Pickin Up Our Soldier...

The girls and I were so excited to be pickin the Daddy up from the Airport

We got the call early in the morning letting us know he would be there earlier than expected so we rushed down to Vegas to get him... The picture above was us gettin ready to head into the airport to get him. The girls were ecstatic!!

As he was comin down the escalator Reg's got pretty excited...

Kennedy on the other hand wasn't to sure for a minute, but warmed up really fast...

The happy fam finally together after almost 5 months...

We have 2 weeks with him and we will be stuck to him like glue until we drop him off to go back!!

Finally Got to See The Nater...

There is no words to explain the excitement of seeing someone for the first time in 4 1/2 months. I had the biggest butterflies flyin around in my stomach. As soon as our eyes met each others both of our eyes filled up with tears of happiness. It felt so rewarding to put the blue cord on my 11 Bravos shoulder.

I can't tell ya how proud I am of my husband. He continues to amaze me everyday. We had a great couple of days together, but sure wished it could of been longer. He will be home in a couple of weeks for Christmas Exodus then he will head back for Airborne School. I can't wait to find out where our first Duty Station will be!!

This was our last picture together before we had to say good bye. We were headed to Church before he had to report back to the barracks...

Nate... we miss you beyond words and can't wait to spend a couple of weeks with you at Christmas time.

"I Like Dress Up, Mommy!"

*She was talkin to her Daddy!

This is our little Dressin Up Queen! Reg's use to like to Dress Up, but not to the extent Kenndy does. Her life revolves around playing dress up. When ever we are going some where she will ask me, "Mommy do they have dress up?"

Kennedy... you are too much sometimes, but that is why you are soooo loved!

Halloween Festivities...

We had such a fun night. I took the girls Trick or Treating for the first time this year... we had soooo much fun. We got to talk to our Dad for the first time since he left for the whole day! He was on the phone with us while we Trick or Treated so he was kind of with us....lol. We started out with the cousins at Auntie Carrie's and Uncle Shane's. The kids all looked so stinkin cute.

Our Visit with Beneva...

I can't exactly remeber when Geneva came to visit us, but I know it has been a very long time since we have seen her and we miss her a ton!!! She came to spend the day with us and brought the girls some Princess Stickers. We went to Red Robin for lunch and had a really good visit with her. It was sure nice to see her and wished we could see her more often.

Geneva... thanks for the fun little gifts and lunch (it was yummy)! We miss you Lady!

The Tired Girl...

Kennedy is just too much sometimes... she asks EVERY night if we can go to get an ice cream. This was one of the things we would do with Nate when he was home thus creating a horrible habbit...lol. Anyway I thought I would take them cause we hadn't been in such a long time, but as you can see she was too tired and was falling asleep while she was eating her's. It was the funniest thing to watch. She was asleep, but she just kept licking away.

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Papa's Pumpkins...

Papa planted these little decorative pumpkins and decided to let the kids decorate them... they had a blast!

This is my niece Alexis...

And the Reggers...

and the Kennerbugs...

They turned out so cute and they were a hit thats for sure!

We also decided to make a little video for Natey...

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs...

Reg's really wanted to go and see this movie, but I new that Kennedy wouldn't sit through it. Usually my niece Alexis watches my kids and they are really comfortable with her, but Regs wanted Alexis and Tayler to go with us so I decided to see if my Father in Law would watch the Kennerbug. We watched it in 3D... movies are so fun now a days!!! We had a good time and we decided to go to Spoon Me afterwards... MMmm it was yummy! I had a good time with all the kiddos!


Kennedy wanted to be in the picture too so I let her wear my glasses!

sTaMpIn-Up lOvErS....

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Vegas Baby...

We decided to go down and stay the weekend in Vegas. I was so ready for a change of scenery being as all I've done since Nater left is hang out at home. My Girl friend and her family have a Time Share down there and invited us to stay with them. It was amazing! I was in Heaven! It had 3 different pools and all kinds of things for the kiddos to do! We even got to have Matty Mo spend one night with us! We had a blast! One of the days while we were in town the kids and I went to a BBQ with some old friends. The kids had so much fun playin Rock Band and hangin out.

Yesi and Gene... Thank you so much for having us! We had so much fun!

Exclusive 'New Moon' Trailer Premiere

OMGosh! I am SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED for this movie! I think I just screamed when I watched this Trailer! Check it out for yourselves and if you are a Twilight Fan then you will love it! For those of you that aren't.... Well to bad for you!

