The Wild Wild West's

HOLY MOLY QUACAMOLY

2010-10-17T15:48:00.001-07:00

I AM ALMOST 26 years old...where did the time go? Guess what else?? I am going to have a 9 year old in a few months...and a 6 year old in 6 months..and I will be married 10 years...in 9 months...HOLY COW!

A little time

2010-07-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

Dear anyone who reads this still....

My children are leaving us for a little time with their family in Utah...

Giving Wes and I a little time to be just Wes and I..

A little time, I am not used to....a little time I am terrified of...

Please let this little time go by quickly, so I may have our children home.

This little time will not be enough time for our families to enjoy them

This little time will not be enough for them at all, but the little time they have with them, will be a little time in their memories for a life time!

Fourth of July

2010-07-04T09:29:00.001-07:00

How sad is it that we are doing nothing for the fourth? Wow....what a day.....Happy Fourth everyone!

April already?

2010-04-06T17:58:00.000-07:00

Okay so when did this happen?

Rylan is almost through with 2nd grade, and he is doing fantastic. He was diagnosed with ADHD and has been treated and he is DOING SO MUCH BETTER! He loves cursive, and math and science...and READING..he LOVES LOVES LOVES reading.

Addie is our glue that keeps us together...strong, and happy. She always wants us to be happy and laughing, and feeling good. I LOVE that about her. She is almost done in Pre-k and will be ready for kindergarten...KINDERGARTEN??? WHAT? Crazy stuff man! She is getting too big.

Me, I am doing fine. I started the HCG diet on March 22 of this year, and so far as of today I have lost 10.6 lbs. I still love my job and have almost been there for a year now! It is alot of fun and right now I am going through training to open accounts and do loans ect. It is alot of stuff, but I am excited for the challenge.

Wesley is almost done with his training, in about 2 weeks he will be on his own with his own police car...HE LOVES IT! He comes home every single day beaming, and LOVES that he is putting away the bad guys. (So do I) keeps our kids safer, and i like that.

All in all things are going well, we are never home and always busy. Next week we are going to take a mini vacation to Six Flags San Antonio, we cannot WAIT!! Hope everyone is doing well, and knows we miss them and love them!!

February

2010-02-01T18:09:00.000-08:00

It has been quite some time since i have written anything, I work all the time so I have no time to blog. Wes is doing very well being a police man and Rylan and Addie are both doing super fantastic! I love my job and life is great..Rylan will be 8 in a week or two, so I will be posting for his b-day...okay bye.

OCTOBER IS FINALLY OVER!

2009-11-01T09:14:00.000-08:00

Pooper scoopers

Darth Vader!

Halloween 2009

Our butterfly fairy

Me relaxing on the comfy recliner

I think it is tradition every few years, and those in my family can testify to it, that Octobers can be HORRIBLE for me. One October I was in 4th grade, my step grandfather had a heart attack, my sister was in a horrible car accident rolling down Farmington canyon...being okay luckily. A week later I messed my knee up very badly at school needing a years worth of physical therapy..and then my brother had some time he needed to serve..don't know why..he just did.

this October...I was Audited a couple of times at work...because of forgetfulness and not being careful enough, I guess? I am ALWAYS VERY VERY CAUTIOUS with the money, we work with a lot of it, and I AM NOT lax about it at all!!! The kids and I and now Wes have a stupid cough that will not go away...no swine here. THANK GOODNESS!! I TURNED 25 this month as well, hard HARD year for me for some reason. BUT IT WAAS THE MOST AMAZING birthday ever! My work put a lot of thought and attention to me and it made me feel very loved and great. I have a wonderful place to work!!!! I love my co-workers more than I could ever imagine I would. My husband was FINALLY home for my birthday after 3 years of not being home! There were alot of Uggg moments this October but many great moments to split up the stress. We had a great Halloween this year, and had friends to spend it with, which was awesome! Oh and on my birthday Wes and I went on a date...FANTASTIC!!! The kids are doing well, Rylan has had some HORRIFIC moments at school this year that made me furious and dissapointed and sad and everything you could imagine. BUT his grades are coming up and he is doing MUCH better! It is amazing thing kind of things the expect out of these 2nd graders. They are definately much smarter than those in utah...sorry no offense...I just don't think the teachers realize how much kids can do at that age, theya re pushing these kids down here to their limits...and they aer reaching them with flying colors! I wish they would do the same up there..

