the d'amico family

my driving home conversation

2012-01-25T20:08:00.003-07:00

Kennedy- 'ma, do you like tuna sandwiches?'

Me- no not really. why?

'because one of my friends at school likes them, and me? eh- I'm not the biggest fan of them.

Really? Why do I feel like she skipped being a kid.

And then driving home from cheer I told her I just need two minutes of silence.

She lasted 30 seconds

kennedy rian

2012-01-23T21:55:00.000-07:00

.and while i'm on the subject- how adorable is kennedy?

she went on a trip to st. george with one of her best friends for 4 whole days. i missed her like crazy!!

and when she came back i got her a new outfit :)

she instantly wanted a photo shoot.

man. where would i be without this little girl

perspective

2012-01-23T21:36:00.000-07:00

kennedy had mini cheer tonight. my wonderful mom took her and the babies to go watch her practice. i got off of work late and got there around 7:30. i walked in sat next to my mom with the chick-fil-a to keep the babies entertained and looked around for kennedy. instantly the cutest little girl stood out to me- i noticed she had a prosthetic leg. and i smiled- it humbled me. then i noticed her arms were short and she couldn't reach far enough to even touch her face. and there she was dancing and cheering like all of the other girls. she was so happy to be there and to be dancing. i looked at my mom and started crying. sobbing crying. it makes my heart so sad even now to think of the difficulties she is going to face. it's not fair for a darling little girl to have to go through that. i wanted to take that hurt away from her. kids are so mean. i noticed girls staring- but it didn't phase her. it hurts my heart to know what she is going to face in her life. and then my kennedy, looks at her and smiles and at the end gives her a high five. after cheer, i thanked kennedy for being so friendly and nice to that sweet girl. she looked at me and said- 'ya mom :) ' i have been so immensly blessed to have such amazing babies. i couldn't be more proud of my little girl. she is going to do amazing things

just dance

2012-01-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

how ridiculous do we look? but man. if you ever need a good work out- just dance

is the way to go! i literally can't get through one full song.
i love my sister for telling me i look really good when i dance

my first celebrity

2012-01-09T21:27:00.003-07:00

the best and i saw the first famous {well kind of famous} person i've ever seen in real life. bentley from the bachelor! i have never gotten into any of the bachelor or bachelorettes so i was excited when she said it was him! but- then she told me he was a loser and not go ask for a picture with him. this is the best we got. we're such creepers

that's him in the veeeeery back in red. i need to really meet someone that's actually famous

instant karma

2011-12-30T12:58:00.001-07:00

on my first outing yesterday since the most awful surgery my mom and i went to walmart. within the first three minutes there were the most interesting people. my cousin and i always laugh about the people of walmart website so i had to text her. i told my mom i'd meet up with her after i went to the bathroom. texting away- i'm telling my cousin all about the weirdos there. i go into the bathroom turn the corner and almost go to a stall when i finally look up and there is a guy in there {my first thought- why is there a boy in the girls bathroom?} he looks at me and says, 'i think you're in the wrong one' i just smile and say- welp that's what i get for not paying attention! i was dying. can you imagine if i would have walked in on men peeing? so gross. that was my instant karma for talking crap on the people of walmart.

six down

2011-12-28T12:50:00.002-07:00

if anyone is thinking about getting their tonsils out- don't. if i would have known how completely miserable i still am on day 7 i never would have done it. i can only hope now to one day say this was all worth it. brubs got his wisdom teeth out yesterday so it's been nice to have someone to be couch ridden with. i don't have energy to even get up longer than 5 minutes. i don't know what i would do without my mom. she has been amazing through this. ok- enough complaining there has to be an upside. i got on the scale and I'm 6 pounds down. what a great start to my new years resolution of losing weight. i haven't weighed this much for years! now i just need to make it stay off once im feeling better. if that day ever comes!!

i feel like death

2011-12-23T09:51:00.000-07:00

everyone keeps asking how i'm feeling.

honestly- all i can say is i feel like death.

{good luck breezy when you get those bad boys out}

it's completely miserable. i woke up this morning in tears. thank goodness for amazing pain meds. i don't know what i would do without them. i wouldn't wish this on anyone. ok- well maybe some people but you know what i mean :)

merry christmas eve tomorrow!!

tonsils- who needs them?

2011-12-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

i got the tonsils out yesterday. everything went great!! today- i feel like death. it's so miserable. i'm just hoping that i'm a lot better for christmas eve. everyone has been so supportive i don't know what i would do with out my amazing family and friends. thank you all for your sweet messages, texts, and calls { even though i can't answer ;) } it means so much to me to have such good people in my life. here's to hoping i heal quickly and enjoy christmas!!

before

... and after!! no more nasty huge tonsils in my throat anymore!

lucky babes

2011-12-18T22:21:00.002-07:00

i wrapped presents for hours this morning. my mom and i watched home alone and went to town. i'm getting my tonsils out on wednesday and wanted to make sure everything was all done. i'm a little bit ocd when it comes to wrapping. if i left it up to hubs he would make it look like it was done in 2 seconds. wrapping just isn't his thing. so for my peace of mind- i just did it all today. now i just get to relax and enjoy the less than ONE week until christmas. or until i'm just drugged up from my surgery to get me through. eeeeepppp i'm so dang scared to get my tonsils out. i hear it's a nightmare. my doctor said to be prepared to be miserable for 7-10 days. please cross your fingers for me!!

my mom, sister, and i got the majority of my shopping done in 1 day

whoop whoop! and then wrapped the next day.

my mom had to sit in the back seat because sis gets car sick.

my whole car was crammed full of presents.

she was a good sport :)

taaadaaa!

and santa still hasn't even hit the house up yet ;)

my babes are so lucky

sick day

2011-12-14T23:05:00.000-07:00

jags was sick today. he started not feeling well yesterday. i called in to work- he just needed a mama day :) we woke up this morning and got kennedy ready for school. once she found out that i was staying home with him, her tummy magically started to hurt. so we all watched movies and hung out in bed. i think jaggers secret remedy was issy { i love how he calls her issy. it's so cute}, mamaaaa {yes he emphasizes the end of mamaaa }, and his blankey :)

i love my monsters

creativity

2011-12-07T20:08:00.001-07:00

cre·a·tiv·i·ty- {kree-ey-tiv-i-tee, kree}

noun

1. the state or quality of being creative.

2. the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity in modern industry; creativity in the performing arts.

i don't have much. but when i do- at least give me the shout out instead of stealing it all.

thank you :)

christmas list

2011-12-05T19:44:00.000-07:00

dear santa-

i've been really good this year. just a few requests. please and thank you :)

i'd be the happiest girl with just these three lovelies.

merry christmas to all :)

coffee is a diuretic

2011-11-30T21:43:00.000-07:00

i got this lovely in the mail today. and- oh my. he is so delicious. i could stare at this cover all day.

i just wish that my cousin in new york was here to read this with me. i swear all we do when we get together is read up on our celebrity gossip {yay- kourtney k. is prego again!} and make trips to walmart. rhea- hurry and come visit me i miss you!!

i can't believe tomorrow is december 1st.

ps- hi erin ;)

seven

2011-11-26T20:38:00.000-07:00

i have a 7 year old. it's so weird to think she is that old. 7 years ago my life changed so drastically and i wouldn't change a thing. i love how she is. i love that she loves me. and i love that she is amazing. she is so smart and talented. she acts like a 13 year old.

she is so sassy. she argues like crazy but knows when to stop. i love more than anything that i have a best friend for life. she is genuinely so sweet. and i couldn't have asked for a better big sister. she loves the crafts i make for her.

every night we watch elf or the santa claus. i love that she loves the holidays like i do. i can't wait to see the amazing person she is growing up to be.

stop growing up so fast little girl.

love you more than the most

the morning of her birthday the first thing she said was- are there presents for me? she ran out of bed so excited. so this is her just wake up out of bed look. ooooh man i love her

jagger is 2

2011-11-20T20:23:00.001-07:00

my little babe is 2. i can't belive it. he is so dang cute and i have the hardest time thinking that my baby is already hitting those dreadful 2's. he loves his daddy and sissy. i'm just there when he needs someone to hold him :) i'm ok with it though. i told hubs i need to have just one more little boy so i can see what people are talking about when they say mommas boys. i don't think i'll ever know what that means.

his favorite thing is to watch eeeeffff. {elf} and elmo. he'll watch them over and over. he loves his blankey and bottle. it's awful that he's 2 and still has his baba. i just feel so bad taking it away from him- it's his total comfort. one day i'm hoping he just doesn't want it anymore. wishful thinking? maybe.

he's one of those kids that when he talks only i know what he's saying. he's got his own language. he totally mumbles things and says them so funky. i know he'll figure out how to talk normal one day :) and he's nowhere near being potty trained. kennedy was 2 years and a month and had it down. jagger's got another good year. it's good motivation for not having another little babe while he's still in diapers ;)

i love this little boy so much. i can't imagine our lives without him. he's made me so happy.

