Goodie Box

Today on my online website for Close To My Heart get over $200 for only $80 plus a great rate on shipping. This offer is good until tomorrow morning at 9a.m.!!! This is a great way to jump start your creativity by getting new products to scrapbook with!

Daily Thoughts

I love that my third job is showing others how to scrapbook! I love showing them how easy and fun it can be. I also love to share good deals that I can offer and today is one of those days. On my website today only you can get $250 of product for $100!!! Plus you get an awesome deal on shipping! Each Goodie Box will have a few different products in them so it is really fun to compare with others what you get. Just click on the link to the right that says Carrie's Scrapbooking.

Second, today is my five year anniversary. It is amazing to see how much has happened in the last five years. I love Mark so much and can't believe how happy he makes me.

Here is a Small Scoop

Hi Everyone!
Here is a small scoop of what we have been up to. During April we were extrememly busy fixing our apartment, packing, packing, working, doing church callings, packing, playing in the sun/snow/whatever else happened outside, and got ready for a trip to Mark's mission. We really didn't have a house to live in for a week before we left for our trip but luckily Mark's mom let us stay with her. Thanks again Grandma! We also found out that our new little one will be a girl! We are so excited and no, we don't have a name picked out yet. She is getting bigger by the day it feels like. September 15 is coming faster than I thought it would.
We loved our trip to Germany! We were there for just over two weeks. Spencer loved the food, did great on the flights, and loved his Oma! It rained almost everyday we were there but it made everything such a great green! Not the dark green of Utah. A bright minty green.

When we got home we moved back out to our house only this time we are in the basement. We are still working on getting everything exactly where we want it but the pile of boxes is gone so I finally feel at home. Spencer loves being close to so many family and friends there. I have enjoyed having a yard again. Mark is enjoying working on landscaping/gardening. Our fruit trees are doing really good so we are excited about that.
Our church callings are still keeping us super duper busy. In April I had the chance to go to the temple with the Young Women. It was wonderful! Girls Camp is at the end of the month so I am frantically getting ready for that. Elder's Quorum is having an activity this Saturday so Mark is preparing for that and trying to keep all of the elder callings full.
Work has been slow and crazy at the same time. I sold my biggest order ever last week! Mark is working on another big cabin this week so we feel like we are so blessed to still have good jobs coming in.
Spencer is growing up so fast! A couple of weeks ago he came to me and counted to 10 all by himself! I hadn't even really worked on numbers with him so I was shocked! His favorite movie right now is Dumbo and he loves marching band music. He has gone to nursery twice without any problems so we are hoping this trend continues.
Well, that is a small scoop. I promise more pictures and to be better about posting.

I LOVE Spring!

Isn't spring the best? Well, not the crazy it snows one day and then is warm enough to go to the park the next. But everything else. The fresh air, the new growth, the sunshine. I love it!

Last week Mark and I decided to plant some fruit trees. We got ten trees: 2 apple, 2 peach, 2 apricot, 2 cherry and 2 plum. We also planted some grapes, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. I am excited to see how well we do with these trees and bushes. They aren't supposed to produce fruit for a year or two so hopefully we will be eased into having great produce. The best part was all of the help we got from these little guys.

Moving Again

Well, we just can't seem to sit still around here. We found out the renters in our basement are moving for work and school around May 1. We are sad that they are leaving because they are such good friends. We will miss them dearly. Because they are moving out we have decided to move into our basement out at our house. I have mixed emotions about moving back. Here are a list of some of the emotions:

1. I am excited to be back in my home.

2. I am sad because it has been so convenient to live in town and at work.

3. I HATE packing! To quote my friend Josh "If anyone has potion to make your stuff pack itself and unpack it where it should go in your new place let me know and I will buy it."

4. I really want to garden and there is no space where we work, but there is plenty of space at our house. In fact, we just planted 10 fruit trees and are going to plant berry bushes this weekend.

5. Moving at 5 months pregant. Enough said.

6. The extra rent money for the apartment in town will be greatly appreciated! (If anyone is looking for a 2 Bedroom 1 Bath apartment in Cedar let me know).

7. To pack less stuff back to the house we are trying to eat as much food storage that we have as possible. We are eating a lot of beans, rice, spaghetti, hamburger helper, and more beans! This means not complaining about the same food to frequently. Mind you I am pregnant. Enough said again.


In other news, Spencer just got his passport! I can't believe our trip to Germany is in 5 weeks. Lots to do before then so the vacation will be much needed. Hope everyone who reads this has a great weekend!

Mary's New House

So, I said I would fill you in on Mary's new house. So, here we go.

Back in November 2008 Mark's mom, Mary moved into the house next to ours. It has been wonderful having her so close! In January we found a nice place in town for her to live in. So, we helped her close on the house, and move in. It is still a bit of a mess but she is slowly making progress through all the boxes. We are so happy for her and once again, she is living so close to us (since we moved into the lighting store). One of my favorite parts of this house is that it has a covered carport so she doesn't have to walk through ice and snow (big relief for me). We are hoping to do a few things to spruce up the place for her (build a pantry, new flooring) but she loves having her own space. She is centerally located between her grandkids in Cedar so that is nice for her too.

Time Out

This past weekend we went up to my parents for fun. Spencer likes to play in my parent's blinds so we had to sit in time out a couple of times. Mark was out running errands with our brother in law so Spencer really wanted dad. One time when I was talking to him about what he did and why he was in time out this is what happened.

Me: "Spencer, do you know why you are in time out?"

Spencer: "Dad."

Me: "No, dad didn't get you in trouble. You got in trouble for playing with the blinds. Can you say sorry to Nanny?"

Spencer: "No, No, No. Dad."

What do you do for a little boy who loves his dad and wants to blame dad for all of his problems? Me, I just love that little guy!