Wes is almost done with the academy about 6 more weeks. His parents are going to be here to come see him graduate!! I canot wait to see my mommy in law!! Here are some pictures from the recent weeks. Love and miss you all!!!

So much to do so little time...

2009-09-13T14:00:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything, since my last post, the kids have started school, and Wes is half way done with his police academy. I have been at my new job for 4 months and i still LOVE it very very VERY much!!! Patrick broke his poor puppy leg, choked and almost died...1000 dollars later...he is fine. We bought a cat from a cute young couple that just had a baby and were worried about the cat laying on their baby. ummmm yep..that is pretty much all. I am on a mission to lose this stupid weight that has slowly crept up over the years of stress and anxiety. HOPEFULLY I will let my self succeed. Funny that it has been so long since I have written anything and there isn't really anything more to say. Hopefully everyone is doing well. We all are doing great. Just always SUPER DOOPER DOOPER busy. Love to everyone!

EXHAUSTION

2009-07-14T11:45:00.001-07:00

I AM EXHAUSTED.............................................................

Fourth Of July

2009-07-08T07:38:00.000-07:00

Wes Jumping with the kiddo's...and loving every second of it!

Rylan and Addie...Rylan is getting WAY TOO BIG!!

Rylan being goofy

Wes loving his new uniform

Our pretty Fourth of july kitty

"Freeze dirt bag"

See what I mean?? He is SMOKIN HOT!

OUR FIRST FOURTH OF JULY WITH WES IN 3 YEARS!!! It was FABULOUS! We went to a parade in the morning...no pictures sorry. Then we went and saw the new Night at the Museum. Then we went to Sams club and bought a trampoline...those of you that are close to us know that Wes HATES them.....because he had a very great friend of his become paralyzed after a horrible accident that Wes unfortunately saw. Since then has had a great fear of our children getting hurt on one. But we figured that if we got one we could at least instill in them what is okay to do and what isn't...and have that to help them understand the dangers..So then we set it up and then played on it for a good while...the kids are in love and ALWAYS want to jump. Wes is a kid on that thing and terrifys me..I use it for the benefit of excercise. And it is just fun! Also my Handsome hubby is now officially a part of the Temple Police Department...and man is HE HANDSOME in his uniform!!!! So I wanted to share some pictures of him in bare minimum uniform...meaning not everything is on it...pretty much just the uniform...he loves it!! It is great to see him excited about going to work every day. He will be going to his academy for a few months then off to the races he will go....well he will start riding along and see what he will be doing then gradually move up from there. We are so grateful that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with this beautiful home, our health, our children...our two puppys...and our wonderful jobs. With todays economy being in the state it is....we are both very fortunate to find such great paying jobs..and stable ones at that. We are so grateful for the friends all around us and the great people who take care of our children for us while we are at work...the daycare that we have them at couldn't be better. Anyway, I hope all of you are well and enjoyed their day of independence I know we did!!

What we have been up toooooo.......

2009-05-31T07:45:00.000-07:00

Hello to anyone that still reads this....I figure no one does anymore cause we get no comments...so maybe this is a a waste of time on my part...it is just nice to get to let out all our accomplishments.

1st off, new bikes..the kids got new bikes to ride around they love them and are doing well. We are probably going to start getting Addie used to the dreaded two wheeler. She is so big, and fiesty...the little stinker. She really thinks she knows more than all of us. And it is getting really OLD really fast!! She is so smart that she honestly thinks she knows more than all of us.

