Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Time Flew By...
Well, it has been a year and a half since I have opened this blog up and written something. I know, right! How could I have just let it go and not written anything that has happened to my little family? To tell you the truth, Life got in the way.
It is now March 2014! I am still working two jobs. Only now I actually work 4 or more days a month at the hospital instead of 2. The reason for that came last January in 2013. Branden got a supervisor position, which meant that we needed daycare for the first time. Aaahhh! I can't tell you how scared and nervous I was. I remember crying that our children (Nikh and Linc specifically) wouldn't be raised by their parents. But what a blessing it has become to have Branden home in the evenings. I honestly haven't had that whole experience since we were married 10 years ago.
April 2013 finally came and with it a brand new experience for everyone but me, Disneyland! We had saved long and hard and finally made it there. It was so much fun to see the kids' faces as they went in for the first time. Ama came with us and Aunt Rachelle and Uncle Justin met us there. So much fun! We can't wait to go again...well, Branden can.
May/June/July 2013 was a whirlwind of change. On a whim, Branden and I went into a realtor's office to ask a few questions about what amount of loan we would qualify for. We weren't ready to move, but wanted to know beforehand since we were planning on moving within the next two years. Having all three kids in one room was getting hard. The whole story short, within the next week and a half our town home was on the market and we'd had our offer on a house nearby accepted. Just over two weeks after that we had a buyer and 30 days later we had sold our townhome and bought our cute little house. Amazingly enough we had found our home within the same school boundaries within our price range. So the kids would still be in the same school. This was very important since Ember was in the French Immersion program and we wanted Lincoln and Nikh to be in it too.
We were definitely being taken care of when we found this house. To get Linc to and from school was going to require a complicated mess. Now we live three houses down from the bus stop and our neighbor does daycare out of her house. Ember has many friends around and is always in and out when she can be. What a blessing it all was that we went into that office.
August/September 2013 had Lincoln starting Kindergarten and Nikh without her brother for the first time. Even when we had started daycare at Herriman High they both went together. But now he would be getting on that school bus with Ember and she would have to stay behind. Thankfully we had Grandma Boyles here to help her during that first week. Everytime she would see the bus she would ask me when it was "her turn" to go to school. Such a sweet girl!
October 2013 we went trick-or-treating in our own neighborhood for the first time! We even met up with some of Ember's friends along the way. So much fun!
Holidays 2013 came and went very quickly. I feel like the moment I got all the decorations up it was time to take them all back down. The biggest surprise was when Branden suggested we get another dog to keep Tink company. So two days before Christmas we made the drive to Spanish Fork to pick up our new puppy Skyla. Though if we could potty train her I think we would all be much happier. :(
It is now March 2014! I am still working two jobs. Only now I actually work 4 or more days a month at the hospital instead of 2. The reason for that came last January in 2013. Branden got a supervisor position, which meant that we needed daycare for the first time. Aaahhh! I can't tell you how scared and nervous I was. I remember crying that our children (Nikh and Linc specifically) wouldn't be raised by their parents. But what a blessing it has become to have Branden home in the evenings. I honestly haven't had that whole experience since we were married 10 years ago.
April 2013 finally came and with it a brand new experience for everyone but me, Disneyland! We had saved long and hard and finally made it there. It was so much fun to see the kids' faces as they went in for the first time. Ama came with us and Aunt Rachelle and Uncle Justin met us there. So much fun! We can't wait to go again...well, Branden can.
May/June/July 2013 was a whirlwind of change. On a whim, Branden and I went into a realtor's office to ask a few questions about what amount of loan we would qualify for. We weren't ready to move, but wanted to know beforehand since we were planning on moving within the next two years. Having all three kids in one room was getting hard. The whole story short, within the next week and a half our town home was on the market and we'd had our offer on a house nearby accepted. Just over two weeks after that we had a buyer and 30 days later we had sold our townhome and bought our cute little house. Amazingly enough we had found our home within the same school boundaries within our price range. So the kids would still be in the same school. This was very important since Ember was in the French Immersion program and we wanted Lincoln and Nikh to be in it too.
We were definitely being taken care of when we found this house. To get Linc to and from school was going to require a complicated mess. Now we live three houses down from the bus stop and our neighbor does daycare out of her house. Ember has many friends around and is always in and out when she can be. What a blessing it all was that we went into that office.
August/September 2013 had Lincoln starting Kindergarten and Nikh without her brother for the first time. Even when we had started daycare at Herriman High they both went together. But now he would be getting on that school bus with Ember and she would have to stay behind. Thankfully we had Grandma Boyles here to help her during that first week. Everytime she would see the bus she would ask me when it was "her turn" to go to school. Such a sweet girl!
October 2013 we went trick-or-treating in our own neighborhood for the first time! We even met up with some of Ember's friends along the way. So much fun!
Holidays 2013 came and went very quickly. I feel like the moment I got all the decorations up it was time to take them all back down. The biggest surprise was when Branden suggested we get another dog to keep Tink company. So two days before Christmas we made the drive to Spanish Fork to pick up our new puppy Skyla. Though if we could potty train her I think we would all be much happier. :(
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Boo!
Halloween is here!
