Nutts House

Dextons 4th Birthday Party!

2011-06-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

My little Dexton turned 4 on June 5th. He wanted a Toy Story Party and this is what I came up with...

The Dessert Table

The Banner I had made for Dexton.

The Cake and Cupcakes I made for his Party.

Soilder Kisses...

The Toy Story Cake I made.

Mommy and Dexton - AKA Jessie and Woody

Some of the desserts on the Dessert Table...

The Dessert Table, the Thank You's, the t-shirts for the boys and the food.

Angie dressed up as Buzz, me as Jessie, and Dexton as Woody.

Buzz Light Year Bowling.

Pin the tail on Bulls Eye...

Pinata...Dave was brave enough to hold it for the kids ha ha!

Musical Chairs

Present Time!

My friend had a fire truck he was using for a parade and brought it over so the kids could play on it. They loved it!

Cake Time!

My friends little girl Avery! Isn't she cute eating the alien cupcake pop!

I forgot to take a picture of the t-shirts I bought and then put "Space Ranger and the boys name on it" They were a hit!

The water bottles I made

Michael Jackson Birthday Party!

2011-05-22T17:45:00.000-07:00

Ok, hands down this was the coolest kids birthday party I had ever been too! Our friends little boy Jarom was turning 5 and wanted a Michael Jackson Birthday Party. Holy cow did his mom and dad go all out! They had decorations, food, a ton of desserts, a live band singing only Michael Jackson hits, games, face painting, prizes, I could go on and on! It was awesome! I loved making Jaroms birthday cake and cupcakes! Jarom I hope you had a great birthday and thanks for the invite!!

The Spottens

2011-05-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

Dexton pretending to be Spider Man with his cousin Jacob

Sheila and her husband Dan

The Spotten Family: From L to R Jacob, Christopher, Anthony, Sheila, Allie, Dan, Dexton, and Trevor

My sister Sheila came out from Atlanta for a short visit. Unfortunately it was for a death but we were happy to see the whole family. My sister only has boys so she was so excited to see and hold Allie for the 1st time. We don't get to see my sister and her family much so it was great seeing them for the little time we did. Love you sis! And I'm so sorry for the loss.

Chubby's Cafe Giveaway!

2011-04-18T16:59:00.000-07:00

Chubby's Cafe is giving away a $20 Gift Certificate!!!
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What? Cupcakes at a movie theatre!!!

2011-04-13T09:46:00.000-07:00

That's right Cravings Cupcakes are being sold at Water Gardens Cinemas 6 in Pleasant Grove Utah. They are the "middle" price Movie Theatre. They don't get the movies first but they don't get them last either like the dollar theatres. They get them a few weeks after they are released and tickets are ONLY $3!!! Concessions are only $1 and $2!!! Crazy huh! My gourmet cupcakes will be sold on weekends there for $2! They are rich, delicious, and they will for sure get you your sugar fix. Right now we are selling Peanut Butter Cup, White Chocolate Vanilla, White Chocolate Raspberry, and Darn Good Chocolate! If you don't have time for a movie you can just grab yourself a cupcake on the left side concession stands.

So my question...would you buy a cupcake at a Movie Theater?

Oopsy Daisy Photography GIVEAWAY!!!

2011-03-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

Oopsy Daisy Photography Givaway! Free photo shoot!

For more info go to my Cravings blog!!!

GNO!!!

2011-03-18T09:34:00.001-07:00

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Octomom

2011-03-07T19:02:00.000-08:00

Everyone remembers the Ocotomom. Today I was watching her on Oprah (from a while back) and first thing when I saw her thought "what a physco mom!" Like other people thought why the heck would a single mother that already had 6 kids of her own that hardly could afford them have 8 MORE??? Well on Oprah she Nadya confessed she was running out of money and didn’t know where her next paycheck was coming from.
In an effort to help, Oprah suggested that Nadya get a financial intervention from money powerhouse Suze Orman. Which I absolutely love love! I think she is brilliant!)

On the Show:

Oprah: If you're watching at home, it's very easy to judge [and say], look how many kids [she had]. But how many of you had two and then had another one when you knew you couldn’t afford the two?

Suze: And that's the point. That’s a big, big point. ... If you can't afford one and you have two, if you can’t afford two and you have three, if you can't afford three and you have four...are you really that much different from what is happening here? I'm just asking you to think about it.

Oprah: And also, for [Nadya], the addiction is babies and medicating herself—literally. I think that's a great term that you call it: self-medicating with children. People do it with their things all the time. How many people have things that they can't afford, and then they go get something else that they can’t afford, living in houses they can’t afford?

This made me think how many people are having babies because they WANT them BUT can't AFFORD them? Do you think you should continue having children if you CAN'T afford them?

COUSINS

2011-03-06T13:27:00.000-08:00

Emma * Brayden * Khloe * Allie

5 out of the 10 Nuttalls are married with kids. 2010 was a busy year for the Nuttalls. 1st came Khloe, then Emma, Allie, and then Brayden. One more is coming in April! We are so excited for all these new cousins! Life is going to be fun!

Emma and Allie. I think they look similar.

Grandma Nuttall with Allie

5 MONTHS

2011-03-06T13:16:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness how time flies! Allie just turned 5 months and I have been saying for a month that she is almost 4 months. On all the videos I have been recording I have said she is almost 4 months and then one day I realized oh my gosh she is 4 months she is almost 5 months! She is too little to be 5 months :( Oh this makes me so sad. My baby is growing up too fast. Allie is turning on her side, grabbing toys, holding her head up somewhat during tummy time, and figuring out how to hold things and put them to her mouth. Allie is still not sleeping through the night. She still wakes up 2 to 3 times a night. Dexton was sleeping through the night at 2 months but it doesn't help that Allie has been sick a lot lately. She is my Angel, my precious, my baby girl, my beautiful Allie! Oh how I love this little girl!

Kylee turns 18

2011-03-06T13:05:00.000-08:00

This is my sister n'law Kylee. She is the youngest of 10, the baby :) Kylee just turned 18! We celebrated with most of the Nuttall Family at our friends restaurant Chubbys. We had a fun time! Happy Birthday Kylee! We love you!

I made this cake for Kylee

Didn't know what to get her so I called McKenzie to see if girls their age wear purses. She said yes so that's what I got her. I love purses! You can never go wrong with a purse :)

This is Allie and her cousin Brayden. He is a month younger then Allie.

Bath Time

2011-03-06T12:57:00.000-08:00

It's so funny, Dexton always plugs his ears whenever he is taking a bath.

Snowmobiling

2011-03-06T12:51:00.000-08:00

Our brother n'law bought some snowmobiles. I think Kendell has went snowmobiling every weekend since. Ha ha. Dave loves snowmobiling and enjoys hanging out with his brother n'law.

Run Dave Run!

2011-03-06T10:59:00.000-08:00

Dave and I had our mind set that we were going to run the Moab 1/2 marathon this year but our friend convinced us to run the St. George 1/2 marathon instead. It was 1/2 the price of the Moab, holy cow running is expensive! I immediatly signed both of us up back in October. I thought for sure I could be ready to run in January...I wasn't. We paid $40 each for us to run and I just didn't feel like I was ready nor did we have sitters so that was $40 down the drain. This was the 1st time I got to just watch and support Dave running. It was so fun watching him come in and cheering him on. Man I miss running! We had so much fun though down in Sunny St. George. We visited my Aunt and Uncle which I haven't seen for a while. Dave and Dexton went swimming. There was no way I was going to get my chubby self in a swim suit lol. Dave of course got us our hotel room and like always was so nice. Because Dave stays in hotels a lot he always want to stay in nice ones when we go on vacations. I'm so glad we got to come down for a couple of days and have a mini vacation with our little family.

Cheer Competition

2011-03-06T10:21:00.000-08:00

My little sis McKenzie had a cheer competition that I got to watch at Timpview High School. They did awesome. I think they got 2nd place. UVU cheerleaders performed and honestly most the schools were better then them. They did not look like they knew what they were doing. Congrats JHS Cheerleaders!

Fun Times with my niece and nephews!

2011-03-06T10:15:00.000-08:00

Back in January I got to tend my niece Madison and my nephews Parker and Jacob. Dexton loves playing with kids in general but loves loves playing with his cousins the best! While the boys were being boys I made some flowers for Madison and her little sister Emma's hair. Dexton wanted me to put one in his hair and take a picture lol. Dave is going to kill me ha ha! Then Madison and I got on line to learn how to make a purse. It was so easy and fun! Oh how I love girls and doing girly stuff. It was so much fun hanging out with Madison!!!

Another Giveaway!!!

2011-03-02T08:02:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME...well in 9 days :)

I'm turning 29 and I want to give someone a

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Giveaway will close March 9th at 11:59pm. Winner will be selected at random and notified here and on facebook!

My hair is falling out!

2011-02-21T17:27:00.000-08:00

Well I think I might have found the reason why I am having a hard time loosing my last 15 lbs. It all started about a month ago when I was realizing in the shower a lot of hair was going down the drain. Then I started noticing on my counter top while brushing my hair a lot of hair was appearing on the counter. It was finally the day I was folding my laundry on my bedroom floor and noticed all the hair on my clothes...oh my gosh my hair is falling out!!! In the shower I was noticing hand fulls of hair was in my hands while rinsing the shampoo out. I thought for sure it was the diet. I couldn't find anything saying it might be then I thought hmm maybe it's my IUD. Well I researched it on line and I found tons of women saying the same thing, hair loss, not being able to loose weight, irritable, anxiety, etc. I had all these symptoms. I asked my sister n'law if she had these and she said she did but it finally went away. She said just now her hair is growing back. Now what to do...I am thinking more of getting it out. I don't know how much more hair I can loose.

I HATE DIETING!

2011-02-18T12:06:00.000-08:00

So it has been 19 days and I have lost...NOTHING!!!

I am so freaking annoyed! I have been doing so good, not cheating at all and exercising almost every day. The thing that kills me is that Dave has lost 5 pounds and hasn't really changed anything he has been eating!!! And my friend has already lost weight and inches but of course he is a MAN!!! I haven't weighed myself but I have measured myself. I don't even dare get on a scale. I wish I could say my pants feel looser and my shirts feel bigger but they DONT! I HATE DIETING!!!

January

2011-02-11T12:03:00.000-08:00

$1 Game at BYU.
Every year we go to the $1 Game for the BYU basketball team. It's always exciting because we see the BYU football team and it's gets us pumped up for the next season. The BYU basketball team is doing awesome this year. This was great for the kids. Go cougars!!!

Dexton always puts on his "charlie" blankie and pretends I can't see him.
I've talked about Jacob before he is only a month younger then Dexton. They are best friends and cousins. It took almost 3 years for them to FINALLY get along. They used to fight fight fight! Oh it was so bad! But now they are best buds and love playing together. I had Jacob sleep over awhile back. I put them in robes and they thought it was so funny.

Random pictures. Dexton loves these noodles. Dave used to call them "chocolate noodles" when Dexton was younger because they were brown. Since then Dexton either calls them that or Daddy's noodles because Dave takes them for his dinners while he flies. If it was up to Dexton he would eat these everyday. I would love that except they really have no nutritional value whatsoever.

