Harper

photos for grandma and grandpa

2010-03-16T17:17:00.001-07:00

so for my mom and dad's b-days, that are only one day apart, we decided to give them pictures of the girls. torre was in charge of wardrobe, and i was in charge of snapping the pictures. too bad my little one wouldn't cooperate! it couldn't have been because we had them in sun dresses and sandals, could it? oh well, grandpa is going to love his new custom mouse pad and grandma her notebook.

big blue eyes!

2010-03-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

i love this little girls big blue eyes! and her dirty little cupcake face!

disney on ice

2010-03-14T18:14:00.000-07:00

last night torre and laney joined baby k and me for a girls night out at disney on ice. kennedy loved seeing tinker bell and the and all of the fairies.

snow bunny

2010-01-22T21:06:00.001-08:00

while we were home for christmas, grandma insisted that kennedy played in the snow and went snowmobiling with her and papa. i hope some day she'll forgive me for that horrible hat!

all i want for christmas

2010-01-22T20:57:00.001-08:00

santa was a big hit at our house this year! better luck next year...

christmas 2009

2009-12-27T18:26:00.000-08:00

christmas was so much fun this year! kennedy wasn't quite old enough to understand santa, but she loved the kitchen and other toys he brought her. even though cousins kamry and laney were at their other grandmas we still got to see them lots.

i would definitely say that my favorite part about the holidays is the time i get to spend with my family relaxing and eating grandma jayne's yummy food!

i'm not sure if i was really good this year or if santa was really bad, but i got some really nice gifts. i usually always know what i'm getting but this year everything was a complete surprise. one gift that completely surprised me was the little blue box i found under the tree!!

am i really back?

2009-12-27T12:45:00.000-08:00

thanks for being patient with me! my life has been a little hectic lately, but i'm officially back at it. i think....

somebody's turning one

2009-04-26T13:05:00.000-07:00

i can't believe it's really been a whole year! this little angel and brought so much to our lives...a little crazy and a lot of fun!

kennedy jayne is the happiest, giggliest little girl. there's nothing better than hearing her funny little laugh!

kennedy is totally in love with her daddy! it's the cutest thing every!

she's also a lot of help lately. she helps empty the trash, unloads the dishwasher and doubles as a vacuum cleaner!

sorry! i couldn't pick a favorite!

8 days, 6 cities and 30 plus hours of flying

2009-04-09T19:50:00.000-07:00

so i've always wanted to go to japan. well my wish came true! i would have never guessed that in a little over one week i would get to cover japan from top to bottom! two weeks ago I was headed to japan to visit 6 different cities: Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, and Okinawa. the reason, to promote our newbrite laundry system--12 times! exciting? sure!

Fukuoka
Tokyo
Sapporo--it gets tricky when you need to pack for both winter and tropical climates! Okinawa--beautiful!Osaka or maybe Nagoya? really it all looked the same! all in all it was a great trip and huge learning experience. the hardest part was being away from mike and baby k!

expo west

2009-04-05T17:37:00.000-07:00

as part of my job i have to find new product concept to introduce to our market. so every year we head off to expo west in california to see where the trends are going. this entitles visiting thousands of booths with crazy products/foods you get to try. trust me this can be both good and bad.

this year i bellied up to the oxygen bar, gave a little love to moss man, and made my very own custom flavored burt's bee's chap stick. the highlight this year was the fashion show hosted by think products. after hours of waiting in line we got front row seats to an awesome show!!

girls weekend

2009-04-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

we've made it tradition that the girls of la mirage get together once a year to catch up, gossip...and shop! this year we met in lehi utah for three days, two nights of shear bliss! we spent the majority of our time in park city shopping and eating. we had so much fun this year i think we'll meet up again in the summer...we might even bring our kids!

thanks girls for the great weekend, love you all and can't wait to see you again! SOON!

i'm really going to do it!

