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Giveaway

2012-01-25T17:37:00.000-08:00

Swanky Babies is hosting a great giveaway right now. A CHICCO KET FIT 30 carseat!! Go to their site to check it out
http://www.facebook.com/swankybabies

2011-12-02T22:26:00.000-08:00

My sister in law got married back in September and Im just now posting some of the very many pictures. Aren't they cute?!

"On" switch

2011-11-28T23:19:00.000-08:00

Liam turned 2 on the 26th and it was a big day for him. Climbing out of his crib, getting staples in his head, getting a big boy bed.... Geez, I should have just potty trained as well? :)

Where to begin?
The morning of his birthday I woke up to my bedroom door swinging open and liam running in saying "mommy, mommy!" I glanced over and saw Chase still asleep and looked at liam and asked if he climbed out of his crib. He sweetly replied "yes", and I was secretly hoping that it was an accident that he wouldnt repeat for at least another 6 months... boy was I wrong. The rest of the morning was great... and then it was nap time.

I put Liam in his crib for his nap around 1 and before I could reach the door he was trying to climb out. I didnt want to risk him getting hurt, since he is prone to falling while standing still :), so I pulled his mattress off his bed and onto his floor thinking that he would sleep there, no problem. Liam has always been such a great sleeper so I was really wishing this would be no big deal to him. ha... he was jumping on his bed, getting up playing with toys and anything else you can image- he did it. I was getting so frustrated with him because I was exhausted and we had a party to go to at 3 and I really wanted him to have at least a cat nap.

3 came around and Liam had still not settled down enough to even blink. We went to Chase's families for the party and then headed over to my parents house for another birthday party. After ice cream Liam was playing and came running into the kitchen and collided with my nephew causing liam to fall and crack his head open on a bookcase. He was bleeding like crazy so we rushed to the ER. I was wishing that the cut wasnt that bad and that they could glue it back together. The nurse came and looked at it and said "looks like someone is going to be getting staples." STAPLES!... seriously, ouch. I was not excited about that in the least. But then again, who is? Anyways, Liam did great with the shot to numb the area but started screaming while we were pinning him down. Chase pinned his legs down while I rubbed his cheek to try and be a good mom and console my child while the dr was stapling his poor little head back together. Luckily he only needed 3, so it went fairly quickly.

We finally got home around 9 and I was beat. Chase and I talked about getting a crib tent so we wouldnt have to deal with the whole "big boy" bed situation and still keep our sanity, but I didnt want to spend $50+ on something I would only use for a few months. So I braved the thought of having Liam in a big boy bed... and he is doing AWESOME! yay!! Every night he has only gotten out of bed once. Nap time is a little harder since he's not totally worn out he wont stay in bed. But I couldnt be more proud of my little boy.

By the time I went to bed I was certain that Liam had turned the "on" switch on for the terrible twos. Chase said that "he could have wanted to get every thing out in one day." Ha! I wish that were the case.

I know that the millions of people that read my blog dont really want to see the picture of the staples, so I'll spare you.... at least for a little while until I get them downloaded to my computer :)

Here's to the Terrible Twos.... any advice?

My baby brother is all grown up!

2011-08-24T16:22:00.000-07:00

Earlier this month my brother Michael and Amanda were sealed in the Portland, OR temple. Dont they make a cute couple? :) Heres just a few from their day!

wedded bliss

2011-08-24T16:01:00.000-07:00

I love being apart of a couples wedding day. This bride and groom were no exception, they were so laid back and you could tell that they were so happy to be getting married.

cereal box mirrors

2011-06-28T12:47:00.000-07:00

Theres was an empty wall by our kitchen table that I really wanted to hang mirrors on. I had a specific look in mind and the mirrors that I found were each $75 (no, thanks for cheap momma over here), so I decided to do a little diy project.

Well, its done! I finished the frames last year but I had to wait a few months for it to get warm again so I could spray paint them. I love the way they turned out. And the best part, it cost me less then $15 for all three, much better for the purse strings. If you wanted to know how to make them go here.

They were super easy to make, just a little time consuming! Thank goodness the Bachelor was on then :)

Sneak Peek

2011-06-27T15:18:00.000-07:00

Sneak Peek of my friends wedding! Mandy was such a beautiful bride and so relaxed. I had so much fun shooting their special day! More pictures to come soon.

Yay!

2011-06-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

I have LOTS to be excited about.

First off- Summer is actually here! We went swimming for the first time this year- no pictures, but its ok cause liam wasnt having it at all. He's been sick the past couple of days and I dont think he was feeling up to swimming, poor guy.

Second- I finally have my new computer! I now dont have to wait for Chase to load pictures onto his and then transfer them to my computer! Now I just have to wait for him to teach me how to load them onto mine, so sorry no pics yet. But I have lots of pictures just waiting to be loaded!

Third- In January, my friend started building me a built in bookcase in our basement and that is now finished!

and Fourth- We finally started redoing our backyard!! Pulling out stumps, cutting down trees and next is laying new sprinklers! I cant wait til we have a lawn rather then goat heads and stickers to play on. It'll take a while to get the finished product, but we started and thats all that matters :) We are going to be fencing in our property (which is an acre) and I can not believe how expensive fencing is. We dont have time to build a fence for that big of an area so we need to buy the pre-built sections which is a pretty penny. So we'll have a fence finished in, oh i dont know, 7 years :)

playing catch up... again!

2011-05-04T21:24:00.000-07:00

Im going to bust out my disney world trip into one post... so warning, this could get long :)

Islands of Adventure was so fun! It was pretty warm out that day so we decided to do Pop Eyes water ride, and boy did we get wet. Majority of my family all wanted ponchos but I didn't. I enjoy getting soaked when you're on a WATER ride. whimps :) Josh had the right idea and just took his shirt off. lol. I guess its easier for guys then girls. moving on...

Harry Potter land was INSANE! One of my families favorite ride was in there (used to be called dueling dragons) and we thought it would be packed. I was surprised that there was hardly any wait at all. Everyone was waiting in the 2 hour wait for the Harry Potter ride. Which I actually did not enjoy. They had rather large spiders falling and grabbing at you. No, thank you!

That night as we were walking out of the park we decided to eat at Bubba Gumps. Mike is a huge Forrest Gump fan and won the questionnaire that our waitress gave us. Can you tell he likes it? :)

My all time favorite park is Animal Kingdom. I was looking forward to it since we booked our flights! As soon as we parked, Crystal was ready to go and was basically speed walking to the gate. Once we got into the park we ran (while people stared at us) to the safari ride. We were only supposed to get the "fast passes" for our family and meet them somewhere else, but there wasnt a wait so we decided to take a little detour through the safari on our way to meet them :) I could spend all day on that safari ride looking at the animals. They had a baby giraffe and elephant there. Can you see them? They were so cute! (little side note- when my mom was younger they lived on a farm in California and actually took care of a baby elephant for awhile. So jealous) Speaking of babies, dont you just love the picture of liam passed out on mike? Every morning mike would get him out of the car and as we were walking into the parks he would fall asleep on his shoulder.

Ok, now for a funny story. See my shirt that Im wearing at Animal Kingdom? Well I got it at Old Navy for like $4 and thought it would be a nice light shirt for Florida. I wasnt sure if I really liked it or not, but I didnt think it looked bad on me so I bought it. Well, my sister and I were resting while our babies slept and we got to talking about how americans are overweight. Not more then a few minutes went by and I saw a very overweight lady with the same shirt that I had on and it was not flattering at all. Now that shirt sits in my goodwill pile.

Okay, so it wasnt that funny but we had a good laugh.

(did that just make me sound like a terrible person? I promise Im not)

MGM- I dont know if you could tell, but look at my brother in laws facial expression, (hes in the bright orange shirt) haha. I just had to put that up. You're welcome Mace! I love all of Liams expressions. Hes a stud, no?

We went to "Honey I shrunk ourselves" play ground and Liam and the kids LOVED it! I didnt take a ton of pictures since they had water squirting everywhere, but I did catch a mean "slide guard" stopping Crystal from taking Liam down a slide. Did I mention that it was a small slide and there were no signs. I love Crystals expression, it's as if she's saying "Your actually being serious? That is the stupidest thing ever." Oh wait, that is what she said :) ha!

(Half way, are you still with me?)

Love sea world! We got to touch sting rays, watch the dolphin and whale shows and later on we found a dolphin cove that had the sick/ younger dolphins swimming around. That was fun. I was mesmerized. My child has many expressions :) They crack me up!

The dolphin show was a lot of fun, but I was really disappointed with the whale show. Last time we went the trainers swam a lot with the whales but they didnt this time. Which is understandable since a trainer was killed not to long ago by one of their whales. But they did have a baby whale there (can you see him :)) and he was so cute.