Second, Rylan has graduated 1st grade...I am going to have a second grader and a pre-k'er...or a kindergartener....weird...they may be sending Addie a grade up. Rylan walked very proudly up to the principal and his teacher to recieve a plethera of awards...starting with

Academic Excellence, the citizenship award, independant reader award, and the Accelarated Reader goal award...he did absolutely amazing this year IN TEXAS....I really wish that his teacher in Utah saw how amazing he really his. Too bad for her she didn't get to know my son, he has so much to share. He is so wonderful, my Rylan is my life. He has helped me get through so much in my life....don't get me wrong...Addie has taught me a thing or two...and I LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART! But Rylan and I have shared alot of hurts together. He is my strength...Anyway...he is doing fantastic, and LOVING that he is done with school....off to daycare full time for him, which means he can play his DS everyday..he is pretty excited about that. He has been reading Fablehaven and is almost done with the first book...also a book series called....hmmmm....something whimpy kid....don't know...I cannot remember....anyhow..he has read two of them fully, and I wasn't sure if he was really reading them so I would test him on it....and he knew the whole book...pretty amazing!!! It is very crazy to me that my 7 yera old is reading chapter books. Wow I am ranting on Rylan today...obviously I am proud of the little man! Also...funny thing, we are able to share shoes, and shirts..he is just getting too big too fast!!

Wesley is doing great with the lawn service, but unfortunately will have to put up his mower and weedeater during his academy for Temple PD. He is so excited for his new career. We cannot wait for him to start....still a little nervous, but I am excited because he is excited.

I am doing great at my new job at Extraco Bank...I LOVE IT!!!! This is truly my knack...I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! I felt very confident going into the job, and still feel very confident....probably a bad thing is that I show the confidence a little much on my sleeve...and maybe get a little arrogant. I shouldn't...but I do sometimes...I just love it and know I am doing well...and it feels great!!!

Next weekend we will have my Mother in Law, Sister in law Tiffany, Brother in law Dan, and their two children Mckayla and Hyrum over and we are so excited to see them all...best of all we will have our Puppy back! We miss her so much and we will finally have her home with us.

Anyway...that is what is going on here, I am going to put pictures up of this past few weeks...Love you all!!!!!!

2009-05-16T07:25:00.000-07:00

My husband is a police officer...wow, incredible...and scary! He starts in July...crazy stuff man!!

NEW HOUSE!!

2009-04-30T17:33:00.001-07:00

This is our beautiful new home!! We are moving in this week! Here are the pictures!!

Also, I got a new job, I will be working with a local bank here in Temple and Belton!! I am so excited! I am sad to leave HEB, but I am excited that i will be contributing to my family..Here goes our new life without the Army...so far SO GOOD!!

2009-04-22T18:29:00.000-07:00

ONLY 2 more days LEFT UNTIL WES IS OUT OF THE ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE CANNOT WAIT!!

LAWN SERVICE!!

2009-04-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Hello hello! Well Wesley is out of the Army in less than 1 week!! The count down is almost over!!! Wes has opened a new business called "Lonestar Lawn Service" it is registerd in our names and everything!! We are so excited! he is off going to his first lawn service right now. He is still working toward the police department, but this is what i think he is going to be happy. I don't think I have ever seen my husband so excited about something in my life. He is just as happy as a clam right now!! Anyway, I wanted to update you! Love you all!!

St Patty's Day, Easter....Getting OUT!

