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Another Good Giveaway on Sweeps 4 Bloggers

2012-01-24T11:58:00.001-08:00

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Great Giveaway

2012-01-19T07:20:00.000-08:00

Would love to win this:

Sweeps 4 Bloggers

Sunday Afternoon

2010-08-11T08:04:00.000-07:00

Practicing Photography in low low light

2010-07-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

This Mama Rocks Giveaway

2010-07-12T16:01:00.000-07:00

If you would like to enter a great giveaway to get you in shape for a swimming suit from Lime Riki, go to This Mamma Rocks by clicking here. This is a great blog with lots of great giveaways.

My favorite little girls

2010-07-11T17:53:00.000-07:00

There are 5 little girls in this world that I CANNOT get enough of. I could spend my whole day squeezing and hugging them. I love them so much. I love taking pictures of them. I am such a proud mom and aunt.

Fourth of July Fun

2010-07-11T17:36:00.000-07:00

Every year we go to Richfield for the 4th of July. This year was no exception. We had a great time at the parade and being spoiled by grandma Polly. It is nice to be able to go to G&G L's mansion and all get our own room and incredibly comfy bed. The food is always fab. I can't imagine preparing and then cleaning a house after having 24 people raid it for a weekend.

Hot Tubb'n with Daddy

2010-06-29T21:40:00.000-07:00

One of the babies favorite activities is to get into the hot tub especially with daddy. It has been a fun addition to our home.

3 Year Old Pics

2010-04-18T14:26:00.001-07:00

So I have had HUGE ideas about this awesome antique buggy at my moms house. I have been dying to do pics with it. Yesterday I took Miyah out to do some pics (she's been excited about it all week), but of course almost 3 year olds are unpredictable and when we got out there she didn't want to do it and was crying in most pictures. These are really the only ones I got that even kinda worked. I won't be showing these off on my photo website till we try again, but they are definitely family blog worthy.

I Don't Like These New Kids

2010-04-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, Nick took the twins to see his grandma Collyer who is in a rehabilitation center in Orem. Being typical 2 year olds, the twins started running around the room. All grandma Collyer could say in her barely hearable voice is; "I don't know if I like these new kids." Just yesterday I got an email from Nicks mom asking everyone to send G. Collyer a birthday card. This is what I sent.

Easter Clothes

2010-03-29T07:25:00.000-07:00

Every year grandma Luekenga gives the kids the most adorable Easter Outfits. We always look forward to Valentines Day, Easter, Birthday's and Christmas because the kids get something so cute! This year Easter is on conference Sunday so the kids won't get to wear their Easter Clothes to church till the week after Easter. However we did want to get pictures in their new clothes, so we went and did that yesterday. They turned out pretty darn cute! Also, for those who do not know, my photography business has a new face. I no longer operate under Fresh Focus Photography, but Hunter Luke Photography rather. We changed everything, our website, prices and style. I like the new look. Check it out here

Miss Him Already

2010-03-07T21:19:00.000-08:00

Grandpa Beach's funeral was Fri. March 5th. I was so happy for him when I heard he was reunited with his wife, but the funeral was still so emotional. He is already missed and will be, till we see him again.

Valentines Day

2010-02-24T18:32:00.000-08:00

This picture says it all.

Our Christmas Eve. & Christmas

2010-01-12T09:15:00.000-08:00

Ecoli 157/HUS Miyah's story

2009-12-20T13:36:00.000-08:00

Dialysis Machine
Papa Beach's friends the highway patrol men came to visit
Daddy and Miyah
Utah Grizzlies came to see Miyah
Mommy and Miyah
Due to poor kidney function, Miyah got edema and her face swelled

If you are like me, you have probably only heard of people getting severe Ecoli infections from ground beef or other foods in the news. It had never crossed my mind it could happen to me or my children, but it did, and where it came from we don't know. Most adults can get over Ecoli 157 (and mention I 157, because that is the dangerous Ecoli found in raw beef, not the normal ecoli we all have present in our bodies) within a week. I personally felt like I was going to die during that week and I did make an ER visit, but I got over it. 2 weeks later both of my children began to present the same symptoms I had previously had, so I immediately got them into the Dr. to be tested for Ecoli 157, both tests came back positive. Easton got through it, even better than I did, but Miyah got extremely sick and we made 2 ER visits and 4 Dr. visits. Just as I thought things were getting better, Miyah got sicker, and again I returned to the ER. Within 30 minutes the Dr. came in and told me Miyah was in the beginning stages of kidney failure and needed to be transported to Primary Children's Hospital ASAP. I drove to Primary Children's with one hand, while holding the other hand behind me in the back seat trying to catch Miyah's vomiting in a bucket. Some how we made it there.
Open arriving at PC, we were immediately met by a team of 5 Dr.'s, one being a Pediatric Renal
Specialist. The news was grave as the Dr. told me Miyah had "HUS". Here is a brief explanation of what HUS is, and how it occurs:

Only 1 in 10 children develop HUS following an E. coli infection. "HUS is a dramatic, explosive illness that most commonly develops within 2 to 4 days after a bout of gastroenteritis that is accompanied by bloody diarrhea. Children are hospitalized with obvious irritability, fatigue, pallor and a noticeable decrease in urine production. Some severely affected children may have life-threatening gastrointestinal problems. Neurological dysfunction including lethargy, seizures, cerebral infarction, blindness and coma can be present at disease onset or develop during the course of the illness."Nearly 5-10% of children with HUS die during the acute phase of the disease as a consequence of complete renal failure or multiple organ complications. A small majority of children with HUS experience a complete recovery with full restoration of kidney function and almost no risk of the disease recurring. However, 10-30% of the children who survive have permanent kidney damage and many of these children will have progressive loss of kidney function over the next 5 to 10 years."

