•For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night. For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The past week was a hard one for me and as I woke up on this beautiful Sunday morning I felt that I should let all stress go for a minute and just enjoy all the things I have to be thankful for !
Here are the top 10 things that I am MOST thankful for in my life!
1. Our Heavenly father and savior Jesus Christ.
-I am very thankful to find such an amazing church to be apart of and the Gospel to learn and live by. Also the powers of the Atonement. In 2 Nephi 9:9 it mentions that we would end up with Satan and his angels were there no atonement so this is top of my thankful list!
2. My beautiful family. Every single one of them.
- My husband for all he does for us every single day and being there to comfort me.
- My daughter who has created a whole new perspective on life for me.
- My Daddy for all his support, my mom for all her love, my sisters for being my best friends for life, my brother for constantly making me laugh and always making things fun.
My AMAZING in-laws.
-Tyler's mom, Gerrie is as much my mother now and I love her to pieces for ALL she does for us. She is constantly giving and giving. She is most selfless person I have met. I am also thankful she is such an amazing grandmother to Madison.
Tyler's dad for teaching us so much about anything there is to learn. Tyler's little sis for all her apprecation for the meaning of family.
3. Shelter and a never ending supply of FOOD! (YUM)
- I am so thankful that we were able to purchase a beautiful home this year! I love our neighborhood and the ability to give Maddie a comfortable home to grow up in. It was a huge blessing! I am also thankful that I am able to go to the grocery store and buy food when we need it. It's crazy that we are constantly throwing out left overs and filling our carts with food while there are starving people out there figuring out how they are going to survive. I can't imagine!
4. Health
- Our family has been so blessed that we haven't had any health issues. No one has needed surgery or had a long lasted illness. Madison has always remained extrememly healthy along with Tyler and myself! I know that there are people sitting with their loved ones in hospital rooms as they battle long term diseases and my heart and prayers go out to them.
5. Our military
- I am extremely thankful that we have soliders fighting for our country and our freedom every second of every day. Even though there are a lot of hard times when Tyler is always having to leave, I know it is for good reasons and I am thankful to be apart of that.
6. My generation
-Oh my goodness, I AM SO thankful that I was born when I was! I have the ability to travel to the store in my little car, watch television, use a computer, carry my cell phone around and get a hold of people instantly, use exercise equipment, and also all the advances in medicine. I am sorry, but I don't know how the pioneers did it! They traveled across the country on foot carrying children and belongings. I am sure they were 10x the people that any of us are today but dang!! Talk about strength.
7. Education
-I am thankful that we are all able to get a solid education for ourselves. Every child gets the opportunity to go through 12 years of school and the chance to become someone brilliant. I am thankful for the year I spent at college learning about life and finding out who I really was.
8. My amazing friends
- I grew up in some what of a small town so I am thankful that I was able to grow up with the same awesome group of friends. Some of those friends I have lost touch with and some of them I still talk to every day. But I am thankful for all our great times and the awesome support that gave to me. I am also very thankful for my new friends and how loving they are!
9. My pregnancy
- Being pregnant and going through child birth was such an amazing experience and I am thankful that I was able to do that. I love looking at Maddie and knowing that my body created such a beautiful thing. I loved carrying her for 9 months and I love her even more now!
10. My youth
- I have so many amazing memories thanks to my parents who gave us a great childhood! I am so thankful I was able to partcipate in activites that I know weren't exactly cheap, go on vacations that I will remember forever, all the holidays that my mom made so special for us, and all the fun I had with my siblings! I hope to give Madison the same special memories I was given.
I am happy to now have this on my blog so that on the days that I feel crappy I can look back and read this and know I have SO many things to be thankful for and I am truly blessed.
Annnnd for fun I thought I would throw in 10 silly things I am thankful for too...
1. Make UP!! Ew my face without it will just not do.
2. My bath tub
3. My blackberry
4. Having 2 tv's. (Tyler's football games does take up the majority time on the family TV lately)
5. My Ipod (it's hanging on by it's dear life though)
6. Facebook
7. Subway
8. Car DVD players
9. Online banking and bill pay
10. My cute new fall clothes
Ok HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Oh the joy of turning 2!
