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Cabin with Friends.. Dad's Birthday Bash.. and 4th of July Festivities!

2011-07-05T21:18:00.000-07:00

Let me start out by saying that we had such a great Holiday Weekend. We kicked off the long weekend with an overnighter to Tom's cabin with our fun friends. We headed up with The Stokers, The Coons and The Grays! I think we might have the coolest group of friends ever! We ate dinner at the fabulous Pizza Place up in Midway! It was delicious! After dinner we had an intense softball game... Lunds and Coon vs. Stokers and Grays! Okay, okay we lost, but it was still lots of fun. We roasted marshmallows, ate lots of junk and played games til 2 in the morning. The kiddos had a fun time jumping on the tramp and just running around. It was so much fun!

Molls and I posing during the softball game.. this could be why we lost!

Cute Mal and Aspen!

The 3 Amigas!

The next morning we had a great sleep in and then made a big yummy breakfast... Eggs, bacon, hash browns... what beats that and being in the beautiful mountains? Not much. We ended our cabin getaway with a trip to the swimming pool. It was so pretty and perfect weather. Mollie is such a little fish. That girl has no fear of the water, which is good and bad at the same time. If she could she would just go jump in thinking she could swim. I love my bug!

Tom and Molls chilling out in the sun!

Love this one of Katie and Rush!! So sweet!

We had a great time with our friends at the cabin, and seriously can't wait to head up there again with all of them.

Sunday was also a great day! We celebrated my dad's 53 Birthday! I know isn't he so old? I can't believe it! He is taking on the nickname of "Old Man" since Gramps Cal isn't here to bet the old one anymore! To celebrate we made his favorite... Homemade Italian Pizza's on the grill! They were so good, and lots of fun to make. The kiddos just love Gramps so much that they can't get enough of him. Molls absolutely adores him, and loves snuggling up on his shoulder!

The Birthday Boy!!

Tessa and Gramps! Priceless pic!

My darling girl!!

Abbs made yet another one of her fabulous cakes, and it was so cute, festive and oh so good. My dad didn't even miss one candle at his old age when he blew them all out in one blow! Way to go Dad! Impressive!

So cute, right?

The moment of truth!

After cake we just hungout on the patio and had a great time with the kiddos and lots of the Birthday Boys favorite drink... Diet Coke! My family can't get enough of that stuff!

Sisters and our Diet Coke!

Molls, Olls and Tom! Cuties!

Dan and Abbie! The rest of us didn't get the "green" memo!

Ending the party playing in the pond!

We had a great time celebrating with my dad.. As always it was a fun party with lots of wild kids running around making it a riot!

Next comes the 4th of July! We got up super early with our cute decorated wagon in tow, and headed to the Millcreek Parade! It was so much fun to actually be in it with the kiddos this year instead of just being a spectator! The kids were troopers and had a ball! Our wagon was by far the cutest and most festive and so was Tessa's scooter!

Molls and Tom waiting for the parade to begin!

Lady Liberty ready to go!

The cute "girls" in the wagon! I love Ollie's face.. so Cute!

Mollie and Mom at the end of the route! Getting a little tired here!!

Our cute 4th of July girl!!

As you can see, we had a great Holiday Weekend filled with Family, Friends and Fun Festivities. I am so blessed to live in this Beautiful Country. God Bless America!

Date Night.. Yard Work.. Trampoline.. and Friends BBQ!

2011-06-27T22:40:00.000-07:00

I need to play a little bit of catch up, don't I! Well, for starters, we had such a fabulous weekend! Oh my, it was perfect! Friday Night Tom and I decided it was time for a date night with just the two of us! It had been who knows how long since we had been on a date! It was much needed and we had a great time! Tom told me to meet him at Gateway at 6:15 Friday Night! I had no clue where we were going or what we were doing. It was a big surprise! He had reservations for us at Flemings! Wow, ritzy right? Yes, it was. It was so delicious! I ordered Halibut with goat cheese melted on top lying on a bed of mixed greens and beets drizzled with balsamic! I know, your mouth is watering. Tom ordered the steak of course. We shared a salad and the Fleming potatoes too! They were so creamy and savory. I didn't get a pic, because it was too good to even hesitate taking that first bite! Heavenly! For dessert we opted for the Chocolate Lava Cake with a side of Vanilla Ice-Cream! It was amazing!

Yummy Dessert!

We had a great time at dinner, and wanted to take advantage of the lovely evening outside. We walked around Gateway, did a little shopping and got some yummy cookies for dessert #2! We had a blast, and Molls had a great time hanging with Auntie Abbie, Grammie Stacy, and Gramps Chris! She was tuckered out, as were we from our fun date night out on the town!!

Tuckered out Little Girl!

Saturday was filled with yard work in the hot sizzling sun! Tom and I slaved away and it was a great day to be outside working in the garden! I love working in the yard it bring me so many endorphins its crazy!! I hope to one day be a master gardener like my mom and sister, Jess!

Work in Progress!

After the yard work we cooled off at the pool with our wonderful friends, The Coon's and The Lundquist's! We had a great time, and the kiddos loved it. Mollie has no fear! She was jumping off the diving board, sliding down the slide and floating all by herself! Where did my baby go? She is growing up way too fast! I am sad to say I forgot the camera for our swimming adventure, but I am sure there will be plenty more of those to come!

Sunday was fun too. We went to the Lund's for dinner to celebrate Tom's Aunt Jane's Birthday. It was fun and we had a great meal! Molls loved the corn! Finally, a vegetable she will eat! What a crack up she is.

Nibbling that Ear of Corn!

Mollie also couldn't get enough of the trampoline. She can jump all by herself without any help and she is coordinated while doing so! She is going to be quite the athlete with all the coordination!

My Big Girl!

Her and Cousin Peter played a little bit as well. Isn't Peter so cute and rock solid! Love that little man, he is adorable!! I just want to squeeze him!!

Cute Molls and Peter!

Today for FHE we had a combined BBQ at our house with The Coon's and Lundquists! It was a lot of fun. We grilled up some chicken and hot dogs, and had potatoes and chips and dip on the side! It was yummy! The kiddos had fun playing together and got along great! It is so much fun having such fun friends for Mollie to play with! She really enjoys it!

Cutest Friends!!

What a little stud!

Love that darling smile!

Daddy and Mollie

Me and My Girl!

After dinner we decided we would have hand stand contests! Dallas and Katie killed everyone and had some dang good form!

Perfect pointed toes Dallas!

Katie the Natural!

Angie, Jake and I struggled a little bit, while Molls and Gabers were awesome!!

Jake's Mad Skills!

Lindie's Attempt!

Go Angie!

Molls and Gabe win!

After, we had a Bachelorette watching party over at Coon's and had some Brownies and Leftover Cake from Last Night! It was full of drama and lots of fun! We had a short intermission to watch some "Illegal" Fireworks that Jake was super proud of! They were awesome, but left all the kiddos crying and little bit afraid of the Booms and Bangs!

We had a great time with our fabulous friends, and can't wait for our "Stuga" Cabin Adventure this next weekend!

