S.A.D.

All the holidays have come and gone. No more family to entertain us. Life is back to normal. Professionals say that now is when S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder) sets in. According to Wikipedia, S.A.D. also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or, less frequently, in the summer,[1] spring or autumn, repeatedly, year after year. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), SAD is not a unique mood disorder, but is "a specifier of major depression".[2]
The US National Library of Medicine notes that "some people experience a serious mood change when the seasons change. They may sleep too much, have little energy, and crave sweets and starchy foods. They may also feel depressed. Though symptoms can be severe, they usually clear up."[3. I just thought I would share this little bit of info for all of you people that wonder why people hate winter so much.

On another note, I do not have S.A.D. Adam is going back to school on Monday. I didn't realize how much I like having him around. I guess that's kind of why I married him. We have had so much fun spending time with family over the holidays. I will have to upload some pictures and you'll see what real fun looks like. (I am too lazy to turn on the other computer and actually load the pictures). Going back to work after a vacation is always hard, but I made it through and the weekend begins tomorrow! As for now.... my brain has suddenly come to a complete halt and I have no more to say! I hope everyone is doing well. Even if I don't talk to you very often, know that I do visit your blog and love "catching" up. P.s. The children below are not my own, but some days I wish they were. Thanks Linds for letting me borrow their adorable faces for my readers viewing.

Almost the whole Higham Clan

My other Child

Abby and Maddie

Sweet Madison

Bah Hum Bug...

I am sitting here thinking I really should update my blog, but I really don't want to recap everything that has happened since my last post. Not that I don't want to remember any of it, it's just that there is sooooooo much. So I guess I will just ramble on about the nonsense that is running through my head at the moment. I am starting to get so excited for CHRISTmas. I love that is just dumped a massive amount of snow just in time. Not only have I managed to unintentionally find out my Christmas presents, I have successfully ruined a few other peoples as well. What is it about a present that makes it so hard to keep it a secret? I mean if it wasn't supposed to be a surprise I would have no problem keeping my mouth shut. Wait....I take that back, I always have to fill everyone in on everything. SO to all of you who I have ruined your Christmas surprises, I apologies and request you not inform me of any possible gift giving ideas for next year.

On another note, I have become obsessed with making these adorable hats. It started out as only baby hats, but it has now moved on to adults. I have even made some for all of my sisters as well as all of my nieces. If you are interested in owning one of these sweet babies just leave me a comment. You can check out the baby ones on my etsy site theonecrazydaisyshop.etsy.com. You can also check out some supper cute handmade apron @ rusewobsessed.blogspot.com. It is my cute sisters craft blog. Anywho, I hope you are all having a wonderful week and a snow filled day!

P.s. remember I don't claim to be photogenic so just deal with it.

Bubble,bubble, Toil and Trouble

I know this is a little late, but better late than never right? The older I am the more I love Halloween. I give credit to my great friend Kami for getting my into the Halloween spirit in high school. This year the gals at work decided to dress up as 80's girls/sports theme. I work with the best people, they are so much fun. I thought I had found the perfect outfit, then I found another, and another, and another. I ended up buying outfits and then selling them to some of the gals. The one thing I love about the 80's is first of all the awesome music, and the BIG hair. Lets just say our office was like totally the coolest in like the entire hospital.

Andrea and I (outfit #1 and 2), Laura in my cheer outfit, and Betty the ref

Cute Kenna, she let me spray her hair pink!

My adorable doc, I love working with her!

Me, Betty, Sam (my cute Madonna doc), Lisa (cute Dr Dorthy), Kenna, Laura, Andrea, and Amy

My mom was able to fly in on Halloween day. We went up to my sisters house in Idaho to see her beautiful brand new baby Madison Rose. It was so much fun to see Abby all dressed up and excited to go trick or treating. She was such a cute little lady bug, but she didn't want to smile for the camera. I can't wait until Adam and I have kids of our own, so I can use them as an excuse to go trick or treating.

My mom the cute Pink Lady, and Abby being naughty.

Tiny dancer, and her wolverine dad.

Yay for the Holidays! I can't wait to decorate for the next one!

