Happy Birthday Madi

When I was little my Grandma Marjean used to take each one of us birthday shopping every year for our birthday. I remember it being one of the BEST parts of my birthday and looked forward to it all year. I loved picking out my present but dinner and one-on-one time with Grandma was the best part! About 4 years ago I decided to start the same tradition with my nieces & nephews once they were old enough. We went to dinner Friday night with Madi & her family and then her and Mckenna spent the night. Saturday we decided to do a project rather than the usual shopping. We decided to make aprons and the girls picked out there own fabrics & trims. Since Madilyn has a VERY short attention span I ended up doing most of the work.
Mckenna did most of her own pinning, ironing and even quite a bit of her sewing. Chevy was about as much help as Madi :)

They turned out really cute! Madi's is super girly and Mckenna's is totally funky.
We had a great time but I am always happy to return the kids to there parents :) It was an exhausting day and as we drove home Marq & I both agreed once again that we may never be ready for pre-teen girls!

Happy Birthday Madilyn!

It's Too Cold!

I have the BEST Mother-in-Law ever! Kae let Marq & I borrow a couple pair of cross-country skis for the winter :) We took Chevy & Polly skiing up Millcreek Canyon a couple weeks ago and I swear it was 6 degrees! It was a very cold but clear, sunny day in the canyon. It was beautiful!

Near the top of the trail Chevy started limping a little and acting like her back paws were frozen. A few minutes later Polly started doing the same thing so we turned back just before getting to the top of the trail for the girls sake. As we started heading down Polly kept getting slower, I had to keep stopping and coaxing her to come. Luckily Marq was sweet enough to pick her up and ski and ski down with her.

Chevy has never been so excited to get in the car as she was that morning. As soon as Marq opened the door the girls both fought there way into the car. Chevy wouldn't even sit in the backseat, she climbed back into the trunk and wouldn't come out until we got home. I Guess we'll wait until it's in the double digits before we go skiing again.

"Green" pillows

I have now completed my first sewing project on my new sewing machine. I took an old turtle neck that no longer fit, cut the bottom section off and made it into a cute couch pillow! Not only is the turtle neck recycled but the stuffing came from an old floral pillow that Marq hated. I think it turned out pretty cute, very comfy and the best part is it's "Green"... but blue :)

Utah beats Alabama 31-17 in Sugar Bowl!!!

I had to post this for my dad & brothers :) We've had a friendly rivalry going since I started dating Marq. My entire family roots for the Cougars and the Rasmussens are about the biggest UTE fanatics I've ever met.
Marq's parents, both brothers and grandma all got to go to New Orleans for the BIG game! We were very jealous but glad that they got to go see such an AMAZING game!
As my Rasmussen nephews would say... "Blue Stinks! GO UTES!!!" (we brainwash em' young)

Happy New Year!

We had a few friends over for New Years Eve this year and had a low-key evening at home. Amazingly enough, this was Tahna and I's FIRST New Years Eve spent together... EVER! For the past 5 years we have been separated by "our guys". Not this year! This year one of my Resolutions is to spend more time with my Girlfriends. This was the beginning of another amazing "Tahna & Lynzie" year! Watch out! LOL



Our friends Brandon & Lyssa brought there cute kids who we love to hang out with. We had lots of fun playing games while the kids ran around and then watched videos in the guestroom. At midnight we let off lots of really loud fireworks and got Sage out of bed to come outside and bang pans :) She was pretty happy to be a "big girl" this year. It's nice to such cute kids we can borrow from time to time and send them home when we're done with them :)

Happy Birthday Marq

Sunday night we had a birthday party at our house for Marq. We made a peach cobbler with peaches from our tree and homemade ice cream. Thanks for coming up guys!

Ice Skating at Gallivan Plaza

Thanks to all the snow we got over Christmas, Kim & her family were snowed in here rather than heading up to Oregon as planned(lucky for us). We all ended up spending Christmas night in Alpine because the roads were so bad. We stayed up till 1 a.m. playing games and hangin out. We saw Valkyrie the next day, went ice skating and then came back to our house for games & homemade ice cream. Sorry your family missed you Kim but we enjoyed getting to keep you guys for a few extra days :)

Christmas Morning with the Rasmussens

Christmas morning after opening our gifts Marq, Chevy and I headed down to Alpine for Christmas Morning with the Rasmussens. All the siblings were there but Jeff. We were so glad the Emily & Kim both made it up from St. George with there families!

Chevy is getting the hang of opening gifts :)

Chris & Jen on Christmas morning!

Cutler in the sea of wrapping paper.

On Christmas day the entire family always comes over for lunch.