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We headed down to Mona last Sunday for some dinner with the Marbles. While we were there we decided to see if we could help Griffin get over his fear of Horses.

No such luck. He still doesn't like them.
He is wearing the very most adorable custom hoodie though! Cort made this for him when he was born and it finally fits!

SOUTH PRIDE!

In other news, we have taught Griffin to start pulling his weight around here by doing the laundry...

And Marc and Griffin have been busy playing with the dump trucks that we gave him for his birthday.

Oh I LOVE that face!

Now all I need is a perm...

and it would be the eighth grade all over again!

Halloween Happenings

This was the scariest part of our Halloween. Marc tried to put Griffin on a pony at Thanksgiving Point's Barnyard Boo and it was he was TERRIFIED! Our friends Scott and Kari invited us to go with them to the Barnyard Boo and it was really cute. I'm excited to take Griffin back and try the ponies when he's a little older.

After we got calmed down we went for a wagon ride (Griffin would NOT look at the horses) and then went into the diner to warm up with some hot chocolate.
It was really fun and the perfect opportunity to get more than one nights wear out of his cute little lion costume.


I went to Witches Night Out at Gardner Village, including Witch-a-Palooza with my mom and sisters. Always a good time!

We went to annual Wengel Halloween Bash dressed as the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and Griffin as the Lion. Had I thought about dressing up earlier then I would have incorporated Griffin into the theme.

My sister Steph had these costumes and was kind enough to let us borrow them! She's the best! Special thanks to a couple pairs of Marc's socks to help me in the fill the bust of this lovely dress.

Ruka HATES Halloween (and me) not only because the doorbell rings and she barks everytime, but also because I dress her up in these adorable little costumes and bows.

My darling sister and her handsome Gladiator boys came to visit. She and her boys always have the best costumes! We were honored to have them visit us on such a busy night!

We had a great Halloween as usual and are excited for the rest of the holidays to get here!

12 Months

I can't believe how quickly things change each month! And I can't believe how much he has grown in one year!

Griff is so much fun! His new favorite thing is to climb up all the stairs. He is fast too! Luckily he hasn't fallen down them yet!

He has also started crawling around Mogli style. On his hands and feet. I'm pretty sure it's because the tile is too cold for his little belly. He's so funny!

Griffin loves to grin! All I have to do is "Say Cheese" and this is what I get! It cracks me up everytime!
We have been going for lots of walks at night after work. It has been so nice with the weather cooling off. And Ruka is loving it and feeling a little less neglected.

We are proud to announce that Griffin has moved from the 3rd percentile up to the 5th! I know, WATCH OUT! He weighs 18 lbs 12 oz and is 27 3/4 inches long. And I'm not sure this is even possible but he just keeps getting cuter!

This boy LOVES his daddy. They have such a strong bond and it makes my heart melt!

ONE

Well, Griffin is obviously only going to turn one once, so I had to throw a party for my boy!

We had an airplane theme, and if you know me, I go a little crazy with themes so I had a blast.

I can say that now that it's all over and I'm back to going to bed at a decent hour and not stressing out.

Please Check Baggage Here (gifts)

It was so fun to have a party with both of our families and lots of friends. Griffin was so spoiled although his favorite thing to play with was of course the boxes and paper.

I went a little crazy with the treats and I was on a sugar high for a good 3 days while I was baking everything.

We had truffles, caramel and chocolate dipped pretzels, airplane shaped sugar cookies, cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies and brownie bites. At one point my dad said, "Lindsey, what kind of a party is this? You don't have any ice cream?!" Sorry Dad.
I wish I could say that I made the cake, but I'm not a caker so I had it made by someone who knew what they were doing.



We had favors including pinwheels, little toy airplanes, peanuts and airplane candy.

And of course we had to let Griff dive into some cake. He loved having everyone sing to him!

He had no problem going to town on the cupcake. He even picked it up and clapped with it in his hands. This kid loves to clap!

Going along with the theme we also had an "In Flight Movie" which was a picture/video montage of the first year of Griffin's life. My friend Cortney and I made it. Well more like I just told Cort what order to put everything in and she came up with the music and used her mad skills on the MAC to complete it. I cry everytime I watch it! Thanks Cort!

It was a wonderful celebration for our sweet Griffin. It's been the best year ever, so how could we not want to celebrate? Thanks to everyone that came. It meant so much to have the ones we love there with us!

What could we possibly be up to now?
Well I am in the middle of a transition at work. I am going to be in charge of marketing in my office, rather than office manager. I am having a hard time thinking about someone else taking over my job because I really do love it, but this will allow me to be home more with Griffin which is AWESOME!!!

My first big task was to create a booth for the Orem Elementary School Carnival. Thank goodness for my fantastic husband! We whipped up this little beauty in less than 48 hours!


The kids had to throw the rings onto the brackets and it was no easy task! They kept coming back and trying again and again! We were a hit! We also donated 2 sonicare toothbrushes to the auction to help the school raise money.

It was a crazy and stressful 48 hours and then a fun 3 hour carnival!

Baby Barrett

My friend Cortney and I met eight years ago while working together at a dental office. We have since moved on to greener pastures but have remained very close friends. Cort and I are so different in so many ways. For example, she loves surprises and I can't handle suspense, so I really don't like surprises. So, she decided not to find out if she was having a baby boy or girl. Well, since I couldn't give her a gift for the baby because we didn't know what it was I decided to pamper the expecting mama instead. I made her a hospital gown with a coordinating pillowcase and slippers. After all, you have your picture taken a million times in that hospital gown, so why not be as fashionable as possible right? I think so! It was so fun for me to surprise the person who loves surprises with this little gift!

Who looks this fabulous when getting ready to have a baby? Well after all that suspense she had a perfect, beautiful baby girl! She has 2 boys and I begged Cort to let me throw her a shower and she has always refused. I kept telling her that every baby deserves to be celebrated and finally she gave in. This little sweetie is Barrett Whitney Vance.

This is the first baby shower that I have hosted and I had an absolute blast! Since Cortney lives in Layton we held the shower at her house.

Rather than playing games (don't we all hate those dumb shower games anyway?), I brought my old fabric scraps and we created some custom onesies for baby Barrett. It was so fun to see everyone's creativity and Cort has gone onesie loco, making all kinds of cute things ever since!


After everything was done it was so fun for me to sit and hold this sweet baby. There is nothing like holding a newborn. I just love how they melt into your arms.

I love you Cort and your little MV3!