OuR HaPpY CrAzY LiFe

Answered Prayers

2012-02-13T09:31:00.001-08:00

James and I decided that we've waited long enough, so we made an appointment to go see a fertility specialist. We just felt that this was the direction we needed to go. So, last Friday I made the call and scheduled an appointment. I was mixed with emotions. I was excited, scared, nervous, but felt relieved because I knew we would get some help. They were really nice and told me that I had to get all of my medical history and things like that for our appointment, I thought that's gonna be a lot of work. I've had a ton of things done and at a bunch of different places, so I'd have to call everywhere, but I knew it would be worth it. So, on Saturday evening, I told James let's just take a pregnancy test just to make sure it was negative, because if by chance it was positive I wouldn't need to get all of my medical history for no reason, and if it was negative then I knew I would be starting any day. Well, I took the test and as soon as I peed on it the positive line immediately showed up. It was positive!!! I'm pregnant!!! James and I were SO surprised! We couldn't believe it. Our prayers were answered. We feel so blessed to be given another sweet baby to love and raise. It still feels like a dream to me. Baby number five will be here sometime in October! Yay!!

My struggles with Infertility.

2012-02-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

James and I have been trying to have another baby for over a year now. It has been hard. My endometriosis started getting really bad again about nine months ago, so in November I had my fourth surgery to help get rid of as much endo as they could and to help with the pain. Endometriosis is so hard to deal with. I'm in pain all the time and I am usually in bed for three-four days because of my cramps I have when it's that time of the month. It's hard. I feel like such a bad mom because I'm always in pain and the only thing that helps is if I rest a lot.

It's so hard because we feel like there's another sweet spirit that needs to be in our family. It just feels like there's someone missing. I don't feel complete and the hard part for me, is knowing that I can get pregnant, but it just takes so long for it to happen. Before I got pregnant with Gracie I had a miscarriage and then the next month I got pregnant again with Gracie. It took three years and with Anna it took over a year. With surgery both times. And in September 0f 2010, I'm pretty sure I had another miscarriage. It was hard on me, but we just let it go. Nobody even knows, except you do now.

I'm sure some people may think,"they have four kids already," or "just be happy with what you have." And believe me, I am so HAPPY with my four sweet children, but I YEARN for more. I do know that Heavenly Father is in charge and he knows our needs and the desires of our hearts, but it's still hard. For James and I, this has been one of the hardest trials in our marriage that we've had to face together, trying to bring children into our family. When we were first married and that first year went by of trying to get pregnant, I would always think, Isn't this what we're suppose to do, get married and have children? I didn't understand why it wasn't happening. It was very hard. And luckily things did work out. We adopted our boys and eventually I did get pregnant with Gracie and Anna. And I do know that it will happen again. I'm just praying it will happen sooner than later.

2012-01-17T16:34:00.000-08:00

This young man turned the big 8 on December 11th. I am truly blessed to have him as my son. He was baptized on January 9, which also happened to be Tyler's birthday. We had to write a little bit about Chase for his baptism and this is what we said.

Chase Earl Pearson was sent to his parents through the gift of adoption. He came as an answer to countless prayers and much fasting over more than 2 years. He was only 4 pounds when he was born and had to stay in the NICU for 3 weeks. His parents were there with him the whole time. He is such a great blessing to his family and has a special loving spirit about him. He has always been very thoughtful and caring to others and very obedient and responsible. This makes him a great example and a great big brother. He loves to play with his younger sisters and brother. He loves outdoors and video games. He also loves school.

We are very proud of Chase and the young man he is becoming.

Over the Christmas break, we took our own family pictures and I love how they turned out. I love my darling little family. I would be so lost without them in my life. My children make me want to be a better person and I work hard every day to be the best that I can. And, I am SO grateful for such a loving husband. He's truly my best friend. We have so much fun together.

Our beautiful Gracie.

My four biggest blessings! And they ARE getting big!

This little angel turned 2 on December 2nd. I can't believe it. She is such a sweetheart and I'm so thankful I have her. I would be so lonely during the day without her. She keeps me busy and entertained all day long and I love it. She is the best little talker too. James and I look at each other sometimes and say where did she learn that. She is pretty smart and is always making us laugh. I just LOVE her cute little personality. Oh, and she has major attitude. She will tell you what's what! I admit it, she has me wrapped around her pretty little finger.

Tyler turned seven January 9th. He is the most lovable little guy and is such a good kid. He loves his big brother and sisters. We are so grateful for him and his sweet spirit.

HappY Halloween!

2011-11-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

Halloween was so much fun for me this year. The kids had the day off from school, so we hung out all day together. We went to my pre-op visit since I'll be having minor surgery next week. Then we went to Wal-Mart to do some shopping to get ready for Halloween. We were there forever. It was so crowded with people. A lot were dressed up, which was kind of fun for the kids. Then, we went home and they all helped me carry in the groceries while I put them away. They're such wonderful little helpers. Here are their pumpkins they used this year.

The kids were so excited to go Trick-Or-Treating and it made me excited for them. I seriously love having children. They bring me so much joy and happiness. This year Chase was Batman, Ty was Bumblebee from Transformers, Gracie was a cat, and Anna was a Lady Bug.

Trick-or-Treating

Anna went to a few houses and then she was done. She just wanted to stay in the car and eat the few pieces that she got.

When we were all finished, we went home, the kids went through all their goodies they got while I made broccoli potato soup, which was delicious, and we had donuts and watched part of Monster House. It was a school night, so the kids couldn't stay up too late. We had a wonderful evening together as a family. My FAVORITE thing to do.

My four little Vampires!

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween this year. I sure did.

Returned with Honor

2011-11-01T16:45:00.000-07:00

On October 25th, my little brother returned home from serving his mission for two years! I am so proud of him! I love him so very much and I know that he will be so blessed in his life even more for serving the Lord. He is an amazing son of God. He is always so caring and very considerate of others. And he is the most hilarious person! He can always put a smile on my face.

It was such a wonderful experience to be able to go to the airport with the family to pick him up. I was so emotional and I could not wait to give him a great big hug. Of course, my beautiful mother got to be the first one to hug him. It was SO sweet.

The six of us back together again. I absolutely love my family.

Our large family there to greet my brother.

My gorgeous sister, me, and my beautiful mother. They are incredible woman and I'm so blessed to have them in my life.

I'm grateful for my body.

2011-10-20T23:52:00.000-07:00

(Look at all that hair!)

This is me.

When my dear sweet mother was in labor with me, the anesthesiologist put the epidural needle in the wrong place in her spine, and it caused her to have three Grand Mal seizures, one right after the other. And in a result of that, it caused me to have a form of Cerebral Palsy. I almost didn't make it. They named and blessed me right then and there.

Growing up was pretty hard. I knew that I was "different" from the other kids and I had a lot of insecurities. I still do to this day. I was blessed though. I had great friends who loved me and there were only a few times that I remember being teased. And, I have been so blessed with such wonderful parents and siblings. One thing I am grateful for is that my mom always taught me to never say the words "I can't." We could never use those words growing up. I teach that to my children now. :-)

Even though physically I can't do everything, I always do the best that I can. Every day is challenging for me though. And It's so hard to think positive sometimes and I get down a lot. Especially during the winter months because of the cold weather. My body becomes even more stiff and achy. I rely so much on my Heavenly Father to guide me and help me through those challenging times.

The reason why I am writing about this, is because the day has finally come, I knew would eventually, (and it's therapy), that my children are starting to ask me questions, like, "Why can't you run?" or "Why can't you ride a bike?" Things like that. It has just been on my mind a lot lately and I want all of you to know that I am so grateful for this body that I have been given, even though it's hard, and I pray that through this trial, I can help and encourage you all to be happy with who you are. We are all different and unique and it's such a wonderful thing!

I am so blessed in my life. I have a husband who loves me and I am a mother. It's all I ever wanted.

(Smile!)

(Me and my beautiful mom.)

Our trip to Prague, Czech Republic!

2011-10-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

James has been very blessed with his job. One of the blessings are for him to go on business trips and for me to go with him on some of them. This time, we got to go to Europe. I have always dreamed of going to Italy, and Prague was pretty much the closest to it. I love Europe for the Old-World style, the old beautiful buildings that have amazing textures and the cobble-stone streets. One day, we are going to re-do our driveway with cobble-stone. I love it. That's the style we are trying to make our home like, Old-World.

We had such an amazing time together and we couldn't pass on the opportunity for me not to go. All we had to pay for was my plane ticket. Everything else was covered by James' work. Food, Hotel, Taxi's. It was wonderful.

Between the two of us with our own separate cameras, we had a ton of pictures. We walked pretty much everywhere we went, so we got to see a lot of cool things that we may have missed if we were driving. We got to take our time and enjoy it all. I went through them all and picked my favorites that I wanted to share. It was hard because I loved all of them. Most of these are the ones I took. The first 19 or so, James took while we were on a tour bus of the town. Which was nice because it was a rainy day.

This is a Statue of St. Wenceslas, a famous Good King of the tenth century.

Dancing House

You'll notice a lot of pictures of old doors. I had an obsession with them. They were just so cool to me.

Prague Castle Gate

One of the Courtyards at the Prague Castle.

Prague Castle

St. Vitus's Cathedral

Another Courtyard

A neat old wall from about 1400.

We ate very well on our trip. The food was amazing. A lot of Italian and Seafood.

This picture was taken while we were at our hotels restaurant that we were eating at.

"The Tube" or subway that we had to take to where James had his conference.

The longest, fastest escalator I have ever been on. It pretty much gave me a panic attack.

Us, at dinner, Again.

This was outside of our hotel room.

Prague Bell Tower

Little Devil Stream

Us, on the famous Charles Bridge.

The King's Court, Our Hotel we stayed at.

Eating outside at our hotel's restaurant.

Night shot of our hotel.

This neat building with the horses on it is called the House At The Minute.

Astronomical Clock at Old Town Square.

Old Town Tower

Prague Castle up on the hill in the distance.

The view from the Prague Bell Tower.

