Warning: Extremely Cheesy

I love February and Valentine's Day. I love LOVE and thinking about how in love I am. A love song came on the radio yesterday and I just started to cry as I started to think about Jon and how lucky I am to have him. It's funny, we listen to love songs our whole life. I grew up watching Disney movies and had pretty high expectations for my Prince Charming. I would date someone and like the love songs I heard, but I seemed to always be left wanting more. They didn't match my Disney expectations. Then I heard this song by Barbara Streisand. Disney had nothing on this kind of love she got me hoping for! The song is"I've Dreamed of You" and I had quite the dream. I knew that when I found the guy that matched that song, I had found THE ONE! I got to the point I didn't think it would happen, but as soon after I had given up hope it happened. Just like in her song "and just when I thought love had passed me by, we met." It didn't take long for Jon to match that song. He is my dream come true and I am so blessed to be married to him! :)

Here are my favorite love songs that match Jon (even though he is SO much better than any song can put into words)
*I've Dreamed of You- Barbara Streisand
*Then- Brad Paisley
*I Just Call you Mine- Martina McBride
*At Last- Etta James
*All I Wanna Do- Sugarland
*Just a Kiss- Lady Antebellum
*A Thousand Years- Christina Perri
*My Favorite Thing- Benton Paul
*Something You Should know- ?

There are SO many more, but I don't want to seem too redundant. :) I love my honey! And my babies! I never thought I would really be this happy! YAY for HAPPILY EVER AFTER coming true!

Top 11 of 2011

Our year in review, in no particular order....
1. I got a job at West Jordan High School Teaching dance and loved it!
2. Jon and I traveled to New York with Dance Co in March and had a great time.
3. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary!!! Woot! (And we're more in love than ever!)
4. We survived girls camp. :)
5. We got fun new callings and our stake split.
6. Torbin turned 1! And is full of life and adventure! We love that little man and the joy he brings in our lives!
7. We went to Kentucky for Tom and Laura's wedding and also went to Tennessee and Georgia.
8. We finished our basement!! Woot Woot!
9. We lost loved ones, but gained a stronger testimony.
10. We turned into grown-ups and bought a mini-van.
11. We are expecting another baby boy in May of 2012!! I'm sure 2012 will be an exciting year, just like the last few have been. It just keeps getting better. :)

Bring on the Winter

These are the two loves of my life. They both love the snow, and I love them!! My favorite thing is their smiles, and next to that their matching braids.

It snowed yesterday. The first big snow of the season. Last year Torbin was too little to play in the snow so this was his first attempt. He loved it... until he face planted. Then it was time to come in. We are excited to take him sledding for the first time next week at the Bay Family Christmas Party.

After playing in the snow we decided to have one of Anna's favorite winter time treats. Pumpkin Ice Cream and Oreos. Torbin thought it was pretty tasty.

The Traveling Trio

We are the traveling trio!!!! We got to travel to Kentucky for Tom and Laura's wedding in the middle of October so since we were in the area we figured we would visit a few other states as well. We went down to Tennessee to visit the Beckstrands and then on to Georgia to show Jon my mission. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but very fun. The computer doesn't like how I loaded the pictures so you get to see the trip in random order!

Torbin enjoying Sonny's BBQ. He loved the sweet sauce- I raised him well. :) For those who aren't familiar with Sonny's, I'm sorry. Travel to the south to try it... it's worth it.

Atlanta Temple!! I wish I could have gone inside since they remodeled it, but from what I could see from the front door it's beautiful.

A stop in North Georgia for fried apple pies! Yum! It's turned into a tradition to go here every few years... first in 2006, then 2008, then 2011. Will we be back in 2014?

Yay! A picture of all 3 of us.

Stone Mountain!!! We couldn't go to the top because of the weather, but at least we got to see the carving of the Confederate Heroes.

Getting ready to cross the Tennessee River with the Beckstrands! It was beautiful.

Running around the Louisville Temple. He looks way too grown up, but he's the cutest thing and sure loves to run!!

The happy couple- the reason for the trip. Yay for marriage! And congrats to Tom and Laura!

Our little trio in front of the Louisville Temple.

Crossing the Tennessee River.

The Big Uno: Part 2

Isn't that the CUTEST face you have ever seen?!? We had a fun time at our house for the party. Torbin loved the decorations and all the presents. Of course it was like any baby's birthday and he was more interested in the tv, or the wrapping paper than the gifts most of the time, but in the end he was excited about all of them! Thanks again family, you're the best!

