Colvin & Company

7 Months!

2012-02-03T09:41:00.000-08:00

Ashton-

I can't believe that you are Seven months old already. I just seems like yesterday that we were headed to the hospital and the doctor handed you to me. You just looked up to me and your dad with so many questions in your eyes. You still have so many questions in your eyes when you look at us. You have figured out how to sit up and you LOVE it. You love going to be with Nana Ranch all day long. In fact you demand that you see her everyday and if you don't you are grouchy. You are having a hard time getting your two bottom teeth in and it's made you clingy and grouchy and you like to just cry at times. You LOVE to see your Daddy. Every night when we get home and you see your Daddy you kick your legs and start laughing. You love to talk, spit and blow bubbles. You are loving bath time at night and sit there and kick and giggle. You LOVE Dusty and Sadie. When they close to you, you will start to laugh. If Sadie doesn't come right away to see you, you will whine until she comes over so you can pet her and pull on her ears. Dusty loves to lick your hands and have you pet him. You will light up when I walk into a room and kick your legs. Your favorite toy is your binky. You are doing okay at sleeping at night, I think once your teeth come in you will be back to sleeping all night.

Your Dad and I are so glad that you are in our family.
We Love you little buddy.

Mom and Dad.

He really wanted to help me with his laundry one night and he also loves sitting in his bumbo at the kitchen table.

6 Months

2012-01-10T13:36:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is 6 months ( well almost 6 1/2 months) it's amazing to me that he is growing so fast.
He LOVES to sit up. He can only do it for a little bit, but he is getting stronger. He is trying to figure out how to roll from his back to his tummy. He is still trying to cut his bottom teeth and is Mr. Grouchy Pants. I took him to the doctor today and he got 6 shots. He has to go back next month to get 2 more. I can't believe that he had so many. Here are his 6 month stats:

Weight: 16 lbs 5 oz    25%
Height: 27 in             70%
Head:    18 in             90%

He has grown 3 inches in 2 months. The doctor made the nurse come in and measure him again. He is concerned about his head, it's grown quite a lot in the past 2 months. So I have to take him back next month to get 2 shots and have them check his head. I know I posted the Christmas picture earlier but it was taken when he was 6 months.

First Christmas

2011-12-28T16:21:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

The Colvin's

Brett, Jody & Ashton

Brett took this picture of our cute little guy on Christmas Day. He got tons of toys and some clothes. He is one loved little guy. He made Christmas in our home a lot different and we LOVED it.

Alive

2011-12-23T12:18:00.000-08:00

Yes we are alive, December has been filled with lots of things going on.

A windstorm that blew half of our roof off, blew our fence down and ripped up our sprinkling system
A pipe that busted in our basement and flooded one of the rooms, causing the floor to be jack hammered up
As a result of above doing laundry at my moms since I can't use my washer.
Brett being sick
Ashton's first trip to Disneyland
Ashton being sick.
Sadie being sick.

And all of this BEFORE Christmas. Let's just say our big Christmas Tree didn't get put up. Thank goodness I have 3 smaller ones that I put up.

Roller

2011-11-25T11:10:00.000-08:00

He is ROLLING over. He will only roll for you twice and after that he gets upset, I am totally fine with him not rolling everywhere yet. I can't believe that he is almost 5 months old. Where has the time gone.

He loves his warm jammers, he now has 3 sets of them.

This look is a look that I give a lot. He is so my child.

This is the face that he normally gives me when I don't feed him fast enough. Notice the nice bib? Yep it says I Love Sushi.

Just chillin in his doggie jammers.

He has figured out how to move around in his excersaucer.

2011-11-11T19:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Anniversary to my parents! They are the best, I couldn't ask for better grandparents for Ashton. He loves seeing them everyday. To celebrate they went to their favorite place Disneyland! Happy 39 years. We love you tons!

Happy Halloween

2011-11-01T07:53:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!

Ashton had his 4 month well visit yesterday

Weight: 13 lbs 13 oz   25%
Height: 24 inches        25%
Head: 16 1/2 inches   50%

He got 5 shots and was a CHAMP at getting them.
We are so glad that he is in our family. He is one happy little guy and is talking all the time.

Keeper of Toys

2011-10-21T10:45:00.000-07:00

He is the keeper of his toys. He loves it when I sit him up with Elmo and his Teddy, of course when this was taken he was tired and just wanted to go to sleep. Poor little man is teething and it's not been overly great for him. He was in his crib the other night after his bath and all of the sudden he started blowing bubbles and then he started laughing. He did it all night long, he even did it to Dusty and lets just say Dusty wasn't a fan of this.

This morning while Brett and I were getting ready for work, I put him in his bouncy chair and put the chair on the vanity in the bathroom, he sat there and talked, blew bubbles, chewed on his hands and laughed for about 20 minutes this morning.

I keep getting people telling me what big eyes he has, at first I wondered if they were to big, but to me they are just the right size, he will lift his eyebrows at me and get a twinkle in his eye and then just start talking to me. He has a smile that draws people to him and it just makes you want to smile. If I have had a bad day and he's been fussy all he has to do is smile at me and it takes all the frustration away. We sure do love this little man so much.

Cereal?

2011-10-13T15:01:00.000-07:00

We have started giving Ashton rice cereal and pears at night and he loves them.

It has seriously made him such a happy baby. After he is done he will kick his legs, laugh and talk for about a hour. He then gets a bath which the past couple of night he has really loved and splashed so much that the water was coming out of the sides of his tub. He was funny to watch. He is growing up so fast. He now wants to sit up more and just looks around. We think he is starting to get teeth in already, poor kid.

This is him with his bear that his cousin Sarah made for him before he was born.

3 Months

2011-10-03T10:53:00.000-07:00

From this:

To this:

It's crazy to think that our little man is already 3 months old.

Pictures

2011-09-15T13:41:00.000-07:00

We sure do love our little guy.

Adjustments

2011-08-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

People who know me, know I have wanted a baby for a while. I finally had to realize it was on Heavenly Father's time not mine. Lets just say it has been quite the adjustment to motherhood. Don't get me wrong I love every minute of it. It's not what I want to do, it's what Ashton wants. I did get to see his first smile( it was at Brett) and his first coo.

The other adjustment will be going back to work, this one is going to be hard. I would love to stay home with him but that just isn't in the cards right now. I am very grateful for the family that will be watching him. I know he will be in good hands. Wish me luck as I head back to work next week.

One month

2011-07-31T11:01:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Ashton is one month old. We have been spending some time up in Idaho with brett's mom, it's nice and peaceful. Brett has been going home during the week to work. When he got here on Friday the first thing he said was "oh my gosh he has grown so much" I do have to agree looking back to the pictures of the day he was born he has grown quite a bit.

Update

2011-07-18T15:03:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th, but I have discovered that I HATE fireworks. I had just put Ashton in his crib and no sooner than I left the room there were fireworks outside never mind this was at 2AM I was not pleased since it woke the baby right up. Good thing we won't be around for the 24th. On a brighter note we went to the doctor on Friday for his 2week check up and he is doing great. He is back up to birth weight and he is 21 inches long. He is sleeping 4-5 hours between feedings which is nice. Brett and I are adjusting to having a baby, the dogs don't quite know what to think. We love to just sit and watch the faces that he makes. He is one funny baby.

