Kids Club Vancouver, WA

This place is so awesome!!

Madison and Trinity love going to Kids club. It is a huge jungle of slides tubes balls and pretty much whatever you can think of to keep your kids busy for three hours. I usually go for about three hours but the funny thing is they are not wanting to leave even tho they are super worn out and have climbed and played on everything twenty times. It is a little spendy around $5.00 each kid. Well for me it is worth it. They have so much fun and by time we get home they are all worn out and take around three hour naps!! That to me is worth the five bucks for sure!
We have been going twice a month. It is a great way to network with people about my Photography too. I usually have my nice camera with me and take tons of pictures. It is a conversation starter for sure. They oh and aww over my big lens. Then ask if I am a photographer, I give them my card and chat about how I started taking pictures and what not. I have even gotten there email address and sent them pictures of there kids I have taken while playing with the girls. (Madison sure can make a friend in about three seconds.)

So if you live in Vancouver you should check it out. Or if you want to come along with me it is a great way to get some Mom chat time in while the kids play.

Here are a few pics of the girls playing.

13 weeks pregnant

I'm so sorry if I have left you all wondering what happened to me..lol
Only Joking. I have had no interest in blogging lately. I am too tired by the end of the night to take two hours to write and edit and upload pictures. I have been extra busy with just one more kid around. I have track practice, and meets, mutual. and other church related activities she is involved in. Alexis is a busy girl! On top of that I am still having all day sickness but not as bad. I have been really tired lately! Like drag my lifeless body out of bed get breakfast for the girls and lay on the couch for three hours tired! Nathan even came home early today so I could sleep. Madison came into our bed in the middle of the night to sleep and I just couldn't sleep after that. I have been having really bad head aches too. BLAH! I am hoping in the next couple weeks this will all get a lot better. Around 16 weeks I usually start to enjoy my pregnancy instead of just dealing with it.

The last few weeks have been busy! Mothers day was really nice we went to Nathans parents for lunch and then I made a huge Italian dinner for my Mom. We all had a great day. It is nice to have the ability to spend the day with both of the Moms in my life. I am so blessed to have two amazing women in my life that are so different but yet love there kids with the same kind of love and devotion. Thanks for helping me and teaching me things that with out you I may have never known. Thank you Mom for always being there and being willing to do anything to make my life a little easier. You are not only my Mom but my friend and I am so happy to have you in my life. Patti, Thank you for being an amazing Mother to a son I love so very much. Thank you for always having great advice and giving me a positive out look on things. You are kind and loving and I appreciate you so much.

I know it is a couple weeks late but to all you Moms out there I hope you had a great day!


I will try to keep you all updated and blog more but no promises. I am sure in the next few weeks I will get my energy back and be on here a lot more. =)

On a side note School is almost out! Can you believe in 4 weeks the kids will be done and it will be summer!! Wahoo!! The warm weather is starting to creep up to the Northwest and I am excited!!!! We bought a pool and slip n slide last weekend it was really nice but the rain came back today of course! It is going to be nice for like the next week, so I hope my tan will get a little better=)














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Prayers answered

I have to say that I am more happy at this point in my life then ever before. I feel the presence of the Lord and the power of prayer more then ever before in my life. The feelings I am having inside are so surreal, to have wanted something for so long to have prayed and prayed and it never was exactly what you wanted but you had to be at peace with the outcome because you knew it was meant to be at that time but then for the situation to turn and it becomes what you want is unlike any emotion I can put into words.
I just want to say thank you thank you thank you! Thank You God! Thank you friends and family!
I have a new responsibility with this change, it is one I am afraid of and one I am more willing to take head on then anything ever before in my life!
We look forward to this new life and the blessing and the challenges that come with it. I will need advice and guidance and a bunch more prayer but the biggest hurdle has been overcome.

~Life~

I asked God to take away my pain. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to grant me patience. God said, No. Patience is a by-product of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is earned.

I asked God to give me happiness. God said, No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain. God said, No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, No. You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, No. I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things.

I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as he loves me. God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.


Amen!

