Thankful to be a wife and mother

How I love being a wife and a mother. I can't remember not being one! It has only been 6 years (W) and 2 years (M). And I am so grateful for the opportunity. My two favorite times of day is when Gary gets home from work. We rush out to see him or hide and he comes to find us. My other favorite time of day is when Jill wakes up and comes and gets in bed with me (gary is already gone to work). How blessed we are to know that we will be together forever. I am so thankful for that!

Thankful for siblings

My sisters are oh so talented. Katie is a wonderful mother, fabulous artist, and wonderful decorator. Katie was gone this weekend, and we missed her and her cute family so much. Glad you're back!

Christy is keen on laughter, baking, creating, and frosting everything so life is all sweet. Christy works in Sac town, so today my parents invited Jilly and I to go see her and her work. We ate lunch with her then got to try her fabulous "babycakes" They were de-lish! Thank you! Can't wait for you to be home this weekend!


And of course my brother is awesome! Rod makes you laugh and is a true entertainer. He can quote movies even after he has seen them once! He is so motivating and positive, and always a true friend. Love ya, bro. So glad you are my little, big brother!

Jill loves animals

We went to visit Uncle Donny's chickens on Friday and then to a dog show on Saturday. Jill had a ball at both places. This kid loves animals. I keep telling Daddy that she is going to need a puppy soon!!!!
The mastiff named Brody, in the top pic loved Jill, he just kept following her back and forth. Jill was more interested in his neighbor, Jimmie, who was laying down. I think Jimmie wasn't as intimidating as Brody.

Baking, Friends and Fun

Jill has discovered the art of baking. (thanks to Grandma Gayle who has had the kiddies helping her baking cookies and pies) So she wants to help me all the time. So we made cookies on a boring friday night.

Enjoying the almost finished product

Our friend Hailey came over to play and they played dress up! So fun!


Relaxing with some Lil' Einsteins after a hard day. Love this girl so much!!

Happy Halloween

Such a cute expression here!


Never mind........



Our little princess was Cinderella this year. And I being one of those in charge of the Halloween party this year, felt it was my duty to dress up. So as you can see..... I was the Fairy Godmother. It was a fun and crazy night, due to a rainy forecast, and then no rain!!! Oh well. We had fun and out little princess finally conquered saying trick or treat.