The finished product

When we first moved into our house we had to do alot of deep cleaning cuz the people that lived here before us left it a mess. The worst part was probably the bath tub. For some reason I didn't even realize it looked like that when we did the walk through. Since I was pregnant at the time, Joe had to do all the hard cleaning. He scrubbed it, bleached it, and used lime away several times, but nothing worked. It was just stained. Gross! Normally I would never use a shower that looked that nasty, but I saw all Joes hard work, so I knew it was clean. But I was also embarrassed if anyone were to ever see it. I didn't want people to think that we made like that. Not long after, we were off to Home Depot to see about replacing it. It's one of those tubs that comes attached to the shower walls already. They weren't to extremely expensive, but for some reason we decided to put it off for awhile. Then a few weeks ago we started talking about it again. My sister said she saw on one of those home improvement shows that you can just buy a spray to make it look like new. So off we were again to Home Depot. They had it! It is some sort of epoxy spray. And it was only like $45! Way cheaper than replacing the whole thing! Needless to say, we are very pleased with the results!

Before

After

This isn't the best picture cuz it kind of looks like you can still see it a little. But its just a shadow. Believe me, we made sure!

Gunner Gene Goodman

Our dear friends Travis and Sunni Goodmans little baby went back to live with his Heavenly Father on Sunday. He really is as cute and sweet as he looks in this picture. He is perfect. Sunni asked me to post when his services are on our blog.

Services for Gunner

Viewing Thursday Feb. 19th

6-8 pm at LDS church bldg

2700 E. Guadalupe in Gilbert 85234

Memorial Friday Feb. 20th

10:00am same location

Short viewing before

Valentines Day

Usually Joe and I go out on Valentines day by ourselves. But this year we got an invite from Casey and Shelley to do a group dinner. It was so fun! We started out with a yummy mexican dinner at their house. Then we played the newlywed game and after a close battle with Travis and Sunni, me and Joe won! Well, we got the prize anyways.

Casey and Shelley Goodman

Travis and Sunni Goodman

Brett and Brooke Martin

Joe and I, Brian and Tiffany Marler

Then the real fun started! Us girls left to set everything up for the scavenger hunt we sent the boys on! With the clues we gave them, they had to go to QT, then they made their way to PacSun where we had picked out some AWESOME shirts for them, and they had to pick which one they thought their wife chose. Sorry Joe, I know you wanted the lime green shirt, but I got you the pink v-neck! And yes, that is the movie theater we are at. That was the last place they had to go. All of us girls were cracking up as this handsome group of guys came walking in in these bright shirts! The girls!The group!

We were so glad that the guys were such good sports. We didn't know if they would really wear the shirts, but they did! It was such a fun night! Thanks for a fun night everyone!

Update

Well, I really needed to do a new post, but there hasn't really been anything that interesting to write about, so I figured I would just put up, what else, but a cute picture of Keelie. She will 14 months in a few days. She is as cute and sweet as ever! Even though she is starting a biting phase. I am horrified! I don't know what to do. Luckily her first victim was her cousin Hailee (sorry Cara). I'm just glad it was someone we know instead of some kid at the gym. You never know how a parent will react. I'm really hoping it is because she is teething. And once they have all broken through, she won't feel the need to bite anymore. I'm crossing my fingers! She is currently working on her 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th teeth. One of them has broken through, and I can see the others just waiting to cut through. She really is sweet and loves to give kisses and say ahwy (sorry) whenever she hurts someone.

My little GIRL

I never knew having a little girl would be so much fun. Keelie definately loves everything girly. She loves dolls and loves pushing them in her stroller. She brings her favorite doll "Lolly" with her wherever we go. Keelie loves to cook in her kitchen and feed Lolly and give her kisses. She also loves make up. Sometimes I let her play with mine while I am putting it on. She is so smart and knows which brush I use for eyeshadow cuz she will take it and brush her eyelids with it! I do have to watch her a little more closely now cuz she lost my concealer! She loves jewelry too. As you can see in the picture below she puts anything that looks like a necklace around her neck. That red strand of beads came off our Christmas tree. She will also take her bracelet on and off a million times too. But even though she loves girly things, her ball is also one of her favorite toys! She's got a pretty good arm for a 1 year old!

Keelie loves to play peek-a-boo. Here she is hiding under her blanket.

One day last week we woke up and found that Keelie had thrown up all over her crib sometime during the night. It was pretty much her dinner from the night before. So gross! Anyways, it got on her bumper, and my first thought was to try to scrub it by hand. But I read the tag and it said you can machine wash it. So I put in the washer, and we have and older one, so I had to stuff it in. A little while after I had started it, I heard it making a really loud noise. So I run over and open it to find the bumper looking like this. It is ripped and has a burn mark on it, and the throw up didn't come out either! I was so mad and sad at the same time. I was mad cuz I knew it was my fault. I knew I should have just hand washed it! I was sad because I love her bedding, and I know that Pottery Barn is not cheap! I wanted to cry and punch a whole through the wall at same time! The good thing is that it is only in that one spot, so I just made it so that part is in the back of the crib facing the wall. It works, but it just isn't the same! I don't thing I will ever forgive myself for that! Oh, and Keelie was fine. She was her normal happy self in the morning, so I still even went to work that day. I guess thats what really matters, right!

New Years Eve

We had a really fun New Years this year. We usually hang out with family at my parents house, but this year we decided to make a whole date night out of it. First we dropped Keelie off at Joes parents for a sleepover, then we went to dinner at The Olive Garden. It was so good! We hadn't been there forever. Then we went to see the movie Valkurie (i don't know if I spelled it right). Joe was really surprised I agreed to see it, cuz I usually don't like movies about war and fighting, but this didn't really have that much, just a little at the beginning. It was really good! Then we went to my friend Alyssa's, who throws a party every year and at midnight they make crepes! We actually left without having any crepes because we were tired and I had to work the next morning, but they looked so good!

Here we are getting ready to play the money game. We all lost. (Sorry we lost your money Lisa and Aaron!)

Brooke, Lisa, Alyssa, Tiff, me Man, I have alot of blonde friends!

Me and Joe!

Family Pictures

In November we got our family pictures taken. Annie Randall did such a good job! We seriously had the hardest time choosing! These are just four of the many pictures that we loved.