As per our family/close friends tradition, we all went to Jackie & Dennis' for Halloween. Branden had to go to work. :( After a VERY long wait, the time to go trick-or-treating had arrived. Bella ended up with me rather than waiting for her little sisters who stayed with their mommy and daddy and family. However, there was NO WAY that Nikh was going to wait for those slow pokes. She didn't care that she was the smallest one, she was going to keep up with the "big" kids. And she did! It was too cute to watch all of them-including Nikh-go up to the houses and say "trick-or-treat" with their bags open and ready. Let's just say that Nikh caught on really quick!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Pumpkins!
It's that time again. You know, the time where you have to decide whether to paint or carve pumpkins for your front porch. Painting won!...Except with Branden. While I absolutely will not grab a handful of the slimy, mushy innards of a pumpkin, Branden will.
After having a good time picking out our pumpkins out at the pumpkin patch we headed home to paint. Branden worked on his carving his while the kids and I happily painted ours. Kelly even came over to help and ended up carving one of her own! Nikh was definitely concentrating on making her pumpkin the best!
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Who Turned 50???
My Madre!
My crazy, plans-at-the-last-minute dad decided he wanted to plan a surprise party for my mother's 50th birthday...2 days before the actual day! Since he has never done anything like this before he figured it would be the perfect surprise since she would never suspect.
Well, (to make the story short..er) he enlisted my help. After getting a hold of everyone and planning the food, everything was set. That's when everything started to get a bit out of control.
Mind you, I was busy on a girl's day out clear up until the party was about to start. So when I am literally running into Cafe Rio with our 20 person order and they tell me they are about 15 minutes behind, I start to worry...but only a little. FORTY minutes later, they finally have it all...oh just kidding! We are still one order short! Ugh!
Finally, the time has arrived. We all wait quietly in the basement...Surprise!
Nope, just my dad. My mom is in the car starved and grumpy! She won't get out of the car. My dad had taken her to Home Depot to "wait" for Jackie and Dennis to be ready to go out for dinner (they were waiting with all of us in the basement :) ) She kept wondering why they were waiting for them at Home Depot while Jackie was still "washing her hair."Now, for those who know my mother, you do not keep her from eating when it's time to eat. She gets REALLY grumpy. My dad had to tell her that he forgot to turn off the sprinklers to get her to go back home!
He then comes back a second time, alone. She's getting really mad at him! We tell him to tell her the basement is flooding and she needs to come look.
SURPRISE!
The look on her face was priceless. It was the "why in the world are you dragging me to the basement when I am starving look."
Needless to say, it was fun!
Girls Day Out!
Okay, this has got to become a tradition! I am NOT and never have been a shopaholic. But!...going to the What a Woman Wants Expo is so much fun! This time it was Katia, Kelly, MaKayla, and me who went. While I was a little disappointed that it was a little smaller than the one in April with Shelbi, it was still a whole lot of fun! And this is coming from me! So it MUST be good!
I was able to get a couple Christmas gifts, a necklace, a manicure, a shirt, some way cool curlers, and the neatest picture holder thingy. The picture thing is made of wood and instead of changing one picture per frame, you just have to slide the pictures in on the side and you can put up about 18 pictures in one place!
And as far as the curlers go, Katia and I bought a double pack together and then split them up. We had fun trying to get it to work for the first time on each other!
I was able to get a couple Christmas gifts, a necklace, a manicure, a shirt, some way cool curlers, and the neatest picture holder thingy. The picture thing is made of wood and instead of changing one picture per frame, you just have to slide the pictures in on the side and you can put up about 18 pictures in one place!
And as far as the curlers go, Katia and I bought a double pack together and then split them up. We had fun trying to get it to work for the first time on each other!
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| I finally got it right! Thanks for the fun girl's day out! Let's go again in April!  |
Thursday, August 16, 2012
And they finally tied the knot...
Love you both!
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Family Pictures
I LOVE getting family pictures. Growing up family pictures were always talked about, but never taken. In fact before my wedding the last family pictures that were taken were when I was in tenth grade. Did I mention they were done while we were all sitting on Santa's lap in the mall! Sad, but true.
When Nikh was born Branden and I made a commitment that we would get family pictures taken every year. Which we went and broke and never got taken when Nikh was one. Now we are back in the game and home to stick to our original promise.
This year we went with Fotofly Away at Thanksgiving Point.
When Nikh was born Branden and I made a commitment that we would get family pictures taken every year. Which we went and broke and never got taken when Nikh was one. Now we are back in the game and home to stick to our original promise.
This year we went with Fotofly Away at Thanksgiving Point.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Summer Fun
Well, I have gotten behind once again. Will life ever slow down so that I can catch up?
Anyway, this summer we did quite a bit, but here are a couple of the highlights, besides sleeping.
Strawberry Days Parade
The Zoo
We were all so excited when we heard the news that Katia, Mitch and family were moving back to Utah! We had to celebrate. This was at the end though when not everyone was to happy to be leaving the zoo.
Anyway, this summer we did quite a bit, but here are a couple of the highlights, besides sleeping.
Strawberry Days Parade
We were all so excited when we heard the news that Katia, Mitch and family were moving back to Utah! We had to celebrate. This was at the end though when not everyone was to happy to be leaving the zoo.
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