Scotty, Desi, and the Moose

My Little Beans

2011-12-11T07:27:00.001-08:00

Fall Leaves

2011-12-11T07:25:00.001-08:00

Halloween, Finally posted

2011-12-11T06:58:00.001-08:00

SO CUTE!!!!

Singing time at Nanna Debbie's, here is lullaby time where we all lay down on pillows, and listen to my mom play the guitar. Doesn't last long but when it does it it is an amazing thing!

More singing time fun! Isaiah acting his part, of SUPERMAN, gearing up to fight the bad guys.

Maybe's pumpkin patch, we let all of the kids after singing go pick a pumpkin. So cute. They have a huge field full of pumpkins, and in the fall a corn patch. Their field reminds me of growing up all of the big fields that hadn't been developed yet. There farm is one of the last and I hope they hold out and don't sell it.

Halloween was so cute. Skye we dressed up as a puffy little kitty cat, and Isaiah of course was superman. We went to a dinner at Rebecca Davidson's house beforehand. She went all out making little witches out of bread rolls, sun-dried tomatoes for noses, olives for eyes, and little cut out pumpernickle bread hats. She also rolled 150 tootsie rolls by hand to make little spiders.

Afterwards we went trick or treating at a few houses. Isaiah was so cute. He kept stopping after every house and eating the piece of candy. I had to laugh, needless to say we only made it to a few houses. We then went and got hot chocolate and homemade donuts at our neighbors house. So good, too good, I ate three.
After that we went to my Grandparents to show off thier cute costumes, they loved seeing them.
Fun filled night, and a lot of sugar. I threw away all of Isaiah's candy after that night. Luckily their wasn't that much, and he had forgotten about it anyway so I didn't have to deal with the tantrums for more sugar.

Skye Had Her First Birthday!!!!

2011-04-17T07:33:00.001-07:00

this little hat was a gift from grandma, here she is with her grandma nancy
Her first diaper change, way to go scotty
a sweet baby pic, I love girls you can dress them up with bows!
the nurse totally cut her head out of the picture, our only pic leaving the hospital, bummer
Right after she was born.
Our sweet Skye!
(I will post more pics later, I don't have them on this computer and don't why the one of her is so little)

Baby Skye arrived!!! I think if she would have waited any longer I would have imploded from the inside, haha. My moms prayers were answered because she came the day after my brother got home from his mission, so I could be in the airport and see him.

Constantly I had people telling me I was going to pop or that I should get a back brace. I carry all out front and she was almost a pound bigger than Isaiah so my belly was quite impressive. Anyway, she is the calmest sweetest baby she has a very peaceful presence which is something we are not used to coming from a rowdy two year old. I love the new born stage. I thought I wasn't a big new born person, because I love the busyness when they get older and are talking and so excited to be learning things. But I have noticed with my second that I cherish those moments of holding them when they are so cuddly and small, because I know those moments are fleeting.

Her birth story is much like her personality. Isaiah came out like spit fire in three hours start to finish. She was a little slower, not much, she was more like ten five hours. My labor started after I went swimming in the morning, which I highly recommended to all pregnant people, it feels so good to swim pregnant and have the weight off!! Anyway, I started having what I thought was fake contractions, and went into the midwives for my check up. I saw my friend who delivered me. She checked me and said I was a three and 80% efaced. I didn't believe her because they had checked me two week previous, and said I was dilated to a two, only to find out the next week I wasn't dilated at all---go figure?? So I went home and got Isaiah to go over to our house we are remodeling. We played in the backyard in the garden box digging up dirt with dump trucks, you got to love boys. The contractions came on a little stronger, but I still thought it wasn't real. I had this fear I would go to the hospital and they would send me home. Also the contractions didn't feel strong enough because with Isaiah they were so strong. After they didn't stop I started thinking this might be real. I told Scotty that we should go to the hospital. He was I think surprised because it was a pretty mild labor and so we both didn't know if it was really happening. I got to the hospital and they checked me I was dilated to a five. I asked the nurse if they were sending me home, she just laughed at me. Luckily they don't send you home if you are a five. They immediatley hooked me up to antibiotics, because I tested positive for strep and then called my midwive, which was my roomate from college. Fun huh. She showed up and we reminisced about Peru and our study abroad there. We were laughing about hiking the Inca trail and all puking our guts out, and one of our friends puking all over my shoes which I had to hike in the next two days, and about me hallucinating and in the tent....good times. During talking I got to get in the tub, which I was thrilled about because Isaiah came so fast there wasn't time. I got out and she checked me I was worried I hadn't dilated at all. I got out of the tub and put on my hypno babies in my cd player, because I couldn't find my ipod. To anyone wanting to go natural I highly recommended the hypno babies program. I listened to the CD that was all about visualizing her coming. I can honestly say I didn't feel pain, pressure yes, but not pain. With Isaiah it was definitley painful, because it was so intense and never let up. She checked me again and I was an 8 1/2 and completley efaced. I asked her if I was transitioning. She laughed and asked me if I had to ask her that. It felt so calm and peaceful and honestly such a spiritual experience I could feel her with me. A little while later I was fully dilated and she was kept in there by my water that had not broke, so they broke my water. All of the peaceful feelings that I was feeling went out the window. WOW, talk about fast and furious. She came in five minutes of me screaming and Scotty and the nurse holding my legs trying to get me to bend them, which I was not having. the reason it was so painful because she was posterior and flipped her shoulders coming out---owww. I remember looking up seeing this poor little nurse in the back of the room that was prego,her eyes were as big as saucers. I thought I am ruining her to ever wanting to give birth.

All worth it though, because they handed me the sweetest bundle, and a rush of love and I can't believe i really get a baby out of this hit me. Wow being a mother is so amazing!! I love giving birth. She was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 19 inches long!!!

Isn't He Adorable

2010-10-22T21:13:00.000-07:00

Where does time go?? I haven't posted in awhile, and I have birthday pics for Isaiah that I still need to post. Look at this little picture, he is growing up so fast. I already feel that twinge of don't grow up, stay little so I can let you sit on my lap and read truck books.

I am excited for number two to join the picture. I haven't officially announced it on the blog but I am PREGO!! This is probably old news to most of you, but I felt a little announcement was in order for those of you who don't know. I am 16 weeks along right now. The crazy thing is I forget most days that I am pregnant, except for when I am running in the morning and it takes a little more work. Life has been so crazy as of late that sometimes I look down at my little bump and remember I am pregnant-sorry little one- I promise to remember you. I am greatful that I feel better that the nauseousness has stopped, and I have started getting a little energy back so that I feel normal enough to forget.

I can't wait to add another smiling face to my life. I swear I laugh everyday as a mom. Isaiah has been learning a lot of words lately, one of them being burp. He thinks it is hilarious to say burp when he burps, the funny thing anything that comes out of his mouth he thinks is a burp. The other day my Grandma was over, she is the sweetest most proper woman I know. While she was over Isaiah burped and thought it was so great, that he wanted my Grandma to burp. He kept saying to her, I want burp, I want burp. It was a riot to watch my Grandma's reaction. She gently told him, Honey Grandma is not very good at that. It made me smile.

Some other exciting news, is we might be buying a house. We have been looking for a house to accommodate our growing family, and found a cute little fixer upper with three bedrooms upstairs. The only thing holding me back, (scotty is sold on it), is the kitchen, but with some tender loving care I think it will be a perfect fit.

