Couple of Cowleys

Blog Slackin Puzzle

2011-03-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

Ok,so I've been working on trying to put some memories together of the last year and a half or so. Wherever I left off. :| Just trying to hit some important times. It's hard searching through all my photos because I take so many on just a random, daily basis. I've tried to at least just narrow down highlights from the end of '09 and ALL of '10! WOW! How times just flies! Well..within doing that I've totally confused myself apparently. I thought I could post them in somewhat chronological order, but I screwed up. I'm sure you all can catch on with the dates on there, but with some of my OCD-ness it bugs me. I have been trying to figure out how to remove them and put them in order without having to delete them altogether and redo them. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.

I will be working more on the rest of 2010 so keep on the lookout. If nothing more this helps me keep a journal of good times with everyone, watching as the kiddos grow.

Camping with Dad

2011-03-02T19:03:00.003-08:00

NOVEMBER 2009

We took a trip to Willow Beach with dad and went camping. On our way we had to cross the Hoover Dam. Snapped some pics of the work in progess of the new overpass. We had fun around the fire making smores, hiking up to the hot springs and hanging out..and hiding firewood around for my dad's return visit later. ;)

Day 2 of our camping experience. Caught my sisters snoozing. They LOVE me! :D Mike took a morning hike. I zoomed in on his pic, but he's really much farther away than he appears. The cutest of all was Kaiden taking a hike around with my dad. Little buddies..oh and the amusement was Alaina cutting firewood. Great times! On the way home the traffic was backed up SO far to cross the Dam. I believe it was an accident that held us up. We were traveling in two trucks and since it was slow movin we hopped from truck to truck swopping snacks and leftover food. I remember pie..?.. haha It was fun. I got out of the truck and Heather and I decided to take a walk and see what all the fuss was about..aand she had a full bladder as well. We happened upon a gentleman that needed a battery jump. We couldn't figure out why no one else would help him being that we were STUCK on the highway and not going anywhere. We were quite a few trucks down and told him that Mike would help him as we got closer to him. He offered money and we declined, but he still managed to throw a $20 bill in Mike's truck. The pic of me is on the side of the road waiting ever so patiently for traffic to flow.

29th Birthday

2011-03-02T19:03:00.002-08:00

My 29th birthday spent with coworkers for a great lunch at PF Changs, New Moon movie release date with my BFF Candice. It came out ON my birthday! I was so excited about that! Kaiden was with his dad in Arizona until the 21st and was able to make it home in time for our family celebration! I love my family and friends that help make my birthday awesome year after year!

Hangin with Singles

2011-03-02T19:03:00.001-08:00

I actually got out and got some adult time with some new friends! It was a really good time. My friend Karissa, that has since left us here and lives in California, introduced me to her really cool friends. Megann is so incredibly sweet and awesome! Danielle is very outgoing, sweet and spunky. Sorry, Wayne, we didn't get any pics with you. :( Thanks for also making it a great time! During the dinner and talent show there was some texting going on..even between members at the SAME table..had to laugh and take a picture of Megann and her phone!
One of the best parts of the conference weekend was going to the temple thursday, 10.14 for a fireside and then doing a session! There were so many of us. SO awesome to see and experience!

The fireside, dinner, dance and hang out Friday, 10.15 was fun but of course, awkward for me at the same time. I don't do well in those kinds of social settings. The fireside motivaional speech was the best one ever! It has been so long his name has slipped my mind. He coached at BYU and was the coach of the Single's Ward Bishop, which is how we got him I guess. The speed dating was that of an experience that I may not want to experience again, but it was amusing I must say! All in all..a GREAT weekend, great experiences!

Truman Team Appreciation 10.6.2010

2011-03-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

We had the slider truck come to our office team appreciation luncheon..and supply us lunch! It was so good!

Last Days with Grandpa

2011-03-02T19:02:00.001-08:00

We went and visited Grandma for her birthday,7.16.09. It was great to see both of them. Little did we know, but I believe Grandpa did, that these would be some of our last memories to make with him. I'm so glad we got these photos!

These were in Grandpa's final days. These were taken 10.1.09. Heavenly Father called him home on 10.29.09. Such precious times and I'm glad we got them! Heather and Krishelle worked really hard at getting all of his memories and stories into a book for him to see, and they made it just in time! It is an amazing book and I know he was proud! We love you Grandpa and will keep your memory alive!

Kaiden Taking Flight

2011-03-02T19:02:00.000-08:00

Kaiden going to visit his dad in Arizona. He started to fly back and forth all by himself! I think this was one of the first times, if not the first, without his dad accompanying him. August 12, 2009. He first flew home on his own in June. He LOVE to fly, just like his mom. His dad HATES to fly, but sacrificed a few times to get him home. :) I had to use my old film camera because my digital camera had to be sent in for repairs after our work swimming party. I HAD to have SOMEthing to capture these first time and special events!

Here he is leaving again November 9,2009 to go to Arizona. He was on twelve month school track systems then and when he had a track break he would go visit his dad. It was cute to catch the pilots getting on when he did and their little interaction. He gets to be the first one on the plane! He just loves it! Makes me feel better too! He tells me of all the people he sits next to, who talks to him, who helps him, what he eats and does for that WHOLE..LONG..HOUR plane ride. haha

Fam Photo Shoot 7/09

2011-03-02T19:01:00.000-08:00

My sister's childhood friend that moved to Arizona came into town. She was just getting into photography and took our family photos for us! Needless to say, this was in July and we took these pics around straight up noon..HOT! It was fun and I'm so glad I have these! I need some more done! She did a good job, thanks Jenna!

Fourth Fun '09

2011-03-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

Had dinner and swimming at moms and went to the park to watch the fireworks off of the Green Valley Ranch Casino.

Mother's Day 2009

2011-03-02T18:59:00.000-08:00

We all hung out at my mom's to celebrate Mother's Day. Grandma and Grandpa came to celebrate with us too! Fun day of good food and fun in the sun! I'll admit it did get a little chilly in the pool.

My TooTh!

