neighborly love

Every valentine's day I love to give little treats to our neighbors. We don't know a lot of people in our ward unless they're under the age of 9, //primary calling//, so gifts are my way of showing we're not totally antisocial.

This year we did little bags of cookies.

 Believe it or not, I have never made snickerdoodles before. I'm really not a huge fan, but mathis loves them, so I decided to try them on for size.

 who doesn't love cute bags + washi tape?

well... they're not much, but it was a super easy and cheap Valentines gift for our lovely neighbors!

//overly talented

I think I have the most talented friends out there. One of my best friends can make absolutely anything. She has an etsy shop where she hand makes baby clothes, and other cute things.

She also just started an instagram that I think every mom should follow! @child_hoods

Ahh I'm in love with these. I wish I had a baby that could fit into these amazing clothes. #bestdressedbabes

update

I finally gave my blog a long-time-coming update. I realized I've had this blog for over 2 years, and have only written like 15 times. Honestly, I don't really care if others read this or not, but I think it will be something nice to have when mathis and i look back and we can re-visit some of the things that happen to us throughout our marriage. [you know when people say, "this is blog is just a journal for me, blah blah blah..?" I never believed it. I always thought they really just wanted people to read about them. But seriously, this is for me. and my husband. our children. and even friends/family who want to know what we're doing with our lives.]

Lately we have been so busy with work + school I feel like we haven't had any free time. That is soon going to change. Mathis will be done (mostly) with school this summer, and I will have the whole summer to do ANYTHING. I. WANT. ah the 1 perk of being a teacher ha.

In December, I FINALLY graduated from college. 4.5 long years later. Thinking back from when I started I can't believe everything I've done.  I truly didn't know if the day would ever come. Now that it has, I'm already dreaming of going back. I loved school. I love learning. Yeah, all the homework, tests, and cranky professors suck, but it is so fun. Everyone says, "you'll wish you could go back," and they were right. The past four years have kind of been a blurrrrrr.

 

As soon as I graduated from high school, I moved into a little house with some of my closest friends. We had the craziest, most fun times.

I was able to spend 1 month with my now sister-in-law working in an orphanage in Romania. This experience was both amazing and hard. I dream of going back.

 

I took a semester and went to BYU-H. This is a view from my porch. Paradise. Literally. Here, I met some of my best friends, and had an amazing time.

I met and married the love of my life. At the time, I really didn't want to get married. I had a "missionary" and definitely wasn't looking, but I am so glad life turned out how it did. I can't imagine life without this guy.

Together we have celebrated 2 anniversary's, gone on countless trips to st. george, arizona, we went back to hawaii.. etc. I don't want to be that person that says it, but we truly have the best marriage i could ever imagine.

 wow, 4 years!  Here's to another 4.. i can't wait to find out what will happen.

Now, I am really considering going back to school for health or graphic design. What do you think? Maybe interior design, or business... too many choices!