.::2 Months Old & Halloween::.

Life in the Francom home is busy!!

My sister Keila moved out here to be Keilani's nanny while I go back to work. My second day back to work I put my 30 day notice in. So I will be done working November 17th! :) We will be moving back to Utah in December when Blake's semester is over! We are soooo excited!! After 4 years living out or state, we will be back! So from now until then (and probably a little after) we will be very busy finishing work, school, and moving!
Blake is enjoying student teaching and coaching the 7th grade boys basketball team. He is currently in an elementary school and likes it a lot but still prefers secondary education.
I realized the night before I went back to work that I was becoming a full time mom & wife, student, and employee and almost had a panic attack. It's kind of an adjustment since I am at work for 10 hours a day and when I get home I just want to spend time with my family. I am lucky to have Keila here, she is such a HUGE help in our household and such a good aunty and nanny to Keilani!
Keilani is almost a 11 weeks old! Time has flown by since she has been born. Being a mother is honestly the most rewarding job and I love it so much! She has been such a joy in our lives and we love her so much!

I apologize ahead of time for these pictures and format...it is very difficult on my phone and it wouldn't let me write under some pictures and the quality on some isn't so great...like this first one!

My munchkins 2 month stats

Height: 24 in. long- 96%

Weight: 11 lbs. 1 oz.- 38%

Head: 15 3/4 in.- 90%

She is basically rockin' it as a two month old. Dr. Holliday said to feed her more because she is so tall and her weight didn't have time to catch up haha. And this piglet is loving eating more!

I'm so lucky to be her mom!

First time in her bumbo! She loves it! She likes sitting up and being apart of every conversation. She's already a social butterfly!

Morning nap with uncle Hunter :)

Sitting in the mother's lounge after her feeding at church

She loves tummy time! This was last night 11/1/12 just before she rolled over, we wanted to make sure it wasn't a fluke so we put her back on her belly and recorded it. (10 weeks old)

Getting ready for our Sunday walk

Ready for church...she was sleepy!

Going to visit daddy at Orchard Mesa Middle School to meet his students and other teachers.

My baby the skunk! Such a cutie! We went to Frightmares at Lagoon and she wore her costume and just chilled (not literally, it was a super nice day) with us! On Halloween we had Angie & Colton over and ate Taco Soup and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and had Butter Beer Harry Potter style minus the Rum. Colton dressed up as a "nerd", Angie was a G.I. Joe, and Keila wore a 12 year olds Spiderman costume and they took Keilani trick or treating while Blake and I delivered some cookies to the families he home teaches. People thought they were a little family together. It was so funny! And since Keila had the mask on she looked like there kid also. We got some great pictures of them on the camera but since I am on my phone....I don't have them.

My friend Leslie did this sketch... I totally love it!

And she did it in a ton of different styles for me :) 

You can buy a copy for yourself (of course not of my family) here!

.:: Halloween Fun::.

Some of the fun Halloween stuff we did...

Okay so going to the driving range isn't Halloweenish but it was a beautiful day and it was my first time going. It was so fun!

 We went to the haunted corn maze...that place is pretty cool with all the animals, pumpkin patch, and family fun things to do.

 Us being "scared" in the corn maze

 Our gingerbread haunted graveyard

 Cowboy & Indian

 2 professors, a one night stand, and a cowboy

 We went out to a friends party for Halloween...it was interesting...

it will probably be the first & last time we go to a college party as a married couple.

Kids so drunk that they are just making fools of themselves is not our scene.

The most entertaining thing of the night was watching a guy dump hot sauce in peoples beers when they weren't looking & then watching them drink it...that my friends is HILARIOUS.

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween.

Basketball season starts in less then a week...I'm so excited...

I can't believe my cute hus is a senior & this is our last year!!

We'll be in St. George next weekend for games so if any of our friends want to meet us there to support Blake & cheer on CMU that would be aweeeeesome!!!

.:: Fall Festivites....Thus Far::.

