Birthdays and such

Well, Terry's bday and come and gone, my bday has come and gone, and they both were wonderful! Terry is a pill though because I always ask him if he wants to have people over or anything for his bday and he always says no, so we always end up doing something simple for his birthday. My birthday on the other hand, he always makes sure we do a bunch of fun stuff!! Stinker!! Anyway, I have a few pics of our life lately...

We went to a Jazz game! The only game they lost in a while, I think I am bad luck!

Mae loves to put on jewelry!

Mae and Beckham can play well together sometimes!

Mae just laying in the tub, she loves to play in there!!

Jane and Mae sharing princesses in the tub!

First piggy tails, she looks so grown up!

Cali Adventure

On Nov. 11th, my mom and I set out on an adventure to California!! We went to go see my brother and sister-in-law who just had a new baby boy! They are sooo cute with their new little one, it was such a treat to see!! But oh boy was the trip an eye opener. I just realized that I am not a very good mother, can't handle as much stress as I thought I could and once again it was brought to my attention that I am just not as good as Mary at anything. She had to come in and rescue me and a number of times and was so much better with Mae. Sad day really. But nonetheless, we made it home in one piece. Here are a few pictures of the trip.

Cute Baby Jack

Maybe a little smile :)

Ok, I just really love this picture! Just look at Jack's face, then look at my mom's face!!

Typical Bernie, being sweet and giving kisses. Typical Mae, being a pill.

When Jane came, Mae enjoyed pushing her around in the stroller!

Beautiful day at the Beach in Nov.!!!

The cute family(minus Bernie) :)

Thanks for letting Mae and I come Bryan and Wendy! Even though I was a stress case the whole time!!! It was so fun to see you guys and meet little Jack! Welcome to the world Jack we LOVE you!!

Pumpkins and curls

Well, Happy Halloween everyone! I hope your holiday was filled with lots of fun! Unfortunately Terry was busy pretty much all weekend so we didn't get to do anything all together but I still dressed Mae up and went and showed off her costume to a few people. I made her a tutu this year, and all the other stuff for her costume we found at Target in the dollar section! Awesome right?!

Me, with Mae, Braden and Ashton aka: Darth Vador and optimus prime (spelling??)

Darth and Optimus again, cute cute cute!

My little Pumpkin!

I also have been on this kick of wanting to make things, so I crocheted this hat for Mae, I think it turned out pretty cute!

And Finally, check out this girls hair!!! Can I have hair like her please? So CUTE!

smiley

Well, I have been bugging Terry for the last few days now on something that bothers me. When Terry brushes his teeth he leaves the cap off the toothpaste and lays it on the counter. When I go in and want to brush my teeth there is a big glob of toothpaste on the counter because it has run out of the open tube of toothpaste. Anyway, the other night Terry did this so it sat that way all night and in the morning there was a nice and big glob waiting for me on the counter. I HATE that!! And I have cleaned it up every time. This time I decided I was going to talk to Terry about it and just let him know that it would be awesome if he would just put the lid back on when he was done. Then I wouldn't have to clean up his globs!!! So last night it was still there and I kindly mentioned it to him and that I was hoping he would clean it up this time. Well, this morning there was a nice little surprise waiting for me............

Yup, instead of taking the time to clean it up, even better, he took the time to make a cute little smiley face out of floss for me in the toothpaste glob. Isn't he thoughtful?!?!?! :) I actually laughed out loud when I saw it.

the "Y" # 2- conquered!!

Isn't that a beautiful Picture?!?!

(Pics taken with my phone so sorry for the poor quality)

So on Saturday I had my dad come over so that I could go hike the "Y" again. It was such a beautiful day and I needed to redeem myself from the last time I attempted to hike the "Y". So I started up the mountain feeling much much better than the last time, its amazing how much of a difference it was to not have Mae on my back! I didn't even listen to music, it was just to peaceful and wonderful to!! But I made it and all the way to the tippy top of the "Y" too!! I was absolutely beautiful with all of the changing leaves! I just can't even express how good it felt :). Just Wonderful.

my face always goes so red when I work out! I really was enjoying myself and not about to die, like it looks!!!

I sure with the weather could stay just like it was on Saturday for a little while longer so I could do this again a few more times!!

LOVE this girl

the "Y" and private

So I decided that I am fat and in need of some working out. I have a hard time knowing when to do it because I am NOT a morning person and that seems to be the best time to do it without Mae. So this morning I decided to hike the "Y" with Mae in a hiking backpack on my back. WOW, am I out of shape or what!! I didn't make it to the top. But its a start right?!?! this is how we looked afterward, a little disheveled to say the least. (I look really horrible!!!)