2010-06-16T01:50:00.000-07:00

This was the face I got once he discovered his tooth was missing in the morning! LOL It was hil.larious! See, the night of Sept 23, 2009 at about 8pm his mommy pulled it out. Poor guy was barely hanging on! Kaiden fell asleep in my lap in the chair and well, call it an occupational hazard, I was curious and DETERMINED to get this thing out! Didn't take much. He didn't realize it was gone right away. I had to lead him to the tooth on his shelf and then it clicked! He RAAANN to the bathroom and was all upset that I pulled it out! haha What was funny was when he first discovered it was loose I was kidding with him about doing the floss and door trick.. he didn't quite catch on too quickly. I enjoyed every moment of watching him figure it out! We had it all set up and everything.. then he quickly said that HE wanted to be the one to close the door! haha.. yeah, he walked with the door. Yeah, bud, that's REALLY going to work! It was cute and quite hilarious for the mom! I didn't think he would ACTUALLY fall for it! Needless to say, it didn't come out that way. I was upset that my pic didn't turn out. It's all grainy, but it was THE best shot of him being upset that his tooth was gone! Then, of course he thought it was cool that it was out and couldn't wait to put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy.

~sOcCeR tIme~

2010-06-16T01:26:00.000-07:00

Kaiden played soccer in the fall again, of course. We haven't switched it up much since he was three! Baseball in the spring and soccer in the fall.. well.. except for this year! We didn't do any sport this spring! :( Kinda sad, but a good break. Been trying to get the behaviorals in order..AND I was in the middle of looking for and purchasing a NEW HOME! We were busy! He didn't seem to miss it. I don't want to burn him out on sports before he's 10! ;) So, I figured if he really bugged me about it, we would do it. I wasn't thinking that would be the case where he usually ends up complaining at one point or another. :\ I was planning on going back to the regs come fall, so I guess I need to hurry up and figure out WHAT we're doing. Some friends are doing flag football..hmm.. I wanted to put the name of his team on the pic too, but, being that I'm getting old, I've seem to have forgotten at the moment. I will have to update later, probably after someone clues me in. HA For this year we changed from NYS(which is really unorganized) to Henderson United soccer. I MUST say, the organizational skills of this league is so much better! I liked the coach and the whole process. We will probably be looking into them again for the fall, if we don't do flag football. Decisions. I will have to discuss it with K.

BaSkIn with the BaRkErS

2010-06-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

We don't get as many days with these wonderful people as I would like, but we do cherish our times. These are my bestie, Candice's kids! Kaiden just loves hanging with them! We went to a park close to their house, which JUST so happens to be on the opposite end of the world from us! :( We couldn't possibly get any further apart and live in the same town! I miss seeing them! I miss how me and Candi would spend loads of time together! Growing up stinks sometimes! I'm just glad we still live in the same town, at least! We HAVE had to overcome some out of state times over the years! We've been friends since we were about 17! These parks are wonderful for Vegas summers!

aUgUsT 2009

2010-06-16T00:16:00.000-07:00

Ok, this blog stuff is only going to get further behind if I don't start SOMEWHERE!

Here's some more of August 2009! haha compiled some highlights. Kaiden had his last days at Childtime before starting first grade! We loved Ms Shaunte (right) and Ms Becky (left) Ms Shaunte actually started as one of his classroom teachers and then got promoted to assistant director! She was awesome! They were so good to him!

Did some black and whites of Kaiden and Maddie out celebrating Grandma Tama's bday.

Took a self portrait (like we usually do) at Kaiden's ice cream party at the end of Kindergarten! I was so glad I got to go!

First DaY of ScHoOl tradition..ChUcK e ChEeSe'S

2009-12-29T20:10:00.000-08:00

I started the tradition of going to Chuck E. Cheese's after the first day of school. We have gone the last two years, Kindergarten and now first grade and I am actually hoping that it follows through for the next few years. It's a special time that he can look forward to, just me and him. We can celebrate the new school year together. Since he begs for Chuck E. Cheese's all year round and we don't go much I figure it's a nice treat. He loves it!

and then with all the tickets-here's what he picked out!

First day of FiRsT grade

2009-12-29T19:27:00.000-08:00

Summer came and went. Kaiden started FIRST grade on August 24, 2009. I can't believe my lil boy is so grown up! I've been waiting quite a while for this day in a way.. hah Paying three arms and two legs for daycare was getting to be a bit much. He was so excited to be going to school all day. Now had you asked him even a few weeks before he would have told you how much he loathed it, and I quote,"you just sit there all day".. aww kids.. they catch on so fast;no putting anything past them! But then, it came, the moment of truth and excitement, that brings a smile to every mom's face and warms her heart..in the car, on the way to school on the first day," I'm excited for school". wow. Now, he's great in school academically, but is such a social butterfly that the teachers seem to be hindering his social time when he's at school, so he hasn't liked it all that much, but he tolerates it. So to hear him say he was excited, I got excited. :) My little man. All grown up.

Well, I got half of his teacher. lol She was 8 months pregnant when he started. The baby was born the first week of October so since Oct 1st he had a permanent sub, which I liked and got to meet at Open House, Sept. 30th. She subbed until they went on track break right before Halloween. His teacher was supposed to be back right after track break, but wasn't and he had a new sub. I was a little worried when I found out his teacher was pregnant, that she wouldn't come back and he would be stuck with subs the whole year. I was really hoping that she would be back, but understand totally on the new baby thing. :) She is supposed to be returning after the holidays, so next week. They put off our classes parent teacher conferences until she returns in January, so I'm assuming she will be coming back. The last sub he had I wasn't too thrilled about. She wasn't as organized and with it as the last sub, and quite frankly she didn't have much of a personality either. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. At least it seemed like the kids were continuing on with their regular schedule as if the actual teacher was there. She was working with the subs when she could while on maternity leave, so we were told. Kaiden's progress hasn't seemed to suffer, so I can't complain. I really liked his teacher though and hope that she IS coming back.

