Pregnancy vent sesh!

Why because I am entitled to vent while I'm pregnant. So if anyone feels that this bugs them please feel free to not read:)
Oh my word the first 12 to 14 months of pregnancy are the worst! Atleast for us people who get this wonderful thing called morning sickness. Yet in all reality it shouldn't be called "morning" maybe all day is more appropriate in my case. I do awesome right when I wake up but as soon as the clock hits about 11 or 12 I feel freaking awful until about 4. I feel pretty good from 4 till about 11pm and there it is all over again. I have tried everything to help this but it looks as if I will be begging my doctor for meds! What's funny is I actually had morning sickness a whole lot worse with rylee, but come to find out morning sickness with a 3 year old makes it a little harder! I am grateful though that I have a great child that will just lay in bed with and cuddle till I feel better. Not only that I have a fabulous husband that helps make me the most comfortable possible. With rylee being such an angel and Aaron my personal assistant I would be in trouble! So I guess it could be a lot worse. I have to keep it in my head that all of this sickness is telling me my hormones are doing what they should to help thing miricle inside me grow to be healthy. Sometimes though I want to crawl in a corner and cry cause of how horrible I feel! I am grateful for everyday though that I feel sick. (yes it's hard to believe but it's true) so I guess my vent sesh didn't turn into a very big vent sesh. A little venting a little grateful sesh. Either way it felt good to write down and share:) another awesome thing about morning sickness, my poor husband gets sympathy morning sickness and I love it to the fullest!!!:)

November has been a great month!!

November this year has been so amazing for me! So much has happened for everyone in my family! As all or most of you know we are expecting baby number 2 and couldn't be more excited about it. We never would have thought it would have happened so fast. We literally tried for 2 weeks and then bam a positive pregnancy test! When we told Rylee about it she was so cute. She kept going around saying "Im going to have a brother or sister." of course we are hoping for a boy, but if another girl comes we will be just as happy! Our plan was to keep this pregnancy a secret till about 12 weeks, but our sweet little Rylee started to break the news a little early:) After random people finding out we decided that the parents should know also. Rylee and I decorated a shoe box for my mom and on the inside we wrote Yay Grandma (that's what my mom has always said to her grand kids) and then put the pregnancy test below it. Her face was priceless! She never expected it cause I had taken a test about 4 days before she opened it and she knew I had gotten a negative. All she said was "oh Yay Grandma." then about 30 seconds later noticed the test under it. It was great, I loved seeing her face!

And then of course Rylee's announcement:)

The next great thing about November was James moving to Germany. Yes a sad thing, but an awesome thing also. He is experiencing the most amazing journey that not many people get to experience. All that he is waiting for is his wife and daughter to move there too. We are all hoping they get there passports SOON so they can spend their 1 year anniversary together. Thanksgiving this year was a little weird without him, but as my mom and I say we are so Thankful for Skype! If we didn't have that I don't know how our Thanksgiving would have been.

family photo:)

Another thing to top November off was my cousins and my cousins fiance coming from cali to spend Thanksgiving with us. Its always really good seeing them and spending time with them. Not only did they come, but they pretty much got to meet their dad for the first time! (my moms brother) and the rest of us reunited with him after 15 years or more. It was so great and so glad that he was able to make it! I have so much to be grateful/ and thankful for this year. It just seems like year after year your list of things to be thankful for just keep getting bigger and bigger! Hope everyone had an awesome November like I did. Cant wait to see what December brings:)

Steven,little Steven,Tara and Jarren.

Grudges......

I don't really understand the why people hold grudges. I feel like its such a waste of time and energy! To me the worst grudge held is when someone to your face can act nice and then turn around and have nothing nice to say about you. They act like you are the horrible person yet they do nothing but say negative things behind your back. Sometimes I just dont think people realize that words really do hurt. Maybe one day those people will realize how awful grudges, negative words, or talking behind peoples backs really is. Until then for me........

I love fall!!!

