MAYBE ONE OF MY DREAMS CAME TRUE!!!

SO LAST SUNDAY JOSH AND I WENT ON A SUNDAY DRIVE, I LOVE TO GO ON A SUNDAY DRIVES AS WE WERE DRIVING WE WENT PAST A HOUSE THAT WAS FOR SALE, I LOOKED AT IT AS JOSH KEEP DRIVING I NOTICED SOME STALLS, SO I KNEW IT HAD SOME PROPERTY ON IT FOR HORSES, I TOLD JOSH TURN AROUND, HE WAS LIKE WHAT, I TOLD HIM I MAY HAVE FOUND US A HOUSE, SO WE SAT AND LOOKED AT IT JOSH WAS POINTING OUT IT WOULD NEED SOME WORK I SAID I KNOW, YOU SEE I HAVE A LOVE FOR FIXING UP OLD THINGS I LOOK AT SOME HOUSES AND SAY THAT WOULD BE CUTE IF THEY DID THIS AND THAT, JOSH AND I THINK MEN SEE THE $$$$ SIGNS, AND WORK, SO WE TRYED THE NUMBER AND IT DID NOT RING SO ON MONDAY I DROVE BY IT AGAIN STILL COULD NOT GET ANYTHING, SO YESTERDAY I TOLD JOSH TO GO BY IT AGAIN I CALLED IT, AGAIN AND A GUY ANSWERED I ASKED HIM ALL THESE QUESTION, HE SAID IT IS ABOUT 1/2 ACRE, AND WHEN HE TOLD ME THE PRICE I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE JUST SAID, I TOLD HIM WE WANTED TO LOOK INSIDE HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD CALL TO SEE WHEN WE COULD GO LOOK AT IT, LONG STORY SHORT WE ARE STILL WAITING, BUT I ASKED THE GUY IF WE COULD GO LOOK IN THE BACK YARD HE SAID YES, JOSH AND I AND ZAK WENT BACK, WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT WE FELL IN LOVE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK, BUT MY MIND AND JOSH'S WAS GOING A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, I WAS THINKING GARDEN, ALSO ALL THE FUN WITH PLANTING FLOWERS, JOSH WAS MORE ON THE LINES OF HIS HORSES, AND 2 CALF'S AND DOGS, THE GUY ALSO SAID THAT THE HOUSE IS REALLY RAN DOWN, SO WE WILL SEE, MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW I LOVE OLDER HOMES I LOVE THE CHARACTER THEY HAVE, MOST OF YOU MAY ALSO KNOW JOSH AND I HAVE WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE TO KEEP OUR ANIMALS AT OUR OWN PLACE SO THIS WOULD BE PERFECT, I WANT MY KIDS TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE THINGS I DID GROWING UP HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A GARDEN, FEED ANIMALS, CLEAN UP AFTER THEM ETC, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.. BLESSINGS EMILEE

LOVE FOR TRACTORS AND TRUCKS

HE LOVES THE BIG BOY TOYS ALL READY, HE SAYS TRACTOR ALL DAY LONG, I THINK WHEN HE IS 2 HE WILL KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THE TRACTOR, TONIGHT WE WENT UP TO FEED THE BABY CALF, WE DID HAVE 2 BUT THE ONE DIED, IT WAS RAINY, I TOLD HIM ANOTHER DAY, THEN HE SAW GRANDPA ON THE TRACTOR AND HAD TO HAVE HIS TURN, WE WERE SITTING THERE TALKING ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE BUCKET WAS MOVING, HE KNOWS HOW TO MOVE THE BUCKET, HE ALSO KNOW AND TURNS HIS HAND LIKE HE IS STARTING IT, SO NEIGHBORS WHEN YOU SEE A TRACTOR COMING DOWN THE ROAD YOU BETTER LOOK TWICE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE MY COWBOY "ZAK"

ZAK LOVES TO DRIVE JOSH TRUCK, HE EVEN MAKES HIS TRUCK NOISE ,MAN BOYS AND THERE TOYS.

ZAK ON THE TRACTOR, HELPING DADDY FEED THE COWS
ZAK AT MY GRANDMA'S FUNERAL WITH OF COURSE YOU GUESSED IT HIS TRACTOR, I LOVE BOTH OF MY FARM BOYS EVEN IF THERE TOYS COST ALOT, I LOVE TO SEE THEM SMILE, THAT SMILE.......