Exclusive 'New Moon' Trailer Premiere

Pictures for Daddy...

Our daddy wrote us and asked us to send him some pictures... so we decided to take some for him. As you can see the girls were very cooperative and cute ;)

Kennerbugs and the Regs... you are so dang cute! I can't believe how much you have grown!

"I'm Tellin on You, Mommy!"...

This girl totally kills me. I don't know how many times I have had to ask her to help us clean up and she just sits and watches us. I bopped her on the head and she had a come apart...lol. All of a sudden I hear her talkin to her self and she was saying, "Daddy, my mom bonked me on my bean! That's not berry nice! That's not berry fair!" All I could do is bust up laughing!!! She had her little princess phone up to her ear just a tellin on me... I got the camera and told her to tell on me again, but she thought I was taking a picture so you can't really see what I saw and heard.

Awww... the joys of our Children! You gotta love them.

Kennerbug you are special sista!

Dev... We'll Miss You!

I've debated all weekend about posting such a sensitive subject, but I just need to vent I guess. Today was a hard day because I spent it in Las Vegas at a funeral. Nate's cousin Devon passed away Friday afternoon. It was very unexpected. Dev was only 20 years old. I have had the hardest time understanding this all day. Dev was always the LIFE of the party. He was always joking and teasing. I love this kid to the moon and back and I know he knows that. I am so worried about how to tell Nate because he just sent me a letter wanting to reach out to Dev and I had just sent it to him on Friday morning. I know Dev is in a better place, but like I said it being so unexpected... I just wished I would have spent more time talking to him at Nate's going away party... I wished I would of said so many more things.

Dev,

You were one of the funniest people I knew! I have many happy and hilarious memories of you. Nate and I looked forward to the family Christmas Party's only to hang with you. You made them tolerable (No offence to anyone else). You will always hold a special place in our heart's and in our memories! We love you and we will truly Miss you!

Dev... until we meet again.

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We're BaCk!!!

Finally we are back in action around here...

I have had all these posts ready to post, but I wanted to post them with pics. So make sure you check underneath this post... I am sure I will be posting a lot for the next couple of days or weeks as I have plenty of time on my hands...lol!

Happy Birthday to Me...

That's right... the big ol' 30! I sure wish my Natey could have been here, but my friends and family made up for it. My girlfriend Candice came up from Vegas. We went and had a massage...it was so nice to get away from the girls for the first time since Nate left and just relax. We giggled a couple of times like a couple of little teeny boppers, but it was so much fun. We went and had Bajios for lunch. Then my niece watched my girls while Diana, Carrie, Meg and Candice took me to dinner. I chose to go to Red Robin... it was yummy! When I picked up the girls from my Niece's house they wanted dessert so we headed over to Golden Spoon! It was the best Birthday!

Thanks girls for making it Special!

Much Love to All of You!!!

I wished I would of remembered to take some pictures... Next time!

Back to School...

Matt started 7th grade and I think he really likes it... at least he sounds like he does. I sure wished I had a picture of him on his first day of school, but this was taken when he came to visit just a couple of weeks ago...

Reg's started her second year of preschool... she LOVES it.

Can't wait til next year when Kennedy can go to preschool. She is so bummed when Reg's gets out and goes into her class. She wants to go so bad!

Church Without Our Daddy...

Oh how I don't miss this day... they looked so cute and I thought to myself I can handle this, but oh who in the heck was I kiddin. I thought this is going to be a good day... we were ready on time for the first time EVER and they were being so nice. If I wouldn't have had to teach I so would have left. They were so Naughty! I thought I could handle it, but apparently not. Since this day we had to revamp our Sunday plans and some days are better than others... ;) A lot of the times we have had to sit in the foyer, but at least we have made it right?!?

Just Us Girls...

This was our first lunch without our daddy! We were really missin him at this point, but I guess this is the first of many! We better get use to it ;)
Any time I ask the girls where they want to go and eat they always pick Subway. We had a good time together and I realized it isn't going to be so bad to be with just the kiddos while Nate is away. People keep asking me if they can take the girls so I can have some time to myself, but I have realized I need them around me all the time because they are a peice of him and when they aren't around me I have a harder time with him being away.

Dora, Dora, Dora the Explora...