The past couple of weeks I have really been struggling getting through the days with this little munchkin of mine. There are times where I think to myself how blessed I truly am with this beautiful little girl but oh my goodness, I didn't actually take into consideration the meaning of "Terrible 2's" until I saw a sudden change in this household! Tyler and I have been so exhausted latley and I thought it was just because we had taken Maddie out of her crib and into a toddler bed so that meant she was getting in and out of bed all night and then ready to begin her days at 6 A.M.! But that wasn't the only change, all day long she is constantly screaming to get her way, getting into EVERYTHING she can including dog food, lotion, shampoo, my makeup, pens (which yes resulted to her drawing all over our doors), the pantry to get cookies or marshmellows, or taking every single item of clothing out of her dresser drawers! The list goes on! I know every mother out there is probably going through this exact same thing but it is really challenging for me right now! It has always been hard for me to disipline Maddie but latley I have really been sticking to time outs and taking away her favorite toys/binky when she is doing something wrong. So hopefully she calms down soon but if not...then here's to a trial of the wonderful terrible 2's ! Oh and it isn't even her birthday yet! We still have another 3 weeks! ;)
Here she is showing me her art work on the office doors...
Every morning she has dumped out her cereal and whatever else she got out of the pantry (this morning it was marshmellows) onto the couch and floor. Typical 2 year olds doing...
We still love every little inch of her though even if she causes a mess every single second of the day! :)
Anyway, we are so very excited to announce that Tyler will be wrestling again this year for the AirForce wrestling team! He missed last year so we are so happy that he will be able to go out for it this year! It's really fun to be able to watch him compete and the best part is that we will be in our hometown Nampa, ID for at least 4 months while he trains at a facility there in Boise! We really lucked out and my prayers were answered! If he wouldn't have decided to wrestle then he was up for going on a 3 month deployment to Iraq at the end of Novemeber and would have missed Maddie's birthday, thanksgiving, and christmas! But now we get to be home with our families!! :) Tyler is always missing out on holidays and family get togethers so what a blessing for us! We will be making our drive home a few weeks and until then we need to find a housesitter! I am going to miss our new home so much but so happy to say goodbye to the rain!!
Here she is showing me her art work on the office doors...
Every morning she has dumped out her cereal and whatever else she got out of the pantry (this morning it was marshmellows) onto the couch and floor. Typical 2 year olds doing...
We still love every little inch of her though even if she causes a mess every single second of the day! :)
Anyway, we are so very excited to announce that Tyler will be wrestling again this year for the AirForce wrestling team! He missed last year so we are so happy that he will be able to go out for it this year! It's really fun to be able to watch him compete and the best part is that we will be in our hometown Nampa, ID for at least 4 months while he trains at a facility there in Boise! We really lucked out and my prayers were answered! If he wouldn't have decided to wrestle then he was up for going on a 3 month deployment to Iraq at the end of Novemeber and would have missed Maddie's birthday, thanksgiving, and christmas! But now we get to be home with our families!! :) Tyler is always missing out on holidays and family get togethers so what a blessing for us! We will be making our drive home a few weeks and until then we need to find a housesitter! I am going to miss our new home so much but so happy to say goodbye to the rain!!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The last 6 months...
Holy Heck, I can not believe it has been 6 months since I really mentioned anything on here. First of all, where did summer go? I am a little bitter sweet about that, sad to see that the depressing rainy weather will soon be here to stay in Washington but happy that all of the fun months are approaching! Lots of birthdays, halloween, thanksgiving, and of course Christmas! :)
Holy crap, A lot happened in the last 6 months! A LOT of exciting things that I am so happy to be able to write about on here! SO please don't hate me, I may drag this post out a little toooo much.
