today is my last day of school and I have zero finals. good job to me for finishing strong, and staying focused this semester! i have only two more semester lefts at ASU, then off to something else. right now i am grateful that i get a winter break, time to be crafty, and time to spend with the family. first thing on my list of things to do this month is clean my closet/guest bedroom. it's really sad how i have let that room turn into a hoarding mess!

we took family pictures last week and we had so much fun making this junkyard beautiful. we are very pleased with how our pictures turned out, and our photographer OLIVIA did an amazing job capturing the not so beautiful environment but still managing to create beautiful pictures.

last weekend fisher price had a playgroup, and a meet and greet with Dora the Explore at the Phoenix Zoo. ~S~ talked about meeting Dora all week so she was excited to finally get to visit with her. fisher price had a large tint set up that had tons of toys inside of it. the tint was crowded with parents and children but still a fun and exciting experience.

~S~ and her daddy

hugs for Dora

~S~ looking at monkey island

~S~ at the farm visiting the horses

the end!!!

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it has been such a long time since the last time i posted anything of interest on our blog. so much has happened in the pass two months. as a can see sadie is growing into a lovely little lady, and hubby and i celebrated our six year anniversary last month. i'm looking for to the holidays and a break from school that will be coming soon. anyway, enjoy the pictures and i will be posting more updates soon.

two and a half, Oct 2011

today was my first day of school but i'm still in California. what to do, what to do? i emailed my instructors to explain my situation and all is well. Wish me luck this semester, and hopefully this will be my last year at ASU.

after my workout this morning I went to the gym daycare to pick up ~S~ and i saw the CUTEST thing. there were about forty kids in the room, and ~S~ was sitting in the middle of the floor sharing a toy with another little girl. ~S~ wore her hair natural today so it was big and curly just like the little girl she was playing with. i thought it was so cute that the only two little brown girls in the daycare chose each other to play with. anyway, when ~S~ saw me walk into the gym daycare she ran to me with a big smile on her face. i asked her if she said good-bye to her new friend so she turned around, and the two girls ran to each other with open arms, smiling from cheek to cheek, and gently embraced each other. I told the little girl ~S's ~ name, and asked both girls to look for each other the next time they were at the gym so that they could play together. while ~S~ and I walked to the car i told her how happy i was that out of all the other children at daycare that she chose ~L~ to play with. i love that ~S~ is good at making friends wherever she goes.

all most over

i have only two weeks left until it's time for me to get back on my grind. i'm looking forward to another semester at ASU. the only thing that's going to suck is walking around that hot campus for half a day in 110 degree heat. i took ~S~ to the daycare she will be going to today so that she could meet some of the kids and her teachers. she was so excited to be around children her age, she cried all the way home. it's going to be a busy semester but most importantly i'm so happy and excited that i found a place for ~S~ that i am comfortable with. i was concerned that i wouldn't find something good enough for ~S~ when i started looking because i couldn't find anyone that met my expectations. after interviewing all the facilities that i did i learned that you pay for what you get, and that my expectations aren't any higher than another caring mother. anyway, regardless of how great ~S's~ new school is. i am grateful that we will be apart from each other for only two days out of the week. i think this is going to be a fun experience for my Sadie Bug!

P.S: i finished ~S's~ playroom back in January and we have been enjoying it every since. it's really cute and i will post pictures soon so stay tuned!!!!!

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Happy Friday!

HOLY METAL MOUTH!!!!

i finally got my braces off

wondering how i got pearly-whites after two and a half years of braces? and no I don't bleach my teeth (you can't bleach with braces).

funny story: while leaving my ortho appointment a lady complemented me on my new smile by saying, "now your father will need a baseball bat to keep the boys away." who would have thought this face is a 30 year old wife and mother. jokes on her!!!!

Happy Sunday!!!

today was the beginning of a great week. this morning hubby made breakfast for the family while I took care of ~S~. after breakfast our plan was to get ready for church early so that we could have a little family scripture study before our one o'clock meeting time but we got distracted playing hide-n-seek instead. our hearts were in the right place but i enjoyed playing hide with ~S~ while hubby was the seeker. we had the best hiding spots too! ~S~ and I would stand in a corner, sit in a chair, or roll up in a ball in the middle of the floor with a big white blanket covering our bodies from head to toe. ~S~ would yell out to her dad letting him know that we were ready for him to find us, and while we were waiting. ~S~ would yell out "daddy come find us" giving him hints on our already obvious hiding spots. we tried to explain how the game works but what can i say...she's 2, awesome, and tons of fun to play with!

4th of July 2011

this years 4th of july was just what the doctor ordered...eventful, food, the apple store, joann's fabric store, fireworks, me, hubby, and our sweet pea. my father and sisters were planning on visiting for the holiday but my sister Mia had her RN state board exam on the 7th (of which she passed...congratulations Mia! we love and are proud of you), and she wanted to make sure she was ready for her test. of course, we would have loved to spend the holiday with them but understandably so the trip had to be postpone. my little family and i had a blast! it was nice for once to allow ourselves to not feel obligated to less important ways of spending our time as a family. anyway, on to the good stuff! for your viewing pleasure, here are some cute pictures and a GIF image. happy friday!!!!

sadie playing nicely with friends...not really!!!

GIF animations generator gifup.com

feather hair extensions

love, love, love this new trend! i want some

~S~ and Our Day Date at the Zoo

summer is here and i am excited to say that I have completed another semester at ASU! Now it's all about what's fun, and having it with my family. since i have 15 credit hours of education to look forward to in the fall, i decided that it would be best, and well deserved, to take a break this summer. So, here's to the beginning of many "day dates" with ~S~ while hubby is working hard, and to weekend and maybe a week getaway as a family this summer.

checking out the flamingos...white flamingos? (there must be something wrong with their diet!)

~S~ saying "hi" to the monkeys.

after playing in the water we had lunch, yum!

more water fun!

Memorial Day, 2011

BBQ and swimming at my sister-in-laws house. Hubby is so involved during playtime with his little girl...love it!

~S~ and her cousins soaking up the sun.

Sadie and Charlie

We went to California to visit my family last weekend, and as always Sadie enjoyed playing with her aunts, uncle, and grandparents. Check out the video Alex (my brother-in-law) made. We love you Alex...you're the best!

Mother's Day, 2011

happy easter, 2011

sadie, thanking her daddy

all dressed up