Charles Bridge

Powder Tower

So, let me explain these pictures of me getting my hair done. The outlets in Europe are different then ours in the US, so we had to buy a converter so I could use my blow dryer and straightener. Well, I had a little problem with my straightener. It got too hot and it burned some of my hair and then my straightener started to melt. It freaked me out. I thought I ruined my hair, but luckily it was fine. So, I had to get my done and it was a different experience. It ended up being a guy that did my hair and we didn't understand each other very well either. But , he did a great job and it felt good to have my hair actually done. There were a few days I just had to wash it and use the hotel blow dryer and then put it in a pony tail. So it was nice.

Dinner again.

These were taken the last night we were there.

Old Town Square

This street we walked down had a bunch of rich fancy stores on it. Like Cartier, Prada, Loius Vitton. I just looked in the windows and dreamed I could afford to buy things.

Us, being silly in our hotel room. We thought we should take a few more pictures of us because we really didn't get a whole lot of us, just a lot of the town.

We had such an amazing experience in Prague. It really did make me realize how blessed I am to live where I do though. Especially where the church is very strong. There's only about 150 members in Prague and the only thing that I could not get used to, was everywhere we went, people smoked. I mean everywhere. It was just different for me. But Prague really is such a beautiful place and I feel so blessed to have been able to go there. Especially that I got to experience it with my best friend. There's no one else that I would have wanted to share these memories with.

FaMiLy PiCtUrEs

2011-09-11T09:16:00.000-07:00

My birthday was on September 5, And the best birthday present I could ever get, is pictures of my darling little family. Our cousin Glenn, who is an amazing photographer, did them for us. I love how they turned out. Also, James and I did the editing on them, so we got to make them look the way we wanted, which was fun.

Every time I look at pictures of my family, I feel more and more blessed. I am such a lucky girl to have a wonderful husband who loves me for me and four amazing children. Life really is so great. And I need to remember that. Some days can be so challenging for me as a mother with a disability. I can be so hard on myself and I let things get to me too easily that really don't matter that much. I am constantly worrying about what others think, and I need to STOP it. I am loved by who matter the most to me in my life and that is what's so important. I feel so honored to be a mother, even though it's challenging at times, and I would love to have more!

James and I have actually been trying for awhile now. It's starting to get hard again. I know I have been blessed with four children, but we feel like there are more to come. And for some reason it takes a long time for me to get pregnant. Right now, I am dealing with a golf ball sized cyst on my right ovary, which hasn't been very fun. It's been pretty painful. And my endometriosis is getting bad again, unfortunately. But, I know that Our Heavenly Father is in charge and I have faith that things will work out when it's the right time.

So, when I get down about things, I just look at pictures of my sweet family. Then all my worries just seem to fade away. I love them so much and I KNOW they love me too.

Back to ScHoOL & AnnA

2011-08-31T09:55:00.000-07:00

I can't believe the kids are already back in school. And, they're in school ALL day long. I kind of have mixed feelings about it. Part of me thinks how nice it is to be able to spend more quality time with Anna and do more things that I like and part of me really misses having my children home. They're my little buddies! So, as soon as they come home from school, I'm all theirs. We have a snack and do our 20 minutes of reading and whatever homework they may have and then we just play! And I really LOVE taking and picking up my kids from school. It makes me happy to do that, especially when I pick them up and they have the biggest smiles on their faces when they see me. That melts my heart! They mean the world to me.

So, this is the kids on their first day of school. They actually started last week, but I'm a slacker at blogging. Anyways, they were so excited and Anna of course had to be in the picture. We didn't want to leave her out!

Chase, our BIG 2nd grader!

Tyler, Our SWEET boy who's in 1st grade!

Gracie, Our little DIVA who's in 1st grade!

Ty and Gracie have different teachers this year and I think it will be good for them to have a little separation from each other and have their own friends.

My SwEeT ANNA!
I took these pictures of her with my phone, so they're not the best quality, but they're still cute of her! I am so grateful to have her in my life, especially since the kids are gone all day. She makes me so happy and I think I'd have a much harder time during the day if she wasn't here to keep me company.

Hmm...

Mom, can we please be done taking pictures?

I'll be good. I promise!!

OK, one more smile!

Uh, okay mom. Really, can I just go play?!!

Oooh, I just LOVE her!!!

July 29, 2011

2011-08-02T10:33:00.000-07:00

I heard about this fun park on Studio 5. It's called the Spider-Man Park and when I told my kids about it, of course they wanted to go. So we decided to go there and see what it was all about and I'm SO glad we did. It ended up being at Oquirrh Lake and it is beautiful. And we got to drive right by the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It has the most breath-taking view. It was such a fun day. We picked up some yummy food from Smashburger and had a little picnic. Then, off the kids went. They loved pretending to be Spider-Man, even Gracie. (oh, and James!) We didn't know it was at a lake so we didn't bring our swimsuits, but that didn't stop us from getting in. We had so much fun and I highly recommend going there. And, I'm pretty sure that the kids loved the lake more than park!!

James took this amazing picture of the temple. I LOVE how it turned out. I would love to have a wall in my home covered with temple pictures that James takes! He's awesome!

Oh I really don't want summer to end!!!

WhAt We'Ve BeEn Up To!!

2011-07-12T15:38:00.000-07:00

This summer has been crazy busy for us. It seems like we're gone every weekend. But, I love it. Here's just a FEW things that we've been up to so far this summer. Mostly in pictures.

GirLs JuSt WaNt To HavE FuN!
I just have to say, I LOVE having daughters, especially because I know that they are going to be such great friends when they're older. I cherish mine and my sister's relationship and I only hope that my girls will be as close as me and my sweet sister are. My girls are little miracles to me and I feel so blessed that I have been able to become pregnant. I never thought that that dream of mine would ever come true. Hopefully, there will be more to come! We'll see!!

A PiCnIc aT tHe ParK!
This was at the end of June when I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the park and have a little picnic with them. It was so fun and I need to do it more often. To be honest, I rarely go anywhere with the kids alone because it can be a little overwhelming for me, but I do my best. When I look at pictures of my children, I still can't believe that I have four kids! I feel extremely blessed to be a mother.

HaVin' Fun In ThE SuN!!

Here is what you will find my children doing pretty much every day. This is at our neighbors house and they are the best neighbors I think anyone can have. They are so generous and are always lending a helping hand when needed. They are true examples of how to serve others and I am learning from them how to be better at that.

FatHeR'S DaY!

I know, I am WAY late to be posting about Father's Day, but it's all good. I just have to say that I am so blessed to be married to such a loving, hardworking, funny, sweet, crazy, silly, caring, man. He is my best friend and he truly is the best father for our children that I could ever ask for. Our children just adore James so much and I know that they look up to him and want to make him proud of them. James is an incredible man and I admire him so much. He is always putting us first and he always wants to make us happy. He works so hard so that we may have not only nice things, but simply the things that we need. I am so proud to be his wife, or as he would say it, "his woman"!! He truly does make me so happy!

My BoYs!
Chase and Tyler are the most sweetest boys ever and I am so blessed to be their mommy. They came to us in a time when James and I felt so lost and hopeless. They saved us. I am so grateful for adoption. It has truly been such a blessing. When I was a little girl, I would watch commercials about children in other countries that were poor and needed parents and I always wished that I could just go over there and take home as many children that I could to give them a better life. Not knowing that years later, I would have the blessing of taking in two adorable little boys that needed a mom and a dad to raise in righteousness. To think of where they could be at right now just breaks my heart. I know they were meant to be our children. Because they are in our family, they have the gospel, they are sealed to James and I for eternity, they will have the knowledge they need to serve a mission and they will be able to marry in the temple. What a blessing for them that they wouldn't other wise have. And I am so grateful that they have each other. They're best buds and I love it.

HaPpY 6th BiRthDaY, GraCie GirL!!!
July 1st, our sweet daughter turned six. Wow. I can't believe it. She is growing up way too fast. She acts like she's a teenager already, which is scary. Can you say DRAMA QUEEN???
She really is a sweet heart and we love her so much. The night she was born, we lived in Logan and they were doing the USU fireworks, and now she thinks it's cool cause we do fireworks for her birthday.
This cute picture was taken at Willow Park in Logan, the night of the USU fireworks. We went up there with my in-laws for a picnic and then went to see the fireworks. And Diamond Rio was there too, which was way cool. They're a great band and it was such a fun night.

FoUrTh of JuLy!!
This year for the Fourth, we had James' brother and his wife and kids over for a little cook-out. Don't you love our grill? Next year, my plans for our patio are to have a nice outdoor living room set and a nice size table and chairs, and a new, bigger grill for family gatherings! One thing at a time, right!
Here's the twins doing their thing!

I LOVE these pictures of Anna with her cousin Grey. I turned the camera around so they could see themselves as I took their pictures. They thought it was so funny!

ThE MovIeS!!
This past weekend we took the kids to see Cars 2 at The Gateway. They loved it. It's so fun that they're getting old enough to take them to the movies and they actually sit still. Anna was a little tricky! We were going to let the kids run through the fountains there, but a big storm came so we had to leave. We still had a great time together. I love being with my family. Hmm, what to plan next???

St. George 2011

2011-06-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

The first week in June we went to sunny St.George with my in-laws, Lee and Robyn, Jon and Mandi and their three kids, Tony and Mary and their three kids. My brother-in-law Jon has a condo through his work that we stayed at for free so that was nice. We went hiking in Snow Canyon, which is so beautiful and did some swimming and we went to a little dinosaur museum. It was such a nice get away and we did not want to come home. The kids were so sad to leave and that's all they talk about. I love Southern Utah. It's beautiful.

Easter 2011

2011-04-28T09:44:00.000-07:00

Easter Saturday

Easter Saturday we got together with my family and had a cook-out. It was so much fun to be together and visit with one another. We also celebrated by mom's birthday. Then, the kids went on an Easter egg hunt. They had a blast. The best part was all the candy they got of course.

(Chase, Ty, and Gracie with their cousin Riley)

(Run Gracie!)

(Look at my Easter eggs!)

(Mmm, I can't wait to eat some candy!)