More great news is that I am starting a website to teach steps to creating a whole foods kitchen, with some gluten free info as well. It is in the works, and has kept me running the last little while, but I am really excited about it. I will post more when it is up and running. I think three more weeks and we should be done!!! Yeah!! And then my sweet little bump I can slow down, and remember that I am pregnant.

Dinner in 20 minutes, Heirloom Tomatoes and Fresh Mozerrella Pizza

2010-09-16T13:01:00.000-07:00

Summer seems like it just keeps rolling along even if I am not ready for it to be compeletly done. The days are starting to get shorter, and my morning runs seem like they are going back to running in the dark. Lately I just have wanted to eat a lot of fresh produce and cook very little. This is one of those meals, a margherita pizza, with fresh garden tomatoes, and fresh mozzerella. It is quick and easy, and always a crowd pleaser. The secret to making this dinner so fast and easy is I get the dough for the crust at California Pizza Kitchen. They sell the thier dough already rolled out for you for ONE DOLLAR. They are smaller pizzas so I normally buy two. In fact I actually just bought six last time and froze the extras for when I need to take a meal to someone, or for a quick weeknight dinner. They sell white, or whole wheat multi grain dough. I always go for the whole wheat multi grain dough because the dough is still light and is a little better for you.

It is hard to tell from these pictures what is on this pizza. What you are looking at is yellow and red hierloom tomatoes from Jacobs Cove Farm, which is an amazing place where they grow so many different varieties of organic tomatoes.

Here is what the crust comes like, already rolled out for you, and ready to go.

Fresh Tomato and Mozzerella Pizza

Caifornia Pizza Kitchen Multigrain dough

Red Sauce

Fresh Mozzerella

Garden Tomatoes

Fresh Basil

Parmesan

Spread the sauce on, then top with thinly sliced cheese, and next the tomatoes. Sprinkle on chopped basil, salt and pepper, and a little parmesan on top. I baked mine in a 400 degree oven on a pizza stone for about 15 minutes.

Tip: to make this gluten free, I have topped a portobella mushroom before with sauce, the tomatoes, and cheese, wrapped it in tinfoil and baked it at the same temperature until the mushroom is soft. Then take off the tinfoil and broil it to melt the cheese.

Windy Rivers

2010-09-09T13:02:00.000-07:00

We just took a backpacking trip to the Wind Rivers, or should I say the "windy rivers". The wind blows so fast there it makes the clouds run by. It was a lot of fun, our original plan was to back pack in Isaiah. Luckily Scottie's sweet sister took him last minute. I am so glad that we changed our plans and decided not to take him. Don't worry Isaiah we are going to take you down south to camp. Scotty and I were both itching to take him camping because he would love it. What we didn't think of was the cold temps at night and the hike in. One night it got down to 17 degrees. I slept really warm which was a blessing, but the morning was COLD. The hike in was amazing, the scenery in the Cirque is breathtaking, massive peaks on all sides for a 360 view. But the hike was not conducive to little ones, we hiked 9-10 miles in and the last three were boulder hopping. Without Isaiah and all of his stuff our pack were already heavy, we brought food for an army.
It turned out to be a really amazing trip, I read a ton and finished a really good book, Scotty went on a multi pitch climb up the face of a steep cliff, and I hiked to the top of a peak. It had been way to long since both of us had been backpacking and I almost felt like a novice all over again, wondering what to pack, what food to bring. It made me want to go again soon. The joy of being outside all day long and having nothing to do was glorious.
My perch rock that I laid in my sleeping bag on a rock and read, it cut out all of the wind.

An amazing lake of glacier water that we all jumped into.

More reading, wow I think this is the most I have read in years.

Hiking, this was the base of our camp ground.

Scotty on his multi pitch climb. When his mom saw his pictures, she started crying and said "maybe you married the wrong girl, I can't believe she would let you do this". The climb was not very technical but really exposed and high. As a side note Nancy was joking we are really close, and I believe she Nancy is the best mother in law you could ever ask for.

Running in the buff

2010-06-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

Today I was looking at my little boy and I had an overwhelming feeling of gratefulness to be a mom come over me. He is so small and sweet. I was looking at his little sticky hand prints on the window and a quote I have hanging up came to me, it says, "enjoy the little things in life for one day you will look back and realize they are the big things." I feel so lucky to be his mom, watching him grow, and learn He is my little bud, making me laugh constantly.

The other day was no exception. We were coming home from the pool so I stripped Isaiah down, and put a clean diaper on him for the way home. While I was loading everything in the house, I let Isaiah run around in the backyard. When I came back out to grab him he was totally buck naked, digging in the sandbox. I found out later that while he was running around naked as a jay bird he tapped on my renters window to say hi, she looked up to see a little boy in the buff squatting in front of her window. We had a good laugh.

Summer has felt like a familiar friend returning home. I love the warm nights, and carefree days. It is so fun to play outside, go to the pool, eat watermelon on the back porch, bike up the canyon, and go for long runs without snow on the ground! Being a mom in the summer is way cooler than being a mom in the winter. Isaiah is learning to say a few words and by far truck is his favorite. He loves to spot them, you would be shocked how many trucks there are in this world. Today we were reading a book and it had a picture of a truck in it. The story stopped there, we had to look at the truck picture for a good five minutes. After the book, I tried to put him down for a nap after and put the book away, but he wasn't having it. He kept yelling for the truck, so I propped the book up next to his crib with the picture of the truck open. He was content to go to sleep after that. Being a mom is the best job. I hope I can remember these precious little moments that make my heart smile. Time goes by so fast, and I think I am ready to add another little bundle of joy to the mix. My running friend told me she is pregnant today. She inspired me to stay running when I get pregnant. She is still running so fast! We did speed work outs today and she was leading us with a 5:40 pace for the minute pickups. It made me realize that I can still run and maybe even race pregnant. Obviously not fast, but I can still not totally loose all of my endurance and lungs. I think I am going to train for the Xterra race in September, it is a mountain bike, trail run, lake swim triathlon. Unless a little bambino changes the plans, which I would change happily.

Scott's Project

2010-06-19T13:48:00.000-07:00

Scotty had a brilliant idea to damn up the irrigation water rushing past our house to water our lawn. We recruited the help of our neighbors metal boards, our weights, and whatever random boards we had laying around. Needless to say we ended up creating more of a swimming pool, but we did manage to water half our lawn. Isaiah was loving it, he kept trying to drink the water, so gross, so I gave him a sippy cup with clean water. He took the sippy cup happily and dipped it in the dirty water, and then drank from it. At this point I just had to laugh. Scottie's brilliant idea turned sour when we got home later that night and had a written out complaint from the city left on our door step. Turns out people don't appreciate a swimming pool in the street.

If You Want a Good Laugh Watch This

2010-06-14T08:18:00.001-07:00

Kids do the funniest things. I decided I need to start writing more of the day to day things, because there are so many funny things that happen that I want to remember, this is one of them. Isaiah wanted to play in the Vics Vapor rub so he kept handing us the jar to open it. To which Scotty would pretend he couldn't get it open, because we didn't want him playing in it. Sweet little Isaiah took his turn at opening the "tough" lid.

