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summer ’12 bucket list

ok, ok, ok. twist my arm.
number 7= random roadtrip
check you off our summer bucket list.
see you soon, perfect weather!
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you’ll be bored if you read this.

consider yourself warned.
tonight, this is what our night looked like. typical. nothing too special.
3 pm : finish the laundry, ky leaves to tend, jonah climbs the dishwasher.
4 pm : put in baked potatoes for dinner
5 pm : clean out the garage and car with jonah sleeps on my back
6 pm : thought jon was coming home at 5, realize it’s 6.
7 pm : jon gets home, we eat cold baked potatoes. crystal light comes out my nose.
7.5 pm : inform jon that a girls roadie to st g is taking place in the morning.
8 pm : run a couple of errands while the boys take care of the yard chores
9 pm : dad reads story, mom prays. jone to bed.
10 pm: news while we eat ice cream out of the tub, with 1 fork.
11 pm: start one of the 2 redboxes we rented saturday night. with a healthy side of pinterest.
12 pm: blog.
there it is, our evening recapped rewound reswizzle redone.
key moment=7.5 pm! aka 7:30 PM
tomorrow morning i’ll be blogging from my favorite getaway. 
100 degree sunshine never sounded so refreshing. 
goodnight.
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mama’s day

my first official mother’s day.
we kinda mighta celebrated for a few days not just one.
i know we celebrated last year while jonah was still cookin,
but this year it was official, and it totally rocked my socks.
my favorite part?
i’d have to say it’s a toss up between
the hidden tullip hunt jonboy and jonah sent me on
(most creative male on earth, that husband-o-mine),
knocking out the junk in grandma’s kitchen with the sisters,
listening to dannika speak in sacrament,  jonah’s first parade,
and grandma’s perfectly detailed mother’s day dinner and homemade jam.
i wish it could be mother’s day every day.
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skirting.

so, i am currently obsessed with a few things ::
summer, jonah’s laugh, jonah’s bear crawl, (lets be honest :: all things jonah) my family, sleeping with the windows open, my sister and her mister living two floors down, liberty park, shellac, dresses, otterpops, walks, taking naps, driving my new mom car, organizing,
and skirts.
i can not get enough skirt in my life.
i have never been the biggest fan of shorts. whether its not being able to find the right length to flatter my no booty self, or how they ride up the “you know what” when i walk. but skirts. skirts just flow. with everything. dressed up or down. having ky’s closet here makes skirting much more adventuresome because this is a craze that we both love. talk about combining forces at half the price. technically it’s both skirts and dresses, but for today, just skirts. the longer the better. i can sit indian style and read with jonah no prob. i can run bike skip and jump. really they are the complete solution to this ongoing bad relationship with my shorts. and this little collection all being under $30 (most under $20) satisfies my checkbook quite nicely. and that is how i like to roll. to save my pennies for more exciting summer adventures that i can wear a skirt to. thanks forever21. not only for keeping us forever21 but also for saving us our 21 pennies.





Holidays

mama

Mama’s Song by Carrie Underwood on Grooveshark
naturally, when i think of mothers day, my thoughts turn to my own mom.
she’s been my favorite example, my mentor, my fashion idol, my everything idol,
and my best friend my entire life.
i look forward to talking to her every day, and dream of the day that we live closer.
she deserves all the credit for anything good i’ve turned out to be.
she’s pulled me through my rough patches and my hard times.
she never gave up on me, and continually encourages me to find the good in every situation.
she taught me honesty, integrity, kindness, and sincerity.
along with many other lessons on how to be a good person.
she taught me how to be a best friend. how to be a mother.
and to her, i am eternally grateful.

when i married jon i was lucky enough to have 2 more wonderful mothers enter my life.
both beautiful, loving, welcoming and kind in every way. they have taken me into their family, as a daughter of their own. i feel so blessed to be part of this wonderful family.


as i look around, i see that so many of the wonderful people in my life are also mothers. many of my friends, my beautiful sisters in law, my neighbors, my precious grandma :: all of which are beautiful examples of what a mother should be. i admire the genuine happiness that motherhood brings to so many of them.

  i truly cherish, with all of my heart, the opportunity that i have to be a mother. jonah makes me want to be the very best that i can be. he brings a happiness to my world that i can’t describe, and he gave an entire new meaning to mother’s day this year. what a wonderful opportunity we had to celebrate the beauty of motherhood. happy mothers day to me and to you!
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in good hands

jone and i have only been apart a handful of times since he was born.
yes, i’m one of those paranoid overprotective mothers.
i got this little video while i was at yw last night.
i don’t think i have too much to worry about.
he is absolutely smitten by her, and as his mother, i could not be more thrilled.
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a love note

dear today:

i love you.

i couldn’t wipe this smile off my face if you threatened me with a white belly spider.
i spent the first 10 hours laughing. for no particular reason. well…maybe because kylee is the funniest human on this earth, and maybe because i’m giddy to my nose that she is living here.

