18 month old UpDaTe!

So it has literally been 3 months since I have updated my blog!..i cant believe it, it just seems like so much has happened these past few months! But i thought i would start it out with how my baby boy is 18 months old! he's a man now! no jk.


So this is the little whipper snapper that is 18 month old!..it is so amazing to sit and think of everything he can do at this age!..and to think last year all he could do was lay there and drool!

So this little tyke has been walking for 6 months now, he can say momma, daddy, ouch, wow, help, two, three, hot, what, duck,yay! and wee and his famous UH OH!..and he can say "up above the world" in the song twinkle twinkle, but its more or less babbled but clear enough for us to know what he's trying to say. I' am so proud of him being able to say these words, although when we try to get him to say any words for anyone he wont do it (of course.) He has 17 teeth! he loves Bubble Guppies it his favorite show!  and because of bubble guppies he is learning numbers. He loves to play in the water, every time we take him outside he heads right for the sprinkler. His favorite foods are pizza, lasagna, mac&cheese, Ramen noodles, french fries, chicken nuggets, and anything that has noodles in it.

So we turned his crib into a day bed in hope that he might sleep better this way, he felt claustrophobic in his crib, and it was a challenge trying to get him to sleep in it. He takes naps, and will sleep pretty well now in this, the only problem is he is use to sprawling out, so he has the tendency to roll out!..No bueno!

So about a month ago or so, maybe more, we discovered that Landon really likes to color and draw! at first we held off on giving him crayons or any writing utensil because we thought he would eat it or have no interest in it, we did however introduce him to My First Crayola and artsy stuff of that nature, but for some reason it didn't seem to interest him, until one day he got hold of a permanent marker and drew all over our couches!..PARTY FOWL! lol so when then decided we need to introduce this boy to coloring books! So we now give him crayons and coloring books under supervision and he loves to color!..he even has his own coloring position!..so if we see him doing this and we haven't given him a coloring book or crayons/markers, we know we are in trouble!

So you may all ready know from facebook that Wil and I bought him a little quad, and honestly we didn't have one of these in mind for him at least until he was five, just because i didn't think this young man would no how to operate such a thing, but one day he was playing with neighbors and their child had one of these and what did he do? he got right on the thing, pushed the button on the handle bars and took off!..I was amazed, at first it was little putters but then it was the real deal! he knew how to operate!..So finally we were able to get him one, and he now takes off down the street if we are not careful! gosh he never ceases to amaze me!

It sure has been an adventure being a mommy, i never knew exactly when the day would come that it would happen, but now that it has, i can honestly say my life has never been the same, and there is nothing more rewarding then watching a child that you are raising growing, and I am so happy that i stay home with him to watch him grow up, even though i wish it wouldn't go so fast, I'm making sure I'm enjoying and loving every minute of it!

Landon loves making new friends, he loves to play and be hyper with them, this is Landon's friend Jaxon, they have been friends since practically birth, and they always have so much fun together.

So besides with the tantrums, and the outrageous messes, he is one of the most loving boys ever, he loves animals and he is wiling to give a complete stranger a friendly wave and a hug, he understands emotion and is willing to give you a kiss to make you feel better, I'm so proud to be his mommy!

Where has time gone!

Get your Hunger Game on!!!!!!!

Sorry this post is a little belated, but that's okay!..once a fan, always a fan!!..So as you may know I am a die hard Hunger Game fan!..and this crazy obsession only started about a month ago when my sister in law introduced them to me, at first i was very skeptical to reading them, because i wasn't all for kids killing kids, not my cup of tea that's for sure, but she lent me the books on my NOOK app for my iphone and I gave it a chance anyways, because if she liked it, sure enough i probably would too, but needless to say i' am a bigger hunger game fan more then i ever was  a Twilight/Harry potter fan, i never even read those books, watched the movies but that's about it. So it took me about 2 weeks to read the first Hunger game book just because iam not a huge reader and i wanted to give it a chance, but once i started i got really hooked, and then i couldn't resist reading the 2nd and 3rd and it took me like 2 days! crazy! and then the premier was like a couple days away! i couldn't wait to watch but i wanted more then anything to watch the movie with my sister in law, so i watched it like like a couple days ago!..and i loved the movie!!..i was so hooked! and iam now sooo obsessed with Peeta! he is amazing!

