THANKFUL!

FIRST, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!! I HOPE YOU REALLY CONSIDER WHAT THIS HOLIDAY MEANS! It's not just the wonderful food, although that part is fantastic, it's about what we have in our lives and recognizing it. Don't think about what you don't have or what you think you need. Think about what you are blessed with. Here's mine.

1. Of course my wonderful hubby Erik, and beautiful baby Avery. They make my life complete! Without them, I would be lost. Through them, I have truly found myself.

2. The gospel. I love knowing where I came from and where I am going. There's nothing better than knowing that Christs teachings have been restored on this earth.

3. Both mine and Erik's family. I love family! Our families are the best. I only wish we all lived closer.

4. The beautiful rain we are receiving today. The desert is a dry place and this moisture just makes me want to cry with joy!

5. Stephanie Myer and her great books. They have allowed me to escape reality and live in an imaginary world and lets face it, just cause we are adults doesn't mean we don't like fantasy and imagination.

6. Health. I'm so glad my little family is healthy. We are capable people who have the opportunity to do and achieve anything!

7. This country, our freedoms, and the people who have fought and continue to fight to keep that right.

8. My new home! We've missed owning our home and from day one, this has felt like home and as Dorothy would say, there's no place like home!

9. Diet Pepsi! What can I say, it's my vice, I love it and I will not give it up. When I open that thing, take a drink, all I can think is, it is good to be alive!!

10. T.V. not that I watch it all the time, but the noise factor helps me to accomplish things. I hate the silence.

These are a few things I'm grateful for. Of course there is much more but this at least has me thinking.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

Twilight!!!

Okay, call me cheesy, I don't care. The night this came out, I totally went to the mid night showing of this movie! Me, My friend Nicole, her friend Erin, and Erin's mom went to the new Aliante station casino by our houses and watched it on the Imax screen. It was awesome! I think Nicole and I struggled at first because the characters weren't what we pictured but by the end, we were hooked! We loved it and as chessy as we are, we'll go again!!! I've been thinking, what is it about this book and the movie? I think it's the irrationallity of it all! Love as a teenager is so dramatic, spontaneous, and the forbidin love between these two characters, just takes us oldies back to the days where nothing else mattered but the person you were in love with. It's the kind of love every girl hopes they have!!! Lame I know!

Wooo hooo!

Finally!!! We've been moving for the past week and finally, we got our internet! So I'm behind a little. I'll have to post some pics of our house when we get it all put together. Things have been crazy around here! First, some pics of Avery's birthday bash! It was so fun and so cute to watch her. Mostly, she just loved the kids. She didn't care about the presents or the cake at first. I kept having to get her attention. When she did finally dig into the cake, I think she thought it was pretty good. I made the ladybug cake my self. It didn't turn out how I had planned it but oh well, she was just going to dig into it right? There's lots of pics, but here are a few of the highlights!

Just click on the collage to see it larger! I'm sure most of you already know that!

HaPpY bIrThDaY bAbY AvErY!

Today is officially Avery's 1st birthday! She was born at 7:20 a.m. via c-section. The little stinker was breach and after a painful attempt to turn her, she remained bum first! So, here's a little treat for you all. Her, right after they pulled her out! We had her little party at a park in St. George on Saturday. So, I will post more pics of that later. We love you Avery and are so blessed and thankful to have you in our family! You have the funnest, cutest personality and we look forward to the years to come! We love you monkey!

My Little Vampire!

Yesterday, Avery was having a rough day. I think she is teething, she was tired, and super ornery. We have a fire place in our apartment and she is quite fond of it. Constantly, she is over there digging in it. The good news is, it's fake. It has fake wood, fake flames and the heat actually blows out of a vent on the top. So it can't hurt her but I don't want her to think fire places are for play. So, lately we have been trying to teach her what no means. When she is doing something I don't like. I grab her hands, hold them in mine, look her in the face and with a firm voice, I say No! She totally knows what that means now. So, as she was digging in the fireplace yesterday, I did my little teaching method, she got mad, made a grunting noise, bent down and BIT ME!! Then when I pulled my hand away, she tried to bite my knee. What a stinker! I'm trying to tell my self that her little fit was coincidental but I'm sure she was just being a turd. Is biting at one normal?