Ashton

2011-07-05T15:38:00.000-07:00

Meet our newest addition to our home. Ashton Lee Colvin. He is the sweetest baby, and so good. I couldn't have asked for a better baby. We are adjusting to life with a sweet infant.

These were taken by his dad on the day we came home from the hospital.

Here

2011-07-01T16:51:00.000-07:00

Ashton Lee Colvin was born June 30, 2011 at 1:50 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs and 2 oz and is 20 inches long. He is perfect. From the time we got to the hospital to the time he was born was 2.5 hours. We love him so much already. I will post pictures soon.

Craving.

2011-06-15T10:48:00.000-07:00

These are what I have been craving lately, I swear this baby is going to come out wanting sweets. That is all I have been craving lately.. We are down to 9 days now, I can't believe it's in the single digits already. I am SO ready for him to come.

37

2011-06-08T07:19:00.000-07:00

Seriously 37.5 weeks? I am so ready for this little guy to come. I went to the Doctor yesterday and he said that I could come at anytime, so now it's just a waiting game. I feel like he has dropped and I am in more pain than I was before. A saying that is always said in our house is there's no time like the present. So if we aren't ready for him well OH WELL I guess since there is no time like the present for him to come. I have my bag packed and it's in the car so IF something happens while I am at work, Brett has it and doesn't have to go back home to get it. If I truly start thinking about the whole labor process I get freaked out. Here goes to an easy labor and maybe a couple more weeks. Wish me luck, I am thinking I am going to need it :)

Crib

2011-05-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

Here is what his crib and bedding looks like. I can now say I am ready for him to come. 5 weeks seems like a long/short time.

Baby Update.

2011-05-04T11:17:00.000-07:00

I went to the Doctor last Friday and found out I "get" to take more iron. As the doctor put it " he is sucking everything out of you." So I started taking iron and didn't think anything of it, I thought he was just making up that I would have more energy. I have to take my pre-natal vitamins at the opposite time of the day that I take my iron. WELL yesterday I forgot to take my vitamins and I found out just how much that little boost of iron helps me. I have learned that the doctor WAS right. Imagine that. I got to hear my little guy as well and it amazes me that there is a human inside of me. The doctor told me he has a healthy heartbeat. I am now at almost 33 weeks which is CRAZY to me. I am now down to going every 2 weeks, my belly has really grown over the past couple of days. This little guy loves to move. I was sitting in a meeting today and my boss was talking and all the baby would do it move and kick, as soon as my boss stopped talking the baby stopped moving. So either one of two things, he loves my boss or he hates him only time will tell I guess. We are also having a bet on if he will come early, on time or late.

Reason

2011-04-27T13:23:00.000-07:00

A lot of people have been bugging me about getting some pregnancy photos taken. We had talked about this "issue" as I like to call it before we found out we were expecting. We were both on the same page that we wouldn't have any taken. I have tried to explain why I don't want them done to some people and they just don't get it. SO for those who are waiting for pictures of me being pregnant you will be waiting for a long time. Brett has respected my opinion on not wanting them taken. I did tell him he can take 1 photo of me before this little guy comes. I don't want to sound rude, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions, just because someone else WANTS me to get a picture taken doesn't mean I WANT IT.

On a brighter note, I did get 2 of his blankets done and they turned out so cute. I still have 2 more to go but I need to get some fabric that I like to go with them.

We are still on the count down I will be 32 weeks along on Friday, after my appointment on Friday I go every 2 weeks. To me when I think about it, I am on the home stretch only 8 weeks (or so) to go. There have been debates in our house of when he is going to come, some people think it's going to be early some people think it's going to be late. I guess we will see!

2011-04-13T09:20:00.001-07:00

Question that I got for today was, is that a basketball or are you having a baby.

DONE!

2011-04-05T06:30:00.001-07:00

Dear Snow,
PLEASE go away and don't return until November.

Countdown

2011-03-16T12:40:00.001-07:00

100 Days until our little guy joins our family. We are so excited to see him and start this new chapter in our lives. I can't believe that we are on the home stretch, time has flown by.

Registered

2011-02-17T10:31:00.000-08:00

One less thing that I have to do before this little guy gets here is to be registered for baby stuff :) I went and registered at Target and Baby R Us. It making me get even more excited to meet this little guy.

As an update, I have felt him moving and kicking. He LOVES to make my back hurt. I have found if I give him a little nudge and tell him he needs to move, he will move.

Hmmm..

2011-02-08T16:04:00.000-08:00

At work today I was standing outside my cubicle, my boss walks by stops and starts laughing. He says this picture comes to mind. I look up and down and notice I don't have my shoes on (since they were killing my feet) I just gave him a puzzled look and he continued to laugh and said "Barefoot and Pregnant" I finally got it. Now I know why so many pregnant women HATE wearing shoes, they kill your feet, not to mention your back hurts.
There is my laugh for the day!

Half Way

2011-02-07T06:37:00.000-08:00

Brett and I were talking this morning while getting ready for work and I told him I was half way done, his response to me was REALLY? It's crazy to us that it's been 20 weeks already. I can't wait for the next 20 weeks to go by so we can meet this little dude. Some days I look really pregnant and other days I don't I do feel uncomfortable some of the time. If I find a comfortable spot I have to stay there for a while or else I am afraid I will not find it again. I am so grateful to Brett, I know it hasn't been easy on him. Here is to another 20 or so weeks!

oh boy, oh boy, OH BOY!

2011-01-19T07:18:00.000-08:00

Yep that is right, we are having a BOY! We are so excited. I can't wait to meet this little guy. Now to decide on a name.

It's almost that time

2011-01-06T08:04:00.000-08:00

Which do you think it is? We will find out in a couple of weeks.
Honestly as long as it's healthy I don't really matter.

Yep it's true

2010-12-30T06:25:00.000-08:00

Yep it's true, we are expecting a baby in June. We are way excited and nervous to say the least. It has been a wild ride so far but worth it to get this little one here. Looks like I will be getting some time off this summer :)

Merry Christmas

2010-12-22T12:01:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

Early Morning Hours

2010-10-28T13:20:00.000-07:00

Lately in the EARLY MORNING HOURS I get this visitor in my bed

Sadie is my dog who LOVES to cuddle in the morning. This morning she thought it would be fun to
cuddle at 3:30 A.M. Not so much fun for me but it was worth it. After I got up to get ready for work
she scooted over closer to Brett to get him to pet her.

Words, Words, Words!

2010-10-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

Love it.

2010-10-19T11:28:00.000-07:00

Pixie, kobold, elf and sprite,

All are on their rounds tonight;

In the wan moon's silver ray,

Thrives their helter-skelter play.

Happy Halloween!