9 Years!

2011-02-11T11:54:00.000-08:00

Aren't we gorgeous! Oh what a happy couple we are. That picture was taken almost 7 years ago. Lets just say moving to Arizona, both working at Chilis, eating at Chilis almost everyday made us gain a few pounds ha ha! And the best part about it we didn't even notice then we just were madly in love lol.
Well seriously I can't believe it has been 9 years. Our exact anniversary is on Jan 5th but this year we did not get a chance to celebrate it. Now it's Feb and we both still have our cards that we have written to each other but haven't had a chance to exchange them. Hopefully we will soon. How life changes when you have 2 kiddos.
I love Dave so much! I seriously pray all the time thanking my heavenly father for sending him into my life. He has changed me so much! He loves me for who I am and he has made me love myself for who I am. He is my rock, my sole mate, my everything. Thanks Dave for loving me and sticking with me through everything. I love you Dave!!!

Our December 2010

2011-02-11T11:46:00.000-08:00

I couldn't believe how behind I was in blogging my family. So here's a quick summary of our December...

We have started a new tradition in the Nuttalls home. We are going to make Santa fresh baked cookies to leave him with a note by Dexton. Dexton loved it. He's just like mommy he loves to cook!

Santa and the Easter Bunny always do the same thing...they leave a trail of candy to the grand presents!

Santa finished off the milk and cookies. Dexton loved gathering the candy.

Because Dave has to work most holidays and it wasn't any different this year we celebrated our Christmas on the 22nd. We made sure to ask Santa to come early this year but to also visit us at Nana and Papas too.

That night we went bowling with Dave's sister Kim and her family. Dexton loved it.

Angie suprised us from California. I didn't get a picture dangit but she rang the door bell and when I opened the door there was a huge box wrapped saying to the Nuttalls from Angie. Dexton went to the box, the box started shaking, Dexton got scared and then Angie jumped out. Dexton slammed the door and said "that's not a toy!" Ha ha it was funny.
Angie got Dexton this whole set of toy story characters. He loved loved it!

Allie loves her papa

Angie loves playing practical jokes so she wrapped up some christmas cookies and told Dexton it was his gift. He opened it and looked so confused and again said "this isn't a toy!"

New Jammies for Allie. Couldn't resist to get these clearance $2 Jammies for Allie. My mom and dad took Dexton to a basketball game a while ago and Dexton saw the refs with whistles and told my dad he wanted one. So my dad got him one for Christmas. Thanks dad my ears have been ringing since.

Christmas Dec. 25th at my parents in Nephi

Another joke from Angie. She wrapped up an old dolls head of Kenzies and gave it to her for Christmas. Dexton was horrified.

Christmas evening we met up with my sister Jenny and her family to see the movie Tangled. Dexton loves hanging out with his older cousin Nathan. Not sure if Nathan loves it ha ha but Dexton is attached to his hip when he is around. The movie was so so cute! I loved it!

Dexton hardly ever holds Allie, sometimes I wonder if he even knows she's alive ha ha. Which could be a good thing though, he never tries to hurt her whew. But here he is holding Allie in front of the tree. He is such a good big brother.

I LOVE MY KIDS!

Allie is thinking "I have a headache"

Sledding??? K so I didn't have a sled and it just snowed so I decided to get a towel and make our own sled. It was actually pretty fun. Dexton had a ball. We also made snow Angels which he thought was so funny.

Angie built a somewhat snowman with Dexton.

Day 10 - Another Cheat Day

2011-02-10T22:18:00.000-08:00

One of the reasons I love this diet is because you get one cheat day a week. Oh how I dream about this day while shoving beans and chicken in my mouth.
Today my brother n'law came home from his mission so we went out to eat. I plan my cheat days around special occasions.

Diet Dr. Pepper
Fried Chicken Sandwich with Fries
Chocolate Chip cookies
Little Caesars Pizza
Water

Day 8

2011-02-09T07:07:00.000-08:00

I feel better then I have ever felt "dieting" in my life. I have more energy, not starving, and I just feel great! Not sure if it's the diet but pretty sure it is because I haven't changed anything else. I think I even got my dad to start eating better and exercising! Yae dad!!!

8am Protein Shake
10am Spinach Quiche
2pm Chili
5:30pm Chili
8:30pm Spinach Quiche
Water = 90oz

Day 5

2011-02-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

So yesterday was a cheat day for me... (DAY 5)

I started the morning off with a mini snickers bar and a slice of red velvet cake.
Then we went to the Pizza Factory with some friends and I ate a salad with a 1/2 sandwich with water.
Snack: ate 3 more mini snickers lots of water
For dinner I made chicken cordon blue with mashed potatoes and carrots. I had a normal portion size, no seconds either, because I was full. Drank Water
Made chocolate chip cookies...I ate 6! (and Drank 48oz waters.) The first one I wanted...the other 5 I just ate
4am DYING!!! My stomach was killing me! I learned my lesson, don't over eat!!!

The 4-Hour Body - Official Video Trailer

2011-02-05T20:33:00.000-08:00

The 4-Hour BODY

2011-02-05T20:32:00.000-08:00

Sorry this is a long post...

So I have been debating if I should blog about my journey to loose weight...I have decided yes. Why you ask because I NEED MOTIVATION!!! Not to exercise, thats the easy part. It's the eating that kills me especially when you have a husband that can eat what ever the heck he wants (though he does exercise, but so do I) and still looses weight. I love to run, go to the gym, do kick boxing I love to exercise but it's not cutting it. I need to eat much better to loose my baby weight (though I have had this problem all my life lol) My friend Alex introduced me to the 4-hour body. I haven't read the book yet, just researched it on line plus the information he has told me. I like it, I think this might actually be the "diet" for me. Lets atleast hope so! I am not a yo you dieter. I actually really don't believe in dieting, all in moderation but it's not working. I have never bought a diet book in my life.
I tried talking Dave into doing it with me. He said the days he is home he will so the other morning I fixed him a 3 egg omelet with some fajita chicken, bell pepper, and onions and topped it off with a sour cream salsa I made. He ate it and loved it BUT said he was starving still and fixed himself a bowl of cereal. He has done this at every meal I have made. I personally am full after the meal and have tons of energy. I started Feb. 1st I had Dave take my measurements of my whole body. I weighed myself. I would post it but I'm not that daring. I even took a picture of me but I don't dare put it up. If I see results (which I pray I will) I will post everything even my disgusting body ha ha! I will weigh myself and do my measurements again in 30 days. I am going to try to blog every day but life is busy so not sure if I will be able to.
Summary of why I like this diet:

CHEAT DAY: You get to eat whatever you want once a week
PROTEIN: I'm a big believer on protein and how it helps you loose weight without carbs.
NO HUNGER PAINS: You can eat as much as you want as long as it sticks with the plan. And you have many options. And there are many blogs about other peoples 4-hour body plan.

I really really hope I will see results. In the book they suggest not to work out too hard because that will make you more hungry but I am going to work out hard atleast 5 times a weeks for atleast an hour. Well wish me good luck!

So here's the summery from the book:

The Slow-Carb Diet-Better Fat-Loss Through Simplicity

It is possible to lose 20 pounds of body fat in 30 days by optimizing any of three factors: exercise, diet, or a drug/supplement regimen. Twenty pounds for most people means moving down at least two clothing sizes, whether that's going from a size 14 dress to a size 10 or from an XXL shirt to a large. The waist and hips show an even more dramatic reduction in circumference.
By April 6, 2007, as an example, I had cut from nearly 180 pounds to 165 pounds in six weeks, while adding about 10 pounds of muscle, which means I lost approximately 25 pounds of fat. The changes aren't subtle.
The diet that I'll introduce in this chapter-the Slow-Carb Diet-is the only diet besides the rather extreme Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) that has produced veins across my abdomen, which is the last place I lose fat. There are just ﬁve simple rules to follow:

RULE 1: AVOID "WHITE" CARBOHYDRATES.

Avoid any carbohydrate that is, or can be, white. The following foods are prohibited, except for within 30 minutes of ﬁnishing a resistance-training workout like those described in the "From Geek to Freak" or "Occam's Protocol" chapters: all bread, rice (including brown), cereal, potatoes, pasta, tortillas, and fried food with breading. If you avoid eating the aforementioned foods and anything else white, you'll be safe.
Just for fun, another reason to avoid the whities: chlorine dioxide, one of the chemicals used to bleach ﬂour (even if later made brown again, a common trick), combines with residual protein in most of these foods to form alloxan. Researchers use alloxan in lab rats to induce diabetes. That's right-it's used to produce diabetes. This is bad news if you eat anything white or "enriched."
Don't eat white stuff unless you want to get fatter.

RULE 2: EAT THE SAME FEW MEALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

The most successful dieters, regardless of whether their goal is muscle gain or fat-loss, eat the same few meals over and over again. There are 47,000 products in the average U.S. grocery store, but only a handful of them won't make you fat.
Mix and match from the following list, constructing each meal with one pick from each of the three groups. I've starred the choices that produce the fastest fat-loss for me:
Proteins
*Egg whites with 1–2 whole eggs for ﬂavor (or, if organic, 2–5 whole eggs, including yolks)
*Chicken breast or thigh
*Black beans
*Beef (preferably grass-fed)
Pork
*Fish
Legumes
*Lentils (also called "dal" or "daal")
Pinto beans
Red beans
Soybeans
Vegetables
*Spinach
*Mixed vegetables (including broccoli, cauliﬂower, or any other cruciferous vegetables)
*Sauerkraut, kimchee (full explanation of these later in "Damage Control")
Asparagus
Peas
Broccoli
Green beans
Eat as much as you like of the above food items, but keep it simple. Pick three or four meals and repeat them. Almost all restaurants can give you a salad or vegetables in place of french fries, potatoes, or rice.
Surprisingly, I have found Mexican food (after swapping out rice for vegetables) to be one of the cuisines most conducive to the Slow-Carb Diet. If you have to pay an extra $1–3 to substitute at a restaurant, consider it your six-pack tax, the nominal fee you pay to be lean. Most people who go on "low"-carbohydrate diets complain of low energy and quit because they consume insufﬁcient calories. A half-cup of rice is 300 calories, whereas a half-cup of spinach is 15 calories! Vegetables are not calorically dense, so it is critical that you add legumes for caloric load.
Eating more frequently than four times per day might be helpful on higher-carb diets to prevent gorging, but it's not necessary with the ingredients we're using. Eating more frequent meals also appears to have no enhancing effect on resting metabolic rate, despite claims to the contrary.
Frequent meals can be used in some circumstances (see "The Last Mile"), but not for this reason.
The following meal schedule is based on a late sleep schedule, as I'm a night owl who gives up the ghost at 2:00 a.m. at the earliest, usually with wineglass or book still in hand, à la heroin addict. Adjust your meals to ﬁt your schedule, but make sure to have your ﬁrst meal within an hour of waking. Meals are approximately four hours apart.
10:00 am - Breakfast
2:00 pm - Lunch
6:30 pm - Smaller second lunch
8:00–9:00 pm - Recreation or sports training, if scheduled.
10:00 pm - Dinner
12:00 am - Glass of red wine and Discovery Channel before bed
Here are some of my meals that recur again and again:
Breakfast (home): Scrambled Eggology® pourable egg whites with one whole egg, black beans, and mixed vegetables warmed up or cooked in a microwave using Pyrex® containers.
Lunch (Mexican restaurant): Grass-fed organic beef, pinto beans, mixed vegetables, and extra guacamole.
Dinner (home): Grass-fed organic beef (from Trader Joe's), lentils, and mixed vegetables.
Just remember: this diet is, ﬁrst and foremost, intended to be effective, not fun. It can be fun with a few tweaks (the next chapter covers this), but that's not the goal.

RULE 3: DON'T DRINK CALORIES.