Hope you all had as much fun the last few days as we have! Summer is the best! More fun to come soon!

Splashing Around..Pretty Toes.. New Sleeping Bag!

2011-06-24T13:43:00.000-07:00

Did I ever mention how much I LOVE summer? And now that it is finally warm outside, summer just got ten times better! Yesterday was such a perfect day! We kicked it off with some afternoon fun and a picnic at the splash park in Herriman with our friends! Don't you think Mollie has the cutest friends? I do! They are such fun little pals, and Gabe is such the ladies man!

Cutest Friends Ever!

Molls getting used to the cold water!

Lunchie Time!! Cutest bug, isn't she?

Love that face!

Cute Aspen!

After a fun afternoon at the Splash Park it was time for our Girls Night out! Me, Angie, Malory, Katie and Lindsey headed out for some pampering, frozen yogurt, and some great adult conversation! Don't get me wrong, singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider is fun, but some girl time without the kiddos was much needed! We started the evening with a trip to Stars Nails! Ang and I got our toes done while the other girls got their fingers glammed up! Oh it felt so great to get my ugly toes all cleaned up and looking cute! (As cute as those ET toes can look anyway!)

Wild color for me, but it just screamed summer so I went for it!!

After getting our nails all dolled up, we headed over to Menchies for the BEST Frozen Yogurt you will ever taste! I love that place! They have so many yummy flavors and lots of great toppings! After many samples, I decided to go with my favorite cake batter and pralines and cream! So good! I topped it off with yogurt chips, Caramel, Peanut Butter, Marshmallow Cream and Cookie Dough bites! Quite the combo I know, but it was so good!

We sat outside while we ate our frozen yogurt, the air was just the perfect temperature! We chatted for at least an hour or so, and then decided to call it night so we could spell our husbands from watching the kiddos! It was so much fun to get to know these girls on a "deeper" level! We had a blast, and I can't wait to do it again soon!

When I got home, we put Mollie to bed and then Tom disappeared! I went outside to find him laying in his new sleeping bag we gave him for Father's Day on the front lawn with Olive at his side! I had to snap a picture, because it was so nerdy yet so awesome! What a goon I married!

I love all the fun times I had this week, and its only going to get better with a hot date night with Tom tonight, and some fun Saturday fun with the family! Have a great weekend!

Summer is SO much FUN!!

2011-06-22T14:53:00.000-07:00

We have had such a great summer so far! Oh, isn't summer just the greatest? I think so. We have had so much fun lately! Mollie is at such a fun age. She is wild and crazy most of the time and just makes me laugh all day long! We have so much fun with our little bug! She is has non-stop energy so we get to do lots of fun things to keep her busy.

Some of her latest words are Lindie (Yes, she rarely calls me mom), bubble, banana, apple, Abbie, Tessa, doggie, Buddie, hot, snack, Meems (for Grandma), bampa (grandpa), and she also growls like a lion! I love that girl!

We have spent the past few nights up at the Lake in Daybreak! Mollie absolutely loves it, and Tom and I have fun taking her!

My sweet girl!

Molls loves the swing and the slide!!

Daddy and Miss Mollie Jo

Tom loves to take Molls on the bike, and she LOVES it!

Nothing better than being at the lake while the sun is setting!

My cutie bug!

Yesterday we went swimming! We went to the Tennis Club and it was a fantastic day to be at the pool! Mollie just loves her cousins so much, and I think I have the cutest niece and nephew ever!! We had a way fun time!!

Molls and Olls!

Molls with her HUGE floaties!

Cutest Nephew Ever!

Cutest Niece Ever!

Today we went to the Zoo! It was so much fun! Mollie had 3 fun friends that joined us; Gabe, Madi and Pearl! It was a great day to go to the zoo. We had such a fun time with our friends. The kiddos loved the Merry-go-round and all the animals. I think they liked the Elephants the best, but enjoyed it all! What a great day, and we can't wait to go back again soon!

Molls by the Giraffe's!

Angie and Gabe, Me and Molls, Pearl and Jenna!

Brynn and Cute Madi!

All the kiddos striking a pose! Pearl, Gabe, Madi and Mollie!

This is why summer is the best, we get to do so many fun things with friends and family! I am so lucky and blessed to be able to stay home with Mollie, so we can have all of our fun adventures during the day, and party with Daddy at night!

Our Fun Weekend at South Jordan Days and More...

2011-06-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

Wow, we had such a fun weekend! Friday, we kicked off our weekend by going to South Jordan Days with some of our friends! The kiddos had so much fun together! Mollie absolutely loved petting the pony and really had a great time on her pony ride!

Next, the kiddos went on a train ride! Mollie was in the back and had quite the bumpy ride! She was almost doing pop-a-wheelies, but managed to just love it! That girl has no fear of anything!

Molls and her cute friend Audrey on the Animal Train

To top off the night, we went on the Merry-go-round! It was Never ending, but the kids had a great time on it!

After the carnival, we took off to our ward softball tournament and kicked some major butt! It was so much fun! I got over my softball frustration and just tried to have fun and a good attitude! This led to 2 RBI's! Woo Hoo... Go me!!

Saturday morning we got up early and headed off to the South Jordan Days Parade! We met up with the Lundquists and had a great time with Mollie and little Gabers!

Tom got us a loot of candy, and we also grabbed some Menchie's coupons! We had fun, but Mollie wasn't quite sure about all the loud sirens! She was a trooper though, and we rewarded her with lots of candy! I am a good parent aren't I?

This last pic is incredible! This is my goal.. To be Mrs. South Jordan in 50 years! What a bombshell, right?!!

After the parade, we headed to more ward softball! We dominated our first game so we advanced to play right after that! We didn't have enough players or we would have dominated again, but ended up loosing! We had so much fun though, and it was a great afternoon spent out in the sun on the baseball field! Tom had some awesome catches, but I must admit my line drive I caught was pretty amazing! I didn't take any pictures, but it was such a blast!

We ended the night in Park City at Loco Lizard for my bro-in-laws Birthday Bash! It was lots of fun to be there to celebrate with my fam and good food! Molls had a great time with her cousin, Tessa! Those two are wild as can be together and I absolutely love it!

After all that playing you would think Mollie would be tuckered out, right? I don't think so!!

So, as you can tell we had a fabulous weekend filled with fun, friends and family! Can't beat that!

Softball Frustration...

2011-06-16T20:55:00.000-07:00

Well, tonight was slightly frustrating! Tom and I played softball with our ward. Don't get me wrong, it was great being with so many awesome people and we had a good time even though we got smashed. The not so fun part was not being able to hit that dang ball.

I am a competitive person, mainly with myself. That can be a good thing, but a bad thing too. I was very frustrated with myself for not being able to hang with the rest of the team. I used to be able to play any sport and do fairly well at it, but that was not the case tonight. Ya, I could catch and throw the ball, but hitting the ball was out of the question. I felt weak, and did not feel like the athlete I have always been.

