Life as we see it....

Time to Breath

2010-04-20T19:35:00.000-07:00

Well, at least for a few weeks anyway!

Life has been full, to say the least. I starting working again after a lucky 3 & 1/2 years of being at home with little man. This economy has taught us a lot about humility and it hasn't been an easy lesson. But, with my head held high, I entered the workforce again. It has been interesting to juggle family life, school, and full time work. I'm working at Fusion Imaging in the accounting department. It's going good so far.

I am plugging away at my degree in accounting, very, very, slowly but consistantly. I haven't taken a break from school in two years....not even for the summer....yet I still have another two or more years left. And, yes....it's a Bachelor's degree, only! :) I will be happier than pretty much anyone who has ever finished school!!

Spencer has been potty trained for the past two months and wow how our life has changed! LOVE it!! I never thought I could be so proud of someone pooping on the potty! What an amazing boy we have.

I tell him every night that he is the sparkle in our eye. Then I ask him if he knows that, and he says, "Yes Momma, I know dat." Then I ask him, "how do you know that?" In which he usually responds, "because you told me." But instead he said, "because of my brain, Momma."

I love the silly things that he says, they make my world a happy place!!

Jeff has been working on creating new music with Zak Davis, a project called Sketch Poets. It is seriously sounding awesome! They are some talented musicians!! And I cannot wait for the Hoo Ray Who? shows this summer.....yea!

I will post some pictures as soon as I get another moment....:)

Blenkinsop's Cabin

2009-08-27T16:59:00.000-07:00

I wish I had the time or motivation to keep up on my blog! :) It just seems to take so long each time I get on here. But, I love the end results! So, here are some pictures of our fun time at Bev and Joel Blenkinsop's cabin. This is my BFF's parent's cabin, in case aren't familiar! We were able to go up there a few times this summer and.....wow it is stunning! It's just southeast of Evanston and sits on about 35 acres, I think. The Bear River runs through their lot and we spent a very small amount of time fishing. But, Laura pulled out a little Brown Trout that we ate and it was yummy!

Freedom Day

2009-03-29T19:55:00.000-07:00

This day is a very important day in our family. Before I was born, my Father was a P.O.W. in Vietnam. He was shot down an held captive for nine months in the Hanoi Hilton. He was released on this day thirty-six years ago after enduring many days, weeks and months worry about my Mom and sister, who was only an infant at the time.

I truly respect my Dad and all of the soldiers who make our country free and give us the chance to raise a family the way we are able to. Today I was able to take my son and my handsome husband to church to listen to my Dad speak about what he went through and how he was able to overcome such miserable circumstances. In fact, he remembers mostly about the funny things that happened and the things which made him closer to God. I am so humbled every single time I listen to him speak.

We have to fly in days like today, even though they are snowy and cloudy. With our own instincts. We don't always get to fly on beautiful sunny days using all the instruments that are given to us......O.K. Dad, don't get mad at my quote on this one! Spencer was running around the classroom. But, this was a good lesson. Thank you Dad!

It is so true. There will always be days that we are required to use our instincts but we must really listen closely, at other times, to something other than ourselves to get through.

On another note that has made a gigantic impact on our family and friends today.....Jesse. Please heal quickly!! We love ya and Spencer has been talking about you all day. We adore you too, Jen!! Hang in there! xoxoxoxo

Step aside...Couture, You Got Nothing on these 1983 Bibs

2009-02-09T17:52:00.000-08:00

So, my Dad brought over these bibs circa, 1983! My Dad used to wear them. In our boredom of no power today we had to make due with other forms of entertainment. We are definitely able to keep ourselves entertained on a shoestring budget and no power! (He's going to kill me when he sees this on Facebook and our blog!) But, it is worth it!

On the catwalk, yeah, he struts his stuff on the catwalk!

Check out my stud!

Holidays 2008

2009-01-31T14:50:00.000-08:00

We had an absolutely fabulous holiday season. I hated to take down the tree this year. I am so happy to spend it with such a wonderful family and I'm happy to still feel the magic of Christmas!

Here's Jeff and I kissing.......cute, hu! I don't know if I have another picture of us kissing other than our wedding day pictures. Mommy likey! :)

Austin, Tyler and Ashley

My nephew, Austin, and my pumkin Spencer. What good boyz!

I cannot believe my little baby is so big! It's sad how fast he is growing! Slow down a little for your Mother, please!

Spencer women gone wild!

Spencer showing off his "bars" a.k.a dinosaurs. Spiderman is in his right hand!

Christmas morning, we both got Christmas P.J.'s!! Yawn!

Spencer, Grandma, Remy and Grandpa, Christmas Eve in their new pajamas!

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's house! Holy smokes we get spoiled! It was really fun to see Remy and Spencer open up presents together.

While trying to build a snowman, Spencer just kept yelling.."Maaaaa Maaaa!!!"

