"Oh fair New Mexico"

Well it is sunny, hot, and beautiful here in New Mexico...no pix of it yet but thats ok I have a week and a half to get some. From what I hear, I am missing some crazy storms in Oklahoma. Phewy, I love thunderstorms, although it's a love/hate relationship. I love them but am scared of them at the same time. I want to see a tornado but from FAR away! Anyways, life is pretty good right now. Eventhough I am still doing the same chores and things I do at home, I am still having a good time. I think the only difference is I won't let myself feel guilty for watching tv and being online all day. It's super nice! I found also that me being more relaxed makes Matthew a much better toddler to be around (something I need to remember when I get home). That's all I have for now.... so here are some pictures of us enjoying the trip.

Update from April til Now!!!

I am in New Mexico on vacation right now and since my parents have internet, I can actually BLOG!!!! Yay!!! So here is a SUPER LONG update. I have pix from my Utah trip for General Conferenc, pix for Kylie, Matthew's Birthday, and a new hobby of mine. I am in New Mexico because my baby sister Kathleen is graduating this Saturday and I suprised her with visit. I will be here for two weeks, and hopefuly, I will have more updates while I am here. :) Soooo, shall we?

This is the view of Salt Lake City, Utah..... lots of Mountains and snow. It was breathtakeingly beautiful!!!

More beauty

Even more beauty.... Oh I was in heaven. We had so much fun

This is the view from the doorstep of where we were staying (Kylie, Matthew, and I).

We went to "The Aquarium," while we were there also and they had some neat things I've never seen up close before... like this sting ray (we were allowed to pet it... I didn't, got a little grossed out).

We also saw some penguins, these were Matthews favorite, he loved watching them dive in and out of the water.

We also saw "Nemo," the clown fish, "Finding Nemo" isn't one of Matthew's favorite movies so he didn't know who I was talking about, but....

He still enjoyed them1 :) He just kept saying, "pish pish pish" (that's how he says fish, hehe)

And, the highlight of the trip...... General Conference!!! I sat super close, and I almost didn't get to go at all, it was trully a miracle! I'll tell you why. My father in-law (Gary), sister in-law (Karri), her husband (Jared) and I , were going to go to the Saturday morning session. The night before, we learned that Gary forgot to get tickets for us from his bishop, so no tickets, but he said we'll just wait in the stand-by line for ticket. So, the next morning, we went to stand in line, but to astonishment there was no line. We asked the person in charge of the stand by line and he told us, "For the first time ever we have decided to cancel the stand by line because some people did not have the right spirit and were being irreverent." "Great!" We thought, "now what?" I was still suprisingly optimistic. I mean I was in Utah for the first time and Temple Square for the first time, so I was going to enjoy it dang it! Well, Karri and Jared took of sprinting down Temple Square asking everyone in sight for tickets. Meanwhile, I went to the visitor center to look around and soak in everything, I mean, I was still SUPER excited to be where I was (General Conference or not). Suddenly, I felt my phone vibrate. It was Karri, she told me that Jared and her said a little prayer and instantly found some women that gave them a ticket. Well, it doesn't end there. I felt sad that I was the only one going in but at the same time I was the only one out of our group that has never been. So, I dashed in and took my seat on the second floor balcony, right in the middle. I started talking to a really nice lady next to me and she wanted to hear my story (why I was by myself, etc.). After I told her, she said, "Well, my husband has a seat for the floor seating and wants to sit with us, so do you want his ticket? WHAT?!?!!! So, I said, "YES" immediately and dashed downstairs and, now I had an EXTREMELY close seat. And, to top it off, this session I went to seamed to be all about motherhood! I could not ask for a more awesome experience!!!!

And, here was my view....

M.O.T.A.B.! Another Awesome experience, they also sang my favorite childrens hymn, "He Sent His Son!!!!!!" IT COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT!!!

Motab, part of the 70, and the twelve appostles...

And, of course, I couldn't leave out the ridiculous and crazy protestors. This guy was pretty funny (and when I say funny, I mean CCRRAZY).

SLC Temple, it was absolutely beautiful. It's a lot smaller in person, I didn't expect that. I also didn't know there were constallations engraved on the temple, pretty neat.

