Greens Glob

33 WKS

2012-01-19T16:36:00.002-07:00

At 33 weeks I'm feeling pretty good.

Bladder control..not so good.

Started the Non stress tests this week, which I complain about but secretly really love because I get to see him and hear his heart beat every week.

And a cute lion that can never resist the photo booth app or any camera for that matter.

And yes that is his halloween costume that he's had on for a few days now.

Green Christmas Vacation

2012-01-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

I of course didn't get enough pictures of all the fun things we did over Christmas to do it justice. But we had great time including black Friday shopping with the girls, ginger bread making, Nord family ornament luncheon, of course the first "peeking around the corner" Christmas morning shot, and Cash showing off his new gear with the best super hero pose I have ever seen.

A few things I did not get pictures of this year is Christmas eve eggs benedict with the Salmons, and Christmas eve lunch at Lambs Cafe with the Greens.

This year was a little bit of a different Christmas with Sue in the hospital for most of it, fortunately she was able to come home for Christmas. But there was defiantly more of a feeling of gratitude for all the miracles we have seen in her recovery. I found myself thinking a lot more of what is important instead of having the "perfect Christmas" with all the parties and everything going just according to plan. I was reminded of how good people's hearts are, and how challenges and struggles can bring a family together with devotion I will never forget. As I sat in sacrament

meeting Christmas morning I was reminded again at the love our Savior has for us, that he knows us, and gratitude for the peace that comes with this knowledge.

Epic

2011-12-28T10:13:00.007-07:00

A week before Thanksgiving, along with Morgan and Amy we took a week long cruise on the Norwegian Epic cruise ship. At least 2 months before we left there were count down text messages going on between Amy and I.. "50 days until we leave!, 30 days until the party starts!", etc.. We were just little anxious and excited!

I would say it lived up to our expectations and more, we had such a blast. We first stopped at St. Martin, where we decided to just find a beach and take it easy that day. We found ourselves a nice little spot with a good view (of the nudies next door at the nude beach!) and a friendly little restaurant behind it. Little did I know that our cruise ship only served Pepsi products.. ahh man! But to my surprise this little restaurant had all the diet coke I could ask for. We had fun just reading and lounging.

Stop number two was St. Thomas, where we decided to catch a taxi and went down town to make a shopping day out of it. I'm not sure why but St. Thomas was full of Jewelry stores, I'm talkin' every other store was a jewelry store. So me and Amy had fun going in quite a few of them and trying on ring after ring while the boys just stood there and laughed at us.. we had fun dreamin. We grabbed some lunch at a fun little fish house before we got back on the ship, and were off to the the Bahamas!

In the Bahamas there is this incredible resort called the Atlantis, with probably one of the biggest water parks I have ever seen. We decided to buy tickets to the water park. With tons of crazy slides going through shark tanks, a mile long lazy river, a delicious burger joint, we made a good decision. We were all loving this resort so much. The only down fall to the day was leaving. We all wished we were actually staying at the resort, so we made a vow right then and there that we would be back to stay at the resort and make a vacation out of it in a couple of years.

Aside from all the fun stops we made, we also had a blast just being on the ship. Taking full advantage of the spa, playing games, ordering room service for breakfast pretty much everyday, spending a good 2 hrs or more at dinner just talking, and then realizing we could probably eat again so ordering another round of appetizers and desserts! I will always have such fun memories of this trip, and its mostly because of the the great friends we were with. If anyone knows Mason and Morgan when they are together it is literally one non stop comedy show! They feed off each other like you wouldn't believe, and lucky for me, I love Amy just as much as those two boys love each other. I sure did miss my little Cash man though, Mason and I always found ourselves saying things like "oh Cash would love this", or I would see a little boy about his age and start missing him like crazy. Thanks to Jem and Nana he was in good hands.

-Next stop, Atlantis resort 2013!

* And there are still text messages going on between Amy and I.. "I could really use a Pina colada right about now", or "remember when Morgan was dancing around with nothin but his speedo on"..

The Bambino-half way

2011-11-01T13:10:00.003-07:00

I didn't really document my pregnancy at all with Cash, so I thought I would do a little this time around, just for memories sake. I am currently 21 wks and feeling great! Of course the beginning was rough, but I feel like I've got my energy back and am actually surprised at how good I have felt the past couple weeks. I remember not feeling as good with Cash, but I was also working, we were building a house, and we moved a couple times so maybe that's why. After 3 ultrasounds, he finally showed us.. all boy! We are so excited, Mason and I often talk about how much fun, but crazy two boys will be. How our Saturdays will be filled with football games, and our days will be filled with wrestling matches, Lego's, trucks and all things boys. Having Mason grow up with 4 brothers, he can't wait to see them be such good buddies like he is with his brothers.

Take this job and shove it..

2011-10-05T13:25:00.004-07:00

There is part of me that wants to forget and part of me that doesn't. Ok thats a bit dramatic, but I really just wanted to document this for memories sake and because its a stage in our lives.

