ketchup on a roll

Here we are, Thanksgiving day!

This is tim and leta. tim+leta= my sexie husband. thanks folks.

the S.F.A.( beau and damon dubbed it the shaffer family association, and tagged it all over a condemed building in incom back in the day) S.FA. for life baby!!

This is not my shirt, and i look like such a "mom" here. we look like we've gone country.

This ladies, is damon. he has yet to "take a wife"

This is spence and shaunas family.they live in draper so we see them the most.

This is clobys and stephanies family. pour cooper kept rubbing his eys because of the sun

Its the day after thanksgiving. crazies all over are fighting over bread makers in wall mart. (yes i saw this happen once, it looked like your mom and my mom, only one had a black eye and the other had a bread maker for 50% off and an cazy look in her eye) im not big on black friday, but Thanksgiving i love. the night before beau and i spent a fortune on creme cheese to bake my amazing apple pecan cheesecake. we baked together and it was weird/cute/sexie!This year was the best we've had in a long time! my family from lousiana came to the little town of aberdeen and we all crammed into grandmas teeny little amazing house. my sister amber made bomb cheezy potatoes in her georgous eight months pregnant state. she even did the splits! (amazing) all the ladies gabbed on twilight and then everyone took "ugly pictures" aka the uglyest face you can possibly make and put it on film. good stuff. thats why i love my family! we are all weird and hilarious and crazy. my little bro is a georgous guy, but man he can make one ugly face. the entire day we let loose. i think we even pulled a brittney spears and put red creme soda in ardens sippy. oopsie! at least the kid ate that tho right?

The day before at beaus parents, leta (beaus mom) and i totaly bonded. we baked up a storm i tell ya!! pumpkin pies, bananna creme, and the famous cherry pie made by yours truly. im glad we did this. it was so nice, and she taught me a thing or two about pie crust. thank you leta!!

Our morning began with white shirts. back in beaus little home town we started the day with family pictures. my inlaws, the four brothers and the wives and kids gathered under the morning sun. we laughed and tried to fight the sun in our faces as we said cheese for the camera. the cutest pictures were of the kids all together.arden loves her cousins. katy and cassidy both four year olds, carry her around and play baby with her. she tried to escape after a while but was unsuccessfull. the dinner was great and the stories of childhood even better. beau and damon (his older bro) spilled the beans on "timmy" aka the made up little brother they said got locked in the basement closet his entire life. yeah, it was their way of freeking out the kids and having the tv room to themselves. kylee and cole are scarred for life because of good ole timmy.

I want to end this blog with a confession. I THINK TURKY SMELLS LIKE BUTT. i dont eat it and i never will. when i helped my mom put that raw naked fleshy bird in the oven, i wanted to barf. sereously, go see the ugly 100 year old turky at wheeler farm and you'll hate it too. so what did i eat? my classic roll dunked in ketchup meal. oh, and shitloads of pie. yes im a soda hater and i even downed a coke. (yeah it was delicious and totally worth it) godda love that "liquid satan" well well well, my party time is not near done. today its birthday shoppin, cake making time. because guess what?? my little one turns two tomorrow! happy thanksgiving,word to your mutha.

a little bit of emily

Lets be honest shall we? being a S.A.H.M isnt easy ladies. nope any one that tells you it is has never experienced it for themselves. talk about time to think. im not your tipacal mommie tho. i cant stand being at home all day, i have to get out. i have to experience life and i have to be myself. yes i take pride in cooking for my man, and washing his clothes, but i also know that my life would be empty if i didnt leave room for myself. to grow as an individual and to be emily the person. not just the mom or the wife, but to be myself. so wonder where im going with this? here is how i stay sane. ATTENTION LADIES! so heres a little secret of mine, its called fighter. and its by christina agelera. lets just say i save this song for the gym. i would feel retarded listening to it in my car. its just not my kind of music. but in the gym, when i need to let out frustration, i wil sprint not jog to this. ive had girls look at me like im wonder woman when im running to this song. at the end of the song she goes "i am a fighter, i aint goin stop, there is no turning back now" yeah that part is the best. i can burn like 500 calories listening to this part. i think of anyone or anything thats got me down, i think once i even threw a punch to thee air during this part. good stuff ladies. this song makes me tick, and when im done i have crazy amazing endorphins, and i feel happy about where i am in my life :) sooooo....thanks christina.