Slackin

2009-12-29T19:20:00.000-08:00

So, it's been awhile. I'd like to say that I've been vacationing and have been out of the country for the last 5 months, but we all know how likely THAT is for me. I think I just got overwhelmed being that I started a list of everything I needed to "blog" and it seemed like a lot, so I never sat down to get it started thinking, wow, I'm going to need a lot of time, so it gets pushed back. Well, here we are 5 months later and NONE of it got done. To be honest,I threw out the list. hah I can try to give a recap of what's happened the last 5 months, if I can remember back that far. ;)

2009-07-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it's been awhile.. yeah, I know.. I think because I had so much to get caught up on I got overwhelmed, especially with everything else going on in our fast moving crazy life, it seems sometimes. I WILL get those blogs I'd planned on blogging.. UP.. but for now I write while I'm at work on lunch because my computer is being fixed. Yeah, fun.. got some viruses and have been without a computer for about a week. It's not been as bad as I thought, going without. haha I've been doing everything I need to at work on lunch or after work. Had I have to go 100% without I'm not so sure what would happen.. haha naw, I've been ok.. So the month of June just FLEW by..

had the first 7 days all to myself as my son was still with his dad and family in Arizona. That was a MUCH needed ME time! I love that he can spend time with his family and I can live the single free life from time to time. Doesn't happen often so I've learned to really appreciate the time and enjoy it.. this was a record breaker for the amount of time he's been away from me.. 2 weeks and 2 days..the usual is a week a couple times a year.. so this was nice!.. It was great to have him back though.. just wish I got more ME time sometimes.. but most times I don't want to be without my boy.. catch 22's.. gotta love em.

Finished up our third spring season of baseball.. on to soccer in the fall with a new league.. kinda nervous, but it should be fun!

One year has passed since my grandpa passed away.. I love and miss him more than ever and can't wait to see him again!

Had father's days..without my father..haha.. he doesn't like all the fuss and was down on the river.. oh well.. he's a funny guy.. we try not to take it personal.. ha
Went out to our cabin at the lake to see my grandma and aunt. It was a day trip and was hot, but was so fun and worth it. We don't get to see them very much! We didn't exactly get out there in a timely manner, but I'm glad we actually made it! That too was a long night!

wow.. now it's the middle of July.. I'm suckin at this blog thing anymore these days.. I'm not at home or I'd just start posting everything and all the pics that I have to show. I'm at my sister's boyfriends house babysitting a friend from Arizona's,baby while they all go out. I'm stuck in a house that I don't know, with my boy and am kinda bored. Granted I DO have the internet AND cable, I guess I could watch some more tv.. blah.. seems like today, oddly, that's all we've done. We have been at my mom's all day. She had surgery on her knee and we were helping her today and hanging out. Well, Kaiden turned on the cartoons after we got out of the pool and it seemed we watched a lot of tv already today. I have the week off of work, as the Dr is on vacation so I just take Kaiden to school and pick him up and we hang out. Only problem being that his school is 10 miles or so from our house since it's around where I work so I have to seriously plan out my days before leaving the house incase I want to do anything or go anywhere along the way. I really want to move closer to my work, family and K's school.. working on that, hopefully.. so we haven't been home all day! Kinda sucks sometimes.. so we're just at Matt's now, playin and hangin out some more. I am going to have to get home to finish the blogging so I can update the last few months and add pics of everything. July has gone as follows:

Celebrated the 4th with the family at my mom's house. We had a bbq and swam. It was fun! We went and watched the fireworks at the park on Paseo Verde that were from the Green Valley Ranch. We had a pretty good view and they were awesome! Maddie wasn't scared at all! She was pretty scared at the ones going off by my mom's house though. Some guy was shooting some LOOOUUDD ones off right across the street.. my mom's bf gave him a talking to.. yeah, they were SO illegal! So, we weren't sure how Maddie would do with fireworks after that, but all was well, and she watched them all. We had a blast and took a lot of pics while we were at the park. I'll have to post those later. It was a really fun night! We didn't get home until almost midnight I believe! Awesome day! I made a fruit salad that was so yummy too... :)
Spoiled my boy last week and not only did he get McDonald's, that he always begs for and doesn't get.. haha.., he wanted to go bowling, so we went. It was fun.. then as we were leaving, the movie theater was right next door so I thought I would check it out. I've been wanting to see the new Ice Age and Transformers.. so I went in there expecting there to not be one starting anytime soon, and lo and behold they DID..so we went and saw Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs. It was cute, but nothing compared to the first two.. that was a great day, busy and fun!
This week we visited our friends in town, went to the Lied Children's discovery museum.. some mixed feelings there.. went with the sis and niece and our friends in town and their little boy.. some drama, but it was fun. ;) Just don't ask my sis! ha that was monday, the 13th, yesterday after I picked K up from school we went to my sisters house to watch my niece as my sister was taking my mom to the surgery center for her surgery. We had fun even though I was wiped out and not feeling good.Once my bro in law got home I had to go to scouts and then we went home and watched a movie. We did homework at my sisters so we didn't have to do that once we got home. We watched She's the Man.I Love that movie.It had been awhile. I started not feeling well a few days ago and don't think it's a cold, not so sure on the allergies but may possibly be sinus stuff. I'm sneezing and my nose is always stuffed up. I was really tired on saturday and sunday and haven't really been able to find much energy.. yeah,I'm thinking more sinus stuff. Pretty sure it's not a cold or I'd be worse.. I'm hoping that gets under control so I can continue to enjoy my vacation. So here we are day three of vacation which included helping and visiting my mom and babysitting now for our friends.. I'll update later and hopefully I can get some pics up of what's been going on around here the last few months. I feel like I've left so much out.. yeah, can you believe it? After all this typing how could I possibly DO that??haha.. I'll just mainly post some pics!.. but until then..

Car ride to Carson

2009-05-23T23:59:00.000-07:00

The journey began May 1,2009 after I picked up my boy from kindergarten.. and what an adventure it was! We were headed to see my sister that is working in Carson during the Legislative session for six months. I was the designated MOM aka servant in the back seat. ha My mom didn't want to change me seats because she said,"I see how hard that person works". lol.. yeah, so the passenger seat in the front was apparently the best seat. HOWEVER.. I was having fun with my camera with the kids. As you can tell, at the time that I was snapping all the shots they were watching a movie and Kaiden wouldn't let me in his face too much. ha That AND Maddie was inbetween us, so it made it hard.. but the photos continued.. :) and the pics are all in random order because at midnight I don't have the brain power to concentrate on how to upload them in order anymore. haha but you can get an idea of the start of our Carson trip.

We had to pull over before Tonopah because little miss just wasn't happy.. and NOW look at that face..
We also got to see a little excitement on the road.. yeah, a trooper following some runners... IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! lol.. man, rough job there Trooper.. Being that K's dad is one and I've heard all kindsa stories.. I get to make fun! :)

Here he is - still working hard.. just don't run em over, buddy!

We were PACKED to the TOP!!

