COMPUTERS!!!

I'M STILL HERE, LAST WEEK ON TUESDAY ZAK AND I WOKE UP TO NO POWER, SO I SAID LET'S GO TO THE MALL, WE CAME HOME AROUND 4:30 STILL NO POWER, IT WAS GETTING COLD I TURNED ON MY GAS FIREPLACE BUT THOUGHT I WOULD HATE TO BE SICK FOR CHRISTMAS SO MY CUTE SIS SAID WE COULD COME OVER THERE. I LOVE HAVING HER SO CLOSE, IT WAS FUN TO JUST HANG OUT AND TALK WITH HER ZAK HAD FUN PLAYING. WHEN WE GOT HOME JOSH HAD JUST GOT HOME,COME TO FIND OUT WE LOST OUR COMPUTER, AND OUR SPRINKLER BOX, THERE WAS SO MANY OTHERS THAT LOST A LOT OF THINGS AS WELL, SO LUCKY ME GOT TO GET A NEW COMPUTER, I FINALLY GOT MY LAP TOP I LOVE IT, I WAS GOING TO POST SOME PICTURE'S OF MY HOUSE WITH MY CHRISTMAS STUFF, I HOPE I CAN DO THAT BEFORE I TAKE DOWN EVERYTHING.CHRISTmas WAS SO MUCH FUN WITH ZAK, I LOVE TO SEE THE MAGIC IN HIS EYE'S, AND I LOVE JUST BEING WITH MY FAMILY AND THOSE WE LOVE. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW YEAR,I LOVE TO JUST LOOK BACK ON LAST YEAR AND REMEMBER ALL THE FUN THINGS WE DID AS A FAMILY,I LOVE TO SET NEW GOALS TO TRY AND BE A BETTER PERSON, BETTER MOM, BETTER WIFE, BETTER SISTER, BETTER DAUGHTER, BETTER FRIEND, BETTER AUNT, ETC. I LOVE TO SEE HOW I HAVE GROWN FROM LAST YEAR, ALSO SEE WHAT I NEED TO WORK ON THIS YEAR. MY MOTTO FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE "THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR" I HOPE TO LOOK FOR THING EVERY DAY. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS, AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

ZAK'S SPECIAL DAY

ZAK'S BIRTHDAY WAS SO FUN, WE WOKE UP AND I FIXED HIM HIS FAVORITE BREAKFAST, ORANGE ROLLS, EGGS, BACON, OJ SERVED ON HIS SPECIAL PLATE THAT SAYS TODAY I AM SPECIAL. JOSH TOOK THE DAY OFF, THEN WE HEADED OVER TO BUILD A BEAR AND ZAK GOT TO BUILD HIS BEAR COCO, HE LOVED IT THEN WE ASKED HIM WHERE HE WANTED TO EAT LUNCH HE SAID MCDONALD'S SO THEN WE WENT TO MCDONALD'S, THEN TO CAL RANCH ONE OF ZAK'S FAVORITE STORE'S , THEN WE TOOK HIM TO CHUCKY CHEESE'S HE LOVED THAT AS WELL THAT WAS HIS FIRST TIME GOING, THEN WE HEADED HOME TO HAVE BOTH MY FAMILY AND JOSH FAMILY OVER FOR HIS PARTY, I DID LIGHTNING MCQUEEN. THAT'S WHAT ZAK WANTED, I HAD FUN MAKING HIS B-DAY BANNER AND HIS PARTY FAVOR BOXES, AND I DID A CUTE WATER BOTTLE LABEL WITH LIGHTNING MCQUEEN, I HAD FUN PLANNING IT. ZAK'S SWEET BIRTH MOM MADE HIM A QUILT THAT HE LOVES SO MUCH AND MELISSA'S MOM GAVE HIM A CUTE BOOK, WE HAVE SO MUCH LOVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR HER AND HER FAMILY, SHE GAVE JOSH AND I THE BEST GIFT. THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT MELISSA, WE PRAY FOR HER AND HER FAMILY. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH ZAK, YOU ARE SUCH A SWEET BOY, WE LOVE HOW YOU ARE ALWAYS WANTING EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY, WE LOVE HOW JUST THE SIMPLE THINGS MAKE YOU HAPPY AND YOU ARE ALMOST ALWAYS HAPPY AND SMILING, YOU MAKE US WANT TO BE OUR BEST. THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT..