My favorite season is finally here! I love waking up to that cool crisp air with coffee in my hand, The smell of the heater when it's first turned on after a summer, cute sweaters, long sleeves and Ugg boots (my case the fake ones. lol) Not to mention the amazing colors that surround us for a short period of time!! I love the holidays that come with it and of course all the baking a girl can do! Last but not least CRAFTING!!
This year I have done things a little different when it comes to decor. Not only have I bought and pulled out old holiday decor I have also made some. Pinterest has turned out to be the best social networking sight I have ever participated in. I have gotten so many cute and fun ideas off of that site. Here are a few things I have done......

My burlap and felt wreath. The flowers can be changed out for any holiday or season!

Wood connection is awesome!

This was so easy and cost me nothing! saw the idea on Pinterest and already had all the supplies

cute 2x4 mummys!!

Just one more day........

And Aaron will be taking Rylee and me on a nice little vacation for our 1 year anniversary!!!(its not till Sept but this is the only week he gets off so its an early celebration.) I am extremely excited about it! For the next 5 days my days will consist of a lot of this.....

A day of this...........

One day of this.....

and then a day of the grand canyon....

I think my husband loves his girls that's for sure!! Now how am I going to top this anniversary present?? Oh wait I know......in 2013 Tahiti better watch out:) 2013 cant come soon enough!!

Going Private!!

I have decided to go private on my blog... If anyone wants an invite please let me know and I will send you a link. I am noticing a lot of random ads and what not viewing my blog along with people that just type in my address on the url. I just prefer to know who is viewing my blog:)

Nails magazine!!

My work is featured in Nails Magazine for the month of August as the Salon of the month! This is so exciting for all of us. I love my job and so grateful to have such an amazing job. All the girls there are so great! Its like a whole other family:)
http://www.nailsmag.com/article/93181/changing-with-the-times

So as everyone knows Rylee has been pretty sick!! Aaron called me in the afternoon and said he got a call back about the results and everything came back negative. My first thought was crap!! I was only thinking that cause if it wasn't any of those 3 things the only things left where intestinal problems.
Later that day I get a call from the Doc telling me the salmonella test came back positive..... I was so confused so I called Aaron who then called the Doc. Long story short they miscommunicated. Rylee for sure is positive for salmonella! We have no idea where it came from or what food it came from. Its so hard to tell because all 4 of us that live here ate the EXACT same things. Who knows maybe we all have it and our older bodies are handling it better. They cant give any medication for it because it could make her feel worse so its a just let it run its course situation. She is contagious for 10 to 14 days!!! Who would have thought. NOT US! My poor girl has been cooped up in this house since we got back from Mississippi so today she says to me, "want for lunch Mom." I wont lie I didn't want to make anything I was feeling extra lazy today so we headed out Noodles and Company and got her favorite Mac and cheese! She was so happy about it I had to take a pic...

While we were out I decided to go to the DI and look for a used nightstand. (I didn't want to spend a 40 dollars on one.) I found one for $5! With a little sanding and some paint I knew this had potential. It didn't take me long at all! The nice thing is this nightstand cost me a total of $10! I already had the paint and sand paper. All it needed was an up to date handle:) This was my first project on furniture and I had no idea how much fun it would be. This might just be my new addiction.....

Ok the real reason why I wanted to do a nightstand.....

The husband bought me a new bedset:) This is probably my number one addiction besides changing my furniture around. I LOVE a new bedset! He is the best for supporting my addiction and being so great about it:)

The waiting game......