love you jagger krew

more than you'll ever know

i am so thankful for hot baths

2011-11-16T20:46:00.001-07:00

on freezing cold nights

theeeee best time of my day :)

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all she wants for christmas is her two front teeth

2011-11-13T20:59:00.000-07:00

her two front teeth, her two front teeth-

yesterday- {11.12} we went to ry's moms for dinner. kennedy has had her two front teeth loose for almost a year. i'm not even exaggerating. they got to the point they were so gross. she could move them back and forth with her tongue. she used to have a gap in the middle and she pushed her right one over when she was playing with them one day and got it stuck so the gap went over to the right side.

she totally looked like a hillbilly.

last night she was wrestling with her grandpa and bumped it. it started to bleed a little bit. i told her- 'lets just pull it!!' and she freaked. she is such a baby when it comes to pulling her teeth out. i had bribed her with almost everything and she still wouldn't let me touch it.

i told her to open her mouth so i could get a paper towel on it to stop the bleeding.

and- bam. i just pulled it out. she was so mad at me. she looked in the mirror and then was even more mad because she said she looked ridiculous with her other tooth hanging there and said she hated the way it looked. she started to cry even more so i said let me just look at it. i put my finger on it and- bam. pulled the second one out. then she was fine.

the tooth fairy came to our house last night :)

that tooth fairy also forgot to take the teeth so kennedy thought she was extra lucky she got to keep the teeth and got sparkly dollars.
it's so perfect for this time of year.
i think she looks so grown up with those teeth out.
my babe is so dang cute.

and i made her these lovelies-
she said i should sell them to everyone so i could buy a HUUUGE house.
i like that idea :)
etsy- here i come.
HA who am i kidding?

happy sunday

2011-11-13T11:27:00.000-07:00

i have so much to do today. {thank you pinterest} and i think i'm going to be brave and go to h&m. i just can't handle it. i want to get the kids clothes sooo bad. you would think that with their birthdays just 2 weeks away i would save what i buy and give it to them then. nope. i am the worst at that. hubs can't stand it. we went shopping yesterday and i have this obsession with wrapping paper { which the best friend does too- someday we're going to be so rich off of selling it } i was in the wrapping paper aisle forever. even worse- it was all half off. i came out with only 2 rolls that time. he told me if it was that easy to make me that happy he would take me to the wrapping paper store everyday ;) i told hubs i can't wait to wrap something. he just smiles and shakes his head. he's such a trooper with my shenanigans.

and- now we're off to go CHRISTMAS shopping!! thank you walmart for your layaway. now my kidlets won't be getting their gifts early ;)

i'm thankful for our veterans

2011-11-11T21:23:00.000-07:00

today i am so thankful for the veterans out there. past and present. especially my cousins, carmen and rhea. carmen is currently overseas and i think about him every single day. i love them both and thank them for what they've done for our country. freedom isn't free. i am so grateful to be living here and have the freedoms i do. i have such a big mouth i don't think i would last very long in another country where freedom of speech isn't implemented. haha :)

today was {11.11.11} i thought something cool would happen. it didn't. 11 has been my lucky number for as long as i can remember. my whole family is always seeing 11.11 except my dad who thinks we're just weirdos.

it was a good day nonetheless ;)

i have a new addiction. pinterest. i don't know where it's been all my life. but it's not a good thing. i seriously could sit at the computer for hours. i have a looooong list of things to make tomorrow.

and i cant.wait.

happy weekend!!

i am thankful

2011-11-09T20:34:00.000-07:00

every november i remember after thanksgiving that i want to blog at least every other day something i'm thankful for. it's the 9th so i'm definitely ahead of schedule ;) better late than never. today my best sent me this picture-

i love it. she is the best.

i am SO thankful for being her best friend.

she just gets me.

she genuinely listens to me.

she has always been there for me.

..and we have so much fun- even when she makes me go spray tanning

with her and i wake up looking like a blotchy pumpkin.

it's creepy how comfortable we are around each other.

why go spray tanning alone when you can have the bestie

standing right next to you to talk to.

i love you christina. you're the best

under the mistletoe

2011-11-02T20:26:00.002-07:00

i can't wait to take kennedy to school tomorrow then straight to target. why? because this came out!!

yep i'm that girl that changes all the presets on november 1st to fm100.kosy106.5.and b98.7

and just waits for all the christmas music to start.

2 months just isn't enough!

and oh man i love me some justin bieber.

hubs hates it. poor guy.

i married scrooge. he says he's never loved the holidays.

i just keep telling myself that one year i'll convince him how amazing they really are!

girls trip to disneyland

2011-10-28T10:12:00.001-07:00

we really had the best time in disneyland. it was so nice to get away from everything and just be with our girls :)

one day i'll figure out how to post videos on here and post the video of when we told them.

we woke up at 6 in the morning and i told kennedy that she needed to get ready so we could have a playdate with hailey. we had been telling the girls for a couple days that they could have a sleepover soon. kennedy got up and asked why she was up so early since it was dark outside still. i told her that it wasn't that early, the sun just hadn't come out yet and- even grandpa had already left for work. she got up, got dressed and then we went upstairs. christy and hailey showed up and we asked them what they wanted to do today. hailey wanted to go to park city :) then i asked them if we could go anywhere they wanted where would you choose? kennedy said- DISNEYLAND! we looked at them and said, ok! lets go :) i don't think they believed us at first. hailey was worried about her clothes not being packed ;)

we got in the car and went to the airport :)

the girls at the airport waiting for our plane :) we got them matching bags with fun stuff in them. thier favorite was the peace sign pajamas. of course.

one of the nights we did mickey's halloween party. it was $50 a person but we thought it would be so cute for them to trick or treat at disneyland. and one extra day to wear their costumes. tina and i went as 80's girls :)

we stayed up so late and woke up early. but- it was so fun. even getting blisters from my toms and not being able to walk was so worth it.

we are the best moms ;)
i have so many pictures to upload but my computer is so dang slow. someday they'll all make it on :)

happy monday

2011-10-24T20:41:00.001-07:00

i saw this on good old facebook today and i love it- i feel like it was written just for me :)
enjoy.

i push doors that clearly say PULL.

i laugh harder when I try to explain why I'm laughing.

i walk into a room and forget why I was there.

i count on my fingers in math.

i hide the pain from my loved ones.

i say it is a long story when it's really not.

i cry a lot more than you think I do.

i care about people who don't care about me.

i try to do things before the microwave beeps.

i listen to you even when you don't listen to me.

today was such a good day. i came home dreading the 4 loads of laundry

{ that really should have been at least 7 but i cram the washer way too full }

it needed to be all folded and put away.
you know- the worst part about doing laundry.
and the hubs had it all done.

i married a good man :)

well..he crawls out of his crib

2011-10-20T20:02:00.003-07:00

jagger has figured out how to climb out of his crib. i could kill my dad for teaching him how!! ever since he learned it's been such a nightmare to get him to sleep. he used to go to sleep at 7 or 7:30. it's almost 9 and i've put him in his crib 8 times already tonight. and- now he's in the computer room with me playing with his toys. it's exhausting. this time of day used to be my favorite. it was my time to relax all by myself until the next crazy day began :) oh man this is not fun at all. i know i need to be strict and once he lays down i need to keep laying him down until he's alseep or he'll never learn and this will be a struggle for who knows how long! he's lucky he's so dang cute or he'd be in big trouble ;)

every year we get the pumpkin pizzas from papa murphys. kennedy loves it!

cheap and easy dinner with no clean up. you can't beat that

i got puked on today

2011-10-19T20:49:00.001-07:00

i love my job. i really do. i even love the kids who run around the office with no shoes on. well- sometimes not those kids. i usually luck out on not having to get impressions of kids' teeth that are gaggers. today god hated me. it was the craziest day. ever. the second i put the tray in the kids mouth blahhhh he puked all over. i don't know how i didn't throw up right after him. i told my boss i need a raise.

on a good note- tomorrow is my friday! wahoooo. a whole day to myself. you know you're a mom/housemaid/laundromat when all you can think about doing is cleaning the kids room and finally getting all the laundry caught up. really though- it's amazing what you can get done without 2 little munchkins running around.

disneyland was so amazing. except all the damn people. and the blisters my feet got from walking so much. i have never seen that many people crammed into one place. it was nuts. the girls had such a blast though and i would do it again in a heartbeat. those pictures are to come :) until then i took pictures with my phone. the quality is just amazing!

80's night.cleopatra.and a witch

one of the nights we let the girls do mickey's halloween party. it was so cute. christy and i decided if we were paying that much extra we were going to dress up too :)

the girls loved playing at sephora in downtown disney. i think their bright pink lips look awesome

we went to a pumpkin patch on saturday! it was so cute. but it was really weird being so hot instead of cold. i love that this weather has been so amazing. kennedy's future mother in law carson got some really cute pictures. and of course i forgot my camera. remember my brain problem? so the only one i got is of tina and i :) poor hubs. he's never in any pictures because he's always the one taking them. on my phone :)

family pictures.2011.