After hearing about the disease, I was in tears and of course had a million questions for the Dr. Though the Dr. seemed very knowledgeable, he was very blunt and did little to combat my fears of Miyah developing a neurological disorder or blindness. He said he had seen it all before, and could not make promises of it not happening to her. He let me know he had seen much milder cases than what Miyah had, and a few more severe, but she was definitely closer to the severe side than mild. The Dr. let me know that Miyah may need dialysis to help her regain kidney function, but he wasn't ready to do it just yet. When putting a child on dialysis, it is necessary to surgically run two long tubes through the chest going directly into the heart. With this you run the chance of infection entering the tubes and going straight to the heart causing septicemia and or meningitis. These words were like taking bullets to the head as many of you know this exact thing happened to Miyah just two years ago when she was in the NICU. Bacteria entered her body via a pic line and we watched her "knock on deaths door," for lack of better words. I was SO worried about this happening again. Not only was infection a concern this time, but because Miyah's body was in such distress, she had a very low platelet and red blood cell count, doing surgery could cause her to bleed out. I just hoped that somehow she would not need dialysis, and I prayed for that, but only hours later the Dr. came in and told me Miyah was worse and that he had seen very few children decline in kidney function so quickly. Dialysis was our only hope, but he feared her kidneys had already completely stopped, where he needed at least 20% of them to still be functioning for the dialysis to work.
Miyah was taken into surgery and to our great comfort was operated on by Dr. Meyers, the chief of surgery, and Dr. that did all children's heart transplants. All went well.
The next morning the kidney specialist informed us that Miyah's cathetor bag was full indicating some kidney function! Dialysis just might work after all! Dialysis was started that morning and Miyah took to it so well, her hematocrit came up, and her kidney function improved greatly, she was dialized 2 more times throughout the week. Each time Miyah was dialized her kidney's began to function even better and things began to look up! 3 blood transfusions were given to Miyah to help bump up her RBC's. Just 9 days later we were told Miyah was stable enough to come home. News we weren't expecting! We couldn't' believe how quickly things were turning around. We had planned on spending our Christmas in the hospital was well as the weeks to come. While Miyah and I were getting ready to leave, Miyah told me she wanted to "stay at the Dr.s." It was amazing to me how fast she had seemed to forget her life before living in a bed and watching movies all day. As we walked out of the hospital Miyah was very unsteady and had forgotten how to walk, it was pretty cute. She seemed skeptical about leaving, but soon got excited to see very ordinary items like chairs and water!!! Miyah is still not 100%, and she still has a low hematocrit, and seems to get nauseated quite easily. She is still under close Dr.s surveillance, and we don't know what percent of her kidney function will forever be scarred. What we can say is that once again we have seen prayer bring us miracles. Dialysis is a miracle in and of itself. What other organ can be repaired by a machine! We are SO grateful for modern medicine, extremely intelligent Doctors, Primary Children's Hospital, and most importantly the love, prayers, fasting, and support of the Beach/Luekenga families, Quail Crossing Ward, and all other friends.

A Couple more of Halloween

2009-11-05T12:43:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2009

2009-11-03T07:44:00.000-08:00

It is very hard to believe that just one year ago on Halloween, we were leaving Las Vegas and moving into our new home in Utah. That Halloween was very exciting, but due to the move that day, we really didn't join in on any Halloween festivities. This year was different. We went to Richfield to enjoy Halloween with Nick's parents. We had a great time. Miyah was Dorthy and looked SO cute! Easton was the cowardly lion and was definitley a litte cowardly about wanting to wear his costume.

Fresh Focus Photography

2009-09-22T14:52:00.000-07:00

My mom has vocalized some frustration on me not updating my blog much anymore. I figure now that I live in Utah everyone see's my kids enough. I have also been working on getting a photography website up. This is something I have been interested in for a few years, but haven't ever pursued. Well, two months ago I decided to take the plunge with my good friend who is also into photography. She even has her own professional printing lab in her house. Her printer is the biggest printer I have ever seen! It is the size of a tanning bed and it does the most beautiful canvas prints (the part I was most excited about). We have had the opportunity to do lots of pictures for people which is surprising on account that just like us, every other Utah Mormon mom thinks she's a photographer too. I do feel sorry for all the seasoned pro's that really did graduate with a degree, but this is just too fun not to do! And for the record we have both had hours and hours of training with "real pros", so they have earned their money too! Please check out our website www.freshfocusphotog.com. Please contact US for all of your photo taking needs. Let US help you capture the sexy person that you are (that is not our slogan).

Zoo Trip

2009-07-31T19:49:00.000-07:00

Baby Lyla

2009-07-25T20:42:00.000-07:00

This was lots of fun!!! It helps when you have a really cute subject.

One Of My ALL TIME Favorites

2009-07-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

I haven't designed a ton of cards lately, but I did get to design birth announcements (AND take the pictures) for this little cutie, and I am quite impressed with my work if I do say so myself!

Wasatch Back Relay

2009-06-23T19:45:00.000-07:00

Remember this guy??? 260lbs.

He is now this guy, and he just ran 18 miles in the Wasatch Back Relay. What an accomplishment and great will power. We are so proud of him.

The name of the van that carried the runners-Gina. Van Gina did a great job transporting. If only everyone could have a Van gina.

How did Nick do this you ask? Isagenix!

I Got to Take Pictures of the Cutest Baby Boy

2009-06-15T10:30:00.000-07:00

This is What I did Today

2009-06-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

My Own Little Business

2009-06-11T10:50:00.000-07:00

A couple of months ago I got my business license and opened up my own little spa. we have an extra room we really weren't using for anything other than a guest bedroom, and we have another one of those, so I decided to open up my mini spa in there. My ever so supportive husband forked out a few hundred to get me a facial table, pedi chair, nail desk, and tons of supplies to get going. It has been nothing but fun!!!!! I love to have something to do at night and when the kids are napping. Recently I started doing the popular glitter toes. They are so cute, and last most the summer. Want to come hang out in my spa???? Email me! My prices are cheap and my services are great!

Daddy's Birthday Gift

2009-06-09T16:57:00.000-07:00

Dad buys pretty much anything and everything he wants, so here is our gift to him on this special day. Happy 29th birthday husband and daddy. We LOVE you!!!!

Milestone Pages

2009-06-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Easton and Miyah

2009-05-11T20:21:00.001-07:00

Yes it is true they are two!!!! I never thought this day would come. The last two years of my life have been such a HUGE blessing. I never knew I could love so much and be so proud. I can't imagine life without these two miracles, and thank Heavenly Father everyday for these two little midgets that run around my house.

Our 5th Anniversary!!!!

2009-05-10T12:08:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our 5th anny, last Wed, and Fri. We did two celebrations because Nick was going to be out of town on May 6th. It turned out Nick didn't end up going out of town, so we celebrated again! I can't believe it's already been 5 years. I am glad it hasn't been any longer. No, not because I don't love my husband, but because it makes me feel so young to have only been married for five years, and only have two year old children. We still hang out with the young newly weds in our ward, rather than the oldies:) It doesn't hurt that I married a young buck either. I have been happy with who I chose, and am so glad I waited until I was older to find the right guy.

Home Remodeling

2009-05-03T16:41:00.000-07:00

Don't get me wrong, we absolutely LOVE our home of six months, but since we purchased the model home, not everything as far as decor goes was exactly our style. We have had so much fun having our home customized to fit our more modern taste. As one of my birthday gifts, Nick surprised me when two guys showed up at my doorstep to do a little kitchen remodeling. The before and after pics are below.

Not great pictures but you get the idea. I love the white cabinets and modern glass back splash.

The Pictures Say It All

2009-04-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

A HUGE thank you to grandma Polly for the ADORABLE Easter outfits. I don't think she knows how nice it is for us to have our kids be the best dressed at church, and not to have to worry about it. What a huge pain for her though. Thank you grandma Marcia for a delicious dinner, fun egg hunt, and not to forget those cute casual outfits!

All Right, All Right

2009-04-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I have to admit I felt pretty special after lots of my Vegas friends expressed sadness of not being able to see what we were up to here in Utah. I think I have reconsidered stopping my blog. I will continue to update it every so often. I think instead of closing my blog, my new goal will be to quit spending hours reading other random blogs.

My Blogging Days Are Over

2009-04-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

How Do You Like Me Now???

