Spring Time 2015

It is incredible how much you can fit into a day and a week and a month. Sometimes I feel like I am so busy with everything in my life that I feel like I have done nothing. Then I look back and I did something everyday that was wonderful, different and fulfilling. I owe a lot of that to my husband! Tanner is a wonderful man who makes my dreams come true and as our blog is titled we truly are living happily every after. We get to go plan, dream, work and play together. There is no better way for Tanner and I to live our lives. We have so many adventures everyday even if, for some days those are just the tantrums that come with a toddler but then we get to dream together for our future and we have some big plans coming up in the next few months. Tanner truly makes me happy every day! Here is just some of what has been happening in this Nilsson home in the month of March.

Jazz Game: Tanner and I were very lucky to get to go to a Jazz game this year and sit in the Executive Suite. We had so much food and drinks and leather seats. We especially enjoyed the company we were with. The other couple were so funny and great to get to know and have a great chat with while watching the game off and on.

UVU Soccer Games: Alec is playing for UVU this year and we haven't missed a game. There have been three games and he has played so well in all of them. There were two in Orem and one in Salt Lake City. 












Night at the Museum: For one of our date nights this month we went to sushi and then went to the night at the museum that was going on at this museum in Lehi. We got to see all kinds of people, animals, displays and rocks. It was such a fun experience to go to in our city.






St. Patrick's Day: We did not do much on St. Patrick day to celebrate other than wear green. Layla, Tanner and I all got to wear green together. Even though it happens often that we all wear the same color.  Layla and I did get to spend our afternoon down in Provo visiting Leanne and Sophie. Sophie is getting so big. I cannot wait for her to be able to play with Layla. I love getting to have a sister in law that I love to talk with and we are really friends!



Les Miserables, Orem Hale Center Theater: Tanner and I went to Les Mis in Orem for one of our dates and it is such a good reminder about how incredible music can be. It is such a wonderful show and the music can bring out so many emotions and then the actors with their singing were wonderful. We knew a few members of the cast we saw and they were wonderful in their characters. There were 3 old members of Vocal Point and one of our friends Ari.



Backyard Fun: Layla has been loving this weather and wants to go outside every day. We have picnics in the backyard and play with balls and in the dirty and just run around for hours. We did invite Jenna and the girls over after lunch to play with us for a little while.






Women's Conference: My mom and I watched Women's Conference together this year at my parents house. We ate and talked and enjoyed each others company. I loved the message they sent about defending the family, marriage and about keeping a Christ centered home. I felt like this message was so much to me with being a newer mom I feel like my purpose has been blurred some and that was the perfect spiritual reminder of my true purpose. I love being a mom! It is the best blessing in the world.
Gentri Concert: Tanner and I were very lucky to get tickets to the Gentri launch party/concert. Tanner's friend Brad is in the trio and was able to get us tickets to see the show. They were wonderful performers and I am amazed at the talent they are able to showcase. I told tanner as we were leaving how during some songs their voices were captivating and made you want to keep listening.  We wish them luck in this adventure and hope to get to hear more things from them in the future. I hope they do a hymns/spiritual song CD.

Sophie's Blessing Day: Sunday was Sophie Nilsson's blessing day. She is a beautiful, well behaved baby with such gorgeous hair and eyes. We got to go up to Sandy to attending the blessing and Chad did a wonderful job and was able to stay calm during his blessing even with Sophie crying just a little. We then go to enjoy time as a family at Tanner's parents house. It is always entertaining to get to together with the whole family. So many personalities and so much energy. Layla loves it and she gets to run around with everyone.

Picture Fun: We have done so much and I cant document it all but here are a few pictures from our month.

Up Until Now

I keep trying to think of what has happened in the last month and it seems like so much that I cant even write about each thing. To start our with we had a few birthdays in the last month.  Jacqui's birthday was on February 18th. We went out to dinner at Goodwood and then to my parents for presents and ice cream. It was fun to celebrate her birthday for the first time in our family.  Tessa's her FIRST birthday on March 2. We went to Annalee and Chad's house for a party. With dinner, dessert and of course presents! The little girls were loving all the new toys that Tessa received and wanted to play with them right then!  My mom's birthday was just yesterday March 5th. We were able to go to dinner at a new restaurant to us called Wild Zucchini. It was pretty good food. Then since we were close to our house Tanner and I had my family over to finish the night with cake, ice cream and presents. It is always a lot of fun getting together as a family and celebrating one person!

Oh this last month we had a lot of fun at Farm Country at Thanksgiving point with Emari, Tessa and Annalee. Layla was running around trying to see all the animals. There were a few that made to much noise for her that is was scary. Like the turkey's they were very loud and Layla at first was intrigued but then she started to get scared. We got to take a carriage ride and see all kinds of animals. ,Then Layla and I needed a little adventure the other day so after we ate lunch we headed over to The Museum of Natural Curiosity. I am so grateful that it is so close. Layla could stay there for hours running around following other kids and touching everything! She is just like her dad and loves the Motion Room. She kept going in there all day. Watching things move and seeing how they work. I cannot wait to see what she is like when she is older. We had a few run ins while there with some parents not liking the way we were "playing" but I feel confident in the way I am teaching my daughter and the way I play with her. I like to be by her side and talking to her and helping her understand how things work and how to play. Lastly it SNOWED finally. I have been dreaming about this for months. Not having snow since Christmas has been killing me. Every time there was news of snow in Utah I would run to the window to see if it was outside our house and it never was but then Tuesday it snowed! So, Layla and I stayed in our pajamas and built a fort, read books, ate snacks, painted, played games and watched a Tinker Bell movie which is the only TV we can get to pay attention too.  She is hilarious and we love that she is getting to be smart and understand and independent.
Also, the more things we do out of the house like going to museums and park. Layla gets a cold two or three days later! It is such a bummer having a sick baby. That would be the only reason why I am excited for spring and summer to not have a sick baby anymore!

Tanner has been so great in making sure that we have a date night every week!! Best husband ever! Some night we will do something more special just at home but some night we get to go out and do something fun! Our last two dates were to the Home and Garden Show, and Salty Dinner Theater. The home and garden show at UVU was a little lame to us this year. With just having built a house in the last year and a half and already having the basic landscaping down we were kind of disappointed in the amount of stuff that applied to us. But we still had fun and Layla was loving the candy and games that were there to play. It was fun to get out and go to things together.
The Salty Dinner Theater was SO SO funny! We got to see Pride and Prejudice with a funny twist to it. There was singing and dancing and a little bit of the real story line. We got to eat while this was all happening and met some nice people that were sitting at the same table as us. We even got up and danced ourselves. New adventures, New dates, and trying to be brave and do new things. All are happening at the Nilsson home and we are hoping it continues to keep our life more and more interesting.