2011-10-12T19:42:00.003-07:00

i love my family.

we hadn't had family pictures taken since you used to take your kids to kiddie kandids

with old navy pull over fleece zip up vests.

we were so long over due with a shoot.

our photographer is so amazing.

she captured our family just perfectly.

the pictures of me and my little family make me so

proud.

i am so happy to be where i am today.

enjoy.

my poor brother having to grow up with 3 older sisters. haha :)

oh kennedy rian. you are so gorgeous. sometimes it makes me cry to look at pictures like this.

my kids and niece are so lucky to have such an amazing grandpa. it's so cliche but he is honestly the best. just yesterday when kennedy and i were in disneyland- my dad wanted to keep jagger home to hang out with him instead of him going to grandma kerris :) the little things like that mean so much. especially to me. i didn't really have grandparents growing up so it really melts my heart to see how amazing of grandparents they are.

caleigh.jagger.ryan.chelsie.kennedy.dad.mom.cydney.berklee.connor

this picture makes me so happy. i am so in love with hubs. we have got it made together.

and dang- i make some cute babies ;)

the most handsome almost 2 year old you'll ever see. man i love that little boy!!

my sister who makes me laugh until i pee my pants. isn't she beautiful? and my favorite niece.

she loves me and can say chosh. i secretly don't ever want her to really learn how to say

my name. i think it's so dang cute

jaggers entertainment through the photoshoot.

it definitely helped :)

my sister is so dang pretty.

we still fight like we're 12 sometimes

but i love her so much

my little brother is so grown up. and so dang cute.

he's single too ;)

if you find my brain please let me know

2011-10-06T19:18:00.000-07:00

i swear. i lose everything. i think i have even blogged about it before. yesterday- my black scrubs. and todays lost item- my ipod. i haven't used it in weeks but i swear i can remember seeing it laying around. bahhh. it's not me i say- someone is playing tricks on me. the one night i am actually going to the gym i go to look for it and ~~poof~~ it's gone. so now i'm here blogging :)

i feel like i have a million and one things to do. one of those things-not tell little miss we're going to disneyland. everytime i look at her i almost blurt out, ahh i can't wait until we go! or remember to pack your swimsuit. or something ridiculous that would ruin the surprise. 3 more days. i can do it.

pumpkin spice latte kind of day

2011-10-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

today was theeee best day. i love when it's cloudy and rains all day. especially when i'm off work :) i went shopping for disneyland stuff, lunch with the bffe, got my new iphone!! and relaxed alllll alone {which i don't ever get to do} and then ended the day with picking up the babes and getting a pumpkin spice latte. i definitely could use more days like this

definitely not my week

2011-09-26T16:51:00.008-07:00

ughh. does anyone ever have those kind of weeks? the weeks where you just want friday to be here so you can be done with the ridiculousness of what's been going on? maybe i'm just a baby. but i swear- you know in bruce almighty when he says he's the ant and there is a kid holding a magnifying glass over him. {or something like that} well that's me. if it's not one thing it's another.

my phone is dunzo. whoever knows me knows that i lived off of my iphone. my friend made fun of me saying after my kids and husband- it's my phone. we all laughed but it's kind of true. it broke. like sat in water for a long time and wont turn back on broke. and yes- we tried the rice. what's another $400 for a new iphone right? blah.

as we're renting out our house our mortgage company called and said they hadn't received our payment. i knew i sent it the same time i do every month.

i freaked. the last thing you want when you're going to be buying a new house in the near future is to be on bad terms with your mortgage comapny. i was sick about it- she said to give it a couple more days just in case it would turn up, and luckily it did! and they were able to reverse the late fee since we had never been late before.

i hate those kinds of things. i am so ocd about bills getting paid on time

so it drove me absolutely crazy.

that will teach me to monitor my account better right?

on a positive note- my car is finally out of the shop. some stupid lady hit me and it was a COMPLETE nightmare figuring out who was paying for it. thankfully it wasnt me!!

and the hubs bought me a new pair of boots i can't wait to wear!

but- don't tell anyone he doesn't know i know ;)

here's to a happy rest of the week. and the weekend of course

disneyland is booked!!

2011-09-13T09:35:00.004-07:00

and i'm so excited i could pee my pants!! we've almost given it away twice now but- the girls hopefully still have NO idea. i can't even wait! i think we're going to win moms of the year for taking them :)

i can't wait to see how excited their faces are when we tell them they're going to DISNEYLAND together!

now if october 9th could just get here- that would be great :)

nine eleven

2011-09-11T21:03:00.002-07:00

i remember i came home from school in 8th grade because i was sick. there was nothing on tv except the coverage of the attacks. i remember feeling annoyed that there was nothing on tv except that. i didnt comprehend what had actually happened to our country.

i look back now and i just wasn't able to grasp the concept of what had happened. how serious these actions were. i was too young to actually have felt the deepest sympathy i feel today. watching the tv specials now and listening to the songs on the radio today- i have had my eyes well up with tears multiple times. i can't tell you how many times i have gotten chills that run through me. my heart aches so badly for everyone that was affected. i am so proud to be an american. i am more than grateful every single day for the land i live on and for the troops that continue to stand up and fight for our country. thank you. every single person that has fought for our freedom

jagger krew

2011-09-10T14:25:00.003-07:00

you are the cutest little boy i have ever seen. you fall and bonk multiple times a day. most of the time you get back up and carry on like nothing ever happened. yesterday at grandma kerris you ran behind your sister on a swing an she gave you your first black eye {right in time for family pictures} and it doesn't seem to bother you at all. oh how i love you so.

welcome fall

2011-09-01T19:24:00.004-07:00

i am officially ready for fall. after work i walked out to my car and it wasn't disgustingly hot outside. it made me smile :) fall is my favorite time of year. i love everything about it. the new wardrobe change. the changing colors. the smell of the fall air. sweaters. pumpkins. the holidays. lagoon's frightmares {carson you really should come ;) } pumpkin spice latte's. playing in the leaves. watching halloweentown with kennedy. costume shopping for the babes. cozy nights cuddled in bed with the window open and that cold fall air coming through. it's the best. i wish that fall could last for months and months. i love it all.

welcome fall 2011- please stay a very long time

dear husband

2011-08-30T21:30:00.003-07:00

i know you will never read this- but today i saw a husband that was not very nice to his wife. it made me so excited to come home to you. thank you for loving me for me. and for laughing with me when we both know i'm not that funny. i love you more than this whole wide world. i love the life we have made together and am so excited to see what else our future holds. we have the 2 cutest babes i have ever seen and when i watch you with them it melts my heart. maybe we can add a 3rd soon? thank you for working nights and going to school during the day just so you can take care of us :) you are the most amazing person in this world. anyone who knows you, knows this is true. i have never heard you say anything mean about anyone. you would do anything for anybody. and- you never complain. we couldn't be more opposite ;) you make me so happy. xo

sunday funday

2011-08-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

we just got home from bear lake this weekend. oh gosh we had so much fun. i absolutely love bear lake :) i told the hubs we should move there. he said i wouldn't last 2 days.

nothing like a good old road trip to bond with the sister. we laughed so much i thought hubs was going to throw us out of the car. what would i do without that girl. she makes me laugh until my stomach hurts. we only stayed for a day but got boating.jetskiing.tubing.swimming.beach playing.and raspberry shakes all in. until next year bear lake- we will miss you.

little miss started 1st grade. it is so weird to me that she is that old already. it feels like she was just a little baby. she loves school but asked me why they had to eat lunch there. i told her she would be eating lunch everyday at school. 'ooooooh' she wasn't excited about my answer. the days are long but they go by fast she tells me ;) she is the most gorgeous 1st grader there is. i love her more than she will ever know. she makes me so proud to be her mom.

monday- blahhhh.

i wish everyday was the weekend ;)

i have found our house

2011-08-16T21:17:00.000-07:00

if we could just fast forward until next spring and either of these 2 beauties would still be on the market- i would be one happy girl :)

oh how i wish we could just pack up and move in today.

some.day

minnesota was good to us

2011-08-14T16:17:00.002-07:00

we just got back from minnesota this morning. it was such an amazing vacation! my uncle lives in minnetrista right on lake minnetonka- and decided that he wanted to fly us out. of course we said yes :) there were 17 of us on the plane and we loved every second of it!! the first day we were there we got all ready and got in our 15 passenger bus and went to the mall of america. kennedy was in heaven! we rode rides for the first little bit and then once kennedy saw the american girl store we went in there forever. and- she almost came out with one :) im so bummed i feel like we were only there for 2 seconds. there was just too much to see.

this is the view from one of the food courts overlooking all of the rides :)

then we went boating the next day on a big pontoon boat that fit all 19 of us. the lake was so pretty!! my uncle has such a fun car that we all took turns driving in. this is my cousin chelsey and i before-

and after-

ry and kennedy loved swimming in the lake- for all of you that know me, you know that i stayed inside that boat. especially after that awesome shark week ;)

im pretty sure i have gained 10 pounds after all of the amazing food we ate. the sign of an amazing vacation!!