Drink massive quantities of water and as much unsweetened tea, coffee (with no more than two tablespoons of cream; I suggest using cinnamon instead), or other no-calorie/low-calorie beverages as you like. Do not drink milk (including soy milk), normal soft drinks, or fruit juice. Limit diet soft drinks to no more than 16 ounces per day if you can, as the aspartame can stimulate weight gain.
I'm a wine fanatic and have one to two glasses of red wine almost every evening. It doesn't appear to have any negative impact on my rate of fat-loss. Red wine is by no means required for this diet to work, but it's 100% allowed (unlike white wines and beer, both of which should be avoided). Up to two glasses of red per night, no more.

RULE 4: DON'T EAT FRUIT.

Humans don't need fruit six days a week, and they certainly don't need it year-round. If your ancestors were from Europe, for example, how much fruit did they eat in the winter 500 years ago? Think they had Florida oranges in December? Not a chance. But you're still here, so the lineage somehow survived.
The only exceptions to the no-fruit rule are tomatoes and avocadoes, and the latter should be eaten in moderation (no more than one cup or one meal per day). Otherwise, just say no to fruit and its principal sugar, fructose, which is converted to glycerol phosphate more efﬁciently than almost all other carbohydrates. Glycerol phosphate p triglycerides (via the liver) p fat storage. There are a few biochemical exceptions to this, but avoiding fruit six days per week is the most reliable policy.
But what's this "six days a week" business? It's the seventh day that allows you, if you so desire, to eat peach crepes and banana bread until you go into a coma.

RULE 5: TAKE ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK.

I recommend Saturdays as your Dieters Gone Wild (DGW) day. I am allowed to eat whatever I want on Saturdays, and I go out of my way to eat ice cream, Snickers, Take 5, and all of my other vices in excess. If I drank beer, I'd have a few pints of Paulaner Hefe-Weizen.
I make myself a little sick each Saturday and don't want to look at any junk for the rest of the week. Paradoxically, dramatically spiking caloric intake in this way once per week increases fat-loss by ensuring that your metabolic rate (thyroid function and conversion of T4 to T3, etc.) doesn't downshift from extended caloric restriction.
That's right: eating pure crap can help you lose fat. Welcome to Utopia. There are no limits or boundaries during this day of gluttonous enjoyment. There is absolutely no calorie counting on this diet, on this day or any other.
Start the diet at least ﬁve days before your designated cheat day. If you choose Saturday, for example, I would suggest starting your diet on a Monday.
That's All, Folks!
If the founding fathers could sum up our government in a six-page constitution, the above is all we need to summarize rapid fat-loss for 99.99% of the population. Followed to the letter, I've never seen it fail. Never. When you feel mired in details or confused by the latest-and-greatest
contradictory advice, return to this short chapter. All you need to remember is:
Rule 1: Avoid "white" carbohydrates (or anything that can be white).
Rule 2: Eat the same few meals over and over again.
Rule 3: Don't drink calories.
Rule 4: Don't eat fruit.
Rule 5: Take one day off per week and go nuts.

4 months

2011-01-30T21:05:00.000-08:00

At 4 Months Allie:

Weighs 11 lbs 10 oz and is 20%
Length 23 1/2 and 25 %
Arm and leg movements are better controlled.
Holds head erect when sitting.
Head and eyes move in coordinated motion.
Easily tracks objects with her eyes.
Watches moving people and gazes across a room.
Explores own body with hands.

Cheese!

2011-01-12T20:56:00.000-08:00

Dexton absolutely loves getting his picture taken, its probably because every where I go I take our camera ha ha. Anytime he is doing ANYTHING he wants me to take his picture. I have created a picture monster :) He is crazy but he makes me laugh!

Angie took him to Chucky Cheeses while she was in town. With his tickets he wanted this "dragon" he did not realize you had to paint them. Though he had fun for a minute, he then got paint on his hands and freaked out...that is from us always making sure his hands are clean. We told him it was ok but he was freaking out so he got the neck and head somewhat painted. And it's now in the trash :)

10% OFF!!!

2011-01-11T09:55:00.000-08:00

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Holiday Party 2010!!!

2011-01-10T21:06:00.000-08:00

The Invitations...

Oh how I love Christmas time...doesn't everyone! Well we had our annual Christmas party and it was a hit!!! Though we were missing quite a few of our friends which were missed dearly we still had a blast!

We ate a ton and played our usual games plus for a bonus played Minute to Win it! LOVED it! I split everyone into 2 teams and before we started had each team secretly write on a piece of paper what they want the other team to do for them if they win, but to remember that they might have to do it instead. The winning team wrote that they wanted their cars washed and detailed. The loosing team wrote that the other team had to go to dinner, men with mustaches and ladies with a uni brow. The winning team stuck with theirs and so the loosing team will be washing their cars this spring :) These games were so much fun!!! Defiantly doing it next year!

Un-wrapped

What you will need:

A Prize
Boxes, sizes that fit inside each other. The prize must fit into the smallest box.
Wrapping paper
Newspaper
Dice
Christmas hat
Oven mitts or gloves
Scarf
Tape

Preparation:
Place the prize inside a box. Fill any space with newspaper. Wrap the box with wrapping paper. Place that box inside a larger box and fill any empty space with newspaper. Wrap that box with wrapping paper. Continue this process of wrapping the box, filling space with newspaper and placing inside a larger box for as many times as you want. When you start this game the prize will seem huge!
Game Play:
Have everyone either stand in a circle around the gift or in a line. The first player rolls the dice. If it comes up doubles then the player puts on the hat, scarf and the mitts and starts unwrapping the present. The next player immediately rolls the dice. If it is not a double then it is the next player in lines turn. Once another player rolls a double the player unwrapping the present has to stop and hand over the hat, scarf and mittens. Then the new player puts on the hat and gloves and continues to unwrap. This continues until someone un-wraps the prize. They are the winner!

A white elephant gift exchange is a popular holiday party game found primarily in North America. It has many variations in both the name and the game play. Generally, white elephant parties need a minimum of six participants. With a larger group, game play may be more protracted. White elephant parties have been known to result in intensely vicious and/or playful rivalries between players trying to get sought after gifts. The goal of a white elephant party is usually to entertain rather than to gain. This game is sometimes called a Yankee Swap, Chinese Gift Exchange, Dirty Santa, Thieving Secret Santa, or Parcel Pass.

Christmas Minute to Win It

Merry Fishmas
Players must use Candy Canes as fishing hooks and hook four candy canes on top of each other. Think Barrel of Monkeys.
Required items:
Santa Hat
30cm plastic pole (think the thickness of say a straw) with a hook on the end
15 cm candy cane which is hung from the bottom of the candy cane (ie; upside down) and securely attached to the end of the pole by fishing line.
4 small candy canes

Raise your Glass
Required items
15 plastic martini glasses
1 table
1 bucket full of small Christmas baubles
1 player

Player must stack three levels of glasses with tree ornaments plus one empty glass on top (four storey tower).

Face the Candy Cane...
This is played in the same manner as Face the Cookie - just simply use a Candy Cane.

1) When the clock starts, player may grab the first cookie and place it on the forehead.

2) The cookie must remain in contact with the face (i.e. player may not toss the cookie from the forehead and catch it in the mouth).

3) If a cookie falls, player may reset an intact cookie on the forehead for the next attempt.

4) To complete the game, the player must hold an intact cookie 3 times with his or her mouth within the 60-second time limit.

Christmas Ball Conveyor
Required Items
5mtr length ribbon
Bowl full of tree ornaments (baubles plastic with hangers attached firmly)
2 players

Two players spinning in place, transfer tree ornaments using a ribbon looped around their waist. They must transfer via the "conveyor belt" two baubles and place on the tree. Minute to Win It Full instructions can be found at Minute to Win It

Christmas Ball
Required Items
Gift box lid (medium size)
Tree bauble (plastic)
Target area outline

A player must move a tree ornament across the floor and into a target area by fanning the ornament using only the lid of a gift box

The Nutstacker
1) Set up all 10 metal nuts on the chopstick and lay it on the table.

2) When the clock starts, player may lift the chopstick and begin to stack the nuts on top of each other in the tall standing position.

3) Player may only use 1 hand at all times. Player's other hand may not be used to steady the chopstick hand.

4) Player may not touch the nuts with any part of his or her body.

5) The chopstick and nuts may only touch the table during the placement of the first nut. After that, if either the chopstick or any of the other nuts touch the table, the game is over.

6) To complete the game, the stack of 10 nuts must be built with the chopstick completely removed from the nuts within the 60-second time limit, and must remain that way for 3 consecutive seconds.

We played it different: We used candy lifesavers and did it a little differently

And usually at this "ADULT" Christmas Party no kids are allowed but because this year we had so many born and all under 1 we decided to let all toddlers come. All of us friends just had babies this year and our other friends Tava and Alex will be having a baby boy in February. Lucky boy, he's going to have a lot of girls chasing him! Can't wait for the little guy to join us!

Very 1st attempt making a gingerbread house...

2011-01-06T18:35:00.000-08:00

So a while back I noticed Macey's Grocery store was having a gingerbread house contest. I have never ever made one before but I have watched many people make them on food network so I thought, what the heck I will enter, what do I have to loose...well it was a lot harder then I thought and a lot more expensive then I thought. Just the molasses itself costs $3 and I had to buy 4 to make this house. (it goes into the gingerbread recipe.) This house took me 4 days around 35-40 hours. For my 1st I was very happy with the results. 1st place won $500!!! And guess what place I took... drum roll.... NOTHING :( I couldn't believe the amazing gingerbread houses that were entered. Wow a lot of talent. Though I didn't place I had a ton of fun making it and for sure will do it again next year. Oh you just wait...next years is going to be twice as big and awesomer!!!!! Hee hee hee :)

Santa will be back soon...

2011-01-06T16:03:00.000-08:00

My friend had told me that the Santa Clause at the South Town Mall was so cute we had to take Dexton. We got told he went on break at 4:30pm and we got in line at 4pm. Well they came and told us that Santa would be leaving in 10 minutes so we decided to just come back, our luck the guy didn't know what he was talking about and meant 30 minutes so we had to get back in line and wait for Santa for an hour and a half. We didn't want to pay $30 for a picture so Dave hurried and snapped this blurry one of Dexton. The "elf" saw him so stood in front of Santa so he couldn't get another picture :( While we waited we got him an ice cream cone, he played on some toys and played at the dinosaur play ground there at the mall. It's so funny though Dexton is not a shy kid but when he got to Santa he wouldn't hardly speak. Santa could hardly hear him. But Santa always knows what you want :)

3 months

2011-01-06T15:44:00.000-08:00

My baby girl is 3 months old :( It makes me so so sad how fast they grow up. She is growing up so fast and getting so big especially in her cheeks ha ha! She's a little chubster I love it. Allie can hold her head up, very alert, doesn't sleep all day, and watches us walk around.

Allie's Blessing

2011-01-06T12:04:00.000-08:00

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Allie MeeYun Nuttalls Baby Blessing

I had an old family friend from Nephi make Allie's dress. It turned out beautiful! And I made her headband.

Dave got the privilege to bless our tiny baby Allie. It was such a sweet blessing, I'm so thankful that my husband is able to do these beautiful things. We had our family over after for a luncheon. It was a great day.

Nana and Papa

For the luncheon I made this cute banner and all the desserts. Cupcakes of course and I made cupcake toppers with Allie's pictures and also made pink sugar cookies and this other dessert which turned out gross ha ha!

Happy Birthday to my Besties!