LOOK WHO'S THREE

ON WEDNESDAY NOV 17TH ZAK TURNED 3 YEARS OLD I CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS THREE IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WE BROUGHT HIM HOME. HE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY TO OUR HOME, I CAN NOT THANK MELISSA ENOUGH FOR BLESSING OUR FAMILY WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL LITTLE SPIRIT. ZAK HAS MANY SPECIAL DAYS I FEEL LIKE THE FIRST TIME I HELD HIM IS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL DAYS LSO THE DAY WE BROUGHT HIM HOME, TAKING HIM TO THE TEMPLE HE LOVES TO SING "I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE, I'M GOING THERE SOME DAY", HE LOVES FOR ME TO TELL HIM ABOUT THAT SPECIAL DAY THAT HE WAS SEALED TO US. ALSO HIS BLESSING DAY, AND THE DAY WE WENT TO COURT, I LOVE HOW HE WANTS EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY, AND HE WILL MAKE SURE AND ASK YOU ARE YOU HAPPY? I LOVE IT!! I LOVE BEING HIS MOM AND I LOVE WATCHING HIM LEARN AND GROW. I WILL POST MORE PICTURE'S OF HIS SPECIAL DAY OF BEING THREE...

HAPPY ZAK

LAST WEEK ZAK HAD A REALLY BAD COUGH, IT WAS GETTING BAD, SO I CALLED THE DOCTOR, THEY GOT ME IN THAT DAY, SHE SAID I'M GOING TO TEST HIM FOR RSV, I THOUGHT OK, SHE SAID WHILE I WE WAIT FOR THE RESULTS WE WILL GIVE HIM A BREATHING TREATMENT, I SAID OK, SHE CAME BACK IN TO TELL ME HE HAD RSV. I THEM STARTED TO ASK HER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I THOUGHT MY POOR LITTLE GUY, WHEN EVER HE SICK YOU NEVER KNOW IT HE IS ALWAYS SO HAPPY, AND HE ACT'S LIKE HIS NORMAL SELF, SO I NEVER KNOW WHEN TO TAKE HIM IN BUT WE HAVE LEARNED IF I EVER HAVE A FELLING TO JUST TAKE HIM IN, SO LAST WEEK I WAS IN FOR MOST OF THE WEEK IT WAS HARD BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS GOING, IN FACT ZAK WAS GETTING STIR CRAZY, I TOOK HIM IN ON MONDAY, THE DOCTOR SAID SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW FAST HE GOT BETTER, SHE TOLD ME I COULD START TAKING HIM OUT, I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN AND WE ARE SO GLAD IT WAS NOT ANY WORSE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, TODAY I'M SO THANKFUL FOR PRAYER'S, AND FOR ZAK FEELING BETTER, FOR BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND GO SHOPPING, AND FOR BEING ABLE TO BE WITH MY MOM, AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY..

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE, I LOVE HALLOWEEN GROWING UP MY PARENT'S ALWAYS MADE IT SO FUN FOR US. SINCE MY B-DAY IS CLOSE TO HALLOWEEN, WHEN I WAS LITTLE FOR MY B-DAY TREAT I WOULD TAKE SOMETHING THAT WAS HALLOWEEN TO SCHOOL I LOVED IT, MY MOM WAS ALWAYS SO CREATIVE AND WOULD COME UP WITH SOME FUN THINGS. LAST MONDAY DRAPER CITY ALWAYS PUT'S ON A HALLOWEEN PARTY LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST TIME GOING ZAK LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT WE TOOK HIM THIS YEAR.WHEN WE TOOK HIM TRICK OR TREATING IT'S WAS SO CUTE HE KEEP SAYING I WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER HOUSE, AND THEN HE SAID ONE TIME WHEN I WAS PUTTING HIM IN HIS CAR SEAT HE SAID MOMMY I LOVE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH. I'M GLAD HE LOVE'S IT.REMEMBER LAST YEAR MY HAUNTED HOUSE I GOT AFTER HALLOWEEN, I HOPE THIS YEAR I CAN FIND SOMETHING SPECIAL, EVEN THOUGHT I DON'T NEED ANY MORE HALLOWEEN. I LOVE MY LITTLE PIRATE, IT WAS CUTE I WENT TO PUT ON THE EARRING FOR ZAK TO WEAR AND HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO WEAR THE EARRING, HE SAID EARRINGS ARE FOR GIRL'S

