Holiday Boutique, Tomorrow.

Life is sooo GOOD!

Here to our side of the story, Life is good! I am realizing more and more everyday how grateful I am for sOooo Many things. I honestly, cannot say I have much complaints. With Thanksgiving approaching and the heart felt emotions of being close to family and recognizing each one of our family members I honestly have to say I love and adore each and every one of them. From parents to siblings to in-laws, every single one of them I cannot imagine not being apart of them. They are all a big factor in who and what I am. I AM FAMILY. It is amazing to me how much they all infuluence and are truely a great inspiration to my life.
Nate & I are recognizing a lot of our blessing and how grateful we are for our health and the things we have to fullfill our needs and desires in life. Especially grateful for Eachother and our sweet little girl. Desiree brings so much Joy into our lives! More than I could ever express. We have some great goals ahead of us. But how Joyful we are for what we have! I am so grateful for this time of year to really reflect on the Good in our life! The ugly can sure be ugly sometimes, but boy do our Blessings always outweigh the bad.

I have come to LOVE the Dove chocolates, not only do they melt in your mouth, they are so devine! they Have these fun and tender messages inside the wrapper...

In my Dove chocolate Promises Message today: Count your Blessings, not your worries.

This really hit me. It is awesome how focusing on our blessings, really makes our worries seem so little. :)

Scentsy Candles

I am having an Open Basket Scentsy Party. Great for Christmas gifts.
You are welcome to stop by to see what's new. I'll have the samples and everything until Thursday, November 20th. I am willing to bring them by to you as well.
Call me with questions.

Budgeting and Christmas approaching!

Earlier this year Nate and I have set ourselves goals and determination to get our life bugdeted and in order to be financially careful in our spendings and our paying of debt.
This is very sad to admit but after being married for 5 years we still hadn't known the basics of money. We have learned things as we've grown with adulthood, but I can't recall being sat down and actually shown how important or even how to track my $$$. If you are anything like we were, we often found ourselves frustrated monthly with eachother in why we came up short every month! With our recent discovery.. (it took almost a year for me to realize!) We were always spending more a month than what we actually were bringing in! YIKES!!! Of course our overdraft became our best friend and we are forever grateful for the savings in overdraft fees and any other kind of extra money we were spending by going in the hole! With some guidance with a couple of GREAT!!!friends, we were introduced to Quicken. This program has allowed us to talley up our bills and spendings and the best part is this.. we run reports on what our spending habits are and categorize what each reciept was for. This has allowed us the opportunity to actually BUDGET!
Nate and I sit down and we talk about and now have an understanding of what money we really do have and really make conscience decisions together in what our wants and our needs are and we now motivate and help eachother in where our money is spent each month. We found unusual and very unhealthy spending habits, And a lot of unnecessary purchases... okay I love shopping! and we ate out A LOT! I have now learned what my limits are anyway, to make a long story short!
We recently went through and budgeted for the rest of the year, especially with the holidays approaching rapidly we found that we have very little to spend. :( Sad day for me.
I have found a few specific blogs that I reference to frequently for inspiration and guidance in my life. Some of them, happen to be a relative of a friend or a friend of a friend but I am hooked at the constant reminders of life these blogs bring me. And I have to share a link to a site that was up on one of them that freshened my whole perspective on my budget and the spirit of Christmas. check it out here:
http://theerrandofangelsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-slacker.html.

I would love to hear any ideas you may have on budgeting.

Some Favorite Summer pics

I've Been Tagged, don't worry You are not next..

Two names you go by:
1. Mommy
2. Loopie

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. New York hat
2. Wedding ring

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Garden ( I grew zuccinni's this year! :) )
2. Read

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. A shower, just got back from camping.. waiting for the wash to get done ;)
2. to see my mama sita!

Two favorite pets you have had or have now
1. Desi has a pet fish named Princess, she got her for her bday from Uncle Adam.
- Thanks Adam, the best pet ever! very low maintance and doens't shed or leave stains :)
2. Not much of a pet person, however, I have had a couple of really good dogs growing up.

Two people who will fill this out:
1. Not torturing anyone. You're are welcome to use if ya want though. I am not even going to tag anyone... I just thought it would be something fun to post, since I am a slacker. (by the way, sorry about that, I really need a new camara and haven't had any pics to post.. i don't like to post without pics... :)

Two things you did last night:
1. Sat around the campfire with the best company ever!! My family. We all had some great laughs and great memories.
2. Awwhhh! Desi got sand in her eyes and I tortured the poor girl with strapping her hands to her side and dumping water and saline in her eyes to get it out. NOt a happy camper (literally) :)

Two things you ate today
1. HOmemade zuchinni bread! (yes from my garden, I am a little proud, can you tell?)
2. Yummy pancake breakfast with sausage and eggs.

Two things you're doing today:
1. laundry
2. hang out with my dad

The longest car rides:
1. Trip to California. (i am sure there is worse,just haven't been anywhere else)
2. Anywhere, when you need to use the potty. :)

Two favorite holidays:
1. my Wedding Anniversary. Love MY HUBBY!
2. Desi's birthday. I love to see her excitement and a great reminder of how grateful I am of her being apart of our little family.

Two favorite beverages:
1. ooohh, i love a virgin Toffe bar drink from Coffee Creations. It is the MOST devine chocolate, toffee bar, caramel,whip cream smooth, did I mention Chocolate drink I have ever had!
2. Cold, filtered Water, it quenches my thirst the best.