My poor little girl woke up this morning in the worst pain I have ever seen her in! She was hunched over on the floor crying saying, "Mommy it hurts!" and grabbing at her belly. Through out the day she was eating and drinking but still in pain. As all of you know my child is very well known to getting sick at least once a month. At first I thought that was the case but after no vomiting and eating I knew it couldn't be that. After so long I was convinced that she was just constipated. (sorry for all you people that get grossed out by TMI) so I did the stufff you would if that was the case... Then I noticed she had blood in her stool. Thats when I started to get nervous!! I made Aaron call up at the U and they suggested we see someone. You would never think a child would be so excited to see a Doctor, but Rylee sure was! As soon as we told her we were going to the Doctor she said "lets get in the car." That tells you how much pain she was in!! They did a stool test and it came back positive for blood ( we weren't 100% sure at first if it was blood cause she had eaten red foods) When I heard that my heart sank!! The doctor said it could be colitis, appendicitis or food allergies. The two things that made her believe its not colitis or appendicitis is cause she wasn't running a fever and you could still put pressure on her belly. If the pain doesn't get better by tomorrow we have to take her right back in. If she gets a fever its straight to the ER
Now we play the waiting game....... I am praying it gets better by tomorrow cause most likely then its just a food allergy. My heart hurts for my baby:( I wish I could just take that pain from her. The sad thing is there is nothing we can give her to make her feel better. Its just cuddles and hugs for now. Then lots of food allergy test to find this nasty culprit!! This whole situation could be minor but to me my little girl is in pain and hurting and I cant do anything about it so its major to me either way. Moms out there know what I am talking about:)



:( :(



A new beginning!!!

Lets just say I am going to enjoy the rest of the summer to the fullest along with the rest of the year. I'll be hitting the books full time in JANUARY!! I am more than excited about my new career plan:)

Time to vent!!!

Ok so there is so much crap on the news about children dying! I honestly try not to pass judgement on people cause I am a firm believer on "accidents happen." I am no longer a believer of that!! "accidents" to me now are stupid decisions! With that being said people can avoid accidents. Yes I know sometimes it's hard to keep 100% eye on your child 24/7. Especially when you have a toddler. If you know there's fast water stay away from it, if you know you will be at a lake make sure your child has a life jacket ALL the time. So in all reality there are ways to protect yourself from making stupid decision aka accidents.
What got me started on this was children and child restraints. I can't really say much about the front facing at two because I did it much earlier. After being more educated in it I realized that wasn't a smart move. We get so mad and frustrated with parents for not watching there kid near dangerous places or not even putting children in safety restraints but when it comes to the parent putting a child front facing too early, moving up to a booster seat too early you don't hear anything. It's not smart it's just the same is not keeping a close eye on your child or not putting a life jacket on your child. They say for a booster seat the minimum weight it 30 lbs. Rylee is 30 lbs there is no way in hell she will be put in one at that weight!! Amazes me when you see people get so mad that someone else isn't keeping a close eye on their child yet that person that is getting angry probably has their child in a car seat so incredibly wrong!

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Wonderful two days!

Well we got to spend two days with James after his basic training. It was very bittersweet! Glad we got to see him but sad we all had to leave him again. He looks so good and we are all so proud of him. What an amazing man he is for serving his country. Love you James

Best friends!!!

Her best friend!

I love seeing little girls build amazing friendships! These two girls love each other so much it's heart melting! They literally see each other EVERYDAY and everyday their faces light up when they see each other. I am so grateful that Rylee has found so many great friendships in our neighborhood. If we are outside and see another child that Rylee doesn't know she will look at me and say, "Its ok Mom that's my new friend." and then just go up to them. Last time she met a new friend she said to them "I'm Rylee. I'm two!" I heart my social butterfly!!


Birthday party with all her neighbor friends:)



I feel like.........

People are becoming more negative, in a bad mood or short with people these days! I am honestly not sure how to handle it. There are sometimes I just want to be my blunt self, but then I remember that when I feel like someone is being negative that ultimately I am the one who is perceiving the person is negative and I need to learn to see the goodness of the person that is negative. Lets just say that is hard sometimes.
The negativity stuff is a little bit easier to deal with then the bad moods and the shortness from people! Its horrible. You can be in such a great mood and then one person that is around you can be in a horrible mood and get short with you over nothing. Then it happens your whole mood changes and you become in a bad mood. I guess not even a bad mood, it can also make you feel hurt sad or like you have done something wrong. Its not a fun feeling but I feel like some of the people around me or that I HAVE to interact with have been like that. It for sure takes a lot out of you to ignore it and keep your good mood! It kind of makes me think about when I am in a bad mood or short with people how mean I look. Makes you want to work on your bad moods and remember that you are the only one that can control your mood! Once again though sometimes its HARD!!! Some days I am better at it then others. This last week not so good at it!