Something random that my sis wanted me to figure out what it was.. had my zoom and got a couple shots, but WHO knows.. yeah, the "scenic" view on the way, isn't so scenic, that's for sure!

One of the movies that kept her happy, ELMO! :) Thanks, Kaiden!

The mom

The driver.. but naaawwwt on the waayyy hommmee.. :) Being the driver was pretty cool too while she was in the back handling them on the way home..hehehehe

This was one of the first shots at the beginning of the ride.. happy kids with full bellys.. awww.. nothing better!

More to come on the rest of the trip, the destination, the sis, the fun and seeing her work.. oh yeah, I got sooo many pics from that trip. Are you kidding, I took so many pics JUST in the car. I couldn't decide which ones to put up.. therefore I posted more than a "few". :)

Making chicken enchiladas with my boy..

2009-05-23T23:32:00.000-07:00

April 25, 2009

So, I decided to make chicken enchiladas.. a first.. so I had my lil chef help me. He tells me he wants to be a chef when he grows up, so here's a good start,right? :)

Have to get lots of pics at any opportunity, so of course we have to get a mom n lil chef shot!..or two..
He cracks me up!

Had to put an apron on him, of course. ;)
Made sure he washed up
He wanted to help with EVERYTHING, it was so cute!

Chicken goes in.. And here's the final product! Funny thing being that I had my "cousins dinner" that night at PF Changs. I just had the urge to make chicken enchiladas. My mom watched Kaiden and Maddie at my sisters house, so my mom, her bf and Kaiden got to eat them first... but I got them the next day and they were JUST as delicious as they told me they were! SCORE! YEA! It was fun and great to hang with my boy and have him help!

My first AUNTIE outing..just me and the kids!!

2009-05-23T22:59:00.000-07:00

April 24, 2009

Maddie, Kaiden and me

So these are all I captured of the night. It was a short night out, wished it was longer, but didn't

want to worry the new parents.. ha My sister had a presentation for her business at her house and my brother in law was having a hard day at work - on the golf course- rough, I know.. but he has to kiss butt with the big wigs so every now and again they go golfing. TOUGH life! ha :) Anyway, so Kaiden and I got to take the baby girl out and about. :) We just went and got something to eat because my boy hadn't eaten. We went to Burger King and picked up some chow. Gave the baby girl some chicken fingers. I think they were shaped like dinosaurs? Not sure, my sister could probably tell you since baby girl decided to chuck them all over the car! lol.. but she enjoyed some of Kaiden's fries he was so nice to share. He just loves her! We took our "num nums" and went and watched the airplanes land at the airport. It was fun, but short lived. As we were headed back to my sisters house they both crashed. Now, I was only supposed to have her until daddy got home and I even texted BOTH of the parents and NOT ONE of them responded to me.. yeah, I can see they were really worried and missing their baby. ha ;) My brother in law says, "no news is good news" as far as me not receiving a response from either one of them.. but I was ASKING for permission to stay past curfew.. and no response so I thought, "ok, I have to return her.. " haha and then when I get to their house my sister still has her guests and my brother in law has crashed!! WHAT?!.. lol which made sense being that as I'm pulling up to their house when I opened up the garage I thought maybe my bro in law would come out, being that I had TWO sleeping kids and his truck was in the driveway so I couldn't pull in... and no one bothered to run out.. soooo...hmm.... I had to park across the street.. now.. HOW do I get a 50lb boy and 25lb girl into the house while they are sleeping?.. well, for those of you who are really really curious.. I got them BOTH over my shoulders and into the house all at once! I know, I know.. I'm amazing.. hahahahaha jk Years of single mom-hood had brought many talents my way I guess. And can I just TELL you HOW heavy 50 lbs and 25 lbs of DEAD WEIGHT is?!?!?! It was interesting, that's for sure.. and then the INSTANT I was in the house, they BOTH woke up, AT THE SAME TIME! Sheesh! It was a fun night, none-the-less! Looking forward to another, soon I hope! (and yes, my son IS special. lol.. in reference to the pics.. haha he loves to be a ham!)

What happens when you give your son a blue sucker..

2009-05-23T22:33:00.000-07:00

Check out those teeth!!

Enough said?.. and yes, once again, I was scaling his teeth! uck..

BaCk To BaSeBaLl!!

2009-05-23T22:28:00.000-07:00

DODGERS # 41

COWLEY

So we started baseball again in April. His first game was April 18th. These are a few memories I captured at the first two games! I got a lot of little videos too. I will cherish those forever! Oh how my boy is growing fast!..

He LOVES to play first
Throwin it in...
He's so big now! To think.. we started this 4 spring seasons ago! wow!..yes.. at 3..it was so dang cute to see little 3 year olds playing tball.. a lot of the time they didn't care to be there and many just played in the dirt, but it was awesome and they had fun! It's fun to see the progress and interest from year to year.. although I think the coach has a HUGE influence on the kids and team and this years coach is a.. I'm going to say it, a douche! I don't care for him at all and I think the kids would be having more fun and interest with a better coach, but what do ya do, right? We actually saw Kaiden's first coach from when he was 3. He doesn't appear to be coaching his son's team, but we played his team two weeks ago. I wanted to go talk to him, but didn't know if he'd remember us.. but now I'm wishing I'd at least said hello. He was so great with Kaiden! He was one of THE BEST coaches he's had. His son didn't end up playing through most of the season, but he was still so dedicated to the team! Kaiden also hadn't been seeing his dad on a regular basis then to have that kind of male bonding and he just clung to this coach. I kept apologizing to him, but he was so great with it. I told him that it's probably maybe because he kinda resembled his dad. I wasn't sure, but he just LOVED him and he was so great with him, so I felt bad that I didn't go say something to him, but I'm sure I'll run into him again.. so strange how time goes by so fast! Kaiden has fun when he's playing, but isn't too thriled this year to go to practice and he's only really excited for the games because there's snacks! haha.. that's my boy for ya!

