A day at the Park

Yesterday was beautiful. It was one of the warmest days we have had in a long time. I decided to run some errands, and take the girls to the Park. I got a lot done. I was proud of myself. I got the oil changed, drooped fresh eggs off to Patti, got some stuff at Wal-Mart, finished Brandon's Invitations, got all new tires on the van, got the van washed and vacuumed out! It was a long day. The best part was our time at the Park. While the Van was getting new tires I walked across to the Park with the girls and my Mom. It was the first time Trinity was on a swing set like this. She didn't know what to think at first.. then she Loved it! Maddy of course loved it.
She didn't know what to think of Trinity being on the swing set. She was looking at her with this funny expression for like five minutes then she decided she didn't care any more and just enjoyed her time on the swing.
I think they could have been pushed on there forever.
Needless to say they slept well after that=)

Finishing my Update.....

Well I just wanted to take a minute and give the February Update.

The first of the month was sad with Ricky and Tracie leaving.
We did our best to not think about it. I know we will see them again when the time is right.
So the next thing that came along was Trinity's first Birthday! I was so excited. I think it has to be my favorite Birthday to celebrate. They get to dig in to that cake, and they just don't know what to think with all the people singing Happy Birthday. She had a great time. We had a BBQ, and what I thought would be a small get together turned out to be a huge bash! Tons of people came. It was great. It was such a heart warming feeling to know so many people cared about Trinity. So thank you to all who came. I love you all! Here are some pics
She dug into the cake before we got done singing!
At one point she picked the entire thing up and stuffed her face into it!..lol

She loved opening her presents! This is her in her new Princess chair.
Here are some of the kids, and Adults hanging out side
A party fit for a Princess.
Well after her party came and went we moved on to the next Birthday..Nathans!!
This year Nathan turned 30! It is crazy to think I met him when he was only 22. We had a great day. We went to lunch and we went down to the River and went for a walk. It was nice to have some time alone. Then on that Saturday I had a little surprise planed for him..no, no not a party. I had the girls spend the night at the Grandma's houses. After we drooped them off we went home watched a movie and just relaxed. Then I made him leave for awhile and made him a special dinner and dessert. It was by candle light and flowers. It was so nice to have an entire night alone with him;)
I think he had a great Birthday!
There are a lot of Birthdays in this Month! So that same Saturday before we dropped the girls of we went to Logan's First Birthday Party. Trinity and Logan are only seven days apart! It was great he loved his Elmo cake! Dawn did a great job decorating and making it look so cute. Then it was Logan's turn to have his own cake...well he got a cupcake. His had red frosting hehehe it was great to watch him.Maddy got in on the cupcake action too.
Well that was pretty much it for February. We are looking froward to March I will be checking in more often and giving more detail on what we have been doing and just some of my random thoughts too. I realize I love doing this more then I thought=)

Happy 18th Birthday Jon!

Today is Nathans brothers Birthday he is 18! Wow I remember him being so cute and only 10 when I first met him. Crazy how time flies by. I hope you had a great day Jon! We love you lots. You are a crazy cool kid, that I have high hopes for! Love you! Here is a pic from this summer. This is the most recent picture I had=)

Ok I am going to do this!!

Well Here it goes.. I have not posted an update since November.. a lot has happened so this is going to take a while. It is now 12:06.. lets see how long this takes me. Maddy and Trinity are asleep so I hope they stay that way till this is done.

November was an exciting month for us. Tracie and Ricky arrived in WA on the 15th (I think). We knew for a long time they were coming so it seemed like November would never come but it did.
They arrived with a belly full of baby. Tracie had the glow. She was excited for her little one to come but anxious to get every thing in order. The first couple days was all business for them getting a Doctor getting Medical coverage and what not. They got all that taken care of, had there first Doc appointment and got an Ultrasound. They were glad to find out it was still a girl=)
They also got to meet Trinity for the first time and they loved her instantly. Ricky and Trinity hit it off they just loved each other!

After getting settled in for a couple weeks we enjoyed Thanksgiving together. It was the Fist time in Two years we had all been around the table together. What a blessing it was.

December proved to be just as exciting if not even more. First we had Madison's Second Birthday party. It was Cinderella, since she has an obsession with her at the moment. It was fun She was so excited to blow out candles and open presents! She got a lot of great stuff... Too bad Christmas is around the corner for her and she will get more stuff. I am thinking about having a party for her in the summer as she gets a little older so she don't have her Birthday and Christmas all in the same month.
Next came getting a Christmas Tree... We went to Thortons Tree Farm. It was a beautiful day out. The sky was clear the sun was shining and it was cold. We had a great time. After the guys cut down the trees, we went and checked out all the Animals. Madison could not ask for any thing better. She was having a ball. She loved feeding the Donkey, and sheep. She was laughing and just thought it was the best thing ever. Alexis and Brandon like it but are getting older now and just wanted to move on to the Hot chocolate.. I think Tracie and Ricky were having fun but not enjoying the cold weather. It is Summer in Cuzco right now, and it never gets this cold there. They were troopers but enjoyed getting hot chocolate to warm up as much as the kid's did. Next came decorating the tree. It went pretty fast and the kids helped a little. I just love to see the kids face when I bring down 10 boxes of ornaments and say ok so who is going to help..lol They were great but I did most the work,which is fine cuz I am very particular about how I want things.. That is something I try to work on. =)
After The fun times that the Christmas tree brought we had a couple weeks of down time before the big day! Christmas! It took much time to prepare and only minutes to get threw, but it is worth every second. I enjoyed this Christmas so much! I had all the people around me that I cared about the most. Whitney flew in from Ohio for a few days, Tracie and Ricky were here. It was great. We ate a lot, we laughed a lot, a couple kids cried but all in all it was the one of the Best Christmas' I have ever had.
Ok so it is now 12:48... and you people wonder why I don't update this very often!

