Neighborhood Summer Party

Our neighborhood put on a fun night at the park with delicious dinner and fun games for the kids - I wish I would have taken more pics but oh well!

Daddy kisses Kylee - this is one of my favorite pictures! She had so much fun just running around! The world is her playground since she started walking at 16 months old!



Jamon got a balloon painted on his face! He loves getting that done! Any excuse to get paint (colored) on him!



He went fishing and got a toy car and a candy and then decorated his cupcake with pink frosting and candies! Every kids dream!



We are so glad we have great neighbors and feel so lucky to be in a great ward!

Memorial Day at Rockport

Here is our life for the past few months! I probably waited so long to post that no one will even see this! :) Anyway, I will start with Memorial Day.

Jamon throws bread to try to lure deer closer to the trailer so we can see them! Unfortunately we didn't see any up close this trip!



Kylee is entertained with a box of tissues - it rained a lot of the time, but we still had so much fun!



Jamon gets ready to roast marshmallows - totally delicious!



Daddy teaches Kylee to roast marshmallows!




Daddy feeds Kylee a roasted marshmallow - YUM!

overview of life changes

Brandon told me once I started with facebook I wouldn't blog anymore - guess he was right! I am going to try to do more though! Quick overview of changes we have had in our family:

Brandon is on his own now for work (no partnership anymore)doing the same thing as before but BC Grafx ceased operations as of March 31. He is now Prophase Design and has a little shop area in Layton. He loves doing graphics, designing websites and such and we are excited to see how he can do on his own! He works so hard and I know he will do amazing!

I was laid off April 30 (as I think everyone knows by now) and now I work Mondays and Wednesdays at Mountain Orthopaedics. I love what I do - schedule surgeries, call in prescriptions for patients, and basically answer phone calls from patients that will have surgery. I work for Dr. John Edwards and he specializes in knees and shoulders. So I will be learning some anatomy of those body parts! They are very patient with me and it's been just great! The best part is I have SOOOO much more time with my kids now! We ALL love that part! I am planning to have play dates with Jamon's friends in the neighborhood, go to the park a lot, and I may invest in a zoo pass! My kids really love animals - even Kylee growls at them in books and at pets! I feel so blessed to finally have my prayers answered!

Well, that's it in a nutshell. With having more time off I do hope to post pics and keep this going again! I love reading all of yours - thanks for sharing! It does help to know what everyone is up to!

where does the time go?

Our lives are ever-changing and there has been no time to update the blog! We have been boring as far as events go, but I will get pics up in the next week I hope! For those who don't know, Brandon has moved his business into our garage and BC Grafx no longer exists. This is bitter/sweet, as was my cut hours, and we are adjusting. It's great to have him home more, but he has been beyond busy tying up loose ends! He will try to go it alone this time, and keep doing graphics and web design. It's hard to do it all by himself! He is an amazing worker though and tries hard to do all he can! I also started selling Scentsy and so we have just been busy trying to make things work! We are happy and the kids are great! I think we are just learning a lot of life's lessons that can only be taught by experience and of course, being humbled! I feel very blessed though, as I know things could always be so much worse than they are! I just hope for things to get back into a good groove and settle down a bit! Hmmm, I wonder if that is even possible!? Well, enough rambling. I will do a more interesting post with pics next time, I promise!! Thanks to all you family and friends that support and love us! We appreciate you so much!

Update

Sorry it's been so long! My hours were cut at work so I don't have my lunch break to post things!! I must say that this is bitter/sweet as I LOVE being home with my kids more and taking & picking Jamon up from school! Of course we depend on my income, so we are worried how things will work out, but they always seem to work, we just have to adjust!
I am loving this spring-like weather! I took the kids to 2 parks last Saturday and we had a blast! Jamon is so big to just play and climb on things and Kylee was so cute in the swing! She just giggled!
Well, I hope to post more soon, with pictures especially!

Happy Family

I just thought it would be fun to post some happy pictures of our family from the last month. As most families, we are feeling the crunch of the times and therefore have stress. However, these are the times that keep us happy!

I am so lucky to have a very good looking husband who loves me inspite of my quirks! I love you so much, Brandon!

Jamon and Kylee are the light of our lives and I love to see them interact and be so cute together! Jamon is a very proud big brother!

Jamon loves to help wake Kylee up, so he stands on a footsool to look into her crib. Here she was going down for a nap. He is just so cute with her!

Jamon and I made sugar cookies together. It was actually really fun to let him pick out Christmas trees and candy canes even though Christmas is over! He loves to help in the kitchen!


I love to see Brandon playing with the kids! The LOVE to play in laundry baskets so he was pushing them up and down the hallway!

I am counting my blessings each day as we get through this crazy time of our lives, and I am so thankful because I know things could always be so much worse! I really feel like our lives are so blessed. I am so happy to be part of a loving family!

Happy 1st Birthday, Kylee!

For Kylee's birthday party this year, we combined Brandon's and my families so I asked each of our mom's to make a pot of spaghetti, so here's Brandon with a plate of 3 different spaghetti's! It all turned out so yummy - thanks, moms!


And Kylee loves spaghetti!

I went with a little bit of a flower theme, so Mindy - my life saver! - was willing to help me with the cake(s) again out of cupcakes! I think they turned out really cute! Thank you so much, Mindy!

Kylee got some fun toys:
Here she is "flying" over this round blow up toy - reminds me of Ariel on the rock - lol!

Of all the fun things,she LOVED these little discs that are like mini frisbees!

And her very own laptop - since she always wants to play with her brother's McQueen one! (I just love her pointer finger! So chubby and cute!)



Kylee didn't know what to think of her cake. Here is Jamon by her side, ready to "help" his sister blow out the candle!


Daddy had to help Kylee get started


Digging In!



Getting messy eating frosting - yummy!


"I did it!" Such a messy girl, but so much fun!

I love to see how she has grown over the past year, but it makes me miss my newborn baby girl! She was born on a beautiful snowy day and it was fitting that it snowed on her first birthday!