Im not sure if you can read what I wrote of the picture of the whale, so I'll write it here too. Before the show started they were letting the big whales swim around and there was this whale that was just staring at us through the glass. It was pretty hilarious watching him just look at us. We kept laughing that he was probably looking at the idiots in the "wet zone," and it was us. Luckily we were in the middle and didnt get wet.

As we were walking through the park we saw this hammer game (i cant think of the name of them, but you get what Im talking about) and we wanted josh to play. He claimed he didnt have any cash on him and started to walk away, but my family dug through our wallets for dollar bills so we could force him to play. He won and Brian now has a giant spider man. My nephew Jace screams bloody murder if he even sees the spider man. I think its kind of funny :)

This is my all time favorite picture. Liam loves his uncle Mikey! He fell asleep on him a lot during that trip!

Guess what?.... Im done with Florida updates! 5 months later and I can check that off my to-do list. Ha!

2011-05-03T17:43:00.000-07:00

I have been horrible about updating our blog. I still have not finished posting about our trip to Florida back in, oh just November. Oops! I guess life has just been busy, but really I don't know why it's been 5 months and I'm still thinking about needing to do it. I have pictures that I need to put up, but I have yet to transfer them to my computer. And I like to think there are fellow bloggers that enjoying reading my pathetic little posts if there's atleast pictures of our cute Liam :) so if there is anyone that reads this, I will get better about updating our lives! Pinky promise!!

3 posts in 1.

2011-02-24T21:45:00.000-08:00

A Minute to Win it New Years Eve!

My good friend Jessie and I love minute to win it! I would do anything to be on that show! We had some other couples over to play games with us and we had so much fun, probably Jess and I more so then others :) We played a lot of other games but these are the only pictures I had.

Face the Cookie! This was one of my favorites, but it was hilarious watching everyone move the cookie to their mouth.

I'm not sure why, but the kids loved Chases boots and thought it was so funny to just stand in them. I should have put Liam in but didn't think about that til now :)

Chase is going to kill me for putting these up, but he doesn't read this so he wont find out. Hopefully. When he gets into games, he become aggressively competitive... kinda scary :) He was bouncing ALL over the place and swinging his body as hard as he could. (side note: we played a game once where a person stands in the middle of a circle with a newspaper and everyone in the circle takes turns at saying a name of someone else in the circle, and if your name is called you want to say another name fast before the person in the middle trys to hit you before they say a name. If that made sense at all :) well chase was in the middle holding the newspaper and when he tried to hit someone I serious thought he was going to break something in the room he would fly across it so fast).

Casey put bigger ping pong balls in my box to make me work even harder at getting them out. I was wondering why it was taking so long for some to bounce out :)

A great way to start the New Years off right....

New Years day Liam cut his eye brow/ lid open on a metal bed frame and we had to take a trip to the ER to get it glued shut. Not a great sign for how my year will go with this boy! I see several er trips in my future!

Fangs...

As of today Liam now has 6 teeth but when his top teeth were coming through they came in a weird way. Most babies get their front teeth first. Well not mine, he got his fangs first. Well they looked like his fangs but they are the ones next to the fronts. I tried to capture them on camera, but he wasn't cooperating too well so this is the best I got. My mom said that Heavenly Father knew that if he gave Liam his fronts first that he would probably knock them out with all the falling he was doing. Which is so true.

the happiest place on earth

2011-01-26T12:26:00.000-08:00

Day 2: Magic Kingdom

We spent all day at magic kingdom. It was insanely busy but we still had a blast.

Liam and Emily loved walking next to each other. They kept reaching for each others hands and leaning in to give loves.

Crystal and matt... she sure looks excited, not sure about matt :)

The kids loved driving the cars.

Its scary that jamen is going to be able to actually drive in a year...

Cec was in charge of steering and josh was helping with the gas and brakes. Chase and I were lucky enough to be in front of them and experience bumper cars :) this is josh looking oh so innocent!

Toon Town! Mike had perfect timing to look at the camera!

haha. i just have to laugh at this.

Sleeping arrangements through out the day...

poor brian. we were waiting for the parade to start but he could not stay awake for more then a few seconds.

It down poured on us through out the day. It was hilarious to see everyone huddle inside stores to stay out of the rain. We braved it and kept riding rides! It was a blast, but sure didn't help the hair situation!

i LOVE this picture of crystal and liam. We woke him up for the parade and he was in awe of everything. The princesses that came through would blow kisses at him. I would too since hes so darn cute :)

Tinkerbell.... but i missed her. oops! i love the lighting on the castle!

before we left we wanted to go back to see

Mickey and Minnie!

terrible picture of me but its the only one with them in it!

Disney World!

2011-01-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

Im a little late on posting these, but better late then never I guess!

Before Mike left on his mission (over 2 years ago) we told the grand kids that when he got home we're taking a trip to DISNEY WORLD! So over thanksgiving my parents were so gracious and took the whole family, a whopping 23 of us, to Florida! We were there for 10 days and went to all the Disney, Sea World, Epcot and the Universal parks! There was never a dull moment, or a quiet one!

I love getting together with my family, especially at disney world when all the adults are more excited then the kids. I have an overload of pictures so here we go! Enjoy!

Day 1: Medieval Times

I absolutely love medieval times! We've been there before and I was very excited to go. For those who haven't been, it is a sit down dinner and a Knights show. You don't get utensils and they give you what seem to be half a chicken. It is the best food, their tomato basil soup is to die for. My mom stayed at the condo and watch the three youngest so the rest of us could enjoy the show. Thank you so much mom, but we missed you! My adorable niece Emily loved playing under the kitchen sink. Liam joined her but I didn't get a good picture of him.

(i cant get the pictures to lay side by side, so sorry for the long line)

During the show they had these amazing horses do tricks. Since I was a young girl I've always loved horses, so I was pretty excited about them.

"Blue & White, Blue & White, Fight Fight Fight"

When a knight wins a fight they get to throw out flowers. I got one the last time we went so I was determined to get one again! So I stood up and blew a kiss to him and it worked :) Chase was proud.

Valynn, Cecily and I with our flowers

These Knights are actually for sale. I don't know about you, but I would not pay $3000+ for one of these to sit in my home.

(sorry kk, your picture came out blurry)

Mason Brennen and Kim

Mikes a little excited too!

We had a great night, but blue & white lost. The previous times we were there our knight won, so I was sad our streak was ruined. Guess I just have to go again! :)

cute little liam

2010-12-31T15:31:00.000-08:00

I couldn't help but laugh when I looked back and saw Liam stiff as a board in his jacket. I bought it a little big so he can wear it for next year and I tried putting it on a couple of times and he just wouldn't have it so I would layer sweaters on him. Well, today is freezing so I forced him to wear it and by the look on his face he doesn't love it!

Grandmas 90th

2010-12-30T14:27:00.000-08:00

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma!

One of her hats from back in the 50s.

Our family made a scrapbook of all her kids and grandkids for her.

One year older..

2010-12-05T22:34:00.000-08:00

& wiser too!

Our little man is growing up so fast! November 26th he turned one and we were actually in Florida for his birthday (pics to come) so we celebrated a few weeks early and had a combined party for Chase and Liam. My boys are getting old :) Heres a few pictures from the festivities...

The birthday boys

I didnt make a big deal about liams party, so I didnt buy any decorations. Well my mother in law went out shopping and found some Mickey Mouse stuff that she wanted to by (he loves him) so I figured I needed to make something. So I made a sign! I thought it turned out pretty cute for something done in 10 mins!

Cupcakes! And they were delicious!

Liam loved his cupcakes! He slowly tasted the frosting, but when he decided he wanted bigger bites he grabbed the whole cupcake and shoved it in his face! We got a cute video of it but its not on my computer.

My hubby making a wish!

Im so blessed to have these two in my life! I cant image life without them. They both can drive me crazy at times, but thats what keeps an exciting life!

Happy Birthday Chase and Liam!

Cereal Boxes!

2010-11-13T20:33:00.000-08:00

Hi friends! I need your help... Im doing a project (that I will soon be posting about) but I need help getting it started. I need CEREAL BOXES!! They can be flatted, but just not destroyed. Recycle those ones :)

I need a lot of boxes, so if you live close by and have boxes laying around then PLEASE call me or get a hold of me some how! THANKS! xoxo

11 months

2010-11-08T08:52:00.000-08:00

Liam on Halloween as a snow Leopard. He wouldn't leave the hat on so this is the best I got!

11 months. I cant believe that he'll be one this month. I'm not ready. We'll be at DISNEY WORLD(!!!!!!!) for his birthday but we're celebrating before we leave with chases family. I still have to plan a party, which i keep procrastinating with and clean my house before we leave. I feel a little overwhelmed thinking of everything that needs to get done.

Highlights of my little man:
*he is fully walking now. He gets so excited that he'll try to run (but we're thankfully not to that point yet)
*Says "mama" "bam-pa" "uh oh" trys to say puppy but it comes out "pay"
*Loves Mickeys playhouse. He sits in his high chair and can watch it forever!
*I think hes getting his one year molars. He wont let me look or feel, but he constantly has his finger in his mouth and gagging himself. So im hoping its just teeth :)
*Still only has 1 tooth
*is fascinated with feet
*loves "this little piggy" song
*favorite foods- goldfish, pasta and grilled cheese sandwich.

