Is there anything better than a hubby who cooks?!

Brett and I occasionally challenge ourselves culinar-ily. Brett has recently decided to make homemade pizza's his creative outlet. He makes the dough, and the sauce FROM SCRATCH (obviously not the cheese and pepperoni from scratch, I mean does anyone even know how to make those things?). So I ask you is there anything better than a husband who cooks? I think it is AMAZING! I get homemade pizza about twice a week!

Although I've become lazy in the cooking department since starting work again. I decided that I wanted to cook something "hard" that I had never made before. I went on Williams-Sonoma's website and found this little gem. It was rather delicious if i do say so myself. The cake had almost the consistency of a doughnut and the "frosting" had ingredients like marscapone cheese, vanilla and sour cream. It tasted divine!

We do fun stuff....

We went to Maui with my familia! We are so lucky that they still like to take us on trips. We felt like we won some sort of sweet vacation from Regis and Kelly. We are SO spoiled, or as my mom says "well taken care of."


happy father's day daddy

kassidy and brett's version of yoga

we went parasailing


tropical water falls

yep...

for some reason wild cats around at my feet as I enjoy a picnic is NOT enjoyable

beautiful sunsets (and a beautiful husband, i mean really, what a hottie!!!)

interesting faces

...and a rainbow of colorful tropical vacation shirts (wow, we really ARE a good time!)


AND we had a 4th of July Extravaganza with BRETT'S fam! Two words WATER - BOUNCE HOUSE (ok, pretend those are two words :)....and another word AVERY! (and I love the boys too of course!) Thanks for the INCREDIBLE weekend Hawkins/Montgomery's/Torgerson's


Thanks to Blake for the sunglasses. I couldn't have seen the men that jump out of the airplanes without you.

Brett looks like he doesn't know what just happened to him...

but clearly he enjoyed himself

my husband does back flips...he's THAT cool

Cass, clearly a little concerned about having to teach me sewing basics...but in reality it was AWESOME, i have a patriot banner thing now!

and avery and colin....priceless

Cave of Love...Documented

I've wanted to document "our first place" for awhile now. Its been nice that i've have 3 months off to get it all settled :) But, I am on "break" no longer and will be going back into the work force Monday. No more "stay at home wife"!

For those of you that live far away, or have not been invited to our "cave of love yet" here is a sneak peak. (We call it our cave of love because our ONLY windows look out to a GINORMOUS rock wall, which blocks most light available to our little apartment...hence, cave of love)

Cutest Nephews and Niece EVER!!!

We got to go to Disneyland with our passes for one last time before school starts again....AND we got to go with Cass and our niece and nephews! It was SO fun going with kids.


I got to carry Avery in what I called the "pack-pack"...I loved being an aunt and playing mom a little. Several people commented on how gorgeous my daughter was and told me congratulations, it was pretty funny.



The boys were adorable too. Colin wanted to go on the Madder-Horn SO bad, luckily super cool uncle Brett came to the rescue.



Cass got to stand by the "C" and take a pic, it was pretty special :)


We loved our Disneyland Day!!!

"Flop Mode"

I got to meet my mommie half-way in Temecula this week. When I'm with my mom I go into, what I like to call, "flop mode". I am just so relaxed, because I know that when I'm with my mom I don't have to worry about taking care of myself, she'll take care of me. Its SO nice to flop once in awhile.

My flop day with my mom included lunch at Rosa's Cafe, Ensign Bookstore, Target shopping for "essentials", mall shopping for other summer "essentials", an entertaining and totally inappropriate movie entitled "Dance Flick", and we topped it off with CPK. My I felt SO spoiled on many different levels. My mom just says that I'm "well taken care of". But really I just lucked out in the mom department.

Oh Poor Baby Husband

My husband is so healthy...in the morning. He makes us delicious healthy smoothies that contain "everything your body needs for the whole day." He makes me a "girl one" and then adds some broccoli and makes himself a "boy one". They are delicious and include:
-frozen berries
-yogurt
-spinach
-carrots
-milk
-oj
-flax seed
-emergen-C
-honey
Yes, I actually eat this...and it doesn't taste like vegetables (it definitely does with the broccoli). I love it and I love that he makes it every morning. But a couple of days ago he had a little accident....oh poor baby! The smoothie went all over our kitchen and he had to start all over. I thought it was HILARIOUS!






Side note...when I neglect to cut Brett's hair this is the result....annoying hair twisting...URKKKK!!! I have learned my lesson...shorter hair, more frequent hair cuts. :)

TEAM Brett vs. TEAM Krystle

Everyone,
Thank you all for your heartfelt comments about what do to with MY blog address. I was amazed at how many people had some sort of opinion about it. It was great to hear all your thoughts, on this heated topic.

Brett was surprised at how many people were TEAM Brett. He was sure that the results would be skewed in my favor, but it really was pretty 50/50. So, thank you for him...even though he will never be able to thank you, because he NEVER blogs!