On the other hand, I guess I need to realize that I am no where near the athletic shape I used to be in when I was playing soccer everyday of my life, or running, or at that healthy weight I used to be when I actually had muscles!! Since starting my recovery from disordered eating a few months ago, this was the first real athletic event I have participated in. It was a big eye opener on where I am, but I also know that since March I have come so far. I still have a ways to go and tonight was a manifestation of that, but I know I am doing the things I need, and am taking the steps forward in the right direction.

So while tonight was very frustrating,(I ended up in tears after the game to Tom because I was so down on myself) it was good to see where I am at and where I want to be. I want to be that athletic girl I once was. I want to have the strength to play any and every sport and do pretty well at it! I don't want to feel weak, I want to feel strong and confident in all that I do. I can do this! I believe it is the frustrating things that we go through that make us strong!

So with that said, I will look at tonight as a step forward to greatness and to that Lindie I used to be!! Hope this makes sense! I needed to express myself in some way, and writing it in words always seems to help! Have a great night!

Striving to Run again and not be Weak!!

Gardening 101

2011-06-15T14:48:00.000-07:00

I have found a new hobby! I have come to love gardening. I can owe this new obsession to my mother. She is the most incredible gardener I know. She is my master gardener, and I want to be like her when I grow up. Alongside my mom, my sister is phenomenal as well. I hope and aspire to have amazing looking yards like both of them one day. My yard is a work in progress, but it has been so much fun working so hard to make it look nice. I have learned so much about different flowers, and how to take care of a yard. It is so much fun, and gives me the mega endorphins I have been lacking due to not exercising while recovering from my disordered eating. I love it. I could be outside all day everyday working in my yard, but Mollie needs some attention too right? Yes. Between her and my gardening life is good. Here are some incredible pictures of my mom's fabulous yard! Enjoy!

My Gardening Mentor!

Beautiful Pots!

Oh, I love this Yard!

Mollie's New Favorite Playhouse!

The Gardener at Work!

Sunday Fun

2011-06-15T14:34:00.000-07:00

Oh how I love Sunday's! They are the BEST, and just so relaxing and filled with family and fun! We started our Sunday off with baking delicious Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting! Oh they were yummy! I will post the recipe soon!

We attended a wonderful "farewell" talk for my cute cousin James! He did an amazing job, and will be an incredible missionary! Good Luck Elder Hall! After his talk we joined family and friends at his house for some yummy homemade Cafe Rio Salads and lots of Goodies and Desserts! It was a good time!!

After we went to Tom's parents for some homemade pizza making on the BBQ! They were so good, and so much fun to make! I am thinking of having friends over to do them at my house! So fun! We played some family softball after dinner... I got stuck on the Oldies team! It was me, Malcolm, JJ and Amy against Tom, Katy, Abby and Taylor! Oh man did we smoke them though... Just kidding!

It was a fun day, and ended with Molls snoozing on the swing! She was tuckered out from our busy day, and with no nap I don't blame her!

Do you love Sunday's?

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

2011-06-03T09:31:00.000-07:00

Change can be a scary thing for a lot of people. For me, at this moment in my life, it is crucial! It was and still is a step that needs to continue to happen in order for me to move forward to a happier, healthier life!

For the past few months I have been on the road to recovering from disordered eating habits. Let me tell you, it has not been an easy thing to do. When I made the first steps to go to the doctor in March, it was the scariest thing I had ever done in my life. I didn't know what she was going to tell me, and I didn't know what the outcome of the visit would be. Well, it wasn't as bad as I would have thought, but I did land myself in the Hospital due to low potassium levels, a low heart rate and low blood pressure. Hearing those things was very scary for me. It was a huge wake up call, that what I was doing to my body (basically starving it) was wrong and something needed to change, and quick! It was a huge turning point in my life.

How could I have gotten so entangled in my eating disorder? I mean, I am a mother, a wife, a sister, a friend, and have so many things blessing my life. How could I be so selfish to my darling daughter? From that moment on I decided it was time to change!

I was in the Hospital for a day and a half to get my levels back to normal, and get my body back functioning properly. I was very dehydrated, so I was pumped full of fluids as well. While in the Hospital, I had a lot of time to myself to think. My mom had my sweet Mollie which was so kind of her, but made me feel very selfish. Even though I felt like I was failing at being a mom, I knew I was taking the right steps in order to be the best mom I can be for my darling little girl. By the end of my hospital stay I was feeling so much better. I already had so much more energy and zest for life.

Before I left the Hospital I was hooked up with an amazing Nutritionist, Therapist and Dr. We scheduled follow-up appointments with all of them so my road to recovery could continue. I started out seeing all of them once a week. It has been a huge blessing to be able to have them as my support team, as well as my incredible Husband, Mom, Dad, sisters, extended family and friends. I have the greatest family in the whole world. I could not do this without them and all of their love and support.

I am not going to lie, this has been one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. I have had good days, bad days and great days! But it has been quite the roller coaster of emotions. I was so far into this terrible disorder, that it has taken patience and time to get me to where I am today.

I still have a long way to go, but have so much determination and faith, that I know I will overcome this trial. Making these changes will change my life for the better in so many ways. I want to be the Lindie I love to be. I want to run again, play soccer and tennis, and be that active person I have always been. I want to be a better mom and role model for Mollie. I want to be a better wife, daughter, sister and friend!

Some key things I have learned the past few months are...

For the majority of my life I played competitive soccer. I thought that is what defined me as a person.. I have learned that there is so much more to me than being a great soccer player. I am a mother (best job in the world)... I am a wife to a wonderful husband who loves me for who I am inside and not my skinny self I am on the outside right now... I am a daughter to two incredible parents whom I look up in so many ways and love so so much... I am a sister to two beautiful women that I admire so much... I am a friend... I am a good cook... I am good at doing flowers for weddings and arrangements... I am an athlete... I am so much more than just a soccer player, and have so many other talents I have been blessed with.

I have learned and am putting into practice, that food is fuel. Without it, I am not the Lindie I Love to be. Food is not the enemy it is essential to my well being and man it tastes good. I deprived myself of so many things, that I had to relearn what things I like and don't like, and not classifying foods as "good" and "bad"... Moderation in all things is the key!

I have learned so many things about myself during the past few months that I could go on and on about it, but the biggest thing I have learned is that I need to love myself as much as I love my sweet little girl. I need to treat myself as good as I treat her. I need to take care of myself so I can continue to take care of Mollie. Like I said, I have a long way to go to be my healthy self, but I feel like I have grown and changed for the good in so many ways.

With that said, as much as I want to erase this whole disordered eating phase and start from the beginning again, I can't. But, I can continue to make the correct changes so that in the end I will be happier, stronger, and the Lindie I love and am striving to be.

To all of my family, Thank you so much for all your love and support these past few months. I know it has taken a lot of patience on your part, and I want you to know how much I appreciate each and every one of you and all of your prayers. I couldn't do this with out you.

Healthy, Strong and Confident Lindie! This is my goal, and I know I will get back there again!

Sunday Fun at Grammies House!

