The Clyde & Schaefer Shower

My last shower was held at my Aunt Lisa's home.

There was lots of help from everyone.

It was BYU football themed.

Pretty fitting I thought.

My baby is destined to be a cougar fan considering the Clyde's are all big time fans and so are the Hunsaker's. In fact, had he come out of me looking like a smurf. I would have not been at all surprised. We are a blue obsessed family.

My talented little sister made these adorable cake pops! 

How awesome is she?

 There were even BYU mint brownies!

 I really loved how cute everything was decorated!

I sure love my mom, sister, and sister-in-law!

 These two cuties, Jersey and Stella, were the life of the party! They belong to my cousins Lindsay and Brittani.  They kept everyone laughing and they helped me open my gifts. They went a little wild doing it. They are sure speedy! I could barely hold all the stuff in the one the gift they give me, notice how everything is about to fall? Even funnier, they handed it to me so fast, it wasn't til I was putting all back that I could actually see what they'd given me.

 This quilt was a gift from my mom, but made by my talented aunt, Lisa!

 How cute is Lindsay's little boy, Finn?

I think he looks just like her.

 Jersey, Stella, and Finn all had tons of fun with the tissue paper!

They were in heaven! Who knew tissue paper could be so much fun?

 Me & the Ballantyne Ladies + Finn

I love that I remembered to take a picture with them!

When you're with the Clyde's you don't forget to take pictures because we're all picture crazy so there are lots of cameras to remind you! The Schaefer side on the other hand, is not like that at all. Bring them together, and your problem is solved!

 

Clyde Girls!

Nixon and I sure lucky to be so loved by so many & completely spoiled too!

The "Friend" Shower

I was so excited for 2014 to start because I had nothing but good things to anticipate. I only had a few more weeks to go before my due date and although January is normally a very blah month I had 3 baby showers to look forward to. I feel so fortunate to be surrounded by so many wonderful people. I am so blessed to have amazingly supportive family and friends. My first shower, was hosted by my childhood best friend, Shantel at her new house. The fact that she offered to host my shower was so amazing and I really probably shouldn't have let her do it, because she too, was very pregnant and was only a few weeks away from her due date. The shower was on January 9th and he ended up having the baby just a few days later, on the 12th. Guess she has me to thank for putting her in labor! Here are a few pictures from the shower...I kind of look like a moron, but what else is new? ha...also can I blame pregnancy brain for the fact that I am an idiot and didn't bother to take any pictures with anyone besides the one of Rachel? And the only reason that got taken was she had to leave early and my smarty pants bestie behind the camera suggested that I get one with her before she left. Thanks Chels ;)

I'm so lucky to have such good friends like Rachel!

 Oh hey...I look like an idiot. What else is new?

 The awesome prego hostess herself, being super awesome and keeping track of what everyone gave me!

 And some more, shower friends! I realized I have no pictures of the other half of the room, but I had lots of awesome ladies their to spoil my baby!

H.A.L.L.O.W.E.E.N

This year I really struggled at getting good pictures of everyone's costumes, between my camera acting a little funny and taking pictures for other people with their camera's I failed to get my own. 

I love the Clyde Halloween party, its lots of fun and always great to see what creative costumes people come up with each year.

This year didn't disappoint!

Tyler and I went as BYU cheerleaders!

We found these awesomely funny costumes and couldn't resist! Tyler's pants sold me!

In the words of Chels, "Who wears tight pants...Tyler wears tight pants!"

In the words of Tyler, "This is so gay. I look soooo gay. I'm going to split my pants."

I was very impressed by my mom's awesome sewing skills! She made Natalie and Nate's costumes and did a wonderful job...and by make, I mean she literally made Natalie's shirt from nothing. I don't think I'll ever be attempting to make anything of the sort! And again, I feel bad I didn't get pictures of all the other costumes! Click here and here if you would like to see additional pictures of our fabulous party!

I'm soooo excited.

I love Halloween and am sooo excited for it this year! The Clyde family gets pretty into Halloween and likes to go all out. Every year we have a party that could easily be the highlight of the year. This is saying a lot because we get together lots. Tyler and I bought our costumes this year back in August...yes, August. Now that Halloween is fast approaching I'm getting very anxious to dress up! Our ward is having a party on Saturday and I'm really thinking I'm not going to be able to wait for the Clyde party...my costume might just get busted out then ( I will wait to post pictures of course)! Anyone else LOVE Halloween???

{Funny Story}

Jaynee's super awesome husband Cameron, threw her a surprise party on Friday night! They live in her grandpa's basement & he's got a fire pit out back so we had a fire--roasting hot dogs, starbursts, and making smores...you know, all that normal stuff would expect at a bon fire.

Well, if any of you know Jaynee, you know, her birthday or any event involving her can't be mellow...or normal. She likes things crazy and exciting...

This party was no exception. Her grandpa has a sunroom that connects to both the front of the house & to the backyard. We heard pounding on the door to the front, because we had left the back door open. And who was there? None of other than the fire dept.--apparently they got a call about a fire from a block away so they had to come out to inspect. There was two of them, who came and looked at our pathetic fire (it was so small it was barely putting off any heat at all.) They chuckled a little--and were like well that fire is DEFINITELY legal. But unfortunately legal or not, since they did complain we have to make you put it out. We hate to ruin the fun.

Talk about a random visit, to make things better they told us that it took a long time for them to find out where it was even at and they had to get a spotlight out just to see the tiny smoke cloud it was putting off-- so how someone saw it from a block away is beyond me!