my cute cousins-

amanda and chelsey

and we even got to celebrate the hubs birthday when we were there. man he sure loves his wife ;)

we had so much fun!!

but- i couldn't WAIT to get home to this little man

i think he's secretly mad at us for leaving him behind :)

minnesota was so good to us!!

a year ago today

2011-08-10T07:23:00.002-07:00

i married this guy..

i love him more than he'll ever know
our ceremony

i love you ry!! thank you for everything you have ever done for us.

you're.the.best

best friends for ever and ever

2011-08-08T21:08:00.003-07:00

christina is the best. we've been best friends for years and i am {like i've said before} so happy she decided to plan her teenage pregnancy with me ;) she's the best friend a girl could ask for. i'm not sure how it started- {remind me christy?} but 8/8 is our anniversary of being best friends. i told her a love laced post was sure to follow so- here ya go :)

thank you for always being there for me

i love everything about you.

we have fought like a married couple- and woken up best friends again :)

our daughters are best friends for life as well

we've talked everyday since we've met

she was my maid of honor

and is the best advice giver.

sometimes people have thought we were lesbians.

and she probably knows more about me than the hubs ;)

love you forever and ever. no matter what

what it's like

2011-08-04T21:33:00.004-07:00

i love when i find songs that give me the speechless feeling. songs that have such good meaning. i came across this one today driving home from a wedding with my parents. i love it. it's old and i have never heard it but i couldn't stop thinking about it. i am so lucky and honestly so blessed to be where i am in life and to have what i do.

who are we to judge others when we don't know what their story is or where they've been? i need to remind myself this next time i think bad of complete strangers i don't even know. it kind of humbled me..

enjoy

summer.loving

2011-07-21T19:24:00.011-07:00

this summer has been absolutely amazing. we've been camping. to lagoon. the pool. late nights in the front yard with a snow shack. learning to ride bikes :) eating popsicles. we've been to parades. draper days. barbeques. weddings! family reunions to come. and then we're going to minnesota in a couple weeks!! {without jags. thankfully ;) } i really don't want summer to end :( i feel like it went by sooo fast. school stuff is already out!

my sister is in lake powell and i'm so jealous. i love that place. i told hubs today that one day we'll have our own houseboat and go every other week in the summer ;) he liked that idea. we leave to go camping again tomorrow. i can't wait. there's nothing like getting away and not having a care in the world.

i am one blessed girl

gramps taught kennedy how to ride her bike!! she's a pro now.

i really want to get us matching beach cruiser bikes. how cute would that be!

we've gone to lagoon 4 times so far! and my little babe is getting so brave!!
she had to text my dad and tell him she went on spider and colossus because
'he would be so proud of her'
and he was :)
christina and hailey are the best lagoon buddies

the miss and of course- her peace sign

i l.o.v.e this picture. how did i get so dang lucky to have these amazing

little babes? i squeeze them everyday

chelsey and my cousin, andrew got married!! their wedding

was amazing!! it was so pretty. and she looked amazingly gorgeous

they're coming to minnesota with us in a couple of weeks!

i can't even wait it's going to be so much fun!!

she.loves.the.camera

ooooh myyy goodness. i could kiss him all day long

chelsey. kennedy. and i at her beautiful wedding

i'm really not that tall i promise. i look like a giant here. she was barefoot

and i had tall shoes on.

i hate being tall

this is how dad kept mick entertianed at the wedding.

he kept throwing him over and over and over.

it was pretty cute. i love to watch my boys together

me and my cousin! i can't believe he is married! and taller than me!
i swear it was just yesterday when we were in our christmas pj's

and playing nintendo waiting for santa to come

then- it was adam and ranie's wedding!! i love them so much! they are some of our best friends.

ranie has some amazing family and friends in jersey that i think need to move out here!

this is 4 of the bridesmaids getting ready! they got married up at the johnson mill in midway. it was such a gorgeous wedding!!

me and kate :)

london was one of the flowergirls. she is so dang cute her and

kennedy played all day long

the hubs and i walking down the aisle. this is the only picture i have so far

and of course my eyes are closed.

their whole day was perfect

the 2 cutest flowergirls ever!!

i have known maddie since she was tiny! we have an annual barbeque

at a family friends house before the 4th. there is always so much food

mmm delish.

jagger loves his grandpa. i love watching them together too

jag loves to help out in the garage with anything he can

and i think he's caused 2 flat tires on my car and then my parents

truck from playing with screws. he like to put them places where they shouldn't be.

case and point. this is where i found him this morning. it's so hard

to get me.kennedy. and jagger all ready and out of the house.

i swear it takes forever. i was doing kennedy's hair and noticed it

was too quiet. i went to find jagger and this is where he was. he is

obsessed with connors 4 wheeler.

he is such.a.boy

me and my favorite neice in the whole wide world!! i stole her from her mom

and took her to the pool and then draper days with me. and she even had a sleepover :)

she told me i'm her favorite aunt ;)

she loves me so much. she didn't leave my sight the whole time i had her.

i told my mom if it was guaranteed that i could get a little girl that loved me like berklee does- i'd get pregnant today. my luck i'd get twin boys ;)

..summer-please slow down

love- me :)

friends are the best

2011-07-18T20:21:00.005-07:00

kennedy & hailey

they've been best friends their whole life

they love each other

i hope they stay friends forever. and ever.

i can't wait to see your faces when we surprise you and tell you that

we're going to take you to

disneyland

together in october.

it's so hard for me to keep it a surprise

they're going to love us forever

christina and i have been through so much together

she is the best friend a girl could ask for

thanks for getting pregnant at 17 with me ;)

bffe

the house that built me

2011-07-18T20:08:00.002-07:00

i will always love my home. the house that i grew up in. the house that i had chores every saturday morning in. the house that my favorite dog was raised and then passed away in. the house that i had my little girl in. the house that in the summer time night games were a must almost every night. the house where i feel so comfortable until this day. we used to camp out in the back yard on our tampoline- freeze all night and then wake up to the sun shining on our little faces. i will always love this house. i thank my parents for raising us in one home. every night i look outside and can think of hundreds of memories in our front yard. we played from when we woke up {after our saturday jobs were done of course} until it was dark outside and our parents made us come in. it's the home that looks amazing all decorated in christmas galore. the countless thanksgiving dinners with our family. i am so grateful for my home. i can't wait to have my own home for my babes to make their lifelong memories in. i love this place- and whenever i hear miranda lamberts song, it always makes my heart happy

friends with benefits

2011-07-13T20:44:00.003-07:00

is anyone else dying to see this? at first i thought it would be JUST like no strings attatched which is one of my favorite movies ever. but- i think justin and mila have so much more serious chemistry! ahh i can't wait to see it. i've loved justin since the mickey mouse club. haha just kidding. but almost since then. mmm look at that face!! random post? yes. i don't want summer to end. i feel like i haven't had enough days at the pool and water parks, late night walks when it's just cooled down enough, and popsicles :) the babes and i went to target yesterday and they already have their back to school stuff. it made me so depressed! i swear the day after the 4th of july they bust out the back to school stuff. but we still had to get stuff for little miss. i love shopping for my kids so much more than myself. clothes are just so much cuter when they're little.

hopefully we'll be going camping again next weekend!! eeep i loooove camping. the kids love it even more. there's just something about not getting ready for days or even caring you don't have make up on or- whether or not your kids get bathed :)

who couldn't love this face?

2011-07-12T21:10:00.002-07:00

this was just the start of the day :)

new yowrk

2011-07-12T20:55:00.006-07:00

i wish i talked like the new yowrkers do. and the jerseys do too. my lovely friend christina says it's a complete turn off and people lose points when they have that accent. i think they're lucky, that's why i've always called my mom- ma. i have had 2 cousins serve for our country. and i am so so grateful for them. they're both home and safe and rhea is married! {remember new york round 2?}

my parents told me a couple days ago that my other cousin, carmen {boy} is going back to afghanistan. yuck. he has been like a big brother to me. i love him so much and i do not like the idea of my family, or anyone for that matter going overseas in that mess. it makes my heart sad. carmen leaves tomorrow so everyone say an extra prayer for him. good luck cousin i love you so much!!

new york round 1- it's me and rheaaaa :)

dad.caleigh.me.carmen

kenny chesney- i heart you

2011-07-12T20:29:00.008-07:00

i love kenny chesney. i have loved him for as long as i can remember. i hadn't gone to a concert of his in sooo long so when we found out he was coming here this summer i knew i was going. he didn't come last year, and the year before that i was prego with jags and who wants to sit outside in the scolding heat with a bunch of drunk people when you're pregnant? not me. oh- and the year he came while i was pregnant, my friends got pulled up to the front. we don't talk about it. i'm still so jealous i didn't get to go. anywho- this year he was a.ma.zing

me and christina before kenny!! :)

azul, caleigh, christy, and meeee!
oh my we had so much fun

miss caylee

2011-07-08T15:32:00.003-07:00

i got a text from my sister on tuesday and all it said was- i'm so pissed. i knew right away she was talking about the casey anthony verdict. when i heard she was aquitted of murdering her little girl my eyes immediately got teary. i feel in my heart that she 100% did this. it's sick to think of how off our justice system really is. people will get locked up for life because of drugs {which don't get me wrong is EXTREMELY wrong too} but we let murderes of wives, friends, babies, and little kids walk free. it's so disgusting to me. everytime i think about it i literally get sick to my stomach. i tell myself maybe this is a blessing in disguise. maybe casey 'blending' back into society is going to be worse than prison would have been. i could only hope. there has to be some justice for this little girl. i hug my babes even closer now. i am so grateful to be their mama and could never imagine hurting them the way little miss caylee was hurt. i love that little girl and i have never met her. my heart just hurts for her. i hope in some way justice will be served to casey.

