What I am thankful for.......

On this wonderful Thanksgiving day, I would be so selfish if I didn't stop and take the time to realize how blessed I am and how much I should be thankful for. So I decided to write a little list :)

1. My wonderful husband and children who make my life busy, but fill me with more joy and happiness than I thought could be possible.
2. My wonderful family (who keeps life interesting, but is always there to support and comfort me!!)
3. A warm beautiful house I get to wake up to every morning.
4. Technology(Internet, cell phone, computer, etc. (makes life so much quicker)
5. My health(knock on wood) I am so blessed to have a healthy body that can do anything I put my mind to!
6. Christmas lights! (If it were up to me it would be a law that Christmas lights have to stay up year round!)
7. Good friends who are always up for an adventure, and are always there for me!!
8. California!!! You are always an escape from life's daily routines, and I am excited to visit you next week!!!
9. Cars... Once again making life so much easier.
10. television that always keeps me in the know :)
11. Cute accessories, they help make any outfit just a bit cuter!!!
12. Orange rolls :) (no explanation needed)
13. crafty people who inspire me to become crafty.
14. Cafe Rio (you help me out time after time, when cooking doesn't sound fun!)
15. recipe club,bunco, and other spontaneous GNO'S !!!
16. Music, it can always lift my spirits, run faster, dance the night away,and feel me with peace.
17. Holidays :)
18. Traditions :)
19. funny jokes and people.
20. My loving heavenly father (who loves me regardless how many mistakes I make!)

Thank you list for making my life what it is (Very Very happy)!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

My baby is 2!!!

You are my best friend, your my little man. Where ever we go we are hand in hand. You are so special more than you will ever know, I love to see you play and grow! You are so sensitive and good natured by heart, You are silly, and funny and oh so very smart. You love to play and laugh and run,I love to see you having fun. I am so glad that you are mine, you teach me by example to be more Christ like and kind!!
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY SAWYER!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!



Happy birthday to you my sweet baby

Family Pictures Sept 2009

I love how our family pictures turned out, and I want to give a big huge thanks to my very talented sis-in-law Susan Hayward, who spent a full day at our family vacation taking our pictures. She was so patient with us while have to suffer through all of the whining, crying, fussing and non cooperating that goes along with family pictures and kids!!! Thanks again Susan you're the greatest!!!

Molly is 5!!!!

Wow another year has come and gone... And my baby girl is now 5!! Molly I hope you had a fun filled day, and know that we love you so much!! We are so glad you are in our family!!! So here is to being 5, you get to start kindergarten :( and experience a lot of new fun things!!! WE LOVE YOU MOLLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
(p.s molly has been a angel so far, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that 5 is the magical number!!)


Sleep tight my little birthday girl, for tomorrow you will be 5!!!

The traditional decorating of her bed room while she is asleep!


Oh the presents!

Molly being a nice big sister, and letting sawyer help open her presents!

Molly in her new birthday dress.. going to church

I am a slacker!!!

Sorry I know I have been a total slacker these last couple of months, darn you facebook!!! Ha ha I promise I will post soon!!

9 years and counting......

From the time I was a little girl, I always dreamed about my wedding, From what flowers I was going to throw,to what dress I would wear, to the food we would eat. I loved dreaming about my wedding and all its details, but the one thing I never detailed to much about was what my husband would be like. Sure I had all these in visions of beautiful men that would adorn my side, but I never had a certain, specific, note pad-check mark man that would be my husband, until I met you!!!

After our first date (hence the wedding singer song), I knew no one would ever live up to the standard or pedal stool I put you on. No one has ever treated me like you do, cared for me like you do, plain out gets me like you do!!!! You get my jokes, you know how to make me happy, make me laugh, and make my day!!!!!
Thanks for making the last detail of my dream wedding come true. I love you!! So here's to 9 wonderful years, and many more to go!!! :)






I love you more than you will ever know, you are my best friend, my soul mate, my everything!!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Easter pics!!

My cute kiddos on easter sunday!!

My little southern belle in her easter dress!!

My little man!!

This is my post!!!

We had a little green visitor!!!!