I guess I should start with my TWIN sister's wedding! It was so beautiful and such an amazing time for us all. It was truly her dream wedding! Everything was perfect! Her and Bret got married June 5th in McCall ID. We had a wonderful time sharing the special occasion all weekend long with close friends and amazing family! A moment that I will always remember was that Sunday morning, eating breakfast with our best friends and hubbys for the first time. I just realized how grateful I am to have such close relationships with my sisters, their hubbys and my friends.
So all the girls in the fam are officially all married off and we are so excited to all be in this next phase of life TOGETHER! Now, if only Em and Bret can jump on the baby making bandwagon.
Ok so June came and went and before we knew it Tyler and I were moving into our cute new house that we waited so long to have built for us. We are homeowners and SO EXCITED!!!! We moved in July 1st! However we were the first house to be built on the street soooo we don't have any neighbors yet but they are finally getting some more houses finished so I'm sure people will be moving in soon! We are praying for some nice neighbors for once! :)We are also only 1 mile away from the CUTEST elementary school I have ever seen and I can't wait for Madison to start preschool there ! The best part of it is that it's called EMMA Elementary! During the moving in process my awesome friend Shantel came and visited us!! WOW I WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER! We did some way fun things and I just loved having her stay with us! She helped me decorate and gave me some great ideas! She is an amazing person and I am so blessed to have her in my life.
Then there's little Madison, oh my heck has she grown! She will be 2 in just 2 months! She is a little tornado of a child! We call her this because seriously every room she goes in she leaves it like a tornado just went through it. But we love her hyperactive personality! Her favorite thing to do lately is DANCE! She dances to every song she hears!
Some random/funny things about her:
-She HAS to have like 5 spoons, 5 bowls, and 5 forks when she eats.
-She LOVES her carseat! She gets so excited when we leave because she knows she's going in her carseat. She can also climb into the car, get in her seat, and buckle herself up all on her own.
-She loves Finding Nemo or MINO as she calls him
-She loves going to bed and nap time. She is a big sleeper!!
-And since her dad is always gone flying around the world, she LOVES skyping him and kissing him on the computer.
Alright so another person I have to brag a little about is my amazing HUSBAND! He has accomplished so much and I could not be more proud of him. All through the summer he was in Airmen Leadership School becoming a Staff Sergent for the airforce. It was a long 6 weeks for us because we NEVER saw him. He was gone all day from 7-5 and then would either be home studying until bed time or stay afterwards until 9 pm, studying. But this was a big promotion for him so we were just excited for him to get through it. His graduation FINALLY came and so my amazing dad and his amazing mom and sister came up to visit for it. I loved every second of seeing my hubby being recognized for his hard work. But the best part was when they announced that he had achieved the award for being top of his class! The award is called the John L. Levitow award and only goes to 1 person out of the 50ish people that graduate leadership school. He worked so hard for it and earned it! He has became so successful in his military career!
Sooo now he is back to working and taking college classes. He is so close to being done with college so he is trying so hard to get these classes taken care of! YAY! He also has already gone out on 2 missions. Right now he is away helping out in the middle east and should be coming home in the next couple of weeks. He is one busy guy that's for sure! I am so proud and supportive but I am also looking forward to when I get to go back to school/work one day and have his support. But right now there is no way we can both focus on school/careers while giving Maddie the attention she needs. So, I am very proud to be a stay at home mom during this time and just help my hubby get through what he needs to get through in order to provide for his fam!
Anyway, Madison and I got to go on a little vacation to Utah while Tyler was studying away last July to visit my amazing sister, Sarah and her adorable little family! I love being there so much and it brings back a lot of old memories! The reason for our visit wasn't only to have a ton of fun and spend time with her but also to help her out with the NEW BABY! Yesss, another little nephew!! I was so blessed to be able to be there when he was born ! I feel like that is one of the best experiences you can share with your sisters! The new little guys name is Kyler Curtis Craig! And boy is he a cutie!!! He was so small and probably the best baby I have ever seen! I love him so much!
Also we celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We didn't do a whole lot since Tyler was so busy getting ready for his Leadership graduation so we just enjoyed a day hiking up Mt Rainier! We loved just getting to spend time together alone and exploring! We hiked up to a beautiful waterfall and ate lunch up there.
