Cluff Family

Two Month Old

2011-09-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

So now that Carter is almost 3 months old. I thought I had better post his 2 month pictures first. He is growing up so fast! I have just loved having this little boy. He is so good and such a happy baby. He is changing so fast. Looking at these pictures he doesn't look the same. We sure have been blessed to have such a handsome little guy and a beautiful little girl. Love my children! :)
The story on the little train. Dave made this little train. He made one also for Carters Birth Mom (Sarah) and one for his Birth Dad (Dennis). The engine is Carter and there are 4 cars behind it that are linked. One for Dave, one for me, one for Sarah, and one for Dennis. We are all linked together because of this strong little engine/boy. It will be something that he can have that is the same as his birth parents and its something that his dad made for all of them. I thought it was kind of cool and I think they turned out so cute. Every little boy needs a train so people have told me. So here is his first train!

I saw this tie and I had to get it! So cute! Ya it's a little big now but it will look soooo good very soon.Daddy's Little Cowboy!

Better Late than Never

2011-09-20T13:24:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while since I have posted. So I decided to get the story of how Carter came into our family on here before it is to late! :)
It was Easter Weekend and we were able to go up to Layton to go meet Dennis and Sarah at LDS Family Services. It was then when were told that we were going to be parents of a new little boy in June. We were so excited but also very nervous that it would all go as planed.
On June 26th we got a call that said Sarah was going in the hospital and hopefully she was going to be having this boy then. They sent her home and it wasn't until June 27th 2011 our little Carter was born in the Lake View Hospital in Bountiful @ 5:07 weighing 7lb 10 oz and 19 in. long. We got our stuff packed and ready to go pick this boy up. We had to wait 48 hours before we could go get him and sign papers. This was the longest 48 hours of my life next to the time we got Emmie! :)
We headed up to SLC on June 28th and stayed with Meggin and Dan. They were so kind to let us stay with them again. That night we stayed up looking at a map trying to decide on a name for this little boy. Oh the names we came up with! :) Thank goodness we decided on Carter and not Chino like Meggin wanted us to name him.
On June 29th Meggin and Dan took us shopping so we could get all the right gifts for everyone that was going to be there at the hospital. We stopped to eat at a great restaurant that we all loved and ate till we could barely walk. Oh but it was soooo good!
At 5:00 we got to the hospital and a few minutes later we had our little boy in our arms. It was the sadest but happiest time in our lives. It is an emotion that can never be described. Sad to see a birth mother and father give a child away but also so joyous that we were gaining another special spirit to be able to raise and teach and be our own. And a SON at that!!! Being able to adopt is the best thing for us. With out these birth parents selfless love we wouldn't be able to have any children, especially these 2 children whom we love dearly.
After we spent a few hours at the hospital we drove home that night. Emmie wanted to meet her new baby brother. She was so excited to be able to become a big sister and what a great big sister she is. He loves her already! (most of the time)

Preschool Graduation

2011-05-24T08:23:00.000-07:00

My little girl is growing up so fast! She graduated from preschool and she was so cute. She said a part that she worked on so much and she had it down, but when it came to say it in front of everyone she forgot it all. Her teacher helped her and she did great. She also sang her favorite song "John Jacob Jingel Himer Schmitt" (how ever you spell it). She was so funny.
Her teacher was Ms. Becky. She is so awesome. Emmie has loved her and preschool. It has been the best thing ever for her. She was the only girl in the class, although she did have a few girls come for a month or two through out the year, but for the most part she was the only girl. I dont think she even noticed.

Most Amazing Weekend!

2011-04-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

We had the most amazing weekend ever! We went up to Layton to go meet our new little ones birth parents. Yea thats right we are adopting a BOY! We visited with Sarah and Dennis and they are amazing people. Sarah is due June 28th so around there is when this sweet little boy gets to join our family. We had the most amazing visit with Sarah and Dennis and there is so much we have in common. It was almost scary how much we were a like. After about 3 hours of talking they announced to us that they wanted us to be the parents of this boy. We were and are soooo excited. Now we just need to think of a great name for him and get our lives ready for a baby again. It will be so different to have a baby in our house again. It has been a long time since we have had a baby. Emmie was soo sad, she wanted a baby sister not a baby brother. It is growing on her. I tell her all the things she can do with a brother and the more we talk the better she is about having a brother.

This is Sarah and me at the agency. She is so tall!Dennis and Dave at the agency.

We then went to Fredonia to visit with Dave's family. We had a great Easter weekend with the whole family. We went to the sand dunes and had a great big Easter egg hunt and then we just played. That night the horses got out and ran the whole mountain side for a couple of hours. It was quite the chore to round up all the horses at 1 in the morning. We found them all and got them back home safely. It was a great and a memorable Easter weekend. We couldn't ask for anything better!

Emmie, before the big hunt. She is so ready, can you tell?

Emmie's big haul from the Easter bunny.

All the grand-kids that were there looking for what the Easter bunny brought for them all.Emmie in her new Easter Dress! What a doll.

Love this Girl

2011-03-10T07:04:00.000-08:00

So I havent posted for a while obviouly! I thought I would make a post finally and post about my awesome good friend Whitni! I just wanted to post these pictures because they are so awesome. Whitni has stage 4 cancer and is in the middle of chemo treatments. I asked her if If could shave her hair when it started to fall out. So here are the awesome hair do's that we did on her. If you are going to have to loose your hair, you might as well do some cool hair styles along with it to see that you will never do those styles again. :) So here they are...................

The start. Last time with hair for a long time!!!

The start of the shave under neath. The style that was in back in middle school! Ugly!

The start of the mohawk! Awesome!

The Mohawk! I think she can pull that one off.

The rats tail! back in Elementary! Eat your heart out Trent Humphries! :)
Cutting the rats tail off!!!

The finished product! Thank goodness she has a goo head!

Sporting the awesome hats now. What an awesome girl. I love how upbeat she is and how strong she is. She is a great example to me. I am so proud to be her friend! Now she has the fight of her life! You can do it Whitters!!!