2010-11-28T17:53:00.000-08:00

I have the greatest friends in the world! We celebrated my friend Tava and Stephanies birthday at the Cheesecake Factory. Oh how I love that place, probably my favorite restaurant! I always get the same thing the Navajo Sandwich, my fav! I never get dessert, I'm just always too full and I like Cheesecake but I don't love it enough to pay $7 for it ha ha!

My Besties! Stephanie and Tava Happy Birthday you guys!!!

Rabbi Dexton

2010-11-14T17:27:00.000-08:00

Dexton was in the office with this bowl on his head. I couldn't stop laughing! Kids are so funny!

Orange Chicken

2010-11-14T17:26:00.000-08:00

I can't even remember the last time we went to Panda Express but I brought some Orange Chicken Home from Costco and he looked at the box and said he wanted it and ran to the drawers to find chopsticks. Every time I eat Chinese I eat it with Chopsticks and he remembered ha ha! I love it. Well of course he didn't know how to use them so he just stabbed the chicken with one of the chopsticks and ate it.

Auntie Kenzie

2010-11-10T20:37:00.000-08:00

My little sis McKenzie just loves Allie. She is always wanting to come see her and hold her...maybe too much :) She is an Allie hog lol. When they come to visit us my mom and dad only get to hold her for a few minutes before McKenzie steals her back. She loves babies and I'm so glad that Allie and Dexton have her as their Aunt!

Newborn Pose: Hands Under Chin

2010-11-07T09:23:00.000-08:00

Newborn Pictures and Dexton

2010-11-05T10:37:00.000-07:00

I've been waiting to get Allie's newborn pictures done by Katie since I found out I was Pregnant. She does such an awesome job and just has a different look then a lot of people do. She wanted to video tape Allie to teach people how she poses babies to sit their chin on their hands so we got these pictures FREE!!! Her cost usually $500!!! I was so excited! She is a good friend of ours. Her brother is Dave's best friend. We love her work and loved the pictures. Thanks Katie! peekaboo photos

Whats 4 dinner 2night?

2010-11-04T12:34:00.000-07:00

http://whats4dinner2night.blogspot.com/

So I have decided to start a food blog. I love to cook and I was talking to my friend the other day and she was asking me what I make for dinners. I know that me and many of you struggle what to make for dinner. So many options but you just can't think of anything so cereal it is again. Well now that I am home more I am cooking dinner at least 5 out of the 7 nights. I love it. I love to experiment and have Dave and Dexton be my guinea pigs :) For the most part Dave usually likes everything. I always have him rate everything I make from 1 to 10, 10 being the best. If it's a 5 or less it means he probably would only want it once a year. If it's an 8 or more he would eat it probably once or twice a month. I love when he loves it. I always serve it to him on a plate because I want him to get the full effect of the dinner. If he plated the food himself he might not dish it the way I would like it to be dished ha ha. I'm not his slave though :) I love doing it! I know it's weird but I love to watch people eat my food good or bad. I will NEVER take offense if someone doesn't like my dish. Thats life. I don't always like what I make either. I try my hardest to cook healthy. Whole grains, lean meats, turkey instead of ground beef, veggies, you get it. But I also like to splurge and make yummy desserts and fattening food. All in moderation huh ;) So I hope you will follow my blog and leave me comments about the food. Let me know if you made it and how it turns out. Also let me know if you blog about something you made and I will add it to my blog. Like I said earlier I struggle too to decide whats 4 dinner 2night!!!

Allie and Dexton

2010-10-31T18:07:00.000-07:00

Halloween Carnival

2010-10-31T18:05:00.000-07:00

Dexton has never had cotton candy, I know I'm a bad parent :) He took one bite and spit it out. I think he thought it was cotton lol. It was funny, what kids don't like cotton candy? And his friend Andy thought it was a balloon so he wouldn't eat his either. It was funny.

My friend Alex works at a school that throws a Halloween Fundraiser Carnival every year. I love to support it especially because the school is for disabled kids only. They have great games for all the kids, cake walks, auctions and yummy food. Dexton had a blast at this carnival, and I can't wait till next year!

Cupcake Car Seat Cover

2010-10-31T16:14:00.001-07:00

Look at this awesome Cupcake Carseat Cover my friend made me!!! Isn't absolutely adorable!!! It is exactly what I wanted and she made it perfect. It only cost $40! Her name is Audrey Beaudin and she makes so many things for babies. From head bands, to cute towels, to these car seat covers, and lots more! Thanks Audrey it's perfect!!!

Best Halloween Yet!

2010-10-31T16:01:00.000-07:00

 Halloween was awesome this year!  By far the best one yet for Dexton.  He absolutely loved it!  He was going crazy.  Running door to door, screaming trick or treat.  I wish I would have brought my video camera, it was so funny to watch him this year.  Dexton was a doctor for Halloween.  Because being around the hospital so much he kept pretending to be a doctor so that's what he decided to be this year.  

The night started out raining so we didn't think we were going to be able to go door to door. We heard the mall was giving out candy so we decided to go there. OMG it was so busy, insanely busy. One of the picture shows a huge line. It's for Seas Candy...one piece! And most the stores said this...

so we decided to leave. Thank goodness it stopped raining so we went to one of the neighborhoods close and took the kids there. Tava, Alex, and their little shark Andy came with us. Dexton and Andy had a blast!

So he didn't get that much candy, but it was a lot to him. We only had an hour to trick or treat. Dave's mom was watching Allie for us. But this was perfect for Dexton. He had a blast! Oh I just love Halloween especially now with kids! They make it so much better!!!

Happy Birthday to the Best Dad ever!

2010-10-31T13:46:00.000-07:00

My dad is diabetic so for his birthday "cake" I got him these chocolate coconut macaroons from a health food store that are sugar free and I also got him a gift basket full of sugar free yummies.

On October 24, 1953 a great person was born...my dad!

I have the best dad ever and I am so fortunate that I was adopted by this great man. I can't imagine what my life would be like if he wasn't my dad. Everyone that meets my dad loves him. He gets a long with everyone, maybe too well. If you ever ask my dad a question plan on talking to him for at least 30 min. He loves to explain everything. Like his friend Fred tells me "Your dad knows everything about everything." which he truly does and if he doesn't you bet he will find out for you. My dad is one of the kindest, helpful, loving people I know. In my entire life I have never once not seen him without him giving me at least 2 to 3 hugs and that might be in a 5 minute hello. My dad is always helping everyone. It doesn't matter who you are he is always willing to help you. Not only is my dad the best dad he is also the best papa in the world. All of the grand kids just love him to death. They can't wait to see him and they can't wait to play with him, he is the big teddy bear in their eyes! I could go on and on why my dad is the best! I love you Dad and hope you have the best birthday ever!!!

One Month

2010-10-29T18:36:00.000-07:00

Allie turned one month yesterday October 28th.

Today she had her one month check up and is doing phenomenal!

At one Month

she has gained weight from 5lbs 8oz to 7lbs 2oz
grown from 17 inches to 20 inches (but we're pretty sure they measured her wrong at birth)
she stays awake longer during the day
She can hold her head up strong

For a 34 weeker she is so strong. Her doctor/my father n'law says she is doing amazing for being so early. We are so lucky and blessed to have her. It makes me so sad to see how much she has grown. I really try hard to cherish every moment in Allie's and Dexton's life. I don't want to look back one day and wish I did more while they were young. I love you Allie, your my sweet little baby.

Dexton absolutely loves his little sister. He has never once tried to hurt her. He actually thought the other day I was sitting on her and panicked and yelled "Mom get off her, your hurting her!" What a big brother. He always is kissing her on the forehead and petting her feet (that's because we told him he could only touch her feet hee hee) He defiantly loves her and I know he will protect her from dirt bags one day :)

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-29T16:16:00.000-07:00

How to irritate your waitress...

2010-10-23T08:26:00.000-07:00

One of my old regulars posted this on her blog and I could not stop laughing. Being a server for so many years I totally could relate to everything she said so I had to post it on my blog too. For all of you that have worked as a server you can totally relate too.

How To Irritate Your Waitress. A List.

Be teenagers.
Be old.
Be...well I better not say this one. It'll just get me in trouble.
Tell me you're ready to order and then proceed to discuss every single thing on the menu with the person or people you're out to dinner with. (I understand people have questions about the menu. If you'd like to discuss the menu with ME, I'm more than willing to do this. I also don't mind coming back when you're REALLY ready to order.)
Tell me you don't want anything to drink. Just water. (Since when is water not something to drink?)
Try to talk to me from your table while I'm talking to another table. (Really, this one shouldn't even have to go on the list but...you'd be surprised.)
We print a menu for a reason. Please don't try to play swippy-swappy with all the side dishes and this's and that's. (Actually, this one doesn't apply to me since I work at Outback. We have a "no rules approach" so we'll totally hook you up with pretty much whatever you want and we really will do it willingly and I can pretty much guarantee you won't pay extra or at least not too much. Yeah, Outback's that cool.)
If you don't want dessert, it's really OK. Really. You don't need to apologize. I mostly ask because they tell me too.
When the first thing you order is silverware, that's annoying. You don't even have any food on your table. Settle down. I promise I won't make you eat your steak with your hands.
If you change your mind on what you'd like to eat, that's totally fine. But could you please wait til I've finished talking to the person I'm currently talking to? (Really, didn't we learn this in, like, 8th grade or something?)
If you change your mind again, it really is OK. After all, you want to get your money's worth!
Don't have a conversation with me that starts with "so what if we couldn't pay?"
Sitting in my section that only consists of three tables to begin with for FOUR HOURS will seriously irritate me. I understand you work together and, therefore, don't get to see each other Every. Single. Day. but when you're my first table of my shift and you're still there when I get cut at the end of my shift, that's just rude. At least tip me well to somewhat compensate.
Obviously, I'm gonna have to talk about tipping. This part is more of a survey. How many of you go out to eat with a pretty good idea of how you're gonna tip? Regardless of service. Obviously, really bad service is going to get less of a tip. But I really believe that unless I leave your drinks completely empty all night, you're gonna tip me the same no matter what.
And speaking of tips. Verbal tips don't feed my children. Yes, I LOVE to hear, "you were so great! Thank you so much! You're the best waitress we've ever had!!! Here's your 5% tip!" but I make $2.13 an hour. Which pays my taxes. So...y'know.
Stiffing me is obviously going to irritate me/make me hope you wrap your car around a tree on the way home, causing your airbag to go off and therefore make you puke up your entire dinner. If you can't afford to eat out, go to McDonald's.
Please don't try to get free stuff. If your meal really wasn't good, that's one thing. But when you eat everything except one tiny bite and I then tell me it was no good...that's lame.
What's the deal with not wanting ice in your drinks? So many people are doing this lately! Am I missing something???

Carving Pumpkins

2010-10-21T11:27:00.000-07:00

I haven't carved a pumpkin since I was a kid so I wanted to carve a pumpkin this year with Dexton. I invited some of my friends over and we ate soup with bread bowls and yummy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Of course I didn't get any pictures of me, Dave, or Dexton carving a pumpkin but I have another one that we want to carve so hopefully I can remember to take one then. It was so much fun, I love getting together with our friends. Our annual Halloween party is tomorrow and I'm very sad to say that we won't be able to make it this year because of Allie. Oh well though, Dave actually hates Halloween. I have to drag him to the party every year ha ha! He's the scrooge of Halloween lol.

