Another big update!

I have got to get better at this blogging thing! I wait until I have so many things to post that I am up all night. Yet again, I have another huge update so bear with me. I think there are 4 new posts. I'll try to be better at posting in the future, but don't hold me to it!

We bought a house!

After 9 years of marriage and 3 kids later we finally bought a house! We are so excited to be homeowners and we don't know what we are going to do with all the space and a big backyard for the kids to play in! Right now we are in the process of cleaning it. It never seems disgusting until you actually get to start scrubbing things and then it's like holy crap did these people ever clean!?! With the help of my sweet friend Kacie we are gradually getting it done. Thanks Kac, for helping me out, I couldn't do it alone! I will post different pics when we are all in.


closing day with Vic our lender



My cute friend Sarah was our realtor and she was so patient and good with us while we looked at over 40 different homes and put 4 offers in on houses.



Our big backyard! It does need a lot of work but we we'll get there.

The entry way. I love the tile!

My kitchen and dining room


The living room

Master Bathroom

Laundry room. Look at all the storage!


The kids' bathroom

Ellie's Dance Class

Ellie finally got to start a dance class after a couple of years of begging to go! She does tap and ballet and loves every second of it and can't wait for dance day. She is so cute out there doing her little dances with all the little 4 year old girls. She is and has always been my little dancing queen, whenever she hears music she immediately has to get up and start dancing. She is so stinkin cute!




Ellie with her best friend Makayla

My baby is One!

On September 4th my sweet little miracle baby turned 1! I can hardly believe that it was already a year ago that I was laying in the hospital bed, terrified to have her and find out just how bad her cleft was going to be. I often forget how blessed I was that she is perfect and only because our Heavenly Father does listen and answer prayers. She is such a beautiful and sweet baby and we are so lucky and blessed she chose to come live with our family. Happy Birthday sweet baby Ayzie!



Ayz with her cake


not so sure about it.



She finally got it all figured out,

and loved every minute of making the biggest mess I have ever seen!

It was even on her back and down her diaper!

Ellie's first day of Preschool

Ellie started preschool at Watch Me Grow with Miss Julie and Grandma Smith. She absolutely loves going to school and looks forward to all the fun crafts they do. Next year.... Kindergarten!:(

Huge update!

I finally decided if I was ever going to get caught up with updating my blog I was going to have to stay awake until 1 in the morning, so her I am! Just a warning, it is a very long update I think something like 5 new posts, so enjoy!

The big three O!

I just want to wish my handsome hubby happy 30th!
I tease Carson that he is an old man now but the truth is, I'm not too far behind :\
I love you Carson and I just want you to know how much you mean to our little family.
You are the best husband and daddy anyone could ask for. Thank you for everything you do for us! I love you, I love you, I love you!

First day of First Grade!

I cannot believe I have a kid old enough to be in first grade! Time flies when you are stressed out all the time! :) Seriously though, it was a little bittersweet for me. I was so excited for Cole to start first grade, then on the first day of school when I took him to his class it was kind of hard to leave him there all day! It's just hard to think of him having to have lunch at school where I'm not there to help him open his juice or bag of chips, and when he gets home he is so tired. I'm sure we will all get used to it with time. Cole loves 1st grade and he loves his teacher Mrs. Anderson. I do have to say it is sort of nice not having Cole and Ellie fight all day, but I do miss my Cole boy while he is gone to school.



So handsome on the first day of school!

Killin' 2 birds with 1 stone....

...well, two reunions with one stone anyway. This summer I had 3 family reunions all the same weekend and all on the Kaibab mountain. Needless to say, we only made it to 2. We stayed with my moms side of the family (the Hunt's) and just visited my dads side of the family (the Judd's). It was a lot of fun and we had a great weekend! Until the end of the trip that is, when on the way home I realized I had lost my wallet somewhere on the mountain so I had to cancel all my cards and get a new drivers license only to find out a week later I had left it in my moms camp trailer! Oh ya, Carson's trucks motor also decided to start making horrible noises on the way home. We made it home thankfully, but we no longer have a truck until we replace the motor (ya, that's only going to cost us $1800, if Carson does it himself!!!) Oh the luck!
Anyway, we had fun and the kids didn't want to come home.


Ellie playing Frisbee with Aunt Leah


Not the hottest pic, but it was day 2 of camping!

Not a happy camper :(

making homemade ice cream with great grampsy.

McKayle and Ayzie

Ellie won the only thing she put tickets in for

at the family raffle. Yay!


Fishing pond

He looks like a homeless beggar!

What a kid.


Cole won a rocket launcher at the family raffle.

playing baseball with daddy


Ayz could care less about all the twigs, she crawled everywhere!

Cole rode the four wheeler around our camp all weekend.

He does a really good job!

Swim Lessons

Cole and Ellie did really good in swim lessons this year. Cole is an amazing swimmer for only being 6. He can definitely out swim me! I would love to put him on a swim team, but with his social anxiety there is no way he would compete. His teachers where amazed that he was only 6, they said he had an amazing front stroke.
Ellie on the other hand loves to swim and loves the water but absolutely refuses to put her head in! She had to take level one all over again this year because of it, and they told me she is ready to go onto the next level next year if she will put her head in the water. She finally had a breakthrough toward the end of the lessons and would put her face in the water but only if she pinched her eyes shut! It was the funniest thing! She would not wear goggles, so pinching her eyes shut was the next best thing I guess! What cute and funny kids.

Ellie pinching her eyes shut and putting her face in the water

my cute kids

4th of July & Birthday Parties

We went to Fredonia for the 4th again this year. One of the reasons we usually go is because Carson's family (the Honey family) always has a big birthday party for his Great Grandma Violet. This year she turned 104! Can you imagine? She is such a sweet lady and loves her family very much.


All the family that was able to make it.


Grandma Violet with her cake





The next morning was the 4th. The kids love being able to have the 4th with their cousins.


waiting for the parade to start

Cute Ellie & Maddie doing sparklers

Cole with his glow stick glasses


Ayzie was very entertained by the glow sticks

Our family. July 4, 2009

Ellie's 4

Ellie turned 4! She thinks she is so big now, I overheard her talking to Cole and saying, "I'm so glad I'm 4 now, I was so done being 3!" It was so funny! She invited her cousins and also got to invite a few of her girlfriends this year. She had so much fun!




Ellie with her rainbow cake




Peyton, Makayla, Ellie & Maddie



Ellie and her new bike


all the kids that came to her party