The Big Black Friday

2010-11-26T17:22:00.000-08:00

So I got to go shopping with 2 of my sisters and it was so much fun. We got some swinging deals and the best part about it is I got a new washer and dryer! Yeah! I am so excited for some clean clothes. :) I got almost all my shopping done for the year and that is a great feeling. We went and did the walmart thing at midnight and got most of the stuff we needed there, then went back to my house for a cat nap until 3:30 and off we went to sears to get the washer and dryer and Misti was a trooper and tackled Target for us. She stood in line for 2 hours to check out. I would say that is sisterly love. Thanks Mis!
After Sears Tiffani and I went to K-mart and got some good deals, then went to Harmons and got doughnuts and chocolate milk. MMM yum! Then we went and kept Misti company while she was still waiting in line. After Target it was off to Bed Bath and Beyond. I would say we hit a lot of stores. Oh the fun we had. After all the shopping we went to parents house for some great breakfast.
I decided it was time to go home and so Dave could be off to Fredonia and relieve him of taking care of Emmie and her cousin Khloee who slept over. When I got home I had a great surprise for me. The 2 girls were siting in my hair station and doing each others hair and I thought it was so cute until I got closer to them and I looked at the floor and saw all of Emmies hair gone. She got a great haircut from her cousin Khloee. They thought they were cute and my heart droped when I say the amount there. Lets just say I hope that will never happen again. I have fixed many of girls hair from wack jobs they have done on them selves but I thought I would never have to fix my own daughters hair! At least I could fix it ok. The crown of her head is still super short, like to the scalp short but that will just have to grow out because I am not buzzing that head. This was a Black Friday I will never forget. At least it is only hair and it does grow back! :)

This is the hair that was on the floor. See the mass of Hair!

My little rooster!!!! This is the awesome Mullet that was done. Oh this had to go!

The crown of her head!

The the first snip of the fix!

The final product!This face says it all!

This is what she looked like with long hair!

Emmie's 3rd Birthday and My Half Marathon

2010-07-22T13:49:00.001-07:00

So Emmie is finally 3!!! How time has flown by. I cant believe that it has already been 3 years since we have adopted her and been in our lives. I cant imagine my life with out her. She has been such a joy in my life. It was so fun to have her birth mom, Tiffany, come and visit. Also Tiffany's brother, Jeff, came with her. It was nice to have them there. We thank Tiffany every day for being so loving and so willing to give this angel to us. She is my angel, miracle, and love of my life.
We had so many family members there and friends. It was fun to be able to celebrate this little girls birthday with so many people we love.

This is the cake or should I say cakes that I made for her birthday. I wasnt sure how many cakes I would need so I just made 2 different ones. Emmie wanted a castle cake so that is as good as it got for being a through together cake and then we made a beach with a patch of grass for her horse to be on. The cakes looked better before I tried to transport them to the park. At least it tasted good. That is what really matters.
Emmie got a bike from us and then a whole bunch of presents from so many people. She was ripping into those presents so fast I couldn't keep track of what people brought for her. So thank you all for the gifts!!!
We played in the water at the park and raced boats down the stream. It was hot but fun.

Last Saturday I ran my first half marathon. I have never ran that far before in my whole life. So I am pretty proud that I even finished. I finished the race in 2 hours and 17 minutes. I didnt even train for the last 4 weeks or so. I ran the Monday before the race to make sure I could remember how to run. I almost ran 10 miles that day. So this race was a great accomplishment. I will definitely do that race again. I almost want to do the marathon but I am not that crazy yet.

This is after the race with my cute family that was there to support me.

I was holding Emmie for this picture but she was crying to put her down because I was all wet. She makes me laugh.

Summer Catch Up

2010-07-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

So much has happened in the last couple months that time is flying by. It has been a very busy, stressful, but fun summer. School ended and Dave has been really sick ever since. We have been to all kinds of Doctors to find out what is going on, finally last Thursday he had a colonoscopy done and that was funny in its self. But in that they were able to find out immediately that Dave has Crohns Disease. So now we know what is going on, we are now in the process in finding out what will help him to feel better since this is something that will not go away. He has lost over 20 lbs in the last month and he cant eat a whole lot. Cooking for him has been very difficult but he is now taking medication for it and he has felt so much better since then and he can now eat a little more than a mouse. I am so glad that he if feeling a little better because it has not been fun for him or the rest of us that have to live with the guy.

We went to Disneyland and Sea World. It was so much fun, except when Dave got sick on Saturday and Wednesday. We went to use our Disneyland tickets that we did the Give a day get a Disney day, and we went on the wrong day!!!! So we couldn't use our free tickets. We will have to go another time. Emmie had a ball in California. She was exhausted every day.

Over the 4th of July, we went up to Riverton and did a booth. I sold my hair bows and tutus and did alright. It was fun to see my sis-in-law and family even though it was a short amount of time. Dave got sick on that Saturday, so my bro-in-law was soooo nice and helped me set up and get ready for the day. Meggin and Daniel were so nice and helped me though out the day and they watched Emmie for me also. Since I didn't have Dave to help me it was nice to have family there.

Last week I made a wedding cake for Brad Baker and his new wife Katrine'. I love decorating cakes but this was my first wedding cake and it was kind of stressful especially trying to get it there. Now I get to work on Emmies birthday cake. Her birthday is on Wednesday and I am not sure what her cake is going to be this year. I better think of something fast because I don't have much time. I cant believe she is going to be 3 already. How time flys!!
This Saturday I have a big race coming up. I am running the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon. I am sooooo not ready. I was training really good and then life happened!! I haven't been running like I should have and so I am going to die but oh well I signed up so I am going to finish what I started. I will let you know if I am still alive or not.
Well that is all for now, sorry for the long post but I am trying to play catch up for the last 2 or 3 months.

EEE I O!

2010-04-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

So this is kind of late, but for spring break we went up to Zions and had a great muddy time. It was cold and snowy when we went but we decided we were still going to go. On the way this is what we had to listen to. I am surprised that we even made it there without going to crazy.

We went on a little trail and it was so much fun and played in the snow and Emmie was sliding all over in the mud. I think she had so much fun and I didn't even care if she got muddy at all. What a good mom I am! Even her WHITE sock turned red. Imagine that!

It was so much fun that I think we will have to do it again real soon!

Happy Birthday Dave

2010-03-03T20:28:00.000-08:00

Today is Dave's birthday and I have been the worst wife ever. Emmie and I took him some balloons and cookies at his work then when he got home we went shopping for his present because I was a slacker and didn't get him one thing. He pick out a razor! Awesome huh? Then we went out to dinner and had some wonderful crab and sushi. I am getting to love sushi so I am glad that he pick that place out. Is this what birthdays are like when you hit 31? Maybe its a good thing!
I want my dear husband to know how much I love him and all the things he does for me and our family. He is always making me laugh and also roll my eyes at the same time. He is a cowboy at heart and I don't think I will ever get him away from that no matter how hard I try. I sure hope you have or had, I should say, a great Birthday.
Man you sure are getting old!!! Love ya babe!

Congrats!

