Skye and Davsil

Like Father, Like Son. . .

2012-01-20T13:00:00.000-08:00

LOL!!!

Micah wasn't too happy about the way he looked. Haha!

I love these boys!

Just for fun

2012-01-11T16:20:00.000-08:00

Skye got me a Macbook Pro for Christmas and I am LOVING IT! I still can't believe he got it for me. I guess he really does love me. Haha! Anyway, I was supposed to be studying the other day but since I hate Math, I tried to find ways to avoid it. I ended up playing with iMovie and made this little trailer. I seriously spent less than 30 minutes on it and it's pretty lame but I had fun. So if you have nothing better to do, go ahead and watch it but let this be a WARNING; you won't get the next 1.27 minutes of your life back. EVER!

ENJOY!

I know, it's super cheesy but it's ten thousand times better than doing math, and in case you can't tell, I am very proud of Micah.

Just in case you are wondering, I am supposed to be doing math right now but instead I am blogging! Skye is probably going to kill me. He made me promise I would work hard and pass off at least 2 math classes this semester. The goal would be to test into math 1050 I'm currently in Math 950. Yikes! What I should be saying right now, is that I won't have any time for the blog an that you will not be seeing new posts for a while but to be honest I think this math thing only means you'll be seeing lots of new post in the near future. Wish me luck! Math really sucks! ;)

Thanksgiving

2012-01-08T20:00:00.000-08:00

I love the holidays. I know this post is a bit late but I wanted to post a few pics from Thanksgiving day. I love seeing the boys play with their cousins and becoming good friends.

Liam and Micah are only six weeks apart. I love watching them play and grow up together. I love those boys!

We wanted to get a picture of these cute boys together but Micah was not in a good mood at all. He was ready to go home and sleep.

Liam was having a blast though, look at that cute smile! Ky was modeling the whole time. They should be on the cover of a baby magazine. They are SO CUTE!!

Isaiah and Tay are best cousins, they love getting together and playing games.

They had so much fun!

Isaiah and Nico sharing the good food. I love that Isaiah is always trying to help his brothers and doesn't mind sharing his food.

What a good brother!

Micah had just barely learned to sit up on his own and loved exploring all the new things on the ground. His brothers leave all kinds of things laying around. He found some cheese and looked a bit nervous when I cought him eating it. Silly boys!

I love seeing my parents happy like this!

This is how Nico was looking at me when he asked for some food, he was so hungry. I love the sad puppy eyes. HAHA!

Skye served his mission in Bolivia and he always talks about Salteñas and how delicious they are so a few years ago I found a recipe and learned how to make them for him. He begged me to make them for him again this year. They seriously take two days to cook. I spent way too long in the kitchen but it was worth it. He loved them. I won't be making them again for a very LONG time though.

Spiders

2011-12-10T21:07:00.001-08:00

Nico is a tough boy, everyone who knows him knows just how strong and tough he is. Five year olds don't stand a chance against him; just don't show him a spider, don't even say the word.

We recently found out that he is afraid of spiders, I think his brothers are to blame for that or maybe it's genetic, Skye is also afraid of spiders.

We love to play little pranks on him, I know it seems cruel but if you watch the whole video you will see that even though he is afraid of spiders he kind of likes getting scared, or maybe he is just trying to convince us that he isn't really afraid.

He was actually tyring really hard to be tough in this video and compared to what I've seen other times, he reacted very well. I love this little guy. Now, if I could just get Tristan to keep his clothes on. I'm lucky he at least had his pull-up on in this video. He looks like a giant baby! Silly boy.

Seven Years!!

2011-12-08T17:54:00.001-08:00

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We made it! We've been married for seven years!! Whaat? Can I get a woot woot? Wow, and what a crazy ride it's been. Seven very insane and busy years but without a doubt the BEST seven years of my life so far. We have gone through so much together, we've learned so much in the past seven yrs and I think it's safe to say that we have definatly accomplished much more than I had anticipated. Things haven't always been easy but we made the best out of our trials, we learned from them and moved forward while applying what we learned to avoid hardships again. Marriage is quite the adventure, that's for sure! (and I mean that in a good way, mostly.)