2009-03-26T21:34:00.000-07:00

Tonight I opened up an email from my husband. This is what I saw. The only thing the email said was: How do you like me now?-Nick.
Well, I can understand why he did this. I never praise Nick for much, and I never brag about him on my blog. I'm sorry! I just hate it when people constantly brag about their husbands and kids on their blog, but maybe that is what a blog is for. And why do so many bloggers seem to be married to doctors? Well, I am not married to a Dr, but I am married to someone who sales crap to doctors, and he does a damn good job at it!
Nick was featured in a industry magazine that is sent out a couple times a year. I think the article is very well written, and I am definitely proud of my husband. Take notice of what is being advertised on the bottom of the page. Nick says that he personally asked to have his spotlight on the same page as the gyno products. Not surprising! Would anyone like to buy a pessary?

Now I Need to Catch up on Easton's Book

2009-03-04T10:54:00.000-08:00

Miyah Loves Running Around Naked

2009-02-18T16:27:00.001-08:00

I love this hair

lets hope it's just a phase, and not something she still loves several years from now!

Some of The Fun Things I've Been Doing

2009-02-01T19:43:00.000-08:00

Better Late then Never

2009-01-23T21:49:00.000-08:00

Hmmmm haven't posted in awhile. Now that I'm in Utah, blogging is not something I think about near as often. My family doesn't ask for more posts either because they can now see my kids whenever they want. I never posted any New Years pics. We had a good time. We had some friends and fam to our house for New Years this year. First time having friends at OUR house on New Years ever. We gave out kiss awards at the end of the night. They were as follows.

1-Now thats how babies are made award.
2-What the hell are you two doing award
3-Halitosis award
4-Is that REALLY how you kiss award
5-Scruffy beard award.....Ladies.
Click on Josh and Amanda's picture, so see their award better.

Christmas Done!

2009-01-07T12:13:00.001-08:00

Welcome Little Nashtyn Jane

2009-01-04T09:25:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, Easton and Miyah got a new cousin. We are so excited Mindy gave birth to Nashtyn at around 10 pm last night. Everything went well, and we LOVE this little baby so much.

Christmas

2009-01-03T12:24:00.000-08:00

This year we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas in Richfield with the Luekenga's. It was lots of fun. We always get really spoiled. Stockings stuffer's are not the average, and neither are the gifts. Santa seems to be pretty generous with us. It was not just all about presents either, we had a great spiritual message as well.....a Christmas Eve. must.
Christmas morning, Miyah (with breakfast still on face), must have realized this adorable little table and chairs was for her and Easton. Thanks grandma and grandpa.
Santa ate almost everything that was left out for him!
Waiting for Santa
Christmas Eve. Easton anticipating gifts.

Later on Christmas, we left Richfield and went to G&G Beach's, and got spoiled even more. This has been a great holiday season, and I am so sad it is over:(

If You Didn't Get a Card This Year

2008-12-26T11:59:00.000-08:00

Its because you didn't send us one! Oh, not really. Actually I have a few more I haven't even sent out yet, and a couple of them actually did get returned, so you may be getting one soon, but if not, enjoy this electronic card. Happy New Year to You.

Nothing to Post

2008-12-18T09:23:00.000-08:00

I sold my camera lens a couple of weeks ago, so I have had no pictures to post. Note to all photography friends. Do not get lured into buying a 28-135 IS lens EVER. The lens was crafted by Satan himself. I even told the guy I sold it to how horrible it was, and he still wanted it. Satan some how put the same idea in his head and lured him in to the sin, because the guy called me a day later to basically agree with me about the lens. To bad I made him pay me in cash, and I don't give refunds. Speaking of Satan, I did manage to get one last picture of these little devils before I sold my lens. I say "devils" because this pic was taken just moments before a tube of lipstick found it's way into Miyah's hand, and both babes ended up smashing it all over their new Christmas outfits, and into my new carpet. Because I was speechless and didn't know how to react, I started fakely cackling, and told Nick I was off to church, and to deal with the mess. Nick later said he had never seen me so eager to get to church, and on time. Maybe there should be many more Sunday morning lipstick incidences for my spiritual growth.

Family Christmas Picture

2008-12-05T07:04:00.001-08:00

Well every year it's time for another Beach family Christmas photo. Two years ago, we all had matching old lady sweaters on. Last year we dressed as the Republican party and apparently "offended " a few people. This year, Bryan had us dress like superhero's. Bryan and Pam had most the outfits, but I got my superman outfit at a garage sale in LV. It was for a 9 year old. I'm just glad I was sitting down to cover the silhouette of some "areas" where the costume didn't fit so well . If you want to know what I mean, go here. Anyway. Though we all had costumes pretty much, you wouldn't believe the exceptional work of photo shop. My brother, is an absolute genius when it comes to working photoshop, and I only dream of the day that I can become a fourth as good.

Jinxed

2008-12-02T21:15:00.000-08:00

After reading a friends blog last night, I started to laugh, and dry heave at one of the pics! A little boy had crapped all over the bath tub. I was glad this wasn't happening to me. Should have knocked on wood or something, because, this morning I decided to bath the kids. I'm sure you know where the story is going. Basically I walked out to get clothes and diapers, and returned to find two babies swimming in MOUNDS of hot steamy POO! EEEEEEEWWWW! Hell no I didn't grab the camera, but I did run and fill up another bath tub with a mixture of part dish soap/bleach solution, and submerged my kids in it. Then (since Nick is out of town, and normally he deals with any situation dealing with poo) I put on sterile surgical gloves, and stared dumping bleach all over the bath tub, and anything withing 5 feet of it! This was just the beginning of a very frustrating day.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-29T10:17:00.000-08:00

This year Thanksgiving was at MY HOUSE! First time ever. I didn't do my own turkey or ham, but Costco did a nice job, then everyone else brought the rest. I didn't even take pictures of my table and china, and the food. What am I most thankful for? Well the gospel and my family of course. Here is a pic of my father in law reading my kids a scripture story after he had prayers with them. So sweet.

I threw my sister a baby shower a couple of weeks ago. It was fun to get my house all ready. I made this diaper cake, and it turned out great!

If you include the baby in Mindy's belly, this is 4 generations of fun!

All Caught Up!

2008-11-20T20:32:00.000-08:00

I got so worried about how far behind I had gotten, so I took a couple of hours during baby sleep time, and got caught up.

What I've Been Doing

2008-11-19T07:07:00.000-08:00

Since we moved here to UT a couple of weeks ago, I really don't blog, or read others blogs like I used to. The main reason why I blogged was so the fam could see everything the twins were up to since we are the only ones in both families that lived out of state. Now, the babies see my parents almost daily, and Nick's parents almost weekly. I have been totally out of digi scraping,and I'm so behind. Just haven't found much time to do it lately. I have been very busy designing Christmas Cards for everyone and it has been a lot of fun. Here's a little taste of what I've been doing the last couple of weeks.