2010-02-22T15:52:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Misti for winning the bread maker. Man that was a great contest! I think I will do another one sometime. Obviously nobody wanted a bread maker. I hope you enjoy it Misti.
Also Congrats to my brother in law and sis in law for their new addition to their family. They had a little boy named Kayson David Cluff. Cute huh! Dave is soooo proud to have a kid named after him, well at least we think its named after him. I guess I will see them this weekend since they will be moving down here then. Horray!

Free Give A-Way

2010-02-17T08:05:00.000-08:00

So I decided it would be fun to do a give-a-way. I have this awesome bread machine that works great. I just dont use it anymore. It does all kinds of bread, I think I even have the recipe book that goes along with it with all of the other kinds of bread. So I decided to have fun and do a drawing for it. FUN HUH! So leave a comment, it can just be your name if you want, and you are in the drawing. I will randomly draw a name and you win! Its that easy. So let the drawing begin!

Valentines

2010-02-17T07:53:00.000-08:00

So my awesome husband surprised me with these awesome flowers. He is the best, Thanks Dave! I felt bad because I didn't do anything for him but I did make an awesome candle light dinner for the family. Emmie loved eating with the candles, she wants to do it every night now. I just wanted my husband to know how much I love him and thank him for my beautiful flowers, my favorite flowers. Oh he got me some oreos too, those are my weakness but I have to have milk with those. What a guy! What a great Valentines Day!

How Adorabow is going

2010-01-12T06:38:00.000-08:00

So I finally got my web site up. I am so excited! It's not totally done but its a start! There is always new bows and items updating so check it out if you are in need of girly hair bows.
The address is howadorabow.com
Sorry that is what I get for posting at 7 in the morning

Free bow give-away

2010-01-09T15:09:00.000-08:00

So I posted the last post website wrong. It is andee-begborrowandsteal.blogspot.com But if you go on that site and find the free bow section and post your name and there will be a drawing for it. But it ends today so get going FAST! I hopefully will have my web site for my bows up soon. But for now why not enjoy a free one!

Check it out

2010-01-05T10:43:00.000-08:00

So my good friend Andee has created a blog that is soooo cool. You need to check it out. It is for those that are always looking for a good deal and are willing to give things away. the blog is www.begborrowandsteal.blogspot.com or you can just link to it from my contacts list. You all should join in and lets have some fun together and help each other out.

Photo Shoot

2009-11-05T13:20:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I took some pictures of my neice and nephew, Julia and Porter, and also I took the advantage to take some of Emmie. So here are some of the results of the photo shoot. Thank you Kathryn for letting me use your awesome camera. Someday maybe I will be able have one of my own.

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T07:52:00.001-08:00

We had a great Halloween this year. We went t0 the trunk or treat that our ward was doing and it was so much fun. Dave had to bring the little pony to have Emmie ride in for the parade and then he gave rides to the kids. They loved it. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Tureks house for soup and doughnuts. They were delicious.
Emmie hated to where the hat of her costume so she was a half witch, but she still made a pretty cute witch.
Here is Emmie with her friends Kimmy and Kassidy.

What a Great Halloween and too much CANDY!!!!!!!

Corn Maze

2009-10-28T13:59:00.000-07:00

We went down to the corn maze on Monday night and it was so much fun. Dave has his cows and the mini horse down there for the petting zoo. He went on monday to give horse and cart rides. This is him in action giving the rides.

While Dave was busy with the horse, Emmie played everywhere! She love the play house they had there and this awesome horse swing. I want to make one of these and keep it at the Cluff Farm. Emmie loved it and didnt want to get off. Her mean mom made her though.

We took our cousin Bryant with us and our neighbor Cassidy. They were good company.

Then we wondered off into the maze. It was a nice walk and we all had a great time. This picture is funny because the first time we took the picture Dave had it eyes closed so I told him not to close his eyes this time so this is as good as it gets.

And here we are at the corn maze. Dont ya love Daves fanny pack. He was using it to keep the money from the horse and cart rides. I just love it in this picture though. Good ol Taz manian Devil himself.

We all had a great time at the Staheli Family Corn Maze, and Emmie loved to boogie at the music. She is quite the dancer.

Memories

2009-10-14T09:37:00.001-07:00

So I was looking at my movies because Emmie loves looking at them and watching people she knows and I came across this fabulous video of Payton and Porter when I used to watch them while Misti worked. Emmie loved this so I had to share it. Oh the crazy stuff we come up with to keep kids occupied and have fun. ENJOY!

Feeding the Ducks

2009-10-09T17:33:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday Tiff came over to feed the ducks with us. They had so much fun feeding them bread and popcorn. Those ducks absolutely loved us. It had been a long time since I had gone to feed the ducks.

Here is a little video of feeding the ducks but I forgot that my camera records the other way. I'm a dork!

Also during conference last sunday I braided Emmies hair. One, to keep me awake and second, to help Emmie hold still for a while. Lets just say I probably wont braid her hair like this again for a long while. This is what she looked like on day 2 right before I took the braids out.
This is what it looked like afterward.

State Fair

2009-09-23T07:48:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went up to SLC to the State Fair. It was fun to go and see what the State Fair was all about. Dave went to show his cows and I went to show my support to my husband. He got a 1st, 2nd, (2) 3rds, (2) 4ths, and a reserved Grand Champion. I say not to shabby. All this time I thought cows were dumb and worth nothing but my attitude is slightly changing, I still have a hard time liking the things but Dave loves it so I am trying hard to like it also. This is Dave showing his cows. I have never been to a cow show, so this was interesting.

And this is what Emmie was doing while at the cow show

I took Emmie around to see what was at the fair and we found this cool place that was for little kids to learn about FFA. So she got to milk a cow, pick some veggies she grew, got wool from the sheep, and all kinds of other things to learn how to grow things for yourself. She had a blast!

This is where Dave spent most of his time... With the cows and talking to all kinds of people about cows and giving out business cards.

I had to borrow Emmie's bows to put in one of the cows hair because people thought she was a bull because of her horns. But Dave wouldnt let those bows last long.

This is what Emmie looked like when we were all done with the fair. I think she had fun by the looks of it. We all were pretty tired by the time we were done and we were so ready to be back home!

Potty Training!

2009-08-20T20:19:00.000-07:00

So we have been working on Emmie with potty training. A girl in my ward, Sara Goodman, told me one time that she got her boy to start using the potty very quickly by sticking him in a cold shower every time he had an accident. So I decided that I was going to try this. First of all in the summer, the water doesn't get very cold. Well I have done the cold shower thing and it didn't work. She didn't like it at first but now she loves it. The other day she came in asking me if she could have a cold shower cause she pooped. She really didnt poop but she really wanted a shower. Now when I say lets get in the shower in the mornings she starts crying and saying I dont want a cold shower, I go potty. I dont get it, first she likes it and now she doesnt. I struggle at getting her in the shower now but when she realizes that it is warm she says go away mom, I shower.
I will concer this thing some day. Although all day she didnt have one accident. Yea!!! I think she is about there. Gotta love her!