So for starters I LOVE this picture!..I' am a Peeta fan all the way, but i just love how Katniss has her arm wrapped around him!..it kind of gives it a "he's mine" look!..I love Katniss to be with Peeta because in the book, i love how he's not afraid to say that he likes her and how they take care of each other and how affectionate he is towards her. Gale to me comes off as a really good friend, but he also never tells Katniss how he really feels about her either, I will admit though i hated how in the movie everytime it showed Katniss and Peeta kissing it just had to flash over to Gale, like she was betraying him...I like thinking Gale is a family friend, he will always be there for Katniss and her family, but there is no romance between the two, un like Katniss and Peeta.

I bet u didn't see this one coming! jk..I own 8 of the 12 district colors!..I really loved this collection, they make so many beautiful combinations together!.. so with in less then a month time i collected as many of my favorite colors that i could get, i would still like to get the remaining 4 just to have them, it's Hunger Games come on!!.. the good thing is i atleast have my favorite colors. I would even have to say the collection is very fall based, but then again i totally understand why they would go for the more earthy-tones!..from left to right: Riveting, Foie Gras, Stone Cold, Electrify, Argo, Smoke and Ashes, Dress me up, and Luxe and Lushe!

So here is my "Girl on Fire" Nails!! i used 4 colors out of the collection to complete this look, using Smoke and Ashes, Riveting, Electrfiy, and Luxe&Lushe!

                 Here is a color combination using Foie Gras, and Luxe&Lushe on the index finger!

 Here's another picture of the look! i really love this combinations, and at first i was kind of skeptical to buy Foie Gras, because it looked like mud in the bottle, but for some reason i just had to have it, and then come to find out after i bought it and brought it home, i found out i had it's EXACT dupee!..OPI -You don't know Jaques!..they are twins, and that being said i think Foie Gras is a bit darker, and their undertones are a tad different!..but as mentioned before on the ring finger is Luxe&Lush, i absolutely love this color, it is up there as one of my favorites!..it seriously reminds me of shards of glass, and it seems to take on the color its layered over!..love it!

Okay so here is my last color combintion, where i collected 8 of the 12 colors in less then a month, i could only paint my nails so many times, because iam not a fan of panting my nails every day, so for now i just have a couple color combinations to show!..i havent even tried a couple of the colors yet, so iam way exited for that!..but this color combination is Electrify over Stone cold!.. i really L.O.V.E electrify it is probably my favorite color of the collections, i don't think any other color screams girl on fire more then this one!.. i really like it by itself, although it looks way good on top of dark colors, in my above picture my "girl on fire nails" i have it over smoke and ashes!.. i really think layered over dark colors it gives it a burning fire on coals look! LOVE it!!!

So to show my support for Hunger Games i had def the nail department covered!..i ADORE how China glaze came out with a Hunger Games collection!..it was like a little slice of heaven because i love collecting nail polish! i now have over 30 bottles of nail polish between China Glaze and Opi..i guess u could say thats my strange addiction!..but anyway back to the movie and book!

I really loved this book series, i dont read books often, but the story line was awesome!..i really do hope they come out with a second and a third movie!..for me to be this exited, its a pretty huge thing! because i dont really read books, as mentioned, plus i dont have the endless hours to sit and read especially when i have a hyper active baby to chase around and school work that i should be doing full time! but it was SOOO worth it to treat myself to these novels!..it worked out perfect that i finished just in time to watch the movie!..but i heard now that the 2nd movie isnt coming out to next fall!..i really hope i can wait that long!!!

Got to love Effie!..i think she is so spunky and so fashionable!..granted you proably wont see me trying to attempt her make up thats for sure, but u got to admire her!.check out http://www.capitalcouture.pn/ to see more Effie Trinkett fashion!

