Christmas Fun

William is always so happy to get new toy's!

This is what we set up till almost midnight, what fun we had.

This was the Kids running into the Living room to see what Santa brought them. Look at his face!

The kids Christmas Sunday dress clothes.

Mimi and Bumpa joined us to open gifts, what a wonderful day it was. I remember when I was little bugging my parents to open presents and how excited me and my siblings were. What a great gift it is to watch my children open their gifts. Later that day we went to my Mom and Dad's for lunch with my siblings and we laughed and talked and had such a great time. We missed having my sister Audra and brother Heath and their families here but I hope next year they will join us. I love being with my family on the holidays, they are my greatest gift!

Birthday

I am so late but I didn't forget. We had a special Birthday in December. My big Baby turned 5. He is so special to me and his dad. We love this big guy. Some things he enjoys are: Lego's, blocks, Searching for Dino's )(loves the show Dino Dan), loves to read books with me and really enjoys kindergarten. No big celebration but I made a cake and took cupcakes to school. Steve and I took him to dinner and to see the new Narnia movie.

We also had our Ward Christmas Party at our Bishops family farm. It wasn't as cold as past years and William absolutely loves it. Santa came and William was elated. Steve and Annie stayed home cause she had a double ear infection and wasn't in a good mood. I took Carly and her mom with us and we had a wonderful time. Merry Christmas all my friends and family!

We visited the dentist today for a filling (William)and he did really great. We have a awesome dentist! He is so caring and sweet with the kids. Dr. Tyler saw both William and Annie today. I only got pics of William. Hopefully my friend (K.D.S.) will see the picture and recognize who our dentist is. He is awesome if anyone wants a referral to him. It's Kids First.

Last Saturday we caught a lizard in our backyard, so funny it was just climbing all over William and I like it was okay to be there. I had to get a picture for William and then all day after that all he talked about was getting a lizard for Christmas.

A busy LIFE!

Arizona had an awesome storm this last week, and my kids and daycare kids got in on the fun. We splashed and played for over an hour in the rain. It was really great entertainment!

Friday was the start of Fall break and we went to the school for the awards ceremony. William had perfect attendance, with the winter coming I know that probably won't happen again so we got in on it now.

William has two loose teeth, tonight while watching a movie with him I told him to wiggle them. He said mom, this one is really loose, so I felt and voila it came out. He was so excited he called Bumpa and told him the good news.

D-Backs

Steve wanted to take the family to a D-backs game, so he got tickets through work and we headed out around 3pm so that we could get some Bobblehead?????????. I didn't think Annie was quite ready for a baseball game but thought we could try. She really did a good job as long as the music was playing or people were getting excited about homerun, out's and all that other baseball stuff. William really enjoys that baseball games and really takes an interest in it. We really had a nice time and the kids had fun seeing the Big Bobblehead's (Grace, Williams,Johnson) race.

Before Steve and I had W/A we went to the games all the time. I really enjoy baseball because I can understand it unlike Football. We really had a good time as a family.

First day of School

Today was William's first day of school, I was nervous but he was so excited. I went over all kinds of info, I am sure was overwhelming but he did so great. I can't believe how grown up he is getting. I love my boy and I know he will do great this year in school. He saw one of his Primary buddies Tayson when we got to the playground and was so excited. He gave me a kiss and said see ya later MOM!

Birtday Celebration!

We started my birthday celebration on Friday night. Steve and I went to Black Angus for dinner. I got a free steak dinner and my sister in law gave me 3 gift cards so our dinner with appitizer/desert was only $12. Awesome.

Saturday we dropped the kids off at Mimi and Bumpa house and went to lunch at Ruby Tuesday (free burger) then saw Iron Man 2 at the $2 movies. Went upstairs to the food court and had my free Orange Julius, then over to Krispy Kreme for my free dozen doughnuts. We were ready to get home by then so we decided to pick up the kids and off to Joe's BBQ for my free meal. I had all these awesome pictures to show but they wouldn't load? It was a great birthday celebration. My mom got to a gift cert and some under clothing. Steve bought me a new camera since my sweet little angel threw mine at me when we were camping. My sister in law gave me the gift cards, and I got so many well wishes from so many people that love me. Even at church people were telling me Happy Birthday, it was an awesome day!

Look at these two hot girls, getting some sun and getting wet!

William's fish that he thought he caught, this was a priceless day.

After a little rain.

We got a fire started and had some marshmallows.

It's always a great time with Bumpa around.

This past weekend was our family campout, my parents have been doing this for 41yrs. They have been to the same camp ground all but 3yrs due to the Rodeo/Chetisky Fire. Camping with kids is not easy, I really don't know how my parents did it for a week with 6 kids. We were changing William and Annie's clothes at least twice a day. The weather was beautiful till it would rain so much you wanted to pack up and leave. I enjoyed watching the kids play in the creek and in the forest. William and his dad tried fishing, with some luck from Uncle Kyle William thought he got a fish and was happy as a clam!