2009-04-10T13:00:00.000-07:00

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, well we have gone a few weeks with no posting...crazy me. We have had alot going on the past few weeks with Wes getting out of the army, life is a little.....unstable at the moment. BUT things are great!! On St Patricks day I had lots of fun at work getting all dressed up and if you all know me...which you all do, you will understand these pictures. Also we had a great time with some good friends of ours down here in TX, at an Easter egg hunt the place had over 50,000 eggs...YES people, it was CRAZY! WE DIDN"T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL THE EGGS...so the kids got jipped..ha ha. Oh well, it was a great time!! Also, Wes heard from the Temple PD yesterday, so FINALLY we can breathe alittle bit. We at least know he is still in the running...WHEW! ALSO, I was offered a job at Extra Co bank. A guy that comes into the store daily asked me if I would be interested...at first I w as a little hesitant, but I will be getting 40 hours a week, paid holidays, and 3 dollars more an hour than I am right now...so I would be dumb IF I hadn't applied. So I applied and go in for my interview next week. Wish me luck!!

The kids are doing fantastic!! Rylan has all A's in school still and his lowest grade is a 98 percent and he only has 1 the rest are 100's. GREAT!!

Addie is doing awesome as well, she is starting to spell things from memory and writing them down. It is absolutely amazing this little girl. Her 4th b-day is coming up in 15 days...it is incredible how time has flown with our two beautiful children.

We have two pet rats, Daisy and Indy...they are fun to have around and a good sub for our little Tash...man we miss her. (Tash is our boxer that is currently still in Utah ) Anyway, things are going as well as possible right now. We love and miss each and every one of you!! Here are some pictures from the past few weeks.

Hillarious Family FUN!!

2009-03-19T17:57:00.000-07:00

We bought Guitar Hero World tour and let me tell you, it is HILLARIOUS!! Rylan is a true rocker and a side of Wes comes out, who knows from where...Addie and I are of course the singers..ha ha ha.

We haven't been up to much just working like crazy!! Wes is getting closer and closer to officially being out of the Army...AMAZING!! He got a letter back from the Temple PD he is on their list as #5 choice...so as far as we are concerned that is pretty good considering the amount of people that applied. He has Waco testing this weekend, then San Antonio next week. Anyway...we are doing well, and staying busy. Here is a video and pic of the boys!

One step closer

2009-03-01T10:16:00.000-08:00

Wes has taken his second testing portion for a city here in TX, he passed it and is on to the interview stage. He is very excited and nervous. Out of 70 people only 3 were chosen for the interview part....and he snagged a spot!! I am so very proud of him and all the great things he is doing for our family!! THat's all for our family right now.

Annoyed

2009-02-22T16:30:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here is my complaint for the day...yeah, I am just frustrated.

I have purposely avoided some of my friends blogs due to their life situations and my own...I personally have been through alot in my life with my husband and survived every second...though difficult alot of the times with the military involved, it has been a huge blessing to have the military a part of our lives. Out of the 7 1/2 years of marriage Wes and I have been together a whole 2 years and some odd months. How couldn't you dislike the military for that? BUT like I said there is blessings that come from everything.

We have survived, and now we are on to bigger and better opportunities in our life. Wes has applied to MANY different police departments and is testing like mad. He has already passed one test for a city, and has one in Waco, and one in San Antonio next month. He will be all ready to get out of the military! I am so proud of him and the effort he makes every day to help our family be in the best possible situations. I am also working hard, and have been chosen for Partner of the Month runner for this month!! I was Partner of the month for March in 2007. I would love to have the title again..and my picture for a year!! Oh yeah and the 50 dollar gift card from the store. Ha ha ha. I am also working with Mary Kay and trying to find time to do it...I really wish I was able to get more time to do it. This week I am not working that much at HEB so I am going to be trying hard to get some bookings. Anyway, I guess for today my rantings and ravings I want one thing to be remembered....ALWAYS be grateful for your situation EVERY single day...no matter how difficult, it will get you some where even better another day. Love everyone as much as you can, no matter WHO they are. And remember someone out there has things alot more difficult than you, so don't be too quick to complain about something that someone else would be more than happy to take on.

Addison, and the Merry Go round

2009-02-13T06:54:00.000-08:00

Cute girl! Addie loving the merry go round! Okay not so much anymore Really dad it's enough Okay really please STOP this thing! I am going to puke!!