Dusty

2010-09-27T16:03:00.000-07:00

Dusty is one of the hardest dogs we have had next to Kaiser that is. He is full of life and energy. On Friday I put a University of Utah quilt on to tie and he was NOT pleased to say the least. He was so mad that he used his nose to flip it over. Needless to say I wasn't happy about it. Anyway I went to my parents house with Sadie so she could see my dad ( this has become a nightly thing for her) and when I got home this is what I found.

We have titled this picture "Give me the bone and nobody gets hurt." He is VERY possessive about his bones. If he doesn't get it right when he gets downstairs there is some serious trouble. The other picture happens about every night

Notice how he is licking his lips while he has a green tomato in his paws.

Dusty you are one Happy Crazy puppy and we love having you in our home.

FINALLY!!!

2010-09-27T15:57:00.000-07:00

FINALLY! Why do you ask I start out with that? Well last week we finally got our new dishwasher :) I am so happy. The new people who installed it were on time and very nice. When Brett got home from work the first thing he said was "WE HAVE OUR COUNTER SPACE BACK!" followed by "I DON'T HAVE TO HELP WASH DISHES ANYMORE?" I started laughing and told him no. I am proud to say that all of my calling and talking/yelling at the home warranty company finally paid off. I filled the extra counter space up with this:

I LOVE to bake, I use this little(well not so little) gadget a lot. It makes it SO much easier when I make cookies and other fun stuff.

Oh Yeah!

2010-09-15T06:08:00.000-07:00

Two things for today's post.
First off when I got home last night and got the mail there was a teen vogue in the mailbox with my name on it. This isn't the first time I have gotten one. I didn't sign up for them they just randomly started appearing. Well when I looked on the cover I knew who I was going to give it to, you see it had Justin Bieber on the cover. I instantly recalled a conversation Ashley and I had on Saturday. She was telling me about all the things she had gotten for her birthday and she got so excited when she told me about this Justin Bieber thing that she got. So I put the magazine next to my purse to take down to her. Well I had to go to my parents house last night to help my dad out and I called Marla to tell her that the magazine would be there and she let me hear Ashley, Sarah and Charlies reactions. It was PRICELESS.

Second, this morning on my way to work I got off the bus grabbed a little orange flag and began crossing the street. Traffic going south stopped for me and a car going north stopped. No sooner did I get almost to the end of the car there was another car who zoomed past didn't even stop. If I hadn't have been paying attention I would have been hit. The guy was going faster then the speed limit too. Good thing there was a cop in front of him. I hope he got pulled over.

Hard...

2010-09-09T13:12:00.001-07:00

I have had a rough couple of months. I know I said I was going to be more positive but today I am going to not be so positive. I have tried to let things slide off of me and but some things happened recently and it has bothered me a lot. I have a hard time with people who tell me that I am selfish because we don’t have children. I know that these people have NO CLUE what we have been through to try and have children. I have to go the doctor once a month and it’s not fun at all. I do know that it’s not on my time table, but it’s hard. It has brought me closer with my husband and my Heavenly Father. I do know that my Heavenly Father knows how hard it has been on us. I have very little tolerance for people who are buddy-buddy with you one minute and the next minute treat you like crap. If you have a problem with me I would much rather know about it then hear it from someone else. Oh and our dishwasher STILL isn’t fixed. My headaches aren’t as bad and now they only come once a month for 10 days. We have the most wonderful and supporting parents ever. Thanks to all of them for their love and support the past couple of months. We love you!

Well....

2010-08-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

About 4 weeks ago I called our home warranty company because our dishwasher was having some issues. It smelled like burning plastic and it wasn't draining. So they give me a claim number and tell me that someone will call me. The company did call and the service man said he would be out the following Friday between 10 and 12. He didn't show up until 2. Lets just say I wasn't pleased. He looked at our dishwasher and told me I was up in the night about it not draining and that the heating element was broken and he needed to order the part. He turned the dishwasher on and halfway through the cycle it stops and wouldn't drain. I tried to call the service man to have him come back and he wouldn't answer his phone. 3 weeks after that first appointment(and me calling the home warranty company) he comes back. THIS time he tells me that we have a leak and our dishwasher has to be replace. Which I am fine with if he would have told us this 4 weeks ago. So here we are 4 weeks with NO dishwasher-except for me, waiting for the home warranty place to call so we can get a new one ordered. I will be SO glad when we get our new one.

Random

2010-08-18T13:09:00.000-07:00

I had this little girl come and visit me at work today. It was a nice surprise, my mom is watching her and had to run some errands downtown so she dropped her off to spend some quality time with me at work. She is such a cute sweet girl, she had all of us laughing.

I love buying things off of Amazon and get the free 2 day shipping.
I got 3 new books shipped to me overnight.
I love to read and spending time with the Dogs.

I don't understand why people have to be rude all the time.
I LOVE the new T.V. series The Glades, it's way funny.
I have seen more moods come out of me the past 4 months than I EVER wanted to.
I don't know who is going to wake up Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, or a Alien.
My mood for right now is Happy.
I heard a word the other day and loved it it's grumpitude.
I am very grateful for Brett and him putting up with my moods.
I am ready for the weekend.
I am not a fan of all the headaches I have been getting lately. I am not sure they even go away it's like a dull ache or screaming pain.
I know this is random and you are probably thinking what in the, but this is how I have been thinking lately.

Sneak Peak!

2010-08-03T15:04:00.000-07:00

Saturday was a blast, we went to Wheeler Farm which I haven't been there in 20+ years. We went with our really good friend and a fellow photographer Jaymorr and his little girl Raegan. It was a dual purpose of our trip, one was to look around the other was to get photos. To see a sneak peak of the photo shoot go to Jaymorr Photography he is a really good photographer and I would recomend him for photos anytime. He only has 2 pictures up as a teaser with more to follow. Feel free to leave him any comments that you like.

9 Years?

2010-08-03T09:58:00.000-07:00

WOW! The old saying "Time flies when you are having fun" is true. Today it has been 9 wonderful years that Brett and I have been married. It has been a blast and it's only going to get better. I am so grateful for him. We are going to celebrate by going to dinner tonight and just relaxing.

2010-07-20T12:32:00.000-07:00

We have a saying that is in our kitchen that says: "Those you laugh at themselves never cease to be amused."
In our home there is ALOT of laughter. I seriously have the BEST husband in the world. He knows exactly what I am thinking and knows how to cheer me up if I am sad. On Saturday and Sunday we went to Bountiful Pond so Brett could take some Macro photos. I seriously had so much fun with him. Some have told me that I like to chatter (which is true) the whole time we were there I just chatted away to him about nothing really while he took photos. I helped him look for bugs and watched with fascination when a blue darner dragonfly landed on a bush in front of him and he started shooting like crazy. The dragonfly stayed there for about 10 minutes. It was really fun to spend time with Brett in a element that he loves.

Pictures

2010-07-07T07:44:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend Brett took some pictures, we both like them. We hope you enjoy

The whole time the only thing that was running through my mind was the song by Kenny Chesney, She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy.