Easter Sunday

The kids woke up and found that the Easter Bunny had come. They were so excited. They each got a basket full of candy and of course a big chocolate bunny and they each got a new Easter outfit. Anna got a little baby and a purple bunny. She was very happy about her new baby. We have early church so we were kind of in a rush and we didn't have time to take any pictures of them with their Easter baskets. Darn it.

But, after church, before we went to the Pearson's for an Easter dinner, we hurried and took some pictures of the kids in their new church clothes they got for Easter. The pictures turned out so cute, considering we were in a hurry and some of them are so silly, which I love because they were just being themselves. Here are a few of my favorites.

After we took the kids' pictures we hurried and changed our clothes and went to the in-laws for an Easter dinner that my mom-in-law made. It was so yummy. Robyn really is a great cook. I love everything she makes. Then the kids went on yet another Easter egg hunt. More treats. They have so much candy still! Then, we all went on a walk together. It was so fun and the kids had a blast at the park. Not everyone could be there, so it was just us and James' sister and her family. We had a great time together just visiting.

(Getting ready to go on our walk)

(I really was happy, the sun was in my eyes and I wasn't ready for the picture. LOL)

(My mom-in-law Robyn, sis-in-law Beckie, and dad-in-law Lee)

(Anna was so scared to go down the slide. She liked it better when grandma went along with her.)

(The big kids loved the merry-go-round.)

We had a wonderful Easter. I love it so much, because it's a day to focus on and think about what our Savior has done for each of us and for his resurrection. I am so grateful to my Savior and for what he has done for me.

I had to put these pictures on here of Anna. We bought her a big girl car seat awhile ago and she was so excited. I love these pictures of her. She is growing up too fast. She is so much fun and I love her so dang much.

2011-02-20T22:19:00.000-08:00

On January 9th, this little guy turned six. I can't believe what a big boy Tyler is getting to be. Right now, Tyler is big into dinosaurs. He is loving school and is doing very well. He loves to play with Anna and she definitely loves him to play with her. He'll chase her around and she will just laugh. It's so cute. Tyler is a very caring and thoughtful little boy. He is very sweet. We had a birthday party for him at our house and he was so excited.

Ty was so excited for his birthday cake. It wasn't fancy at all, BUT, Ty got to put the blue sprinkles on it all by himself and he was very proud.

On February 1st, ten years ago, James asked me to be his eternal companion. Let me tell you the story about these roses. I was having a really bad day, just feeling a little down and the door bell rang. When I answered the door it was a lady with a bouquet of roses and she said they were for me. I was kind of shocked. And when I read the card it seriously made me feel so good that James remembered when he proposed. Ten Years ago! That's crazy to me. In May we will be celebrating our tenth anniversary. And it seriously only gets better and better. I am truly so blessed to have such a loving husband. He is my best friend.

Here are a few pictures James took of the kiddos just for fun. I think they turned out pretty cute.

On Valentines Day, me and the kids made sugar cookies. They had so much fun. They got to frost their very own cookies and added their favorite colored sprinkles. It was so fun to do that together and I love making memories like these with my children. Anna enjoyed helping by taste testing the cookies. She loved them of course!

This is what we do on cold winter days at our house. Looks like fun!!

Anna wasn't so sure of the bubbles. They kind of freaked her out.

December 2010

2011-01-05T15:53:00.000-08:00

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year! Full of family, yummy food, and tons of fun! On December 11th, all of the Pearson's got together for dinner and games. It was so much fun! We even went Caroling that night. It was so funny because Chase was so embarrassed to do it that he hid behind bushes! He's so silly. He's always worrying about what people will think. And I know that he probably gets that from me, unfortunately. Kids will pick up everything! I need to be careful!

Anyways, while we were there we did family pictures. They turned out so cute. James took them of course. He always does such an amazing job. I still can't believe we have four kids. We are so blessed. Hopefully we will have more! Yes, I want more children. How could I not. They are so stinkin' cute!! And they make me so happy, even though some days can be hard and I feel like ripping my hair out, my children make me happy. I know that being a mom is what I've always wanted to be in life, and a wife, but my children our my life and I know that it is the most important job on this earth that I could ever do and I hope I'm doing a great job at that!

Growing up, we had the tradition of going to my grandparents every Christmas Eve for dinner. Now that my grandparents are no longer doing that, we've decided to start our own tradition of taking turns with my siblings at each others homes for dinner. This year, we started it at our home. We had my parents and Kylee, and my sister Chelsie and brother-in-law Chad and their four adorable kids over. I made potato, cheese and broccoli soup with bread bowls for dinner. It was yummy. Then, all the kids opened up their p.j.'s. They all looked so cute! It was a fun, just hanging out and visiting. They didn't stay too late because "Santa" wouldn't come unless everyone was asleep!!

Here are a few pictures I took with my phone, so they aren't the greatest, but still cute.

I LOVE Anna's face in this picture! It is so silly!

Here's the kids waiting to open their p.j.'. Ya, and guess what, I didn't take pictures of them all wearing them! Crazy.

Here's what the kids got from Santa this year. Everything's all bunched together, but they do have their very own piles of stuff.

Christmas morning!!! It was so fun this year, to be in a new home too! The kids were so excited and happy with everything they got!

After we opened presents, we went to my family's house for breakfast and opened more presents. The best present I think for all of us was that we got to Skype with my brother who is serving his mission in Washington! That was so fun to see him! It was a.w.e.s.o.m.e!

These two pictures were taken at the Pearson Party we had.

Gracie, with two of her cousins! They have so much fun together!

So, I got some new make-up for Christmas, ALL of it cost me seven bucks at Wal-Mart! I love make-up! Anyway, I told Gracie we'd play dress up, so I put some make-up on her and she thought that was so fun!! That is all she ever wants... make-up!!!!

We went to our ward Christmas party and it was a lot of fun. We have a really awesome ward. We ate a really good dinner and then the Primary children did a program for us, except our children are too shy and weren't in it!! Oh well! Then, Santa came! Oh boy, they were excited!!

Santa is every baby's worst nightmare!! Priceless.

Here are some pics of our new home. Again, I took them with my phone, so they're not the best quality.

Here's our den. I eventually want to buy a sofa bed so when we have people stay with us, they have somewhere to sleep.

Here's looking into the family room from our entry way.

Family room, dining room, kitchen. I LOVE how open everything is.

Kitchen looking into family room.

Kitchen... where I'm at most of my day. Breakfast, snack time, lunch, snack time, dinner, snack time, homework with the kids!!! We love snack time at our house!!

Family room looking into the entry way.

Kids bedrooms. They're a work in progress!

Our room. I love it. I made the three ball lookin' things out of tissue paper. My talented and creative sis-in-law taught me how to make them. So easy and so cute. I love black and white.

There's also two bathrooms, but we all know what those look like. And our laundry room and mud room are right off the kitchen, which I love having everything all on one floor. Our basement isn't finished, but when we do finished it they'll be two bedrooms and a bath and a huge family room. One day. That will be nice.

Alot to Blog about!

2010-12-07T13:09:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a crazy couple of months for us. With school starting and trying to close on our new home, and then packing and moving, I haven't had a whole lot of time to blog. Now that we are settled finally in our home and things are getting normal again around here, I figure I should update our blog. I've updated from September till now, if any one wants to go back and look at what we've been up to.

We are loving our new home and our new ward. It has been such a blessing to be living where we do. I feel so content where we are at and I know we are where we're suppose to be. It's such a great feeling living in a small town and everyone is so kind and helpful. We have really great neighbors, too. And that makes it even better.

December 4th, we had a combined birthday party at our home for Chase and Anna. Anna turned 1 on December 2nd and Chase will be 7 on December 11th. It was so fun to have all of our family come and visit and celebrate their birthday's with us. We have have such a wonderful family, who is so supportive and is so fun to be around. We couldn't be more blessed with a better family.

(My sweet Anna opening her b-day presents. I can't believe she's One.)

(Blowing out her birthday cake.)

(Yummy)

I just love her! She's growing up way too fast for me. She's walking everywhere these days, and she is starting to say words. She can say:

momma
dada
all done
bite
more

This picture just makes me smile.

Chase blowing out his birthday cake. He can't be 7 already! Seven years ago he made me a mother and I am so blessed to one. I couldn't even imagine my life without my four amazing children. They are everything to me.

Chase opening his b-day presents.

October 2010

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These pictures were taken at my cute sister's house. It was so fun to dress up! I haven't dressed up for Halloween in such a long time. I want to dress up every year from now on cause it's too much fun!

(Gracie was a fairy, Ty and Chase were both ninjas, Anna was a cute little kitten, James was a hillbilly, and I was a 80's rocker chic)

(My parents and all of their grandchildren. They had awesome costumes! I love Anna's face in this picture.)

(My bro-in-law Chad, James, Me, and my parents.)

September 2010

2010-12-07T12:33:00.000-08:00

I can't believe Chase is in the 1st grade. He is getting to be such a young man. He loves school and is doing very well.

(Chase's first day of school.)

Ty and Gracie started kindergarten this year! Wow! They're getting so big and they love being in the same class. They each have their own friends, so even though they're in the same class, they do their own thing, so that's great.

(Ty and Gracie's first day of school.)

This is a cool cave near Dugway that James took the kids to, to catch bugs. They started to go in and then they heard bats, so they all ran out as fast as they could. Pretty exciting when they go on outings with their dad.

Going Private

2010-08-02T19:10:00.001-07:00

We've decided to go private. If you would like an invite, please leave us your email address! Thanks!

Love,
The Pearson's

My CuTe LittLe AnNa BuG!!!

2010-07-26T15:41:00.000-07:00

OuR 24th Of July WeeKend

2010-07-26T14:51:00.000-07:00

Last year, James' parents decided to start a family tradition where all of us would have a camp out in their back yard. They have the BEST back yard. It's nice and big, with a basketball court, a fire pit, a tire swing for the kids to play on, and fun ducks and chickens that the kids love to chase around. I really miss living there! Last year we were unable to stay the night, but this year we did, and it was so much fun! We bought us a brand new tent too! The kids did a great job at breaking it in!! All the grand kids loved playing in it because it was so big.