We had Skye's mom watch the munchkins so we could go out and celebrate. Micah is a big mamma's boy so he wont let us leave him with anyone yet, we tried before and it didn't go so well, he cried the whole time we were gone. Silly boy. So, we brought him along for our little date. He was a good boy and slept the whole time, so other than carrying 20 extra pound around with us, it was as if he wasn't even there.

We love going to Tucanos on our anniversaries, not just because it is delicious but also because we went there the night that Skye asked me to marry him, so it's sort of our place. Unfortunately they were extra busy and we were told it would be a two and a half hour wait. So we decided we would try Rodizio Grill instead. it was pretty darn good. I still like Tucanos better but I cant say anything bad about Rodizio Grill, just don't try the quail eggs. (ask Skye)

We hurried back home because we were having our anniversary gift delivered, we cleaned and prepped our room that entire morning only to find out that the delivery truck broke down and that they wouldn't be able to deliver it until the following week. Oh well, that just meant we wouldn't have to move any more furniture around for the rest of the day so we packed all the boys in the car and ran out to get a movie from redbox.

We tried to watched the new Pirates of the Caribbean with the kiddos but they were pretty wild so we put the kids in bed. I took a little longer getting Micah to sleep. when he finally fell asleep, I came downstairs and Skye had hurried and set up a blanket in the family room, filled one of the kids Easter/Halloween bucket with ice, put a bottle of non-alcoholic wine in it, chilled two glasses in the freezer and somehow found a small candle. It was so sweet and thoughtful of him to do that. I was actually pretty surprised.

That "wine" was pretty good too, it's really just fancy grape juice, but it's very good! We finished watching the movie, well, Skye did, I fell asleep. I hate to admit it but I have sort of turned into my parents, it seems like lately I sleep through just about every movie. Sad, I know

Our anniversary gift this years was the biggest one we have gotten for each other so far. I'd have to say, it's about time we went out and got ourselves something nice. Anyone that has ever been in our house knows just how empty it looks, especially our bedroom. It almost always looks like we just moved in or we are getting ready to move out. There just isn't enough furniture or decorations in the house. I'm pretty sure some people might even feel sorry for us. Let's just say our priorities haven't been focused on home decor. We prefer to pay off as much debt as possible first and when we do buy things we pretty much always pay for it upfront. We just don't like debt, aka loans. I used to get very frustrated since this was mostly Skye's idea and anytime we had enough cash to go out and buy nice things for the house we ended up paying it towards our house and car loans but it has been worth the wait. Financial freedom feels great, we are almost done paying off our cars and the lot in Mapleton, plus we have paid a little over a third of our mortgage down. That just means more money for us each month and less to pay to the bank in interest. Yuk! If things continue to go well for us, this time next year we should be completely debt free except for our house mortgage. Then I can get whatever I want for the house. I think it's definitely worth the wait so I will keep being patient. Right now I am really enjoying our bedroom. It looks great! Sure it still needs a little more but I'm happy with it. I've never had a bedroom set this nice, and I love having a night stand! Oh and the wood smells so good. (I'm weird, I know)

Here are some before and after pictures.

Before

Micah hanging out while we get our room ready for the new furniture.

Just seconds after they delivered it. We were SO excited.

This picture was taken right after we set it up. We do own pillows, I promise.
Now we just need to get some lamps and some picture frames so it doesn't look so plain.

The kids love it, especially Nico because now he can climb up on our bed much easier. Next I would like to get a new bed spread along with some really nice pillows.
Micah also likes to practice his planking skills on it.

I though I'd post a few more of our wedding pictures plus some of the pics we had taken just a little after Micah was born.

The Past Few Months. . .

2011-06-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

Okay so obviously I am not the best when it come to updating my blog regularly, but that’s okay because I seriously doubt anyone reads it, but I will update it anyway.

I think the last post was about 5 or 6 months ago and I never mentioned that I was pregnant! I had been meaning to write about that and make it its own post but it never got done. So, if you didn’t already know, I WAS pregnant and now I’m not. Micah Logan was born May 12 at 4:18am he was 6 lbs 9oz and 20” long.