Utah Valley Marathon

2010-06-14T06:42:00.000-07:00

This is the finish line of the Utah Valley marathon, I made it! What a journey. After months of training for the Salt Lake Marathon only to pass out at mile 24, I had to tackle this beast one more time. So I decided to do the Utah Valley marathon, six weeks more of early mornings, a lot of long runs, and tired legs paid off. Quite honestly I am really going to miss training, I enjoyed getting up early, the chatting sessions with Amanda, and Melody, and the sitting in the river after long runs. It is so nice to have time as a mom to yourself, and time to talk, even if it comes at 5 in the morning.

The marathon turned out even better than I had hoped for. My goal was to pace myself with the 3:10 pacer for as long as I could, and hopefully keep him in site. (The winner of the marathon last year volunteered to pace the men who wanted to qualify for Boston, men have to have a 3:10 to qualify.) I was worried about going out to fast with him in the beginning because my fastest marathon, before this was a 3:35. The Salt Lake marathon was faster, but we all know what happened there. I started running with the pacer, and to be honest it felt like a training run in the beginning, we were all talking and having a good time. I ran with him for 16 miles, 7:15 minute miles. After mile 16 I still felt really good, so I picked up the pace a little bit and started running with another guy. We kept right on talking until mile 20. At that point I saw a couple of my friends that had run the half marathon and had come to cheer, they told me my other friend Amanda was right up ahead of me. I picked up the pace and ran a 6:45, and kept running 6:50 for the next six. It felt so good. I didn't look at my watch I had no idea how fast I was going, I just felt really good. My family and friends were there cheering, I think that made me pick up the pace. The last two miles my friend Marie ran with me. It was funny because I was so zoned out, that I didn't recognize her, she was jumping up and down waving her arms, and it didn't click in my brain that it was her. It was nice to have her there. At the end I could see the time clock and I couldn't believe it, 3:06!!!! My goal was 3:15!! It was such a fun race, for the first 20 miles I was just talking and having a good time, the last six were just getting it done.

Honestly the time didn't matter as much, the most empowering thing to me was to set a goal and finally realize it. I am so glad that I didn't give up after Salt Lake, because I knew I had it in me. It taught me that really you can accomplish anything you set your mind to, with goals, hard work, patience, and the belief that you can do it. That might sound so cliche, but it taught me such a powerful lesson. In fact I wrote Jesse on his mission about it, because it reminded me of my mission, and life in general. Training and running a marathon taught me that you have to have an end in mind, a point that you are moving towards, and with that focus and direction everything falls into place. Because you will naturally start doing things that will bring you to that end goal. Most importantly if you have the whole purpose of this life in mind, to return home worthy, then naturally you will start making the choices necessary to align your life with that end realization. It isn't always the easiest choice, or the most convenient, but the Lord knew we were capable of hard things, and that accomplishing hard things refines us and makes us more empowered to accomplish the things that await us in the future.

My sister in law Jen, this was her first marathon and she finished strong!

I finished third place in my age group, and tenth overall.

Hard Work Pays Off

2010-06-14T06:39:00.000-07:00

I look like I just ran a marathon in the rain!

My friends that I have been training with. Lot of EARLY mornings with these fine ladies. When I say early, I mean middle of the night early. A lot of long runs at 4:45 in the morning so that we could be back in time for husbands to go to work.

Wow!! Don't know these people but they are definitley blog worthy.

Running with my friends that I picked up along the way. The one in the black was trying to qualify for Boston, and the other one I ran with for a good five or six miles. They were so nice, and since my Ipod did not work, thats right 26.2 miles sans music, it was nice to have company. We talked about kids, missions, and how he got into running because his mom would drop them off a couple of miles from home and make them run home, apparently he had a lot of energy. Good idea mom, I think I will try that in the future.

Green Smoothies with Dad

2010-06-14T05:31:00.000-07:00

This is a typical day in our house. Isaiah LOVES to be outside and the minute he wakes up he is handing me his shoes. That makes for pretty early 7 am, backyard hangouts. Lately since it has been warm we have been hanging out on the back porch eating. This is breakfast, green smoothies. I finally found a cup that works really well for kids drinking green smoothies. I have bought a couple, and the smoothie is too thick to go through the straw. I finally found this one at Shop ko, of all places. It has a wide straw and a top that doesn't come off easily. Up until this point I would just give Isaiah sips of mine, resulting a huge adorable green mustache, and not so adorable a green mess all over my shirt.

Anyway, enough about my new find. I wanted to make an early fathers day post. A little tribute to such an amazing dad. As you can see Isaiah loves hanging out with his dad, mom is not near as cool as dad in most cases, unless I am cooking and he is hungry. It is so fun to watch Scotty as a dad. You never know what sides are going to come out in you as a parent. Scottie's tender side has really come out, it is so cute to watch him rock Isaiah to sleep, and try to console him when the world is coming to an end because you took his favorite lawn mower away from him. Yes you heard me, Isaiah's favorite toy in the world is a plastic lawn mower that we have to take everywhere with us. Another side of Scotty that has come out is the little kid in him. He loves to wrestle around and play with Isaiah. Whenever I see Scottie's coming home from work, I will tell Isaiah papas coming, to which he immediately responds by crawling up on the top of the couch and to look out the window that faces the street. When he sees Scotty walking up he will usually yell papa, and jump down from the couch and run to the back door where Scotty comes in. It is always a blessing when Scotty comes home, for mommy and Isaiah.

And the last side that has come out in Scotty is his manly side. Well that has always been there but it is so fun to watch the two of them work on projects together. Isaiah insists on "helping" him screw in the bolts, or whatever manly thing they are working on. I think he is going to be a handy man like his dad, because he watches and mimics everything he does. If Scotty screws in something, he will take the screw driver and try right after him, it is so funny.

Wow that was a long post, I am used to waking up and running in the morning, and wake up automatically at six, so I have a lot of time on my hands right now,it is kind of nice to catch up.

Fun at the Cabin

2010-06-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

I love watching my Dad with Isaiah. I am so grateful to have a Dad that is still a kid at heart. This weekend we went to my Grandpa's cabin. I really shouldn't call it a cabin, because it is three stories, six bedrooms, and has a hot tub. My grandpa recently bought it through his work as a company cabin. Generous as they are they let us use it, it is becoming a family tradition that I love. This weekend compromised of lots of good food, games when the kids were in bed, hot tubbing, steep trail runs, Thomas the train, and lots of laughs. It is so nice to get away with the family and have time to just hang out.

Here we are on a little hike, right down the road from the cabin.
This is Matt, my brother in law, Christy, my sister in law, such a trooper, trekking down the steep hill pregnant. Zachy her son, and me and Isaiah. I know you were probably thinking that must be some famous person behind those big sun glasses.
Little kids find so much joy in the smallest things. What a good reminder to enjoy the little things.

Riding Thomas the train with grandpa. Isaiah was so funny, he kept waving out the window and yelling bye bye. He loved it.

Here he is not loving, getting taken back to the cabin. He wanted to stay and throw rocks for another few hours at least.

Zachary helping Isaiah walk up the steep hills. He is the best cousin, he is always looking out for him. Isaiah is lucky to have so many fun boy cousins. I think they are going to have a lot of fun when they get older.

Mothers Day Card

2010-05-24T11:30:00.000-07:00

Here is the mothers day card, that Scotty made for his mom. He is so thoughtful and good at making cards. He makes me one almost every meaningful holiday: I look forward to these cards. I have a little love note box that I keep them all in. I am having trouble uploading other pics I have from the last couple of weeks. I will figure it out, even if it takes me a minute...