It's All Better Now

2008-11-13T07:52:00.000-08:00

This post is long overdue, but right before we moved, Easton got his first shiner. The babies have little high chairs that attach to the kitchen chairs. I unattached both chairs to clean under them one day, and thought in my head that I better reattach them or Nick would come in and feed them breakfast the next morning, and not know the chairs weren't attached. I attached Miyah's chair, and then the phone rang, and I completely forgot about attaching Eastons. The next morning Nick gets up to feed the babies breakfast, and what do you know I am woken up to the loudest scream of sh*t!!!! (p.s. we hardly EVER swear at our house, cause we are a PERFECT little family and never do anything wrong). Anyway, I knew what had happend. Easton had fallen out of his chair right on to his head, on the tile floor. I called the Dr., and the nurse said not to worry about it unless he starts to throw up or he starts doing anything else weird. A couple of days later Easton got a black eye, but it took me a whole week to actually take a picture, so it was almost better at this point.

Check this out!

2008-11-11T07:47:00.000-08:00

Look who's on bloggy giveaways.

Move Over Dum Dum Sucker

2008-11-09T19:09:00.001-08:00

This doesn't surprise me at all, but I was still so blown away by it that I had to take a picture. We were at G&G Luekenga's on Halloween morning, we were driving through on our way to move to Farmington. In the kitchen grandma Luek, has a ginormous basket filled with hundreds of full sized candy bars ready to give to the trick or treaters that night. The plan was to get around 400 kids at the door that night! No, surprise to me. I'm sure the kids have got the Luekenga's all figured out. I mean who else gives out full sized candy bars on Halloween???
I didn't really dress Miyah and Easton up for Halloween this year, but I did get a picture of them sitting by the pumpkins at grandma's house.

Images of Hope

2008-11-07T09:54:00.000-08:00

Do you remember a few months ago how Easton and Miyah had their pictures taken because the walls in the LV NICU's were being remodeled? Well the pics have been hung. Huge pictures, some 40 inches! If you would like to see the pics of the children that are now hanging on the walls go here. Scroll down a bit and you'll see Easton and Miyah. Check out some of the babes born at 25 and 26 weeks, it'll give you chills.

Exciting Election

2008-11-05T09:40:00.000-08:00

Well I wasn't on the ground crying like some of the people in Illinois last night, but I was definitely excited about the outcome of the election, and excited to see what Obama can do. Now lets hope he owns up to his promises. Im also very exited to see some democratic victories, especially in UT.
Now, what I'm MOST excited about-my father-in-law (I hope your reading this) owes me a pedicure! We had a little bet about who would win the election with a pedicure at stake. I came out victoriose. I think I'd like my pedi at a resort in Park City with all the upgrades.

Leaving Las Vegas (Sin City) Welcome Zion!

2008-11-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

This has been a really hard move. It definitely felt like we were leaving home. It was not hard to leave Arizona, in fact we were pretty happy about it, but Vegas was a different story. We have met so many great friends who will be friends forever. Our ward was phenominal and helped us so much through our trials with our preemie twins. Vegas was just plain FUN! There was always a party going on, and always somewhere to go at three in the morning (that came to an end after the twins were born). The food was fabulous, I bet we tried 200 different restaurants, and went to 20 shows on the strip-all X rated. I know this is may sound hard to believe, but I never saw a snake, mouse, mosquito, or bug in Vegas. Our house had the internal bug piping that was turned on quarterly, and it worked! Nothing in my house ever, or even around it!
Now for things I don't miss about Vegas. Security cars lights flashing in the windows all night while trying to sleep. Neighbors being robbed anyway-yes, even with the security guy, what a waste of funds. Teenagers getting their freak nasty on in the hot tub, then taking a shiz in the swimming pool. Our gated community, that we could never get in. Our clicker didn't work, and when we keyed in our house, some oriental lady would always answer the phone. Paying babysitters $10 an hour, just to get them to come back again. 110 degree summers-all day, and all night. $80 haircuts, that weren't anything special. High car insurance. Auto thefts and break ins-this happened to Nick after we had lived in Vegas for a month.
Our fabulous friends the Gunson's threw us a going away party. Our closest friends all came. Matt and Megan even drove from St. George-what a surprise!!!!!

Why I went.....fine...... I'll say it.......

2008-10-23T11:40:00.000-07:00

"Private"It all started two nights ago when I listened to an hour long radio discussion on "the blogging world". Now, if you want the readers digest version, here it is................................ I couldn't sleep that night I was so in thought about what I had heard.

Now, if you want the long version, here it is.

1.Basically I learned a few things. Once something is put on the internet, it is there forever, whether erased or not by you...........it still can be found.

2. People are loosing their jobs over what someone else has found just on their blog. Take for instance famous blogger Heather Armstrong at Dooce.Com. She was "dooced" from her job, over what was written on her blog. Neither she or her husband has to work because her blog makes so much money, but lets be honest, thats not going to happen to me. I get excited if I get more then three comments on my blog......ya, I'm not real "famous".

3.People are judgmental and rude, and if they don't like something they read in your blog, they may judge you because they don't know you, and when you are just being funny. This happened to me over a year ago, when I posted this. All of you who are reading this blog know that this picture is not really of picture of me, but someone else didn't, told someone else how disgusted they were by this and disappointed they were. Hey, not to mention, if you want to get into the nitty gritty details-look I'm not wearing garments either heheheheehe.

4. Along the same lines, I have offended many people by things I've said on my blog, not even thinking about how someone else may take what I've said. That is what I hate about writing. You can't hear the expression in someone's voice, so things can be taken totally wrong.

5. We have been googled by people from Nick's employer and they have been directed right to this sight. Do you think they saw this picture?

6. A family member of mine was called out by their employer due to something they had put on their blog FOREVER ago. Yes, someone looked back THAT far, and called them out on it. From what I hear, it was a very uncomfortable conversation.

7. Last and LEAST of a worry to me, I guess some perv could be on here totally falling in love with me or my children, and plotting a kidnapping on one of us, or looking to steal our identity, but Im really not to worried about this one though!

This blog may one day be de-crotchified, but for now its crotch.

As Momma Always Said.....Cover up What you Don't Want the Boys to See

2008-10-21T08:36:00.000-07:00

Remember a few months ago how I said I hated the words, "going private", and how I wasn't going to use them? So today I make a big announcement. Im going crotch. Usually people give a date when they are going to "go crotch". I think I'll go crotch in oh about an hour. I think I have most of my contacts email addresses, but if you don't think I have yours, and you get this in the next few, let me know yours. Why am I going crotch you ask???? Well once I go crotch, I'll tell ya. It wouldn't be very crotch to tell you now.

P.S. I don't even really have to know you. You are welcome to have access to this blog if your into digi scrappin, democrat, going to vote democrat, or even a EX BO that wants to continue reading how wonderful my life has been since you. Really anyone can send me their address.

Shauls

2008-10-20T10:35:00.001-07:00

I found a pretty good place to take pictures, and the pics turned out pretty good!

