Christmas is OVER...and Spring needs to come SOON!

Why does the Christmas season go by TOO fast? I always wish that it would last one more month. But I think we made the best of it this year. This is our new Christmas tree (purchased on Black Friday of course...favorite day of the year). It was fun setting it up in our new house. Except it makes our house look so cute I don't want to take it down! We still are working on filling up the house with new furniture...so it will have to look bare again until next Christmas. :)

Favorite parts of December would include:

• Going all the way to Preston, ID and seeing the light show they decided to stop doing THIS year! So much for the long drive. We did buy some lottery tickets though...$2 in the negative when we left.

• Seeing all of the family of course and just hanging out!

• Seeing old friends that came into town!

• Eating like kings and queens every other night at different Christmas Festivities. :)

• Going to the Roof (Hart Family Tradition)

• Watching home movies

• Nick finishing his fall semester finals---(hardest semester so far). One more semester to go before graduation!
  

• Being with Nick of course...2nd Christmas together...they keep getting better!

We cooked up this Christmas Eve, Eve meal together and it was AMAZING! Thanks to my favorite cooking website of all (dietitian approved)....www.eatingwell.com. This website never fails me and makes the house smell AMAZIN'.

Tis the season for

...Snuggies!

We LOVE our Snuggies and I am proud to admit it. And no..this is not our dog. We borrowed him to dress him up in our doggie snuggie.

Everytime we put on our Snuggies...this happens:

"Snuggie Dance"

One year...lots of events!!

Lucky I'm in Love with My Best Friend!

It has been one year (on September 18th) since we tied the knot! It has gone by so fast but looking back on the year...a lot has happened!! Here are some long overdue wedding pics!





Nobody could make me happier than Nick. I am a very lucky girl. Here are some pictures from our anniversary!


So after work Nick took me on a surprise little trip around Salt Lake to all of the places we went on our first date! He gave me gifts at every place with a cute note! We talk about that first date all the time because it was the best date both of us have ever had! So..it was fun to re-live our first date on our FIRST anniversary!! Here are some pics!


We ate the top of our wedding cake and it was...ummm....not so good a year old. :) But it was such a cute cake I had a hard time throwing it away! I wish we could get married all over again...it was the perfect day and so much fun!

Nick actually proposed to me on this bench in Salt Lake. We ate lunch here for part of our anniversary celebration. :) I love this place! We go up here from time to time and just hang out.

I had to post this picture of Nick!! I think it is so cute of him! He is the best husband, always makes me laugh, makes me more of a balanced person.... and I am so glad that I get to have even more memories!

Lake Powell..I mean...Birthday parties...I mean...the zoo

Happy Birthday party for Nick Bayba!! It was an amazing birthday cake!

I was WAY impressed with all of the changes at Hogle Zoo. It really was new and improved! I loved it...especially this cute baby giraffe. :)

Leah and Sarah on the Merry-Go-Round. Leah looked really cute with her monkey bag!
Our Lake Powell buddies--they found this cool little "swimming pot" at Lake Powell and after the longest boat ride we jumped in and it was SO refreshing! It was actually pretty funny because we were running out of gas in the boat and we were about a football field away from the Marina and ran COMPLETELY out of gas. It was all windy (of course) so we just drifted away until somebody eventually helped us. It was so hot I thought I had melted into the seats. I love classic Lake Powell adventures though. It wouldn't be Lake Powell if there wasn't some little glitch. :)
There is that Yummy Ice Cream cake again! mmmm...caramel!


Okay...now this has to be one of my favorite pictures...It makes me laugh so hard. My face says it all! Let's just say I wasn't feeling too well that day. oh boy! I always get a chuckle when I see this picture. :) haha.


Nick found this frog and we named it Herbie Hart. :)
Domo Arigato from China Town. :)

Summer Days Aint No Bummer Days

This is outside the SLC temple after Trisha and Mike got married! It was so good to be there and I just love that these two lovebirds finally bit the bullet and got hitched. They are perfect for eachother!
Here is Nick's cute truck! We get to ride it to church and around the town. It is so fun to ride in it because I feel so cool. People give us thumbs up left and right. Nick just nods his head and gives the little "beep beep".

I know...I know..I am not a photographer but this is a view of our house when our roses were blooming and I wish they could stay around all summer. I tried to soak them up while they were around.


Rachael and the family came over to celebrate her 25th birthday...And Rachael was WAY good at LadderBall (hee hee). It was so fun especially at the end of the night when we found Rachael's bracelet in the grass. Shae, Nick, and I were like little kids again finding a treasure....it was great!

Emme and Charley hiding the bracelet...haha.

This is Nick and Emily's cute little boy and our cute nephew Jackson at his 1st Birthday Partay!!! I am obsessed with this boy!! He loves food and treats so much!


Nick's truck gets to be in the parade!! It was fun when the family drove by and threw otter pops! This kid on the right was so cute and I am so glad we captured him catching something in the air. :)
Patriotic Fourth of July Woods. Salute.

And of course...the summer hit "Ladder Ball". We love this game.
Oh yes...and the summer would be incomplete without the Manti pageant! :) It was a fun surprise that Nick took me. I had never been but it was way fun!



And Cherry Hill was WAY fun! One of my favorite birthday parties! :)

Goodbye Basement Apartment...Hello....

Hart House!!

It's True...WE bought a house in Kaysville and are loving every little bit about it....

Especially since these guys get to be our next door neighbors! I am sure we will be over to borrow lots of cups of sugar for all those cookies I plan to make in our new kitchen.

Here are a couple more pics of the new pad...



Soon enough when things get settled down we can really start working more on our house and I will put pictures of OUR decorations, etc...

Yardwork here we come!! :) It is on a 0.3 acre lot and we don't know what to do with all of this space now!! Yikes.

And...I don't know anything about flowers. Any tips?

North Carolina

Nick and I went to North Carolina for my work conference so I could be certified in Adult Weight Management. We made a really fun trip out of it! We loved it there! We had so much good food and the area was gorgeous! There were so many pretty parks and I forget living here in Utah how green it is back there!

Oh and don't worry....there were all these tornado warnings when we were back there! It was freaky!

This picture is pretty funny how Nick placed his hands in his lap...he was being goofy--but you can't really tell...


Carolina Beach...

After a long flight...
Alligator Encounter...



Nick is making a serious face at this Civil War Site--he was in heaven with all of this history he got to learn about while I was at my conference. :)

This last one was a random hike we took by our hotel and we found this gorgeous pond!

Well..that is a rap....As the Ryan Adams song goes.."Oh My Sweet Carolina..." We'll see ya again next time. :)

Rachael had her BABY!

Rachael had her beautiful baby girl!! They named her Brittana Jyl (a family name!) She is such a beautiful baby!! And I think she looks just like Rachael! We went to visit her in the hospital and I can't believe Rachael and how easy she makes childbirth look easy as cake! She is amazing! They sure do make cute babies!!

I just make the babies cry....


These are her cute girls together! I think they are darling!