Anthro Copycat...

So I was down at Anthropologie the other day browsing at the things that I couldn't buy :) I just love going down there to be in a fun, creative, inspiring place and I fell in LOVE with this necklace! It was $60, not too spendy but I thought, what the heck....I could probably make something close to this. And~I did. It could use a little more loops but I made it from Memory, I didn't google a picture of it until after it was complete.

The colors were so bright and fun...needed something to remind me of bright spring/summer..

So~ladies, what's the verdict?

Autobots...TRANSFORM!

Brayden had such a great Birthday...I cannot believe that he is 4...Holy Smokes, where did the time go?!

He is such a joy and blessing in our lives and is always making us laugh. Continues to be all BOY...He was spoiled or should I say just overly loved :) As always he made a haul, transformers galore, games, toys and yes we got him a Wii. (i love the Wii)

This year he wanted a Transformer party and that is what he got! Bumblebee and all!

Thank you to all of our family and friends for making his day extra special!

Found.

Bittersweet day. I knew someday that this would come. After much heavy contemplating, praying, wondering, worrying, asking and questioning I have decided to start my job as a Full Time Mommy. The last couple weeks have just tore me up. I LOVE my job as a designer, it's a passion, I will carry with me forever. And when I say passion, I eat.sleep.breath.think. design ALL THE TIME, my mind never seems to stop. Creating and making spaces beautiful, seeing clients surroundings become something that they dreamed of become a reality is what I live for. Like I said-A passion, and something I WILL return to!

My girls-My sweet goose gals, friends for a lifetime. I can sincerely say I love each one of them so much! They are my second family and I have had such a great time. Not a lot of people can say the LOVED every single person they worked with & LOVED doing their job, but I can. I can.

These Ladies are each individually so extremely talented, amazing and wonderful. I learned so much from each of them. I love to laugh, and I laughed every single day at work. Love you girls, I will miss working with you beyond measure. Thank you so much for being who you are.

It's funny, I have played this tug-of-war in my head...

Love my job-crazy to let it go for now-want to be there for my boys-I can't leave, built this career for years and I am going to give it up just like that?-This is who I am and what I have worked so hard for-it's what I live for....and on and on. so SO HARD!

This is one of the hardest decisions I have had to make. I think to myself I am totally nuts & What am I doing???!! But then I see my beautiful children. Brayden blowing kisses to me through the window, looking at Greyson's big beautiful eyes and just staring at him thinking I don't want to miss a moment. Being a Mom is such a blessing & an opportunity to focus fully on my boys.

This is a life changing decision, completely different then what I am used to. I have ALWAYS worked, it makes me feel accomplished, BUT who's to say being a Mom is not being accomplished? I am sure it will be difficult but I can't second guess my decision. At the end of the day I am just grateful. My life has slowed down, I am SO used to going 100 miles an hour and LOVED it!! But now, Mommy comes first. Total lifestyle change.

Along the way I have FOUND out a few things about myself.

~FOUND...I can set a goal and achieve it and at times exceed it!

Knowledge. Learned new skills and put them to use.

I can be a daymaker.

Friends to last a lifetime-My Goose Gals

Hardwork pays off.

Focus,discipline, and responsibility.

I could conquer fears of "I can't do it"

I can!

Beautiful furniture and accessories at a killer price(kicking myself..agh,will miss that)

Moments of joy

It's ok to cry at work :)

Unpacking new product is like Christmas morning!

My obsession of glass jars.

Stress can be a good thing.

The pleasure of seeing a perfect room.

Unbelievable Customer Service Skills (I don't handle poor service well now)

Celebrating Groundhogs Day,"Smoke Breaks", and the way of the beaver :)

LAUGHTER!

Friday's will ALWAYS be "floor day" to me.

I love fabric-everything about it.

I can lift and carry downstairs A LOT of furniture :)

I love to draft, it's soothing.

~BUT, most of all I FOUND myself.

Never lost, always found something great...

ALL my love to the BG and cheers to Mommyhood!

Pictures.

LOVE.

Too Funny.