Bread Bowls

2010-10-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

I'm having some friends over tomorrow to carve pumpkins and eat soup out of bread bowls. I thought what the heck I am going to attempt to make "Home made" Bread bowls. Well they didn't turn out so well, they came out to be 1/2 the size of a regular bread bowl and kinda went flat after going in the oven. So I am going to go to Costco today and buy Rhodes Rolls and make them from them. Semi-home made :) better then nothing.

BLAH!

Mr. Clean Mr. Clean

2010-10-18T14:36:00.000-07:00

So I am probably going to be blogging about a lot of random things for a while. Allie's doctor said she can't leave the house for 2 months or even more when winter finally hits. So while Dave flies Sunday through Wednesday I am stuck inside my house trying to think what can I do productive while home. Don't get me wrong I absolutly love being home with Dexton and Allie, but I'm just not used to being home ALL DAY LONG. I'm not going to lie either when I say I LOVE TO WORK. Do I love working at Chilis being a server, NO, but Chilis has treated me well and I love the interaction I get with people. All you stay at home moms know what I mean when I say it seems like the only communication I am getting right now is with Dexton and Allie. I really really need a GNO!!! Or an ANO aka ADULTS night out lol.

But anyways back to the reason of this blog...I have discovered something amazing, something that has SERIOUSLY changed my life, what is it you ask Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I bet most of you if not all of you have already discovered this wonderful product but not me. I have been on my hands and knees for years scrubbing and scrubbing my tubs till my arms are killing me. I still never could get the bath tub as clean as I would like it...till now! I didn't even have to scrub hard, it just magically disappeares with the touch of the eraser! So if you have never used one of these go out today and buy yourself one.

Happy Cleaning! Alisha

p.s. If you know a way to clean mirrors without it making smears please share. I use Windex and paper towels and always have smears on my mirrors.

Welcome to this world Allie!

2010-10-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

My sister Jenny, McKenzie, and my mom

Dave's mom

Dexton has been so good with Allie. He just loves her so much. So far he hasn't tried to hurt her. He likes to hold her and kiss her. He is such a good big brother. We're so lucky to have such sweet kids!

Dave didn't hold Allie till she was 3 or 4 days old. He hated all the cords and didn't want to hurt her. It's so funny how different he is already with Allie and Dexton. With Allie he is way more protective. She is his little princess.

8 days in the NICU, finally going home, but not before the car seat check.

Look how small she is laying next to Dave. They grow up so fast :(

Brag Book

2010-10-17T16:33:00.000-07:00

Sleeping Beauty

2010-10-17T16:08:00.000-07:00

Dr. Dexton

2010-10-17T15:57:00.000-07:00

So at the hospital Angie was a little sick so we made her wear this mask when she went to see Allie. Well Dexton wanted to wear one too and decided he was a doctor. Angie bought him a doctors kit and pretended to be Angie's doctor. So guess what he wants to be for Halloween...yup you guessed it a DOCTOR!

Baby Shower

2010-10-17T15:48:00.000-07:00

My awesome friends/twin sister/mom threw me a wonderful baby shower for Allie. They went above and beyond. It almost got canceled because of Allie, not knowing when she was going to be born. But she was born on Tuesday and the shower was on for Saturday.
I love Asian ideas! My house is decorated in Asian decor and I just recently decorated Allie's bed and her half of the room (which I still need to post pics of) in Asian decor. So my friends/family knowing that threw me an Asian themed baby shower. I absolutely loved it! Thank you so much Tava, Brittany, Angie, and mom for doing this for me!!!

These cookies oh my gosh were to die for. Sugar cookies from Flower Girls and Dough Boys located in American Fork. They also made this beautiful Asian inspired cake which also was fabulous!!!

Angie made these cute Thank You favors for everyone. They were a small asian take out box with a chocolate covered fortune cookie inside plus she tied a thank you asian symbol key chain to each box with a baby bottle with baby themed candy hearts. Isn't she so creative!

At the hospital...

2010-10-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

Dexton holding Allie for the 1st time in the hospital.

Allie after getting a bath at the hospital. Oh how I love that frizzy hair!!!

Dexton and cousin Jacob watching movies at the hospital

Some of our Visitors...

Daves sister Erin and WIll

My Aunt Pam and Grandma Ormand

Our great friends Alex and Tava

Nana and Papa aka my awesome mom and dad!

My little sis McKenzie

Dave's sister Kim

My friend Mary and her daughter

While Mary was visiting Allie in the NICU her son Daniel and Dexton were playing in the closet in my room.

Does Allie look like Dexton???

2010-09-28T23:29:00.000-07:00

Dexton 1 day old Allie 1 day old

Allie MeeYun Nuttall

2010-09-28T22:43:00.000-07:00

Allie MeeYun Nuttall

born on Tuesday September 28th at 3:19am

Weight 5lbs 8oz

Allie was a nick name my parents use to call me when I was younger and MeeYun is Angies Korean name which my parents gave her as her middle name.

Allie's Story...

So I was ommited to the hospital on Friday September 24th at 11am. I had to stay in the hospital for bed rest till I reached 34 weeks which was Monday, September 27th. Monday at 8am they put me in labor and delivery and started my eyevee and started me on patosium to start the labor at 8:50am. For some crazy reason from the begining of my pregnancy I have wanted to have this baby with no epidural. Why you ask, I'm crazy. With Dexton I had such an easy, pain free labor with no feelings of contractions what so ever, I kinda wanted to know what it felt like plus I was scared of maybe side effects from the epidural though I had none with Dexton. So I have been talking to Dave about this a lot and he has been against it from the begining. He does not handle pain well and did not want to see me in pain either. Friday when we got ommited to the hospital a lady down the hall was delivering, obviously without an epidural and was screaming on the top of her lungs. Dave was horrified and turned to me and said "Is this what you want?" Honestly it terrified me too second guessing myself. Sunday night Dave and i talked about it and came to an agreement that if I was in too much pain not to be stubborn and ask for an epidural, so I said deal.

So Monday morning 9am I start feeling the contractions, not a big deal at all, very small ones and not to close together. My dr. comes in to check how dialated I am and I'm at a 2. Around 3pm the contractions get harder, i'm uncomftorable now but it's doeable. My dr comes in to check and I'm at a 2 1/2. It is going so slow! Around 6pm I'm hurting pretty bad now but sticking it out determined not to have an epidural. My dr comes in to check me which is more painful then the contactions it self, oh my heck I wanted to die and I'm at a 3, a 3!!!! Kill me now! They wanted to keep a better track on my contractions so they stick this long tube inside my uteris...OUCH! I can do this I can do this I'm telling myself while I bite my lip and hold tight to the bed rails. 10pm comes around, I'm dying it hurts so bad. I'm now questioning myself can I do this??? My nurses are all telling me how well I'm doing, can't believe I'm not screaming from pain though I did want to. Dr comes in to check me again I'm at a 3 plus. OMG!!! Could this go any slower!!!! 11:30pm I'm in so much pain I decide to go walk around the halls with Dave. Every contraction I lean over to hold onto the rales about to pass out and tell Dave, I don't know if I can do this any longer. I start thinking "When Allie comes do I have to push while having a contraction?" There is no way I can hardly breathe plus on top of that I hadn't eaten anything for 24 hours and was so weak, how in the world am I going to do this. MIDNIGHT my nurse comes to check how dialated I am, I look at Dave while she is doing it and say "If I am not at a 5 I'm getting an epidural!" All I was thinking is how painful this was and did not want my dr. to check me again because that was ten times worse. My nurse tells me "um it's about an 4" I look at her and tell her I think I want an epidural." I ask her how much longer does she thinks it might be and she has no idea. She looks at me and says "Don't think you have failed because you are getting an epidural. You have done awesome" I didn't think I was failing, I just really really wanted to experience it without but I couldn't any longer. I had no idea how much longer it was going to be. I couldn't imagine another check from my dr and i couldn't even imagine pushing while having contractions. I looked at Dave and looked at my Nurse and said "I want an epidural." 5 min later the anesthesiologist and the nurse was in my room to give my my epidural. 25 minutes later I was pain FREE! I could breathe again, talk, laugh, and enjoy being in labor. 3AM my nurse comes to check on me and I"m dialated at a 7. She tells me she will come back in an hour to check on me again. Not even 5 minutes later I look at my mom and tell her I can feel the contractions on my left side and they are very painful. I push on the epidural to give me more but I don't feel like it's working. My mom said the same thing happened to her when she had my sister Jenny but when it happened to her it was time to have her so she told me to call my nurse to make sure. So I call my nurse to come in she decides to check me again and says yup your ready! Within 5 minutes my dr is there setting up, there are 3 nurses to help me, 3 nurses to take the baby as soon as she is born, Dave calls his dad to come over immediately because he is our pediatrician, goes down stairs to get my sisters Angie and McKenzie (because they are sleeping in my room) as soon as Dave, Angie and McKenzie walk into the room my Dr. and nurses are ready for me to push! Oh my gosh this is going way to fast now. On the count of 3 they tell me I'm going to push...10 seconds later they say one more push...1,2, 3, she's here!!! 1 1/2 pushes!!! We were all expecting this little premie baby and she was so big. The nurses grab her immediatly, start to clean her up, check her lungs, give her shots, make sure she is doing ok. They weigh her, and tell us she weighs 5lbs 8oz, holy cow. My doctor tells me if I would have gone full term she probably would have weighed 9lbs, holy crap I have big babies! Dexton weighed 8lbs 11oz and was born on his due date. After they weigh her they tell me I can hold her long enough to take a picture with her. So Dave and I take a picture with her and they immediately take her back and send her down to the NICU. Oh my gosh this was so overwhelming. So many people, I didn't even get to really see my baby and I was exhausted! They have Dave go down with them and he watches the whole process of a 34 week baby. 5am I get wheeled down to my room but never got to see Allie again. I was so exhausted I crashed as soon as I hit the pillow. 10am I wake up and anxiously want to see my baby girl. She was beautiful! Ivies in her arms, tubes in her nose, cords all over the place I didn't think I was going to get to hold her but they let me for a few minutes. She is so precious! My father n'law tells me she is doing awesome! Most babies at 34 weeks have a hard time sucking and Allie started sucking on her hand so they decided to give her a binky and she loved it. Dexton always loved his binky from the day he was born so I love that Allie does too! They say she is healthy, doing well and her lungs look pretty good. For now they are just watching her to make sure she can eat and stay warm. The longest she will have to be in there is 6 weeks but it looks like it might only be a week to 2 weeks which is amazing for a 34 week baby. I feel so blessed right now, I have an amazing husband, and 2 precious healthy kids! I am so blessed!!!! I seriously think all the time how did I get so lucky to have such an amazing family.

While on bed rest in the hospital Dexton chilled with me watching movies.

Waiting for Allie to come.

Angie suprised me from California! She told me she wasn't probably wasn't going to be able to come but all along her and Dave were planning her trip.

I had to keep standing up while in labor because my back was killing me laying in those uncomfortable beds.

The nurses taking care of Allie as soon as she was born.

5 lbs 8 oz

What a big preemie!

Grandpa Nuttall taking care of Allie

The15 seconds we got to hold Allie

Dave watching them take care of Allie in the NICU

We wanted to make sure Dexton felt special on this exciting day so we promised him a "Big Brother" present. He opened it up and kept saying "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh it's a dragon!" He was so excited! Dexton really doesn't get what's going on. But I think he will do well.

What do you mean I can't leave???

