"WE ARE SANTA'S ELVES! FILLING SANTA'S SHELFS"

We set our Christmas Tree up on the Friday after Thanksgiving, as usual. But when we got it all out and decorated, it was decided that we definetly need a new tree and new decorations next year. We have had this same stuff for a really long time, and it just looks a little tattered and torn. This year it will have to do. We did have fun decorating though, so thats all that matters!
Noah really wanted to help Dad put up the star. It was so cute to watch!

Santa's elves. They don't look too excited about how I decorated them, do they.

The finished product.

Have a Very Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you GIVE all you wanted this year, and also remember the real reason that we celebrate Christ-mas!

Where has the time gone?

Can you believe that it is the end of November already? It is so hard for me to think that this year is already almost over, and my babies are going to be 5 and 1 year old in a couple of months. It seems to me that as I get older time goes by faster. This past year has brought me such joy. I have so much love in my home and can't wait to watch my kids grow older, my marriage grow stronger, and my relationships with friends and family grow closer. So I say this to you, and also as a reminder to me. Enjoy every second of your kids, your spouse, your life. It will fly by and before you know it, we will be wondering where the time has gone!

I'm So Thankful!

Well, its the week of Thanksgiving, and I just wanted to say how THANKFUL I am for everything that I have been given. I am THANKFUL an amazing HUSBAND that is my best friend, and that loves me so much that he can look past all of my faults and errors in life, and still give me all of his love.

I am so THANKFUL for such a wonderful SON that has such a tender heart. He always makes me happy when I'm sad, lifts me up when I'm down, and teaches me more everyday than I could possibly teach him.

I am so THANKFUL for our sweet DAUGHTER that is such an angel and a blessing to all of us. She came to us in a time when we all needed a little pick me up, and she definitely has picked us up.

I'm also THANKFUL for my wonderful MOTHER and SISTERS . They have been my best friends through out my whole life, and are still there for me and my family all the time.

I am THANKFUL for my awesome FRIENDS that stay in touch with us all the time, and still love to hang out with us even though we are, sometimes, out of line.
I have so many other things that I am THANKFUL for. For our nice warm home, for food on our table, for Adams job that provides all of the things for us that we need in life. I am THANKFUL just to be alive and healthy and happy.
HAVE A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Ooops!

It has been WAY to long, yet again, since I updated my blog. There has been so much that has gone on since I last updated, so these are just a bunch of random things that we have done.

This is a sign that we have seen whenever we have gone up to the Mirror Lake Highway in Kamas. I always told Adam that I was going to retire there, until we found out that its just a joke. All of my hopes and dreams were shot down. I guess I'll just have to find another Nudest Ranch to retire to. Sigh....

Adam and Noah had a blast fishing at Butterfly Lake near Mirror Lake. And Shayne and I had fun watching and reading books. It was so cold up there that the lakes were mostly covered in ice. I think we will try to go up a little sooner than October next year.

I just LOVE Noah and Shayne's morning faces, so I had to get a picture of them. They are seriously the sweetest kids in the whole world!

Noah decided to decorate Shayne's head while they were taking a bath. Shayne didn't even care.

Here is Noah's Pre-School class on the day of thier Halloween party. Noah is on the far left, and his "girlfriend, Paige" is the little mermaid. How cute.

This was the first snow of this year. We went out and had a fun snowball fight, until we were frozen.

We went to Wheeler Farm a bunch of times this year. Noah and Shayne both loved seeing the animals, and Noah even got to milk a cow one time. He thought it was the coolest thing in this world. I love to see him get excited over something other than video games.


Adam caught this monster of a fish at Strawberry, when he went on his boys trip with his friends. He only got to go for one night because of work, but he had fun while he was there.

HAPPY OCTOBER!!

I am so excited for the next couple of Months. October marks the start of the Holiday season that we all love. This month I am so excited to see all of the kids in their Halloween Costumes, and so excited to take my kids out trick-or-treating. On Halloween night we get together with Adam's family and have home made chili and rolls, along with a bunch of other yummy food. We have Halloween parties to go to throughout the month, and a ton of fun stuff to do. I am just so excited for this month! Happy October to you all, and have a safe and Happy Halloween!!!!

oH mY hOw TiMe FlYs!!!