Water and Phones do not mix!

Sad to say that my phone is no longer with me anymore. As I was filling up a pedi tub for a client I forgot that my phone was in my front pocket of my shirt and it dived right in. Since then it has been acting crazy!! I'm not talking just going black and not working it will now call people randomly without me pushing any buttons or start doing the voice record mode. Aaron and I decided that the only reason I am having this luck with my phone is because about 2 or more weeks ago I almost purchased a new phone but then decided that I was comfortable with my old phone. The thought of paying money for a new one plus adding a data package on to my bill sounded not so fun! Well scratch all that! As of tomorrow when it gets delivered to my door I will be a proud owner of the New white Iphone 4:) Im pretty excited about it. Glad I waited to get an Iphone so I was able to get the white one. I was going to wait for the Iphone 5 but after reading up on it they have said that it wont be any better than the 4. So Im a little bummed that my phone is gone but pretty excited that I was able to use my upgrade for a new one!

Mondays are tough!

Today has been kind of a weird day for me. I have done really good with Aaron being gone with school and work, but I think that's cause I am working too. Mondays though I am home all day while he is at work and then he comes home for about an hour to get ready and then has to leave again for school. I was just having that lonely feeling today and when he came home to get ready I just told him that when he gets done with school (9:30) all I wanted to do was spend time with him and him only. I'm sure some of you know what feeling I am talking about when it comes to the husbands being gone all day. On top of feeling lonely Rylee decides to come to me all sad sounding asking for some of her friends she hasn't seen in awhile and it pretty much broke my heart! All I wanted was Aaron to just be home with me.

At about 6:45 I get a text from Aaron that just has a smiley face on it. I figured it was a reminder text about my 90210 show that started at 7 so I just said thanks for the reminder I am turning it on now. About 10 mins later the front door opens! I'm sure all of you know how happy I was!! It made my whole day that he got out of class early and erased all of those lame lonely feelings. Now all I want to do is get in my favorite place with my favorite person and relax for the rest of the night!

Tis the season for some swimming!!

I am loving this weather and so is Rylee. I have a child that cant get enough of the outdoors, sun and water!! Friday morning Rylee woke up at 10 and wanted to go right outside. It was beautiful at 10 and actually pretty warm at that time. So I let her play with the hose and there just so happened to be a storage container outside that she decided she wanted to make her a swimming pool( plus we didn't have a pool at the time) She played in that thing for hours and it was so fun to just sit out there and play with her in the water. Before I knew it that child was outside all morning with me and then out there all afternoon with Aaron!

My water baby!

After seeing my poor child play in a storage bucket I had to go out and buy her a pool. Rylee is obsessed with slides and when I saw this pool at Target I had to get her it. Its a perfect size for her to play in with a perfect size slide. We have honestly been outside all day today! Some with Rylee in the pool and some with me and Aaron getting our tan on the roof. Btw if you want a good tan the roof is where to be! But I only recommend an hour max! That is still even pushing it.
Its been such a good week and weekend. Nothing is better than spending it with your family and enjoying the simple pleasures of life together.

Loving her slide!

Yep after this pic the stash went bye bye. ha ha

Now to end this great weekend with some yummy steaks with the family! Hope everyone and a fantastic weekend and ready for a new week to start:)


On to a new chapter in life!

So much has changed in the last couple of months (for the better) and Aaron and I are so excited for our new chapter in life! We might not get to spend as much time together as we have always. Now instead of seeing each other all the time it will only be after 10pm every night and on Sundays. Honestly though its all going to be worth it in the end!

Officially on Wednesday all our debt will be paid off!!! We are so happy to finally have that off our shoulders. I wont lie debt has been one of my biggest stresses but not anymore:) After being in that position we are definitely going to be more cautious on what we spend our money on. I don't Ever want to have to get in that position again! If you haven't been there be grateful and don't ever put yourself in that position. Its not fun!! Obviously! That's our new chapter in life! No debt, School for Aaron and work full time for me. Its going to be a fantastic chapter!!

MOTHERS DAY!!!