We were at K-mart for what ever reason... I can't remember why anymore, but when we walked in the door the girls spotted this huge Dora and wanted to buy her. Obviously that wasn't going to happen so we just took some pictures. They love themselves some Dora!

Daddy Missed His Plane...

Today has flew by so fast I am still in a spin! Nate left for SLC and then off to Fort Benning GA tomorrow.

Our day started off with taking our kiddos to Auntie Carrie and Uncle Shane's so Nate and I could listen to one of the Quorum of the 12 speak to us. There were a couple of different speakers and they all touched on things we needed to hear and know... it was nice to actually listen and understand the speakers at Church... lol! Afterwards Nate's family had his favorite dinner for him. We all got carried away talking and the next thing we knew we were all flying to get to the airport. We didn't make it in time and Nate missed his flight. What a great first impression right!?! Nate called his recruiter and told him that his Dad would just drive him up to SLC... so needless to say it all worked out! As for the girls and I... it has been such a long day the girls went right to bed and I am so tired... I am going to bed right now!

So... Good Bye for now!

Private Traveller's Going Away...

We had a great time and it was so nice to have all of the Traveller's here at one time!

Our Disneyland Surprise...

As you all know Nate is leaving August 16th for Basic Training. Dennis and Diana (Nate's Parents) decided to give us a going away/graduation gift and send us to Disneyland for 4 days and 3 nights. That's right... DISNEYLAND!!! When we found out we were floating on a cloud for days. We decided that we would just take the girls because Matty had been sooo many times and it wouldn't be very much fun for him to be squished in the car between two car seats and having to hang with the little girls doing all the little kid stuff. Josh and Meg (Nate's Little sister and husband) got us the nicest room at one of the Marriott's. We decided the trip was for the girls so we would let them set the tone and we would have no expectations. We wanted it to be as stress free as possible. We did Disney and California for 2 of the days and went to Newport and Hunnington Beach the other 2 days. The girls had a blast. While we were at Disney and California... we had lunch with the Princesses. The food was pretty dang good and I would have to say worth every penny because we got so much accomplished...lol!

This is us at the Beach on the last day in Cali...

This is us riding the Dumbo ride!

Dennis, Diana, Meg and Josh... you all totally RoCk!!!

Thank you!

The Big 2...

We had a fun day with the family!

Happy Birthday Little Miss Kennerbug. We Love Ya!

Blog With Drawls...

I am having MAD with drawls. I can't wait until I have internet at my house so I can post pictures and talk about all that has been going on around here. Stay tuned for now I guess!

Going Private...

We still don't have internet at home, but I do check up on everyone when I have a minute. Nate and I talked and we decided to go private for a while so leave your email addresses so I can invite ya...

Thanks!

* I will wait for a couple of days to get everyone's addresses!

"I Tough As Nails!"...

So Reagan and Kennedy were takin a bath and Nate came home early. I was gettin them ready for the day and I was going to meet one of my girl friends for a Spoon Me (I was so lookin forward to it too). Anyway, when Nate walked in the bathroom the girls got all excited and Reg's tried to get out of the tub when all of a sudden she slipped and hit the edge of the tub. She didn't even make a peep, but I saw it as her head went back. Nate did too and he just said, "Lish be calm." I almost got sick and I felt a little woosy. Needless to say we took a trip down to the ER where they gave her a shot and stitched her up. She didn't cry one time through out this whole thing. When she was all done she looked at her dad and said, "Daddy... I tough as nails!" I am so thankful for the great job they did. It was a pretty clean cut, but man was it sick and wrong. I could see the bone when she did it.

Reg's you are one tough cookie!

Don't Forget About Us...

We are turning off our Internet for a short time and hope to be back in December or January... So don't forget us! I might be able to post here and there from other sources so check back every once in a while. I will keep checking all of yours as I love to see how you are all doing!

Much Love to All of You!

Growin Up...

Our little Reg's looks so grown up with her short hair. I was so scared to cut it, but now I wish I would of done it a while ago. She loves it and she lets me do it every day. She tells everyone she looks like Dora!

Reg's you look so pretty and we love your new hair cut!

Private Traveller...

I can finally breath knowing what Nate will be doing... his job title is Field Artillery Surveyor. He won't be directly in harms way if he is to deploy. I am at ease knowing what the plan is for now... so he got his job picked and he leaves August 3 for Basic in Oklahoma. He will be gone for 4 months without us :( When he comes back it will only be to get us and to take us to an Air Force Base (we won't know which one until half way through Basic) for some more training. We will only be there for 2-4 months and from there we will be stationed somewhere... once again, we won't know until half way through Basic where we are going, but I will keep everyone posted! So until then...

