Looking back..

Daddy's been on my mind a lot today. Looking back on this day, years ago..I can remember standing on his toes and sharing a daddy daughter dance with him on his wedding day, he kept me laughing as usual for a minute til the tears caught up with me. I wish so badly I could remember which song it was.

I sat down tonight and flipped through my journal. I came to this entry and wanted to share it...
"December 19, 2009
shopping at gateway mall and dinner with joshs fam. Kierst and James met up with us. Then we went to see lights at temple square. My mom and dad picked Josh and I up and we all went to the airport to pick up Zachy! Yay!!"

Shortly after writing this entry I inserted this..
"after we picked zach up and headed back to the truck. Daddy opened my door for me and leaned in to give me a kiss on the top of my head..which I can't say is usually like him. It's one of my last memories of him"

I miss my daddy like crazy. It's unreal to me that Christmas eve is just around the corner already. I know he's busy watching out for us kids. We've all got the best guardian angel there is..that is the one thing that brings me great comfort when I worry about my baby brother. The hard days don't come along as often but when they do they hit hard.

Love you more dad!

Tagged!

Amy-Jo tagged me! I've been slow at getting around to actually doing it but here it goes..!


1. What is your dream job and what makes it your dream job?
Full-Time Mommy! :) because there is no greater reward!

2. What is your biggest pet peeve and why?
Man! i dunno if i can pick just one! haha I'll go with.. people sucking stuff off their fingers! just makes me cringe!!!!

3. If you could have any super power, what would it be?
To act as "karma" ;) even just for a day would be fabulous!

4. Describe your dream vacation?
Italy..the nice parts of it ;)

5. What is your favorite season of the year and tell my why?
FALL..!!! i love everything about fall! the crisp chill, the smells...perfect time for camping, pumpkins the beginning of the holidays...seriously everything!

6. Who is your celebrity crush?
Ashton Kutcher...duh!

7. If you could be friends with one of the Jersey Shore people, who would it be and how come? (haha)
couldn't tell ya...never watched it.

8. What is your guilty pleasure?
tanning...its theraputical



1. What is the weirdest trend you have ever followed?
"punk" style clothing-freshman year...i'm not punk. haha

2. What makes you giddy?
when josh LOVES something i cook! he's not an easy one to please!!

3. Why do you blog?
to keep in touch! its much easier to type a post ONCE rather than share an update a 100 times! and i like to think my life's somewhat interesting/exciting enough for some to follow ;)

4. Do you believe in Sasquatch (AkA Sassy)? Why or why not?
mmm kinda! only because nothing is impossible and i've heard stories from reliable sources.

5. When do you feel the prettiest?
on the arm of my man whenever we go out!:)

6. What is your favorite kind of cold cereal?
colossal crunch!

7. Why do men have nipples?
so woman can pinch them when they're being turds!

8. What was the best day you've ever had?
our first date! i can still remember being so nervous and going to bed that night KNOWING this was something very special!

Ok so now it is my turn to make 8 new questions and tag 8 new people...

Questions...
1. What is the worst gift you've ever received, and what did you do with it?
2. What's your dream vehicle?
3. Do you have conversations with your pet?
4. What are you most afraid of?
5. What one thing does your spouse do that drives you nuts?
6. What's your favorite childhood memory?
7. What's the dumbest thing you ever did as a teenager?
8. What's the best joke you've ever heard?

and i tag...
1. angela jensen
2. mandi ward
3. mandi wight
4. jessi mayfield...(this means you HAVE to update dear!)
5. erica vanbebber
6. stefanie hess
7. candice percival
8. hot mamma (since you have a blog you've never posted anything on!)

Sad day :(

Just called Zachy to tell him goodbye :(
trying not to think about it cause I just my cry!
As much as I wish he didn't have to go over there, I'm so proud of him for doing what so many aren't brave enough to do!
Love you Zachy!!

An End In Sight.!