Ok so what else? i paint. yep. its my calling in life. i paint on my bathroom floor. monday night i freekexd out and spent money i didnt have on canvas. i actually painted a picture of nurney. (see old poast)and i listened to bjork hyperballad, the best song ever for creating!!in the end i threw glitter all over it. a first for me. ive been painting for eight years and an artist for life. my art has helped me in so many ways from being heart sick, or feeling pure joy! your probably wonering why i dont poast it hu? well thats the exciting part. im creating an art blog as we speak.tonight im going to provo, and my friend rafell ( a genious graphic designer chick) is helping me. we are meeting in a studio and photographing all my art. im so excided i could burst!! thanks rafell!

next up....books. i prefer books i can relate too in my own situation. yeah i had a twilight craze, like every other utah chick!! ( and my honey suprised me with tickets for opening night- so excided!) but the books i wanna tell you about are hillarious! Risa Green wrote two amazing books that im in love with: Notes from the underbellie and Tales from the crib. you will die of laughter. any mom who has a good sense of humor will appreciate these books. i would stay up half the night laughing! after arden was asleep for her nap, i'd RUN to my book. i love them because she tells it like it is. like her mommie and me group, she calls the perfect moms momunists like (comunists) not to mention the part when the baby craps up her onzie in the grocery store and she has no diapers! yup ive been there. so yeah, these books made me happy. i think i could even read them again soon. go read them. they will for sure brighten your mom day:)

fourth, never underestimate the power of girls night out. sereously ive been doing this for a while now. and its much needed! just me and my friends, talking and laughing. last night me and some girls went to this perfect little bakery in the avenues and ate the most amazing and delicious deserts. girls night is way theraputic. our conversation was hillarious ( sara bags your amazing) i come home and im way happy and giggly. sereously girls, friends are a must. a good friend will always be there to lend a helping hand or to lift your spirits. i have amazing girlfiends and to them i owe a thanks! thanks girls, love ya!




Last but not least....we escape. arden and i go to discovery gateway a few times a week. she loves it and thats enough for me. this place is a god send! last week they had mickey and minney mouse...and arden freaked out. bolth of us meet friends, and we leave ready to crash. soooo good for her and so so good for me.

well, thats it, these are things that make me happy and things that keep me sane. a little bit of me. a little bit if Emily.

me? you godda be kiddin.

well well well..im pretty much doing this blog for anna.....let her get another good ole laugh. laughing is good. so, for the past four years i have had a number of callings. i started out in young womens and loved every single second of it! movie nights, pedicures, gossip, and ice cream. man i miss all that teen anxt! after arden was born i was moved into nurshry for about two years. nurshry was....how do i say this? um...hillarious?! yeah it was. fights and blocks and snack time. lets not forget that my kid went through a "fun" biting stage during the last half of my calling. here is me when parents picked up the kids; "he/she got bit...by that little bald one over there, whose kid is that anyway?" not mine!! so now, thats done with. we moved and now we have a great new ward. so far i have been "callingless" for a few months, until last week when i had a bomb droped on me. so they sit me down and i know its calling !and im thinking nurshry i know its nurshry!! in my head im seeing poopie pants and goldfish crackers, bite wounds....stuff like that. NOPE NOT EVEN COSE!!!! here we go.....i am the new ward corister! you know the lady who leads the hymns in sacrament meeting?what are they thinking? the building is going to go up in flames! ivins ward is doomed! the woman with this calling is supposed to be the mother eart tipe. shes supposed to sing like an angel and wear eccentric fairy dresses. shes supposed to be gracefull and angelic. i am none of these. i am weird and short,im clumsy, not to mention i laugh like homer simpson. insted of saying no like wanted too,i accepted my calling and had a good ole laugh. my husband was shocked. hes going to be so embarrased every sunday.anna said i need beads to wear in my fingers? what the?! now i think i need an entire new wardrobe. i refuse to not look hot up there singing onward christian soldiers. the way i see it is....if i cant sing and i dont know the arm movements i can at least look cute right? yeah more like big retard. im going to look like a midget up there. im going to die! im going to start dancing and maby do the solja boy. if i can remember how that lady did it on ellen once. in jr high i was in choir and i freeking sucked. im like the kid who locks her knees and passes out on the bleachers. i sing in my car and its bad....reel bad.its funny, and its not. im just going to have to look on the bright side! i get to pick the hymns and put the numbers up. i'll convince beau that all my clothes are ugly and that i need to look "appropriate" for the job. goodbye emily hello mother earth.