Last but not least, one of my close childhood friends, Emily Blackhurst MOVED in with us!!! We are LOVING IT!!!! She will probably be staying with us for the next 6 months while she is working in Seattle! She is such a free spirit and I love it! Her and I love working out together and exploring the seattle area. Ewww which brings me to the my next thing. I have been on this insane diet for the last 2 weeks and I hate it. I have a goal to loose 20 pounds soooo I will keep trucking but I can not wait to eat yummy foods again! Hopefully I get there!!
Well that about caps off the update! Right now Madison and I are enjoying visiting Em and Bret in Wyoming while Tyler is out of town and we will soon be driving to Idaho this next week to spend some time with my mom until Ty gets back!!
Thanks for tuning in!
Holy crap, A lot happened in the last 6 months! A LOT of exciting things that I am so happy to be able to write about on here! SO please don't hate me, I may drag this post out a little toooo much.
I guess I should start with my TWIN sister's wedding! It was so beautiful and such an amazing time for us all. It was truly her dream wedding! Everything was perfect! Her and Bret got married June 5th in McCall ID. We had a wonderful time sharing the special occasion all weekend long with close friends and amazing family! A moment that I will always remember was that Sunday morning, eating breakfast with our best friends and hubbys for the first time. I just realized how grateful I am to have such close relationships with my sisters, their hubbys and my friends.
So all the girls in the fam are officially all married off and we are so excited to all be in this next phase of life TOGETHER! Now, if only Em and Bret can jump on the baby making bandwagon.
Ok so June came and went and before we knew it Tyler and I were moving into our cute new house that we waited so long to have built for us. We are homeowners and SO EXCITED!!!! We moved in July 1st! However we were the first house to be built on the street soooo we don't have any neighbors yet but they are finally getting some more houses finished so I'm sure people will be moving in soon! We are praying for some nice neighbors for once! :)We are also only 1 mile away from the CUTEST elementary school I have ever seen and I can't wait for Madison to start preschool there ! The best part of it is that it's called EMMA Elementary! During the moving in process my awesome friend Shantel came and visited us!! WOW I WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER! We did some way fun things and I just loved having her stay with us! She helped me decorate and gave me some great ideas! She is an amazing person and I am so blessed to have her in my life.
Then there's little Madison, oh my heck has she grown! She will be 2 in just 2 months! She is a little tornado of a child! We call her this because seriously every room she goes in she leaves it like a tornado just went through it. But we love her hyperactive personality! Her favorite thing to do lately is DANCE! She dances to every song she hears!
Some random/funny things about her:
-She HAS to have like 5 spoons, 5 bowls, and 5 forks when she eats.
-She LOVES her carseat! She gets so excited when we leave because she knows she's going in her carseat. She can also climb into the car, get in her seat, and buckle herself up all on her own.
-She loves Finding Nemo or MINO as she calls him
-She loves going to bed and nap time. She is a big sleeper!!
-And since her dad is always gone flying around the world, she LOVES skyping him and kissing him on the computer.
Alright so another person I have to brag a little about is my amazing HUSBAND! He has accomplished so much and I could not be more proud of him. All through the summer he was in Airmen Leadership School becoming a Staff Sergent for the airforce. It was a long 6 weeks for us because we NEVER saw him. He was gone all day from 7-5 and then would either be home studying until bed time or stay afterwards until 9 pm, studying. But this was a big promotion for him so we were just excited for him to get through it. His graduation FINALLY came and so my amazing dad and his amazing mom and sister came up to visit for it. I loved every second of seeing my hubby being recognized for his hard work. But the best part was when they announced that he had achieved the award for being top of his class! The award is called the John L. Levitow award and only goes to 1 person out of the 50ish people that graduate leadership school. He worked so hard for it and earned it! He has became so successful in his military career!
