OLIVER BLESSINGS

FOOD STORAGE WEEK#5

2012-01-29T20:50:00.000-08:00

WEEK #5 IS *CANNED MEATS: TUNA,CHICKEN, TURKEY AIM FOR 10 CANS THIS WEEK!! I AM NOT REALLY A CAN MEAT PERSON, I DO LOVE TUNA, AND CHICKEN, BUT AGAIN YOU CAN ADAPT THESE THINGS TO WHAT YOUR FAMILY LIKES.

A EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT

2012-01-28T18:52:00.001-08:00

A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS ONE OF OUR COW DOGS ANNA HAD PUPPIES FOUR OF THEM ZAK HAS LOVED HAVING THEM HOME WE KEEP THEM IN OUR GARAGE, IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO SELL THEM WE HAVE ALL LOVED PLAYING WITH THEM, I KNOW ZAK WILL SURE MISS THEM.THE LAST PICTURE IS OF THEM A LITTLE OLDER.

FOOD STORAGE WEEK #4

2012-01-22T19:28:00.001-08:00

THIS WEEK FOOD STORAGE IS *STORAGE CONTAINERS: TO ORGANIZE FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS. I KNOW ALOT OF STORES HAVE THERE STORAGE CONTAINERS ON SALE THIS MONTH, I KNOW I CAN ALWAYS USE THEM. I LOVE THE CLEAR ONES SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS IN THEM, THEY WORK GREAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LABEL MAKER.

{FAITH} AND {JOY}

2012-01-19T12:59:00.000-08:00

{FAITH} AND {JOY} ARE MY 2012 WORDS FOR THE YEAR, ALOT OF YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR PAPERS IN TO ADOPT, ADOPTING IS A BLESSING, A JOY, BUT IS CAN ALSO BE SO HARD, SOME TIME I FEEL LIKE I AM ON A ROLLER COASTER AS THERE IS MANY FEARS, JOYS, UPS AND DOWN, EACH MONTH. I LOVE ADOPTION!!! THAT IS WHY JOSH AND HAVE CHOSEN ADOPTION, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THOSE SWEET BIRTH MOMS AND FATHERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WITH ZAK IT WAS A SUPER FAST ADOPTION, THIS TIME IT HAS TAKEN TIME, IT CAN BE REALLY HARD AT TIMES BUT I AM JUST SO THANKFUL TO HAVE ZAK, I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE HIS MOM. JOSH ALWAYS TELLS ME MY FAITH IS WHAT BROUGHT ZAK INTO OUR HOME, SO ONE OF MY WORDS THIS YEAR IS FAITH, THERE ARE ALOT OF SCRIPTURES ON FAITH THAT I LOVE TO READ. I DO HAVE FAITH THAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS AND LOVES ME AND HE KNOWS WHAT OUR DESIRES ARE, I KNOW WHEN THE TIME IT RIGHT HE WILL BLESS US WITH ANOTHER SWEET SPIRIT. I ALSO LOVE THE WORD JOY, I THING EVERYDAY THERE IS SOMETHING IN OUR LIVES THAT BRING US JOY, I TRY AND LOOK FOR IT EVERY DAY,EVEN THOUGHT SOME DAYS ARE HARDER THEN OTHERS. I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS NEW YEAR BRINGS, AND I AM EXCITED TO GO FORTH WITH FAITH, AND JOY THIS YEAR, I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR!!!

ONE LUCKY GIRL

2012-01-16T20:17:00.000-08:00

I HAD A GREAT WEEKEND, TO START IT OFF FRIDAY NIGHT JOSH CAME HOME AND SURPRISED ME WITH A CAMCORDER, OURS THAT WE HAD WAS OLD WE HAD HAD IT ABOUT TEN YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WANTING ONE TO PUT IN MY PURSE, I LOVE HOW IT WILL ALSO TAKE PICTURES, THEN ON SUNDAY HE MADE ME BREAKFAST, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SO SICK, I LOVE HOW THOUGHTFUL HE IS I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS MY HUSBAND, AND HE IS ALSO THE BEST DADDY TO ZAK. THANKS HONEY FOR ALWAYS BEING SO THOUGHTFUL, I LOVE YOU MORE!!

FOOD STORAGE WEEK# 3

2012-01-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

IT HAS BEEN ALOT OF FUN SO FAR, GETTING MY FOOD STORAGE GOING, AND DOING IT WEEKLY. WEEK #3 MEDICINE CHEST: PEPTO, PAIN RELIEVERS, COLD MED. ETC WHAT EVER YOUR FAMILY NEEDS, I AM GLAD TO BE ABLE TO STOCK UP JOSH HAS BEEN SICK, SO IT WILL BE GREAT TO STOCK UP AGAIN ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, IT IS ALSO A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE CUZ SOME OF THEM MIGHT HAVE EXPIRED. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING AND IT HAS EXPIRED!!

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH

2012-01-13T09:32:00.001-08:00

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE, LAST FRIDAY ZAK AND I MADE THESE SNOWMAN OUT OF DONUTS FOR OUR PRIMARY CLASS, THEY ARE REALLY FUN TO MAKE. EACH MONTH THE PRIMARY HAS A THEME, MOST OF OUR CLASS IS PREPARING TO GO TO YOUNG WOMEN'S, AND YOUNG MEN'S SO I WANT TO HELP THEM MEMORIES SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT GO WITH THE THEME. OF COURSE THERE HAS TO BE A TREAT. WE ALSO HAD A BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY IT WAS THE MEET YOUR NEW TEACHERS, AND CLASS ACTIVITY. IT WAS SO FUN TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW OUR CLASS AND PLAY A GAME WITH THEM, WE HAVE A LARGE CLASS THERE IS ABOUT 25 KIDS. ON SUNDAY WE HAD 14 OF OUR CLASS THERE. OUR LESSON WAS ON THE PROPHETS, WE TALKED ABOUT NEPHI, AND MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT MONSON, OF COURSE I CRYED, I FELT THERE SWEET SPIRITS AS BOTH JOSH AND I GAVE THE LESSON. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THEM TO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PROPHET IN THERE ROOMS TO LOOK AT. WE LOVE OUR CLASS. AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS CALLING TO HELP ME GROW IN THE SCRIPTURES. I LOVE TO READ THEM.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEKEND. I WILL POST CHRISTMAS NEXT WEEK, AND ALSO SHARE WITH YOU MY WORD OR WORDS FOR 2012.

ONE OF MY NEW YEAR'S GOALS

2012-01-08T18:56:00.000-08:00

I AM EXCITED FOR THIS NEW YEAR. ONE OF MY GOAL'S THAT I HAVE MADE IS TO BE MORE PREPARED FOOD STORAGE WISE. I AM EXCITED TO WORK ON MY FOOD STORAGE WEEKLY. I WILL TRY AND POST EVERY SUNDAY FOR THAT WEEKS GOAL. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AS WELL FEEL FREE I CAN GET YOU A COPY IF YOU WOULD LIKE. IF SOME OF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO IT WEEKLY YOU COULD ADJUST IT TO YOUR FAMILY NEEDS. OUR PROPHETS HAVE TOLD US TO BE PREPARED I HOPE TO BE PREPARED AS THE BEST THAT I CAN, AND TO FOLLOW THERE COUNSEL, I KNOW IT WILL BE A BLESSING TO MY LITTLE FAMILY. " IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED YA SHALL NOT FEAR" D&C 38:30 I LOVE THAT SCRIPTURE. I FORGOT TO POST LAST WEEKS GOAL WHICH IS WEEK #1 * AFTER CHRISTMAS SALES: STOCK UP ON SOCKS, BLANKETS, SHEETS, OUTWEAR. OR CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES THAT YOU USE OR NEED. I KNOW ALOT OF STORES STILL HAVE SOME CHRISTMAS LEFT. THIS WEEK WHICH IS WEEK #2 FIRST AID SUPPLIES, BAND-AIDS, CALAMINE LOTION, RUBBING ALCOHOL, PEROXIDE, ETC. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF US THAT MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY I KNOW THE DOLLOR STORE CARRY'S ALOT OF THESE THINGS. I ALSO LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE " ORGANIZE YOURSELVES PREPARE EVERY NEEDFUL THING AND ESTABLISH A HOUSE, EVEN A HOUSE OF PRAYER, A HOUSE OF FASTING, A HOUSE OF FAITH, A HOUSE OF LEARNING, A HOUSE OF GLORY, A HOUSE OF ORDER, A HOUSE OF GOD."

D&C 88: 119. I AM EXCITED FOR THIS GOAL THAT I HAVE SET FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.

JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM

2012-01-03T18:41:00.000-08:00

ON SUNDAY IT WAS ZAK'S FIRST DAY AS A SUNBEAM. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE TOOK THE KIDS THAT WOULD BE GOING IN SUNBEAMS INTO PRIMARY SO THEY COULD GET USE TO IT. THE FIRST TIME I WENT IN I LOOKED OVER AT ZAK AS HE WAS SINGING AND I STARTED CRYING. THE FIRST OF EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS SO HARD FOR ME I WANT HIM TO GROW UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T WANT HIM TO GROW UP. HE WAS SUPPOSE TO GO TO SUNBEAMS LAST YEAR BUT MOST OF THE KIDS IN HIS CLASS WHERE GOING TO BE TURNING 4, IN JAN AND FEB. AND ZAK HAD JUST TURNED 3 IN NOV AND SINCE JOSH AND I WHERE IN NURSERY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD KEEP HIM WITH US FOR ONE MORE YEAR. HE KEEP TELLING ME HE DID NOT WANT TO BE A SUNBEAM, I WAS KINDA SCARED. BUT WE WENT AND PICKED HIM OUT A SCRIPTURE CASE FOR HIS SCRIPTURES, AND I READ HIM A LITTLE STORY I HAD ABOUT BEING A SUNBEAM. THEN HE WAS EXCITED TO GO HE KEEP ASKING JOSH AND I IN SACRAMENT, IF IT WAS TIME TO GO TO SUNBEAMS, WHEN WE DROPED HIM OFF HE SAT IN HIS CHAIR WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED. JOSH AND I ALSO GOT RELEASED FROM THE NURSERY WE BOTH ARE REALLY SAD, BUT WE ARE NOW THE VALIANT 10/11 YEAR OLD TEACHERS. WE ARE EXCITED AS WELL FOR THIS NEW CALLING WE ALREADY KNOW ALOT OF THE KIDS WE ALREADY LOVE THEM. BUT I WILL SAY I WAS A LITTLE SAD NOT BEING WITH MY SWEET NURSERY KIDS. I ENDED THE LESSON REALLY EARLY I'M NOT USE TO TEACHING A LESSON FOR SO LONG I HOPE I GET USE TO IT. I KNOW I WILL GROW WITH THIS CALLING AS WE WILL BE STUDING THE BOOK OF MORMON THIS YEAR. SO I AM EXCITED FOR THE CHALLENGE, THEY SAID I CAN EVEN GO TO RELIEF SOCIETY, I AM EXCITED TO GO I HAVE NOT BEEN FOR YEARS AS BEFORE NURSERY I WAS SERVING IN THE PRIMARY PRESIDENCY. I AM ALSO THANKFUL AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH JOSH I LOVE SERVING WITH HIM AND BEING WITH HIM HE ALSO IS A GREAT TEACHER, AND EXAMPLE TO ME. I MADE THESE LITTLE HAND OUTS IT WAS ON THE BOOK OF MORMON, A GIFT FROM HEAVENLY FATHER, THE TREASURE CHEST WAS FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE COINS. THE NOTE ON IT SAYS "TREASURE THE MOMENT READING YOUR SCRIPTURE." I AM EXCITED FOR THIS NEW YEAR IN MY CALLING I HOPE TO GROW AND COME CLOSER TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE SCRIPTURES.

WELCOME 2012

2012-01-02T18:10:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR, I AM EXCITED FOR THIS NEW YEAR I WILL BE SHARING SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE IN MIND FOR 2012, I WILL ALSO POST CHRISTMAS SOON. THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN REALLY FUN, WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALOT OF FUN THINGS AS A FAMILY JOSH HAD THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS HALF DAYS OFF, AND THE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS OFF HE GOES BACK TO WORK TOMORROW AND I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM, I KNOW ZAK IS REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM TOO. TODAY WE HAD TO TAKE A LOAD OF COWS TO SPRINGVILLE, ZAK AND I WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE I LOVE TO GO DO COW THINGS MAYBE ITS THE FARM GIRL IN ME. I EVEN WORE MY FARM GIRL HAT, AND MY COWGIRL BOOTS, ZAK IS ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO GO ANY WHERE WITH ANIMALS. SO WE DROP THE COWS OFF AND THEN MY SWEET HUBBY TOOK ME TO ONE OF MY STORES THAT I LIKE TO GO TO IT WAS SO FUN WHEN I WALKED IN THEY HAD THERE VALENTINES UP, I BOUGHT ME A VALENTINE TREASURE. THEN A TRIP WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITH OUT A STOP TO GET US SOME COKE'S AND SNACKS FOR THE TRIP HOME. IT WAS A FUN DAY JUST BEING TOGETHER AND DOING THE THINGS WE ALL LOVE. I WAS A LITTLE SAD TODAY AS I STARTED TAKING DOWN MY CHRISTMAS. I LOVE HAVING MY CHRISTMAS UP, ITS ALWAYS SAD TAKING IT DOWN. I CAN'T WAIT TO PUT UP VALENTINES, ZAK HAS ALREADY ASK BOTH JOSH AND I IF WE CAN PUT UP OUR VALENTINE STUFF. I LOVE THAT HE LOVES ALL THE HOLIDAYS LIKE I DO.

I KNOW IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN

2011-12-05T21:09:00.000-08:00

WHAT HALLOWEEN IN DEC. I FORGOT TO POST A LOT OF MY PICTURES IN OCTOBER SO THIS WILL BE PICTURE OVER LOAD, SINCE I AM MAKING THIS INTO A BOOK I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE SOME THINGS OUT, OUR LITTLE FAMILY THIS YEAR WAS CLOWNS I THOUGHT IT FIT US ALL WELL FOR ONE I ASKED ZAK WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN HE SAID A CLOWN, IT FITS HIM, JOSH IS THE BULL FIGHTER CLOWN I FORGOT HIS NAME IT WAS KINDA FUNNY(GLAD HE WAS NOT HURT BAD) BUT ON MY B-DAY MY DAD SIDE OF THE FAMILY ALWAYS HAS A HALLOWEEN PARTY IT IS ALWAYS SO FUN, SO THAT NIGHT JOSH WAS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE FROM FEEDING THE COWS HE CAME IN AND WAS GETTING DRESSED AND I NOTICED THE BRUISE ON HIS LEG, I ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED HE SAID A BULL GOT HIM, SO IT WENT WELL WITH HIS COSTUME EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD NOT SEE IT. THAT DAY WE ALSO GOT A LITTLE PUPPY AND TOOK IT WITH US TO THE PARTY. THE LITTLE BLACK TABLE I GOT THIS FALL AT A YARD SALE AS WELL AS THE TRICK OR TREAT SIGN I KNEW WHEN I SAW IT I HAD TO HAVE THE SIGN. I ALSO MADE A FABRIC BANNER TO GO ON IT, I ALSO MADE ONE FOR MY KITCHEN TO GO ON THAT TABLE AS WELL THEY ARE SO FUN TO MAKE. I LOVE TO MAKE THEM. I ALSO MADE THE SPOOKY BANNER OUT OF SCRAP BOOK PAPER I MADE ONE FOR MY SISTER AS WELL IT WAS FUNNY CUZ I HAD MADE THEM AND I WAS AT HER HOUSE AND SHE STARTED LAUGHING I SAID WHAT SHE SAID YOU SPELLED SPOOKY WRONG I WAS LIKE WHAT, I DID I SPELLED IT SPOOKEY CRAZY GIRL, I THOUGHT YOU HAVE LOST IT, BUT I DID FIX THEM OF COURSE, THE GHOST ON THE STICK I MADE THEM OUT OF PEEPS AND COVERED THEM WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE AND MADE THE FACE ON THEM, I DID A LESSON ON THE HOLY GHOST WITH THEM. IN DEC THE ELF ALWAYS BRINGS ZAK THE CHOCOLATE CALENDER,WELL I SAW THE HALLOWEEN ONE AND KNEW I HAD TO GET IT FOR ZAK IT WAS FILLED WITH SOME CUTE HALLOWEEN FOIL CHOCOLATES, WE ALSO HAD TO GET ZAK SOME HALLOWEEN JAMMIE'S. WE GAVE BOTH OUR PARENTS THE SPIDER BOX FILLED WITH PUMPKIN SPICE DONUTS AND THEY ALSO GOT A LITTER OF POP AND A THING OF POP CORN WITH THE NOTE ON IT THAT SAYS" JUST POPPED IN TO WITCH YOU A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!" WE ALSO MADE UP A TREAT FOR ZAK PRESCHOOL CLASS HE GAVE THEM A COLORING BOOK, WITH A SMALL PACK OF CRAYONS, CANDY, BUBBLE GUM ETC. HIS TEACHER AND THE 5 AIDS WE MADE UP A SMALLER VERSION OF THE CRUSH, POPCORN, HALLOWEEN REESE PIECES, WITH THE SAYING. WE HAD A FUN MONTH I LOVE MAKING EACH HOLIDAY EXTRA SPECIAL FOR THE ONES I LOVE, I KNOW ZAK LOVES THE MEMORIES. ZAK ALREADY KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO BE NEXT YEAR. I CAN'T WAIT!!