I was supposed to go spend the day with my Mother, but she was so sick on Mothers day so we decided to let her have her rest plus none of us wanted what she had. I just ended up staying at home with my family:) It started with Rylee being so kind in sleeping in till 11 which gave me time to soak in the tub and just enjoy silence while Aaron and my dad went out grocery shopping. After he got home he gave me a full back and neck massage and then put a movie on for me in the bed and gave me a wonderful foot massage that put me right to sleep! I literally stayed in bed all day long with him and Rylee. It was perfect! If you know me you will know that my bed is one of my favorite places to be. I love getting all the Happy Mothers day from people but I look at it as Happy children's day cause if I didn't have my amazing child I wouldn't be a Mother:)



April showers bring May flowers!

So I'm not really sure if that saying "April showers bring May flowers" really applies this Spring till the last 3 days. All I know is that I have really enjoyed this amazing weather we have had the last 3 days. When I heard it was going to be in the high 70's on Friday I knew I was going to take advantage of it. I literally laid out all day on Friday!  Loaded Rylee up with sunscreen to where she was white from it and loaded me up with tanning lotion and just went to town soaking up Vitamin D!! I'm sure I don't have to to tell you it was amazing!


So the other week Rylee had a pen and she had colored on her hand and told me she drew a smiley face. Which if you really looked at it you could get a smiley face out of it. I thought it was so cute so I took a picture of it to show Aaron when he got home. A week or so passed and Rylee was coloring on a paper yells at me to come look at her smiley face she just drew. So I walked over there thinking it was just going to be some scribbles and to my surprise I was the same EXACT thing she drew on her hand the other week! I couldn't believe it! I was so proud of her that she did that twice and was relating to it. Some people think I am crazy that I got so excited. I guess its just a Mother thing:)

I also finally started back to work 5 days a week. Tues,Wed,Thurs,Fri,Sat!! I am so glad I decided to do that! So far it is working out perfect! Rylee loves going and staying with her Aunt Stephie and Cousin Taylor and that makes it so much easier for me to get up and go to work knowing that Rylee is completely enjoying herself. Since I have met Aaron and had a baby I have not been a morning person at all. I know that is weird with a child but my child loves to sleep and sleeps in that late too!! Rylee has been so easy to get up in the morning which really shocked me, but it has also been really easy for me also! I love getting up early in the morning now. It feels so good to feel that cool crisp air in the morning! Rylee was so cute the min we walked outside to get in the car she stopped and said "Ooh feel that? Feels good!!" It was so stinking cute!! The only problem for me now is sleeping in on the weekends. I seem to not be able to do that anymore. Which is fine cause I have decided that I really enjoy going and sitting on my new patio furniture with my cup of coffee and just enjoying the moment. Now Rylee though she still seems to be able to sleep in:)

Hope everyone enjoys there last day of sun today since the weather is supposed to get rainy again for the next couple of days!! Happy mothers day everyone!! PS Aaron starts the academy on Monday!!!:)

Something inspiring!

I saw this today and pretty much fell in love with it and thought I would share:)

The Interview With God


I dreamed I had an interview with God.


"Come in," God said. "So, you would like to interview Me?"

"If you have the time," I said.

God smiled and said:
"My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; What uestions do you have in mind to ask me?"

"What surprises you most about mankind?"

God answered:

"That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again...

That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health...

That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future...

That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived."

God's hands took mine and we were silent for awhile and then I asked... "As a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?"

God replied with a smile:

"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved...

To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives...

To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. All will be judged individually on their own merits, not as a group on a comparison basis...

To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least...

To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them...

To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness...

To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings...

To learn that money can buy everything but happiness...

To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally different...

To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them, and likes them anyway...

To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves."


I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for his time and for all that He has done for me and my family, and He replied, "Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is ask for me, and I'll answer."

Author Unknown

Eggs, Candy and goodbyes!

I have been so busy so I haven't been able to post anything from Easter till today. The weekend before Easter we did an early Easter with Aaron's family. Rylee got a practice run on egg hunting that day:) I got the best picture of her that day that I love so so much! She looks so cute and I just look at it and cant believe how big she is!!