There's finally a small light at the end of the tunnel! We're closing on our loan next Friday and we were told that the appraiser will be back out to the house before then. Unfortunately...he expects the rock done and and a lot of these loose ends to be tied up by then as well! UGH!! I won't even sugar coat it...this past week has definitely SUCKED!! I'm the one complaining but Josh has ton ten times the work I have! I'm so grateful for him :) He's such a hard worker..it's all i can do to get him to stop for some dinner most days. His hands are cracked and dry as sand paper from all this rock but he's still goin! What a wonderful man I have! We've also had a lot of help...MUCH needed help to get this far. So thanks again to all those who have given us a hand! Hopefully we'll get things taken care of before the appraiser shows up...keep us in your payers! Anyways... here's what it's lookin like so far! I am SO pleased with how everything looks together! I must say we did good ;)

I know these pics are almost exactly alike but i couldn't decide which one to put up!

Sneak Peak :)

Hooray! The pic uploader behaved today! :)

I hope you're not surprised that I've slacked off in the bloggin department again! But we do have some big news...We passed our final inspection!!! Soo..we got right on it this weekend and moved most all of my stuff in! It pretty much looks like a bomb went off haha. Therefore...I don't have extremely recent pics of the inside for ya! But! i have a handful of all our bargain shopping that i've been meaning to share! So here it goes..


This is our new couch...that came in a tiny lil box for us to put together. I wish i had a pic of the "instructions" for ya. this thing was a beast! we spent FOREVER trying to figure it out. So cross your fingers we did it right lol.

And here we have the new bed. it's not at all what we had set out to buy but it was a good deal and I'm liking it more and more all the time. I want to paint the brown wood pieces black to match a bit better.

I'm extremely proud of this baby! BRAND NEW with TAGS...Ashley Furniture... and we got it for $80. Yeah...EIGHTY BUCKS!! This desk..along with the table you'll see next were used in a model home in St. George...they ended up being stored in a lil craft store that closed down in South Jordan. Well...the building was being sold so they had to get rid of this stuff and we just so happened to be the lucky ones browsing ksl when it popped up!

And here's that table...$75 brand new but no chairs. So we're workin on that.

These barstools were another find on ksl...they're used but we got all three for $45 and they match the table perfectly!

We also got some amazing deals on our appliances. We went to Sears and picked from all the clearance items. We got over $5,000 worth of appliance for $2500. Everything we picked were just discontinued models and they were half off..!! This fridge was originally $2499...we paid $951!!

And here's our stove! Another half-priced beauty!

Here's both the barstools and table together!

Malad had a "Scarecrow Festival/Contest" They picked a winner in the 'city' and a winner in the country based on the block with the most scarecrows. There were all sorts of scarecrows...ours was an actual scareCROW. :) we helped Josh's parents put it up at the last minute and it just so happens that our block won! We we got a big ol block party with the city winners! haha it was pretty fun!

And of course...our baby boy. We weighed him not long ago and he was 55 lbs. but the other day he was only 50...either way...he's a fatty! haha.

Now for the exciting part! We also started the rock this weekend! and i literally mean WE did it. Josh's bro-in-law came over to help us out (thank goodness) and with a crash course we just went for it. so far this is what we've got done..its WAY time consuming but we're moving pretty quickly. If Josh has his way we should have it done this week. but we'll see ;)

Snip-Snip!

Kingston got his peanuts removed today. Poor baby!
It was horrible dropping him off..he just KNEW something was up.
Broke my lil heart!

Anyways...all is well, he's just a lil droopy-eyed from the anesthesia.

As for the house... Josh did some grouting today in our bathroom and they started on our well hook up. It got pretty cold and rainy though so they'll be finishing that hopefully tomorrow. That's all for now! :)

Carpet? Yes Please!

Look at me go! 2 days in a row with the updates! lol..

Anyways, our carpet was installed today...I've VERY happy with it!

My first at school was great! The boy I'm aiding is very well-behaved (thank goodness!). I told Josh last night that this would be an experience similar to "are you smarter than a 5th grader?" haha, but it hasn't been bad at all so far! I even had to help the music teacher remember the counties in Idaho for a song that they learn. (I did learn SOMETHING in 5th grade!) I mostly work with the boy in class and only have one period where we work separately from the class in another room. It just so happens that he has the same 5th grade teacher that I did! (she was feeling a little bit old as she introduced me to the class!) Overall, I'm excited for this new job and see it being very rewarding!

Now on to the whole point of blogging today...the PICTURES!