So the next great event was New Years eve. It was a night to remember the past year and a chance to celebrate the one to come. I think it was a great night for Tracie and Ricky too. They knew any day now they could be having a baby. We had a fun night of playing games, I made some yummy snacks.. so it was waiting for what seemed like for ever.. for the ball to Drop and the clock to strike 12! It came and it went with a bang.. fire works, cheering, and a ton of HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Well I think what comes next is what we were all waiting for, the arrival of Precious Isabella, she came in to the world on January 10, 2008 at 1:10 am. She weighed 6lbs. 14oz. She took awhile to get here but Tracie got it done! She was so strong and didn't even complain! It was so amazing to be there when she was born. I am so greatful to Tracie for letting me be there and experience that with her. I think it brought us closer and we will forever share that bond. I do not have any sisters, she is the closes I will ever come to having one, and I couldn't ask for any thing better. She is so kind and so loving. She has a big heart and a knowledgeable mind. She loves Christ so much. I look up to her and respect her so much. I enjoyed the time we had together and miss her greatly. I look froward to having many more memories and getting to know her even more.

On January 27th we had Tracie's Baby shower. It was a great turn out. She got a lot of nice things. Diane and I threw the shower for her. I was so happy to be able to be a part of it all. Thanks to all who came to support Tracie and shower her and Isabella with love and gifts.

Isabella being born was bitter sweet. We all knew after she was born Tracie and Ricky would be leaving soon. Once they got Isabella's Passport and social security card they would be leaving for Chili. =( That sad day arrived not a moment too soon. They left on Janurary 29th. As much as we understand why they live so far away it still is sad when they go. We miss them and wait everyday for new Pictures and updates on little Isabella. She is about seven weeks old now.

Well this is not all of the story up to this point since it is almost the end of February, but I have to sign off. Maddy is awake and there is no being on the computer and concentrating when she is awake=) it is now 1:23pm so wow that took a long time but I hope you enjoy=) I will try to be back soon to finish the update.

Giving up..

I hate to say this... but I have really given up on posting Blogs. I try really hard to keep it up but I some how never find the time. Funny I can check Myspace five million times a day but I can not take the time to post on here.. Yes yes I know bad me. I will try to give a lets see four month up date soon=) Thanks for checking in to see how things are sorry there has not been much lately... more to come I promise.

Family Fun..

It has only been a month since I last wrote!! I am doing better. I have lots to share. We have had some fun times this past month lots of stuff going on in our lives. First was Halloween!
We went to the Harvest Festival at church on Friday then on Halloween we just went around the neighborhood. It was a little cold out but not to bad. We had a lot of fun! I had so much fun dressing the girls up this year. Trinity was Mini Mouse, Maddy was Tinkerbell, Alexis was a cheerless cheerleader(lol) and Brandon was a skull guy. They got so much candy! The week before Halloween Dawn and I took the kids to get there pictures taken together.. these are some of the best pictures ever! I am so glad we did it!

Next are some cute pics me and Alexis took of her room after we decorated it. She is obsessed with pokadots right now so we did her entire room in pokadots. It was a lot of fun. He hair looks really cute here I put them in rollers.. funny stuff!

On to the next part of the story... I went out with my Friend Kelli for her Birthday she was turning 25 so we had tons of people meet up at the Back Ailey so we could sing some Karaoke and have some fun!! we had a blast lots of people showed up and I think she had a great time. Fun times.

This last weekend Alexis had her 12th Birthday party. We did an old Hollywood theme. It turned out way cute! She looked so cute too. She had invited a lot of girls but only a couple could make it. She was really disappointed in her Best Friend Tessa.. She got grounded two days before the party! She had a lot of fun anyway.
We did karaoke and Twister and had a lot of food and snacks. It was great fun. She got lots of cute stuff. She even got a T.V. and DVD player. They are spoiled.

So I have to share a couple cute pictures of Trinity. A couple weks ago she would not take a nap for anything. She was so tired one day but refused to sleep, so at dinner Nathan was feeding her she was eating away having a great time then the next thing you know she was out. She actually fell asleep in her High Chair. I have seen this on T.V. or had people tell me about it but none of my kids have ever done it so I was excited to get some pictures... I hope you enjoy them.