Family photos

2010-11-04T20:31:00.000-07:00

We havn't had any family photos taken since liam was born (i know, im bad) so I begged Chase to set up the tri-pod so we could get it done. My grandma is having her 90th birthday and all the grandkids needed to have a family photo so they can make a scrapbook for her, so it was a good excuse! Thought they turned out pretty good.

Im in love with this picture! Liam is the cutest baby (Im not bias at all!)

service isnt always easy!

2010-11-02T00:08:00.000-07:00

Wow, am I glad this weekend is over! I dont feel like Ive had any quiet time. Friday was supposed to be a fun relaxing day of taking family pictures for a friend of ours, finishing mine and chases costumes and our wards halloween party! But, no. It ended up being the exact opposite of relaxing!

Taking pictures was fun and I had a blast, but as I was driving home I saw two small dogs running across 4 lanes of traffic on a busy road. Being the animal lover that I am, I decided to stop and see if the dogs had collars on. So I pulled into the parking lot that they were in and called for them and they came running to me and even jumped in my car! Obviously not shy at all. Neither had collars, so I decided to call Chase to see what I should do. I didnt have the heart to leave them running around and having them get even more lost. I asked chase if I should take them to our house until I find the owners. Having to beg to him to let me buy our own puppy, Chase wasn't to thrilled on my suggestion but told me "babe, do what you think is right." Crap, I knew I was in for it.

Since the dogs were already in my car I figured I could at least take them to a near by animal shop to get scanned for microchips. Surely they've got to have them! As I was driving I got a call from Chase asking what I did with the dogs. "well, Im driving down the road and the dogs are sitting on my lap:)" I get the dogs scanned... nothing. Great, now Im stuck with two dogs and I have no way of knowing who they belong to. So I took the dogs back to my house and put them in a pen that we have in our yard. I put boards around the areas that they could squeeze through and it was perfectly set up.

I told Chase to keep an eye on the dogs while I went to put up signs around the neighbor and pick Liam up from my mom. I must have only been gone for 45 mins and as I pulled closer to my house I see the pen is empty. I slowly start to panic, but was hopeful that chase was with them somewhere else. Nope, no chase, no dogs! I knocked on chases studio and kinda freaking out asked, "Where are the dogs?" Chase thinking I was kidding said "Funny," as he was looking at the cage his eyes were getting bigger. haha. I went to the cage and the dumb dogs dug a hole under my pen and were gone! Great. I took liam and walked around out neighborhood for a little while probably looking like a crazy lady yelling for these dogs. I called my sister freaking out and she thought it was funny that I lost the dogs and that they were even more lost now that they've been driving around in a car for a while. Not at all helpful for my guilt of losing them :)

After an hour passed I figured that the dogs were gone and since I just put signs up I didnt want some calling and my response being "well, I kinda lost them," so I went and took the signs down. Once I got home I put liam down for a nap and walked into my bathroom. There was a car slowing driving next to our fence and looking out the window were two dogs. Yep. Thats right, I just got back from taking signs down for dogs that were once lost that I found and were lost again. It was an older lady that randomly pulled into our drive way to see if they were our dogs. I told her my story, so she gave me back the dogs. I was kinda hoping she'd offer to take them until I found the owner. So since these dogs are escape artists I figured that i cant leave them outside and the only other place to put them was in our first bathroom. So, in they went. I really did not want to keep the dogs over night so I went back and put up the signs again! I was thinking i'd get a call from the owners earlier in the day once they noticed they were missing two dogs. Finally at 10:30 i got a call from the owners and they came to get them! So much for my relaxing day of halloween costumes and party!

Here are they are...

They were very sweet, but im so glad they're gone!

2010-10-11T21:50:00.000-07:00

10 months
I feel like it was yesterday that I wrote about liam at 9 months. I dont like how fast this is going by! With my nieces and nephews, it never seemed to go by this fast. Sure, they looked bigger each time I saw them, but it never seemed to fly by.

I'm very tired so im going to try and remember things!

Liam has now started walking, well kinda. His record is 9 steps so far, which means my work outs have only begun. (i have a video but need chase to download it, sorry i dont know computers, crystal)
He says "ohhh" and makes the cutest face when saying it. I haven't been able to catch it on camera yet.
Kali and him love to chase each other.
He gets so excited when he sees his cousins.

I was in our front yard tonight and found this creepy thing. Chase was taking pictures and wanted to keep it in a jar so he can see what it is. I quickly declined having this thing inside my house. So chase posted a picture on facebook and found out its a jerusalem cricket. Seriously the creepiest cricket i've ever seen!

catching up'

2010-09-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

I forgot to blog about liams 8 and 9 month achievements so here they are for my journaling purposes. I know those that aren't related to us could probably care less what hes doing! :)

9 months
-He'll hold on to the side of our bath tub or a small table and walk along it. (im not ready for this!)
-He wants anything and everything that Im eating. Its pretty cute, if im holding him he'll open his mouth and put it next to mine hoping that i'll give him the spoon full.
-Knows where his toy box is and will grab toys out of it. He'll sometimes get to top heavy and fall into the basket, but thats kinda funny.
-Can give high fives.. well more like a low fives, but we're getting there!
-Has a fetish for pulling hair. Mommy doesn't enjoy this new found talent!
-He used to do a fake laugh that sounds like a dolphin but quit doing it a few months ago, but he's starting to do that again! I finally caught it on camera.
- Loves music. He is his fathers child! If he hears it, theres dancing and banging on the drums.

8 months
-Pulls himself up on everything
-Says "baba" and "dada." What about mama, son?
-Waves hi, or has impeccable timing :)
-He smacks his lips when hes eating baby food.
-When he's in his bouncer he will lay his head on his arm and play with the spinning ball. Its the sweetest thing.

That's all that comes to mind right now. Its so fun to see him grow and change so fast. He has such a sweet personality and the biggest, cutest eyes I have ever seen and he's already using them to his advantage. We always say that he smiles with his eyes and they are irresistible! Daddy and I are in trouble!

Help!

2010-09-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

Im needing some help making a decision. Im changing my photography business name and have made some new logos. But I have a problem and like all of them and cant decide which one to use! So please leave a comment with your opinion!

Dont forget to leave a comment :) xoxo

family bonding

2010-09-08T13:57:00.000-07:00

Chase and I have been hiking badger mountain everyday for about a week. The first time we took liam in a baby bjorn and it wasnt fun for liam, or chase. He was slowly sliding down chases back, and when we were done he was nearly on his butt. So we bought a hiking pack so we can take our little guy comfortably with us! He loves it. It has a padded chin rest/pillow that he loves to hit and sing. Its so cute so I had to take some pics. Sorry they were taken are my phone so they didnt turn out to be the best quality.

pics

2010-09-04T12:47:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile since Ive last posted. My bestfriend is getting married in a few weeks and she had me take her engagement pictures! I had so much fun with them on our shoot! They are a prefect match! heres a few of my favorites...

whirlwind of events

2010-07-07T23:36:00.000-07:00

Alot has happened these past few weeks! It was a little crazy and I didnt take pictures of everything so I stoled pictures from my sister Valynn.

First off... Mike came home from his 2 year mission in Bolivia!

Everyone was so excited for him to be home that we made him a sign. The kids had fun decorating it.

My dad and mike. I have a picture of my mom hugging him too, but its on my camera still.

mom mike dad

On our way back to my parents house, I was following my parents and mike. Once we got to their house they stopped the car right when they pulled into the drive way and mike jumped out bare foot onto the grass. He hasnt walked barefoot in grass for two years! I dont think he has had his shoes on since he has been home unless hes leaving. After being released from a full time missionary, he decided to jump into the pool in his old suit.

My dad watching mike

The kids had fun being able to swim with mike the following days. Tyler was playing in the pool and some how broke his toe, so my sister took him to the ER and now he has a padded shoe :)

On Sunday, Mike had his homecoming talk. He did a great job, but you could tell that he hadn't spoken english for a while. He bore his testimony in Spanish, and I had no idea what he was saying but you could definitely feel the spirit. It is such a blessing to know that even though there may be a language barrier that you can still feel it and know of its truth.

We renting wave runners and had so much fun on them! It was really cold, so none of us wanted to tip over so we weren't being as crazy, but it was still a lot of fun playing in the water. I took my niece Kaitlyn out and she was a little scared, it was hilarious until she started squeezing the air out of me.

Wednesday night, we all went to the temple while my parents braved watching all the grandkids! It was the first time that we were able to all be there together and it was such an awesome experience to share that with all my siblings!

Welcome home mike! We love you!!