When I got home from work last Wednesday Brett pulled out this shirt that he got for me. He thought it was pretty funny, so now he will say "Got Vizsla" and I will respond Yep I do.

Me being the nice wife that I am to Brett, I am helping him with his portfolio, by allowing him to take my photos.
Thanks Babe! They turned out GREAT!

Wet?

2010-06-30T14:26:00.000-07:00

A common occurance in our home at night is to go into the back yard with the dogs and just relax. We love our back yard. We have roses, if I can keep Dusty from eating them, we have tomato plants ( with a tomato on one of them). We love to just sit out there and watch Dusty and Sadie go crazy over chasing birds. With this warm weather all of our roses are starting to bloom, it's made our back yard look awesome. I love to just go out there and look at them and relax after a LONG day at work. We have been helping my parents with their garden this year and it's been a little tougher with us not living right next door to the garden. Sadie love to go down to the garden with me, the other night when I went down, I turned on the sprinklers to water, I started to weed not thinking and looked up to check on sadie and she was nowhere to be found. First thing I do is panick, Second thing I do is start to look around for her, where did I find her? Sadie was laying in the middle of the WET GRASS with the sprinklers going on all around her. It was a sight to see that is for sure, she must have been hot poor Bug. Lets just say it cooled her down and let me smell wet dog all the way home.

Fathers Day

2010-06-24T10:57:00.000-07:00

This year for fathers day we packed up the dogs and headed to Idaho to see Brett's mom. We had a ton of fun. Dusty was in Seventh Heaven with all the birds up there. Sadie could have killed and rolled on a dozed garder snakes. For Brett and I it was fun to see family and just relax and be with each other. Here are some of the pictures that Brett took.

Happy Father's Day to the 3 Father's in our lives. We love you.

Red!

2010-06-01T14:09:00.000-07:00

I would like to introduce a new member to our family, I like to call him Big Red, but in reality his name is Dusty. He is 10 months old and a bundle of energy. Sadie is getting used to him, she doesn't like him to touch her toys and loves to bark at him.

As you can tell he loves to chew on things.

Kaiser

2010-05-04T15:17:00.000-07:00

We lost our beloved little pal on Sunday due to some complications to a surgery he had. We will miss you super bad Kai. We are already missing your antics. Thanks to the Doctors at the Animal Medical Clinic for taking care of our little guy.

Headaches?

2010-04-26T20:59:00.000-07:00

Headache: A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head and or neck
So as I sit here on my couch watching Top Gear (which is a supberb show if you ask me) I am fighing YET again another headache. For the past 2 weeks I have been getting headaches, they are not the mild headaches either, nope, nothing about me can be simple. These headaches are FULL BORE even when I am sleeping. As you can probably guess it makes it for a REAL pleasant day at work with no sleep and waking up with yet ANOTHER headache, I swear that is when everthing goes wrong. I about lost it the other day at work. I took some stuff thinking that it would help and I swear that it made it worse, only it made me want to throw up everywhere. Since I have been way busy at work, I couldn't leave, so true to my word I sat at my desk, pounding head and all, and continued to work. Why am I getting these headaches you might ask??? I HAVE NO FREAKING CLUE. When I take something for them, it doesn't work, it ususally just makes it a dull pain. I am hoping that they go away really soon, it's getting annoying that they won't go away. I am grateful that I have the support of Brett. Without his support I would be lost. He has been so great when all I want to do is lie down, he will very willingly take care the puppies.

Spring

2010-04-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

I have a saying in our house that goes like this: HURRY UP SPRING!
This is a understatement in our house, we are all(even including the dogs) ready for winter to be over and spring to be here.
It was nice to go outside and not be freezing cold. On Friday I took Sarah with me to go and find some flowers to plant in my front yard. We decided on Daisies. On Saturday Cooper came, with his Thomas the Train shirt and all, to help me plant the flowers (thanks to Marla and her fabulous idea) Cooper enjoyed looking for worms, I am proud to say that we found alot, I even touched them. I tried to plant a flower over a worm at one point and Cooper got so mad, he thought I was going to kill the worm, so the nice Aunt that I am, I picked the worm up, put it in his cup and then I planted the flower. Cooper also picked out where I planted the flowers, of course one had to be planted right next to his green dragon that he got from Mc Donalds. He didn't understand that the dragon was on the grass and I wasn't about to tear up the grass to plant a flower. Thanks to Marla and Nattalie for letting me take your kids for a day, we had lots of fun.
I am excited to go with Brett, again without freezing my butt off, to take photos. This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love just sitting outside with Brett and the pupps just soaking up the sun, and the dogs LOVE just chilling in our backyard.

Allergies

2010-04-15T10:57:00.000-07:00

Dear Allergies,

Can you please go away and never return? I feel bad for Brett and Kaiser who you are with ALL year long. Poor Kaiser has to have allergy medication every 8 hours because you won't leave him alone. Please go away and NEVER return.

Sincerely

Colvin&Company

Already?

2010-03-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

I can't beliee that it's March already. Time has flown by for us, I guess that is what happens when you are busy. Work for the both of us has been KRAZY busy. As I sit here blogging I hear "Kaiser down buddy" which means he has his paws on something he shouldn't. As Brett plays tug-o-war with a old sock with him. If you know Kaiser you know how much energy he has.

I am glad to say that we are both over our colds. Which is a good thing, the dogs have been super good while we have been sick. Sadie had some surgery last week and is almost up to full parr. As I was talking to my mom last week on the phone Sadie was crying, it was the most heart wrenching cry I have heard from a dog. Poor thing, I am SO glad she is getting better. Kaiser couldn't understand why she wouldn't play with him. The day we brought her home Kaiser like normal was demanding to be walked so I called my mom and she came up with my nephew Cooper to watch Sadie while I took Kaiser on a walk. When I got back Cooper kept telling me that Sadie was sad and sick. He is the cutest little guy.

Work like I said has been KRAZY busy the past month, it seems like we are both working long days and when the weekends come we just want to chill. There is light at the end of the tunnel, I know there is.

I am SO ready for spring to come so that I can work outside in the yard, while the dogs play. We are more than ready for some warm weather.

Over the next couple of months there will be MUCH needed vacations for the both of us, unfortunatly they will be seperate since one of us gets to stay home with our Bugs. Brett wil be going bone fishing and I will be headed to the "Happiest Place on Earth" of course Disneyland and to Southern California to visit with Dennis and Kathi which I am SO excited about.

Grateful

2010-02-14T15:06:00.001-08:00

I am SO grateful that I have Brett in my life. He has been a real trooper while I have been sick. From helping around the house, helping with the dogs and always hearing I am NOT hungry, I think I owe him a big THANKS. My life wouldn't be the same without him in it. He is the one who makes me laugh and understands what I am talking about. He accepts me for who I am and doesn't expect me to change. I can say what I think and not have to sugar coat it. Heavenly Father knew exactally what he was doing when he put us together.
Happy Valentines Day babe. I love you!

Happy???