Newborn Baby

2008-10-16T13:40:00.000-07:00

Our house is boring. I can tell the babies are getting bored with their surroundings. We really don't go out much. I find it easier for me to just stay home with them. All of our friends have the wonderful toy rooms with toys galore. I must be a bad mom, and I don't want a bunch of toys to clutter my house. When we move into the new house, that will be a different story. The babies will have their own play room. I'm currently in the process of purchasing several larger toys for my children. They'll probably have to wait till Christmas to get most of them, but anyway. While Easton was still down for a nap, Miyah and I were looking for something to do, so we decided to pretend she was a new born baby again. I grabbed a blanket and swaddled her up in it, feet tucked in and everything, then I found one of her tiny binkies and gave it to her (surprised she took it since I took the babies binkie's away at 5 mo. again-mean mom). Then, we laid her down on the couch, just like we used to do with her, so I could keep an eye on her and see her at all times. I never dared leave her anywhere that I could not see her for the first little while. She played along well.

Our Weekend

2008-10-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

Well, we woke up this morning to a CHILL!!! We went from a hundred degree weather to 50's in a days time. I was freezing, and so were my kids. After living in such warm climates for the past 5 years, I found I was very unprepared for this. Miyah doesn't even have a jacket, or long sleeved shirt! The only thing I found for her to wear was her brothers long sleeved onesie.
I decided we needed to go clothes shopping, so I took the kids to the outlets (an outdoor mall). I put Miyah in a size 6 month green camouflage jacket of Easton's, and took off. Two people asked me if I had twin boys. I explained why Miyah was dressed like a boy to the first person, then lied to the second person and said that I indeed had twin boys. Well, after freezing for two hours, I came home empty handed and stressed! There was nothing! Everything was overpriced and ugly! Besides being poorly dressed, Easton and Miyah both drank large sippies on the way to the mall, and pee'd right through their diapers in the first ten minutes of being out, so not only were they freezing, but they now had wet pants on, which resulted in no pants. I was carrying Miyah around with a blanket wrapped around her as an outfit.
Anyway, I did score one good deal today. Just last night I was searching around the internet, and putting a Christmas list together for the babies. One thing I had decided on was a bounce and spin zebra because I knew it was something Easton would especially love. I had seen the commercials, and Nick and I both commented on how Easton would love the toy. Anyway, I searched and found several last night, and the best price was $45, so I added to the list. Well then today I did something I had NEVER done before, and went to a community garage sale for the heck of it, and to my surprise, what is one of the first things I saw??? Nothing other then the bounce and spin zebra a woot woot!!!!! I looked at it, and it looked brand new! The lady said it had only been used once (which I'm sure was a lie), but it truly looked like it had only been used once. I asked how much, and she said five dollars, so I took it! Then I came home and spent an hour rubbing it down with bleach, but after that, I had the two happiest kids in the world!!!

That Indian Couple had the Cutest baby Girl

2008-10-03T10:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Nick and I took the kids to the strip to meet Nick's sister and parents (they were here staying in a hotel attending an optometry conference). We met them at a cool tapa restaurant right on the strip attached to the Fashion Show mall. One of my least favorite things to do with my children right now is to take them to restaurants. They are at the WORST possible age. Anyway, we knew the grandparents would want to see the kids so we didn't get a babysitter. This made for a long, sticky, germy, teary, loud night.
Now, Nick knows I think the strip is just an entire germ capsule carrying meningitis, and HIV, and I really don't like touching anything along it, so of course I hate my kids being there. In fact, I was holding Easton at one point, and this old guy comes up and tries to hold him, I immiediatly pull back and say he's shy and doesn't like strangers. Then I go tell Nick about it.
Well, to make a long story short. Nick and his parents and sister were in the mall after we had eaten, and I decided I wanted dessert, so I left them with the kids and ran to get a chocolate cake. The cake ended up taking 20 minutes, and by the time I got back I had been gone almost a half hour (not worth it). As I am coming down the escalator, I see this Indian couple holding a really cute little girl, and think to myself...cute baby. Then I realize IT IS MY BABY. Nicks dad is getting a chair massage, Nick's mom is in Starbucks trying to find napkins to clean up the babies who Nick had just fed a shake to (their third shake of the night), and Nicks sister is standing there trying not to bust up at the look on my face when I see whats going on. Nick procedes to tell me that these people holding my child were not strangers. Apparently they had been talking to them for 15 minutes, and in Nicks words "formed a great relationship". I guess good enough to hand his child off to them. Who does this sort of thing???? Its fair to say, I was not PLEASED with last night. Great to see the fam though.

Tag

2008-10-01T09:26:00.000-07:00

Well I don't have any new pics, or great stories to tell, but two of my friends tagged me, so I guess I have no reason not to do it. I think I can tie both the tags into one.

1.I always flush the toilet ANYWHERE with my foot, yes even at home right after I have cleaned the toilet. Just a habit. . I also NEVER leave a toilet seat up, and I don't understand why no one else's mom taught them to always shut the toilet seat.

2.I hate it when people say "what". Why can't people say, excuse me, I'm sorry, pardon, could you repeat yourself, run that by me again. Say ANYTHING but WHAT! This all stems back to when I used to work in food (p.s. one of my most favorite jobs ever) and while working the drive through you would try to be so polite and someone would constantly be yelling back WHAT after everything you said. The word scarred me for life.

3. I HATE gum!!! I can't stand seeing it anywhere. The street, a table, someone's mouth, eeeehhh. It is sooooo gross!!! I used to think my friend had the meanest mom cause she didn't let her chew gum, and I was glad I had a nice mom. Well, my poor kids got the mean mom, cause I rather give them a hundred dollar bill then a piece of nasty gum.

p.s. the worst is when someone takes it out and saves it on their glass or plate while eating, then goes back to chewing it later ahhhhhhhhhhhhh shoot me.

4. I love to rub material between my fingers, but it has to be the right texture, crisp but not to crisp.

5. I love the smell of gasoline. Not stick your nose right in it, but a faint gasoline smell

6. I could list one more thing about myself, but it will involve me being grossed out by a bathroom, or germs, or scared of some fatal sickness, so I'm going to break the "tag rules", and only list 5.

Thanks for the tag Kim and Megan. Now I tag anyone named Ethen, or Ava. That should cover thousands of bloggers.

That Silly Duck

2008-09-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

It all started yesterday. We took the kids to TJ Max with us, and Easton grabbed this duck off the shelf. Easton immediately started talking and laughing, and loving this duck. It was hilarious. He clenched on it so tight and didn't want anyone to take it from him. He continued to jabber and laugh and hold up this duck the whole time we were at TJ Max, so I bought it for him even though my kids have never payed any attention to stuffed animals before, and they don't need another. The entire car ride home Easton held his duck, and if he dropped it, he would get upset. Today when I pulled it out, he got so happy again.

Celebrity Look A Like

2008-09-25T12:06:00.000-07:00

I downloaded my picture into the celebrity look-a-like meter, and Kristin Bell popped up as #1. To get a real good idea of who you really look like, you are supposed to put several different pictures of your face into the meter, and see how many celebrity duplicates you get. I put in four different pictures of myself, and Kristin Bell came up every time. I think the meter is broken, I'm just not seeing the resemblance.

Wasn't Toothpicks This Time

2008-09-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

Well, seems the babies found something besides toothpicks to get into.