Family Fall Fun

THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AS A FAMILY JOSH TOOK FRIDAY OFF, WE WENT UP TO HEBER, AND RODE ON THE HEBER VALLEY RAILROAD TRAIN, THEY TOOK YOU TO A PRIVATE PUMPKIN PATCH, YOU GOT TO PICK OUT A PUMPKIN AND THEY HAD STICKERS WITH FACES THAT THE KIDS COULD PUT ON THE PUMPKIN IF THEY WANTED TO, THEN THEY GAVE YOU A COOKIE, WITH HOT COCO OR WATER, THE WEATHER WAS SO NICE ZAK WAS LOVING EVERY MINUTE IN FACT HE WAS SO EXCITED WHEN HE SAW THE PUMPKINS EVERYONE AROUND US WAS LAUGHING. THEN ON SATURDAY IN SANDY/DRAPER THERE IS THIS APPLE ORCHARD, THEY MAKE THERE OWN APPLE CIDER THAT IS TO DYE FOR THEY HAVE PUMPKINS YOU CAN BUY, HAY RIDES, A MOVIE THEY SHOW, BOUNCY HOUSE, BOOTHS, YUMMY FOOD HOMEMADE FUNNEL CAKE DOUGH NUTS ETC. WE TOOK ZAK LAST YEAR HE LOVED IT SO MUCH WE TOOK HIM ON SATURDAY NIGHT, I LOVE FALL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT BECAUSE MY B-DAY IS IN OCTOBER BUT I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN IT IS WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD OR KID'S. JUST TO WATCH THEM AND TO SEE THEM GET EXCITED. I LOVE MAKING MEMORIES AS A FAMILY!!!

WILL WORK FOR TRACTORS!!

EVERY TIME WE GO TO SMITH'S, ZAK HAS TO STOP AND PLAY WITH THE CAR'S, ONE DAY ZAK SAYS LOOK MOM THEY HAVE TRACTORS WELL MOST OF YOU KNOW ZAK LOVES TRACTORS HE LOVES RIDING ON THEM WITH JOSH AND HIS GRANDPA. I TOLD HIM HE WOULD HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD AND THEN WITH THE MONEY HE MAKES WE WILL COME BACK AND BUY IT, SO AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THE CAR HE SAYS I WILL HELP DADDY FEED THE COWS AND HORSES, HE ALREADY HELPS ME AROUND THE HOUSE THIS KID LOVES TO CLEAN I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY, SO OF COURSE HE WORKED FOR HIS TRACTOR, HE EVEN GOT TO PAY THE GUY FOR IT AS YOU CAN SEE HE WAS SO HAPPY. I KNOW MY PARENTS AND JOSH PARENTS TAUGHT US HOW TO WORK FOR MONEY, I HOPE WE CAN TEACH ZAK AS WELL, ITS FUNNY HOW MUCH THEY UNDERSTAND. I LOVE TO TEACH HIM THINGS....

ICE CREAM MAN

ZAK LOVES THE ICE CREAM MAN, WHEN HE HEARS IT WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND BUY SOME ICE CREAM, BUT I LOVE HIM TOO, IT WAS FUNNY ONE DAY WE HEARD HIM AND WE DID NOT CATCH HIM, SO FOR A WEEK ZAK WOULD NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM, HE DOES NOT FORGET ANYTHING, WHERE EVERY WE WOULD GO HE WOULD SAY, IS THE ICE CREAM MAN HERE, SO CUTE.

~ OUR SLICE OF HEAVEN~

WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THIS SWEET SPIRIT IN OUR HOME, THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT I DON'T THANK OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR HIM, WE CAN NOT GET ENOUGH OF HIM, I LOVE HOW HE IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE YOUR HAPPY, HE WILL SAY MOMMY YOU HAPPY?, HE MAKES US LAUGH ALL THE TIME. I LOVE HOW HE THINKS HE IS BIGGER THEN WHAT HE IS THERE'S THIS LITTLE GIRL THAT LIVES'S UP THE ROAD THAT HE LOVE'S AND SHE LOVE HIM SHE FIVE, AND LAST NIGHT HE ASKED ME IS GRACE A SLEEP AND I SAID I THINK, I SAID SHE GOES TO SCHOOL NOW HE SAID I GO TO SCHOOL, I RIDE THE BUS, I SAID NO YOU SILLY, HE IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL I HOPE HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THIS LOVE FOR SCHOOL, MELISSA MOM(ZAK'S BIRTH MOM) HER MOM IS A SCHOOL TEACHER. I LOVE HOW HE DOES THIS WALK, YOU WILL SAY WALK LIKE A OLD MAN, AND HE WALKS LIKE A OLD MAN, SO CUTE, WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH HIM THIS SUMMER, HE LOVES TO GO TO THE WATER SLIDES, AND HE'S NOT SCARED OF ANY OF THE BIG SLIDES, THANKS ZAK FOR THE LITTLE SLICE'S OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH!!!

