She's finally here!!! Little baby girl was born on Sunday December 28th at 2:58 pm. She weighed 8 lbs 11 oz and 20.5 inches long. She is just beautiful! Here are some pictures :)









We are still not sure on the name. We are thinking either Hayden or Taylor. The nurse took her last night to check her. When she brought her back she said she weighs 8 lbs 2 oz so she's lost a little, but they said it's just water weight. We are so happy she's here and healthy.

Letter To Santa

This weekend we waiting in line at the mall to see Santa Claus. Halle had written a letter to Santa and we kept telling her that we would get it to him, but of course we waited until the last minute. We ended up waiting for 2 hours! But... I think it was worth it. She spent a lot of time on her letter and the Santa at South Town Mall was so great with her. She handed him her letter and he asked what it said. She was shy as usual so he said he better open so he didn't miss anything. He sat with her for a few minutes and read her letter with her it was the cutest thing! She loved it! Here are a few pics from the mall.


Halle playing with the little boy waiting in line behind us.


I can't believe she was so happy after waiting that long.


Halle and Santa

Santa opening her letter

Santa reading her letter with her


Halle's letter.
She did such a good job on it.













If you can't read everything, this is what she wrote:

*She wrote her name & Santa's
*Movie
*Helmet (for her 4-wheeler)
*Stickers
*Stamps
*Fun Dip (Candy)
*Toys
*Baby Sister
*4 Wheeler
*Candy Cane

She is pretty spoiled cause she is getting all of those things :)

Gingerbread House

I know it's been forever since I've blogged, but I'm going to try really hard to get back into it. I started a new job 2 months ago and by the time I get home the last thing I want to do is be on the computer. Anyway, I'm going to try :)

Tonight Halle & I did a Gingerbread House from Costco. I was so impressed with how good she did. She was so patient and had a lot of fun with it.



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7 YEARS!!

Today is our 7 year wedding anniversary! I can't believe how fast the time has gone. We have accomplished so much in that time and I am so proud the life that we have. Here are a few pictures I love.

Thanksgiving Point

A couple weekends ago Wes & I took Halle to Thanksgiving Point and went to Cornbelly's. Halle had a ton of fun and was upset when we had to leave. I was really impressed at how "kid friendly" everything was.

I'm an Esme

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Eight T.V. shows I love to watch:
1- Greys Anatomy & Private Practice
2- Dancing with the stars
3- Bones
4- The Ghost Whisperer
5- Numbers
6- So You Think You Can Dance
7- American Idol
8- E! (E News, The Daily Ten, The Soup, The Girls Next Door)

Eight Favorite Places to Eat:
1- Cafe Rio
2- Chick-fil-a
3- Zupas
4- Einstiens Bagels
5- Texas Roadhouse
6- Outback Steakhouse
7- Asian Star
8- Chilis/Applebees

Eight Things that happened yesterday:
1- Watched General Conference
2- Cleaned Halle's Room
3- Cleaned the Kitchen
4- Moved furniture in the new baby's room
5- Watched General Conference again.
6- Went to my mom's for dinner & made yummy carmel popcorn
7- Picked rasberries out of my dad's garden
8- Watched The Girls Next Door

Eight Things I look forward to:
1- New baby girl to get here(sorry no name yet)
2- Halloween
3- My grandma's 80th Suprise Birthday party
4- Twilight Movie
5- Thanksgiving
6- Christmas
7- Vegas for my 7 year anniversary (even though I'm huge)
8- Cooler weather

Eight Things I love about Fall:
1- Cooler Weather
2- Leaves changing colors
3- Pumpkins
4- Halloween Decorations
5- Fall Decorations
6- Yummy food at Thanksgiving
7- Halloween Costumes (especially on my little Halle)
8- Pumpkin treats like cookies, pie, or bread mmmm.

