Happy 50th Birthday Mom

Today my Mom turned 50, its crazy to think that now. So we went all out. We had plans for a party, but we can't keep up with everyones schedule so we just partied ourselves.

We went to lunch at Garcia's, then for a walk/bike ride out at Syracuse park and then came home and had cake.

Here are 50 things about my Mom:

1. She was born in Georgia

2. Lived in Idaho and California growing up

3. She graduated from High school is California

4. She then faught forest fires in California

5. She had to go testify in court for a murder during that time

6. She then came to Utah

7. Met my Dad in a barn

8. She knew my Dad for two weeks and was married

9. They have been married 29 years in May

10. Her and my Dad lives in England for 4 years

11. She lived in Texas for a year while my Dad was TDY in Korea with us girls

12. She moved back to Utah in 1990 with her family

13. Built her first house and moved into it in 1991

14. Loves Camping

15. Loves Animals

16. Loves bugs

17. Was diagnosed with MS in 1995 I believe

18. She is one of strongest people I know

19. She loves bees and will let them crawl on her

20. She loves to mow the lawn

21. She love gardening

22. She loves her job making candles

23. She use to babysit and did for 20 years

24. She loves green

25. She loves hiking

26. She loves ice cream

27. She has been military all her life

28. She is a Daddys girl

29. She has a huge heart

30. She loves her kids no matter what

31. She always worries about her kids

32. She loves her grandkids

33. She became a Grandma in 2004 when Jaxon was born

34. She drives a Jeep Wrangler

35. She has worked at KMK for over 10 years now

36. She loves to bike ride

37. She isn't afraid to try things

38. She loves desserts

39. She loves to buy pajamas

40. She loves hot baths

41. She loves Onions (YUCK!!!)

42. She likes to have a garden

43. She likes to make salsa

44. She loves her dogs and they love her

45. She spoils her grandkids

46. She always looks out for others

47. She will make friends with anybody

48. She loves to go sight seeing

49. She is the BEST Mom anyone could ask for

50. And she turned 50 today!!!!

Happy Birthday Mom! Thanks for everything you do for my family, we love you soooo much!!!

Park Fun

Well we finally were able to escape to the park yesterday. WOO HOO!!!!

Lexi went down the slide by herself and that freaked me out, so then she went with her brother and she loved it. She also loved the dirt. I hate the park, because kids are rude and disgusting, they like to throw dirt on the slides, pee in the rocks and say naughty things. But my kids love it, so I let them go.

Lexi's sedated echo is a week from tomorrow. I am nervous, anxious, scared and if I could would probably spend the next week crying. But I won't, I have to be strong and its just getting through this that will get us answers to our questions. I just wish it was easier, I wish the pain from everything I experienced with Bob would go away, I still have nightmares, I still lose sleep and I still worry that something is going to be wrong. Even if everything is okay, I will still worry and while other may not understand, its hard! I have never hurt so bad in my life. I have never been so scared for my family, never wanted someone to wrap their arms around me so tightly and tell me its going to be okay. I hate that I went through what I did, I hate that people don't understand how hard it is for and I hate that everyday I worry about it all. Words are undescribable as now I get to watch my little girl go through all the things my Husband went through. There are kids everyday going through this and I ask, how do you mothers do it? I know I will have no choice, but to pray to my Father above that everything works out and to give me the strength to get through this. I know I am stronger than I lead myself to believe and I know that things happen for a reason, what I don't know is why they happen.

Lexi goes in at 2:30pm, its going to be a long day, because there is no food after 8am, we have to be there are 1:30pm and its going to be a long day.

10 Months

Its crazy to think that in two months this little girl will be 1 years old. I swear this has been the fastest year ever. This time last year I was really worried about not making to 30 weeks. I was scared to death that I wouldn't make it to where I needed to be. But I did.

At 10 months Lexi is doing things that amaze me everyday!

*She can stand and pull up on this all by herself
*She eats her food by herself, no not her regular food, just things she can pick up
*She can clap her hands
*She now has one of her two front teeth, I was afraid they would never come in
*She loves her brothers, she crawls into their room and she will sit in there forever and watch and play with them
*She loves music
*She loves to dance
*She has develop a fear of animals and people/places she doesn't know






Please excuse Jaxon in his underwear, he had just gotten out of the shower and this picture is priceless. Lexi loves her brothers so much.




Lexi got her first pair of cowgirl boots and YES they are pink!!! They are a little too big right now, she has such teeny feet, she doesn't even fit into a size 2 yet.




This little girl is really good at throwing a fit!

She really is so much fun despite all the girly fits and knowing she is the PRINCESS! She has everyone wrapped around her little fingers and we love her so much.

HAPPY 10 MONTHS SWEET GIRL!!!

Family Fun

WHO ELSE CANNOT WAIT FOR WARM WEATHER???? I am tired of my kids being locked up in the house and causing lots of trouble. I would rather them run around outside, play in the dirt and have fun. So I decided I was not going to spend a rainy day inside and got the kids and Hubby out. We went bowling at Sparetime in Roy and we had a good time.

