Master Bedroom/Bathroom Makeover 2011

I have been wanting to redo our bedroom since we moved into our house over three and a half years ago. Due to money and time we never did anything. Well thankful I had a very successful boutique in December and Jareds parents bought us the new bedding for Christmas we were hoping to use in our room. I was so excited and couldn't wait to get started. Luckily Jared took most of the week off so we rolled up our sleeves and bought paint. I am quite happy with how it turned out!

 Here is our awesome new bedding setting. Brown nad Blue and the colors look awesome!

 A side view of our room. We decided not to paint all the walls....funny story....Hailey is a little worried and doesn't quite understand the whole accent wall....hahah she wants it all finished painting!!

 I love how our bathroom turned out. I found the shower curtain at Target and it matched perfect. It makes me so happy everytime I walk in there!!

 See that huge 47 inch Black Friday Steal of a Deal TV on the LEFT??? Yup Merry Christmas to us...This was one of our biggest splurges ever. We rarely buy ourselves anything and have the same tvs from almost ten years ago when we got married. I love having a huge flat screen HD tv. We are getting lots of use out of it!

 The frame in this picture is from IKEA...it was white but I painted it with the same paint we used on our walls. I LOVE LOVE LOVE The frame...its one of my second favorite things. Be prepared I have another awesome project in mind using that frame!

 I found this awesome wall hanging at Hobby Lobby on clearance. Happy Day! And it matches perfect. I think its one of my other favorite things!~

 The wall hangings about my bed were given to use for Christmas by my sister and matched perfect. For the large frame I got a clearance print for .99 cents at ikea and cut it down to fit.

And the best for last look how awesome this picture of Hailey is. It makes me so happy.

Hope you like my new room as much as I do. I'm in heaven!

Merry Christmas 2011

Christmas Eve 2011

We had a great Christmas Eve today and hope your family did as well. First we went to my Dad's to celebrate and then to Jared's parents. It was great spending time with family. Here are a few pictures!

 Hailey was begging for Jammies with dogs on them...little did she know thats what was under the tree....she was sooo excited!

Thanks for spoiling us with nice gifts today everyone. Merry Christmas!

GIngerbread Houses 2011

A few weeks ago we invited a couple of neighbors over for dinner and Gingerbread House making. The kids had a riot and were so fun to watch. I was shocked at how neat Hailey was in making her house this year. She followed a pattern and wanted it a certain specific way. Thanks to our neighbors for coming over and making it a fun night. I think we might have to start a new tradition of this and maybe we can have a bigger house to host it next year!!!

PS Don't forget the clue to making gingerbread houses is hot gluing them together first....Some of us had to learn that the hard way! Enjoy the pictures

 These two crack me up! Definitely BFF's as Hailey likes to say!

 Love the frosting on Jace's face!

 CUTE BFF's

PS Hailey loves Mia and I sware she is an answer to many prayers. SO glad she lives close to us!

Gardner Village Elves 2011

 Last week we made our annual trip to Gardner Village to see the Elves. I have to admit I was rather disappointed this year. It seems like they had way less lights and elves then in years past. Hailey still enjoyed it despite it being a little Lame per say this year. Here are a few pictures!

The Larsen Family A to Z 2011

This is what I included as our Christmas letter this year:

Accountant Jared still works for the LDS Church

Building memories of family fun

Competitions for Hailey's dance team

Disneyland vacation in August

Excited for our upcoming Christmas traditions

First grade for Haliey

Gas for all our family drives

Happy Holidays from our family to yours

Interesting lessons learned

Jared keeps up with all the sports team

Katie teaches herself to sew

Listening to Hailey learn to read

Mermaid Hailey for Halloween

Nine years of marriage celebrated in August

Oh the joys of homeownership....the new waterheater is nice!!!

Pool days all summer long

Quickly moving from place to place

Relaxing outside in our yard on summer nights

Synergy Dance Academy where Haliey dances and tumbles

Taxi cab - Katie's driving service

Utah utes still the girls choice except for Jared BYU

Visting Yogurtland for family treats

West Jordan Police Department - Katie's new volunteer job

Xtra love for all our family and friends

Yes we keep busy

Zzzzz's the sleep we rarely find!