Oh- and i have no doubt there's not a special place in hell for each one of her piece of shiz defense attorneys

happy 4th of july :)

2011-07-04T17:46:00.001-07:00

love- the d'amicos :)

sweet summertime

2011-06-30T17:45:00.001-07:00

summer has been so good to us so far :)

sandals & snow shacks

xoxoxo

funny things

2011-06-14T15:58:00.001-07:00

i had to blog about this before i forgot and i want to remember the things kennedy says forever and ever. boyce avenue is an amazing cover singer. i have been addicted lately. the first song on the cd is katy perrys- teenage dream. we were listening to it as i was taking kennedy to gymnastics. as i drop her off she gets out of the car and says- 'um. tell this guy he is NOT katy perry'
she makes my day. so dang funny <3 love you little girl. more than you'll ever know.

yes- im that girl with the screaming baby

2011-06-02T20:37:00.001-07:00

new york was more than amazing. the trip getting there- not so much. imagine everything that could possibly go wrong, besides your airplane crashing, and that sums up our adventure to new york. story to come :)
heres just a little preview-

yep..

vent sesh

2011-05-17T20:51:00.004-07:00

why do some people have to be so mean? i don't understand what happiness others receive from putting others down or talking about others behind their back.

it hurts.

some people i think i'm pretty close with i just must have been fooled pretty bad. others, just ask questions or talk to me, not because they genuinely care- but
because they just want to be ' in the know' i have always considered myself a good, loyal, trustworthy, and overall great friend and yet it seems it's so hard to find that in someone else. some are still stuck in high school mode and will be your best friend to your face but will be the first to talk bad about you when you leave.

maybe i'm just a baby but it really makes me feel awful.

then there are the people that are one uppers. they're always better than you.

nobody is better than anyone.

everyone has their own trials in life and i feel this is just one more.

one more that i will conquer and in the end the only people that are left are the only ones that mattered in the first place.

peace & love

3 things i learned today

2011-05-13T19:32:00.001-07:00

1- when riding a motorcycle you wave to others riding a motorcycle

2- the hubs bike goes really fast

3- the bones that i didn't know i had anymore in my butt hurt soooo bad

...and this is what i look like after a nice bike ride ;) Ha!

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the big apple. round 1

2011-05-10T18:31:00.001-07:00

we got back from new york sunday night and seriously had soooo much fun!! i can't wait to go back in 2 weeks :) my cousins wedding was beautiful and i always love seeing my new yorkers ;) it feels like we were there for 2 seconds and then home again. jagger did so much better on the plane than i thought he would. he had his moments but the majority of the flights he was fine. i can't imagine what we would have done without my ipad for him to watch elmo and toy story on. ry said an ipad would be a waste of money. told you it was an amazing investment ry!!

this is how we got jagger to sleep in the airports since i forgot to bring the stroller. leave it to me to forget that, diapers, and wipes.
as we were walking into the airport my mom asked me if i remembered diapers. leave it to me to forget the most important things for a baby. thankfully my mom asked some random lady in the airport if we could have some diapers. we got some diapers and boarded the plane :) an hour into our flight jagger had downed 2 things of applejuice and a dose of benadryl he blew out of his only outfit i had. my poor homeless kid walked around the detroit airport in a diaper and jacket. super awesome.

the rest of the trip went awesome. bring on round 2. oh snap

and here are some random pictures of me and my sisters :)

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he deserves it

2011-05-01T20:46:00.005-07:00

words cannot express how grateful i am to be an american right now. to be old enough to be able to appreciate going through this exprience of finding out that osama bin laden is DEAD is unbelieveable. it's amazing to me that we have done what we have and now, it's paid off. so many thoughts are going through my head. seeing those pictures of him on tv and then images of nine-eleven brings so many sick feelings. this is a huge accomplishment for obama's presidency and am so proud to call him our leader. feelings of relief mostly are what is consuming my thoughts. bin laden deserved this.

brought to you courtesy of the RED, WHITE, AND BLUE

{thanks kerri}

rev run

2011-04-29T20:40:00.001-07:00

during the day i think of so many things i need to write about. i feel like there is so much going on in our little lives that i want to document since i don't scrapbook. im so thankful for this app on my phone now. I feel like rev run. all my posting ideas come when im in the tub. i went to an arts and crafts store today, one that i grew up going to, roberts. its so cheesy but i was seriously so sad when i saw that it was going out of business :( i think I take it too personal when stores go out of business. i grew up with this store. we used to walk down and buy their gelly roll pens. it was the best. now ive only got the memories :)
kennedy and i went on a date to olive garden tonight. it was packed so we decided to get a to go order and had a picnic in my car :) i absolutely love how it made her day to have a picnic with just the 2 of us. the simple joys of childhood. i adore that little girl. <3
my hubs is sick. i really really hope he doesn't pass it on. kennedy went into grandma kerris today and told her he had a stroke. how her cute little mind took 'strep' to 'stroke' made me laugh a little. today was the first time since ry and i have been together that he has actually gone into a doctor. that's when you know he's really sick :( cross your fingers everyone!! nobody likes a sick family.
aaaaaand finally- the big apple. i can't even express how excited i am that we leave for new york on thursday!! i can't even wait. the only thing I'm completely dreading is taking my 18 month old on a 5 hour flight, 3 hour layover, then another hour or so flight. if anyone has ANY tips it would be greatly appreciated ;)
and those are my thoughts for today.. here is a picture that completely melts my heart-

i don't think mick is quite ready to be done with his baba. that, his blankie and his daddy are what makes his world go round ;)

god is love-

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the girls

2011-04-27T19:55:00.002-07:00

i love my fam. we had such a fun easter this year :) we rarely get a good picture of all of us girls. i love this one <3

we're crazy but i wouldn't trade it for the world. we fight and we make up. we wear each others clothes. we watch each others kids. we all talk over each other. we laugh until our stomachs hurt. we love each other. and we are best friends.

l.o.v.e

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my favorite time of the day

2011-04-12T20:41:00.004-07:00

dont get me wrong. i love my kids more than life itself. but when they're sound asleep in their beds all snuggled up with their favorite blankies dreaming away is my favorite time of day. i get exhausted. i don't work a full time job and i'm not a full time stay at home mom. i get a good balance of each and don't know why but at the end of the day i'm dunzo. i really don't know if we could add another little babe into this crazy mix. i have felt like an emotional roller coaster lately. thankfully i have my ma for the girl talks and gets me through :) it's hard having your own house, mortgage, bills, and all the other stuff that goes along with owning your house and then all the sudden it's just all gone. i feel that a part of me is gone. and i don't think that's a good thing. and don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining i am more than grateful for the opportunity to not have bills so we can buy our dream house! hopefully i'm just in a funk and can adjust pretty quickly being back home for the short time. i love house hunting and the hoping and dreaming of building our own home next spring. i can't even imagine that would be the best thing. ever.

here's a picture that made me smile. i can't get enough of her.

we moved

2011-04-10T19:38:00.002-07:00

..back to the parents :) it's going to be a crazy year. we are so extremely grateful for my parents letting us all {including our 2 dogs and 1 cat} move in. it's nice and cozy and we have the downstairs to ourselves. i know kennedy is in heaven being back here. it's seriously her home away from home. wish us all luck for this adventure ahead of us. and that 30 day challenge? i got sick of it and will randomly post the following day when i feel like it :) i cant wait for summer. this snow in april thing isn't right. anyone else agree?? i had to post this picture because i think it's the cutest picture of my little man. jeez my kids are growing up so fast.

twelve.thirteen.fourteen

2011-03-21T19:57:00.003-07:00

i'm such a slacker on trying to keep up with this 30 day post.
day {12}: photo of you taken ten years ago. boo. this computer is only 2 years old so i only have pictures that far back. i wish i could dig some oldies up! that would be awesome. my mom has a ton of old pictures, but they're at her house. and i have no scanner. 10 years ago though- i would have just turned 14. it's so crazy how much has happened in just 10 short years. life has gone by way too fast!! i can tell you though, what an awkard stage those pictures would have been. HA!

