The Presents!!

I had a wonderful birthday. The best present was spending the day with my husband and my kiddies and not having to work.

I got the best running shoes EVER!! Mizuno's waveriders from my amazing parents and brothers! Love you guys!

My sweet husband got me this beautiful necklace, which also happens to be a teething ring for Lia. She loved it !! I lOVE it too. Thanks babe.

My loving sister, Sarah, and brother in law, Cameron, got me this really pretty necklace that has Jaxon and Lia's birthstones on it. I love it!!

My brother, Drew, and his sweet wife, Wendi, got me a gift card to target! That is my favorite store ever!! I plan to buy a new purse with it. Thanks guys!

My wonderful parent in laws, Gale and Paul, gave me some money. A gift that is always needed! Thank you so much!

I loved everything I was blessed to get this year, Thank you for a wonderful day!

Say Cheese!!

Our little Lia has her first tooth popping through! I have always loved this picture and wished I had a little girl who smiled just like her. And guess what? I DO. Pretty soon Lia will have both her little bottom teeth showing and I know she will look just like this!

Love ya

A week of History

A new week and a new President. I was able to catch a little bit of the inauguration while I was at work on Tuesday. Its pretty sad to say but I actually had never watched an inauguration ever in my life! I found it interesting and amazing. Amazing that there were so many people there in Washington D.C. watching this monumental event. Interesting the musical numbers, outfits and words spoken. I am prayerful and weary for the upcoming years and I am very prayerful for the promises made by our new President, Barack Obama. I realize that being President is not an easy job, but I do hope things get better and not worse.

For our family this week, Lia started crawling( legs moving with hands twice) Yeah!! She is such a little wiggle bug and always so happy. Jaxon is enthralled with his Disney movies. Always wanting to watch Wall-E and Finding Nemo, sometimes at the same time. One upstairs and one downstairs. He loves his little sister and refers to her as his "baby Girl". Kitch is working hard in these last few weeks of his schooling. Studying hard for finals. I love my job at the hospital and the job of being a wife and a momma.

Love Ya

Family Update!!

Sorry Everyone!!!
Its been a while since we updated the blog. Just like in everyone's life, it gets CRAZY!! Needless to say we are doing well. Christmas was great! We spent our time in Star Valley, WY with Kitch's family and had a wonderful time. Kitch graduates from nursing school Feb 6th and we are so excited for him and especially proud of him!! The kids get bigger and brighter everyday. Jaxon makes complete sentences now and has a wide range in his vocabulary and our little Lia is on the verge of crawling. We are extremely excited for the upcoming months and events in our life and we promise to keep you posted!

Love ya

Precious Moments...Caught on Film, well you know!

In today's society where they have camera's everywhere; I was grateful to have a camera in our cell phones! Out little boy was caught on "film" doing whatever it took to get on T.V.!! He is just so amazing, and so cute; I can't stand it! It's astonishing me, dare I say it, how beautiful my son is!!!
And I can't even begin to describe how beautiful, and exquisitely angelic our little girl is. She was fed, and then put in a bouncer to "hang out"; before too long she was out! Probably still dreamin' of heaven! I just wanted to add these two pictures! Love ya!
Kitch

HaPpy bIRthDaY to mE!

Oh, it came again. It's as if those grains of sand keep droppin' no matter what is going on! Before I knew it, it was my birthday and I turned 29. Wow, just repeat that...slowly; let it roll over your tongue and slip through the lips. Twenty-nine. It seems so weird to say, even more strange to comprehend. However, I like where I am, I know where I'm going, and I've learned from where I've been. :-)
Last night we celebrated my 29th birthday with my wife, my kids, my sister (Jenny) and nephew (Hayden), my sister-in-law (Sarah) and my other sister-in-law (Wendi). Sadly some family and my father and mother-in-law, and all my brother-in-laws were working or otherwise detained...but it was nice to have a gathering anyway, but there was definetly something missing! *you know who you are! :-)*. Angela made me my favorite, chicken enchilada's, Spanish rice, enchilada sauce, and then we had ice cream and cake! It was all so good! Then Angela and I took the kids (after watching Grey's Anatomy, of course) for a little drive up to the Provo LDS Temple, and then we made our way back home.
It was a special and rare occasion that we had and shared, to reminisce upon our previous years at BYU and being single...and then me reaching the realization that it was almost 10years ago that I, as a young missionary, had entered the MTC! I graduated from High School ten years ago! Man, last night we realized how quickly time flies by, and how we are quite literally caught up in the whirlwind and rapture of the smallest moments. Our lifes are just a collage of ongoing interconnected events and experiences; now I know we all know this...but it didn't feel like it had been 10 years.
I have had an incredible year, and I am so excited for the next year; to see what happens, where we will go, what we accomplish, etc. Oh, the anticipation and possibilities of the year to come!! Hopefully everyone will have some part to play in the next year of my life; I so enjoy and love my family members and friends! You all mean so much to me! Thanks for making last year so great, and for all that you brought "to the plate!" I can't wait for "the next course!"

The Dash

The Dash
The Dash
By Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.
He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard;
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile,
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read
With your life's actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

This was on a friend of a friends blog that really touched me! I do hope I can say a was a kind, loving and great friend! I love all of you! Angela