Wednesday, October 21, 2009

giveaway!

i have been m.i.a from my blog for a while now. i have much to update about, including 4 stitches on my baby girls face :( it was a sad day, and i will post on it later.
but for now, i want to spread the word about this fun giveaway!

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my mom is at it again! making some darling new aprons to sell at the upcoming bijou market in provo -november 7th- check it out {here}
she is giving this cute apron away over at Just Cook Already 
go here to enter yourself to win!


to see a few of the other things she's been working on go to memmylove.etsy.com 
 xoxo

Thursday, September 17, 2009

piggies

it was a happy day at our house when we could finally do pig-tails in
arleigh's hair! she has a bit of a mullet, so i am thrilled to have a new way to disguise it.
here is my attempt to take pictures of arleigh and her piggies... 
(it would have been nice to maybe get one of her looking, but she REFUSED to look at the camera as i chased her around the garage. still pretty cute though, i say :)
arleigh bug and her daddy after jt's football game
on labor day we went up to salt lake with the rasmussens... we ate lunch at Ruth's Diner (from Diner's Drive ins and Dives) and then took the kids to the children's museum at the gateway. It was such a fun day! Arleigh loved the museum -especially the little house with the babies and their little beds. She kept putting them in and saying, "nigh-night". 
so stinkin cute. 

fun on the 'hee-hee' -she loved it!

Sunday, September 6, 2009

this time of year..

Fall is just around the corner and I'm pretty darn excited about it. Upcoming seasons are always so exciting, but this one is particularly great. 
Peaches are in season and so delicious. on anything! we've been eating them like candy...
The weather is perfect. It is beautiful outside, especially today -I even spotted changing leaves on squaw peak while on our bike ride this afternoon.
Football season is here and both max and jt are playing! Andy and I've decided we may even have to start watching byu this year after their awesome game last night against oklahoma. so much fun!

here are my sweet little football playing brothers. aren't they cute?

oh and uh, is it bad that I'm excited for fall tv to start? -pretty sad, but I can't wait to see if Izzie is going to die and if Pam is really prego.. ahh. and sytycd?! can't wait.

Monday, August 31, 2009

LOVE

08.27.05

to celebrate our FOUR years of marriage, andy and I hit the road to vegas and left arleigh with gma and gpa -first time ever leaving her overnight. i was a tad nervous about it, not gonna lie (not for her safety -she was in great hands, just nervous my wimpy heart couldn't take being away from her:)) But, it turned out great. We had an awesome time just the two of us and we thoroughly enjoyed every baby free minute. SO glad we did it. And so glad my parents are sweet enough to keep the bug for us.
on our way... 80?!
hanging out at the pool at planet hollywood... getting some much needed sun
love a good self-take pic. reminds me of dating days :)
{joe's at the caesars forum shops, delish}
pretty sure he just wanted a picture of that steak.. andy was in filet/stone crab heaven
ahh.. love love love. yes, i loved it. got chills during 'something in the way she moves'
it was a great show.
the next afternoon at serendipity! I was so excited to go here. the frozen hot cho was delicious, but the atmosphere was not quite as wonderful as the original. still, so fun and soo yummy.

it was a great anniv...
love you millions asb
<3

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

its been a while...

so here are a few highlights of july-august '09 for us:
5 trips to idaho
1 ten year hs reunion {blackfoot}
the rammell family reunion {victor}
ball family photos {idaho falls greenbelt}
1 new church calling {andy}
3 movies at the spud drive in
 {k,a,& max for one/ k,a and a for the other two}
6 huckleberry shakes {3 different occasions :)}
2 trips to maddox {on our way home from id of course}
scout camp in the uintas {andy}
1 catered reception {kate}
1 fall down the stairs {arleigh}
1 car break-down in the burger king drive-thru {i wanted to die}
30 rounds of golf {29=andy, 1=k}
a handful of days swimming {kate and bug}
hot tubing/star gazing at les and janet's
(broken camera battery=no pictures of most of this) :)

...i can't believe its the last week of August. crazy! where did the summer go?! 
Here are a few pics from our most recent trip to ID. Stef, Ryan, Maggie, and Marlee were there visiting from south dakota so it was so good to see them. And of course so fun to spend time with the whole ball fam -haven't been all together for a LONG time.




first time meeting Marlee! she was such a sweet heart the entire time.. love those blue eyes!



Maggie and Arleigh LOVED each other. it was darling.
alreigh followed maggie all around grandmas house, and did everything maggie did.. a trend that will continue i am sure.

lunch in i.f. with the girls to celebrate baby Blaklee. 

arleigh + chopper + uncle nate





fun at the park last sunday... she sure loves uncle natey and his 'goggy' chopper

12 months





sarahs friend tay was taking pics of avery and sydney (last june), so i had her snap a few of arleigh -since i am a lousy mother and hadn't taken any one year photos. anyway, here are a few of them.. arleigh wasn't in a smiley mood that day apparently. little stinker. at least she's a pretty cute one!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

blaklee brianne ball

briannia had her baby girl last night!! what a little sweetheart.. 
andy says she is a pretty, female version of taylor. daddy's girl!
8.21.09
7lbs 13oz
20.5 in

and yes, i realize that i am a pathetic blogger these days. it has been a BUSY summer for us.. 
i will do an update soon! just wanted to share this happy news about baby B. can't wait to meet her. hope it is soon :) xo

Monday, July 6, 2009

happy 4th!

fun bbq at todd and jills





stadium of fire!! it was so fun this year! shedaisy and the jonas bros :)

two weeks ago, saying bye bye uncle jarebear..