I AM SO TIRED OF THIS THING!!!!!!
Really she loved this thing, I just thought the pictures were too funny to not put them up in that order. she was on it for like 30 mins probably. It was so much fun!! We really had a great time what a fun day!!

Family Fun

2009-02-13T06:15:00.000-08:00

Rylan and his gift from Grandparents West Rylan just being goofy FINALLY he has lost both his top teeth!! Blowing out his trick candles, the house was quite smokey! Addie wearing her lunch box as a hat, it was so funny Wes and his little girl! Notice Wes's nose..it's broken

Me and my Booty together again at last!
Rylan driving for the first time...he was SO excited!

Such a sweet picture! I love this one!

Daddy helping Addie mini golf! What a blast!

Well since Wes has been home life has been very exciting! We have been able to do lots of fun activities together. This past week we went to Austins Park and Pizza in Austin it is kind of like Boondocks for those of you in Utah. It was a lot of fun!! It was Rylan's b-day this week also so Wes and Rylan spent the day together, which was nice for them to be able to just be the guys. We were going to buy that house, but the mortgage company will not finance us until Wes has a secure job outside of the military...so that went down the drain..but everything happens for a reason so we aren't too sad about it. It just gives us more time to look around and get things done that we need to. So here are some pictures of the last week and a half, I hope you all are doing well! Have a good week!!

MY HONEY IS HOME!!!!

2009-01-29T17:49:00.000-08:00

HELLO HELLO HELLO!! Everyone, okay sorry life has been a little bit crazy!! I signed up to be a Mary Kay consultant 2 weeks ago, my new website for anyone that might be needing a little TLC it is www.marykay.com/Faith_West Check it out!! Lots of fun new stuff!!

Also, Wesley Arrived home on Jan 22 2009!!! Roberta came down to welcome home son # 3....waiting was a crazy mess!! I hate the waiting game! son # 2 will be home in a few weeks!! You can do it Marie!! I know you can!

The kids, myself and Roberta were an absolute mess when the soldiers came in...wow what a sight! There were over 300 soldiers that arrived home with Wes's group...like I said...AMAZING!! It was an overwhelming day. We are SO happy to have Wes home, it has been so wonderful to have him call me and tell me that the kids are picked up from daycare and to just come straight home from work...wow...what to do? It is fantastic!! We had our x-mas...sorry no pics from that =( the kids got all they wanted. It was a great morning!

Another big piece of news, is that we are buying our third home we are putting our offer in tomorrow, and hopefully be moving in, in April!! We AREN'T going over our heads this time!! We are being alot smarter than we were with our last house. =) We are very excited with the way things are going for our FANTASTIC 2009!! Wes will be getting out of the Army in less than 4 months!! Hope that everyone else's 2009 is as wonderful as our has been for us!! We love you all and miss you all! Hopefully we will be able to get up to Utah in a few months....we aren't sure with Wes getting out of the Army how that will happen...but soon..we hope! here are some pictures of the homecoming.

It's been a while

2009-01-14T17:56:00.001-08:00

Hello!! Okay, so not much has really been going on too important to post. I was offered a leader position at work back when they re-hired me, and I just started that last week...it is a little stressful, but it will all be worth it once things are figured out. It is fun though.

Rylan is doing very well in school, he has all A's in school, and just doing great!

Addie is working very hard at daycare to be happy and be a brave girl...she REALLY hates saying goodbye in the mornings. But she is doing great, and has lots of great friends there. Her teacher is very good also!

BEST NEWS! Wes will BE HOME IN LESS THAN 5 DAYS!!! We couldn't be any happier, antsy, anxious, excited, crazy, ummmmm yeah...we are JUST EXCITED!! Thank goodness for all the stuff we have to do otherwise this last week would just be horrible!!