Love that face! hah

Up to bat-COWLEY

Videos, Memories,Random thoughts..aka My therapy :)

2009-04-29T00:19:00.000-07:00

Little snipets of video of Kaiden during the egg hunt :)

Just LOVE my boy! He's getting so big! I remember his first Easter; hunting for eggs with him strapped to the front of me. He didn't help find any of the eggs though. :) Actually, he could care less at 4 months old! ;) Maddie could have really cared less too, and she is 14 months old! ha oh yeah, more to come on her! I have pics, of course I have pics.. she my cutest little girl! Kaiden says all the time he wishes she were his sister. It's kinda sad sometimes, but it's so cute! He tells me that randomly all the time. One day last fall, during soccer season Heather had come to one of the practices because she was putting together an awesome book for the coach (and parents) so she was taking pics. She had brought Maddie and Kaiden loved keeping an eye on her during the practice. It was kinda chilly that day and Maddie slept most the time in her stroller and gma and I were taking charge. He was so cute at making sure no one woke her up and he kept leaving practice to go see her.. then as we were leaving, driving down the street, he always has to keep up with whomever we have left and watches out for everyone's cars. So he says to me, "where's aunt Heather, where's her car". I told him that she was going the other way and I think he even asked about Maddie and I told him that she was going with her mommy and we were going home. He says to me, I hope I can remember this right, "I wish I had a sister, a sister AND a brother, I wish Maddie was my sister and she could go home with us. I wish there was a wishing well and I had a money and I would wish for (a sister, brother, or Maddie)" can't remember exactly which one he had said. It broke my heart and I felt so bad.. but what do ya do? The poor guy has been asking for a sibling for sooo lonnngg. He has even tried contemplating guys for me to date so I can marry one so I can have more kids.. haha this kid goes the whole 9 yards I'm tellin ya and is so funny. One night he says, "I'm thinking of someone you can date.. are you?". I laughed so hard when he said that! He's such a smart and creative kid. He's a great kid!.. have our trials like most do, but he's wonderful. I am very lucky!.. He's handled what he's been dealt VERY well. I think he's a special spirit that is strong enough to overcome such hard trials.. I can only imagine what the Lord has in store for him! I don't think he understands our situation much, but I've given him some insight when he's asked. Every now and again, and for some reason, more recently, he brings up his dad and me. He argued with me about our relationship in the past, as if HE were there.. haha.. yeah, I have an arguer/negotiator. :).. he kept insisting we were married because he was in my tummy.. ohh okkayyyy. . am I going to start getting these questions already? He's only 6 for heaven's sake!! Heaven help me!.. and I'm a terrible liar!lol.. I wouldn't lie to my son about any of that anyway, and especially with how I'm battling a lieing issue with HIM, that's not good to lie myself. So,I convinced him that, no, his dad and I weren't married when he was in my tummy and keeps insisting we be together.. yeah, uh.. WHAT do I say to all that?.. I have MANY things I want to say to that, but A LOT of it I shouldn't tell him, nor in the way I would LIKE to. ;).. but one day he'll get the whole picture and his dad will have a lot of questions to answer.. haha.. actually, just the other day he was talking to him on the phone and he brought that up, he said," dad, how come you didn't marry mommy when I was in her tummy?".. I about died when I heard him ask that.. we were driving to my cousins for dinner and I couldn't hear the conversation, but loved the fact that he said that to him! GOOD!!.. Yeah, you throw those questions out there buddy!!! haha Put him on the spot! ha.. and then Kaiden says, "dad, you said "I don't know" FOUR TIMES!".. hahahahahah THAT was hillarious. I'm sorry. I know I need to be more Christ like, and that is one of my biggest challenges in life right there, even though we are "friends", it's still something I struggle with. I've been doing good getting back into church. Went through the temple in January. :) I'm reading my scriptures more and praying.. and with K too. We have been reading the scriptures together at night.I read it and then explain it to him in "lamans terms" haha.. and it helps him understand it, and me, who'm I kiddin..ha and he has been getting into it. I love it! Many of you probably haven't even gotten this far since I've just babbled on, but I think this is just for my own therapy. :).. so I'll just keep writing.. ha well, I should be going to bed.. long day, and the last few nights I haven't gotten much sleep. At least I have tomorrow off, just have to get the kiddo up for school! I LOVE THOSE DAYS! Well, I was writing while my last video uploaded and it STILL hasn't finished..geeze!.. I hope everyone has a good night.

ok, so I had to re-upload it and it gets to randomly go at the bottom.. that's how things are working today.. I'm getting to bed now!

ReTrEiViNg ThE eGgS..

2009-04-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

This IS and will FOREVER Be a tradition in our family.. the family shot on the porch before the official egg hunt! I only got one (bad) shot as I was trying to hurry so no one would run.. and because my dad was shooing me into the picture telling me that there can only be ONE photographer.. and apparently that was HIM and not me! lol. It is usually his sister, my aunt Lynette that takes them (the photog), but she went on a hike with my other uncle and cousins and didn't realize it was Easter weekend when she planned it and has always wanted to go on this hike, so I guess she is forgiven. ;) So if I get an updated shot maybe I'll share. :)
Ok, so once again, you have to be smarter than the blog, and you know when you have too many pics when you have to try and bypass their "only 5 pics uploaded at a time" rule.. pfffhh... who made THAT up?? soo.. I had to upload pics a couple times.. and once again, they stack themselves and the first five that took place are at that BOTTOM of the page.. :( One of these days I'll get it! I really thought I had it this time! hahaha Not much else to say other than "this is K finding his eggs" is there?? haha You know you're an only child when there are a BAZILLION photos of you just doing random or stupid things.. and A LOT of them!! :)..and I'm the proud mama. He calls me "mama" now.. don't think he ever has. It's been mom mom when he was little little, but always mommy or mom.. but now it's mama! :) It's so cute! He's such a mama's boy! ♥him
Now THIS one could use some explanation couldn't it? Things get interesting now don't they? :) That would be a grave stone my dad made for some poor chipmunk that was around our property that I can't remember right now, dangit, what the story is.. but he died somehow and my dad had to give it a gravestone.. see.. most everyone in the fam has a stone like that one, but with names on them, not gravestones.. so we all have our own rocks throughout the "cactus garden" aka the property.. it's really cool! I will have to take pics of them and post them later.. good idea!:).. anyway, so I had to get a shot of K getting his egg in front of the "gravestone"..even though the chipmunk wasn't buried, just disappeared to my knowledge.. that's my family for ya.. well, my DAD! LOVE him!
Spiderman egg!
Those ones are "Fun" to find in the desert! ;)
Cousin Joey and Kaiden still hunting for eggs!

