Tag you're it......twice!!!!

I've been targeted with two different tags within the past week or so. So I thought i would kill two birds with one stone and do them both in the same post. So here i go.......

One Word Tag

1. Where is your cell phone? bag

2. Where is your significant other? working

3. Your hair color? blond

4. Your mother? genuine

5. Your father? loyal

6. Your favorite thing? family

7. Your dream last night? forgot

8. Your dream/goal? travel

9. The room you're in? office

10. Your hobby? cooking

11. Your fear? loss

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy

13. Where were you last night? shopping

14. What you're not? liar

15. Something on your wish list? camera

16. Where you grew up? utah

17. The last thing you did? nursed

18. What are you wearing? slippers

19. Your TV? boring
20. Your pet? old

21. Your computer? new

22. Your mood? content

23. Missing someone? yup

24. Your car? dirty

25. Something you're not wearing? turtleneck

26. Favorite store? target

27. Your summer? unique

28. Love someone? forever

29. Your favorite color? orange
30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? movie

Sweetheart Tag xoxo

*What is your husband's name? Matthew Finlinson

*How long have you guys been married? Eight years.

*How long did you date? Almost two years.

*How old is he? 31

*Who is taller? He is. We fit together perfectly.

*Who can sing the best? Matt would never admit it but he has an excellent singing voice and great pitch.

*Who is smarter? Matt is. He is so logical in his thinking. He should be president ;)

*Who pays the bills? Matt.

*Who does the laundry? We both pretty much do our own. I do Sophie's.

*Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? if you're standing at the foot of the bed facing it, Matt sleeps on the right

*Who mows the lawn? Matt mows the weeds :) We'll get a lawn in the spring.

*Who cooks dinner? I am definitely the cook in our family but Matt has a couple of dishes that are his own.

*Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? It depends on the situation but it's usually Matt, he is so good to me.

*Who kissed who first? He absolutely kissed me first...the day we met actually.

*Who wears the pants? We share pants. We have a good balance and keep each other in check cuz we both have such strong personalities.

***I tag Jill S. and Emily on the one word tag and Jen Taylor for the sweetheart tag :)***

Halloween Fest

I hope everyone had a very happy Halloween. We had great fun carving pumpkins, dressing up and going to Halloween parties........

Connie, Jace, Camden, and Carolyn making a big fun mess carving pumpkins.
Sophie, Camden, Alek and Jace. You can tell Sophie is thrilled to be a part of it all .

Alek got really involved in the pumpkin carving. I looked for one of the biggest pumpkins I could find so we could fit our babies inside it to take pictures.

Two cute little punkins in the pumpkin.





Connie And Casey's Halloween party.........food, fun and lots of great costumes.

Grandma and Grandpa

Carolyn the vampire and Sophie the kitty cat.

Dwight and Angela (Casey and Connie). What a great couple!

Jill with baby Superman and Katie the witch with her black cat.

Napoleon, Emily and Sophie.

Happy 1st Halloween Sophie!

More fun in the pumpkin.

The Welsh Halloween Party.

They go all out with decorations and everything.

The rock band KISS even showed up. (Carly, Ali, and Mykin)

Grandma Mykin and Sophie, once again thrilled to be part of the fun.

Batman fighting off two bad guys.

(Josh, Chris, and Matt)

Bo Peep found her sheep!

(Alison and Cordon)

It's oompa loompa time

(Sadie and Paul)

And last but certianly not least....Borat.

(Emily always comes up with a costume to make us all laugh. I love you Em!)

The Best Eight Years Of My Life!!!!

Gosh how time flys! September was a pretty busy month for us being that our first child was born on the 15Th, so unfortunately another major event in our lives got shuffled aside. Last month Matt and i celebrated 8 blissful years of marriage. It seems these days with all of the crazy things that go on in the world, being married for 8 years is an accomplishment to be proud of .

I could not be happier with all that i have in my life. Matt is a wonderful husband who loves me more than i could ever imagine, and is now a darling father to our sweet baby Sophie. I cant wait to see what the future holds for the three of us. we've made a lot of really great memories together. and I'm excited to create millions more.

I LOVE YOU MATT!

It sure is fun to see how we have all changed :)

Welcome To The World Sophie :)

I know I'm a little late getting this post up. But better late than never....right? So here it is. We would like to introduce the newest addition to our family...Sophie! She is absolutely a sweet heart and we love her to pieces. Being a Mom is one of the greatest things i have ever done and we have been super blessed to be given such a happy and healthy baby.

Sophie was born Monday September 15th 2008 at 8:32 am. She weighed 6lbs 9oz and was 19 inches long.

Supermodel Sophie's first "photo Shoot"

We love you Sophie!

Happy Birthday Connie!

I fully intended for this blog to be up in time for Connie to see it on her actual birthday, but life happens, so this B-day message is just a smidge late.
That being said....I have been blessed with many great women in my life and my big sister Connie is certainly one of them. And what better time to recognize that fact than on her 30th birthday! Here are a few things I love about her:

*I can call her about any silly questions I might have about motherhood. she is a phenomenal mom and certainly sets the bar high when it comes to having it together.

You can see she was born to be a Mom


*She makes me laugh. Sisters just like to giggle together, what more can I say.



*She is smart and creative. She's got the best of both worlds that way and I'm totally jealous of her creative brains.

*She is a great example in my life and I'll always look up to her...even though I'm taller :)

Connie, Carolyn, and Me

*She is always thinking of others and puts them first. We all appreciate her thought full ways.

*She always has been and always will be my sister and my friend.

Connie and I chillin at the sand dunes.

*And last but not least......she turns 30 years old before I do. Ha!

So enjoy the pics Connie and I hope you had a great Birthday :)

Being pregnant was the easy part.

So here we are with a new baby and at times I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. Looking back I realized being pregnant was the easiest part of motherhood. Many of you have been with me through this pregnancy since day one, so as you know I really had quite a pleasant 9 months. I never got morning sickness, I didn't get the swollen feet, and as far as I know I didn't become a crazy demanding emotional beast of a woman. If there was any extra emotion going on I seemed to get the giggles over almost anything. Just ask my sister. Everything was funny to me...don't know why, it just was.

So here I was this morning up at 3AM wondering why I was so eager to go into labor. Maybe this is payback for the easy time I had during pregnancy. Labor and delivery wasn't too bad either. It was actually a very positive experience for me. From the time my water broke at home, to the delivery took only 5 1/2 hours. And it wasn't near as hard as I thought it would be (once I got the epidural of course). So I thought I would post a few pictures of my pregnant self being what seems to be a distant past of a well rested Katie and Matt.

Hello to all our fellow bloggers.

Hi everyone, Welcome to our blog!!!! this is my very first blog....ever, so you may have to bare with me on this untill I get the hang of things. First I guess I'll introduce ourselves. We are Matt and Katie Finlinson and we have been married 8 years. We have a daughter who is now 15 days old, and is more fun (and work) than I could have ever imagined.

I'll be doing my best to keep up on this blog thing, and hopefully I can get a couple of posts up within the next few days since there has been a lot happening in our family lately. Stories and pictures are soon to come.