Roberta (my mom in law) will be here on Saturday so she can be here to welcome home her baby boy! She figured that since this will be his last time coming home from ANYWHERE, that she wanted to be here, and we couldn't be more excited to have her down here! According to Addie, she is sleeping in HER bed with HER. ha ha ha. So things are going great, we are super busy, and very VERY EXCITED to have our daddy here safe and sound!! Please keep him...and us in your prayers the next few days while he is traveling!! Thanks everyone! We miss and love you all!!

Rylan FINALLY lost a top tooth

2008-12-29T07:20:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone!

It has been a few days since I posted last, we had a great christmas day with friends from our ward. Lots and LOTS of food, and fun! We really had a great time with them. We appreciate all the friends we have down here, without them we wouldn't be feeling nearly as good as we are. We only have 22 more days left until my dear Wesley, and the kids' daddy come home! We couldn't be more excited about him finally being home with us again. Luckily time is going by pretty quickly still, I pray it continues. We are so grateful for the safety and protection our Heavenly Father has blessed him with, and we ask you guys (friends and family) to please continue to keep him in your prayers as the last few weeks are here, we still need him safe! We are staying busy getting the house and car ready for him to arrive. Work is great, I am going to be taking over a leadership position in the next few weeks! I am so excited to do that, and a little nervous. All in all things have been really great here in TX! Rylan is still doing fantastic in school, and Addie is loving her daycare (as much as she allows) The little stinker. We love you all very much and miss each and everyone of you! I hope you all had a wonderful christmas with your families and friends!

Love

Faith And Family

Super Fun Weekend With My Nephew Jake

2008-12-22T07:31:00.000-08:00

Well this is going to be quick, I have to get ready to go. But I just wanted to write about how much fun it has been to have my 14 year old nephew down here just chillin with us! He is a great kid and alot of fun! We have had a great time with him! here are a few pictures of the gingerbread houses we made and also a pic of Jake...and how dang big he is! He is taller than me now. that is crazy! Anyway. See ya!

Feast of Sharing

2008-12-13T17:07:00.000-08:00

This is the kids with HE-BUDDY!!

Well let me just share with you what a great company I work for! Every year they have a community event where they donate over 5000 meals of Ham, potatoes, veggies, and pecan pie...sodas, milk, and water. To our community. Then all of us HEB folks volunteer our time and serve up this lovely meal to the community. They have music and lots of fun things for the kids to do!! We had a great turn out this year and served about 1500 more meals than they did last year. It is a great time for our community to get together as one and enjoy a big feast. I had pecan pie for the FIRST time and let me tell you...it was YUMMY!! The kids had a great time and it was really neat to get to know some of those people that come shop in my store on a regular basis outside of the store. It was great!! The mayor of the city Temple was there helping serve up the meals. I am glad and VERY grateful to be working with such a giving company. I really do appreciate the opportunities they give to families of all kinds. I hope you all are having a great and festive holiday season, I know I am. I hope also you are all well. Love you all!!

Christmas Party 2008 at Salado X-mas Tree Farm

2008-12-08T14:58:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday we had a great time at our X-mas party that was given by the support group here called the FRG. (family readiness group) it was alot of fun, they had hay rides, hot cocoa, real TX bbq, Welcome home poster making!!!, A big pile of hay to play in...not fun down yoru shirt. Even old Saint Nick was there to give a big smile to all of us families going without our soldiers once again. So here are some pictures of the day, we had a super fun time!! We cannot WAIT for Wes to get home so we can have him all to our selves again!!

