A big congrats to my baby sister! She and her man got engaged on Sunday and the bubs and I are one step closer to being empty nesters! So, not only am I happy for them, I'm happy for me too! I'm also excited because I get to plan a WEDDING! Yeah! I'm sure I won't be saying that months from now, BUT, for right now? Squeal! Congrats you guys...we love you!
In honor of infertility awareness week (okay, just kidding about that. I actually didn't know there was even an awareness week until yesterday) we headed down to Salt Lake yesterday for an infertility conference. 
I am SOOO glad we went! They had some wonderful doctors who did a great job of explaning more about infertility (I didn't know this, but infertility is a disease. Kinda interesting, huh?) and the new advances they have to help people like us get preggers. The talks were so informative, but the question and answer part was even better. It was nice to be able to sit in a room full of people (who ranged from quite older couples to really young girls) who understand what we are going through and have them share experiences and ask the same questions we had. I know in past posts I said we were looking at adoption, but a couple of weeks ago I had a strong impression that we should put our focus and money on fertility and give it another try. We're going to be going to a clinic down in Sandy that has an extremely high success rate (in fact, one of the presenters at the conference was a doctor at the clinic we are looking at) so for the first time in a really long time I'm hopeful. Although I'm not really looking forward to the treatments themselves (injections, meds, overall craziness hormone wise!) the bubs and I are both pretty excited about the new journey.
It's almost here! The Salt Lake Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is next month in Salt Lake. I'm way excited! I love the Race for the Cure! It's always a pretty emotional time for me to see all those wonderful, strong ladies proudly showing off their pink survivor shirts. Even better? Seeing my mom in one. So, if you've never entered the race before, please do so. It's a lot of fun and for a REALLY great cause. I'm hoping this year I can get my sis-in-laws down there with me. What do you think Mist & Tara? You up for it?
Sorry Britt, I thought the picture was too cute not to post! Of course, this is about the only pic I took. My camera ended up dying and I couldn't find the charger. My nieces brought out eggs and dye to color Easter eggs which was hilarious. They got six eggs each and decided to make the best of it. They were continuously putting the eggs in the different colors. Some of the colors turned out pretty good....others, not so much. Overall I think everyone had fun, at least I hope they did! Sorry Britt if we were a bit too much for you! When we're all together we tend to get a little loud! On Monday night we headed down to the E-Center in Salt Lake to go to a concert I've been waiting for FOREVER! I LOVE Muse! I know a lot of people haven't heard of them (well, actually a lot of Twilight fans probably have! In fact, while waiting for the show to being the bubs and I were talking and I was asking him how many "fans" he thought were there just because of Twilight!) I bought the tickets last November (I think) and have been counting down the days. Silversun Pickups opened for them and did a great job. I only knew about two of the songs on the playlist and they were kinda loud, but were a lot of fun to see. Muse was AWESOME! They were probably hands down the best concert I've been too and we've been to quite a lot! I forgot the camera (big surprise) but my phone did an awesome jobs of getting some pics. I tried to video some of the songs (Supermassive Black Hole for all the Twilighters) but the sound SUCKS and you can't even understand any of it. So, you'll just have to be content with the pics!
(MUSE)
Overall it was a great night! Even if we did get stuck in a massive snow storm on the way home!
Downstairs we have an extra bedroom that I was going to turn into an office/craft room. However, it's not wired for the Internet which is a kinda big deal. So, the computer has been sitting upstairs driving me CRAZY! I've been looking for something to house our computer because although Alan said he would wire downstairs, I'm not sure when it will actually get done! Our friends happened to be selling this little beauty and as soon as I saw it I jumped on it!
Off to Lowe's I went to pick up paint. I had a general idea of what I wanted...it had the cream base, so I thought I would crackle it and add a black top coat. However, our other furniture in the family room is a deep chocolate almost brown color. I thought I had matched up the color pretty well and happily painted away. I even kinda liked the look, though the color was NOT what I thought it would turn out like.
That was, until I got it inside. The crackle paint calls for a top coat that is flat instead of a gloss or semi-gloss. So, the poor little thing is SOOO dull looking next too our other furniture. Ugh! Back to Lowe's I went. The helpful paint worker said I should spray paint a clear gloss to the top which should help out. Guess what? Not so much. I still think it's kind of dull. Do I like the overall look? Yes. Do I like the color? No. I should have just stuck with my initial color of black. But, it's the first time I've worked with the crackle paint and I wasn't sure what to expect. So, I think I'll probably sand it down and then start all over again. This time with a black paint in a semi-gloss. Oh well, you live and learn, right?
I found these cute toppers that you could download and thought they would be perfect for the office. I can't remember exactly what blog they were on (so I can't give credit), but they were super easy (especially when a printing company prints AND cuts them out) and SOOO cute!
(Sorry about the weird color of the pic on this one!)
Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!
