Black Mail baby!!

Preston's lookin away to be polite, but can't hold

back laughing.

Dress up! I assure Nate it's better now than later!!

Mr. Unibrow, After he snuck into my mascara!

This picture scares me a little....

Date..anybody..Date?

Katie and Calvin

Pictures are taken with phone!! can ya tell???

Me and my cute cute hubby!!

Date Night? It is so hard to have date night with life right now, but Nate and I decided that we're too important!!! So we have had some fun date nights in the past few weeks. We started off by going to dinner to Stoneground downtown with my best friend and her hubby Katie and Calvin..I have known her since forever ago when we use to get each other in trouble in high school math class! I will say I have been very fortunate to stay best friends with my best friends from high school!! But whats even cooler is that our husbands get along. Anyhow we had a blast talking the night away. these our friends that we have been known to talk till 7am in the morning with..this night we had to get home early cuz We had Mason my nephews Baptism in Tooele the next morning at 10 and there was no way we were missing that!
Anyhow it was a needed break to regenerate nate's and I's relationship. well we loved it so much the next Friday we went to Cafe Rios (where our first date was) then headed over to a late showing of transformers 2 (LOVED IT)! We have great family support that helps us with our little chublitts when we need to hang out without them. Then that Saturday we decided to go on a date with Tavis and Hailey..we had used all our "date night funds" for the pay period so we took them to the ducks....

Tavis and Hailey feeding the ducks

Tavis and Hailey being buddies!

Nate and I on the park bench brewing over how adorable our kids are...

Date night is so important to showing each other that you care and taking the time to simply "take the time" makes a HUGE difference in your happiness together!!! I challenge you all to have a date night this week...it's really fun and it doesn't have to be expensive..just budget for it and make it a priority..cause when it comes down to it it's not what your doing thats important..its the time spent together that counts.

One on ones

Fortunatly Nate has a job that he is his own boss! Which means among the perks of him being able to make his own hours, He also gets to bring Tavis to work with him on occasion. Tavis LOVES this! So does Hailey ..she LOVES to have mommy all to herself. It's great to have one on ones with our kids. They are 4 and 2 so they have to compete constantly through out the day for our attention cause they are ALLWAYS together. This has been a great way for Nate and I to give each child the deserved attention. Tavis has really been acting out lately..his mouth has just gotten out of control with his bigger than life attitude. We have been worried about him because it's been going on for over 2 weeks now and we have tried everything consistantly. We finally came to the conclusion that his "love language" must be quality time at this time in his life and he hasn't been getting the BEST quality time this summer because life is very busy. Nates job is booming and I just started my own business so even though I am home with my children sadly to say sometimes Im not here mentally ,because we have seen a huge change in Tavis's attitude Nate, being the most awesomest Dad has taken Tavis to work twice this month with him..and its made quite the difference in his eyes, smile, and attitude. I am trying really hard to make an effort to actually "play" with my two little best friends. today we got legos out and played 3 types of games with them. did I have the funnest time of my life..No.. but I really enjoyed seeing the difference in my childrens emotional stability, which is way more satisfying than anything I do in my business I really believe that quote that says something like "no accomplishment out of the home is more important than in the home." I really messed that up but you know what I mean! We are excited that next week we will be in St. George all week, and yes two days are for my business but the kids will get to swim their little hearts out with daddy while i'm gone, then the rest is all for just the family.

I told Nate that I was nervous for a whole week away with Tavis and his Attitude and Nate looked at me and said this is exactly what he needs..a whole week with just mom and Dad...he's right. Im so thankful for him and for our partnership in life..I looked at him this morning while we were both getting ready and said " I love our life together, can you believe that we are going to be celebrating 5 years ? and don't you think that it just keeps getting better?" he got a little smirk on his face and I said what? why are you laughing? and he hesitated and said..I'm just tired, and this is one of those deep conversation things right? I just laughted, smacked his butt and walked out of the bathroom with my own smirk on my face..He's such a guy!! But I love that about him..cause seriouslyI wouldn't want to be married to anybody else!! my favorite one on ones are with my hubby...wink wink!!