4th of July

Went to Mimi's house for 4th of July celebration. Since it was on Sunday we just watched fireworks from our ward building and some from our backyard. Took a swim and ate some yummy mexican food with my brother and his family along with Mimi and Bumpa.

I remember growing up and our family along with the two other families would go to a 4th of July celebration. I can't remember where it was but we always had such a great time. I hope that in the future my family can celebrate 4th of July in a way that my children would remember, when they look back on their life.

What a Weekend!

We went to Eagar this past weekend to visit with Steve's parents and sisters. Some relatives from Tennesse were also coming to visit and Steve hadn't seen them for over 20yrs. Just after we arrived we heard a loud explosion: A plane had crashed into the High School and Steve with William drove to the high school. Steve's grandma's house is only a couple blocks away so we were really close.

The weather was windy and cold while we were there but we did enjoy visiting with Grandma and Grandpa. We took a couple drives to some of the lakes and other places so that the kids could get away but William's favorite place to be was in the backyard where there is a horse pasture. He spent hours back there talking and feeding the horses.

William also likes to ride the Quad with his dad and Aunt Jeri, while out on the quad they got stopped by a police because William didn't have a helmet. The policeman said that if someone came and picked up William they wouldn't give Aunt Jeri a ticket. Steve went and got William and I was hoping it would scare him, but he thought it was awesome.

I am so glad that we have an opportunity to get out of the heat once and awhile, even though it wasn't that hot in the valley we had a nice time.

Girls Day, ALL Day

So every year around Mothers day we have a Sorrority Sister Retreat. All the girls that I have kept in contact from Mesa Community College Institute Lambda Delta Sigma have a day together. Years past we have slept in a hotel, but these last couple of years we have been doing a full day of Fun! We started out with a movie (Letters to Juliet) great movie. We had lunch, pedi, shopping and dinner. We ended the night with talking, laughing, crying and just about wetting my pants. I feel so refreshed when I come home even though it was 2am but I love to get together with them. We have all been through so much and there is no judgement. I love my LDS ladies. Of course I forgot to get out my camera but that's ok, I have a brainfull of funny and exciting memories to last me awhile.

Everyday is Mothers Day

What more can you ask for? Every day is Mothers day! Even though yes a mother does most, she does recieve the best rewards daily. What more can you want then a Mom your the best, YOU are my favorite MOM! Huge amounts of hugs and kisses and so much more. I love being William and Annie's mom, yes sometimes it's difficult not a day goes by that I say to my own mother " How did you do it with 6? I only have two and I want to run away" I admit that it's really the hardest job but I won't and could never give my two weeks notice because of what joy they bring into my life. I appreciate all that they teach me on a daily basis but I had the greatest training by a proffesional, some may know her as Brenda but we know her as MIMI. I couldn't ask for a better mother and friend. She truly is my best friend in so many ways. I don't care how much money my husband was offered to move I could never leave my Mother.

My little Annie

Happy Birtday to my little Annie. She is Two and was born 4/8/2008 at 2:22am, weighing in at a hefty 3lbs 5oz, oh yes that little girl is one giant of a girl now. I can't imagine my life without this little spitfire. She keeps me going and alert. There is nothing better than being her mom. She is starting to turn into such a girlie, she will wear bows on a regular basis and she loves dresses and shoes. She enjoys playing with her big brother and loves him so much. We celebrated her birthday at Mimi's house on Sunday with some cupcakes and yummy lemon cake. She got a tricycle and helmet from Steve and I. Mimi got her clothes, ball and shoes. Her Grandma and Grandpa Nelson gave her a card and some money. She is one special little girl and I can't wait to see what this year brings.

Spring Break

Our first family trip to California. We were all so excited to go, especially William. It is the best feeling to see your children enjoying themselves. They were so happy in Disneyland. William walked and walked but never complained. We went with my Mom,Dad. Heather, Kelsey, Zach. Brittney, Brooke and Gage. We had a blast with each other. We stopped at the beach on Saturday on the way home to show them where we used to stay as a family for Spring Break and the kids got in the water. They were in heaven, even though the water was cold. As a Mom this was the greatest experience with my children. This is a memory I hope to never forget.

Steve and I celebrate our 10yr anniversary on March 11th. I love being married to Steve. We have a such a good life together. Our two children keep us so busy we hardly have time to spend with one another, but sometimes late at night we talk in bed about how boring our life was before our children. I tease him often that I can read his mind because we have been married so long.

We have had so many adventures together. I just want him to know that I love and appreciate his willingness to work so that I can stay with my two little monsters each day. He takes good care of his family.

Our first date was Feb 16th 1999, we got engaged October 30, 1999 and married March 11th 2000.

William was born Dec 9, 2005 and then Cheyenne "Annie" came along April 8th 2008. Life is great and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love you Stevie.