PHOTO SHOOT

IN THE FALL MY SIS AND I HAD A LADY TAKE SOME OF THESE PICTURES, SHE WAS TEACHING A PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS, AND NEEDED MODELS, SO WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES. THIS GIRL IS REALLY TALENTED, JOSH AND I DID NOT KNOW WE WOULD BE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES, "O" WELL I'M GLAD I DID BECAUSE I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF US THREE, ME AND MY SIS HAD A FUN TIME DOING IT, FREE PICTURES YOU BET ,WE ARE FOR THAT.

ZAK IN A OLD WAGON

MY 2 COWBOYS

WE FOUND THIS OLD SADDLE JUST SITTING AROUND

MY SISTER 3 KIDS WHAT CUTIES, THE FUNNY THING THE LADY THAT TOOK THIS PICTURES THEY LOOK ALOT LIKE MY SISTERS KIDS IT IS SCARY.

MY SISTER BABY HE IS 3 MONTHS OLDER THEN ZAK, ANDREW HE IS 19MONTHS

MY SISTER OLDEST, TANNER JUST TURNED "8"

THEN MY SISTER ONLY GIRL
KIMBERLY WHO JUST TURNED "6"

SHE'S PERFECT

LIGHTIN HER OWN CAKE

HER CUTE SMILE

TODAY WAS MY SIS 33RD B-DAY SHE OLD J/K, I WAS LUCKY AND GOT TO SPEND MOST OF THE DAY WITH HER, MY MOM AND MY OTHER SIS WHO LIVES IN IDAHO CAME DOWN, ITS THERE KIDS SPRING BREAK,WE WENT UP TO FRUIT HEIGHTS, TO SECRET HAVEN THIS FUN HOME DEC STORE, THEN BEN FRANKLIN ANOTHER CRAFT STORE, THEN WE HAD TO HURRY BACK TO MEET OUR FAMILY'S FOR DINNER AT ROCK CREEK PIZZA, IT WAS SUCH A FUN NIGHT FOR FAMILY NIGHT, I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY, THE TITLE IS TRUE ABOUT MY SIS, WE ARE TWO YEARS A PART, FOR MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD WE SHARED A ROOM, I LOVED IT ,I KNOW SHE WOULD SAY DIFFERENT, I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED MY SIS, SHE IS SO KIND AND SO CHRIST LIKE, SHE IS ALWAYS HELPING OTHER, WHEN WE WERE LITTLE SHE WOULD PROTECT ME SHE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR ME I ALWAYS WOULD LAG ALONG WITH HER AND HER FRIENDS SHE NEVER CARED, TODAY SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, BEAUTIFUL HOME ALWAYS CLEAN, SHE HAS A AMAZING VOICE, SHE IS ORGANIZED IN EVERYTHING, SHE CAN DECORATE LIKE YOU COULD NOT BELIEVE, ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN, I HOPE SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH I LOVE HER, AND HOW THANKFUL I'M SHE'S MY SIS I LOVE YOU MEL...

THESE PICTURES ARE ..OF ZAK IN THE FALL, HIM AT GARDNER VILLAGE IN HIS HALLOWEEN COSTUME, I LOVE FALL, THE ONE WITH ME AND HIM IS AT MY SIS HOUSE IN IDAHO, SHE HAD IT DECORATED SO CUTE, SORRY THESE ARE OLD PICTURES, BUT I JUST FIGURED OUT ON HOW TO POST THEM, SO SORRY YOU WILL BE SEEING ALOT OF PICTURES IN THE DAYS TO COME, YA YA I'M SO EXCITED I HAVE BEEN WANTING PICTURES SINCE NOV, LONG WAIT...

HE LOVES PUTTING DADDYS HAT ON

THIS IS A PICTURE OF ZAK LAST SUMMER, HE LOVES SUCKER, AND JUST BEING OUTSIDE..

CAN'T FORGET

A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO WE HAD JUST COME HOME FROM FEEDING OUR 2 BABY COWS, WE ATE DINNER IT WAS ABOUT 8:45 WE USUALLY GIVE ZAK A BATH, THEN WE HAVE HIS LITTLE PRAYER TO JESUS, THEN HE DRINKS HIS BOTTLE, AND HE CUDDLES WITH HIS DADDY, AND ME, SO THAT NIGHT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD NOT GIVE HIM A BATH BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING LATE SO WE FEED HIM HIS BOTTLE, I USUALLY TAKE HIM UP TO HIS ROOM, AS WE WERE GOING UP TO HIS ROOM HE WAS WAVING AND SAYING JESUS, HE SAYS SUS FOR JESUS, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT, HE HAS SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT AND LOVE FOR JESUS, THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM THE VEIL, HE EVEN SAYS BABY SISTER, I AM SO LUCKY TO BE BLESSED WITH ZAK, I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM, AND HOW MUCH HE TEACHES ME EACH AND EVERYDAY, WHAT BLESSINGS CHILDREN ARE, THANKS ZAK FOR HELPING MOMMY REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.... BLESSINGS EMILEE P.S I HAVE SOME PICTURES I'M SO PROUD OF MY SELF I DID IT ALL BY MY SELF, NOW IF I CAN FIGURE OUT THE OTHERS. THESE WERE TAKEN IN THE FALL I LOVE THE LEAFS, ZAK OF COURSE IS SO MUCH BIGGER, NOW I KNOW WHY YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM UPDATED...