2010-02-05T15:14:00.000-08:00

I know it's been a long time since I last posted. We are alive and some of us are doing well. Brett is happy and healthy, it's eagle season at Farmington bay and he is loving going up there and taking photos you can check them out here. He has done some amazing stuff this year, but I am his wife and I love all of his work. Sadie and Kaiser and happy and healthy they love our new home and can't get enough of running up and down the stairs. I know it sounds like we have 2 nutso dogs and maybe we do but we love them. Kiaser also loves to look at me right in the eye and just bark, while Sadie just lays in the chair giving him this look like "dude you are one crazy guy." As for me, well I was happy and healthy until Monday when I felt like I was getting sick, I was getting really bad headaches and my body would just hurt, I thought that it was the flu and that it would go away. WRONG!! By Wednesday I had no voice and my ears started hurting. Thursday it got worse, so I finally broke down and went to the doctor. I have a sinus infection and a double ear infection(there is some super long word for it) that only children get where your ears drain/bleed. I guess I still haven't grown up. The doctor was a little bit surprised to look in my ear and see what he saw. Lets just say that it's so bad that the right side of my face is numb and it KILLS when my ear is draining. On top of it all I have NO voice at all, not even a whisper, the doctor told me I need to stop talking for like 3 days. If you know me really well you know that this is going to kill me. I am the first to admit I LOVE to talk. I feel so bad for Brett. I know that I am not sleeping well, like today on my day off I was up at 5:15 AM that is insane. I know that I am keeping him awake at night and he is such a good sport and has been taking care of me. So goes the life in the Colvin household I know it could be much worse that what it is. I am very grateful for what I have in my life.

A little of this... A little of that.........

2010-01-07T08:57:00.001-08:00

We had a great christmas this year in our new home with some new traditions that I hope we will keep in the years to come. We had the opportunity to go to the Roof restraunt on Christmas Eve with Jason and Lezlie Morrison it was super good. We then went to Lee's house to exchange gifts. On Christmas morning I got up and made breakfast, we had a cinnamon pull a part. I let Brett sleep in while I took care of the Dogs no matter what the day is they are up at the same time. We got simple gifts this year for each other, I got a Bose docking station for my ipod (which I love) and Brett got a gift card to Home Depot. We really enjoyed Christmas in our new home.

We have been doing lots of fun stuff, we went and saw Sherlock Holmes together which was awesome. I went with my Brothers family to see Alvin and the Chipmunks, Lezlie was nice enough to let Reagan and Brigham come with us. Brigham got to play with Kaizer and Sadie after the movie and was loving it. I then went with Lezlie to see Avitar and it was cool. We are going back to see it with Jason and Brett. Oh and lets not forget that we have both been sick. We hope you all had a good Christmas and New Years.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-17T07:32:00.000-08:00

From our home to yours have a Merry Christmas!

Snow

2009-12-08T16:07:00.001-08:00

So this weekend it snowed a couple of inches outside and I was out shoveling when the Bishop drove by and stopped and talked to me, when I finished shoveling I went inside to warm up and I wasn't inside more than 30 minutes I swear that he called and asked if he could come over and visit, on a Saturday right? Well I agreed that he could come and we set a time up for later that afternoon. Well he comes and the first thing he asked me is if I could shovel my driveway when his wife drives by, we started laughing. Then next thing out of his mouth is that he would like us to speak in church the next Sunday, we agreed and he gave us a topic, the whole time the only thing running through my head was YES! we didn't get a calling. WRONG, the next thing he asked us was to serve in the Primary of our ward, and let me add we have a HUGE primary. For 6 out of the 8 years we have been married I have served in the primary. I love the primary and we both are excited about this new adventure that we are going to be trying.

Since we have moved I didn't think anything about the snow and how much it would bring, well today when I left to go and catch my bus there was a FOOT of snow outside. I thought well that is okay I am wearing my boots no worries, no sooner did I turn the corner to walk down the street to the bus stop did a snow plow come by and cover my whole right side. When Brett went out to go to shovel the driveway and walks before he left for work ( only a hour had past since I left) he said there were 2 feet of snow. For crying in a bucket we ONLY moved 5 minutes up the hill. Kaiser and Sadie love the snow and think it's the neatest thing in the world to just go outside and roll in it. Snow aside we LOVE our new home. We love the location and our neighbors. I know it's weird for us to say neighbors.

On a side note I read a article in the ensign that encouraged people to not blog negativly and I have tried really hard not to. To my amazement it has put me in a good mood, looking for the GOOD in things instead of the bad. I sometimes feel as if some people say things just to see how others will react. Which bothers me a lot.

Thankful!

2009-12-01T10:05:00.000-08:00

I know that I am a little bit late, but here it is anyway. We went to Idaho for thanksgiving this year and had a fun time. Harley is HUGE to say the least he weighs in at about 200 lbs and is 10 months old. Lets just say Harley is still a puppy and likes to jump like Kaiser does to get attention. Kaiser and Sadie loved playing with him and roaming the fields. I am so thankful that we went up. I am also very thankful for everything that I have right now. The number one thing I am thankful for is Brett and for the wonderful 9 years we have been together, he is the light of my life. I am thankful for our new home. I am thankful for our dogs, I know it sounds crazy but they are part of our family. I do miss the two that aren't with us anymore. I am thankful for both of our families. I am thankful for good friends. We hope that you all had a good Thanksgiving.

Bonus!

2009-11-18T09:24:00.000-08:00

On Sunday afternoon I had the pleasure of going with Brett to take some photos of some ducks and birds. He had already been out for about 6 hours that morning, so we headed up to a undisclosed location to take some photos, there were lots of people there which wasn't the best but we dealt with it. He did come home with a couple of photos believe it or not of me. I really do love living with a photographer I never have to pay to get my picture taken what a bonus.

Raccoon's

2009-11-02T15:41:00.001-08:00

Lets just say I HATE raccoon's.
Reason 1: Sadie got bit by one at our old house.
Reason 2: It's a lenghty story so stick with me (Brett this one is for you)
So last week while I was waiting for the bus in a brand new neighborhood, it was pitch black because of course it was 6:00 AM. I was just jamming to my ipod minding my own business, not bugging anyone, I know can you believe it??? Anyway back to my story, so just picture me all bundled up just jamming out and I see what looks like a cat come out of this yard and cross 3100 S. My very first thought was that BETTER not be a raccoon. I watched what I thought was the "Cat" slowly trot toward me, as it got closer I noticed that it's back was arched and I thought that is weird for a cat and the again I thought That BETTER not bee a raccoon. So it comes trotting even closer to me. As it got closer I noticed it wasn't a cat it was in fact a RACCOON. It came within 3 feet in front of me at the bus stop, I said some not nice words and went to move, all I could think about was poor Sadie Bug and how she got bit and I thought for sure that this raccoon was going to bite me. So I moved to my right and it scared the raccoon off. He didn't go quickly mind you, he started trotting down to the next bus stop and sure enough I heard a lady scream. So here is this raccoon out at all hours of the morning scaring the pants off of people. When I told Brett he was laughing so hard.