We were just debating again about the blog and he said that I shouldn't be allowed to put "The Montgomery's" at the top of the blog, but instead should just put "The Montgomery"...this isn't a blog that represents both of us.

So here is MY final statement: This is the blog about our little Montgomery Family though MY eyes.
(And a statement from a friend: A blog address is not equivalent with a temple sealing...so funny and so true!)

So, if you were TEAM Brett my condolences.
If you are TEAM Krystle congrats, you will NOT have to change my address on your blog!

Funny Side Note:
(Brett just read the blog and saw that I decided that I won...he said fine he would start his own blog, that in NO way represents me. Below are some of his ideas that were semi-appropriate enough to post publicly).

www.man-who-does-not-design-or-have-estrigen.blogspot.com
www.male-blue-eyed-guy-who-surfs.blogspot.com
www.guy-that-plays-basketball-and-fixes-things.blogspot.com
www.brett-does-not-have-female-genitals.blogspot.com

Nice....
So, look for one of these coming real soon...or not :)


(This picture, just because its funny and Brett is "sad" about this decision)

Happy Mother's Day - To MY Mommie!

(I made this for my mom...and was SO proud all weekend and considered being a florist)

We were lucky enough to go to the desert this past weekend and be spoiled by my parents (And hopefully we were able to spoil my mom a little, since it was Mother's day). We relaxed by the pool...and I even got in, which is a rarity (but not to far of a leap when it's 100 degrees outside). We went to dinner, watched things like "the best of Amy Pohler" etc.

BUT the main attraction was the voice of my little brother. Yes, we got to hear his sweet voice all the way from New Jersey. Brett joked that my mom wasn't even going to notice that we were coming home because she was SO excited for Trevor's call. Partially true...the sibling that lives far away and can never calls home, does somehow end up being perfect and the favorite. But, i'm ok with this, because i know that once I start pumping out grand kids I will once more retain the title of favorite *(note).

LOVE YOU MOMMIE!!! (Even though I might only be your 2nd or 3rd fav right now :)


*(note)Brett and I are NOT planning on having children ANY time soon.



(Brett does have the nicest bottom in the world...but please don't come up to him randomly and pinch it, that would be awkward)

How about a little good news?

I was just watching Oprah...and there were all these stories about people working hard, fulfilling their dreams, and other people opening their hearts to help others fulfill their dreams. It was truly INSPIRATIONAL!

I thought right now, especially in this "economy" (it seems like we here that word ALL THE TIME) it is SO refreshing to hear stories of people not giving up on dreams, serving others, and helping to make this world a nicer place for all of us to live. I am finding it so easy right now to get bogged down with "what if this bad thing happens" or "oh no, that bad thing DID happen"...I am in desperate need of a little GOOD NEWS for a change!

So my idea is this:
Wouldn't it be great if there was a website that was purely dedicated to inspirational and motivational stories and just some random good news?!?! I say YES it would be fantastic. I would love to get a little pick me up throughout the day and get my attitude back on track. A little hope and dream fulfillment never hurt anyone!

My first bit of good news:
I live 10 minutes from here....



So, if anyone has some GOOD NEWS feel free to share...I promise to LOVE it! And it might inspire others to think of OR create their own good news...

PS: I found these "Good News" websites. They seem to be on the right track :)

www.happynews.com
www.goodnewsnetwork.org

Do The Montgomery's NEED a knew blog address?

Brett has been telling me for several weeks now that "designing woman" just doesn't quite represent everyone in The Montgomery Family.

So...To change our blog address...OR not to change?

Brett's reason's for WANTING a change:
-He is NOT a woman
-He does NOT design things
-The current address in NO WAY represents him or his personality/traits

Krystle's reason for NOT WANTING a change:
-It is a pain for ALL our friends and family (approx. 3-4 people) to change the link to our blog
-I'm used to this address, it might be hard to get used to a new one...I have a real difficult time with change.
-Brett doesn't blog
-Those are pretty much it...summary - its a pain for me and everyone linked to me!

So, what our your thoughts my 3-4 viewers...to change or not to change?

The Avery Story....

So the other night Brett and I were laying in bed, chatting it up like little BFF's, like we do most nights. And I turned to Brett and said, "Who gets Cass and Chad's kids if they die."

I know its a horrible thought...but it was on my mind because of the other adorable kids I was watching, while there parents were away (below).

Anyway, Brett turns back to me and says, "I don't know, what made you think about that?!"

I said, "I don't know, I was thinking about how much I love Avery."

Brett bursts out laughing, he thought this was pretty hilarious.

Then, to humor me, he starts naming the possibilities for the adorable Hawkins kids.

Then, I chimed in excitedly, "I think we're at least in the top 5 options, to get the kids."

Brett mockingly responds, "Well there are really only about 6 options, so that's not that good."

Then, we commence a heated debate about who would get OUR kids. And it REALLY got heated. Then, Brett brings us back to reality, "Babe, we don't even have kids,"...me,"oh, yeah, right, ok."

I love this man...and I apparently LOVE Avery!