ON OUR WAY TO ETERNITY

LAST SUNDAY JOSH AND I CELEBRATED "13" GREAT YEARS OF BEING MARRIED, THE YEARS JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, I LOVE TO ALWAYS BE BY HIS SIDE, WE THINK A LOT A LIKE, HE IS SUCH A GREAT DADDY, BUT I ALWAYS KNEW HE WOULD BE, HE IS SUCH A HARD WORKER FOR OUR FAMILY. I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS MY HUBBY, AND BEST FRIEND, AND THE FATHER OF ZAK, HERE IS TO ETERNITY!!!
I LOVE YA BABE!!! THE PICTURE OF US DRESSED UP AS DEER HUNTERS THAT WAS FOR HALLOWEEN ONE YEAR, YES I DO LIKE TO GO DEER HUNTING, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY ONE SHOT ONE, AND I HOPE TO NEVER HAVE TO BUT I LOVE TO GO AND SPOT THEM, I LOVE TO JUST BE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE LEAVES CHANGING COLORS, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UP DATE

WHAT A CRAZY WEEK WE FOUND OUT JOSH BROKE HIS LEG, AND THEN ON THURSDAY ZAK WOKE UP WITH A RUNNY NOSE IT WAS CLEAR SO I THOUGHT HE SHOULD BE ALRIGHT, THEN HE STARTED COUGHING, IT SO HARD TO KNOW WHEN TO TAKE ZAK TO THE DOCTOR'S BECAUSE WHEN HE'S SICK HE IS STILL HIS HAPPY SELF, DOES NOT GET FUSSY, BUT I COULD SEE WHITE BUMPS IN THE BACK OF HIS MOUTH SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD CALL THE DOCTOR, THE NEXT DAY FRIDAY I TOLD JOSH MAYBE I SHOULD CANCEL HIS APPT, HE WAS ACTING GOOD, BUT WE THOUGHT WE BETTER TAKE HIM JUST IN CASE WHEN WE GOT THERE THE DOCTOR SAID HAS HE BEEN SLEEPING OK AND EATING OK WE SAID YES HE SAID HE HAS A REALLY BAD EAR INFECTION, I WAS GLAD WE TOOK HIM IN, I WOKE UP FRIDAY SICK, I FELT BAD BECAUSE I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY, ALSO MY CUTE NEPHEW BROKE HIS WRIST, AND MY GRANDPA HE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL, HE WENT TO GET UP AND HE BROKE HIS SHOULDER, I FEEL BAD BECAUSE I'M SICK I CAN'T GO SEE HIM, I JUST HOPE THIS WEEK IS A BETTER WEEK FOR US AND ALL OF MY FAMILY...

BAD START TO AUGUST!!

LAST WEEK WE WENT TO IDAHO TO SEE MY CUTE NEPHEW GET BAPTISED, SORRY I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURE, ME AND ZAK DROVE UP WITH MY MOM AND DAD, WE LEFT THURSDAY ON OUR WAY MY DAD SAY'S I NEED TO STOP OFF AT GRANDPA'S I FORGOT MY CAMERA WHEN HE WAS THERE ON THE 24TH OF JULY, WE GOT TO SEE MY GRANDPA HE LOOKED REALLY GOOD I REMEMBER THINKING TO BY SELF HE WILL PROBABLY LIVE TO BE 100, HIS MOM MY GREAT GRANDMA LIVED TO BE 98, ANYWAYS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE GOT A CALL SAYING MY GRANDPA WAS IN THE HOSPITAL THEY FOUND A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS BRAIN, I FELT SO BAD FOR MY DAD BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD GET ON A PLANE OR STAY FOR THE BAPTISM, HE ENDED UP STAYING, SO THEY DID SURGERY ON HIM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, I GOT TO SEE HIM ON SUNDAY , I HAD TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS, THEY ENDING UP DOING ANOTHER SURGERY ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY FOUND WATER ON HIS BRAIN, MY DAD SAY'S HE IS DOING FINE, AS OF TONIGHT, MY GRANDMA WENT IN TO THE HOSPITAL 2 YEARS AGO ALMOST TO THE SAME DAY, SHE PASSED AWAY, WE ALL MISS HER. THEN REMEMBER ON DEC 24 , A BULL GOT JOSH,WELL HE HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT , IT HAS BEEN REALLY SWOLLEN, AND SO SORE, HE FINALLY WENT IN THEY SENT HIM TO THE ER THEY WHERE WORRIED THAT HE HAD A BLOOD CLOT, SO WE WENT TO SEE, I WAS REALLY WORRIED, JOSH UNCLE DIED FROM A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS LEG, THEY DID NOT FIND ONE THANK GOODNESS SO THEY SENT HIM TO HAVE A MRI, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE RESULT'S. I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH, I LOVE JOSH IT'S HARD TO SEE HIM IN PAIN, ALSO I LOVE MY GRANDPA ALM, WHAT A GREAT MAN HE IS.