I am really not a slacker I am going to be posting pictures of our new home for those of you who want to see it AFTER I get all the furniture into place and pictures on the walls and boxes unloaded. We are getting more things unpacked and I swear we are NEVER moving again. We LOVE our new ward, it's about 1/8 the size of our old ward which in a way is nice. We have felt right at home and people are so nice. We miss people in our old ward, but we are loving our new ward, neighborhood and most importantly OUR home.

2009-10-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

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Update

2009-09-29T14:42:00.000-07:00

Well September has been a VERY busy month for us. We have been looking for a house for some time, we put A LOT of thought and prayer into what we were going to do, where we were going to live, etc. After much looking we found a home that we liked in Bountiful, we decided to offer on it and see what would happen, well the owners took our offer so it looks like we will be moving (big smile on my face) We bought a home in Bountiful on the East bench. We will be moving in October, so as you can tell, our house is filled with boxes in every room. The week after we found out we were moving Brett took a little trip to mexico to go Tarpin fishing, check out his blog for the story and to see some AMAZING photo's. (www.flytowater.com) We have had such a fun summer the only downside to it was we lost one incredible dog, Quigley passed away on Thursday Sept 24. He was a good buddy and we will miss him tons. I will post pictures of our home as soon as we move into it.

99 Things I Have (or have not) Done......

2009-09-09T12:08:00.000-07:00

1. Started your own blog*
2. Slept under the stars*
3. Played in a band*
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland*
8. Climbed a mountain*
9. Held a praying mantis*
10. Sang a solo*
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea*
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning*
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables*
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight*
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill*
24. Built a snow fort*
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping*
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse*
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset*
31. Hit a home run*
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language*
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. *
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing*
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke*
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt*
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight*
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling*
52. Kissed in the rain*
53. Played in the mud*
54. Gone to a drive-in theater*
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business*
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen*
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason*
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma*
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy*
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt*
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person*
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car*
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible*
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating*
88. Had chickenpox*
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club*
93. Lost a loved one*
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone*
99. Been stung by a bee*

Nieces and Nephews

2009-09-08T06:37:00.001-07:00

So some people always ask me why doesn't Brett take pictures of people? My response is he takes my picture all the time. Well Brett did me a HUGE favor and took some pictures of all of my nieces and nephews together for my mom for her birthday. He even took a couple of single ones. I really like the way that they turned out. So here are the pictures for you to see. There were some who just wanted to play in the dirt and some who got scrapes but all in all they turned out good.
The Kids......

Ashley.....

Taylor.......

Sarah.....

2009-09-08T06:32:00.001-07:00

Here is a little bit of what we have been up to lately. About 2 weeks ago I went to Disneyland with my Niece Sarah and my mom. We left on a Tuesday and drove down and came back on the following Sunday. Sarah is FINALLY tall enough to ride all the "big" kid rides. She had a blast. I think her favorite ride was a toss up between Tower of Terror, Splash Mountain and Soaring Over California. I did take lots of pictures and I will post them at a later time. Thanks again Jimmy and Marla for letting me take her we had a BLAST!

Saving Madeline

2009-08-23T20:09:00.000-07:00

I have just finished a book that will stick with me for maybe the rest of my life you may think I am joking but I am not. This book has something that I think everyone needs to be aware of. I don't like to think about people doing drugs and how it effects their lives but that is reality. In this book I learned how drugs can effect not only the person doing them but the people that love them the most. Rachel Ann Nunes has done a excellent job giving me a in site of what goes on when someone is trying to protect their loved ones who might be in trouble due to their drug addiction like Parker did with Madeline. It's tragic that Madeline's mother was more concerned about he next "hit" than she was about her children and in the end it lead to her being in jail for neglect. In this book you will learn that Parker was accused of "kidnapping" his own daughter to keep her out of danger from her mother when he found some meth sitting on the top of the T.V. when e picked her up for his weekly visit. Parker was doing what any parent in his situation would do and he took Madeline to keep her safe. Well as you can probably guess that didn't work out so great. Caitlin is Parker's attorney. I love the way that Rachel Ann Nunes give you a love story in the middle of trying to learn what happens to Madeline. There is one part of the book and I won't tell you what part it is, that I cried, I felt so helpless to the character and what was happening at the time.

This book helped me see how drugs effect your life and what they do to the families. I know I will be buying this book when it comes out. It is my favorite book of Rachel Ann Nunes. She did a excellent job telling a story about a hard subject.

Great 8

2009-08-05T12:56:00.000-07:00

My how time flies when you are having fun. The last 8 years (on 8/3) been the best all thanks to my wonderful husband. I am so glad that we met. So I am a little bit late but he knows how grateful I am that he is in my life. I just wanted to let him know how grateful I am for him and for all that we have together. I am looking forward to spending eternity with him.
Thanks Babe.

2009-08-02T18:38:00.001-07:00

I was sitting at work and I get a text message from Brett asking me what my shoe size was, I was SO busy(yes State workers do work) getting ready for a meeting I replied what my shoe size was and it wasn't until I was on my way home it clicked in my head wondering what he was up to and why he wanted to know my shoe size. Well when we got home from our camping trip there was a box sitting on the back porch and of course It was so HOT that all I wanted to do was unpack. Well he opens the box and calls my name to come and look what had come. When I was walking out the door I asked him what he had ordered now and he said it was a surprise for ME! Now let me back up for a minute to his defense he sent me a link to what he got me a few days before we left but like the text message I hurried and looked at it and went to a meeting and put it out of my mind until that Sunday afternoon when he showed me my very own pair of KEEN! I have been way jealous of his for about 2 years and he was so kind a loving to get me a pair. He is always surprising me like this. I have really enjoyed them. It's nice to have some protection for my toes. Here is a picture that was taken of them last night.

Reunion

2009-08-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

We had a GREAT 24th of July. We had a family reunion on my mom's side of the family down at Fish Lake. We didn't leave to go down until the morning of the 24th. We packed the dogs, Brett's pontoon boat and some camping gear and we headed down for 3 days of fun. Brett dropped me and the dogs off at Fish Lake and went with his dad over to the Boulder Mountain. In ONE afternoon of fishing he caught over 100 fish. He brought 7 Brooke Fish(which are my favorite fish EVER) so that we could have a fish fry. My favorite part of camping is the camp fire. I can't wait for next year when we get to go again.

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

It’s that time of year, it’s gardening time. The property next to our home has been vacant forever, seriously there is nothing on it. It has been that way since I was a little kid. So this year, my parents, my brother and sister-in-law and us decided that we were going to plant a little garden on it. Mind you the lot is 1/3 acre and we planted HALF of that with…… Tomatoes, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Sweet Potatoes, Anaheim Chilies, Jalapenos, Green Beans, Corn, Zucchini and Pumpkins. It is a good garden.

