BAby Adrian Jason

Yes he is finally here!! Well he's been here for over a month I just haven't had time to post pictures of my cute!!!!!!!Isn't he cute such big blue(even though in this pic they look brown, they aren't they are grey blue). Well enjoy the day, and eventually I will post more!!

dreaming of a finished kitchen

WEll we are going on week 2 of "home under construction" the kitchen is about 1\2 no probably more like
1\3 of the way done.............SEriously excited to get it done! If you haven't been reading the original plan was to paint the walls and cabinets, then we decided to tile, then it became not just the floor the counter tops too!!!!!! Not that I am complaining because i hate my countertops!!! To be nice I thought I would throw a sneak peek of my cabinets so far:)

yes there is paint on the countertops, I suck at keeping it clean when I paint, but in my defense you won't see them soon anyways it will be prettyful tile!!!!Now back to paint so at least the cabinets are done when the hubby gets home!!!

sooooooooo........

SO I haven't blogged in FOREVER!!!! how sad right? But we have been busy bee's and when I am home I just don't feel like blogging, I love looking at my endless lists of blogs I follow like this this one I love herr kitchen Its so bright and cheery!!! Speaking of kitchens mine is no where near finished, the flooring is in the process of being ripped up and redone( how i would love wood flooring, but Lee is really leaning towards tile flooring and countertops) but thats another arguement and post later:) ANywyas what have we been up to? Well we went to the grand canyon, that is the most nerve racking place to take children, mine like to give me heart attacks constantly by leaning over the railing and running next to the edge, swinging on the railing( LITTLE MISS ARIEL) Do they seriously not see the thousands of feet drop!!!!!!!ugh!!!! I was happy when the service was over and the sight seeing was over, I even loved the drive home just because I knew the kids were strapped securely in their seatbelts!!!!! Anywyas here are a few pics!!

SEE THE GETTING CLOSE TO THE EDGE THING!!YIKES!!!

THis one has got to be my fav! EXcept

The fact char has decided lately he needs to

fit his WHOLE fist in his mouth!

cabinet dream!!!!

I hate my cabinets!!!! hate them with a passion!! However pricing on cabinets are crazy ( whos spends 30-40 grand on cabinets yikes!!!!) Anyways so for the past months I have been searching blog land to find ideas on a enexpensive way of fixing my cabinets, and though there are some amazing cabinet ideas and tutorials I think I found the one I am going to use!!!!!!!!!!!! I just have to get it past Lee first:) This is lady has an amazing blog that I love to read!!! And this is her Kitchen! I am in love!! NOt sure I could get that bottom color past the husband though:( I am headed to the HM thursday to pick out a color!!!! NOw go check out her blog!!!

Charlee's birthday!

Tuesday was officially Charlee's third bday! However we celebrated the thursday before with Ariel, and the sunday before with the grand parents! All in all it was lots of fun, Char had a blast spraying everyone with his water gun, and him and hails playing with his new tool bench! oh yes and devouring his homemade green chili  and cake and ice cream!

Lake alamo

This last weekend Lee and I and jack decided to accompany my parents with our boat , their toy hauler and jet skis and quads, my brother, and sister and her husband and there dog rosco out to lake alamo! We left friday afternoon after havng lunch at the grand opening of quorris new pizza place ( which was delicious) we finally made it to the lake about 430 got the camp sites set up and ventured out onto the lake with the boat and everyone minus my parents because well they are old and were tired( love you mom and dad) we stayed out for a couple hours swimming and goofing around, then it started to get dark! WE all piled in and started across the lake, went to turn our lights on and they decided not to work!!!!!!!! Thank goodnes Lee had thought to throw his flash light in the boat!!! I was still freaking out because 1 I hate the dark!!!! 2. Its a large ticket for not having lights. 3. I hate the dark!!!!

AFter finally making it to the loading ramp, we loaded up and went back for some dinner!!!!! AFter that Lee and jesse made sarah and I a bed in the back of jesses truck and we went down to one of the ramps to go fishing!! Lee caught a fish the first cast, not huge but not small, then sarah and I fell asleep in the back:) We made it back to camp at about midnight took jack out to potty and made our bed in the back of Lees dodge!!! only to wake up to have to pee at like 3am and walk with Lee across to the bathroom( thinking my parents toy hauler door was locked, it wasnt!!!!!)