P.S THE PICTURE OF ME AND ZAK WITH MY GRANDPA WAS TAKEN ON ZAK'S FIRST B-DAY, THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS AT MY GRANDMA'S FUNERAL, THEN THE ONE OF JOSH'S LEG WAS A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE BULL GOT HIM

RODEO FUN

I LOVE THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF THE RODEO'S. IN JUNE WE WENT TO STRAWBERRY DAY'S, IN PLEASANT GROVE IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN YOU SHOULD GO I LOVE IT FOR THE STRAWBERRY'S AND CREAM I'M SORRY I DID NOT GET A PICTURE BUT THEY ARE TO DIE FOR, ZAK IS A RODEO BOY HE LOVES TO GO TO THEM.THE SECOND PICTURE IS OF ZAK AT HIS FIRST RODEO HE WAS 8 MONTHS OLD, THIS LAST WEEKEND DRAPER HAD THERE RODEO JOSH ALWAYS HELPS OUT HE LOVE'S IT, FRIDAY NIGHT HE RODE THE HIDE AND WON!! WAY TO GO HONEY, ZAK OF COURSE WANTED TO HELP JOSH WITH THE COW'S SILLY BOY. SORRY I FORGOT MY CAMERA BOTH NIGHT I WAS SO SAD, SINCE JOSH WAS RIDING THE HIDE. GUESS THERE NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE WILL ENTER ZAK IN THE MUTT BUSTEN NEXT YEAR.

ZAK AT HIS FIRST RODEO (8MONTHS OLD)

THIS COWGIRL IS IN LOVE WITH HER TWO COWBOYS!!!
HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT SUMMER.....

"OUR LITTLE FIRE CRACKER"

SINCE THE 4TH OF JULY WAS ON SUNDAY I GOT TO BUY TWO OUTFIT'S, CHURCH WAS FUN I LOVED SINGING ALL OF THE PATRIOTIC SONG'S WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, I LOVE SEEING THE FLAG, I LOVE PUTTING MY HAND OVER MY HEART, OUR NEPHEW IS ONE OF MANY MAN AND WOMEN THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM, WE JUST HOPE AND PRAY HE RETURNS HOME TO US AND HIS SWEET WIFE."MAY WE NEVER FORGET WHAT FREEDOM COSTS, AND WHO PAYS THE PRICE. THANKS YOU TO ALL WHO SERVED, PAST AND PRESENT, MAY WE NEVER FORGET GOD WHO GRANTED FREEDOM TO US, AND BE EVER VIGILANT TO GUARD THE TREASURE PURCHASED AT SUCH A GREAT PRICE, FOR ALL OF US." "OUR LITTLE FIRE CRACKER" (READY FOR CHURCH)

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE PARADE, ZAK LOVED SITTING ON JOSH'S LAP HE WOULD WAVE AND SAY HI TO EVERYONE, THEY HANDED OUT FLAGS, I LOVE HOW ZAK SAT THERE AND LOVED LOOKING AT IT (MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT THEY ARE THINKING), THEN OF COURSE I HAD TO TAKE ONE OF HIM IN HIS CUTE FLIP FLOPS.

ZAK EATING A SNOW CONE AT THE PARADE, IT WAS SUCH A GREAT WEEKEND JOSH HAD MONDAY OFF, BUT IT STILL WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH, I 'AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY FREEDOM AND FOR FAMILIES, AND THE FUN MEMORIES WE MAKE.

HaPpY 4tH oF jUlY!!!