Miyah reads the instructions to Easton

Apparently Easton doesn't get it. At least I have a good black mail picture if he ever gives me trouble.

Check This Out

2008-09-18T15:17:00.000-07:00

Last year a few people asked me to design Christmas cards for them. I designed a few, didn't charge anything, and that was it. I didn't take it real seriously, nor did I think I was that good at designing anything last year. This year I decided I was going to take the designing a little more seriously, so I practiced up on my skills and started early! Check out my designs here.
I am going to be featured on Bloggy Giveaways Dec.2!

Our Weekend

2008-09-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

This weekend we traveled to Utah. Nick had a boys weekend with his dad and brothers. I went to the BYU vs UCLA game on Sat., and it had to have been one of the most exciting games I had been to. Really loud and full of excitement. Couldn't have picked a better game attend. I really didn't take any pictures of the weekend, but I did do some milestone pages of the babies.

While the kids were napping

2008-09-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

This is what I did.

$1400 Weekend

2008-09-08T11:58:00.001-07:00

No, we didn't go on a vacation, or buy anything fun. The weekend started out by Daddy and Easton going to Mc D's.

Then on Sunday, we went to a bday party for Dr. Muir (a spine surgeon that Nick does a lot of work with) at his house, and a going away party for Kelsey (Nick's awesome little employee that is moving away).
The kids swam and had a great time till about 5 pm when Easton started acting really tired and limp. I noticed he felt really hot, and had a fever, so we left.
Upon arriving home, we walked in the door and it felt like we had entered a sauna. I looked at the thermostat, and it was 88 degrees, with the air running. After Nick messed around with it for a minute, we realized our AC had gone out. Two hours later, our house was 90 degrees, the temp outside was STILL 90 degrees (this is at 11 pm, you gotta love Las Vegas) and Easton had woken up crying. I could tell he was still very hot, and felt hotter then before. This was after I had given him tylenol, and he had taken a cool bath, if you could call it cool. The house was so hot that I ran the cool water for 20 minutes, and it was still coming out warm. No cool water in sight. Anyway, took his temp again, and it has risen from 102 to 104.5. I started to get nervous and went and started another bath. Next I tried giving Easton motrin and a cool drink, then daddy sat outside with him till after midnight. At that point his temp went back down to 102, so I put him back to bed with cold gel packs.

Well, to make a long story short, a guy came and looked at the air conditioner and said it was going to cost $1400 to fix it. This really sucks on account that we built this home only 2 years ago, and we are moving in four weeks, and fall is also arriving. I would have rather this happened in May then now. Anyway, we had no choice but to pay the money to get our air back on, so now we are $1400 poorer, and we even paid our tithing yesterday! Whats up with that???

Miyah Models

2008-09-01T21:35:00.000-07:00

Ashley and I took some pictures of Miyah modeling an adorable hat that Ashley made. You can see more of Ashley's hats here. We also got some shots of Easton as well, but his pic's didn't turn out as good, not because he's anything but adorable, but because I did a bad job behind the lens! See more pic's of this adorable little girl here.

Gretty

2008-08-29T13:36:00.000-07:00

I never introduced the newest member of the my side of the family. Here is Greta. I wanted to get some pictures of her when she was a new born, but we were not in UT, so here she is almost 4 months old. She wasn't that excited about pictures. There's a couple more pics of her here

Easton's Personality Captured

2008-08-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

Some may call him laid back, other's may call him lazy, and some might call him chill. I think he is all three of the above and more. This picture captures Easton's personality so well. Easton is so easy going, I don't think there is an uptight bone in Easton's body. Easton just does his own thing, and doesn't really worry about anything else. Now if a little of this would rub off on Miyah!

15 months!

2008-08-24T11:11:00.000-07:00

Home Again

2008-08-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

Wow, a whole two weeks I've been gone. But I'm back now. I was in Utah for a family reunion, then I stayed there while Nick was gone away on business. We then made our way to Richfield for a couple of days. A lot seemed to happen while we were gone, the biggest thing being our house sold, and it was for more money then the last pathetic offer. It's a little strange to be back. My energy was very low in the gym this morning, it's amazing what you loose in two weeks of not exercising. Plus I think I gained a few pounds, which I do every time I'm in Utah. Richfield is the worst! G&G L's, is like a gingerbread house because there is candy galore there, and the best food as well. We had a good time, and the twins didn't get sick this time.
The best part of the trip was seeing the wood floor, and paint done in the new house. It looked so good, and we are excited to move in to it in a few weeks. I wish I would have taken pictures, but I actually didn't take any pictures the whole time! I did take hundreds of pic's for a business my mom is starting up, then I did some portraits of Milli and Liam, but that was about it. You can see the pic's here

2 offers on 2 houses in 2 days

2008-08-05T10:07:00.000-07:00

We got an offer on our home yesterday, the offer was a real kick in the crotch. The people offered $165,000 which is exactly $200,000 less then we paid for our home 3 years ago. Not only that, but the people then had the balls to ask for our fridge and us to pay closing costs. I think there is about only one more thing they could of asked for, but I won't go into that. Anyway, after we got that offer, I told Nick that if our house here was worth only $165,000 then our AZ house was only worth $65,000. Funny I said that, because the same day, an offer came in for that house for $73,000, so I was not far off. The good news in the AZ offer is that we are only losing $156,000. If we sale the AZ house for $73,000, I want everyone out there to know that, that is less than my parents paid for their first home around 30 years ago. I bet no one ever expected to see homes so inexpensive again. What makes it even more interesting, is if the Az house is sold for $73,000, that would make it around $54 a square foot. I was once told that houses would never drop below $80 a square foot. In six months it could be possible that our home is only worth $50,000, and I would dare say my grandparents 50 year old home was more than that. With all this being said, no biggie for us, we are millionaires and all this is just pocket change:)

Bath Time Easy or Harder then before????

2008-08-02T10:16:00.000-07:00

The babies stick their faces in the water and eat the bubbles, they later throw up.
They try and lay on the bubbles as if they'll hold them up.

Miyah bites Easton's bum. Plus they both try to stand up, and one of them always ends up slipping and falling.

What you all have been waiting for

2008-07-26T13:13:00.000-07:00

This post is especially for my friend Tasey, she went to high school with Nick, and only lives a couple of miles from us. She wasn't able to make it to the reunion. Ya, Nick went to high school with about 50 people, and has run into about 10 of them here in Vegas. I graduated high school with like 800 people, haven't run into one of them here in Vegas. Anyway, this was the 10 year class reunion. Sorry the pic's aren't super great, but I didn't have my camera that night, so these were emailed to me by one of Nick's friends who's not a real photographer. Just kidding I think we just needed them in a higher res. Anyway, the reunion was fun. I kept thinking that I couldn't believe it was our 10 year class reunions, and that everyone looked so old. Except for you Paul, Megan, Brent Deanna, and anyone else that may be reading this blog. Then I remembered. I was a year older, my ten year reunion was last year. Guess my class didn't have a reunion, or didn't get invited (I was kind of a nerd). I felt like Nick's reunion was kind of like a ward party or something. Everyone knew everyone, and everyone already knew what was up with everyone else. I had about 10 people I didn't even know come up to me, and ask me how my twins were. Here are the pics!
Our friends Paul & Megan, Me & Nick, Friends Brent & Deanna.