Hey Ladies!! ;)

Torbin is our little monkey. He loves monkey, especially Curious George, so we had a monkey kind of party!! Here are the cakes, made by Anna.

Part of the decor.

Torbin got lots of books. He LOVES to read! He lounges right in and listens away. He really loves reading with his Daddy! He also got lots of socks, which he needed. Books and socks... yeah, we live exciting lives! :)

Of course, he also got a lot of clothes! This was his favorite outfit! He modeled it and posed for all the pics. He was so excited and wouldn't put it down for the longest time. We didn't get a pic of all the cute clothes because of the craziness of the night. But he will be the best dressed boy on the block that's for sure!

He was very proper as he started eating his cake. He took little bites and didn't put too much in his mouth at one time. He gradually warmed up to playing with the cake and enjoyed eating it too. But I'm pretty sure more cake was on the ground and in his high chair than in his stomach.

He wanted to share with Aunt Brittany too. She got a lovely chocolate mark on her arm. He just held her there for a few minutes. Yep, there he goes being sweet again!

Cleaning up the chocolate goatee. I guess he was trying to be cool like his uncles with facial hair.

Enjoying one of his new big boy toys! He can stand and push buttons! He'll have so much fun playing with his new toys! Mom and Dad may need earplugs... but Torbin will love it.


I read about this fun tradition in the Ensign, where the babies on their 1st birthday are to choose between a bottle, scriptures, money, and a toy. As they choose an object it will help forsee the kind of life the child will have. At first Torbin was all excited and we thought the decision would be easy, but he just stops and looks at them... with some help from Daddy he chooses one for a second and then sprawls out in front of all of them. :) We're still not sure what that will mean in his life, but it'll be fun to look back on. Yay for new traditions!

The Big Uno: part 1

Our little Torbin turned 1 today!!! We can hardly believe it. The past year has gone very fast!!! He is the sweetest boy and we love him SO much! Who knew we'd be so obsessed with such a little man?!? We had a fun weekend celebrating. We went to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point with Kolby and Cami since they couldn't come down for his actual day. And then today had both sides of the family over for cake and ice cream. Here are a whole bunch of pictures of our adventures with Torbin for his big birthday! :) (Special shout out to the siblings out of town who give us motivation to be better bloggers. Loves. And a special THANKS for all the wonderful gifts!)

Looking at the chics and ducklings.
P.S. Thanks to the Beckstrands for the cute birthday outfit!

Torbin loved to feed the goats! He just giggled when they would lick his hands. SO cute!

On the wagon ride. Our cute little family,

Hair do from Aunt Cami

He LOVED the pony ride!! Half the time he looked like he was practicing to be a rodeo rider!

Ah, I just love these handsome boys!!!

Cute Kolby and Cami with their favorite nephew! ;)

Snugglin with Kolby at lunch! He's such a sweetheart!!!

.... stay tuned, there's more to come!

Busy Summer

It's my goal to blog at least once a month... so it's 10:15 on July 31... I'm that awesome. :) It has been a crazy busy summer in the Bay house that's for sure! But it's been fun. Here's a little of what we did...
* Attended with Ween-o-Rama and Torbin wore his Ween-o-Onesie!
* Celebrated Father's Day!! I made my boys matching ties and as you can see below, they are very handsome!
* Celebrated Brynn's and Papa Frank's birthdays
* Went to St. George over the 4th of July with my parents and grandparents.
* Jon and I celebrated 2 wonderful years of being married!! The best 2 years by far! I love my hubby!!!
* Planned and executed a successful girl's camp.
* Finished our basement.
* Had friends and family over for dinner.
* Met new friends/future family members. :)
* Attended a few Real Salt Lake games.
* Lost Grandma Blodgett, but loving the legacy she left behind.
* Shook the prophet's hand. And he played with Torbin for a min. So Cute!!
* Watched family move away... the Beckstrands to Tennessee and Tom and Laura to Arizona. We miss you already.
* Jon and I went to Youth Conference. It's still weird to be the leaders...
* Replaced a water heater, and our gas range.
* Had fun being busy and stressed, but it all worked out in the end.
Yeah, our life is a little crazy, but we love it because we get to live it together!!!