2011-06-01T10:36:00.000-07:00

We love Sundays! We trade off every week going to Grandma Amy's and Grammie Stacy's house! We are so lucky to have both of our families so close! Mollie loves to go to both, but especially loves playing with her cousins at Grammie Stacy's house! It is a riot with all 3 kiddos and lots of excitement, energy, and never a dull moment!

Popsicles at Grammie's

Ready for the Wagon Ride, Please!

Olls and Molls Wagon Adventure!

Ended the night right with delicious PB and Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Cookies! Yum!

My Little Fish!

2011-06-01T10:20:00.000-07:00

We had a great trip to St. George for the Memorial Day Weekend. The weather was wonderful! It was warm, and we got away from the chilly, rainy weather in Salt Lake! We had lots of fun swimming at the pool, roller-blading, playing sand volleyball, shopping, and relaxing in the sun! Mollie absolutely loved the pool and was a little fish! She couldn't get enough once she got used to all that chlorine! Can't wait to go back! Here are some pics from the pool!

Playing with Aunt Abby in the Pool!

Floating all by herself! What a big girl!

Aunt Mary and Grandma Amy Soaking up the Sun!

Daddy and Mollie Jo Time!

Mom made her relax and rehydrate with a bottle full of Gatorade!

2011 Happenings...

2011-05-24T09:59:00.000-07:00

So, I am still playing catch up on this blog, but I am getting there! Don't judge! I am trying! I am rushing through without a lot, without explanation on the pictures, but it is getting there that counts! A picture says a thousand words right? After I am caught up I can write more day to day stuff, so onto more pics we go... (oh, and don't judge my horrible grammatical errors either!!)

Mollie Jo's First Sledding Adventure!

Bringing in the New Year!

Piggy-Tails!

Our little Red Sox Girl!

"Stuga" Snowmobiling Trip

Mollie, Daddy and Miss Tessa Jane

The Gang!

Aspen and Molls at Jungle Gym! Cute Friends!

Happy St Patricks Day!

Loved her Green Mashed Potatoes!

Mom and Molls went to the Park!!

Molls Loves getting her picture taken!

Play Date at the Pool!

Cutest Little Friends Ever!

Date Night to the Aquarium with the Grays!

Cute Mollie and Aspen!

Easter 2011

Egg Hunt... She loved it!

Molls' Loot from the Easter Bunny!

Stylin' Girl of Mine!

Cute New Easter Outfit! Love the Yellow Salt Water Sandals!

All the Kiddies at Great Grandma Kalani's

Molls and Bampa

My little Bug on Mother's Day! Best Gift Ever!

Loves to "Dress Up"

Cute Mollie at Tempe Square!

My Future Soccer Girlie!

Favorite Pic of my darling girl!

Well, That about does it! I am officially caught up! Phew! I know it was a lot of pics with no words, but these pics are priceless to me! Hope you enjoyed! Now, hopefully I can stay up to date on this thing! See ya soon!

Has it really been since September??...

2011-05-20T14:51:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, I haven't posted on this blog since September!! Trust me I have thought about it a lot, but get overwhelmed every time I think about how much has happened since I last blogged and the whole back tracking thing and catching up thing makes me have anxiety! So I will just do a quick picture update to catch everyone up on what has been happening in our lives for the past 8 months!!

2 Year Anniversary at Snowbird

Family Pic at the Homestead

Mollie and Ollie Man up the Canyon

Putting in our yard Fall 2010

Utah Utes Football Games! Love our Utes!!

McCammon Idaho Family Reunion with Great Grandma Shirley!

Red Rock Relay! Our Awesome Team! We Killed it! So Fun!!

Mollie Started to walk along everything in the Fall of 2010!

Mollie and her little pal at Gabes B-day!

Fall Family Pic at Brighton 2010

Our Mollie turned 1!! Where did the time go!

We had such a fun party for Mollie's first Birthday! We had a Barnyard Bash! We had a lamb cake, Piggie Cupcakes, "Little Piggies", "Mollies Fresh Vegetable Garden", "Farm Fresh Eggs", "Chicken Wings", and lots more! We had a big bash with Mollie's Family and Friends! What a fun day! Mollie had been walking along things for so long, I thought that she was going to walk by her birthday! She took off the day after her first birthday, Happy Birthday to Mom! My girls is a walking machine!

Thanksgiving with Grammie Stacy!

Tom's Mission Pres. and his Family came to visit! We took them to see the lights at Temple Square!

Zoo Lights 2010!

Girls Day out to the Ballet! 2010

My Fresh Cut Tree! Love! New Mantle Displaying all of my "crackers"

Our Little Shepard Girl at the Theurer Party!

Sisters on Christmas Eve 2010

Tessa, Molls and Olls on Christmas Eve!

Our Darling Christmas girl!

Wasn't quite sure about sitting on Santa's Lap!

Santa brought our new puppy.... Olive!!

Already Little Pals... So Dang Cute!

Great Grand-daughters of Grandma Shirley!

Bumper Car from Grammie Stacy and Gramps Chris!

New Wagon from Grandma Amy and Grandpa JJ

We had a great Holiday Season, as you can tell! We had so much fun with Mollie this year! She has been such a sweet blessing in our lives!! More Pics to come for the 2011 year!!

Blogging.... What is blogging?

2010-09-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Wow, I am hands down the worst blogger. I think I forgot how to do this, because I can't remember how to make this look cute anymore! I will figure it out as time goes on I guess. Well, it has been about 4 months since my last post and a lot has happened in our looped up lives. So here i go, once again, playing catch up on my blog....

May Happenings and Miss Mollie at 6 months old...

During the month of May we had some big things happen in our family. Tom graduated from the University of Utah. He is our Utah Man Grad and we couldn't be more happy on this wonderful accomplishment. I had my first Mother's Day as Mollie's mom. It was such a great day. Tom and Molls gave me some gardening classes at Thanksgiving point, which were awesome, and a bucket full of gardening tools. During May, we also closed on our first home, and moved it. It was so fun and so exciting to move into our new beautiful house. May was busy, but we had a great month with a lot of great changes!

My First Mother's Day with my sweetest girl Mollie Jo

Tom Graduated from the U! Our "Ute" Family

Celebrating with Theurer Fam

Celebrating with Lund Fam

Our New Home

My amazing kitchen

My Family Room

June Happenings and Mollie at 7 months old... The Crawling begins...

June was a great month. We got all settled into our house, and got everything put away, and all of our pictures hung. Everything was in place, our blinds arrived, and the house looked amazing. We had some fun in June with little miss Mollie. We went to the pool at the Tennis Club. Mollie was like a little fish and just loved it. Tom had his first fathers day, and we gave him a bike seat for his beach cruiser to "cruise" around the neighborhood with Mollie. She loves the bike, and falls asleep as we ride. Mollie also surprised us on Father's Day as she took her first crawl. It was so funny and from that point on she was crawling all over the place and became one wild little girl. At the end of June we took Mollie and Cousin Tessa to Lagoon for Tom's work Lagoon Day. We had so much fun and Tom had a blast taking Tessa Jane on lot's of rides. Mollie absolutely loves her cousin Tessa so it was a riot with the kiddos.