                                                            Peeta Mellark all the WAY!!!!

Happy St. BiRthDay!!!!

So from what was already mentioned on facebook, today is my little sister's birthday and it is also St.Patricks day! She is the only member of our family that was born on a holiday, but truthfully the odds were against her being born on this spectacular GrEeN day!..I remeber i was 12 years old when she was born, and i was so exited about knowing my mom was finally going to be having a girl, because i was the only girl growing up with 2 boys, and it always seemed that one of them was being used for all my girly experiments becuase i have always had a girly personality from the time i was little even though i grew up on a ranch and played in the mud and went and milked cows with my dad...But anywho yeah originally my sister was due on the 18th or 19th one of the two..i really cant remeber, and it just so happened we were in idaho falls the day she was born and my mom went into the hopital to visit a realtive and found out she was going to have the baby that day, so the odds weren't always against my sis being born on st.pats but it was also unlikely!..i just remeber my brothers and i had a whole waiting room to ourselves and we watched the Luck of the Irish that evening..a show i will always associate the birth of my sister with!..but from that day forward she was my little girl and i absolutely adored her, i packed her around so much that people thought that she was my baby....really?? a twelve year old with a child?? no thanks!! but still to this day she is  my little angel! she's almost as big as me now but she has grown to be such a sweet, smart, fun loving girl!..even though her and i are nothing alike. =)

Half of this picture was posted to my facebook but this would of been about 10 years ago, not on her actual BIRTHday but i would say she is in between the ages of 4-6 months.

Here is me and my ACTUAL baby! at the right old age of 22!

Me and the birthday girl! 12 years apart!

Waiting to make her wish and blow out her candels!

Me and my happy little family!!

He' s a charmer! shirt says it all!

I love my hunny every day of the week!

Present time!!..girl def scored!!

She got a laptop!!..My parents didnt give me a laptop till i graduated highschool! but then again Kately is 10 going on 30!

Cant forget my St.Pats day nails

Hope you all had an amazing day!!!

On the big day I turned 22!!

So first off I want to thank everyone who sent birthday wishes my way! I loved it and it truly made my day!!

So my overall day went very well, other then the fact that Willy Billy wasnt here to share it with me, not entirely his fault, actually not his fault at all, if it were up to him I knew he really wanted to be here, but thanks to a heartless individul who does not understand the true meaning of a family, poor Willy billy was stuck in Jackson Hole *cries* But thank goodness for this past weekend! My dad from ND and my mom, brother and sister from Salmon came up and we celebrated my birthday early! I cant thank my parents enough for everything they do for Will, Landon and I!..Sooo, This past weekend was the bomb! and if it wasnt for that, i would feel even worse then i did today, about having Will gone, and not spending time with family. But knowing today was actually my real birthday, I still wanted to to something fun, and not treat it like another ordinary day, that would be sad! but i would have to say, that between Landon and i we had and amazing time just the two of us, and we actaully had alot of fun!..The day started off with him watching his favorite cartoons, until randomly the tv decided not to start working, so that left us on to new and better things! So when the time came for Landon's nap, i decided to get started on our dinner for tonight. I was going to make a cake also but my mom said she had that covered? hmmm well how could my mom of done that if she was in salmon?

My creative thinking Mommy aka MANG! who knew i was going to be at home all alone with no transportation, had a beautiful cake as well as a delicous sandwich plattered of which she pre-ordered and had it delivered!

I of coarse had no idea that my mom was going to do such a nice thing for me, so like early mentioned i had started on dinner while Landon was napping and decieded to make BBQ meatballs and mash potatoes! but in the middle of the making of the meatbals... SPECIAL DELIVERY! here shows up a cake and my sandwich platter! needless to say i left out the mash potatoes but continued to make my nummy meatballs! cause after all its just me and the baby man!

OMG!! these were so good!..i know it looks like ketchup on them but it really is BBQ made from scratch!  the recipe came from my ward newsletters i recieve!..and if i can help it i want to save a couple for Willy to try! Cause Lando man loves these and sure did I!!

