Little Update

Here's a little update on my family. Josh has been working long hours all week long, so i hardly see him. He wakes up at 4 am almost everyday goes to work, comes home around 8 pm, eats dinner, gives me and Braiden kisses and hugs and goes to bed. Fridays we try to go out to dinner or do something together as a family, saturdays are usually the same. Sundays we go to church, take our naps, and eat, play games then go to bed. I have been a little bit of a night owl. I haven't been able to sleep really well so i stay up with my mother until about 2 am. Braiden is doing good, he's been really cranky lately, he has been hiding from me when he poops his pants so i don't know he pooped until my brothers bring him to me and when i change him he has a really really bad diaper rash. Other than that, he's been playing outside and having lots of fun. For the past 2 days it's rained all day, so we haven't really been out. That is pretty much it. Everyone is all healthy and happy! We come to az in a week yay! See you all soon!

Ideas and Callings

ok the story on these back packs are the idea... Josh decided it looks really girly holding a diaper bag around church and i needed to get a new one, like a back pack.
This is the one Braiden picked out and we got

This one he picked first until he saw the other one, he was so ready to go to school it was so cute, he was grabbing schools supplies and everything! at least he is excited about school, but still working on nursery. Anyways.... back to my story...

Why is Josh so concerned on looking girly at church when it should be Mommy carrying the Bag??? well Here is the Callings part... I got a new church calling!!! I am not really excited about it but yeah.... I have been called to be the primary pianist..... yay.... i haven't touched a piano in over 3 years, so i am having to learn how to play again and on top of that learn 9 songs a week!!! They have also asked me to play the piano in our Primary Program coming up in October.... yay.... Yeah so that is why josh was so concerned about looking girly, because Braiden get's to go to class with him now!!!! Josh is not liking it because Braiden has been really BAD lately, my guess is the TERRIBLE TWOS!!!! He won't go to nursery, he screams until he passes out, literally! And he is really loud and cries all through class! All he wants to do is eat sugar, sugar, and more sugar, run around the church building, and bang his toys on the chairs during class!!! I don't know what else to do with the kid. He is like this everywhere i take him! 1st blessing from my calling is not having to deal with it during church anymore! haha sorry josh, 2nd is i get to learn my talent again, and i don't really have a 3rd yet. But there is the scoop! Hope you all enjoyed the pictures and the stories!! Oh and if anyone has advice on how to handle an out of control almost two year old, give me tips! FAST!!!

Braiden

Braiden loves his scooter Santa brought him last christmas!

Braiden got his first bike also, Josh took off the seat so Braiden can reach the peddles, i will have to put the video of him sort of riding it later. But Josh did a... um... tremendous job making him a new seat.... ha ha

4 words..... Knee Pads and tape ha ha

SLIP & SLIDE!!!!

We got a slip n slide for the kids to play on and i didn't think braiden would have as much fun because he doesn't like water sprayed in his face, boy was i wrong!HE LOVED IT!!!

Face of a CHAMPION! ha ha

He is actually a little bit of a Bossy butt too! He told Stevie and Jace when to go and when they had to wait

Pretty Flowers

Fun at the Mall and Sad Goodbyes

Stevie on this big trampoline, you and do flips and stuff, really cool and fun

They had a museum for natural huistory, they had all kinds of stuff there, it was more about dinoauars but Braiden loved it, they had a little play area where you could dig for fake dinoaur bones, it was really cool, and they had this right infront of it!
This is a big crystal i though was cool, they also have a tour and a show int eh museum.

Eating lunch

The dreaded goodbyes...
Mom and Danette
Everyone crying, I know i'm so mean but i wanted pictures of everyone before they left and this was the only time we were together! It was really hard to say goodbye!

And Devyn and little Mitch of course sat in the car bawling their eyes out and didn't want to say goodbye. I didn't cry until i got Devyn to give me a hug and i started crying big time. She is just so sweet and understands more then i think she would. I forget how old she really is i just think of her as a little baby still. But we unfortunately had to say goodbye and i love them for coming and helping my mom move here and kevin bringing us another truck to work. I loved spending the whole week with them, and getting to spend time with them on my birthday!

Love you guys and miss you to death!

Happy Birthday To ME!!!!

Happy Birthday to ME!! Today was my 21st Birthday! I had a pretty fun day. I went to lunch with my family well it was suppose be just me, my mom, danette, tori and denise, but my dad, uncle kevin and josh decided they were done with work and they came. it was really fun, we went to margaritas and peppers, it was pretty good, but not my gecko grill or mi amigos! :-(

Anyway, we went to Texas roadhouse for dinner and of course Josh made me sit on the saddle and say "Ye Hah!" as i swung a napkin over my head. It was embarrassing but it was fun!

Here's everyone at dinner, i know it's blurry

Then my sweet mother without fail every year she buys me a cake but this time she couldn't find a good one so she bought my favorite ice cream, ROCKY ROAD!!! and put candles in it for me!

My mom bought me this darling charm bracelet from brighton, and josh told me to go buy me some charms so i did. Here are the charms i got:
A boot for Texas, turtle for Hawaii, A sun for Arizona, A Heart for my birthstone, and the letters are off of my car keys, my mom bought those for me last year for my b-day, B for Braiden, A for Amber, and J for Josh. And these adorable spacers!

The boot actually says texas on it and the sun says the Arizona Sun my mom and i are planning on getting a charm for every state we've been too. The charm for Hawaii was actually a pineapple but it was too heavy so i got the turtle instead, plus the turtle reminds me of when i swam with the turtles in hawaii for a family trip back in 2006!

Happy Birthday to ME! Yay!

Braiden's 1st Time at the Beach

This is Braiden's first time ever going to the beach! Here is what we did!

His first sand castle

Pictures with Mommy

Waving hello to everyone!

Grandma and Braiden

At first he wasn't too sure what to think about the ground sinking beneath his feet in the water, but after a while he LOVED it!

We hunted for Hermit Crabs A LOT of them! All shapes and sizes

On the sand bar

This dude, kept spitting water at us it was so funny, Braiden didn't like it at all!

creapy looking huh?

Tori playing in the water

Aunt Danette

Devyn and Lindsey

Braiden checking out the crabs

Our collection

This hermit crab was holding another one and wouldn't let go of it.

It finally let go

Boogie boarding

Everyone getting ready to go

We also caught a little fish, it was cool. If you can't see it it's on the bottom by Stevie's finger

That was our day at the beach, yeah i didn't get a lot of pictures Braiden and I were too busy boogie boarding in the ocean, and guess what?! I got stung by a dang jellyfish!!! It was ok though i've gotten stung before it wasn't too bad, and no no body peed on my leg!!! ha ha