The 12 Dates of Christmas!

For Christmas, Spence and I decided to give each other the "12 dates of Christmas."  We each took 6 months and planned surprise dates for those months. 

For January, we went to a cooking class at Gigi's.  It was really fun.  We made the most delicious meal, and then we ate it with our new friends. 

Our little group was in charge of the fingerling potatoes, asparagas, and the scallops! 

February we went to Disney World!  Ok, so we were already there, but that vacation counted as our February date!

March we went a little overboard!  My mom does bingo every year on Christmas Eve, and this year we won a gift certificate to Flying Sumo in Park City!  OH MY GOODNESS =  SO YUMMY!  Seriously, a month later, and I am still salivating when I think of it!  We combined this dinner with a concert - Lady Gaga!  Yeah, judge if you want!  It was a bit risque and we were probably the most conservatively dressed people there, but we had a lot of fun.  She has an awesome voice, she was quite entertaining, the sound system was incredible, great seats, and overall I thought it was a wonderful evening! 

When we first arrived at the concert, we decided to go walk around and do some people watching!  Very entertaining...

And above are some videos from the Gaga concert if you are interested in a getting a taste of what it was like! 


3 days later, we hit up the Bon Jovi concert!  All decked in my black to represent ROCK! 

Bon Jovi is a legend, and totally proves why he is still around 27 years later.  The place was sold out, the fans were crazy over him, and it was a blast! 

BEST PART OF THE NIGHT.......

So check it out, we are just chilling in our seats, listening to the concert when all of a sudden I look behind me and there is a man sleeping... Yes, SLEEPING during Bon Jovi!  Spence and I could not stop laughing, and he had to grab a picture of it!  We were dying! But no worries, we didn't let him sleep for long, the flash on our phone, totally woke him up!  Oh, but such a funny memory and I still giggle when thinking about it! 

So far, we have had some great dates, looking forward to more fun ones to come!  And seriously, such a great Christmas gift idea.  Forces us to plan dates in advance, and to get creative when planning them! 

Guess who's home?

Speen's brother Sam got back from his mission to Argentina mid-March!  It has been a blast to have him home.  He is the same old Sam - totally cute and fun!  Welcome home Elder Taggart! 

Everyone getting their signs ready for Sam's arrival! 

We waited, and waited and waited....

And finally he came!  True Story:  While we were waiting, Jane (Spence's mom) said "guarantee he comes down wearing a hat and glasses!"  Boy does she know her son!

First hug went to sister Soph!

Then to mom

Now it was dad's turn

And nana

Lance wanted to make sure he saw his sign!

And he loved it!

Meeting Tootles for the first time

Lance got a little sick of the crowds!

And of course the fam!

St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day could possibly be one of my favorite holiday's!  I love decking out the fam in green, cooking green pancakes, Leprachauns, gold, it is so fun, and my kids have a blast! 

Waiting to go upstairs to see if the Leprechaun came! 

We hid little footprints all over our upstairs! 

Tallie and Lance loved searching for the gold pieces around the house, and Tallie caught on quickly!

Sadly, this is the only picture I took of Speen that day, but he was sporting his green!

Mmmm, green pancakes!

Oh yeah, green bottle! 

The story of Tallie Jo from smiles to meltdown in .3 seconds. Really, it's quite amazing!

Heading over to Jojo's for more St. Patty's fun!

More gold pieces! 

Counting up his loot!

Mmmm, green sandwich!

And to top the day off, we had a super fun play group with my bf's from college!  Love these girls, and love their darling kids! 

Wheeler Farm!

We have gone to Wheeler Farm a couple times this year and have had a blast.  The first time was with the cousins!  I only brought my cell phone, but was able to capture these pictures with my new app - instagram! 

And the second time we went with my friend Leslie.  She brought her camera and took these pictures of my kiddos, they turned out cute! 

Gotta love feeding the ducks!