I actually went into labor naturally this time, which is exactly what I had been wanting since I was induced with all the other boys. I wanted to know what it was like to actually go into labor spontaneously and go through that whole crazy ride I always heard people talk about; It just sounded like it was more exciting than just showing up at the hospital and having then do it all for me. I started having strong contractions at around 9:30 on Wednesday night and they were 5 minutes apart I told Skye about it but we both kept thinking that they would go away soon since I had had that happen before but as time went by and the contractions got stronger and longer I knew this was probably the real deal. I told Skye that maybe we should go to the hospital but he really wanted to be sure that it wasn’t false labor so he told me to keep track of then for 1 hour and if they were still there then we would go. At this point my contractions were about 3 minutes apart and crazy painful. We went to bed and of course I could not sleep or even lay down so I got up and walked around while Skye was sleeping. I could barely talk or even move because they were so painful so after about 30 minutes of pure torture I told Skye to wake up and take me to the hospital. I called my mom at 11:30 to come over we got to the hospital at 12:00 and my contractions were 2 minutes apart. I was ready to kill someone if they didn’t give me the epidural. They made me check in first then they took their sweet time asking me questions like what my religious preferences were and if I had a history of diabetes and all that crap that they have to ask. Then the checked hoe far dilated I was and she said it was a 6 and fully effaced, I kept asking them for the epidural but I guess I should have been scramming and crying for them to take me seriously. I guess being calm and tough isn’t always best. Lol Finally at about 1am I got the epidural and I didn’t hate everyone anymore. The story goes on but for time reasons and because I don’t want you to get too bored, I will leave it at that. I’m sure you can figure out the rest.

This little guy is an angel! He barely cries, he cried for a minute when he was born because we MADE him cry but that only lasted a few minutes then he just stopped I even had to ask several times if he was okay because I couldn’t hear him crying, they gave him shots and even during the circumcision he didn’t cry! When I brought him home I was the one making him wake up at night to feed him instead of the other way around and now he only wakes up once every night to eat but he still doesn’t cry. He is seriously the perfect baby. It’s almost too good because I don’t even feel like I had a newborn. I am blessed!

The boys love having a new little brother. They love giving him hugs and kisses. It’s hard to keep them away sometimes. I have to constantly tell them to back up a little because they get too close. I feel bad for Micah I think he gets way too many kisses and they are very slimy. Lol I guess it’s better than jealous brothers.

I have a couple of stories that have happened since Micah was born, like how Tristan almost killed him with a poptart . . . but I might do that another time. ;)

PICTURES COMING SOON!!!

Time for an Update

2011-01-03T13:23:00.001-08:00

A lot has happened since the last post. We have been pretty busy and haven't really had time for the blog, but I'm hoping this year I will be able to get on here every now and then and write about a few of our adventures. There is a lot I would like to write about and share pictures of but since it's been a little over a year, for now I should probably just write about the main events that have happened since the last post, just to keep it short and simple.

I should probably start by introducing the newest member of our family. yes, that's right, our family did grow. Meet Ashton Nico, he was born January 2010. We all call him Nico.

We've been having so much fun hanging out with him and watching him grow. Isaiah and Tristan love being big brothers, they will do just about anything just to make Nico laugh. These little guys are best friends, they can't stand being away from each other, they are pretty much inseparable. Time has been going so fast, his birthday is this week. He has been walking and chasing his brother all over the house. He is so full of energy and has an amazing personality. He is full of surprises. He loves to play with balls. He can even play soccer! I hope I can post a video of it sometime, it is amazing. He had only been walking for a few days and he was already kicking a ball around the house.

There is much to say about this amazing little man, but we'll save that for later posts.

Of course, Isaiah and Tristan had birthdays. I can't believe Isaiah is 4 and Tristan is 2. Where did the time go?

Isaiah started going to preschool shortly after Nico was born and he loves it. Tristan couldn't stand being away from his brother so he got an early start and has been tagging along. They go to a Montessori preschool, and it is the most amazing thing I have ever seen as far as education goes. I can not believe how much the boys have learned since they started going there. Isaiah can pretty much read now. They do math exercises that most kids don't start until maybe 1st or even 3rd grade. Each kid learns at their own pace. This is not your traditional sit in the classroom and repeat what the teacher says, school. If one kid is ready to move on to the next thing he gets to move on to the next thing even if no one else is ready. Their teacher Ms.Lindsay is just amazing at what she does, she has a way of making learning fun. I could seriously go on and on about how amazing this school is, I wish it was a k-12 school. I would love it if the boys could go to a school like this for the rest of their school years. Public schools have a way of ruining a child's creativity, they expect everyone to be the same. What ever happened to individuality? Montessori is the way to go! Okay, okay, enough of that. Anyway, it's a great school and the boys love it.

