Thursday, June 30, 2011

Crazy Busy!

I just realized that I really haven't blogged about our life since Mother's Day and I'm sorry about that. Having two little guys has really taken over my life and not a lot of things get done in a timely manner. Needless to say, some things get put on the back burner and blogging seems to be one of them.

Since we have been going back and forth between our home in Sandy - wait, let me rephrase that...our box of an apartment - and Helper, we have been on the road quite a bit. In between that, Jeff has been working a ton and I have started playing softball again after being on hiatus for two years due to being pregnant.

On top of all that, I have been able to take the boys to do a few things. I have also been able to catch up with some friends and even some of my cousins :D

Okay - now to get it out of the way. Since Mother's Day, I have been playing co-ed softball and our team won the League Championship :D We ended up taking second in the tournament. Basically when it comes down to the tournament championship we always seem to fold, which I don't know why.

Jeff and I celebrated our second year wedding anniversary on June 6 and we didn't do anything, but it was nice to know that I have found the love of my life. Colt has officially started crawling - which is making me go even faster then I already move and I was able to take the boys to the zoo for the first time. I ended up going with my cousins Ali and Shemri and we met up with a high school friend of mine and Ali's - Elizabeth and her son Connor. Cash loved Ali's boys and hugged them anytime they were near the stroller. I did learn that it's hard to have little guys at the zoo, but we managed just fine :D

Our house in Helper is great. We love going down there because we have so much room and the dogs and kids have a yard to play in. Jeff's Uncle Mike bought the boys a kiddy pool and we got it out this weekend since Jeff finally had a good block of time off. He has been working so much that the past six days have been a blessing and it was so much fun spending time together as a family. We tried to go camping, but everything back-fired on us and we ended up coming home. Everywhere we tried to go it cost to camp. Seriously!? Back in the day all we did was camp because we could just pack everything up and just go. Now it seems like you have to pay for everything. And really, who takes cash with them while they go camping? We basically drove around looking for a spot close to Electric Lake and Cleveland Lake and couldn't find anything that doesn't cost. We should have just gone with our original plan and head up Ferron, but we decided to try something different. Makes me wonder if you have to pay to go camp up Diamond Fork. I miss our old Gressmen Circle Camp and would love to take my boys there one day to show them where I spent a lot of time for either hunting or play.

Well, on top of all that, we are keepin' on keepin' on and moving along. I am looking forward to the end of July, when I get to go play in a softball tournament with my cousins and uncle. It should be a great time and I can't wait! I'm also starting up my women's league in Heber next week, so that should be exciting. It's been nice playing up there because I miss all my friends there and the boys get to hang out with their grandma and grandpa on those days I play.

Anyways, here are some pictures to show you what we have been up too. Hope everyone keeps smiling!
Playin in the pool Uncle Mike got for the boys

Bug's first haircut - a shaved head!

Colt's first buzz!

A man and his sons - all buzzed!

He is so happy now! We love Colty Wolty!

Sorry it's sideways - the boys' first trip to the zoo

Cash's first train ride at Hogle Zoo

Colt's first train ride at Hogle Zoo

Happy boy!

Checkin out the elephants

Showin some third cousin love! haha
Trying to ride on Raider while I get a picture haha

Playing on the slip n' slide!

Can't make it up camping, get a fire pit!

Cash's first ride on the four wheeler - and not his last!
Did I mention I cut a ton off my hair and made the drastic change back to dark chocolate brown with ruby red high lights! Looks better in person, but wanted to show you a pic. When I had Colt my hair was at the top of my butt!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

What is Your Favorite Album?

Alright, this is probably the most random post, but the 30 Day Song Challenge I have been doing on Facebook has got me thinking... What is my favorite album? In the coming days I have to post a video of the first song off my favorite album, then the next day I have to post a video of the last song off my favorite album. The problem is, I have about four or five favorite albums. The way I figured this out is by the gazillon times I have played these albums and how I know every song off them by heart! I did a lot of traveling when I worked for the paper and when I went back and forth while I was going to school in St. George, so needless to say I listened to a lot of music.  So I have decided that I'm going to listen my favorite albums on here and the reasons why I love them so much so you can get an idea.

