Now YOU know my ABC's

                                                          

                                                           

A is for Antenna, my mommy antenna. i swear we grow them when we become moms. It tunes us into our kids {and even our husbands}and helps us to keep them safe and connect with them! 
B is for Brock. Without him I am lost, he is my sweet tender loving boy, my cuddler! My first experience of becoming a mother,he has taught me so much and he is so precious to me! He is growing so fast and will drive all the girls crazy with his adorable face, beautiful eyes and big heart! 

C  is for Chaos. I feel like i am always running around like a chicken with her head cut off.  Controlled chaos is my goal for the new year. I understand that with boys there will always be some chaos.
D is for Domestic Engineer (aka at home mom) Which my teenage self never thought I would become but my grown up self is learning to love.
E is for Excitable! I am so easily excited! Simple things. And i hope i can always have this! Because its always the simple things in life that bring pure joy!
F is easily for Family. My family is who I am and what I do. It is my past, future, and forever.
G is for Girl. I was always the tom boy as a child and now with a husband and  2 sons, I have never felt more like a girly girl in all my life. and i love it!
H is for Home. i love creating and making things for my home.  i love to make it a happy place full of my creativity and my childrens happy memories.

I  is for Irresistible sugar! Anyone that knows me knows that i love sweets! But being  hypoglycemic i've found that it's become my devil on the shoulder. I'm learning that the strength lies in moderation and protein.
J is for Jaxon. My amazingly strong fighter! His first few months of life were scary but our love and his strength pushed him through.Now today at 2 1/2 he is crazy smart and wants to learn about everything. He is crazy hilarious and i couldn't imagine my life without him!
K is for Kids in which I have 2. Two boys to teach me the real meaning of crazy mom patience and love.They are my world!
L is for Laptop. My right hand, my companion, the tool of my trade. Things its most used for: Editing, blogging, and looking up clever ideas to use with my kids and home.
M is for Mom. I never would be able to be the mother and woman that i am today if it wasn't for my own awesomely awesome mother. She is my best friend!
N is for Neighbors. We miss our old neighbors so much but are learning that our new ones are just as great!! Brock and Jaxon have the cutest friends here!

O is for Optimism. I can always look at the brighter side of things.The glass is always half full.
P is for Photography, my passion. I've finally found my outlet. my way to express my creativity. It's such an amazing feeling to look through my lens and create art.
Q is for quiet... the word that never happens at our house. so when i find it, i hold on to it for as long as possible.
R is for Ryan. the man, the provider, the stability! He keeps me grounded and real. He makes me want to be a better person, to try harder and to do more! And especially for those who know him you know he's one of the hardest workers ever!! 
S is for Surprises. I don't like surprises, i think its mostly my controlling inner-self. They give me anxiety. But to plan surprises is the best! i love surprising others!
T is for Twenty  Eight. I have joined the group of the late twenties. So I'm raising a toast, may the last couple  years of my twenties be made great!
U is for Utah. The state where I live.It is beautiful and i couldn't live without the 4 seasons. I {stubbornly} still claim idaho as a huge part of me though. 

V is for Vacation. My favorite vacation so far was my honeymoon in Mexico!! Cabo is beautiful and it visits my dreams frequently. 

W is for Women I admire.  My mom for always being there for support, and for always helping me to see things though others eyes.  And my friend Nicole  who truly loves being a mother and is one of the best ones Ive ever seen.
X is for X-mas. {CHRISTmas} My favorite holiday. My favorite memories as a child were helping my mom decorate the tree, and finding everyone that perfect gift and OF COURSE getting the perfect gifts! I love the spirit of christmas!
Y is for Yellow. One of my favorite colors next to Teal. Sunsets, sunflowers and bananas. Whats not to love.
Z is for Zest. My passion for life. May it never grow dim or be found lost.

Its that time of year again.....

 

                      Since i probably won't be sending our family Christmas card to all of you in the mail i still wanted to say Merry Christmas to all of you on here!!!!  I am so proud that this year i finally learned how to utilize my photoshop and made this card (thanks to smarter people online) I don't remember exactly where i found this one.

I have the hardest time with stinkin photoshop (its gonna be the death of me) and i know that all i need to do is just take a class.  So i have been trying and trying to find a way to make these myself {for free}! It killed me to have to pay other people to do what i could do myself!! So yay me!!!!! I finally found a way to do it!!! Mostly i couldn't have figured this out without jamie! Girl, i love you for showing me the simplest thing, i owe you!!!  If anyone wants our family card just send me your address and i'd love to get one to you!! i don't want to forget anyone! This year especially, i lost my address book, (i'm freakin out) and i am scrounging to find everyone's addresses! So i hope i don't miss any of you!!!!

finally.... some family pictures!

First day of school.....

Brock was so excited for his first day back to preschool!! I was a little worried that he was going to feel unsure going into a new year with all new friends, but the little sweetie was so excited and loved every single one of them! I love his teacher almost as much as he does! she is so cute with them and provides the most creative environment!  we carpool with the most adorable little girl that just moved into our neighborhood. Her name is kate and they have so much fun together!!

  I can't bring him out of his shell and i can't make him say please and thank when he needs to and i can't make him wash his hands every time he touches something icky... but i can teach him and be an example and hope his little sponge brain absorbs it!!  I'm so proud of him! 

baby GIRL onesies....

Okay, so i was SO excited to make these onesies! my neighbor is having a baby GIRL...after having 3 boys... and so i couldn't wait to make her something with bows!!  It was so fun to make something for a little GIRL! I literally had to restrain myself from making tons and tons of things for her!! I'm sure this is the reason why i was blessed with 2 little boys!! my little girl would be so decked out with bows and who knows what else....  So i hope she loved them as much as i do!

Something that I hope to instill in my boy's hearts now is to "be you." So they can avoid changing who they are to fit in the right crowd instead be proud of their own uniqueness. Now... how in the world do you do that? :)

Happiness....

This quote really speaks to me I really needed to be reminded of this idea of happiness. There have been times in my life when it was up to me to choose it. Then even more up to me to continue to seek it. I love the reminder to keep praying even after the crisis has passed--another note to self.


"I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.
You fight for it
strive for it
insist upon it
and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations for your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will leak away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."
-elizabeth gilbert

Palisades with the fam

Okay warning.... i've posted a ton of pictures with this post. i took so many when we went to palisades and i just had to share!! we had so much fun with everyone, especially all the kids!! brock was in heaven! he thought it was the coolest thing in the world to sleep in sleeping bags with all of his cousins!! We love that our family has so many great traditions! It is so much fun to be so close and to be able to do so many memorable things together! we love all you guys so much!!

happy birthday big boy!!

Brock had the best birthday party ever!! He had all of his favorite friends there minus hunter and hayden.... they had another party to go to. Brock decided that he wanted his party to be a transformer theme! He loves transformers!! and we've been looking everywhere for the animated transformer movies and we can't find them anywhere, so if any of you know where they are... tell me, tell me, tell me!! any way, brock loved having all of his friends here playing games and celebrating his birthday! The guests included: andy, kayson, talmage, ethan, parker, shae and kenzie. This was our first friend birthday party so far and it was by far more than i thought it would be! we loved it and i'll be much more prepared next time! man, with 8 little kids runnin around... phew!! after they all left brock jaxon and i crashed hard!!

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