Bud the Best Gardener

2010-05-24T11:25:00.000-07:00

Meet Bud, this is my greatest neighbor slash gardener extrodinaire. He has an acre garden full of tomatoes, peppers, egg plants, whatever you can think of, he grows it. Whenever I am outside in the backyard with Isaiah I can usually find Bud out working in his yard. The other day was no exception, he came walking over to me with these huge curious red stalks slung over his shoulder. It was rhubarb. I had never seen rhubarb so big. He gave me a bunch of stalks, being the kind neighbor that he is, and my mind started turning what I could do with it. Maybe rhubarb oatmeal bars, or strawberry/rhubarb jam, or maybe a pie. Any ideas???

Southwestern Corn and Sweet Potato Soup

2010-05-08T11:30:00.000-07:00

Admittedly this picture isn't pretty. It was right before we finished all of it, and I wanted a picture. It was such an easy and good dinner, that I had to post it.

This recipe was adapated from the Moosewood Cookbook, low fat favorites. I inherited this cookbook, when we bought our house. The previous owner was an ebay book seller and gave me a bunch of cookbooks. This one was such a find! I probably would have never bought the book because of the name, low fat favorites, sounds cheezy. Anyway, the recipes in it are so flavorful, and good for you, plus they always turn out. This soup recipes jumped at me because it has sweet potatoes in it, I knew it would be good, what is not to love about sweet potatoes. I added millet to get more grains in my diet, and an extra potato for creaminess, both are optional.

1/4 c millet ( optional)

1 C finely chopped onions

2 cloves garlic

1 small chili, seeded and minced

1/4 tsp salt

3-5 C stock, veggie or chicken

2 1/2 tsp cumin

1 md. sweet potato, diced

1 potato diced (optional, it just makes it a little heartier)

1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped

3 C fresh or frozen corn

salt to taste

lime wedges, finely chopped cilantro leaves

In a heavy bottom pan, toast the millet until golden brown. Add the onions, garlic,chile, and salt to 1 C of the stock simmer for ten minutes until the onions are soft. In a small bowl make a paste with the cumin and a tablespoon of the stock, stir in the pot, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the sweet potato, and potato (if adding), and the remaining stock ( I added close to five cups of stock because it was too thick, with the added potato and millet) cook another 10 minutes or until soft. Add the bell pepper, and corn and simmer for another 10 minutes or until they are soft. Puree about half of the soup in the blender or food processor and return it to the pot. The soup will be creamy and thick. Add salt to taste and reheat. Garnish as desired.

Greatful To Be a Mama

2010-05-08T11:10:00.000-07:00

Isaiah love limes. It is so funny, he always motions for them, and without fail after he tastes it he puckers up, and pulls a face, and then we laugh at him. But he keeps right on eating them.

The other day was rough. Isaiah had three canines coming in, and for the past week it was grumpy city. I can't blame him, teeth ripping through gums, would make me a grumpster to. After a couple of hard mom days (at first I didn't know that he had teeth coming in and I couldn't figure out what was wrong.) I prayed that the Lord would help me with my role as a mother, nuturing and patience specifically. I had the most amazing experience. I walked in his room the next morning, and a powerful feeling came over me just how lucky I was to raise him. I felt the Lord's love for him, and that the Lord had given me the opportunity to learn from him as well as raise him. It made me realize yet again how amazing it is to be a mom. We have the opportunity to strech our characters becoming day by day more like the Saviour. Some days are crazier than others, but it keeps life interesting and ALWAYS entertaining. I heard a quote saying how children laugh three times as much as adults do. In my head I was thinking those adults aren't moms.

Marathon Pics

2010-05-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

I am finally getting pictures up of the marathon. I dropped my lap top and broke it, surprise, surprise, and so I am just getting a card reader that works with my other computer. Sorry lap top! Any way here is my friend Amanda, that I have been training with, and I at the finish line. Sadly Scotty didn't know that the setting was on manual instead of automatic and so a lot of the pictures while we were running were washed out.

This is at the finish line. I was glad to be finished.

Here is Isaiah with Sydney,Sydney is Amanda's little girl, they are about the same age and so cute together. Isaiah was loving giving her hugs.

and more hugs.... I might have to watch him when he gets bigger......

I thought this picture was so sweet.

Salt Lake Marathon

2010-04-22T21:25:00.001-07:00

This race got the best of me. For the first 20 miles it felt, dare I say effortless, maybe not effortless, but easier than I had though. Me and my friend Amanda were in fifth and sixth place the whole way, out of 1,000 plus woman. At mile 22 I started feeling really low energy wise, I had already taken a gu at mile 20, and was hoping it would kick in.
Mile 23 wasn't pretty, I hit the wall hard, I started slowing way down, and stopped at the mile 24 aid station to get water hoping it would wake me out of the groggy state I was in. I could feel my body shutting down. I tried to take a drink and collapsed, luckily my brother was there and caught me. After a minute I told him that we could keep going and I would walk it out, he let go of me. I collapsed again, at that point he realized I was pretty bad off. So he picked me up and carried me to the grass, the medic came over, and checked my pulse. The medic said that my pulse was threaded. I wanted to keep running. I am sure it sounded absurd, I couldn't even stand on my own. But, I was only 2 miles away!! Finally I felt more stable and tried to stand up only to collapse again. Finally after about 10 minutes of laying there my pulse got back into a normal rythm. The medic said if I could take 10 steps on my own he would let me finish the race. At this point, my time was shot, but I wanted to finish the race. I took a wobbly 10 steps, at which he said that he would bike behind me to the finish to make sure I made it. So on we went, my brother, the medic, and me. It must have been such a funny sight. Me looking like death, my brother in khakis and a polo, and the medic following a close third up the hill. Needless to say we all crossed the finish line. I finished in 3:40, the exact time you need to qualify for Boston.
The funny thing that was my first marathon time, and I was happy about it, but I trained a lot more for this marathon. I learned a lot about myself doing the race though. I learned that I am not a quitter, even if it is painful. I also learned that hard things pass. Nothing is permanent. I also realized how powerful family relationships are, I am grateful for the support of my brother, and Scotty.

(My friend that I ran till mile 22 with took third overall with a 3:16. I am so proud of her!)

When Toddlers Strike

2010-03-31T21:18:00.000-07:00

Has anyone experienced this, mom is distracted, and toddler takes advantage. Here is a picture of Isaiah dumping a full thing of baking soda all over the ground. I was unloading food from a cooking class and while my back was turned, Isaiah saw the opportunity strike to pounce on an innocent bag of baking soda. When I turned back around, and saw the white floor, my initial reaction was AAAHHH, but then when I saw how proud of his little art work he was I had to grab the camera and laugh. Little kids have a way of melting you, with their little smiles, I swear if they weren't so cute.

Life has been busy,I have been cooking like a mad woman for Cafe Fresh helping them develop a new gluten free menu! It is a work in progress, but a lot of fun. I also have been working on a cooking blog that you should check out.... unconventionalkitchen.blogspot.com

My goal for this year is to stay on top of blogging!! It is such a fun record of everyday events that we don't usually take the time to sit down and write, at least some of us, or maybe just me!