Saving money

When Bob and I went through our hard times this last year, we weren't sure what to do. We weren't sure we would be able to put food on the table and stay in our home, we just weren't sure. I haven't said much about his, because still to this moment its hard to talk about and I don't want to ever have to go through it again. Before our medical insurance would cover Bob to have surgery we had to fork out money. Here my Husbands life is on the line and I couldn't imagine him not being able to have it. I dropped everything, I forked out the money I had to to save my Husband because you just couldn't put a price tag on anyone in your family. It was hard, life was rough and I didn't know how to go on. Looking back, I still wonder how we did it, but we did. We had family and friends pull together to help us out, we went two weeks after Bob got home without having to cook a meal, each night someone in our neighborhood brought over a cook meal with a dessert. It was amazing! I am still amazed by all that was done. We are so lucky in a way, because the only thing we really loss from this all is our truck and I am not sad about it. At first I was, but my Husbands life is so much more than a stupid truck. Then not long after surgery all these medical bills poured in, it was one after another after another after another and I just cried every time I seen one. We went 6 months and got a medical bill every single day. Lexi spent 2 weeks in the NICU and her bill was unbelievable. Bob spent 3 days in SICU, 24 hours on life support and 3 more day on the floor in the hospital. He had 3 chest tubes, 14 hours of surgery and a repaired heart. I still can't believe how much it costs to have surgery, I am shocked.

So during all this chaos I was looking for ways to help out my family and try and make things easier on Bob and I. I didn't want to sell my house, I love it here, I have great neighbors who have become some of my greatest friends, the kids love it and I feel safe. So a friend at work introduced me to Grocery smarts, not sure who has heard of it, but it is amazing. I would spend anywhere from $200 to $300 dollars a pay day, so almost $600 a month on just groceries, now I am spending about $100.00 or less. Its simple process and yes it takes some time and you have to go to several stores, but it is totally worth every minute spent on doing it. Plus I get twice as much as I would before and all for less. So if your interested, the website is wwww.grocerysmarts.com and the passcode is G84CRJ. It really is worth it! Its easy to figure out too, you can print coupons on line and the only other thing to do is save your coupons throughout the week. I promise you will love it, just like I do. Now Bob and I have extra money and I am not stressed about money anymore.

P.S. Also Target has coupons on their website for all that don't know and you can double your coupons there. GREAT SAVINGS!!!!

Happy Birthday Bob!!!

There are times in life when I amazed at all that has happened. but there is one thing that shocks me the most about the last year and that is what has happened with my Husband. I realized quickly that life is short, but even quicker that you should cherish everyday to the fullest. So I am proud of where we are today, we lost a lot, butthe most important thing is that we didn't lose each other. We have learned from our mistakes and we aren't, but we love each other more now than ever. Bob is still here tosee his 37th birthday and we are celebrating it together. He is a true miracle and our Heavenly Father knew it wasn't Bobs time to go. At this time last we had no clue what we were about to experience, Bob had mentioned that he felt old, but we didn't think anything of it. Well today he is turning 37, he is healthier and happier than ever and he feels great. So i am going to list out 37 things about him.

1. Bob grew up Catholic, graduated from St Josephs High School in Ogden.
2. He played basketball and soccer for them.
3. He worked at Lagoon for a long time as a prep cook.
4. He started at Citi which was not Citi at the time when he was 18 and has been here ever since then.
5. He has been married 3 times.
6. He loves things to do with computers and technology.
7. He could watch the history channel all day, oh wait he has.
8. He hates reality TV so bad.
9. He loves to mow the lawn.
10. He loves to be outdoors.
11. He has a good view of life....live it to the fullest, drive it like you stole it.
12. He is very protective of his family.
13. He loves older movies.
14. He loves to wrestle with his kids.
15. He likes carpenter jeans.
16. He has the skinniest legs I have ever seen.
17. He has two tattoos he hates and is getting removed eventually.
18. He does not like to shop unless its at Lowes.
19. He is very sensitive when talking about his little girls heart condition.
20. He has been in a motor cycle accident.
21. He loves fish.
22. He eats 2 carrots and a apple for breakfast every week day.
23. He loves a good breakfast on the weekends.
24. He is a perfectionist.
25. He does all the cooking in our house.
26. He claims to like the Green Bay Packers.
27. He has a huge heart, he will do anything for anyone.
28. He someday wants to be a chef at a restaurant where at the bottom of the menu it say "financing available".
29. He likes to camp and we hope to atleast go once this year.
30. He hates his Birthday which makes it even more fun for me.
31. He doesn't like going to the movies.
32. He loves to smoke meat.
33. He hates desserts though.
34. He loves cars and has had more cars then I can count.
35. He loves his kids unconditionally, would do anything for them.
36. He loves me and provides so much for me.
37. He is the strongest person I know, he was adopted at 3 and had open heart at 36 and well he made it!!!

Happy Birthday Bob! You have overcome the hardest year of your life and I am so proud of all you have done and accomplished. Love you with all my heart!

We are still alive!

Still tree cutting:





We are still taking down the tree....OKAY!!! Not we, but Bob and he actually has someone coming to help on Saturday to get the whole thing down. I can't wait for it to be gone, I hate the mess and I am excited to plant our own trees.

Basketball BOY:





Jaxon is all of the sudden obsessed with Basketball. He wanted a basketball and has played every single day since he got it. He loves it and can't wait to play for real.

Lexi update:





She is FINALLY feeling better, she lost 2lbs last week and I think drank maybe 2 bottles combined the whole week. She was SICK and I mean SICK! I have never in my life seen someone as sick as she was. I ended up taking her in on Friday to the doc and she had an ear infection on top of RSV. It was amazing, Saturday she started feeling so much better. She ate some dinner, drank her bottles and was smiling again.