Start of 2009 in Pictures

Here are some of our first pictures of the year:Here is Wesley helping us shovel snow in our driveway right after a really bad storm earlier this month. He is such a great helper. :)

Justin's birthday was quite fun. Here he is trying on a vest I got him:
Here are the boys looking for something to eat. Here is Justin's birthday cake. The 1 was the only candle we had. Wesley is wearing a hat my mother made for him. If you look closely you can see my growing prego belly.

Michael is getting smarter every day. We are going to try potty training him again in a few weeks, then a few weeks after that, he will be three! Here's Justin and the boys showing off a lego tower they made one night. So far except for a few runny noses and kids erratic sleeping schedules this year has been pretty good to us.

P.S. Please excuse my boring writing style. I wish I could write with more wit and entertainment value but I lack that talent. What do you like in a blog? What would you like to see more of on our blog? I would love any suggestions. Thanks.

A New Beginning

With the start of a new year brings fresh hope for the future. Today was Inaguration Day. The President of the United States is now Barack Obama. It's official. I think he brings a new sense of hope and faith in our country and it's people. Although I don't agree with him on all issues, because he is now our president I will support him and pray for him every step of the way. I hope that people of every party, whether democrat or republican will support him.
By the way, poor President Bush is so under rated. I kind of feel bad for him. He did a great job and I think more people will realize that in the future.

Christmas Break & New Years

This Christmas and holiday season has been one of my best ever. For the last 2 weeks I've had the opportunity to be off work since I work for the school district. Since I didn't have school classes either because of the break, I was able to spend a lot of time with family this Christmas-time and go to many family parties, on both sides. I had so much fun! I love family and love to spend time with them. We went to many parties on Jenny's family's side, and stayed at her parent's house for five days and four nights. Good times. My brother Brandon and his family came down from Roosevelt and we spent a lot of time with them. They were times I will never forget.

Here are some pictures of some of the fun times we've had over the last 2 weeks.

Here we were enjoying the snow. We were glad it was a snowy Christmas (even though I'm not really a fan of the cold) I like the snow.

Jenny's LaRocco family cousins had an "Ugly Sweater" competition. The kid in the back one first place with the blue sweater that lights up. He even had to plug himself in, it was hilarious.

Wesley was beat around this time of year because he had so much fun with cousins and presents. He fell asleep on his high chair one afternoon while eating lunch, it was so cute!

We had our annual Christmas Eve party at my Grandma and Grandpa Furr's house. Wesley got a Magna Doodle Jr. and Michael got a Nerf gun that he loves. It was a fun party, we also played holiday bingo and Jenny and I won a pair of car Rudolph antlers and nose.

This was Christmas morning at our home. The boys loved it and we were so blessed to be able to get them some fun presents (with a little help from Santa) ;) It's nice that they are still young enough to not care about how much money we spent on them (wasn't much).

We visited my parents house for a short while, and saw my brother David and his wife Kami there. They got us towels with our names sewn into them which Kami made! It was cool and mine was red and Jenny's was pink (our favorite colors). Very thoughtful gift. Jenny made all the girls in our family these nice aprons. She personally selected all the fabrics and thought about which girls would like each specific one. Very thoughtful gifts sweetie! (oh yeah, I helped her make part of them, weird I know). ;)

The day after Christmas we were up in Farmington and spent the previous night there and 3 more after that. We had so much fun with Jenny's family--they are wonderful people. It snowed the day after Christmas and we all went out and shoveled the driveway plus 2 non-member neighbors. It was fun to do that. Plus I got to try out a snowblower for my first time.

At Jenny's Wilson Christmas get-together, everyone did talents. Mark (Jenny's brother) and I have been practicing a lot of Coldplay music lately (he plays piano, I sing) and so we played two songs for the whole family, The Scientist and In My Place. It was fun and Mark's really good. He taught himself to play the piano and I hope he can teach me.