VISTING WITH SANTA 2011

2011-12-03T19:45:00.000-08:00

EVERY YEAR I LOVE TAKING ZAK TO GET HIS PICTURE WITH SANTA, HIS FIRST YEAR HE WAS ONLY 5 DAYS OLD, I KEEP THAT PICTURE UP ALL YEAR LONG, I LOVE IT, HE WAS NOT SCARED AT ALL THIS YEAR HE WAS SO CUTE WITH SANTA I LOVE THIS TRADITIONS.

MEET "FROSTY THE SNOW MAN"

2011-12-02T19:37:00.001-08:00

WHEN I SAW HIM I KNEW HE NEED TO COME HOME WITH ME FOR 1- HE IS A SNOWMAN I LOVE SNOWMAN 2- HE IS A DRINK HOLDER, WITH A DISPENSER I ALSO HAVE A THING FOR DRINK HOLDERS HE IS IN MY KITCHEN I DID HAVE A GINGER BREAD MAN THAT WAS A COOKIE JAR ON MY CAKE STAND HOLDER, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE HIM OUT WHERE I CAN SEE HIM. NOW MAYBE IT WILL SNOW!!!

HAPPY DEC 1ST LOOK WHO'S HERE

2011-12-01T21:08:00.000-08:00

HAPPY DECEMBER 1ST I LOVE THIS MONTH!! HE CAME OUR CUTE ELF, I JUST LOVE HIM, HE MAKES ME SMILE. HE BROUGHT ZAK THE CHOCOLATE CALENDER, I LOVE HOW ZAK KEEP SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH ELF, FOR BRINGING MY CHOCOLATE CALENDER. I WONDER IF THE ELF COULD BRING ME SOMETHING??? I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY MONTH AND ENJOYS IT WITH THE ONES THEY LOVE I KNOW I WILL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU WHAT I BOUGHT TODAY I LOVE HIM HE MAKES MY HEART{SMILE}.

MAKE SURE NOW AND BE GOOD THE ELF IS WATCHING YOU (he he) HAPPY DECEMBER!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS #23&24

2011-11-24T19:33:00.000-08:00

YESTERDAY I WAS SO GLAD TO GET THE REST OF ALL OF MY CHRISTMAS UP. I FEEL LIKE I CAN ENJOY THIS WEEKEND WITH MY FAMILY AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY, I LIKE TO GET IT UP SO I CAN ENJOY IT AS LONG AS I CAN, PLUS ZAK KEEP ASKING ME EVERYDAY ARE WE PUTTING CHRISTMAS OUT TODAY. TODAY I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS I KNOW WITH OUT THEM I WOULD NOT HAVE WHAT I HAVE. I AM THANKFUL FOR MY LITTLE FAMILY. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, I DO HAVE FAITH THAT OUR FAMILY WILL GROW. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL MEAL WE HAD TODAY AT MY MOMS AND DADS, MY MOM ALWAYS GOES TO SO MUCH WORK. I ALWAYS ENJOY BEING WITH MY FAMILY. MY MOM MAKES THE BEST PIES, I LOVE HER APPLE PIE! IT IS TO DYE FOR. I ALSO LOVE LOOKING AT ALL THE ADS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DEALS WILL BE OUT THERE, I WILL BE HEADED OVER TO WALLY WORLD AT 10:00, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER ONES AT MIDNIGHT WE WILL SEE. I AM GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY EVERYDAY BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE SOME OF THEM MAY BE SMALL BUT I FEEL SO BLESSED. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND THAT THEY ENJOY IT WITH THERE LOVE ONES AND FAMILY.

BLESSINGS #22

2011-11-22T20:12:00.001-08:00

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR MY HOME, I LOVE MY HOME, TODAY I GOT TO STAY HOME ALL DAY I LOVE DAYS LIKE THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET MOST OF MY CHRISTMAS UP, AND CLEAN, I LOVE A CLEAN HOME LAST WEEK WAS SO CRAZY THAT I PUT ALOT OF MY CLEANING ON HOLD. I AM ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE LOVE NOTE THAT I GOT FROM JOSH TODAY. WHEN WE WHERE DATING HE WOULD WRITE LONG LETTERS TO ME AND ALSO GAVE ME CARDS I LOVE HOW HE IS ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE, AND PUT A SMILE ON MY HEART. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. ZAK WAS ALSO SO CUTE TODAY AS I WAS DECORATING HE KEEP SAYING MOMMY THAT LOOKS CUTE. I AM SO GLAD HE LIKES IT. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. I FEEL SO BLESSED TO HAVE MY HOME, AND TO BE ABLE TO FILL IT WITH FUN MEMORIES WITH MY FAMILY, I CAN'T WAIT THANKSGIVING IS ALMOST HERE.

I'M BACK BLESSINGS DAYS #18-21

2011-11-21T18:58:00.000-08:00

I AM SORRY THE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAVE BEEN SO CRAZY, BUT I WILL CATCH UP. FRIDAY I WAS THANKFUL WE COULD GO TO DINNER AS A FAMILY TO ONE OF ALL OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT ROCK CREEK PIZZA I LOVE WATCHING ZAK EAT HIS PIZZA AND HOW EVERY TIME WE GO HE ASKS IF HE CAN GET SOME BOUNCE BALLS AND GUM BALL AFTER HE EATS HIS PIZZA. HE GETS SO EXCITED, HE LOVES TO HEAR THE MOOSE TALK. COMING HOME IT STARTED SNOWING HE GOT SO EXCITED! SATURDAY WAS CRAZY I WENT OVER TO THE CHURCH TO SET UP FOR ZAK 'S PARTY I GOT THERE AT 9:00 AND LEFT AT 11:3O STILL NOT DONE BUT WE HAD THE OLIVER THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH ALL OF JOSH COUSINS AND THERE FAMILIES SO FUN, AND THE FOOD WAS SO GOOD I AM THANKFUL FOR EXTENDED FAMILIES, AND FOR ALL THERE EXAMPLES IN OUR LIVES. THEN WENT BACK OVER TO GET READY FOR ZAK PARTY ALL DAY HE KEEP ASKING ME IS IT TIME. HE LOVED SEEING AND PLAYING WITH HIS COUSIN. HE LOVES HIS COUSINS!! I WILL DO A POST ON HIS SPECIAL PARTY. SUNDAY I LOVE TO JUST RELAX AND BE WITH MY FAMILY, AND MAKE THEM A BIG DINNER. MONDAY TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR PRAYERS, I AM THANKFUL FOR ZAK AND HIM REMINDING ME WE NEED TO SAY A PRAYER. JOSH'S TRUCK NEEDED BRAKES THEY WHERE SO BAD I WAS PRAYING THE WHOLE WAY TO MIDAS THAT I WOULD HAVE BRAKES. I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT PRAYER, WE MADE IT THERE SAFE. THE GUY SAID THESE WHERE THE WORST HE HAD SEEN AND HE WAS SURPRISED I MADE IT THERE SAFE. WE GOT TO SHOP AT THE MALL FROM 12:00 TIL 4:30, AS WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM TO FIX JOSH'S TRUCK. WE ATE LUNCH THERE IS WAS FUN TO LOOK AROUND AND NOT HAVE TO HURRY. SO TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR PRAYERS FOR ZAK REMINDING ME TO SAY THEM. AND NEW BRAKES I WILL FEEL AT PEACE KNOWING JOSH WILL BE SAFE.

A VERY SPECIAL DAY BLESSINGS #17

2011-11-17T22:26:00.000-08:00

TODAY I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE ZAK IN OUR LIVES, TODAY HE TURNED 4 WHAT? WHAT? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I WILL DO ANOTHER POST ABOUT ZAK. I CAN NOT THANK MY HEAVENLY FATHER, AND MELISSA FOR BLESSING OUR LIVES. WE LOVE HER SO MUCH SO TODAY I'M THANKFUL FOR MELISSA, AND ZAK. WE LOVE YOU MELISSA AND HER FAMILY, AND ZAK.

BLESSING DAY #16

2011-11-16T20:42:00.000-08:00

TODAY WAS ANOTHER CRAZY DAY I WAS GONE FROM 10:20- 6:45 RUNNING ERRANDS, THE BEST PART OF THE DAY WAS GOING TO JOSH'S WORK AND HAVING LUNCH WITH HIM AND ZAK. I LOVE FOR MY HOME TO SMELL GOOD I LOVE BATH AND BODY PLUG INS BUT I ALSO USE AIR WICK OR GLADE THEY HAVE A FROSTED PINE AND SNOWFLAKES ONE THAT SMELLED SO GOOD WHEN I SCRATCHED IT SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A TRY, TONIGHT AFTER I GAVE ZAK HIS BATH, I STARTED TO CRY BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WILL NEVER BE 3 AGAIN. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THIS? HE MADE ME CRY SOME MORE, THE THINGS HE SAYS TO ME SOME TIME ARE WHAT A ADULT WOULD SAY NOT A 3 YEAR OLD, HE HAS A HEART OF GOLD, I DON'T WANT HIM TO GROW UP. I WANT HIM TO STAY LITTLE FOREVER. I WAS TELLING HIM THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I HELD HIM. HIS BIRTH DAY MAY BE TOMORROW BUT TO ME THERE IS ALSO SO MANY OTHER SPECIAL DAYS, THE FIRST TIME I MEET HIS SWEET BIRTH MOM, AND HIM STILL IN HER BELLY, THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM NOT ON HIS BIRTH DAY, THE DAY WE TOOK HIM HOME TO BE OURS, THE DAY WE WENT TO COURT TO FINALIZE OUR ADOPTION, AND ALSO THE DAY HE WAS SEALED TO US SO THAT WE COULD BE A ETERNAL FAMILY, AND THE DAY HE WAS BLESSED. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM, WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH. WISH ME LUCK TOMORROW I AM ALREADY A MESS (CRYING) THAT IS.

BLESSING # 15 FUN TIMES

2011-11-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

TODAY WAS ANOTHER CRAZY, BUT FUN DAY. I WAS SO, SO BLESSED TO SPEND SOME OF THE DAY WITH MY CUTE SISTER MELANIE I LOVE HER, WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER, SHE INVITED ME TO A SWAP THAT ONE OF HER FRIENDS INVITED HER TO I WAS SO LUCKY TO GO WITH HER, HER FRIEND THAT PUT ON THE SWAP HER HOUSE WAS TO DYE FOR, SHE WAS ALSO SO KIND. HERE ARE SOME OF MY TREASURES I GOT TO TAKE HOME. THE SANTA HE IS MY FAVORITE OF ALL, MY SISTER ALSO WANTED HIM, I TOLD HER IF I WIN I WILL LET HER USE HIM NEXT YEAR, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN DEPART FROM HIM, I GOT A CANDLE THAT SMELLS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE I WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THAT AS WELL I LOVE CANDLES, ALSO A CUTE SHIRT, AND THE ROD IRON I MIGHT EVEN PAINT IT WELL SEE, SHE HAD THIS SAYING BY PRESIDENT HINKLEY ON THIS OLD WINDOW I LOVED THE SAYING. THANKS NEDRA FOR PICKING UP ZAK FROM PRESCHOOL, AND THEN SPOILING HIM WITH SOME FUN THINGS. I ALSO PICKED UP THIS TURKEY FOR $ 1.19 TODAY HE MAKES ME SMILE HE IS MADE OUT OF FOIL. THE LAST PICTURE IS OF MY SISTERS FRIEND WHO HOSTED IT SHE WILL BE DOING ONE IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER, CAN'T WAIT WE WILL SEE MAYBE I WILL HOST ONE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. THANKS MEL FOR INVITING ME I LOVE YA AND HAD A GREAT TIME.

FRESH START BLESSINGS # 14

2011-11-14T20:57:00.000-08:00

HAPPY MONDAY!! I LOVE MONDAY'S IT'S A NEW WEEK, THIS WEEK IS CRAZY FOR ME I HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON EVERYDAY BUT I AM THANKFUL TO BE BUSY. I WAS GONE RUNNING TO DIFFERENT STORES TODAY WE WHERE GONE ALL DAY, ZAK IS ALWAYS SUCH A GOOD BOY, HE LOVES TO SHOP HE EVEN ASK ME WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT, TODAY HE WAS SAYING HI TO ALL THE STORE WORKERS EVEN IN A COUPLE OF THE STORES HE WAS BACK BEHIND THE COUNTER HELPING THEM AND TALKING WITH THEM, WE ATE LUNCH AT THE MALL FINAL AROUND 3:00 ZAK AND ME LOVE PANDA THE ORANGE CHICKEN. WHEN I GOT HOME I COOKED SUPPER, AND THEN WE WATCHED A COUPLE OF SHOWS THAT WE RECORDED I LOVE FAMILY NIGHT! IT WAS ALSO SO GOOD TO RUN INTO MY MOTHER- IN LAW AT HOBBY LOBBY, AND ALSO A GOOD FRIEND DIANE FROM OUR WARD, THAT'S SAD TO SAY IS MOVING WE WILL MISS HER AND HER FAMILY. I AM ALSO THANKFUL TO BE WORKING ON THINGS FOR ZAK PARTY I HAVE BEEN PLANING IT SINCE THE SUMMER, I CAN'T WAIT.

SUNDAY BLESSINGS # 13

2011-11-13T21:45:00.000-08:00

TODAY I AM THANKFUL TO BE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH, TODAY I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR PROPHET. I LOVE THAT MAN, I LOVE HIS WIT AND SENSE OF HUMOR! HE MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON! I LOVE OUR CUTE NURSERY CLASS, I AM GETTING SAD WE WILL BE LOSING SOME IN JAN. I AM THANKFUL THAT I GET TO SERVE WITH JOSH AND THAT WE CAN BE ZAK'S TEACHERS. I AM ALSO THANKFUL FOR PUMPKIN COOKIES THAT WE MADE TONIGHT AS A FAMILY. ALSO FOR THE SUNDAY DRIVE, WE LOVE TO DO THAT WHEN I WAS LITTLE WE WOULD DO THAT OFTEN, NOW I GET TO DO THAT WITH MY FAMILY. I CAN'T WAIT TELL DECEMBER WHEN ALL THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WILL BE ON. ALSO FOR GETTING TO TALK WITH MY SISTER WHO LIVES IN IDAHO. HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK!!