day {13}: something you're afraid of
i'm scared of a lot of things. being home alone, spiders, snakes, the dark, talking in public, and all sorts of things. the biggest thing that i am afraid of would be losing my kids. i can't even imagine some of the stuff people go through. i read blogs all the time of peoples young kids who have passed away and i honestly don't know how i would go on. my kids are my world. as you can tell by that huge picture for the blog header :)

day {14}: your makeup bag
so embarrassing. i don't even have a make up bag. i have my mascara and eyeliner in the car because it saves time in the morning to just do my make up on the way to taking the kids to school and grandma's. oh and some bronzer when i'm feeling jerseylicious ;) my favorite make up accessory? white eyeliner in middle school it was the best. someone should bring that back.

life right now-
life is crazy. we're trying to rent out our house, we've had a couple people look at it, but no one yet to say they want it. we've started to move stuff into a storage unit and it's becoming real. i'm moving out of my first house. it's bitter sweet. i have loved this house. i just have to stay positive and know the best is yet to come. hopefully

ten and eleven

2011-03-16T18:56:00.003-07:00

day {10} favorite tv shows

i love chelsea handler. i think she is hilarious. these 3 shows are my absolute favorite. i know they're all super classy and not trashy whatsoever ;)

i find myself watching this at night by myself and laughing all alone. out loud.

oh and of course holly's world. it's so stupid but it's so good.

day {11} a person you love
i love a lot of people. but especially this guy.

he just gets me. he loves me for me and i know he always will be. he is the best husband in the entire world and i love him more and more everyday. he is the best

eight & nine

2011-03-15T14:03:00.006-07:00

day {8}: a hobby of yours

my favorite thing ever: camping {is that even a hobby?} close enough :)

my family loves to go camping. it's the best vacation ever. we could seriously go every weekend in the summer. right about this time of year kennedy starts asking if we can go camping. if only it got warmer sooner!! the dutch oven dinners, messy kids, watermelon, looking at stars at night, the campfire, smores, eating and gaining 5 pounds every time, and just being with friends and family. it doesn't get any better than that. can't wait..

day {9}: a place you love

park.city

i absolutely LOVE park city. my favorite thing is to go up in the summer and walk main street and stay at their amazing hotels they have. we try to go every year. we all love it up there

we're renting out our townhouse!!

2011-03-10T16:30:00.004-07:00

if you, or anyone you know are interested in renting out our super cute townhouse in draper, go visit here- http://www.drapertownhouse.blogspot.com/ thank you!!

seven

2011-03-09T19:10:00.002-07:00

day {7} an animal you'd like to keep as a pet

as of right now, there is not one animal i would want. with the 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 1 random stray kitty who keeps finding his way over, i'm done with pets!! :) bring on day 8

six

2011-03-08T13:02:00.004-07:00

day {6} your celebrity crush

is this creepy?? the hubs thinks so. and i don't care. i will be the first to admit i love the biebs. he is so dang cute. if only i were 16 again so i could justify hanging posters in my room. ha!
i loved him before i saw his movie and after i saw it i fell in love again. he is one talented kid. and that hair! what's not to love? oh yeah. he's only 17 ;)

five

2011-03-06T21:04:00.006-07:00

i'm baaack :) i've been mia for a couple days from the blogging world and i was doing so well too! this weekend was such a blast. on saturday we went to my friends baby shower. and i have to tell you all how freaken adorable she is. she is 30 weeks pregnant and looks amazing!! she is making me so baby hungry :) i have to find a picture and put it up you'll all die. she is way too cute. her mom is the amazing 'grandma' who watches my kidlets on wednesdays and fridays when i work, and it was held at her house so of course kennedy was oh so excited to go and play with her super cute friend sophie :) sophie's mom is ashlii, who's amanda's sister. {whom i just love to pieces too} and then amanda's husband, is my sisters boyfriends brother. kinda confusing. we're all tied together in a couple of ways. i can not wait for her little babe to get her she is going to be SOO dang cute. congrats again amanda!! :)

thanks for the picture kerri :)

this is kennedy and sophie at the baby shower. i am obsessed with this picture and can't wait to blow it up and put it in kennedys room. these 2 are so dang cute

then today, {sunday} we hung all hung out together. i love sundays. as a kid they were the most boring day ever and now i look forward to them. i got 2 naps in :) lucky me! i love when ry is home on the weekends because he genuinely loves to spend time with the kids so that means i get a little break and any second i get i love to take a nap. who doesn't right? then went to ry's parents for dinner and then to my parents after! i wish weekends didn't go by so fast :( before you know it it's already sunday night again and ry's off to work.

so much has been going on i feel like a major update is in need here. i have been having super bad pains in my pelvic area and finally went into the doctor. i went in the beginning of january and the doctor said it sounded like endometriosis. i freaked. i always think worst case first. instantly i thought i wouldn't be able to have kids anymore and have to have surgery. my doctor wanted me to come back for an ultrasound. they got me in a couple weeks later and the ultrasound showed that i had a cyst rupture which was so awful to experience, which unfortuantely i had experienced in the past. since it had already ruptured there was nothing they could do besides send me home with some pain meds. and i thought endo was ruled out. which was a good thing!! then, it was a couple weeks later {last wednesday night 3/1} when the pain came back i for sure thought i had another cyst so i made an appointment and they got me in that same day. i had another ultrasound and everything looked fine, which was bad news. i get so frustrated when they can't find anything. i'm going back wednesday to consult with my obgyn and schedule a surgery date since this is our last resort. my doctor says it's most likely caused by the scar tissue from a previous surgery i had a couple years ago and definitely could be endometriosis starting. :( i hate surgery and get so nervous with how i'm going to take care of 2 kids and 2 needy dogs when i can't. ahh we'll just see how it goes. please cross your fingers everything turns out ok!!

i think this wins for longest post ever of mine!! onto the next..

day {5}- your parents

i can honestly say i have THE most amazing parents. ever. my siblings and i are so lucky to call them ours :) they have been married for almost 24 years and i admire that so much. i can't wait until ryan and i have our 24 year anniversary. it's definitely so admirable. my parents are always there whenever we've needed them. growing up we all can say they were super strict and now being a parent and seeing how we turned out i thank them for the strictness. there are parents out there that let their kids get away with doing awful things that kids shouldn't be doing and {my opinion} aren't doing the job they should be doing. some parents are more worried about being 'friends' with their kids than being a parent. i will always look up to them and be so grateful for what they've done for me. they will do anything for us or their grandkids. i couldn't ask for better grandparents for my babes. my kids LOVE my parents so much. jagger loves my dad more than he loves me. and kennedy can't wait until we move in with them. again :)

i love you mom and dad. and, thank you

xoxoxo

day 4

2011-03-02T19:35:00.003-07:00

day{4} the meaning behind your blogname

it took me so long to figure out what to name the blog before i got one. then i settled on ryanchelsieandkennedy. super creative right? then we had our little surprise jag man and the name doesn't really fit anymore. maybe one day i'lll change it? nah probably not that sounds like too much work. ha!

but we're all pretty dang cute i think :) minus me in my after baby fat days. blah. thank goodness those are gone ;)

day {3} and MARCH!!

2011-03-01T19:47:00.006-07:00

ok, first off. i am SOOO excited it's march. i know it still snows until april, may, and sometimes into june, but there's just something so awesome about march. spring is right around the corner! oh yeah, and my birthday is just in a couple of weeks!! and my hubs is getting me something amaaaazing. but he doesn't know i know. ha! oh spring please come fast!!

day {3}- pet peeves.

this one is so easy for me. i find so many things annoying. there are a lot of little things that just get to me and i want to snap

my biggest pet peeve ever would have to be fake people. there are so many mean and disgusting people out there. i am a nice person until someone isn't nice to me or my fam. i don't know why people have to be so degrading to others. especially when it's not for something specific besides just being mean.

i also can't stand bratty kids. i don't know why people allow their kids to act certain ways. i work with kids almost all day. {when i do go to work :)} and want to kick them out of the office and tell them to never come back. i would never in a million years let my kids act the way i see others. ewww.

it drives me crazy when i come home at night and the front porch light isn't on.

i hate when the microwave 'press start' button is blinking

i will almost always notice when someone uses bad grammar. i mean your, you're, too, to, two,there, they're, and their. it's not hard people. ry gets irritated because i'm always correcting his writing and spelling. i just got lucky i guess :)

and i can't stand when i can't figure something out. it drives me crazy!!

other than that, i'm awesome. ;)

ps i just figured out that the computer i have had for a year and a half has a webcam on it. helloooo oblivious. wahooo! get ready for some awesome pictures.

jagger didn't think it was as cool as i did :) it was past bedtime

i knew kennedy would just LOVE it. she is my new webcam partner

in crime ;)

numero dos

2011-02-28T21:45:00.003-07:00

good spanish speaking skills right? haha. ok lets get down to business.
day{2}: your favorite movie

i'm not a huge movie person. but the one movie i can watch over and over again is-

and when i was little, i used to watch this alll the time. i wish i could find it somewhere i'm sure kennedy would love it!!

day uno

2011-02-27T16:58:00.004-07:00

day {1}: recent picture of yourself and 15 interesting facts about you

this is my bffe and i. todays her birthday so this picture is perf. we went to the melting pot on friday to celebrate!! i love her she has always been there for me. we'll be friends forever and ever. don't judge the awful blurryness or me trying to look cool. haha :)

15 amazing things about yours truly-

{1} i love my family more than anything

{2} i married my best friend

{3}i have bieber fever

{4} i don't trust very many people. there are just so many fake people out there

{5} i only have a few people i'm really close to. i don't have a problem with cutting dramatic {to say the least} people out of my life. Life is too short for that kind of stuff.