Mason is one hard working SOB. His day usually starts around 5 am, works until 5pm, and is off to school until around 9pm. Somehow he squeezes in the gym, wrestling matches with Cash, and he always seems to make me feel like with all he's got going on, he really does care how my day went. He is quick to compliment me in all my dis-shevledness at 9pm, or my dinner, or how the house looks. He really acts genuinely interested in the recent organizing kick that I've been on.. as if he has time to care about the drawer that I reorganized. Even with all the important pressures and deadlines at work and school that need to get done. When he walks in the door at night I know all he wants to do is turn his brain off. But he doesn't, he walks in with a smile and a hug, and usually has some ridiculous dance move to make me laugh. He's a catch I tell ya.

Usually about 8 o'clock, when its dark outside is when it does get a bit lonely. When Cash is I'm sure so sick of being with me all he wants is his dad. I know I will look back on this time and it will seem like a blink of an eye. I'm grateful that my boys (I'll have two soon!) will have the example of hard work, dedication, and what a real man does for his family. I am so blessed.

Labor Day splurge

2011-09-13T14:33:00.003-07:00

We didn't have any plans for labor day, and just figured we would take it easy and have a low key weekend. Well I guess we are both a little antsy because that lasted maybe a few hours. As we started hearing of all our family and friends having all these fun plans of going here or there.. we said what the heck! That day we called the the Marriott down town and booked a room! And that was that, if everyone else was partyin' we weren't missing out!

We had lunch at Happy Sumo, walked around gateway and bought some much need maternity clothes for this expanding body of mine. What are the chances we ran into the Morgan Green family while we were there? So we joined forces and decided to do something the kids wanted to do, since this was a "family vacation"and took the kids to Build a bear. Cash picked a skate boarding hockey player bear. When the kids were done building their bears you go make a certificate for them and name them, Cash didn't have a name so I asked Amy for famous Hockey players name to which she responded Wayne Gretsky. So the rest of the trip all we heard form Cash was "wheres Waaayyynnnee?"

After shopping, Mason or I have never been to the melting pot, so Morgan and Amy talked us into it. I probably wouldn't recommend going with small children; Sharp sticks, hot pots, and 2 hrs of doing one thing and a two year old don't mix really well, but delicious none the less. The kids were just fine though when the dessert fondue came out.

After dinner, we went back to our room (not before getting pulled over of course) , Cash played in the tub, snuggled up with Wayne the bear and watched a movie on the lap top, while me and Mason rented a movie and called it a night.

It was a fun splurge of a weekend, and decided its a tradition we want to do every labor day.

Cheers to day's of No Labor!

Our summer of 2011

2011-08-18T13:27:00.004-07:00

This summer has been crazy. Just recently have I felt like its slowed down a bit. The beginning of the summer I remember thinking that I really wanted to make the most of the summer with Mason not in school, and I kind of made mental list of some things I wanted us to do. I'm pretty sure I checked most of those things off and more. In no particular order here's a run down of our summer.

Back in July we got invited to the premiere opening of the Cinaplex in Farmington. I can't even tell you how glad I was for this to open and for this job to be over! Mason was managing all the concrete work at the theatre and there was a good couple weeks there where I maybe saw him about 20 min. a day. It was fun to go to opening though and pick any movie we wanted with free concessions!

One night I packed our dinner in a back pack and met Mason up at the Centerville Dual Creek hike. What I thought was going to just be a leisurely stroll turned into a little more intense hike than I had planned on, especially with Cash on Mason's shoulders the whole time. whoopsi. But it turned out to be really fun as we just chatted and enjoyed the scenery on the way back down..

Took a fun Cabin trip with some of the fam over the 24th. We always love the cabin for a quick getaway. Notice the winking.. for some reason on this trip he thought winking was really cool.

The end of July we went and met Mason at Lake side, he's really been getting into golfing this summer so I wanted to see him in action. We just hit a couple buckets of balls, but Cash thought it was awesome. Not so sure the people around us thought so when Cash would yell something really loud like "look out!" every time Mason hit the ball.

We went up to the alpine slide one Saturday afternoon with Morgan and Amy. Mason took Cash while I waited at the bottom. I loved that I could hear Cash cheering and yelling before I could even see them. We grabbed some dinner on our way back down at Hapa grill which was delish!

the fourth

2011-07-06T18:36:00.006-07:00

When I heard that Centerville was doing all their fourth of July festivities on Saturday I was a little bugged. But it actually turned out to be one long party all weekend long!

Saturday started out with the Centerville 5k, followed by the parade, Hot dog BBQ at the Green's residence. After a quick nap to recharge it continued with a pool party/more BBQ at the Salmon residence. Last minute Sunday night I decided to run the Kaysville 5k Monday morning, I was trying to make up for all the food I gorged on all weekend. We then took Cash to "Cars 2" and lunch. Later that day we hung out at "Rancho". Rode horses, played with the bunnies, chickens, rode the tractor, and picked veggies. To end all the celebrating we watched Davis High's fire works.

My favorite things about this fourth of July:

*Watching Cash figure out that the candy being thrown at the parade as actually for grab and keep!

