The Extra Room

Seeing as I make my living creating videos for other people, I thought Joey & I should make a video together for once. Here is the result of a stay-at-home Saturday a couple weeks ago:


The Extra Room from Kristin Farrell on Vimeo.

Yes! We are going to have a BABY!

Wow. Wow. Wow.

We told our families over Christmas & I thought it would be fun to share their reactions. They were all relatively unsuspecting. I told my Mom at a different time, so we didn't catch it on camera. Enjoy the rest!!

Farrell Family Side:

Todd Family Side:


Haha. I must admit. My little brother's face was priceless. He normally has a thousand things to say about everything & he loves to tease me...so rendering him speechless was quite the treat.

This is what they were opening:

Well, what else is there to say? We are still somewhat in the "ignorant bliss" phase. I have been feeling great, which has been a huge blessing while we work full-time (with my business on the side)! Joey has been the perfect husband, practically waiting on me hand & foot at the end of every long day. We are excited to welcome a baby into our home, which we know will be both tough & rewarding.

I am very excited to move into this next stage of our relationship. We know that it will help us grow together, become more Christ-like and teach us things we could learn no other way.

Here is our little bean at just 9 weeks. Our next ultrasound is in two weeks, where we will get to see if baby is a boy or girl!

Four months down. Five to go!

I believe in miracles...

So, I just got back from a run. Yes, I have attempted to start running. 

(Note: I am a terrible & slow runner.)

But, I am giving it my best effort, and I'm happy to announce I can now run TWO miles! 

This is kind of a big deal for me.

OKAY. That actually was NOT what this blog post was supposed to be about.

It is about my thoughts WHILE I was running.

I live right next to the mountains in Utah, and I seriously think I live in the most beautiful place to run.

As I was admiring the leaves growing on the trees, the grassy fields, and the majestic mountains, I was also thinking about this documentary I watched the other day.

It is about a boy who lived an incredibly happy life, got terminal cancer, inspired millions by his goodness, and then left this world. Please watch his amazing story HERE.

I thought to myself...wouldn't it be nice if by some miracle this boy was healed from his cancer? Then I thought, actually it would be nice to witness a lot more miracles. (Like no one getting hurt from tornado disasters, or little children not getting shot in school.) There has been a lot of terrible things happening in the world lately. And sometimes it just doesn't seem fair.

But, I looked at all the blades of grass on the field next to me and I thought what a miracle every single one of them was. I looked around me and thought what a miracle it is that leaves come back on trees after they die in the winter. I looked around me and saw other people running, laughing, living, and I thought ya know what...I think there are more miracles than we give credit for. 

All life is such a miracle.

Yes, there are some terribly sad things that happen in this world. 

But, comparatively, I think if we were to measure the good against the evil, the world is full of miracles.

Today, I decided to put my sad thoughts away and believe in the miracles.

Birthday Girl

Last week I turned 23! Some (Joey) might argue that I had a birthday WEEK.

And he'd be right. I've had the most celebrated birthday this year than I have since I was 16.

It was awesome.

On Saturday night, before my birthday, we had our lovely friends over for a little party.

I seriously love my friends. Unfortunately, the Blacks left right before we snapped the picture. We played games, ate some yummy treats & had fun admiring babies.

These are the people that have inspired me to blog again. They said I can't take a group picture and NOT put it on my blog...so here it is!

On Monday my lovely co-workers threw me a birthday breakfast,

 On Tuesday, I got to enjoy a lovely dinner out & mini-golf on my actual birthday,

then, I got to celebrate my birthday with family up in Boise on Friday!

Yes, I was a lucky birthday girl.

The trip to Boise was actually not to celebrate my birthday, we went to see my perfectly beautiful nieces in their ballet recital!

Cutest. Thing. Ever.

Take a look for yourselves. 

We have had some fun weeks between now & last September, I promise. (Remember that time I was going to start blogging again...)

Maybe I'll play catch up.

Maybe not.

Without the pressure, I might remember that this is actually for FUN. 

We shall see what happens.

Another go...

Gosh. I am not that great at this whole blogging thing. 

And I have ZERO excuses.