2009-04-05T17:30:00.000-07:00

so lots has gone on this past month or so, so i'm really going to do it....i'm going to post!

true touch

2009-02-27T14:34:00.000-08:00

if any of you are familiar with our true touch brand at neways, i am the finger on our marketing materials. today i did a small shoot with my wonderful newly manicured nails. my hands are going to be showing off our new nail colors this year in japan. the best part...i got out of doing dishes for the night!

i should clarify...that's my hand in front of the model on the top, and they'll be yanking my fingers out of the second pic and putting them in front of a lovely model.

all in one month

2009-02-06T07:25:00.000-08:00

we have had so much progress at our house in the past few weeks. we have learned to sit up, crawl, patty cake and make really big messes. not to mention she's growing into quite the little personality. kennedy is becoming so much fun!

i love this picture! first of all it's the only picture i think vaguely resembles me. second it shows you just what a little monkey kennedy is. she's always getting herself stuck somewhere.

bring it on 2009

2009-01-04T17:00:00.001-08:00

as always we celebrated new years eve at torre's. this year was a little quieter than usuall, but still just as fun. as you can see we had a feast of yummy food! we all sucked it up on rock band. kamry is the only one who can really play the game and she was out of town with her grandparents. to top it off we finished off the night with dog the bounty hunter. all in all we had a good night, thanks torre!

christmas 2008

2009-01-02T10:30:00.000-08:00

kennedy's first christmas was a success! she even loved santa! torre found the girls cute matching pj's at costco. we let them wear them a few weeks before christmas when i went up to stay with them. but she didn't stop there... torre found matching pj's for the entire family.
don't we look lovely in the morning? the guys were such good sports!!! they look so manly being all matchy-matchy!

on christmas eve the guys took the oldest kids out sledding. it resulted in one badly broken leg. poor colly dolly spent christmas in the rocking chair!

our little family

2009-01-02T08:22:00.003-08:00

thanksgiving

2009-01-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

we spent thanksgiving at my parents house as we usually do. this year we were all able to sit at one table! that hasn't happened in years! we celebrated with grandma, uncle steven, uncle ross and torre and her family. as always my mom does a fantastic job with all of the food...my dad, he needed a little help! we usually have both a smoked turkey and a regularly cooked turkey. our neighbor clyde lay always does the smoked turkey. with him on his mission at the time my dad decided to take on smoking the neighborhood turkeys. well, lets just say the smoker consumed all 6 turkeys for thanksgiving! kennedy enjoyed her first thanksgiving dinner. she loved grandmas sweet potatoe soufflé and her yummy mashed potatoes!

7 months old!

2008-11-23T17:21:00.000-08:00

i can't believe this little bug is already 7 months old! kenny, we love you!

thanksgiving

2008-11-19T17:23:00.000-08:00

i'm starting to get excited about the holidays. maybe it's because of the time off! this year i want to decorate a fun thanksgiving table. kennedy and i will be busy making these darling place cards! if you're coming to grandma jaynes for thanksgiving your better rsvp!

boo run run

2008-10-31T09:54:00.000-07:00

our company held their annual boo run run this morning. it was a hit, we had about 175 people running with us. i think it was all about the pancakes after! vince, nice job with the awesome shirts!

hard day at work

2008-10-28T15:49:00.000-07:00

do you ever have those day at work when you wonder why you do what you do? i do all of the time. this was definitely a hard day at work.

we're getting ready to launch a new engine product, so needless to say the video was painful!

ladies weekend

2008-10-28T15:41:00.000-07:00

this past weekend kate, chalan and i headed up to park city for a little scrapbook...or a lot! I think we put in well over 12 hours. i got a lot done. thanks for the fun time girls! and a big thanks goes out to our wonderful husbands for tending the munchkins while we played.

my little pumpkin

2008-10-19T18:45:00.001-07:00

there's just something great about this time of year! it could be that i love anything and everything pumpkin!

i especially love this little pumpkin. we took kennedy to get a pumpkin on saturday, and she wasn't very impressed!

weekend at kamrys

2008-10-16T17:40:00.000-07:00

this past weekend we spent the night at my sisters house in heriman. while we we're there we did a little sewing and we visited the leonardo for the body worlds exhibit.

lanney refused to let kennedy get near her bed, so kam and kenney spent the night on the floor together. thanks kam!

torre had seen two little girls wearing the cutest halloween dresses, so she took a picture and we recreated them for our own little ones. we're going to make the girls matching dresses for our thanksgiving dinner.
we had attempted to go to bodyworlds a few weeks before and they were sold out. lanney was so upset! she started to cry, she told us all she wanted to do was eat dinner and see dead people!

thanks for the fun weekend chavis, torre, kam, and lanney! we had so much fun!

