My 25th Birthday

Well, I have reached the big two-five. The night before my birthday, I told Peyton, that for a gift from her, I wanted to sleep in. She was waking up around 7:00 everyday and I just wanted sleep! So on my birthday, she slept till 9:30! How sweet of her huh?! She loves me. :) Dave made me breakfast and cleaned the house before he went to work. I went shopping with a friend later on, then went to dinner with Dave and a few friends.
Dave took me out to Rusty's for dinner :) yum. When we got home, we had a few friends over for cake and ice cream. It was a great day!

This is the cake Dave and I made. He baked it, and I cut/decorated it. I've wanted to learn how to decorate cakes, so this was good practice for me. :)

New Family Pictures! Lots of them :)

Two weeks ago we went out to New Harmony with our friends, Chad & Brittney, to take some new family pictures. The last "real" family picture we had was about a month after Peyton was born, so we were due for a new one since she is already a year old now! Chad's sister, Anne, took them and did such an amazing job! We were so happy with how they turned out. She was so sweet to take them for us. :) So, here they are!

These are Peyton's best friends. :) They are Chad & Brittney's twins. These three are only 6 days apart in age. It is so fun to watch them play, dance, drink bottles, and try to walk with each other. We love having them so close to us.

Peanut Butter?! and $10 off coupon

So this morning Peyton and I were out for our morning walk and we came upon a multi-family yard sale. They had a bunch of kid DVDs which is something we have been trying to build up a little bit, so I bought a few of them for just a few bucks. The lady said, "None of them should have scratches, but you know how kids are with putting DVDs back in their cases" (rolling her eyes). She continued, "You know how to fix scratched DVDs right?" I said I didn't and she told me, "You take creamy peanut-butter and gently rub it all across the back of the DVD. Let it sit for a minute then gently rub it off. They work good-as-new!" I said "hmm... cool." Impressed, but really a believer. I've tried a lot of things to get scratched DVDs to work and usually nothing works, so how could Peanut Butter fix a scratch?

Well sure enough, we get home and Curious George would not even load in the DVD player. It just said "error." I cleaned it and tried again. Still nothing. Then I thought, "peanut butter huh?..." So I tried it AND IT WORKED!!! I couldn't believe it! It loaded like nothing was ever wrong and never skipped once! Who knew something so simple could fix such an annoying problem?! I've also learned that Cooking spray will stop squeaky doors, and a can of spray paint can turn a $4 D.I. shelf into a work of art. :) I've had quite the good time lately turning D.I. and yard-sale items into treasures. It's amazing and so good on the wallet.

Last word of advice today? It runs along the DVD line. One of the best Disney movies EVER made, Beauty and the Beast of course, is out on DVD again. I have a hard time buying too many Disney classics because they are so expensive, but if you google "Beauty and the Beast coupon" you can find a $10 off coupon! yay! It brings the price down to a do-able $15 bucks instead of $25. It's the Diamond Edition that has 2 blu-rays and a DVD edition. The plain DVD edition is still $20, so you're still coming out ahead even if you don't want the blu-rays.

Anyways, that's my good news for the day.

Love,

~JaRelle

Sorry for no posts

I know it's been forever since I blogged and a TON has happened since then (July), but the life of this busy wife/mom/student/worker is just crazy. So here are a few pics of my little angel. Isn't she precious? I promise to blog some cute pictures soon. :) Love you all!

Dave's 2 year mission anniversary

It's been two years since Dave returned home from his mission in Taiwan. I am working on his mission scrapbook right now and hope to have it finished before we leave for McKay's farewell on the 17th. Dave has so many amazing pictures and so many cool stories. I wish I could just upload his scrapbook! He learned Mandarine Chinese and loved his mission. Here are a few pics of his mission years. :)