Secondly, Liam turned 7 months! (again my recent pictures are on my camera)

(he is the cutest baby ever)

Liam ...
*bounces all the time! I love it though.
* loves to play in our entertainment center and bang on the wood. When I lay him on the floor he will automatically make his way over to it.
* I started giving him puffs and he now loves them... most the time.
* Loves fruit and some veggies, but hates the turkey or chicken baby food. I dont blame him, they smell disgusting.
* He has started to scoot to me and will grab my leg when he wants to be picked up
* loves playing in the pool. I have yet to actually "swim" with him since its been a little cold. But now that its 90+ outside Im sure it'll happen this week!
* Loves his uncle mikey!

Thats all I can think of right now! I have more to post, but we'll save that for another post!

Only one letter left..

2010-06-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that my little/bigger then me, brother will be home in less then 2 weeks! I cant explain how extremely excited my whole family is! He is the baby and the only boy, so this was a first for all of us to have someone on a mission for 2 whole years. We've missed him like crazy and cant wait for his plane to land! Sunday, I wrote one of my last letters to him as a full time missionary! We only will have to write one more, and the next time we "communicate" with him will be in person. :)

One of our family friends is down in Bolivia doing some volunteer work, and ironically, she is in the same town as michael and is actually staying with one of their investigators! She was able to take some pictures of him and send them to us. Im so excited to see him! She said that he looks great and is an amazing missionary! We're so proud of him! Chase bet me that I'll cry at the airport, since my family can cry rather easily, but I am a tough cookie. However, I think I may loose this bet.

11 more days!

Watch out mom and dad, Im about to....

2010-06-06T23:52:00.000-07:00

CRAWL!

(sorry the picture was taken on my camera phone which sucks)

Tonight Liam has been getting into the crawling position! I have a love/hate relationship to this new "trick" of his. While we were at my friends house today (whose baby started crawling a few weeks ago) liam decided to copy Spencer and look like he was crawling. I was shocked how many times he got into this position. I told them that we cant hang out with them anymore because my sister doesnt want him crawling for at least 3 weeks (she'll be here then!!!) and he picks up things fast from spencer! haha.... I was kidding ofcourse, but Im not sure if mommy is ready for a completely mobile baby. Looks like I'll be baby proofing my house this week. Yikes.....

262,800 minutes old

2010-06-04T16:06:00.000-07:00

Thats half a year!

I can not believe my baby is 6 months old, time really does fly by when your having fun! Liam is such an awesome little boy! I love waking up everyday knowing that I get to spend the day with him. If im in a bad mood or had a hard day, hes one of the only people that can make me feel better! He has such a sweet smile, and uses it to his advantage! This little boy is a flirt, im afraid im going to have to put a leash on him at an early age.

Liam loves to grab his feet and he has found the joy of sucking on his toes. If he sees toes, he will suck on them. Last night I was laying down with my feet on Chase while he was holding Liam, and all of the sudden I felt a wet little mouth on my toe.

When I give him a bottle, he reaches up at my face and strokes my cheek or grabs it. Its not so sweet when I havnt cut his nails in a few days!

My mom bought him a jumper which he absolutely loves. The down side, whenever im holding him on my lap, he starts jumping. But its worth it when hes happy and Im able to get things done.

He rolls everywhere now. If he sees something, he is determined to get it. He also has been doing the "stink bug" and is getting good at getting up on his toes!

A couple of other things that he loves are, remotes (what is it with guys and remotes), and being outside.

memorial day weekend

2010-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:00

I love memorial day for a few reasons! First of all, it lands on my birthday "week!" Yes, I started dedicating the whole week to me so that my husband will play with my hair (willingly) while he watches tv :), secondly my family is usually in town and we have a BBQ and then go put flowers on my brother and grandparents graves. This year, we went and saw a week old foal. A family friend of ours has horses and invited us to come see it. She was so cute, I wanted to bring her home with me.

We got to see our own little rodeo as he was trying to catch her.

Liam loved the horses. Most of the grandkids were able to sit on the mommy horse, but brennen isnt much of a "cowboy" and this is what he did...

sneak peak

2010-06-01T19:53:00.000-07:00

Sneak peak of Bowman family! This is my sister and her family. We had a lot of fun shooting together, and my nephews are the cutest things! More photos to come soon...

Little drummer boy

2010-05-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

First drum lesson!

Liam had his six month check up and here are his stats:

Height 26 1/2 (50%)

Weight 17lbs 7oz (50%)

I have more to update on, but will have to do that later!

2010-05-11T18:36:00.001-07:00

This is mainly for my sisters....

Cecily's new look :)

Before:

I love her huge smile in this picture..

I love the way she is composed in this one, she was very proper :)

2 years and many more to go..

2010-05-01T17:38:00.000-07:00

It always seems like Im so busy, but when I sit down to write about what we've been up to, I cant think of anything. Or at least anything that others would want to read about.

Chase and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary April 25th, so we went out to lunch on saturday to Olive Garden, love that place, and then came home and hung out. One of Chase's good family friend was working there and got us to only wait for about 5 mins instead of 45! It was great! It was the best way to celebrate! I love being able to just relax with my two men.

Happy 2 years babe!

Liam is now 5 months old... where, oh where has my time gone? I seriously can not believe we've had this sweet boy that long. He is truly an amazing blessing to have in our home.

(hes very convenient to use as a test model)

here's some highlights of our little guy:

-hes excellent at rolling over, he doesnt like to roll from his stomach to back yet... we're still working on that!

-we started feeding him cereal and he LOVES it!

-when I feed him a bottle, he lays there reaching for my face and hand and I love it, its so cute!

-he has found his feet and will grab them and roll on his back, back and forth

-still loves his bath and car rides

- when he laughs or smiles, he shacks his whole body.

-he likes to squeal really loud just because he can. I get to listen to it every morning!

-hes really happy when he wakes up!

-he now will try to grab food or my water off of the table. He got a hold of chases water at olive garden, luckily it didnt tip over.

-hes starting to play with kali. The other day I was sitting on the floor next to the couch and kali was laying on it next to me. He was trying to grab kali and the look on his face was pure determination. It was the cutest thing. Kali then got all excited that he wanted to play with her! I have a feeling they're going to be best friends!

Today I purchased this gem...

I am so excited to get it! I've been looking for a desk for several weeks and haven't found anything that I like until I came across this! Its down in Utah, so I have to wait for my parents to take their trip down there so they can bring it back for me!

COUNTDOWN FOR MIKES RETURN: 8 weeks!!

I am amazed...

2010-04-09T21:42:00.000-07:00

Has anyone ordered Dominos pizza over the internet? Seriously A.MAZING! You can "design" your own pizza, and it shows the toppings on a whole pizza or you can decide what half you want it on...

Once you order it, they have a pizza tracker! (this was my favorite part) It tells you when they're prepping it, baking it, doing a quality check and when its out for delivery!

I am tracking my pizza as I write this is pure astonishment/ joy! Oh the simple things in life :)

Surprise/ Liam 4 months

2010-04-05T10:39:00.000-07:00

Ive been really bad at keeping up with my blog, I guess thats what happens when you work and have a baby!

Liam is already 4 months! Where did the time go? I would like it back please!! I had to work so Chase had to be brave and take Liam to get his shots. Poor little guy does NOT like shots... who does?

He weighs 15 lbs 6 oz (70%) and is 25 1/4 long (75%)

Since I didnt post his 3 month highlights earlier, here they are...

- laughed for the first time! Chase and I were luckily both here for it!

- had his first "sleepover" with chases parents while we went to the Colbert Report.

- sleeps 10 hours at night, and naps through out the day.

- I had to loosen his car seat straps for the first time :( made me a little sad.

- tries to hold his own bottle... still working on that

- can arch his back really good while laying down and is SO close to rolling over

- smiles when he makes bubbles in the bath when he toots, its kind of funny too!

- and he sadly got his first cold, poor guy has been sick for a month... but hes almost better!

Utah here we come...

A few weeks ago my sister, kim, and I went with our kids down

to Utah to surprise Crystal! I talked to Matt (her husband) about coming down and he decided to have us meet them at a restaurant and sit around a corner so that when she came around she would see... US! She had no idea and was so surprised. We were hoping for a few tears, but that didnt happen.

We had a great time with her going shopping to all my favorite craft/ home decor stores! Utah is the best place to go shopping, Id move back just for the shopping. Liam did amazing on the trips back and forth. Down there he slept the WHOLE way! He was only awake when we got out for lunch and to change his diaper! And he also slept that whole night too, what a good baby I have!

We also went to the Dinosaur muesum for Brennen, since we dragged him shopping with us and he was a good boy about it! It was actually really cool. Liam loved looking at the big dinosaurs, but feel asleep towards the end.

Us with a great white and T-Rex!

Oh, Canada...

2010-02-24T20:28:00.000-08:00

Canada!