Growing Up

2010-03-31T21:10:00.000-07:00

Wow I am super behind. I have pictures since Christmas, ha ha I am a slacker in the blogging world. I loved this picture, Isaiah putting on daddies boots. He is getting so big and mimics everything that we do. It is crazy how aware kids are. The other day Isaiah got a hold of a q-tip and was cleaning out his ears, and brushing his teeth with the other hand. I love my little side kick with me all day.

Homeade Applecider

2009-11-22T20:33:00.000-08:00

Pictured here are the best neighbors in the world, Bud and Marylin Cowley!! They have taught us many things, along with how to make apple cider. Let me tell you, you have not had applecider until you have had homemade apple cider. After we tasted it we wished that we had gotten boxes of apples to make apple-cider with. We just got some from a neighbor last minute. Next year we will be armed and ready with a few boxes of apples to make the tastiest treat. I say treat ,because it is so sweet, without having to add anything to it. This press that we used is over thirty years old. It is so cool it cuts all of the apples up and then smooshes the juices out of it. Isaiah was loving playing in the leaves.

Halloween!!

2009-11-22T20:03:00.000-08:00

Here is my cutest little chicken, every time I looked at him I had to laugh, as he waddled around the house. He even had a cute little padded butt.

The crew at Halloween. There are 26 granchildren on Scottie's side. Isaiah is number 25. Here they are at the annual Halloween party. Too bad, I had food poisoning and missed out on all of the fun. Lucky for me, my family did one too, and we got to take Isaiah trick or treating (or should I say Scott). We made him go up to some houses by himself, it was hysterical. They just looked at him, and said trick or treating with the big kids huh. I will have to get some photos from that night, because Scotty came straight out of an IFA catalog, he was a dream!! Unfortunatley we forgot our camera which happens all to often.

The little chicken and princess. Isaiah and his little cousin Kate. They are little buddies.

When opportunity knocks

2009-11-20T09:10:00.001-08:00

So here are pics from a cookbook that I just wrote. I know crazy, huh. It all started when I emailed green smoothie girl, aka Robyn, to tell her that I was impressed with what she was doing and that I wanted to know how I could do something with my passion for cooking. She emailed me back, and told me she was looking for someone to collaborate with on a recipe book. So I jumped on it and we created a book called Healthy Holiday Recipes for Rave Reviews. You should check it out @ greensmoothiegirl.com. You have to go to her blog to read about it, or they sell it at the store on her site. It has been a lot of fun. So here is a pic of Isaiah drinking the shrek icecream. If you have picky eaters and want to get more greens in them, try a green smoothie. Whitney taught me that trick a long time ago that she learned from the green smoothie girl on u tube. He loves them, and so do me and Scotty we have one everyday. Anyway, the cookbook is a whole bunch of recipes, that are all naturally sweetened, mostly dairy free, and all whole grains. Check it out!

Road Trippin to Washington

2009-10-11T20:33:00.000-07:00

So we just got back from a trip to Washington/Portland Oregon. We drove a car up for Scottie's brother and then flew home. Luckily as you can see the moose passed out for most of the drive. Which was an answer to prayers because 12 hours with a screaming child is enough to make you drive the car off a cliff. Anyway, he was actually really good on the drive down. I will post more pics of the activities down there but it was so fun to spend time with his brother and their fam. I am starting to realize more and more how important family is, and how it takes sacrifice to keep those relationships close, but it is so worth it. I love my fam!! Well I will write more on Washington when I have the pics....

1 years old!!!!

2009-09-16T20:37:00.000-07:00

Where does time go, it feels like just yesterday we were trying to figure out the car seat to bring the little moose home. Sept.14, Isaiah turned one, and I have to admit I got a little bit emotional thinking how fast time goes. Being a mom, is probably the hardest thing I have ever done, with that being said also the most rewarding. Isaiah is a crack up right now, we just chase around the house playing hide and go seek. I seriously laugh so hard. There was a study done that said the average adult laughs like the a tenth of what a child laughs in a day. I think whoever did that study didn't have kids. Well I will update with the mooses first birthday party pics. Scotty is working on a bench made of skis and a fire pit for the party we will see how it turns out.

These pics are of hiking to Stewart Falls. So beautiful!! On a side note, I think there is nothing hotter than seeing your husband play with your kids. My two favorite boys right here!!!

Deez Beez at the Farmers Market

2009-09-16T20:31:00.000-07:00

Here we are with the great idea to sell our honey at the farmers market, which we signed up for before we realized that we had to leave 60 pounds of honey for the bees for the winter. Needless to say we didn't have much honey to sell. So I got to work making chapstick out of the beeswax, honey caramels, black licorice, and granola. It was a lot of work, but fun, who knows maybe I will join the true hippie ranks and become a full time market goer. But first we need to come up with a better name, our name was Deez Beez and this lady came up and asked me "who is Deez". I just started laughing.

Half Ironman

2009-09-16T20:13:00.000-07:00

I have had a long standing goal of completing a half iron man for awhile now, it is on my list of a 100 things to do before I die. So this August I finally was able to cross it off the list, by doing the Utah Half. Lets just say this pic sums it all up.......

( that is me at the finish line somewhere between wanting to puke and almost passing out)
The day before I had serious runs, sorry too much info., so I was depleted to begin with. I couldn't keep anything in me. The morning of they almost canceled the swim because it was super windy, so windy in fact that they had a hard time anchoring down the buoy for the swim it kept blowing away. Anyway, they ended up letting us swim one lap of it instead of doing it twice. Lets just say I might have drowned had we done it twice. Some random guy while we were swimming started panicking and shoved me under the safety kayak. I came up underneath the kayak and was kind of panicky myself trying to get air, because he was blocking my way back out. I finally got around him and started swimming again, anyway it kind of shook me up for awhile.
(this is how windy it was, there was waves)
The bike was good though, Scotty and my dad, rode with me for part of the way which was nice because it started dumping rain and it was super windy. The run I broke down, I almost didn't finish, I was super dehydrated and my insides started cramping up. In fact the sorest muscle I had the next day was my stomach muscles from cramping so hard. They gave me coke at one of the aid stations and surprisingly enough it took it away. I was able to finish the race, for a minute there I didn't know if it was going to happen. Anyway, it felt good to finish. I finished third in my age group. I felt good about it considering I haven't felt that depelted physically in my whole life. I was just glad to finish.

Bees, Bees, Bees

2009-09-16T20:09:00.000-07:00

is our first year doing bee hives, and so we don't have a lot of the equipment that goes along with it.
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So here are the pics you have all been waiting for.....the famous bees. So many of you have already heard the story of harvesting the honey, but for posterity sake I need to tell it one more time. T

NITRO CIRCUS!!

2009-08-27T05:34:00.000-07:00

The Nitro Circus came to my friend's house the other day, so we went to go watch the mayhem. They started off by launching people from a human sling shot that my friend's dad built. It is two telephone poles, that he had the city come put in, and then a sling shot in the middle of them. A fourwheeler pulls you back and then launches you. Watch this link to see how great it is........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjjWXstjZc.

The next event was shooting a bowling ball out of a home made cannon over a mountain, and then through a car. Pretty good stuff!! Here is a video of shooting the cannon through a car.

So here is my claim to fame, hanging out with Travis Pastrana!! Well maybe just for the pic, but hey I sat next to him on the couch. Actually, I don't really get that star struck, to me he is just a person, but anyway this picture is mostly for my nephews.