SHOPPING

I AM REALLY EXCITED NORDSTROMS RACK WILL BE OPENING APRIL 2 IT IS WERE THE OLD WALMART WAS IN SANDY , BY THE MALL, THERE IS A ANOTHER ONE IN SUGAR HOUSE BUT I DONT GET THAT MUCH, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING WHAT A BEATUIFUL DAY, I LOVE IT. ZAK JUST WANTS TO BE OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME, BUT I LOVE BEING OUT SIDE. HOPE EVERY ONE HAS A GREAT DAY, ENJOY THE SUN... BLESSINGS EMILEE

THANKFUL THURSDAY

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MY HUSBANDS JOB, NOW DAYS IT SEEMS TO HAVE A JOB IS A BLESSING, JOSH WORKS REALLY HARD SO THAT I CAN STAY HOME WITH ZAK, HE LOVES TO WORK, I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT HUSBAND, WHEN I WAS DATING HIM I NOTICED HIS HANDS AND HOW BIG THEY ARE, I LOVE HOLDING THEM AND JUST LOOKING AT THEM, HE NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT WORKING THERE ARE SOME SATURDAYS HE IS WORKING DOWN ON THE FARM, LEAVES THE HOUSE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, BUT HE NEVER COMPLAINS, THANKS HONEY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILY I LOVE YOU.... BLESSING EMILEE

TWO FIRST

SO TODAY ZAK HAD TWO FIRST, THE FIRST ONE WAS MY MOM GAVE HIM HIS FIRST HAIR CUT, HE WAS SO GOOD HE JUST SAT THERE, I KNOW THAT ONE DAY, HE WILL BE RUNNING AWAY, WE THEN WENT AND HAD LUNCH MY MOM AND MY SIS AND HER TWO CUTE KIDS, ZAK STARTED DRINKING OUT OF A STRAW, MY SIS WAS THE ONE THAT SAID WE SHOULD TRY, SO THANKS SIS, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SEE ALOT OF HIS FIRST, I HAD A REALLY FUN TIME WITH MY MOM AND MY SIS AND HER TWO KIDS, I LOVE THIS NICE WEATHER WE ARE HAVING ZAK LOVES BEING OUT SIDE, I LOVE TO WATCH HIM PLAY IN THE DIRT AND GET DIRTY, HE IS ALL BOY AND I LOVE IT!!!

GETTING READY FOR ST PATRICKS!!!

OK SO A LITTLE WHILE AGO I TOLD YOU I DON'T REALLY CARE FOR ST PATRICKS DAY, BUT NOW THAT I HAVE A CHILD I WILL CHANGE MY ATTITUDE, I WANT THEM TO LOVE ALL THE HOLIDAY'S, I WANT THEM TO REMEMBER THE FUN MEMORIES AND THE FUN THINGS WE DO AS A FAMILY, I WANT THEM TO PASS THEM ON TO THERE KIDS, AS I WATCH THEM ONE DAY ENJOY THESE HOLIDAY'S WITH THERE FAMILY'S, ZAK IS STILL LITTLE HE WONT KNOW BUT I'M STARTING THIS TRADITION IN OUR FAMILY, EVERYTHING WE EAT THAT DAY WILL BE GREEN, OF COURSE YOU WEAR GREEN AS WELL, I BOUGHT ZAK A CUTE ST PATRICKS DAY SHIRT, ALSO I HOPE TO MAKE OR FIND A LEPRECHAUN, THIS GUY WILL LEAVE ONE GIFT FOR EVERYONE, IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING GREEN, THEY WILL BE HIDDEN AND EVERYONE HAS TO GO FIND THERE HIDEN GIFT, ALSO WHEN YOU WAKE UP HE WILL LEAVE A TRAIL OF GOLD CHOCOLATE COINS, ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE ANY FUN ST PATRICKS DAY THINGS THEY DO AS A FAMILY? I GOT TO HURRY TO GO FIND THE POT OF GOLD.....