The next day we all enjoyed tubing and playing on the lake, the guys went fishing again, that was not so enjoyable!!!! It was hot and I got burned!!! Sadly Lee was on shift at the firehouse that night so we ate lunch and headed out!!!

more pics to come but it's 11:00pm and I am exhausted!

31 wks in counting!!!!!!

As of sunday I will be 31 weeks pregnant! yea me!!! I told my self that I would take pictures throughout the entire 9 months so I could scrap\save them for later. That didn't happen! Looking back now I am amazed at how fast it has flown by, the beginning was alot of morning sickness, the middle was great, now coming up towards the end it has just gotten seriously uncomfortable!!! I feel like he is ripping my stomach most the time when he moves, and the idea of walking around, shopping, anything active is no longer appealing! I wanted to surprise Lee with a new LG tv monday so we drove down and went to a few places, before getting one and I was so sore and tired and crabby, it was horrible!!!

I had planned to keep walking regularly during this pregnancy and had the ok to keep doing the excercise videos I had, that deffinitally didn't happen, however all in all I have only gained around 15 to 20 pounds so far, which is nice because char and hails I gained a ton!!!! So anyways the point of this post was I finally took a belly shot, er well Lee did anyways!

These are some of the other pictures Lee took that turned out cute! Theres alot more, he can ussually come close to filling up a 4gb card when he gets ahold of the camera:)

Jack jack!

At night Jack sleeps in the bathroom, he ussually starts barking to get out about 7:30 am if the kids haven't already gotten him out. Then we feed\water him, and all that fun stuff. That chore is ussually done by the latest 8 am, well the other morning, Ariel let jack out but didn't feed him right away because well I have no idea why, they were watching wow wow wubzi on nogin and dancing  on the couches so she was distracted!!! WEll I came out to get some coffee and this is what I found :)

How he got up on my bakers rack I have no idea! He's a very impatient puppy:)

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”



Paulo Coelho


“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.


Matthew 7:1-5


I found these quotes online and the bible verse is on my fridge. THey remind me every time I look at them that who am I to judge someone, especiially without knowing the motives behind there actions? I can get upset about something someone does OR says about me or my actions but why? Everyone is so willing to judge someone else, yet they don't even know the reason someone does something? They assume that there actions are the right ones!? I am not saying I am anywhere near never judging anyone, becuase I know I do sometimes, but everytime I do I need to look at it and maybe try to see history, motives and whatever else there is behind someones actions. Mean words hurt whether you admit it or not, and everyones automatic action is to lash out and hurts whoever offended them, but maybe if we take everything people say and do with a grain of salt, or not listen to it at all, or even give that person a chance to explain why they did what they did or said what they said, maybe they misunderstood something you said or did and got upset, and lashed ouut in revenge. Seriously there are tons of possible outcomes!
Maybe you and whoever will never see eye to eye, maybe there are just hateful, miserable, small-minded people in the world that have no exccuse for what they do, but its not our place to accuse or punish them, pray for them, hope that they find the hapiness in there life that they need, and live your amazing life with your kids, and hubby or whoever makes you happy!!!!

~~**AFternoon reading~~**



Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car."


"Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway"


Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
 
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle
 
Are we to love only those who deserve our love? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.


- Matthew 5:43-45

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.


Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be

shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.

Think big anyway.

What you spend years building may

be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them.

Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have

and you might get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

- Anonymous

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.


- I Corinthians, chapter 13



The entire law is summed up in a single command, "Love your neighbor as yourself."

- Galatians 5:14 (NIV)

tumble away!!!

My tootie fruitie princess started her gymnastics\tumble class this wensday, orginally she was in tap-ballet but so got bored with it, and her favorite uncle joshy was teaching the tumble class. So of course she was more than happy to try it! And to my happiness she LOVED every minute of getting to role around, race the crab walk, and stretch and jump! SHe says joshy is going to teach her to flip in the air like he does( yikes!!!) he ussally clear a few feet in the air and I think I might have a heart attack seeing haile EVER try that!!!!!! Anyways here are a few pics of her and her tumble class!

