CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!!

This year my family went to the Garden at the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Then afterward we went and walked around Temple Square looking at the lights. Ty disagrees (he's wrong) but I am pretty sure Ty and I have never done that together. Our first year of marriage we were too busy and then we lived in Idaho and just never got down there! So it was really fun to do it this year!

Home Sweet Home!

This is a picture of our cute front porch after the first big snow storm. I had aspirations to get ribbon in my garland but never really got around to it. Thanks to Brecken for helping me drill the hooks for the garland though... It was quite a task! I just loved having a real garland that would smell so good as you walked in the front door! And thanks to Ty for hanging the lights. He didn't think his knees would ever be the same again!

This year we got all new ornaments for our tree that match the look of our house better! I love how it turned out.

Since my last post I had the girls in my life I thought I better mention the cute boys I have in my life! Walter had just woken up so he wasn't quite sure about getting his picture taken. I love (and Mark and Walter do too) when Ty comes and whisks them away entertaining them so I can have a break! He is going to be such a good dad!

December

I did a little bit better in December with pictures....

Ty and I LOVE real Christmas trees! We went to the lot this year and found our tree literally in two minutes! It was perfect and they had it strapped on the good 'ol Camry and we were on our way!

Ty just got put in as the first counselor of the Elder's Quorom and one of his assignments was to help clean up a nativity that our stake and a couple of church's in our area put on. We were glad he knew about it though cause otherwise we would have never gone and it really was so cool! They had real camels and sheep, the highschool choir was there singing and all real actors (including baby Jesus). It was also in a beatiful setting on the stake property! We had Jane and Alex and Johnny over for dinner and then we went to it. It was really fun and actually quite spiritual. It helped us remember the real meaning of Chritmas!

The cute Barrus family!

This is a picture of my CUTE piano students! I had my first Christmas recital and it went so well! I was so proud of all my students and their hard work! For alot of them this was their first time ever performing and they did awesome!

My sisters and my mom threw me a shower with close friends and family. It was so much fun and I got so many great things for our baby girl!

These girls are who I spend most my days with: Lillian and Bella. They are my best friends! (Don't mind my swollen face....)

September through November

Well after August I sort of got in a survival mode and pretty much stopped taking pictures. I started teaching piano every single morning from 6am to 8am and then nannying three days a week from 8 to 5 and then teaching more piano lesson two nights a week for five hours. I was hanging over the toilet alot of that time having to go to the hospital only one time for dehydration. We started to work on the nursery and finished fixing up our basement. Here are a few highlights and pics that I took:We babysat cute Mark one Saturday....I began to grow and grow and grow....

Ty introduced his cousin's baby Johnny to candy corns and cotton candy ice cream at Maggie Moo's

We went to St. George for Ty's Dad's 70th birthday. (Like I said I did a horrible job taking pictures. Ty and I went down a day earlier than everyone and went golfing and shopping. It was so nice to just relax. Then after Ty's family got there Ty got sick and I forgot to take another single picture! I better get better before our little girl gets here!)
We went to Twilight and loved every minute of it!

Utah beat BYU and Ty got a really bad cold while covering the story for work! However, he was too excited to even think about the cold! I just had to take a picture when he came home looking like this!
We finished a 1000 piece puzzle at the cabin on Thanksgiving and Ty had another successful year of getting lots of bruises at the annual Turkey Bowl.

We're Back!!!!

Where in the world have we been????? Well that is a good question! I guess I will start from August where I last posted.....

In August we went to good 'ol James Taylor .....

We also went on our annual trip to Newport Beach....

We of course had the annual "White Trash BBQ"

This is Ty covered in oatmeal after they all wrestled in a pool of oatmeal.... They are crazy! But he said the benefit of oatmeal in comparison to the mashed potatoes of last year was that his skin was so soft after. The oatmeal was like a full body exfoliation!

Ty's mom even dressed up this year!

The white trash slip 'n slide

fairies, and ribbons, and pink OH MY!!