Coconut Milk Icecream

2009-08-09T08:37:00.000-07:00

O.k so sorry no pic, once again, but I promise from here on out to take pictures. This is a recipe I found for coconut ice-cream. It turned out to be surprisingly good for a no dairy ice cream. Here is the link.....http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/recipe.php?recipeId=2592. To this recipe I added 2/3 cup cocoa powder to the sugar and egg mixture to make it coconut chocolate ice cream. YUM.... I think roasted almonds added to it would be good as well. If you like coconut, and you can't eat dairy, this is the ice cream for you.

Energy Bars (minus all the crap)

2009-08-09T08:11:00.000-07:00

So I am training for a half iron man right now, and I have been looking for a energy bar that isn't full of high fructose corn syrup, or tons of sugar, or any of the number of other ingredients that are unrecognizable. So I found a recipe that I have played around with and made a few different ways and I think I like this one the best......
(sorry no pic. we ate them to fast!)

1/2 cup brown rice syrup ****
1/4 cup of cane sugar ***
3/4 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. vanilla

Combine all of these ingredients in a sauce pan and heat over medium high heat until the ingredients are well incorporated and it comes to a boil.

Meanwhile add the dry ingredients to a bowl----

2 cups oats
1 cup puffed rice cereal
1 cup puffed wheat cereal
1/4 cup flax seed
1 cup of anything you would like ( I have added roasted peanuts, raisins, pumpkin seeds, cranberries, candied ginger, chocolate chips, golden raisins, dates, dried papaya......really just add a mix of anything you have on hand.)
1/4 cup coconut (optional)

Combine the wet and dry mixture and press into a 9 x13 baking pan. Let it sit and it will get gooey and oh so good.

Note: I have also made this with peanut butter and honey instead of the brown rice syrup, and cane sugar

**you can get brown rice syrup at a health food store and use it as a replacer for sugar, it is just brown rice boiled down, it kind of tastes carmaley.
** try to find sugar that hasn't been stripped down of all of it's minerals, they sell a good organic sugar at Costco for a good deal.

Picture Costco, but an organic food store

2009-08-03T09:56:00.000-07:00

Their is a new store opening up that is going to be run like Costco, but it will sell organic, whole foods. YEAH, eating right can be so expensive, and their are limited options to shop. So I was excited to hear that an alternative store is opening up. And the best news it is local, which means, I can shop online (don't have to take Isaiah to the grocery store, another perk) and then pick it up at the store, which means I don't have to pay for shipping!!! So hopefully, it gets going soon. They are set to open in September. So if any of you are reading this and want to know more, check out this link, http://www.greenpolkadotbox.com/invite/227. This link is to set up an account, and then they keep you posted, with emails,
the progress of it, also deals they are going to have. To set up an account you just need you name and email, and I get perks
for refering you. So sign up quick because Wed. is the cut off date for referrals. Do yourself and me a favor, and we can both
eat healthy a lot cheaper!!

Grounded

2009-08-02T08:42:00.000-07:00

Wow, I am a mom, isn't it crazy to realize sometimes. I know that sounds weird, but sometimes I look at Isaiah, and Scotty, and our house and think, I am now the mom, this is my house, my husband, and my beautiful baby boy. I feel so LUCKY. Can you imagine not being a mom after you have been one. A mother's heart will never be the same, even when your kid moves away, your still a mom, you still probably worry for them, and want to take away the pains they have to go through to grow. Sometimes I have glimpses of how amazing Isaiah's spirit is, and I feel so blessed and humbled that the Lord let me raise him.

The Big Three O

2009-08-02T08:25:00.001-07:00

That's right Scotty is officially old. No I am just playing, but we felt old when we went to Seven Peaks for his birthday and it was highschool central, we where by far the oldest there, except for one sweet guy who had us beat. He was probably late twenties, big boy, in a speeo, with studded diamond earrings on the prowl for some young girl. FUNNY... Another funny thing, while we where waiting in line, a kid tried to pick up on Stacey and I. He asked us, what school do you go to, let me guess it starts with a T...(meaning Timpview)!!! Yeah he thought we were in highschool. I just started laughing and told him that we were moms, and probably could be his mom. He stopped and was like that is wierd.... It was dang funny.

I took him to Park City to mountain bike, and go to dinner. The trails in Park City are so FUN!! Super fast and smooth. We also went to a Mexican restuaraunt, that was dang good and cheap, El Chubasco, they have a salsa bar with ten different kinds of salsa. Well Scotty, love ya tons, and can't wait to spend thirty years more with you. It's crazy, I don't know if you ever feel the age that you are. I remember thinking thirty was so old, now it feels young to me. Although thirty Scotty still has it, look at him,he is one good looking boy, and even cuter when he is playing with Isaiah, he is the cutest dad. Happy Bday!!!

One way to eat an oarnge

2009-07-30T15:58:00.000-07:00

Don't you love babies, exploring, putting everything in thier mouth to try and figure out.

San Jorge (pronounced san horhey)

2009-07-30T15:44:00.000-07:00

This was one of the first real trips that we have taken the moose on and it couldn't have been more fun!!! My parents got a condo in St. George, and it is a blast, right next to all the mountain bike trails, pool, tennis courts, if you are reading this and craving a dose of sun and fun, let me know and we can take a trip. Here is Isaiah's first time swimming, it was funny he kept trying to drink the pool water.

We decided to road bike with the moose up Snow Canyon, Scotty was a rock star, because once you left the bike path and started climbing the road it was steep. I could bearly make it not pulling Isaiah. Isaiah loves it he just chills and watches the scenery.

Scotty hates this picture he thinks that he looks gay, I beg to differ. I thought the below picture of the moose was so cute, I think he is going to grow up to be the next rocker.

Basment for Rent

2009-06-11T14:32:00.000-07:00

So our basement is now open for rent, 650 a month, we split utlitlies if you know of anyone that is looking let us know!! Oh it is two bedrooms, one bath, in Orem by the mouth of the canyon.

Dream Sheepy

2009-06-11T14:25:00.000-07:00

Calling all mothers, this is the greatest invention ever made, the sleep sheep. Or as we like to call it the sheepy. Isaiah loves this sound maker, we snuck a few pics of him at nap time, because it was so cute. It's a stuffed animal that doubles as a sound maker. Whenever he goes to sleep we just hand him the sheepy and he tucks it under his arm and goes to bed. Little ones are so adorable aren't they! This is for you Jenny, I am posting some pics of Isaiah, so you can see him clear out in D.C., he misses his favorite aunt. Sorry Camille, Jenny is the favorite aunt because you didn't fight her for it.

Wally World

2009-06-11T13:57:00.000-07:00

Me and Scotty took a little trip down to Wally World a couple of weekends ago. Kind of a random trip, it all started when Scotty came home from work and said that a guy at his work said he could get us free tickets to Disneyland. Which is great but you still need a way there which is pricey. While he was telling us the story, his friend was thier who's husband works for United. She said I can get you guys buddy passes if you want to go. No more coxing needed I was sold, free tickets in and buddy passes, what more could you ask for. It was way fun, we left little Isaiah home with my mother in law and ventured off to the wonderful land of Disney. Sorry little guy your turn will come when you are a little older.
Anyway, it was kind of an adventure getting there because they wouldn't let us rent a car because we didn't have a credit card just a debit card. Luckily our friends Nate and Katy, hooked us up with a ride, and a trip to Venice beach. They had never been thier so we convinced them of the necessity of seeing it once in your lifetime. Yes, if you have been thier the walking on glass crazy caribean man is still there, as well as the street dancers who do a backflip over five people, and my personal fav. the piano man. (my reaction to disgusting, pot bellied man, that was getting his groove on)

The next day we went to Disneyland. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day, it was dead!! We did all the rides in both parks twice. Tower of Terror was my favorite, the drop is so fun, I couldn't help but grab Scotty's and the guy next to me hand. Good times, Scotty laughed so hard on all the rides, it was fun feeling like a little kid cruising around Disneyland. Yep, it is a magical place!!! (for all of you wondering if I am growing a sweet mustache, it's his whisker)
The next day we went home and the ride to the airport was interesting to say the least, lets just say public transit in southern california is not recomended unless you belong to a gang, or have a forty in a paper bag. Needless, to say we made it back in one peice. Good times!