Sooo now he is back to working and taking college classes. He is so close to being done with college so he is trying so hard to get these classes taken care of! YAY! He also has already gone out on 2 missions. Right now he is away helping out in the middle east and should be coming home in the next couple of weeks. He is one busy guy that's for sure! I am so proud and supportive but I am also looking forward to when I get to go back to school/work one day and have his support. But right now there is no way we can both focus on school/careers while giving Maddie the attention she needs. So, I am very proud to be a stay at home mom during this time and just help my hubby get through what he needs to get through in order to provide for his fam!
Anyway, Madison and I got to go on a little vacation to Utah while Tyler was studying away last July to visit my amazing sister, Sarah and her adorable little family! I love being there so much and it brings back a lot of old memories! The reason for our visit wasn't only to have a ton of fun and spend time with her but also to help her out with the NEW BABY! Yesss, another little nephew!! I was so blessed to be able to be there when he was born ! I feel like that is one of the best experiences you can share with your sisters! The new little guys name is Kyler Curtis Craig! And boy is he a cutie!!! He was so small and probably the best baby I have ever seen! I love him so much!
Also we celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We didn't do a whole lot since Tyler was so busy getting ready for his Leadership graduation so we just enjoyed a day hiking up Mt Rainier! We loved just getting to spend time together alone and exploring! We hiked up to a beautiful waterfall and ate lunch up there.
Last but not least, one of my close childhood friends, Emily Blackhurst MOVED in with us!!! We are LOVING IT!!!! She will probably be staying with us for the next 6 months while she is working in Seattle! She is such a free spirit and I love it! Her and I love working out together and exploring the seattle area. Ewww which brings me to the my next thing. I have been on this insane diet for the last 2 weeks and I hate it. I have a goal to loose 20 pounds soooo I will keep trucking but I can not wait to eat yummy foods again! Hopefully I get there!!
Well that about caps off the update! Right now Madison and I are enjoying visiting Em and Bret in Wyoming while Tyler is out of town and we will soon be driving to Idaho this next week to spend some time with my mom until Ty gets back!!
Thanks for tuning in!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Feeling a little...Negative.
Tonight I am in a totally negative mood! And usually I use my blog for all my postive thoughts and happy events but right now I really just feel like blogging about how I have been feeling the past couple of days.
Tyler and I have been so blessed to move into our dream house at such a young age and I have been having a lot of fun with it! But during the days when he is at work I find myself feeling so down about things! I feel like I am not a good enough mom, wife, daughter, friend, or sister. I wish so much that my family could all live by eachother and that I can have all my close friends back. I love what my husband does for our country and how well he provides for us, but I hate how unstable our lives can be and some days I just want to move back home to Idaho.
But on a more postive note some things that I really am going to be working hard on to change my attitude is my relationship with our heavenly father and making sure my family is in church every sunday, spending more of my days playing and partcipating with maddie rather then pushing her to the side so that I can get all the cleaning and errands done, work out or at least run every night to release my stress, and love on my hubby so that he knows how much I appreciate him.
Tyler and I have been so blessed to move into our dream house at such a young age and I have been having a lot of fun with it! But during the days when he is at work I find myself feeling so down about things! I feel like I am not a good enough mom, wife, daughter, friend, or sister. I wish so much that my family could all live by eachother and that I can have all my close friends back. I love what my husband does for our country and how well he provides for us, but I hate how unstable our lives can be and some days I just want to move back home to Idaho.
But on a more postive note some things that I really am going to be working hard on to change my attitude is my relationship with our heavenly father and making sure my family is in church every sunday, spending more of my days playing and partcipating with maddie rather then pushing her to the side so that I can get all the cleaning and errands done, work out or at least run every night to release my stress, and love on my hubby so that he knows how much I appreciate him.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Random 8
#1: 8's
8 TV Shows I enjoy watching:
1. One Tree Hill
2. Extreme Makeover: home edition
3. Tori & Dean Home Sweet Hollywood
4. So you think you can dance
5. E! News
6. Lost
7. What I Like About You
8. Ellen
8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Went grocery shopping
2. Unpacked from our Idaho trip
3. Watched One Tree Hill with my sweet Maddie in my bed
4. Talked on the phone to my dad
5. Went and looked at our house
6. Checked facebook like 20 times
7. Played with my cute maddie moo
8. Snuggled my hubby alot since he had all day yesterday off.
8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. My twin's wedding in 3 weeks!
