Lucky

We certainly are lucky to have been given such a sweet girl. We adore our Ruby more than I can put into words. Many of you know that it is really difficult for us to get pregnant therefore we have to consider the fact that Ruby may be our one and only. As hard as this is we truly spend every moment possible making sure she knows that she is the most important thing in the world to us. We consider ourselves very lucky to have her.




St.Patricks Day breakfast. She insisted on having green eggs after she read me Green eggs and ham

Right before catching the bus

A few of the things I love about Ruby
I love how Ruby tries to copy whatever I write on the chalkboard. She is learning so quickly
Last night before bed she gave me and Clint a big hug and said "You are the best family that I have."
Everyday after i am ready for the day she always tells me that I am the cutest mom ever.
She loves going to the gym with us.

Sucker Tree

Do any of you have memories of these cute sucker trees?

My Mom had one when we were growing up and it would be full of yummy homemade suckers. Mmmmmmm I can taste them on my tongue now. Well this is my version. Isn't it cute. I am so excited to make some suckers. I have all of my Mom's old sucker molds. I love doing things for Ruby that I so fondly remember from my childhood.

Wings and Goodbye

Today was definitely bitter sweet. Our good friend Jason Burton got his wings and graduated today from flight school. Congratulation!!!! Not only did he graduate, but his first duty station is Hawaii. Totally jealous!!
Although we are so excited for him we are soooooo sad that he is gone. We really will miss him so much. Jason and Clint were in the University of Utah ROTC program together, but their friendship has become so much more while here at flight school. I am so happy that Clint has such a good friend in Jason. We have made some great memories here with him. We have been down to the beach several times and Jason would help Clint study during the drive. He drove back to Alabama with us at Christmas time, now that's a good friend. We've spent so nights playing games like rummikub, skipbo, and the best of all Bonanza (which Jason introduced us to.)If we werne't playing games we would be watching NCIS or Bones or SVU. And the latest is MOdern Family. Many times Ruby would cuddle in with Jason to check out what he was doing on the Ipad. She considers him family. And so do we. It was really hard to say goodbye. But hopefully we will get to be at the same duty station at some point in the Future.









Jason,
Thanks for being such a good friend to Clint and for being such a good guy.We are going to miss you and your happy face so much. Thanks for all the memories and time spent with us. We are excited for you and your life in Hawaii. Keep in touch

friends

Ruby has a new friend....Evan.
They have the same bus stop, and every day Ruby is so shy to see him. It's pretty sweet.
Ruby has also told me that when she is older she wants to ask Evan to be her boyfriend!!!!

Destin

with Mas and Pas
We have been having fun with my Mom and Dad. We've been eating at fun restaurants like
Another Broken Egg and
Mcguires....Yummy!!!!
If you ever get a chance to be in Destin FL you have to go eat at these two places. You will love them just like we do. I want to go there right now just thinking about it.




If you look really close you can see that the ceiling in Mcguires is coverd with money. I mean covered, It is incredible how many dollar bills are in that place.

Happy

that we are not in the freezing cold weather in utah







This is what we have been up to this week. The weather is getting warmer and we have been spending a ton of time outside. These are the days that we don't miss utah.....But we do miss all of our family and friends.

Cookies Cookies Cookies

Ruby had a Valentine's cookie party with a few of her friends. We decorated yummy cookies and read Ruby's favorite book "Ruby Valentine" and went to the park. It is so fun to see Ruby interact with her friends. She always reminds us that she is a big girl and shows us how tall she is. What a cute thing.




Olivia


Brynlei


Dehli


Evan


This is Ruby's Valentine shirt that I made for her. I think it turned out way cute. I was quite pleased.


Ruby, We love you so very much, and are glad you had a fun Valentine's Day. Thanks for asking us to be your valentine.
Love, Mom and Dad

Heart Garland

This is a cute craft I did this weekend. I think it turned out so cute and I love the fun colors it added to all of our Valentitnes Decorations. Here is how I made it.




To start
You will want double sided scrapbooking paper because you will see both sides on the finished garland. I used 10 12X12 sheets. Cut out your hearts. I got 9 3" hearts out of each sheet. I used my cricut which saved a ton of time, but is not necessary.


Next, pair up the hearts using two different prints per set.
You will sew each set together and then connect all the hearts like a chain, just keep adding them on while you sew.



Once you have your chain of hearts done just bend the paper in the center to give it a 3D look


ENJOY!!!!

Valentines Cookies...Mmmmmm

Don't they look absolutley delicious? I love making these perfect little sugar cookies. There honestly is nothing better, especially when they are customized for any Holiday. Wish you all were here to share them with us!

The Beach..... Again

This time the weather was soooooo much nicer. Ruby even played in the water. It was much too cold for me, cause we all know I am a baby when it comes to being cold. But it was warm just hanging on the beach. So I was happy.


Those are some pretty sweet moves by the Dubes huh?




Now this is a great picture of Clint and Jason. However they really wanted me to take the pic to get thhat sexy older woman in it. If you can't see her that well keeping scrolling down to the next pic.......

Isn't that sad....I used my daughter to try and get a better shot of the cougar. I really am pathetic. But it was pretty hilarious. Can you believe that woman. WOAH!!!!!