*The food. Oh my the food. Morgan and Amy did an awesome Hot dog bar complete with the Phili cheese dog , chili dog, Chicago dog, and a taco dog. Homemade ice cream, and ribs by my Mom. By far my favorite "Food Holiday".

*Cash clapping at every exciting part during "Cars"

*Cash absolutley loving Rancho. He has always liked it, but now he is at the age where is really starting to love it. He was loving the bunnies, and kept yelling "yee haa" riding the horse.

*While watching fireworks up at Davis, we could practically see all the firework shows throughout the whole valley.

Snap shots of April

2011-05-09T20:56:00.003-07:00

2nd birthday

2011-03-09T20:28:00.005-07:00

We had a great time ringing in Cash's second year of life, actually third but you know what I mean. The celebrating got spread among a few days due to some ear infections and what not..tis the season!

The day started with his Favorite Breakfast: French Toast with butter and powdered sugar

A few hours later a double frosted peanut butter cookie. I don't know where in the world he came up with that idea...

Corn dogs at Arctic Circle followed by running like a crazy man on the toy. Two year olds are so easy to please.

And a couple days later a little cake and present action at Nana and Pop's house.

Cash's gifts this year included: a Buzz and Woody tent, t ball set, tickle me Elmo, alligator hat, buzz gun, and cars. The kid has a serious love for any thing toy story.

He thought it was so funny to scare all the kids with his alligator hat.

Although its really freakin me out I have a two year old, I'm loving this age. I love that I can somewhat carry on a conversation with him, and he can generally understand everything I'm saying. I love seeing his little sense of humor develop. He loves to make people laugh and crack jokes (what he thinks are jokes in his head) and laugh, and laugh like he is the funniest thing ever. He has such a sweet little personality. He gets seriously stressed out seeing other kids cry and is always trying to hug them and make them feel better. At least a couple times a day out of the blue he will stop what ever he is doing and wrap his arms around me for a few seconds and then continue with whatever he was doing. Its times like that I consider this the best job in the world.

Cooked'

2011-02-16T09:58:00.009-07:00

I had never heard of the Cook Islands before planning this trip. All I knew was that it was located in the south pacific somewhere, and that's all I really needed to know. Well after spending a week there, I am trying to find a way to go back as soon as possible. It really was the most amazing place, a trip I will never forget.

Along with my Mom and Dad, Luke and Whitney, and Troy and Jemaica we soaked up as much sun as we could, got plenty plenty of R&R, and cruised around this little island all week. The Rarotanga Beach Bungalows, the place we stayed at was the coolest place. They only have 5 bungalows all together, and we rented 4 of them. So we really had our own little slice of the island all to our selves. We rented scooters, which for me was probably one of the funnest things we did there. You can drive around the whole island in about 40 minutes, so we often would jump on our scooters, wind in our hair, and cruise around and discover the island.

Our day would start out with the most delicious breakfast. We all so much looked forward to mornings just for fruit that they had at the breakfast. It was a first for me having passion fruit or papaya, and I cannot believe what I was missing out on.. oh how I will miss that fruit. You just can't get fruit like that here in Utah. After breakfast, we would usually get our suits on and some of us were off to snorkel, and some of us were off to read in the sun. Side note; I read two full books while I was there, and I am by no means a fast reader. That just tells you most of my time was spend lounging in the sun, sipping on a diet coke reading. After a couple hours, we would either go explore the island for a yummy local place to eat, or just break out some more fruit for lunch. I'm tellin ya the fruit.. wow.

After lunch, more lounging, or snorkeling, or scooting around, or napping. Nights usually consisted of dinner, something similar to a luau, but cook island style. A little show put on by the locals.. man they can really move those hips! After dinner we played some pretty intense, competitive card games, all while munching on some Tim-Tams (a really yummy chocolate cookie made in New Zealand) or coconut chocolate.

Our own little Bungalow

And in between all of this there was a lot of laughing and joking, deep conversations, and sun burns. Quiet front porch reading while listening to the tide coming in. Trying to figure out what we were going to do without our luggage for the first two day.. damn you delta.
Missing snuggling our kids, talking to the friendly locals, and realizing we may never see this place again so trying to remember every little thing.

While on the scooters, the boys got caught in a serious down pour. So they just took there shirts off and decided to embrace it!

No biggie, just drinking fresh coconut juice.

This picture is cute, and kind of creepy all at the same time.

A little bit of the gorgeous scenery

There is a mountain in the middle of the island that Mason, Troy and Luke hiked to the top of. They said you could see ocean surround the island on all sides from the top.

Holiday 10' Time line

2011-01-03T20:13:00.006-07:00

Dec. 24th 7-10pm

Sushi extravaganza with the folks. New tradition started.

Dec 25th 9am:

Santa came and did his thing for a very happy little boy.

Dec. 31st 7-12pm:

Rockin' party at the Marriott residence.

Two very tired little boys eating cookies in bed wondering what all the fuss is about.

Along with several other holiday get togethers we had a great time this Christmas with our little family. Starting new traditions, realizing everyone should have children.. just for the fact of seeing them at Christmas time, being around the people we love most, and watching Cash soak it all up.

