BYU vs TCU Game

Last night we went to Ft. Worth to see BYU and TCU play. BYU killed TCU and ruined their 13 game winning streak. HA! We had a great time!

Thank you Missy and John for watching Abby! You rock!

Scott and Carrie and Mikayla were there, along with the Furnace's, Carries parents and Taylor and Ashley. Mikayla had a really hard time with the noise. Poor baby...


We had great seats! 12th row!

Gone and Back Again

On Tuesday Brian went to Salt Lake City to help his company with recruiting at BYU. He just stayed overnight, so it wasn't that bad, but we sure are glad to have him back!

Does anyone else have trouble sleeping in an empty house without their husband?

First Time on a Slide

Okay, she really didn't slide down it, but she really wanted to. Someday soon.....

Peek-a-boo!

So I was going to do a great posts with really cute pictures of Abby, but as I was writing it, I decided it was too much information for outside viewers of our site to know. I hate it that I feel like it's not safe now. I will find out more on how to secure our blogs and I promise I'll pass the information along. Meanwhile, here's a cute picture of Abby greeting Daddy after she woke up.

Ready for Fall!

I bought some really cute warm clothes for Abby at the consignment sale we went to last week. It was so cool and overcast this morning I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to take pictures of Abby in her new duds. Abby wasn't all that excited about it though.

Isn't this sweater and hat adorable? I got it for $4! It doesn't make her look very girly though.

Cedar Chest

After my grandpa passed away my family went through and divided his estate, and I was lucky enough to get this! It's a very old cedar chest with the price tag still on it. It's from the art-deco period, so I'm guessing it's around 60 to 70 years old. It's emmaculate on the inside, but the outside needs some work. Because it's so perfect on the inside, I wonder if we should refinish it, because it decreases in value when it's been altered. But it already looks like someone did a crap job of refinishing it already, plus, we don't ever plan on selling it. We want to make it beautiful so we can pass it on to our kids.

Anyway, Brian and I are looking forward to refinishing it. We'll keep you posted on the progress.



Don't you love the "Moth Insurance?"

I wonder how much $32.50 was back then?

Tweaking your Photos

Have you ever priced Photoshop? It's SO expensive! So instead we use this FREE program called Triscape FxFoto to improve some of our pictures. It doesn't work miracles, but it does have some cool features like reducing red eye, feathering pictures, like the one of Abby below. It also allows you to lighten and darken, crop and frame your pictures. Here's a before and after:

Before

After

Here's the website: http://www.fxfoto.com/

Cold

Abby got her first cold while we were on our trip. It's mostly just a congested, runny nose, which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for her mother who wipes it and drains it out all the time. She HATES anything going near her nose. I'm such a mean mommy.

Divine Consign

If you don't mind buying used baby and maternity stuff, then this is the sale for you! Divine Consign is a huge consignment sale that they put on two times a year, and all the stuff there is very good quality. It's not your normal garage sale junk (well, at least most of it.)

The Plano sale is this weekend! Check it out!

http://www.divineconsign.net/

Our Trip to Salt Lake City in Five Entries

Travel

Wow! It's great to be home! We were only gone five days, but we really missed Texas!

Abby was an excellent traveler! She ate as we took off, slept for a while on the plane, played well on our laps, and chomped on her pacifier as we descended so there was no drama. Our only hitch was that we were staying in Heber, which is 45 minutes away from everything we were doing each day, so we were constantly in the car, performing, or walking around. Therefore, finding times and places for Abby to nap was pretty tough. It's crazy traveling with a baby!

Thank goodness my mom came with us to help out so things were a lot easier! Thanks a TON, Mom! She and Abby are bosom buddies now.

All Abby needed was her blanket and she was out.

We almost needed a barf bag on the way home. There was a big storm that came in over DFW so they put our plane in a holding pattern for about 30 minutes. The pilot was doing some pretty tight circles up there and many of us got wobbily legged and queasy, including Abby.

She won't fall asleep unless she's in her car seat or in a crib, so a couple of times we had to stop what we were doing and take her to the car so she could get a nap.

Abby got pretty used to hanging out in her stroller.

What We Did

Our trip was super fun, but very busy! Before we left I thought we'd be pretty bored cause we didn't have a whole lot planned, but I forgot to take into consideration that a baby takes up the rest of the down time. Poor Abby hardly got to take a full nap the whole trip because we were always on the road. But she was such a trooper and we realize even more now how blessed we are to have such an easy-going, wonderful baby! Here are some of the things we did.

One of my cousins just happened to be getting married the same weekend we were in SLC, so I got to see cousins I haven't seen in 15 years!

We thought these two pictures would be good for Abby to see when she's older.

We went exploring around Heber and saw some interesting things. Utah's not quite like Texas.

The Concerts

Our concerts went great and we were well-received. We performed at the American Fork Tabernacle, (which is like a stake center for us) and at the Performance Hall on Temple Square. There were at least 400 people in attendance at the Hall, which is the largest audience we've ever had. That was exciting! On Sunday we all went to Music and the Spoken Word and afterward, Craig Jessup, the conductor of the Mo Tab spoke with us. We were in awe, because he is one of our idols in the choral world.

This is Craig giving high praise to Dave, our director.

Grandparents

We had a great time staying with Grandma and Grandpa Edwards. We were so glad that they got to meet Abby and we really enjoyed the time we spent with them.

They live in the Heber valley and this is the view from their front porch.

I'm not sure I could live there, however, because of the ever-present cow and horse smell.

We also got to visit the McMurdie Grandparents who are living in an excellent nursing home in Salt Lake. They aren't doing so well, so Brian felt it really necessary to spend time with them, because we never know if it will be the last time we see them or not. Grandpa was enthralled with Abby. He wouldn't eat his lunch and insisted on playing and holding her. It was SO cute!

Choir Tour

We're headed off to Salt Lake City next week for our Evening Song "Tour." We're super excited cause we get to sing on Temple Square. This is our biggest gig yet and we hope to impress. We'll make sure to post lots of pictures. Meanwhile, listen to two of my favorite Evening Song songs.

http://media.putfile.com/I-Will-Not-Leave-You-Comfortless

http://media.putfile.com/My-Heart-is-Longing-To-Praise-My-Savior

Sigh

Thank goodness I haven't spent a lot of money on new toys for Abby, cause she would rather play with my stuff. Her toys are interesting to her for a few minutes but then she gets bored with them. However, I can give her a ladel or an empty bottle and she'll play for ever with it.
Poor, lonely toys.



Abby's real friends... A cup, cooking spoon, belt, hairbrush and mixing bowl.