Lets' see what else. . . oh yes, we bough a plot of land in Mapleton. We plan on building a house there this year and we can not wait to move a little closer to family. The lot is .69 acres and is in the perfect location for us. We finally got the house plans engineered and now we are in the process of picking out all the little details like: flooring, kitchen cabinets, lighting and all that fun stuff. we haven't started construction yet, and it may be a few months before we do. We want to get everything right so we decided to take it slow and not rush it, like we did with our last house. I will post some pictures and maybe the floor plans on a later post.

I also decided to go back to school. Right now I'm working on the prerequisites for the Nursing program, I still have a long way to go but I am really hoping that I will be accepted in to the program at my school. That's the goal though there are other options. One way or another it will be great to get in to any of the school in the area. The minimum grade requirement to be considered for the program is a B- which really doesn't sound that bad, but since it is such a competitive program I really actually need to get an A in all my classes to even be considered for the program and even that will not guarantee anything. They only accept 50 students per semester, so I will be pretty amazed if I can get in to the program at my school. So far I have managed to A's all my classes I hope I can keep that up, especially when it is time to take Chemistry, microbiology and Anatomy, I am pretty nervous about those classes but hopefully I will survive and get the grades that I need. I just wish I could make it all go faster, school seems to take way to long.

Our cockatiel Cloud died just a few days before Thanksgiving. We were all pretty sad about that. He had been in the family for a very long time. Skye got him from his parents as a birthday gift when he was like 13 or 14 so he had Cloud for about 13 or 14 years. I was sitting in class when I got a text with the news. I was so sad about it that I had to leave class for a minute. We knew it was probably going to happen soon since he was so old but it still caught us by surprise. We really miss having him around, especially during the holidays, since that is when we played with him the very most. He was always so good with the boys, he let them play with him, put up with a lot and was never mean to anyone. We really miss his songs and kisses. R.I.P Cloud we all love you!

Isaiah started taking Hapkido classes, he loves it! We had to take a little break but he is going to start going again very soon.

I can't think of anything major that I need to include in this post, so I guess this is it for now. Thanks for reading!

Look who is 3 now!!

2009-05-12T17:57:00.000-07:00

He was so excited, when we started singing to him. He loves birthdays!!

I love this picture, he had this look on his face for a whole minute after he blew out the candles. It was AWESOME!!

I made brownies for him the day before his birthday Skye and I had to go to SLC for half the day on his birthday so we wanted to make up for it.

It didn't take him long to realize that it was a cage, he loves cages and thought that was good enough so he was pretty excited, he had no idea that there was something in the cage.

It took his a few minutes to finally see what was in his new cage, but when he finally saw it he kept pointing and yelling, "look daddy, there is a ferret in my cage" "look it's a ferret!!"

YES, we are good parent! ;)

He loves this about birthdays it's tradition. . . he loves it so much he asked us to do it AGAIN!

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EASTER PICTURES!

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Quick Update

2009-02-06T23:17:00.001-08:00

I finally found some time to update the blog, we have been crazy busy these last few weeks. Skye won a laptop at work so now I can use the computer while he works on his book so that helps a bit and hopefully it wont take me another 3 months to update the blog. Here are a few of the things that we have been up to lately.

Four Years!!

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We celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary Nov. 20th We didn't do a whole lot because Tristan is so young so we just took a trip to St. George with the kids, it was a lot of fun. we went swimming, even though it was way too cold. Isaiah swam all on his own for the first time and he also loved the hot tub. We went to Zion's on the way home.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas

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Skye's Book

Skye has been working extra hard on his book these last few weeks. He has an editor working with him. it's not cheap but he is good and we are excited to take the next step with his book. It's called Malum's Shadow it's an AWESOME fantasy book, and NO, I'm not just saying that because I'm his wife, it really is an amazing book and everyone around us that has just read parts of it loves it and they just want to keep reading.