On Friday night, the 23rd, we had a dutch oven dinner. It was so good. Dutch oven dinners are the best. Then after dinner we played miniature golf in the their yard. After that, we went to one of their neighbors farms and all the grand kids got to ride on a miniature pony and a baby buffalo!! They absolutely loved that! Then, when it was dark, Lee, my father-in-law, had a movie projector that he put on one of the tents for the kids to watch outside! How fun is that! They loved it! Us adults ended up watching a movie inside. Then we all went to bed.

On Saturday in Bear River City they have a 24th of July celebration at the park. This year all the grand kids got to be in the parade. It was so cute watching all the kids. They were so excited about it! After the parade we hung out at the park, ate really yummy hamburgers, and saw a lot of old friends. So fun! Then we went back to the house and the kids played in the water and James started a water fight. That was funny! We had a really great time visiting with the family. We always have fun when we're together. Can't wait until next year!!

SuMmEr FuN

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The kids playing on the Slip'n Slide

Tyler gathering all the sticks up for Grandpa Pearson. He even got some money for helping out.

Playing at the park.

Gracie turned five July 1st!!

We love swimming!

Cute Anna!
7 1/2 months
weighs 20 pounds
She's a chunk!!

At USU fireworks

Anna and Grandma Hansen
So cute!!

Blogging? What's that?!

2010-07-12T21:17:00.000-07:00

Seriously I just don't really care to blog lately. Probably because with four crazy kids to take care of and a home that I TRY to keep clean, I just don't really find the time to blog. I could at night when everyone is in bed, but that's usually when James and I try to catch up on our shows that we like to watch together.

Anyways, we're all doing great! We're having the funnest summer and I am lovin' it too! Last summer I was pregnant with Anna and was sick with her so it wasn't the greatest, but SO worth it! We have done a lot of swimming, some fishing, and hopefully some camping! Summer isn't over quite yet, thank goodness! Did I mention that I love summertime! It's just more fun to play outside then be stuck inside all day! That's just me.

We had a fun fourth of July weekend! And I can't forget, on July first my Gracie girl turned five! Wow! She is growing up way too fast! She is such a little mom and she loves anything girly! And boy does she have attitude! Sometimes she acts like she's twelve! The things she says somtimes! We just have to laugh! Well, for her birthday, we had a little party with just our little family. She and I made her birthday cake together, which she loved! I let her pick out what kind she wanted. Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting. My kind of girl! And I can't forget the bright pink sprinkles on top! Yum! Then she opened her presents from James and I and Chase and Ty each got her something too! She felt special! It was fun! And then on July second we went to the fireworks up at Utah State with My in-laws who I just love! We had a picnic before the fireworks at Willow Park. So fun! We try and do that every year. And those fireworks are amazing! The best! And Anna even liked them! She didn't cry at all! It was a fun night. Then, on Saturday, July third, we went with my side of the family to Lagoon. It was the first time for our kids. They loved it there! We had such a good time. The weather was perfect and the lines weren't long at all. So nice! I just wish it didn't cost so much to go there! But it was a blast! Well, that's just some of the things we've been up to. Hopefully I'll catch the blogging bug soon and be better at posting things. I do have pictures that I need to post. We'll see when I'll get around to that!! And is it just me, but it seems like it can take me all day to clean my house and it only takes five seconds for it to get messy again! Kids. You gotta love them! I just keep thinking they won't be little forever. But wait! I'll have grandkids someday!!! Hahaha!! Love it!

May 2010

2010-06-07T19:38:00.000-07:00

May was so busy with lots of fun things. Sorry the pictures aren't all in the right order.

First, James and I celebrated our nine year anniversary. I am so in love with him and I really can't believe that we've been married that long. He truly is my best friend and I am grateful for him and all he does. For our anniversary, we went to St. George for a few days. We went to Tuacahn and saw the comedian Brian Regan. He is so hilarious. We did lots of shopping and ate really yummy food and saw some church history sites, the Jacob Hamblin House and the Brigham Young winter home. So neat. It was so nice to get away. We took little Anna bug and left the other kiddos with their grandparents. They had a good time.

Love him!!

We went to Hogle Zoo with all of James' family. I really am so blessed to be married into such an amazing family. We always have so much fun together. I love it.

These two cuties got signed up for kindergarten. I am so glad they will be in the same grade. They are such great friends.

Chase graduated from kindergarten. He was so excited that he received some awards. And I think I should have got an award for Chase never being tardy the whole school year. Next year might be a little harder with three to get ready in the morning!! We'll see how that goes.

Gracie had her first dance recital and did awesome. She got off the stage and said,"Mom, I love the stage!" My shy little Gracie was not shy at all. We were so proud of her. I even helped make the Super Girl costumes. It was a lot of work and they turned out so cute. Sorry the pictures didn't turn out that great. :(

Brigham Young's Winter Home

Jacob Hamblin Home

Boy's at Scout camp with James.

2010-04-21T19:12:00.000-07:00

I have been really bad at not blogging lately. I need to be better. Anyways, we haven't been up to a whole lot, just the usual, busy with the everyday life. We are all excited for summer to be here so we can go swimming!! Well, here are a few cute pictures I thought I'd share.

~Anna Bug~
4 1/2 months
15 lbs.!!
LOVE her chubby cheeks!

I LOVE this baby girl! She is the sweetest thing and she is such a good baby!

Since my last post was about my sweet girls, here's My Boys! I am so blessed to be their mommy!! They are such good kids and are so fun!

I actually let this guy play at one of his little friends house the other day for the first time. It was a big step for me and "letting him go" a little. He is such a good kid and I know that he would make good choices. He even came home at the right time that I told him to. Now Ty on the other hand, isn't quite ready to be "set free" anytime soon! Or Gracie! They have a whole other year or so till I feel good about that!! Love my kids!

My Girls!!

2010-03-02T14:11:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my sweet baby is three months old today! She is such a good baby and she is getting so fun. She's starting to laugh more and more everyday! I can't even imagine our family without her. What an angel! And even though she keeps me up at night, I truly enjoy spending those precious moments with her.

SiStErS!

Gracie is in dance and she loves it! I can't believe that Ty and Gracie start kindergarten in the fall. Crazy! She is so excited and she can write her own name now and she has a really good memory. She sings a lot of David Cook's songs, but her favorite singer is Taylor Swift. She loves the song Love Story. She is so funny! Love her!

Sweet Anna!!

2010-01-16T19:54:00.000-08:00

I can't believe this little girl is almost seven weeks old! It makes me so sad how fast she is growing. I wish she would stay this little forever!! She is such a good baby. She's starting to smile and coo. It is so much fun! I just love her so dang much!! Our family definitely would not be complete without her!!!

2009-12-29T18:25:00.000-08:00

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year! I'm just sad that it's over. It always seems to go by so fast. We spent our Christmas visiting with our families and it was so much fun! I love getting together with everyone. And of course all of the yummy food and treats that we get to eat! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and we love you all!

My favorite present this year that I received is this little girl! I can't believe Anna is four weeks old today! Crazy! We are just loving her. She is such a good baby and she loves to eat. She sure looks like her daddy and it's so fun that her eye color is different than her brothers and sister. They all have blue! I love her chubby cheeks!

Anna Kaye Pearson

2009-12-08T09:07:00.000-08:00

Our sweet little Anna is finally here and we are loving every minute of her. She is the sweetest little thing. My labor and delivery went really well and I prayed so hard that I wouldn't have to have a c-section. I was in labor for sixteen hours and for awhile there my cervix was stuck at a five and it was looking like I was going to have to have a c-section, but luckily it all worked out and I only pushed for fifteen minutes!!

For the past month, I have had to get non stress test's done twice a week because Anna was measuring small and my amniotic fluid was up and down,, so that was a little stressful. When she was born she ended up weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz.!!! We were shocked! We were thinking she would weigh around six and I never imagined myself giving birth to a nine pound baby!! She sure did surprise us. No wonder I was soooo uncomfortable!!!! There was no room for her! It was such an amazing experience to have and I feel extremely blessed that my body is able to carry babies and that I was able to deliver naturally. My Heavenly Father sure has blessed me!

So know I am just trying to adjust to a new baby and three little kiddos! It 's been a little stressful for me I have to admit, but I know over time things will get easier. The kids sure do love Anna and they are always wanting to help do things for her. It is so sweet watching them talk to her and wanting to give her hugs and kisses. What sweet moments to have!

A quick family update!

2009-11-24T17:18:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Yes, I am still pregnant! This little girl just doesn't want to come out! Unfortunately, if I don't have her by December 4th then I will be having a c-section. I had one with Gracie and this time I am trying to have a VBAC, so we'll see. All I know is I am so ready to have this baby! It gets so hard towards the end! Luckily you forget after you have the baby how hard it is and you would do it all over again.

Anyways, other than waiting to have the baby, we are all doing great. Chase is doing really well in school and is still loving it. Tyler always says in his prayers to"please bless mommy to have the baby tomorrow!" I think he may need to pray a little harder! Just kidding! And Gracie can't wait either to have a little sister so she can sleep in her room with her. Not until the baby is a little bigger of course. And James is doing great too! He has been busy with his own little hobbies and work and putting up with me crying to him about having the baby. I guess that's what the guys get to deal with when their wives are pregnant right! Just kidding. He has been so good to me. I am very blessed! Well, hopefully my next post will be about our sweet baby girl! Until then, Happy Thanksgiving to you all and I love you! Here are some fun family pictures!

This was taken around the beginning of October! She is all in my belly!! Looks like a basketball!!

Our last family photo of a family of five!!

Me and my cute husband!

Here's what we've been up to the last few weeks!

2009-09-23T11:01:00.000-07:00

On September 5th, which happened to be my birthday, my cute brother took out his endowments to get ready for his mission. It was so neat to see him in the temple. I still can't believe my little brother is old enough to go on a mission. I love him and I am so proud of him.

On September 12th, my cute sister and her husband got their family sealed in the temple. It was amazing. There was not a dry eye in the sealing room. Their three sweet kids looked like little angels all dressed in white! It was such an incredible day, one I will never forget.