Also, I think I am going to go private so if you want to still be able to read my blog then just leave your email in a comment and I will invite you! Thanks!!!

Lone Survivor

Reading is not something I was super into in High School, at least I don't remember being into it. But now that I am a little older and wiser I guess, I love reading! I love having a good book that I can't put down. I love getting into the stories! I just love everything about it! I just finished a truly amazing book. It was very graphic, sad and eye opening for me to read but I couldn't put it down. It is called

It is about this Navy Seal Team that was sent to Afghanistan to take out one of the main Taliban leaders. The one who wrote the book was the only surviver of his team. And as he recounts what happened on those Afghanistan mountains, his story is really something else. It is really crazy to read this first hand account of the war. It really put it into perspective for me that there are people doing this over there right now fighting for our country. Anyway, great book. Some language though, just a warning for you in case you decide to read it.

the tub...

Mae recently has figured out how to get into the bathtub. She kinda just lets herself flop in but she loves to just play and play in there with her clothes on. She thinks it's the coolest thing!

We also recently had our talented friend take some family pictures for us. They turned out pretty darn cute! and they are not uploading right now so maybe i will post them another time...

Mae is 15 months old now. she is starting to take a few steps here and there! finally!! she is so smart though. she says lots of things now and i think her favorite word is "no". I hate that she says it all the time but it is pretty funny! She also loves to sing! her favorite song right now is old mcdonald and the "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream" from sleeping beauty?? is that right? anyway she is FUN! We just had her appointment today and she is so dang tall for her age! still 95% percentile! she didn't gain any weight from her last appt. but thats ok, she is still in the 75% for weight.

Terry is doing so well in school! He loves accounting!!! Who would have thought, but I am just so glad that he has found something that he is very good at and enjoys learning about! I don't know how he does it but he is managing to juggle full time work, school, solase, and family pretty well! Keep up the good work honey!!! :)

I am just enjoying life with Mae, and I love my job! I love that I can just go on Fridays and keep up with that skill! What a blessing that has been for us!! Life is going pretty good right now and I love Fall time! so the end to my long and boring post this time!!

Life as we know it...

Well, this summer really has been a fun one even though Terry has been busy with school and work and such! We have enjoyed the warm weather and just doing our thing, hanging out with Mary Jane and Beckham and hanging out at home! We absolutely LOVE our new place! It just feels like our HOME finally! Just the other day Mary and I went to Thanksgiving Point and walked around the gardens there and it was such a wonderful day! I don't know what it was about it but it was just wonderful! I didn't get any pictures of it which I am sooo mad about but I sure wish Terry could have been there too. Here are a few pictures of our life the last few months and the order of them is most recent to older pictures. I would have liked them the other way around but this is the way they uploaded and I don't want to take the time to fix them... :)

This is our typical day at home, Mae playing with all her toys!

Mae love to watch a Baby Einstein movie and sit in her bumbo!!!

We finally have her new carseat in the car! She love it!!!

We went and saw our friends Danny and Leanne and their cute kids at a campsite near Nephi. This was Mae's first camping experience and since she doesn't walk yet, boy did she get dirty! But I am sure she didn't mind!

Mae just looking cute again playing at home!

She LOVES swinging!!

Looking very studious with Gpa's glasses on!!

On Labor day we wen to the Zoo with Natalee and Joe! What a fun day it was! Here we are at the Bird show!!!

Mae's new favorite this is to climb up the rocking chair and sit there like a big girl!

I love my snuggle time with this girl! She is growing up too fast!!!

the big 3!

Well, Terry and I are approaching 3 years of marriage (tomorrow)! I kinda can't believe everything that we have done in 3 years. To summarize a few, We have moved a total of 8 times. We had Mae. We bought 3 rentals. Sold a house. We started a business. Terry started school again. I started work again. Trying to juggle it all has been a definite struggle at times. But although it has been hard, I am so glad that I have Terry. He is such a hard worker, and such a great dad. I couldn't' have asked for a better husband! I also wouldn't change anything we have done! I loved Texas, and Levan, and cherish the memories from both of those places! I am grateful for where we are today, and am looking forward to what the future brings us!

Engagement pics 2007

The big day, Sep. 22, 2007

our Neighbor in Texas!

The day Mae was born, July 11, 2009

Mae and I at the zoo with Mary and Ryan May 2010.

The day Mae turned one! July 11, 2010

Our Family! In Vegas April 2010