Monday, January 20, 2014

She loves you

I made this banner today. Freehand and glittered letters. She loves you! Yeah, yeah, yeah!  Valentines day is coming up! 


Thursday, January 2, 2014

An update on my purpose

To update on my purpose, and to document more goals.....

Goals for The New Year:
(Many ideas/categories are taken from Autumn at staygoldautumn.com)

Personal

-Keep a personal journal and write twice a week
-Say less and listen more
-Learn two new songs on the piano
-Lose 20 pounds
-Read The Holy Temple, 1776 and an Anatomy book


Routine

-Be in bed by midnight and up by 8am
-Be 10 minutes early

Spiritual

-Go to the Temple once a week
-Give out a Book of Mormon
-Be inconvenienced to serve
-Pray, pray, pray

Create

-Memory board for our bedroom
-Holiday board for hallway
-Paint neutral walls white in house
-Take more more more pictures


Work

-Maintain a current AZ teaching license
-Get five more piano students

With Hunter

-Up keep a garden
-Save money
-Take at least two airplane trips
-Make a baby

Word of the Year:  PRAY



A very good New Years party

Wow.  This is how New Year's should be.  
Our buddies Tyson and Afton "recommended" us you might say- to join this boisterous group for a fabulous New Year's Trivia Night Party.  It was everything you need on New Year's night- fried food, guacamole, treats, martinellis, a competitive game, shocking situations, loud laughing, loud music, festive decorations, prizes, fireworks, firepit and old and new friends!  
The hosts- Michelle and Jeff Adams- really know their parties.  A+
Thank you for the invitation!!  And for the best night! 








Christmas Club

Somehow we got to host Suppa Club in December again!  We had a lot going on that night.
Amazing, AMAZING food, talent show, gift exchange (homemade gift exchange), gingerbread making, whistle chorus, and photo booth.  Great job, everyone.  Great job.





Aillon Family- Nov 2013

For my parent's 30th wedding anniversary- Todd and I scheduled and paid for family pictures.  We took them at my parents semi-new (they've been there a little over a year) home.  They have a beautiful lot with like 35 trees and all that.  It was very fun- which not all family photo sessions are and our amazing photographer- Andrea was a rockstar in getting it all done! Thank you, Andrea!  

































Those Holiday Times

Here we go with a bunch of mumbo jumbo of shots from November until now! 



^^A typical Sunday at the Aillons.  Everyone lounging on the sectional, including Verona.  


^^My two-minute-homemade Thanksgiving banner, in the dark? 


^^Christmas craft view.  Two screens for pinterest/netflix viewing.  


^^Driving by the Gilbert Temple is a treat. 


^^Sarah and Benson (and our whole family) welcome Harper Mae Garner


^^Me and Harper


^^Mom's Birthday breakfast on November 18th with her babies. 


^^Hunter displaying one of our many take out nights this month.  Gecko Grill is our favorite. 


^^Hunter's work hours changed to 11am-7:30pm.  So our mornings look like this.


^^Thanksgiving Day!  First time running the Turkey Trot.  I liked it. 




^^Thanksgiving at the Wheelers.  Sad I didn't get a picture of my Dad next to me! 
 Let it be known- he was there.  


^^ Christmas house starts in our bedroom!  
New Christmas quilt, new drapes, festive trees with all our traveling ornaments and stockings hung.  



^^Hunter and I for real put these lights up at midnight and 33 degrees.  
We were laughing the whole time. 



^^After a Sunday "adventure" that I probably shouldn't share online. But it was very fun.  


^^New chairs!!!!!!!!  One of my favorite Christmas presents to me. 


^^Brother bear turned 25! Oreo cake=best creation. 


^^Mom and Hunter and I created five different varieties of truffles over a two week span. 
A Christmas tradition I started in High School.  








^^Our cozy home on Christmas Eve before my family, and my mom's sisters came over.  Sadly, I didn't snap ANY photos of Christmas Eve or Christmas Day after this.  

To note: this year was quite stressful and weird.  I don't know how to explain it.  But it was still magical and fun and completely full of love.  But the fact that I don't have any photos kind of makes sense at this point.