(this is from the park looking at the olympic lights in downtown Vancouver)

Chase and I took a quick trip to Vancouver, BC last tuesday night. Stephen Colbert, from the Colbert Report, was up there doing a couple of shows, and since chase really likes him, we decided to go. We left at 6pm and got to vancouver at midnight. We were walking around vancouver for a little bit but then headed to the park that the show was at and stood in line at 1am to catch the show. We were the 3rd and 4th ones in line and it was that way til 6am, and then there were several thousands that came. Since we were there for so long, we made friends with the security guards!

top: Vita (#1 in line), Security guard Dan, Stefani (#2), me and Mark (#5)

below: Security guard Traci, she made sure that we got the front row since we were dedicated fans and waited for 9 hours in freezing cold weather!

Setting up the stage at 3 am...

All bundled up!

Front row baby!! Stephen's wife was standing right next to the gate by me, so I was talking to her for a little bit!

STEPHEN COLBERT!!!

One of his guests was Bob Costas... he rode the fake moose that was there as a prop! It was great :)

My favorite guest that he had...

MICHAEL BUBLE :)

This was a picture we took as we were driving back home, I thought it was so pretty and had chase take a picture! Our short get away was so much fun (even though I was awake for 38 hours) and if you havnt been to Vancouver, you should go!

2010-02-18T11:13:00.000-08:00

A few more...

photos

2010-02-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

I borrowed Tyler and his girlfriend Kayla to be my models and heres a few pictures from our session...

month 2!

2010-02-01T23:18:00.000-08:00

Im a little behind with updating about liams doctor appointments, but better late then never! So this may not be the most interesting or attention grabbing post for you blog followers, but more for me and my way of writing it in a "journal."

12-1-09

Newborn check

22 inches long 95th%

7 lbs 15 oz 50th%

12-28-09

1 month

22 3/4 inches long 90th%

10 lbs 50th%

1-28-10

2 months

23 1/2 inches long 75th%

11 lbs 11oz 50th%

He needed to get a few shots, and so I made sure that chase came with me. At his one month check up, he needed to get a shot and I took him alone. Let me just say, that I did not care for the nurse sticking my child with a needle and causing him to cry... with tears streaming down his face for the first time. His two month check up went about the same.

(if you cant tell, he's blowing bubbles)

Our little guy is growing so fast and learning new things everyday.

* He loves watching tv. Every time I change his diaper, he just stares at it. He sat through all of Miss America mesmerized, although daddy says that he likes watching pretty women :)

* He smiles all the time

* His new favorite trick is to blow bubbles and make "raspberries"

* I started having him sleep in his crib instead of his swing, and hes doing really well!

* He still LOVES his bath

* Whenever the shower is on, he likes to listen to the water.

* Im afraid that he started teething. He likes to gnaw on his fist and has been drooling like crazy!

* At about 9- 10 pm, he talks a lot and lays on the floor kicking away!

dot.

2010-01-30T00:11:00.000-08:00

I've been interested in photography for a while, but never thought that chase would let us get a nice camera and all that fun stuff. We were talking one day and I told him that I would love to take up photography, and to my surprise, so did he! I had fun thinking of business names and the design, and chase helped me create it! What do you think :)

Bliss

2010-01-20T22:58:00.001-08:00

I can stare at this little guy all day long!

Heaven must be green!

2010-01-07T23:08:00.001-08:00

Love this...

There is peace in my home thanks to this lovely green little pacifier I bought today! At night he just wants to nurse to fall asleep and he would fight me to take a pacifier, but tonight he is actually laying in his crib... not yet asleep, but he is happily taking his new pacifier! And really, that's all that matters, right? :)

Christmas

2009-12-30T12:22:00.000-08:00

This Christmas came so fast this year! It was so much fun having all of my family here. Christmas eve, Chase and I went to his family's annual Christmas eve dinner then went back to my parents house for the "Reindeer feed"... sorry I don't have pictures of these. Next year will be a lot of fun since Liam will be able to participate in the reindeer feed!

Christmas morning we had to be at my parents house at 6:30 AM so that we could call Michael in Bolivia, and we all stayed up really late Christmas eve so we were all exhausted! Its always fun to hear from him and hear him speak spanish and about his daily routines. I cant believe he only has 6 months left! We're all so excited for him to come back home.

right before the ciaos began

they were exhausted too

The day after Christmas, we blessed Liam and my sisters baby at my parents house and Chase

did a beautiful job on the blessing!

Crystal and Liam.. she held him the whole week she was here! They bonded a lot!

My baby is 1 month

2009-12-24T17:23:00.000-08:00

Liam... 1 month

I cant believe Liam is one month today! Its gone by so fast. Although all he does is eat, sleep and poop, he is so much fun. Not so much the last one! Heres a short list of our little ones personality so far.

*Hes a pretty good sleeper as long as he doesn't have drainage and can breath!

*He loves to smile and is fascinated with the ceiling and fans, I need to get one for his room

so he'll just lay down and stair at it!

*Our dog Kali loves him, she sneaks in as many kisses as she can until I realize what shes doing and he doesnt mind at all.

*Just started liking his swing! YAY!

*He falls asleep in the car, which is such a huge blessing for me :)

*He is a little pig, that boy can eat so much and he keeps it all down.

*And my favorite, but not at 3 am, he loves to be held and cuddled! Its hard to get things done when he just wants me to hold him, but I'm taking advantage while I can.

Thats all I can think of right now! I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

He's here!

2009-11-28T17:08:00.001-08:00

Liam Blake Thompson

born 11/26/09 at 2am

8lbs 3oz 19 inches long

Im so glad hes finally here. It was a really long hard labor. Heres the story...

I went in the morning of the 25th at 5:30am and my water had already broken so I was admitted around 7:30. I was having small contractions about every 5 mins and I got an epidural sometime that afternoon. (I cant remember when, I was concentrating on other things)... it was wonderful not being able to feel a thing after that! I was fully dilated to a 10 at 6:30 and started pushing around 7. I pushed for about 2 hours pretty regularly but he wasnt coming down like they were wanting. They had me rest for a little while and I started having horrible back labor and the epidural wasnt helping much with that. The anesthesiologist had to come in 3 times to give me more drugs since I was in so much pain. My doctor came in around 11pm and said that he could try to pull him out or get forceps to help or I could have a c-section. I was begging him for a c-section because I was so exhausted from pushing and wanted my back labor to stop. He had an emergency c-section before me, so I had to wait about another hour or so. Finally around 1am they numbed me all up and I was so tired that i passed out once I couldnt feel anything. They took me in around 1:30 and Liam was born at 2:00. The dr said that there was no way Liam would have been able to be born vaginally because my pelvis wasnt opening like it was supposed to. So good thing he didnt try to pull him out! We are now at home and doing well. Im sore, but am very glad that our little man is here and its over with! So far he is such a good baby and very content and alert.

This is my favorite picture of him...

movin along...

2009-11-12T16:25:00.000-08:00

I had my doctors appointment this morning and Im dilated to a 1 and 60% effaced! Yay! That means things are moving! Im really hoping that i'll have a baby by this weekend... but we'll see! Heres a picture of me at 38 weeks!

baby update...

2009-11-11T20:59:00.000-08:00

I have a drs appointment tomorrow and Im really hoping that the doctor tells me that I need to go to the hospital :) Dreams can come true... right?! But as of the 3rd, I wasn't dilated or anything. I havnt been able to take a picture of week 37 since chase has been gone, but heres me at week 36! Tomorrow i'll be 38 weeks and will take another picture!! yay! Almost baby time.

35 weeks... 35 more days!

2009-10-22T13:24:00.000-07:00

The countdown has officially begun!

Im 35 weeks and am getting so ready for this little guy to come! Mainly so I can lay on my back comfortably again :) But we are SO excited that its so close!

Heres the 35 week tummy shot... I hate taking a bare belly picture, but my doctor told us to start doing it every week so we can see how big I get each week. He said we'll thank him later for the suggestion, but for now I don't like that I'll be getting bigger each week, and I dont care to document it :) But I know hes right. So you all get the pleasure of seeing my glorious tummy get bigger and bigger the next few weeks.

The nursery is coming along. I have all the clothes washed and hung up (and he has a lot of clothes), the crib is all put together, today I am repainting a changing table.. well im making chase do it :), and all thats left to do is to get the old crib we were going to use out of there and throw it away! The blanket that is on the crib is one that I made and its basically finished! I just have the tedious work of cutting the fabric and then washing it.

Suggestions needed :)

2009-09-18T16:11:00.001-07:00

OK my dear blogging friends.... I need help! I started painting the nursery and I cant decide if I should leave the dots how they are or add a brown and green to the left side. I like it how it is, but cant decide if it would look better with a couple more. So PLEASE give me your opinion.

10 weeks to go!