What a dang cute family!

On September 15th, my amazing husband celebrated his 30th birthday. I love him so much and I feel so blessed to have him as my eternal companion. He is such a hard worker and is always there for me.

And this past Sunday, the 20th, my brother had his farewell. His talk was so good. He is going to make such a wonderful missionary.

So that's a little of what we've been up to, besides taking care of the kids, taking Chase to and from school, trying to keep my house clean, not feeling the greatest, boy this pregnancy has been hard! And James working and busy with scouts and helping me where needed. Pretty much the usual things we do everyday. All I can say is that I am so ready to have this baby!

2009-09-23T10:30:00.000-07:00

James has been so great helping me out with the kids. When he gets home from work, he'll take the kids to the park or to look for lizards to give me a little break. What a great husband and he is the best dad ever. The kids just love their daddy! Chase is loving school and is learning how to read. It's so fun watching him learn. Gracie and Ty play pretty well together while Chase is in school, but they still miss him and want him to come home so they can play.

Here are some cute pictures that James has taken of the kids on some of their outings that I thought I'd share with you all. They are so fun. I just love my kids and I am so excited to meet our new little girl.

I love this picture so much of Gracie looking up at her dad. So sweet!! She sure does love her dad and she loves to tease him too!!

Chase's first day of Kindergarten!

2009-08-27T19:55:00.000-07:00

Today was Chase's first day of school! I can't believe he's in kindergarten! Crazy! He was so excited and had a fun time and he really likes his teacher. There are only fifteen kids in his class so that's kind of nice. Gracie and Tyler were excited for him too, but they sure did miss him. They kept asking when it was time to go pick him up.

I am so excited for Chase and that he's a school kid now. But I am glad that he's only gone for a few hours each day. I would miss him too much. He is my big helper and is always willing to help me out when asked. He is such a good boy. I don't know what I'll do next year when he's in school all day.

Here's Chase standing in front of the welcome back sign. So cute!

Chase getting ready to go into the school. He didn't act nervous or scared one bit!

Chase's school does things a little different. They have all the students meet in the gym before school starts and they have them sit and wait for the bell to ring and then each grade is excused one at time to go to their classes. It's pretty organized and our school is so small that it isn't too crazy. There's only about 150 kids in the whole school.

So here is Chase waiting with his friends until the bell rings. He was excited about his new back pack!! How fun!

Where did July go?!

2009-08-04T16:36:00.000-07:00

Wow! I can't believe it's August already. July just flew right by for me. We had such a fun and crazy month. We did lots of fun things. On July 6th, James went on a two week business trip to Florida so me and the kids stayed with my sister and her family. It was crazy at times with six kids under the age of five! The kids had a lot of fun playing in the pool, riding bikes, playing with Legos and the girls of course played dress-up! They also were really great at not getting along!! But for the most part they were good!

When James came home, the kids and I went to the airport to pick him up. We were all so excited to see him and glad that he was finally home. It was so hard to be away from James that long. And he has to go away again in a few weeks for another business trip and I'm not looking forward to that. Thank goodness it's for only six days!

On July 22nd, we got together with my family to watch My fun and crazy brother open up his mission call. He's going to Tacoma, Washington and he is so excited! It's going to be hard to have him be gone for so long but I'm happy for him and I'm so proud of him for choosing to serve a mission.

Over the 24th, we had a little Pearson Reunion with my in-laws. It was so fun. They had this huge plastic tarp that everyone used as a slip and slide, played water balloon volleyball, and kick ball and we ate Pizza Plus pizza and bread sticks. My favorite! On Saturday, the 25th, James and I and the kids and my mom and dad in-law went fishing on their boat. It was so fun and relaxing and the kids loved it. Then, on Sunday we went to church with my family so we could be there when my brother got ordained an Elder. It was so neat. We also celebrated my little sister's 7th birthday and my dad's 50th birthday!!

Then, this past Saturday, we celebrated James' grandma's 88th birthday! She is such a sweet lady and we love her so much. Then we went and stayed the night at James' brother's house because they blessed their baby on Sunday. It was a beautiful blessing and my sister-in-law Mandi had the best food ever after wards. She is amazing! We also celebrated my mother-in-laws birthday too since we were all together! We have had so many birthdays, it's crazy!!

So we have been pretty busy doing lots of fun family things. And I'm sure August is going to be just as busy! As for me and the pregnancy, I'm doing great. This little girl sure is wiggly and I love feeling her move and kick. It is the best! I am already so in love with her. It's amazing. As for her name, we are thinking of naming her Anna Kaye. Kaye is my mother-in-law's middle name. It's hard finding names you both like. Anyways, that's probably what her name will be but you never know. I just can't wait to hold her in my arms!! I really need to post pictures of us all. I will work on that!!

2009-07-01T11:06:00.000-07:00

Today, our baby girl turns four! Wow! Time sure does fly by. Gracie brings so much joy to our family and we are so grateful for her.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart! We love you!

Yesterday we had our big ultrasound and we are so excited! We found out that we are having a GIRL!! Yeah! And I'm kind of relieved that we're not having twins, although I was getting excited about it. The kids are so excited, especially Gracie! She already is talking about painting the baby's nails just like hers and mommy's!! She is such a girly girl. It will be fun to see if the baby will look like Gracie or not. Anyways, the baby looked really great and We'll probably have a Thanksgiving baby, so that will be fun!!

Two visits to the E.R.! Nice!!

2009-06-18T16:19:00.000-07:00

Well, we sure have had a crazy couple of weeks! A few weekends ago, James went to scout camp for a few days and me and the kiddos went and stayed with my sister and her family. We also went to a bridal shower for one of my cousins, which was so much fun even though I was not feeling the greatest. I kept getting really dizzy and lightheaded and kept feeling like I was going to pass out.

So, for the next few days I pretty much could not do a thing without feeling like I was going to pass out. I couldn't even stand long enough to make my kids lunch!! Well, last Wednesday me and the kids were at a friends house making cookies with the Young Women's for a Girls Camp fundraiser, And I wasn't feeling the best and had to keep sitting down. Well, I was sitting there and one of my friends who was being so sweet was giving me a nice back massage and I past out! Luckily my friend caught me. So her and my other friend carried me to the couch. It was crazy! I was okay but didn't feel very good so I just went home and tried to rest. It's been pretty hard too because James has this crazy work schedule for the summer where he works nights and then has to sleep during the day, so I have to try and keep the kids as quiet as I can. Yeah right!

The next day after I past out, I was so sick and had to go to the E.R.! I had really low blood pressure and I was extremely dizzy. So they did a bunch of blood work and gave me some fluids. My blood work came back fine. I wasn't anemic or dehydrated so that was good. And for those that don't know this, when I was twelve weeks I had an ultrasound done and we saw the baby and it looked really good, and then my nurse midwife moved over a little and she said hmm, what's this? And we looked and saw what seemed to be another head but nothing else. It was just a quick ultrasound and it wasn't ever confirmed but there is a possibility that we may be having twins!! And twins does run in the family. My husband is a twin! So back to the e.r., when the e.r. doctor came in to see me, he felt my uterus and said that I was pretty big for only being sixteen weeks. I told the e.r. doc that we MAY be having twins and he said that maybe that is why I past out and am feeling this way is because I have more hormones or something. He wouldn't do an utrasound but did listen to the heartbeat. They only picked up one heartbeat but with twins it can be harder to pick up both. We do have our big ultrasound in a few weeks so we'll find out then for sure if we're having twins!

Then, this past Sunday the e.r. called me and told me I have urinary tract infection and prescibed me an antibiotic. I started taking it this past Tuesday night and when I woke up yesterday morning I had a small rash on my face but didn't think too much of it. So last night my face was getting worse. Burning and itching pretty bad. I figured it was an allergic reaction to the antibiotic I took so I called the e.r. and told them about my face and they said to come right in to get checked out. We all loaded up in the car and headed back to the e.r.! We didn't really want to get a babysitter so the kids just went with us and we didn't really think we'd be that long. We got there and we were in the waiting room and the rash had spread all over my neck and felt like a really bad sunburn. When it was my turn to go back the rash was all over my chest and arms. I was so sick and pretty upset. It sucked! They gave me some Benadryl and some fluids and I felt tons better. And we live clear out in Dugway which is an hour away from Tooele but Tooele's hospital doesn't except our insurance so we have to go to Salt Lake. We didn't get home until 3:40 this morning!!! The kids did so good though! They just played games on my IPhone the whole time and had treats. Lucky them!! We didn't wake up til almost noon today!! I am feeling better but my face still has a rash on it and I am taking some medicine for it. So if this post doesn't make a whole lot of sense that's why, it's because of the meds I'm taking!! LOL! Anyway, what we do to have these babies! It's all worth it even though it can be such a trial! I would do it over and over again!! I am so grateful to even be able to carry a baby and I really have nothing to complain about!! So that's what we've been up to lately. Love you all!!

2009-05-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm a little behind on posting! I've been getting these really bad headaches that turn into migraines since getting pregnant so it's been kind of rough! I seem to have a headache every single day!! Not fun! But I'm getting by.

Anyways, a couple of weeks ago, my sweet Chase started T-Ball!! Yeah! He loves it! Although, he doesn't quite get it all the way, he is learning and has a fun time playing, so that's all that matters. He has games every Tuesday and Thursday nights, which are an hour away from our house. Kind of a lot for a five year old! It's fun and Ty and Gracie love to cheer him on!! Here are only a few pictures that we've taken of Chase. So cute!

On May 8th, my cute husband had his graduation! He received his Master's in Electrical Engineering. He has worked very hard and I am so proud of him! The kids thought it was so cool to hear them read their daddy's name! It was so cute! I love my little family!

On May 11, James and I celebrated our anniversary! We've been married for eight amazing years. Wow! That sure did go by fast! I feel like the luckiest girl ever to be married to such a wonderful and accepting man! He is such a great husband and he does so much for me. I know that it may not always be easy for him to be married to someone that has physical limitations but he truly is my strength and he is always lifting me up and encouraging me when I'm down and I am grateful for that. To think, that there was a time in my life that I thought I would never get married and have children! Boy, was I wrong. My Heavenly Father has truly blessed me throughout my life.