Favorite Album #1
This CD burned a hole in my CD player. Not literally, but seriously, I played it over and over and over. I don't know what it is about this CD but I am never sick of it and I am really sad the Dixie Chicks aren't together anymore. I really loved their music and they had some good messages and some really fun songs. This CD brings back a lot of memories and I seriously could sing every song by heart. Maybe I'll bust out into song right now! hehe






Favorite Album #2
Oh boy! See, this is why it's so hard. How can you not absolutely love you some Miss Christina! When she released this album I was in heaven. "Dirrty" is still one of my favorite songs to this day and how can you not love "Fighter", "Keep Singing My Song", etc... This is her best album to date and I wish she would recreate an album like this one. Oh, and if you are ever down about yourself, just turn on "Beautiful". Love Christina!!!






Favorite Album #3
I love me some Mariah. Overall, Mariah is probably one of my favorite artists of all time. This CD got played over and over and over and over while I was at Dixie College and the three other girls who were my BFF's can agree with me on this. I don't have much more to say then the fact that this CD is CLASSIC AND ALWAYS WILL BE! "Won't you be my Sweetheart!!" Again, I love me some Mariah Carey!!!






Favorite Album #4
US.HER... RA.YM.OND!!  Oh Usher, how I love thee! This CD is so raw and I fell in love with it as soon as I heard "Burn". I probably played this CD more then any of my other CD's (minus the one's listed) and still to this day listen to it over and over on my IPOD. Love me some Usher!









Favorite Album #5
All of Jason Aldean's Cd's are so good. But the reason I chose this one is due to the song "Asphalt Cowboy". This song is on my Top 10 lists of favorite songs of all time. I am a country girl and love rodeos, etc... so this song just makes me want to bust out singing! Plus, Hicktown - ya that sums up a lot of my life. Love love love this album!








Favorite Album #6
Hot! This album is just plain out sexy and so is Justin. This album brings back so many memories it's not even funny. I so wish Justin would release another album, but raw like this one and not like "Sexy Back" even though I'm not complaining, because that CD was good too. But "Cry Me a River"... it's you right in the gut! Love it!









See, this is why it's so hard to pick a CD to use for my songs I have to list. When I have six Cd's right off the bat I can name as my favorites, it's hard! I could keep going too, but I will stop for now.

So my question to you is. If you could pick a CD that is your all-time favorite, what would you pick?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Cute Boys!

My favorite boys in the world - well, two of my three favorite boys!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Brotherly Fun...

I love this video. Sorry if it's crappy quality, my phone doesn't take good video so I can email to myself. But Cash was making Colt laugh and I was able to run in and grab a little bit of it. They did this for 20 minutes before I finally stopped doing yard work to grab my phone. Colt just loves Cash!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

What's Been Going On...

Well I always seem to go a little while without blogging and I hate myself for it, but I don't know if anyone even reads my blog, so I guess I can go a few weeks or so without blogging.

We have been busy lately and the boys are definitely keeping us on our toes. Jeff is on a four on, four off work schedule and it is still taking some getting used to. I have started playing softball and I can tell you that I couldn't be happier. I have missed playing and it's so nice to be back. I'm traveling to Heber to play, frankly because I miss my friends up there and it's only a quick drive up the canyon, so it's not too bad. Plus my parents get to see their grandsons every Wednesday :-)


I had a great Mother's Day this year and it was doubly fun because I had two little boys to tag along with me all day long. We ended up going to my parents house because Jeff was working and I got to hang out with my mom and dad and my niece Bentley. She and Cash had a blast playing together and Colt finally got to play some too. I had to come home in a horrible rain storm, but we made it down the canyon and I came home to a cute pig planter filled with plants. I love pigs and Jeff was so sweet to get me that as a gift (as well as my tattoo). I also had dinner made for me - two frozen personal pan pizza's hahaha frankly it tasted delicious. I am watching what I am eating like a hawk so when I was able to have a break and eat something a little more fattening then I am used too.

