Another Layers Trunk Show!

UPDATE! To celebrate Layers 4th Birthday everyone will receive a 10% discount!

Layers Clothing has come out with their Spring collection!

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Open House Trunk Show

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Ali's Place @ 776 Creekside Drive, Layton, UT

Refreshments will be served.No pressure to buy anything, but you won't be able to resist ;) If you are unable to make the party but see something you like, let us know! We can order for you and avoid shipping charges!

Saturday Night Out!

Fun night out with the girls! We went to Gepetto's in Holladay, enjoyed some live music & some delicious pizza. It was nice to get out and I hope I can squeeze at least one more of these in before June.

Kiki Needs a New Home!

With our upcoming move we have decided that it is time for Kiki to go to a new home. She is super sweet & very much loved but with the military life a cat is something I think we can do without. It is a hard decision to get rid of a pet but I think this is best for everyone. If you or anyone you know would like to have this super sweet baby girl let me know. She is declawed on her fron paws, litter & outside trained, 5 years old, current on all shots.
Really truelly an awesome cat.

Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere!

We are loving the spring weather. Ethan was outside blowing bubbles!

Komen Race for the Cure

On Monday, April 13th a very good friend, Bonnie, of Mike's Mom, Becky, passed away from metastatic breast cancer. Every year they participate in the Race for the Cure and this year is no different. There is a group of us who have signed up to show our support and participate in event. I wanted to invite everyone to do the same.

The Race for the Cure is on Saturday, May 9th @ Gateway Mall. This is the link to Becky's personal page where you can join the team and/or make donations. It is a 5k that you can run or walk, there is also an option to just walk 1 mile. It is only $25 to sign up and whatever additional donation if you so choose to make one.

http://race.komenslc.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1000&px=1044484

I really hope you are able to sign up. Let me know if you do! Have a great week.

Ali

April Moments...

Michael sent flowers! Before he left he got me flowers all the time, did not expect him to keep it up after he left. Amazingly, Michael has kept it up :)

Ethan reading his nightly story. We are really enjoying story time now that Ethan will sit still to hear the story. He get so excited to turn the pages.

Cousins KJ & Ma'lai came over and played with Ethan. They have a lot of energy! Ethan really loves playing with them and I really enjoyed spending time with them.

Just hanging out on the kitchen floor. Kitchens are usually gathering places and there is not exception in our house.

Going for a walk! Playing outside is going to be our favorite thing if the weather will stay nice.

Buy Our House!

Earlier this month our (Michael's) house was put up for sale. Very exciting to be to this point but also a bit of a stressful process. The house is looking great, now we just need some traffic through here to get it sold. Cross your fingers for us that in this market it will sell before our big move in June.

http://www.utahrealestate.com/877045

A Real Update!

It has been a while since I have given any real update as to what is going on in our lives, so here it is...

Ethan is walking, practically running, perfectly these days. He has become a chatter box and I love it. He says words like milk, Mike, bread, dog, Dad, Mom, more, and a lot of grunting. Ethan has also started this fun pointing game where he points at everything. Sometimes I mistake this for his telling me wants something and we end up wondering around the house pointing at things. He has started appreciating story time every night and will sit on the couch next to you and listen to all the words very carefully, you have to let him turn the pages though. He is such a joy!

Michael has finished Basic Combat Training (BCT) and has started Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS) @ Ft. Rucker, AL. This is only 7 weeks, a lot shorter then BCT, so we are looking forward to his life not being like prison very soon. His graduation from WOCS is June 5th. He will then get 10 days of leave that we will spend moving to Alabama and finding a place to live. In October we drove across the country from NC to UT, that must have been practice for the drive from UT to AL but this time we will have Ethan. There is still a couple years of training & flight school in Michael's future that is honestly looking forward to.

I am still working diligently on my MBA. I would really like to finish sometime between January 2010 & July 2010. It is a lot more challenging then my undergraduate degree but will be worth it when I finish. Work is busy as usual. My team has gone through some reorganization as team members go to pursue new opportunities. It is exciting for me to see them taking on new challenges. I also have numerous small projects I will be tackling in the next few weeks. Besides being Mom, working, and going to school, I will be packing up the house in preparation for the movers. Surprisingly looking forward to that!

We, as always, are super happy and I still have to pinch myself everyday to make sure this is real. As I tell everyone all the time we completely recognize how fortunate we are and love every single day of our life together.

Michael Basic Training Family Weekend!

We had the best weekend! Michael is amazing and doing fantastic. We did some well needed smiling & laughing. Seriously one of the best weekends I have ever had, really enjoyed our time together!

Adios Week 8, 9, & 10! We are on the final week!

It has been a while since I have blogged about Michael & his basic training. He is doing great! He improved his PT score & is now #2 of the warrant officer canidates. He has done some fun things with big weapons and blowing stuff up. Also, has done combative training and earned his level 1 certificate. He has been keeping busy but things seem to be slowing down now that basic is coming to an end. They have been allowed to watch movies & order pizza.

We have 7 days left until Family Weekend and we are very excited to finally see each other. Michael's gift came & turned out perfectly. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Hope everyone is doing well! Will blog again after my big trip! :)

Ali

Disneyland!

We went to Disneyland earlier this week & had the best time.

These are jsut a few pictures from our adventure. More to come! :)