Fair Time

2009-08-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

So tonight my 2 sisters, Tiffani and Misti, and I decided to take the kids to the fair and boy was it fun and expensive! I am sure glad the I only had one kid to pay for and not 3 or4 of them. We went to the bear show and the petting zoo, launched rockets for ever, rode a ride or two, had snow cones, played on the playground, dug for dinosaur bones, and got sweaty and dirty! The fair is fun for all! Here are a few pictures that was taken through the night.

Holy Cow I cant believe she is 2

2009-07-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

So Emmie had a birthday on the 14th and I never posted it. We had a cowgirl party and was able to bring the horse Trigger down from Fredonia. We had cart rides and had a great time playing. Emmie got spoiled rotten like always. This the cake I made and I have to explain because everybody doesn't get it. The top part is cow colored so there is the cow part and the bottom is girly so that is the girl part. "CowGirl" cake. The other one I was just playing around with a mess up and Dave actually liked it better but oh well, there they are.Here is Emmie blowing out her candle and Payton is sure blowing right along with her. He wants to make sure her wish comes true. What a good cousin!

Grandma (maka) Turek and Emmie

Grandpa Cluff was so much fun, he let the kids ride on Emmies new saddle and gave horsey rides!

Trigger and Emmie
All the girls at the party

Emmie got a salon chair so she can do her baby's hair and a baby. Emmie sits in it more than her baby does.

Emmies birth dad, Felix, was able to come down the following weekend and spend a couple of days

The 24th of July was so much fun but I didnt get very good pictures. She looked so cute. We were in the Washington City parade getting pulled behind Trigger. Emmie was so funny, she would get the candy and say "here kids" and toss it to them. I think she had a blast.
Here are all of the Stuffed Animals she got at the park. Thank you Uncle Randy!

MMMM I Feel Luck Today!!!

2009-06-12T22:37:00.000-07:00

So today was an eventful day. I got up and went to work and Dave stayed home to watch Emmie and had a daddy daughter day. They went shopping then went to a radio station broadcast to get some Free food and bring me lunch also. While he was there he got Free hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, water, $80.00 engine flush thingy certificate, and Roadrunner Baseball tickets. He brought me lunch and it was great and delicious. I love Free meals. After I got home from work we decided to go to the baseball game since we had Free tickets and we had nothing else better to do. We were at the game and were having a great time. Emmie loved Saturn the roadrunner but when he came close she wanted nothing to do with him. She danced to the music and had a great time. Well at the 5th inning they announced that someone could win a diamond and others could win money at the end of the game. Well as the night went Emmie had a blow out and we decided it was getting late and we had had a great time anyway. So we were walking out the gates and a guy that worked at the game asked us if we weren't even going to stay to try to win. We said she has a diaper blowout but maybe we will come back.
So we were walking out and I told Dave to go back in and I would change Emmies diaper and be back in. I wanted to win something else. So Dave went back in and Emmie and I hung out for a while and changed a diaper then went back in. Soon they called all the ladies down on the field and we all had to get a spoon and when they so go we all would run between 1st and 2nd base and start digging for 10 diamonds. So off I went to go diggin for gold!!! I swear there were hundered of women there ready to dig. Well they said go and off I went and started to dig and dig and dig and dig. I was going everywere trying to find a diamond. Dave came over to me and told me to watch where he was standing and go in a straigt line from where he was. So I followed his line and started to dig more. A player from the team was guiding me also. I finally found a diamond under someones foot. I FOUND A DIAMOND!!!! Well there was only 4 winners out of the 10 but the others got $50.00 gift certificates to McArther Jeweler. So I was just excited I found a diamond. Well they checked all the diamond to tell which one was the real one and they narrowed it down to the four and I was one of them! So to make a long story short I won the Top Prize a 1/2 Karat diamond that was worth $3,100.00 Can you belive I won!!!!! I was so excited and I still am. I have got blisters to prove how hard I dug and how long I dug for this thing. I am also going to be on TV! Life just cant get better than this. Today was a great FREE LUCKY day! Man my muscles are killing me right now from all that digging!

THIS IS ALL ABOUT MY DIAMOND AND IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IS WHERE MY DIAMOND IS. I TRIED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE DIAMOND BUT IT WASN'T TURNING OUT.

Here is one of my blisters that had popped and it still has dirt in it. Yummy!

Here is another blister that I am proud of!

Yipee I am a winner!

If only she could smile

2009-05-22T21:00:00.000-07:00

I bought this hat on line because it looked so cute and it was so cheep so I had to do it. So I decided to take her outside by the new pond that is almost done and take a few photos of her in her hat. This is what I got. I told her to say cheese and she does so well its just that she pulls the greatest faces as she does it. Then she likes to see the picture after it was taken so it takes forever for me to even get one good shot if that. It is crazy this day in life when the kids say I want to see, after the picture was taken. Back in my day we had to wait months before we could see because you couldn't waste film. Good ol technology now days!
Emmie is way to much like myself, just too cute to handle! Gotta love her!

Daughter Like Mother

2009-05-13T21:47:00.000-07:00

So Monday night I started to get sick. My stomach ached and I think I puked like 100 times that night. Well while I was puking in the potty, Emmie came in to make sure her mom was ok and to see what the heck I was doing. She came and said "Mommy OK?" while rubbing my back. Then she kneels down by the toilet and looks in and says oooo sick. I agreed that it was sick and I was sick and to get out of here. Then she starts coughing and then next thing I know she is spiting in the toilet. I am so glad that I could teach her such a wonderful thing and she wants to be like me. At least she made me laugh even when I felt awful. Kids are so great!

Oh, What do you do in the Summer Time

2009-04-21T13:50:00.000-07:00

What do you do in the summer time when all the world is green!

Do you jump on the tramp to get yourself damp

Or sit by some chicks to take some cute pics

OR sit by a stream and Lazily Dream

OR get pulled by a horse cause that is fun of course!

Is that what you do? So do I!!!!!!!

So its been a while

2009-03-25T13:51:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged for a while as you can tell. A lot has happened since I last blogged, so I will sum it up real quick.
We went to Vegas swimming at Aunt Cheri's pool. It was so much fun and I think we will have to go and visit a lot more this summer. Emmers and I need a good tan, they say the tanner you are the skinner you look, I need all the help I can get.