1 Year and Counting

YES.... we made it! I always hear people say what an adjustment the first year of marriage is. I don't know if it's because we dated a long time before we were married, or that Adam is just to good to me. Either way, our first year has flown by and we are still going strong. It seems like just yesterday we were married. I remember all of the events that took place that day with a very fond memory. Of course we have had our ups and downs but we always manage to work them out. For our anniversary we just layed low. We enjoyed running errands and just doing whatever we felt like. It was just nice to spend the whole day with each other. Adam, you are the best husband I could ever ask for. You have the unfortunate task of keeping me grounded day after day! Thank you for all you do behind the scenes to make my life as great as it is! Here's to one down and many more to go!

On our honeymoon waiting for Thriller to start

Our 1 year at Outback

St George

I am always so behind on posting lately. We have been up to so very fun things so there will be many post from me to come, but I better break them up so I can keep your interest. I was able to go to sunny St George with on of my BFF's and her adorable daughter. After a late start we were finally on our way.

Around Payson we hit construction and ended up going 2 mph, yes I said 2.

The forces were really against us on this trip. We finally hit freeway speeds and were ready to go. We had so much fun talking, laughing and singing. We stopped to get some lunch and change a diaper and we were off. Not 5 minutes later we see one of those really annoying Iron county cops. I had no idea how fast I was going so I slowed down and moved into the other lane. I thought I was safe and then I see the flashing lights. The officer was very nice and gave me a ticket for going 85 in a 75 ( I was actually going 90, oops). Why couldn't miss Berkelee have been screaming at that time. We may have gotten away with it. After that, we finally made it to the warmth and sunshine. We called around and found a cute place to get a pedi. It was so much fun.

We went shopping and out to eat at the new Brick Oven. So delicious! Berklee was so hungry she was shoving her puffies in her mouth, and blah... puked all over!

After that was cleaned up and we stopped laughing, we packed up our left overs and went back to the hotel. The next day we ate breakfast and took a nap. It was noon before we even left the hotel. After shopping some more we went to an awesome Mexican restaurant called Paula's. The food was amazing! We then headed to Tuachan for the production of Annie. It was so good!

The next day we headed home, but not before stopping at Inn and Out for some grub. You should have seen our set up, We each had 3 drink cups and laps full of food.

When we were almost home we called the hubbies and decided to go on a date to Spaghetti Mamas. It was such a blast to have some good old fashion girl time. Thank Valisa and Berklee for coming with me!

Yay for the craft fair

SO.... I don't have much to talk about right now, but I feel like I owe those who read this lame blog something upbeat! I was invited to do a craft fair with my sisters this year and have been busy getting everything ready. I've made about 7 new car seat cabana's, now I'm working on crocheting some adorable baby hats. I decided to open my Etsy shop back up and see if I get any buyers this time. For those of you who are interested my shop name is One Crazy Daisy Shop, or you can just type in car seat cabana, tent, cover ect... Any who, I am getting read to go down to glorious, warm St. George with one of my very bestest friends and her adorable daughter. I am so excited to have a girls weekend where we can talk and swim, and swim and talk. I can hardly wait!! Well... I love fall and pumpkin bread, cookies, muffins ect.. so if you need someone to take some of that off your hands, I'm your gal! TTFN

Where am I?

Not much has happened since my last post. I live a pretty boring life, but a good life. Looking back on where I was this time last year and where I am now has been such an eye opener. I have loved every minute of it good or bad. Life is such a fragile gift, one that is taken for granted. I realize how often I forget to show my friends and family what a big part of my life they are. How I wouldn't be the same person without them. How sometimes I just want to forget about some parts of my life, some peoples action in my life. Then, I stop and realize that we are all human. We all make mistakes, we can choose how we react, how we handle the situation, how we ultimately feel. Life isn't always pretty, life is messy, sad, unreal, ever changing. But with that change comes a rebirth, a chance to right our wrongs, to forgive those who continually hurt us, give those we doubt just one more chance. And then I realize, things will work out and it's not for me to determine when, or how. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have, what a gift each day is. For those who read this, please know that you do make a difference to me and those around you. Never give up, never change!