next to the camera. Alexus is not looking at my mom or the camera, but she will not take her eyes off those cookies. What a little stinker.

For all the Batman Lovers!!

Last night i had a little get together to watch The Dark Knight! Marshall bought it for me Tuesday and i had to keep myself out of my house so that i wouldnt watch it before the little party. It was a good time. My grandma is adorable, i just love her! She is the grandma that would take us on the rides that would go upside down at the carnival because our parents never would, for example... The Ring Of Fire... yeah, not many grandmas on that ride. Anyways, she loves the batman movies and this was no different for her. I am sooooo lucky to have her as my grandma and i wouldnt trade her for anything in the world, i dont know what i would do without her and i cherish the time we get to spend together. Okay, back to the movie thing... We had a great group of people, not the best picture, i know but from left to right... AJ (Marshall's nephew), Kay ((Marshall's mom) i believe this is her blog debut), Grandma Debi (my mom), Brykelle (cousin #1), Kryshelle (cousin #2), and Grandma Bonnie. Oh, and Marshall came later but too late to be part of the picture, i hope he doesnt lose sleep over it.

Theres just something about him...

The other day Marshall and I went to Carrie's house to drop off Stone's birthday present. When we got there Stone had just woken up from his nap and he was cuddling Carrie. She wanted to show me something so we told Stone to sit on the couch and he clung to her and didnt want to go so she told him to sit with Marshall.... and he actually went to him!!! How adorable is this picture?!? Stone is usally pretty shy at first and both Carrie and I were amazed that he actually went. I had to grab a picture quick because we knew it wouldnt last. There is just something about Marshall that draws kids in, i dont know what it is but i love it!

Makin' Candy

Making the cream filling for the chocolates

He is holding a paintbrush full of chocolate, he thinks he is so funny!

Marshall stirring the fondant.

My cousin Brykelle, Marshall & me

My cousin Hunter, Marshall & my mom

Hunter and Marshall painting the chocolate in the mold for peanut butter cups

Me and my cousins Kryshelle & Brykelle painting the mold. So much concentration!

My family got together to make candy this weekend and it was a BLAST! We made chocolates with orange, strawberry, vanilla, vanilla with nutts & lemon filling & peanut butter cups and we are getting together next weekend to make turtles, carmel chocolates & cherry chocolates. Here are a few pictures from our awesome adventure!

My Christmas Flowers

These are the flowers that i got for December from that card Marshall bought from my cousin in October. Novembers sucked so i didnt post them and me saying that wont hurt Marshall's feelings because he agreed. But these ones are super cute!

Marshall's Birthday Extravaganza

Carrie & Jake

Marshall's birthday and Carrie's husband, Jake's, birthday are both on the 13th of December so we decided to celebrate them together. We went to dinner at the Red Rock in Salt lake and then to the Jazz game. It was super fun! Jazz won, of course, they actually destroyed the Raptors, but thats neither here nor there. Anyways, Marshall and Jake had a good time and thats all that matters.