It has been a whole Month since I last updated my blog. I have just been enjoying my family SO much that I could'nt pull myself away from them. I keep falling more in love with my children each and every day. They are both getting so big so fast, that it seems like I blink my eyes and something has changed.

Noah is such a great person inside and out. He wants to be just like his DAD when he grows up. He is always doing things just like Daddy. He is always so excited when his Dad gets home, because he wants to play with him. Noah is loving his pre-school teacher, and is making a lot o f new friends there. He is learning so much there, and comes home every every day after school singing a new song, or reciting a new poem. Noah is such a great big brother. If Shayne is sad, it makes him sad too. He always wants to help out with her. He always wants her to sit next to him and he loves to make her laugh. He is a huge help to me in the kitchen and loves to spend time with his family. He also loves his friends, and wants them to live at our house with us. Noah-You are such a sweetheart! Your family loves you so much, and we love so much to watch you grow! Thank you for all of the kisses!!!

Shayne is growing like a weed. She is 7 1/2 months old, and has been crawling for about 2 weeks now. She is also pulling herself up on everything. She loves to eat ANYTHING that she can get her hands on. Shayne is such a good baby. She loves to smile at anyone and anything. She loves to make people laugh too. She knows that she has us all wrapped around her little finger. Shayne- Thank you for coming into our home. You are a perfect fitting peice to our family puzzle. We love you so much!

We had a HUGE rainstorm last week and Noah ran to the window because he LOVES to watch the LIGHTENING. He wanted Shayne to come and watch it with him, so we sat up chairs, and just watched the rain. It was such a fun time. Those little moments when our family is together are the absolute best moments of my life! I would rather be sitting at home with my SWEET husband, and two DARLING children doing NOTHING, than do anything else in this whole world. I am a very happy and content woman!

ThE tHiNgS I'm ExCiTeD fOr ThIs WeEk

1. Bee's Game with friends
2. Library
3. Home with my Kids
4. Lunch with my Friends
5. Cooler weather (hopefully)

Hopefully it will be a really nice week!!

On WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 2009 Noah had his first day of pre-school. His teacher is Ms. Neena, and Noah just loves her. He had so much fun at school, and made some new friends. I can't believe my boy is big enough to be starting school. When I took him there, he just got his bag and ran into class. He didn't even look back. Which was great that he was so comfortable, but I have to admit, I got a little teary eyed when I left. We are SO PROUD of you Noah! You are such a great blessing in our lives!!!

Also on WEDNESDAY, Shayne had her 6 MONTH check up. She now weighs 16.3 pounds and is 26 inches long. Doctor Barret said that she is growing just great. He also said she is quite advanced for her age, because she is sitting up on her own, she stands well, and she uses her hands very well too. Also, she started getting on her hands and knees and rocking. I'm SOO not ready for her to start crawling yet, but it looks like she will be up and away in no time. Shayne, we love you so much.

The Ranch!

Every year for yet another family reunion, my family from my Grandma's side goes to a ranch called Hidden Valley Ranch in Baker Nevada. It is so much fun there, but the drive is awful so a lot of the time we don't end up going. This year after begging on my hands and knees for months, Adam finally decided that we would be going too. We all had so much fun. We seriously just sat, ate and laughed the whole weekend. Adam, Noah, Uncle Byron and Aidan were a little bit more productive though because they went fishing a lot. Here are some pictures of our fun!
My cute Family!
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These kids had so much fun together!!

Noah caught more fish than anyone there. He loves to fish!

First thing in the morning!

Shayne was a trooper sleeping in the tent with us!

"I'm in WOVE"

Noah and I were making a cake today, and he wanted to put white frosting on it, but I only had Chocolate frosting. Here is our conversation:
Me- "Sorry, we only have Chocolate frosting."
Noah- "But I don't like Chocolate frosting."
Me- "I know you will like it."
Noah-"How do you know that?"
Me-"Because I'm your mom, and I know everything about you."
Noah-"You don't know one thing about me mom."
Me-"What don't I know about you?"
Noah- "I'm in WOVE."(with stars in his eyes)
Me- "You are?! With who?"
Noah-"Anna from my church class. I can't wait to tell daddy!"