I love you James!!

Our fun weekend!

2009-04-28T16:03:00.000-07:00

We had such a fun weekend! Not that anyone really cares about what we did, but this is kind of my journaling and I wanted to remember it. And my memory is not that great! On Friday morning, I finally had my first doctor appointment. It went really well. They did an ultra sound and we saw the baby!! It had a really good heart beat and looked great. That was very exciting! My due date is November 27. I still can't believe we are having a baby. We feel very blessed.

After my appointment, we took the kids to McDonald's for breakfast. I love their pancakes! They're so dang good! While we were there, we were sitting next to this Spanish speaking couple and James knows Spanish from his mission, so he knew what they were talking about. Yes he was listening to them. They were talking about the church. The woman is a member and the man has been having the missionary discussions. The man was saying,"Whenever missionaries come home from their missions the first thing they do is get married!" And James turned to him and said that that was what he did! They started talking and we were there for quite awhile. The man was questioning why we needed the Book of Mormon too and not just the Bible. So James gave this man a few scriptures to read about that subject and told him to pray about it. It was so neat to see James using his Spanish and was able to do some missionary work! It brought tears to my eyes. I felt like were there at the right time and the right place.

After that, we were able to visit my sister in law, Mandi and her two cute kids. It was so good to see her. We had a fun time and the kids love playing together. Then we went and visited with some friends of ours that we haven't seen in quite awhile. It was fun. Then, we headed to my parents house for the weekend. We always have such a fun time together and me and my sister can get pretty silly! Our husbands look at us like we're crazy or something! My sister is really the only person that I can act silly and crazy around and not feel stupid. I love her! By the way, my sweet sister and her husband have finally set a date to take their three little angels to the temple to be sealed!! We are very proud of them and love them very much!

On Saturday, me, my mom and sister had a girls day out for my mom's birthday! We saw Seventeen Again, which we loved and then we went to Iggies for lunch and did some shopping of course!! Way fun! Sunday, was a special day. It was my mom's birthday and my dad got put into the bishopric as the second counselor. So, we had a pretty busy weekend and a very fun one!

I have been sick being pregnant and I have had no energy to do anything. But lately, I am finally starting to feel better. Thank goodness. My poor kids and husband. And house. They have been neglected a little. Okay. A lot. Thanks James for doing a little extra around the house for me. Like doing the dishes. Thank heavens for dishwashers. That's all I have to say! Love you all!

Our Easter Weekend!

2009-04-13T17:11:00.000-07:00

Last week, the kids got a FUN Easter surprise in the mail from their Grandma Pearson! She gave them each a bag filled with treats and these really cute bunnies that she made! They were so excited to get something in the mail. It was fun to see their little faces light up while they were opening the box!

(Thanks Grandma Pearson!)

Friday evening I went with my cute mom and sister to a baby shower and James and the kids stayed at my sister's house and played while we were gone. It was so much fun to have a girls night out with my mom and sister. We laughed so hard and had such a great time together. We didn't get back to my sister's home until I think around eleven that night!! I love them so much and I am so grateful to have them in my life!

Saturday we had a fun bbq with my family, except my poor mom got really sick so she wasn't able to be there!(missed you mommy) We also had a really fun Easter egg hunt for all the kids and they had a blast finding the eggs!

Here is my very sweet and loving grandma Linda passing out a surprise for all the kids. She is the most caring and giving person I know and I truly look up to her so much!

(Love you Grandma!)

When we got home Saturday night, the kids got to put on some new Easter p.j.'s and then we all colored Easter eggs! The kids had so much fun and they did a pretty good job!
Such great memories!!

Here are the kids on Easter morning getting their baskets that the Easter Bunny left for them! If you look close on the back of the couch you'll see some eggs that the Easter Bunny hid for the kids to find! They thought that was so cool to go around the house and find the eggs that they colored!

Here's our sweet kids in their cute Easter clothes after church on Sunday! They are so much fun and I just love them so much!

We're Still Alive!!

2009-03-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've posted anything! We've had a crazy month. A couple of weeks ago, James and I both felt like we should look into adopting again. We felt pretty good about our decision, so this past Friday, James and I decided to go to LDSFS and start the adoption process. On our way there James and I both felt strongly that it wasn't the right time to do this. We went anyway and James ran in and talked to them while I stayed in the car with the kids and they gave James a packet to fill out when we feel more ready to start the adoption process.

Well, Friday I was supposed to start my period, (sorry if it's too much info) and when I woke up that morning, I had really bad cramps, so I prepared myself and took some medicine and we went on with the day. Well, I didn't start. Saturday came and went and Sunday came and still nothing. It was driving me crazy and my periods haven't always been the most regular give or take a few days, so Monday when James came home from work, I was talking to him about how I have been feeling so I had him run to the store for me to buy a pregnancy test (what a good husband) just so I could know for sure what was going on. I've done this many times before in the past and of course it's always been negative, so I was pretty sure it was going to say negative. I took the test and waited not even a few minutes and it said POSITIVE! Oh my heck! I was in shock! I went downstairs and told James that it was positive. I wish I had a camera. He had the most shocked look on his face. It was pretty funny.

Here's the faith of a five year old....Before we even told the kids that I was pregnant, I was sitting on the couch and Chase came and sat by me and said,"Mommy, last night I said a prayer that you would have a baby!" Can you believe that?!! Kids are so in tune with the spirit, it amazes me. So we told the kids that I have a baby in my belly and they were so excited. They were all jumping up and down and screaming. Tyler kept feeling my stomach. It was so cute. We feel extremely blessed right now. It's been a long 15 months of trying to get pregnant. I didn't think I would, but I know that our Heavenly Father has truly heard and answered our prayers. I've been a little sick, mostly very tired, but bring it on. I am so excited.

Oh, since we live so far away from my parents, my cute sister took balloons to them and I told them over the phone that I'm pregnant! Everyone is so excited. My sister is going to be posting on her blog pictures of them, so if anyone wants to look at them for fun, click on Chad and Chelsie.

2009-02-17T13:27:00.001-08:00

Well, we're back from our wonderful trip to Florida! It was such a nice get away. We had such a great time together, just the two of us. I felt like we were on our honeymoon again! We stayed in this really cute town called Celebration. It had some really cute shops and some restaurants and a really pretty lake. The weather there felt like fall in Utah. It was perfect.

While James was in his training class, I stayed at the hotel and slept in almost every day! It was great! On Tuesday, the tenth, we went to Pleasure Island in Downtown Disney. It's so fun there. There are tons of shops and tons of restaurants. We ate dinner at Planet Hollywood and it is the funnest place. They have tons of things from movies all throughout the restaurant. Very cool! Then we went a saw a movie.

On Friday, the thirteenth, James didn''t have his class, so we were really lucky to go to Disney's Hollywood Sudios. It was so fun. We went on the funnest rides ever, The Tower of Terror and The Rockin' Rollercoaster! We went to three fun little shows that they had there, Beauty and the Beast, How they make Indiana Jones, and Lights, Camera, Action, a really cool show that shows you how they make movies. It was a lot of fun!

A BIG Thanks to my cute sister Chelsie and my awesome brother-in-law Chad for watching our kids for us while we were gone. We love you guys!

2009-02-10T06:03:00.000-08:00

Well, James and I are in Florida right now, and I am actually posting this from his training class that we are at. We are having such a great time together, but we sure are missing our three sweet kiddos. Chase has been having a bit of a hard time being away from us, but still is having fun. Gracie and Ty don't seemed to care too much about us being gone. They're having fun. We told them we're going to bring them back a surprise and of course Gracie wants make-up. The boys want sea shells from the beach and every time we talk to them, they ask us if we got their surprises yet! That's all they care about is their surprises! Just kidding! Anyways, I'll definitely be posting pictures of our trip when we come home. Love you all.

2009-01-30T18:01:00.000-08:00

I am MiSsInG this little angel right now! This is my sister's baby and I am addicted to her. She just got through having RSV and Pneumonia! Poor thing! I am so happy she is better now and I can't wait to see her! I am going crazy!! She sure does make me a very HaPpY GiRl!!!

Feeling BeTteR!

2009-01-30T14:31:00.000-08:00

I am finally feeling back to myself! Pretty much anyway! I'm just so glad to have my surgery over with and I'm glad that the doctor could fix SOME things. I am kind of frustrated because one of my fallopian tubes is blocked and the doctor really didn't try to fix it. That SCARES me! Not very good! We're not sure yet on what to do about that. We're just going to wait and see what happens in the next few months or so and go from there. Our ward has been so kind to us through this. Making us meals and calling to see how we were doing. They are all amazing and we really appreciate everyone so much!

Two things I am looking forward to...James and I are going to Florida on February 8th for a week! He has to go there for business and I am so lucky to get to go with him. Just us! No kids! Crazy! It will be so hard to leave them though. But they will be in great hands. My gorgeous sister and her husband are going to watch them for us and I'm sure my mom and dad will help out too, since they only live a few blocks away from my sis. I know they will have a fun time.

And then on February 22 we are finally going to see Celine Dion in concert! That was part of my Christmas last year, well 2007, and we were suppose to see her in November, but she was sick or something. The only bad thing about it is that it's on a Sunday! But we really can't pass up this chance to see her since she won't be going on tour anymore. What can you do! Anyway, it will nice to get away for awhile. Just James and I! Love you All!