2010-09-25T06:59:00.000-07:00

Crazy day yesterday (Friday) so like I said in the earlier post, my water broke yada yada yada. Thursday morning they gave me a steroid for the baby and told me to come the next morning to have the other steroid. Friday morning they called me and told me they were going to give me the shot plus have me take a stress test for the baby. Dave drops me off they give me the stress test, baby looks great so the dr. on call says I can go home. The nurse informs me that they have ran out of the steroids so I just need to go to the American Fork Hospital to get the other steroid shot. No biggy. Dave picks me up, I run in, tell him I should only be a few min...I walk into the labor and delivery telling them who I am and the nurse says "Oh they must have not gotten a hold of you" I was confused telling her I'm just here to get a steroid shot. She says "Are you the one that your water has ruptured?" I told her yeah but that was Wed night. Totally thought she was confusing me with someone else. She says to me "I'm sorry but hospital policy if you are in the hospital with your water broke we can not let you leave." What, I can't leave, I'm thinking. I told her my dr (which is the head dr over American Fork Hospital) told me I can just go on strict bed rest, the dr on call said it was fine and my father n'law which is a pediatrician, which works there too said it was fine. There were probably 5 nurses all standing there, turned around in shock and said "they are letting you go home with your water broke!" Man, did I feel so stupid. They said "I'm sorry we can't let you leave. We need to get you in an ambulance and take you to Utah valley hospital because you are not 34 weeks yet." Alright now I start to panic! I call Dave and tell him he better come in, they are not letting me leave. He comes up with Dexton and they put me in a room while they sort things out. Dave is PISSED!!! He can't believe they won't let me go, he says "are we in a prison!" The nurse comes into our room, Dave asks her what they mean that they can't let us go. She said "well we can but if you do leave you have to sign papers that say if anything happens the hospital is not reliable therefore your insurance can DENY any payment!" Oh my gosh are you kidding me. Dave calls my Dr and tells him whats going on. My dr. can't belive this, calls the hospital up and tells them it's ridiculous that they are going to make me go to Utah Valley when I'm 34 weeks on Monday and because of legality he can't let me go home either. He convinces them to let me stay at American Fork, thank goodness! The biggest reason I did not want to go to Utah valley is because my Dr. does not deliver there.
So now it's Saturday morning. I have only slept 2 hours but I do feel good. Not sure why I can't sleep, but after all that I'm glad that I'm here and they can make sure the baby is doing well. So far she is doing great! They are most likely going to induce me on Monday and hopefully I will have her then. I'm so excited for her to come but I am so nervous! Besides having the nursery mostly done I have NOTHING ready. No clothes, blankets, bottles, diapers, thank goodness for family!!!
Just want to tell everyone thank you for your love and support!!! I have heard so many stories with babies coming early from a lot of you with all GREAT turn outs! Gives me hope! I love you all and thanks again for just being there! Alisha, Dave, Dexton, and baby :)

33 weeks

2010-09-23T10:24:00.000-07:00

Well I'm 33 weeks today and my water broke last night. Monday I had major bleeding, went to the dr's again, my placenta was bleeding but baby looked good and they sent me home. Bleeding stopped Tuesday, thought I was in the clear some what. Last night (Wed) around 10pm felt fluid coming out, basicly thought I was peeing myself. It was clear fluid (sorry for the description) so didn't think much of it till 5 min later it happened again. Went on line, said it could be amniotic fluid but might not be. So went to bed, woke up ever hour from fluid. Called my Dr. at 8am, saw him at 8:50am...positive my water broke. Dangit!
He said I had a couple of options: 1. Because I am only 33 weeks my hospital American Fork won't take me till I'm 34 weeks therefore I wouldn't be able to keep my dr either. 2. I can go on strict bed rest if I promise to really go on bed rest. He debated on it for a while, he was nervous for infection but said because I only have 4 more days till I'm 34 weeks he said I could go on bed rest. They gave me a steroid shot to help fight anything that might happen. Hopefully she will stay in for a little longer.
Dave is home THANK GOODNESS! He was scheduled to leave Saturday morning till Tuesday night but called out for emergency. Dave was happy to get it off only because BYU plays at home that day :) but didn't like that he was having to get it off for this situation, he's more nervous then me I think.
Well keep us in your prayers. I hope everything goes well. I have a positive attitude that everything will work out.

Happy Birthday Lincoln!

2010-09-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

Our good friends little boy Lincoln turned 4! He had a birthday party in Orem at the Little Gym. They had so much fun!

People all the time tell me how different little girls are to little boys. It was funny to watch the girls and boys at Lincolns party. For an example here are all the girls standing by the wall like the instructor told them ALL to do...but where are all the boys? Yeah they were all still running around like crazy not listening to a word the instructor was saying.

I think this was the kids favorite thing to do.

The instructors were getting a work out.

Bachelorette Party!

2010-09-20T17:50:00.000-07:00

So my good friend Annie from high school is getting married. We thought it was only appropriate to throw her a bachelorette party! So we started at Los Hermonos in Provo for dinner where we had her where a crown that said bachelorette. Then we went across the street to a lounge called Sparks. It's a total Mormon bar lol! They have fu fu drinks all non alcoholic. There we gave Annie her naughty gifts where she was so embarrassed to open in front of people. It was so much fun and we wish you the best Annie!!! Congrats!!!

Go COUGARS!

2010-09-13T12:58:00.000-07:00

Dave and his family are die hard BYU fans. Since Dave has been a little boy his dad has always taken the family to all the BYU games and to this day they all still have season tickets. Dave has taught Dexton already to be a Cougars fan. Dexton yells out "Go Cougars"

BYU wasn't even playing when Dave dressed him in his cougar jersey. We were going to a friends house to watch the first Utah game and Dave was cheering for the other team so that's what is on Dextons face. Go Pitt.

Happy Birthday Adam!

2010-09-13T12:42:00.000-07:00

Dave's best friend from high school celebrated his 31st birthday. Adam loves to eat out and try new places he has heard good things about. So we went to this restaurant in Provo called the Communal. It's an all organic, fresh, seasonal restaurant. Everything is ala cart. Did I love it, mmm no. Did I like it, yes. I'm just not a fine dining type of girl. I'm glad we went, it was a great experience. After we went and had dessert at the Chocolate in Orem. Had a cookie ala mode. Mmm it was good.

Happy Birthday Adam!

Adam and his wife Brittany

The appetizer

The Goat Cheese Salad

I forgot to take any pictures of the main courses and sides. I hate when I do that!

FIGHT CHILDHOOD CANCER!

2010-09-03T20:59:00.000-07:00

I need your help! I'm helping with a fundraiser for St. Judes Childrens Hospital held by Chilis. We are hosting a 5K race in American Fork at Chilis on Saturday September 25th at 9am. It's a 5k, $15, you will recieve an awesome t-shirt plus free Chips and salsa! You can walk, run, jog, bring your kids and they can run for free or push them in a stroller. Bring your whole family! It's for a great cause. Let me know if your interested! Our goal is to raise $3,000!!! 100% of all donations goes to St. Judes Childrens Hospital!

My pregnancy

2010-09-01T14:39:00.000-07:00

It's so weird to me how different my pregnancies have been. With Dexton I was sick almost the whole entire time. I got so freaking FAT, yuck which was my fault by the way. "Oh I'm pregnant I'll eat whatever I want, even if I'm not hungry." Idiot :) I was so depressed during my pregnancy. I hated working, my feet hurt all the time, I swelled up like a balloon, my feet couldn't even fit into any of my shoes. I got this strange line down my stomic.
This pregnancy has been so easy. I have energy, I'm able to work without wanting to die, I am so happy, I actually really love being pregnant! I have had some scares with this one where with Dexton it was hard on me but nothing scary ever happened to me. With this one I had the miscarriage with the twins and just the other night I woke up bleeding. Dave was not home, he was flying but luckily he had his phone on and I got a hold of him at 2am. I panicked. I didn't know what to do, who to call to watch Dexton, what was happening. Thank goodness my brother n'law works at Home Depot and doesn't usually get home till late so Dave called him and he had just gotten home. My brother n'law lives with his sister and her family and when he went to leave there was a guy breaking into his sisters car. He called the police and rushed over to my house. What a brother n'law! If that was me I don't think I would have gone anywhere. But I rushed over to the hospital and they checked the baby and she was doing great! Hew. They didn't have any clue why I was bleeding so much but told me the baby was fine and to go home. I never saw a dr. once. Dave was so mad! He thought they should have atleast taken an ultra sound and I should have seen a dr. So that day I called my dr. and he told me to come in, I needed to be looked at. They did an ultrasound and saw that the placenta was bleeding but everything was ok. He said the bleeding should stop in the next few days which it has. I am so happy that the baby is good. I feel her kicking like crazy, I love it. I am so excited for her to come but not quite ready. With Dexton I could not wait to get him out but with her I just want a little bit more time with Dexton. I am so worried about him feeling ignored. I really want him to feel special when she comes. I want to do something big for him when he comes to the hospital but not sure what so if you have any ideas please share them with me. Sorry for the long boring post, just in the mood to write today :)

My 3 Year old can SWIM!!!

2010-08-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

So 2 years ago I put Dexton in the swim lessons at the Lehi Rec Center. I really felt like he didn't learn anything. My friend has had her 4 year old boy in private lessons for a couple of years now and he can swim like a fish. It's a little pricey but definatly worth it. The 1st few classes are intense!!! The 1st day Dexton cried during the whole lesson. Day 4 they made him do a double class to get him to swim on his back. He hated his back. As soon as they would let go of him he would turn around and try to grab them. They refused to let him get him and pushed him to his limit. All 3 of the kids that were taking lessons that day were throwing up. I know how could you do this to your kids??? I really hesitated wondering if we were doing the right thing. Lesson 5 OH MY GOSH!!! What a difference! Swam on his back, swam to and from the instructor, diving off the edge and swimming to his back to the edge. I was speechless. I couldn't believe in 5 20 minute lessons my little 3 year old could swim!!! Everyday he improves and does something more amazing! I am so glad my friend talked me into doing this for Dexton! Dexton tells us he is a shark now!

FLOATING ON HIS BACK ALL BY HIMSELF.

He floats till he feels the edge and then turns around and grabs the wall.

Dave pushing Dexton down to the light in the bottom of the pool.

Dexton touches the light and swims up and grabs the wall.

Dave teaching Dexton to push back and float on his back.

Dave does it first then...

Dexton does it! Dexton at swim lessons again. He hated wearing the goggles but now loves it.

Dexton diving off the edge. He has learned as soon as he jumps in to flip over and swim on his back to the wall.

California here she comes...

2010-08-02T07:27:00.000-07:00

So my twinner left me :( She was sick of Utah so California she went. With no job and no place to live she packed up her bags and drove to Cali. She stayed with a friend for a couple of days and Dave and I found her a place with some LDS girls for a month so she could get settled and find a place of her own and a job hopefully. I was hesitant for her to move but now that she is out there I think it's a good thing. I hope she finds out who she is and what she wants, she deserves it! I love my twinner so much, there were a lot of tears when she left but I know she will be back, plus she can't live with out her little Dex. Thanks Angie for all the baby sitting, hanging out with me when Dave is gone, and just being there for me! Love ya Ang!!!

4th Of July Fun!

2010-07-13T09:26:00.000-07:00

Every 4th of July we do the same thing every year. 1st thing 1st we always head down to Nephi for the city carnival. Here Dexton is riding one of the rides with his hair painted from one of the booths.

Dexton, Auntie Angie and his cousin Nathan.

After Nephi we always head up by the Stadium of Fire to BBQ, play games, and watch the fire works with Daves Family and other friends.