2009-09-17T21:05:00.001-07:00

above: 30 weeks

I cant believe that I have 10 more weeks left and I WILL get even bigger... :/

Im officially scared! haha

below: this is actually at 29 weeks

I like to think that Im really 31 or 32 weeks along since one of my doctors think that my due date is sooner than what it is set at right now (nov 26). Hopefully hes right and I'll have the baby in the beginning of nov! That would be great! Ive been working on the nursery a little and I'll hopefully put some pictures up within the next couple of weeks.

25 weeks

2009-08-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

WARNING! 25 weeks and huge!

So I'm absolutely dreading putting these pictures up.

Yes I know that Im huge for being only 25 weeks (my father in law likes to remind me about that and random people that come into my work), but its mostly all baby and hes growing straight out!

(dont mind my awkward face... i hate taking a picture by myself, but people have been wanting me to.. so here it is)

sittin n waitin...

2009-08-01T23:24:00.000-07:00

Im just waiting for Chase to get home from Walla Walla, and figured that I should update my blog. I dont have any recent pictures yet, I'll get some up soon because I am growing fast!

Liam has been moving around like crazy and kicking! Its so fun to watch my stomach jump around and feel him moving. It actually freaks me out, but I still love it! He must really like chase, because every time chase touches my stomach, Liam will almost always kick or move a lot.

Its so weird to think that I'll have a baby in a few months. I still have a TON of things to get done before I get to big to move! Heres a picture of the crib that we are getting... but it'll be white. Im actually really excited about the crib. A friends husband went dumpster diving and found the crib (well parts of it) and gave it to me for free. I found the crib online and it was actually really expensive, so I lucked out on not having to pay the whole price. I just need to order the parts Im missing and shipping and thats all!

Ive been having fun coming up with ideas for the nursery and I found one that I love...

What do you think? The colors are a little different, but the idea is going to be similar! Now I just have to start sewing.

Half way done!!!

2009-07-10T17:51:00.001-07:00

This picture is late, but its really for me to see how big Im getting! This was at 17 weeks!

And Now...

20 weeks! Half way there!

I know its going to happen... but it seriously gets bigger? :) Im a little worried how big Ill be in another 20 weeks.

Drum roll please....

2009-07-08T17:47:00.000-07:00

It is a.....

BOY!

(profile)

We are so excited for this little man to come! We've decided on the name Liam, but we dont have a middle name yet... Im thinking Chase, but we shall see! Dr. said that everything looks good and healthy! He thinks my due date is a little earlier then what they told me (nov. 26) so im hoping that I'll have him the beginning of nov! Guess we have to wait and see! Tomorrow Im 20 weeks so I'll post a belly shot tomorrow!

I may be biased, but isnt he the cutest thing :)

Shes done!

2009-06-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

I usually don't post so frequently, but these past couple of weeks have been busy! Chases little sister, Alexis, graduated this past weekend! We cant believe that shes done with high school... that flew by! Her sister, Angie, had some leis flown from Hawaii for the special occasion!

Angie and Alexis

At Alexis's graduation party we had her Tongan siblings cook us an authentic luau with a pig and everything! I love it when they come and cook! Its so good. I had a hard time eating the pig thanks to my husband! He had to go over to his parents the day before to help clean and get ready for the party! He called and told me that he had no desire to ever go hunting. I was thinking that they already killed the pig and was gutting it, but no... He goes on to tell me that the pig is still alive and was freaking out in the back of the truck because it was so scared! Not a good thing to tell me when I feel bad for animals that die for our pleasure! Needless to say I didnt dish up any pig, but my sister in law forced me to take a bit. As much as I like pork and it was very good, I just couldnt stop thinking about poor babe that I was eating :(

Here's a blanket that I made for Alexis... it was from me and her mom and it turned out pretty well I thought!

15 weeks and 1 day!

2009-06-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

Here it is... 15 weeks and 1 day!

So far everything is going great. I found out that I have RH negative blood, which chase isn't excited about because now he has to go donate blood and have them find out what blood type he has! I told him that since I'm going through all this he can at least get poked once with a needle! Only a few more weeks until we find out what we're having! I'm very excited to start decorating the nursery :)

Chases Release Party & Birthday!!

2009-06-04T16:42:00.000-07:00

This post is a little late!! May was a busy month! Chase had his bands CD release party on the 2nd! It went really well and they've already have had some amazing feedback! We're all so excited... and so ready... to see what happens!

Let me know if you want a CD :)

The 29th was my birthday, so I got to steal Chase away from his music for most of the day! He gave me some flowers and Sims 3! I used to play sims when it first came out and I loved building and decorating the houses... which is what I've been doing since it arrived.

We started the festivities with golfing! For Christmas my parents bought me golf clubs... pink ones at that, and Ive been patiently waiting for months to break them in! After, I met up with my good friend, Rochelle, and we went out to red robin so I could get my free birthday lunch! The most exciting part of my birthday though was dinner.... Olive Garden, yum! That is our favorite place to go and it is especially delicious when your pregnant :) We ended the night by doing a puzzle together! It was nice being able to spend the day with Chase and not have music to compete with!

Our exciting puzzle!

ten little fingers, ten little toes, one huge heart beat

2009-04-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

Our secret is out.... We're pregnant!!

We had our first appointment today and we got to hear our baby's heart beat! Chase said that it sounded like a peanut running a marathon :) which is probably what it looks like (we didn't get to have an ultrasound, which I was disappointed about). It was so weird to me to hear the heart beat, and it hit that I really am pregnant and I'm not just crazy and getting fat! haha

After the appointment, I had to go get my blood drawn. I was a little scared because it was my first time to have someone steal my blood and Chase took advantage of me being scared and kept saying things to freak me out!.. He may not be invited into the hospital room if he keeps that up :)

2009-04-20T13:18:00.000-07:00

I would kill to be there right now...

I need a vacation!

Poor puppy!

2009-04-02T19:04:00.001-07:00

Ok... So today Kali had an appointment to get her hair cut. She had really long hair and it was starting to become very knotted. I warned the guy who cut it that they were everywhere. Chase picked her up and this is what he found...

A buzzed puppy...

literally, her hair is so short since the knots where down to the skin!

I tried to get a picture of her face, because it looks massive since her hair is so short, but she was being camera shy. Wouldn't you?

These next two are what she used to look like... I miss the fluff!

Tag

2009-03-09T22:22:00.000-07:00

I really never do two posts within a hour, but this is the result of me being bored! Enjoy

Ashley Calaway... thats weird to say... tagged me so here it goes!

5 things I like about you (Ash C):

1. You are the best "non" cousin ever :)

2. You are always smiling, no matter if you are angry!

3. You have a gorgeous voice that Im very jealous of :)

4. Your personal style is way cute

5. You give great referrals on your blog of where to shop! Real Deals is my new favorite enemy :)

5 things I was doing 5 years ago:

1. I got my license almost 6 years ago, but I was excited that I had my drivers license for almost a year!

2. I was a soph. at PHS

3. I was dating my first "real" boyfriend

4. Played Volleyball for school

5. Ok, so I cant remember what else I was doing, but I can imagine I was out with my friends a lot.... and not getting into trouble :)

5 things on my to do list for today:

1. Clean my house

2. Work out

3. Play Volleyball (kyra you need to come back!)

4. Finish the crafts Ive started

5. Hopefully start sewing skirts!

5 things I would do with a million dollars:

1. Go to Bora Bora, New Zealand, Europe... basically travel the world

2. Buy a Honda Pilot

3. Go shopping... of course

4. Buy a new house

5. Put a large amount away for the future!

5 places I have lived:

1. Pasco, WA

2. California (2 different places though)

3. Salt Lake City, UT

4. Sorry, I guess thats all the places I have lived...

5 jobs I have held:

1. Make up Artist on movies/plays

2. Esthetician at a medical spa

3. I did some work on my family farm

4. Babysitter

5. and a maid (sadly, it is for my husband haha)

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years:

1. Have 1-2 kids

2. Traveling for Chases music career

3. Get in shape, and maintain it

4. Be done with dental hygienist school

5. Maybe start doing more photography

Your it

5 people I tag:

1. Crystal

2. Kyra S.

3. Heather H.

4. Valynn

5. Kimberly

So happy!!

2009-03-09T22:09:00.000-07:00

Im so excited for this seasons Dancing with the Stars! Melissa, from the bachelor, is going to be on! Yay! I loved her on the show and am way too excited that shes on this show too! I think shes going to go far in the competition!

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Averett

2009-03-08T16:37:00.001-07:00

The day has finally come! Crystal and Matt are married :) Heres a few pictures of the wedding and reception in utah!

Walking out of the temple

The happy couple

"The dress"

"The cake"

Matt was a gentleman with the cake...

She may look innocent...

But she wasn't!

Then he got her back :) It was pretty entertaining to watch. My sisters and I were joking with Crystal and telling her, "if grandma was here and saw that, she'd write you out of her will." haha.

Congrats you two! We love you!

Burn baby burn!

2009-02-25T10:22:00.000-08:00

Ive recently bought these two workout dvds..