So, here's to picking myself up & starting again.

Now seems like an appropriate time to montage a little bit about the last month. 

Joseph & I celebrated our 1st anniversary!! Yes, we made it through that infamous first year.

(You guys, it's really not that bad. Stop spreading rumors.)

Joseph is the best husband, and I just could gush for hours about how I'm the luckiest wife alive. 

But, I won't. Because people can only stand to read so much gushing.

We had an amazing little anniversary trip to Las Vegas.

Here we are looking cute together on the old Vegas strip.

We saw some blue men.

(Very fun, very weird)

And ate many of my favorite things.

(Ritas, pizza, Red Lobster)

Joey also went back to school. He's been ROCKING it. Like best student/husband/worker/person ever.

I have started my own lil' film thing....more to come on that later.

Let's see...and we can't wait for more fall fun.

Fall is the best season. 

Well, there you go.

Life is great.

Whoooo's having twins?

My best friend's having TWINS!

Naturally, I had to throw her a completely adorable owl baby shower!

She's moving with her husband NEXT WEEK so he can attend dental school, 

and I had to do it before she left. So, here's to a shower at 17 weeks!

This was for one cute Momma-to-be.

I love my Carolyn's little tummy!

I was so, so excited to do this baby owl theme. 

Everything was themed from the invitations, games, treats to the decorations!

"Carolyn's Having Twins" Banner :)

A Diaper Cake! Someone will be needing lots of these...

And of course we had some yummy treats! :)

Owl cupcakes

Mini-Cupcake Bar

The spread...minus fruit & veggie trays.

Games we played at the shower!

                                         

I will sure miss this girl, but I can't wait for the appearance of her baby twins!!

Big Joe, Lil' Joe

This month we've had a special visitor...

My little brother, Joseph, has been vacationing in Provo with us!

We've had the dilemma of what to call who,

so I've resorted to big Joe & lil' Joe.

Unfortunately, I don't think either Joe appreciates being called big or little.

But, we've decided to do a million fun things together, and here are some of our adventures!!

(Be prepared...lots of pictures, b/c we've had lots of fun.)

Both Joes first time riding a tandem bike! 

(At this time we realized they needed haircuts, so that happened next!!)

We hiked & picnicked at Stewart & Bridal Veil falls...on different days, don't worry.

We laughed a ton at Comedy Sports, which is super awesome.

We went to a BYU Devotional,

Penny Golfed in the SWKT, & played

Mini-Croquet at the Provo Beach Resort (Like mini-golf, but croquet!)

Joe got a hole in one & won a free game!

We also made trips to the Library,

Dollar movie theater, 

Lots of frozen yogurt/ ice cream places,

a Divine comedy showing,

the Paleontology museum, and the Springville art museum!

We loved seeing the Utah Symphony perform outdoors!

We played some tennis, frisbee, & bocce ball, and saw some fun movies (Madagascar 3, Brave).

We had some great game nights, 

went camping, swimming, 

& took a very fun visit to the Hogle Zoo!

(We took this picture because of the mountains above the camel...funny, huh?)

So, as you can see...we've had a blast. We will miss having lil' Joe around!

Happy Summer!

Little Buddies

This week I've had the chance to hang out with some little friends.

The first ones were some that I had been WAITING to meet. 

I couldn't wait to hug and squeeze these little munchkins.

Lacey & Austin brought their twins for a visit!!!!

YAY!!

Jocelyn & Jackson are the cutest babies. See for yourselves.

Look at those little legs!! So cute.

I tried to keep the food in his mouth! Promise!

The little princess :)

So, besides these precious twins...I've had plenty of fun play time with some other really cute little guys!

Charlie & Eddie lost their Momma last month, after she died giving birth to their new little sister.

It breaks my heart when I think about it for any length of time.

But, we give them lots of love.

And they are quite the little helpers.

Here we are making some yummy zucchini bread! 

Eddie thought that "dumping it into the bowl meant throwing it in the air and hoping it landed in the bowl. :)

Joey & I have loved getting some practice for future parenthood. 

So, if you have cute kids (especially if they happen to be related to us), please bring them by!
Honestly, we'd love to have them. ;)