Made my day

Heard on the radio today: Since our health benefits are going to crap, just go to the airport! You get a free x-ray, free breast exam and if you mention Al Qaeda then you might just get a free colonoscopy!... well isn't that the truth! They sometimes ask you if you want a private room. What service! Just keep that in mind and you'll be set for any check-ups!

Things..

that I want to remember..Berklee says so many funny things and they just make my day. If I'm feeling sad or just in a blah mood, I just think of her and I instantly have a smile.
-While on our vacation I took her to the bathroom. B:"Mommy, you're the best mommy for taking me to go potty." Then it was my turn. B:"Mommy, I'm the best Berklee for taking you to go potty."
- Instead of saying "what did you say?" she says "What you said?"
- Mommy, you're my best friend... That one melts my heart :)
- Me cuddling with Kyle, Berklee comes and climbs on his lap, puts her arms around both of us, B:Let's be a family!.. Were we not already? I'm glad she likes us!
- "Mommy, I want to watch Da Da Da Dora."
- Emily: Berklee, do you want to go to work for me? B:No cause I can't drive yet. Well I guess she is ready to work, now we just need to work on teaching her to drive.

These are just a few for now. Since I'm going to try and keep this updated a little better I'll probably post things she says or does frequently. She is a pretty funny little girl, and I don't mind sharing her humor :)

New Year

So the obvious is that I don't update our blog very often. I decided this year instead of setting "resolutions", I'd set goals. One of them is to do better about updating our blog. With my constant blog stalking I realized more people read my blog then I thought. So I thought I'd give those extra people and my faithful followers more updates on our totally AWESOME lives! So bare with me, I can't promise I'll be perfect, but I will try! Happy New Year!

She...

is my BFF and I freaking love her to death! Wish she lived closer so we could have adventures every day and take awesome pictures like this! We could make a series of books with all the pictures that we would take, I think I'll work on that, yeah what a great idea! Love you Mimi!

and you can be jealous with my UH-Mazing self picture taking skill. Pure talent!

Blessed

I need to start out by saying I'm not writing this to brag about my life, nor for sympathy. I'm just writing it because it makes me feel better about getting what I feel out some how. As of late I have been experiencing a few trials. I know it's been almost 9 months but I'm missing my grandpa like CRAZY!!! I've had relatives pass away that I've been close to, but my grandpa was so special. I was the twinkle in his eye, his little princess. Even without knowing our relationship people have said they could tell that we had something special. At his funeral my sister in law said "You were his princess." Never telling her that myself or anyone else for that matter, you can only imagine how much love we have for each other. No other man has treated me with that much love and singled it out for strangers to know. He is so special to me. It's really hard to think that Berklee wont get to have him as she is growing up but she does have other special Papa's that love her like mine loved me. I've had quite a few reminders the past little while that he is here and definately watching over my little family. I know that is just a little trial and everyone goes throught the death process but it just adds to everything else that I've been dealing with. I have to stop myself and think of how blessed I really am. I know a few people that are very special to me that are going through something that I know I could NEVER handle! So my trials may be small but they are big to me. I'm really struggling, some days of course are better than others. In fact most days are better but I just get the one day every so often that I just want to breakdown and just cry. That's when I stop and think about what a loving Heavenly Father I have. I know that he knows exactly how I'm feeling and what I'm going through. I know that he is carrying me along on my bad days and even on some of my days that I would say are "good." I know he knows that everything is going to be okay and that I can handle all of this. I don't know why but for whatever reason, when it rains, it POURS in my life! Everything happens at once I have just a tiny glimpse of light to keep me going. Maybe more than just one tiny glimpse because why? I AM BLESSED. I seriously have the cutest little girl anyone could ask for. She is my sunshine! I have my wonderful husband who is always there and loves me. I have family members that tell me how special I am on a daily basis and I don't think they even know how much that helps me on a "good" day.I have some of the best friends. Some particular ones that mean the world to me and help me so much.Last but not least I know that my reedeemer lives. That helps me pull through all of this big huge dumping that I've been given lately. I am so complete just knowing that sentence. I know all of these will end sometime and other trials will come along. But as for right now my life has been BLESSED with hard things that I will overcome. I can do hard things...

This...

makes me smile :)

not so much

I think I gave up on blogging... that's it. Maybe one day I will decide to update something.

a whole lotta random

This really isn't the coolest post but it's something which is better than nothing right?

I really don't know what is going on in this picture, can we just say RANDOM? Leaning over the bathtub with a cowboy hat on, that's normal right?

Our Little Fashionista, a cute one at that!

No explantation for this, just RANDOM! I think she may be talking to her button, and look at that awesome hair... jealous?

yeah, what this says. This is in one of our favorite places to eat and I laugh everytime I see it, RANDOM!

Who doesn't love a cute little bum with Dora all over it? Miss B is in LOVE!

I think we should all wear our "hats" and stare at ourselves in the mirror, do you?

Thirsty?

Partners in Crime... this is right after we got home from our vacation to Florida. Diego goes everywhere with her, you name it, he's there

Learning her letters?

Aren't these the 2 cutest things you have ever seen?