He is almost done with the editing process, I think he'll be done before the end of February. He writes everyday for at least 2 hours and wakes up early on Saturdays and writes for about 5 hours. he's been using the laptop instead of the desktop upstairs in the office cause it's more comfortable for him so that is part of the reason why I haven't been able to update the blog. I am so excited about his book I can't stop thinking about it, sometimes and I even dream about the i. It's SO awesome!! okay, enough about the book. I could go on . ;)

Bowling

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We were at home bored on day trying to think of something fun to do with the kids, and we realized that it had been way to long since we went bowling. So we went to Fat Cats. Isaiah loved it. It was so fun to watch him bowl and run back and wait for the ball to coma back up. We'll have to do that more often.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

We hope that everyone is having a great Thanksgiving. We have so many things to be thankful for and I just thought we would list a few.

I am thankful for:

- My amazing Husband

- My two adorable sons

- My Parents, brothers and sisters

- My in-laws

- The Gospel

- Our beautiful house

- Our cars

- Living near so many Temples

- Digital Photography

- Chocolate

- great food

-friends

-Technology(computers, Internet, TV etc...)

- Health

- being able to spend so much time with my family and having my husband home all the time.

-Movies especially the once that I watch with my boys.

and my list goes on . . .

Skye's list.

I am grateful for:

-The Gospel

-The Atonement that made repentance possible

-The Son of God who atoned for us all

-Our Father who sent his only Begotten unto us to bridge the gap of spiritual death

-My wife, two sons, and any other children to come

-The best job ever, friends who happen to also be my managers, and co-workers

-Only having to work a few hours a day is another good one too

-Oh, and let's not forget, Kung Fu Panda, amongst many other things and people which I neglect to mention because they are innumerable

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!

Halloween

2008-11-26T21:10:00.001-08:00

Two Months

2008-10-30T22:04:00.000-07:00

Tristan is learning and doing something new everyday. He had his 2 month check up last week and the Dr said he is doing great. He weighed 13lbs 14oz and was 25 inches tall so according to our Dr. his in the 96% in height and 90% in weight, big baby. He sleeps and eats a lot, like always! poor guys had to get shots he was smiling at the Dr. and the nurse the entire time until she poked his legs. . . ouch! We also decided to get the flu shot right there, Isaiah was not happy about that.
So here are a few things that Tristan's been up to in the last month.

Big smiles, lots of talking and a few soft laughs.

Modeling! (his favorite!) he knows he's cute !

He loves tummy time, and gets stronger everyday.

He likes to make different faces and sometime will give us some attitude when we pull the camera out. . . I think he gets that from his brother Isaiah.
a little angry. . . or was he pooping??

not sure what to call this one. . .

He LOVES hanging out with his brother Isaiah, they are best friends and are always making each other laugh.

Bath time is also one of his favorite things to do, he loves the water but especially loves it when Isaiah helps and plays with him during his bath.

2008-10-29T20:05:00.001-07:00

New Car

2008-10-15T09:55:00.001-07:00

We decided it was time for us to get a new car since our Santa Fe was getting old and giving us some trouble. We got the Hybrid so that we could save a little on gas and we are loving it!
We plan on keeping this car for a long time.

2008 Chevy Tahoe, Hybrid

Isaiah was not happy when he realized that we were not taking his"rocket" home with us he really liked the old car. . . ("rocket" is from the TV show Little Einsteins just FYI)

until we showed him the DVD player now this is his new favorite car. I don't think he remembers the other one now. He loves watching Mulan and always wants to go on a drive.

Birthdays

2008-10-15T08:40:00.000-07:00

I turned 22 last moth and had a blast hanging out with the family. Skye was really sweet and made sure I had a great time, like always. He went all out and got me a sweet camera (Canon XSI) and a huge lence so now I can get good pictures of Isaiah before he runs away. . . he hates pictures so I used to only get pictures of his back, but he can't hide anymore, this camera is way faster than him. :)

These are some pictures we took with the new camera.

Skye's mom also had a birthday last month so we all went up to her place, and had a blast hanging out with the whole family. she had the kids go on a treasure hunt she even drew maps and Isiah loved it especially the part where they had to dig in the dirt, that is all he wanted to do for the rest of the day, dig and play with worms he was really proud of himself when he found a worm and he started waiving it all over the place. (I wish I had a picture of that.) we had a hard time getting him away from the dirt. He is such a boy.

My little brother Dan turned 13 on the 25 of August. and Skye pushed his entire face in to the cake. It was hilarious.