To make things better we followed them out and turns out there were a bunch of firemen outside all suited up in their full gear--not to mention there was the fire dept. suv out front, a fire truck, and an ambulance!!! Needless to say, the whole neighborhood & Jaynee's family were either showing up or calling the house to find out what was going on.

I've been to lots of bon fires and such, but I'm not sure if any will be more memorable than this one. --Next time, I think we'll just invite the fire dept. to come join us to avoid any future 911 calls, we offered them some food and drinks last night but they declined. haha.

December in a Nut Shell

I'm Baaaack! I left the blog world pretty much all of December, but I'm back & fully ready to catch up! I find it funny that when I actually have something blog worthy I'm too busy to blog about it, because I'm too busy living it, but here I am. Ready to post.

This is what I experienced while away...

1. I experienced a miracle! What miracle you ask? I survived finals...and it gets even better than this, I got all A's this semester. Don't think I even did that in high school.

2. I saw my cute sister dance at the UVU drill competition (December 12). Aren't they cute?

These girls did awesome! Placed well in all of their routines and were so fun to watch.

3. I spent time with family. We had two Clyde Christmas Parties this year!

Party One (December 13): Our "traditional" Christmas Eve had to come early this year and in a new location, I had a great time with our more extended Clyde fam.

Uncle Jeff playin the accordian for us.

My siblings with Grandma Pinkie

Grandma Pinkie entertaining us all!!!

Party Two (December 20): The typical party at Nana's. Full of fun, nativity, and exchanging cousin gifts! Thanks Mckay for my great gift...although I must admit I was slightly disappointed you didn't give me those Star Wars legos, like your Mom said you were going to give me! :(

Nate made a great donkey this year, I think he enjoyed it more than any other part he has played.

The Single One's

4. My Best Friend & Roomie got hitched (December 19)! It was fun to be a part of it and see her so happy. Congrats Jaynee and Cameron.

Since Jaynee doesn't believe in sleep we had a crazy night with the girls the night before the big day.  It was full of laughter, memories, jokes, and a 1 am run to In N Out. At 2 am, we finally called it quits even though the bride didn't want to. Little did we know, she would stay up an additional hour and then wake up at 6am to go to the gym to run. Crazy girl!

She might not look it here, but she was happy as ever. Jaynee & Cameron are perfect for each other and so cute together. Love them both.

Jaynee dancing with her Dad.

Isn't she gorgeous?

 

The girls.

Just me & the bride.

5. Natalie turned 16 (December 16)! Woot. Woot. She is still thrilled...and dying to go get her license!

We celebrated Texas Roadhouse Style w/ a Giddy Up and all.

I was too busy w/life to give her a birthday post so this will have to do!

Happy Birthday Sis!

6. Had a very wonderful Christmas! Santa spoiled me and my whole family! He surprised us with a Wii. I never thought I'd use it, because I hate video games, but I'm actually kind of liking it!

 

Nate got a Austin Collie jersey which was his favorite gift! It got a bigger reaction than the Wii.

Natalie is a little accessory queen and loaded up on jewelry, purses, scarves, and a new wallet.

 

Boots, Jeans, School Tuition, Jewelry...Santa definitely loves me. I was spoiled rotten. Ty really spoiled me this year too. He bought me a new camera, a case for it and a new memory card (yes, I lost my last memory card. Some creep at UVU probably found it and now has all my pictures.) He also got me a BYU jersey, a movie, and a clock...which is awesome...I have to make it myself, but it's going to be an activity for us both! He has one himself, too. I'm shocked he's volunteered to do a craft. haha. My grandparents also gave me great gifts that I love! Thank you Pinkie, Nana, Grumpy, and Grandpa Schaefer. I appreciate how generous you all are. Love you! I'm a very lucky girl.

Page & Kevin were the most spoiled of all.  They got a new tv and my parents bought them a blu ray player. Page surprised Kevin with a Wii and he surprised her with a Cricut. Santa brought them Guitar Hero for their new Wii.

We got my mom this super cute shelf! She was pretty happy about it. She'll probably kill me for putting this picture on the internet, since she has no makeup on, hates her picture being taken, and is in her pajama's, oh well. (sorry Mom, everyone else made the blog so you had to as well.)

 

Dad and Grandpa Schaefer

It's become a fun tradition to have him come see us Christmas morning!

We Love You Grandpa!

7. Shianne & CJ got engaged (December 5)! Pretty exciting stuff! He got home of his mission and within only a few weeks there was a ring on her finger.

I'm so excited for them!

...and props to Stephanie Cheney. She did a great job taking these.

8. My awesome brother got an intership at Channel 2 (December 22). Maybe if he's lucky, they'll like him enough to hire him and he won't have to move out of state come spring! If any could pull it off, it would be him. Nobody can talk sports like he does. He also got another gig at BYU. Good Job Kevin!

9. I finally made it to Temple Square to see the lights (December 27). Tyler and I doubled with our friend Jeff, and his date, Kelley Anne. We had a lot of fun. I didn't get the many pictures and didn't even go where I wanted to take them, but we were freezing so we made it a short trip!

I do love this one! Turned out pretty great. I'm loving the new camera!

Love this one as well.

Tyler and I

Kelley Anne and Jeff

10. This is a soon-to-be happening (January 9), but I'm sharing because I'm excited. My cousin, Melissa is getting married so I will soon be heading to Arizona for her wedding. I am so anxious to get out of this bitter cold Utah weather. I'm excited to see all of my family down there, including my cousin Mia who I have yet to meet. She was born in October and is VERY cute!

They're definitely not in order, I realized I did this kind of dumb, but oh well.