2. Going to the Carrie Underwood concert June 1st!
3. Our house getting finished and moving in!
4. The season finale of One Tree Hill next week
5. Experiencing another fun summer
6. Finishing up school
7. Having another baby someday
8. My awesome friend Emily moving in with us this fall!
8 things I love about WINTER:
1. SNOWBOARDING!
2. Everything about Christmas!
3. Sweaters and cute jackets
4. Snow
5. Hot Chocolate
7. The smell of yummy candles always lit
8. Eating all kinds of delicious food
8 things on my wish list:
1. That my family could all just live in the same town or at least same state!
2. Travel to Australia and more of Europe
3. Try and give everything I have to be the best mother and wife
4. Win the lottery so my husband never has to work and we can just be millionaires
5. Run a half marathon
6. Go on a week long back packing trip with my dad
7. Learn to cook better
8. Grow a garden this summer for Madison and not let it die
8 people I tag:
1. Shantel
2. Mom
3. Sarah
4. Megan V.
5. Megan H.
6. Stephanie
7. Whitney
8. Camille
8 TV Shows I enjoy watching:
1. One Tree Hill
2. Extreme Makeover: home edition
3. Tori & Dean Home Sweet Hollywood
4. So you think you can dance
5. E! News
6. Lost
7. What I Like About You
8. Ellen
8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Went grocery shopping
2. Unpacked from our Idaho trip
3. Watched One Tree Hill with my sweet Maddie in my bed
4. Talked on the phone to my dad
5. Went and looked at our house
6. Checked facebook like 20 times
7. Played with my cute maddie moo
8. Snuggled my hubby alot since he had all day yesterday off.
8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. My twin's wedding in 3 weeks!
2. Going to the Carrie Underwood concert June 1st!
3. Our house getting finished and moving in!
4. The season finale of One Tree Hill next week
5. Experiencing another fun summer
6. Finishing up school
7. Having another baby someday
8. My awesome friend Emily moving in with us this fall!
8 things I love about WINTER:
1. SNOWBOARDING!
2. Everything about Christmas!
3. Sweaters and cute jackets
4. Snow
5. Hot Chocolate
7. The smell of yummy candles always lit
8. Eating all kinds of delicious food
8 things on my wish list:
1. That my family could all just live in the same town or at least same state!
2. Travel to Australia and more of Europe
3. Try and give everything I have to be the best mother and wife
4. Win the lottery so my husband never has to work and we can just be millionaires
5. Run a half marathon
6. Go on a week long back packing trip with my dad
7. Learn to cook better
8. Grow a garden this summer for Madison and not let it die
8 people I tag:
1. Shantel
2. Mom
3. Sarah
4. Megan V.
5. Megan H.
6. Stephanie
7. Whitney
8. Camille
Monday, May 10, 2010
Mother's DAY!!!!
This day has really came close to being my favorite day of the year! I was spoiled all weekend by my hubby and awesome mother-in-law by completly taking care of Madison while I participated in a race, planned my sister's bridal shower, got my hair done, shopped ALOT, and slept in on Sunday! We celebrated with both of our moms and our awesome friends Shantel, Tyson and their 2 boys at the park! The kids loved playing with eachother and I loved just relaxing and be appreciated! I love being a mother and feel so blessed to have Madison apart of our lives. She is growing up so fast and has really become my best friend! Every day I feel like I grow even more and more attached to her, I don't see how it's possible that I can love her anymore but everyday I do!
2010 Race for a Cure for Breast Cancer
This was last years Race with Madison... She was such a CHUBBY baby! I walked the 1 mile with Maddie sleeping on me the whole time. haha
This year I ran the 3.2 miles under 30 mins! So I feel very happy to finally be back in shape! Geez! haha. It was a lot of fun running with my good friend Emily Blackhurst and having Tyler there to cheer us all on. There was soooo many people and I'm so proud to have participated in such a good cause! Madison has grown up so much! She really enjoyed walking with her daddy, Aunt em, and grandparents.