The anticipation of waiting 45 minutes for the meatballs to get done left me to get a little camera crazy with me and Landon!..I sure do love him!

Eventually 45 minutes came and went and we were ready for our feast!

And of coarse after stuffing our faces with turkey sandwiches and Meatballs, we sang happy birthday together and had some delicous white cake with chocolate frosting!..it was good!

Chef Mommy

So ever since we have recently moved to Idaho falls, i have made the decision that i wanted to start cooking, I have always known the basics on how to cook but have made the decision not to for a long time for various reasons.... well a couple being that my husband is an excellent cook, so i left it up to him there for awhile, and that i really didn't have the patience or confidence to to do it, partially because i' am surrounded  by amazing cooks in my family and Will's family, and i didn't think i could ever compare. Well i decided to put my big girl pants on and start cooking because.... Will has been on overload with his job and school and i figured i would relieve him in the cooking department, i have also been going to school online since September, to become a certified Medical Transcriptionist in May (hopefully) so i can be a Work at Home Mommy, a WAHM! lol..so i want to do everything i can to de-stress him! and also one of the most important reasons ever!!! i wanted to ensure that  Landon is eating good and receiving all the nutrition he can possibly get from home cooked meals, and not the Burger king and Mcdonald diet, since we live right across the street from those places! blah!!..So chef mommy has been a very busy bee and cooking every night..so here are some of the meals i have been cooking!, and also a delicious desert that i made too!

~Kimberly Megan Beaute~

Sooo!!..Anyone who truly knows me also knows my forever obsession with Hair, Nails, and Makeup, and of coarse anything of that matter! As a result of that, I want to use this section of my blog for basically those categories..Coming from my own experience and things I have learned! I want to achieve posting tutorials, how-to's, tips, tricks and ideas!..So for starters, since i' am a mommy and a wifey my number one priority is going to be my child and hubby, so i do what i can, but i still got to have my me time!. And I figured out of anything (hair, nails and makeup) the easiest to achieve at the moment is a tutorial on some pretty nails!! And for many reasons this is why?..  You don’t need a mirror, you can be anywhere in your house sitting on the couch, at the kitchen table, floor ECT... you could even be on the road for that matter!. You can also so easily enjoy applying a fresh coat of paint while watching TV. I just think it is so versatile, so that being said my first tutorial is going to be...NAILS!!! yay!!!. So lets begin!

Landon's second Valentines day!

Okay so this was Landon's 2nd v-day, but at the same time it almost felt like his first, it almost gives me a bitter sweet feeling thinking about it, but last year he wasnt even a month old, and I remember it like it was yesterday, it is amazing how fast time goes and even more amazing how babies grow and how there capabilities are so different a year later!..ok so think about it?..if u had a friend and u saw him/her for the first time in 5 years, for the most part your friend looks the same, but then say u last saw a baby of a friend or relative 5 years ago, there would be such a drastic change in that child!..so I guess the moral of the story is to hold on to your children and forever cherish them, because holidays and times and events in there life are so precious <333..so for it being Landon's first valentines being able to walk and eat chocolate and enjoy his card, I don't think it could of been any better!..my mom for as long as I can remember always made valentines such a special day for us, she would either come to our school or wait till we got home and spoil us with valentines day goods and take us out to dinner that night, and I hope I can continue the tradition and do this for Landon! <333 it was a very good day for us, Landon and I the night before put daddy's present on the counter so when he woke up he would be surprised and then he did the same for us, I then gave landon his present from will and I and he loved it!i don't think he has had that much sugar ever! I also got him some Jammie's that he refused to let go of lol!.. Then after work daddy surprised me with my all time favorite desert.. Chocolate dipped strawberries!! Can u say yumm!!!.. And then we went to chuckerama were my sweet mom got us a gift certificate there!.. See even though I am married and moved away she still manages to do special things for us!..Thanks mang!..so over all it was a perfect day!