Our Family,

So its that time again that I start writing my blog.  I hope this time I stick with it!  Recently I taught a Sunday school class on the importance of writing in your journal and it really hit me.  My family and of course God is the most important thing in my life and I need to document our life. I also read something from Pres Monson about the importance of setting goals.  So my goal is to write at least once a week.  We shall see how it goes......

So much has changed over the years.... Our family has grown from three to six!  Yes we know have four wonderful kids!  I feel like our family is finally complete!  We have three girls; Kaylee, Payton and Madilyn and we just had our first son Gabriel Axe.  I will spend more time on them soon.  We now live in Mississippi!  What a crazy place!  I will also have a blog just on that!  I think we will start with Mr. Gabe since he is 3 weeks old today!

Another good day.... I worked to day. I work at Memorial ED as an RN. I have been there for 3 yrs now and still love it. I only work 1-2 days a week now, its just enough to get me some adult time. I love being a nurse.... It is so much better than going to school... I dont miss that one bit! Kaylee and Payton go to Cassandras house for Daycare. They both really enjoy it there. Kaylee always comes home with the cutest new art projects!

To finish on yesterdays post......

After Memorail day, Eric and I drove back to Colorado. We had one more week to spend together before he got sent to Afganistan. We took the girls to see Royal George. Its the highest suspension bridge in the whole world. Kaylee got pretty nervous walking across. She also got to see a magic show there and ride some rides. It was a good time.
Saying goodbye to Eric was harder then I thought. Thankfully the girls are here to keep me buxy. He was so sweet he wrote me a letter and hid little notes all though the house. I am still finding them! We do miss Eric so much, but we are so proud! I also feel so blessed that we have technology like we do. We are able to talk and see him almost every day. He seems like he is pretty busy at work. But he is the right man for the Job. He is good at what he does. His motivation and drive impresses me. He is a good man and we are blessed to have him in our life.
I knew Kaylee would have a hard time saying goodbye to her daddy so we planned another trip to Utah. Me and the girls drove half way and then stayed in a hotel. Kaylee had a good time swimming. We woke up and drove the rest of the way to Shars house... Kaylee and Laycee played and played! Ty came down for 3 of the days... we went to the park, pool and the movies. Oh and of course we stopped at the cheese factory for some yummy squecky cheese! The kids all slep in the play room downstairs... they had to much fun! kaylee would get laughing so hard! I got to watch Shawn one day... it was so much fun! Finally he needed me, he would walk me all around the house making me get things for him. It was the best!

New Challange

So.... I started this 8 week challenge.... One of the things I have to do is start Journal. I am so bad at this! But it will be a good thing! So much has happened since my last blog. I now have two wonderful little girls, Eric is doing well, We are getting ready to move soon.... so much to do so little time.

Kaylee Jade is now 5. She is the best big sister a girl could ever have. She loves to help me in anyway she can. She loves to sing and dance and put on little shows for EVERYONE! One of her songs she made up goes like this "step away from my buried" and "I'm four check your pockets zip" Her favorite thing to do is to play barbies. She is in ballet and t-ball.

Payton is now 3 months old. She is such a happy baby. She is starting to giggle, and play with toys. She loves to cuddle... and always sleeps with her arms above her head. Her swing is her favorite place to lounge. She has already been to Nana's house in Cali and in Utah. She has also been to Auntie Lese's and Auntie Shar Shars.... She is a great traveler, but I'm sure she will be glad to live much closer to her cousins just like miss Kaylee.

We have already had a busy summer.... We started it with a trip to Cali to see my mom. We stayed there for over a month! It was great! Nana and Papa took such great care of us. We went to Marine World with the Millers. The kids had a great time riding the rides.... and we even got splashed by the dolphins! Eric and I then drove to Utah to spend Memorial day close to my brothers grave. His grave was decorated so beautifully. I still can't believe he has been gone for one year... And I seem to miss him more and more as the time passes. I feel so blessed of the time I got to spend with him, I only wish I could have spent more time with him. Kaylee still asks to go to his house... She remembers the toys and the treat bowl! I hope I can keep that memorie alive for her. In one of his last days, he talked to me about how to fish so I can teach Kaylee the right way to do it. One day I will fish with him again. I love you L.D

Christmas!!!

I can't believe it came and went.... It went by way too fast this year. This year I have so much to be thankful for. I am blessed with the best daughter ever. She was truly picked out for me. Her and I have so much fun together. And let me tell you does she ever have me wrapped around her finger. She is doing so well, and has only been sick once this winter. No more scares with the nuts..(we are keeping a close eye!!) She is talking so much and has the cutest little voice!! She loves to sing and dance. She really loves to paint. We got her the magic light paint thing and she used up all the paint in one day. Her new thing is to tell me that she is too busy... It is so funny when ever I ask her to do something she tells me that. I just roll my eyes and tell her to get it done.