Well it is official! Ty and I made a visit to Fetal Foto before we left for Newport and sure enough we're having a girl! If only I had my video camera to show Ty's reaction.... he thought for sure white lines would mean a boy! But he is getting used to the idea and preparing himself to fight away all the boys. I think our little girl is going to have a protective Dad. Here is the conversation we had right after finding out when I looked over at Ty who seemed to be deep in thought:

Danielle: What are you thinking about?
Ty: Girls are just so much more of a responsibility....
Danielle: Why?
Ty: Don't you ever watch DATELINE???!!!!
(I guess she won't be using the Internet. So much for your Dad being a reporter!)

Also, last Spring, Brecken was trying on her DG formal dresses for us and she came out in her first dress and Ty says, "You're not leaving the house in that!"
(Who would have thought Ty would be so protective? He must know what sick boys think!)

Anyways we have already started her wardrobe with all of the shopping at Fashion Island and South Coast Plaza (the first purchase of course was a pink Derron Williams jersey for all the Jazz games... Ty's choice) so now all we have to do is decide on the name. Any suggestions??

(For some dumb reason my internet won't let me upload the pics so I will have to do it later)

CNN....

So the other day Ty gets a phone call from one of his friends that lives in Las Vegas and she says that she was at work and just saw one of Ty's news stories on CNN's headline news. Ty was surprised so he called Channel 2 and sure enough it was his story and it was airing in it's entirety about every twenty minutes! It is a really funny story so you can see why they would choose it but what was so cool is they could have used the story from Fox, KSL, or ABC but they chose Ty's! And then to top it off it was one of the most watched videos on CNN.com that day! Way to go Ty! Here is a link to Ty's story on CNN. Unfortunately it really only shows the back of his head but it has his voice on it.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/05/perry.ut.farmer.stonehenge.kutv?iref=videosearch

Dear Baby,

Mommy and Daddy love you so much already.... but is there anyway that you could please please please help straighten up those hormones so that mommy isn't hovering over the toilet multiple times each day? We hope you are growing big and strong with all those bacon egg and cheese biscuits and Sonic mozzarella sticks mommy is eating and we promise that we don't always eat fast food for every meal. We love you like crazy and can't wait to meet you in February!

Love always,

Mommy and Daddy

p.s. Are you a boy or a girl? :)

Lake Powell 2008!

So another year has gone by and we successfully ate ourselves silly, got burnt at least one time, went down the slide a hundred times, jet skiied, water skiied (not me), wake boarded (not me), played some serious games of Speed Scrabble and Rich Man Poor Man, hit golf balls into the lake, and almost killed Piper on the tube! Oh what a good time we had! I have to admit I was a little nervous about going and being sick and hot but for the most part it was really fun! Here are a some pics.....

Playing Cards......... Riding on the boat....

Getting ready for our big swim across the lake.....More card games........

Ty skiing....

I don't have any good pictures of us tubing cause my battery was dead but it was really so funny to watch Piper's body fly across the lake! Thanks to everyone for planning the food and inviting us to come!!!! Can't wait 'till next year!

Welcome Home Brock!

Ty's cutest cousin Brock just got home from the Birmingham, England mission. Ty was soooo excited for him to come home. When my alarm went off for me to go to work Ty rolls over in bed and mumbles "Brock comes home today" and then rolled back over and went back to sleep. We missed him but we are so proud of him and all his hard work! And then to top it off we left the next day for Lake Powell where we got to spend a whole week with him!

Pool Party!!!!!

Brecken and Frank celebrated their birthdays at the Ivory's new beautiful home where we had a blast! We swam, the boys had a serious game of water basketball, we roasted marshmallows, had a dance off in the courtyard where Ty taught Lillian the "grocery shopper" dance move, and ate good food of course! The birthday boy..........
and the birthday girl who had the MOST DELICIOUS marzipan birthday cake!How could Ty say he wants a boy when he is such a sucker for all his girl neices???? I love these girls to pieces!

Okay I love boys too! His little face melts my heart!