Lets just see!

Thankfully, the time has come and the election is over. I am not surprised by the outcome. Rather, i am saddened by the changes our country has made and will continue to make. We are becoming a country that believes that consequences shall not be paid, allowing abortion for those that cannot understand that when you get pregnant, the choice has already been made. We are becoming a socialist country which will punish the successful and hand out to less ambitious. Yesterday, the people spoke, but I believe they acted out of emotion rather than understanding and comprehension. Did they truly understand Obama's tax policies? Did they really understand the cost for his desire to get all American's health insurance? Doing that will hurt small business and punish those who have worked hard to achieve what they have achieved. All I can say at this point is that, I respect the office and who ever holds it, but I do believe people will be surprised when they realize they should have done their homework and voted on the policies rather than persuation and emotion. Let's just see what he does with our country and hopefully, after the four year term, Romney will run again!

Avery overload!!!!

Lately, I've been taking so many pictures of Aves and I can't keep up with posting them. So, there are going to be quite a few. She is so funny these days, and she is into everything. She almost walks on her own. She walks around everything! She finally got her first two teeth a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't too bad but I fear for the rest. She is into everything and just yesterday, I hadn't seen her for awhile so I went to find her. I found her in her room and she had pulled every blanket out of her drawer and was playing in them. Earlier, she had pulled her little duck tub out of the bathtub and I caught her sitting in it. I can't believe she pulled it out all by her self. I must admit, she is growing way too fast, and I am getting really sad. She is one in a week and a half and I just want to cry. I don't want to let go of my little baby!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Avery eating raspberries! They were everywhere! Let's just say, I haven't given them to her since!

PuMpKiN tRaDiTiOnS!

Fall and Halloween have always been my favorite. I love the weather change, and I love anything to do with pumpkins. Ever since Erik and I have been married, it has always been a tradition for us to carve pumpkins and watch Sleepy Hallow. So, last night we ate cookies and milk, carved our pumpkins, and watched Sleepy Hallow. This is what we came up with. Can you guess whose is whose? Yep, mine is the goofy one. Every year I do a goofy one and he does a scary one. He was kind of bummed when I told him his looked like Ezma on Emperors New Grove when she gets turned into that cute little kitty. Ha ha, that is totally what his looks like. I love our little tradition and can't wait to include our kids in the fun! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

A few fun days!!

I haven't posted for a while, and we've had a few fun days. So, the pictures are piling up. A couple of weeks ago, we went to an orchard and pumpkin patch. You could pick fruit, find a pumpkin and tons of vegetables. It would have been cool if the pumpkins hadn't been so picked through. This past Friday was our trunk or treat. Aves didn't let me get very many pictures. It will be way more fun when she can walk. More Halloween pics later. Saturday we went to a little carnival with some friends, the Manuele's. We tried to take the kids on some rides but they wouldn't let us on very many, but it was still fun to hang out with our friends! Our husbands look so goofy on this ride! Ha, I love it. Oh, here's our house thus far. Like I've said before, totally ugly on the outside but the inside its nice, I'll have to post some of those soon!

Happy 5 Years!!!

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!! My love and I have been married for five years today! These past five years have truly been amazing. We have had a lot of changes, both good (Avery) and challenging (Iraq) but it has been an awesome five years. I married the most wonderful man! He is everything I could ever want in a husband, friend and father. He works hard, puts his family first, loves the gospel, helps me with household chores and with Avery, spends as much time as he can doing fun things with Avery and I. She loves him so much I just love watching them together. I am so thankful that five years ago on this very date, we chose eternity! I love you babe!Now