Happy Holidays!

4 years

2010-11-14T14:39:00.005-07:00

On the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial building is where we celebrated our fourth year anniversary. And let me tell you the Roof did not dissapoint, worth every penny. Just the desserts alone would have been worth it for me.

I guess staring at the Temple makes me feel a little nastalgic. As I sat there looking out the window of the beautiful view of the temple and surrounding city, I felt very grateful. Grateful for the life I have. Grateful for a man who loves me. Grateful for the little person we made. We talked about how fun it would be to live in down town Salt lake and live "that" kind of life style.. ya know all cool and urban. The truth is I like my life just the way it is, and I think its pretty cool. The truth is I didn't think my life could have been this cool.

I asked Mason as were were sitting there what his favorite part of the last four years was. He said hands down the day Cash was born. I agreed. He said that day broke him down to his bare Essentials.. we both laughed because that doesn't even make sense, and becuase that is a cosmetics line. And then I corrected him and said no, Bare Minerals. Then he held up his fork with chunk of prime rib on it and said since we are talking about the day Cash was born,"this looks like your placenta". I agreed.

Bug bites, sheep, and elephants..

2010-11-08T10:36:00.004-07:00

I noticed one morning Cash had a little red dot on his forehead... 2 hours later it was the size of a golf ball! Apparently he's allergic to mosquito's, or spiders or whatever it was that got him. Besides looking a little alienish and people at the grocery store staring at him like I beat my child, he didn't seem to mind. I don't think it bothered him a bit.. maybe blocked his vision a little.

We had a fun filled Halloween this year. Started with the Nord's party at the nursing home, the Friends party at the Marriotts, and the Salmon party at my house. The rain put a damper on things (literally) Halloween night, but Cash still had a great time mostly answering the door at Nana's house and just say "Hi, hi, hi" to all the kids at the door. Here I am with my sheep. We found a little trail of Cotton balls everywhere we went..no worries it didn't take me very long to glue them on, only like 3 weeks.

Cash had his first visit to the zoo last week along with Jemaica and Piper. I think he enjoyed it, I was hoping for a little more excitement, but it was a good change of pace and I think the last of our good weather for a while.

'round here..

2010-10-18T14:43:00.004-07:00

Lately Mason has been really busy. Me and Cash.. not so much. With him working and going to school full time its just the two of us trying to fill our days with parks, lunch dates with friends, walks, Oprah, Ellen, and Elmo. These are a few pictures of our simple life over the last little while.

Taking advantage of Mase being home on a Saturday with breakfast at Sills.

(Taken before Cash squirted the guy behind us right in the back of the head with little packages of cream that they keep at the table..woopsi.)

At one of the many parks we have visited lately.

Black island farms..Cash had a ball at this place.

Docs Orders

2010-09-24T08:33:00.006-07:00

For me, lake Powell is my Happiest place on earth. This week we spent a much too short 3 days there. It was fabulous. My child slept like a rock, the weather couldn't have been better, the company was wonderful , and our beach was beautiful.

If someone were to ask me a favorite childhood memory. Lake Powell is probably the first 10 favorites that come to mind. I really want to intstill a love for this place into my children. I think Cash is catching my drift. He probably spent 6 hours of the day playing in the sand.

For the past 20 years "Docs Orders" has been our source of shelter. It may not be much on the eyes, but I will defend it to its death. I love that it looks a little rickety and white trash. I love that its meant to sleep 6 people, maybe 8, and we somehow managed to pack 20 plus bodies. This year is most likely the last year we will spent with the boat.. moving on to bigger and better things. I'll never forget all the fun memories created with Docs orders.

18

2010-09-01T12:56:00.005-07:00

I want to remember every smell, touch, sound of every stage of this little man, and I'm so afraid some day I'm going to forget. These are some of the things that I really dont want to forget of Cash at 18 months.

How the majority of our summer of '10 was spent at the pool.

And that led to getting this picture on film..

How he can't walk past Mason's skate board without insisting he take a ride.

"Cash, where's your eyes?"

"Who loves Mom?"

How blonde his hair gets in the summer. And how that head smells at the end of a long summer day. (weird?)

- How I hear the word "Mum" about 100 times a day

-How the first half hour after Mason gets home at night consists of a laughing, screaming, wrestling match.

-Which leads him to thinking he can tackle and wrestle anybody. Including babies..we're working on that one.

-How the first two words he put together was "no way". More like "nowey".

-How he can't help but laugh when I'm laughing.

- How Macey Green calls him "Cashey Boy"

-How every morning when I get him out of bed he instantly lays his head on my shoulder for a few minutes before deciding he's awake for the day.

Proof

2010-08-22T13:36:00.004-07:00

I truly believe a home grown tomato is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy. This year I planted my very first garden. All I did was tomatoes. I didn't realize how spectacular my tomatoes were doing until I saw some other people's garden's (I won't name names) and realized I had something special going on here. I have tomatoes coming out my ears... I'm not complaining, I'm bragging. Next step, canning Salsa, spaghetti sauce, and anything else I can think of involving tomatoes.