the wonderful waikoloa village

2008-10-05T11:25:00.000-07:00

here's a few more pics of the hotel, or should i say small village that i'm staying in. Last night i had few hours to myself so i walked from one end to the other...it took an hour.

lessons learned on this trip:
1. never listen to shin when she tells you its only a one hour drive...it's more like 3 or 4!
2. never purchase your gifts at hilo hatties, there's a reason they are going out of business.
3. costco no matter where you are in the world is still one of the coolest place to shop.

the big island

2008-10-03T12:28:00.001-07:00

this is the beautiful scene I woke up to this morning. today we are going to explore the island before we getting into meeting mode. I'll post more pictures of our wonderful hotel tonight.

mike and baby "K" i miss you! love you lots!

new pictures

2008-09-29T20:05:00.000-07:00

so it's been awhile since i've posted so i'm going to post just some random pics to show off my little darling.

kennedy just got her 4 month shots, she was a trooper...I think daddy cried more!

here's kennedy with her grandma jayne, and great grandma flora at our cousin jason's wedding.

kennedy is such a big girl, she rolls all over the place.

kennedy loves to play dress up!

put it on my tab

2008-09-14T20:11:00.000-07:00

so it all started thursday when i got a ticket for speeding. yuck!! 80$ ticket!! and not to go into too much detail but it was a lame speeding ticket! the road goes from 35-50 and i hit 50 about 20 yards before the speed limit changed. then today we were coming home from salt lake and mike gets pulled over for speeding!! seriously...put it on my tab. the best thing was when the officer asked for his insurance and registration, what do you know, they were sitting on the back seat of my car with the previous ticket. mike kept apologizing! i just laughed, what could i say, i got one two days before! so it looks like we will both be in traffic school, too bad they were in different county's or we could have a really fun date night together!

welcome

2008-09-11T07:38:00.001-07:00

meet my sister torre and her darling little girls on her new blog spot! welcome to the world of blogging!

labor day camping

2008-09-02T07:48:00.000-07:00

for labor day we headed up to the koosharem guard station to do a little camping. kennedy was such a sport! she rode on the four wheeler, and even did a little hiking!

guilty pleasure

2008-08-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

so we've all got them...guilty pleasures!! i started watching one tree hill a year ago. it all started when i got pregnant. i would go home to nap at lunch and i found this lovely on the soap channel. in the past year i've been able to watch the first four seasons. this weekend i plan on watching all of season five. i can't wait!

so what's your guilty pleasure...please share!

your invited

2008-08-28T08:17:00.001-07:00

i'm hosting a bumbles watch party next wednesday, september 3rd. come see all of the new watches and have some yummy treats!

fresh vacuum lines

2008-08-25T09:18:00.001-07:00

i have to admit one of my favorite things is fresh vacuum lines in my carpet, crazy i know! i almost get giddy over it! well this weekend i went to see my brother in st. george. while i was away mike did some serious cleaning so that when i came home all of the weekend chores were done! what a man! he vacuumed, dusted, and cleaned the bathrooms. he even cleaned my shower...my least favorite thing to clean. thanks so much babe!!

on a side note, i'm looking for a cleaning lady. if any of you have a good contact, please pass it along.

baby, baby, baby

2008-08-25T08:58:00.000-07:00

this is exactly how i feel right now! life can be so overwhelming at times!

high school reunion

2008-08-12T08:32:00.000-07:00

so we've started planning our high school reunion and our class pres aka "B" sent up a blog. so far there's nothing posted....but i plan to post some fun pics! so if any of you happen to stumble upon my blog and you graduated in 99 from richfield high please post!!

babycakes

2008-08-09T20:17:00.001-07:00

as many of you probably know, i make and sell these cute little security blankets. if any of you are looking for a cute and unique baby gift send me an email or leave a post and i'll get back to you.

available colors: pink, purple, and brown (unisex)

cost: $20.00

baby "K" loves hers!! she has to watch her back though...it often comes up missing! lanney and Brooklyn are generally the culprits! i'm glad they love babycakes as much as she does!

actual conversation…NO KIDDING!

2008-08-08T19:26:00.000-07:00

Just to be nice I’m going to keep this special individuals name private…why, I don’t know!

So tonight at our quarterly primary activity I was approached by a lady while I was quietly sitting in the back of the room rocking my baby to sleep…minding my own business. The conversation went like this.