I HOPE EVERY ONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, I LOVE THE 4TH OF JULY,AND ZAK IS AT A REALLY FUN AGE WE HAVE PLANS ON GOING TO A PARADE, ROCK CREEK PIZZA (ZAK CHOICE), AND FIRE WORKS, I LOVE BEING WITH MY FAMILY AND MAKING FUN MEMORIES, I LOVE MY LITTLE FIRE CRACKER, I LOVE DRESSING HIM UP FOR ALL THE FUN HOLIDAY'S, HE LOVE'S IT AS WELL, HERE IS SOME PICTURE'S OF SOME OF THE THINGS AROUND MY HOUSE THAT I DECORATED FOR THE 4TH WITH, I LOVE HOW EXCITED ZAK GOT WHEN I STARTED GET OUT THE CRAFTS, MY MOM ALWAYS DECORATED FOR ALL THE FUN HOLIDAY'S WE ALL GOT SO EXCITED AS WELL. HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!!! ZAK IN HIS 4TH OF JULY OUTFIT

BY MY KITCHEN SINK, BOTH OF THE UNCLE SAM'S I GOT THIS YEAR AT A YARD SALE

LET'S GO FLY A KITE!!

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FOR FAMILY NIGHT, ZAK GOT TO FLY HIS KITE THAT THE EASTER BUNNY HAD BROUGHT HIM, HE LOVED IT, HE LOVED HOW IT WENT WAY UP HIGH, JOSH AND I WHERE LAUGHING BECAUSE WE SAID THAT AS KID'S IT SEEMED LIKE OUR KITE'S NEVER FLEW LIKE THAT. I LOVE THE FIRSTS OF EVERYTHING!! JOSH HELPING ZAK FLY IT

BUZZ LIGHT YEAR KITE, SO SO FUN!!

My NeW RIDE

I HAVE BEEN WANTING A NEW BIKE, SO IN THE SPRING I GOT THIS BIKE, I WANTED A HOT PINK ONE, BUT THEY DID HAVE ONE, AND OF COURSE I COULD NOT WAIT SO I WENT WITH THIS ONE, THEN I THOUGHT NOW ALL I NEED IS A BIKE TRAILER, I WAS WORRIED TO BUY A NEW ONE BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE IF ZAK WOULD LIKE IT, I DID NOT WANT TO PUT THAT MONEY OUT ON IT AND HIM NOT LIKE IT, SO I WAS AT A GARAGE SALE AND I SAW ONE SITTING UP BY THE HOUSE I SAID IS YOUR BIKE TRAILER FOR SALE, SHE SAID YES $10.00 SOLD, I THOUGHT I COULD NOT PASS THAT UP IT WAS IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION, SO KNOW ZAK AND I ENJOY GOING ON OUR BIKE RIDE, NOW ALL I NEED IS A LITTLE BASKET TO PUT ON MY BIKE. I LOVE HOW IT IS A TWO SETTER SO WHEN I GET THE LITTLE ONE, SHE CAN GO IN IT AS WELL, HERE TO HAPPY RIDING!!!

A FATHER'S LOVE

TO THE BEST HUSBAND AND FATHER, THAT ANY GIRL AND LITTLE BOY COULD ASK FOR, I ALWAYS KNEW THAT JOSH WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL DADDY, BEFORE ZAK I WOULD WATCH JOSH WITH ALL OUR NIECE'S AND NEPHEW'S, HE IS ALWAYS PLAYING WITH THEM AND IN FACT YOU WOULD THINK HE WAS ONE OF THE KIDS, HE IS ALWAYS BEEN SO GOOD WITH KIDS, THEN WHEN ZAK CAME I WILL NEVER FORGET JOSH HOLDING HIM AND SEEING THE TEARS IN HIS EYE'S AS HE GOT TO HOLD HIS LITTLE BOY, I LOVE HOW HE TEACHES ZAK ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND ABOUT HOW TO RESPECT WOMEN, I LOVE HOW HE LET'S ZAK TAG ALONG WITH HIM AS HE TEACHES HIM ABOUT ANIMALS, BUILDING THINGS, AND ETC, HE IS SUCH A GREAT MAN TO ME ALWAYS SO WILLING TO HELP AND TO DO WHAT EVER HE HAS TO DO FOR HIS FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ME STAY IN THE HOME. I'M THANKFUL FOR HIS MOM AND DAD WHO RAISED HIM THIS WAY, I LOVE YA BABE, I'M ALSO THANKFUL FOR MY DAD WHO HAS TAUGHT ME SO MANY THING, HE TAUGHT US HOW TO WORK, HE ALSO WORKED SO HARD TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY, AND TO BE KIND, THEN WHEN I GOT MARRIED I GOT A SECOND DAD, HE TREATS ME JUST LIKE I WAS HIS OWN, I LOVE HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, AND THE WAY HE MAKES YOU LAUGH, ALSO FOR MY GRANDPA WHO I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM, ALSO TO MY BROTHER, AND MY BROTHER IN LAWS FOR THERE EXAMPLES IN MY LIFE. I HOPE ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE HAVE A HAPPY FATHERS DAY, ALSO FOR ZAK'S BIRTH FATHER AS WELL, WE HAVE NEVER MET HIM BUT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR HIM AS WELL...