10 weeks Pregnant

10 Weeks in!!!

I am starting to feel a little better one day, then the next it is way worse! I am hoping this doesn't last the entire time I am pregnant, I will loose my mind! Even tho I am sick all the time I do have to admit I am really excited about having another baby. I have been on a million web sites reading stuff looking at clothes and getting that anticipation flutter wondering what the sex will be. I have made the choice to get my tubes tied after this baby before I even leave the hospital so I am going to try to make the most of everything this last time.


The big reason for not blogging is I have been going threw a lot and it is just not something I have wanted to blog about. It is just so emotional and a private family matter that I feel this is not the place to vent. I will say this, I am not sure why some people feel it is necessary to treat other people in a unnecessarily forceful, rude demeaning way. Especially a child. I have struggled with my feeling and emotions toward this person for the last nine years and just when you give your trust back to them they rip it away. It is sad, unfortunate and this time I feel something has to be done no matter the ripple effect. All I can do is pray for this person and the situation and hope for the best. I have tried in the past to take all the pain worry and frustration on alone and once I gave it all to the Lord I felt at peace and knew that he would take care of the situation, my only responsibility is to fight for what I believe speak my mind and take the steps to protecting my self and the one I love.

All I can ask of all of you is to just say a little prayer for the situation to work out in the easiest fastest way possible. =)

Here are some cute funny silly pics of me Alexis and B=) Enjoy!

New Place of Residence

This my friends has become my new home. I can't escape it. I don't think I have ever had "morning sickness" this bad EVER! I can not even go to the grocery store with out visiting the porcelain demon! I feel nauseous all the time rarely does it go away. I am not sure why it is this bad. Can I hope that it means there is a little man growing in side of me... I am not sexist but I would think a little lady wouldn't be doing this to me...hahaha only joking.

Seriously tho I am having a really hard time with this. It is exhausting and all I want to do is lay down with my eyes closed, that just don't happen in my world. I have two little munchkins running around and one is very vocal.

I will say that today was wonderful as far as being able to sleep in a little. Nathan stays home on Wednesdays and it is a life saver. I think that normally Wednesday is the hardest day of the week. It is three days in and then you still have two more to go till the weekend. It helps so much to have him home to help. He made dinner tonight too... it was really sweet he let the girls help him. He even put on there little aprons that grandma made them. It was adorable. They had a blast! He let them set the table, he told them to put a plate at Mommys spot and they knew where to put it!

Oh how I love days like today. (aside from feeling horrible)

So let me know if you have a miracle sickness nausea remedy, PLEASE

Easter Weekend

This weekend was fun. Saturday I had a purse party here at my house for Whitney. My house was full of chatting and laughing ladies. It was great fun! We had some yummy food and I think almost everyone who came bought a purse! I got one, it was my Easter(begged Nathan) gift..lol

Before the Party I gave the kids there Easter baskets. I put them on the door step and made sure they were all busy then rang the door bell. I yelled "I think the door is for Alexis, Brandon, Maddy and Trinity"!!!! They all came running. I let Madison and Trin open the door. The big kids were like why did you put our baskets on the porch..I gave them the look and told them to be quiet and enjoy there candy! I didn't want them to ruin it for the little girls. They didn't even want to dye eggs or do a hunt this year, I guess they are getting to old for all that stuff. They enjoyed all that they got and the little ladies were so excited!! They just kept saying yahh eder badkets.. it was funny.

Sunday we relaxed the early part of the day, then went to Nathans parents for dinner and an egg hunt(inside). I made cupcakes and a filling for an angel food cake roll Patti had made. It turned out so good!!! Whitney and I had made the filling just has a dip for strawberries the night before at the purse party. When Patti said she was making angel food cake and strawberries I told her I would bring a topping, she let me know it was a roll and asked if I had enough to fill the entire roll. I did and it was great!! It is three simple ingredients cream cheese, jet puff marshmallow cream and powder sugar. You mix all the ingredients with a hand mixer till smooth. It is good as a filling, topping or dip. You should all try it!