Now on Easter I think the best word to describe that day was bittersweet! We did an early morning breakfast with Me,Dad,Aaron,Rylee,Mom,James,Steph and Taylor That followed a hilarious time of more Easter egg hunting. Taylor was so funny finding the eggs! She would pick up the egg and chuck it so hard into her basket. Then I have never seen Rylee so excited to find eggs. Before we even were close to going outside to find them she spotted an egg from the back door and that was the end of it. We had to go right at that moment to find more. She would yell the whole time "look there it is! I found it I found it!" It was so funny! I enjoyed every min of watching those girls search for eggs.

Rylee's bike and helmet the Easter bunny brought her

Easter breakfast

After the morning part everyone parted and did their own things till later that night. We all got together again for an Easter dinner with a totally of 15 people in my house. As most of you know we weren't celebrating just Easter. We were also getting ready to say goodbye to my brother. His recruiter came to pick him up from my house at about 7pm. This was so hard to see him off. My heart was mostly hurting for Steph Taylor and James. This whole process has to be so hard on all 3 of them, but I know everything will work out and it will make their family so much stronger. So that was our Easter this year!!

Bittersweet!!

Dirty daycares!

Well as most of you know from Facebook I went and toured a daycare that I have always had on my mind where I would want Rylee to go. Not to mention this is supposed to be a top daycare and it is very much known from its name. So I went in walked in the door and instantly got a bad vibe! First off the lady I was meeting with to give me this tour was trying to talk to me plus stuffing her face with a doughnut. Hey nothing wrong with stuffing your face with a doughnut just can you please wait till you are done talking with me?! Then as we are walking down the halls and heading to the classroom that Rylee would be attending there is full garbage bags that need to be thrown away just laying outside the doors. So we walk into the room looks pretty much like a daycare classroom nothing to great but nothing too extremely bad till all of a sudden I see a child standing on a chair not just the seat part of the chair but the back part of the chair trying to reach a radio on the shelf yet the teacher did not stop it at all. That could have been a disaster if the director that was giving me the tour hadn't taken him off of the chair. So after witnessing that she took me into the bathrooms to show me the potty training charts and I about died!!! The toilets hadn't been flushed plus toilet paper all over the floor and hanging half in the toilet and half out! Her response was "Oh wow I guess this is what 2 year olds do." and I wanted to say "Yes they do only if you let them and don't teach them about flushing and cleaning up after themselves." After going through all that we then start talking about prices......$500 a month for 2 days a week!!NUTS!!! Wont be going there again...Obviously!!
I feel good and happy about working more hours since after all that my sister in law has said she would take Rylee for the days that I need. Rylee will get more time with her cousin and they only live around the block from us. Very convenient!:)


Rylee has been such a crack up today. First she gets a hold of a full roll of toilet paper while I am getting ready and drags it around the house completely unrolled. I seriously thought she was past that stage but I guess not. She kept telling me to put the toilet paper on her so I wrapped it around her head, belly and legs. She loved it and by the time we were all done the whole living room floor was covered in little shredded pieces of toilet paper. I wont lie I enjoy Rylee getting into little things like that cause it brings the kid out in me. Whats done is done I cant get mad at her for it I just have to enjoy it with her:)

7 deadly sins!

So today at work a client points at the wall and asks me and another esthetician how people react to the painting we have hung up on our wall. I hadn't ever really looked too deep into the painting. I have always just thought that it was just a simple painting with a girl on it and then the word envy across it. Well as everyone knows there is always a meaning behind every painting and for some reason when this painting was being explained to me I was very interested. This artist named Joe Esquibel did 7 paintings One painting of ENVY, PRIDE, GLUTTONY, LUST, WRATH, GREED, and SLOTH. Also known as the 7 deadly sins! As weird as this is, this is the first time I have ever heard about the 7 deadly sins as the 7 deadly sins. Of course I knew about envy, pride and so forth. I just never knew that's what they were called.
After learning about the painting and really thinking about the 7 deadly sins it really opened up my eyes. Its amazing how many people there are that have all 7 of those in there lives including myself! I honestly can say I have been every single one of those at one point in my life. It makes me want to rethink my actions and be more conscious of it all. Its funny how a simple painting can do that to you. I definitely wont be looking at that painting the same as I have been for the last 3 1/2 years:)