Our little Crawling Girl in her new room

Swimming with our Fish at the Club

Happy Father's Day Daddy

Fun times at Lagoon with Cousin Tessa, Daddy, Mommy and Molls

July and Mollie at 8 months old....

July is always my favorite month of the year! We started July off with Independence Day and had a great time. We watched fireworks at the Country Club with the Lund's and played Frisbee Golf and celebrated Grandpa Chris' birthday with the Theurer's. Mollie was mesmerized by the fireworks and just loved them.

Another reason July is my favorite month is because we get to go to Newport Beach with my family. I have been going there since I was 8 months old, so I was thrilled to take my little 8 monther as well. We had such a great time playing at the beach. Mollie was such a little sand monster, and loved the taste of it! She had so much fun with her cousin's Tessa and Ollie. She thought she was a lot older than she really is and wanted to do everything that Oliver was doing, but couldn't quite do it all. Tom put her in the water, she wasn't quite sure about how cold it was and made it known that she would much rather crawl and be sandy in the sand. It was such a blast and so fun to have Mollie there with us this year.

Our 4th of July with the Theurer's

Country Club with the Lund's

Newport 2010

Fashion Island

Beach Bums

Sand Monsters

Gramps saved Mollie from the cold ocean

Cruisin to Balboa Island

Gotta love the hats at the sunny beach

Favorite Pic of Molls and the Whole Famdamily

Grammie and Gramps with the wild Kiddos! Thanks for the Great Trip

As you can see we have had a great summer, and feel so blessed to be in our new home and to be surrounded with such great families! Our First Summer with Mollie was a blast filled with lots of first memories and we can't wait for more to come!

A Few More Firsts...

2010-04-29T09:10:00.000-07:00

Mollie's Firsts....

First Red Sox Game with Dad

First Real Game

Go Real

First Tea Party with Jon the Madhatter

First Time visiting Grandma at School

First Dress-up Adventure

First Chilly walk with Mom and Dad

Mollie's first Holidays...

2010-04-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

I have slacked off and have not posted our First Valentines Day, First St. Patricks Day and First Easter Pics with our sweet little Mollie Jo. We had such a blast with our new addition on all three holidays. Easter was my favorite though, because the Easter Bunny visited Molls, and brought her a basket that was hidden in her favorite spot.... the bathtub! We had so much fun, and Mollie brought a new excitement to each Holiday. Here are a few pics from each day....

Valentines Day

Getting ready to go to Brunch with Daddy and Mommy

My Valentine Bug...

St Patricks Day

Green little Munchkin

Easter

Mollsie and her first Easter Basket

Easter Family Photo

Al and Molls

Tessa Jane and Jack on the Egg Hunt

Cousin Ollie

Crazy Abba, Naters and Krysten

Ending the Day with Aunt Abby

Watch Mollie Jo Grow....

2010-04-28T21:14:00.000-07:00

5 Month Mollie Jo

So, let me start by saying that time with our little Mollie Jo is just flying by so fast! She is five months old and is growing like a weed! At her five month appointment we discovered that she is very tall. She was in the 90th percentile for her height, 35th for her weight and 60th for her head. My little munchkin is growing up! She is rolling around like crazy and wants to crawl so bad. We have started her on solids, and oatmeal and bananas are her favorite! She also enjoys pears, peaches, applesauce, and every once in a while she will be good and eat her vegetables. She is smiley and just so busy busy busy! We are having so much fun watching her grow and her new tricks that she figures out each week. Here are some pics of how she has grown...

Molls at 2 months

2 1/2 months

3 Month Molls

3 1/2 months

4 months

4 1/2 months

Mollie's first Stuga Adventure!

2010-03-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

We decided it was time for Mollie to visit Tom's cabin. We went up for the weekend and had such a great time. It was a beautiful weekend to be up in the mountains. We took my family up with our snowmobiles. We snowmobiled, went snowshoeing and just hung out at the cabin. Mollie was so good, and was such a great sleeper up there! If only she was that great at home! We had a blast, and can't wait to do it again.

Molls diggin' the goggles!

Mollie loved the cabin and the bright snow... at first!

Daddy and Mollie, Gramps and Ollie

Ollie and Auntie Lindie

Mollie loves Gramps

All the kiddos with Auntie Abba

Tessa was fearless with dad on the snowmobile

Jess and Jeff cruisin'

Mollie and Ollie had a blast together

Our House!!

2010-03-26T09:39:00.000-07:00

I don't know if I mentioned this, but we are building a house!! My dad, Chris, of Cambridge Custom Homes, is building it for us. We are so excited and can't wait for it to be done! We are building just below Daybreak and the new Temple. Building is flying by, and things are getting finished very fast. My dad and Tom are going to be laying the wood floor this weekend, and I can't wait to see the finished product. We feel very blessed to be fortunate enough to be building our first home to raise little Mollie Jo. Here are some pics of the progress of our cute home!

My Kitchen!!!

Sweet view from our bedroom!

Tom in front of our cute house!

Mollie Jo's Blessing!

2010-03-26T08:53:00.000-07:00

Let me begin by saying, I have been the biggest slacker on keeping up on the blog! I can't believe it is already the end of march, and this is my first post of 2010. We have been keeping busy with our little bug and can't believe how fast she is growing.

To start off the new year, we blessed our little Mollie Jo on January 3, 2010 at the Bryan Ward. It was such a special day for us, as new parents. We had a lot of support from our families and friends, which made the day so perfect. It was so nice to have all the love and support for this big day in Mollie's life. Dad blessed her, and did an amazing job. After the meeting we had lunch at Grandma Stacy's. It was such a perfect day, and we will remember it forever.

I was so happy in my beautiful dress!

Proud Mom and Dad

Another one of the dress

Ali, Mom and Mollie Jo

Dad, Juddy, Kramer and John

Auntie Jess, Uncle Jeff and Cousins "Olls" and "Molls"

My Aunties Abba and Abby... Twins!

Mollie, Mommy and all her Grandma's!

Mollie, Daddy, Gramps Chris and Grandpa JJ

All tuckered out... Long day!

Santa Visits Mollie Jo...

2010-01-10T13:05:00.000-08:00

I know I have way too many pictures posted of Christmas, but there are just way too many fun ones that I can't leave any out!

Where's Mollie?

Mollie and some of her new toys!

"Wow" Dad

Santa came for Mom too

Daddy and Mollie Collage

Mollie's Christmas Outfit

Daddy and Great Grandpa

Grandma Amy and Grandpa JJ

Lund Fam and Bower Fam

Auntie Abbie and Gramps

Grammie Stacy

Auntie Abba and Tessa Jane

Cousin Ollie was so excited

Cousin Naters and Mollie with the same hairdoo

Hanging at Grandma Kalani's

Christmas Festivities...