Angel Moroni....

Proof I was there, lol! Here is the sign.

Here are some pix of Kyli....my beautiful baby girl :)

WHOA, close up!

Ah, that's better. Oh, she's so cute.

This is her first bite of solid food at six months old (She is eight months old now if you were wondering.... I knew you were, hehe).

Yay, bathtime. She loves, loves bathtime;)

And, now on to Matthew's 2nd birthday which was May 1st. We threw him a "Toy Story" theme party. Because, he just looovvvvves "uzz-ight-ear" (Buzz Lightyear). Not one bakery in town had a Toy Story cake, so I improvised. I did the best I could (my little brother Seth helped with the face). Here is a made from scratch, Buzz, cake.

"Pin the badge on the character," game. The kids had so much fun with this game, they didn't want to stop!

Now time for PRESENTS!!! He loved everything he got!

He was so excited he wouldn't sit still, so sorry about the blurry pictures. LOL!

This is what mommy and daddy got him (it will be great for Halloween also).

And, now for my new hobby..... Fruit Bouques! I tried it for the first time at a Sentsy Party I threw a few months ago. A friend of mine asked me to do this for a party she was throwing for her sisters graduation. So, I did 3 different arrangements, and I think they came out great (even better then the first time I attempted it). Those are black grapes by the way, not olives:)

It looks delicious.

Yummy, I am getting hungry now. Oh, and those are melon balls in the vase.

Top views....

And that's that.

Well I hope you enjoyed that extremely long post, and hopefully I will be able to blog again soon. Take care everyone, I am going to relax now, CAUSE I'M ON VACATION!!! LOL!

Zoo trip

Well we went to the zoo today and had so much fun. We stayed for a full three hours. The only bad part was Nathan losing his hoody :( But besides that it was super fun. And Nathan was in a really funny mood. He drove all the way to the zoo with four wheeler goggles on. I had a video to posy with it but it wouldn't upload sorry. Here are some pics though.

Here are the goggles I was talking about.

This was in the new Children's Zoo they just opened yesterday.

They had this tiny teepee that was the perfect size for Matthew.

And, here is Nathan showin off on the Red Rider wagon. Some random kids watching got a kick out this.

That's all of the pictures I have. But we really had some good family quality time. Which I am trying to take advantage of until Nathan starts school.

Super long post coming up........

So so sorry, I am really bad at this. I made a New Years resolution that I would blog every other week. I guess that one has gone out the window. I also made other resolutions though that are going really well. Like read my scriptures every night, pray every night, start my geneology, lose four to eight pounds, learn to sew, start and finish an art project, and love myself. I know it's a lot but I have already accomplished tons and it's only March! I have read my scriptures and prayed every night diligently. I have started the ball rolling on geneology. I have lost about ten pounds and I think as a result of all these things combined I have learned to love myself. I also have finished my first sewing project, which wasn't as disasterious as I thought it would be. the only thing left for me is the art project...we'll see how that goes.

As for other news, for those that do not know.... Nathan is starting his Aviation mechanics courses on the 22 of March. The course is 18 months long, and he will be doing that full time, long with working 40+ hours a week. So I will only be seeing him at church on Sunday's. Hopefully the time will fly by like I hope it will, and I will be trying my hardest to keep as busy as possible. Well now on with the show, here are some pictures of what has been going on since December.... Here we are on the way to a date! It was fun!

...Matthew shootin some hoops! Slam dunk!

cheezy milk mustache grin

Kylie.... anyone want to guess on who she looks like... cause I'd like to know.

mister cool found his pockets...haha

Uncle Nick came for a visit... and yes he was on the computer almost the whole time. Kylie seemed to like the computer though.

This is an edible craft I found online. It's Kyro corn syrup and food coloring. Matthew loved it!

Delicious.

Here is Mattew trying to catch a snowflake:)

It was kind of his first snow... he had a blast!

This is my nephew look (my brother Micheals' son.... if you know Mike this is a spittin image of him).

His daughter Emily and my neice... don't you just love that bedhead?

Matthew and Emily together, they are only a month apart.

Well that's all folks... hope you enjoyed!