{6} Chelsea Lately is my favorite show. ever. i watch it every night when the kids are finally asleep and ry's off to work. it's my favorite time of the day.

{7} i had my little girl when i was 17. it was the hardest thing i have ever done to this day. but, i wouldn't change anything. we are the best of friends and i look up to her just as much as she looks up to me. she has made me who i am today and i belive everything happens for a reason

{8} my mom is one of my very best friends. she knows everything about me

{9} i'm starting to LOVE to cook. i never used to be able to cook everything. look at me go! ry must be so proud :)

{10} i can't wait for summerrrrr

{11} i am completely happy with where i'm at in life. i don't think there are many people that can say that. people are always wanting more. don't get me wrong i can't wait for a bigger house and all my debt to be paid off, but i am completely content.

{12} i am a very impatient person. i'm working on it but i've come to terms that's just me ;) lucky ry is THE most patient person in the entire world. we balance each other out very well.

{13} my dad is my hero. he has been through so much and is so successful. he can make anyone laugh and i thank him for the cleaning ocd gene he passed down to me.

{14} i really hope jagger walks one day. i mean 15 months is a little embarrassing right? haha lazy little man. i still love that boy so so much

{15} i have THE cutest kids. i have proof. people tell me alllll the time. and they're so well behaved. well jagger isn't but he's 1 so that doesn't count right? kennedy {almost} always used her manners and is such a smart little girl. see, contentment! i'm super interesting right??

30 days about muahhh

2011-02-27T16:47:00.003-07:00

so being the follower that i am. seriously this girl has no idependence. right mom? ha! i have had a couple blogging friends do this cool 30 day thang. i thought it would be such a fun idea to do and fun to have to look back on!

Here's the list of things...

day {1}: recent picture of yourself and 15 interesting facts about you

day{2}: your favorite movie

day {3}: pet peeves

day {4}: meaning behind your blog name

day {5}: your parents

day {6}: your celebrity crush

day {7}: an animal you'd love to keep as a pet

day {8}: a hobby of yours

day {9}: a place you love

day {10}: a person you love

day {11}: favorite tv shows

day {12}: photo of you taken ten years ago

day {13}: something you're afraid of

day {14}: your makeup bag

day {15}: your family

day 16: something you're looking forward to

day {17}: favorite book

day {18}: what makes you different from everyone else

day {19}: something you bought recently

day {20}: favorite song

day {21}: your friends

day {22}: a place you've traveled to

day {23}: favorite recipe

day {24}: favorite photo

day {25}: plans/dreams/goals you have

day {26}: a habit you wish you didn't have

day {27}: a picture of you last year and a picture of you now

day {28}: something that stresses you out

day {29}: put your ipod on shuffle, what are the first ten songs

day {30}: photo of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

this will be interesting..

going private

2011-02-17T18:29:00.003-07:00

after so long of going back and forth about deciding to go private or not, i have decided to do it! this is more of a journal of our lives and it creeps me out knowing of all the creepers out there!! and there are certain others who i would just prefer to shut out all together who i'm sure

read up on our lives.

i don't care who reads it, i just want to know who is! you can leave your email in the comments, or email them to me at

chelsiedamico{at}hotmail{dot}com

thank you :)

the big apple

2011-02-17T13:58:00.003-07:00

we are going to new york twice in may. i cannot wait. thank you cousins for getting married

this is a much needed vaca.

is it still february? blah.

bieber.fever

2011-02-15T21:02:00.002-07:00

last friday i took kennedy and her cute friend sophie to see the justin bieber movie

with my friend jill and her little cousin. we all had SO much fun!!

kennedy and soph had a blast together like they always do, it's

so fun to see them together. {kennedy now is begging me for bangs, but she swears it's

not because sophie has them ;) }

man that jb is one talented kid. i loved justin before this movie and

now i love him even more. people are always making fun of me for it but i

really think he's so freaken cute. even if you're not a huge fan of him, go see the movie.

you'll love it! i'm still convincing ry to go see it. no luck.

here are some pictures from our fun night. enjoyyyyy

where are you spring

2011-02-03T15:27:00.003-07:00

i know it's only february 3rd. but i'm dying for warmer weather.
i am sick of the sicknesses that the winter season seems to bring with it.
my poor little man has been sick i swear, like every 3 weeks.
i miss the warmth
the sun shining on my face
the sound of the kids playing in the front yard
the smell of the air conditioner
tank tops
swimming pools
and even tan lines.
we have so many fun things planned for this summer. so now all we need

is that warm weather to hurry. please ;)

warm wishes xoxo

ps. i'm on day 30 of my diet. it's been going great. ive seem to have hit a rut. everything looks

so delish.

i can do it i can do it :)

9 down 10 to go.

this guy...

2011-01-27T20:35:00.003-07:00

made my day.

i love my husband.

i had the worst morning. woke up at 5, stepped in dog poop,

woke back up at 6 to jagger playing in his crib, then finally back up at 7

to start getting ready for work.

i'm a baby, but getting my two kids ready and myself seems to be such

a hard thing for me to do. jagger is at a stage where he just

constantly wants to be held. and when you're getting trying to

get ready that doesn't work.

the dogs were playing everywhere i seemed to have to be

and jagger was constantly crying because i wasn't holding him.

kennedy was mad and crying because i was doing her hair.

{i don't get it. i do her hair EVERY day. you think she'd be used to it by now?}

payback?? haha. anyway,

ryan works graves because he got an amazing job opportunity that came with

amazing insurance. a must have. and a lot more pay and also stability

he usually doesn't make it home because he works far and isn't off until 730 sometimes 8.

but he always says he tries. and i know he really does try.

there are even times he'll have to pull over and sleep for just a couple of

minutes so he won't fall asleep. he does so much for our little family.

he made it home this morning with my favorite beans n brews coffee in his hand.

i cried. it sounds so stupid but i had been having such a hard morning

it just made me so happy and changed my mood.

immediately jagger was thrilled {that boy LOVES his daddy more than i could tell you}

kennedy's hair was done, and with ry's help we were off to kindergarten

and grandma kerri's for today.

i love you ry. more than you'll ever know.

ry's not the type to facebook it, have a myspace, and i know he only knows

about what i blog because i tell him.

if you ever read this, please know how greatful i am for you.

{love} your wife xoxoxo

kennedy singing katy

2011-01-26T20:02:00.003-07:00

kennedy has this talent of hearing a song a few times and she starts to learn the words. after not too long she knows all the words. apparantly, i listen to katy perry around her and the other day we were driving in the car and she busted this one out. i was in tears i was laughing so hard.

i.love.her

ps- you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the blog and pause the music :)

the great great's

2011-01-18T20:23:00.000-07:00

it's pretty amazing to say you still know your great grandparents!!

my moms grandparens live up in preston, idaho.

we hadn't been up to see them in quite some time,

and they hadn't even met the little babies yet and hadn't seen

kennedy in a couple years. my cousin decided to invite us up on a day trip

to go and visit them. they are the cutest old people ever. my great grandma has

such an amazing memory!! i am so glad they got to meet the little babes.

i can't wait to go back in the spring time and feed the baby lambs!!

my mom with her grandparents

4 of their great great grandbabies!!

brighton, kennedy, jagger, and berklee

where berklee gets her red hair from :)

connor and my pops

my cute grandma playing with the spools with kennedy and brighton

jagger coloring on the marker board.

i remember playing on that growing up :)

the sheep that my grandpa still has. he'll be {eighty87seven}

and still going strong. he's so amazing

everyone went out to watch grandpa feed the sheep

tina marie

my grandma is amazing at keeping scrapbooks and keeping

track of everything! we love to read them

when we go up and catch up on everyones lives

jag man

berklee and her hillbilly teeth. i love that they're

coming in all funky

my very favorite picture of this little one.

she pulls some of the cutest faces

and of course grandma made lunch for everyone it was so yummy.

i am so grateful to still have my great grandparents!! they're simply

adorable

christmas with the lorences

2010-12-26T19:57:00.000-07:00

we had the best christmas this year!! it is always so much fun to get together with my whole family. we're so nuts and it's always so loud and something is always

going on, but i wouldn't change it for the world. as always, it went by soooo fast. we had such a

blast. on christmas eve, we ate yummy yummy food and then opened our tradition christmas eve jammies. aaaaand they all fit us this year!! haha! we've had wardrobe malfunctions in the past year, so i think we finally got it right. the kids got spoiled with presents {of course} and i loved watching every second of it.

merry christmas everyone :)

the tree with presents underneath!!

little snooks enjoying her first christmas :)

kar.dash.ians

me and my sisters. i love my sisters!! and we all

look so much alike too ;)

love.you

cal and ty in their jammies

me and berk! she makes the funniest faces.

i guess i just decided to mock one of them :)

ahh jag man. there's nothing better than his blankey and a bottle

to this little guy.

little kennedy getting so excited to go to sleep to see what

santa brings!!

remember when...

