Blessed

To have an amazing sister who continually puts others before herself! (always, always looking out for her little sister) I love her!    

To be a wife to such a great man! I love him!

To be a mother to a beautiful, perfect, angel! I love this baby boy!

To be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

To know that I will be with my family after this life, for Eternity.

To have a healthy, capable, fully aware body.

To see and feel my prayers being answered.

To have a testimony of Tithing.

To have a Heavenly Father who is so aware of me!

Do you have those days where things just fall into place; things hoped and prayed for materialize?

My heart is full and I cannot express enough gratitude to The One who is responsible.

 

 

 

 

Zealand+Sand=Love

The trip to cali was so fun. Zealand was so cute seeing the ocean for the first time he about jumped out of my arms flapping his arms like a bird in excitement. He thought the sand was the most amazing thing he has ever seen or felt. We could have left him at the beach and he would still be there today playing in it not missing us one bit. Thank you so much Rob and Jasmine for having us, it is always the best time! We love you!

Mommy Land

I am a Mom….
Want to know how I know?? (Besides the obvious)

When I come home and change my clothes I no longer opt for the pair of jeans that my butt looks cutest in…its sweats all the way! The more baggy and worn out the better ( I thought this would change after I wasn’t pregnant and huge ...NOPE) !

My showers have been deducted from 20 min to 5 minutes (sometimes I mix the shampoo and conditioner to shave off another minute or two)

I am no longer packing around a purse in the latest seasonal color and shape but a diaper bag bursting at the seams for even a 2 hour outing.

I speak baby. When I am having a conversation with adults I find myself saying things like “that’s silly” or “that’s naughty” or rhyming all of my words.

I don’t even flinch at poopies and pukies…no matter the color, smell, or consistency.

I now have an assistant chef in the kitchen…I carry an extra 20lbs on my back while cooking.

I know songs like “baby beluga” and “Six little Ducks” by heart (I also know all the hand gestures that go along with the song)

My shirt constantly seems to be wet in one spot or another

Even when I don’t have a baby in my arms I seem to be swaying back and forth or when I’m shopping w/out baby I’m pushing the cart back and forth in a swaying motion.

My favorite’s tool bar on my browser window once consisted of Forever 21, urban outfitters, but now has links to The Children’s Place, Baby steals, etc.

When I walk into Target I walk straight past the women’s clothing to the baby clothing.

Every time I go to the store even if it is just for milk I find myself browsing the baby isle, maybe Zealand wants to try a new baby food, maybe Apple, Banana pear cinnamon oatmeal? Maybe he needs this or that. He really doesn’t need one more thing but I can’t resist.

I have two new wrinkles around my eye that just popped up in the last six months that I contribute to a lack of sleep.

Goodbye sexy bras…hello awkward nursing flappy thingy’s

Goodbye cute jewelry (for fear of having a hole ripped in my ear or beads of a bracelet all over the floor)

Every little new thing that Zealand does I act as if he is the first child in the universe to do it.

I know to you mothers out there that still keep your hotness and juggle five kids at the same time I’m just a rookie but it’s a developing talent. Maybe one day I will be able to nurse a baby, change a toddler’s diaper, fix dinner and put on my make up all at the same time.

BIg Business

Big business is the title of this entry. For good reason. The 3 of us have been up to BIG BUSINESS.
Zealand with his scooting, crawling, sitting up, getting teeth, drinking through a straw, growing like a weed off the charts, going on his first road trip, going to the circus business. He blew our minds when he started to get around back in early September. Wow has it been that long since I have wrote?? Surely. That is how it goes though. I would much more love to zoom cars around on the floor with Z baby then type. Although often throughout the day I am writing in my blog/journal mentally I rarely have time to sit down and put it to paper/blog post :) Maybe someday soon I will have mastered the talent of balancing baby and regular day to day life but until then it is baby, baby, baby then baby naps and I squeeze in a shower or some reading or some simple nothingness of my "quiet" time. More big business and a special day for both Dan and I last Saturday, but mostly the usual for Dan is school, work, school, work, school, work, Me and Z, school, work, school, work. Oh he lives there but I admire him for all of his hard work I can feel the pay off in the near future :)
But come tomorrow morning this company of three is off to the ocean shores of California for a long awaited break and a celebration of one year of marriage. We will get to visit Family and new baby and laugh and eat and swim and eat and wander and eat and discover and eat. Oh the joy!

Zealand in the airport and his first plane ride, and his first time to the ocean and many more! That is one of my favorite things about Motherhood so far....witnessing all of his "firsts" and it seems there is a new one everyday. Slow down Baby Z, slow down let Mom enjoy you and soak you in. I love you to the moon!
Zealand was so excited that he fell asleep at the circus....um who falls asleep at the circus?

The Elephants were my favorite, Zealand liked the white fluffy dogs. He is obsessed w/dogs as long as they are smaller than him.
The wizard hat didn't quite fit
Lovely day, love my hub

Thoughts for today

So while I was out on my morning walk with Z baby my eyes were opened a bit. I am completely aware that people travel to Utah from around the world to see its natural beauties but I somehow only wake up every morning wishing to be back in Hawaii. Maybe this is why I have been a bit blind to how truly beautiful and refreshing it is right out side my front door.
I can't quite describe or even do justice the feeling of living in Hawaii.
To sit up every morning in my bed and look out the window to see the ocean, a banana tree and hibiscus flowers, to put on my running shoes and go for my morning run along the beach and to end it with yoga in the sand.
To walk down the street to the Farmers Market and purchase some exotic fruit for breakfast
To leave straight from work and walk to the beach and dive into the warm water and swim until dark.
To sway in the hammock at the end of the day and hear the ocean waves coming in and out
To walk down to the beach Sunday evenings and see the turtles out and about for dinner
To surf at break wall until my body was weak and then head across the street for a mango smoothie
To stuff myself silly with Banana Pancakes at Moose Mcgillycuddy's
To be TAN
To meet friendly "ALOHA" faces any where you go
Its just this feeling that took root deep in my heart from the moment I stepped off the plane onto Maui soil.
Now onto my point here. So hard not to get carried away once I get started.
I tapped into that feeling of energy and excitement that I had there this morning....Coming up the hill towards Mount Timpanogas Temple I saw the green of all the trees that are so plentiful in this area, and as I walked around the Temple I could smell the flowers and the soil they are planted in and rounding the east side of course there stood sky high the beautiful Mountains. It made me want to run, to sprint and to be more productive in my day, to accomplish and create and cheer and LOVE! Then as I got home and went to the back yard to pick some fresh fruit for breakfast I thought about why I have never felt this way before? I know I am blessed to live in such a beautiful area...I know, but never have I felt this happy to be right where I am.
I know that it is not about where you are, that anyone in any place on the face of the earth can make Happiness their life...and I am happy right here in this cozy spot of Heaven on earth here in Pleasant Grove, UT.
My morning walks will never be the same.

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PLEASE HELP SETH FIND JOB!

This is my handsome nephew Seth. Isn't he a hottie? Anyway that is not the point. He has been trying all summer to find a job and can't seem to find anyone that is hiring. Do you know of someone that is hiring? A brother? a sister? a friend? a friend of a friend? a neighbor?

He is 16 going to be 17 in December . He is a hard worker and such a fun , easy going kid! Please if you know of anything leave a comment!

Thank you thank you!

P.s. he is also looking for a girlfriend...so if you know of any cute girls.............jayyyykayyyyyy not really!