Greek Yogurt Stawberry Parfait

2009-05-31T12:29:00.000-07:00

This is my first posting of food ( I actually have tons of pictures of recipes and food I have made to post but haven't got around to it). Scotty laughs because when we got married, I told him straight up, I am not domestic, and I won't cook. I was letting him know beforehand so he wouldn't be disappointed when there wasn't home cooked meals. But after we got married, cooking took on a whole new meaning, cooking for someone else is much more enjoyable then for yourself. To make a long story short, I have become passionate about cooking, so much so that I watch the Food Network religiously. I know super nerdy, but I could also look up and new recipes for hours. So here is one that I found. I layered the parfait with homemade granola, plain Greek yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, and honey. I will post the granola recipe below.... ( note I have a recipe I like even better that I will post a little later)

Honey Coconut Granola ( I adapted this recipe from Nummy Kitchen's blog, adding a few things)

4 cups old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup flax seed
3 cups puffed cereal ( I used kamut, millet, brown rice)*
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup brown rice syrup ( the recipe called for brown sugar)*
1/2 cup coconut oil ( you could use a mild olive oil)*
1/2 cup honey ( I added a little more to make it sweeter)
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-2 cup raisins
( you can also add almonds or nuts)
In a large bowl, combine oats, coconut, flax, wheat germ, and puffed cereal; set aside. In a saucepan, combine brown rice syrup, oil, honey and cinnamon; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla. Pour over oat mixture; stir to coat. Spread in a large shallow baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Add raisins. Store in an airtight container.

***You can get these at Good Earth, or a Health Food Store***

2009-05-31T12:05:00.000-07:00

These are the moments that make it worth it to be a mom. I don't know what it is about babies that anything they do is so adorable, and when they smile it is a show stopper. Isaiah is a super smiley social baby, he loves attention and is constantly winning hearts over at the grocery store, or any public place for that matter. I hope he doesn't use it against me when he is older to get what he wants, i can be kind of a sucker.

Edible Arrangements

2009-05-31T11:58:00.000-07:00

For Mother's Day I made edible arrangements for gifts. They where surprisingly easy and fun to make. They would be fun to make for a shower or party. The base is just an eggplant, and then to stick the fruit together you use bamboo skewers. It is better than flowers because it tastes so good, and normal flowers don't taste that great.

Christmas/Birthday/Fathers Day Present All Wrapped Into One

2009-05-31T11:42:00.000-07:00

So Scotty, comes to me one day wanting a sprinkler system. He for the last two years has been dragging around a little sprinkler, and being the detail oriented person he is, he would set an alarm and get up at all hours of the night to rotate it. I told him no, because I would rather save the money. Then he enlisted forces, people at work, his dad, friends to let me know how necessary it was to have a sprinkler system. I started giving in a little but i wasn't toatly convinced. He kept working on me for the next little while, and then one day a man shows up at our house, pen and paper in hand mapping out our new sprinkling system. Scotty, was like a little kid at Christmas, he was so excited. So we decided this is his present for the next ten major holidays. No I am just kidding, but honestly it really is nice, and my herb garden, and lettuce are growing because of it so I can't complain too much. It makes me laugh though the progression of the whole thing, from asking, to a man showing up at our house. I think i might have to do that with tickets to Africa, or something like that.

Cruising on the Limo

2009-04-19T20:04:00.000-07:00

Finally warm weather has arrived. We pulled out our favorite family cruiser, which we like to call the limo. It is so much fun, and the moose just sleeps the whole time, he loves the chariot, I can run, cross country ski, and bike with him in it, he loves all three. We took it to the park today and had a picnic. Cross your fingers that the weather stays good.

BEES

2009-04-19T19:55:00.000-07:00

Kristjian, yes we are not closet hippies any longer, we are official. We just bought a few hundred bees and two hives to harvest our own honey. Our neighbor has an orchard that we put them in. It was Scott's fabulous idea, our friend Mike gave us some honey from his hives and it was so good we decided to do it. Scotty is in love with them, it has replaced the garage for his favorite place to go.

Australia is Lucky

2009-04-19T19:46:00.000-07:00

Jesse my little brother just left to Australia on his mission. It was so surreal sending my little, not so little, brother to the MTC. It brought back so many memories of my mission and the MTC. I loved the MTC I had a hilarious companion that made me laugh every day. She was my favorite companion of my whole mission. She almost killed an elder with a snowball, she played college ball and had quite the arm. He had tried to hit me with a snowball, and she had my back. Him and his companion actually hid from us at gym time and finally waved a white flag, a napkin on a stick, for a treaty so that she wouldn't kill him. Good times. Suprisingly I was more excited than sad to see him go, because I know what an amazing and life changing experience it is to serve a mission. Jesse will grow so much, and the people of Australia will too getting to know him. Crazy enough I had a dream right after that I was serving another mission and when I left the MTC I was like I made a mistake I need to raise my baby, crazy, maybe I am sleep deprived!!

Mooses Smiles Make My Day

2009-03-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

The moose is so smiley and hilarious as of late, so I just had to post an updated video, of how cute my little moose is. I swear that nothing makes me smile wider or laugh harder than when he smiles. I think nothing tops bieng a mom, yes it even tops the best powder day.

Leslie's Crazy Post Idea

2009-03-23T09:01:00.001-07:00

So this was Leslie's idea, you should all try it, go to the sixth folder, and pick out the sixth picture, and blog about it. This is the little photo shoot that we had with Isaiah, so sweet!! Jessie did these photos for us and they where her first baby pics she ever took for someone. She did a good job! Anyway, I am going to update pictures of my little man. He is getting so big and he has mastered his first trick, no not a superman, or 360, but a ROLL.. Yes he is rolling. I am going to post a picture of him now a days, he is twice this size.

DEBIDAS!!!

