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So I think I still had my blog set to private when I posted last...Durrr...Anyway...our new blog is at Simplyspringer.blogspot.com!! Follow us!!! :)
-Shannah

Hey all

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-Shannah

Blogspot is no longer my friend...

So I have tried to edit my last post about 100x, but every time I do it times out, or the "page can't be viewed" or there is an error. So I guess I am wondering if anyone else has TONS of problems with blogspot or if it is a person problem between my computer and the site. All I know is I never get updated because everytime I try and put a ton of time into a post it doesn't work out, then I want to throw my computer accross the room, so I give up! BLAH! So I am going to try one last time to post the rest of my pics from December....if it doesn't work in this new post, then I QUIT!

Goodbye 2009....

Well 2009 has officially come to an end. I am super excited for 2010, it is the year that I graduate and become a nurse!! This is such a huge milestone for me. Granted this doesn't happen until December, but I am still excited. I also hope to be pregnant by the end of the year, which is another really exciting thing to look forward to. I can't wait to see Aspen with a sibling..or two, haha. Christmas was really magical for us this year. Aspen made it so much fun. It was really fun to get lost in the magic of all of it this year with her, she definatly brought the spirit of Christmas alive for us. She was so fun to watch. I will post a few pics to show you what has kept us busy through the end of 2009. Happy New Year everyone!!


Aspen helped me bake lots of goodies this holiday season. We made homemade cinnamon roles too many times to count, also lots of cookies and brownies for neighbobrs, some of patients and family. It was one of my favorite parts of this holiday season.




This year Justin had the opportunity to spend a lot of quality time with his brother and dad, which meant so much to him. Too often we get caught up in the day to day tasks of our lives and we forget to make time for the relationships that matter the most to us. It was nice to spend time nurturing those relationships over the holiday season.

Our Christmas tree started out really beautiful this year. It was all green and silver and I personally spent a lot of time making it look really pretty. However, our dog, Porter didn't love the tree, especially when left home alone with it. He spent countless hours destroying the countless hours I had put into the tree. We have been at war a lot of this holiday season, haha. So the only pictures I have of the tree are after half the decorations had been eaten off by the dog and the other half had all been moved up to the top of the tree so that they wouldn't also be eaten...I swear the tree really looked good at one point in time, haha.

This is what Santa left for Aspen. She wanted a gumball machine so bad!! That and a "bouncy ball w/a handle on it" (which is a hippity hop for those of you that dont know). She was thrilled when she walked down the stairs and saw what Santa had brought her. When I woke her up on Christmas morning she said, "Mom, can I open my presents today?" (She asked me this almost every morning in December, haha) I told her yes and she said, "I DONT BELIVE IT, I JUST DONT BELIVE IT!!!" It was SOOOO cute!

2nd Annual Gingerbread Houses

We got together with Jake, Les, Mic, Atlee, Max and Diane to make gingerbread houses and for dinner. We had a blast and the end results turned out really super cute. The kids have so much fun doing this, it is definatly a tradition that I am glad we started and will definatly continue to do every year. Its pretty funny to watch Justin, Jake and Max get so into it too!! :O)

Christmas Pictures

I decided to be brave and attempt getting Aspen's pictures taken again. The last time I did this it was for her 2 year old Birthday pictures. We totally skipped her 3 year old Birthday pics because I was afraid that she would be terrible, since this is what has happened in the past. I started from the beginning telling her how I wanted her to be a good girl and listen to the photographer. I decided to bribe her with a Happy Meal....don't you love my parenting skills? However, IT WORKED!!! She was amazing. My husband and I just stood thier silently with our jaws hanging open terrified to speak or move thinking that she might suddenly start to rebel. When you look at her pictures you probably can't even imagine her misbehaving....They turned out perfect! I am so excited that she is willing to get her pictures taken again.

Thanks....