Our car was donated to the kidney foundation. Here is a picture of our car being hauled off. It was kind of sad to see it go but it is nice to have a little more space in the drive way.

On Valentines Tiffani, Kory, Dave and I went shooting and we had a great time. Tiff and Kory kick our butts in a shoot out. I am not so good at shooting targets and hitting them but I sure can pull the trigger real good. Poor Dave had to have me on his team!

Emmie got sick for a good long 2 weeks. She had a cold but a bad one. She had grouse eyes that were swollen and a runny nose and a bad cough. This is what she looked like on a good day. Don't you love the stuck eyelashes, they look real nice!
I went to Pine Valley about a month ago with my friends form high school. It was nice to get away and be with the girls and relax. Thanks Whit for the massage and Kate for the beautiful toes. It is nice to have good friends that you like to hang out with! Thanks for the great fun girls!
The weather has been so nice that Emmie loves to go out and play. She loves it outside but she likes someone out there with her all the time. She needs a sibling to play with so someone besides her mom will go out and play with her. Maybe when Julia gets older she can come and play!

We went camping last week during Daves spring break and it was so much fun. We never have been camping with just the 3 of us. We got to shoot Daves new gun that I got him for his birthday and Emmie loved to where the ear muff thing if that is what they are called.

We are putting a pond in our front yard. This is what it looks like now but I will show you the finishing project. It is going to look awesome!

Dave has been very busy and he planted us a garden. He planted grapes, blackberries, salad mix, peas, beans, and beats so far. He has alot more that he has planted in the green house at his school that he will be planting in our back yard soon. I am soooo excited to have a garden and have fresh veggies this summer.

We have been trying to get our food storage up, we just put together this food rotater shelf. It is awesome at least it will get us going and keep our food rotated.

Well that sums it up for what I can think of right now. I will do better at this blogging thing again. We are going to enjoy this summer I think!

Happy Birthday Mom

2009-01-15T17:38:00.000-08:00

I want to wish my mom a happy birthday. She is a great mom and the best one in whole world. She is so special to me. A few of the many things that I love about my mom is.....

She is such a sponge! She believes everything you say, which is not a bad thing she is very trusting.

She thinks if you are a great person if you are a Mormon! Like in Vegas as a girls weekend and we talked to the jeweler and she was divorced from a MORMON Boy!

She makes a killer grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup when we would come home for school lunch.

She is willing to do anything for anyone. She doesn't know how to say no!

She is a great missionary! I think she could survive the reservation and she just doesn't know it.

She is a great Grandma! She loves her kids and grand kids!

I love my mom! Happy Birthday!!

Emmie has a "FEW" words to say...

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Better late than never

2009-01-06T13:10:00.000-08:00

Play in the snow in St. George!!!

So it has been a very long time since I have blogged, if you didnt know already. Christmas we spent with Daves family. Here is Emmie with the new kitchen she got from Santa.

She got lots of presents but she didnt care all she wanted was the candy cane that was in her stocking. Next year I will tell Santa to just bring her a case of candy canes and she will be happy all year. I say all year because her dad wont let her have very much candy.

She is such a funny girl, she is saying cheese for the camera.

Emmie got to play with her cousin Taiven for a week and it was so good for her. It was teaching her how to share and be nice. I dont know if we got anywhere but it was fun trying.

We got to play in the snow in Fredonia and here is Katie gearing up for the snow and Dave looks like a snowman ready to go cyote hunting.
For New Years we went and partied at my mom and dads with out them. Here is how Dave was bringing in the new year. He was sick and puking up all night. Had I have known he was going to be sick I would have left him home. I had fun at least.

Emmie made it all the way till midnight, I was surprised and she wasn't to bad to be around either.

And how could we forget RJ getting a wrap-a-hoe how ever you spell it. He need to learn how to wipe better seeing the big poop stain on his bumb and underware. Oh good times with the family.

We had a wonderful holliday and many more to come. It is always fun to get together with the family. We had a great volleyball game last weekend and man I am sore. I didnt get any photos of this great event but the memories are there forever. Trudi I will always remember to not jump when ready to spike the ball. Thanks for the tip! I am going to get good at volleyball you just wait and see.

I am starting the biggest loser contest again and I sure hope I win again. It is going to be a tough competition but I am always up for a challenge. I am going against 18 other people. 1st place winner gets $1100.00 2nd gets $500.00 and 3rd gets $300. So any tips I am always willing to hear. By May I am going to look skinnier and will be able to run a 5K with my sisters. To some of you running a 5k is nothing but for me it is a big mile stone. I hate running. But watch out here I come!!!!This is my before pictures. I hope I will look a lot better than this in May!!!

Family Home Evening

2008-11-24T20:36:00.000-08:00

So tonight I decided that we were going to have family home evening. We were talking about making memories. We looked through the scrap book of our life together and then we decided or I decided that we were going to make more memories. I checked out a movie from the library that taught you how to ballroom dance. So Dave and I watched and danced the foxtrot and we were doing the waltz also. We were having so much fun and Dave asked me where Emmie was. We could hear clicking in the extra bedroom, so we stop dancing and went to see what our little angel was doing. This is what she was doing! Our poor laptop lost its buttons. She thought it was fun! So much for thinking we could have so much fun doing family home evening. I guess that is what we get when we don't do something that Emmie would enjoy. That was the end of that. Emmie made sure that we as a family were making memories. Thanks Emms!

"Spook"tacular Halloween

2008-11-02T16:32:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween this year. Monday night for family night we carved our pumpkin, Emmie was a little afraid of the pumpkin this year or maybe it was the stuff in it, what ever it was she didnt want it near her. The night before Halloween our ward had a trunk or treat and it was so much fun. Emmie was a little bee this year (Thanks Kathryn) and she sure was a cute busy little bee. Here is Emmie with her neighbors Kassidy and Kimberly aka Zebra and Tiger. There was also a chili cook off and we won 2nd place, it was so awesome, we won a cocomotion and it is sooo cool. I dressed up like a butterfly/fairy what ever you want to call me and Dave was a cowboy with a missing tooth. That dang bull got the best of him i guess!
On Halloween we went over to Tiff and Korys house for soup and we went trick or treating. Emmie loved it and she was starting to get the hang of it. She would say trick or treat some times but why say it when everyone else says it and you can still get the goods. Here is Emmies cute little bumb that was nice and big.

Yesterday we went out to Fredonia and rode the horses.
Here is Emmie riding Trigger, she was soo cute on him and she did pretty good for riding on him for the first time. She didnt want to ride holding on at first but then she kind of caught on at the last.