Over the break, Jenny's 2 uncles and aunts, Mark, Jenny's dad and mom, me, and a few other people I might've missed all got Blackberry phones. Best part was, they were free as upgrades. We spent New Years Eve at Jenny's Uncle Keith's house in Spanish Fork. They're an awesome family and we dinked around with our new awesome Blackberry toys for a while. I'm loving my new phone because I can use wifi at home on it and I can listen to music (up to a 16 GB microSD card can go in there for lots of music; but I ordered an 8GB off NewEgg.com for dirt cheap!) ;)

Here we were again at Keith's house. Good times:

My parents took us to Chuck 'A' Rama on New Years Day for a treat. We had lots of fun with the fam.

We had quite a full house for a while. Brandon's family was there (he has 4 kids), and Erin came over with her girl Ava and we all partied. It was loads of fun. Even my friend Grant came over with his Wii and we played some Mario Kart and Smash Brothers for a while.

Michael and Wesley just love olives! So we put them on our fingertips (I used to as a kid, who didn't???) and they just have so much fun with it.

Then Brandon and Candace and Jenny and I and our kids spontaneously decided to go to Macey's and get ice cream cones. It was so messy and so much fun!

Wesely thought his styrofoam cup was edible for a while there but he learned it wasn't. Michael decided to start playing with his ice cream cone.

Michael and Shawn had so much fun playing together. They both have little pilot coats, it's so cute.


This is my brother Brandon. He and I are pretty close I'd say. He's an awesome brother and I love spending time with him and his family. And our kids get to play together. We had such a great time hanging out with him and his family. Love ya bro!

My Favorite Part about Christmas

My favorite part about Christmas is spending quality time with family. I love being with my brother, sister, bro-in-laws, sis-in-laws, mom, dad, moms-in-law, dads-in-law, grandpa's, grandma's, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I love classic family parties and get-togethers. Family really is what life is all about. Me and Justin and the kids get to spend four days and three nights and maybe more at my parents for the holidays. We are on the second day and having so much fun. We stayed up late last night just talking and playing cards. This morning we all played in the snow after the men shoveled the driveway. It's moments like those that I cherish and will remember for years to come. I am so grateful for my wonderful family. I hope you are having a nice time with your family. If you aren't able to be with them, let me know and we will have you over. Hope you had a magical Christmas.

Christmas Tag

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Copy my post, then replace your answers with mine on your post. I tag everybody! :)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper

2. Real tree or Artificial? our 6' tall fake tree I got at walmart five years ago for $15

3. When do you put up the tree? once I get enough Christmas spirit to

4. When do you take the tree down? usually the day after Christmas- just because the kids destroy it

5. Do you like eggnog? I love it, and used to make it homemade, and it was delicious, maybe I'll try it again but this time using powdered eggs instead of real.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? any makeup, makeup kits, when my family got our dog Boomerang Far Out

7. Hardest person to buy for? Justin- I love you honey bunches

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes of course!

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I am all about traditional mailed cards but sometimes to save postage I will hand deliver them for local friends and fam. But I do want to add that emailed cards are much better than no cards.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I love gifts I can't remember a bad one

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Family Man, Elf, It's a Wonderful Life

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Black Friday about 4:00a.m.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes. I get that from my dad. This may sound tacky but it just seems wasteful to keep something you aren't going to use and know someone that will enjoy it.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? eggnog, beef stick, cheese, gingerbread, chocolate

16. Lights on the tree? Yes- colored lights. Justin let me have a girly tree this year to celebrate us expecting a girl. It's all sparkly pink and purple.

17. Favorite Christmas song? Winter Wonderland, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? A little of both

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? If I sing the song I do

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? A gold star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas day? Christmas Morning at about 9

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? driving in the snow- scary

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like to have a new theme every year-this year it's girly pinks, see Q#16

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? It's not about the food, it's about spending time with loved ones and playing board games after dinner

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? the most girly, flowery diaper bag on earth, and for my boys to have a good Christmas

26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Roxie, Lena, Marie, maybe Candyce

27. Who is least likely to respond to this? ???

Baby Furr Girl Ultrasound pics

Hello All! I posted these pics on my Facebook as well, so some of you might've seen them on there. Anyway, here they are, I thought some of you might be interested in seeing them. The first two are connected and the other is not.