SAY CHEESE!

THIS IS OUR LITTLE SHAFFER FAMILY! WE FINALLY GOT OUR FIRST PROFESSIONAL FAMILY PICTURES TAKEN. ARDEN WAS HARD TO TAME...TWO YEAR OLDS HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR THE CAMERA! HALF THE TIME SHE HAD THIS STUPID KNAWED ON APPLE AND REFUSED TO PUT IT DOWN. BUT THE DAY WAS PERFECT...AND IM GLAD WE DID IT BEFORE THIS SNOW. THESE PICTURES ARE SO PERFECTLY US. ITS AMAZING TO ME HOW MUCH MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER LOOK ALIKE! I DONT SEE ME ANYWHERE. JUST MABY HER PRETTY LITTLE BROWN EYES. GUESS SHE GOT HIS LOOKS AND GOOD SENSE....... AND MY SASS(NOTE SHES PULLING THE HEADBAND OFF IN EVERY PICTURE) THANK YOU JESSICA FOR THESE WONDERFULL PICTURES! SO MUCH FOR THE STRAP! IM NOT BIG ON THESE

HERE WE ARE KEEPING ARDEN STILL

I LOVE THIS ONE..ITS TOTALY CANDID!

THIS IS HALLOWEEN

So im officially heart broken. this freek is in mourning. my halloween is over. you know how people feel like crap the day after christmas? or on new years day? thats me on halloween. it is my favorite day...and damnit its over. I suppose because halloween is the one day a year when i can be my 1005% crazy self. i was going to be little red riding hood, but turns out she looked a bit whorish....so i opted for princess tigerlilly. my" hangover" is vampires blood induced..and thats the best kind.So....shall i tell you about the day? spent it baking up a storm and creating disgusting foods like carnage cupcakes and guacamoldy.i decked my house out in more cobwebs....and placed fake fingers and eyeballs in everything! IT WAS SO BEAUTIFULL I COULD CRY. We took our little pink fairy princess to our sweet ward trunk or treet party....and it rained a bit...not to worry guys cuz my gay neighbor thought i looked hot as an indian. so yeah for me, good times! too bad for him my date was a warewolf. The party was pretty amazing....our friends have great taste in costumes. When scott walked in as inspector gadget he had a halo shining above his head...he is my new favorite person because of his dedication to this sacred of holidays. among our crew we had herion bob and 80s punk rocker leah, a cop girl called sue who i told to"'DROP IT LIKE ITS HOT" yeah i think that freeked her out...i got one of those looks. suzie was a super model in training but i called her amy whienhouse all night. her hubby joel broke out in beautifull "drunk" robert goulea song magnificence!! love you joel...... go tony the sasage pino! dave held his head....and i swear he looked dead guys amazing! stephanie was the cutest fairy complete with baby bee ellwood at her side.beaus mask fell off and in the end he just looked homeless...love ya baby....im so turned on by guys who sleep in trashcans!! andi was a pixie and BEAUTIFULL. and yes we had a sara pailen! Ellie and her gorilla husband spilled the beans on her pregnancy(im so excited guys!! )What an eventful night. the party ended in fear factor. scott drank water from my fish bowl......and it was amazing. i think we owe him rusted sun pizza and a round of bowling for that one!!! (ALL BOBBYS FAULT DUDES CROSS MY HEART) ;) So, all in all good night. suzzy and jole were the last guests to leave, then i cleaned!! my house lookesd like a tornado hit it...i was ehaugsasted.this mourning...yes MOURNING! i pouted as i took down halloween and said goodbye to all my little weird decorations, im sad its over....... HAPPY HALLOWEEN TILL NEXT YEAR!!! R.I.P