RECENT HAPPENINGS

TA DA!!

We have a hole.

Shown: Area of land that will reside our future home.



Shown: Neighbors massive house. Our house will be on your right.



Shown: Current neighbors (for 5 more days) inconspicuously trying to kidnap my cat about 4 feet from my property line.

FYI: If you hear of this cage mysteriously disappearing in 5 days, it's a TOTAL coincidence. And you stick with that story NO MATTER WHAT. And wave at the nice lady who lives there when you drive by :) But don't feel bad when she doesn't wave back.

At Least We Got Some Pictures That Are Cute

Since we were all together for a funeral we figured we would take some pictures. You know, since everyone's makeup was all perfect and all. And because everyone looks better in black.

This is my dearest cousin, Kate, whom lives in Oregon. This was the first picture before my brother said "Kate-fake it." Or something along those lines.



Us, yes that is purple in my hair, no it is not marker :) And yes it's there on purpose although it looks more like Punky Brewster purple than the dark purple it once was. But hey.. Punky was an early idol of mine so I am just representing.



Kate-faking it!







My parent's together debut on my blog, and their most recent picture together since their wedding day! Oh wait... they didn't have a wedding photographer.. um, their most recent picture together this century and probably until next :)



It's hard to see the good in things that are so difficult but I am grateful that we were all together and got some pictures together. If there is one thing I think matters in life it is acknowledging how great life is. How great YOUR life is. Everyone has crappy stuff and always will, it always comes up. But moping around is retarded. I will have moments everyday that I pause and my chest aches for her and I feel hopeless, but I am glad that is the case. It's remembering. There are holes in my heart from losing my grandma but I do have a lot because of her and most importantly lessons by example she taught. I also have a hand made blanket she made to curl up in at night, so it could be worse. I have a long ways to go before I don't take things too seriously, don't get too stressed, always keep a positive attitude and betray all greed, but having her gone is even more reason to work on practicing those principles she lived and didn't preach.

Still My Angel Boy

There. I think I have blogged enough to make up for the last month. I have all these pictures I have taken and not even looked at yet. I love these ones of my sweet angel boy peanut. He really can do no wrong, I think Piper knows it too and acted worse to make up for it. So I have to try really hard to point out everything good she does instead of the bad. It's kind of hard sometimes :) This has been a boring week if you can't tell by my computer time. I finally got my butt back in gear after a two week break and ran yesterday. You can't use the sad and stressed excuse forever.. the love handles still find you :) Anyways, sorry for another boring pointless surface post. If anything at least it made Jake happy to see peanut's face while he is at work.

Atleast I Have Cute Cheeks To Kiss

I am like a blog fool this week. Hoollllaaa! Don't get used to it a few more days and then we will be packing up and moving to the in laws and I will vanish!
Here is a couple pictures of a couple faces I really like. Piper and her baby doll she loves, and we have managed to loose, and Beckett and his "too boc" or tool box. He was fixing my car apparently.
Good bye neighbors with log cabin (cat stealers), good bye gravel driveway, good bye awesome for pictures yard. Soon we will just have dirt in the background of our pictures. But we will be on a cement driveway, with a garage.. or three :) Trade off's-what do you do?

It Wouldn't Be Fall Without The Pumpkin Patch

First off I gotta send out thanks to all my sweet friends and all your great texts, calls and cards through losing my grandma. I survived. It sucked, but we all survived. And are still trying to be surviving. But it really helped.


Last week we went to the pumpkin patch. I mean, you GOTTA go to the pumpkin patch. I can't believe how many times I have been, guess I have been a mom a lot more years than it feels. I just hope even though I am moving three miles west, I am still invited :) (hint, hint)

I was too busy playing to pack around the good camera and/or try for any decent pictures. These ones are the only ones I took. I am pretty sure Lex has some of me going down the monster slide :) burning a million calories climbing and carrying my kids up it.


This is Piper and her BFF Lucy. They love love each other, can you tell?

A Night At The Circus

A couple weekends ago we went to the circus.
Here we are.. sorry Piper's little head didn't get into focus.





The rest of the group. Auto just doesn't get everyone into focus..or I don't know how to use my D60 anymore.. either way, sorry Kris.



Me and peanut....



Eli wasn't too entertained :) he fell asleep in my mom's arms.

Flying

Hello blog world.

I took these pictures this morning in my kitchen. The kitchen that soon won't be mine. I know that in life change is inevitable, but good hell can't it just happen one thing at a time? Throw a girl a freaking bone here!

So we sold our house (thanks to Brandon Visser's mad skills..or magic powers?) and we are building just out a few miles west. I know, west. But hey a girl's gotta stay in Farmington. We will most likely be living with Jake's parents in South Jordan in three weeks, as long as this old beast appraises :) I love you house.
And I am pregnant for anyone who isn't on Facebook, which you are thereby an alien if you are not. Yay for second trimesters.









"I had a dream.. I could fly from the highest tree.. I had a dream.
Now I'm old I'm feeling gray I don't know what's left to say, about this life I'm willing to leave.
I lived it full I lived it well there's many tells I've lived to tell.
I'm ready now.. I'm ready now..
To fly from the highest tree."
Priscilla Ahn