"A FATHER IS SOME ONE YOU LOOK UP TO NO MATTER, HOW TALL YOU GROW."

MAY UPDATES

MAY WAS A GREAT MONTH, MOTHER'S DAY WAS GREAT, I'M SO GLAD MELISSA BLESSED BOTH OF MINE AND JOSH'S LIVES'S WITH ZAK, JOSH AND ZAK MADE ME BREAKFAST, AND SPOILED ME WITH GIFT'S, THEN CHURCH WAS GREAT, THEN WE WENT TO MY MOM'S FOR A YUMMY DINNER, WE HAD A YUMMY DINNER AT JOSH'S MOM AND DADS THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE IS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO WORK WITH EVERYONE, THEN WHEN WE GOT HOME MELISSA AUNT CALLED AND SHE SAID MELISSA HAD A GIFT, WHAT A SWEETIE, THE BEST PART WAS ZAK GIVING ME LOVES AND KISSES, I REMEMBER SO MANY MOTHER'S DAY OF NOT BEING A MOM IT WAS HARD, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR MY SWEET LITTLE GUY... ZAK GIVING ME LOVES, I LOVE IT

JOSH AND HIS DAD WHERE TRYING TO CATCH OUR HORSES THEY WHERE STUCK IN A LITTLE SHED, JOSH GOT KICKED POOR GUY, OF COURSE I DIDN'T NOTICE IT TELL THE NEXT DAY, AND OF COURSE HE WOULD NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR'S, THIS PICTURE I TOOK IT WHEN IT ABOUT A WEEK OLD SO IT WAS A LOT WORSE, GLAD IT WAS NOT WORSE

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (FRIDAY) WE GOT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH THOMAS AND FRIENDS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME IT STARTED RAINING AS WE WHERE WE LEAVING WE LUCKED OUT. ZAK WAS IN LOVE I WISH I WOULD OF GOT A PICTURE OF ZAK'S FACE WHEN HE FIRST SAW THOMAS, IT WAS A FUN DAY WE WENT TO DANIEL'S SUMMIT LODGE AND HAD LUNCH THERE BEFORE WE WENT, I LOVE BEING WITH MY LITTLE FAMILY, I HAD BOUGHT ZAK A TANK WITH THOMAS ON IT BUT I KNEW IT WOULD BE COLD, O WELL, FUN TIMES!!!

ZAK AND JOSH ON THOMAS

ME AND ZAK ON THOMAS

WELCOME JUNE

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY, BUT BUSY I LOVE, I'M EXCITED FOR SUMMER FOR ALL THE FUN THING TO DO, I'M REALLY BEHIND ON MY POST SO I HOPE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO GET CAUGHT UP ON EVERYTHING, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO I WAS RELEASED FROM MY CALLING I WAS THE FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE PRIMARY I LOVED SERVING IN THERE, I LOVED SERVING THE SWEET CHILDREN, I WAS CALLED TO TEACH THEM, BUT THEY TAUGHT ME. ALSO WE HAD SOME AWESOME TEACHERS IN THERE THAT I KNOW LOVED THERE CLASS. I WILL SURE MISS IT, I WILL MISS SERVING WITH THE SWEET LADY'S THAT I SERVED WITH AS WELL LUCKY ME THE SEC, IS MY VISITING TEACHER SO I WILL STILL GET TO SEE AND TALK WITH HER, I DO HAVE A NEW CALLING THEY CALLED ME TO HELP OUT IN THE NURSERY I'M EXCITED JOSH IS IN THERE SO WE CAN SERVE TOGETHER, I ONLY DO IT THE FIRST HOUR AND THEN I GO TO RELIEF SOCIETY, ZAK IS IN THERE SO IT IS REALLY FUN TO WATCH HIM, AND WATCH HOW HE PLAYS WITH OTHERS, THE LAST PICTURE IS OF A OLD WASH BIN, I HAVE BEEN WANTING ONE OF THEM FOR A WHILE, I SAW ONE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO I STOPED AND ASK THE GUY HOW MUCH HE SAID 25.00 BUT I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU FOR 20.00 SOLD I SAID, TODAY I PLANTED SOME FLOWERS IN THEM, THE STAND I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT PAINTING IT OR JUST LEAVE IT SOME OF THE PAINT IS WEARING OFF OF IT, NOT SURE, IF I DO I WILL SHOW YOU MORE PICTURES, WELCOME JUNE, WELCOME SUN!!!