Almost the Middle of December

2008-12-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

Whew, I have been here 1 month tomorrow!! WOW!! Time is going by alot quicker than I imagined it would being here by myself. I have been working almost every day of the work week and they are kind enough to let me have weekends off until Wes gets home. Usually they want you to be available to work weekends, but obviously I am not able to right now. The store director is very understanding and willing to help me with anything! I am very grateful for Belton, it has great schools, great daycare facility and a great store for me to work with. I have wonderful co-workers that are fun to be around. And my body is getting a KILLER workout every single day. I am going to my re-training for cashiering so i will be back on the registar next week! WOOT WOOT! I cannot wait!
Rylan is doing AWESOME at school! He is getting 100% on everything he is doing, his artwork he is doing is beautiful, and is having NO behavior problems.....hummm...I wonder why? Ha ha. It is amazing the change in him and his attitude for school. We went to his good friend Micheala's b-day party last night, they have been friends since pre-k. It was alot of fun, I wish i had my camera. I am sure her mom will give me pics of last night.
Addie is still doing good. She is learning to write her name, and is learning LOTS of fun songs to come home and sing. She had a great time at the b-day party last night, they had it at a skate rink and she tore it up!! I couldn't believe her. She is a natural. She got that from her dad.
We have a little less than 6 weeks left until we get to welcome home our Daddy!! WAHOO!! We cannot WAIT!! Wes is getting ready to come home, and isn't have the greatest time with all the details he is having to work on, but I know he knows it is for the end of the tour which makes it a litle easier to deal with. Right booty?
We miss you all in Utah and hope you are all doing well!! Please leave me notes and things to let me know how ya'll are doing. (Rylan HATES when I say ya'll, it's funny.) See ya'll later! Love to everyone! Have a great week!

Rylan's picture

2008-11-29T07:05:00.001-08:00

This morning Rylan decided he was going to draw a picture for his daddy. I think it is a very good picture.

We are doing well, the kids are enjoying their daycare, and Rylan is enjoying his school. He was telling me the different continents that he made on his Earth picture. He is learning so much here, and loving every second of it. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving. We sure did. We went to my friend Lia's house and we had a feast!! It was fantastic! We had a great time! We missed our family, and it was sad to be away from utah. But, we have a great ward family here, and had a good time. We love you all!!

2008-11-25T14:02:00.000-08:00

My new hair color, I let Rylan decide what color to make my hair, he did a good job! He chose an Auburn Brown. I like it!! Addie is obsessed with it. It is funny!! I started (really) my job today! It was a crazy busy day with all the folks that are doing last minute shopping. It was so much fun to see old customers and have them remember who I was. It is funny to have old co-workers no know who I am, and then realize they had to look at my face for a year....ha ha (employee of the month of March 07) I am feeling much better than I had been last week! We have been busy getting things put away, and thrown away ect..too much stuff! We only have about 6 1/2 weeks left til we are welcoming home Wesley!! We cannot wait!! Hopefully time goes by quickly. I am exhausted and I now need to go and get the kiddos from daycare! Love you all very much!! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

New job!

2008-11-17T08:22:00.000-08:00

Well starting today I am offically back as a working mommy. Addie started daycare today and was pretty excited...thankfully. I cannot wait to have this job started and get things back to where they should be...it is weird cause I am back to my old ward, and old life......in Belton...but everyone has grown together and is closer, has their own inside jokes ect...so I still feel a little on the outside. I know things will all work out. Anyway, thought i would share the news!!

ON THE WAY TO TX!!

2008-11-11T08:43:00.001-08:00

HILLARIOUS SIGN IN Canon City!!

WOW, the last week has come and gone in a blink of an eye! We left Utah early on the morning of the 4th, we drove away leaving behind us lots of snow! We drove to Canon City, CO to stay with my best friend Elise and her family. We ended up taking Addie to the hospital on Weds night there in Colorado, she has an ear infection and had croup so bad she couldn't breathe they had to give her a steroid to take away the swelling in her throat. Which made her tummy VERY SICK! Elise's husband Ivan gave Addie a blessing, I am so grateful he has the authority to have given her the blessing. Thank you thank you Ivan! We left Colorado on Thursday morning and headed for Weatherford Oklahoma, it was a beautiful drive. We got there and stayed with another good friends parents. They have the MOST beautiful home I have seen in a while. It is amazing! I was so grateful to have friends and family to stay with during the trip, it helped the stress dwindle away. We had many people before we left give us gifts to help us on our way so we ended up not having to spend hardly anything the entire trip. Gas went down the entire trip. right now it is at 1.94!!!!! How much fun we had during this trip!! The van was full, and we had alot of crazy things go on....but all in all it was a great trip....oh, we got here to Belton on Friday afternoon, we got to Rylan's school and got the papers to get him started on Monday. Saturday was the schools' annual Family Fun Festival, it was alot of fun!! The kids had a great time!

