Mexico 2010

We surprised my niece Jaedyn with a cruise vacation to Mexico. She deserves it more than any other 10 year old girl I know. She was rather confused when we gave her sun screen, sun glasses, and a sun hat then we gave her plane tickets and a picture of a gigantic boat! She was still confused until Kiah yelled “Your going on a cruise with us!” So we told her that we had bought her all new clothes and that we were really excited to take her with us. Let me remind you this is the first time she has been anywhere on a plane or a big boat! She quietly asks “when are we going” Uncle John says “bright and early in the morning!”  The excitement started setting in! Here are some non edited pictures of our trip!

Puerto Vallarta-Matalan and Cabo San Lucus

   

We even stopped at Disney District! To bad we did not have enough time or money to go to Disney Land!

Love you Jaedyn, we had sooo much fun with you! Can not wait to do it again! Hugs and Kisses!!!!

This blog post is for you Mom!

Do these pictures remind you of anything? It sure does to me! I remember baking and cooking with you all the time! I thank you for teaching me these things to pass onto my daughters! It sure made for a fun day after school! One of my favorite things about having two kids it when you get to see them truly love each other.

Love you!!

Stunning!

 

 

Mother’s Day

I am so blessed to be the mother to two of the most beautiful little girls I know. They are truly such an amazing gift from God!

Here are some pictures of my own family. I am always taking photographs of other people family I thought I would share some of my own. Even John got behind the camera.

 

My Oh My!!!!

I know for a fact I have never in my life been so overwhelmed! Nope not when I was in college, not when I got pregnant at 20, not planning my wedding, not having blood clots, I could go on and on. Why you ask????? Applying for a mortgage and LOOKING FOR A HOUSE TO BUY! Yes I yelled that. Although I still have time to laugh about it. I laugh because as I prayed about this excited new step in our life. I never thought I would feel like this. Okay I prayed but it was more of a plead, beg, and pouting to God to bless us with a loan. (Not so easy to get a loan as two independent contractors, not all glory owning your own business) Oh man what did I get myself in to? I am sure God is looking down saying to me I told you so. Now that I got what I begged and pleaded for I am not sure I want it anymore. Sorry God! Okay I do want it but I thought the hard part was over when we got our pre-approval. Ahhh No!!! Looking for houses is way harder! Oh did I forget to tell you we had a total of 3 weeks to get approved, find a house and make an offer to get in before the $8,000 tax credit?

It may sound like I am whining, well I guess I am a little. I am truly feeling blessed and am excited on our crazy journey!

We leave on vacation next Sat and I have NEVER, EVER in my life ever needed a vacation this bad.

So stay tuned...... We have 3 days left to find a house! hahahahahaha

Tulip Farms 2010

We had so much fun going up to Skagit Valley on Saturday. The weather was gorgeous and the fields were in full bloom. We headed up there with four of my internet friends aka: some of the best girlfriends you could ever ask for! Hailey loved the puddles! I guess I have never let her have a free for all in a puddle of muddy water. It made her day! After looking back at these pictures is showed me how fast my girls are growing up. Kiah has turned from a beautiful little girl into a gorgeous young lady! I am so blessed to call these two girls my daughters! Love you both more than you will ever know.