The Power of Prayer....

So my friends little girl who's 5 was visiting her Grandma and Grandpa over this past Fast and testimony meeting. The little girl wanted to bare her testimony so happy Grandma let go of her hand and gently nudged her up to the podium where she got up and said confidently: " I believe in the church , I believe President Monson is a prophet, I also really believe in Prayer. Last night my nanna, papa and I couldn't find my best friend Teddy Bear, so we all knealed and prayed, as soon as we said amen I opened my eyes and the son of a bitch was right there!!".

needless to say they had to excuse everybody to their classes cause even the Bishopric couldn't stop laughing!!!!

Home

I'm Not Proud at all hA hA..Just really really EXCITED for our very first home. as you can see I am a rookie at the whole flower thing. But atleast I'm certain about 3 things.1:you should allways have a plan before you step foot into a flower store. 2: Not a good idea to bring 2 very tired children by yourself.3: you have to water your flowers atleast once a day alot of times twice...I don't think I even drink that much water!

The first time Nate saw our house was two weeks after we were under contract. all I had to do was tell him it was a third of an acre and show him The "football field" on the side and he was sold. I want to add a third car garage and he's having a hard time with that..cuz he says it will cut into his "field"..he's a basketball player..Ijust don't get it!

Needless to say the weather has been good to us first timers with our lawn, Garden, and flowers.

I love walking/running in the morning before the sun comes up with friends in my neighborhood, and sometimes alone. I come home and go straight to my back porch swing where I stretch do yoga ,read, meditate, and enjoy the sunrise before the chaos of the day begins. Hailey now checks out back when she wakes up cuz she knows mommy will be on the swing! I water my flowers and pop the dead flowers off..it's quite addicting. I even went out when it was winter..but just for the run. I love spring summer and fall..not a big fan of the winter. Anyways, I love my yard just as much as the inside and I really have fallen in love with area.

Girls Camp....?

Wait...Who's camping? I thought I was the one campin out all week lookin grungy!! Hmmm..guess the kids didn't want to be left out. HAHAHA Okay so Nate is the most amazing dad I have ever met. He took the whole week off to hang with the kids while I went up with the girls in my church and roughed it for 3 days. I'd have to say the only flaw is that he dresses Tavis and Hailey like they are "ragga muffins"!!! before I left Hailey would come to me in the morning with hair bows and a brush saying"cute momma cute momma" well all the 2 and half years of training I've been doing went down the drain in 3 days. Now she screams if she even sees a brush in the morning..Bright side...she's too young to remember the socks and jelly look!! No, really I am so grateful for NAte..He is a very active Daddy. He would rather play tag with them than play video games, Or plant corn with them then plant his butt on the couch and watch T.V. Trust me I know how lucky I am. and so if he doesn't dress them accordingly...thats okay. I'll learn photo shop soon enough!! Love you Nate. your the BEST!!

Lagoon

LAGOON...hot, sticky, tired, long lines,expensive....I could go on with my opinion of the place..but that's all been changed by our last visit ......The day was ...PERFECT!! the weather was in the mid 70's, we got free and discounted tickets, food was free and GREAT! Kids didn't have to wait longer than 5 minutes for every ride(and this was on a Friday) Hailey was really tired but too excited to care..she is my little dare devil. the only ride she cried on was the bumper cars...go figure. She kept asking me to take her on the catapult ride which is that big iron ball you sit in and they catapult you forever into the sky and all for just an extra 40 bucks!!! I told her when she was 20 she could go...she kept saying..."I 20, I 20 now momma" It was a great day, and to top it all off we had Grandma Bonnie, Aunt Mandy and the cousins to enjoy it with!! How crazy is this...it's all most the same to go to Disney Land as it is Lagoon...there needs to be some competition up in here guys...
Adult pass: 45.00
child: 42.00
Toddler: 21.00
Parking in the cow pasture: 8 bucks