BFFFFFFF Bridal Shower!
May 8th, was my twin/best friend's bridal showerrrr!!! We had so much fun playing games, eating delicious chocolate dipped strawberries and cake, and opening awesome gifts! Thank you everyone that came to support such a loving and amazing girl, my sissy Emmmma Vera! She was beautiful that day and will be GORGEOUS on her wedding day! Just 3 1/2 weeks!!!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sooo much to say!
Madison is growing SO SO fast and so is her little vocabulary!
Words that come from this little cuties mouth:
-MOM!!! (No longer does she say mama like a innocent little baby, she now has decided to start yelling MOM to get my attention)
-Dada
-Juuu (Juice)
-Shoes
-Hi
-Grama
-Pretty
-Alllll Done
-More
-Thank you
-Uh Oh!
-YAY (while clapping hands)
Words that come from this little cuties mouth:
-MOM!!! (No longer does she say mama like a innocent little baby, she now has decided to start yelling MOM to get my attention)
-Dada
-Juuu (Juice)
-Shoes
-Hi
-Grama
-Pretty
-Alllll Done
-More
-Thank you
-Uh Oh!
-YAY (while clapping hands)
Monday, May 3, 2010
It's coming along!!
Ohhh and the picture I posted below is a little off on how the outcome will look. Sooo just disregard that. Haha.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Home Owners!
Well, Tyler and I did it! We bought our first home! We are so so so excited to get moved in at the end of June! They are just now starting the building process and I will post pictures as that goes along. We are relocating to the wonderful little town of Graham , WA! I love it because it has a small town feel but is still very close to all the great shopping places and Tyler's work. We will have a great little backyard where we will set up a swing set for our little Maddie this summer and I will hopefully get a chance to plant some veggies and beautiful flowers! For once, I can go into my OWN yard and pick flowers to put on our table! There are so many exciting things that come with buying a house and I feel extremly blessed !
As for right now, Tyler is just getting home from being away on ANOTHER mission! It's been like 3 in a row and it's driving me crazy. He has been in Africa for almost 5 days and I am very ready for him to get home!
Some exciting things that are coming up in the next month are Em's Bridal SHOWER! My 5k Race for the cure! Maddie will be a year and a half! And hopefully lots of nice weather!
Well, that's it for us for now! :)
As for right now, Tyler is just getting home from being away on ANOTHER mission! It's been like 3 in a row and it's driving me crazy. He has been in Africa for almost 5 days and I am very ready for him to get home!
Some exciting things that are coming up in the next month are Em's Bridal SHOWER! My 5k Race for the cure! Maddie will be a year and a half! And hopefully lots of nice weather!
Well, that's it for us for now! :)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter !!
This year we celebrated our Easter with my amazing, wonderful, in-laws! They were soooo great to us and spoiled little Maddie !! Tyler, of course, was out of town for work so we are in Idaho, once again, staying with my family. My mother in-law made a big, yummy lunch and we colored eggs to hide for Maddie. Along with her Easter basket filled with candy, Madison also got a little car that she is so in love with!!
THANKS AGAIN GG, PAPA, and AUNT EM!! WE LOVE YOU!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
2010 Update
Well, as I layed down my little Maddie moo for her morning nap, I was trying to determine what I should do with my couple of hours of quiet time! So, I've decided I should really update this thing!
I haven't really shared much of this years happenings, so I might as well just recap all of 2010! WOW have we been busy!! We kicked off the year with a mission call for Tyler to Hawaii, Austrailia, Diego Garcia, and many other places. He was gone for 3 weeks in Jan. and had a great time seeing different parts of the world. I on the hand, missed him like crazy but occupied myself with a trip home to Idaho and a trip to Scottsdale, AZ to see my grandparents! I flew down there with my dad, sister em, and Maddie! Madison loved being down in the warm weather and especially loved all the swimming! I am so grateful that I am able to go home and get the help from my family while Tyler is out of town.