Here is Emmie going Potty. I told her to push and this is what it looks like when she does. We have to hold her feet so she wont fall in. She is getting pretty good at going on the potty, I hope when I am really serious about potty training her she wont be to hard. I love my little girl!

Wanna Be A.....

2008-10-22T16:00:00.000-07:00

Emmie decided that she wanted to be a fish today. I went inside the house to call Dave and I was standing in the kitchen and I looked outside and she was in the pond. Luckily she landed in the most shallow part of the pond so she could stand up. She was covered from head to toe. It scared the tar out of me but as soon as I got her out I had to grab the camera for proof. She was covered in moss and she thought it was pretty cold. Thank goodness she was alright. Hopefully this will teach her not to climb in the pond.

Emmie also wants to be like her dad. She loves her dad shoes! I just say that she is just walking in her dads footsteps. Thank goodness for cute little girls that can be wrapped around their dads finger.

Happy Birthday Trudi

2008-10-15T21:41:00.000-07:00

I Want to wish Trudi a Happy Birthday! I totally forgot that it was your birthday Gurti untill I read Tiffani and Misti's blogs. How is that for love? I also wanted to share a few memories that I have that some Misti and Tiff didn't mention.

*You always made us clean the house when you were left in charge when mom and dad were gone. I hated it when they left you in charge because I couldnt play, just be cinderlla and clean all day.

*You busted us when we were doing fashion shows and got mad at us for making such a mess!

* I remember when you and Cheri had breast milk shooting contests, and you shot me clear across the room. You defiantly are a sharp shooter!

* You taking me to get my ears peirced while I was staying at your house.

*You bailing me out while I was stuck at the airport. And letting me stay at your house.

* Your awesome BUMP, SET, SPIKE routine at the motel

*Sing star and the rock wall

* And hear about all the boys you macked on, how many boys did you kiss? 100?

Those are just a few of my memories added on to Misti and Tiffani's lists. Thanks for being such a great Daughter, Wife, Mom, and MY SISTER . I hope you HAD a Happy Birthday!

Going Down Memory Lane

2008-10-06T12:58:00.000-07:00

As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot. Anything you remember. ***I'm going to change this a little, if you have a memory about any of my family members leave it!

2. Next, post these instructions on your own blog and see how many people have a fun memory of you. It's pretty fun to see the responses.

3. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all :)

Can't wait to read your responses!!

By the way, for those that don't know how to comment you click on the link right under this post that says catchy comments and it will bring you to a comment form. If you do not have a blog or a blogger account you can click on name/url and just leave your name and the comment. PLEASE leave a comment!

Fun without the Dad!

2008-09-30T21:49:00.000-07:00

So Dave has been hunting for four days now and Emmie and I have been having a blast I guess you could say. We went yard selling on Saturday and man we got some good stuff for good deals. Yous should have seen us on our way home. Kids and stuff all in the Expedition. I can't believe that we really made it home with all we had!
. Monday we went over to Misti' house and had a chines dinner and dressed up. I thought it would be a fun idea for the kids. The dinner was fabulous also!

Emmie tried on a Halloween costume so Cheri could see it and see if Dalton could wear it. She loved being a frog!

Today I watched Jill's girls and it was so much fun. They are so fun and it was fun to have a little little one around again. Emmie bit Holdyn and I am sruggling with the whole bitting thing, so if any one has any ideas how to break this habbit that would be awesome. Emmie has learned how to bite, pinch and pull hair. No one is going to want to play with her if she dosent start being nice. So that is my struggle with Emmie now days.
I also staightend Emmies hair for the day so here she is with straight hair. It didnt last long, when she naps she sweats and then her hair goes culry again. It was fun for and hour or so.
We are going to be glad to see our dad home tomorrow, we sure do miss him. Life gets kinda boring at nights when Emmie is in bed and I have no one to talk to. I hope he gets a big buck tomorrow before he gets home!!!!!

Broke Down

2008-09-23T12:06:00.000-07:00

So on Sunday Dave and I were in Vegas, we went to pick Jill up at the airport. We had my niece Khloee and Emmie with us. So we are driving back home and we were telling Jill that this car has been good but I hate it, why I dont know but I do. Dave was saying that it has been a good car for us though, When all of the sudden we started over heating then some funny noise started and Daves says " I think our engine is going to blow". Jill has a plan of unbuckling girls from thier car seats if any fire or exposion happens. We start going down a hill and our car dies so we coasted untill we couldnt go any more. We were out in the middle of no wheres land. Nothing but desert! We were about 4 miles south of Masquite. So we called Phill Baker to come and get us with is trailor so we could load the car up and get it home. So we took the girls and played in the dirt AWAY from the highwayuntil Phill got there. Thanks Phill for saving us. We finally got home and I am not even getting a new car out of this. But I do get to drive the Expedition now. I am glad that it wasnt worse than it really was. I dont think Jill will want us to pick her up anymore!

Advice needed

2008-09-17T15:17:00.000-07:00

So I am trying to decide what would be best for Emmie, Dave, and myself. I am needing to decide how long, how often or even if needed to work. I am feeling like I need to be home and be a mom but I love my job, love those that I work with. I cant take Emmie to work any more because she likes to be more social than she needs to. I am wanting opinions not that it is going to make things any different I am just curious. Jill has been my life saver and has been so willing to take Emmie for me. It has been such a huge help, also Shanell Stapley had been helping me to. Thank goodness for great friends.

Here are some great pictures of Emmie in a bucket, falling asleep during lunch, and Emmie and Holdyn siting on the bench trying to catch fish. I am pracitcing my photography skills and trying to take some fun pictures. Man she is a hamm, I just love her!

Life has slipped by so fast!

2008-09-09T15:02:00.000-07:00

So I decided that Cinderella has had enough of the glory and I needed to blog again. Life has been great, working and taking Emmie along with me. She does pretty good as long as I have food she is great! We sure miss playing with Payton and Porter Emmie is lost with out them around. We have to find our own fun now days!!
Emmie love to help her mom alot sometime too much! But we still love her. The other day I was letting her watch me do dishes and I went to wipe off a counter and the next thing I knew she was getting in the water. So this is Emmie helping me with the dishes. She did such a wonderful job I told her she was hired but I dont think she took me seriously.
She also loves to play dress up with her necklaces she thinks she is such a pretty princess.

Here is Emmie with her dad feeding the fish in the pond. She loves to feed the fish with her dad. I don't know if it is just because she is with her dad or to see the fish swim by her but she what ever, she loves it!

Emmie also loves to play with her friends across the street, Kassidy and Kimmy. They came over last night and sat with Emmie on her little bench and they wanted a picture so I did.
Dont you just love Emmie with snot running down her nose. As Grandpa Turek would say, " You have a lambs leg hangin' out of your nose!!"