BLESSINGS # 12

2011-11-12T17:41:00.001-08:00

TODAY I'M THANKFUL FOR OLD FRIENDS THAT I RAN INTO, I RAN INTO 2 OF THEM I USE TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THEM AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO GIVE EACH ONE OF THEM A HUG, AND JUST TALK WITH THEM. I AM ALSO THANKFUL THAT I WENT TO "O" SWEET SADDIE BOUTIQUE AT DAYBREAK, IT WAS FUN IT WAS JUST ME AND MY CUTE LITTLE GUY ZAK, I LOVE HOW HE LOVES TO GO SHOPPING WITH ME, I HOPE HE WILL ALWAYS BE LIKE THAT. I AM ALSO THANKFUL FOR MY WARM HOUSE . THE WIND WAS BLOWING REALLY BAD AT MY HOUSE, AND IT STARTED SNOWING IT FELT GOOD TO WALK INTO A WARM HOME, AND TURN ON MY FIREPLACE(LOVE, LOVE IT)
I AM ALSO THANKFUL FOR A HUSBAND WHO WORKS SO HARD FOR US NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT IT JUST DOES IT HE HAS BEEN UP SINCE 3:30 GOTTA LOVE THOSE COWBOYS. I THINK OF MY GRANDMA NIELSEN ALOT CUZ I KNOW MY GRANDPA WORKED HARD AS WELL ON THE FARM. I KNOW HER DAYS AND MY DAYS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THEN THEY ARE NOW DAYS. THANKS JOSH FOR BEING SUCH A HARD WORKER, AND A GREAT HUBBY, AND FATHER.

HAPPY FRIDAYBLESSINGS #11

2011-11-11T18:48:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 11-11-11 WE WILL NEVER SEE THAT AGAIN, TODAY WAS ANOTHER GOOD DAY, I WENT WITH MY MOM AND MY SISTER, HER LITTLE GUY ANDREW, AND ZAK TO THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS SHOW AT THE EXPO. IT WAS SO FUN AS ALWAYS, WE ALL BOUGHT A LOT OF STUFF, STUFF FOR OTHERS FOR CHRISTMAS, OURSELVES, THIS TIME A YEAR I FEEL GUILTY BUYING FOR ME WE ALL BOUGHT A LOTOF CHRISTMAS STUFF NOT SURE WHERE WE WILL PUT IT BUT YOU COULD NOT BEAT THE DEALS AT ONE OF THE BOOTHS THAT HAD SOME CHRISTMAS THINGS. IT MAKES ME WANT TO GET MY CHRISTMAS OUT BUT I NEED TO WAIT TELL AFTER THURSDAY ZAK'S B-DAY THEN HERE WE COME CHRISTMAS. IT WAS FUN BEING WITH MY MOM AND SISTER. HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!

THANKFUL THURSDAY# 10

2011-11-10T20:48:00.001-08:00

#1 TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR GETTING MY HAIR DONE, I HAVE THE BEST HAIR LADY, SHE IS MY NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND, I LOVED SEEING HER TODAY, AND JUST TALKING WITH HER, MY HAIR WAS IN NEED, LOVE YA RICHELLE!!

#2 THE BOUTIQUE IN MORGAN WAS TONIGHT, SHE WAS SELLING CHRISTMAS STUFF I WAS IN HEAVEN, SHE IS SO TALENTED...

#3 COSTA VIDA I LOVE THERE PORK SALAD EVEN BETTER, IT IS THERE SPECIAL OF THE DAY, LOVE MY COKE AS WELL. TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY.

MEMORY BLESSINGS DAY# 9

2011-11-09T12:51:00.001-08:00

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR THE YUMMY HOMEMADE DONUTS THAT I MADE ZAK AND I FOR BREAKFAST, IT WAS REALLY CUTE HE KEEP TELLING ME HOW MUCH HE LIKED THEM. HE SURE KNOWS HOW TO PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE.

#2 THANKFUL FOR MY ELECTRIC BLANKET IT IS SO SNUGGLEY, MY DAD AND MOM GAVE IT TO ME FOR CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR. IN FACT ZAK LOVES IT AS WELL. I THINK I WILL NEED TO GET HIM HIS OWN, BUT THEN I LOVE TO SNUGGLE WITH HIM WITH IT.

REMEMBER ME IN THIS PICTURE? OLD LADY WEARING A MUSTACHE WELL I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE SWAP 365 . STUDIO 5 DID A SHOW CASE OF IT I WAS DYING IT LOOKED SO MUCH FUN, ON OF THE LADY THAT HELPS OUT WITH IT I GO TO HER BOUTIQUE IN MORGAN, SO WHEN I GOT HOME FROM CAMPING I SAW ON HER BLOG THEY WHERE GO TO DO ANOTHER ONE, SO I BOUGHT ONE OF HER TICKETS THE FIRST 50 TO BUY THEM WHERE IN I TOLD MY MOM AND SISTER, BUT THE WHERE ALL SOLD OUT. SO ON THE MORNING TO GO GET APPLES IN LOGAN WE DROP MY CAR OFF THEN MY DAD AND MOM AND SISTER DROPPED ME OFF I WAS KINDA SCARED CUZ I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ANY ONE, MY SISTER TRYED TO HELP ME SET MY STUFF UP BUT THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO WAIT TELL 6:00 IT WAS SO CRAZY TRYING TO GET YOUR STUFF IN THERE AND SET UP CUZ THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE. WHAT YOU DO IS BRING 7 THINGS THAT ARE EITHER OLD OR NEW OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BRING, AND THEY GIVE YOU 7 CLOTHES PINS YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON THEM THEN EVERYONE GOES AND PUTS THERE CLOTHES PINS ON THOSE ITEMS THAT THEY WANT, IF THERE IS MORE THEN ONE CLOTHES PIN ON THAT ITEM THEY PUT THE CLOTHES PINS IN A BOWL AND DRAW A NAME, IF YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS YOUR NAME ON THAT CLOTHES PIN YOU GET THAT ITEM, I GOT A LOT OF FUN THINGS I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE THINGS. THE MUSTACHE PICTURE WAS FOR A CONTEST THEY WHERE DOING WHO EVER GOT THE MOST VOTES WON. I DID NOT WIN BUT EVERY ONE THAT DID IT GOT TO PICK OUT A OWL! I LOVE MY OWL HE IS A LITTLE COOKIE JAR, I LOVE HOW EVERY TIME I LOOK AT HIM IT REMINDS ME OF THE FUN NIGHT I HAD, IT WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS, THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. THE FOOD WAS SET UP SO CUTE THEY HAD SOUP, BREAD, FRUIT, HOMEMADE ROOT BEER, YUMMY DESERTS IT WAS HARD TO CHOOSE THERE WAS PIES, COOKIE, BARS CUPCAKES, CANDY ETC. I LOVE HOW THEY WHERE IN THE VINTAGE CUPCAKE CASE. I MEET A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE I CAN'T WAIT TELL NEXT YEAR, MY SISTER GOT A INVITE THE OTHER DAY FOR ONE THIS TUESDAY WHICH I GET TO GO I AM SO EXCITED. WHO KNOWS MAYBE I WILL PLAN ONE OF THESE. IT WILL BE A NIGHT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. EVERYTHING WAS DONE SO CUTE.

I WAS #5

MONDAY& TUESDAY BLESSINGS

2011-11-08T13:34:00.000-08:00

YESTERDAY WAS A BIT CRAZY, I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO POSTING YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY I WAS THANKFUL FOR THE PICTURES WE GOT OF ZAK FOR HIS 4TH BIRTHDAY COMING UP THE LADY DID A GOOD JOB. THEN AFTER THAT WE RUSHED HOME MY MOM PICKED ME UP WE WENT TO MY SISTERS, THEN WE WENT AND PICKED UP MY DAD FROM WORK THEN WE WHERE OFF TO SECRET HAVEN, (FRUIT HEIGHTS) IT WAS THERE CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE LAST NIGHT, IT SURE PUTS YOU IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN MY DAD IS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO WATCH ZAK AND MY SISTERS LITTLE GUY, THE BOYS LOVE BEING WITH THERE PAPA.THEN WE ALWAYS HEAD TO BEN FRANKLIN(CRAFT STORE), THEN FAMILY DOLLAR CUZ IT RIGHT NEXT STORE. THEN WE ALWAYS GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT WE WENT TO RED ROBIN, THEY HAVE THE BEST CHOCOLATE OREO MALT LOVE IT!! I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY CHRISTMAS OUT, ZAK IS EVEN ASKING ME WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE CHRISTMAS OUT. ALSO THANKFUL TO BE WITH MY MOM AND SISTER, HER LITTLE GUY AND MY DAD. I AM SO BLESSED TO BE CLOSE TO MY FAMILY I LOVE THEM!!!

TODAY I AM THANKFUL THAT ZAK LOVES GOING TO PRESCHOOL IT HELPS ME FEEL BETTER TO KNOW HE LOVES TO GO AND PLAY WITH THE OTHER KIDS AND LEARN. I HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING SOME THINGS TODAY. I LOVE WHEN YOU I GET DONE AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO HAPPY.

SUNDAY BLESSINGS

2011-11-06T19:11:00.000-08:00

TODAY I AM GRATEFUL FOR MUSIC, EVERY SUNDAY IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DO IS TURN ON THE CHURCH MUSIC, I LOVE HOW ZAK KNOW WHEN HE HEARS THAT MUSIC THAT IT IS SUNDAY, AND THAT WE WILL BE GOING TO CHURCH. I LOVE HOW IT BRINGS IN THE SPIRIT, AND PREPARES US FOR CHURCH.

I AM ALSO THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SUPPER (DINNER) AT MY DAD AND MOMS HOUSE, IT WAS JUST OUR LITTLE FAMILY, I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. MY MOM MADE ZAK THE CUTEST JAMMIE'S, HE WAS IN GREAT NEED OF THEM ALL OF HIS JAMMIE'S ARE GETTING TO SMALL ON HIM, I HATE IT THAT MEANS HE IS GETTING BIG!!

THANKFUL DAY#5

2011-11-05T19:24:00.000-07:00

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR MY NEW TIRES, THEY MAKE ME FEEL SAFE.
TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR THE SNOW, I LOVE THE SNOW AND SO DOES MY LITTLE ZAKERS, HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THE SNOW THIS MORNING.

TODAY I AM THANKFUL TO BE WITH MY FAMILY AND GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, I LOVE SHOPPING FOR ZAK.

ALSO RUNNING INTO MY PARENTS AT THE STORE, AND TO SEE ZAK SO EXCITED TO SEE THEM.

GOOD TIMES

2011-11-04T10:45:00.000-07:00

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR THE FUN NIGHT WE HAD AS A FAMILY UP IN HEBER AT THE COW BOY POETRY, I LOVED WALKING AROUND TO ALL THE FUN BOOTHS I GOT ME SOME FUN JEWELRY, AND A BELT, ZAK GOT A ROPE TO ROPE THINGS, JOSH GOT A BASEBALL CAP. TODAY I AM ALSO THANKFUL THAT JOSH HAS THE DAY OFF WE LOVE WHEN DADDY HAS THE DAY OFF. I LOVE BEING WITH MY FAMILY.

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!!!

2011-11-03T13:08:00.000-07:00

I LOVE THAT SONG COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE THOSE DAYS WHEN WE HAVE TO STOP AND THINK, AND COUNT OUR BLESSINGS I WAS HAVE NOT THE BEST MORNING, BUT AS I WAS FEEDING SOME OF OUR COWS AND HORSES, THIS MORNING, I WAS THINKING OF ALL MANY BLESSINGS I LOVE TAKING CARE OF OUR ANIMAL, JOSH AND HIS DAD DO MOST OF THE WORK BUT I LOVE JUST WATCHING THEM. I'AM CRAZY I EVEN TALK TO THEM. TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR OUR ANIMALS, MAKING COOKIES WITH ZAK IT IS SO COLD OUT SIDE THE WIND IS BLOWING HERE SO WHEN WE GOT HOME WE MADE YUMMY OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, AND THEN TONIGHT WE ARE HEADING UP TO HEBER FOR DINNER, AND THE COWBOY POETRY. WHERE I WILL BE WITH THE ONES I LOVE, WHO ARE MY LIFE. MAYBE I WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. SO TAKE A MOMENT TODAY AND COUNT YOUR BLESSING YOU WILL BE SURPRISED WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR YOU. BLESSINGS EMILEE

MY HANDS

2011-11-02T15:28:00.000-07:00

I AM THANKFUL FOR MY HANDS, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL MY HALLOWEEN DOWN AND PUT AWAY IT USUALLY TAKES ME TWO DAYS, I ALSO GOT ALL MY THANKSGIVING OUT, IT'S KINDA CRAZY CUZ I USUALLY ONLY HAVE IT UP FOR A COUPLE WEEKS CUZ I PUT OUT MY CHRISTMAS BEFORE THANKSGIVING I USUALLY WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING TO DECORATED BUT THE YEAR WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ZAK I PUT IT UP BEFORE THANKSGIVING CUZ I KNEW IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CRAZY PLUS I WANTED ALL MY ATTENTION TO BE ON ZAK, SINCE THEN I HAVE LOVED HAVING IT UP BEFORE THANKSGIVING BECAUSE THEN I GET TO ENJOY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE I AM NOT DECORATING. BUT AT LEAST I GET TO ENJOY THE THANKSGIVING STUFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I LOVED HOW ZAK LOVES TO HELP ME GET ALL THE TOTES OUT AND GETS SO EXCITED OVER SOME OF THE THINGS HE KEEPS SAYING MOMMY THIS IS SO CUTE, I ALSO CLEANED BOTH OF MY BATH ROOMS. SO TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR MY HANDS AND FOR ALL THE THINGS I WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.

HAPPY NOVEMBER

2011-11-01T20:59:00.001-07:00

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS NOVEMBER 1ST, I KNOW I NEVER DID A POST ON HALLOWEEN, IT WAS A CRAZY DAY, BUT A GOOD ONE I WILL GET TO IT. THIS MONTH I HOPE TO BLOG EVERY DAY ABOUT ONE THING OR MORE OF THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR. TODAY I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY CUTE HUBBY WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT ME. I WENT TO GET MY OIL CHANGED TODAY AND THE GUY CAME OUT AND SAID YOU NEED NEW TIRES, I HAD TO LAUGH CUZ WE JUST PUT NEW TIRES ON JOSH'S TRUCK, I CALLED JOSH AND HE SAID WE BETTER MAKE A APPOINTMENT TO GET THEM DONE, HE SAID I WANT YOU AND ZAK TO BE SAFE. "O" HOW I LOVE THIS MAN HE IS ALWAYS WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKEN CARE OF. THE CUTE LITTLE FEET ARE MY CUTE LITTLE MAN ZAK'S HE TOOK THIS PICTURE ALL BY HIS SELF WHEN I SAW IT I THOUGHT HOW CUTE I LOVE HOW HE POSED HIS FEET WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR?

WHOO LOVES HALLOWEEN???

2011-10-30T21:20:00.000-07:00

I DO I DO, EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I HAVE LOVED HALLOWEEN, NOW THAT I HAVE ZAK I LOVE IT MORE I TRY AND MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL FOR HIM JUST LIKE MY MOM AND DAD DID FOR US KIDS. I CAN'T BELIEVE 4 YEARS AGO LAST NIGHT WE MEET THE MOST AMAZING PERSON, MELISSA (ZAK'S BIRTH MOM). I STILL TEAR UP WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT FIRST NIGHT WE MET HER, MAYBE THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I LOVE OCTOBER, SHE HAS BLESSED OUR LIVES SO MUCH AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HER AND ZAK'S BIRTH FATHER AS WELL. WE ALWAYS ENJOY CARVING PUMPKINS WE ARE NOT VERY CREATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT WE JUST DO A SIMPLE FACE I THINK ONE DAY ZAK WILL BE REALLY CREATIVE, I ALWAYS LOVE ROASTING PUMPKIN SEEDS I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO EATS THEM BUT THAT'S OK CUZ I CAN'T STOP EATING THEM, I WILL POST MORE TOMORROW HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVE!!

