.....fLoWeRs.....

Look how beautiful these flowers are! They remind me of my wedding flowers, bright, colorful, and my favorite Gerber Daisies!!! My work sent these to me as a little get well from my surgery. They brightened up my kitchen and it makes me feel like spring is in the air!! Thank you!

News......

The other morning as Joel and I were in the kitchen cleaning up breakfast and getting our things ready to head out the door for work while listening to the news that was on the tv in our living room. The news was talking about the plane crash in Butte where 17 people had died. I wasn't really listening to it fully because I was trying to hurry so I could run out the door and not be late to work. About 5 mins of the tv being on Peyton came running into the kitchen and this was our conversation........

Peyton: Mommy I'm so very sad.

Mommy: Why are you so very sad?

Peyton: There was a plane crash and it ran into the ground and there was a big fire and there were little kids on the plane, and mommy they died.

As Peyton was telling me this I hadn't realized she was watching the news let alone taking in all the information they were broadcasting. While she told me I could tell her little heart was hurting and that she was truly sad that these people/children had died. In that moment it made me realize how smart little kids are and how much things effect them. I don't think I want Peyton watching the news anymore because of this experience because it hit her hard and she talked about it the whole way to daycare almost with tears in her eyes and sadness in her voice.

Terrible 3's......

Okay so I thought that age 2 was bad with Peyton.......but age 3 is SO SO much worse. Do you ever look at your cute innocent looking child and wonder how they are such a terror?? I do this everyday when Peyton wakes up in the morning and comes in to where I am and is so sweet and says"Good Morning Mommy, I love you!" Then the hell breaks through the rest of the day.

It seems to me like in the last few weeks Peyton has really been testing Joel and I. I don't know if it's because Joel is back and she thinks she can get away with stuff. All I know is she is really testing us!! We hope this time will pass.

Quick update on Bella.....I just have to say she is the best little puppy ever. She hasn't had any accidents in our house for over a week. She hardly ever barks and sleeps in her crate all night long. She's a sweet little thing and wants to be around us and cuddle with us all day long. We hope she continues to be good because we don't know if we could handle two naughty girls in our house!

Yes, We Did it Again!

That almost sounds like a Brittney Spears song title, but that is not what it is! What we did again was get a dog. Okay I know what most people are thinking after what we went through with Zoey.......But this time around I really looked into different breeds and read up on them and what one would suit our family more! I was debating from a Shih Tzu, Maltese, or a Yorkie. And I wanted a pure breed. So after about 2 months of researching and deciding we went with a Yorkie.

Meet our newest addition to the family.........

Her name is Bella! We got her yesterday and just love her so much already. She ended up sleeping with us last night and I was amazed at how well she did. She slept between Joel and I on her back with her paws up. It was so cute and funny to see her like that. She is still adjusting to us and to Peyton. We are excited to have her and know she will have a forever home here!

Some Serious Update Time!!

Okay so a lot has gone on in these last couple weeks. I have totally been slacking at this whole blog and am sorry for everyone who checks frequently and there's still no update.....Let me start with Valentines day!! Peyton and I had a great one. We hung out all day and did take out for dinner. It was fun and I probably had the cutest date on the block!
Peyton had her first party as well at school and had so so much fun. If you would like to see pics from her school party and see more pics you can go here

Then just 3 days after Valentines day Peyton turned 3. She ended up going to school that day and taking cupcakes for everyone to celebrate. Since Joel was still out of town Peyton and I had a low key birthday that night by having a picnic in the living room watching her new movie that daddy got her.

Then the day after her birthday my parents came to town! It was there anniversary that day so we all went out to dinner at the Melting Pot! It was great fun. I only have 1 pic of that night and my scanner is not working so you'll just have to imagine the fun night we had that night.

The day following that we headed down to Twin Falls to meet the rest of my family there and celebrate my Grandmas 90th birthday......pics to soon come as soon as my dad emails them to me! While down in Twin we did a little celebrations for Peyton's birthday with this wonderful cake that she HAD to have......

A week after all that fun Joel came home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even tell you how great it is to have him home. He has been home for just over 24 hours and I am still trying to get use to having him here. We had missed him SO SO SO SO much and are so glad he is safe and home with us for good.

Which brings me to today.........Joel and I decided to wait to have Peyton's friend party so he could enjoy the fun and screams from 3 other little girls!! Peyton decided she wanted to have a Tinker Bell party. It was a lot of fun to plan and a lot of fun to have her little friends over. Here are the pics from day and all the fun we had

This was the table decor. Each little girl got her own wings and wand just like Tinker Bell

We had lots of yummy food the two favorites were Grandma Bigg's fruit dip and Tegan's famous pasta salad!

The girls being crazy and having fun!

They had so much fun playing and NOT eating there lunch

Peyton was super excited, just look at her face

Peyton was struggling to blow out her candles

Then it was present time

Peyton got a lot of fun stuff from her friends! She had several birthday celebrations and had fun with all of them. Thanks to everyone who made her birthday special.

Chinese Eye Test

My sister sent me this in an email and I thought it was funny enough to post!!!

If you cannot decipher anything, then try pulling the corner of your eyes as if you were Chinese.

Yes, Im Alive!!

I know it's been so long since I have posted so here goes......

Since I got back from Washington I have been really busy playing catch up at work. I picked up an extra day for the last couple weeks to help me finish all my reports at work. Today is the first day I felt caught up. Leaving for 2 whole weeks really puts a bind in things.

I have also been super busy with projects!!! I have been counting down the days till Joel gets home and to keep me busy I have found new projects to be working on. One of my favorites that I did was this.........

I also have gotten so bored I had to purchase this great piece of furniture at Tuesday Morning for an unbeatable price

I always seem to find myself organizing and re-arranging something to pass the time........Did I mention Joel comes home in 19 days?!

We have also found time to make our own crafts and have fun with this........

We have found many ways to stay busy, but at the same time we are SO ready for Joel to come home!!