Lady: So how old is your baby?
Me: 3 months
Lady: She’s beautiful.
Me: Thanks, I think so too!
Lady: I’m a mother too and a mother by choice.
Me: Yep it’s pretty fun .

(I’m really thinking bad choice lady you’re a wack job! Plus the conversation at this point was getting awkward! Close talker!!)

Lady: So what does your husband do?
Me: He works for Sapa Engineering.
Lady: That’s nice.

LONG AWKWARD PAUSE

Lady: So I assume you stay home with your baby?
Me: No, I work full time for a company called Neways International.
Lady: OH!

No kidding…I could actually see here shaking her head! I quietly excused myself and walked away. Obviously this made her very nervous because not even ten minutes later here she comes again with more questions. Frankly…mind your own business!

Lady: So who tends your baby?
Me: A babysitter???

At this point I’m thinking of telling her I leave her at home in the kennel with my dogs!

Lady: So do you work the weekend too? And do you work a full 40 hours?
Me: No I have the weekends off, but yes I work 40+ hours a week at work.
Lady: OH! So have you been around kids at all?
Me: Yes.
Lady: So you know what you’re doing then?
Me: I guess??

What do you say to that…no, I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. You’re the expert stay at home mom, would you like to teach me?

Lady: So many people just have babies and then they don’t know how to take care of them, so I was just asking. Is your baby a good baby?
Me: She’s great!
Lady: You must be a relaxed mom, there’s only one problem with that. The kids generally turn out to be out of control. That happens so much. It’s too bad.

Seriously! At this point I’m thinking, no, it’s too bad I’m actually having this conversation with you. I politely excused myself thinking WOW! Did I actually just have that conversation?? This is why I have to give myself a pep talk before any church function. So if any of you out there were wonder if I’m going back to work or not, the answer is yes. Now you can save yourself the question, and possibly a really awkward conversation!

who's tending who?

2008-07-21T15:54:00.000-07:00

mike told me he would baby sit while i went out to lunch with some friends. when I came home i could here kennedy chatting away in the bed room. mike was dead asleep (he had just worked all night) and kennedy was laying next to him playing away

like father like daughter

what are you looking at?

4th of july in richfield

2008-07-08T17:21:00.000-07:00

the forth of july has to be one of my favorite holidays. this year was great!

lanney and uncle mike tatted each other! she picked out a pirate tattoo for him and a princess tattoo for her. how perfect!

little miss "k" was beautiful as ever in her darling 4th of july attire...you couldn't miss her, she's the one with the bow on her head!

the best part was running into good friends from high school. meet emily and baby connor...what a handsome little man and hot momma!

sorry babies! from the looks on your faces your not loving the sun!!

kennedy's blessing

2008-07-08T17:18:00.000-07:00

mike got the opportunity to bless his favorite little girl on fathers day. the day could not have been any better. i'm so glad that everyone was able to make it! thanks for making baby "k"s day so special. she promises that next time you all visit she'll wake up for it!

sweet baby

2008-06-05T17:06:00.000-07:00

dang, i could just eat this little bug up!

sweet dreams

2008-05-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

wow! I'm exhausted! this no sleeping thing is for the birds! so far kennedy has only been waking up twice each night. mike takes one and i take the other, but still we're exhausted. i've been reading several books on sleeping. thankfully we were reminded about our neighbors business. b.b. sleep solutions. we bought both the blanket and the white noise machine. to my surprise kennedy went down to bed without a fight! plus she slept ALL night long. i was pretty impressed considering that she's only three weeks old. let's keep our fingers crossed that this continues.

speaking of sleeping i never got around to posting pictures of where our little angel is sleeping.

so here's the nursery...

little miss kennedy

2008-05-06T14:58:00.000-07:00

sorry it’s taken me so long to post about our sweet little angel baby! i’m finding out just how exhausting motherhood is! little miss kennedy jayne arrived april 24th, 2008 at 7:15 pm. she was 20 inches long and weighted 7lb 11oz.

so far so good! i think we’ll keep her…FOREVER! she has been a fantastic baby! plus did I mention adorable?

here's the link to kennedy's hospital photo.

it's tiring being so cute!

happy baby! did i mention that kennedy has great cheeks to kiss?

my first day home in my new bed!

expecting kennedy jayne...