I am also so thankful for my family... They are always there for me know matter what time. I love that I can call my sister at 11 at night and know that she will answer!! We are crazy night owls!! Tomorrow Kaylee and I are flying out to Utah... then we will drive to Cali. We are so excited it will be so much fun. It's only been a month since I've seen the fam but man am I ready for the craziness again!!

I am so grateful of my family being so supportive of me going to school. Both Eric and Kaylee are big helpers when its time for me to study... Which is almost all the time!! I am so glad that I am passing and can't wait till it is all behind me. I feel like I have been going to school forever.. but soon it will be behind me!!

I am also so thankful for my friends.... There have been so many time that they have picked me up and helped me keep going. This year has been a rough one, without them it would have been so much harder. They make me laugh and give me an out let for all of my stress!! Thank you all so much, know that I love you and really appreciate all the things you have done for me.

And lastly I would like to thank all the men and women who are serving. I have so many friends who are "down range" right know. The sacrifices they have made to help keep us safe is amazing. We will never know what they have see or what they have gone through. It is a totally different place, but I am so thankful that they are there making sure that the place stays far away from us!! Please keep them and their family's in your prayers. A friend of mine wrote me and told me how three men died on Christmas day. Keep them in your prayers, be thankful that they are doing what they are doing. As a member of the military... I will never forget.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.... And have a great New Year!!!

Love you All!!!

School!!!!

School has taken over my life!!! I cant wait till they say guess what you have passed!! I dont even want to do the pinning thing.... just give me my diploma and send me on my way. Everything has been put on the back burner, but I guess in the end it will be worth it!! Kaylee is so cute and loves to help mommy with her homework!! She is quite creative and loves to paint!! We had a great time in Utah with out family. I just wish I had more time to visit my friends too!! I am missing Emily, Cam and Karlee so much!!! I wish they would just move back and we could do play groups again. I have been so busy with school that I have not been able to find a new play group for Kaylee. Hopefully during Christamas break. I have meet some great people in my class. My new friend Erika and I have gotten really close. She is like 20 yrs younger than me (okay so only 6) but she is too cute!! I am so excited for snowboarding season. It snowed last night so hopefully Kaylee and I can play in the snow before we have to go to school!! Well I miss and love you all. Take care!!

So it has been way too long since my last post. I have been so busy it has been crazy. I finally started nursing school this fall and it really has taken up the bulk of my time. I have also started working a few days a week. I really love being a nurse and cant wait until i am a "real nurse" (RN) Kaylee is getting so big and is taking up a storm. She says everything so I really have to watch what I say. Her favorite is bull *$%& and yesterday a guy cut me off so i called him an a** hole... Of course my little one said it after me. I am the best example ever. She calls me her best friend... I love it!!! I will be so sad when she grows up and does not need me as much. Or worse doesn't want me around. Now I am the only person she wants.....

Recently we had another scare with miss Kaylee. She was a daycare and ate a cashew. I guess she is allergic because I had to call the ambulance to take her to the E.R. Her tongue was swollen and she started drooling. She had the worst rash all over her body. Now miss thing has to have an epi pen everywhere we go!! How crazy is that? It was soooo scary. I am so thankful that she is okay. I love my little angle.

Kaylee is also potty trained!! She was 2 weeks after her 2 yr old birthday. She was really easy to train!! I am so lucky. I guess because she was such a hard baby, heavenly father thought he would give me a break!! She is also really well behaved, and very polite. I am so proud of her. She loves having friends over and meeting new friends. She is always saying hi to any kid when she sees them, "hi friend" she will say. Last weekend we went camping and Kaylee had a bunch of kids to play with. She was the youngest, but she was the ring leader. Anytime she would go somewhere when we came back all the kids would run up to her and give her tons of hugs. It was too cute!!!

Kaylee loves to color and paint. She will spend hours with a marker and a coloring book (yes a marker, crayons are not good enough for her). She loves playing with her dolls. Her favorite one is her little mermaid barbie that her Nana bought her in California.

We had a great summer, Kaylee's favorite thing to do was go swimming!! She did not like getting splashed though. She still loves going to the park and taking Emma for walks. Right now she is with her daddy hiking up the incline. They just called and she said "I want to go home" its been a long day. Well I should go start dinner.

Vermont!!!

Wow... I really need to get on the ball!! We went to VT in March to see Erics Family. We had the best time!! Just check out the pics!!