Wow is all I have to say!

It may be because I haven't worked out for months, or that Im more out of shape then I thought I was, but within 15 mins of doing the yoga video, Im ashamed to say that I was working up a sweat! It is one of my new years resolutions to work out on a daily basis in some way and Im very proud to say that I worked out to both of these videos for 90 mins! Although I may be sore, there is no better feeling then to know that your getting into shape! I would post some before and after pictures, but this is a PG blog site :)

My Valentine!

2009-02-14T10:20:00.000-08:00

My sexy Valentine!

I sadly don't get to spend valentines day with him because he is doing a show in LA tonight! So i get to spend my valentines day with.....

My puppy!

Its going to be such a romantic night :) haha

Chase did call me today and said that he was going to hide a present for me before he left, but he was busy trying to leave and he forgot it in his car, and he has the keys!! Although I didn't get me present yet, it reminds me of what a great husband he is! He is so sweet and does so many things to show me he loves me!

Hope everyone has a great Valentines day!

Another tag!

2009-02-07T22:58:00.000-08:00

Use the letter of your first name to answer the questions! Enjoy!

1. What is your name: Elise

2. A four Letter Word: Easy

3. A boy's Name: Eric

4. A girl's Name: Elizabeth

5. An occupation: Engineer

6. A color: Emerald

7. Something you wear: Earrings

8. A food: Eggs

9. Something found in the bathroom: Electrical Outlet

10. A place: England

11. A reason for being late: Emergency

12. Something you shout: Everyone out! :)

13. A movie title: Enchanted

14. Something you drink: Eggnog

15. A musical group: Eagles

16. An animal: Elephant

17. A street name: East Lewis street

18. A type of car: Elise (Lotus)

19. The title of a song: Easy to Please- Coldplay

20. Candy: English Toffee

Tagged:
1. Ashley C.
2.Camille

3. Lexi
4. Bergan
5. Jenna
6. Crystal

All about me!

2009-02-01T21:55:00.000-08:00

25 Random Facts about elise

1. Im addicted to Febreze. I spray it about 5 times a day and I have them located all through out my house.

2. Im a reality tv show junkie. Im addicted to the Bachelor.

3. I want to live in Hawaii.

4. I really want to go to Bora Bora, and I will only go if I stay in an over water bungalow.

5. Pasta and bread are my favorite foods, Olive Garden is my enemy!

6. I've recently started to enjoy reading, but I've always loved to buy books.

7. My favorite thing to do is hang out with my family and talk and play scum for hours.

8. I love animal prints, especially zebra.

9. I love making blankets, I also love to just collect fabric... now if I only had a sewing machine I would be set!

10. Zoos are amazing. Well anything with animals!

11. I hate sharing a bathroom with a guy, its gross! I cant stand to have a dirty toilet, which is funny because I hardly cleaned one while I lived at my parents.

12. I dont like to leave my house with out makeup.

13. I want a Honda Pilot!

14. I love Britney Spears... even though she maybe a little crazy!

15. I hate swimming in the ocean (unless I can see the bottom). Im scared a shark will attack me, but I want to go in a shark cage!.... Stupid shark week, which I watched while at the beach!

16. My friend and I once got chased by a fire truck! It was crazy.

17. In vegas, my friends and I got a ride back to our hotel from a guy, and found out he was a Chippendale! haha

18. I want to go on a safari ride in Africa!

19. I love collecting vases and candles

20.I love anything that deals with weddings.. proposals, wedding shows ect...

21. I want to learn more about photography!

22. I hate hate hate scary movies. I will only watch chick flicks haha.

23. I want to go back to school to be a dental hygienist.

24. Volleyball is my favorite sport and I also love snowboarding but dont get the chance to go very often.

25. I love winter clothing. Scarves and jackets are my favorite, oh and boots... I just love it all!

Hope you got to know me better! I tag anyone who wants to do this, I have no clue who reads my blog haha!

Tonight...

2009-01-12T11:54:00.000-08:00

Another episode of the bachelor... I've seen every season

and I'm addicted!!

2008-12-31T22:48:00.000-08:00

Crafty Mood

2008-12-21T15:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I went Christmas shopping and got an idea to decorate candles.

I thought they came out kinda cute! I also made some really cute

Vinyl lettering photo frames! Im a little addicited to that stuff right now.

I still have to go shopping and Im not to excited to have to drive

in the foot of snow that we have with my car... I want 4 wheel drive :)

Before

After

2008-11-28T12:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

I love love love Thanksgiving! Getting together with family, eating turkey, mashed potatoes and a ton of desserts, says the perfect holiday for me! This year was a little weird for us because our baby brother, well not really a baby anymore, is in Peru on his mission! Although he wasn't home to celebrate with us, he definitely was there in spirit! We took a picture to send to him for Christmas which was a lot of fun and I think it turned our really cute! Crystal brought her fiance Matt home to meet the whole family! I'm surprised that he didn't get scared off yet with all the craziness of all the niece and nephews!

This morning 2 of my sisters and I went shopping for the Black Friday sales! Can I say MADNESS! Most stores opened at 4 am, but that was too early for us so we woke up at 4:15 ish to get to the stores around 5. This was my first time shopping on Black Friday so I was anticipating standing in lines for hours. We actually got really lucky and got everything we needed and didn't need to stand for hours in lines! Yay! I cant wait for Christmas to come, it is my favorite time of year and the best holiday to decorate for! :) I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

Along came Kali!

2008-10-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

So I've been a little preoccupied because of this cute thing...

My little miss Kali

Chase and I finally got the puppy that I've always wanted! Chase has always said that he would not let me get a dog unless it was a big outdoor dog. Well since we were close to moving into our house I've been bugging him to think about letting me get a puppy... but in indoor one, and a small dog! We were out running around town and I thought it would be fun to go to the new Petland and look at puppies, not thinking that I would ever get my dog. I had so much fun looking at the puppies, they were all so cute! Well that night Chase asked me how bad I wanted a puppy (I knew where this was going!!) and I just smiled the biggest smile I could pull off! The next day we started looking and found Kali and called the lady to put her on hold. We drove up to Spokane the next day to get her! They brought her out to me and she looked like a little fluff ball and I immediately said "Sold!" She is so cute and I love having a puppy. Not only is she an indoor dog, but she runs around the WHOLE house (which is what Chase didn't want but he cant resist her) He loves his little girl!

Slacking!

2008-10-08T21:19:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have been way behind on my blogging! Living with my parents hasn't helped since I don't have my own computer, where all of my pictures are! But don't worry... We're FINALLY(!!!!!!) moving out next week! We are both so excited to have our own space again! We really wanted to move out this week but Chase is really busy with music and has a few shows this weekend, and my nephew is getting baptized in Spokane! I cant believe how fast he is growing up. It seems like he should only be 5! Time has definitely flown by!

I'll post pictures soon!!

Everyones dream house :)

2008-09-01T21:57:00.000-07:00

Now, you cant tell me that when you see this house you cant help but wish it is your, right? ha ha. Chase and I have been working for a couple of months on our house! We are still not done with the outside but it got a fresh coat of paint and it seemed to help a little with the TLC that was in dyer need!

" Before"

" After"our barn "Before"
"After"

I wasn't able to get my "before" pictures of our kitchen that I took because my computer isn't working, so you just get the "after" effect! (excuse the mess)

We are so excited to be able to move into it soon. We still have to finish the family room floor and laundry room but those hopefully wont take that long! For our first house it is going to be a nice place to start our lives together and we can not wait!

Summer fun!

2008-09-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

This summer has gone by so fast! We had such a great time spending time with our families. Here's what we've done this summer...

We went with Chases parents to Vegas to see Coldplay in concert (highly recommended!) and had so much fun!

We had pretty good seats too!

We went to an "outdoorsy" hotel and casino and they had this little car outside. I couldn't help myself to a few pictures! The main reason we went there is because I really wanted to see an aquarium, but didn't want to pay the $15 to stand and watch fish swim. We heard about this hotel and that it had an aquarium in it and it was FREE! Oh and that there was a real life mermaid (I was actually really excited about that part)! We walked in and it was right in the front lobby and was actually really big. I sat there watching the fish forever and waiting for my mermaid!

How cool am I? Chase was laughing at me because I was pushing my way through the crowd of little kids just so I could have my picture taken with her! haha.
After we came back from Vegas, it was time for the Wilson Family Reunion! I love our family reunions, we always have a ton of family there (usually over 80) and stay up late playing games and catching up. This year we went to Lincoln City, OR! I love the beach and looking for whales, dolphins and sharks. I usually never see anything but I try and convince myself that I saw a fin! This year was different, I saw Whales!! yay! I wasn't able to take a picture because I was too afraid that I would miss the whale doing a cool jump. :) On our way back to Washington we decided to stop by the Portland Zoo. I have to say that I was really disappointed with it. There were a lot of animals that weren't there, but the best part of the zoo was the elephant. My sister, Valynn, can do a really good elephant impression so we told her to do it. Right after she was done the elephant picked up this log and chucked it out of the pen and it landed next to a bench and almost hit a couple. We thought it was really funny and it was the highlight of the zoo for me!
OK so its not a log, but its a REALLY big stick!