BIG ACRYLIC PAINTING (purchased by a beauty salon) ... one of seven deadly sins - the other six hang at Design of Today's offices in SLC - Danell seems to like them ... all are humorous and all are very big - I think I'll paint the Virtues next .... Envy was inspired by the late 1950's Barbie doll with her exaggerated neck, eyes, dimensions - what an opportunity for envy ...

To Rylee!!

I can't express enough how much this little girl means to me! The last few weeks we have had some amazing bonding moments. She has wanted me to comb her hair (the small amount she has) put on princess shoes (high heels) and dance with her to Cinderella music and has been so into cuddling with me. We will just be sitting on the couch and she will grab me and say "Mommy cuddle." or when its nap time she will ask me to come take a nap with her and ask me to hold her hand while we fall asleep. Its so heart melting! I am so grateful to have such a lovable child. Minus her terrible 2's we are going through but even then she is perfect. Is it weird that It all makes me baby hungry yet then again it doesn't?! I want all that baby feeling again but then again I don't want Rylee to have to share me with anyone but her Daddy. Yes that is weird. It sounded weird when I typed it! She is just growing up way too fast I want time to slow down just a bit. When people would say time will fly when you have kids that's completely wrong. Its more like time will disappear when you have children! It makes you realize even more that you need to Cherish every moment you have in your life whether it be good or bad because life is so short and so precious.

Making a late night snack!

Day 30! A photo of yourself and 3 good things that have happened this month!

Finally at day 30!! I am actually very shocked that I was able to keep up with this. I have actually really enjoyed blogging. I feel like since I have started blogging I stepped a little further away from the Facebook. I enjoy facebook yet hate it at the same time. The nice thing about blogging is you get on write your thing and then your done and with Facebook I feel like there are times when it can take over my life! I'm sure there are others that feel that way also. Unless I'm just crazy:/  I definitely plan to keep blogging and just might think of another challenge to do:)

Me and Rylee as of today

My 3 good things that have happened to me this last month........
1- I found new friendship
2- I have learned that being forgiven by others isn't always enough. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive your self too.
3-I have/still am working on over coming hard trials in my life.

Day 29! Put your iPod on shuffle. What are the first 10 songs!

 I do have an iPod but I don't think I have used it since a year after I got it :/ So I decided to go with the Pandora. I can handle the rap crap but I am more into the Country music. Here are my 10 songs on Pandora
*Trace adkins- This aint no love song
*Tim Mcgraw- Something like that
*Toby Keith-  Whiskey girl
*Jason Aldean- She's country
*Trace adkins-Chrome
*Montgomery Gentry- Hell ya
*Miranda Lambert- Gun powder and lead
*Diamond Rio- Beautiful mess
*Dierks Bentley- I wanna make you close your eyes
*Alan Jackson- Drive
Thats all I got:)

Day 27 & 28!!!

Yep I failed on my goal with making sure I blog everyday for 30 days. I missed yesterday:( For a good reason though. Once again Rylee and I decided to get the flu! Not fun that's for sure. I am so tired of getting the flu! We seriously have had it 4 times in 6 months. That's not normal at all! I am going to take her into the doc and find out what we can do to fix this. We are both feeling much better though so that's a plus:)

DAY 27- A Photo of you last year and one of you now...... and of course some reason it wont let me load up pictures!:( I guess I was just bound to miss day 27. I look exactly the same little bit longer hair this year and much tanner last year!!