So that pretty much updates ya'll.. LOVE YA! Hope you are all enjoying the rest of your summer.. I can't believe it's almost over.. CRAZY!!!

Mother like daughter

Ok, this is a terrible pic of me.. but I couldn't help but laugh out loud when Nate first showed me this. This was how Nate found us the next morning from one of those nights when you just can't resist but to crawl in bed with your child.
Desi is a lot like her Dad. Very rarely do I see Desi do something that resembles me. When I do it brings such joy! However, I never expected this one. Ha! I always wondered where she got her sleeping habits from... now I know.

A pic I need to frame...

Jaxson & Carter Kidd

Born April 16th!


Carter Jace 5lbs 3oz 17 1/2" Long
Jaxson Terri 5lbs 10oz 181/2" Long

They are so cute! Very different looking and Adorable! They were born so small and with little skinny legs! They for sure have their dad's long feet!
Jaxson was born with Jaundice (poor little guy) and quickly recovered. Carter weeks later received an eye infection and worried our little family right out! Right after most of this all happened, Jaxson was having a very hard time keeping food down. He was having very abnormal spit ups, which were more and more projectile throw up. Ty & Ashly were very good little parents and keep a great monitor on his behaviors, soon at the doctor's office and with the weight of Jaxson getting smaller, he was admitted to Primary Children's for Surgery! And I am a terrible aunt for not knowing the terminology but bare with me.. the muscle that opens up his stomach to allow food to go in was swollen. (i think i got it right) anyway.. he is doing well and catching up on weight.
We are so excited for them to be in our family! What great joy they have brought so far!

Through my eyes

I love my hubby! He is so driven in his talents and dreams!
This is a really crummy picture, but I love to just sit back and grin and watch my hubby enjoy himself.

Check this out!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5U4O_7ACo


Go to this link and get a glance at one of my favorite products! VERY CUTE!

I'M GOING TO BE A "REAL" AUNT!!!!!!!

I AM SO EXCITED!!! Tyson & Ashly are having TWINS!!!
Tyson is my little brother and he even admitted his life being too simple! So here he is parent to be of TWO BOYS!! I love it! He is stoked about buying bunk beds already and he is going to be such a good dad!!! Ashly is so beautiful pregnant! I can't help myself to kiss and rub her belly. I could sit next to her for hours with my hand on her belly anticipating to see my little nephews! I of course am an Aunt to 36 adorable kids on Nate's side. But for my side... these are my first! I am so excited to be a "real" :) Aunt! Tyson & Ashly recently were sealed together and I was so blessed to be there for such an awesome experience! I am so proud of both of them. Ty & Ash bring so much joy to my life, they are so genuine!

Whhheeeww!

I thought this day would never come, to actually be able to take some time for myself! Life has been so crazy! It seems that each month has brought new things for our family and we are very excited for the direction we are headed. Nate has been working very hard! After 7 1/2 years at Watson Pharm. Nate has finally found himself in a new environment with a new pharmaceutical company called Cephalon. He is very excited about his new job and I am very proud of him! We are especially grateful for the blessings his new job has brought. Less Stress on Nate's shoulder's which has brought nicer evenings with us! :) And we are saving a ton on insurance too with just as good of benefits! Nate is still going to School at SLCC, and still teaching once a week at Liquid Lead. He has been taking whatever extra time he has to learn an animation program called Maya. He has set himself a goal to be pursuing his dream in the Animation field within the next year. Time will definitely fly by! GO NATE!

Desi has been our typical 3 1/2 year old! :) We love her to pieces! She brings so much joy into our lives and out-smarts us everyday! When you find your 3 year old lecturing you, you take a minute to say.. "What the heck just happened? I am the Parent!" but without being said, she has us already figured out! She has been going to pre-school and absolutely loves it! She is also taking a creative dance class and It is so adorable to see her curtsy and hear her say "Thank you, Lady" ...LOVE IT! It is so neat to watch her grow! She loves to Sing, Dance and right along with her Dad she loves to draw! She always volunteers to say dinner prayers and she loves visiting family and friends! She loves to talk on the phone and will talk your ear off and she even is learning to ride her bike, she is anxious for each new warm day!

I have been working my tail off! We just returned from the biggest show of the year CHA (Craft & Hobby show) in Anaheim. A lot of time and work went going into the show and I have still not come off of my work HIGH yet! What a blast! I learned so much and I absolutely loved meeting and seeing a lot of my customers! Not only that, I am also apart of an awesome Sales team! Our Parent company has just bought out another Scrapbooking Co. called Chatterbox! They have a gorgeous new line out and WOW! What enthusiasm! I have learned so much to be POSITIVE about life from them!
I am learning so much in my life right now about being happy! From Financial bonds to strengthening all of my relationships! I am really trying to be "well rounded" ... speaking of being "well rounded".. My next goal is to lose some weight! This week is focusing on Family time and Making time for myself! I started yesterday with getting my hair done! It has been way too long for that and well needed!

Have a great weekend! LOVE THE FELLERS!

P.S. I hope David Archuleta wins on American Idol!

I am Still Alive!!!

Sorry beautiful friends! I have really abandoned you all. Things have been super crazy busy and unorganized in my personal life! Well.. don't give up on me! Keep an eye for me... I will return!