My nieces and nephews (minus one) at the penguins
Now that summer is nearly over I'm really looking forward to being able to stay inside and have hot chocolate, curl up in a blanket and watch movies. I also want to take a cake decorating class too, if anyone knows of any around here let me know and we can go together! :)

Tagged

2008-08-25T18:43:00.000-07:00

Another Fun Number Tag
4 things I like about my husband....
1) Very Motivated
2) Hard worker
3) Hes very sweet
4) We can have fun doing anything together

4 movies I would watch more than once...
1) The Notebook
2) How to lose a guy in 10 days
3) Pretty Woman
4) The Holiday

4 TV shows I watch....
1) F.R.I.E.N.D.S
2) Lost
3) The Hills
4) Hidden Potential

4 places I have been...
1) Hawaii
2) California
3) Florida
4) Caribbean

4 places I would like to go...
1) Bora Bora
2) Australia
3) Dubai- i want to see the palm tree island ha!
4) Europe

4 People who email me regularly....
1) Mike
2) My Dad
3) Shutterfly
4) Target

4 things I like to eat....
1) Pizza
2) Potato Bread w/ butter
3) Celery w/ peanut butter
4) Watermelon

4 things I'm looking forward to in the coming year...
1) Getting my house finished
2) Having chase finish his CD!
3) Going on vacation with my hubby
4) possibly starting school again

4 people I tag
1) Crystal
2) Rachel V.
3) Heather G.
4) Francys

Passing time

2008-08-14T22:32:00.000-07:00

(Sorry my computer doesnt want to post it correctly- ill try to fix it later)!

This is how it works: for each question look up the answer on Google image search. Choose your favorite picture from the first page only.

My age.

Favorite Color. PINK!

Fav Vacation. Kauai,HI

Where I live. Pasco, WA

My dream Vaca- Bora Bora, and Im staying here!

I just love this pic so I wanted to post it too!

Fav Food- Chicken Pillows! yummy

Fav Dessert. Better then sex cake

Fav Animal. Zebra

Past love- I loved playing with my little ponys

Who im named after- My mom just liked the name but she got the

spelling from the song Fur Elise

Bad Habit. Doodling

What im doing- Watching the Olympics!

Our Honeymoon

2008-07-07T19:41:00.001-07:00

This post is out of order but here it is... Our Honeymoon

We went on our honeymoon the beginning of May to Kauai, HI! It was so much fun. We went on a zip line, kayaking, hiking to a waterfall, we went to a lot of fun beaches and we took a 7 hour charter boat up the Na Pali Coast and over to the "forbidden island" to go snorkeling. It was such a fun place and Kauai is so beautiful! We'll definitely be going back!

I love palm trees

Our very own private beach... Hideaway beach, it was

amazing and small so there was hardly anyone else there!
Having fun in the water

Sending Mike off on his misson!

2008-07-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

Mike entered the MTC on June 25th. It was a happy-sad-emotionally draining day for my family! I made the mistake of wanting to go down with my parents to take him in! When we dropped him off at the church we all went into the chapel for a meeting before all the missionaries left. The opening song was "Called to Serve" and my sister and I lost it, and from then on it wasn't pretty! I felt like we were the only ones crying so early into the program! But it was good to see him so excited to start his mission! We'll miss him like crazy but time will fly by... hopefully :)

Before Mike got set apart as a missonary

Getting his name tag

Elder Wilson

Elder Tobler (cousin) & Elder Wilson

Last wave goodbye!

a little update

2008-06-05T18:41:00.000-07:00

Its been a little while since I last posted so here's an update...

Chase and I have been house sitting for his voice teacher and she has 3 indoor cats. I'm not a big fan of cats, especially indoor ones. I started to get sick and didn't know if it were allergies so we decided to come back to my parents for the nights to see how I did. We were at my parents for a few days and I wasn't getting better, so we went to the doctors and found out that I had bronchitis... again! So this past week Ive been laying around the house, and haven't had anything too exciting happen.

Chase has been working hard on our house and the basement will be done in hopefully a week! Once the carpet is in we'll be living in the basement until the upstairs is finished!! YAY! :)

The Mask

2008-05-21T20:46:00.001-07:00

so heres chase and his mask... we have an eventful marriage!

2008-05-20T16:17:00.000-07:00

So life has been crazy these past couple of months... hints me not posting since Jan! I decided that its been long enough, so I'll try to fill everyone in.

Chase went to Hawaii with Pasco Highs 10th Ave. Choir the beginning of April and once he got home he caught a bad cold... he was coughing and threw up a few days before we went to the temple. The day that we were going through the temple for the first time was definitely unforgettable! At the end of the session everyone was waiting in the celestial room for Chase and I to walk in. All of the sudden they see three temple workers carrying Chase into the room and he was white as a ghost and was near fainting. I was left in the other room confused and worried what was wrong... I was actually praying that Chase wouldnt throw up in the Celestial room of all places! He sat in a chair for about 15 mins until he was able to stand on his own. The next couple of days he stayed in bed while my sisters, mom and i worked on getting everything ready for our wedding.

Our wedding was amazing. We got married in the Columbia River Temple April 25th, 2008. Heres a few pictures

The day after our wedding I took Chase to Urgent Care and we found out the he had walking pneumonia. While we opened our wedding gifts, chase had to wear a mask... i'll put a picture up here soon.

Over all our wedding was amazing and definitely unforgettable!!

Long Over Due...

2008-01-20T07:59:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been a while since i've posted. Chase and I took some more engagement photos yesterday and here are a few! It was freezing outside! When I get more of them i'll post some! Hope you like them!

Long Day!

2007-11-17T22:22:00.000-08:00

I found my wedding dress today! My mom and I drove to Spokane last night to go shopping with my sisters. It was an interesting/ tiring day. We first went to a store where my older sister had bought her dress a few years ago. The store's sign was still up and it looked like it was open, but when we got there and walked in it was a daycare center for the homeless! (Needless to say it wasnt in the best area). So we got the correct address and headed off. My sister was giving me directions, but with all the "one way" streets it made for an eventful search for the shop! We drove around downtown in circles for a while and we finally found a bridal store (but it wasnt what we were looking for!) I pulled up to a meter and we were sitting in the car looking for money when this man walked up and started asking if we had weed to sell or if we wanted to buy some... my sister was on the phone and her door was open but she was oblivious of what was going on. My mom is in the back seat yelling at her to close the door so this high homeless man would leave us alone! He finally left us alone and started walking down the street and was trying every car there to see if it was unlocked! (he apparently forgot that we were watching him, like we wouldnt call the cops if he broke into a car!) Anyways, that store ended up being under construction! (So far the search wasnt going well) To make a long day short, we went to Celestial Selections and i found a dress there! Its a 2 piece dress, the top is ruched on the bodice and the skirt is an "A" line skirt. Its really pretty! I wont get it for 12 weeks but im excited!!

Engagement Pictures!

2007-11-04T09:08:00.001-08:00

Chase and I took our engagement pictures and they turned out really good! Im excited to finally get a BIG detail out of the way! Now i just have to pick which ones i like the best... Thats a lot harder then it sounds :) I want to post some pictures up here but Im not sure how to do that yet. I may have to ask if I can get a cd of them!

The planning must begin....

2007-10-30T20:32:00.000-07:00

Now its the fun part... Planning!! And well, I have nothing :) I've atleast gone dress shopping a couple of times and I found a few that I like! Chase and I are taking our engagement pictures on Sat. and Im scared that Im going to freeze! Its been really cold here. So hopefully the pictures dont turn out with me looking like Rudolph! Wish me luck!

The Engagement!

2007-10-29T15:43:00.000-07:00

Finally! Chase and I have been dating for almost 3 1/2 years. The majority of that was spent long distance... which I don't recommend! In Oct. Chase moved back to Pasco to work with his band. Little did I know that there was another reason for the move! On Oct. 5 he was able to move into his apartment and he wanted me to have breakfast with him that next morning and spend the day together. Being the wonderful girlfriend that I am, I went bright and early! After we ate I went home to get ready to go to our favorite place. Olive Garden, Yum! Chase picked me up and when I got in the car he had an urge to go to the park. We went to Columbia Park and sat on a bench. He told me that he did something while he was in LA... Every time he says that I get a lump in my throat, he knows I hate it! He asked if I would be mad if it changes our relationship. As I'm getting ready to kill him he pulled out a little box and told me to open it! It was my ring and asked the question that I've been wanting to hear for so long, I think you can guess what that was :) He picked a good weekend to pop the question because most of my family was home! And they didn't know he was planning this! So it was a nice surpise for them. Now its time to start planning....!