Now here comes the most exciting news... Tracie and Ricky are Here!!!! They arrived yesterday at 5:15pm. It was so great to finally see them. We had a little birthday party for her and had dinner. I am so happy to be able to spend some time with her and get to know her better. I do not have any sisters so it will be great to be able to have the feeling like I do at least for the few months they are here. She looks so cute too, her tummy is getting bigger and she has "the glow" I have not downloaded the pictures from last night I will post them soon. Hope you all have had a great month! More to come soon.. choa

A long one!!!

When I first stared this blog I made a promise to myself that I would keep up with it! As you can see it has bee over two months since I last posted anything...oops. Well today will be a re-cap/cram session of what has gone on in our lives. So I hope you enjoy=) When we left off last we had spent a day in Rockaway with Nathan's family.
The next Big adventure was LAS VEGAS!!!! My Mom ,brother, and I flew to Vegas for six days. We left on August 10th. This is the first time that we have ever gone anywhere just the three of us. It is somthing I will never forget. We had a great time minus the bag of stuff I left in a cab totaling around $300! (Oh well) The first night was great we went shopping and played some slots! Daniel won like$100 in the first twenty minutes!!! A few of my friends had flown to Vegas a couple days before so we all met up did some shopping and had some drinks it was Great!
That night we went to NOVE an Italian restaurant at the Palms where we stayed. It was the best food I have ever had! We had a great time. We left on Sunday evening for Utah. My Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad all live in southern Utah so we rented a car and drove there for a few days. I had not seen my Grandpa in a long time, like six years! I use to live in Utah when I was in Jr. High so it was great to go back and see how things have changed. I even got to visit with my best friend Brandi from Jr. High. It was crazy! I have a lot of Family that live in Utah all on my Dads side. I have a lot of great memories of them and so it was nice to go back and see everyone. On Tuesday we drove to Parowen, Utah where my real Grandma is buried. We got to see the house my grandpa grew up in and the house his mother was born in. We have never done any of this with my Mom it was nice for her to be able to see everything. We drove threw Brian head(no snow this time of year) then to Canyon Cliffs then on threw Zion National park. I had done all this as a kid but never appreciated it as much. I never really took it all in like I did this time. It is too bad what we miss as children. We don't take things for there beauty. We look around and say wow a couple times then get back in the car and put our headphones on and read our Teen Beat...lol. After we did our visiting in Utah it was back to Vegas for the day then we headed home. It was a great time.
Our next adventure of the summer was Cannon beach with my Mom and all four kids! It was the perfect day. The water was warn the sun was shining! The kids had a blast! Alexis and Brandon played in the water for hours. Maddy loved playing in the sand and water. We had a great time. Trin even played in the sand. We had lunch and Pig'n'Pancake. Played in the Arcade, got some salt water taffy. It was a perfect day trip!
Well My 28th Birthday was the next event of the summer... not that I was too excited to turn 28!!! Well at least I am still in my Twenties.... lol We went to dinner at Sakura of Japan.. kinda like Benihanas. It was fun. Then on Sunday my mom took me shopping and spoiled me. I got lots of new clothes it was Sweet!!!
So are you bored yet?? Well I am not done sorry heehee... We got to go Shotting around that time too. It is Nathans favorite thing to do so we went up for a few hours just Nathan, Brandon and my self. Brandon had a blast!
Nathan big event for the Summer was going Camping!!!! We went for the night with Alexis, Brandon, Trent, & Heidi. It was awesome! Brandon and Alexis had so much fun making fire. They both had there own. I made beef stew and read my Book. Trent, Nathan, and Brandon went on a hike.... got kinda lost and didn't come back for three hours!!! They were all dirty and sweating, Brandon didn't have a shirt on and got some scratches from bushes when they had to climb up a hill that was all over grown. Nathan had to carry him on his back!!! Poor guys!!! The next morning me made breakfast and hung out for a bit. The kids got some cardboard and slid down this big hill it was so hilarious. Trent even tried a few times! So so funny.
It the mist of all this fun My best friend moved away! I am sad to see her go but I think it is one of the best decisions she could have made. I miss her everyday and love her so much. I hope she gets to come visit soon=) Oh ya and Trinity started crawling! Maddy is talking more ,they are growing up so Fast!!!!
Well the summer is officially over! It is raining and stormy now. It is nice to wear jeans and hoodies again I love it!!! The kids started School, leaves are falling. The best news we have I have kept for last. Alexis and Brandon are now here more! Nathan and I moved October 1st. We moved just around the corner from the kids. I get them every Tuesday after School they spend the night and go home home the next day, we get them Friday AND Saturday nights now too. So I see them more I am closer to them and Life it good!! Moving was not fun but it is over now! We are slowly unpacking and getting things organized. It is a new Chapter in our lives and I look froward to making more memories.
We are excited for Tracie and Ricky to get here I can't wait. Well I have gone on and on. Thanks for checking in on us, and i promise I will keep up with bloging!!! Love ya!!!