2010-01-10T11:59:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was so much fun with our sweet baby girl Mollie Jo. We were on the go go go all through the Holiday Season and Mollie was such a great trooper. We started with the Theurer party at Andy's on the 23rd. Christmas Eve was filled with a full day of fun. We went to my parents house during the day and hung out with Grammie Stacy, Gramps Chris, Aunt Abbie, Aunt Jess, Uncle Jeff and cousins Tessa Jane and Ollie. We had a lot of fun. We filled our bellies full with crab, artichoke dip, chips and salsa, cheese and crackers and lots of treats. Then we got our awesome nutcrackers from my dad, that we get every year. The little kids each got a book and Tom and Jeff got some way sweet marshmallow guns. I am pretty sure they turned into little boys with those. It was fun. It was especially fun to have all the kidlets there together, Olls, Molls and Tessa. So fun!

Christmas Eve night we spent with the Lund's. We had a French Feast in honor of Katy, who is on her mission in France. It was very good. Then we headed over to Fred and Jane's for dessert and for the nativity scene and the story of Christ's birth. It was fun. Tom was Joseph, I was Mary and little Mollie Jo was Jesus. Becky's girls just loved Mollie and were so cute to her. After that we headed home and opened up our Christmas PJ's and read the Polar Express while sipping on some Hot Chocolate. It was fun and we snuggled up with Mollie on her first Christmas Eve.

Santa made a visit to our house that night. Mollie was spoiled with lots of little toys, lots of classic books and a few cute outfits. It was fun to have her here this Christmas. It brought a new joy to our morning! After we opened our family gifts we headed over to the Lund's to talk to Katy in France. She sounded great. We opened presents there and then we headed to the Fagergren breakfast for another feast. Mollie got to meet all her cousins and her Great Grandpa. Pretty cool.

After breakfast we headed over to my parents for a spoiling of gifts. Mollie got some really fun toys and outfits. Then the Miller clan came and we all played at Grammie and Gramps before heading over to Great Grandma Kalani's for yet another feast and more gifts. We filled our bellies there and nibbled on treats all night long with the Olson's, Theurer's, Miller's, Lund's and Great Gram! It was fun.

We had a wonderful first Christmas with our little peanut girl, Mollie. We feel so blessed to have had such a great time with our families and friends and all the love we received! Above all, Mollie was the best gift we got this Christmas!

Theurer Party

Our Little Fam

The Nativity Scene! Love the Camel Pete!

Mary and Jesus

Grammie, Molls, Daddy and Gramps

Me and my little peanut girl, Mollie

Christmas Eve

Uncle Wayne with Oliver

Auntie Jess and Mollsie

Grammie and her Nutcracker

Me and my Nutcracker

"Olls" and "Molls"

Meeting my cousins

Great Aunt Jane and Great Uncle Fred... Love it!

The Nativity

Great Grandma Shirley

Christmas Eve PJ Party

Mollie in her new Jammies

Mommy and Daddy in their new Jammies too! Party!

Babysitting 3...

2009-12-30T13:45:00.000-08:00

Over the Holiday's I offered to watch Tessa and Ollie for my sister Jess, while her and Jeff went to an ugly sweater party. I got there with little Mollie Jo and we had lots of fun. The kidlets had a blast together. Ollie is so funny around Molls, he just wanted to grab her the entire time. I can't wait until they can beat up on each other. We had fun. Tessa and I made her mom a Go Utes picture frame with a picture of Grammie Stacy and the grand kids, all in their ute attire. It turned out really cute. We had fun. Then I put Olls to bed. It was great. Molls and Olls were both sleeping while I had a chance to play stuffed animals with miss Tessa. Well, Ollie decided to wake up screaming, and woke up molls. Suddenly I went from calm playing to stressful newborn and 7 month babies screaming. Both wanted to be held so I had to have babysitter Tessa help me out! A four year old! Wow, it was a good thing she was there to help the babysitter auntie out! Props to moms who have twins or kids very close in age! It is hard work.

Tessa put this outfit on all by herself! So funny!

Cousins PJ Party!

Elffie Tessa Jane!

One Month Molls...

2009-12-17T20:36:00.000-08:00

Wow, Mollie Jo is one month old! I can't believe it. I feel like we just left the hospital to bring her home yesterday! Where does the time go? She has been so much fun and I just love love being her mommy. She is getting a little bigger and is starting to fill out a little bit. I tell my mom that she is getting chubbier, but she just laughs and tells me she is still a little munchkin. We did weigh her yesterday and she is up to a 7 lbs. Started out at 5 lb 12 oz and up to 7... she is growing, mom! I look at her as getting so much bigger and put clothes on her, and they still drown her little body, someday soon they will all fit!

Mollie is also staying awake more during the day. I am trying so hard for her to crack that smile and she is getting pretty close! I can't wait to see it when she is awake and on purpose instead of asleep dreaming sweet dreams. Regardless, she is my cute little bug and we are having so much fun with her. Here are some pics of Molls at one month old.

Mollie loves the bath

This is my favorite outfit... so stinkin cute

Tuckered out ready for bed... Look at those long legs

This is her favorite seat in the house

The "steam out"...

2009-12-13T15:38:00.000-08:00

Our little Mollie Jo has been pretty stuffed up this week. I think she is starting to get used to all the different allergens in the air. I called Dr. Clayton, her pediatrician, and asked what I could do to help the congestion. One of his suggestions, and one I read in my book was to turn on the shower and get the bathroom really steamy, and then hold her in there for a good 10-15 minutes. Well, we have discovered it works wonders and clears her right up, not to mention gives her hair a "doo" of its own. I just love her wild hair and wanted everyone to see how funny it is!

Tom's job is to do the steam out and he loves doing it every night!

Rockin around the Christmas Tree...

2009-12-13T15:26:00.000-08:00

So the other night Tom and I were on one and took these pics by the tree. Instead of "rockin" around the tree, we were pretty much "goofin" around the Christmas Tree! We had lots of fun though and realize that little Mollie Jo is the best Christmas present we could have ever asked for!

Proud mommy
Proud Daddy
Smooches from Mommy
Smooches from Daddy

My clothes are starting to fit me...

2009-12-07T15:54:00.000-08:00

Little Miss Mollie Jo is 3 weeks old today! Where does all the time go to? I can't believe how quick these 3 weeks have flown by! Mollie is so much fun and such a good baby. I feel so lucky to have her as my little daughter! She is just a doll. She is growing each day. She sleeps a lot still because I think she is growing so much. She is a great little eater. When she gets hungry she get ravenous and seriously snarfs down her food. She is funny to watch as she kicks her legs and flails her arms around until she gets that bottle in her mouth. She eats so fast and then gets the hiccups! It is adorable. I am glad she is growing and is healthy. It has been so fun because she is finally fitting into some more of her clothes. I have had such a blast dressing her in her different outfits. I feel like I am back playing house because I love dressing her and doing her hair so much. I had to post some pics of her in some of her fun little outfits. She looks so darn cute, I can't get enough pictures of her. I love her to pieces and am so glad I get to be her mommy.

Matching her blanky..

I love the smocking on this one!

We just love her in kissy kissy..