So the other night Brett was outside taking pictures of Dragon flies and Grasshoppers and I decided that I was going to weed the garden a little bit. Mind you I had tried to weed the garden last week while I was watching Ashley, Sarah, and Charlie. But Charlie decided that he was going to go help Brett with the watering by moving the sprinkler, so he kinks the hose and convinces Ashley to help him. How he convinced her I will never know. Well he is a smart little dude as soon as she got up to the sprinkler head he let the hose go and Ashley got soaked. Ashley was laughing, well Sarah didn’t see Ashley get wet so Charlie convinces Sarah to help, lets just say by the time Jimmy and Marla came to pick them up all three of them were wet. I wish we would have gotten pictures it was funny. Sorry Jimmy and Marla that they were wet when you got them back and thanks again for letting us have them. So back to my story, so Brett is outside taking pictures and I am weeding and all of the sudden I see a CANTALOUPE it was about the size of a apple. I also found some pumpkins and watermelon, Yep Marla we got cantaloupe, pumpkins and watermelon growing. I was so excited to see the hours that we have labored in weeding and watering this garden to pay off. We have had some zucchini that has been ripe, so I decided to make zucchini bread it turned out so good.

Here are some pictures of our garden.

2009-07-02T09:33:00.000-07:00

All I can say is STOLEN GOODS! This is the BEST hat, while we were packing I put it on my head and forgot to take it off in the truck on our way up. Brett just couldn't resist snapping a shot of my stolen goods.

Last weekend we went to see Brett's mom and step-dad in Idaho. The dogs absolutely love it up there. They live on farm land and have this huge hay field that they dogs run in about 7 times, needless to say they were way worn out by the time we got home. Brett took lots of photos up there, most of them were of Kaiser, he was easier to photograph than Sadie was.
This is Harley, he is a English Mastiff, he is 5 months old and is taller than Kai and Bug and weighs more than they do. He loves it when we bring the dogs with us to see him.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Kai in the grass.

And of course our Bug was being stubborn and not wanting her picture taken so I had to stand out of range and call her hoping she would stop to see what I was doing.

Fathers Day

2009-06-23T13:54:00.000-07:00

I would like to tell 4 GREAT men in my life, happy be-lated fathers day.

First to my Dad he is the BEST! I couldn't ask for a better Dad. He has always been there. If I ever need someone to talk to he is always there. I am so grateful I have him as a Dad. I love you Dad thanks for everything.

Second is to my father-in-law Lee. Thank You for raising such a great boy! You're are always making me laugh and teaching me new things when we go camping and you never make me feel like I am stupid and that any question I ask you, you make me feel like it's a important question even when they are dumb. I love you.

Third is to my other father-in-law Kevin. Kevin you are Hilarious you are always cracking jokes and making me laugh. I love spending time in your home you make me feel welcome. Thanks for letting us visit whenever and accepting me for who I am, and for letting me mow the lawn :) I love you Kev.

And Finally to Brett. I am so grateful to have you in my life. I want you to know how much I love and appreciate EVERYTHING that you do for our little family. I am grateful that you LOVE to fish and that you are trying to teach me. I love to just watch you and to hear you laugh. To hear you playing with the pups and walking them with me. I love to hear you talk with Jay about photography. I LOVE YOU.

Happy Fathers Day! I hope it was a good one for each of you.

Picture Time

2009-06-17T06:58:00.000-07:00

Brett and I had the opportunity to have our pictures taken by a really good friend of ours and a photographer Jason Morrison. He did a awesome job and I am grateful that he was able to take them. Here are some that he took of both of us together and some solo's. I am loving how they turned out. I know I know I do have red hair and I am loving it. I was in the mood for something different and this is what happened. ENJOY!

Memorial Day

2009-06-02T15:38:00.000-07:00

We went camping down at fish lake and it POURED on Saturday. Sunday we went hiking here are some of the pictures that Brett took of me and the dogs. Monday we packed and came home, we had to set up our tent since it was wet. We had a GREAT time even with the rain and of course the dogs LOVED it.

Brett took a lot more pictures these are just some. Thanks babe for a good time camping :)

The Last Two Weeks

2009-05-13T14:05:00.000-07:00

The last two weeks have been really tough on me and Brett. First of all our basement flooded three times, yeah THREE times with SEWAGE water and everything the water touched we have to throw away can I just say DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA!!

For mothers day we went and visited with Brett's mom in Idaho and it was nice to get away for 3 days with nothing happening, our dogs LOVED it. They love running around on 32 acres about 7 times a day. Here are some pics that Brett took of Kaiser and Sadie.

When we got home on Sunday night I was laying on the couch by Kaiser and I noticed that our living room ceiling the paint was bubbling, we thought that it was water. Well it turns out it wasn't it was TERMITES! Yep we have termites in our house. The termite guy is going to come and get rid of them on Tuesday but in the meantime we have duct tape on our ceiling so that they don't keep falling out. Hopefully the second half of the month will go better than the first half has.

WOHOO!

2009-04-09T15:04:00.001-07:00

I know, I know, I know, two posts in one week is freaking amazing coming from me. But I am so excited. In the last 2 years I have gained some weight. I decided last August that I was going to try my hardest to get the weight off, I just didn't feel good, I didn't like the way that I looked, blah blah blah. I started on the Atkins diet(a low carb high protein diet) in August, it's a hard diet and you have to be very disciplined. At first I wasn't so sure it was going to work and then one day I decided to weigh myself and noticed that I had lost 10lbs. It made me excited and I wanted to see if I could loose more. Between watching what I was eating and taking Kai and Sadie on walks, doing pilates I noticed that even more weight was coming off. I try and weigh myself every couple of week. So this morning I get on the scale thinking to myself this is crazy what in the freak am I doing, but I endured it and to my surprise to date I have lost 25lbs. (that equals 4 pant sizes and 1 shirt size) I am at the weight that I want I just need to maintain it. I am excited that I can wear a 2 piece swimsuit and not feel embarrased about all of the extra weight I am carrying. If you ask some people who know me they will tell you that I don't eat, however if you ask Brett he will tell you that I am always munching on foods. Like tonight I am taking my Mom and Ann out to get Cold Stone Ice Cream :) I can't wait.

2009-04-07T14:22:00.000-07:00

So our friend Jason Morrison is a amazing photographer. He went with Brett on Sunday to go fishing up at lake canyon, which it was freezing cold -6 degrees, way to cold for me. He got some amazing shots of Brett.
As for a update on my feet, my right foot is completely healed :) not such good news for my left. I went to the doctor on Monday and he told me that the dead skin isn't coming out on it's own and he wants me to keep it really moist until Thursday and then I get to go back. Needless to say I am NOT happy about the fact that I GET to go back and see him. I have a new nickname for my niece Ashley it's Lou who, and for Porter it's Port.