This is his cousin Canyon and Dexton eating subways.

Dexton with some of his cousins and friends

Dexton, his cousin Jacob, and friend Sienna playing with bubbles.

Christie always brings these light stix for the kids to wear at night. They love it!

Showing the light stix off.

Friends and Cousins watching the Fire works.

On the 5th of July we were still celebrating! Here Dexton and some of his cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Nuttalls swimming.

Playing with Snaps

Dexton eating one of his favorite foods

Dexton and his cousin Jacob. They are only one month apart. They used to fight like crazy but I think they are actually friends now.

COUSINS!

Jacob's birthday is on the 4th of July!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

Dexton just chillin with Grandpa Nuttall

Friends and Family doing our own Fireworks.

Dave had to fly the whole weekend of the 4th but he made it in time to watch the last day of the fireworks.

I just love this little guy!

Dexton, friends and cousins waiting in line patiently for a sparkler. Don't mind Dexton with his hand down his bum. Oh my gosh.

HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!

FINALLY!!!

2010-07-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

Dexton is FINALLY Potty Trained!!! Just turned 3 and it happened!!! This is him right after he went poop on the toilet, he got a movie for his prize and here he is watching it on the couch.

Strawberry Days 4 on 4 Volleyball!

2010-07-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Days 4 on 4 Volleyball Tournament!

This year Dave and I were only able to play one day but the rest of our team did awesome the next day. We took 1st in our division!

Rest of the Team, Erin, Will, Mike and Anna! Go TEAM!

Nuttall Family newest Additions!

2010-07-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

Dave's sister Kim and brother n'law Kendell's newest addition Kloe Davies!

Dave's sister Erin and brother n'law Will's newest addition Emma Moak!

The Nuttall Family is so busy this year, plus the 2 already born this summer, Dave's other sister is due in November with me!!! So far 3 out of the 4 are girls, we will soon find out what Lisa is having.

It's a GIRL!!!

2010-06-29T10:04:00.000-07:00

So Dave, Dexton, and I went to get my ultrasound on Friday. I asked Dexton all week what the baby was and he kept saying it was a girl, but then as soon as we got in the room he said it was a boy. Dave and I thought it was a girl just because this pregnancy has been so....different. I feel amazing and that is NOT usual. When she told us it was a girl I almost started to cry I was so excited! Not that I wouldn't have wanted a boy but since Dave and I got married we always wanted a little girl. Dexton still says it's a boy, maybe he knows something we don't eek.

A while back when I was 12 weeks along we were at Disneyland and we had a scare. I thought I was having a miscarriage. We panicked, left the park and called our Doctor immediately. He told us that it was probably just because of all the walking, but there so way too much blood. I just knew it was a miscarriage. We went in as soon as we got home that week and there was a heart beat! Hew!!! He wanted to take an ultra sound just to make sure everything was ok and there it was... another sack (I think that's what it was). I was going to have TWINS!!! Around 8 weeks the other one had passed. It was such a bitter sweet feeling. I was sad but so happy that there was a baby still alive. I never knew this but this is VERY COMMON!!! They say that a lot of women don't even know it happened to them until they go in. I am so blessed, I feel so very lucky to have my Dexton and now my little girl. I feel so fortunate and so grateful! I love Dave and Dexton so much and feel like I am the luckiest girl in the world!!!

What Team Are You On???

2010-06-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

Definatly on TEAM EDWARD!!!

Though not a HUGE fan of Twilight but I like it enough to watch them when they get to the $1 Theatre.

A girl called me wanting to make her some Twilight cupcakes for her Eclipse Party. Usually I don't post my cupcakes but because I know so many of you are Twilight fans and today is the opening day of Eclipse I thought it would be fun to ASK...

WHAT TEAM ARE YOU ON?

TEAM JACOB?

TEAM EDWARD?

Can you make me some spaghetti?

2010-06-15T18:32:00.000-07:00

So wasn't feeling the greatest a while back so I asked Dave if he could make us some spaghetti. Well Dave never cooks, he really has no clue how, though he does so much other stuff including DEEP CLEANING the house atleast once a week. Ok he's a little ocd about a clean house, but who's complaining :) But anyways I told him step by step what to do and one of the steps was to cut the onions. Well they were killing his eyes so he got his ski goggles and put them on and finished dinner. He said it really helped. I could not stop laughing and had to take a picture! Thanks Dave for the delicious Spaghetti!

I want to be like Daddy!

2010-06-12T10:28:00.000-07:00

Dexton wants to be just like his daddy. Dave found an old razor and let Dex pretend to shave with him.

Dexasaurus turns 3!!!

2010-06-06T19:21:00.000-07:00

We got Dexton this scooter for his birthday. Not sure if he will ride it but he seemed excited. Hasn't played with it once yet, he's been too busy with his other birthday gifts.
I placed it in the front room with balloons so when he came out he would find it. Dave said "it's not Christmas" but I love peeking through the door and watching him. It's so cute!

Some of the boys that were at Dextons party.
Got these cute dinosaur hats from the Dollar store. Loved them!!!

"Dinosaur Egg Hunt"
Got some plastic eggs and put these small caplets into each egg for the boys to find.

After they found the eggs they cracked them open and placed the caplets into warm water.

These are what the caplets look like and in a few minutes they grow into...

REAL DINOSAURS!!!
Ok small, tiny spongy dinosaurs. The kids were amused for a minute :)

My little sis helping Dexton with his dinosaurs.

"Duck, duck, DINOSAUR!"
Ok, I kinda just made this up. I didn't know what you should say before Dinosaur. It worked.

"Dinosaur Hunt"
I buried toy dinosaurs all over the play ground for the boys to dig and find.

Happy Birthday Dear Dexton Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

Dexton was so excited to blow out the candle. He was talking about it for days!

Present Time!

The food Display

"Dino Dogs"
Pretty explanatory :)

"Dinosaur Melon Head"
Cut this watermelon into a dinosaur head and stuffed it with pieced of watermelon. Really easy! The eyes are made out of fondant and food coloring and everything else is part of the water melon touched with food coloring. This was a hit.

"Swamp Jello"
Made lime jello into individual cups. While setting up placed some rock candy into the bottom. They started to dissolve and made them look moldy/swampy plus some of them the rocks did not dissolve so it looked like there were rocks in the bottom. When the jello was almost set up I then place gummy dinosaurs which I found at Macey's into the almost set up jello. The day of topped them with whip cream and placed another gummy dinosaur on top. The kids loved these!

"Dino Eggs"
I made these hard boiled eggs, let them cool then cracked them all over and soaked them in koolaid over night. They turned out exactly how I pictured them :)

Dextons Birthday Cupcake cake tower I made him.
His wording exactly "Oh my gosh, I love it!"
Made me so happy!

Made the cake with fondant and frosting. Placed toy dinosaurs and decorations on top. Making grass and a river out of frosting. Decorated the cupcakes with the toy dinosaurs and chocolate dinosaur eggs. Decorated my cupcake stand which I use for Cravings with dinosaur themed paper I purchased at Roberts. I was so happy with the results. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the dinosaur cookies I made behind the cupcakes. If you look real close you can see them.

Dexton's invitations!

The invitation said:
Breaking News!
Dinosaurs discovered in Pleasant Grove!
Come and join in on the new discovery
@ the Cambria Cave on Saturday June 5th
at 11am to Noon.
RSVP to the prehistoric parents regrets only
DON"T BE EXTINCT!

And I just put this little note on the back of the invite.

Some things I forgot to take pictures of. I hate when I do that!!!

Made Lava Juice (Red punch)
Tyrannosaurus Dip with Fossil Fries
(Dip with Chips)
Dinosaur Rocks (Rock Candy)
These cute cute signs I made, one saying "Happy Bday Dex" and the other one saying "DEXASAURUS"
The "Goodie Bags" Which I put each of the boys name on the bag with saurus on the end so Parkers bag had "Parkersaurus" on it. Put cute little dinosaur foot prints on the bag. Then in the good bag I put in a dinosaur puzzle, paint book, dinosaur egg with a toy, and dinosaur eggs. I wish I would have remembered to take a picture :( They were cute.

Though I loved planning this party, Dexton absolutly loved it, it was so much work. Dave says next year we are just going somewhere like Chucky Cheeses. I don't know we'll see :) But poor Dave and my two sisters Angie and McKenzie, they were my slaves that day. They helped me so much. Thanks you guys and thanks for everyone that came to celebrate Dextons 3rd birthday!!!

Another Birthday Party!

2010-06-06T19:15:00.000-07:00

Musical Chairs

Dexton loves going to birthday parties, but this one was a little confusing and I thought it would be. My friend from Chili's little girl's 3rd birthday is a couple days from Dextons. Well Dexton had his birthday party yesterday and went to Kloe's party today. He still thought it was his birthday so when Kloe was opening up her gifts he wanted to know where his was and when we sang her happy birthday he thought we were singing to him and he attempted to blow out the candles. It was funny but sad. He had a blast at the party. They played on a slip 'n slide, played with water balloons, had a pinata, a bounce house, and of course ate cupcakes. He had fun, we love birthday parties!

Andy's 2nd Birthday!

2010-06-06T19:07:00.000-07:00

Our good friends Alex and Tava's little boy turned 2 last month. They had his birthday party at Thanksgiving Point. We went to the "farm" there for the party. They played games in the barn, got to feed the animals, went on a pony ride and a hay ride. All the kids loved it and Dexton had a ball. Happy Birthday Andy!!!

Some of the kids at the party going on a hay ride.

Dexton and the birthday boy checking out the animals.

One of the games, find the candy in the hay.

The kids waiting anxiously for the pony ride.

Dexton has been begging us to ride a horse. He absolutely went crazy (good) he loved it. I only wish it was longer :(

Ward Luau

2010-06-06T19:05:00.000-07:00

Our ward had a luau so I got this old shirt out of the closet for Dexton to wear for the party. It was a little small but it did the job. I thought Dexton and Dave looked so cute together.

Another attempt...

2010-06-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

Another attempt to potty train Dexton... this time I tried something I saw on Dr. Phil. He can only wear underwear, drink a lot of sugary drinks and lots of salty treats to make him thirsty. I do the same with a stuffed animal and pretend his animal has to go potty so every few min. Everytime his animal goes potty on the toilet we have a big party and give him treats! 1st two days went good besides Dexton pooping all over my floor because I caught him so he ran with poop coming out of his butt. He loved to pee standing up hitting cereal but as soon as Dave came home it all went down the drain. He refuses to wear underwear and ONLY wants to wear his diaper. I have a ton of treats and prizes for him sitting in our bathroom counter. He points at them and says "sword if I go poopy?" I tell him yes but he doesn't care. Oh well he will eventually do it...won't he???

Snow Canyon

2010-06-06T18:35:00.000-07:00

Dave heard about this "beach" from a friend, so we decided to drive down to see it. WOW it was amazing! Defiantly a to do every time we come down here!

I know I know were white/asian trash. We didn't bring Dextons swim suit and it was such a nice hot day and Dexton was begging us to play in the water. So we did it, stripped him down to his diaper. He loved it!

Dave took some vacation time because we were supposed to go on a cruise but it just didn't work out so we decided to head down to St. George and go camping for a couple days. It was awesome. Dexton loved camping, first time cooking his own hot dog and marshmallow. We had a blast from camping, to hiking, to just plain old relaxing. I love St. George!

A little friend that would visit us during dinner time.

