Summer fun

Summertime is in full swing around here.... We have a few weeks of great weather before it gets HOT! We love this time of year and love to spend time outside while we still can. Blake especially loves to be outside and play. He loves to be in the water, or just running around being a boy. We have been busy the last few weeks and here are some pictures to show what we have been up to.

 Hanging out at the park for a picnic

 Mr. Cool with my sunglasses

Soaking up the sun... and having a lollipop too

Showing my ticket onto the train at the Train Expo in California

Seeing how big my wingspan is at the Orange County Zoo

Sweet Sundays

Sundays are a little more fun now that there is a little girl in the house. It is more fun to dress a little girl up for church and get her in the fancy, fun dresses and bows. I will admit though that Blake has always been good about getting dressed and ready for church. He loves to wear a tie and be "just like daddy" so that is fun too. We seem to take more pictures on Sunday too. Here are just a few random pictures of us on Sundays....

Day at the Park

On Saturday, May 12th, we went out to enjoy the beautiful weather, have a nice picnic and spend the day outside. Blake can't get enough of being outside and so we decided to take advantage of the day.

Our friend Cindy had just stumbled upon a "new to us" location and we were happy to join her on this great day.

We packed up the car, got our football, bubbles, and goodies together, packed a lunch, and we were ready to go. We headed out to Spring Mountain Ranch just near Red Rock and we were pleasantly surprised. We arrived at a beautiful park and a huge grass area surrounded by trees and a nice breeze. It was the perfect spot to spend the day, and the perfect place for Blake to run and play. Chelsea also enjoyed being able to be outside and have the breeze blowing.

We spent a few hours there and then headed home. It was a great day and I am sure we will go back many times.

On Being a Mother

Mother's Day....


This day has such mixed emotions for me. For years I HATED this day. I would dream of this children I hoped would fill my home but my home was empty. I would get packages in the mail and cards that wished me a Happy Mother's Day...yet I was NOT a Mother. I would loathe going to church where I would get a candy bar wishing me a Happy Mother's Day...and again I was NOT a Mother. 


Today I have a different attitude. I sit today with toys filling my home, laughter heard throughout my house and I am thankful. Thankful that I am a Mother. Thankful for the two birthmoms that made me a Mother. Thankful for my two beautiful children who help be to become a better Mother everyday. Thankful for adoption and the chance that if gave me to be a Mother. 


I am also thankful for the years that I wasn't a Mother and the chance that I had to help "mother" many other young lives and that I can look back now and see that I did have that opportunity and how precious that is. I now know that no matter our circumstances we, as women, can "mother" know matter what our own personal circumstances may be. I am thankful for the chance that I had to be a primary teacher to many little ones. I am thankful for the chance that I had to be a Mia Maid leader and to work in Young Womens. I am thankful for the opportunity I had to work in the Camp program and be a Camp Director and work with so many wonderful young girls with that calling. I may not have touched each young life but they touched mine and taught me so many things... they taught me how to "mother" and for that I am eternally grateful. 


Happy Mother's Day!

I am back!

So I am actually sitting here doing a post... I can't believe it myself. It has been WAY TOO LONG!

I am not going to go back and I am not going to do a real re-cap but I will give you a few of the reasons of why I have been missing in action....

The main reason is because I was just too overwhelmed! And while I loved to blog and would do it constantly I found myself feeling like I had nothing to blog about or just to exhausted to blog about the events of the day. I also have come to realize that I need to make certain things in my life a priority...and others not. I often look at others from an outsiders perspective and think "I wish I was more like so and so" but I am starting to see that everyone has their faults and weakness and trials and starting to be happy with who I am and the life that I live. I am also understanding more and more the saying "there is a time and a season for everything" and right now I am in the season of being a mother to my young children and a wife to my husband and that is what is important right now. One day I may be able to learn to sew, or go back to school, or be a fabulous cook, or be caught up on my scrapbooking, or have time to sit and read all day, or whatever it is that I feel I want to do at that time, but right now my calling is to be a mother and how grateful I am for that!

With all of that being said... to fill in a little right now we are doing great. We have been blessed by adoption once again and are now a family of four. We have Chelsea Danielle in our home. She was born 2/25/12 and we love her to pieces. Blake is now 2 1/2 and is loving being a big brother. Dan is still working doing fire protection and stays plenty busy. I, like I said, am loving being a mom to these two crazy kiddos and I am also working from home doing medical transcription. We both are busy at church too. Dan is the Gospel Doctrine teacher and I was just called to be the Relief Society Secretary.

While things are busy and loud they are also filled with love and we couldn't ask for much more. I don't promise much with this blog but I do hope to do better. I miss getting on here and sharing my thoughts and connecting with family and friends and that is what I hope to do. Don't be upset if it is weeks before I post again, but fingers crossed it won't be.