We have been going back and forth to Helper on Jeff's days off lately too. Since Jeff's dad passed away in March, Jeff inherited his house, so we have been taking care of it and make sure to do all the upkeep on it. It has also been a nice getaway for us to get out of the city. We have a dilemma though because we REALLY want to move back to Helper, but we need to find Jeff a job first. It would seriously save us money to move back because we wouldn't be shelling out rent and we'd have a house and a yard for the kids and dogs to play in. The only thing is, Jeff's job now pays REALLY well and it's hard to find a job in Carbon County or nearby that pays as much as he is making now. We are still crossing our fingers that something comes up and we can move back. I know, weird, that we would want to consider moving back, but frankly we don't want to raise our boys in the city. Both Jeff and I grew up in small towns and we really want the boys to experience what we did when we were kids. We also want to be able to just go fishing whenever we want and not have to driver forever and a day to go fishing. We want to do more camping and we just want the boys to enjoy the mountains and working hard. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with those who grow up in the city, but when you are raised a certain way - you want your children to be raised that way too. It also helps that the person you are married too has experienced the same thing. So if anyone has a leads down there, please let us know. :-) haha

As for the boys - oh boy! I have never met two boys with such personality in my entire life. Colt is already trying to crawl and loves to do anything as long as he can do it himself. He also loves the dogs and talks to them all the time and he really loves to laugh at his brother. Cash is still trying to be patient with him, but he is starting to wrestle with him more and I have to tell him to be soft with Colt. Colt also has another tooth, so he has two now and he is out of his pack n' play and into the big boy crib. We never bought another crib because Cash was so close to getting into a big boy bed, that we just held off. Colt is still a little fussy, but is getting to be so fun - now only if the screaming would go away! haha He screams so loud and all the time! We have started him on stage 2 foods and some people food. He isn't too keen on the fruits, but loves the veggies! As far as our food, he isn't a big fan, but I did give him cucumbers and he demolished them, so that's a good sign. We are also still trying to find him a good nickname.

"Bug" aka Cash, is my little tantrum. He loves to throw tantrums right now over EVERYTHING. On the flip side, he is so smart. He understands a lot more then he says right now and will do anything to be able to play outside. He is also our little daredevil. He climbs on everything he possibly can and is starting to jump off everything as well. It's funny to see him try cuz he gets so nervous to do it. His favorite thing in the world (besides his dad) is football. He can't get enough and yells "hut hut" every time he gets his football. Then he freaks out when football comes on TV and yells "tutdown!" We have also upgraded Buggy to his big boy bed and he is so in love with it! He was so excited when he got out of the bathtub and realized that the bed was for him. He kept climbing out of his crib so much that we got sick of putting him back in every time, so he got his big boy bed. Cash has such a good heart and soul that he just makes me smile when I see him. He also got his first haircut, as we buzzed his head for the first time to look like his dad. I of course cried because he looks like such a little boy right now. We also buzzed his brother's head, so I have three bald boys in the house right now.

As for the dogs - well they are still dogs and we love them so much. Harley and Raider are such a big part of our family and couldn't be happier with the dogs we have - we are very lucky and they are so well behaved. I can tell you that they know when we are going to Helper and they get so excited to go - they love it down there!

Well that's us in a nutshell, so hopefully you made it through and things are good on your end!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

New Ink

Well, I got my sixth tattoo this past week. Let me just say that this is probably my favorite tat. The reason being - it is for the two little bugs I thought I would never have. I wanted to get a tat for my boys and after a little digging I found what I wanted. The flowers are anenome's which is a flower of the sign Scorpio. Since both my boys are Scorpio's it fit. Then I decided to put their birth dates in each of the flowers. If Jeff and I ever decide to have more kids, I know I'll be able to put another flower on there to add. So here you go. :-)