Not too Shabby I must say!

All you people in Salt Lake City, UT are LUCKY!! Shabby Apple is having their annual Garden Sale this Saturday! You might even get to snag a dress for $5!! WHAT???!!!! GRAB ME SOMETHING PLEASE!!!! :) I wear a  XS-S!  hehe

What: Shabby Apple Garden Party dress sale

When: THIS SATURDAY, August 28th, from 8a.m. to 12 noon. (The early bird gets the w...orm and all of that)
Where: 2485 Haven Lane, Salt Lake City, UT

More information can be found HERE!

June Giveaway

Head over to my Styled by Night blog to check out the giveaway that is going on! Feel free to browse around! Thanks!

The Willeys Visit!

This past weekend the Willeys came to visit us in Boca! They have orders to move to England in September and we are going to miss them so much. They were also our neighbors back in Tampa and we had some really good times! I enjoyed the weekend because we chilled ALL day. Good thing for pools!

Sheri and Amelia testing out the slide!

Matt and Amelia

They left us on Sunday but we had to snap a picture before they left!

We are going to miss you! We'll be sure to visit England VERY soon!

Happy Anniversary!

I am a day behind but...Happy 4th Anniversary to my dear husband Clark. I love you so much and know that you are the one for me :) You make me smile and always know whats best for me (hehe most of the time). I wouldn't trade you for the world. I love you and look forward to mannnnny more years with you!

Birth Parents

Today was a really special day!  I got a call from the Missouri State Adoption Services. Kinda caught me off guard.They found a match for my birth father. I put in my papers last September thinking there might be a chance that my birth parents put information in as well. I got a letter back saying they didn't have anything in the system but I would be informed should that change. For those of you who didn't know, I am adopted, and was at 6 weeks. My birth parents were 15 and 16 when they had me. I knew just a little about them from a paper I got about them. I didn't know their  names but I knew how tall they were, their height, weight, and hair/eye color at that time. I also knew some of their interests and  health backgrounds.

Back to the story. I talked to this sweet adoption service worker who said she had just talked to my birth father on the phone. He was really happy too. He had been looking through the records of the hospital trying to find a match. He had to get permission from my birth mom to contact me as they both have to say yes. She isn't ready to speak yet but since she has kept in contact with my birth father (they must still be friends) she gave him permission. I know his name, his address, and his phone number, which I won't disclose on here, and I also know what state my birth mother lives in. Pretty cool huh! The service worker said today was meant to be. My birth father had put in his papers in March of last year and I did my in September of last year. Apparently the papers were still at the court house I think so maybe that's why there was not a match right away. Crazy. I always thought I would go through out life not knowing much more about my birth parents, and I was okay with that. I just know the Lord had a hand in this and knew both of our desires.

I do want to contact him so I am waiting for the right time. Perhaps before the end of the year I will make the call. I am so blessed and love my parents I have today. I wouldn't trade them for the world. I do however feel like a piece of me has been found and that I don't have to go on forever wondering.

Oh happy day!

Tampa Visit

This past weekend Clark and I visited Tampa! My friend Danielle was having her baby shower and of course I couldn't miss that!

Doesn't she look great! She is due late August/early September!

Sheri and I headed to the beach with the kiddos and it was super fun! I even got some sun which I am reallllllly happy about!

We went out with Jen, Sheri and Matt one night for dinner at Bern's steakhouse. Doesn't this place look like it could be the haunted mansion at Disney!?

Desert was divine! Matt, Sheri and Jen had never been to Bern's so we did the kitchen and wine collection tour. We were super full after dinner but we had to make it up to the desert room!   

On Saturday Sheri and I headed out to do some errands and when we came home Clark looked like this:

He's gonna be a great dad some day!

That night was the pioneer celebration at the church so we showed up to eat the yummy pulled pork and of course to line dance... ;)

Clark and his friends Chris and Mike drove out onto the farms in Mike's deuce to hog hunt that night...and of course they didn't bring anything back...typical ;) hehe

We ended our trip by attending our old ward at church! I love our friends back in Tampa! We'll have to visit again real soon! Thanks to Matt and Sheri who let us bunk at their place!

Cow Appreciation Day!

So my friend Laura and I were being pretty goofy and headed over to Chick-fil-a to claim our free meal for Cow Appreciation Day. You had to dress up like a cow and show your appreciation...obviously. So here I am looking rather hot ;) plus it was 100 degrees outside too and that didn't help!

You should have seen the ladies in front of us. They were wearing a huge sign draped over their shoulders,  hand stitched ears, and a big yarn tail. They def. went all out.

Happy July 4th!

On Saturday we had a couple of friends come over to celebrate the 4th of July with us. There was tons of good food and plenty of entertainment!

The yummy feast!

Clark making the virgin margaritas!

Melanie and Layla hanging out!

The boys playing pool bball.

Layla deciding she wants to swim too!

The delicious cake Laura and Scott made!

The happy couple!

We are so grateful to live in a free country and to be blessed with so many things. We've lived and visited some many other countries but America is the best by far. Happy July 4th!

Emilina Ballerina Giveaway

I am really excited about next week because starting July 5th and running through July 8th will be Styled by Nights FIRST giveaway by Emilina Ballerina! If you want to win this necklace

then visit Styled by Night on Monday July 5th and leave a comment! Don't forget to become a Follower of Styled by Night! Tell all your friends about the giveaway! Thanks!

Del Ray

Tonight we headed to Del Ray Beach to eat dinner at JB's and we were just in time for the Elvis show...Phil, my father in law, loved this guy. He could have stayed all night listening to him. It was pretty funny. I took a video but I don't see where I can upload it on here. Bummer!

Instead of listening to Elvis after we ate we headed over to Kilwins, which has the tastiest ice cream! YUM! I got the Banana Fudge Pie and it was DIVINE!

We love our new home and look forward to exploring it a lot more!