Eight Things on my wish list:
1- 10 Million Dollars (I stole that one from Laura)
2- No Debt (oh and that one too)
3- To be a stay at home mom
4- Loose all my baby weight
5- Be able to travel & vacation
6- Finish our back yard
7- Finish our basement with a theater room
8- Have more time to be with my family

Eight people I tag:
1- Kimi
2- Jenn
3- Lyndsay
4- Sheena
5- Melissa
6- Bonnie
7- Amanda
8- Angie

Don't Vote

I saw this on a friends blog and decided to copy.

3 THINGS ABOUT ME

3 names you go by:
MOM, SHAN, MR. JONES
3 Things you are wearing right now:
JEANS, BLACK SHIRT, BLACK FLIP FLOPS
3 Restaurants I love:
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, ASIAN STAR, JOHNNY CARINOS
3 Favorite things to do:
ANYTHING WITH WES & HALLE, CAMPING, VACATIONING
3 Things I want badly:
MONEY, BE ABLE TO WORK LESS AND STAY HOME WITH MY GIRL(SOON TO BE GIRLS), TO SELL MY STUPID CAR
3 things I did yesterday:
WORKED, WENT TO MCDONALDS WITH HALLE, WENT TO TARGET TO BUY A BABY SHOWER PRESENT
3 Goals:
BE A STAY AT HOME MOM(SOMEDAY), BE DEBT FREE(YA RIGHT), HAVE A NICE BACK YARD(IT'S JUNGLE RIGHT NOW)
3 Fears:
DEATH OR TRAGEDY OF FAMILY & FRIENDS, THE ECONOMY NOT BOUNCING BACK AND I LOOSE MY JOB, NOT HAVING MONEY TO PAY THE BILLS
3 things I plan on doing today:
WORKING, WATCHING GREYS ANATOMY, DOING LAUNDRY
3 Things I plan on doing tomorrow:
WORKING, MORE LAUNDRY, PLAY WITH HALLE
3 Favorite Holidays:
CHRISTMAS, HALLOWEEN, EASTER
3 Favorite Beverages:
WATER, DR. PEPPER, CHOCOLATE MILK(SOMETIMES)
3 Friends to Tag:
KAREN LICKTEE, AMANDA WAGSTAFF, KANDIS BROADHEAD

Professional Pictures of Halle

On Saturday an old friend of mine Jessie O'Neal (used to be Tuttle) took pictures of Halle in Orem. It has been years since we've seen each other and it was fun to catch up. I was so worried she didn't get any good pictures because Halle was kind of being a stinker. Jessie gave me a cd with all the pictures yesterday and I just fell in love with every picture! Jessie you seriously did such an awesome job! Thank you so much!!

I know I brag all the time, but she it's just cause she's so cute! Here are a few of my favorites :)

So You Think You Can Dance

My friend Kelli & I went to the So You Think You Can Dance Tour last night at the E Center. It was so much fun! We were faithful watchers of the show all last season, and we are basically on a first name basis with everyone, lol :) Here is a little slide show of the pics I took. I was so impressed! The show was better than I thought it would be. It was sold out and all the Utah contestants gots some good love from the crowd.

Sunday Dress

So... I've been buying Halle new school clothes the last few weeks and this is one of her outfits. She wore it to church yesterday and loved it! She thought she was the cutest thing there (which she was). She was being so silly I had to take some pictures.


Oh! She is just beautiful!


A few months ago when we were in California we went to the beach. They had some street sale going on and there was a group of guys break dancing. Halle could not get enough of it and since then she thinks that how she should dance. Here she is showing one of her moves :)

The Mayan!!

On Thursday Halle & I met Wes for dinner at the Mayan. Halle was so facinated with the divers, it was so funny!

The Little Princess Bowtique

So... my longtime girlfriend Amanda just started her own business making bows, hair clips, headbands, you name it she can make it. She has a blog that you can get to from mine. She is super creative and seriously makes the cutest stuff. If you have any little girls you must look at her stuff! If you don't see what you want just ask her because I'm not joking when I say she can make anything! I just bought a bunch of new clothes for Halle and I'm going to have her make bows and clips to match her outfits.