Timpanogos Cave

2010-07-27T15:45:00.007-07:00

I love when Mason's Sister and her family come into town. It means there is always a party going on somewhere, and we do things we wouldn't normally do... like hike... not unless someone forces us. I can't believe I have lived in Utah my whole life and have never hiked up to the Timpanogos Caves. I forgot how beautiful Utah is.. until I was 1000 feet up looking down.

Still conducting business as usual on the trail..

(There's still concrete that needs to be poured!..his words, not mine.)

Cash had a good time until his feet went numb from the "infant" carrier.. apparently he's not an "infant" anymore..

A few bites to remember the trip..

Did you know this cave was found by a man following moutain lion tracks... why would you ever follow a moutain lion, let alone into a cave!

Its Independence Day

2010-07-06T20:56:00.004-07:00

Mason and I always disagree on which holiday is the best. For me, its the 4th of July, the day of our Independence. Although I do truly enjoy the taste of a hot dog fresh off the grill, and I do love the smell of fireworks just after dark, and I even enjoy waking up early to see the parade. But this year I realized the true reason I love the fourth of July. I love that Mason and I ate breakfast together for the first time in a long time, and were able to spend the day together. Its the best because I had no schedule to follow, no appointments to make, except with the pool. The real reason I love the fourth of July is to spend time with my family and to enjoy conversations with the people I love. God Bless America.

My perfect vacation

2010-06-16T20:40:00.010-07:00

My perfect vacation would include:

Mason,

Eating,

Beautiful scenary,

Hot, Humid weather,

Doing absolutely nothing,

And being in the company of some really fun people,

My perfect vacation happened. Last week we were in the Florida keys and had a blast. It was more than I hoped it would be. Sleeping in, hot weather, not a care in the world but where to eat each night.. perfect I tell ya. I just close my eyes and i'm laying by the pool sippin' on a pina colada. I'm having a hard time facing reality this week.

Conversations with Cash

2010-05-27T08:31:00.006-07:00

Cash talks to me all day long. I love to hear his little (sometimes not so little) voice go up and down like he knows exactly what he is saying. I have no idea what he is saying, but if I did I think he would tell me the following things:

* He loved helping me plant the garden, and the dirt was delicious.

* He loves how EVERYTHING is a hat.

* Eating spaghetti, was almost as fun as eating dirt.

* He thinks I am Hilarious!

Happy Mothers Day to Me

2010-05-11T07:00:00.006-07:00

Dear Cash

Thank you for letting me sleep in on Mothers day. It was Magical.

Thank you for not spilling anything out of the fridge when I found you like this the other day.

Thank you for coughing and farting at the same time in the tub, I laughed about it for days.

I Love you more than you'll ever know.

Mom

Keepin it Cool..

2010-04-14T07:28:00.006-07:00

Have you seen these three guys staring down at you as your driving north on I-15, thought it was kinda creepy and wondered why? Don't worry next month there will be something up there along the lines of..

KEEPIN IT COOL SINCE THE 80'S

SALMON HVAC

This is just there way of catching your attention. Did it work?

Anyway.. all three of these boys are so different, and I love them all the same. People ask me if I liked growing up being the only girl. I loved it, I loved telling people I had three older brothers. I loved being the protected little sister.

They are some of the funniest people I know.

They are some of the best husbands and fathers I know.

They are some of the most devoted people to gospel I know.

They married women I would call some of my best friends and couldn't have picked better myself.

I think its a rare occurrence that families hang out as much as we do. And truly enjoy being in each others company.

Thank you for your friendship.

BTW.. if your furnace of air conditioner is needin' some love.. you know who to call. They'll take care of ya.

801-397-0030

That "certain one"

2010-03-16T18:43:00.005-07:00

This week I saw Mason smile that "certain smile". I see him smile a lot but this smile if very distinct. I havn't seen this specific one for months. I only see this smile when the weather permits. After 6 long months he dusted it off, gassed it up, and rode off into the sunset in pure ecstasy.

Par-tay

2010-03-07T13:51:00.004-07:00

We had a little get-together for Cash's B-day, but when both families are invited it turns out its not so little. But it was fun to have everyone over to celebrate, the more the merrier.

Grandparents: 4

Aunts and Uncles: 13

Cousins: 16

Two parents, and the birthday boy.

Birds eye view

Amy won't admit it but she made 90% of this cake.

One small mishap.. As we were singing happy birthday, Cash decided to grab the flame because his misfit mother wasn't watching.

Rinsing his poor finger in cold water.

No worries, with a mouth full of cake the dramatic experience was long forgotten.

Birthday Boy

2010-03-02T21:11:00.004-07:00

Today my little man turned one. I was trying to think of some long, sentimental post I could do, but nothing is coming to mind. So all I can say is Cash has brought so much joy, and happiness into our home. I know you mom's out there know what i'm talking about when you have those moments when you look are your child, and wonder how you got so lucky to love someone so much. And even luckier that they love you back. Anyway.. happy birthday buddy.