Kaiden with Grandpa helping him find his eggs and the money that Grandma Betty Jean hid around the cabin. That TOO is tradition and we LOVE it! :)

The Easter bunny likes to hide them in "fun" places too! ;) At least we didn't have to aid to a pricked figer THIS year. Last year was the only year outta the 7 that K got "attacked" by the cactuses! ;) whhhhewwww!

Found another one mom!!

Still to come.. the Easter egg retreiving continues.. and the Diebel family hunts with us.. stay tuned.

Easter Morn

2009-04-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

So, it was Easter morning.. we camped out at our cabin since the cabin was packed with family.. the best times ever!.. so my dad decided to pitch a tent and the three of us slept in the tent the night before. It was fun. :) Kaiden woke up and found what the Easter bunny had left and was excited! He loves Wall-E and I believe he has wanted that very dish set. ;) It was amazing that I actually woke up before he did.
Kaiden excited about his spongebob watch! I'd never seen so much excitement on his face.

Mike and Maddie. Maddie was opening her present from grandma,and no, she didn't get a basketball.. I believe Kaiden loaned that to her, and she loved it.

K checkin out what grandpa gave him. A fishing pole with a lil tackle box, and I mean little, and a bubble rocket. When he tried the bubble rocket the first time, it was a dud, but then we found ya just have to give it enough ummphh and it soars. The downfall is that the higher it goes, the faster it goes and very few bubbles come out.. but it was a great idea. Kaiden still liked it. He loves bubbles! Thanks grandpa.. and come to think of it, I hope the fishing pole is at the cabin because we only ended up with the tackle box he had to tote around and play with.

Heather and Maddie gettin ready for the easter egg hunt!.. but they haven't made it out the door yet and she's pointing at something. She is so dang cute!.. coming up.. THE EASTER EGG HUNT!!

Maddie's Sweet Treat

2009-04-20T00:27:00.000-07:00

So mommy and daddy decided she could have some cotton candy! YEA! So, of course, aunt Heidi was right there with the camera! She's probably thinking, what IS this stuff?..and smiling, but she has no idea the sweet, sugary goodness she is about to consume!
Here's the first bite, on it's way in..don't think it had hit at this point yet, anyway.. but all smiles.. so dang cute!

a bite goes in.. hmm..

The overall thought? Delicious! She just keeps on smiling. She's so adorable!

Going for some more!! MMM..

Man! Mommy! Keep this stuff coming please!

Cheeser for aunt Heidi

aaannnnddd... no nap anytime soon for THIS one! :)

More on the happiest place on earth!

2009-04-20T00:05:00.000-07:00

Just having fun with the camera! The first day was windy and kinda chilly, the second day was absolutely beautiful! This was the first night there. Me Heather and Sascha.

Sascha and his GQ pose. :)

The Birthday girl and her lil cutie. I call her mine sometimes, so you might get confused. ;) She's the sweetest little girl there ever was! I love her to pieces and seriously miss her when I'm not with her! :( Heather got to wear a button that said it was her birthday and EVERYONE of the cast members would tell her happy birthday when she passed by. It was funny, even if they were really busy, they went out of their way to tell her happy birthday. It was amazing! :) I SO wanna go on MY birthday! lol :D

This is my bubba! I love this pic of him! I will have to admit that I coerced him into the pose, but it's great none-the-less!

So, the first day came and went, really fast. Not hard to do when you get there halfway through the day, but it was a full day of fun that's for sure! We were all exhausted due to lack of sleep anyway and called it a night after 9 or 9:30 pm or so. All I know is that we were back at our hotel and ordering pizza at 10, no, 11pm! ahh... there's a funny story there, too.. Alaina called, oh, I don't remember, some pizza joint to order and the girl answers the phone with the shpeel they are made to say including,"would you like to try..." and once all that was said Alaina then continues to ask if they delivered and such, which, if I recollect correctly, they didn't, so she was asking where they were located and how far from our hotel they were.. and she and the girl were discussing it and oh, about 5 minutes into the conversation on the phone the girl THEN tells her that they close at 11pm.. and I believe it was 10:55pm if not 11pm already.. so then the girl says, oh, yeah, we aren't taking anymore orders... hahaha Don't worry, we still found our pizza and indulged ourselves,yes, at midnight. There is just something so disgusting and wrong with eating pizza at midnight, but hey,it's not often we'll be making Disneyland trips so live it up, right?? :) I will note that I brought strawberries, bananas, mandarin oranges and tangelos on the trip as well. ;) Gotta have the healthy stuff! Although, each day I HAD to indulge myself in a churro. You can't just GO to Disneyland and NOT have a churro. That's just sick and wrong! :) They were soo good!

2009-04-19T23:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm a little upset that I couldn't post this pic at the end of my blog.. grrr.. but this is K in line for the star tours ride, all excited, just maybe a little tired of mom taking pics all the time! :) eh, it's a mom thing and he may not like it all the time, but he expects it and tolerates it! :D

He had so much fun on this ride, he went again with Grandma, that I thought would FOR SURE toss her cookies.. and surprisingly?..Grandma liked it! Just don't remind her that I bet $5 she couldn't come out of it without losing her lunch! ;)

The beginning of the Disneyland trip

2009-04-19T23:12:00.000-07:00

The Birthday Girl!!

K in front of Mickey!

And here we are, sorta infront of Mickey.. there were too many people and we were too impatient to wait. Good enough for us! :) This was actually day two. The first day we didn't have Alaina, so we had to get the shot WITH her.. AND her Minnie ears.

We began our trip Thursday, April 2nd. We were planning on getting on the road by 7:30pm that night after I was off of work and Mike got back in town from work. Now, if you know me and my family, or just know my sister, Heather, ETA's are NEVER correct! Needless to say we ended up pulling out of town at 9:30pm.. but good thing she wasn't ready because I had forgotten my Ipod and you all know me and my music.. hah.. so I had to run home and get it! So, I'm sure you're thinking that, man! you must have gotten into Cali late!.. annndd.. you ARE correct! Can't remember exactly when.. but I believe it was somewhere around the 2am hour.. and yes, we were planning Heather's BIG day the next day to be at Disneyland.. How'd we do it, you ask?.. well, NOT bright and early, that's for sure! I think we went to bed somewhere after the 3am hour, that is all of us with the exception of the Diebels who had a baby girl that didn't wanna go to sleep. She has a hard time the first night, anywhere, so this was no different. Mama and daddy had to drive her around the parking lot like 100 times, so I hear. I wouldn't know, I was sawing logs! haha..