TO BE CONTINUED...

David Archuleta & the After ParrrTay....

I have one of the GREATEST friends in the ENTIRE Universe!!! Last week my girl friend, Yesi called me to tell me she had an extra ticket for the David Archuleta Concert, but she wasn't for sure if her son was still wanting to go or not. I thought to myself... I won't get my hopes up, but there is a possibility that I am going, YEEEAAA!!! Anyway needless to say he decided not to go and so she took me... YESI I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK... LOL! I had an absolute BLAST! (Can you tell I don't get out a whole lot)? We then went to the After Party and I had sooo much fun. I got to meet David Osmond and his cute pregnant wife. They were totally the sweetest people!

Taylor Vaifanua from American Idol Season 8 (How totally cool is that). She was so kind as well.

We met David Archuleta's Brother (Daniel), his Father, and David's band. It was a Blast!

*Daniel Archuleta

(Not the best Pic, but you get an idea... lol)

Yesi... You made my Year ;)

*I videoed the whole concert just about, but this is one of my faves so...

It's OFFICIAL...

We are OFFICIALLY a Military Family!!! That's right... Nate joined the ARMY. It might sound cRaZy to most, but this is something Nate has talked about since we were dating. I would just tell him that I don't think I could handle being a Military wife. Let me just tell everyone now... I am done saying NEVER because I have learned in the past 6 years that every time I say "I won't" or "I'll NEVER"... it has come to pass and Heavenly Father has let me know there is more to come and I have survived it all... lol. I am looking forward to the change and challenges that come along with it all. Nate and I have Faith that we will be safe and this is where we are suppose to go. I will keep everyone updated with where we are going and when... so until I get more info...

TO BE CONTINUED...

Easter Pics...

Our Grammy had to have some Easter Pictures of the grandkids. She purchased them all clothes a while back. All of the girls had matching Dresses and the boys had matching ties. I can't wait to see the pictures all done... I think they will be so cute. I sure wished my Matty Mo was going to be in them. It seems like we always miss him by a couple of days or weeks :( I snapped all of these pics before they left to get the Pictures done. I wasn't able to go with so our Daddy took them to the photo shoot. I sure hope they turn out OK.

The Bug Man...

Our Bug Man is the nicest guy ever... After he was done spraying the inside and outside of the house he brought the girls back up some toys. After they got done picking their toys he asked Reagan if she wanted a lizard. Of course she was like "YEA!" I stood there waiting for him to give her a toy lizard and he touched his pocket and this thing came flying out. Needless to say Regs and I were screaming and jumping all over... I am sure Andrew got a kick out of watching us... lol! Thank goodness he caught the lizard in a hurry because he wasn't leaving until he found it! Regs got a total kick out of the whole thing!!! Thanks Andrew!

Bella Soles Shoe Party...

My sister in law (Lauren) and I went to a Garage/Clearance sale in Hurricane a couple of weekends ago for Bella Soles Shoes. We were so excited about all the cute shoes, sunglasses and handbags that Lauren decided to host a shoe party at my house. It was lots of fun and she had a Great turn out. She got her FREE pair of shoes just for having 10 people show up... they didn't even have to purchase anything. I think that is GREAT incentive. I am thinking of hosting one in a couple of weeks. So here is what ya missed if you didn't make it :P

These are the cute shoes I got at the Garage/Clearance sale for 5.00! Kennedy is modeling them for ya...

One Of My New Faves...

Ok... Anyone that knows me well, knows I love Pancakes. I usually make a couple of batches at a time and freeze them for quick usage ;). Any way I was at Costco a couple of months ago and they were sampling these yummy pancakes. I was a little skeptical at first until I tasted them so I thought I would give them a try. I usually never buy Pancake mix... we make them from scratch, but let me tell ya... I'm pretty impressed with these pancakes. I really like them and my family loved them as well! A new staple in my home... at least until Costco stops carrying them... lol!

March Visiting Teaching...

I decided to make something for the families I visit teach and a couple of the neighbors. I thought they turned out so cute I wanted to post some pictures. I made my "White Chocolate Popcorn", but the Leprechaun touched them and turned the popcorn "GREEN"... lol!

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My mother in law came up with the idea to put the popcorn in the hats.