ONE OF ZAK'S FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT FALL

2011-10-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE RODE ON THE HEBER VALLEY RAIL ROAD TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH. ZAK HAS BEEN ASKING US WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GO RIDE THE TRAIN TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH EVER SINCE HE RODE ON THOMAS THE TRAIN. SO A COUPLE SATURDAY'S AGO WE WENT UP TO HEBER, THE WEATHER WAS SO NICE, I LOVED DRIVING UP PROVO CANYON THE LEAFS WERE SO PRETTY. WE ALWAYS STOP OFF AT SOME FUN STORES THAT WE LOVE TO GO TO IN HEBER, THEN WE HEADED TO THE TRAIN STATION, THIS YEAR THE TRAIN RIDE WAS LONGER IT TOOK US TO SOLIDER HOLLOW, AND PAST DEER CREEK RESERVOIR, THE TRAIN STOPS YOU GET TO PICK OUT A PUMPKIN, THEN THEY GIVE YOU SOME STICKERS TO PUT ON YOUR PUMPKIN IF YOU WANT, THEN THEY GIVE YOU A COOKIE, AND HOT CHOCOLATE, AS WE WHERE GOING ON THE TRAIN RIDE I THOUGHT OF HOW BLESSED I AM TO HAVE JOSH AND ZAK. I LOVE BEING WITH MY LITTLE FAMILY AND MAKING MEMORIES THAT I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE. THEN WE HEADED TO THE DAIRY TRAIN( I THINK THAT'S THE NAME) THEY HAVE A TRAIN THAT GOES ALONG THE CEILING, AND ALSO ONE YOU PUT A QUARTER IN AND THE TRAIN GOES AROUND, ZAK LOVES IT HE ALSO LOVES EATING ON THE TRAIN OUTSIDE, JOSH AND I LOVE WATCHING AT HOW EXCITED HE GETS OVER JUST THE LITTLE THINGS. THEN WE HEADED TO "HOME SWEET HOME". I LOVE MAKE NEW MEMORIES AS A FAMILY, I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE SPECIAL MOMENTS WITH MY FAMILY.

THE SMELL...

2011-10-18T16:22:00.001-07:00

OF YUMMY COOKIES IN THE OVEN, I LOVE BAKING THINGS IN THE FALL, THE GINGER SNAP COOKIES ARE MY GRANDMA ALM'S RECIPE I LOVE THIS RECIPE, I ALSO LOVE MAKING PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIPS COOKIES. EVERY SUNDAY WE TRY TO MAKE A TREAT . I LOVE MY LITTLE HELPER ZAK HE LOVES MAKING TREATS AS WELL.

IN THE FALL

2011-10-11T16:15:00.000-07:00

WE LOVE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR BIRTHDAYS JOSH'S IS ON SEPT 3OTH I LOVE WHEN HIS B-DAY IS CUZ GENERAL CONFERENCE FOLLOWS A COUPLE DAYS LATTER, THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS B-DAY BIRTHDAY EVE WAS REALLY FUN, WE HEADED UP NORTH TO SMITH AND EDWARDS I LOVE THAT STORE YOU CAN BUY MOST ANYTHING YOU NEED, WE ALL LOVE THERE WONDERFUL CANDY, I LOVE THERE JEANS AS WELL I GOT A PAIR THERE LAST FALL AND WHEN EVER I WEAR THEM PEOPLE ALWAYS STOP AND ASK WHERE DID YOU GET THEM, WE ALWAYS GO UP THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AS WELL, I LOVE THE DRIVE UP THERE, I LOVE JUST TALKING WITH JOSH AND ZAK IF HE HAS NOT FALLEN A SLEEP, THEN WE WENT AND GOT SOMETHING TO EAT, AND THEN WE HEADED UP WEBER CANYON FOR A BOUTIQUE THAT IS CLOSE TO MORGAN, I KNOW I HAVE THE BEST HUBBY THAT DRIVES ME ALL THE WAY THERE FOR A BOUTIQUE, I GOT A CUTE CAKE STAND HOLDER, THAT I LOVE, I AM GOING TO BE SELLING THEM, I DOLLED MINE UP I PUT ORANGE POMP POMS AROUND IT AND ADDED MORE HALLOWEEN RIBBON WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS SPOOKY, I WILL BE SWITCHING IT UP FOR THE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS. THE SUNDAY BEFORE CONFERENCE I MADE MY CUTE NURSERY KIDS THESE TREASURE BOXES WITH A SAYING ON THEM I LOVE MAKING THINGS FOR THEM ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY WHY DO YOU DO IT THERE ARE JUST BABIES, BUT IF YOU COULD SEE THERE FACES WHEN WE HAND THEM OUT IT MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT PLUS I LOVE DOING UP THINGS LIKE THAT. I DO HAVE TO SAY I LOVE MY HUBBY SO MUCH EACH YEAR MY LOVE GROWS MORE, AND MORE I LOVE HOW HE IS ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF ZAK AND I AND DOES ALL THAT HE CAN FOR OUR FAMILY I LOVE YA BABY, I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.

BABY IT'S COLD OUSTIDE

2011-10-07T16:58:00.000-07:00

I LOVE THE FALL TIME, I TOLD JOSH WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED IF WE EVER BOUGHT OR BUILT A HOUSE IT HAD TO HAVE A FIREPLACE, I LOVE MY FIREPLACE, I HAVE IT ON ALL DAY FROM THE TIME WE WAKE UP TO THE TIME WE GO TO BED, USUALLY UNTIL MAY. I LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH A GOOD BOOK AND WATCH THE FIREPLACE GLOW THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT IS SO COZY AND PEACEFUL, I LOVE MY MANTEL AS WELL, I LOVE DECORATING IT FOR THE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS. I HAVE BEEN LOVING MY FIREPLACE THE LAST COUPLE DAYS AS IT HAS BEEN SO COLD. I WILL POST A PICTURE OF MY MANTEL DECORATED FOR HALLOWEEN. HAPPY FRIDAY!!

YOU KNOW ITS FALL WHEN

2011-10-06T18:44:00.001-07:00

WE GO UP TO LOGAN TO PICK APPLES, I GO WITH MY MOM AND DAD I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO GO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS YEAR MY CUTE SIS AND HER CUTE LITTLE GUY GOT TO COME HE IS 3 MONTHS OLDER THEN ZAK, ZAK LOVES TO BE WITH HIM THEY PLAY SO GOOD TOGETHER. WE ALWAYS STOP AT GRAMMY'S TO GET SOME PUMPKINS THEY HAVE SUCH GREAT DEALS, THEN WE HEAD UP TO MADDOX FOR THERE YUMMY ROLLS, AND CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP, AND THERE SEAFOOD COCKTAIL, THE WEATHER WAS SO PERFECT GOING UP THE CANYON WAS PRETTY AS THE LEAFS WHERE JUST STARTING TO CHANGE, WE GOT THERE AND ZAK AND ANDREW WHERE SUCH BIG HELPERS, I LOVED WATCHING THEM PLAY IN THE BOXES, AND CHASE EACH OTHER CUTE ANDREW EVEN FOUND A GRASSHOPPER, WE ALWAYS EAT A APPLE AS WE DRIVE TO UTAH STATE AGGIES ICE CREAM PARLOR I LOVE THERE ICE CREAM, WE THEN HIT A COUPLE STORES, I HAD TO HEAD HOME EARLY BECAUSE I HAD SOME WHERE I NEED TO BE I WILL POST LATER ON THAT. I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY MOM AND DAD I AM REALLY LUCKY TO BE REALLY CLOSE TO THEM, I ALWAYS LOVE BEING WITH MY SISTER SHE IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS I LOVE LOGAN AS WELL MAYBE ITS BECAUSE THAT WHERE MY MOM AND DAD MET, AND WHERE MY BROTHER WENT TO SCHOOL, ALSO WHERE WE COMPETED AT IN 4-H WITH OUR MODELING AND FASHION OUTFITS THAT WE MADE, ALSO THE LIVE STOCK JUDGING CONTEST. I KNOW ZAK LOVES GOING AS WELL HE WILL KEEP ASKING ME WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MADDOX AND LOGAN TO PICK APPLES, WE WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF YUMMY THINGS WITH THESES APPLES, APPLE PIE(WHICH MY MOM MAKES THE BEST LOVE, LOVE THEM), APPLE SAUCE CARMEL APPLES, APPLE CRISP, ETC THEY SAY A APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY GOT LOVE THAT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE WITH YOUR APPLES? HAPPY APPLE PICKING!!

WHAT I {HEART} ABOUT FALL

2011-10-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

I LOVE THE FALL, HAPPY OCTOBER EVERYONE, I WILL BE DOING A LOT OF POSTING THIS MONTH ON WHAT I {HEART} ABOUT FALL, I WANT TO POST THESE THINGS BECAUSE I WILL BE MAKING MY BLOG INTO A BOOK, AND I HOPE THAT WHEN I AM OLD AND HAVE GRAND KIDS THEY WILL GET TO LOOK AT THIS BOOK AND SEE MY LIFE, AND THE THINGS THAT I LOVED. I LOVE SOUP, MY MOM HAS THE BEST CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP RECIPE, THAT WE ALL LOVE, I ALSO LOVE MAKING ZUCCHINI BREAD I LOVE PUTTING CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN MINE, LAST FALL I GOT THIS SOUP HOLDER AT A BARN SALE I WAS NOT GOING TO GET IT I WAS DRIVING HOME AND DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK AND GET IT I AM SO GLAD I DID. I LOVE TO EAT MY SOUP IN BREAD BOWLS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU {HEART} ABOUT FALL?

{WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS MAKE LEMONADE}

2011-10-04T12:12:00.001-07:00

THIS SUMMER ZAK HAD HIS FIRST LEMONADE STAND, THIS LAST WINTER I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT DOING ONE SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO DO IT NOT ONLY WAS I EXCITED BUT ZAK AS WELL HE KEEP ASKING US WHEN WILL I BE ABLE TO DO MY LEMONADE STAND IT WAS SO CUTE, MOST OF ALL THESE THINGS I GOT AT THE DI OR YARD SALES ONE SATURDAY I GOT MOST OF ALL THE STUFF AT A YARD SALE, IN THIS ONE PICTURE THAT I TOOK OF MY GARAGE SALE PILE I GOT THESE 2 CUTE POTTERY BARN CHAIR, 2 GUM BALL MACHINES I KNEW THEY WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THE LEMONADE STAND I ADD THE VINYL LETTERING TO IT, THE RED CUPBOARDS I TURNED THEM INTO CHALK BOARDS, THE LITTLE WHITE TABLE IS WHERE YOU PAY, I ALSO GOT THE CASH REGISTER AS WELL IT WORKS REALLY WELL TO HOLD THE MONEY, I MADE THE BANNER SIGN THAT SAYS LEMONADE I LOVE MAKING BANNERS, I WILL SHOW YOU MY HALLOWEEN ONE I JUST MADE. ALL THE CUTE KIDS KEEP ASKING ME WHEN I WILL BE DOING IT AGAIN I WILL BE DOING ONE WITH HALLOWEEN GOODIES I WILL POST THOSE SOON I HOPE IF THE WEATHER STAYS GOOD TO DO IT. I LOVED TO WATCH ZAK EXCITEMENT AS I WAS GETTING THIS LEMONADE STAND READY AND ALSO TO WATCH HIM AS PEOPLE COME TO BUY THINGS. THIS TO ME IS SUMMER, THE WHOLE FAMILY PAINTED IT, ONE NIGHT FOR FAMILY NIGHT, I AM THANKFUL FOR MY CUTE HUBBY WHO GOES ALONG WITH MY SOME TIMES CRAZY IDEAS NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO CREATE OR DO, HE MAY TEASE ME ABOUT THEM OR SAY YOU PAYED MONEY FOR THAT!! SO WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS MAKE LEMONADE!! HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD DAY!

PRESCHOOL MEMORIES!!

2011-09-26T13:17:00.000-07:00

SCHOOL STARTED ON AUG 30TH, THE NIGHT BEFORE MY MOM CALLED ME ASKING ME IF I WOULD LOVE TO GO UP TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE LUNCH WITH MY DAD HE WORKS AT THE U OF U HOSPITAL THEY WHERE GOING TO HAVE A BBQ I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT SINCE I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO DO AFTER I DROPPED ZAK OFF. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP HAVING MY MOM THERE WITH ME WHEN I DROPPED ZAK OFF, THAT MORNING I TOOK PICTURES OF ZAK HE WAS NOT WANTING HIS PICTURE TAKEN SILLY BOY, I THEN COLORED A HEART ON HIS HAND, I TOLD HIM IF HE GETS SAD OR SCARED TO LOOK DOWN AT HIS HAND AND SEE THE HEART, AND THEN REMEMBER THAT YOUR DADDY AND MOMMY LOVE YOU AND WILL BE THINKING ABOUT YOU! MY MOM CAME WE GOT THERE REALLY EARLY SO WE DROVE AROUND ZAK WAS REALLY WORRIED SAYING I CAN'T BE LATE. MY MOM AND I LAUGHED. THEN IT WAS TIME HIS TEACHER CAME OUT AND SAID HI ZAK SHE REMEMBERED HIS NAME AND GRABBED HIS HAND I OF COURSE WAS CRYING I GOT IN THE CAR AND SAID MOM MAYBE I SHOULD GO IN TO MAKE SURE HE IS ALL RIGHT SHE SAID NO HES FINE. I WAS SO GLAD TO HAVE MY MOM THERE. WE THEN WENT UP AND HAD LUNCH WITH MY DAD, MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER AND HER LITTLE GUY. I WAS SO GLAD I WENT SO I COULD TRY AND KEEP MY MIND OFF ZAK. HE DID GREAT HE LOVES SCHOOL AND THE TEACHER AND HER HELPERS LOVE HIM AS WELL. I STILL MISS MY LITTLE GUY WHILE HE IS AWAY I GO TO SOME STORES, AND I THINK ZAK WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE BUT I KNOW HE IS GROWING AND LEARNING, AND BUILDING FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHER KID AND THAT IN ITSELF MAKES ME HAPPY.

DEAR ZAK, I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND IF EVERYONE IS TREATING YOU KIND. I HOPE THERE IS A SPECIAL PERSON, A NICE FRIEND THAT YOU CAN FIND.I WONDER IF THE TEACHER KNOWS JUST HOW SPECIAL YOU ARE TO US.AND IF THE BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR HEART IS SOMETHING SHE CAN SEE. I WONDER IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ME, AND IF YOU NEED A HUG, I ALREADY MISS THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE AND HOW YOU GIVE MY LEG A HUG. I WONDER IF YOU COULD POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO LET YOU GROW.ON THIS DAY KNOW THAT MY HEART BREAKS, FOR THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN LETTING MY BABY GO. I LOVE YOU MY CUTE BOY. LOVE YOUR MOMMY

THIS ONES FOR YOU HALEY

2011-09-19T21:25:00.000-07:00

I WILL DO ANOTHER POST AND LET YOU ALL KNOW WHY I AM DRESSED LIKE THIS, LETS JUST PUT IT THIS WAY IT LIKE CHRISTMAS HERE, I CAN'T WAIT TELL THURSDAY NIGHT, THANKS AGAIN HALEY !!