Such a big girl walking in Mommy's shoes with such adorable hair. I wish I could look like that and still be cute :)

A daily occurance for me in my line of work and this is exactly what goes through my head

Ok those are all the randoms for now. Hope at least one of them made your day or put a smile on your face. Those are just some of the moments in my life are a little RANDOM!

Check it out!

Hey all my 3 blog stalkers, I put up a couple posts that have been hanging out in my edits. If you care they are the Sir Paul McCartney one and Festival of Trees. That's all! Maybe one day soon I'll post something cool that is actually current going on in our lives. Enjoy!

Love Day

In celebration of Valentines Day here are somethings I LOVE

My Brothers. I don't think they realize how special they are to me, but let me just tell you, I love them
My friends
In law family. three words-One Lucky Girl
the people I work with
The Batchelor and Batchelorette
Gum
Diet Dr Pepper( or regular)
My eyes, haha a little vain!
Going on a warm relaxing vacation
Sister Act! my all time favorite movie!
Facebook... Let's be honest here, we all do
Lake Powell
The Biggest Loser
Flip Flops
Pedicures :)
Swimming
Shopping
New Clothes
A clean house
My Adorable Nephews and Nieces, seriously, I have the cutest ones EVER!
My Parents. My mom is so special to me and is my best friend. My dad is such a charmer. He definately makes me feel like his little Princess :)
Javiers. Hands down the best Mexican resturant known to man!
All sets of Grandparents. I'm one lucky gal to be loved by so many!


and Last but not least these two cuties! My life wouldn't be complete without my AMAZING husband and adorable little Princess. They make my life better in everyway and I love them the most out of everything. More than anything on this list. They are my everything :)

Festival of trees and our little Reindeer

Beautiful trees + a cute little reindeer + a really nice Santa + family= PRICELESS




Berklee was thrilled to look at the trees

Santa lovin'? Not so much...


Happy because she is getting a candy!


Crafting with Em...

Finished product+happy girl= a cute little reindeer

Festival of trees never disappoints and it didn't this year either. It was so fun to take Berklee (even if she didn't really care for the trees, or santa, or the crowds, or I think you know what I'm getting at.) She was one happy girl when she was able to run free with her wand and antlers. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Lights in the S.L.C.

I think this is becoming a tradition. We ride the frontrunner, walk around temple square to look at the lights, eat dinner at the Lion House, walk by the other lights we didn't see, then head home. This year it wasn't FREEEEZING! I think last year we picked to coldest day of the year. Thankgoodness it was only sprinkling this time around. Made for a nice family outing. Unfortunately we had all been super sick in bed the day before and took the chance of making it thru the lights. We had been planning to go on this specific day for sometime and didn't want to break our plans. On the upside, my brother, sister in-law, and their 4 kids came with us this year! Along with some of our besties Jeff and Kiera. It was still fun even with being sick.

Scott and the EXCITED kids

Darla and Grace

Our little sickie

Kyle and I

The REALLY SUPER EXCITED kids! They were so happy to be riding a train!

Don't you just love that face?

My cute nephew Nate and I on the trax

Our little family

Miss B and I

Families can be together forever=us
Scott, Darla and kiddos!

On the way home! Berklee and Liam playing. So cute!

Since Berklee wasn't feeling too hot she wanted to cuddle with daddy. So sweet :)

Grace and Berklee

Darla and Liam

An attempt to take a pic with the cute little girls
Sorry Jeff and Kiera, we didn't get any pics of you! Maybe it's cause you kept running off from us. Don't worry, there is always next year. Thanks Scott and Darla for coming with us and braving it with 4 kids! I'm so thankful that we are able to make this a tradition. I love the feeling that I get as I walk around the temple grounds and look at all the beauty. Until next year!

Just a few

We got family pictures twice this year. Here are just a few :)




There you go! I'll add some more another day :)

Just wondering...

I blog stalk. Yes, I'm telling the truth. I'm sure 90% of bloggers do. Now what I'm getting to is, How many stalkers does my family have? Not that I want to be the popular one around because honestly I don't care. One time we had this creepster leave a comment who lived in iraq! Seriously! Freaked me out I'm sure I peed myself. Kyle immedietly changed most of our settings without going private. Anyway, just my curiosity coming out. Just checking to see if I need to make my blog cooler and write about more interesting stuff.Leave me a comment, and maybe I'll start blog stalking you too so it wont be so awkward :) Ok on to something that really matters in life(kinda)

Miss B has been super sick this week. Infact we made our first trip to the hospital with her.(she was happy and content despite the circumtances. She even stayed the bed almost the entire time we were in the er).Kinda scary, but better to be safe then sorry. Lucky she was fine and the doctor gave us medicine to help us too because we were for certain going to get what she has. Well the next day HEELLLOOO! it hit us! and we were in bed as a family on wed. NO F.U.N! I'll take it as bonding. So hopefully within the next couple of days she will get feeling better. It's hard to do stuff around the house when she is wanting you to hold her every second or whining at your ankles for something we can't really understand. I am loving it. Not so much the whining but the holding part. She always wants daddy, so mommy gets put in the dust. I've loved watching the same 5 Go Diego Go episodes on DVR the past few days, not getting ready and lying in bed with my munchkin, cuddling and rubbing her head, playing with some cute little piggies, and just having my little princess by my side. I love being her mom and couldn't be more thankful that she is ours. Get better baby!