Surgery Update

2009-01-23T17:47:00.000-08:00

Today, Janese had her Laparoscopy at around 10:30a.m. The surgery went well, and the doctor did find some things to fix. Probably the most likely cause of the unusual pain she has been experiencing was an adhesion (doctors words). The adhesion was a thin strip of tissue that had connected her bowel (or large intestine) to either the adbdominal wall or to the uterus, I can't remember which, it was a lot of info really fast. This was a result of endometriosis in the area. He cut and cauterized the adhesion along with all of the growths of endometriosis that he found. The doctor also, for fertility reasons, squirted some dye through each of the fallopian tubes. The dye came out the other side on only one of the tubes, meaning that the other is likely blocked. He was not able to tell the extent of the blockage as he didn't try to force the dye through or exert any pressure. We will discuss and test this in future doctor visits to help increase fertility. The doctor didn't believe this blockage was causing any of the pain we were worried about, and thus, didn't mess with things too much. His main goal (and ours) was to help get rid of the pain she has been going through.
We are happy that the doctor was able to fix some things and give us more info on possible reasons for difficulty in getting pregnant. Janese is doing very well, still using the same prescriptions she was given for her other pain last week. We look forward to her feeling much better than she has for while in the coming weeks. Thanks to everyone for all the prayers, kind words, and support. It means a lot to us.

James

Just Some Thoughts of Mine

2009-01-21T09:32:00.000-08:00

First off, I just want to thank my dear sweet husband for his post. He is such an amazing husband and I feel so blessed to have him in my life. Second, I want to thank you all for your kind comments that you have left me. I truly feel loved.

Last year James and I both felt like it was time to get off of birth control and just see what would happen. We didn't tell anyone until this past month that we have been trying because when we were trying when we first got married, I always felt pressured in some way or another. It seemed easier this way. Now, that it's been a year already and my pain is getting worse, I am having such a hard time! I know that I have been abundantly blessed with my three sweet children and have had the experience of adoption and finally being able to get pregnant with Gracie, but when James and I both feel like there are more children waiting to come to our family, it gets hard. Waiting. Because we do want more children. I know that it is not in our hands. I've learned this. But, it still does not make it any easier. Why those of us that struggle with this trial I do not know, but I do know we will be blessed for it. What is really hard for me are those couples that say, " Let's have a baby." And the next month their pregnant. Sometimes I think that they take it for granted. They don't understand what it's like wanting and waiting and praying so HARD that it would happen. I just try to remember that there is a PLAN for us all even though times can be VERY trying.

I am scared to have this surgery. I don't want to have it, but I don't want to have to get back on birth control either. I have had such a hard week. I'm an emotional wreck right now and I can't help it. I'm scared of what they will find. But, hopefully it will be a good thing. I've had this surgery done before, but I hate not being able to take care of my family the way I should. Sorry this post is a little hard for me and I hope it all makes sense. It's just how I have been feeling. I'm kind of just venting I guess.

In the end, I know that things will work out and I have faith that everything will be okay. I love all of you and thanks again for caring.

Hang in there...

2009-01-16T20:25:00.000-08:00

I think my wife needs some encouragement right now. She is facing some physical and emotional struggles and is having a hard time getting through it, so this post from me is as much for her as it is for anyone interested. For the past year, we have been wanting another baby (believe it or not). We would like to have at least one more and it's been hard to see the year go by, month by month without any results. It feels like Deja vu, as we went through the same waiting and hoping up to about 4 years ago when she got pregnant for the first time after 3.5 years of trying. No doctor has been able to tell us exactly why it takes so long. One possible cause, though it has never been overly severe, is that she has endometriosis. Over the year, she has been getting increasingly worse symptoms including pain and nausea, etc. each month, which makes the hoping and waiting even more difficult. Each month, the symptoms are a little different and are almost always very similar to those experienced by someone who is pregnant. We have gone through quite a few pregnancy tests, hoping for a different cause for the symptoms. This past month has been the worst so far and we had her in the emergency room last night as the abdominal pain got so bad. Mind you, this pain is not due to the typical monthly female problems as most would probably think, it is off the usual cycle. Anyway, it is very frustrating because it is not something that can ever be cured completely. It will only temporarily go away if she is pregnant or on birth control, otherwise it progressively gets worse. Doctors can also help to temporarily improve the symptoms by doing a laparoscopic surgery, removing (burning off) some of the affected tissue in the uterus. So, the doctors this week have offered her the options of laparoscopy or birth control, and as you can imagine, she is opting for what will be here 4th laparoscopy since we've been married. This will likely be done next Friday. She has always recovered very quickly from these procedures since they are not very invasive for a surgery.
I think she is being very strong through all of this. Yesterday (the same day she went to the ER) while I was at work, she had the kids all bathed and the house all cleaned up despite here pain. She doesn't probably give herself credit for these little things, but I notice and appreciate them, as I'm sure the kids do too. She struggles in ways that I can't understand with her disability, raising our 3 kids, and putting up with me along with these extra physical and emotional concerns. I look up to her for this and hope that she realizes how great she does at everything. Janese, I love you and pray for you all the time as you go through these difficulties. I know that the Lord blesses us with what is best and sometimes a trial of our faith is required as it says in the scriptures. I know that you feel at times like the trials never end, but know that you are a blessing to my life and the lives of our children and all will be right in the Lord's time and we will get through this just like we have before. We will eventually look back, just like we did after we got 3 kids within 18 months, and say I understand now why everything worked the way it did, and it was the right way. Now as far as the physical pain right now, you are strong, and you also have some strong drugs from the ER :) haha, that will get you through and I and many others are here for you. I love and appreciate you and look up to you!
Love,
James

This Boy Is Four!!

2009-01-12T11:32:00.000-08:00

Our little Tyler turned four on Friday, the ninth. I can't believe how big he is getting. He woke up that morning and said, "I'm four now guys!" It was the cutest thing ever. He is such a fun little guy and he and Chase are so close. I feel so blessed to have these two boys in my life and that they have each other.

Here is Ty the day he was born. He weighed 4lbs. 2 oz.
So tiny!

Ty had a fun day on Friday. James had to run some errands so he took Ty with him and they spent the day together. They went to McDonald's and to the store and James let him pick out his own toy. He had such a great time with daddy. On Saturday, I had my family over and we all went bowling and had a little party for Ty Ty.

Tyler blowing out his birthday candles... well, matches! James forgot to buy a birthday candle.

Happy Birthday little buddy! We LOVE you!

Christmas and New Year's!!

2009-01-06T15:53:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that the Holiday's are all over with. It's seems to go by so fast. We had such a wonderful Christmas this year. We were able to spend so much time with our family and we had so much fun seeing family that we haven't seen in awhile. Christmas Eve day, James and I made cookies and then we made a Christmas dinner and spent Christmas Eve in our new home. Christmas morning was so much fun. The kids were so excited and had a fun time seeing what Santa brought them.

Then, we went to my parent's house for breakfast and spent some time with them and opened present's and relaxed for awhile. Then, we went to James' parent's house for dinner and stayed there that night. The kids had so much fun with all of their cousins. They all play so well together.

On New Year's Eve, we stayed with my sister and her cute family. We had so much fun eating good food and playing games 'till 2 in the morning!! I can't believe it's already 2009. This year went by way too fast for me. The kids have all grown so much this past year It's crazy!! They get funner every day. I love them so much. We are all doing great and are loving where we are at right now.

Yay! No More School for James!!

2008-12-16T16:14:00.000-08:00

Today is such an exciting day for James. He had his last and FINAL day of school and I can't believe he has been in school for EIGHT years. Pretty much our whole marriage. I wanted him to know how proud I am of him for all of his hard work and dedication he has put into his schooling. It hasn't always been easy but definitely WORTH it. I am so proud to have him as my husband and I LOVE him so much. He will be having his graduation in May. Love you Babe!

FaMiLy ChRiStMaS PaRtY!

2008-12-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

Last night, we had our annual Harper Family Christmas Party. It was lots of fun. I just love getting together with family during the Holiday season. It's the best. First, we all ate a delicious dinner and then all the grandchildren got to decorate their very own cookie. They had a blast and they had frosting EVERYWHERE! Then, we all got together and sang Christmas songs and waited for Santa to come. I loved seeing all the kids faces when Santa walked into the room. It was priceless. Watching my children and their excitement is the best feeling ever. It makes me so happy to see them happy.

The kids decorating their cute cookies!

I love Ty's face in this picture! It cracks me up!

Santa and Mrs. Claus gave Chase a remote control car!

They gave Gracie a very cute Barbie. After she opened her gift, she looked at me and said," I want my make-up now!" I promised her that Santa would bring her some on Christmas Eve. Seriously, that is all she wants. Such a girl!

And Tyler got a car too!

Five Already?!

2008-12-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

Yep! I can't believe it!

I can't believe this boy turned five years old Yesterday! He is such a great little boy and I feel so blessed to have him in my life. We had a busy day yesterday. First, we went to the doctor's for a checkup for mommy, then we all went to Wal-Mart and bought us all new hats and gloves and we let Chase pick out his own birthday present. He loved it. He thought it was so cool to pick it out. Then we went to IKEA to buy some new dishes, went to McDonald's and got us all a hot fudge sundae. My Fav! Then James had class so we waited for him in the car and watched a movie and had snacks.

After class, we all went to the airport to pick my dad up. He has been away on business for the past few weeks. In Florida of all places! Yeah not fair! The kids were so excited. My grandma brought these cute little Christmas hats for them to wear. They all looked so cute.

Then, we all went to Chili's for dinner. It was lots of fun. We were there 'til eleven last night! Crazy! Here is Chase opening up a birthday card from my grandparents. He was so excited to get money. I guess we'll have to take him shopping again!!

Silly Gracie!!

2008-12-03T11:49:00.000-08:00

Last night I was folding laundry and I thought that it would be a good time to start teaching the kids how to put away their own clothes. So we all sat on the floor in a circle and I put their clothes in their own little piles and started explaining to them how to do it. The boys have their own drawer for their pants and p.j.'s so I told Chase to put his clothes in his bottom drawer and Gracie says,"Bum drawer? We don't say Bum!" I was laughing so hard. What a funny girl. It made my whole night.

So Blessed

2008-11-30T14:09:00.000-08:00

I have been truly humbled. For those of you who may not have known this, a couple of weeks ago, my cute brother Clinton found a few lumps throughout his body, One in his neck, one under his arm pit, and one down by his groin. He had a physical done on Friday the 14th and the doctor felt the lump in his neck and was pretty worried and told him that it could possibly be Lymphoma cancer. So they did some blood work and it ruled out leukemia but not lymphoma, and on Monday the 24th, Clinton had surgery on his neck and they took out the whole lump to do a biopsy. We all have been so scared and nervous about this situation. We've cried together, prayed together and hoped that things would work out how they're suppose to. Clinton has had many blessings and his name has been put on many prayer rolls in temples in different states. We have just been waiting for the results to come back to find out for sure if Clinton has cancer or not. This Thanksgiving has been one I will definitely remember forever and the most grateful.