We have been so busy between all our different responsibilities but at least we are having some fun when we have time!

 Fruita Fall Festival...

Not the best picture but it was the only one we took. 

My sisters came to visit over General Conference weekend. We had fun doing crafts, eating yummy food, watching/listing to conference, playing Just Dance, and going to Bananas.

 We went back to Utah one weekend & got to watch our nephew Barrett play football! Blake has been waiting for this moment since Barrett was like one. They are so much alike it's crazy. Anyways it was a lot of fun and it was the first of many football games to come...

 Workin' the 'stache!

 Preparing for Halloween...haha

 Chocolate & caramel covered pretzels with Heath bar...yumm!

 Pumpkin carving

Our pumpkins...mine is on the top right (ghost) & Blake's is in the middle (CMU)

Hope everyone has a fun Halloween!!

.:: Easter::.

Since we've been married we have never really celebrated Easter. Ya know, with baskets and stuff. And really I've kinda missed it! My mom gives amazing Easter baskets and Blake's parents do a egg hunt with money & candy in it...and you can come away with some decent cash my friends. Anyways... the plan was to go back to Utah and spend Easter with the family and see some dance performances that my nieces were in...well like usual work got in the way. We still had a fun weekend though.

We went to dinner, went shopping, and played some mini golf. Which sadly, I lost! I'm not a very good loser! Ha. On Saturday, after I got out of work, my oh-so sweet hubster had a egg hunt/scavenger hunt ready for me back home. It was really fun and Blake wrote some hilarious riddles for the scavenger hunt!

I'm one lucky gal! =)

New Years!

Happy New Year!

I have to say 2010 was a pretty good year for our family and I hope this year will be even better! I had to work on New Years Eve which sucked but I got off at 7 p.m. so we could still hang out with our friends!

We had dinner at Outback and then went back to Erica and Chan's house for games, Orea Strawberry-Banana shakes (believe me, they are awesome!), and ringing in the New Year!!

Holiday Fun-ness!

I love the holiday season, except for the fact that I work at a hospital and in a department that is 24/7 and that means you work holidays. Whatev, you do what you have to right? Anyways...cranberry salsa...has anyone had it before? It is delish! And before my girls trip, Erica and I made a ton of this stuff to give away for holiday treats...and munch on while we canned them up! So yummy!

Speaking of girls trip....

We drove to Durango to watch our men play ball and kick some butt! It was a lot of fun to have girl time and to take a mini road trip even though it ended sooner then planned.

Between getting pulled over, our quote book, and stories we will be laughing for days!

(Classic mirror picture...Erica, me, Kelsey, and Cassidy)
Since I had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas we didn't make it back to Utah, however I was able to switch one of my shifts around and we could make it back Sunday thru Tuesday. Short trip but worth it.

It was my nephew Barrett's 7th birthday on Sunday so after games and junk food we sang him "Happy Birthday" and had some delicious cake and ice cream

On Monday Blake was sick, and so was this little guy. Poor Carson. He's so cute when he's all happy but when we took this picture he was a sad lil' tike and pretty tired after a day at the doctors and errands.

My parents also got another pup. His name is Bo and he's super cute, super chubby, and super clumsy! He also likes shoes, like new black flats but after the face he gives you after yelling you feel kinda bad. I'm a sucker for puppy faces. This guy "mysteriously" ended up on my parents porch in a kennel...hmmm

That's all for now!

Goodbye 2010...you've been good to us!

Can't wait to ring in 2011 tonight! =]

Thanksgiving 2010

So many pictures and blogspot does not want to cooperate with me right now! This last week was a lot of fun! My family and some of Blake's family came out for Thanksgiving and his basketball tourney which you can read about under the Mesa State tab above. We celebrated my birthday, ate a lot of food, played Just Dance 2 almost every night (which I am the bomb.com at), went shopping, and found out that Blake and I are way too laid back for Black Friday shopping! Enjoy!




 Blake making me steak fajitas for my birthday! I'm lucky to have a man that can cook! =)