It all started when molly came home from her friend haylee's house, telling all of us to hurry and put on our green!! I said"Molly we don't have to wear green until tomorrow", to that she exclaimed "No Mom, haylee said that we have to wear green to bed, or the leprechaun will come and pinch us in the middle of the night!" I tried to tell her that it was o.k., that she wouldn't get pinched while she was sleeping, but she would not drop it!! Finally after hearing her plead her case, we all went to bed.(all wearing green mind you)! So I decided to have some fun with this little green visitor!!!


Here is Molly decked in her green, so she wouldn't get pinched!

We had a visitor. The little leprechaun came in through our back door....

tip-toed his way around the furniture...

hopped up onto Sawyers highchair....

Walked across the counter....

Walked across the kitchen floor...

spotted the fridge...

opened the fridge....

I guess he got thirsty, because our milk wasn't green when we went to bed!

and left his Pot O' Gold!!

Thanks you sneaky little leprechaun, now I have buy more milk, and mop my floors!!!

P.s. No this did not scare molly to never want to go to bed again, she loved it and wants to leave the foot prints up until everyone in the whole entire world has seen them!! :)

It's Finally Spring!!!!!

The flowers are growing...

The sidewalks are being colored....

and the kids can finally play outside!!!!!

so please spring stay around, because I am sick of being inside!!!!!

My favorite things swap!

So a little while back I decided to play "my favorite things swap". What it is, is you are paired up with someone you have never met, and you send them some of your favorite things, and in return they send you some of their favorite things!
I was paired up with Julie from West Virgina, and It was so fun opening everything she sent. I got a little glimpse of who she is, and of course what she loves!!!

Here is the spread she sent me!!! It was so fun unwrapping everything she sent along with a little note explaining what she loved. I feel bad, I didn't individually wrap!! Sorry:(

She sent Dr. pepper, a inspiring book, sudoku, magic eraser, gum, pop tarts, a fun saying on a tile, a magic marker, eye liner, a candle, picture frame,stationary, notebook, and sunflower seeds to plant.

Julie loves her state West Virgina!!!

Thanks Julie that was so much fun!!! I loved learning a little more about you!!!!Please keep in touch!!!!

32 things I love about Craig!!!

Happy Birthday Babe!!! I love you soooooo much!! Thanks for all you do for our little family.
Here are just 32 reasons I love you!!!

1. You have a very caring personality
2. Your family is the most important thing.
3. I love how your face lights up when we visit you at work.
4. I love how you take care of our kids when they are sick.
5. I love how you are always up for an adventure!
6. I love that you get teary when you see a fly over.
7. I love to listen to your laugh, when you are laughing soo hard!
8. I love that you take pride in the things you own.
9. You make the best grilled cheese sandwiches.
10. You have the best sense of humor.
11. You are kind to everyone.
12. Everyone only has nice things to say about you.
13. You love playing ball with Sawyer.
14. You always smell good.
15. You always have good breath too.
16. I love how excited you get when we finally land in California.
17. You are very smart.
18. You are very motivated at anything you do, you never cut corners, and always finish what ever you started(work, cleaning, jeeps, goals)etc.
19. I love that you always pull the "Chandler Bing smile" when ever the camera comes out!
20. I love how patriotic you are!
21. You look really hot in your new jeep.
22. You spoil me!
23. You spoil the kids!
24. I love how much love and respect you have for your mom, dad, and siblings.
25. You can take a joke!
26. I love the music you listen to.
27. If we were lost, I know that you could help us find our way out, you are like (survivior man)!
28. You are the best "lost" watching companion ever!
29. You are perfect for me!
30. You are handsome.
31. You are the best husband, and dad in the entire world!
32. You are the one and only person that I want to grow old with!!!!!!!

I Love you!!! Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

Fun at trafalga!

We had a fun time at trafalga the other day with our little family!! Sawyer was in heaven, because there were soo many balls to take!! (Not just our families but everyone else golfing too!!) Oops sorry!! Good thing he is little or we might of had to roll up our sleeves to defend our thief!!

They changed the look of trafalga, it is now all "under the sea" themed and dark, so sawyer had his share of spills over ever bump on every green!

Our pro putter! She has a unusual technique of as we call it the"drag to the hole" but hey it works every time!!

Here is our family trying to cheat the system!! Nothing like teaching them when they are young!! Ha Ha

Favorite things swap!

I am excited this should be fun!!!!!

My Flower Child

Should my daughter go into the flower/hat making business or what?
Molly was being extra quiet for a long period of time this morning, and this is what I found!!


A back shot!