Well Dave has been selling horses left and right and teaching in between. He is having a great school year so far. I hope it will be a great year for him, he deserves it. I think he likes have his nieces take a class from him. I think he gives them crap though, hang in there girls you can handle Mr. Cluff.
Well I shall post again some time hopefully not to wait as long as I had before!

Cinderella

2008-08-14T20:02:00.000-07:00

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

I always knew I was a princess! I am so happy that I am Cinderella, I always thought she was the prettiest one of them all. I do have to say I have a lot of patience especially waiting for Emmie and now the 3 retarded dogs. I know my dreams will come true now, thanks to Tiffani for letting my take this quiz. Mom and Dad you were right, I am the prettiest princess of the family!!

Fun at the Water Park

2008-08-13T13:30:00.000-07:00

**We decided to go to the water park to let some kids run off some energy and have fun at the same time. We had so much fun. Emmie didnt like to go in the water so much. It was fun to be in the water but fun to get out at the same time. These pictures tell a great story of what went on at the water park

This is Payton trying to get his brother Porter wet.

While on the other side this is Porter trying to push the sensor to make his gun work to fight back. Asking questions all day as he goes!!! and keeps asking until you answer it!!!

Payton thought Emmie looked to dry so he helped her out.

She loved it can you tell?

Finally Emmie escapes and rushes over to the bench for saftey!

Payton and Porter are fighting over the guns. Who is going to win?

Check out those legs. ooo da laa lee

Emmie loves her cousins. I dont know what we are going to do when we wont have the Calico boys around to play with all the time.

After a long day at the park this is what happened after ward. Callie loves those boys. I think she should go and live with them at their new house. I think they would love to replace a few things as she lived there. Think about it Misti, the offer is out there. Tempting isn't it?!?!

Aint That a Peach

2008-07-29T18:11:00.000-07:00

Emmie has found a new favorite thing. She loves to go out back and pick a peach from the tree or one that has fallen on the ground and eat it. I caught her today sitting and sharing her peach with Callie and Boomer. This is Peach number 3 she had picked and eaten. She loves peaches!!

MMMMM Yummy Peach!!
This is Emmies sad birthday cake. I tried to make it look cute but I am not a cake decorator I have decided! We celebrated her birthday on the 24th because we were gone on her birthday. She wanted to see her cousins and aunts and uncles so we had dinner and cake and ice cream. Here are some pictures that we took that night!Emmie waiting to blow out her candle on her cake

Emmie love cake and she loves to wear it also!

Emmie unwrapping her birthday presents. She got spoiled.

This is at Emmies birthday party. We had sparklers for fun!Porter and Traxten are seeing whos sparker is the best looking

This is Emmie with her birth mom Tiffany and her friend Sarah. This was Emmies first time seeing a sparkler.

Nauvoo

2008-07-23T20:57:00.000-07:00

Swinging as a family on the last day of vacation!Emmie glistening in the trees

Emmies First Birthday!

Cutest Pioneer Ever!

Family pack playing in the half hour rain storm

So here is a movie of everything we did out in Nauvoo. It was so much fun! We left on July 11th and thanks to our cousin Jeremy he gave us buddy passes to fly. So we flew out of St. George to Salt Lake, waited there for 6 hours or so then caught a flight out to Kansas City. We then drove all night to get to Grandma and Grandpa Tureks house. We finally arrived there at 3:30 am. It was a long night. Emmie did so good traveling and she slept the whole time on both plane rides. We visited alot of sites and shows. We went to the pagent a couple of times. We learned alot about the pioneers and what they went through. I am sure glad I live in the days now and I wasnt a pioneer. The Lord knew what he was doing when he sent me to earth when he did.
We had a wonderful time visiting with my parents. They are such wonderful people and they did treat us great. I think I gained 5 pounds while out on vacation because of moms wonderful cooking. I have missed my moms homeade cookin'. Well the movie pretty much tells what we did so I wont bore you. The trip home was a kick though. We decided to leave on saturday the 19th instead of Sunday the 20th. The flight looked better on saturday so we risked it. Well Emmie and I got on the plane and had to leave Dave in Kansas all by himself. He had some cousins that lived 1 1/2 hrs. away that came and picked him up and let him stay with them for the night. I got stuck in Salt Lake so I called my sister Trudi to come and save us. She was so kind and let us bombard her house. She also took me to Walmart to get a few things like diapers and formula that was needed. All of our luggage was sent to Saint George so we had nothing. I wore the same clothes for 2 days and man did I stink. luckily Trudi had some clothes for Emmie to where. The next day Dave missed the first flight then the second also, so he just bought a ticket instead. He was tired of sitting and waiting. He wasn't going to get on until Tuesday if he didn't buy a ticket. He arrived in SLC at 5:30 we picked him up and we drove Kory and Tiffani's new car to them. Thank goodness they had a car to take. Nauvoo always has a great ending to it. It somehow ends up costing us a little more than planed and it always ends up at Sundance where my brother Rick works picking up a car to get home. Great memories. We sure know how to have some fun times!!

Adventurous Month

2008-07-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

So it had been a very long time since I have bloged so I will try to catch you up as best as I can. I will do another blog about our trip to Nauvoo. I have quite a few cute pictures that I will have to try to fit in. So first of July I had girls camp. It was lots of fun.

Here is a picture of our girls and their cute camo attire.

Then it was the 4th of July. Dave, Emmie and I took Aunt Ada to breakfast at the park and we had a great time. This is Dave and Emmie riding the cow train at the park. She loved to ride that bull. Dave was wishing that it was a real bull.

Then I tried to get Emmie to race. She couldn't really walk that great at that time so I thought she would do great in the crawlers race. Well the horn blew and Emmie just watched the guy that blew that loud obnoxious noise. She didn't want to crawl to her dad at all. So here is a picture of her crying because we thought that if Dave encouraged her to come to him with his cell phone she would come. Well that just made her mad that she couldn't get the phone. She was still cute anyway.

Then on the 5th of July her birth mom, Tiffany, came to visit for the weekend. We were going to be gone on Emmies birthday so she wanted to come and see her before she turned one. It was great to have her visit. Hopefully it wasn't to boring for her.
So here is Tiffany with Emmie!

So that sums it up until Nauvoo. We went Nauvoo on the 11th of July and we had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa Turek. I will blog about that one next which will probably display on my page first which is ok. Anyway let just say this month has been fun and adventurous! This is Emmie at the airport in SLC waiting for any flight that would take us!

Happy Fathers Day!