Spencer doesn't really like his snow outfit or the snow! Poor 'lil guy!

Sleeping Angel

2008-11-11T14:09:00.000-08:00

My Beautiful Sleeping Boy....

He fell asleep today with his balloon that he will not be without. We got it at Rachel and Chuck's house for Rachel's Birthday party. It has only left his sight a few times since.

Children look like angels when they sleep. I could sit there and stare at him forever. It's one of my favorite things!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-07T16:20:00.000-08:00

Daddy and Spencer were both Astronauts!

What cute boys!!

. Spencer and Austin ( Cute little cousins!)

The cutest boys ever!!!
I was so excited to get Spencer his Astronaut costume at the Air force Museum!

What an adorable astronaut!!

My Dad and I

Here is my Sister Catherine with Austin, Me and Spencer,
and my Sister in law, Mandy, with her cute boy Remy!!

Let's Go!!!!!

They struck out on the very first house! My neighbors were also out with their kids. Spencer and Remy didn't care either way! :)

TRICK OR TREAT!!!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN NOW!!

Skipp'in Rocks!

2008-10-01T14:09:00.000-07:00

Jeff is THE BEST FATHER!!

When I was a little girl I absolutely loved to skip rocks in the Guadalupe River by our cabin in Texas. Those are some of my best memories!

I love to make new best memories now with my family. I can't explain how important this is for me........

Two rocks at once.....geez~~

Winding up.... The release!

We had to go after we got scowled by the local fisherman! I guess they didn't like us skipping rocks. I can't imagine why?!? :)

Fantastic Fall

2008-10-01T13:41:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite things about living in Utah are the season changes. There is something so exciting about it to me. The only one that gets a bit monotonous is the winter, but it's all worth it when I see these breath taking mountains right in our back yard!

Every Fall I never seem to get bored of staring at all the amazing colors of our trees. I wonder how many times I have told Jeff, "It doesn't look real." or " It looks like a painting!" He agrees with me every time though!

Soooo pretty!

MMMMmmm! Smell the fresh air!

It's funny because Jeff and I used to drive up this crazy canyon with no thought to it. Now that we have a little one, my blood pressure was up a bit! I drove like I was 90 on a Sunday afternoon!

ZZZZzzzz, Spencer missed his first trip up Farmington Canyon! He saw a little on the way down though!

Living on the EDGE!

Airforce Museum

2008-09-08T14:09:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos of our trip to the Air force Museum. Spencer knows that his Poppie flew airplanes and points as they fly above us and says, "Poppie!" So, he may think that Poppie is flying every plane he sees, who knows?

Spencer and Finn.

Spencer all dressed in his patriotic red, white and blue marches on to the next section of the museum as if he's done it all before!

Two really cute boys! They get along so well and it really is exciting to see him interact with other kids. Most of the time he behaves himself and other times he can't control himself because he is far too excited!

Spencer and Finn strolling along and holding hands.

So dang cute!

Can't wait to show them this when they have their first girlfriends!

Melissa and Burgundy giving each other some loves!

Cool, astronaut!!!

Mind Mush

2008-09-08T13:59:00.000-07:00

It's surprising how my mind works after only a few weeks out of school. I have forgotten quite a few concepts just from summer semester. I need a new brain! :)

I have to leave our house to study in addition to studying while Spencer sleeps. Review....review and review.

I really wish that I had one of those minds that retain everything that I read. Life would be so much easier, I think. The good thing about my mind mush is that I forgive much, much easier!

Brain power...retention.....any recommendations?

Sadly, I was excited to see a member of my last math class, that I am retaking, also retaking math. Typically, I'm not the kind of person who likes others to do poorly, but it was a comfort to see him.....pathetic....I know!

Spencer's 2nd Birthay Party!

2008-08-17T10:34:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday my precious boy! Mommy and Daddy love you more than we can even say! Life would be so boring without you!

Spencer had a really fun Birthday party yesterday! I cannot belive my little baby will be 2 tomorrow! He looks so grown up with his new haircut I gave him!

Here's a cute picture of the cousins! Too bad Tyler and Remy aren't in it!

Hours of entertainment playing with the water fountain. (Spencer, Finn and Ridge) Best Buddies!

Finn and Spencer have such a good time playing together. They really get along well and Finn has sure settled into his big brother position fabulously! He's a good big brother to Burgundy and to Spencer! :)

Sweet little Burgundy!

Ashley is so beautiful! Spencer loves her!

Spencer just knew to blow out his candles like he has had so many previous birthdays! He is so smart. Poppie got him his awesome cake and enjoyed in helping him blow out candles! What a nice Poppie! Austin looks super entertained! :)

Diving into his yummy rasberry birthday cake! YUMMY!!

Poppie and Tyler, two pretty nice guys?!? We'll keep 'em!

I absolutely love, love, love this picture of Sandy, Kurt and Mandy. Spencer loves them sooo much!

