Great Deal!

So my friend Jeannette is a photographer (and great at it, if I might add) and is currently doing a deal on her photography website. If you are needing to get some pictures done and want a good deal on them go check out her website here. I promise she won't disappoint!

What do you think?

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Suit #4

I want to get a new swimsuit and I want to get your opinion because I am having a hard time deciding. Please let me know which suit you like best and you think would look best on me. It has been about 4-5 years since I bought a new suit (I know that is ridiculous). Thanks!!!!

p.s. these suits are all from limericki.com They have awesome suits and very modest!

Food for Thought....

This is very funny but at the same time it makes you stop and think.  We truly live in an amazing world and we take so much for granted.  Everything is right there at our fingertips, we should learn to complain less.  I know I could complain less and appreciate more.  Our lives are very comfortable and we should just stop sometimes and marvel at how wonderful the world really is.  

Newest Addition!

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PUPPY!!!!!!!!!

gotcha!!!  I bet you thought we were having a baby!!!!  A puppy is almost like a baby.  He is a very cute pug and we just love him.  He is 2 1/2 months old and we named him Maximus (Max for short).  He is all black with one white spot on his chest.  We are excited for this next big adventure in our family's life.

Goings on!

Well Christmas has come and gone and we had a very enjoyable holiday season. We got treats out, christmas cards sent, and went and saw the nativity display at the museum. Then on Christmas Eve Chad had the day off so we just hung out and relaxed until that evening when we went to my parents and had a wonderful meal with them and our friends Saba and Karen Jean-Baptiste. Then we acted out the nativity and everyone had a part. Garrett was Joseph, Daniel was baby Jesus, Chad was a wise man, and I was a shepherd. Then we all opened our Christmas Eve present that is always PJ's. By that time it was getting late so we headed home and the boys fell asleep in the car (great for us).On Christmas morning we got up around 7:30 and went to see what Santa brought us. The boys loved looking in their stockings and unwrapping the presents that Santa left. Then we started in on our gifts. We were very blessed and got some wonderful presents. Chad's favorite was probably the new ring I got him.

It is tungsten carbide with a carbon fiber inlay. He really likes it and I am very glad.

He got me a new headboard and footboard for our bed. We have never had one and I am so excited for it. We have to get a king size mattress now because it is king sized and our mattress is a queen.

Later that day my family came over and we opened some more presents then watched a movie and just hung out it was a great day.

Hope you all had a wonderful day and got to see your loved ones as well.

The most wonderful time of the year!

Wow!  Can you believe Christmas is only 9 days away!?!?!?!  We are so excited at our house.  We started the season out by getting our Christmas tree just before Thanksgiving since we would be away for Thanksgiving up in Washington.  We had a lot of fun up there and ate a ton of food.  When we got back from WA we finished decorating our house for Christmas and started wrapping presents and getting things ready.  We had our ward Christmas party that was wonderful and very centered around Christ.  We also went to a very fun party with some friends of ours, and on Monday we had Chad's work party at the Sandpiper.  Last night we went Caroling with the ward.  There were a ton of people and it was complete with trailers and hay bails.  Hopefully we will be going to see the nativities, make treats for our neighbors, and send out Christmas cards before the season is over.  We love this time of the year!!!!
Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas season!
p.s. here is a message that Santa sent especially for Garrett

Santa Message

Today I was a Mom

Thanks to my friend Brandy for passing this one. I really needed it today. You know when you just have one of those days when life seems crazy and your kids just seem to do everything to drive you crazy and then you aren't very kind to them. Ya that was my day today but then I found this and it made me feel better. (oh ya this is my 100th post YIPPY)

Published by The Daring One

Jan 13

I was a mom pretty much all day today. Here is my report:

I cruelly forced someone to wear pants outside in 40-degree weather.

I cut peanut-butter sandwiches in the shape of dinosaurs and delivered them to an alfresco restaurant-for-2 at the end of our driveway.

I danced like a lunatic while driving in my car. My passengers said I was good. I chose to believe them.

I changed shirts twice but never showered.

I calmly explained AGAIN why people under the age of 30 should never use permanent markers… ever.

I threw away 3 packs of wipes that had been left open and dried out completely. Yes. I heard the earth and Sheryl Crow scream out in pain and betrayal.

I received a visitor while sitting upon the throne who proceeded to hug and cuddle me tenderly while I peed… just because of love.

When they asked “Why,” I answered. All day long.

I held a large child like a baby while he cried and showed me his bonk. Twice.

I giggled on the escalator while holding hands with a boy and agreed that it was “JUST LIKE A RIDE!”

I tried to play a girly ballad on the car stereo but was told, “That song’s scary!” “No it’s not,” I retorted. He responded, “It’s not scary to YOU, but it’s scary to ME.” I navigated my Zune back to Eye of the Tiger.

I sat out on the front porch to sort the mail so they could keep playing outside until it was All the Way Dark.

When asked to squeeze the ketchup in the shape of a dinosaur, I did my best but was informed that it looked more like an AT-AT.

I purchased the socks with the grey bottoms even though they cost 50 cents more because they help him run so much faster.

After 3 hours of hard work, I unearthed a parking spot in our garage and put my car in it, only to be scared and confused when I went to leave for a meeting and found that the car was “missing” from the driveway.

I sat in a meeting full of other moms, animatedly discussing ways of extorting money from friends and family to support education. An award called a “Golden Acorn,” professional jump-ropers, and nominating people to be on a committee to nominate people were all discussed at the meeting as well.

I picked up two slugs with my bare hands and threw them to freedom so the children’s squealing would stop. One was on a rubber ball. One was on my living room carpet. They felt like congealed slime… because they were.

Upon request I composed two original songs, one called, “Hooky Joojie” and the other called, “Mommy, the Laylee’s Mommy,” sung to the tune of Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer.

I heard two people pray about how much they loved me.

Today I was a mom. It’s not a bad gig.