Exersaucer Anyone?

Whitney is having so much fun with her exersaucer. She plays for at least 15 minutes at a time in it. That precious 15 minutes is used cleaning up or doing my make-up. Lately it's been hard to get anything done, Whitney's been cranky with teething and always wants to be held(which explains why I am up so late blogging)!! Our landlord gave it to us because her grandkids have outgrown it. Ronda, our Landlord, is a really nice lady. She just loves Whitney and so we're counting on lots of gifts, maybe even reduced rent!! J/K

Packing for Provo

Well we're finally here, overworked, sleep deprived and ready for some R&R. Also a full body massage would be nice. The move was pretty hard on everyone. It's like we moved twice because the first truck wasn't big enough! We need to have a garage sale!


Whitney and I drove the car and Brigham and Adam(Brigham's Brother) drove the big moving truck. The first night we drove all night and got to my parents' in Las Cruces NM at around 10 am. We slept while mom babysat. We ate dinner with the family and then went to bed to get up the next morning to drive the rest of the way. Whitney, Mom and I drove to Cedar City so I could drop Mom off to help out with Connie and Ben's new Baby Kate(Born 08-08-08 @ 08:08!) Then I drove to Provo area the next morning. Whitney did pretty good in the car. It's sad cause now she fusses when I strap her into her seat:( Brig and Adam drove straight to Provo and got there in about 17 hours. The moving truck only went about 30mph up the hills and mountain roads. We stayed with Jared(another one of Brig's brothers) for a few days till we found a place to live.

To the left is a picture of me on Jared's computer searching the web. We started house hunting right away. We found a cute little house in Springville(few miles south of Provo) and started to move in Thursday. We wanted to be moved in and get settled much earlier, but we had to find a house and then wait for them to finish some things. We wanted to get a house instead of an apartment or town home because we didn't want to live where a bunch of college kids were. Our neighborhood has been great so far. Great location too (i.e. Wal*Mart about 5 minutes away)!

A video tour of the whole house is coming soon. We are still getting things moved in and put away. It's still a little messy, but you can get the general idea!

Finally Blessed!

Today we finally blessed our sweet baby Whitney. She just turned 6 months so we thought it was about time. Just Kidding, We've planned to do it several different times, but it just hasn't worked out. I made her blessing dress months ago, I'm happy it still fit her. Brig said that when they were holding her for the blessing she kept slipping because the dress is made out of slippery satin. At least they DIDN'T let her slip out of thier hands and drop her!!

Wedding Weekend

This weekend the Dunn Family had two weddings. Brigs little brother Taylor married Lauren on Friday, and his little sister Hannah married Preston on Saturday. Everyone was really busy, so we were, and still are very tired. I was super busy getting things ready for both weddings.

For Taylor and Lauren's wedding I made the wedding cake. It was my first time using fondant for icing, so it was really hard and frustrating til I learned how to do it. It turned out Beautiful!! I'm glad that the bride and groom liked it too.

I made bride's maid dresses for Hannah and Preston's wedding. They were easy dresses, but they still took a while to cut out, iron and sew together. I procrastinated til the last minute...I finished the last one by 3 am Saturday morning for the wedding at 10am. I haven't gotten a lot of sleep this whole week because I had to wait til Whitney was asleep to really focus on my projects. Anyway, I'm glad the weekend is over and everything turned out wonderfully.

I'll post a better picture of the dresses as soon as I get one. This is a picture of the ring ceremony held on behalf of Preston's family and friends.

Here's a better picture of the Bride's made dresses..sorry it took so long.

July's Journey

These last couple weeks have gone by so fast. I have been very busy with the 4th and being out of town on vacation.

4th of July:
First of all, every year the Dunn's have a 4th of July party at their house. They invite the wards in Friendswood to enjoy a pot-luck dinner, snow cones, a water slide and more. Whitney had her 4th of July outfit on (thank you Savannah) and I couldn't pass up a photo shoot with her cousin Carson (7wks old).

Lake Powell:
Saturday the 5th, Brig, Whitney and I, along with Penny and Adam started the long journey to Lake Powell for a vacation with Dale (oldest brother) and his girlfriend and her family. We got to Snyder, Tx at about 10pm to meet up with Dale. Then we left right away on our long trek, cross country to northern AZ and Southern UT to where Lake Powell is located. The entire trip took us about 32 hours. Whitney handled it great. She hardly cried and slept alot of the time. Brig and I where cramped in the back seat for most of the trip. Sleeping was hard, and so when we finally got there, we, along with everyone else, I'm sure, were exhausted. We made a few stops before we actually got to the Lake. We stopped at Meteor Crater and toured around the site. I'd never been there before, so it was really neat to see. We stopped at the Grand Canyon to check it out. It was really cold and windy. We met up with Dale's girlsfriend's family to camp and then got to Lake Powell and the house boat the next day. The house boat was really cool. There were four double beds and a living room/ kitchen area. There were three decks, one off the back, one off the front and one on top. During the day we skied and tubed. The rocks and cliffs that make up the lake were beautiful. I mostly enjoyed sitting out on the deck as someone drove the houseboat along the narrow lake passages and taking in the views!

New Mexico:
On our way back from the lake, Whitney and I got dropped off in Albuquerque where my Mom just happened to be. She was up there with my Grandmother visiting Cliff Dwellings with My Aunt Tracy and Cousin Jana. We stayed the night in a hotel. Saturday we drove to Las Cruces. While I was there we went to the lake near Las Cruces where my parents own a small house. They have a speed boat and jet-skis there too. I tried to ride the Sky Ski and got up a couple of times, but only for a few seconds. You would think that I would be laked-out, but I had fun being with family, so it was worth it. The rest of my time was spent having dinners and just hanging out with my parents, brothers and their family.