Announcing....a New Arrival!!!!

for $180, which is the only reason we got it!
We decided to splurge and spend some of that wedding money we've saved for household things.
It also matches our loveseat pretty well (except this one doesn't have brass 'things' around the arms)...YAY! We are set for a nice long time, now.
(Sorry if you thought this was a more exciting kind of arrival....we're childless and not pet people, so these are the big changes in our life right now ;)

Hope you all enjoyed V-day as much as we enjoyed PinkPanther2!

We were bummed we missed the big wedding dress party in Provo (if I recall correctly, there was also a big party for Laree about this time last year, and a few days after a wedding dress party, also! What a great holiday for our family!) , we tried to make up for it and have our own party in NM.
We took a little ski trip to Santa Fe (absolutely BEAUTIFUL views from the ski lift and atop the mountain, but we couldn't find the camera....until we left!) To top off our holiday, we went and saw PINK Panther2, which is perfect for Valentine's because it's got pink in the name and perfect for us, because anyone that has spent time with Micah has heard it quoted often! We were excited to hear they were making a #2; and that's exactly what we thought of it-good enough, but not taking the #1 spot!

This is my most FAVORITE valentine of all!!
I just have to brag how creative, thoughtful and fun my mom is!
I'm sure my family has seen these, but I think they were so creative they deserve a spot on here
This is the only pic we got of our trip, this morning in Santa Fe after skiing yesterday
They're called: "SMITTENS"
YES, there are only 3 mittens between the 4 hands, in case you didn't look closely & weren't so impressed.

Look at all the pink and red loot! How can you not love this day?!?!

(this next one might be copyrighted, so credit to ep)

Look Who's at Our House!!!

(this is mostly for Lisa...to see that Jim is still healthy and fine despite our kidnapping him the last few nights :)
We LOVED having Jim here! We had such a great time talking with him the last few nights. It livened up our lives and gave us some excitement in our mundane weekday nights. We were surprised that Jim is the very first visitor from the LaPierre side. The only sad part is that Lisa wasn't able to come with him, but maybe next time! He is welcome again anytime, as are any of you!