9 years later.......

Wow time sure flys when you add  2 more kids to the mix and your husband travels so much and you get interrupted every few minutes that you forget about your blog entirely! Life is grand we’re still in the same house after much remodeling and finishing the basement. So  why move?
 As I was growing up I was privileged to be able to  travel all over the US because of my dads sales job. We chose to live in a different house every year, Big, Small , Fixer upper, new house , huge house up on the hill house.  I feel like I’m writing a dr Seuss book. ;) If something went wrong we moved! Problem solved , and new beginnings always happened for me. Now I feel stuck. Stuck with no where but here. No home away from my own home to go to. Instead my dad now has a motor home which is probably the most ideal thing anyway.  Back then tiny homes weren’t a thing. and to be honest a home is a place that family and friends should feel welcome as long as it’s clean I’m content:)! I love renovating though, it brings a sense of accomplishment and it releases stress because when it’s done your not stressed😜 anymore. Ha!

I’ll be honest my life has changed I’m now 35 and I have had many struggles, but I feel strengthened in ways that I can’t explain. My mother passed away in 2014 from Ovarian cancer. The pain I feel from it is unbearable at times. So I turn to my only hope of peace. Prayer. And my burden seems to lighten  but not always. I still know Heavenly Father knew I would face this but not alone. Though I feel alone at times with out my mom. She new me sh new my potential So too does Jesus. I’ve just got to remember he’s going to have to fill the void of where I felt my mom. I know she lives on but I know my savior can handle me and direct my course for good . I’ve learned that in order to receive A real answer sometimes I have to sacrifice something usually something in a worldly sense of ideals. I can’t explain. But I know I would give everything up just to be in his presence. I love him and our Heavenly Father and know when I choose the right he blesses me.  Well I have to go put kids to bed. So this is it for now tomorrow is going to be another perfect day well  I’m going to try my best to have a good attitude about it anyway. Why not! Sometimes that’s all I can do.

summer Bend Vaca!

Fun fun ! I had a blast driving to OR with Kev and my neice aswell as her little 9 month old. All it took for the 12 hour drive was 11 baby einstein DVDs! Oh and a $250 speeding ticket. Well my 2 awesome fun sisters live in Portland and Tracy and her husband Kendall have a sweet vacation home there. We floated down the river on tubes and little rafts and also shopped at the outdoor shopping mall for my mom. My sisters all got together and gave her a compete make over and she looks AMAZING now!! Anyways I dont have many photos of the trip. Unfortunatly I only have some of all my nieces and nephews at the park and then I ran out of memory on the card and I didnt want to delete the 2000 pictures on the camera.

Summer 09"

Here are some random photos I took of Ethan, I have taken too many but this is how he tried to get to the scary knives in the top drawer.... I have since then child proofed most of my kitchen....Also there are photos of us on Utah Lake boating and Ethan swimming in his little pool in the backyard. He loves the water.

Past time Birthday and little messes.

Ethans 1st Birthday! It has since passed (by like 4 months but I have been lazy about blogging I know a huge sin for the average blogger , but what can I say my computer is slow;) but it was very fun to Celibrate the fun time. I forgot to get the camera out sooner so I am missing pictures of Grammie and Grampy :(who were there too. It was more of a BBQ and some Baseball cake that his Aunt Nikki so talented decorated! Thanks so much for the presents and all the food everyone brought for that fun day. He also loves his new cars.... Thanks grammi!

Aunt Nikki and Uncle Ryan!

Namma and Papa

Grandma....

Uncle Micha!

I just had to post these..... He loves messes. One day I let him have Chocolate milk and seconds later. Well you can see what I had to deal with, It was all over the table and floor too.

My Family from Oregon came over for my nephew Jacobs baptism. It was great to see everyone . My sister Tracy and her Husband Kendall stayed at our house and along with them was their Grand baby Darby who is 6 months old, Ethan had a fun time with him:) Toni, Troy and there 4 kiddos, stayed with my other sister Jenifer and her cute family .... We miss everyone already:(

Toni, My mom, and Jenifer....

My sisters Toni & Tracy with Darby

Fun in the Bath!

Cousins! Darby, Demi & Ethan

When the weather was nice a couple of weeks ago my good friend Amanda splurged on a Radio Flyer Wagon to take her cute Saydee for a ride in , Ethan joined the fun and loved every minute of it :)...

So it's been a little while since Ive posted and the reason being is that I have had some super busy days with just 1 kid, honestly how do you moms do it with 2 kids of more? You all amaze me. I think Ethan is 9 months going on 2. He is everywhere and Koda my dog is right behind him! Every little toy that Ethan has she has to have it. Its like having an older sibling except more dangerous and furry. Well She's not really dangerous, but I fear sometimes. She is a feisty dog. the other day Ethan was helping me clean out the fridge,what a good helper, I must say. He was having fun and that's all that matters. RIght!

Anyways here are some pictures of the past few weeks of Ethan being cute. He keeps me entertained most of the day.

Ethan looked halarious in this ! My good friend bought this for him and I had to take a picture, he looks like the kid in the Chistmas story.

Like father like son! My two little boys, who are so dang cute and ridiculously funny!