Viva

2010-02-10T21:39:00.003-07:00

Last weekend we enjoyed a Perfect weekend in Vegas. The concrete convention was being held.. so it was a great excuse for me to tag along. While mason was busy..doing what ever he was doing, I had a great time browsing the shops, reading, taking a bath as long as I wanted on my own time. It was awesome. And when he wasn't busy, we ate at some fun restaurants, saw LOVE at the mirage, and shopped some more. And no Mason did not win $1,ooo gambling.. why do you ask...? It was a great weekend.

Time Wasted

2010-01-25T20:50:00.006-07:00

There was a day when I felt like I was wasting time.

I felt like my days were filled with things that didn’t bring much fulfillment or accomplishment. TV, computer... you know, those mind numbing activities.

Then I decided it was time to make a change.

It was time to start some things I have wanted to do, but had put on the back burner, to do some things that bring a little more enjoyment and fulfillment.

So I summoned my inner Martha Stewart, my Paula Deen, and my deeply burried Jane Austin.

So I finished painting and recovering this lamp.

I learned to sew this apron from the Domestic Queen. (My Mom)

And started cooking recipes from currently my favorite cookbook.

Along with reading some books i’ve been meaning to dip into instead of watching TV, or listening to conference talks or Podcasts like “This American Life” instead of the radio.

waste not time for that is the stuff of which life is made.~ Benjamin Franklin

I Don't Want To Forget..

2010-01-21T10:22:00.004-07:00

How much this boy loves his bath...

The day he drug the broom around all day.. (I'm not kidding, all day)

How excited he gets when his dad gets home..

Christmas Festivities

2010-01-02T11:31:00.006-07:00

We had a great christmas this year. It started with the lights,

Followed by food of coarse, we had a declicious dinner at Red Rock with these three yeah-whos.

Santa at the Salmon family Party. Cash was in Awe.

Christmas eve, Lambs Cafe down town. This is such a fun tradition with the Green clan.

Christmas day, Cash diggin all of his new stuff!

And just because we hadn't had quite enough yet, a trip to Insta care Christmas night for a double ear infection!

The closet eater

2009-12-10T21:18:00.004-07:00

I could hear rummaging in the pantry. I opened the door to find this little man had pulled the oreo's down, opened the bag and was gnawing away on one.

I took it away, and was met with this face.

I felt bad so I let him gnaw on it a little longer, sat down and enjoyed a few myself.

Annual Shopping Trip

2009-12-02T16:43:00.004-07:00

This was our third annual shopping trip, and it did not disappoint. When lots of food, shopping, pedicures, and laughing are involved, how could it?

We always go the day after Thanksgiving, so it is a MAD HOUSE... but in a fun sort of way. Shop all day, and spend the night in a hotel. Its always fun to be with these girls and I can't wait until next year!

Cheesecake Factory anyone?

Getting rejuvenated for more shopping!

Three, but whose counting..

2009-11-16T17:59:00.002-07:00

Three years ago, this was a good day.

And its been great ever since. I have everything I ever wanted, because of you.

Love ya, until next year

Halloween 09

2009-11-06T09:41:00.005-07:00

We had a successful, very busy Halloween this year. The week of Halloween we crammed in 3 parties, pumpkin carving, haunted house making, and of coarse a little trick or treating. Cash had no idea what was going on, but we had fun pretending like he did!

The Dragon

The Bee (Claire) The Transformer (Abe)

The Mime's (Troy and Jem)

Cleopatra and Pharo

The artsy fartsy type

2009-10-23T14:43:00.006-07:00

I've always thought Mason was very creative. I've always been a little jealous because it just comes so naturally to him.. and not me. Its also one of the things that I admire most about him. When it comes to photography, writing, drawing, creating of any kind, he just has a knack for it.

Well in school this semester he has been taking an art class. I thought oh how cool, its right up his ally. Well little did I know just how up his ally it was until he started his first few assignments. Needless to say I was shocked at how "artsy fartsy" he really is. Here are a few of his assignments that he has drawn.

On the move

2009-10-08T16:25:00.002-07:00

Cash is crawling. Well more of an army crawl, but still very mobile. Once Cash was immobile, content sitting and exploring what was within his reach. Now a whole new world opens up: mobility.

A world where my hands aren’t quit as interesting anymore as my closet , or the diaper bag across the room. A world where the sound of my voice is no longer enough to instantly put him to sleep, but requires a binki, his own bed, and a quiet room. It means I'm boxing up the little clothing, and filling his drawers with the big. It means when I leave the room, he knows, and is on my tail.

A world where he has figured out that there is more to it than just eating and sleeping. A world where there are endless things to be touched, thrown, tasted, discovered and explored.

Part of me is a little sad this “immobile baby” chapter is over. It means as he gets older the less he will need me. The other part of me loves to watch him discover what this world has to offer.

Get ya pap's

2009-09-22T15:58:00.005-07:00

My own newsie boy.