2008-06-15T07:36:00.000-07:00

Today is Fathers Day and I wanted to let my dad know how much I love him. I decided to do a tribute to him and remember all the great things about my dad!
FAVORITE SAYINGS:
Were you raised in a barn?
Hello?!!?
Hide the bread!!!
I love you!
You are my favorite daughter Kandice! ( Ok he never has said that, but it sure sounds good!)

FAVORITE MEMORIES:
*When Misti was changing her oil and it spilled all over the place and at the same time I was putting up my awesome pool and it flooded the shed while my dad was in between it all and man you could see the smoke and fumes coming out his ears. Aint girls fun Dad!
*When I would come and do the "universal" and jump on his bed.
*When he would take us to the school and play on the scooters and then take us in the library. I thought it was so cool to be in the Bloomington school.
*Bringing him home messed up milk shakes from Charlies and eating them together at 11:00 pm.
*Watching him rototill the garden while I sit and eat a Popsicle.
*Having him help me with my homework especially math and I hated it!
*When Dad was put in the St. George temple presidency and he was able to seal Dave and I together.
*When I got to see him for 7 hours in Nauvoo before we had to leave to pick up Emmie
*When he was able to come home and seal Emmie to Dave and I. That was such a neat experience.
These are just a few of my favorites about my dad that I love! Thanks for being such a wonderful Dad. You have always been there for me. You are the best! I love you lots and lots!

Dave:
What a great dad he is to Emmie. It is so much fun to see what a great dad he is. He loves to give Emmie horsey back rides and loves to dance with her. He teaches her Spanish and English. Thank goodness he is a teacher! He is a great teacher and husband. I love him tons and tons!

Daves dad:
What a great man he is. He loves his grandchildren and children. He will do anything for anyone. He loves his mini farm or at least loves it when his grandkids or children come and ride his horses and milk the cows. He is a proud Grandpa and Dad! I love you lots also!

To all the Dads or soon to be dads out there, HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

My little pioneer

2008-06-08T14:45:00.000-07:00

Dave went on a Pioneer Trek this last weekend. He grew out his hair a little longer than usual and grew a full beard just for the trek. On Wednesday he left for Fredonia to get his horses and cows and then on Thursday he headed up to Enterprise to meet the youth in our stake for their youth conference. He said that it was great except thy were really short on food. On Thursday after taking care of the horses he went to get some food and it was all gone. So to bed he went on an empty stomach. He taught the kids how to milk a cow and he also got to be the mail deliverer on his horse. I guess they really got to experience what the pioneers really felt like. I am sure glad that I wasn't a pioneer back then. It is nice to have my husband back again and him looking like him self again. (I am sure the cows and horses were glad to be back home as well.) We cut Dave's hair and he shaved his face bald. He looks like a totally different guy. What a great man Dave is and I am glad he is my husband. High five to Dave, oh, and i guess a kiss too!!!

This before he left for the trek

This is the day he got home

What he looks like now!!

catch-up

2008-06-03T13:49:00.000-07:00

Just to catch you up on life. Sorry Sisters in St. George for not being on top of things and changing my blog. I will try to do better.
Yesterday was my birthday and it was a great on. Turning 27 is great I guess. Dave gave me breakfast in bed with my favorite, French toast with whipped cream and strawberries and also a sausage and fried egg. MMMM it was delicious. Then we went shopping and bought something for Emmie of course because she is the princess at all times. Then later on in the day Misti took Emmie while Dave took me on a motorcycle ride up to Kolob. Man did my butt fall asleep but it was fun. I love it when bugs splatter all over my face and teeth. It gives me more protein in my diet! Then we met Misti and Todd and family with Emmie, and Tiffani and Kory and family, at the lake. We had a BBQ and swam and the boys went fishing. It was so much fun. Emmie especially liked the Birthday Brownies. She thought those were the best, so did I. She defiantly is my daughter! Chocolate!!!
Here are some pictures that I have taken in the past.......

Emmie at the St. George water park with her cousins Tanner, Luke, Porter, and Khloee. Look at Payton thinking about something on the side of the water in the background. Or maybe he is dreaming of being a model or fashion king!

Check out this cute blond chick! Khloee at the water park. Emmie LOVES Khloee when she isn't sitting on top of her! :)

Life as a working mom

2008-05-21T13:11:00.000-07:00

I decided that life as a working mom isnt the funnest. I would much rather be at home with Emmie and play all day with her and be able to get things done around the house. I love to do hair and I love to be able to visit with those that come in to get their hair done but taking Emmie with me to work is added work that isnt to much fun. Today she was so tired but wouldnt go to sleep. Finally when we are ready to leave she falls asleep. Typical Emmie! She likes to see her mom sweat bullets and ready to pull her hair out before she does what her mom wants her to do. What am I going to do when Aunt Misti moves to LaVerkin? I want to thank Misti for helping me out so I can go to work. So a BIG THANKS to MISTI ,oh, and Payton and Porter!!!!!!!!! Emmie loves those boys thank goodness.
Well here is a new picture of Emmie that I took this week. I did her hair curly which she has natural curl it just goes straight if you dont put gel or hairspray in it. So here is the cutie pa tootie herself. Also I put one of her in our back yard. Oh how we love our back yard, it is so relaxing. In this picture Emmie is in our garden area and by the pond. I will have to get a picture of our beats that we are growing. They are doing quite well. I love gardens!!

Emmie on the Move

2008-05-16T19:39:00.000-07:00

Just finished dinner, BEANS!

My little cheeser

Evidence of who has been stealing the pond plants

Emmie and her HOT MAMA!

Hey PUPPY!

I tried to get the next video on but it wont go. So here are some pictures of Emmie outside playing in the pond. She loves to pick her dads plants out of the pond and then blames it on the dogs. She thinks it is quit funny when she can get the plants and through them on the ground and splash in the pond. She also loves eating beans as you can see, she looked liked she had mud all over her face it was great I had to snap a few photos. She also loves to go in and out the doggie door. This is just some proof to prove to her that she really did love to go and did fit out the doggie door. There is also a picture of her hot mom and her sitting by the pond. OOOO da la leee!
Emmie is 10 months old now and she sure can act it also, if that is how 10 month olds act. She is so funny and so full of personality. She defiantly knows how to get what she wants and knows that she is the princess in our family. Emmie is going to have a rude awakening when she gets a sibling some day.
Well there is some update so far! I will keep trying!

Videos of Emmie- 0-1 month old

2008-05-07T13:18:00.002-07:00

I decided that I am going to put Emmies videos the I have made of her on. This one is when she was 0-1 month old. I will put the rest on as we go. I hope you all enjoy, but probably not as much as I do!