The one with the New Year

Goodbye 2014....

 

HELLO

 

2015.

 

2014 was a crazy year! Here's the breakdown:

 

January: We added a new furry child to our family.

We named him Wilson.

 

February: We found out we were pregnant!!

 

 

 

March: My little brother came home from his LDS mission. He served his mission in France.

It was wonderful to see him again.

 

June: My little sister graduated from High School AND Josh's little brother returned from his Mission in Denmark.

 

July, August, September:

 

We went to some Utah games, partied a little bit and I was just along for the ride with my big belly.

 



 

OH ya! and my sister came home from her mission in France.

 

October: Little Nugget joined our family.

 

On October 6th (a day before my due date):

Gabriel Joshua Nordfelt was born.

He was 7 lbs 2 oz and 20 inches long.

He was absolutely PERFECT!

 

I took 6 weeks off for maternity leave. I cuddled and loved my little boy all day, Every day.

 

November & December:

 

November we celebrated Thanksgiving and December we celebrated Christmas, and Rang in 2015! you know, like all of you did. We continued to love our little Gabriel.

 

WE started out the new year by decided to have me be a stay at home mom.

 

January 5th is my first day as a full time mom!

 

Wish me luck!!

 

XOXO,

Amanda



The One with the Confession

So friends and family… I have a CONFESSION… I’m coming out…. And admitting that I have a PROBLEM. I have an ADDICTION! Now some of you are jumping to conclusions, thinking to yourself, is she addicted to alcohol? Drugs? I never saw the signs. Well here’s the thing, no it’s not alcohol and no, it’s not drugs. It’s a little thing call Mr. Pibb & Pepsi. Yes, I am addicted to soda. I drink soda for breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. I have my soda on the rocks when I take a bath. When I’m not drinking soda, I am daydreaming about it. So you see, I have a MAJOR problem. I’m a Health & Nutrition Major, I should know better than to drink the heavenly goodness of carbonated, caramel colored drinks. Keep in mind that I work full time and I have a 2 month old baby that likes to stay away in the middle of the night. Drinking caffeine is what gets me through the day. Oh and of course, the night. Addicted…..??? YES!!

 

The first step of a recovering sodaholic is ADMITTING one has a problem, right? Consider this my ADMISSION. I, AMANDA DANIELLE NORDFELT, AM A SODAHOLIC.

Whew, now that I have that confession off my chest, I am now going to make a committed plan. I am quitting the delicious caramelized, carbonated, caffeinated beverages COLD TURKEY! That’s right! Cold Turkey it is. Yeah, yeah, I know that quitting cold turkey is probably a bad idea. But hear me out. By saying, “I will have 3 sodas this week, 2 next week, etc.” doesn’t work for me. I am a cheater. I cheat, I rationalize, I come up with excuses to have JUST ONE MORE. So here is my public announcement, I will be quitting soda cold turkey for 21 days. It takes 21 days to make a habit, 21 days to stick with something.

Why quit soda you ask? Well we all know that soda is LOADED with carbs, sugars, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP and a bunch of other gunk. My body is feeling sluggish, I’m getting weird bumps and rashes and I can’t keep my eyes open (even with 44 ounces of caffeine). My belly is growing, when it should be shrinking and I’m always nauseous. The soda is bringing me down in BIG ways so I’m going to be a BIG girl and say “NO MORE”. 

So here’s to my 21 days of headaches, grumpiness and a HEALTHIER body!

The One with the Birthday

26 years old!!

 

Today I turned 26 years old.

 

Josh made me a delicious Korean meal with spicy kimchi,

some aloe drink, and of course yummy seaweed.

 

 

I have a favorite cake that I have had pretty much every birthday.

It's a drip cake from Parson's Bakery.

If you haven't ever had one - STOP reading right now

and GET ONE!

These are the awesome presents I got.

Joshua got me a Sephora Makeup artistry kit (because I LOVE makeup)

He also got me the William Sonoma Cookbook of healthy meals.

 

My mom & dad got me season tickets to Centerpoint Theater.

and FLUFFY socks!

 

the Connor clan got me shelves for my bathroom & frames.



 

 

Like I said above, 26 years ago I was born.

I was born at the Dixie Hospital in St. George, Utah

to a 17 year old girl.

 

This 17 year old girl made the best decision of her life.

She let me go to a family that had a mother and a father

that were sealed in the temple.

My birth mom gave me the opportunity to have a

FOREVER - ETERNAL family.

 

So wherever my birth mom is... I want to say

"Thank you! Thank you for giving me life

and thank you for giving me to the best parents in the world"

 

So here's to my birth mom

and to my real mom and dad.

 

 



The One With the New Year

Well folks,

2013 has passed and

2014 is here.

We welcomed in 2014

at our house.

 

2013 was a busy year...

Josh graduated from Westminster

We bought a lovely house

Josh got a new job

and we got a kitty.

We also visited every temple in Utah!

 

We don't know what 2014 will bring...

but here's to a new year!

 

 

 

 



September & October Temple Visits

So here is our temple update for

September & October.

 

September we went to the

Timpanogos Temple.

 

Basically it was exactly the same as the Bountiful Temple.



 

We were going to go hiking but we got lost...

 

so we went to Thanksgiving Point

and ate some yummy ice cream!!



 

In October we went to the Logan temple.

AKA the castle!

 

It was a beautiful day to be in the Lord's house.

 

 

I had never experienced Aggie ice cream in my 4 visits

to Logan.

 

Josh made me eat some.

Best ice cream ever!!



The one with the Football

It's FINALLY here!!

Football season is upon us

it's seriously the happiest time ever!

Josh & I really need this plaque in our house.

Because it's football season

and because 1 year traditional present is

Paper....

I got Josh (and of course me)

tickets to the Utes vs. Aggies opening game.

We certainly were in our happy place during the game.

The Aggies put up an excellent fight.

The game pretty much caused Josh & I 

a lot of anxiety.

But in the end we WON!

Happy Football Season everyone!

The one with the Anniversary

Joshua & I were married 

1 year ago!!

I cannot believe that it has been a year.

We have a house and a kitty now.

We celebrated our anniversary last night.

Our first stop was the Salt Lake Temple.

We attended our first actual session at this temple.

(We counted this as our August temple visit).

Josh surprised me and took us to Wendy's for dinner.

Okay so let me explain the Wendy's....

After our reception and on our way to the Anniversary Inn

we were STARVING! 

We stopped at the drive thru of Wendy's and ordered a lot of food!

Josh decided to recreate that night. 

(and Wendy's never tasted better).

After Wendy's Josh blindfolded me with a shirt.

He drove around forever!

(I thought we were going to Kamas for the night because

he told me to pack clothes I could get dirty in and a sweatshirt).

After a half hour of blinded car ride we ended up at the 

Anniversary Inn!!

We spent the night in the English Manor room.

It was a wonderful night.

Today we toasted to our 1 year and many more years to come.

 We also watched our wedding video.

It has been a wonderful year....

and I look forward to the next eternity!