HAWAII

2009-08-26T11:26:00.004-07:00

We just returned from a fabulous vacation to hawaii. My dad is working on the temple over there, so we decided to join him, on one of his many trips there. My mom, Troy and Jemaica also came and we had a ton of fun!

We went snorkeling here, called Sharks Cove. A ton of fish.. kind freaked me out.

We ate at these little shrimp stands on the side of the road.. best shrimp i've ever had!

You can't be in Hawaii and not order a Pina Colada!

The Luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center

Hangin at the Beach

We really had a alot of fun, mostly just hangin out with the fam, and taking it easy. I was so sad to leave because I know its going to be a long while before we go back.

Summer So Far

2009-08-08T14:55:00.007-07:00

We have been having a fabulous summer! Here is just a quick run down of a few things that have been going on.

Fourth of July: Parade, fireworks, ect..

Mason did his first triathlon! Its called the Spudman in Burley Idaho. So we drove up and stayed the night. He said it was so much fun, and he can't wait to do another!

We've been working on our yard all summer, and finally got it done! I wish I had some before pictures, cuz it was a serious project!

But the majority of our days are spend here, doing what we do best!

And last but not least, my little Cash boy is growing like weed!

Represent

We've been having a fun busy summer, but its not over yet... we're off to Hawaii next week! Can't wait to see what rest of summer has to bring!

Private

2009-07-12T21:23:00.003-07:00

Im doin it.. going private. Leave your email. Thanks.

Grateful

2009-07-01T15:50:00.003-07:00

I have been having so much fun with Cash latley. I love being his mom. There is no better job in the world. I cannot explain in words the love feel for this little guy. I want to be a better person for him. I pray that I will be able to teach him all he needs to know, and grateful that I get to be called Mom.

Weekend Getaway

2009-06-16T19:41:00.003-07:00

This weekend we stayed at the Canyons Resort in Park City thanks to mason's brother Matt for letting us stay at his condo. (Thanks matt and hiedi!)

Troy and Jemaica, and Brooke and Wade came up and we had a blast! We did lots of eating, shopping, and staying up way too late playing games and out of control laughing. It was so fun to just get away for the weekend, even though it wasn't very far. The perfect mini vacation!

The crew

Cash was the perfect shopping partner!

Troy and Mason in there matching hoodies

At this really yummy bbq place we went to

Two thoughts:

2009-05-19T16:24:00.004-07:00

First thought:

There is nothing more perfect in the world than this:

Second Thought:

Why can't my double chin be as cute as his?

Its been a while..

2009-04-26T14:45:00.008-07:00

Here is what we've been up to:

Went and fed the ducks at sugar house park with these guys..

Busy doing this again..

Went and saw this.. (which was freakin awesome)

And hangin out with this little dude all day..

2009-03-30T15:33:00.001-07:00

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2009-03-22T13:41:00.003-07:00

Well Cash is three weeks old! We have been having so much fun with him over the past couple of weeks, as he is trying to get used to his crazy parents. He is a pretty content and happy baby as long as he is fed! Took him to his 2 week appointment, and he is 9 pounds started out at 7'15 , so he is definately a growing boy!
Mason did a little photo shoot with him, I think they turned out cute. And here he is thoroughly enjoying his bath.

Cash Mason Green

2009-03-09T10:34:00.002-07:00

Cash has arrived! He was born March 2nd, 9:55am. 7 lbs 15 oz. Its been such a fun week, trying to figure this whole mom thing out. He was breech so they did a c-section, but everything went really,we are so in love with him, and im so grateful for my little man!

uh oh..

2009-02-19T20:36:00.004-07:00

My bad habits are already rubbing off on to my unborn child, but it sure is fun!!

Mi casa, NEW casa

2009-02-19T20:27:00.002-07:00

Im am in heaven. We finally got our house done, and moved on Saturday. It is so much fun, and Mason worked so hard to get us in before the boy arrives! Here is just a sneak peak, if you want to see more you have to come visit!

4 weeks!

2009-02-05T21:47:00.002-07:00

I have really been a slacker when it comes to the whole blogging thing, but im getting rededicated so im going to be better!
But I only have 4 weeks left, which is crazy! I seems like I have been pregnant for soo long, but now that I only have 4 weeks left it seems like where did the time go? My pregnancy really hasn't been bad, which im grateful for, just getting large and in charge!

Mason's b day

2009-02-05T21:41:00.001-07:00

Mason's Birthday was the beginning of January (I'm a little behind i know) But it was fun and I just had to show what he got, yes that is a candy thong! thanks luke and whit!

Sawyers first haircut!

2008-10-16T18:47:00.002-07:00

Jess brought Sawyer in for his first haircut, it was kind of sad to see his cute little afro gone, but he looks so dang cute. He's the best baby, just sat there and let me cut away.

The pool is done!!

2008-10-16T18:30:00.002-07:00

Just in time for winter! My parents finally got there pool done, just in time to not use it. So next summer let the fun begin. Here are a few pictures of the boys working on it. Can't wait til next summer!

The chicken is in the pot!