April 3rd-the BIG DAY

So, being that the continental breakfast is from 6:30am - 9:30am everyday, we had to make it to eat in that time. Yeah, each day was interesting, but we got it done. ;) So, yeah, that morning, after arriving at 2am, was a little hazy. I could go on and on and on with just how we DIDN'T get to Disneyland before 2pm, but I won't... we just didn't get there before 2pm. Another kicker, my younger sister was flying into Cali from Carson City that night at 7pm ish.. and my mom says that we will have to leave the park at 5pm. WHAT?? !! and we JUST got here at 2pm?? NO WAY! lol I love ya sis, but oh my.. well, we made other arrangements for her with a shuttle to go to our hotel room and she said she had work to still do anyway. So by the time we got back that night she had only been there a couple hours so we can't feel TOO bad, right?? I kinda did, but we were all going the next day too, and she totally understood, so it was all good. :) I love my sis! But DURING our first day there... ;) we enjoyed a lot of the rides, food and entertainment. It was great to just BE there.. and be outta the norm, hangin with family. The best part was the fact that Heather was SOOO SOOOO SOOO excited to be there and to be celebrating her 30th! She always radiates with energy, positiveness and FUN!..I just LOVE HER! I can't believe in all my 28 years she hasn't rubbed off on me! Dang it! It was so much fun! K had been there before, but he was still excited to be there. He, at first, wasn't as excited as I had thought he would be, until we actually were in lines for the rides. That was the coolest part of all the sacrifices I had to make to get us there, was to see him so excited! His first excitement overload was in line for the Star Tours ride. I, shamefully, actually got sick during the ride and left there feelin a lil queezy, but K was all at it during the whole ride and into every second! He was having a blast! It was fun to see. :)

DiSnEyLaNd!!!!!!

2009-03-26T12:39:00.000-07:00

So, my sister's big 3-0 is coming up on April 3rd... and we all were wondering WHAT to do!.. she's not one that wants people to dote all over her.. and a surprise party or any kind of party, I think, is out of the question..she would want ALL the family together and have EVERYONE having fun and the attention not be focused on her.. SOOO?.. I suggested Disneyland! :) GO ME! (sorry, I'll step down from my soapbox) ;) I'm really bummed because my dad's not going now. I was hoping ALL of the fam could go, but what do ya do?.. so it's my lil fam with me and my son, my sisters fam which consists of her,her husband and daughter that just turned one, and then my lil sis is currently working in Carson City during session, and will be flying down friday night... and just randomly, by chance, my friend Sascha has spring break next week, so he will be joining us as well. Our motto?: the more the merrier!! :) It should be so much fun! I'm anxious in so many ways, but it should be a fun experience for ALL! I can't wait! :D K has been last year with his dad, me and my sisters and mom haven't been for like 20 years, my brother in law has never been, nor has Sascha.. so we're all very much so looking forward to it! We leave in ONE WEEK!! Definitely check back for more posts on all of the fun we're gonna have! yea!

The need to blog

2009-03-26T12:05:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I feel like I should have pics with every post, but I guess I'll have to do without pics right now. I have some pics from my best friend Jennifer's, wedding, but they are on my sisters camera. I forgot my camera! Can you believe it?? My best friend's wedding and I don't have my camera??!! My sister was nice enough to bring hers and get some shots and I took some at the reception. As soon as she gets those to me I will post them.

Jennifer's wedding was Saturday,March21,2009. It was beautiful! Windy, but beautiful. It only sucked to be outside for the pics before and after the ceremony. Thank goodness the ceremony was indoors! :) It was so windy though, so I'm not sure how her photos are going to turn out. I hope she gets some good shots. The reception was immediately after the ceremony across from the church at the Panos Hall. It was decorated beautifully. Everyone had a good time.. my family came, well, my mom, older sis and her hubby and daughter, and of course I had my little man tagging along with me the whole time. He was pretty good. When we were takin pics before the ceremony, just the bridal party, he helped entertain my best friend's daughter who was the flower girl. She wasn't too keen on taking pics. She is so adorable, but was getting sleepy I think. She just turned three. When it came time for us all to walk down the aisle she got upset and was cryin and just wanted her mama and she very much so wanted her mommy's veil. :) so RIGHT after the ceremony for all the family/wedding party pics she had to hold onto her veil, it was so cute! It was a great day, with the exception of all the wind. The reception was fun, the food was good, and even better she had a chocolate fountain!!!! A SUPER MUST at ANY occassion, I believe.. :) SOooo... I had chocolate covered strawberries (My ultimate favorite!), marshmallows, brownies..mmm... soo good! It was fun to run around in a pretty dress again and have fun! Jennifer looked absolutely beautiful! I wish them all the best! She's soakin it up in Jamaica right now!! (jealous...) :)

Another one bites the dust..

2009-03-18T22:38:00.000-07:00

Thought I would update everyone and let it be known.. the spider..has been taken care of.. ;) T.O.D (that would be time..of..death..): 7:30 pm. May he rest in peace.. well at least I can now! Hopefully I won't find more tomorrow.

New pet?

2009-03-18T10:19:00.000-07:00

So, apparently I have a new pet living in my garage. I discovered him this morning while on our way out the door to take K to school. He looks JUST like the one I killed last year! Some of you may remember getting that text pic. ;) They aren't so cute, and they are SO big! I have no idea what KIND of spider it is, but I would like for them to not take up home in my garage! So, if there is anyone out there that would like this cuddly, cute creature just let me know. However, you need to pick him up NOW! He has officially worn out his welcome.. so act now, because I don't think he's going to live long. He would already be dead, but seems the LAST HUGE spider took all of my Raid, so I'm trying to figure out a plan of attack before he welcomes himself into my house! At least the last guy was by the garage door and practically OUT of my garage, this guy is all but opening the door to my HOUSE! ICK! HELP! I'll have to wait for the man of the house to get home to take care of him I suppose.. but he's at school right now counting legos and re-learning to count to 100! lol He's known how to do that for a while now!! I guess the rest of the class needs to learn too. They are celebrating their 100th day of school today so he had to bring a collection of 100 things to school.. yeah, THAT teacher's crazy! So we packed up 100 legos this morning and off we went! Just to discover our new friend outside the door. :( I should have sent it to school with K, eh, but there wasn't 100 of them, THANK GOODNESS!!

