I am so blessed to have these two in my life. David is the hardest working, level headed guy I know. I love David’s optimism for life. I love his realism. But most importantly, I love that he is a priesthood holder. He is a good and faithful servant to our Father in Heaven. He helps me overcome life’s little obstacles, and I can say my anxiety level has gone down the drain, since being married to him. He reminds me to not worry about things I can’t change, or that I shouldn’t worry about.

David is extremely busy. He is continuing to work full time at Inthinc, going to school for Electrical Engineering, magnifying his calling as 1st counselor in the Elder’s Quorum, doing homework, and remodeling/fixing up our home.

Most days I don’t feel that I do near as much as he does, that I need to contribute to our family more.But, the sweet man I married constantly reminds me that being a stay at home mom is the most important job that I will ever have. Although,  his list of things that he does compared to mine, doesn’t compare. David makes me feel like I do more on a daily basis than he does.

We are truly blessed. As a family we know that if we center our life on the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, follow the commandments, attend the temple regularly, help others, and are smart with our finances. We will continue to be blessed and when trials come our way, we can handle them with little stress.  I pray that you to, will find peace by centering your life on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are so excited to announce that our little baby is a boy!!!( We have some great ‘turtle’ shots, but I didn’t want to put them online for the world to see.) We did the pencil trick a while ago ( an old wives tale),  and it said we would have four kids.. girl, boy, boy, girl. So we we pretty much already knew he was a boy, but it is great to know for certain.  He seems to be a happy little guy, and we are so excited about his arrival around July 11th.

This time around we are going with a different birth, than we had with Zoe. Which, I am excited and a little nervous about. We switched at 16 weeks from our OB Dr. Hutchison, to our new midwife Rebecca Williams. We love Dr. Hutch, he is really a nice and funny doctor. But, his office is so busy and we wanted more one on one care this time around. Also, Zoe’s birth was not the greatest experience, so it will be good to do something different this time.

In other news, we are continuing to work on our house. Our current project is refacing our fireplace and swtiching it to a gas fireplace.  We are also working on our family room. I admit it drives me a little nuts that it is still unfinished. Demolishing is so much easier and faster than remodel. But, we will get it done soon.

Zoe is doing great. She is a very sweet and happy little girl. We love her very much. She enjoys riding her bike, playing with friends, going to the mall to play at the “park”, and loves nursery. It’s so fun to take her to nursery every Sunday. As soon as she enters the door she screams loud with excitment. I really want to catch that on video, since it is so cute. She knows all of her letters, counts to 20, and is currently working on potty training.

Zoe has a secret she would like to share..

 

 

We are so excited to announce that Zoe will be a big sister in July 2012. Our due date is July 14, and we couldn’t be more happy. What a wonderful blessing it will be to have another child in our home. David and I think it will be a boy. What do you think we will have? We will update when we find out in February.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday my sweet Zoe. Mommy and daddy love you so much. We love your excitement for life. You are the sweetest little thing ever. It is such a joy and honor to have you as our little girl. It still seems crazy that you are already 2, but we will enjoy every minute on this earth that we get to have you as our daughter. Heavenly Father blessed our family so much, when he blessed us with having you. You are so beautiful, smart and funny. Zoe, its so fun that you are a mama’s girl. I know that will change with time, but for now, I just love having my own little minnie me. Thanks for being in our family and making our lives worth living. Happy Birhtday sweetheart, may the next year bring you even more happinesss and joy!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

This morning, our little family went to the zoo. Seth, Alicia, Ben and Chelsea came too, but we didn’t spend very much time with them, because it was too cold and they arrived when we were ready to leave. The monkeys were crazy, I guess that is how they are in the morning, or seeing kids in costume made them nervous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later on in the day, we went to Hee Haw Farms. This little farm was so much fun,  Zoe had a blast and it was hard to get her to leave. David and Zoe went threw their first corn maze, we went on a fun hay ride out the the pumpkin patch, went on a train ride, played in the corn, and watched huge pumkins being thown down from high on a crane.  We even brought home a few pumpkins. But, we don’t get our countertops and kitchen sink installed until tomorrow, so there wasn’t really any place to carve them and keep the space clean.

 

 

 

It has been two months since we closed on our home. It was a HUD foreclosure, which meant a sweet deal for us, but lots of work on our home was necessary before we could even move in. That house stunk so bad, I had to hold my nose while we walked through it the first time. But, we were good enough to look through the smell and filthiness. We are still working hard, and once we get more done, I will post the “newly constructed pictures.” Thankfully, my wonderful mother in law is letting us live with her until our house is clean, nice and new. Thanks to Chelsea and David’s dad for helping us with our home. We are very excited to have all our hard work finally pay off.  As you can see it’s a very ugly house. Oh, but you should see it in the future. It is gorgeous.. realy it is. We got the best deals from on Shaw Carpet and Hardwoods. The kitchen is going to look beautiful (Of course, that is easy to do since that kitchen is the ugliest, I have ever seen).  We almost have our bathroom completed, with  little help from David’s dad, David and Bath Fitters. We also got a great deal on Danze fixtures for our bathroom and kitchen.