DOCTORS!!!!

SO ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO I WENT UP TO JOSH AND MY FAMILY DOCTOR TO HAVE THEM FILL OUT A FORM FOR THIS ADOPTION PROCESS. LAST TIME WE WENT UP THERE THEY JUST FILLED IT OUT WITH OUT SEEING US SO, ABOUT A WEEK AND HALF I CALLED AND ASKED THEM IF IT WAS FILLED OUT THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO CALL ME WHEN IT IS READY BUT I DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM, THE LADY TOLD ME THAT WE BOTH NEEDED TO COME IN FOR A PHYSICAL, SO YOU KNOW ME I HATE DOCTORS I WAS REALLY WORRIED, BUT IT ENDING UP BEING GOOD, I WAS THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THOSE GIRL THINGS ALL OF US HATE BUT THEY DIDN'T, THANK GOODNESS, BUT I TOLD JOSH I WOULD DO ANYTHING THEY NEEDED, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR PAPERS IN, BEFORE WE WENT TO THE DOCTORS, JOSH AND I AND ZAK WENT AND HAD LUNCH AT SALT LAKE HAMBURGERS, THERE IN THE SANDY PIT, IT WAS REALLY GOOD OF COURSE I HAD THERE YUMMY MILK SHAKE, AND FRIES, THEN AFTER THAT WE WENT SHOPPING, I GOT A NEW COMFORTER FOR OUR ROOM AND SOME NEW PILLOWS I THINK I NEED TO PAINT ONE OF THE WALLS, ZAK WAS REALLY GOOD AT THE DOCTORS HE IS SUCH A FLIRT, HE WAS FLIRTING WITH THE GIRLS AT THE DESK, HE IS ONLY 15 MONTHS BOY JOSH AND I AM IN FOR IT, WELL I BETTER GO THERE IS A LIST OF THINGS I NEED TO DO BEFORE WE GO AND HAVE MORE FUN AS A FAMILY, HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE, ENJOY THE SUNSHINE!!!! BLESSINGS EMILEE....

SUMMER FUN

THE OTHER DAY AS I WAS DRIVING BY VF FACTORY OUTLETS, I SAW A SIGN THAT SAID THERE WAS A WATER PARK COMING I'M SO EXCITED FOR IT I THINK I JUST MIGHT HAVE TO GET A SEASON PASS, THERE IS SO MANY FUN THINGS I WANT TO DO THIS SUMMER WITH JOSH AND ZAK, I KEEP TELLING JOSH ABOUT ALL THE THINGS I WANT TO DO, I GUESS I'M STILL A KID AT HEART, THATS OK, BECAUSE I LOVE MAKING MEMORIES WITH MY FAMILY, THAT IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT RIGHT? WHAT FUN THINGS WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH YOUR FAMILY? BLESSINGS EMILEE....

SPRING/WINTER???

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS WINTER OR SPRING? IN MY HOUSE IT IS SPRING, I GOT ALL MY EASTER AND SPRING STUFF UP, BUT THEN I LOOK OUTSIDE ITS WINTER WITH THE SNOW, I LOVE SNOW, BUT NOW I'M READY FOR SPRING, I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH PRIMARY STUFF I CANT BELIEVE HOW BUSY IT KEEPS YOU BUT I LOVE IT, I LOVE THOSE SWEET PRIMARY CHILDREN, THE SWEET SPIRITS THEY HAVE, SATURDAY WE HAD 4 KIDS GET BAPTISED WHAT A GREAT NIGHT, JOSH AND ZAK CAME AND HELPED ME, JOSH IS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HELP ME, WE ARE HAVING A PRIMARY ACTIVITY THIS SATURDAY, I WILL BE MAKING 100 SUGAR COOKIES FOR IT SO I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEK, TUESDAY MY SIS THAT LIVES IN IDAHO WILL BE HERE WE WILL BE HANGING OUT ALL THREE OF US AND MY MOM, I LOVE THESE DAYS, WE HAVE STILL NOT STARTED ON OUR BASEMENT BUT I HOPE SOON,WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL OUR PAPER WORK FILLED OUT FOR THIS ADOPTION SO WE CAN BE APPROVED, I'M SO EXCITED FOR THESE NEXT STEPS THAT WE WILL BE TAKING IN OUR LIVES, HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD SEE YA ,COME ON SPRING!! P.S I KNOW I KEEP SAYING THIS BUT I HOPE TO GET PICTURES UP SOON..