2009-03-18T19:05:00.000-07:00

O.k. so Scotty, and my friend's husband came up with a term for my random crazy moments, and forgetfullness, loosing keys, my mind ext.. They call it Debidas, it is my name and hers combined (bida), because she suffers from the same disease. This post is mostly is for you Bida, here is a prime example of a debidas moment.....
So the other day I am driving our lovely Jimmy, as seen above, it runs both on natural gas and gas, and I noticed that it was running low on gas. I called Scotty and he said that it would just switch over to normal gas. Well switch it did, right on the freeway, the only problem was that it was out of normal gas too!! So I start chugging away on the freeway, I ran out of gas on the freeway!! You might be thinking that is it, that is a Debidas moment, that is nothing. No it gets better. So I luckily get off the freeway and call my mom. While I am waiting for a reply from my mom, I decided to pump milk, maybe too much info, but it is part of the story. So anyway there I am pulling out all of the stuff to suit up, and I hear a knock on my window. I look up and it is a police officer,in training. He asks me if everything is o.k., and I told him that I ran out of gas. He says that he can give me a ride to fill up a gas cab. Luckily I was just preparing to pump, not pumping, anyhow, I got in the cop car, and his trainer was in the backseat, two cops, lucky me. So anyway we drive down to the gas station, and the first station, the can was stolen, so off to the second site. The cop nicely reminded me to wear my seat belt, anywhow to make a long story short, we filled up the car, and got back to the Jimmy. This is where the story becomes DEBIDAS, I toatly locked my keys in the car. The story has a happy ending though, it ended with two cop cars, and three cops, and two wire hangers later, I got gas enough in my car to get to the gas station, and my keys back. So if you made it through this story good job!!

Anniversary Trip

2009-02-15T14:20:00.001-08:00

We went to St. George for our two year anniversary and stayed in a bed and breakfast. Last night me and Scotty were talking about how all in all we have only known each other for five years, but it feels like I have know him all my life. Poor little Isaiah didn't get to come along on this trip, I know, I know, against all motherly instincts, after eight weeks, but I think that after a new born it is good to get away just the two of you. I have to say though I didn't realize how much we would miss him.

We went to the temple and did sealings, we are trying to do it every annivesary. I love it because it reminds me of our wedding day and all of the blessings that we are promised, if we keep our promises to the Lord.

We also went mountain biking, and it was pretty much the first time since I had the moose, lets just say I was pretty saddle sore after, but SO worth it!!!

A Little Catching Up To Do

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I just learned how to upload pics to your computer, I know crazy it is the 20th century and I am just learning how to upload pics. Anyhow I will just pick a few of the couple hundred that I downloaded to get caught up to speed. I am about five months behind on my blog, so lets start with our cross country trip when Isaiah was five weeks old. We found a good deal on a natural gas vehicle. The only problem was that it was in New York, the other problem was that it was 1,000 dollars to ship it out here. So kind of joking, kind of serious, I suggested that we go pick it up. That is when my weasel genes kicked in, it sounded like the perfect adventure, and after being home with a new little one, I was in need of an adventure, so I brainstormed how I was going to make this work. First I called the only one I knew working in the flight industry and traded buddy passes for dinner. Then we called up friends in D.C., New York, and Scott's sister in Chicago to stay with. The trip was made, and I crossed my fingers Isaiah would like the long car trip, because we had to over 2,500 miles to return the car home. It worked out and it was quite the adventure, I pumped while semi trucks drove by, and then I would hop in the backseat and feed Isaiah from a bottle, every two hours, good times.....here are some pics from the trip.

A Decision Has Been Made For Now

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O.k. so Isaiah it is, I am in the process of going to county department to see the process of the change. Hopefully it is not a crazy process. I just really like the meaning and to me he is an Isaiah and so maybe the next crazy tike will be Kai to me. Anyhow I am loving the blogging world, friends thanks for commenting I have to figure out how to comment on yours and upload pics, and a background to update my still ghetto blog!! Thanks Whit for the tips I am going to try. So a little update on life, I just got a job at Novell teaching yoga. Tuesdays 12 to 1. I went today and it was all men, I have never taught a yoga class with all mean. Lots of energy and testosterone where flowing through the room. I was kind of nervous because I taught as a trial run today, and it went well so he gave me the job. Crazy, how do you juggle so many balls, and where is the balance of too much. I know I am doing too much right now. I have got to talk to my current employer and go part time, like two days a week, or quit all together. I have taken Isaiah to work with me a lot, he has done it all for such a little guy, ski, climb, snowshoe. O.k. sorry no pics still and a lot of rambling but that is the update from my end, can't wait to read all of your blogs!!

What's In a Name????

2009-02-06T15:00:00.001-08:00

O.k. so I am still trying to figure out how to put pictures on but as soon as I do I will post pictures of Isaiah/Kai's blessing. Yes you did read correctly Isaiah/Kai is his current name because he has a very confused mama still trying to place a name on him. We blessed him Isaiah and his birth certificate reads Kai so we are in the process of choosing one. Long story which I will have to post later. Lets just say I love the meaning of Isaiah, gift from God, I didn't think could get pregnant, and so when I did I felt like he was a little gift from God. It is also the first name that we picked out and when we did the open the baby book and whatever lands on you name them game, it landed on Isaiah. Anyway, I love the name Kai as well, and we have already called him that for four months, so I am kind of in limbo right now. But when I decide which has to be soon, I will post the decided name and pics of his blessing. Poor kid, he has a crazy mom!!

P.s. how do i put a better background than white on my blog, scotty said that are blog was ghetoo, I got a little defensive, and then I had to side with him, it is a little ghetto but it's a work in progress

2009-01-28T21:18:00.000-08:00

Kai's Baby Pics!!

We had these done when Kai was four weeks old, he is now four months old, but still the same I thought I would catch up over the last little bit and post them. Also because I think he is so darn cute. We had Scotty's friend take them, these are the first baby pics that she has ever done. She just came to our house and started clicking away. She does a really good job and she is super affordable, I will post her website as soon as I remember it. Anyway, this Sunday we are blessing Kai can you believe how time flies!!!

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Our favorite little moose, in his little moose suit, compliments of my mom!!

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This shelf is a that Scotty built, with no wood tools!! What a handy man.

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No Scotty is not strangling Kai, but I love his little face here

2009-01-28T19:25:00.000-08:00

For all of you who thought why bother checking Desiree's blog there never is anything there, I bet your glad you did. I am finally putting a post!! Part of the problem is that I am not really sure how this whole blog thing works, so if any of you want to give me a lesson it would be much appreciated that way I could finally enter the blogging world. So here is the update on my crazy life, I am currently working full time at a treatment center as a recreational therapist. I know your thinking what is a recreational therapist, basically I teach teenage girls skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, ext. basically anything you can do outside, in hopes that they will use their free time more productively when they leave treatment, instead of doing drugs and alcohol. It's rewarding and fun but hard with Kai, so I might not be working for that much longer, we will see. Scotty was working from home and watching him but now he has started a different job, so that is why it has gotten crazy at our household.

Videos

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Kai has arrived!!!!

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Here is the moment our lives changed forever on ALL levels!! Who would have known you could love someone so much that you just met. I don't think life will ever be the same, bieng a mama is nothing short of amazing. The little moose came after a fast and furious labor of four hours. Lucky for us my water broke so that I didn't have him at home. I never thought I would be a groaner and noise maker during labor, I saw a woman doing that on a birth video and it freaked me out, I promised I wouldnt do that. Needless, to say my throat was sore after giving birth I made so much noise. I dilated from a 2 to a 10 in under an hour so I guess that is all I could do to keep some sort of sanity. It was all worth it though when our little package came 7 pounds one ounce and ninteen inches.

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Super Prego

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We went boogie boarding in San Diego with the fam, and I got stung by a sting ray. Luckily Jesse, helped me out of the water, and him and Scotty hauled me back to the condo in a little red wagon. It hurt pretty bad, and I remember thinking if this hurts what will labor feel like!

2008-08-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

San Diego Temple

A Year of Love

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This is a collage of a year of good times with my love!!!

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