2009-04-02T16:01:00.000-07:00

So the last couple of weeks for me haven't been good. I have been living on VERY little sleep due to nightmares. I had to go back to the foot doctor because my one toe just wasn't getting better and what does he do? He has to numb it and pull out all this dead skin. I am hoping it's getting better, but know the kind of luck I have had lately it's not. The next night Brett was suppose to go to school but it got canceled due to a gas leak, we were both excited that he didn't have to go. So I go home and start making dinner. I was cutting up some lettuce for a salad and I cut a BIG chuck out of my finger. I stuck my bleeding finger in my mouth and ran out of the kitchen into the living room, by that time Brett came in to see what had happened. Call me a whimp but I was bawling it hurt so bad. We put a bandage and lots of gauze and pressure on it. It's slowly getting better, not as fast as I would like but that is life right? Needless to say Brett banned me from using knives. He is good to come and help me cut things up for dinner. What really sucks is it's on my index finger and I am finding I use that for EVERYTHING. Kaiser thinks I have a toy or something on my finger he keeps trying to bite it. I NEED a vacation. Luckily for me I am going to California for 12 days with some of my family. I can't wait, I even have a countdown going (that is for both you and me bug) I have also given my nieces and nephews nicknames. Sarah is my "BUG", Charlie is my "Monkey" Cooper is my "Coop" and I am still thinking of one for Ashley, and it's going to be GREAT! just like she is :)

Finally!

2009-03-17T11:55:00.000-07:00

Tax season in our house is not a good season. For the last 7 years we have had to pay both state and federal A LOT of money. This year I was trying to optimistic. It kinda worked. Last Tuesday we turned our taxes into our CPA to have them done, well on Thursday night Brett gets a call from the CPA (the dreaded call is what we have called it in the past). I heard Brett tell him "well that isn't as much as in years past" at this point I am FREAKING out. Well Brett tells me how much we owe to the state, and then he tells me the federal and he pauses and then says to me "that is what we are getting back". At first I thought they were playing a joke on me (which he loves to do) that didn't turn out to be the case. I am so excited. After paying for so long we are excited to be getting something back. This means when I go with my Parents and my brother to California I can get a massage :) just what I need. If you are reading this and you have to pay to both state and federal, I understand if you are upset. I have been there before.

2009-02-18T10:17:00.000-08:00

If you know Brett very well you will know that he doesn't like his picture taken. I just had to post this awesome picture that was taken of him last week. It is absolutely one of my favorites of him. Our friend took it while they were out taking pictures of the eagles at farming ton bay. To see the pictures that he captured go to http://www.flytowater.com

To me they are amazing. I am so proud of him and the hobby that he has. He has a knack for taking pictures that is for sure.

AGAIN!!

2009-02-10T11:55:00.000-08:00

So it happened AGAIN! 8 years ago I had really bad ingrown toe nails. I went to the doctor and he did surgery on them. No harm right?? You would think that it would work right?? WRONG! After 8 years they came back. 2 months ago my feet really started hurting at first I didn't even give it much thought. I would just take off my shoes and call it good. Well it started getting worse, much worse. My feet would hurt ALL DAY! Which if you have ever had feet problems, it's the worst. So I gave in and called the doctor ( if you know me, you know that I HATE doctors). So as you can tell this was NOT something I was looking forward to. The doctor was confused on why it took so long to come back, but he said they were there and that I could either leave them or do the surgery. I voted to get it over with. So Yesterday had 2 ingrown toe nails removed. He also told me that all of my feet problem are genetic. My feet were numb until about 11:00 last night. So needless to say I am home today with my feet up and I am blogging. My feet hurt worse this time I think. The shots that they give you are HORRIBLE. If you don't believe me ask anyone who has had them. You can feel EVERYTHING go in. I asked Brett the other night why this couldn't happen in the summer. Needless to say it's snowing outside and I get to wear flip flops now until they get better. My feet have been cold now for the past couple of days so today I decided to take a pair of Toe socks that I have and cut the big toe off so that I can atleast wear socks. I thought it was a good idea that I had. Brett just shook his head and as laughing. I hope it's not like it was the last time I had this done and take MONTHS and MORE surgery to heal. As I was laying here today Kaiser was sniffing my toes (which hurt like crazy) trying to figure out why we were home in the middle of the day and why I wasn't playing with him. Brett has had the pas couple of days off to go and take pictures of some eagles. I will post some later today. He has been THE biggest blessing in my life and I am SO grateful that we are married.

2009-01-27T10:54:00.000-08:00

It has FINALLY snowed, I am so excited. Our dogs love to go outside and play in the snow. Kaiser will run these huge laps and tries to get Sadie to join him. It is so funny to see him prancing about with his high jumps (with his ears flapping) that he does. Our backyard was horrible I thought I was going to lose a shoe when I would take the dogs out. It is super muddy when the snow melts almost to the point that I don't want to go outside. SO goes my life I guess.

I just found out that I am going to California for a week in April. I am going with my parents, my brother, my niece Sarah and my nephew Charlie. Brett is staying home for school and to take care of the puppies. I am excited for April to get here.

2009-01-15T11:04:00.001-08:00

As you can probaly tell I am not the best blogger on the planet. Life has been crazy in our house. To sum it all up: SADIE IS IN HEAT! Kaiser is going nuts about it. He doesn't like all the barking she does in his direction for no apparent reason.
To top it all off Brett has started school again.

For New Years Eve we just stayed home with our pupps and watched some movies. On New Years Day we went to my parents house and hung out with my cousin and her family (which she has the cutest kids), and then I went home and cleaned the house and did some laundry.

We also watched the Sugar Bowl and we both agree that the UTES should have went to the National Championship. During the sugar bowl I went out and shoveled, the snow was so heavy. Kaiser and Sadie during the game slept the whole time. It is so funny to watch them sleep, Kaiser loves to wake up, which is about the time that I want her to sleep, so goes the life of a parent.

I saw this saying that sums up how I have been lately "Did youever stop to think, and forget to start again" I don't know why but my brain hasn't been working lately.
We hope that you all had a Happy New Year!

Christmas

2008-12-30T07:36:00.000-08:00

I love Christmastime, this year I just had a hard time getting into the season. So we decided that in our little family to focus on the spiritual side of Christmas and not on the presents. I am proud to say that we had no presents under our tree(some due to special orders.) The presents that were going to be under our tree were for our family members. It made this Christmas mean more to us by focusing on the "True" meaning of Christmas.

I was glad we didn't have lots of places to go, Brett has been sick for a couple of weeks and I came down with a cold on Christmas Eve. It was nice to stay home and sleep/relax for the better part of the day. I really loved spending some quiet time with Brett and our silly Dogs.

Those two dogs have decided that they want to sleep on the couch next to either me or Brett(there goes sitting next to each other) Kaiser always wants to lay right by Sadie, if not right on top of her. He now has decided that he likes to have a blanket on him when he sleeps, he must take after his Mom.

We hope you have a Merry "Fetchen" (since we have dogs)Christmas and a Happy New Year!

School's Out

2008-12-18T11:50:00.001-08:00

I am so excited that school is out for the semester, now maybe I can get into the Christmas spirit, of which I have very little Christmas shopping done. With work, school, dogs and church callings no wonder it's not done yet. Thank goodness for online shopping:)

Kaiser and Sadie

2008-12-18T09:26:00.000-08:00

These are our two German Shorthairs, Kaiser is 16 months old and Sadie is 18 months old. We love them and all of their craziness.