P.S. I know what your thinking-Nick and Michelle are sure a short couple. No, Nick is 6 foot 3, and I am 5 foot 9. But our friends Paul and Megan are just tall beautiful people.

The guy grabbing his teets, is Nick (hasn't matured a whole lot since high school).

Group Shot!!!

The two girls Nick made out with in high school. Just kidding, the two girls that put the reunion together.

One of her Favorite things to do.....at bedtime

2008-07-25T11:44:00.000-07:00

Funny Blog

2008-07-24T11:27:00.000-07:00

I saw this on my friend Kim's blog, and this is the first time I had seen this. So here is a link for everyone who visits my blog to checkout. I'm a little jealous this person thought of this idea before me, however, I don't have the time to waste doing something like this anyway. I think this blog is pretty funny though. My favorite part on her post today, "I'm seriously thinking about going private". That is sooooo funny because, I was just thinking about how every blog I look at now days says, "time to go private". I wish just one person would change the wording. When and if I do "go private", I will say something like, "blog is only open to those invited", or something to that effect. Time and private are the two words that bug me. For everyone who is "only open to invited readers", I know you all have reason's why, some of them kind of scary, so don't be offended by this post! I'm just bitter about having to take the 2 extra seconds to type in my user name and password.
Nick thought this blog was pretty funny, I told him how I fit it. Then Nick said, "no, you don't, you never brag about how good looking or great your husband is". Oh, and my husband isn't in dental or medical school. And I don't have a floating baby, or countdown to baby on my blog. I'm sure I would have if I would have known about those widgets when I was pregnant. Here is a similarity-I am a hairdresser!!! But I haven't read twilight, and I DON'T like the Cheesecake factory.
I think the only thing that needs to be added to her blog is that she likes to digital scrapbook because paper is so out, and she likes photography and owns the Canon Rebel. I would fit that perfect! Every time I think I'm doing something different, I find out every other Mormon girl is doing the exact same thing. Maybe I need to take up Curling, or deep sea fishing, or something.

P.S. I just realized that I really differentiated myself with the Barack Obama Widget. I would be surprised to find another Mormon blog with that on it.

Twins are the Best!

2008-07-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

14 Months

2008-07-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

Images of Hope

2008-07-13T15:59:00.000-07:00

A great thing is being done about the bland walls, and the somewhat Eire feel that can be felt when visiting a struggling baby or babies in the NICU. I can say first hand that it can be very difficult to keep hope while watching your small sick baby try to survive. You feel as if your baby will never come home.
Not anymore, not in Las Vegas. The March of Dimes, and a local photographer are making changes to the NICU's in Las Vegas, and Easton and Miyah got to be a part of this. Images of Hope is well on it's way, and the first hospital (UMC) is almost ready. There will be pictures of babies that were born early, or were in the NICU due to defects or abnormalities, that now live wonderful healthy lives, and continue to thrive daily.
Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a second photo shoot at Red Rock Canyon. I also did my own little photo shoot with the babies See Here
To see what the walls will look like when finished you can look at a hospital in another state that did something similar. See Here
To see a picture from their first photo shoot, See Here

4th of July

2008-07-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th of July weekend. We went to Richfield again this year. We have been to Richfield almost every year since we've been married for the fourth of July. Last year was the babies first fourth, Miyah was home, but Easton had to spend his fourth in the NICU. There were 23 people staying at G&G L's for the fourth. Everyone was there! Good thing G&G's house is so beautiful and spacious, and we can all fit, and even get our own room!!!! We did lots of fun things. We went boating, ate lots of yummy food, went to the parade, and Nick and I went to his 10 year reunion (pic's and comments to come). Thanks G&G L, for such a good time!

Easton and his grandpa
Easton and Miyah's very first boat ride
Miyah and Amanda at the parade
Cousin Lauren pushed Miyah around in a doll stroller. Miyah loved it! Hope the stroller's not broken!
Miyah wanted to stand in the boat. Standing is her favorite thing to do.
Papa L. and Daddy took the kids out into the dirty water.

5 Facts about me

2008-07-02T13:05:00.000-07:00

1. I will only sit on toilets in two places. One is my house, the other is my parents house. No, I will not sit on a toilet at a hotel, at my grandma's, or any other place. I am starting to warm up to the idea of my in-laws toilet ( I may add that they are EXTREMELY immaculate people), I am just weird. It just means that I am very close to you if I'll sit on your toilet.

2. I have probably been asked where my accent was from at least a thousand times, and I always make something up. I have been told I had a Southern accent, British Accent, Australian accent, African Accent, Mid West, East, you name it. I think the only thing I haven't gotten was Oriental. But I'm totally serious, I have gotten all the others. I just think I talk like a man.

3. I HATE forwarded long stupid boring emails. I don't care about them unless they are funny, short, or something very clever. I don't want an email wishing me happy women's day, or a story about a boy who wished upon a star and his dreams came true. I don't want to find out I will have bad luck if I don't forward the email on to ten people in ten minutes. I don't want to find out Bill Gates is sharing his fortune.

4. I am a very deep thinker, almost to the point I can about drive myself insane. I think of every possible scenario in everything I do. I analyize movies and pick out every reason why the movie is very unrealistic, and why those things could never happen. I ask my husband hundreds of questions during a movie, and it drives him crazy. I try to figure out who made god. I'm not ok thinking there is no beginning or no ending. There has to be a beginning somewhere.

5. I am very grateful for anything given to me by someone else. I make sure I let the person know I am using or wearing what they gave me. I always write them a note to tell them thank you, (it's the very least I could do) and I try to remember to thank them in person as well. I will find the good in anything given to me, even if it's the ugliest thing ever, I will use it, and find good in it, because it was from someone who cared about me.

I tag anyone named BeArdker.

Utah Trip Cut Short

2008-06-27T15:53:00.000-07:00

Well I had planned to stay in Utah for two weeks with the babies. That fell short by about 8 days. The drive to Utah was a bit rough when Miyah threw a screaming fit, and Easton barfed all over his new car seat. Luckily my friend Kelsey was with me, and really helped me stay sane. After being in Utah for 2 days, Miyah caught a nasty cold, probably the worst she's had. She cried most of the night one night, and into the next day. I knew Easton was next cause with twins one doesn't contract something without the other getting it too. Easton had already been getting up in the night a couple of times. Guess he wasn't used to the new surroundings. Anyway, to make a long story short, I ended up calling Nick at 3 in the morning one night and telling him to get on an airplane and come save me. Not only did I marry Nick for his great looks, but also because he spoils me, and he got right on a plane and came out. He then drove us home the next day. Things are going much better now. Even after all the drama, we did still manage to have a day of fun at the pool up at my parents condo.

13 months

2008-06-17T08:05:00.000-07:00

I didn't know if I was going to continue to do monthly scrapbook pages past 1 year, but the babies are still changing everyday, so I may have to continue this through 2 years.