When we finally got back to our home in WA, we got back to our normal routine of Tyler working long hours, doing his school work, and preparing for his QC. His busy schedule made it very hard for him to leave for the Air Force wrestling team this year. We were all a little bummed when he had to make the decision to skip this year and focus more on work and school. After a very stressful couple of weeks, it was so nice to take off for our annual Sun Valley, ID trip with my whole family over Presidents day weekend. Tyler's mother was so amazing to watch Maddie during the 4 days we were there. It was so nice to spend that time with Tyler and do so many fun activites. We snowboarded, went snowmobiling, hot tubbing, ate so much good food, and enjoyed just staying in the cabins playing games with the fam. I am already counting down the days for next years trip!
This year we were also informed that I was pregnant with baby #2! Tyler and I were so overjoyed with this news and let out everyone know very quickly! We had so many emotions running through us and couldn't believe how blessed we were to have another little baby! However, at week 10 I started having symptoms of hormone imbalances and when I went into the doctor to see if everything was ok I learned that I had miscarried the baby. It was a very emotional time for Tyler and I but we are moving forward and hoping for the best!
Currently Tyler is away in Texas finishing up 7-level school and I am again home in Idaho for 2 weeks. Ty is also still trucking away with school credits and enjoying being a Raven for the airforce. We are also in the process of buying a house and should be moving sometime in May or June!
We have been so blessed with how wonderful our life is together and the opportunities we are faced with. I couldn't imagine my life without my amazing husband and perfect little girl. We have lots of plans for this upcoming year and can't wait to see what the future holds!
I haven't really shared much of this years happenings, so I might as well just recap all of 2010! WOW have we been busy!! We kicked off the year with a mission call for Tyler to Hawaii, Austrailia, Diego Garcia, and many other places. He was gone for 3 weeks in Jan. and had a great time seeing different parts of the world. I on the hand, missed him like crazy but occupied myself with a trip home to Idaho and a trip to Scottsdale, AZ to see my grandparents! I flew down there with my dad, sister em, and Maddie! Madison loved being down in the warm weather and especially loved all the swimming! I am so grateful that I am able to go home and get the help from my family while Tyler is out of town.
When we finally got back to our home in WA, we got back to our normal routine of Tyler working long hours, doing his school work, and preparing for his QC. His busy schedule made it very hard for him to leave for the Air Force wrestling team this year. We were all a little bummed when he had to make the decision to skip this year and focus more on work and school. After a very stressful couple of weeks, it was so nice to take off for our annual Sun Valley, ID trip with my whole family over Presidents day weekend. Tyler's mother was so amazing to watch Maddie during the 4 days we were there. It was so nice to spend that time with Tyler and do so many fun activites. We snowboarded, went snowmobiling, hot tubbing, ate so much good food, and enjoyed just staying in the cabins playing games with the fam. I am already counting down the days for next years trip!
This year we were also informed that I was pregnant with baby #2! Tyler and I were so overjoyed with this news and let out everyone know very quickly! We had so many emotions running through us and couldn't believe how blessed we were to have another little baby! However, at week 10 I started having symptoms of hormone imbalances and when I went into the doctor to see if everything was ok I learned that I had miscarried the baby. It was a very emotional time for Tyler and I but we are moving forward and hoping for the best!
Currently Tyler is away in Texas finishing up 7-level school and I am again home in Idaho for 2 weeks. Ty is also still trucking away with school credits and enjoying being a Raven for the airforce. We are also in the process of buying a house and should be moving sometime in May or June!
We have been so blessed with how wonderful our life is together and the opportunities we are faced with. I couldn't imagine my life without my amazing husband and perfect little girl. We have lots of plans for this upcoming year and can't wait to see what the future holds!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
We're PREGNANT!!
I am so excited to have a little baby again! Maddie and this baby will be 22 months apart which I hope will make them so close!!!! I am only about 6 weeks and due Sept 20th, 2010. I am a little nervous for the sleepless nights with the baby and the active days with Maddie but I'm sure I will adjust fine.
YAY! :)
YAY! :)
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