2008-09-03T21:07:00.002-07:00

The chicken is in the pot. You might think this is an interesting title, but once you understand the symbolism of this unique statement it will all make sense.
The Pot= uterus
The Chicken= fetus
The conclusion= prego
Mason has been telling me for a long time now that when I found out I am pregnant to call him and only say " the chicken is in the pot". Well when it actually came down to the moment I choked and said something really lame like umm.. i think im pregnant. So anyway its true the chicken is in fact in the pot. Im 12 weeks and so excited!

2008-08-11T20:46:00.002-07:00

I was tagged by my sister-in-law Marie for my 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3random/ surprising facts about myself. Then tag 3 people.

Joys:
1. I love a really good restaruant. When I find a new place, its like i've struck gold. Theres just nothin better than than a meal I am completly satisfied with.
2.Going on "drink runs" I love going to RB's gas station and getting a diet coke. Not only is there diet coke really good, but there stirophome cups are just great. Mason really hates that I love this. He doens't understand getting in the car driving somewhere just to get a drink, why not just get one out of the tap? I tell him its just not the same. He thinks its so bizarre. Someday he will love it too.
3. Hanging out with family. Me and Mason are very lucky because we are very close with our families and love to be together. But my sister in laws and brothers/ brother-in-laws are my best friends.

Fears:
1.Mason getting injured/ hurt at work. I worry about this every single day.
2. Things not working out as planned. latley i've been relizing im a bit of a control freak, like flying I really dont like to fly, but I think its because I have absolutley no control what so ever on a plane.(not that I know how to fly a plane anyway) I really need to get over this.
3. I didn't know I had a fear of this until a coule of weeks ago when we were up at a cabin with the green family. I went on a walk by myself, and only got about 10 min. fromm the cabin, and quickly came back because every little noise I heard I thought it was going to be a moutain lion. Every tiny little brush in the weeds or anything freaked me right out.. so apparently im afraid of moutain lions.

3 current goals:
1. To be a really good mom. Even though im not a mom yet im always thinking of things I want to do with my kids, and the kind of mom I want to be. Im really grateful for such good sister-in-laws, and im always taking tips from them, and hoping to be like them.
2. To get our house built by March. Me and mason are soon starting construction on our house in West Kaysville, and even though we haven't started yet im already anxious for it be done.
3. To be a better chef. I really like to cook but dont do it enough, and I would really like to do it more and get reall good at it!

3 random/surprising facts about my self
1. well mason tells me i'm like an open book, but here are a few things some of you may not know. I have a really bad addiction to shoes. Its really not healthy I dont think. I got a 50 dollar tip one day at work, and when I got home I excitedly told mason about it, and he was like well where is it, and I told him I couldnt help myself and on my way home bought a pair of shoes!
2. I inhereted ADD (attention deficit disorder) from my father. I have a hard time sitting through a whole movie. Doing the same thing for too long, or holding still.
3.I love love love to sleep in. its actually probably a weakness. Sometimes when I hear mason's truck pulling in, I hurry and jump out of bed and and act like i've been up for hours cleaning the house of course!

The 4th

2008-07-08T17:33:00.002-07:00

The fourth of July is my favorite holiday, it is not mason's though, he hates the heat, I love it, he loves the cold, i hate it. Its a wonder how this marriage works, but it does. Every year I try to convince him why the 4th should be his favorite holiday like mine. And every year he tries to convince me why its not. Maybe it will never be his favorite but im posivite he had fun. The parade, food, fireworks, the usual. It was all very fouth of julyish, and continues to be one of my favorites.

2008-06-12T21:32:00.002-07:00

Just a little update on the fam, actually old news, im just a little behind. Nick and Jess adopted a little boy, his name is Sawyer, and he is the cutest thing ever! Troy is engaged, getting married aug. 15. Her name is Jemaica, yes like the country, and we love her.

2008-06-12T20:55:00.002-07:00

So you know something is seriously wrong with you when you buy an $8 carmel apple pie from the chocolate factory and instead of eating the whole apple, you eat the chocolate around the apple, lick the caramel off and then throw away the apple. Why don't i just go buy caramel and white chocolate and eat it out of the package itself? Probably because some how in my brain i feel like it might be a little healthier eating it off an apple than, just eating it straight out of the package. Any how, i think I will just continue to buy my $8 apple and eat the chocolate and caramel off of it and throw the apple away.

Kamatsu trip

2008-05-11T12:34:00.002-07:00

This past week Mason and Morgan along with there wives, got a trip from Komatsu equiptment to go back to there manufacturing plant and demo site in georgia. We had so much fun, they took us to Nashville and the Grand Ol Opry, toured there manufacturing plant, even me and amy got to run some of the equiptment, we found out that mason and morgans job really isan't there hard! We stayed in some really fun hotels, ate alot of food, and laughed alot.

2008-05-01T22:09:00.002-07:00

My husband is officially a Bee Keeper! Any of you who know Mason, this may not come as much of a surprise as he likes to do the most unordinary random things, they are honey bees and harvest there honey in the fall, he has the bee suite and all.

2008-05-01T20:57:00.003-07:00