All Growd Up

Joey turned 30 this week and to celebrate - he had a very mature and grown-up surpise party at Dave & Busters. He played video games, skee ball and trivia games winning hundreds of tickets and cashed it all in for - yep - CANDY. He got a Guitar Hero as a gift and a cake shaped like his favorite tv trivia show "Cash Cab". It was funny cause he had no idea where we were going and I told him I had to go get a quilt pattern from a lady for a Relief Society service project. Then, we end up at Dave & Busters with a bunch of his BYU friends there waiting to surprise him.

Bubs - 2 months!

Like _______ like son

Baby Luke...


Baby Joey...


Baby Katie...



Ok - Luke is way cuter than either of us were - that's for sure. But any ideas on who he looks like?

He's our Luke

My Dad

For those of you who don't know - my dad is kinda famous. :-) He was Utah artist of the year last year and they just wrote an article about him in a Utah magazine. Take a gander... this will be especially interesting for those of you who are artists yourselves (Stacey)... http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/08feb/page3.html

Celebrating 4 years

January 22 marked 4 years of marriage, 14 years of being best friends, 17 years of friendship and 21 years since we met. And since Valentine's Day is coming up and love is in the air - I thought I'd post accordingly. (p.s. readers beware of possible lovey and mushy sentiments - proceed with caution)

Top 10 things I love about Joey:

1. He is by far the funniest person I've met. There is never tension in our marriage because he makes everything fun and light and it makes it really hard to get a good fight in... believe me I've tried.

2. He's inherently good. He has a heart of gold. He genuinely WANTS to do the right thing and always sees the best in people. Something I've always admired in him is that he never says anything negative about anyone (except Dr. Reidy) so it kinda makes it hard for me when I want to gossip. He's good to keep me in line.

3. He loves me. Now this is something I never thought I could say. When we were best friends and I knew I wanted to marry him, I decided a long time ago that even if we did ever get married, I would always love him more than he loved me - and I was prepared to accept that. But he's somehow managed to match my feelings of adoration. (at least he puts on a pretty good show)

4. He's hip to the bone and a handsome cool cat. I've always, of course, thought this. The first time I took notice of him was at a Valentine's Dance at Snowcrest Jr. High and I remember he was wearing a nice Gap sweater and I thought he was so good looking. And because he was the second to youngest in a huge family of 12 - he was always a step ahead knowing all the coolest music and movies. I think he has really good taste.

5. He's athletic. I think we first really bonded when we started running together regularly in Huntsville. We'd go on runs and then end up jumping in the lake and going for a swim or talking at some beautiful look out point. We also did a lot of snowboarding, ice skating, watersking and mountian biking together. He played hockey in high school and for BYU and likes soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis and baseball.

6. He's is a freaking genius. For anyone who has played trivial pursuit or watch Jeopary with him - you will know that he has a gift for knowing EVERYTHING. Something totally random that normal people wouldn't know - he knows. He never has to study for tests and always seems to do fine. I know, kind of annoying right? His new favorite show is a trivia show called "cash cab" on discovery channel - he can't get enough of it.

7. He is helpful. Joey is a bit of a rarity and the kind of husband every girl wishes they had. He is incredibly helpful. He does laundry, cooks, cleans and for being so laid back - it is surprising how much he gets done. He has tiled, put crown molding up, painted, refinished our floors etc. but it's the day to day stuff that he does too that always amazes me.

8. He has a zest for life and a love for learning. He gets really excited about things He loves new electronics, NYC and food. He also loves learning new things - like when we went snorkling in Hawaii - he learned all the names of the fish. When we went to Europe - he loved soaking up all the knowledge in every museum and landmark. And at the zoo - yep, he has to read every plaque about every animal. Even though I complain, I kind of love it.

9. He loves his family. I've always admired the way he treats his mom. Growing up, he never once left the house without kissing his mom goodbye. And he's never criticized her at all - even when he was a teenager he would tell me to be nicer to my mom. He really respects his parents.

#10 and most important reason: He was voted "Best Eyes" in 9th grade.

some blasts from the past....