CuTe RaNdOm PiCtUrEs

Here are just a couple of random pictures that I think are SOOO cute. I love my family so much. They are my life! Being a mom to these two BEAUTIFUL children, and a wife to my AMAZING, HOT husband is so awesome! I couldn't ask for anything else in life right now!!!

LAVA LAVA!!!!

Here are some pictures of our yearly LAVA HOT SPRINGS trip. We ate way too much food, had a ton of fun swimming, and LOVED seeing our family! Thanks everyone for making our vacation so much fun!!

MOON LAKE 2009

Every year for Adam's family reunion we go to MOON LAKE. This year was one of our most memorable years. We stayed there for 8 days, and it was so much fun. Adam and Noah went fishing just about every day, and Noah caught the most fish and one of the biggest fish of the trip. Noah had so much fun with his daddy. They bonded so much, and it was so fun to see them doing something that they both love to do. Noah also had so much fun with his cousins playing on the beach and at our camp.
Shayne was a little trooper. She seemed to love camping and we had so much fun hanging out. Her and I stayed at camp most of the time and played games with Adam's family and just hung out and enjoyed the mountains. Shayne also got her FIRST 2 TEETH while we were there, which made for a couple of rough nights for her and everyone that stayed in the trailer with us(sorry Lynch's 2 and parents).
We got to stay in Adam's parents awesome new trailer that was huge enough for everyone to fit in there comfortably. I made myself at home there, and hope his family didn't mind that.
We did have a couple of VERY random things happen to us while we were there. First of all, Adam and his cousin went fishing at night, in the creepy lake and it was just them on the lake. Suddenly there were huge splashes right next to them, and it freaked them out. They didn't see anybody or anything at all, but they did get the heck out of there and come back home. Second, I was going to the bathroom at night in the lovely outhouses that they have there, and I put my flashlight down and saw a little MOUSE starring right at me. EEEK....But the funniest of all was when we decided to go for a drive to get some more drinks, and we get in our car and I see something on our dashboard that looks like MOUSE POOP. We decided to get everything out of our car while we were at the store about 45 minutes away from Moon Lake. As Adam is pulling everything out of the back of the car, and I am holding Shayne in one arm, and Noah in the other, a MOUSE, probably the one that was stalking me in the bathroom, is in the back of our car. Adam started sword fighting the mouse with our window scraper to try to get it out. Finally the mouse decided to charge Adam, and jump out of the car. After laughing hysterically at Adam screaming like a little girl while trying to get the mouse out of our car, we sterilized our car and set back to MOON LAKE in hopes that I wouldn't have another encounter with a mouse again.
We ate a little too much food, and laughed until our stomachs hurt. Thanks to all of Adam's family for being so awesome and fun to hang out with! You guys are some of our best friends!!

MY FUN FAMILY AT MOON LAKE


FISHING BUDDIES

SOME OF NOAHS FISH

OUR LITTLE TROOPER AT THE BEACH

THE BOYS PLAYING GAMES




ZACH, NOAH AND BRODY

MY AWESOME FATHER IN LAW

A LaTe FaThErS DaY mEsSaGe...

A very late, very Happy Fathers Day wish to all of the wonderful DADS in my life. To my WONDERFUL HUSBAND, GREAT FATHER IN LAW, and all of my FRIENDS and FAMILY that are DADS. Thank you for all of the love you give me and my kids!!!!

SOOO BIG!!!

My baby girl is getting so big, WAY too fast. I can't beleive how she has grown. I just took her to her 4 MONTH doctor appointment, and she now weighs 13.5 pounds, and is 25 inches long. That is 2 pounds and 4 inches in the past two months. Its crazy to me. I forgot how quickly things change with a baby. And now she is big enough to be in her baby saucer. She loves to be standing up, so this is perfect for her. So here is a little note to my little Baby Shayne....STOP GROWING UP SO FAST!!! I need you to stay little for a while longer! Love you chicky!!