Mothers Day

2010-06-06T18:11:00.000-07:00

So for Mothers Day we went with my family to Little America for a Mothers Day Brunch. Because Dave has to fly on Sundays we went Saturday instead. Mothers Day would not be the same without my awesome husband. We never give each other gifts for most holidays, the only thing I ask for for Mothers Day is a day to do nothing at all. So Dave cleans, takes care of Dexton, and just lets me rest for one full day. It's the best gift ever!

EASTER!

2010-04-05T13:27:00.000-07:00

At Dave's parents house. Dexton having a blast on the trampoline with his cousins.

Easter dinner at my house with my fam.
Mark and Angie

Papa playing lucky ducks with Dexton.

Dexton finding all his Easter stuff.

So every morning Dexton wakes up and runs into our room to wake us up and to crawl into our bed. So I decided to put Bunny print suckers all across his room to...

the hall...to

the Easter presents the Easter Bunny brought him.

We heard the door open so Dave and I jumped out of bed, cracked our door opened and watched Dexton find his stuff. He just looked at all the suckers on the floor to his easter stuff and wanted to touch it but didn't dare. He just stared at it for a while, finally coming into our room and I asked him "Did the Easter Bunny come?" and excitingly he said "Yeah!!" and pulled me into the other room showing me what the Easter Bunny got him.

There were eggs hidden all over the house that he found. It was so fun and exciting. I hope my little Dexton had a great Easter!!!

Painting Easter Eggs!

2010-04-05T13:05:00.000-07:00

Just some of the Easter Eggs they painted.

1st time Dexton has ever colored Easter Eggs. He had a blast!

Painted them with his cousins Parker and Madison

Painting eggs with Dexton

This was after I washed his hands with soap and water.

His other cousin Jacob

Moab.

2010-04-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

Dave promised Dexton to see animals at the Arches. This was the best we could find. He loved it though.

Andy and Dexton throwing rocks off the cliffs.

Dexton at the pool. It was too cold so he just put his feet in the water and sat in the hot tub.

At the Arches. So cool!

Our friends Alex, Tava

Best Daddy's!

So our good friends Alex and Tava ran the 1/2 marathon down in Moab. Dave and I were so jealous but we went down to support them in their run. It was Tava's 1st run and she did awesome. Alex did amazing too. We for sure will be running it next year! Nice job Alex and Tava!

Happy Birthday to me Part 2...

2010-03-26T07:55:00.000-07:00

So my good friend Eric Toland's birthday is 2 days from mine so we celebrated our bdays together at a sushi/hibachi restaurant, Sakura. The hibachi was great but the sushi was ok. It's an all you can eat sushi place, but wasn't a huge fan. Good though, but not fantastic! It was a fun night with our friends. I have the best group of friends in the world! And later that night we went to pizza factory and got their yummy brownie/cookie dessert...omg heaven in your mouth! It was so good! Thanks to all my friends that made my birthday so great!!!
p.s. my family celebrated mine, Angie's, and McKenzies bday at Red Lobster. I forgot to take any pictures...dangit I hate when I do that! Thanks Mom and Dad! It was great!

Happy Birthday to me Part 1...

2010-03-23T12:31:00.000-07:00

So Dave took me out alone to one of my favorite restaurants in the world Happy Sumo! Yum I love sushi! It was so good I seriously could have eaten two more rolls it was so yummy. It's just so dang expensive! And then Dave took me to Cold Stone to get yummy chocolate brownie ice cream. My fav! Dave also got me a cupcake recipe book and a gift card to get a massage. Perfect! Thanks for the great birthday baby!

Big Dohnut!

2010-03-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

Angie got this huge donut at the grocery store down in Nephi. When Dexton saw it his eyes went huge! Angie and Dexton went to town and surprisingly they did not finish it.

McKenzie's Cheer Try Outs!

2010-03-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

So my little sis is following in my foot steps! I cheered all through high school and always hoped my little sis would do the same but she always said she wanted to do sports instead. But one day she asked me if I could help her with Cheer try outs! I was so excited!!! When I tried out you had to do it in front of the whole school! I know embarrassing! But this year they had closed try outs and a practice try out open for friends and family. So Angie and I drove down to Nephi to watch our little sis and waited the next day after her real try outs to see if she made it...and she DID!!! We were so excited! Congrats Kenzie, you worked hard for it!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

2010-03-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

So in one hour it's my 28th Birthday and I thought I should give FREE cupcakes away! Usually I might give a dozen FREE but because it's my Birthday I'm giving 2 Dozen Free of your choice!!! Want to win? Go to my cupcake site for more info...cravings-alishascupcakes.blogspot.com

Disnleyland 2010!

2010-03-01T11:53:00.000-08:00

Kyle is Dextons cousin but was more like a big brother at Disney. He made sure to look out for him and to keep his hand.

Kim (Dave's sister) and family were at Disney last week. They too have season tickets and ours are about to expire in April so we decided to make a little trip down to go together. Dexton loves his cousins and had a blast. We fly for free so the vacation is cheap for us! Dexton has been to Disneyland around 5 times and Disneyworld 2 times. Though after our tickets expire we probably won't be going for a while. I'm disnied out!

aOn the caterpillar ride. Dexton and Kamryn are so brave and put their hands up during the ride.

We went to this yummy but pricey restaurant in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. My sister n'law and brother n'law get this every time they come to Disneyland. It's the Monte Carlos sandwich. Oh my gosh it was so yummy!!! A ham and cheese deep fried with this delicious jelly to go with it. $21 but so worth it...once :)

At the restaurant

At the "Bug's Land" show. Dexton was scared so he was holding onto his cousin Kyle. It was so funny and cute.

Our little bugs!

Dave and I went on a ride while Kim and Kendell watched the kids. While we were on the ride Dexton decided to stick a cheeto in is nose...

Trying to figure out how to get the cheeto out...

Kendell, the awesome dr he is (aka dentist lol) got a plastic fork, broke the ends off and used them like tweezers and got the cheeto out. Thanks Kendell!

So Dexton has been to Disney a ton of times now, we don't own the movie toy story, he's only seen it once half way but he loves buzz all because of Disneyland. This and toystory were his favorite rides!

Dexton and his cousin Kamryn watching the Star Wars show. One day Dexton will be old enough to participate. Dave has taught him to love star wars, those nerds :)

Dark Vader...

Dexton driving the car.

Dexton loves horses so we had to go show him this one.

BEFORE: Excited, pumped, happy to be on a rollercoaster...oh wait

AFTER: Terrified, scared, nervous, what the heck is this ride!

I'm a little tea cup short and stout...

Dexton LOVED the tea cups!

Dumbo!

There was live music at down town Disney, and the kids were having a blast dancing.

Kyle and Kamryn love their cousin!

Nemo!

Dexton and Kamryn made some new friends at Disney.

On the shuttle to down town Disney. We got to ride up front with the driver. It was cool and the kids loved it.

I love Blogging!

2010-02-22T20:08:00.000-08:00

I love blogging, I'm addicted! I love to follow other blogs, I love when other people follow my blog, I love when people comment on my blog, and I love to comment on other blogs, I love it, I love everything about it!
Well a girl named Camille saw my cupcake blog through another blog and wanted to try my cupcakes. She called me and ordered some. She gave them out to family and they loved them. Recently her sister Jill emailed me about giving away some cupcakes for her blogs birthday. She told me I would get some advertisement and get people to follow it. I immediately did, it was amazing!!! So if you would like to follow my cupcake blog please do :) and you might WIN some cupcakes through Jills blog! Here's what she featured about me on her blog...
And to enter to win you must go through her blog :)

Monday, February 22, 2010

let's get this party started..with a GIVEAWAY!

What better way to celebrate a birthday than with cupcakes!

And I know of some VERY delicious cupcakes.

Meet Alisha:

Alisha started her cupcake business Cravings Cupcakes two years ago and has been selling her amazing cupcakes out of her home in Pleasant Grove, UT ever since. I first met some of her desserts when my sister brought an assortment to my house to let me taste, and since then, I have found desserts to be more favorable than diets. Alisha offers a variety of flavors, along with the option of creating specialty cupcakes.

Cravings Cupcakes is frequently featured on the website Utah Loves Cupcakes because of the cupcakes' addictive taste and Alisha's creative decorating ideas.

Although the cupcakes are only being sold out of Alisha's home right now, they will soon be supplied regularly in a new restaurant in Pleasant Grove as well!

Alisha is not only a talented self-taught baker, she is also extremely generous. To help celebrate this week, she is giving away one dozen of her Darn Good Chocolate OR White Chocolate cupcakes to one lucky reader!

FOR MORE INFO PLEASE GO TO JILLS BLOG :)

1st Valentines...

2010-02-15T17:58:00.000-08:00

Dexton received his very 1st Valentines from a girl :) Our cute neighbor girl Sadie which is 4, brought over Dexton a cute little Valentines. We weren't home so she left it on our door step. I thought for sure it was from my visiting teachers. It was so cute. Thanks Sadie!!!

Nutts House

Dextons 4th Birthday Party!

Michael Jackson Birthday Party!

The Spottens

Chubby's Cafe Giveaway!

Chubby's Cafe is giving away a $20 Gift Certificate!!!For details go to cravings-alishascupcakes.blogspot.com

What? Cupcakes at a movie theatre!!!

Oopsy Daisy Photography GIVEAWAY!!!

GNO!!!

Octomom

COUSINS

5 MONTHS

Kylee turns 18

Bath Time

Snowmobiling

Run Dave Run!

Cheer Competition

Fun Times with my niece and nephews!

Another Giveaway!!!

My hair is falling out!

I HATE DIETING!

January

9 Years!

Our December 2010

Day 10 - Another Cheat Day

Day 8

Day 5

The 4-Hour Body - Official Video Trailer

The 4-Hour BODY

The Slow-Carb Diet-Better Fat-Loss Through Simplicity

RULE 1: AVOID "WHITE" CARBOHYDRATES.

RULE 2: EAT THE SAME FEW MEALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

RULE 3: DON'T DRINK CALORIES.

RULE 4: DON'T EAT FRUIT.

RULE 5: TAKE ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK.

4 months

Cheese!

10% OFF!!!

Holiday Party 2010!!!

Un-wrapped

Christmas Minute to Win It

Very 1st attempt making a gingerbread house...

Santa will be back soon...

3 months

Allie's Blessing

Happy Birthday to my Besties!

Rabbi Dexton

Orange Chicken

Auntie Kenzie

Newborn Pose: Hands Under Chin

Newborn Pictures and Dexton

Whats 4 dinner 2night?

Allie and Dexton

Halloween Carnival

Cupcake Car Seat Cover

Best Halloween Yet!

Happy Birthday to the Best Dad ever!

One Month

Happy Halloween!

How to irritate your waitress...

One of my old regulars posted this on her blog and I could not stop laughing. Being a server for so many years I totally could relate to everything she said so I had to post it on my blog too. For all of you that have worked as a server you can totally relate too.

How To Irritate Your Waitress. A List.

Carving Pumpkins

Bread Bowls

Mr. Clean Mr. Clean

Welcome to this world Allie!

Brag Book

Sleeping Beauty

Dr. Dexton

Baby Shower

At the hospital...

Does Allie look like Dexton???

Allie MeeYun Nuttall

What do you mean I can't leave???

33 weeks

Happy Birthday Lincoln!

Bachelorette Party!

Go COUGARS!

Happy Birthday Adam!

FIGHT CHILDHOOD CANCER!

Chubby's Cafe is giving away a $20 Gift Certificate!!!
For details go to cravings-alishascupcakes.blogspot.com