DAY 28- Something that stresses you out.
                 I don't usually stress much other than the last month but other than that stress stays out of my life:) The thing that stresses me the most is tardiness! Not only when other people are late but when I am late. That doesn't happen very often due to the fact I HATE stressing about it. So most of the time when I am supposed to be somewhere I am always on time or even early. I'm not sure why it stresses me out. It especially stresses me out when your supposed to be meeting other people. I guess its a respect factor. Someone gives you a time you should get there at that time. Its not that hard to do it:) I have gotten better with it cause Aaron and is family have zero concept of time. I have learned to control the stress when it comes to him being late. For the most part:)


Today was such a good day! Steph, James, Lin, Lance, Aaron the three girls and I went to the aquarium and did what you do best there. Then we came home and had a major feast of Wendy's and Little Caesars. Our first Mommy Daughter day was a success with all the amazing fathers too! Definitely a good Monday:) Hope everyone has had a great start to their week!

Day 26! A habit that you wish you didnt have!

SWEARING!!! I have a bad habit of it :/ I dont cuss up a storm but I do know my swear words. Some swear words don't bother me its mostly the F bomb. I HATE it! Its so gross to hear people drop that word, but the sad thing is when I get mad it comes out. I have been working on getting it completely out of my vocabulary and I think it is getting better. Something I definitely plan on kicking:) This is so embarrassing for me to admit! but first step in kicking a habit....admit you have it!
I also have a habit of sharing my opinion when someone doesn't ask for it. I am learning too not do that and when someone does want my opinion I try to not make it sound like my opinion is the right one and theirs is the wrong one.
Another thing is I am very blunt! I have always been very blunt and I always tell people how it is. I am now understanding that there is a fine line between blunt and over blunt. I have been working on the over blunt but have learned that being blunt is not a habit it is a personality and its not a bad thing. Some people really hate my bluntness but I have realized/ been taught that if you only like half of my personality and not all then that's know ones loss but theirs and there are people that accept me for all of me and not just half. (see there is my bluntness coming out)


Yesterday while I was at work Aaron and Rylee decided to hike to the aquarium. That's a pretty decent walking distance from our house. Shorter than what we usually do though. He just put her right into our hiking back pack put an umbrella over her so she wouldn't get sun burned handed her a protein bar and they were on their way. He sent me this picture and I thought it was the cutest thing ever. They look like they are having way too much fun without me while I was slaving away at work:)

So my Dad, Rylee and I went and ran a few errands today. Lets just say Rylee got so spoiled! She now is a owner of her very own REAL cowgirl boots. She looks so cute in them and absolutely loves them! When getting her sized for them I couldn't believe what size shoe she wears. Which is a 7!! My child has big feet but is also very tall for her age. Going to be tall just like her daddy!!

Day 25! Plans/dreams/goals I have!!

I hate when I wait last min to do my blog cause then I just feel like my bed is a better choice. So I decided to do my blog in bed:)

Plans as of right now.... I plan to help Aaron get through the police academy. The whole process is going to be so hard for everyone! He starts in 5 weeks! The poor guy is going to be so busy! He will be working full time in the day and then getting right off work and going straight to the academy from about 5:30pm to about 10:00pm Monday through Saturday with Fridays off from the academy. My plan is to help with whatever I can to make it some what easier on him.
I also have a plan of FINALLY painting all the doors in the house this summer. They have only been primed. After finishing the house and doing all the work we did I was so burned out by the time it got to the doors and I just wasn't feeling it, but now I plan to get it done. Not only that I want to get the laundry room done and finished. That's one thing I will have to get help on from my wonderful Dad. I cant imagine me trying to lay tile. That would be a disaster!!
My most exciting plan is to get this awesome thing by May!! I have been shopping around and so far this one has been the winner, but I still want to give my self time to make sure this is the exact kind of car I want!!

As for my dreams. I would have to say I would love to own my own beach house in North Carolina! I don't know if it will ever happen but that would be a dream come true!

Goals.... I am always making short and long term goals for myself! One of my short term goals is to put a certain amount of money into a savings account. That short term goal turns into my long term goal. Which is a savings for Rylee's college. A couple months back I started thinking about it and really it is so important for me to be able to help out with what I can for Rylee and any other children I have for that matter. So that's one of my major goals I hope to be able to achieve when any of my children are ready for college:)

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY EVERYONE!! Hopefully know one got any crazy jokes played on them:)