HO! HO! HO!

Well it's finally here!!! Christmas eve, and up here in Idaho we have been receiving glorious beautiful snow all day :) Christmas is just not Christmas without snow I say. Cannot wait until tomorrow when Calvin gets to open his presents (I have had to hide them from him! If he gets a chance he runs under the tree and tries to rip presents open!) and get to see the joy on his face. Ohh to think that this time last year he was only a month old and so small....my baby is growing way to fast!
Anyways, hope everyone has a very wonderful Christmas together! I am off to have some YUM fondue (3 kinds!) tonight which is a Butikofer favorite!!

HO HO HO!!

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Merry christmas to Calvin...

Well we are in Idaho for Christmas! Trip was great, got here just fine. No snow or ice on the roads thankfully. First night went without incident, but Saturday night Calvin was up ALL. NIGHT.LONG. So, Sunday morning church wasn't until 1 pm so I found an urgent care in Rexburg and took the little buddy first thing. The report? Ear infection in both ears annnnd a sinus infection. The good thing was that we caught the ear infections just as they started so they were just barely starting to be bad. The antibiotics they gave CK work great though, he is like night and day from yesterday to today. At least that is one good thing :) So, hopefully this Christmas is still merry!!

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Maughan Family Pics

My family had a family photo shoot the day after Thanksgiving this year since we were all together! It was really fun and good to have some updated pics of the fam :) Our last family photo was taken in the summer of 2004! Yikes....long time ago! Anyways, here are just a few of the many many pics we took that day. Enjoy!
Silly!! :)


Just the parents and the kids
Aly and I doing what else? Laughing :)
The ones who started it all :)
Ck in his too small pants! Haha! Ok...quick story about that: He had his jeans on that fit him that are super cute and look designer but he OF course had a diarrhea blow-out right before we left! Oops! So, he's got on some capris instead :)
Givin our older bro some love!
Love me some Aly :)
The Butikofers!!
Ohhhh Jess..... Gotta love him!

Thanks for lookin! :)

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Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow!!!

We have gotten quite a bit of snow within the past week, and I thought it was about time for Calvin to experience it for the first time! He wasn't sure at first and sort of just stood there like he is in these pictures.


But after Jess and I pelted him with a few snowballs (don't worry not in the face!) he started walking around and having fun. But once he face planted and got too cold he was DONE. But I am so glad that he finally got to experience snow, but I am sure he'll get plenty of it in Idaho when we head up there next weekend! Can't wait for Christmas!!!

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The Awakening

Jess is gone..again. He's off recruiting in Idaho I think he is in Boise today. I hate when he is gone...I can never fall asleep. Last night I had to keep the tv on in our room for some white noise so that every little noise wouldn't freak me out! I hate being such a wimp, but I am. So, when Calvin woke up at 4 I got to see what was on the Food Network at that time! :)
Anyway, I bought a new book which I am excited to start reading! I think I will start it tonight while I try to fall asleep or maybe during Calvin's nap time today. It's Called "The Vampire Diaries", and a show is based on it on tv right now which I think is really good, so I don't think the book will disappoint! I'll keep ya posted on whether or not it's worth the read....

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It's that Time of year

...The most wonderful time of the year... :)

I love the holidays! I love Christmas music, lights, decor, presents, cookies, food, family, Christmas caroling...you name it I LOVE it!!!

Jess, Calvin, and I went to see the lights at Temple square this past Friday. It was super cold, but always so worth it :) Calvin loved the lights!! He was in heaven, all bundled up nice and snug in his stroller. It makes me smile to see him get excited about things, so watching him get psyched about all the lights was great!

After we had froze our butts off...we decided to go and get some food, and Five Guys is where we decided to go! Wow. In and Out who? I love this place! Great great burgers and fries! Highly recommend it :)










Girls night out/ Boys fight night

Mary, Sarah, Jocelyn,Jamie, Jess, Abbie, Me
We are starting a once a month GNO/ boys night! Our first one was fun, but needs to be longer next time. Love girls nights w no kids for a while, although I missed my boys! Sad huh?

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Just Because.......

This little bed headed buddy........
....is SOOOOOO darn......


Cute. :)

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Extreme Home Makeover!!

Ok, so not exactly EXTREME..but we have been doing lots and lots of updating on our home since we moved in almost 2 year ago. I'll get to our bedroom later, but today I am going to focus on our kitchen! When we moved in I liked it, but in all reality the color on the walls made me want to vomit, and the sickeningly orange/yellow cabinets needed to go. But the counter tops I liked, so we decided to slowly turn it into a kitchen that we loved instead of liked. Here is our journey:
This is the kitchen when we moved in. BLECK!

Last fall literally days before I had Calvin Jess decided to paint the cabinets antique white and the walls a light blue/gray. And our accent is red to match the stained glass on the one cabinet door
and finally we installed our backsplash this past weekend. Boy was it alot harder than we thought, but after 3 long days and lots of patience it's done! Yes!!

thought i would also throw in a picture of Calvin's mullet. yikes! Jess will not let me cut his hair!! I want it all to be long, but the same length. Mullet me no likey! Maybe I will trim it up while Jess is out.... :)

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