PRESCHOOL/ MEDICAL SCHOOL (PART 1)

2011-09-15T21:55:00.000-07:00

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME WHEN ZAK WENT TO PRESCHOOL, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE WAITED FOR ZAK FOR 10 YEARS, HE IS MY BUDDY, BACK IN MAY I CALLED THE SCHOOL TO GET SOME INFO ON PRESCHOOL, JOSH AND I WHERE NOT SURE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, THEY TOLD ME I WOULD KNOW MY JULY 10TH IF HE GOT IN THERE IS A WAITING LIST I GUESS I JUST THOUGHT THEY WOULD SAY IT WAS FULL , BUT NO I GOT A LETTER SAYING HE WAS IN, I THOUGHT WELL I GUESS I HAVE A LITTLE WHILE TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND I LEFT IT AT THAT I WOULD GO BACK AND FOURTH ON WHAT I SHOULD DO JOSH DIDN'T REALLY CARE WHAT I CHOSE, THEN IT CAME TIME FOR HIM TO MEET HIS TEACHER. THEN I THOUGHT I NEED TO DECIDE I KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW HE LOVES PLAYING WITH OTHER KID, AND I WOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT PRESCHOOL HE WOULD GET ALL EXCITED. HE WOULD SAY MOM I'M NOT GOING TO PRESCHOOL I'M GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL LOVE, LOVE MY SILLY LITTLE BOY. THE DAY I PULLED UP TO PAY FOR HIS SCHOOL I SAID ZAK ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO HE SAID YES MOMMY DON'T WORRY I WILL COME BACK HOME, I SAID I KNOW YOU WILL ITS JUST HARD FOR MOMMY BECAUSE WE WAITED SO LONG FOR YOU HE SAID MOMMY THEY SAY LET HIM GO, I DID NOT KNOW IF I WANTED TO LAUGH OR CRY, I THINK HE SAID THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOST EVERYONE WOULD SAY, BUT OF COURSE I WAS CRYING DON'T GET ME WRONG I WANT HIM TO GO AND LEARN ALL THAT HE CAN AND HAVE OTHER KIDS TO PLAY WITH BUT IT STILL HARD. WE WENT AND MEET HIS TEACHER A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, HE WAS SO EXCITED, I MADE UP A TREAT BUCKET WITH SOME GOODIES IN IT, ZAK EVEN HELPED ME PICK OUT THE PAPER TO MAKE IT. THEN THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL MONDAY NIGHT FOR FAMILY NIGHT I HAD HIM DO A LITTLE SCAVENGER HUNT WE STARTED OFF BY GIVING HIM HIS BACK PACK THAT HE PICKED OUT THEN HE WOULD GO AROUND FINDING THINGS LIKE GLUE, MARKERS ETC AND FILLED HIS BACK PACK, I WISH I WOULD OF VIDEO IT HE WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW EXCITED HE WAS. THEN JOSH GAVE HIM A FATHERS BLESSING, HE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB, I REMEMBER EVERY YEAR MY FATHER WOULD GIVE US A FATHER'S BLESSING EACH YEAR BEFORE SCHOOL WOULD START. I WILL DO ANOTHER POST ABOUT THE FIRST DAY, I AM SO BEHIND ON MY BLOG I HOPE TO GET JULY AND AUG UP DATED ON HERE AS WELL, ALL I KNOW IT HAS BEEN HARD HAVING MY LITTLE BUDDY A WAY EVEN IF IT IS ONLY TWO DAYS A WEEK FROM 11:30 TO 1:45 I STILL MISS HIM, BUT I KNOW IT IS FOR THE BEST EVEN IF HE IS MY LITTLE SHADOW AND SHOPPING BUDDY. I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN!!

WELCOME JUNE

2011-08-26T20:22:00.001-07:00

AFTER THE LONG WINTER WE HAD I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE JUNE COME I ALWAYS AM SO EXCITED TO START GOING TO YARD SALES, IN THIS PICTURE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I GOT ONE SATURDAY, I WILL DO ANOTHER POST ON WHAT I DID WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS I GOT, ZAK LOVES TO GO AS WELL HE LOVES TO FIND TOYS. I HAVE BEEN TAKING HIM SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BUG, WE LOVE TO GO TO PLEASANT GROVES "STRAWBERRY DAYS" ME AND MY MOM HAVE TAKEN ZAK TO THE LITTLE CARNIVAL THEY HAVE, WE LOVE IT BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO CRAFT BOOTHS THERE TO GO LOOK AT, THEN WE DO SOME RIDES. WE LOVE GOING TO THE RODEO JOSH AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE BEST THERE IS, I LOVE THE STRAWBERRY AND CREAM THEY SERVE. ZAK TOOK THE PICTURE OF ME AND JOSH AT THE RODEO. ZAK LOVES GOING TO THE RODEO. HE WAS REALLY SHOWING OFF HE WAS DANCING AND FIRTING, YES FIRTING WITH SOME OLDER GIRLS THAT WHERE IN THERE 20'S SILLY KID PEOPLE AROUND US WHERE JUST LAUGHING AT HIM, I THINK WE WATCHED MORE OF HIM THEN THE RODEO, A OLDER LADY BEHIND US KEEP SAYING I JUST WANT TO WATCH HIM. BOY DO JOSH AND I JUST LOVE THIS KID. I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE HIS MOM. THE LAST PART OF JUNE WE WHERE LUCKY WE GOT TO BABY SIT MY SISTER'S KIDS IT WAS A LOT OF FUN I LOVE HER CUTE KIDS, MY SWEET MOM WOULD COME IN AND HELP ME DURING THE DAY
I LOVED DOING MY NIECE KIMBERLY'S HAIR. ZAK WAS LOVING EVERY MINUTE HE HAD SOME ONE TO PLAY WITH ALL THE TIME HIS COUSIN ANDREW IS 3 MONTHS OLDER THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER. I AM THANKFUL MY SISTER ASKED ME TO WATCH HER CUTE KID.

{HEART OF GOLD}

2011-08-09T21:22:00.001-07:00

I NEED TO WRITE THESE THINGS DOWN OF ZAK BEFORE I FORGET. THIS SWEET LITTLE GUY MELTS BOTH JOSH AND MY HEART, THE OTHER NIGHT ME AND MY FRIEND WHERE SITTING ON MY PORCH TALKING AND ZAK GOES UP TO HER AND KISSES HER ON THE LIPS, HE DID IT TWICE, CRAZY KID. THEN TODAY WE HAD OUR SOCIAL WORKER COME OVER, EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE TO DO A UPDATE, CALLED A HOME STUDY I MADE UP A LITTLE TREAT FOR HER AND HAS SHE WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR HE SAID PAM ENJOY YOUR TREAT, AND REACH OUT HIS ARMS TO GIVE HER A HUG, THEN YESTERDAY WE WENT TO CLASSIC TO DO THE WATER SLIDES HE GOT A LITTLE SUN ON HIS SHOULDERS SO I WAS RUBBING IT WITH SOME ALOE AND HE SAYS THAT WAS NICE MOM, THEN WE TOOK HIM TO THE DAYS OF 47 RODEO AS WE WHERE DRIVING HOME HE SAY'S THANK YOU DADDY FOR TAKING US TO THE RODEO. THEN MY MOM AND SISTER SPENT A DAY TOGETHER AS WE WHERE WALKING INTO ONE OF THE STORES HE GRABS MY SISTER HAND AND GIVES IT A KISS. ALSO ONE NIGHT AFTER SUPPER(DINNER) WE CALL IT SUPPER ZAK SAID MOMMY THAT WAS SO DELICIOUS. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH ZAK YOU HAVE A HEART OF GOLD, I LOVE HOW YOU ARE ALWAYS SO HAPPY I TELL HIM ALL THE TIME I WISH I COULD BE MORE LIKE YOU, HE SAYS I WISH I COULD BE MORE LIKE YOU. I STILL CALL HIM MY HAPPY ZAK, I LOVE HOW THE LADIES AT WALMART, AND JOANN'S KNOW HIM MY NAME AND HOW THEY LOVE TO SEE AND TALK TO HIM, ONE LADY AT JOANN'S ALWAYS BUYS HIM THINGS (I WISH SHE WOULD BUY BE SOMETHING) ITS FUNNY CUZ SHE SAYS SHE HATES KIDS, BUT SHE TELLS ME THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT ZAK I BELIEVE IT. I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE YOUR MOM.

MAY UP DATE

2011-07-21T21:23:00.001-07:00

I KNOW I AM REALLY BEHIND ON THIS BLOG I HOPE TO GET CAUGHT UP SOON. EVERY YEAR I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MY FLOWERS PLANTED. I LOVE WATCHING THEM GROW, I LOVE TO TRY NEW THING, SOME TIMES THEY WORK SOME TIMES THEY DON'T BUT ITS A LOT OF FUN ZAK EVEN LOVES TO HELP IN THE YARD, I LOVE HOW HE IS ALWAYS PICKING OUT FLOWERS WHEN WE GO SHOPPING SAYING MOMMY THESE WOULD LOOK CUTE IN OUR YARD. MY GRANDMA NIELSEN ALSO HAD A LOVE FOR FLOWERS I LOVED HELPING HER WATER THEM, WE ALWAYS GOT A ICE CREAM SAND WHICH AFTER. O HOW I MISS MY GRANDMA NIELSEN. MY MOM ALSO HAS A LOVE FOR FLOWERS AND WHEN I WAS LITTLE I WOULD GO WITH HER AND GRANDMA TO PICK THEM OUT. THEN WE WOULD PLANT THEM.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE HAVE TAKEN ZAK TO SEE THOMAS THE TRAIN IN HEBER, HE LOVED IT LAST YEAR, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE HIM AGAIN THIS YEAR WE WENT FRIDAY AFTER NOON THE WEATHER WAS COOL WE GOT LUCKY IT STARTED RAINING 30 MIN'S AFTER WE LEFT, WE THEN STOPED OFF AT PIZZA HUT THEY HAVE A LITTLE PLACE YOU CAN SIT AND EAT. I LOVE HOW EXCITED ZAK GET OVER THE LITTLE THINGS. IN THIS PICTURE HE IS BLOWING A THOMAS WHISTLE.

HERE HE IS WITH ME HE LOVED HOLD OUR TICKETS

WITH HIS BUDDY
THIS YEAR STUDIO 5 WAS HAVING A LIVE BROADCAST AT THE HALE CENTER THEATER THEY WHERE CELEBRATING WOMEN. BOTH ME AND MY MOM WENT I WAS SAD I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE OF US, IT WAS CRAZY, BUT O SO FUN. I LOVE HOW THEY CELEBRATED US AS WOMEN, AND HOW WE ARE ALL SO SPECIAL.

ALL THE MEN IN MY LIFE

2011-06-28T21:24:00.000-07:00

SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO POST I THINK THIS IS THE LONGEST I HAVE GONE, I HOPE TO GET CAUGHT UP I HAVE A LOT TO POST ABOUT SINCE I WILL BE MAKING MY BLOG INTO A BOOK. I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF ZAK GIVING JOSH A KISS, BOTH ZAK AND I ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE JOSH IN OUR LIVES, HE WORKS SO HARD FOR OUR FAMILY. HE EVEN KEEPS GOING WHEN HE IS REALLY SICK. ZAK LOVES HIS DADDY HE IS SUCH A DADDY BOY, HE ALWAYS WANTS TO HELP JOSH. I LOVE HOW CARING HE IS. HE WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK FOR ANYONE AND DOES NOT EXPECT ANYTHING IN RETURN. WE COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER HUSBAND AND FATHER WE LOVE YOU. ALSO WANT TO THANK MY DAD FOR THE GREAT EXAMPLE HE HAS SET FOR ME, HIM AND MY MOM TAUGHT US ALL HOW TO WORK, AND TO WORK HARD. I LOVE HOW EASY GOING MY DAD IS NOTHING BOTHERS HIM, HE LOVES TO TALK TO EVERYONE I LOVE TO GO UP TO HIS WORK AT THE U OF U HOSPITAL TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM, WHEN WE WALK DOWN THE HALL THERE EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS HI TO MY DAD, OR THEY WILL STOP AND SAY WHAT A GREAT PERSON HE IS. I ALSO LOVE MY FATHER IN LAW HE IS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT PERSON, I LOVE HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, HE IS ALWAYS MAKING EVERYONE LAUGH, WHEN HE WALKS INTO A ROOM THE PARTY BEGINS. I LOVE TO GO CAMPING WITH HIM. I ALSO HAVE A GREAT BROTHER AND BROTHER IN LAWS, GRANDPA GEORGE, AND UNCLES, EACH AND EVERYONE HAS BLESSED MY LIFE. I HOPE THEY ALL HAD A GREAT FATHERS DAY. I LOVE YA ALL.

MOTHERS DAY

2011-05-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

I HAD A GREAT MOTHERS DAY, I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE A MOM TO ZAK, WHAT A BLESSING HE IS, I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WOMEN IN MY LIFE MY MOM, JOSH MOM MY TWO SISTERS AND MY SISTER IN LAW, GRANDMA, FRIENDS. I FEEL WE ARE ALL MOTHERS, EVEN IF WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN BLESSED WITH CHILDREN, OR ARE NOT MARRIED. WE ARE ALL A EXAMPLE AND WE ALL SERVE. IT WAS GREAT WE WENT TO MY SISTERS MEL'S , AND JOSH'S MOM AND DADS HOUSE AND EAT SO MUCH I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME WITH MY FAMILY, I ALWAYS THINK OF MELISSA AND CAN NOT THANK HER ENOUGH FOR BLESSING OUR LIVES WITH THIS SWEET SPIRIT. AND BLESSING ME TO BE A MOM, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN HIGH SCHOOL THE COUSLOR WOULD SAY WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP I WOULD SAY A "MOM" I THINK WE DID NOT LIKE MY ANSWER BUT I AM PROUD TO BE A MOM.

IN NURSERY I MADE UP 20 OF THESE LITTLE BAGS THAT I PUT SOME BATH AND BODY LOTION WITH A SAYING THAT SAID A WOMEN HAS SPECIAL HANDS, SO MANY THINGS THEY DO, THEY FEED THEIR TINY CHILDREN AND THEY HUG THEIR BIG ONES TOO!
THEY JOIN TOGETHER WITH THEIR LOVED ONES DURING FAMILY PRAYER. THEY REACH AND TEACH SO LOVINGLY TO THOSE FOR WHOM THEY CARE.
THEY WORK ON CRAFTS, THEY CLEAN THE HOUSE, THEY TOUCH A FEVERED HEAD,
THEY FIX THE MEALS AND PAT THEIR HUSBANDS WHILE KIND WORDS ARE SAID.
A WOMEN HAS SUCH SPECIAL HANDS, SO MANY THINGS THEY DO. MAY THIS BIT OF LOTION HELP PRESERVE THOSE HANDS FOR YOU!! SO THE KIDS COULD GIVE TO THERE MOMS. IN A COUPLE WEEKS I WILL BE LOSING SOME OF THOSE SWEET SPIRITS, I AM GOING TO MISS SOME OF THEM, BUT THE ROOM IS SO SMALL SO THEY NEED TO SPLIT IT. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT DAY. MY GOAL IS TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY EVERY DAY. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME HARD DAYS AS BEING A MOM, BUT IT IS ALL WORTH IT!!!!

EASTER FUN

2011-04-27T22:17:00.000-07:00

EASTER WAS SO MUCH FUN, SATURDAY MORNING WE WENT TO THE DRAPER EASTER EGG HUNT, IT'S ALWAYS AT THE DRAPER PARK BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE THEY SAID THEY MOVED IT TO ANOTHER PARK, SO WE WENT AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT START FOR A HOUR SO WE WENT AND GOT BREAKFAST, AND I WENT HOME TO CHANGE MY SHOES, I WAS COLD AND WANTED TO GO HOME AND PUT MY BOOTS ON, THEN WE WENT BACK AND WAITED, THEY HAD SPONGE BOB, ELMO, AND THE EASTER BUNNY ZAK WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THEM ALL. HE GOT HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEM ALL THEN WE HAD TO WAIT, ZAK WAS SO EXCITED I LOVE TO WATCH HIM, I LOVE TO SEE THE SPARKLE HE HAS IN HIS EYES I LOVE THIS AGE, I KNOW I SAY THAT ABOUT ALL OF THEM. HE GOT A LOT OF EGGS IN FACT HE GAVE SOME OF HIS TO SOME OF THE KIDS THAT DID NOT GET MUCH, IT BROKE MY HEART WATCHING HIM GIVE THEM TO THEM, THEN AFTER THAT WE WENT TO THE MALL, THEN LATER WE WENT TO DINNER AT ROCK CREEK PIZZA WE LOVE IT. ZAK LOVES GOING THERE, IF HES GOOD HE GET TO GET A GUM BALL AND A BALL, THEN WE WENT HOME AND DYED EASTER EGGS ZAK LOVED EVERY MINUTE. BOTH JOSH AND MY HEART SMILED. I LOVE MAKING MEMORIES WITH THIS SWEET BOY AND MY SWEET HEART HUSBAND, I FEEL SO BLESSED TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM IN MY LIFE. ZAK WAS SO EXCITED FOR THE EASTER BUNNY TO COME JOSH GOT UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING TO GO FEED THE COWS AND HORSES SO HE DID NOT MISS OUT ON ZAK SEEING WHAT THE EASTER BUNNY BROUGHT HE HAS BEEN WANTING A SAND TABLE, SO THE EASTER BUNNY BROUGHT HIM A SAND TABLE IT REALLY FUN YOU CAN DO SAND ON ONE SIDE AND WATER ON THE OTHER THEN IT COMES WITH A TRACTOR THAT HAS WAGONS ON IT HE LOVES IT. HE LOVES TO HELP US DO YARD WORK SO THE EASTER BUNNY BROUGHT HIM HIS VERY OWN WHEEL BARROW (GREEN ) HIS FAVORITE COLOR THEN A LOT OF FUN LITTLE THING IN HIS BASKET. CHURCH WAS GREAT OUR CHOIR ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB IT WAS WONDERFUL, THEN WE CAME HOME AND HAD A LITTLE CAT NAP THEN WE WENT TO MY MOM'S AND DAD'S FOR A VERY YUMMY DINNER, I LOVE BEING WITH MY FAMILY I LOVE WATCHING ZAK PLAY WITH HIS CUTE COUSINS AND WATCH HOW EXCITED HE GETS TO BE THERE AND PLAY WITH THEM, IT MAKES ME SEE HOW MUCH HE NEEDS A SISTER OR BROTHER, JOSH'S PARENTS THEY DID THERE EASTER THE WEEK BEFORE SO IT MADE IT NICE NOT TO HAVE TO RUN TO BOTH. I DID NOT WANT THE DAY TO END. I LOVE TO ALSO THINK ABOUT MY SAVIOR AND HOW HE DIED TO TAKE MY SINS AWAY, I HOPE TO BECOME MORE LIKE HIM. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AGAIN. I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE HAD A GREAT EASTER...