Dad on his birthday

2009-03-17T23:12:00.000-07:00

My dad on his first birthday!

Well, his eyes are closed, but this was the best one I got of him with his cake. :) The gummy fish, or swedish fish are a family favorite and what my grandma always gives us.. I guess cuz we're a fishin family.. I guess the majority are..*cough cough* me? not so much.. but I'll take the swedish fish! ;)

Netty n K

2009-03-17T21:25:00.000-07:00

I don't have a pic of me and K, but I got one with him and aunt Lynette. He has so much fun on fourwheelers! We are sure going to miss them! It was such beautiful weather sunday! I can't wait for the warmer weather! Bring on the HEAT! I am so done with the cold!

bUdDiEs

2009-03-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

Kaiden and Madilyn playing in the cabin. They are so cute! Kaiden is 6 and Maddie just turned 1 on Valentines day! :D Life doesn't get sweeter than this!

Maddie aNd Mama

2009-03-17T21:05:00.000-07:00

This is my sis and her daughter Madilyn. They are just hanging out on the swing outside the cabin. She loves that swing. That's where I get her to go to sleep. ;) She's my cute baby girl! I love her to pieces! Kaiden loves being the "acting big brother". He loves to help take care of her. He's always been that way with babies, but this has been a whole new experience having a cousin around to actually play with! He's so cute with her.

oNe K- oNe H..

2009-03-17T21:03:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm figuring this blogging stuff out little by little.. This is me and my boy hanging out in front of our cabin at the lake. He's a ham. I can't ever get him to actually smile for any pics, but I guess that's what makes him, him! He's a goofy, great kid! Sometimes I don't think I know how lucky I am! For him to be able to put up with a mom like me he MUST be one great kid! I have to play both MOM and DAD roles 99% of the time! it's no wonder I have multiple personalities!! lol .."be tough, come here let me give you a hug"...and I wonder why my life is always in a catch 22.. hmm.. lol ANYWAY..can I get more than one pic on here at a time?? Guess I'll do some experimenting and find out!

Special times, special people, special places

2009-03-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

My dad's birthday was sunday,March 15th. Now,usually you will find me in church on sundays, but I was peer pressured into going out to our cabin at the lake to celebrate my dad's birthday. :) ok, so I wasn't pressured. I LOVE my dad, and sadly don't get to see him that much, so of course I wanted to go. My grandma and aunt from Utah were going to be there as well, and it's been a while since I'd seen them too. So my sister and I packed up our kids and headed out. We had a lot of fun hanging out. My uncle that is from Roy, UT has been working here in Vegas for a few months and brought his fourwheelers down for us to play with while he is here, so we were riding the fourwheelers around and down to the lake. It was so much fun.! Had some races, rode my son around, he LOVES it. My sister took him on one and I actually got to ride alone, and actually RIDE... and Kaiden kept wanting to race! He was telling my sister,"GO FASTER! GO FASTER! WE NEED TO BEAT HER! lol Sadly, my uncle will be leaving in the next couple of weeks and will be taking the fourwheelers with him. :( I so need to get me some! ha. It was a great day, a lot of relaxing which in itself was amazing, got good pics, great family time and some refreshing wind blowing in my face fourwheelin time! ahhh life is great! My grandma got a cake for my dad and since my dad always gets cakes from sams club and has photos put on them for my grandma, she decided to do her own version and put actual photos on the cake. It was so cute! My grandma is so cute! We took the photos off before consuming of course. :) It was a great day!

Now, maybe I ought to give some background to this "cabin".. My great grandpa and grandpa started building it in 1954 and finished it in 1955. It later had a room added on and the time of that I don't know. It is a small place, but it is our haven and home away from home. I have many many memories there going back to when I was 7 or 8, but I have been going out there since I was born. We have big family gatherings out there and it gets cramped, but there's nothing better! The big gatherings have started to dwindle as there are so many families and they continue to grow so much and it's hard with everyone's schedules, but the times shared there are still very much cherished. It is many of our family members' favorite place to go, especially my grandma and grandpa. It's bitter sweet for everyone to be out there now as my grandpa passed away last June. He is much like my dad, quiet and loving in his own ways, but you always knew you were loved and he loved being out there,fishin and seeing family. I miss him more than I can express and find myself emotional a lot when I think of him. I can't wait to see him again!! For now, I will cherish every moment I am able to have at his cabin and remember all our times together. We've had many holidays at the cabin, but an annual tradition is Easter. My son, Kaiden, has spent every Easter of his life out there and I hope it continues. Here in about 3 1/2 weeks he'll be spending his 7th Easter there! It's great!..we send kids out to find easter eggs on cactuses.. haha some think it morbid, but that's how I grew up and I love it! I guess it's not just cactuses, but that's what makes it interesting when we tell people. The cabin is on a good amount of land and we search for eggs, rubber animals, and money all around the cabin and surrounding desert land. It's awesome! More will come of Easter time in a few weeks I'm sure and I will post some pics later as well. There are so many stories to tell about the cabin and holidays and family times out there I could be writing this all day.. well, I'm at work and my lunch break is about over. :) I will get some pics posted soon, hopefully THAT isn't too hard to figure out! ;)

All in getting started...

2009-03-15T00:33:00.000-07:00

I'm up..and starting..a blog?.. I've been intrigued, I guess, at starting a blog because, well, "everyone's doing it".. I've had some requests from friends and people asking me if I have one.. and then some replies of, "you don't have a blog?". Ok, here I am, starting a blog. To be honest, the first day I attempted to start this I was a bit frustrated, ok, A LOT frustrated! It was late, I was way tired and not knowing how to navigate myself around was getting to me. I am a mother, and it's because of that awesome role over the years I have been able to find what LITTLE patience I possess. I'm not sure how this blogging thing is going to go, but I will have faith that I can figure it all out as I did with Myspace and facebook, as I was equally as frustrated with those at the beginning as well. So I will give it a go and see how "fun" this can be. I must admit that I have my layout, background, colors and such picked out and it looks awesome. It is with that that I am more excited to have started a blog.. IT WORKED! :) I have had so many ideas as to what to blog about.. even though, with me, I am a "keep it to myself" kinda gal, I'm excited and overwhelmed at the same time. So even if this is just a journal for me to keep and nothing more I'm very much looking forward to adding to my blog, learning new things and testing out my creativity skills. Wish me luck!