2008-03-25T13:02:00.000-07:00

so with only a few weeks left to go I felt like i should document this experience. besides the first few months when i just wanted to die from morning sickness this really has been a great experience. but don’t get me wrong i can wait quite a few years before we go for our next and last!

baby "k"

2008-03-19T12:16:00.000-07:00

so i’m feeling a little guilty that i never update my blog. here’s the most recent pic’s of baby “k”. these were taken 8 weeks ago, so i’m sure she’s chubbied up a bit since then.

5 more weeks to go!

did someone say cake???

2008-01-18T13:39:00.000-08:00

yummy! it’s the newest creation by petunia pickle bottom! being the bag lover that i am i have been searching for the perfect diaper bag for months! i’m now the proud owner of this darling bag! i would dare say that it’s much cuter and bigger in person. baby “k” will love it too!

tag you're it!

2008-01-07T14:57:00.000-08:00

larra tagged me. i’m sure it’s because i update my blog so frequently.

MY HUSBAND....
what is his name?
michael mathew joshua harper, but it’s only been that way for 28 years. his mom changed it when he was from christopher mathew joshua harper. i know!! don’t ask!!

how long have you been together?
6 years

how long did you date?
1 year

how old his he?
31

who eats more?
mike

who said i love you first?
mike

who is taller?
mike

who can sing better?
neither!

Who is smarter?
depends on the subject

who does the laundry?
mike and i did our own laundry for the first 3 years of our marriage. we now share a laundry basket and we take turns. i am good at putting it in, and mikes great at putting it away.

who pays the bills?
i do, i don’t think mike could even tell you what our house payment is!

who sleeps in the right side?
mike. for the first 3/4th of our marriage i slept on the right and then one day we switched, and it’s stayed that way.

who mows the lawn?
mike and I never plan on it!

who cooks dinner?
i do. before we got married mike would always tell me what a great cook he was. i never took him up on it. i laugh at him all the time and ask if i can have a do over!! he can barely boil water!! i really shouldn’t complain, he does 99% of the dishes at our house! he can’t stand to see anything in the sink!

who drives?
around town 50/50. road trips, mike. i would definitely say i’m the better driver!

who is more stubborn?
me!

who kissed who first?
of course, mike kissed me first, he just couldn’t resist!

who asked who out first?
mike asked me, it was a sort-of blind date.

who proposed?
mike

who has more friends?
me

who is more sensitive?
mike, just ask our niece kamry, she can talk him into anything!

who has more siblings?
i think mike, and i only say that becuase i've only meet some of them.

who wears the pants?
definitely me!

lindsay, tag, you’re it!

totally vintage

2007-12-13T08:12:00.000-08:00

so i’ve been sucked into the vintage apron trend! a bunch of my girlfriends and i have been busy sewing aprons for all of the special ladies in our life’s for Christmas!! the best part about it is all of the fun vintage fabric to pick from. i wanted to make sure i had the right fabric for the right personality. unforturnately I can’t take credit for the pic, i didn’t sew it. i think after Christmas when my life has slowed down a bit i will attempt a similar one, i know lara and lu another project!

it's a girl!

2007-10-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

mike and i wanted to share our excitement with all of you! we are having a girl! mike was really hoping for a little girl and his wish came true! i just have to keep reminding him that the odds that she'll be like kamry are slim to none! i'm sure my daughter will be 110% girl, will love everything pink and be very girlie! now the shopping can begin! we can barely wait until april!

my babies!

2007-10-03T08:52:00.000-07:00

it just wouldn't be right not to include my two babies demi and dax. demi just turned five and dax is about to turn 4 years old! they are such monsters, but we love them so much!

Germany

2007-10-03T08:49:00.000-07:00

i appologize, i posted these pics forever ago and never got around to explaining. my co-worker J.F.W and i had the opportunity last may to go to germany and london to work. oh i can’t forget austria, even though I was only there over night. what an experience! we had so much fun! i was able to tour 1 ½ weeks in each location. i have to admit that my favorite location was germany! i loved it, it was so beautiful. as you can see in the pics it rained the entire month of may! yuck! i keep telling mike that he needs to transfer to the german plant. he told me we need to go there together for vacation before he will commit.

London England

2007-10-03T08:45:00.000-07:00