PITTER, PATTER GOES THE RAIN

2011-04-18T18:34:00.001-07:00

WITH ALL THIS RAIN WE ARE GETTING I GOT ME SOME OF THESE CUTE RAIN BOOTS, WHEN I WEAR THEM I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING OUT TO CLEAN OUT THE PIG PENS, I WOULD WEAR THE PLAIN BLACK ONES WHEN I WOULD CLEAN OUT THE PIG PENS NOW THEY HAVE SOME IN MOST ALL COLORS AND THEY HAVE CUTE PATTERNS ON THEM, THESE ONES OF COURSE WILL NOT BE USED TO CLEAN HORSE, OR COW STALLS, I ALSO {HEART } THE LITTLE ONES FOR KIDS ZAK HAD A PAIR OF RED ONES THAT HE WORE LAST YEAR NOW THEY ARE TO SMALL I NEED TO GET HIM A ANOTHER PAIR. I LOVE THE RAIN, BUT I'M READY FOR THE WEATHER TO BE NICE, SOME DAYS I SING RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!! HERE'S TO BETTER WEATHER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RAINY OUT THESE BOOTS MAKE MY {HEART} SMILE.

I LOVE BEING A MOM

2011-04-15T17:01:00.001-07:00

I LOVE BEING A MOM TO THIS SWEET BOY, THERE IS NOT A DAY I DONT THANK MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS FOR HIM, AND ALSO HIS SWEET BIRTH MOM MELISSA FOR BLESSING OUR LIVES. HE'S MY LITTLE BUDDY I LOVE HOW HE LOVES TO SHOP, I LOVE HOW TODAY AT THE MALL AT THE JCPENNY COUNTER HE SAYS MOMMY I WILL BUY YOU A RING. I LAUGHED I TOLD HIM ONE DAY I WILL HOLD HIM TO THAT . HE IS ALWAYS SO HAPPY, I KNOW THAT HEAVENLY FATHER SENT HIM TO US HE WAS MENT TO BE IN OUR HOME, ALL THE YEARS OF WAITING FOR HIM WAS WELL WORTH IT AND I KNOW THAT OUR NEXT BABY WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT AS WELL , ADOPTION IS HARD NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO FOR THE BIRTH MOM WHAT CHRIST LIKE WOMEN THEY ARE. AS WELL AS THE BIRTH FATHERS TO PUT THE BABYS NEED BEFORE THERE OWN. THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER AND MELISSA FOR BLESSING ME TO BE A MOM TO THIS SWEET BOY OF MINE I LOVE YA TO THE MOON AND BACK..

ZAK TOOK THIS PICTURE OF ME I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB..

MAKING EASTER MEMORIES EGG-XTRA SPECIAL

2011-04-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

THIS YEAR I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN FOR OUR FAMILY AND ZAK TO MAKE AND DO THESE FUN EASTER THINGS HERE IS WHAT YOU DO. YOU NUMBER 10 PLASTIC EGGS, AND EACH DAY TELL EASTER YOUR CHILD OR CHILDREN OPEN UP A EASTER EGG WITH A NOTE, AND A CANDY, ON THE NOTE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.

1- GO SEE EASTER BUNNY AT MALL

2- SEND A EASTER NOTE OR TREAT TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE

3- GO SEE OR WATCH EASTER MOVIE

4-MAKE EASTER TREAT

5-GO GET LUNCH OR DINNER AT ARTIC CIRCLE THEY HAVE THE KID MEAL WITH A EASTER BUNNY OR CHICK WITH THERE MEALS

6-MAKE EASTER CRAFT

7-COLOR AN EASTER PICTURE OR TWO

8- READ EASTER STORY

9- EASTER EGG HUNT

10- DYE EGGS

I KNOW ZAK IS ALREADY EXCITED TO DO IT HE HAS ASKED ME CAN I OPEN A EGG. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL TEN BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO THESE THING. I LOVE COMING UP WITH THINGS TO DO WITH MY LITTLE FAMILY AND LOVE MAKING MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFE TIME. I LOVE EASTER.

MEET THE NEWIEST MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY

2011-04-04T18:57:00.001-07:00

HERE IS ONE OF OUR BABY COWS, WE NAMED HER SPLASH BECAUSE MY FATHER IN LAW WENT OUT TO CHECK ON THEM, AND SHE WAS IN THE WATER, SHE IS SUCH A CUTIE, ZAK LOVES THEM SO MUCH. I'M NOT SURE WHO LOVES THEM MORE JOSH OR ZAK. THIS BOY LOVES ALL ANIMALS AND IS A MOTHER HEN TO THEM, HE LOVES TO HELP JOSH AND HIS GRANDPA. AND HE'S NOT SCARED OF THEM, NOT SURE IF THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE HAVE MORE COMING THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE BABIES, WE ALWAYS HOPE AND PRAY THERE MOTHER'S WILL BE GOOD MOTHER'S AND FEED THEM EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU GET ONE YOU HAVE TO BOTTLE FEED, IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S SO FUN, WHEN I WAS LITTLE WE HAD TO BOTTLE FEED A LOT OF OUR BABY LAMBS, IT BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT ZAK GETS TO HAVE THESE MEMORIES, THAT HE WILL GET TO LEARN ALL THE MANY WONDERFUL THING YOU LEARN WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR ANIMALS. IT'S HARD WORK BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT... I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF JOSH AND ZAK, ZAK LOVES TO BE RIGHT BY JOSH, TAKING CARE OF THE ANIMALS. I LOVE MY TWO BOYS, AND THE FUN TIMES WE HAVE RIGHT BY EACH OTHER AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ANIMALS...

MONSTER TRUCKS

2011-03-22T05:09:00.001-07:00

IN JANUARY WE WENT TO MONSTER TRUCKS, WE HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT IT WAS REALLY NOISY JOSH HAD BEEN BEFORE AND WARNED ME IT WAS REALLY LOUD, IT WAS LOUD. ZAK DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK WE STAYED FOR ABOUT A HOUR AND HALF THEN LEFT BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD AND ZAK WAS DONE, BUT HE LOVED THE BIG TRUCKS AND LOVED WATCHING THEM GO OVER THE CARS, HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE TO FAR FROM HIS DADDY.

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!!

2011-03-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

HAPPY ST PATTY'S DAY HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD ONE I WILL POST MORE ABOUT OUR ST PATTY'S DAY!!!

IT'S GREAT TO BE "EIGHT"

2011-03-16T16:30:00.000-07:00

MY CUTE NIECE MOOMERSTHAT'S WHAT JOSH AND I CALL HER WAS BAPTISED ON SATURDAY THIS SWEET GIRL IS BOTH SO CUTE ON THE OUTSIDE, AS WELL AS ON THE INSIDE. SHE LOOKED SO CUTE I WISH I WOULD OF GOT A PICTURE OF HER IN HER DRESS, I WANTED TO WRITE THIS DOWN FOR MY MEMORIES IT WAS CUTE MY SISTER'S FRIEND HAS A LITTLE GIRL THAT WILL BE ONE IN A COUPLE MONTHS JOSH AND I WHERE HOLDING HER AND ZAK SAID TO BE WHEN I WAS HOLDING HER MOMMY IS THAT MY SISTER, CAN WE TAKE HER HOME. PLEASE, PLEASE IT MELTED MY HEART IF ONLY I COULD DO THAT FOR HIM HE TALKS ABOUT HIS LITTLE SISTER ALL THE TIME, WHEN WE ARE SHOPPING HE PICKS STUFF OUT FOR HER ALL THE TIME. IT WAS GREAT TO BE WITH MY FAMILY, MY SISTER FROM IDAHO AND HER FAMILY CAME DOWN SO ALL THE FAMILY WAS THERE MY SISTER HAD A LOT OF YUMMY FOOD, AND SHE HAD IT DECORATED SO CUTE. I LOVE YOU MOOMER'S I'AM SO GLAD FOR YOUR DESIRE TO GET BAPTISED I KNOW YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES YOU SO MUCH. P.S THESE PICTURES OF KIM WHERE TAKING A COUPLE YEARS AGO HER HAIR IS A LITTLE SHORTER.

HE KNOWS HIS PHONE NUMBER

2011-02-28T14:37:00.000-08:00

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I SAID ZAK WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN YOUR PHONE NUMBER HE SAID YES I SAID IT A COUPLE TIME. THEN ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER I SAID ZAK WHAT'S OUR PHONE NUMBER HE SAID IT I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. BUT THEN AGAIN AT TWO HE COULD COUNT TO 10 IN SPANISH. BOTH OF HIS BIRTH MOM AND BIRTH FATHER ARE REALLY SMART. MY MOM IS ALWAYS TELLING ME MAYBE HE WILL SKIP GRADES I HOPE NOT. I LOVE WATCH HIM LEARN AND GROW. JOSH AND I LOVE BEING HIS PARENTS.

LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED

2011-02-14T22:25:00.001-08:00

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

HAPPY {HEART} DAY!!

2011-02-14T22:09:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! IT HAS BEEN FUN WATCHING ZAK THIS YEAR, TODAY EVERY WHERE WE WENT HE WAS TELLING EVERY ONE HAPPY VALENTINE'S AND WAS WAVING AT EVERYONE I LOVE MY SILLY BOY. I LOVE HOW HE KEEP ASKING ME TODAY ABOUT MELISSA, HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER GETTING HER VALENTINE STUFF. FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS HE HAS BEEN SAYING HAPPY VALENTINE'S TO BOTH JOSH AND I. IT WILL BE HARD TO PUT MY VALENTINE STUFF AWAY, BECAUSE BOTH JOSH AND I LOVED TO SEE ZAK'S FACE WHEN HE WOULD LOOK INTO HIS VALENTINE MAIL BOX THE LOOK ON HIS FACE AND TO SEE HIM GET SO EXCITED OVER JUST THE LITTLEST THINGS. HE ALWAYS WOULD THANK BOTH JOSH AND I. I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN HE IS SO FUN. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!! P.S I'M EXCITED TO START GETTING OUT ALL OF MY SPRING STUFF, I LOVE EASTER TOO.

JESUS LOVES YOU SNOW MUCH!!

2011-02-03T19:41:00.000-08:00

BOTH JOSH AND I ARE THE NURSERY LEADER'S WE LOVE OUR CALLING!! I LOVE BEING WITH THOSE SWEET SPIRITS.AND LOVE BEING ABLE TO SERVE WITH JOSH. JOSH ALWAYS TELLS THE BISHOP YOU CAN KEEP ME IN THE NURSERY FOREVER. ANYWAYS I WANTED TO MAKE THIS TREAT FOR OUR NURSERY KID. IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE LESSON WAS ON WHEN I GOT DONE MAKING THEM I WENT TO OPEN MY LESSON BOOK, AND IT WAS ON HOW HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS LOVE US. I HAVE SEEN THE SPIRIT WORK MANY TIMES LIKE THIS BEFORE, BEFORE THIS CALLING I WAS THE FIRST COUNSELOR IN PRIMARY I LOVED IT. AND THERE WAS MANY TIMES I SAW THE SPIRIT WORK. I LOVE MY SWEET NURSERY KIDS. I LOVE TO TEACH THEM ABOUT JESUS THEY ALREADY KNOW SO MUCH....

CELEBRATING LOVE

2011-02-01T19:42:00.000-08:00

HAPPY FEB 1ST, I LOVE FEBRUARY, I LOVE ALL THE PINKS, REDS, WHITE. I LOVE DECORATING FOR VALENTINES DAY. ONE OF OUR FUN FAMILY TRADITIONS IS THE 1ST OF FEB TILL FEB 14 WE PUT A TREAT,NOTE, OR SOMETHING SPECIAL IN OUR VALENTINE MAIL BOX THIS PICTURE IS OF ZAK'S MAIL BOX, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD START IT OFF WITH SOME VALENTINE JAMMIE'S, HE LOVE JAMMIE'S. HE LOVES MICKY MOUSE SO WHEN I SAW THEM I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET THEM FOR HIM. ZAK LOVED IT LAST YEAR, I THINK THIS YEAR HE WILL LOVE IT BETTER. I WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR VALENTINE DECORATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAY'S, I LOVE MAKING FUN MEMORIES WITH MY FAMILY, I LOVE DOING FUN THINGS FOR MY FAMILY. I'M SO BLESSED TO HAVE ZAK AND JOSH IN MY LIFE!!!

MADE MY{HEART} SMILE

2011-01-27T22:12:00.001-08:00

LAST NIGHT I WAS CLEANING UP SUPPER, AND ZAK SAID MOMMY, I'M SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS FAMILY. I STARTED TO CRY OF COURSE, I SAT HIM DOWN AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVED HIM AND HOW LONG WE WAITED FOR HIM TO BE IN OUR FAMILY, AND HOW WE PRAYED FOR HIS BIRTH MOM, EVEN BEFORE WE KNEW HER. I ALSO LOVE HOW HE WILL SAY MOM I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, DID THAT MAKE YOUR HEART SMILE. YES SILLY BOY "O" HOW I LOVE YOU, THANKS FOR BEING BY BUDDY I LOVE THIS AGE.. P.S I LOVE BEING A MOM, AND WIFE....

THERE'S "SNOW" PLACE LIKE HOME!!!

2011-01-17T22:28:00.000-08:00

I LOVE SNOWMAN!!! I BOUGHT THESE WOODEN SNOWMAN'S THIS YEAR I PUT THEM ON MY PORCH, WHEN I SAW THEM I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE THEM. I COULD NOT WAIT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH ZAK HE WAS SO EXCITED TO BUILD ONE AS WELL I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE REMEMBERS BUT A COUPLE SUMMER'S AGO I FOUND A SNOWMAN KIT AT A YARD SALE I'M SO GLAD I BOUGHT IT I THINK I ONLY PAID $1.00 0R $2.00. WELL WORTH IT.

MY CUTE LITTLE MAN SITTING BY HIS SNOW BUDDY, HE HAD TO PUT HIS SNOW SHOVEL BY HIM.

DADDY HELPING HIM ROLL THE BALL.

MOMMY PUTTING ON HIS CUTE FACE.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

2011-01-10T22:24:00.001-08:00

CHRISTmas THIS YEAR WAS SO MUCH FUN, IT IS ALWAYS HARD FOR ME WHEN CHRISTMAS IS OVER, I LOVE THE MAGIC THAT IS IN THE AIR, ZAK LOVED SANTA, HE WANTED A TRAIN TABLE AND A TRACTOR WITH A WAGON ON THE BACK OF IT. THIS IS WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT WATCHING YOUR KID'S AND TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT IN THERE EYE'S I ALSO LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, I LOVE TO REFLECT ON OUR SAVIOR'S LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF SANTA BOTH ME AND MY SIS GOT ONE THEY ONLY HAD TWO, WE FOUND IT AT ONE OF OUR FUN STORE'S WE LOVE TO GO TO, THEN THE NEXT PICTURE IS OF MY NEW SANTA REMEMBER THE DAY MY POWER WENT OUT AND WE HEADED TO THE MALL I SAW HIM AT JC PENNY'S ZAK LOVED HIM TO I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE HIM I DO A CHRISTMAS TREE IN MY KITCHEN NOT THE ONE THIS SANTA'S BY, BUT A DIFFERENT ONE, IN GINGERBREAD MAN AND STUFF, HE WAS 160.00 I GOT HIM FOR 30.00 LOVE DEAL LIKE THAT. IT MADE BOTH MINE AND ZAK'S DAY WHEN I GOT HOME I PUT HIM BY MY GINGERBREAD MAN TREE, BUT THEN I MOVED HIM TO MY KITCHEN WINDOW THAT'S BY MY SINK, ZAK SAID MOMMY YOUR SANTA LOOKS CUTE. I LOVE HOW HE LIKE TO DECORATE FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY'S WHEN I WAS PUTTING AWAY MY CHRISTMAS HE SAID MOMMY PLEASE GET OUT VALENTINE'S SO YOU GUESSED IT MY VALENTINE'S IS UP, BUT WE LOVE IT .