Here's the proof that she's in fact a girl. Yay!:

Avon Calling

For those of you who don't know yet, I recently decided to sell Avon. http://jfurr.avonrepresentative.com/about.html
I think it will be great way to make some extra money for our family and still stay home with the kids. Also, Avon is an awesome company with great products. They have been around since 1886! My mom was an Avon lady for a while, and my grandma sold Avon for years and years.

This vintage Avon Ad actually came out right around the same time my grandma was a stay-at-home mom/Avon lady like me:
Here are a few of my personal favorite Avon products:

Avon fragrance is one of my favorite, if not my favorite thing that Avon has. Most Avon products, fragrance included, are so affordable, yet never lacking quality.

Flower By Cynthia Rowley is my #1 favorite perfume in the world. It's the perfect balance between light and airy florals and warm, powerful woodsy musks.
This perfume is called Timeless. It is one Avon's fragrances that has been around for a really long time. I love the scent, it's similar to Flower, being a woodsy floral. Timeless is also extremely affordable(less than $15!) Some of my other favorites are Rare Gold, Odyssey, Bond Girl, and this one, called Today. Sweet Honesty is a classic, my mom has loved it for over 20 years! Let me know if you want a sample of any of these, and I can get it to you.
Mesmerize is a classic men's cologne(my fave). Here is Avon's description: Mysterious myrrh, precious woods & exotic spices are accented with the intrigue of mandarin and bergamot to create a scent specially for him! Give him a scent that will remind you of him forever. I love Mesmerize simply because it is just so extraordinarily manly.Unscripted By Patrick Dempsey is the newest men's cologne. It's very modern and fresh. Plus, Patrick (Mc Dreamy)Dempsey, An Avon Ambassador created it. :)
Reese Witherspoon is also an Avon Global Ambassador. Through Avon she helps raise money for Breast Cancer research and spread the word about Domestic Violence. http://www.avoncompany.com/women/speakout/index.html

Just another reason why Avon is such a great company: In the last 15 years, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade has raised and awarded more than $585 million in 50 countries worldwide for awareness and education; screening and diagnosis; access to treatment; support services; and scientific research. I care about raising money for these things because I have had family with breast cancer, and just found out one of my friends, who is still in her twenties was recently diagnosed.

I bet you didn't know Avon carried footwear. They do, and it's actually really cute! Here are two pair of very different boots that I thought you might like:

One of the very first Avon products I ever tried was this Perfumed Skin Softener. This purple one is Odyssey, a scent that is very 80's. I thought since 80's clothing is coming back in why not bring back 80's scents? They also have deodorant, body powder, and purse spray in Odyssey. Plus they are all less than $5.


Avon Cosmetics are why Avon is what it is. They are always updating and releasing new cosmetics that are just so great. This Super Shock Mascara is rated 12 out of 10 in volume. wow! shocking! lol.

This eyeshadow is from Avon's line called mark. directed at teens and women who want a little more youthful trendy makeup. I like this eyeshadow because you can pick whichever shades you want and put them together in your own little compact.

The last product I wanted to tell you about is Eye Lift from Anew. It has won tons of awards. All Anew products are rated as the best in the skin care anti-aging industry, even over grocery store brands and dept. store brands.

Well, thanks for listening to my little Avon testimonial. I think selling Avon will be fun, and if you are ever interested in checking some products out or making an order please think of me. Also, let me know if you'd like a brochure or some samples. Check out my very own Avon website at http://yourAVON.com/jfurr or send me an email. Also, let me know what some of your favorite Avon products are if you have any.

Here are some more vintage Avon ads I thought you might like. Have a glamorous day!