Thanksgiving was great this year. It was the first year that "my generation" in the family put the whole thing on. It was at my cousin's Sindra and Brian's house. They did a fab job and the food was great. The best part of Thanksgiving was that I completed a goal that I have had for so long. I ran my first 5k. I was very slow, but I completed it having jogged the whole thing. I didn't stop or walk any part of it. This was a huge accomplishment to me and taught me that I am capable of anything if I just make up my mind to do it. :)

Halloween

Aspen started off the Halloween season as a monkey. HOwever, I gave in and let her play in her costume all day in Halloween since she had been begging to do that everyday since we had picked out the costume. Bad idea. I now know why parents don't do that. She some how managed to get caught on something and rip the entire side of the costume....the whole thing looked like it had been fileted. So her and I ran down to Target at like 4pm on Halloween day and had to find a costume. They only had 2 left in her size. She chose the lady bug costume and it ended up being pretty cute, however I liked the monkey better. She had a great time trick or treating and got a ton of candy. The first pics are of us at the Dinosaur park in Ogden. They had an awesome Halloween celebration that Grandpa Roger took us all to after going out for pizza. All in all it was a great Halloween season. Aspen gets so excited about these events that it makes them 10x more fun for all of us!

Its your bday old man!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!!On your 40th birthday I will celebrate you by counting out 40 reasons why I love you...

I love you because.....

40. I have learned so much from you.

39. I have so much more to learn from you.

38. You make me feel safe.

37. You have the hardest time keeping something a surprise, but it is so cute to watch you try!

36. You have an infectious laugh that never fails to pull me out of my bad moods.

35. You never fail to ask me how my day was.

34. You greet me every day with a hug and a kiss.

33. You are an amazing, loving, caring father.

32. You look damn good in your jeans! (wink, wink)

31. I have so much fun with you no matter what we are doing.

30. You taught our daughter how to reel in a fish all by herself at age 2!

29. My hand fits perfectly inside of yours.

28. I can tell you anything and have told you everything.

27. You naturally care about everyone and everything around you.

26. You are kind and gentle to animals.

25. You never fail to hold a door open for me or any other person coming in a door behind you.

24. I feel so proud introducing you as my husband.

23. Our daughter has your sense of adventure.

22. You never give up on me.

21. Hummmana....Hummmmmana

20. You have the same dreams and goals as I do.

19. You take care of me...and Aspen....and Porter....and Koda....and Simba :)

18. You take my breath away...still 4 years later

17. Did I mention how good you look in those jeans? Well you look better without them! :)

16. I am so vulnerable to you and it feels so good.

15. You smell SOOOOO GOOOD, all the time!!!

14. No matter what I cook for you, you love it!

13. Your dance moves....I dont think anyone else has moves like that....hahahaha

12. Aspen will expect the best in men becuase of YOU!!!!!!

11. I want a little boy that looks JUST LIKE YOU!

10. I have been married to you for four years and I still have to call you 100 times a day!

9. You are the first person I think of in the morning and the last one I think about at night.

8. You are a total nerd...just like me.

7. You have the most attractive, strong hands.

6. You arn't afraid of being yourself.

5. You inspire me to not be afraind of being myself.

4. Watching you flyfish literally brings tears to my eyes. (not just when I am pregnant and hormonal ) haha.

3. You are my lover.

2. You are my husband.

1. You are my best friend.

Happy birthday my love! I look forward to loving you for 40 more years!

-me.

Aspen is 3!!!!!

I can not believe that my baby is three years old! These last three years have flown by so fast and have truelly been the best of my life. I cant imagine life without Aspen. She brightens everyone's world that she is a part of. To celebrate her birthday we had a party in the park. We had lots of friends, family, food and fun!! It was a blast! The most important part of the birthday to her was that she got a "rainbow cake" that she had seen on a blog on my computer. Mine didn't turn out as perfect as the one of the blog, but I thought it was great and so did Aspen. In fact when I cut into it and she saw the rainbow colored layers, she looked up at me and said, "Oh, It turned out really good mama!!" Melted my heart. I love her more than I would have ever thought possible!!!

We let Aspen open her presents from us before we went to her party. She woke up that morning and the first thing out of her mouth was, "Did my birthday come?" I said, "Yes!" She said, "I wanna open my presents right now!!!" She took off running downstairs and just started tearing into the first one!! HAHA!! She is so much fun!

Grandma Boo and Isobel!

Grandma and Grandpa Springer with Grandma Julie! Aspen is a lucky girl. She has a ton of grandparents and lots of "honorary" grandparents!! :)

For weeks before her birthday Aspen kept asking for a birthday hat. When I was in Dollar Tree I came accross this beauty and figured she had to have it!! Haha!!

The Rainbow Cake!!!! I was bummed that I didn't get very many good pics of the cake but for some reason it was the last thing on my mind. I wish I would've taken some better ones, but the next few photos show it off a bit :)