Addie riding a pony
Monday came and Rylan went to school back at Leon Heights!!

He came home with the HUGEST smile, he had gotten 100% on his first math test at school! He has a male teacher named Mr. Willie. He is a great man! We are happy to have him as Rylan's new teacher.

Our ward is happy to have us back, and we are just thrilled to be back home.

We have great neighbors here at the apartment, and we are excited to prepare for Wesley to get home!! WAHOOOOO!! Until next time here are pictures of the trip. We had a great time!

We miss you all (ya'll) in utah! Hope you enjoyed my little ditty. It is GREAT TO BE BACK!!!

Halloween

2008-11-02T07:38:00.001-08:00

Halloween was a BUSY day! We had a luncheon for me in the morning, a party to go to from 3-6 and trick or treating from 6-8 and then I went to Leah's fun Halloween party after I got the kiddo's to bed. It was a fun day, the kids weren't into dressing up though Rylan just painted his face white and gave himself black eye brows, and Addie was a cheerleader, but didn't want to do anything more than just wear her outfit. I didn't get any pictures, =( because I didn't know where my camera was at...it was in my purse.
Also, we are leaving on Tuesday to head to Colorado to stay with one of my best friends Elise, we will stay there for a day, and then head to Oklahoma (is the place to BEEE) stay with some good friends' mom and dad. And then FINALLY back home to TX!! I am SO EXCITED! I am going to miss all my friends here and especially Marie! We have had alot of fun together the last 6 months or so. The kids are so sad to leave their cousins behind and wish we could bring them with us....me too. We will be re uniting with Wesley some time in the next 9 weeks!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?? HOLY COW! I CANNOT WAIT! It is going to be a crazy next few months...but a good kind. Love to all!!

HALLOWEEN IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!

2008-10-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

Rylan and Addie

Addie's cute hair!

Today we went to the Boo at the Zoo at Hogle Zoo here in Utah, it was alot of craziness mixed with stress...but the kids had a good time. I am exhausted, but cannot sleep. We also carved pumpkins with my neice and nephew Jasmine and Zack. We had a lot of fun! We were a little crazy at home too, but we had a good time. The boys together are just insane! But they love being with eachother and they help eachother through this difficult time. Here are some pictures of the day, we are SO happy it is Halloween time!! P.s Rylan and Addie were "Heros" Addie the cheerleader of course and Rylan was Peter Petrelli (just for today) they had signs on their backs with Rylan Peter's name, and Addie had "save the cheerleader save the world" it was pretty funny. The Alien and Mike Wizowski pumpkins are Jas and Zacks and the other's are ours.

What a day!

2008-10-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

Alright so the day went by pretty slowly today, we just pretty much hung out alot of the day. I went and had Addie's hair cut and came home. Next thing I know my dear Addie bear had added (or taken) to her new hair cut. Sooooo, she has bangs now...oh man. What a dork! Rylan had an okay day at school a sub AGAIN for a week. I am ready to go! Only a few more weeks til the big move! Wahoo. Anyway here is a picture of Addie's new hair doo! Ha ha.

Starting my Blogging life..ha ha

2008-10-16T08:44:00.001-07:00

Okay friends, I have been talked into doing a blog. It is actually going to be fun I think. We are getting ready to move back to TX to get ready for Wes's arrival home!! WAHOO!! More later when I have more time!