Colorado

Well so much has happened since i posted almost 2 months ago.... we are now residents of colorado=) Mary and joshua started school, and felicity is crawling/walking along the furniture. Ok to start we moved to CO. at the beginning of the month david was offered a job on Aug. 5th and we were here on the 10th. we thought school started on the 10th thats why we all hurried and came over here but that was the first day of school for cait and chansens kids, the elementary school by us started on the 5th=( but we got mary and joshua into school as soon as it was possible. Joshua had no trouble what so ever going to kindergarten, he literally told me as we walked into his classroom on his first day "it's ok mommy you can go now" which i told him i at least had to meet his teacher first. Mary loves 2nd grade but since she is in a different school she seems to think its ok to write sloppy which I so nicely told her it wasn't the school that made her write neatly it was mommy. We live in a 2 bedroom aprtment now which is the same size as our last place but here we have a pool, a fitness center, business center, and a clubhouse. David is the delivery guy for sears and he is also helping chance get quickbooks set up. He has been very very busy he starts work at 9:30 am and works until he is done, which is usually around 8. sometimes he gets off when he's supposed to at 7=) but we can't complain, we're just happy to finally have a job=) Felicity is growing so fast=( she is crawling and pulling herself up and with the suppport of furniture walking around=( she is learning so quickly it almost makes me want to have another one...nope not going to happen=) i'll just play with everbody elses babies=) earlier in the month before david got the job here we were able to make it to Synthias wedding, which was very nice, and visit with mom and shannon which was also nice=) but since i haven't taken any pictures here yet i'll post some that i took at the wedding =)but please know that i will fix these pictures in the future but i just barely downloaded them.....

Anniversary

I have officially be married for 8 whole years today =) now lets see if David remembers =) it has been a wonderful 8 years with many challenges and many joys the 3 main joys being our 3 children. I couldn't have asked for a better husband and father for my children. I try to tell him how much i love and appreciate him but words could never say how much i truly do. Aside from my mom and sisters he is the best best friend. He is my rock, my lighthouse in the storm. I know, I know....mushy, but it's true. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps~ odd, my computer is saying it's still the 13th but it's really the 14 =)

New Family Pictures

these are some of the pictures we took at davids family reunion, they haven't even been touched up yet

more pictures and more stories

~June~ Well David gave his 2 week notice at the car wash because there was no way to try to get interviews while having to work Full time which was more part time then anything, but anyway he is now unemployed...again... and searching very very hard for a job, he even went up to salt lake for a few days and left me with the kids by myself...i honestly have a new found respect for any of you who have to send your husband away for days at a time and you are left to take care of the children.....Also my best friend up and moved to Colorado=( so it has been a semi hard month for me, i will definitely miss her. Felicity was in a good mood and actually wanted me to take pictures=) she was so cute as i was taking pictures, she was constantly talking to me and laughing at me=)

Mary was a huge help while David was up north, she was an amazing big sister=) i am so grateful for her, she would come into my room in the morning and ask if she could take Lissy out to the living room to play with her so i could get a little more sleep=) now i want you all to know i did lay there and "try" to go back to sleep but i was always listening and after like 20 minutes i would get up and get ready for the day. She was always more then willing to help with the chores. I honestly could not have asked for a better daughter, I love her so much.

Joshua loves his baby sister even though he doesn't look to happy taking pictures with her

I took this picture while David was up north looking for a job, i was trying to entertain the kids=)


~May~ finished up

This is felicity eating her memorial day dinner=) Mmmmmm sweet peas

this is the fire that we saw on our way home from strawberry fest=)

lazy lazy lazy days

Sorry about the short vacation, at first i was way busy and then....i got lazy=) anyway here are the last few months in a nutshell.....................

~April~ or I should say...the end of April

Mary danced in a dance competition in Parowan where her dance group did extremely well, they all received superior marks and she had a blast=)

~May~

to start off the month Mary turned 7=) i can't believe she's already 7=( and she had a wonderful birthday party at discovery park. Nana and Papa were able to come up and celebrate with her. she also had a blast with her cousins who came to her party...and all her friends....just a bit of advice never send out invites and (although 2 rsvp'd) plan a small party just to find out you'll have 10 non-family kids show up last minute......

Joshua had preschool graduation and he did an excellent part as a watermelon....down by the bay....=) there were 4 other watermelons and yet josh was the only one who remembered his line in the song and to every ones amusement he shouted out his lines and jumped back into line like he was supposed to but he was a ham about it=)Mary did her end of the season dance recital and she did wonderful=) its amazing to watch and know how much more rhythm she has now compared to last year=) she really is good and she constantly dances throughout the day whether it be to entertain Felicity or just to glide down the hall and pretend she is a ballerina dancing in her imaginary dance studio.Mary got to be the "Little Red Hen" in her end of the school year play that her class put on the last day of school.This is Felicity gnawing on a corn cob from Avila Farms=) we went down to Strawberry Fest for the day and we had a blast =) although we didn't have a bonfire at the end of the day at the beach, we did come up on a fire on the ride home, i have pictures but for some odd reason it won't let me download anymore on this post.

Ceramic's Night

Joshuas preschool class gets funds for certain activities. For the first part of school they used the fund on family pictures for everybody for the second part we dd a family ceramic night. It was soooo much fun the kids loved being able to create their own master pieces. Mary took to it like a pro she was so proud of herself that she tried to teach me how to do it...i totally sucked but it was fun to try and i'd do it again in a heartbeat=) Joshua loved playing with the clay and he went home and had to shower because he was covered in it =) these past two weeks i have had a lot of fun watching how childrens eyes light up when they learn something new. i went into josh's class and let each of them take their own picture off my camera so that way they could have their very own picture and they could say "see i took that picture" we then made popsicle stick frames for their pictures, it was a lot of fun for the kids an I. Now all the other classes are trying to do it also=) anyway back to ceramics night I loved watching the kids light up as they were creating their very own master pieces if anybody else ever has the opportunity to do i would say go for it it is so worth it.

Spring Break

Jesse is a month older then Felicity...what a difference Missys cream and my skim milk makes
this is the lighthouse that we went and visited...for the life of me i can't remember its name

The kids at Ports O call

so 2 weeks ago the kids and i traveled to california for Spring break and for Easter which was a ton of fun=) we had a great time visiting with everyone down at grandmas=) It was so much fun, we got to go to the beach and we were able to go see where mom and dad will board their boat to start their cruise and we went to a fish market that stunk to high heaven and saw a lighthouse which was pretty awesome because thats the closest i've ever been to a lighthouse outside of cedar city. We then spent easter at Amanda and Nates house which the kids and I loved. All of the kids had an easter egg hunt and they found sooo many eggs but joshua stopped looking for his eggs and started looking for the confetti eggs=) he loved breaking them on everyones head. I just can't describe how much fun we had while spending time with mom.