SURPRISE....

Can I just say that I have an amazing husband and friends who somehow was able to throw me a surprise 25th Birthday party without me having a clue! I can honestly say I had no idea but it was such a wonderful surprise and I ended up having a great birthday thanks to all those that I love:) Thank you again to everyone who participated and came to my birthday you are truely amazing and I love you all!!

*Please be aware it wasn't the best day and so I'm not looking that wonderful so be warned!!!







After we had cake and a little girly talk Sam rushed me to get dressed and then took me to a yummy birthday dinner and movie. And he surprised me again when I got in the car with flowers on my seat:) Thanks Babe again I love you so much and am truely blessed to have you for all of eternity!

Some December Randoms

Here we have Parker and Haley playing in the first snow on December 8, 2009! I don't think we really got to enjoy the snow that much this winter. The kids seemed more content in staying inside than playing in the cold. Sam blamed me whenever Payton would say things like, "I hate the cold I want it to be summer!!". Who knows maybe one day it'll grow on us:)

My little snow bunny!! December 13th, 2009

Grandma (my mom) surprised the kids with a ginger bread house that they could put together. It was quite a task and in the end I think it was really Grandma who had all the fun!

Thanksgiving 2009

For Thanksgiving my grandmother, Jackie came up from Phoenix to enjoy the holiday with us. So instead of having a large Thanksgiving we decided to keep it small and just have my family and The Duckers over to celebrate. It was so nice to be able to enjoy my families company and to eat yummy food. Thank goodness everything turned out so well:)

Again Already?....Part 2

Since there is so many of Payton's friends birthdays within weeks of his we all decided to throw the kids a combined birthday party at Blast Off in Idaho Falls! The kids had so much fun playing in the ball pits, dressing up in the make believe section and getting to play arcade games. It was such a blast to watch all them enjoy themselves and then before we left the birthday kids got to go into the balloon box and however many balloons they were able to catch was how many prizes they got!

Birthday Kids: James (4), Isabell (4), Payton (4) and Ian (4)

Parker

Mia

Avery

Quentin

Tessa

Carson and Ellie

Emmett

Lincoln

Are you a Recessionista?

The Recessionista ladies have to decided to show Thanks to their customers by giving away an authentic Coach purse!!!!!!! There are many ways to win so go over and check it out and put your name in the drawing. And then while your over there you should check out the rest of their products. I am really digging the newsboy hats with bracelets and hoop earrings.

Sweet and stylish giveaway!

I recently went to a Recessionista party with a good friend and got some really cute boots for a really reasonable price. They offer so many great products that won't break the bank. I definitely recommend checking out their site. Also if you love giveaways then your going to love theirs! Who wouldn't want to win a pair of shoes or a cute handbag? Right now they are giving away a scarf so go check it out.

AGAIN ALREADY?...part 1

That's right that little thing you see below was once the big thing a little further down. Can it be? Has it really been 4 years? I can still remember waking up at 4 in the morning November 2, 2005 wondering if I was in labor. Soon after my water broke which definitely confirmed that I was indeed in labor and then 9 hours later Payton was here. 8lb 9oz and 21 1/2 inches long, he was beautiful and perfect in every way! Fast forward 4 years and now look at where we are. He is definitely bigger and has changed so much but I still think he is beautiful and perfect in every way even when he is picking on his sister! Happy Birthday bubbas we love you so much:)









*Please keep scrolling down there are quite a few more posts!!

Halloween 2009 edition!

Here are the kids all decked out in their Halloween costumes ready to go trick or treating in our neighborhood!




Let me just say that Parker was a little trooper. She walked our whole neighborhood and would not let me help her carry her bucket that I have to say was pretty heavy. She is so independent she even had to do all the stairs by herself, and if I tried to help she would yell at me!

Trick-or-Treat at the Snake River Landing

I may have gone a little overboard this Halloween with all the activities for the kids but there was so much going on and where they are both at a good age I thought why not!! So on Friday, October 30th I took the kids to the Trick-or-Treat at the Snake River Landing where they had all kinds of businesses there with their trailers all decorated handing out candy to the kids. The weather was a lot warmer which was nice and they kids had a lot of fun. There were a few radio stations there playing music so the kids had a lot of fun dancing.

Here's Parker shaking her thing.

Optimus Prime!

This was at the end after they got all their candy. I took the picture right before a lady unplugged it and it fell on the kids. No one was hurt physically but I do think that Paytons feelings were hurt. I think he thought they did it on purpose so I had to calm him down for a bit. After we were done here Sam met up with us and then we took the kids over to the river to get some more candy.

Boo at the zoo 2009

I cannot believe Halloween has come and past us already this year has gone by so fast!! And once again we tempted to attend the annual Boo at the Zoo at our local and lovely Taughus Park Zoo on Thursday, October 29th!! So we stood in line where I think it was like 30 degrees outside to get our tickets. Payton was being kind of a little grouch because he had fallen asleep in the car and was woken up way too early. We went with our friends Melissa, Carson, James and little Tessa and of course Grandma! Even though it was really cold out the kids seemed to have a lot of fun and candy especially Parker. She would not let go of her bucket it was so cute. All fun aside though I think this will be our last Boo at the Zoo since it is $4 a person and it only takes like 15-20 minutes to walk through!

The ballerina waiting in line.

Optimus Prime!