Father's Day

2008-06-15T16:29:00.001-07:00

Well today is Father's Day, and it has been nothing special for Nick other than his babies are not in the NICU like they were last year. Nick still had to get up at 5:30 this morning with Easton, and Nick still had to help out with the babies and dinner. No, Nick didn't get anything for Father's Day. Why? Cause he bought a 50 inch plasma screen TV the other day. When I saw that he bought the TV, I said-happy birthday, and father's day. Nick was fine with this. Also, when I got up at 7 this morning, I could smell a yucky smell as I walked out of my room, I ran to check Easton's diaper, and it wasn't him, so I figured it was nothing. A few minutes later I went in to get Miyah from her bed, and she had pretty much blown out her bed. Hence the bad smell. I yelled to Nick to start a bath. Again, I felt bad, cause Nick had just barely tried going back to bed. So Nick got up and bathed the babies. I got the babies dressed for church, and Miyah threw up, and then threw up a few more times. Then spiked a fever, so I stayed home with the babies, and Nick went to 1 hour of church. Then Nick came home and helped take care of fussy babies some more. Nick we love you! Sorry this Father's Day wasn't a little more fun.

Guess Who is 28 and Still Hot????

2008-06-09T06:55:00.000-07:00

This Guy

Sorry, I'm not listing 28 things I love about you, I hate reading those lists on blogs, but I am going to say your funny, happy, energetic personality is a joy to be around. Happy Birthday Nick, so glad you made it another year! Love you!!!!

Things the babies do

2008-06-02T08:37:00.000-07:00

These pages describe the babies pretty well.

Let Year 2 Begin

2008-05-30T13:36:00.001-07:00

Well I started the first pages of year two and here they are. Can you tell which eyes belong to which baby? If your really impressed with these pages, they are not entirely an original idea. I got the idea from another scrapper's blog.

Babies Scrapbooks

2008-05-29T11:59:00.000-07:00

Today I received the scrapbook pages I ordered. You know all those digital pages I've been doing? Well they are now printed and ready to go into books. They turned out FABULOUS. I was a little worried about how they would actually look printed. Even the pages that weren't my favorite look so much better printed. I'm so happy with them. I can tell what pages I did in the beginning when I still had a lot to learn, there are a few with some stretched/distorted faces from when I didn't know how to resize right yet, but most of them are just great, and it will give me something to look back on and to show myself how far I've come. Now, it's time to start on on year two ahhhhh.

Bassinet

2008-05-28T12:47:00.000-07:00

When we first brought Miyah home, her grandma L. brought an adorable bassinet for her to sleep in. She slept in it till she was close to 8 months. Easton didn't ever really sleep in it, he always slept in a port a crib in our room, and still likes to take naps in it now. Sometimes when the babies are fussy, I ask them if they want to get in a basket, and they get all excited. Easton especially thinks it's fun.

$$$

2008-05-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

They say the prices of milk have gone up which I would know nothing about. We don't really buy milk at our house cause I hate milk, it grosses me out to see anyone drink it. But today I am really excited and happy about milk. After spending $200 a month for 7 months (specialty hypo allergenic), then $80 a month for the 4 months (costco) on formula, we now only have to spend around $30 a month on formula, and about $10 a month on milk. Miyah went off her formula today, and now can drink regular old milk. Easton still has to be on formula for a little while because they sense a possible allergy. But still, to only have to buy formula for 1 child is great. Now all we need to do is get them off diapers. Is is possible to train a child who doesn't yet walk?

Wedding Pics

2008-05-20T11:23:00.000-07:00

I realized I hadn't posted any pictures of the wedding on this blog yet, so here are a couple. It was a beautiful day for an end of April wedding. The babeis looked adorable all dressed up.

Babies New Swiming Pool

2008-05-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

The babies got a blow up pool for their birthday, they LOVE it! They act like they are in Disney Land everytime I put them in the pool.
(P.S. Mom- Whenever Nick puts them in the pool, he watches them very close)

Little stinker

2008-05-15T14:37:00.000-07:00

I went into get Miyah from her nap the other day, and this is what I found!

Babies 1st Birthday Parties

2008-05-14T08:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Easton and Miyah

2008-05-12T08:06:00.000-07:00

Today is Easton and Miyah's 1st B-day! We are so happy to have them here and healthy. They have been such a joy. We are also grateful the hard first year is over, but not grateful for how fast time goes by when babies are little. We are however LOVING this stage. 1 year olds are still babies, but cute and fun with their little personalities. This time last year exactly, I was just being sewn up! Glad to be past that. We love you Easton and Miyah!

Quick little side note. My brother Bryan and his wife Pam just had their baby girl. The twins now will have to share their birthday with a cousin. Congrats Bryan and Pam.

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T18:10:00.000-07:00

So, I'm sure everyone who has a blog is going to say something about Mother's day, or about being a mother or something, and I don't want to join the bandwagon, but since this blog is somewhat of a journal for me, I have to say how grateful I am to not be in the hospital this year. The babies will turn one tomorrow, and this Mother's day has been a lot less scary other than I did have to give the lesson in RS today, and that was a little scary since I had NEVER given a lesson to anyone older than 8. I'm so happy my babies made it through the rough year and are in great health. Nick made an awesome dinner (I think actually, I know he bought it, but it was still good).

Success

2008-05-07T14:07:00.000-07:00

Well the anniversary was a success! I found these beautiful flowers and a box of chocolates on my front door. I loved the flowers because they were very non traditional, and of course all those who know me, know I LOVE chocolate. We also went to my favorite restaurant Austins. This year was a bit more relaxed and fun than last.

Four years later and still in love

2008-05-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow! Four whole years today!!! Where has the time gone???? Today my sweetie and I celebrate our 4 year anniversary. What a great four years it has been. I remember our first anniversary, and it seemed like yesterday. But this last year sped by faster than lightning. One year ago today.............

We were driving to church and I started feeling intense pain, but I just had to go to church because the ward was being split. I should have driven straight to the hospital instead. I made it through church and began to feel better, but a few hours later, the pain came back, so I called my Dr. The Dr. told me to go straight to Summerlin Hospital. Upon arriving I was dilated and contracting every 2 minutes. I was surprised, I didn't feel like I was in that bad of shape. I was immediatly admitted and given steriods, and drugs to stop labor, this went on for six days. The rest of the story is for next week when the babies turn one. Right now I need to pay a tribute to the best hubby in the world. I'm not a fan of the "10 things I love about someone lists", so I will just say my husband is handsome and sweet, hilarious and witty, a great daddy, and always a help (if I ask him).

One thing that I really admire about my husband is that he is very successful, and many people have come to him for advice. His success started at the young age of 23, so he feels like a veteran now at age 27. He loves to try and help others gain the same success he has been fortunate enough to have.

I also love how easy going my husband is. Nothing really bothers him, and if it does, he is usually over it in under a minute. He is NEVER moody which I love. I dated a few moody boys in my day, and realized real fast that moodiness is possibley the most annoying peronality trait out there. Ewe I better check myself on that one. Anyway-Four years later and still in love. Happy Anniversary Nick!