What We've Been Doing

I have been soooo busy with school that it seems like I never have time to do anything anymore! After this summer I'll have just 2 more semesters until I am done... wow it seems like forever but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I truly don't have much time to update you so this will be simple.

Since January:

• Laid off, new job, re-hired at old job. It's been a rollercoaster at work!
• Renovating our lawn for Bridal Shower (see below)
• Bridal Shower for my sister Amy (getting married on June 20)
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• Camping
• BBQ!
• Birthdays: Eric (my brother), Marques (Nephew), Miranda (Niece), & Myself
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• 4 year Anniversary on June 4
  

We are keeping busy so I will try to keep you updated as we go along. This weekend we are headed to California for my sister's BIG DAY. I'll put pics on here when I get them.

Tribute to Angie

This is for my very special special friend Angie. I hope she gets a kick out this. Apparently she is not apart of my scrapbooks enough... LOL this is cracking me up. She is in Hawaii now hopefully enjoying herself in the sun while we are all stuck in the snow. I am a little jealous...in a hateful way ;) Anyway, just wanted her to appreciate my effort to stick her in here. HAHA. Love you Ange!

WOW for Chad

I caught Chad in the act! You are now viewing (Dec. 20) the very first time Chad held Justice since she was born. I feel special being part of this. LOL.

Trains

I know Christmas is long over but I wanted to show you all what I meant by "Christmas Trains." Each year my family gets together and makes trains out of candy. It's so much fun, mostly because all the candy is there for eating! We had a really good turnout too!

Horse Riding

Late November Chad, my mom and I took the kids down to Jason and Angie's house to ride the horse. Dixie wasn't quite ready and she kind of tossed off Marquez when we weren't expecting it. We swapped out the horses and besides my mom breaking a toe, everything went just fine. LOL. At least Marquez wasn't afraid to keep riding!

California

Here are some of our Cali Pics from August. (I am not very good at this blogging thing!) We stayed with my Uncle Jason and he showed us a great time!

We went to the beach one day and it was so hot outside. It really was a perfect day at the beach because the water wasn't too cold. It was just about right. We played in the ocean for a few hours and even tried out the boogie board. I wasn't very good at that at all, but Chad seemed to get the hang of it after a while.

We also went to an Angels game that same day. I wished we would of had more time so we could have gone on a different day... I was worn out from going to the beach! But it was a pretty good game, the Angels had a really good lead so we left a little early to beat the traffic... their apponent ended up coming up really close and the Angels ended up winning by default. We were all kind of bummed that we missed those last few innings.

I love my trips to California... I hope Chad liked it too so he'll want to go next year! :)

7 Peaks

My work's summer party was at 7 Peaks on August 1. Because Chad's not really into stuff like that, I got tickets for my entire family to come. I wasn't really wanting to go, at first, but having Paul's kids there made all the difference. How kids love to play in the water...

My work provided the food, drinks, tubes, and don't forget the dippin dots! I think that might be the real reason I went ;)

Marques loved to go down the slides in the kiddie pool. He'd even start to go when no one as the bottom! That kid is fearless. He was so happy to just be there, even when he was shivering and cold he still didn't want to leave!

Miranda enjoyed going down the lazy river with mom and I. We stuck her and Marques on the tube while we floated down with them. They loved it! It was a really fun night.