We are going for a modern contemporary look and I can’t wait until it is done. I’ll post the after pictures soon!

Since last summer, I have been wanting to take Zoe to the zoo. I told my mom in May, that I thought it might be fun to take Zoe on my birthday that July. But, she said Zoe wouldn’t really like it being just 8 months. So, I took one of my mom’s last piece of advice and waited until this year to take Zoe to the zoo.

Wowzers, who knew the zoo was going to cost each adult $9. My sweet husband decided it would be a better deal to get a year membership to the zoo. With just he and I alone, we would only need to go four times in that year, to make up for our membership. So, he bought us a membership that includes two guest free every time we visit.

For Zoe’s first trip to the Zoo, we took Corena ( David’s mom) and Chelsea. It was the perfect day for the zoo, there were not too many people and the weather was just perfect. Zoe loved the monkey’s the best. She kept saying “monkey’s! monkey’s!”, good thing there was not a shortage of monkey’s at the zoo. They had dinosaurs around the park. Zoe didn’t like them, she covered her ears and held on to mom and dad tightly as we walked past.

 

Zoe also got to ride on a merry-go-round for the first time. She was a bit nervous at first, but with daddy at her side she soon gained the confidence to ride that bison. ( I know, out of all the cute animals she could have sat on, her daddy put her on the bison. ha ha) Zoe had a lot of fun waving hi to grandma, Chelsea and I.

 

We also went on the train, which Zoe loves! She kept saying ” choo choo” and singing the ABC’s, she is really a smart little girl and loves to sing. Zoe really likes planes a lot also. Whenever David and I are in the car with Zoe she will say, ” Momma, Dadda, Momma Dadda.. a plane.” Oh I just love the excitement in her little voice with everything she enjoys.

Zoe lights up the entire room whenever she enters. She is so full of life and reminds us to not take the little things for granted. She loves her grandma Corena and we have had so much fun living with her these past few weeks. She loves her Grandpa David as well and has so much fun when he comes up to visit. But, hooray for this Thursday when we close on our home!

 

 

 

We went with my family to Seven Peaks in SLC, it was so much fun! My sister Chelsea worked at Trafalga in Lehi, and they own Seven Peaks. Anyway, her work would include a free admission to Seven Peaks with her pay check every once in a while. Chelsea was so sweet to save up enough tickets to take our large family. Zach was leaving for Haiti for the rest of the summer, so it was a good time to do a family outing with everyone. Although, Mica and Alex were working and couldn’t come, we missed them! After playing in the water we went to Chuck a Rama, it was a really fun time with the family. I am so blessed to have such wonderful siblings, a sister in law, daughter and best husband.

I will post pics of this fun event, as soon as I can.

 

Well, the waitning game has been fun…but it is getting a little tiresome. Each week, David and I think that following week we will get to move into our home. But, it hasn’t happened yet. Our newest update is, they are sending our loan to title tomorrow, so that is good news.

In the meantime, we are enjoying a rent and utility free life living with David’s mom. Zoe loves her grandma and it has just been so much fun! We appreciate you Corena, thanks!

Our summer has been a lot of fun. We went to a family reunion at Big Elk Creek campground in Idaho. We had a great time playing on jet ski’s, tubing, enjoying the nature and all the other activities camping brings.

 

Wow, I am so happy with my life now. Seriously, I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband and daughter. They are my joy! Heavenly Father has blessed me so much and I am so grateful for him and for Christ.

Being a wife and a mother has brought me so much joy and happiness. Zoe is absolutely darling and is at such a cute age. She is so social and is very friendly to everyone. She is always saying hi to everyone she sees and she loves her nursery friends! David and I have been in the nursery since January, which has been great since Zoe got to attend nursery since she was 13 months old.

As I mentioned in my last post, David and I are currently waiting for the closing on our first home. We are buying a house in West Valley, to be close to David’s work. It’s not the cutest house.. yet. But we are so excited to fix it up and make it our home.  Our plan is to sort of flip houses. Though, we plan on living there for 5 years, then move into a nicer home once David gets the “Big Boy Job.” (aka once he graduates and becomes an Electrical Engineer).

 

 

 

 

 

In the meantime, David and I am having so much fun choosing out carpet, paint, tile and deciding what kind of hardwood floors we want in our living room. I really like the engineered bamboo look, but we also like solid wood, so still deciding what to do there.

We had a great weekend visiting with Seth, Alicia, and baby Benjamin. He is an absolute doll. Yesterday, we went to my aunt and uncles mission homecoming, it was so nice to see family that I haven’t seen in a while. My family is wonderful and I appreciate all of them!