ZAK IN HIS CHRISTMAS JAMMIE'S, WE ALL OPEN A PAIR OF JAMMIE'S FOR CHRISTMAS, MY MOM USUALLY MAKES THEM BUT SHE HAD BEEN SICK, AND I DID NOT WANT TO PUT MORE ON TO HER SO I GOT THEM AT OLD NAVY. IT SAYS REINDEER LOOKOUT!! SILLY BOY

ONE OF OUR CHRISTMAS TREE'S THIS ONE IS IN OUR FAMILY ROOM I BOUGHT IT TWO YEARS AGO IT'S A FLOCKED TREE I LOVE IT GROWING UP WE WOULD FLOCK SOME OF OUR TREE'S I LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF EACH

ZAK OPENING HIS PRESENTS. I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING

SANTA PUT HIS TRACTOR OUT SIDE WITH SOME TRACTOR JOHN DEER JAMMIE'S ON IT. HE LOVED IT I LOVED HIS FACE I GOT IT ON VIDEO.

EVERY YEAR MELISSA(ZAK'S BIRTH MOM) AND HER MOM GIVE ZAK AND US A PRESENT, WE USUALLY GET THEM ON CHRISTMAS EVE BUT THIS YEAR I DROP OFF MELISSA TO HER AUNT'S HOUSE ON THE 23 AND SHE HAD ZAK'S READY, AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THE CAR HE WAS DYING TO OPEN THEM, I TOLD HIM HE COULD OPEN ONE OF THEM TONIGHT, AND THEN WE WOULD WAIT FOR THE OTHERS ON CHRISTMAS EVE JOSH AND I HAVE SET THAT FOR HIM, SO IT CAN BE SPECIAL FOR HIM, THIS IS OF HIM ON CHRISTMAS EVE OPENING HIS PRESENT. I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MELISSA AND HER FAMILY MY LOVE GROWS MORE, AND MORE AS I THINK HOW CHRIST LIKE SHE IS, AND FOR HER GIVING JOSH AND I THIS WONDERFUL GIFT WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY CHRISTmas, WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS YEAR BRINGS, THANK FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND FRIEND SHIP...

COMPUTERS!!!

2010-12-28T22:07:00.000-08:00

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

2010-12-07T17:10:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-20T22:51:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-09T22:21:00.000-08:00

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

2010-10-31T21:23:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-18T22:26:00.000-07:00

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!!

2010-10-02T21:56:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-14T20:53:00.000-07:00

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~

2010-08-31T04:18:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-26T20:41:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-09T16:35:00.000-07:00

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!!

2010-08-04T19:45:00.001-07:00

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

2010-07-13T20:40:00.000-07:00

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"

2010-07-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2010-07-02T22:04:00.000-07:00

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!!

2010-06-29T03:34:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-27T22:41:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-20T22:43:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-02T14:55:00.001-07:00

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

2010-05-07T22:03:00.001-07:00

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!!

2010-05-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

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

EASTER 2010

2010-04-25T21:34:00.000-07:00

EASTER WAS SO FUN THIS YEAR, WE TOOK ZAK TO A EASTER EGG HUNT PUT ON BY DRAPER CITY, IT WAS GREAT AT FIRST WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE WOULD MAKE IT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SNOWING A LITTLE BEFORE WE LEFT, ZAK LOVED IT HE WAS SO EXCITED, I GOT EXCITED AS WELL, I LOVE TO SEE HIM HAPPY AND GET EXCITED. HE GOT A LOT OF CANDY IF FACT I HAD TO TELL HIM OK LETS LEAVE SOME FOR THE OTHER KID, I LIKED HOW NOT ONLY WAS THERE CANDY BUT SOME EGGS HAD A TICKET, AND YOU WON I PRIZE IF YOU GOT A TICKET ZAK GOT A TICKET AND HE GOT A LITTLE STUFF FROG AND SIDE WALK CHALK, AND SOME JELLY BEANS, ALSO THEY HAD IN THE HUNT LITTLE PLASTIC DUCKS AND LITTLE THINGS TO GO IN THE BATH TUB, THERE WAS ALSO A FIRE TRUCK THERE HE LOVED THAT AS WELL, JOSH'S SISTER AND HER FAMILY CAME DOWN AS WELL AS MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN THAT WEEKEND JUST BEING WITH OUR FAMILY'S, ZAK COLORED SOME EGGS AND LOVED IT SORRY TO SAY I BOUGHT A KIT A COUPLE YEARS AGO STUPID ME THE DYE WAS ALL DRY ED UP, WE GOT A GOOD LAUGH, IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT , SO WE JUST USED FOOD COLORING, BUT IT WAS STILL FUN.

SUNDAY BEST

2010-04-12T23:47:00.000-07:00

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I LOVED GETTING A NEW EASTER DRESS, WITH THAT OUTFIT MY MOM ALWAYS BOUGHT US NEW SANDAL'S OR SHOES TO WEAR WITH THE DRESS ALONG WITH BOWS FOR OUR HAIR SHE ALWAYS DECKED US OUT FROM HEAD TO OUR TOES. AND NOW THAT I AM A MOM I LOVE DRESSING ZAK UP FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS I EVEN FOUND A SHIRT FOR JOSH THAT WENT WELL WITH ZAK'S, WE WORE OUR OUTFITS THE SUNDAY BEFORE EASTER, I HAVE MORE PICTURES COMING OF EASTER I WILL POST THEM WHEN I GET BACK FROM ST GEORGE, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO. ZAK HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE LAST WEEK, YOU CAN'T TELL HIM ANYTHING HE DOES NOT FORGET I LOVE IT. HERE WE COME SUNSHINE!!!!

SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU!!!

2010-04-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

I MADE THIS PICTURE HOLDER WHICH WAS VERY EASY, I WANTED TO DO A LITTLE MORE TO IT BUT RAN OUT OF TIME, I GAVE ONE TO JOSH'S MOM AND DAD, MY MOM AND DAD, AND MELISSA, ALSO MELISSA MOM BUT HER'S I DIDN'T PUT ON WOOD BECAUSE SHE LIVE'S OUT OF STATE, AND OF COURSE I MADE ONE FOR ME, I FOUND A BAG THAT HAD A EASTER BUNNY ON IT. IT FIT PERFECT IN THE BAG THEN I ADDED TISSUE PAPER AND ADDED THE NOTE WITH RIBBON THAT SAYS SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU, THE LAST PICTURE, I MADE MY SWEET SISTER'S THAT I VISIT TEACH A LITTLE TREAT BAG FOR CONFERENCE, THE TAG SAYS: GENERAL CONFERENCE KIT JUST POPPING (POPCORN) BY TO WISH YOU A MEANINGFUL CONFERENCE WEEKEND, SIT BACK, RELAX AND SOAK( LOTION) IT ALL N HOPE YOU LEARN SOMETHING EXTRA (GUM) AND TAKE NOTE (NOTEPAD) WHEN YOU FEEL THE SPIRIT ENJOY!!, IT WAS FUN PUTTING AND GATHERING UP THE STUFF. I LOVE CONFERENCE I LOOK FORWARD TO IN OCT AND APRIL I LOVE TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT ARE SPOKEN IT HELPS ME TO TRY AND BE BETTER. I JUST HOPE THE WEATHER IS GOOD IN THE MORNING FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT!!!

THIS IS NO APRILS FOOLS JOKE

2010-04-02T15:27:00.000-07:00

WEDNESDAY NIGHT ME AD MY SISTER MEL AND HER CUTE DAUGHTER KIMBERLY TOOK OUR TWO CUTE NIECES TO SEE THE "LAST SONG" IT WAS REALLY GOOD WARNING YOU DO CRY IN IT. WHEN I GOT HOME AND WAS GOING TO SLEEP I KEEP THINKING ABOUT CHILDREN AID WE TURNED IN OUR PAPERS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I THOUGHT I WONDER IF THEY LOOK OK, I THOUGHT I WISH THEY WOULD CALL, SO I WOKE UP AND MADE ZAK AND I SOME YUMMY PANCAKES AFTER I GOT DONE I WENT DOWN STAIRS TO PLAY WITH ZAK AND I THOUGHT I WISH CHILDREN'S AID WOULD CALL ABOUT A BABY. IT WAS NOT EVEN TEN MINUTE'S LATTER THE PHONE RANG IT WAS CHILDREN'S AID TELLING ME ABOUT A BABY THAT IS DUE IN MID JULY A LITTLE GIRL SHE GAVE ME SOME DETAILS, SOME WHICH WAS HARD TO HEAR, OF COURSE AS SHE WAS TELLING ME ALL THESE THINGS I WAS CRYING, I TOLD HER I WOULD TALK TO JOSH, SOME OF THE DETAILS SHE GAVE ME, JOSH AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH. ADOPTION IS NOT EASY WHEN I AM HAVING MY HARD DAYS I THINK ABOUT THE BIRTH MOMS AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, THEN I THINK IT'S NOTHING, THOSE THAT HAVE ADOPTED KNOW WHAT IT IT LIKE YOU TRY AND NOT GET YOUR HOPE'S UP UNTIL THAT BABY IS PLACED IN YOUR ARMS, I ALWAYS GET SO EXCITED. I KNOW THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL HELP US MAKE THIS DECISION. I HAVE FAITH, I HAVE SEEN FAITH WORK, YESTERDAY I KEEP THINK ABOUT MELISSA AND HOW PERFECT SHE IS AND HOW GOOD SHE TOOK CARE OF ZAK WHILE CARING HIM, I GET MAD WHEN I HEAR ABOUT GIRLS THAT DO DIFFERENT THINGS TO THEM AND THERE BABY, I THINK WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR BABY, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS.

WHAT SPRING MEANS TO ME

2010-03-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

MOST OF YOU KNOW I GREW UP ON A FARM, I LOVED THAT FARM, I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE SPRING WHEN OUR BABY CALF'S AND BABY LAMBS WHERE BEING BORN, EVERY YEAR IN ELEMENTARY I WOULD TAKE A BABY LAMB TO SCHOOL FOR SHOW AND TELL, AND I WOULD SHOW MY CLASS HOW WE BOTTLE FEED THEM THERE WAS MANY THAT NEEDED TO BE BOTTLE FEED, OF COURSE I WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP, AND OF COURSE I REMEMBER THE YEAR I GOT MY DUCK, I WOULD BEG MY PARENTS EVERY TIME WE WOULD GO TO THE FEED STORE ONE DAY MY DAD SAID YOU CAN HAVE ONE, I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN WE GOT UP TO PAY FOR IT THE LADY SAID YOU ARE ONLY BUYING ONE YOU AT LEAST NEED TWO, SO WE GOT TWO, MY SIS MEL GOT THE OTHER ONE, I FEEL BAD BECAUSE HER'S DIED, WE WHERE WORRIED THAT MINE WOULD DYE, BUT THE DUCK THOUGHT IT WAS A DOG, OURDOG ASHLEY WOULD SLEEP IN A REAL BABY STROLLER (OF COURSE OUT SIDE) SO YOU GUESSED IT THE DUCK WOULD SLEEP THERE AS WELL, THEY WHERE GOOD FRIENDS I WOULD TAKE MY DUCK FOR SWIMS IN THE CANAL IT LOVED IT, IT WOULD GIVE ME KISSES, AND BOY WOULD IT TALK TO ME, IT LOVED MASH POTATOES, IT WAS A FUNNY DUCK. SATURDAY I WENT WITH MY MOM AND DAD TO THE FEED STORE THEY HAD SOME DUCK'S IT BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES, I LOVED BEING A KID, I WOULD ALSO GET EXCITED ABOUT GETTING OUR GARDEN READY WE HAD A GREAT BIG GARDEN, THERE IS SO MANY THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT SPRING, I HOPE THAT ZAK WILL LIKE SPRING AS WELL, THE WHEEL BARROW I LOVE IT IS ALMOST 13 YEARS OLD, JOSH GAVE IT TO ME WHEN WE WHERE DATING, IT WAS REALLY CUTE BECAUSE I WAS GOING UP CAMPING WITH JOSH FAMILY, AND HIS SISTERS AND HIS MOM WOULD ALWAYS WORK ON CRAFTS, SO JOSH WENT ON A SHOPPING SPREE FOR ME AND BOUGHT ME SOME THINGS TO PAINT AND DO SO I WOULD NOT FEEL LEFT OUT, I AM SO GLAD I STILL HAVE THIS WHEEL BARROW, THE MEMORIES IT HOLDS, I ALSO THINK OF MY DAD HE WOULD GIVE ME RIDE'S IN THE WHEEL BARROW, OF COURSE I HAD TO ADD A LITTLE BIRD, BECAUSE I LOVE TO HEAR THE BIRDS SING. AND THEN THE FLOWERS I LOVE ALL FLOWER'S. I AM LIKE A KID AGAIN I AM SO EXCITED FOR EASTER, ZAK IS AT A REALLY CUTE AGE JOSH AND I LOVE TO SEE HIS EXCITEMENT.
THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO.
1- EASTER EGG HUNT
2- DYING EASTER EGGS
3- CONFERENCE WEEKEND
4- SPENDING TIME WITH BOTH JOSH'S FAMILY AND MINE
5- SEEING ZAK SO EXCITED, HE LOVES THE EASTER BUNNY HE GAVE HIM HI- FIVE AT THE MALL.

~ LET THE SUNSHINE IN ~

2010-03-24T14:30:00.001-07:00

"OH LET THE SUN SHINE IN. FACE IT WITH A GRIN. OPEN UP YOUR HEART AND LET THE SUNSHINE IN." I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND ZAK AND I TOOK JOSH BREAKFAST, THEN I CAME HOME AND CLEANED MY BASEMENT A LITTLE BIT, THEN I JUST HAD TO GO OUT AND PUT MY FINGER'S IN THE DIRT, I LOVE PULLING WEEDS, OF COURSE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PLANTING MY FLOWERS, AFTER A LONG WINTER I'M READY, THE MIDDLE PICTURE IS OF A BIRD HOUSE, ITS HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THE BRANCH'S ARE COVERING MOST OF IT BUT IT IS REALLY BIG, JOSH MOM AND DAD NEIGHBORS HAD THIS BIRD HOUSE IN THERE YARD I ALWAYS HAD MY EYE ON IT SO YOU KNOW ME I WALKED OVER AND ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED IT, HE SAID, LET ME TALK WITH MY WIFE THE NEXT TIME HE SAW ME HE SAID IT'S YOURS JOSH IS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HELP ME EVEN THOUGH I THINK SOME TIMES HE THINKS I'M CRAZY, WHEN I SEE IT, IT MAKES ME SMILE.

"ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BORN"

2010-03-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

MOST OF YOU KNOW THE STORY ABOUT ZAK HE WAS BORN ON NOV 17TH SATURDAY NIGHT, WE DID NOT GET TO SEE HIM UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I HELD HIM, I WAS IN LOVE, I LOVED HIM BEFORE I KNEW HE WOULD BE PLACED WITH US, I CAN REMEMBER THAT SATURDAY NIGHT WELL EVEN THOUGHT I DID NOT GET TO MEET HIM UNTIL TUESDAY, WHEN MELISSA PLACED HIM WITH US SHE GAVE US SOME GIFT'S (THE BEST GIFT WAS ZAK), ONE OF THE GIFT'S WAS A BOOK I RECOMMEND IT TO ALL MOM'S I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU IT IS BY NANCY TILLMAN, ZAK LOVES FOR ME TO READ IT TO HIM, SO HERE IS THE STORY" ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BORN", THE MOON SMILED WITH SUCH WONDER THAT THE STARS PEEKED IN TO SEE YOU AND THE NIGHT WIND WHISPERED, "LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME". BECAUSE THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANYONE LIKE YOU... EVER IN THE WORLD. SO ENCHANTED WITH YOU WERE THE WIND AND THE RAIN THAT THEY WHISPERED THE SOUND OF YOUR WONDERFUL NAME. THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME IS A MAGICAL ONE, LET SAY IT OUT LOUD BEFORE WE GO ON. IT SAILED THROUGH THE FARMLAND HIGH ON THE BREEZE... OVER THE OCEAN... AND THROUGH THE TREES... UNTIL EVERYONE HEARD IT AND EVERYONE KNEW OF THE ONE AND ONLY EVER YOU. NOT ONCE HAD THERE BEEN SUCH EYE'S, SUCH A NOSE, SUCH SILLY WIGGLY, WONDERFUL TOES. IN FACT, I THINK I"LL COUNT TO THREE SO YOU CAN WIGGLE YOUR TOES FOR ME. WHEN THE POLAR BEARS HEARD, THEY DANCED UNTIL DAWN. FROM FARWAY PLACES, THE GEESE FLEW HOME. THE MOON STAYED UP UNTIL MORNING NEXT DAY. AND NONE OF THE LADYBUGS FLEW AWAY. SO WHEN EVER YOU DOUBT JUST HOW SPECIAL YOU ARE AND YOU WONDER WHO LOVES YOU, HOW MUCH AND HOW FAR, LISTEN FOR GEESE HONKING HIGH IN THE SKY.(THEY'RE SINGING A SONG TO REMEMBER YOU BY.) OR NOTICE THE BEARS ASLEEP AT THE ZOO.(IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DANCING ALL NIGHT FOR YOU!) OR DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP TO THE SOUND OF THE WIND, (LISTEN CLOSELY.... IT'S WHISPERING YOUR NAME AGAIN!!) IF THE MOON STAYS UP UNTIL MORNING ONE DAY, OR A LADYBUG LANDS AND DECIDES TO STAY, OR A LITTLE BIRD SITS AT YOUR WINDOW AWHILE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL HOPING TO SEE YOU SMILE... FOR NEVER BEFORE IN STORY OR RHYME( NOT EVEN ONCE UPON A TIME) HAS THE WORLD EVER KNOWN A YOU, MY FRIEND, AND IT NEVER WILL, NOT EVER AGAIN.... HEAVEN BLEW EVERY TRUMPET AND PLAYED EVERY HORN ON THE WONDERFUL, MARVELOUS NIGHT YOU WERE BORN. THE END, OF COURSE I ALWAYS TELL ZAK HIS STORY, I TO LOVE THIS BOOK, I LOVE READING IT TO ZAK INFACT HE CAN ALMOST READ IT TO ME, THANK YOU MELISSA FOR BLESSING OUR LIVES WITH ZAK, I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THAT NIGHT... NIGHT NIGHT!!! FIRST TIME HOLDING ZAK

OUR MIRACLE!!!

~GOT JUNK???~

2010-03-04T14:25:00.001-08:00

SO I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY DOOR FOR EASTER, SO I GOT A IDEA I REMEMBER SEEING SOME TIN DOWN AT THE MEAT PACKING, SO I HAD A IDEA THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH YA THE TIN HAS DRIED UP COW SHHH ON IT BUT I JUST WIPED IT OFF, THEN I SPRAYED PAINTED IT I JUST USED THE COLORS I ALREADY HAD

THEN I WENT TO WORK DECORATING MY EGG WITH SOME RIC RAC, AND METAL FLOWER.

MY END RESULT'S NOT BAD FOR BEING FREE, GOT LOVE THAT!! I WILL SHOW YOU SOON SOME OF MY EASTER STUFF.

{NEW FAMILY PICTURE'S}

2010-03-02T15:46:00.001-08:00

SO LAST FALL I WAS GOING TO DO OUR FAMILY PICTURE'S AND I NEVER GOT THEM DONE IT'S A LONG STORY SO MY GOAL WAS TO GET THEM DONE IN JAN, JAN CAME AND WENT, WE ARE IN NEED OF A FAMILY PICTURE CHILDREN'S AID NEED'S THEM SOON. AS ALL OF THERE COUPLE'S HAVE BEEN CHOSEN, THEY SAID WE NEED TO GET OURS IN SO I TOLD MY SIS PLEASE HELP ME SO SHE TOOK OUR PICTURE'S FOR US WITH MY CAMERA, THANKS YOU SO MUCH SIS SHE IS ALWAYS HELPING ME OUT I LOVE HER I KNOW SHE HAD A LOT GOING ON BUT SHE TOOK THE TIME OUT FOR US SO THANK YOU, SO I WILL BE SENDING THEM OFF, AS YOU SEE THERE IS NO PICTURE OF ZAK AND ME HE WAS WAY DONE, IT'S SO HARD TAKING PICTURE'S AT THIS AGE THEY DON'T WANT TO SIT FOR LONG I LOVE THE ONE OF ZAK AND JOSH, MY SIS TOOK A COUPLE OF ME AND JOSH I THINK THEY TURNED OUT GOOD, IT WILL HAVE TO DO FOR KNOW, THANK AGAIN MEL!!!

A NEW HOME

2010-02-23T14:37:00.001-08:00

SO THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTH'S I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO GO IN MY FAMILY ROOM, THE TABLE I HAD THERE I GOT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I LIKE IT BUT SINCE ZAK WE HAVE TOYS ALL IN THE FAMILY ROOM, DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE TOYS BUT SOME TIME THEY ARE ALL OVER I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING THAT HAD A LITTLE STORAGE, BUT IT STILL LOOKS NICE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SO SUNDAY MY SIS CALLS AND SAYS WOULD YOU LIKE MY BLACK TABLE, THAT I HAVE IN MY FAMILY ROOM, YOU KNOW ME OF COURSE I SAID, I LOVE GETTING STUFF FROM MY SIS SHE IS ALWAYS CHANGING STUFF OUT, AND OF COURSE I LOVE HER STUFF, SO THEN THIS FIRST PICTURE IS A TABLE I HAD IN MY FRONT ROOM, IT HAS SPECIAL MEANING TO ME, WHEN JOSH'S GRANDMA DIED, JOSH MOM GAVE EACH OF THE KID'S SOME MONEY, AND OF COURSE THIS IS ONE THING I BOUGHT, I WAS KINDA SAD TO SEE THAT I NEEDED TO MOVE IT OUT OF MY FRONT ROOM AND DOWN IN TO MY BASEMENT TELL I KNOW WHAT I WILL DO WITH IT, I KNOW IT WILL HAVE A NEW SPECIAL HOME ONE DAY, SO THEN I NEEDED TO MOVE THE TABLE THAT WAS DOWN IN MY FAMILY ROOM, UP TO MY FRONT ROOM, I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE LONGER, BUT I THINK IT WILL WORK, I LOVE TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND, I NOW HAVE TO ORGANISE SOME OF ZAK'S TOYS I WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT ROOM TO PUT HIS TOYS, THANKS SIS FOR YOUR TABLE I WILL TREASURE IT TOO. TABLE THAT WAS IN MY FRONT ROOM, NOW IS IN THE BASEMENT

MY SIS TABLE THAT NOW IS IN MY FAMILY ROOM

MY TABLE THAT WAS IN MY FAMILY ROOM, IS NOW IN MY FRONT ROOM, SORRY THE SUNNY WAS REALLY BRIGHT WHEN I TOOK THIS PICTURE..

LET IT SNOW!!

2010-02-19T20:08:00.001-08:00

"LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW", I KNOW WHAT?? I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH ZAK, ALL I WANT IS JUST A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW AND TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH ZAK, THEN IT CAN MELT, I ALWAYS DREAMED OF MAKING SNOWMAN WITH MY KIDS, THIS YEAR WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN MUCH SNOW AT OUR HOUSE.

~ LoVe Is In ThE aIr ~

2010-02-12T22:19:00.001-08:00

IT'S ALMOST HERE, I WILL BE SAD TO TAKE DOWN ALL MY V-DAY STUFF, IT'S SO BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL, BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING AND ALL THE FUN STUFF FOR THAT, ALOT OF THESE PICTURE'S HOLD MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES TO ME THE FIRST PICTURE THE LOVE BLOCKS ME AND MY MOM MADE THESE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE HEART WREATH HANGS ON MY PANTRY DOOR, THE CLASS CUPCAKE'S ARE NEW THIS YEAR ME AND MY MOM BOTH GOT SOME, THEN I COVERED A BIG CHOCOLATE BAR IN SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND DECORATED IT WITH RIBBON AND HEART, MADE ONE OF THESE FOR MELISSA AND HER MOM, AND ZAK NURSERY TEACHER. THEN OF COURSE I HAVE TO FILL MY JARS WITH YUMMY CANDY'S FOR ALL THE FUN HOLIDAY'S, THE HEART IS A BAG THAT MY MOM MADE ALL OF US GIRL'S IT IS REALLY SPECIAL TO ME I'M SO GLAD I HAVE IT IT IS LIKE 25 YEARS OLD, SHE MADE IT FOR US TO CARRY OUR VALENTINE'S IN,THIS YEAR I COVERED A SOAP WITH SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND ADDED RIBBON AND HEART VERY EASY, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER MY FRAME, I HAVE IT BY MY SINK I DECORATE THE FRAME FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY'S, IT'S FUN TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO FASTED AND PRAYED FOR OUR LITTLE FAMILY IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US, I WILL HAVE TO DO A POST LATTER ABOUT IT, EVERYONE HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S AND DON'T FORGET TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM!!!

A SPECIAL FAST!!!

2010-02-04T05:49:00.000-08:00

I COUPLE DAYS AGO I GOT A EMAIL FROM LDS FAMILY SERVICES THEY ARE DOING A FAST FOR THIS SUNDAY FEB7TH FOR ALL BIRTH MOMS, AND ADOPTIVE COUPLE'S, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN IF YOU COULD PRAY AND FAST FOR THESE SWEET BIRTH MOM'S THAT ARE SO CHRIST LIKE, THAT THEY THINK OF THERE CHILD NEED'S BEFORE THERE OWN, I NEVER WILL KNOW HOW THEM AND THERE FAMILY'S DO IT, I KNOW IF IT WAS NOT FOR OUR SWEET BIRTH MOM MELISSA WE WOULD NEVER BE A FAMILY, ALSO IT IS NOT EASY AS WE ADOPTIVE COUPLE'S WAIT FOR OUR BABY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW IT IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE, BUT IN THE END IT IS ALL WORTH IT. YESTERDAY I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH A LONG TIME FRIEND TALKING TO HER WHEN MY OTHER LINE RANG, SAYING CHILDREN'S AID THAT IS THE AGENCY WE ADOPTED ZAK WITH, SO I TOLD MY FRIEND TO HOLD ON I USUALLY WONT ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN I'M ON IT WITH SOME ONE ELSE, SO I SAID HELLO, SHE SAID HI EMILEE IT'S KRISTY FROM CHILDREN'S AID HOW ARE YOU GUY'S DOING? HOW IS ZAK DOING? SHE SAY'S YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I AM CALLING YOU I SAID YES SHE GOES ON TO TELL ME THEY HAVE MORE BIRTH MOM'S THEN ADOPTIVE COUPLE'S, SHE WAS WONDERING IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GOING WITH THERE SERVICE'S, SHE SAID THEY WOULD TAKE OFF ALOT OF THE FEE FOR US, OK SO YOU KNOW ME I OF COURSE STARTED CRYING, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTH'S I HAVE BEEN PRAYING TO KNOW IF WE ARE WITH THE RIGHT AGENCY,LDS THEY ARE JUST SO HARD TO WORK WITH, OUR SOCIAL WORKER SHE DOES NOT RETURN PHONE CALLS I SEND HER EMAIL'S SHE DOES NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TOO, WHICH YOU THINK SHE WOULD KNOW, ALSO THEY ONLY WORK PART TIME, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT WE WANTED TO GO WITH CHILDREN'S AID BUT THE FEE'S ARE SO MUCH MORE THEN LDS, WE LOVE HOW THEY WORK THEY HAVE TWO SOCIAL WORKERS, WORKING TOGETHER THEY ARE FULL TIME, ONE SOCIAL WORKER WORK'S WITH THE BIRTH MOM THE OTHER WITH THE COUPLE THEN THEY BOTH WORK TOGETHER, WE WHERE SAD NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO WITH THEM, SO NOW WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE NEED TO DO OF COURSE IT IS STILL MORE MONEY THEN LDS, WE KNOW YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON A CHILD, THEY SAID IF WE WANT TO TO LET THEM KNOW ON MONDAY, THEY THEN SAID WE WILL GET THE BALL ROLLING I FEEL THAT MAYBE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, SO THAT BEING SAID JOSH AND I WILL BE GOING TO THE TEMPLE ON SATURDAY, AND WE WILL BE FASTING, SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE FAST FOR OUR FAMILY, SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR FAMILY. I KNOW THAT ARE HEAVENLY FATHER IS MIND FULL OF US. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT IN OUR LIVE'S.

OLIVER BLESSINGS

FOOD STORAGE WEEK#5

A EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT

FOOD STORAGE WEEK #4

{FAITH} AND {JOY}

*ONE LUCKY GIRL*

FOOD STORAGE WEEK# 3

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH

ONE OF MY NEW YEAR'S GOALS

JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM

WELCOME 2012

I KNOW IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN

VISTING WITH SANTA 2011

MEET "FROSTY THE SNOW MAN"

HAPPY DEC 1ST LOOK WHO'S HERE

HAPPY THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS #23&24

BLESSINGS #22

I'M BACK BLESSINGS DAYS #18-21

A VERY SPECIAL DAY BLESSINGS #17

BLESSING DAY #16

BLESSING # 15 FUN TIMES

FRESH START BLESSINGS # 14

SUNDAY BLESSINGS # 13

BLESSINGS # 12

HAPPY FRIDAYBLESSINGS #11

THANKFUL THURSDAY# 10

MEMORY BLESSINGS DAY# 9

MONDAY& TUESDAY BLESSINGS

SUNDAY BLESSINGS

THANKFUL DAY#5

GOOD TIMES

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!!!

MY HANDS

HAPPY NOVEMBER

WHOO LOVES HALLOWEEN???

ONE OF ZAK'S FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT FALL

THE SMELL...

IN THE FALL

BABY IT'S COLD OUSTIDE

YOU KNOW ITS FALL WHEN

WHAT I {HEART} ABOUT FALL

{WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS MAKE LEMONADE}

PRESCHOOL MEMORIES!!

THIS ONES FOR YOU HALEY

PRESCHOOL/ MEDICAL SCHOOL (PART 1)

WELCOME JUNE

{HEART OF GOLD}

MAY UP DATE

ALL THE MEN IN MY LIFE

MOTHERS DAY

EASTER FUN

PITTER, PATTER GOES THE RAIN

I LOVE BEING A MOM

MAKING EASTER MEMORIES EGG-XTRA SPECIAL

MEET THE NEWIEST MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY

MONSTER TRUCKS

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!!

IT'S GREAT TO BE "EIGHT"

HE KNOWS HIS PHONE NUMBER

LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED

HAPPY {HEART} DAY!!

JESUS LOVES YOU SNOW MUCH!!

CELEBRATING LOVE

MADE MY{HEART} SMILE

THERE'S "SNOW" PLACE LIKE HOME!!!

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

COMPUTERS!!!

ZAK'S SPECIAL DAY

LOOK WHO'S THREE

HAPPY ZAK

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Family Fall Fun

WILL WORK FOR TRACTORS!!

ICE CREAM MAN

~ OUR SLICE OF HEAVEN~

ON OUR WAY TO ETERNITY

UP DATE

BAD START TO AUGUST!!

RODEO FUN

"OUR LITTLE FIRE CRACKER"

ONE LUCKY GIRL