The adventure of princess Ariel and her shorts...........

SO Ariel needed shorts for school, being that it is 100+ weather out I didn't think this would be to hard to accomplish!!! RIght??? Well after walking around ever kids store in the mall, target, walmart, ross, and her mom looking at old navy,I thought so differently!!! Everything was out for fall, sweaters, pants long sleeve shirt!!! This was in pheonix mind you, were even in the winter time you could probably go with out a jacket!!!! So finally discouraged enough to look at Alco in wickenburg I found bongo shorts with fabulously cute belts, and super cute shirts( none that were white thank goodness) and the best part was they were all under 10 bucks each!!!! I bought her 4 outfits and spent a max of 40 dollars in total!! If you can't tell I adore bargins, but then who doesn't?

Mr. Jack Denmark

Hello, well I wanted to introduce my little man............ No not adrien yet( 3months in counting till he arrives home) I am talking about my little puppy silly!!!!

He is shitzu snouzer (spelling im sure) mix and is either totally cute or so ugly he's cute I get mixed reations from everyone!!!! However he is the greatest puppy, he doesnt chew, he doesnt whine at night, he ussually lays on the couch with me or right at my feet..... Now when the kids are up and running through the house, its a whole new ball game he is ussually chasing after them, and has a fasination with ARiel and hailee's hair when they role on the floor with him.

Inspirational!

Blogging through blog land today and I stumbled upon bring the rain , it was such an inspirational story. I first found it through the music group Selah, that I fell in love with and plan on buying their cds!!! Anyways angie is such an amazing, strong woman, she has such a strong faith in Christ its well amazing. Reading her story made me so thankful for my life and family. Her family is in my prayers!!

Broken little heart..............

Not truly a broken heart, but in our little CHar mans apt they did find out he has a heart murmur( spelling I know) they aren't sure how bad, but they sent the referral in to a cardiologist to meet with us and charlee to check on him!!!

It kind of annoyed me the doctor looks at me and say you didn't know he had one? I say no how would I know, his last apt was here so you should have been the one to tell me don't you think? He looks at me well it was in his file, Im not sure why you didn't know!!! ERGH!!!!!! I was irrattated( the two hour wait didnt help) I am however just glad we found out now, so everyone that reads this pray for are little man, it may not seem like a huge thing in comparison to alot of things but it's big to me and I know it will be a big thing to the heavenly father:)

WEll check ups for the kiddos!!

Well tuesday the kids( Hailee and Charlee) had there well child check ups!! Yea!!! no not really......... THey had 5 shots each, which was bad! The worst part was Lee was sopose to go with me to help with the kids,(they are like me they dont take pain well at all), but my poor husbadn ended up with something bad, I don't know if it was the flu or what but he was puking, and couldn't leave the couch once he laid down!!!! SO I decide to just take the kids instead of rescheduling it! That will never happen again!!! I think I was more truamatized from having to hold them, while they screamed and cried, let alone have I mentioned that I am deathly afraid of needles!!!! So I wanted to throw up just seeing the needles!!! Lets just say I was so happy when they fell asleep and that day was over.

Here are a few pics I snapped during our 2 hour wait!

Before I fail to mention all the rest, Hailee is a shorty like her momma, a little under the weight average but nothing bad. He just said she's probably really active and has a fast metabolisim like me when I was a kid!! Wish I had that now!!!

Charlee is right were he should be weight wise, he's taller than most kids, hes only 2 inchs under his sister!!!! But I kinda expected that Lee is 5'9 and all my brothers hit at least 6 ft and my sister is well she's weirdo and is like 5'9 or 5'8 !!! I am only 5'3 which is kinda funny!!!

All in all everything was ok, will blog more on Chars apt. in a few!!

Canon vrs nikon.............

