Our Life Now

Spring already? Its crazy to me how fast this year is going by. Adam and I are busy getting our sprinkling system done, our yard de-weeded, and our grass put in. We are hoping to have grass to play on in the back yard by sometime in June. We keep having set backs though. Leaks in pipes, faulty gaskets, things like that. But we are going through it like the troopers that we are, and having fun working together to better our home. We are also busy with our callings in our Ward. Adam is 2nd Counselor in the Young Men's presidency, so he has activities for that and Scouts that he goes to all the time. And I'm 2nd Counselor in our Relief Society Presidency, so I'm super busy with that as well. We love it and wouldn't change it for anything.
Meanwhile, Noah has found some new friends on our street. They are all older than him. 9, 12, 13 years old. But they always come knocking on the door wanting Noah to play with them. They are outside ALL day long. Noah loves to play basketball, baseball, soccer, swing on the swing set, and have water fights with them. He keeps wanting them to sleep over, but I'm thinking 5 years old is a little young to have a bunch of older kids over. Maybe I will give in soon, who knows. But I'm so happy that he has some friends that he has so much fun with. I'm a little sad because he doesn't want to be with me anymore, but I guess that's part of kids growing up. And he is growing up way too fast.
Shayne is sweet as usual. She loves to be outside also, which is good and bad. When we are outside, for the most part, she will stay in the yard and just watch the airplanes fly by, or watch the kids play. Sometimes she tries to take off up the street to find something else to do, but she always laughs and runs when we chase after her. But when we decide its time to come in, she wont do it without a fight. She is such a goof ball. She is always trying to make us laugh at the funny things that she does. She has also started talking a little bit. She says Daddy, Noah, Yucky, Dink Dink (for Binky) no, yes, she also knows a little sign language, which is helpful. She knows how to say please, food, more, candy in sign, so that is helpful. She has also made up her own sign for lotion, because she LOVES her lotion.
We are just living the dream here in our home in Kearns, having the time of our lives! I love so much being able to stay home with my kids! I'm so thankful that we have been blessed so much!!!

BIRTHDAYS!

We got to celebrate two of the most wonderful people in my life's Birthdays within one week of each other. Noah and Shaynes. It was so much fun!


Shayne turned 1 YEAR OLD this year. She loved having her own cake to dig into. I can't believe she is so big already!!!




Noah had a SURPRISE Star Wars birthday party for his 5th Birthday. He had so much fun with his friends and cousins. He had a Star Wars cake an Pinata and he got a TON of star wars toys from his friends. We had a blast!!!!

Where did the time go???

Oh My Goodness. Its already the end of January and so much has happened since my last post. Christmas so so much fun. I, once again, couldn't sleep all night on Christmas Eve, because I was so excited for my kids and Husband to open their gifts. It was a great Christmas.
We spent New Years Eve at my cousin Erin's home, and had alot of fun, as we had to force ourselves to stay awake until Midnight. We literally left her house at 12:08 so we could get home and go to bed. Now that is how you know that you are getting older.
Noah will be turning 5 years old in four days. I can't believe that my baby is so big. He told me that he wants a surprise Star Wars birthday party with a pinata, and what my baby wants, my baby gets as Adam says. So that's what we will be doing.
Shayne started walking about 2 weeks ago, and is now to the point where she would rather walk than crawl. She will be turning 1 year old in less that two weeks. She says "WOW" Tan Tan (thank you) Nana (food) and she points all the time to whatever she wants, and she usually gets it.
Adam and I are still loving life!!!

"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.