Conference

2008-10-12T22:14:00.000-07:00

We always enjoy watching conference but this time was so much better. We mounted the TV, hooked up the surround sound, and bought HDTV. Conference with surround sound, on HD, no kids jumping in front of the TV and on a rainy day. It doesn't get better than that. WE LOVE CONFERENCE WEEKEND !!

1 month

2008-09-19T07:27:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has already been a month since Tristan was born. Time goes by way to fast! He is getting so big, he has big chubby cheeks, I think he is about 10 or 11 pounds now. He looks just like Skye. He is such a good baby, he NEVER cries and he pretty much sleeps through the night we only wake up once during the night, but he doesn't cry he'll just make goat like noises, it's so cute. That's his way of telling me that he wants to eat and that he needs a new diaper. We love hanging out in the middle of the night, just the two of us, even though I am tired. It's fun to have some alone time. He is such a happy baby.
Isaiah is an amazing brother he is always making sure that Tristan is at his sight and if he is not he'll look for him. He wont get in the car until his brother is in there first and he is always helping me take care of Tristan. He is the best little helper and the most amazing brother. we are SO blessed to have them both in our lives.

Big brother Isaiah

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2 weeks old

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Tristan's day of birth

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Baby Tristan!!

2008-09-03T16:51:00.000-07:00

Tristan Hughes was born August 19 2008 at 4:33pm he was 7lbs 4oz and 19 inches tall.

6 days before he was born we found out that he was breech meaning that his head was up under my ribs and he was feet down. he thought it would be fun to try and come out feet first. Dr. had me go in to the hospital to have an ECV (external cephalic version) which I had heard horror stories about so I was horrified to do it. well we went in and even though it was a bit painful it was not that bad at all and baby Tristan did a great job, his heart rate stayed strong through out the entire thing and no emergency c-section was needed. All they do is push on my tummy to turn the baby. The doctor did a great job and she was very careful. they only thing that sucked was being in the hospital for 4 hours and having to fast for almost 24 hours plus getting an IV

The doctors decided it would be a good idea to induce labor to make sure that he didn't try to turn again....just in case. so it was scheduled for the 19th even though we were exited and it was nice to know when we were going to have him, I was a bit sad that he wouldn't come when he wanted to and that we were choosing his birth date. Well my water broke at about 3:00am on the 19th so I'm guessing that he chose the 19th anyway. I got a phone call from the hospital at 6:00 am to let us know that they were ready for us to come in and have the baby. I was so nervous. we got up, got ready, made some phone calls and went to the hospital.

Labor was a bit tougher than expected but everything went well. I had a lot of support the whole time most of the family was there the whole time and they were all very patient.

Tristan was still head down and ready to come out.

He had the cord wrapped around his neck and scared us a little bit because he was so blue when he was born. He ended up with a bruised face so he looked purple for the first two days or so. but nothing serious happened just a few scares here and there. We are so happy to have him in our lives.

Isaiah is such an awesome brother he has never been jealous and he is always saying how much he loves his baby brother. He wants to hold him all the time and he'll make sure that Tristan is okay and every time he cries Isaiah will run to him and tell him "it's okay baby Tristan, don't cry" He'll hug him and kiss him. He was been so helpful and understanding of everything from day one. He also loves to tell people that baby Tristan is too cute. We are so proud of Isaiah he has grown up so much. He is such a loving brother and son.

"mommy, you help daddy"

2008-08-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

Isaiah made a brave effort to help his daddy up but decided it would be easier if he just asked me to do it for him.... He did try ! ;)

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summer fun

2008-08-08T10:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the things that we have been doing this summer.

Camping in the back yard

We set up a tent in our back yard and watched "Finding Nemo" on the laptop. it was a blast, we made some smores, ate otter-pops and some other treats. Isaiah though we were hiding from a monster the whole time and that made things even funner.

We have also been having some fun with the sprinklers while playing soccer.

And ofcourse we are working on getting everything ready for the baby. he should be here any day now and I am really hoping it will be soon. Isaiah is all ready to be a big brother he really can't wait to meet him.

we set up the crib and bought a double stroller.