Her cozy fleece outfit for the freezing weather!

Look how cute her little chubber cheeks are!

2 weeks old and growing...

2009-12-02T10:35:00.000-08:00

Monday was Mollie Jo's two week mark. I can't believe how fast those two weeks flew by! We went to the pediatrician for her 2 week Checkup. She was fabulous and healthy as can be. She has gained 8 ounces since her last visit, and weighs a whopping 6 lbs 4 oz. She also grew a 1/4 of an inch in length and measures 19 and 3/4 inches long. Dr. Clayton was impressed with her weight gain and said to keep doing what we are doing with her. She was very well mannered until they had to prick her tiny little heel for a blood sample. She screamed her eyes out... poor little girl. I am so glad that my little girl is growing and is healthy and happy. What a blessing. Her next appointment with Dr. Clayton is at two months, until then we will continue to chub this little bundle of joy up!

My bow is as big as me!

Visiting Great Gram at 2 weeks old

All tuckered out after a long visit to Great Grams

Time for bed... But wide awake!

Born a UTE and will always be a UTE!

2009-12-02T10:17:00.000-08:00

Saturday was Miss Mollie's first Utah vs. BYU football game. We got her all decked out in her red to support our UTES. We headed over the Grammie Stacy's to watch the big game while daddy was lucky enough to go to it at Cougar Stadium. We had a lot of fun cheering our UTES on with cousins Tessa and Ollie, Aunt Abbie, Grandma Stacy and Grandpa Chris. The game was rough, but despite our loss to the cougars, we still love our UTES and ALWAYS WILL!!
GO UTES!!

Daddy and Mollie getting ready for the game in their RED!

We Love cousins who Love the UTES!

Me with the Kiddo UTES! Starting them young!!

Abba and "Ollie Man"

Sisters... Sisters...

We Love our Grammie!

Our first Thanksgiving with Mollie

2009-12-02T09:54:00.000-08:00

Well, our Thanksgiving this year was a special one. Our new addition, Mollie Jo, is what I am most thankful for this year. How could such a bundle of joy bless my life this much? She is my little doll and I am so grateful that she arrived to our little family safe and healthy. She brings so much happiness and joy to my life and I thank my Heavenly Father each and everyday for this wonderful baby girl... what a blessing. I also am so thankful for Tom and all that he does for me and our new little family. Tom, you are the best!

We had a great Thanksgiving day. We started the day with Mollie snuggled up to us as we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was a lot of fun. We started her young so hopefully the little bug will enjoy the parade as much as I do each year. After the parade we got ready to head to Grandma Amy and Grandpa JJ's house for our big feast. Grandma and Grandpa were there along with Aunt Mary and Abby, and Fred and Jane. It was a lot of fun, and we had a great time together as a family. After dinner we headed over to Grammie Stacy's and Grandpa Chris' house for dessert. Abbie made all the pies this year and oh were they tasty. Gram and Gramps were there, along with Aunt Abbie, Aunt Jess, Uncle Jeff, Tessa Jane, Ollie, Great Grandma Trujillo, and the entire Olson clan. We had a lot of fun. Everyone just adored little Mollie Jo, and man did she get the pass along! It was fun to celebrate "Olls" and "Molls" first Thanksgiving together!

We had a great time and both grandparents houses, and the day could not have gone any smoother. We are so thankful for both of our families and all that they do for us. We love you all so much, Happy Thanksgiving!

The Lund Clan

Mollie with Aunt Mary

"Ollie" and Mollie with Naters and Abbers

Relaxing with Daddy after a long day in my new Jammies

Our Baby Girl is 1 Week Old...

2009-11-23T20:06:00.000-08:00

Wow does time fly by. Our little bundle of joy, Mollie Jo, is now one week old. I can't believe how fast that week flew by. She has brought so much love and happiness to mine and Tom's life. We just can't get enough of this little doll. We have had a lot of fun making memories as a new family of three. Tom absolutely adores his little girl, and especially loves letting her snuggle up on his chest at night.

Mollie has become more and more awake throughout the day, and when she is awake she has the biggest, most beautiful eyes. We love it and just marvel over how darn cute she is and how blessed we are to have her as our little girl.

I love to dress Mollie up in her cute clothes. Today I thought I would do a small photo shoot to celebrate the one week mark and couldn't resist to post the cute pictures. We had a bath and then... Lights... Camera... Action...

Stretching it out before the big photo shoot!

Getting ready for my bath

I like my bath more and more everyday!

All snuggled up

The shoot begins... with my hat

So precious

Love her crossed legs

Gotta love that head of hair

Being so cute is hard work! Nighty Night!

Hanging out at Grammies House...

2009-11-23T19:41:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we went to dinner at Grandma Stacy's house. Mollie's cousins Ollie and Tessa were both there along with Grammie, Gramps, Aunt Abbie, Aunt Jess and Uncle Jeff. We had a lot of fun. Marty, Blakely and John came to visit and see Mollie Jo. Marty thought she looked like her mommy which was wonderful to hear. Everyone thinks she looks like her daddy. Maybe she is starting to be a mix! All I know is that she is so much fun and just so darn cute.

We had a great time at Grammie Stacy and Gramps Chris house. We watched the Real game and watched as they beat the Galaxy! It was a great game. It was so much fun to hangout with family and especially cousins. When we left it was a winter wonderland. It was a bit scary driving home as we now have such precious cargo, but we made it after we stopped off to see Aunt Mary, Aunt Abby, Grandma Amy and Grandpa JJ. It was a great Sunday.

Grammie with "Olls" & "Molls"

Gramps and Mollie

Uncle Wayne, Louise Tessa and Mollie

Cousin Tessa Loves Mollie

Big Big Eyed Girl

Fun with Tessa

Our Cute Family of Three

Aunt Mary and Mollie

Aunt Abby can't get enough of little Mollie

Welcome Mollie Jo Lund...

2009-11-18T12:13:00.000-08:00

Our precious Mollie Jo has arrived! She is perfect and is a little bundle of joy that has joined our adventure! She arrived Monday November 16 at 3:45 pm. She weighed in at a whopping 5 lb 12 oz (a little tiny bug) and was 19 1/2 inches long. The delivery went just perfect and we have a darling little baby girl that has brought us so much happiness. She is such a big blessing to our lives. She came a day before my birthday, and what better gift could anybody ask for than a healthy little girl! Who doesn't love a baby!

We were in the hospital for two days and had so much love and support from family and friends who were so excited to welcome Mollie to this world. Grandma Stacy, Grandpa Chris, Auntie Jess, Uncle Jeff, Auntie Abbie, Grandpa JJ, Grandma Amy, Auntie Mary and Auntie Abby were the first to welcome her to our family. They all loved her and loved all her black hair. Some other visitors were cousin Nate, Great Aunt Wendy, Great Grandma Shirley, Great Aunt Jane, cousins Jon and Krysten, Brynn, Ali, Kramer, Juddy, and Blakely and John. We had a nonstop party for this wonderful celebration. Thanks to everyone who came to see us.