  • depositing checks at the bank but forgetting them at home
  • ky teaching jonah how to play catch with the basketball
  • making spaghetti and meatballs
  • ky opening the poppy rolls and giving herself hiccups. jonah’s new favorite joke
  • getting videos while at yw’s
thank you for proving to me that this summer is truly going to be the best one i’ve ever had.

can’t wait to go to bed so i can wake up in the morning. life is just that good.

sweet dreams,
ginger

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living the dream

today is the day it is finally here
waiting oh so patiently
for what feels like for 10 years.
my best friend, my sister,
packed up all her stuff,
her and her mister
moving to the city with us.
we’ve created our bucket list
we’ve dreamed up big things.
woohoo
 that our husbands make such a team!
this is pretty surreal
it sure feels like a dream.
bring.it.on.
SUMMER 2012
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our weekend at grandmas house










jonboy went water tanking in st george a couple of weekends ago.
somehow, playing in moab snuck itself on the schedule at the end of their trip.
hate when that happens.
::
it’s always the pits when he’s gone. i suppose i’ve taken a liking to him!
we’ve been keeping ourselves company at our home away from home.
ky came down to visit us on friday and we hid in her backseat as she was leaving. naturally.
visiting my family will never get old. i love going home.
::
snocones x 3, naps on grandmas back, exciting letters in the mail, softball games,
laughs laughs laughs
and senior pictures with dan.
another successful weekend in logan = complete.
Holidays

j’s first easter
























how’s that for an overwhelming amount of easter photos?
i tell ya, our easter this year turned out pretty fetching awesome. i believe that everything is a bit more exciting with jonah in our lives. jon was so cute and taught him why we celebrate easter, even though he was more interested in his toes. we will try again next year. we went to church dressed in as many colors as humanly possible. i wish wish wish we would have taken a picture because boy were we rainbowin’ like never before. i was super impressed with my primary class and how proudly they told me about the resurrection before i even taught it to them. they are too precious. i miss them often.
we went to dinner at grandpa gene and grandma judy’s and caught the tail end of croquet at grammy and dave’s. we were suppose to skype with morg when we got home, but we got distracted by jonah and his crawling. (sorry again, mor)
notice i did not mention easter baskets anywhere in there? i dropped the ball this year, you guys. and i still can’t believe it. so not like me! at. all.
i played it off cool as i could to jonboy, but my insides wouldn’t let me hear the end of it.  i had an excuse of every shape and size when the easter baskets weren’t hidden that morning. procrastination at its finest.  jon claims he was relieved, but i’m not convinced. we have been celebrating easter for the last 5 years together.
:: the first time jon took me to neverland was on easter.
:: we watched the sunrise on top of snowbird together.
:: i filled 650 individual easter eggs with memories and reasons why i love jon. {right before we got engaged might i add}
:: jon sent me on the craziest treasure hunt known to man with diapers for clues. {kind of ironic because jonah fit into them this easter}
basically, easter is a big deal to me. to us. i often get carried away with many things. easter being one of them.  if you know me well, you know that holidays are a big deal in my life. birthdays, graduation, monthlies for jonah, new furniture, and even made up holidays,…any time i have an excuse to celebrate something you better believe there will be a party.
like i said, this year i dropped the ball. obviously.
i stewed about it all night long. jonah and i spent monday rhyming rhymes, stuffing eggs, hiding clues, painting hand/foot prints, and blowing up balloons. very patiently we hid at the park and waited for jonboy to finish our scavenger hunt and find us!  it was a success. jon was surprised. jonah was excited. and i was thrilled.
jonah’s first easter :: a day late, and one that we definitely won’t be forgetting any time soon.

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you can be excellent in every way

You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. 
There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. 
Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. 
Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. 
Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, 
but with great and strong purpose in your heart.
 Love life and look for its opportunities.” 
-Gordon B. Hinckley-