SO my wonderful mother in law got a new camera yesterday!! We met her at her casa to see her new puppys and to see the camera.........What camera do you ask? A Nikon D90!!!! 300 mm zoom lens ultra violet lens a 8 gb memory card!!! We put it together and took some pics and I fell in love with her camera!!!! I have never used anything other than canon, currantly I use my canon 35 mm Rebel and the Canon Digital Rebel. I am seriously thinking about trading mine in for the d90, but then theres the option of just getting a zoom lens and a few filters? I haven't fully decided but thought I would share my thoughts!!



On an even better note the puppies that I mentioned above are ever so cute!! Sue lin had for little girls a few are a dark greyish brown one is buckskinned and the other has spots!! SPots is Ariels favorite so she already has a claim on her!

A few pics..........

Here are a few pictures I snapped yesterday when we were out and about on our adventures

Hope you enjoy.......

SEcond PrOjEcT..........

SO My second project was an old sewing table ( the machine was taken out of it) Iwas slightly disapointed by the way this one turned out, by the time it dried my pretty paper had bubbled :)

I was sad, however my great hubby, made me feel better with his sweet compliments on it( i know im pathetic but I love hearing them from him) I seriously have a great hubby, he always stops whatever he is doing to either help me or look at my projects! He finds it amusing that I get excited about glue the way he does about guns! Anyways here it is do love the colors !!!

FROM DRAB TO FAB!!

So I have been looking at all these projects on redoing furniture with modge podge, and I finally did two of them!!!! Project one is a stool I painted it black(I love spray paint) then found some pretty designed paper at micheals, and of course modge podge!!!! The stool is super cute, aand I love it!!!

p.s. the modge podge wasn't quite dry, but oh well!!

zoo pics!

WEll after a long wait I thought I would post some of the pics from our zoo trip this fathers day! We had tons of fun despite the raging heat!!!!

Internet!!!!

Well 5 almost 6 months after we move in we finally have internet!!! Now I am sitting here trying to figure out networks and how to connect my mini laptop to my new sony VAIO (yes I said new computer that I absolutely adore so does Ariel getting her off is a task) anyways connecting computers through networking is well....Work! When my dad explained it to me it didn't seem that hard, 3 hours later its still not done!! However I am going to leave you with a picture of my beautiful baby girl....................



Yes she is out in the jeep in her dress up costume(dance recital costume) and my sunglasses! I have an eccentric child, what can I say:)....................

Happy 4th!!!

WEll actually it was the 3rd of July, we got the pleasure of meeting my sissy and her husband Jesse and a few friends at the local park for "Tailgating" actually just the kids playing ball with a few friends and us eating chips and dip and grapes and Raisins, but fun all the same! 5 minutes after we got there and got food out it started pouring!!! Thank goodness for Ariel, because I forgot my wonderful camera in the back of the truck and she grabbed it!!!I heart her!!! but anyways the ran stopped and the kids continued playing "races" and "football" and the adults chatted and had a fab time! Fireworks started about 9pm and for a small town they were good! Char sat right next to Ariel the entire time and they both picked out boy and girl colors!



The fourth was a bitter sweet day, we had a big bbq\ going away party at my parents house. The bbq partly for the 4th but the going away part for my baby bro who left today(the 5th) for project challenge. He'll finish HS then decide which branch of the military he wants to enlist in( at this point it's the army) We have one family day to see him in 3 months, then he'll be out for a while in dec.! Very different being that none of the brothers and sisters have been apart for more than a week or two!!!! My poor mom and dad have to be feeling a little old( i know they are reading this hehe) their last baby leaving the house!

Monday we get the pleasure of spending time with our family and our close family friends the loyd family out at box canyon for Jojos 16 bday!! pics to come later this weekk!!!

handkerchief dresses....

These are the first two handkerchief dresses\shirts I have made. The cross bone one is for my oldest, I was planning on making them both into dresses, however Ariel doesn't like wearing them very often!The stiching could use some work, and for Ariel's I really wanted zebra ribbon, but have yet to find! Headed to joanns tomarrow to get more fabric and yarn. The next one I make I am planning on adding cute little pockets to one, and a little belt to another! Wish me luck!!

~~~~Ariel's crossbone rock princess shirt~~~~