We brought Mollie home on Wednesday, and documented her first car ride. It was a lot of fun. Since then we have been hanging out at home together as a happy family of three. Mollie sleeps most of the day and wakes up to be fed and get her diaper changed. She is doing great and beginning to be a very good eater. Hopefully we will start seeing some chub on this little tiny body of hers. i have been having such a blast being home with Mollie all day and being a mom. There is no better thing in this world than being a mom to the cutest little girl. Tom has been taking very good care of both mom and Mollie. He is a great dad and just loves cuddling up with his little girl. We are proud parents.

Tomorrow will mark one week old for little Mollie, and I can't believe how fast that went by. I have a feeling that time is going to fly by with this little bundle of joy. That just means that we are going to enjoy every second and document every little thing with this little girl each and everyday. Here are some pictures of our darling girl from birth until now.

Our Happy Family of Three!

Mollie and Mommy just after she arrived!

Our first glimpse of her

Look at all that hair!

There are those beautiful eyes

Grandma Amy and Mollie

Grammie Stacy and Mollie

Gramps Chris

Grandpa JJ

Aunties Abbie and Jess

Auntie Abbie

Uncle Jeff

Great Grandma Shirley

Getting hungry!

Snoozing is what she does best

Proud Daddy and Mommy

One of many photo shoots

Getting ready to go home!

Here we go! I'm a tiny little thing!

Daddy lovin me!

Mommy and her bug

Bed time... I don't think so!

Its bath time!

Squeaky Clean!

Special outing to Great Grandma Kalani's

Cousin Tessa was so excited to meet Mollie

Cousins Ollie and Mollie just 6 months apart

Maybe one day her head will be that big!

Tessa Mollie and Mommy

We love cousins!

Welcome from Everyone Mollie Jo! As you can tell you have lots of people who absolutely adore and love you!

Family Halloween Party

2009-10-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had our Second Annual Family Halloween Party at my parents. It was such a blast. We had some way yummy Lasagna, Salad, Bread sticks and lots of way sweet tricky treats! After we stuffed ourselves we had a costume contest. Tessa as Dorothy won "cutest" costume, and Jon as the Mad hatter won "best" costume" overall. His costume was all handmade by Jon himself and it was so dang sweet! Everyone looked so great in their costumes. We had the Wizard of Oz Clan and the Olson Clan and we had a blast. Tessa decided to assign everyone their character and I think she had more fun and was more excited than Christmas Morning. She was so cute and made the most adorable Dorothy I have ever seen. She was in Character all night singing "We're off to see the wizard" She was a hoot! After the contest we had our big pumpkin carving contest. It gets really intense with all the creative Olson boys to go up against.... So who was the winner? Well, according to Tessa hers was the winner, next was me! Woo, but according to everyone else Corbin came out on top with an amazing Mad hatter he did all from scratch! So if anyone needs a professional pumpkin carver let me know and I can get you one! We had such a blast at the big bash, thanks to Abbie for planning it!

The Wizard of Oz Clan

Jon the "Mad Hatter" Contest Winner!

The Olson Clan
Dave as Spider Man, Wendy as the "other" Witch, Jon as the Mad Hatter, Krysten as a Fairy, Corbin as Sweeny Todd, Pam as his girl, Nate and Cam as the "sexy" Bechams.

Good Witch Glenda (Abbie) vs. The Wicked Witch herself (Stacy)

Tin Man Tom and Lindie the Lion!

"If I only had the Nerve"

Cutest Dorothy Ever!

Corb and Pam looked great!

Cute Ollie and Jess

"We're off to see the Wizard"

Pumpkin Party

Worst Blogger Ever!

2009-08-04T11:57:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, I decided that I am the world's worst blogger. It has been months since my last post and so much has changed in our Loopie Lives. Now where do I start?

Well, we moved! We are now in a basement apartment in Sugarhouse across the street from Westminster. It is a lot bigger than our last place and we painted, got new floors in the kitchen and bathroom and have turned it into quite the cute cozy apartment. I will post some pics when I get some. We plan on being here until our new little addition to our Loopie Lund Family arrives on November 25! Yep, that's right we are expecting a baby girl! So we should be here for until the beginning of the Spring or until Tom graduates from the U in May!

We feel very blessed to have such a wonderful life together, and to live in this new place waiting for the "bug" to arrive. Lots of things are changing, but we feel like we are as ready as we can be for them!! I will try to keep up on this blog now that we have a stable Internet connection and i have started to kind of figure out how to do this.

the crummy econony!

2009-02-23T13:13:00.000-08:00

Well, life has been a little bit crazy for the last month. With the horrible economy I was let go from my job at Challanger and was left on a quest for a new job! So, I decided to go back and finish a CNA class I had started a few years ago. So, for the past two weeks I have been taking my class everyday from 8-5 and have been doing clinicals. It has been such a fun experience, and has made me so excited to get to work working in a Hospital Setting helping the patients with their care. I passed my first test on Saturday, which was a huge relief, and now just waiting for my time to take the state skills test! I am really excited about this new journey I am about to take part in.

When I started college I really wanted to go into nursing, but the timing of some life events didn't make that possible. I feel like this is my chance to do what I really want to do in life. I have thought about this a lot and prayed about it, and feel really great and feel like this is what is meant to be in my life. If I get a job the majority of Hospitals will pay 75-100% of your schooling. If you specialize in what they want and need they indeed will pay 100%. That makes me really excited! This means if I start this summer and go summer, fall, spring and summer again I will be done with school at the end of summer 2010 and a RN. I am so happy this opportunity has fallen right into my lap. So even though the economy is terrible I have been blessed with this amazing opportunity to reach out and make a difference in other peoples lives.

Attention... We have a Blog!

2009-02-06T10:27:00.001-08:00

Hello! Welcome to the Loopie lives of the Lunds! My sister and friends have been bugging us about not having a blog. So, I am now attempting to create one. I am not very computer literate so we will see how this turns out.

Here is a little spiel about the Lunds. Tom and I got married August 20, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. So we are coming up on our six month mark of figuring out the whole newlywed thing, and all that comes along with living with a man! Just kidding Tom. Time has flown by, but we are loving our new life together!

We have a lot of fun together. We really enjoy playing tennis, skiing at the beautiful Deer Valley(or if I could pick, snowbird), snowshoeing, biking and much more in the great outdoors! We like an adventure! We just started up a coed indoor soccer team and are having a blast.

We live in an apartment and have to be out by May, so we are preparing to move somewhere. Now, where that is? We don't know. So we are on a quest! Tom is in school this semester at the U (GO UTES!), and has another year of undergrad in Business Finance. He works out by the airport at VMI Nutrition. He really enjoys what he does.

I am just finishing up my Early Childhood Education at the U, and will do my student teaching in the fall. I am starting a CNA course Monday that is a week long, and then will take the state test and try to get a job in one of the hospitals, hopefully leaning towards Primary Children's or the Huntsman Cancer Institute. So we will see where life takes us in the next little bit. We are up for anything and a new adventure will be coming our way soon.