phone dump

It's seriously horrible, but all I do is snap pictures on my phone now days.  So here's a dump of my favorites...starting now back to mid-November.

We've been sickies this week...

ER visit last week, not for K, for Evva...waste of time, nothing serious.

 Evva: *sigh* "today is the perfect day for hot cocoa." as she rubs her belly...

 Playing with cousins!!!

 Uncle Tyson and Sarah

 Best present on Christmas Eve morning and a good workout!!!

 Pete family Christmas party!  Cousins and story time.

 City Creek

 Sisters night in...stair slide and modern family

 Way to much fun on the stair slide

 For Rosie our elf

 I run past this house that smells disgusting and they have this ad posted all over the property...looks like they are serious enough about it to put an ad in the paper...good laugh!

 1st dance recital...rudolf the red-nosed reindeer

 Letter to Santa

 1st motorcycle ride...solo

 1st cookie

Our cozy little home on a Saturday morning.

This girl

She is getting way to big, 
she loves dancing,
she tells us the funniest jokes,
she loves puzzles,
she wants a mirror attached to a comb for Christmas,
she is a great big sister
she is sassy
she breaks out in song (rock style) at any given moment
she has mastered a southern accent and will randomly break out in that at any given moment as well,
she says prayers by herself (for the most part)
she loves to laugh,
she enjoys wrestling with her daddy,
she makes Kehl laugh out loud,
but more than anything, 
she makes me smile!

Rob

I hate upset stomachs. Rob has been so good to me today. So grateful for that boy and how good he is to me. The kids are lucky they have one good daddy.

Day away

Thank you so much for the concern and the words of advice on my last post, I didn't mean for it to be so heavy...just a bunch of random thoughts. I am happy and do love my life. I'm just, as mentioned, adjusting.
That being said, I had a great day with the parentals at a wedding of a childhood friend. Just my parents and I. I got to see many people who have influenced my life for good and I'm so grateful for them.
But these two have taught me the most and I'm so blessed to be theirs. Forever.

Really?

I just took a walk down memory lane while looking back through my blog and I asked myself quite a few times, 'Really?  Is this the same girl?'  "Did I really write that?"  The truth is, I miss that girl!  I'm shocked at all the little things that I wrote down, why can't I remember those anymore.  We do have good days, but most days are spent trying to survive, at least that's what I feel like.  
I must admit, I miss Riverton, for very many reasons, but one big one, is I feel like I was my own self.  I didn't care about what anyone else thought of me, aside from my Heavenly Father, Rob and Evva.  

I feel like that is something I'm really struggling with these days...but I'm getting there.  I'm slowly starting to feel like I can and want to do things again.  I'm glad that I took on sewing projects this Halloween because I needed it.  I'm getting there.  Today I painted a desk I've been wanting to paint for years.  

It's just an adjustment, and I feel like the past year of our lives have been constant adjustment.  First we move to Garland, then we move to Brigham, Rob was in Football, I was pregnant and SICK!  We had house projects, then baby projects, then baby, then summer (thought there would be relief), my amazing husband took a job that was WAY more than what we were bargaining for and it ended up being a big blessing, then Football was underway again, school, and now, just now...one year later... I feel like I'm starting to feel like myself again.  

But the truth is, I miss that girl I was.  Can I be the good parts of her again?  'Cause really, I know I've learned a lot since then, but it was good then.  There were a lot of good parts.  And now...now I'm lost. I don't know who I am with my peers.  (Is this high school?)  I feel like I have to conform here.  To what, I'm not sure.  I'm just so torn.  I don't have a person here.  Nothing comes naturally, I feel like I have to force many things here.  

There are glimpses that I get that I feel come from my Heavenly Father.  Little thoughts when I see women I've looked up to for years in the community out and about, I have the thought of gratitude that my children will know them.  And thoughts that if they can be happy here, I can be happy here.  But it's hard.  And the hard part is, I don't recall feeling this way with Evva, but perhaps I did.  I just know that I'm going to get better at the little things.  Little things with my kids and my husband.  I'm going to take it all in and write it all down, and I'm going to aline my desires with the person that God wants me to be.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!  Love the Toy Story clan.

Ballerina

Here's our little ballerina.  She is loving dance class!  I can't believe she's already old enough to do this!

And my two little munchkins!  Even though two is hard {don't worry, I hear three is worse} I seriously love them so much.  They make my day happy and the good times make the bad moments worth it.

Beautiful

Today was beautiful.  That's the word that came to mind.  Our weekend was filled with family and today was the perfect way to end it.  We blessed Kehl and had so much family around to support us.  Rob leaned over to me in church and said, it seems kind of funny to have so many people come for something that takes 5 minutes, but, I think that's what is so great about it.  Yes, it only takes 5 minutes, but they love us, and that's why they come.  We're so blessed to have the life we do.  And today I was reminded, yet again, that it's beautiful.

It's here...

And IT is a HE!  We're so excited to welcome this little boy to our family.  Evva wasn't to happy about it at first, but now she's pretty excited to have a new baby in our family.

Cael Robert Riley

May 14 2012...7lbs 7oz...19.5" long

Three

This little lady is three years old today!  We are so glad she is part of our little family!  She is the light of our life and keeps us on our toes and laughing all the time! She loves "twirl it's" {dresses} and princesses!  She is a master puzzle 'putter-together-er'. She still loves to sing and she has a tender heart.  She's very friendly and loves to go to the park. 

Happy Birthday Munchkin! We love you!

Easter

We had a good one. Complete with all the egg hunt festivities. Evva loved the egg coloring this year and made some pretty good eggs! She's growing so fast and I'm loving the stage she is in. She says "Mommy, you are my best friend". It melts my heart every time! And Daddy is her "buddy". Which he hopes lasts forever.

She's really excited for her new baby sibling! Again, we didn't find out, but we'll know in about 4 weeks. She's determined that it's a girl and she wants to name it Rosie the puppy. We're prepping her that that is not going to happen, so hopefully she's not to devastated. So here I am in all my glory at 34 weeks!

Merry Christmas!

While visiting Fantasy at the Bay, we stopped in to see Santa. This little chica wants a ballerina dress! And she's been very good this year! She sat right up on his lap looked him in the eye, and told him what she wanted. She was on a mission!

Anyone game?

Hello to all my friends. We are still alive and well. We are now in our house and finding out that homeownership is not as fun as it's made out to be, at least not all the time. We are changing a lot and slowly making it ours. But I guess the good think about owning your home is that you can change stuff. Kind of a double edged sword. We've redone the bathroom, and are currently waiting for furniture to place in our family room. We've been watching TV with the Lazy-boy, and a sleeping bag on the floor. I think college dorms have it better than us down there.

Pictures to come, I promise.

That aside, I miss being in SLC for many reasons, but this one found me today. So...is anyone game? Want to go? They have THE BEST and cutest modern stuff! Seriously, I was quite unimpressed with all Peach Days had to offer. The Bijou market is where it is at. I promise you'll come back with lots of fun stuff! Anyone, Anyone? I'm thinking about going Friday.

Click the flyer to see the vendors, and then call, text, fb, or leave a comment and tell me when you want to/can go, because you will!

I know, I know...

I'm fully aware that my lack of blogging is horrible, however, I'm pleased to report we have found a house, close on the 26th and are excited beyond belief!

We did family pics the other night and this was my absolute favorite! I love these two more than I can put into words. They melt my heart every time!