Fence

2008-07-31T07:41:00.001-07:00

We finally got our fence and it has been the best investment ever!! We have some seriously noisy neighbors that can't seem to mind their own business so every time we went out in the back yard they would just invite them selves and the rest of the neighborhood, or they would just come out and watch us... it's very creepy. Anyway they were not happy about us getting a fence and they tried to give us a hard time about it. It was a big headache having to deal with them at all but they couldn't do anything.... it's a very long story. Anyway we are loving it. We can finally relax in our backyard with out having to deal with being stared at all the time by the neighbors. Isaiah can run all over the place and I don't have to worry as much about him going too far. and NO MORE dog poop. some people in the neighborhood seem to think that it's okay to let their dogs run free and poop wherever so it was always a pain having to clean it up so that we could mow the lawn. yuk! Anyway it is definitely worth it !!

4th of July

2008-07-10T08:19:00.000-07:00

We didn't do much for the 4th of July this year but we still had a blast. We got some fireworks and invited Dan, Dennise and Demmi to come over. We played Wii for a little while then as soon as it was dark we set some chairs up in front of our house and had fun with the fireworks. Our neighbors back yard started on fire somehow, I think they left the grill on or something. anyway my sisters ran over to tell them and luckily nothing bad happened. The kids slept over at out house and Isaiah loved it. They watched some movies and stayed up all night, drinking chocolate milk.

Talking to the grasshopper

2008-07-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

Isaiah actually caught the grasshopper all on his own and surprisingly it stayed on his finger long enough for him to tell it some story. He was way exited so I had a hard time understanding what he was saying.

Get that grasshopper

2008-07-03T08:22:00.000-07:00

Isaiah really wanted to hold the grasshopper that Skye found and almost killed while mowing the lawn. Oh and just in case you are wondering what Skye was doing on the side. He was kicking the wall to kill all the spiders on the side of the house...yes, there were that many.

Best hubby EVER !!

2008-06-26T20:34:00.000-07:00

He is good looking too!!

I have to brag and tell everyone that I have the best hubby in the universe AND he can cook!!

Last week he decided he would do all the cooking for the week so we got tons of groceries. I was so exited that I didn't have to worry about doing all the cooking, but I didn't expect it to be nearly as good as it was, I mean I knew he would do a good job but this was just amazing. He made some delicious Teriyaki Chicken. He made the sauce from scratch and marinated the chicken in it before cooking it. It was THE BEST chicken I have ever had... EVER !! and that is a big deal for me because I am not a big fan of chicken. I am not just saying that because he's MY husband I really mean it when I say it was the BEST EVER. Words can't even describe it. I have my own personal chef right at home. He is SO good he makes all the fancy restaurants out there look bad. ;)

He set the table too!

The next day he made some ribs those were WAY good too!! the only ribs I ever liked were from T.G.I Friday's but that was before Skye surprised me again. He's done such a GREAT job cooking that I don't think I will ever cook again, I'll just have him take care of that. He's MUCH better at it. I can't wait to see what he's going to make next. He is really full of surprises, I am curious to know how many other talents he has that I still don't know about. I love him SO much. He's always taking care of me, I'm a lucky girl!!

Baby # 2 !!

2008-06-25T20:05:00.000-07:00

I just realized that we don't have very many pictures of me showing my belly. I had to steal these from my sisters . this was about 4 weeks ago so I was about 27 weeks along. I hate these pictures I look so fat! :(

We are expecting our second baby, and IT'S A BOY !!!! We are so exited and can't wait for him to be here. Isaiah is very exited to be a big brother. We haven't picked a name yet but have thought of a few, if you have any suggestions it's not too late. ;) The due date is August 26th so we still have about 2 months to go. Isaiah is always talking to the baby, hugging him and kissing him all the time and he is very protective too. He is such a great brother already.

Lately he's been bringing his toy and setting them on my belly then he'll talk to the baby and say things like "come play baby" and "push the sword baby, push the sword" if the baby does kick the toys he'll say "good job" then he'll ALWAYS make sure he tells the baby "I love you baby brother" it's the cutest thing in the world, I cant wait for them to meet. They will be best friends, no doubt about it.

A good story to tell and that we'll never forget was before we knew that we were having a boy.

We asked Isaiah what he wanted to have. it went like this:

"Isaiah, do you want to have a boy or a girl?"

"A boy"

" Is it going to be a boy or a girl?"

"A girl...Can I have a puppy??"

I laughed so hard when he said that. He got what he wanted though so we wont need to get a puppy any time soon. :)

The pregnancy has been going great so far. Morning sickness was the worst of it but even that wasn't that bad I guess it could have been worse. So I can't complain too much, it just wasn't fun. Other than the weight gain that I know I can't avoid, everything has been wonderful!!