The day after Thanksgiving, my brother was not feeling very well and his neck was pretty swollen, so my dad called the doctor and the doctor told him he probably just hurt it somehow and to take it easy and then he said," By the way, we got Clinton's results back and he does not have cancer. He has a really bad viral infection." We are so happy that he is going to be okay. He's still pretty sick and needs to rest a lot and get treated for his infection. But, Heavenly Father has truly heard our prayers and we feel so blessed. I don't know what I would do without my little brother. He is the kindest person you will ever meet. And he has such the funnest sense of humor. He is always making jokes and can always put a smile on my face.

I love you Clinton and I am so grateful to have you as my brother and I am so grateful that you are okay. Thanks for being such a wonderful brother to me.

I wanted to tell all my family how thankful I am for each of you and for all of your prayers. It truly means so much to me and my family. I have been so blessed with such an amazing family and I really feel so loved. Thank you.

On Thanksgiving we went to my Grandma and Grandpa Harper's for dinner. It so nice to see all of my cousins I haven't seen in a long time.

Look how sweet! I finally got all the siblings together for a picture.

Amory, Kylee, Chase and Tyler

Saturday we decorated for Christmas and here is Chase and his little tree he decorated all by himself. Love it.

2008-11-04T22:55:00.000-08:00

Since November is Adoption Awareness month, I decided to finally make a blog about our adoption story. I hope it can be uplifting to others. Those that want to check it out, I have a link to it on the left. I am grateful for adoption. It is something dear to my heart.

CoUsiNs!!

2008-11-02T17:14:00.000-08:00

This is Gracie and cousin Ashlynn! This was Halloween night after they had just eaten a bunch of their candy!! They act so silly together and have so much fun playing!! We love our cousins!

CloWnInG ArOunD!!!

2008-11-02T16:55:00.000-08:00

This is my fun and crazy mom!! She dressed up like this for all her grand kids and they absolutely loved it! At first they didn't even know who it was and then they realized it was grandma! We had a fun Halloween this year. We went up to my grandparents for their trunk-or-treat and then went to their home for my grandma's homemade chili. We missed all of our other family members and hope you all had a great Halloween!

New Home and Kids!

2008-10-30T14:54:00.001-07:00

Here are just a few pictures of our new home. There are still A LOT of things I want to do. It takes so much time trying to get all settled and organized! I haven't done a thing with the kids rooms yet. We are going to be buying them new beds hopefully soon, and then I'll put more time into decorating their rooms! Anyway, we are really enjoying Dugway and we love our ward. The kids did great their first Sunday we were here! I was surprised! I thought they wouldn't go to their classes but they loved it.

I bought this mirror at a consignment store and I absolutely love it! It just makes the room feel so much bigger!

My crazy kids! I just love them! Here they are getting ready for our ward Halloween trunk-or-treat! They had so much fun! James had class in Salt Lake that night so by the time we went it was past their bed time and they were pretty tired, but still had fun getting all that yummy candy! And I have been good, I haven't picked through their candy for my favorites like I tend to do!! What can I say, I LOVE candy!!

Gracie was excited because she got to wear some of mommy's make-up!! That is ALL she wants for Christmas!

I love this picture of my little buddy Tyler. He is such a funny boy!

Chase looks like he is singing a song or somethin'!!

Ready to Go!!

My Heart Aches!

2008-10-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

Late Saturday night, I got a phone call from my mom telling me that my cousin had fallen and hit her head very hard and was life flighted to the University of Utah Hospital. They did an MRI and found a tumor! My heart is aching for her and her family right now! She is the oldest of the cousins and then me, so we were pretty close growing up. I looked up to her so much and still do. She is a very outgoing person and is very sweet and I know she will overcome this trial she is facing. It was a "blessing" that she fell because she would have never even known that she had a tumor. She had surgery on Monday and they did a biopsy and they will find out the results in a couple days whether it's benign or malignant! I visited her today and she seems to be doing okay considering. I just broke down! My family has been through so much with losing my other cousin a couple of years ago and I have cousin right now who is heavily into drugs. It is so hard for me to see my family hurting and in pain! I wish I could just make everything better, but I can't! I know that our Heavenly Father knows each of us and I know with prayer and faith, things will work out how they are suppose to. We are asking every one to keep her and our family in your prayers. It means a lot to us! I have a link to her blog who ever is interested in her story. I LOVE my FAMILY!!!!

How Precious!

2008-10-26T18:13:00.000-07:00

My sweet sister and her little family came to visit us on Saturday and we had a little photo shoot with Hailey! She is such a sweet baby. I just can't get enough of her! Her pictures turned out so cute! Thanks Chelsie and Chad for visiting us! We had a great time with you guys!

One more version of my favorite picture of Gracie

2008-10-24T22:47:00.000-07:00

I just thought I'd share this with anyone interested. I love this picture of Gracie. Let me know what you think. This is James by the way.

Moved!!

2008-10-18T20:01:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post a quick little comment and let everyone know that we are finally moved into our new home! We absolutely love it and we are really excited to be living in Dugway. The kids are so excited to be in a new place and I can already tell that it's going to be a great place to live. I just wanted to thank everyone that has helped us with moving. It really means so much to me and I appreciate and love my family so much! Thanks! I'll have pictures as soon as we get all settled in!!

Hailey Lorraine Potter

2008-10-11T19:17:00.000-07:00

My cute sister gave birth today to a beautiful baby girl! They named her Hailey and she is the sweetest thing ever!! Congratulations Chelsie and Chad!! We love you so much!!

Exciting News!!

2008-10-08T14:54:00.000-07:00

No, I'm not expecting! Who really knows when that will happen! We are MOVING next Saturday to Dugway and we are all so excited! We have been house sitting for family for almost two years now, and we have been on a waiting list to get into Dugways housing and they called us today and told us that they have a house available for us. Our prayers have been answered. It's pretty inexpensive to live there so we will be able to pay off our student loans and get out of debt and save up to buy a house. We really felt like it would be the right thing to do for our family to move there even though it's pretty much in the middle of no where. I am so excited for this BIG change even though it's kind of scary. I really am going to miss living where we're at. Mostly, the huge yard. My children have had so much fun exploring and playing in the ditches there! But, it will be good for them to meet new friends and they'll get to have different experiences somewhere else. It's so crazy sometimes where life takes you. You can never really know for sure what is in store for us all. We have to put our trust in our Heavenly Father and know that he knows us and what is best for each of us. Now I am just trying to get everything done that I need to to move and there is a long list of things we need to buy before we move! Yeah!

Interior Designers wanted... Or anyone that loves to decorate!!

2008-10-07T13:30:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of my latest project. I love the way it turned out and I want to decorate our new living room around this and I'm not sure exactly what to do! I'm planning on buying a light brown micro-fiber living room set. I love old world, European style mixed with a little country and I love things that are a little distressed. So, for all of you that love to decorate out there, I would really love to know what some of your ideas are for fun! It would help me out a lot!

Tagged!

2008-10-07T12:24:00.000-07:00

I have been tagged by my sister-in-law Mandi and by my friend Sarah and I am finally getting around to doing it! So here it goes! It was harder than I thought!

The Rules:
Link the Person who Tagged you.
Mention rules on your blog.
Tell about 6 quirks of yours.
Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same.
Leave a comment to let them know.

1-I have a certain way of loading the dishwasher. The dishes have to be in a certain spot or it will seriously bug me! And when I put my plates and bowls away, they have to be color coordinated!

2-I LoVe to twirl my hair around my fingers when I am lying in bed or just watching t.v.! It’s so relaxing to me! I have done it ever since I was a little girl.

3-I tend to talk to myself throughout the day! I’m sure a lot of you do this! Maybe?

4-When I clean my kitchen there cannot be anything on the counters. It drives me crazy and I hate clutter!

5-I hate it whenever anybody leaves the kitchen cabinets open! I have to go around and close them or it will bug me.

6-I am always organizing my kids’ dressers! They love to get themselves dressed, which is nice, but then they make a mess and I love to go to their drawers and open them up and have their clothes be nice and neat and organized! Apparently a lot of things seem to bug me!!! Maybe a little OCD?!

I will tag anyone who wants to do this!

So SwEeT!!!

2008-09-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

James took these amazing pictures of the kids! I absolutely LOVE them! He does such an amazing job. I am so lucky to be married to such a talented guy!! I just love my little family!

Weekend ExCiTeMeNt for the kids...

2008-09-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

Oh and for James and Jon!!

There was a reptile exhibit down at the Utah State Fair on Saturday that we all went to. Not that exciting for me and Mandi, but it was fun to see the kids and their reactions to all of the reptiles they had there. They had everything there that you could imagine! Snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, everything! The kids loved it so much and they were so excited!

Here are the kids petting a huge python! Very GrOsS if you ask me!!

My crazy boys playing in puddles! Love it!

FaMiLy NiGhT FuN!!

2008-09-10T14:16:00.000-07:00

On Monday we took the kids to Pioneer Park in Brigham City to go fishing for Family Night! We had such a great time! We all caught little baby fish except for James, he was busy helping the kids and by the time we caught our fish the kids were ready to play at the park! Tyler and Gracie were so excited to catch their FIRST fish! It was so fun to see their little faces! Tyler looked so proud and Gracie just kept on smilin'! I only took pics of Ty and Gracie! I was too late to take one of Chase. Oh well, I guess. I do have a picture of Chase and his first fish when we went camping, so that's good! What a fun time! I took these pics with my iphone so they're not the best, but still way cute!

*A little preschool update*

The kids are loving it! We've only had it twice, but they are really enjoying it. And I am enjoying it too! It makes the day go by so much faster and I feel like the kids are actually doing something more productive during the day! So far so good!!