P.S SHALISE THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD YOU GAVE ME,I'AM STILL WORKING ON HOW TO GET THE LINKS, I'AM SO BAD AT THIS BLOGGING THING
GATE AS YOU ARE COMING INTO MY BACK YARD

THE BEST JOB

BEFORE I WAS BLESSED WITH ZAK I LOVED MY JOB, DON'T GET ME WRONG THERE WAS SOME DAYS THAT WHERE NOT SO GOOD, BUT MOST EVERY DAY I LOOKED FORWARD TO GOING TO WORK, NOW THAT I HAVE ZAK I THINK THIS IS THE BEST JOB TO BE A MOM I LOVE IT, MOST OF YOU KNOW I WAITED 10 YEARS, SO I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MELISSA IN BLESSING MINE AND JOSH'S LIFE, I LOVE EVERY STAGE OF ZAK LITTLE LIFE, I COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER LITTLE BOY, I'M SO THANKFUL TO BE A MOM, AND TO ENJOY EVERY DAY WITH HIM, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MY MOM, SHE IS SO CHRIST LIKE, I HOPE TO BE JUST LIKE HER, MY SWEET MOTHER IN LAW IS JUST LIKE ANOTHER MOM, ALSO SO CHRIST LIKE THANKS FOR RAISING SUCH A SWEET GUY, ALSO MY GRAND MOM'S WHO I LOVED THEY HAVE BOTH PASSED ON, BUT THEY STILL LIVE IN MY HEART, AND MY SISTER'S, AND SISTER IN LAW'S FOR THERE EXAMPLE'S IN MY LIFE, ALSO FOR SO MANY OTHER WOMEN.
MOTHERHOOD IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, MOTHERS ARE FIERCE, PROTECTIVE, HOVER, CHEER, LET YOU FALL, LET YOU FAIL, PICK YOU UP, WORRY, HANDLE HEARTACHE, COMFORT FEARS, TEACH,LISTEN, MOTHERHOOD YOUR GREATEST CHALLENGE YOUR FINEST HOUR. WE AS MOTHER WEAR MANY HATS, SOME DAYS ARE HARD BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AS MOTHERS WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR CHILDREN'S HEARTS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, I HOPE TO BE THE BEST AT MY JOB AS A MOTHER, I KNOW WITH MY SAVIORS LOVE I CAN DO IT. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERY ONE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

FuN iN tHe SuN!!

JOSH CAME HOME IN JANUARY FROM WORK AND SAID WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO ST GEORGE IN APRIL I WAS LIKE OF COURSE, I CALLED MY MOM AND SISTER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO, MY SISTERS IN LAW'S HAVE A SECOND HOUSE THERE THAT SIT'S ON THE GOLF COURSE, IT WAS SO NICE .WE WHERE ALL SO EXCITED TO LEAVE BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS SUPPOSE TO BE GREAT WHEN WE LEFT, WE LEFT THE RAIN/SNOW BEHIND WHEN WE GOT THERE IS WAS SO NICE THE SUN WAS SHINNING ALL THE TREE'S WHERE OUT EVERYTHING WAS SO GREEN, WE GOT THERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, WE GOT SOME DINNER WENT TO A COUPLE STORES CAME BACK TO OUR HOTEL TO GO SWIMMING ZAK WAS SO EXCITED, MY MOM AND DAD AND SISTER AND HER LITTLE GUY THAT IS THREE MONTHS OLDER THEN ZAK GOT THERE WEDNESDAY, WE HAD A BLAST WE SHOPPED EVERYDAY FROM ABOUT 10: 00 AM TO 9:00 PM, WE ATE A LOT OF YUMMY FOOD, THE BOYS WHERE IN HEAVEN MY DAD WOULD TAKE THEM TO FEED THE DUCKS AND SWANS EVERY DAY, THERE WAS A LAKE ON THE GOLF COURSE THEY LOVE TO BE TOGETHER, I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF PICTURES I WAS HAVING TO MUCH FUN, ONE DAY WE GOT LOCKED OUT WE CALLED A LOCK SMITH, THEN MY SIS FOUND A WAY AND WE GOT IN, THANKS TO MY SIS AND AND MOM AND DAD AND JOSH AND HIS WORK WE HAD A GREAT TIME, I'M ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AT THE HOTEL READY TO GO SWIMMING

ZAK'S NEW SHADES

HAVING FUN IN THE TUB WITH HIS COUSIN