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BRAZIL-BRASIL
It would be impossible for me to put into words what it is I "LOVE" about Brazil so here are a few pictures-----
1. Frutas- Fruits.. for those you who have never had the luxury of fresh fruit juice with your morning meal you are missing out!! 2. Praias-Beaches.. who doesn't love a good beach? For those who don't know, Brazil has some of the best beaches. Oh ya and FYI you can rent a 5 bedroom mansion of a beach house for $700/week.. anyone want to take a vacation to Brazil with us?


3. Coxinhas e Acaraje- There is no translation for these 2 foods but trust me they are sooo delicious.. I could (and have) eaten these every day for the rest of my life!!

4. ultima e longe de menor- last and far from least are these 2 special women in my life..

Josiane- is my second mother, once when I was in Brazil I lost our house keys on a bus and when we arrived at 4 am we had no where to go so we trudged up to Jo's house. Not only did she let us in but she made us breakfast, made up 2 beds for us, and didn't mention the obscene hour that we arrived at her house.. Jo is just that kind of a person and I absolutely love her!!

Drica- is one of my best friends. Despite living so far from each other, we maintain regular contact and always keep tabs on each others lives. I know that I can talk to her about anything, anytime and she always makes me feel so much better.

numero 3

I can definitely say that I "love" my religion, and here's a few reasons why:

I love the answers it provides to all my questions about why I am here, where I came from, where I am going after this life, and what I must do to get where I want to be.

I love that because of my religion I know that I will live with my family FOREVER!

I love my calling working with the 14-15 year old young women, I love sharing with them how important it is that we become strong, faithful, caring, and amazing women, wives, and mothers.

I love my Savior and I am grateful that because of His Atonement I can be forgiven for all my many shortcomings.

It's the month of L.O.V.E

So due to my lack of posts lately I thought I would dedicate a whole month to the things I LOVE!!! I realize that it's already the 2nd so I have to write about 2 things I love but they should go without saying.. 1. My hubby.. I realize I have mentioned this but I seriously have the best husband in the world. He is so patient with me, is such a great daddy, works so hard to support our family, and best of all he makes me laugh!

2. Our Miss KC.. I can think of no better way to start my day than seeing her cute smiling face. KC is such a friendly baby- we can't go anywhere without her waving to everyone we see.. sometimes she gets so frustrated when the person/people don't acknowledge her and wave back. KC definitely keeps us on our toes, she goes 1 million miles/second and will quickly destroy an entire room if no one is watching.

So, there you have it my first 2 loves for the month of LOVE.. Stay tuned for many more things that I am passionate about!

Same old- Same old..

I apologize for the lack of posts lately but quite honestly there hasn't been much going on here... But for the sake of keeping anyone interested here are the latest and greatest in our little world.

1. we put our house up for sale, so if you know anyone looking for an older home in Ut.-let me know!
2. miss KC is still not walking.. she stands by herself, dances all the time while standing, takes a couple of steps and then.. nada. at what age did all of your children start walking?
3. My sister Carli is expecting a baby BOY this summer.. we are so excited and can't wait to meet the new little fella!
4. I may have 2 xtra tickets to katie perry this summer.. if you're interested-let me know.

So really, not much going on in our world, we are just enjoying each other and trying to stay warm in this ridiculously frigid weather! I hope all of you are doing well!!

Merry Christmas and a Winter "one"derland

Merry Christmas!!

ha ha judging by this picture you'd think our Christmas was a little overwhelming... really it was pretty low key!Here is KC at grandma sue's on christmas day.. she is such a happy smiley baby- we really lucked out..
don't be fooled by this picture.. she isn't quite walking.. but I can only imagine how cute (and crazy) it will be once she is!!
Not really sure where she gets it but this little munchkin is a chocoholic... this time she found a box of chocolates our neighbors brought us, opened it by herself, and before we noticed, she had pretty much eaten an entire dark chocolate truffle.. and left little chocolate handprints all over our couch! ha ha

Here's our super model showing off her christmas pjs.. I'm not gonna lie- she's got quite the pose

and I just realized I uploaded her birthday pictures backwards..

Here's our adorable (and very, very sick) birthday girl..

She wouldn't even let a severe case of croup stop her from some birthday cake.

She just couldn't eat it all due to her inability to breathe :( Really when I took KC to the dr. the day after her party he put her on oral steroids and said that KC had one of the worst cases of croup he'd seen..

My aunt gave her this GINORMOUS lion pillow pet.. that thing is soo cozy.. as KC is demonstrating!

Just a cute pic! True to her "winter" theme.. KC had her snowflake skirt on!!

We gave her a baby for her birthday, I wish she gave her momma kisses like she does the baby.

And here's just a little of our decorations.. we had "snowballs" hanging from the ceiling.. snowflake plates and table cloths.. we served Chili and broccoli cheese soup.

KC and mommy opening presents

and most important.. instead of a big cake we all enjoyed these snowmen mini-cakes..

They were the perfect size for individual munching!!

Some things about KC:

she is 29 inches long- 50%

weighs 18 lbs 7 oz.- 10%

she LOVES (i mean like absolutely adores) her daddy

she can (but not always does) say:

momma

dadda

lilah

up

she points at and wants everything

loves chocolate and all "treats"

I can honestly say that KC is just a dream baby.. we joke that we may never have another child because they are sure to be the opposite of KC, which could be scary. We feel so blessed to have her in our lives. She is our sunshine and lights up every moment of our lives.

It must be love..

So if you know me at all you know that I love to read.. anything and everything from magazines to scriptures, fiction/non-fiction, and if really want to know a dirty little secret... I'm a sucker for a good, steamy romance novel!! Well I may have hinted (not-so subtly) that I thought a Nook would be super handy for a birthday present. I am so lucky that I happen to have the best husband in the world because he conspired with my sisters to get me a Nook and not just any Nook the new color.. wi-fi.. newest and greatest Nook.. Man- I love him.. And as if I didn't think he was a big enough stud.. he bought me a cover in my favorite color... Purple!!

So just to state one more time for the record.. I am thrilled, over-joyed, ecstatic about my birthday gift.. it makes me forget that I am one year closer to the big 3-0.. Yikes!

One birthday down.. one more to go this week.. next week I'll post pictures of my sweet KC's

Winter "one"-derland birthday party..

A Familia 2010

Family Pictures 2010 and here are a few of the star of the show...

I honestly could just eat her up!! I just love her sweet little face...

I had to use a different photographer than I normally due but I am soo happy with the way these turned out.. If you are looking for some family pictures definitely check out

Veronica Reeve