After dinner and dessert we filled eggs for the mini hunt. Nathan kept the girls busy while Patti and Gabe hid all the eggs and smarties. Then we let them go for it. It was a lot of fun to watch them scurry around trying to find the eggs, Madison had an easier time then Trinity and only because once Trin found an egg she wanted to open it and eat whatever was inside. So we had to keep telling her to keep looking. Once they were all done looking we let them indulge in there candy and then about 15 minutes later we regretted it, they were having sugar over load meltdowns..lol So we headed home and put them to bed. It took them two hours to fall asleep!!! So no more Easter candy after 1pm from now on. =)

All in all it was a great weekend. Thanks to all who have Congratulated us on our Pregnancy we are both very excited. We told Madison and Trinity there is a baby in my belly and Madison can't be more happy she says she wants a baby in her tummy too. I told her she has to wait a long long time for that! I asked her if she wants a brother or sister and she said a baby brother! I told her that Mommy wanted her to have a baby brother too. So we will keep our fingers crossed. If it is not a boy then that is ok too. We will take whatever the Lord gives us. Our only hope is that it is healthy and strong. We hope you all had a great Easter and took time to remember aside from eggs and bunnies the true meaning of the holiday.

She was really happy

Madison so excited to get an Easter basket
Brandon and his basket
Super cute

She found an egg and was looking inside

So happy to find a candy in the cushion
Hanging with Grandpa eating her candy

My pretty girl.

Crumbs

I can't wait any longer to tell you all my exciting news! i know I know it's ny been one day..lol
Nathan said I am being silly by not telling everyone. I thought I was just playing a cute little game. I guess I am not very good at it, and I shouldn't use this blog to tell everyone(or at least the people who read it) But oh well why not....heehee

So... Yes I am Pregnant I am due November 25th, I will be 8 weeks on Monday=)

I am really hoping it is a boy!!!

Happy Easter.

I have some exciting news!!

BUT....

Y0u will have to wait a couple weeks...or days to find out. I haven't decided yet. It is good and juicy news too, the kind that makes you get butterflies in your tummy!

No emails, phone calls or comments asking what I am talking about, or I will make you wait even longer. heehee
=)

So check back often!

I promise you will know by the end of the month.

April Fools..hahahaha

Today is April fools day so I thought it would be a good idea to play a little prank on some of my Myspace, facebook and twitter friends. Since my recent trip to Utah I thought it would be a perfect idea to tell everyone we were moving there this summer... hahaha it worked. Within 3 minutes of posting this I had 4 emails and three phone calls! It continued threw out the day, I was so pleased with my self because normally I am not good at pulling off jokes.

Our trip went really well, we spent a lot of time with family and reminisced a lot! We had a lot of activities to keep us busy and wear us out! I was so happy my kids got to see this part of my life and meet some of my Family. They clicked really well with everyone! They even said they wouldn't mind living there someday. I was a little surprised by that comment, what city kid wants to move to the middle of nowhere! It was a good feeling to know that they could appreciate a beautiful place like Hurricane, UT.

Our drive home was horrible! It was one storm after another. When we were leaving Hurricane a bad wind storm hit and lasted about a hundred miles. Then once we hit Salt Lake there was a bad Snow Storm. I was driving in the snow going 30 mph! It was stressful and gave me a headache after an hour so I had Daniel drive. We called my mom after awhile to ask her to check to see if any roads were closed or how long this was going to last. Well The roads were closed 15 miles into Idaho, so we decided to stop at the last town in UT, ironically called Snowville...lol

We made it there and slept till about 7 in the morning. We checked to see if the roads were open and thankfully they were! So we headed out!

It was a long drive home, it seemed to take forever! It took us a lot longer getting home then getting to Utah, but we made it.

I have had a couple days to rest and get my self back to my normal routine.

I look forward to the next trip but am good on road trips for at least a few months=)

Quail Lake

Cute pic of Alexis
My boy is getting so big!
Tara and Lexi being cute

Zion National Park

Weeping rock
Dixi downs
Kids loving it was warm enough to swim!
St. George Temple

Dixi Downs in St.George

The Fam