Our House

2008-06-25T13:29:00.000-07:00

We bought the lot in May of 2006 The city took way to long on giving us all our building permits that we needed, so it took us a VERY long time just to get the construction started. I think it was August or September when we were finally able to start building. once we were halfway done we ran in to more problems....to make the long story short the house was not finished till August of 2007. It was quite an adventure and it got frustrating at times but it was WAY worth it !! after many years of trying to get our own place our dream came true and not only did we get our own place but we were able to get the house of our dreams.

We got our landscaping done, Sprinklers and Grass we are planning on getting a fence soon hopefully in two weeks or so.

Another thing we are VERY exited about is refinancing. We got a horrible interest rate, 12.5% so our payment for the last year has been insane!!!! How does $3,800 sound to you? we hate it!!
We are now shopping around for a better loan.... WE CAN'T WAIT !! I never thought refinancing would be SO EXITING!!

2008-06-25T12:30:00.001-07:00

Isaiah's 2nd Birthday!

2008-06-25T10:24:00.001-07:00

2008-06-23T20:36:00.001-07:00

I know there are probably too many slide shows in this blog. Sorry, I guess I got carried away I really want to share as many pictures as possible but I could only fit about 40 pictures per slide show or I would have only made one. ;) My goal is to update you on what's been happening in our life since Skye and I met. I will hurry and get you up to date on everything, before we keep missing out on what is going on today. So hopefully I will find the time to do so. ;)

MORE pictures of Isaiah ;)

2008-06-20T11:46:00.001-07:00

2008-06-20T11:45:00.001-07:00

Some Pictures of Isaiah

2008-06-20T11:21:00.001-07:00

Baby Isaiah

2008-06-18T12:02:00.001-07:00

Little Isaiah

2008-06-04T20:20:00.000-07:00

He was born April 17th 2006, 19 1/2 inches and 6 lbs 4oz. Labor was induced because there was not enough amniotic fluid for him to survive so it was time for him to come out. I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I went in for a normal Dr.'s appointment but since I had been measuring smaller for a while the Dr decided to send me to the hospital to have an ultrasound done. Skye almost didn't come with me to that one ultrasound but I convinced him to ditch work and come with me anyway. We had no clue, we thought we were just going in for a normal ultrasound and that we would go home soon after. I was planning on going home to get ready for the big day which I was not expecting for another 10 days. when we got to the hospital I had the ultrasound done, the tech got up and left the room for a second and called my Dr. then we heard her yell from the other room "today is your lucky day!" my heart stopped, Skye and I looked at each other and didn't know what to say. the tech came back in and said "Your room is ready right now, you are having a baby today, they will induce labor." I was so scared, I asked her if I could go home first to get my stuff ready, but she said I was not going anywhere.

They induced labor and a few hours went by my mom had convinced me to tough it out for as long as possible and not get the epidural, when I finally wouldn't take it anymore my nurse was nowhere to be found I found out later that she was at a C-section for someone else so Skye had to go out and chase people around to get me the epidural. labor was a piece of cake after that. 1 hour later I was ready to push and Isaiah was finally here. ;) I didn't feel a thing so I was able to enjoy the moment. I was only in labor for 6 hours. it's really a long story so I think I will stop here I tried to make it as short as possible, so I hope you had fun reading.

2008-05-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

This was part of one of our dates, my friends somehow convinced me to take him to a high school dance. It was my senior year and it was the last dance of the year so I did, I asked if he would be crazy enough to come with me. I can't believe he agreed to that especially since I asked him 2 hours before the the dance, I felt so stupid I hate school dances. We only went in got pictures danced for a few minutes left then went on to funner stuff... weird, I know!

Best Day Ever!!

2008-05-01T20:51:00.001-07:00

Skye and I met just before he left on his mission, I talked to him for about 20 minutes and embarrassed myself but that is a very long story. He served in the Bolivia Cochabamaba Mission from 2002-2004. We wrote a few letters during his mission and started dating after he was back home.... well it's a long story so if you really want to know all you have to do is ask...don't be shy. ;) We had our first date May 8th 2004 and were engaged July 17th 2004 then of course we were married in the Mount Timpanogos Temple November 20th 2004. Best day of my life !