Utah Trip

We had a so much fun in Utah, but are happy to finally be home! We were really missing our dog Chloe :) Here are some of our trip highlights:

Hanging out in Roosevelt with our friends

Christmas Eve with the Barkers

Christmas Eve at Grandma Jeanne's

Christmas day at Nana and Grandpa Smart's house


Christmas night at my Grandma Smarts house with the whole family... and boy is it growing


Eating at Training table (abe's request)..Extreme sledding (notice the no trespassing sign)

Skiing at Deer Valley.......................................................Riding horses

Playing in the snow

Utes Basketball game

We also spent some time in Mt. Pleasant and for some reason I am not able to access my pictures that I took while there :( We hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

We are back

After a wonderful 2 weeks in Utah for Christmas break, we are finally back at home! My friend Alexis was nice enough to pick us up from the airport just before 1 am tonight.... ugh. Adeline didn't sleep at all on either of the flights. The second flight from Denver was an hour delayed because a guy mouthed off to the flight attendant and so his four kids, wife and the guy were all escorted off the plane by a cop. Pretty weird. Anyway, it is about 3 am and I should be going to bed. I will post pictures of our trip tomorrow!

And a Merry Christmas to you....

After seeing my sister Sierra's blog post today, Abe and I realized that we forgot to take Adeline to see Santa in the midst of getting ready for our trip to Utah. So tonight we ventured out to the mall so she could see Santa. Let's just say it was a VERY similar experience to my sister's. Every time Adeline looked at Santa, she would start to whine a little bit. As soon as Abe tried to pass her off to Santa, she started freaking out and wouldn't let go of Abe's neck. Abe held her for another second, and then put her on Santa's lap. Santa gave her a little stuffed dog and she pushed it away. Now she is quite fond of it though :) When we went to the desk to get our pictures they said "best picture of the night!" Pretty funny. I feel like a mean mom!

Want a good deal on Shade Clothes?

So, as some of you know, I have been a "personal shopper" for Shade Clothing the past couple of years. They just announced that they are not longer going to have the Shade Clothing Personal Shopper program. So sorry to those of you who have been getting a discount! Well, that leaves me with a bunch of samples I bought awhile back. It's funny because I have honestly never even used these samples for showcases or anything. They are brand new and now I am stuck with them. Before I email all my clients, I figured I would do a blog post in case anybody wanted anything! To make it easy, I am just selling each item for $5. If you want to buy something, email me at nicolesbarker@gmail.com and we can discuss it further. If you live by me, I can just get it to you, if you are in Utah I can give it to you over Christmas, OR I can always mail it to you the cheapest way possible. (if you can't read what it says on the shirt, click on the picture and it will enlarge :)

IKEA & some funny videos

The other day my friend and I decided to venture out to the Gap Clearance Center, which is in Kentucky, and also IKEA. Are we crazy....? Yes we are, but the girls actually did way better than I thought they would. We ate lunch at IKEA and sat in the little kid area so they could enjoy the tables and chairs. And then of course they loved playing in the kid showroom.



Last night, we were hanging out in the basement and Adeline was being so funny. We did some pushups to see if she would copy us, and of course she did. You can also check out her jumping and gymnastics skills :)

Gross....but pretty funny

I think adeline thinks she is a dog like Chloe now. We caught her doing this....

I think that Adeline is growing or something. She is eating so much and sleeping all the time. I had to wake her up from her night sleep at 10:45am because I had to go somewhere. That is insane! Her naps have been at least three hours too. Good for me because these last two weeks I have been slammed with my card business.

Abe's last day of finals are tomorrow! Then he pretty much doesn't have to do anything until January. Woo-hoo!! We can't wait to come home to Utah for Christmas!!

Thanksgiving and more

Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted. Things have been a little bit crazy around here. We finally finished our basement last Wednesday and got the carpet in. We have to do a little touch up on the baseboards and still have to put the closet doors together, but other than that it is done! We threw all of Adeline's toys down there, so for now she has a very big playroom. I will post pictures once we are 100% completed and have it a little more organized down there. We will eventually be putting a couch and stuff down there to also make it a hangout area.

Here is Adeline going down to the basement to play

Two weeks ago I watched my friend Shelby's little boy Sol for a handful of days. I got a little taste of what it would be like to have twins. They are only 10 days apart. I brought them to the mall a couple of times to a little kid play area they have there to keep my sanity. A lot of people commented on my twins. One of the days, my friend Alexis needed me to watch her daughter Catherine last minute. So I had 3 one year olds and some how I got them all to take naps at the same time.

Thanksgiving was really fun. Thanksgiving is probably one of my top rated holidays. I love being with family and friends, eating a yummy meal and reflecting on all the things I am thankful for. I am Thankful for many things and feel so blessed. We had some of our friends over and we ate dinner and hung out. They all made really good food and were so nice to help me clean up after!

My extent of Thanksgiving decorations




Thanksgiving weekend we went and picked out our tree. I was so bummed that I forgot my camera. Maybe we are just cheap, but all the trees were so expensive. If we wanted a nicer one, it would have been over $100. Finally we found a charlie brown tree that was the cheapest one I had seen, and so we bought it. I actually thought it was really cute, however Abe would probably say differently. It was fun coming home, putting up the tree and decorating it. Adeline loves it and every day she walks up to it and says "tee". She also loves shaking the tree and ripping the ornaments off, but that is another story.


Adeline has just been as cute as ever. She says new words everyday and is a little jabber mouth. Most of the time it is just a lot of mumbo jumbo, but then she adds in some real words too. I need to be better at asking her to say things, because 75% of the time, she repeats what I say. I bought her a little chair to eat in. My mom has the same one and Adeline loves it. I swear that she eats better sitting in it too. Since Adeline has been such a HORRIBLE eater the past couple weeks, I decided to buy it. And let me tell you, she is a much better eater because of it.

Adeline doing her funny face in her chair