My life recently has been consumed by.......FEEDING my sweet Greyson all the time, and with that comes ALOT of washing of the bra's....The other day my bra was hanging in the bathroom drying out and Brady and Brayden were getting ready. All of a sudden Brayden looks up at Brady and says, "Dad (long pause)......these are wet boobs."

We about died of laughter!! And the way he said it was too funny.

He is always cracking us up....

Fans...

Yes, Brady and I are fans of ...........

This Old House!

When we do have a moment on Saturday afternoon we sit down, watch and learn! I don't know why, but to us it is super entertaining. And I learn something new everytime I watch it. The homes that they renovate are absolutely AMAZING! It is inspiring and interesting. And we like to practice our Boston (Baastan) accents too. HA...

Every segment from home repairs, new construction, (and my fav) LANDSCAPING are great. I love to watch the before/after photo's. I would DIE if they came to my house. The show did come to Salt Lake City not to long ago and worked on a home up in Olympus Cove. Jealous.

This year I will be subscribing to the magazine. These guys make everything look like a breeze to do, and when it's over we have to laugh because not only is the show so motivating, and inspiring to do those good ol' home projects but the commercials make you want to jump off the couch and DO STUFF! We love to talk about what we will/can do to our home.....but, it's just talk....for now!

We will be putting in our yard this summer, so we hope to be inspired!

{Love this show!}

Really?!

The last few weeks have been eventful here at the Beyer Household. We had a beautiful baby boy, such a joy! He was a bit jaundice, so the doc suggested that he should be put on lights, the little "suitcase" ones. Luckily he only had to do that for a couple of days. But I felt that my eye's had not been shut the entire time looking at the blazing lights. 2 day's later Brady came down with what we thought was the flu, he was in a lot of pain and throwing up for hours. Finally at about 11 pm he came into the room and said that he was going to the emergency room. Something was wrong. Being the tough guy he is, he somehow drove himself to the emergency room, was checked in. Had an ultrasound on his stomach, they couldn't find out what was wrong. So next step a CT scan, morphin injections and still throwing up from the pain. No conclusions, but when the results came back. APPENDICITIS. Myself ,being up for almost 2 days straight, with a new babe and the next night on the phone with my poor hubby. Talking every hour wondering what was wrong with him...Finally he called and said that he would be going into emergency surgery at 7 a.m. the next day! Phew, relieved it was something that was fixable. But felt so bad that my guy had to go throught all of that alone. I am so very grateful that he is alright, and YES that totally gave me a scare, after a few tears were shed I composed myself and prepared myself to get up, take our newborn son to the peditrician to get his bilirubin levels checked and have enough time to go pick up my hubby fresh out of surgery in a timely manner.
My Mom to the rescue....She dropped all her plans and came and got Brayden immediatly the next morning. Hot soup in hand to give to Brady, telling me, " Don't you worry about Brayden, he will have so much fun with us. It will be a good day for him. My pleasure to take him. And tell Brady to get well" Siggghhhhh, of relief. Love her.
So when we made it home and things started to settle down, we thought everything was back to normal. Then I open my big mouth and say..."Ya know things like this comes in 3's :)" duhhhhh.....
Sooooo~ #3 Currently ALL of my food from my fridge are in coolers on my back porch. Good Times, friends....Good Times....
OUR FRIDGE WENT OUT! REALLY? People REALLY!?
Last night and this morning we have been packing our food in coolers. And I am DYING to have an ICE COLD DRINK... We have a repair man coming to look at it, but lucky me, I have been waiting since 2 pm this afternoon for him. Time now 9pm. And he just walked in. Awesome! :)
But on a good happy note, I am grateful for my sweet new baby boy, in perfect health and is such a great baby! Blessed that I have a wonderful hubby that is so sweet still helping me throughout his own pain, and surgery. So happy that he is alright and will be fully recovered in the next week or so!
As for the darn fridge, it's just a fridge....Just one more thing that we can look back at and laugh. Funny how an icy cold drink sounds so amazing when you cannot have one. So yes ladies, I have went to Sonic
this evening to satisfy my thirst and love for the Sonic ice! Aaaaahhhhhh.............so good..Life is funny, but good :)