Davis County Fair 2008

2008-08-15T13:22:00.000-07:00

I love taking Spencer to try out new things. It is so exciting to me to see the look on his face and to see him dare to do new things.

The fair yesterday was Spencer's first experience on rides and the interesting people which come with the county fairs! This was his favorite part, he kept screaming, "Dadda" down the tube slide. He loved to hear the echo!

Here, Spencer is feeding Burgudy. (above) He just went and picked up her bottle and did it on his own. He seemed pretty proud he knew how to do this. It was so cute! What a good little guy.

Finn's so cute! Spencer is just weirded out by the ride, his first ride ever. I was super surprised as to how fast it went! Spencer had the same look on his face the entire time! Not quite sure what to think.

Here's Spencer and Finn on the blow up slide thing. Finn is helping Spencer and he almost made it.

At this point Spencer slipped and slid down about half way. He got scared and I had to rescue the little guy. That was the end of that!

He had about the same look on the train ride too! :) He did say, "choo-choot" when he was done. It was a little too hot!

Choo-Choo!

Cooling off with a orange cream Popsicle. Finn eating his fudgesicle.

Then Spencer played in the sandbox for a bit.

We had a fun day at the Fair!!

Fish On!

2008-08-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

So, here I am joining all of you in blogging world. Is it boredom? Maybe, but it might be fun. I think Melissa peer pressured me, Just kidding.

Where shall I begin? Well, I suppose I shall tell you about our trip to Strawberry Reservoir last week. It's been a while since we have slept away from home with Spencer and boy is it a whole new ball game! It is so much easier to stay at home, but he's almost two and needs some culture! :) Let me tell you....Strawberry is layered in culture! :) It is beautiful though!

After following my Dad, Tyler and Austin (our cute nephews), up to the lake, we decided to fish off the bank. Jeff and I have forgotten the ways of bait fishing, if we ever knew them at all! But, hey...it's all for the chit'lens nowadays. We brought along some bait rods from our garage and they didn't work. I think the line was wayyyy to old. So, my Dad had three brand new rods and reels. He also asked around about what bait to use and all of that interesting stuff. Power bait, baby. Need I say more? This stuff, "may cause cancer and other reproductive issues." Ok then....FISH ON! ;)

Tyler was playing with Spencer as I went around a bend to try a new spot in the lake. Unfortunately for me I got hung up on the first cast. There was quite a bit of "sea weed" at the bottom of the lake. I know I would of caught the lunker, otherwise! It took me about 10 minutes before I could get the lure unhooked, but luckily I didn't break the line. Already defeated, I decided to go check on the rest of the bunch. As I came around the bend, I saw a strange sight. Tyler was holding Spencer's hand with one of his hands and with the other something that resembled a chicken leg dangling from a string. As I got closer, my eyes served me right. What the? Tyler's face added to this odd sight. As only a teenager could make, he had a, "Don't even ask" look. CLASSIC MOMENT! Of course, I had to ask why he was holding a raw chicken leg on the end of a string?!? Only like a fifteen year old could explain, with the "I am way too cool for this" attitude....he explained that some lady made him take this to chum for crawdads. I guess he told her over and over again that he didn't want it, but she was just, "trying to get rid of it". Too funny.

Sorry, but, I must go on about the raw chicken leg on a string. And I'm mad I don't have pictures of it!! Ok, so shortly after my Dad came over and we explained it to him. Then Austin, who's 10, rolled onto the scene. My Dad was actually chumming for crawdads with it when Austin came up. He asked what it was and my Dad asked him what he thought it was. Austin said, "a chicken leg?" My Dad then said, " Yep, Austin, you are right! It's a chicken leg fish!" As Austin looked at me with question in his eyes, I collaborated and then added onto the story about they are only in Strawberry Reservoir because they are very rare. (We are mean!) But, I remember my family making up stories like this when I was a kid.

But, this was one of the funny moments of the trip. ( Life has small moments that I enjoy and can sit and laugh all over again as if it just happened. I think it's the best part! :)

That night Austin and Spencer snuggled together for a little while! What cute cousins!

The next day my Dad rented a fishing boat. We were up at the crack of dawn! Spencer and I stayed back, he was a little spunky. We just played around for a few hours. When the boys came back we were off fishing for the rest of the day! Spencer did really good.

He even took a little nap on the boat shortly after we stopped to fish! The waves and sounds out there were probably so soothing to him!

He really loved to steer the boat with anyone who was driving.....with Poppie.....

with Dadda....

and of course, with Tyler!! And their shirts matched!

Last but certainly not least here are some pictures of a few fish that were caught.
I love this picture with my Dad! He's the reason why we were able to go enjoy this fishing trip together. I love you, Dad!!
The biggest fish last! Austin sporting the 2nd fish he has ever caught. A 20 inch rainbow!

We had a really fun time!