2010-12-21T16:50:00.002-07:00

i can't believe he was ever this little!!

meet snooki

2010-12-20T19:28:00.000-07:00

this is snooki. kennedy's early christmas present :) i know i'm crazy for getting another animal, after i swore i was done with pets. it's just impossible to go to the animal shelter and not come home with something. i really thought that puka needed a friend :) snook came all the way from california, {just like puka did. so i knew it was meant to be ;)} her mommy is a rottweiler and they're not sure about dad, but they think he was a lab. i grew up with the best rottweilers and when i saw her i just had to have her. she has been a pretty good puppy so far!! we're still working on the potty training ;) we love her!!

she is just so sweet!! she loves to lay in the bathroom and have

the heater come out and warm her up! she also just loves to cuddle.

she'll come find me and snuggle up right next to me. love.love

my lilttle model

2010-12-12T22:02:00.007-07:00

a couple weeks ago our photographer asked if she could borrow kennedy for a photoshoot for the clothing company, persnickety. of course kennedy was oh so excited!! here are just 2 of the pictures she ended up using for their christmas line. it's not a huge deal, but as her mom, i'm totally going to brag and play it up :) haha enjoy...

http://blog.peekaboophotos.com/2010/12/persnickety-christmas/

for mindy

2010-12-07T20:49:00.004-07:00

sometimes i get inspired. whether it's from a person, a song, or a movie. today it was a person. a very special person. i have missed her so badly for some time now. i have never seen her get mad or even in situations where bad things should have been said about someone, nothing mean has ever come out of her mouth.

she makes me want to be a better person

she is the most uplifting person i have ever met and i'm sure i will ever meet. after i talked to her today i walked away feeling so good and just so positive. she genuinely cares about me and my family.

i love you mindy. thank you for making my day.

6 & 1

2010-11-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

i know i always say this but, i can't believe how old my kids are!! we just got their pictures back and i am obsessed. our photographer is ahuuuuhmazing! we've gone to her for years now and will never go anywhere else :) enjoy our little monsters! ps- if anyone knows how to make a collage of all the pictures please let me know! it's kind of annoying to upload oine by one and have a looooong page of picture after picture! ok you get it.

kennedy rian

2010-11-26T17:33:00.002-07:00

tina-

happy 6th birthday little girl!! i love you more than you'll ever know. it's so weird to think that you're 6. this year we had your birthday party at classic skating. it was so much fun!! you had a blast with all your friends :)

you and i have been through so much together. you are truly my little best friend. i love to cuddle with you everynight. and i love to see how much you've grown and i absolutely love to watch you learn. you have learned so much this past year. you know every letter and you are starting to learn how to read. your favorite number to count to is 80 :) your teacher is ms. thornell and you absolutely adore her. she is a great teacher. i don't think you have ever complained about waking up and going to school. kennedy, you are so smart and i know you will do amazing things in your lifetime.

everyday we wake up together and sing and get ready to music then i take you to school. you always love to blow me a kiss goodbye right before i leave the parking lot. you are the most amazing little girl i have ever met. i love the silly questions you ask me. you want to know the answers to everything! you always have a way of figuring things out. your imagination is amazing to me. i love to sit and watch you play for hours. you definitely know how to entertain yourself. i don't think i have ever heard you say 'i'm bored' this last year you became a big sister!! you are the best big sister i could ever ask for. you love your little brother so much. you love to sit and make him laugh. i love to watch the two of you together. you teach him so much.

your favorite show is iCarly. it's amazing to me how you can sit and watch it for hours. you know all the words to almost every taylor swift song ;) she is our favorite.

this year you also started gymnastics and tumling. i can't believe how fast you have learned things there. you can do a 'tick tock' so well now!! i love the excitement in your eyes when i pick you up and you tell me what you learned how to do! everyone around you and everyone that knows you loves you so much.

i can't imagine my life without you sis. i love you so so much and can't wait to see what amazing things you accomplish this next year!! you make me so proud to be your mama!!

love. mommy

sweet sweet { baby }

2010-11-19T21:56:00.002-07:00

i have been dreading this post. it is so hard to write about how old your kids are getting. day to day they grow like crazy. but, it's when it gets to their birthday, when it really hits you.

jagger turns 1 tomorrow. i know everyone says it, but where does the time go?? it feels like yesterday that i was in the hospital having him. i remember the first time i saw that chubby little boy. i instantly fell in love with him. i will never forget what i felt at that moment. a love for someone you just barely met but was so real and so amazing. i love you little man and will do anything for you. i decided every year i'm going to write my kids a letter that they will have to look back on and have.

jagger,

i love you. i can't believe you are one. i didn't think this day would come so fast. you are quite the amazing one year old!! you have accomplished so much in just a short time. i couldn't be more proud to call you mine. you are such an amazing little boy. there is not one day that goes by that i don't squeeze your chubby little self and tell you how much i love you. you are just so calm {like your daddy} i wouldn't change anything about you. i even love how you took 11 whole months to sleep through the night. you definitely love your bottles. i love how you would find them in your crib and get so excited, like it was your first and last baba ever. you have always done things so early with little practice. rolling over, sitting up, holding your own bottle, crawling, pulling yourself up, and climbing on everything. my favorite thing- when i tell you to say 'mama' and you say it then scrunch your nose so all we can see are your cute spongebob teeth and you laugh because you think it's so funny. you can say 'dada' 'mama' and you love to shake your head from side to side when we tell you 'no no'

you love your daddy more than me but i'm ok with that. he is such an amazing daddy to you. you two will be the best of friends and i can't wait to see you guys grow older together. the excitement you have when you see him melts my heart. you love your big sister so much. i love to watch you watch her with everything she does. i love to watch you sleep. you always sleep on your belly with your cute bum in the air. i haven't ever known any baby to always sleep like that. your favorite thing in the whole world is your blankey. it accidentially got left at our house by your friend, max, and you claimed as yours. you always chew the corners and you can definitely tell. that blanket is so gross. we wash it all the time but for some reason it always is so gross! you usually wake up around 7 and will patiently in your crib and play with the bedding and talk to yourself until i come in and get you. you are always so excited to see me in the morning. it's the best 'good morning' i could ever ask for. you're not quite walking yet. you just love to be held forever and ever. i don't mind holding you all the time. {until i start to get sore :)} you have 10 teeth already. i couldn't believe when i felt your gums 3 days ago i could feel 2 molars. you are growing up so fast little man. oh how you love to eat. early on you didn't love your baby food, you wanted to eat what everyone else was eating. so that's what we gave you :) you are such a big boy and we wouldn't want you any other way! last time you were at the doctors you weighed 24 pounds and 7 ounces. your chubbiness is one of the cutest things about you. i love you forever and ever and can't wait to see what this next year holds for you. you are so loved by everyone around you. you make me one proud mama.

love,

mommy

our {home}

2010-11-14T20:05:00.002-07:00

i am thankful for our home. we were so lucky to be able to buy our first house last may and have turned it into our home. i am so grateful we were able to buy it!! we had rented before, which was great while it lasted, but we finally feel like this is ours. it's where our little boy was born
where kennedy started kindergarten
where we got our first dog
where we have to fix our own malfunctions that happen instead of just call the landlord :)
{ryan takes pride in that one}
where i get to decorate and feel like i'm actually decorating for us instead of the next tenants
where we are so excited to come home to at the end of the day
there's just something about owning your own house.

i am also very thankful for the heat in our house.
last night we went to keys on main with a bunch of people, so so fun, and ry and i decided to leave early.
it was so cold outside. all i could think about was getting home to my nice, warm, cozy house.
it made my heart so sad for all the homeless people who had to sleep outside in that freezing weather.
it definitely made me so grateful to have simple things, like heat.

my kidlets

2010-11-11T10:32:00.003-07:00

i am so thankful for my kids

they can drive me so crazy but i wouldn't change anything

i wipe their noses, find the blankies, read stories, tuck them in, comfort after bad dreams

i'm a lunch lady, housekeeper, full time nanny

and i love it

my kids make me who i am today. i can't imagine where my life would be without them in my life.

kennedy is my best friend and she promises she always will be. {ah 5 is such a sweet age}

i remember at the ultrasound with jagger, i didn't want a boy! i wanted another girl so badly because kennedy had just been amazing.

looking back, i wish i would have known what i know now.

i {LOVE} my baby boy

i love the way he spongebob smiles at me when i quickly turn my head around in the car and say i love you to him

he is so much fun and so much different than kennedy

it's funny to me how different boys and girls are

we have 2 of the most extreme genders with our babes.

kennedy couldn't be more girly

and anything with wheels jagger instantly growls and loves to play with it.

i am so blessed to call these two kids mine

i love being their mommy

My {husbAnd}

2010-11-09T12:08:00.004-07:00

i am EVER so thankful for ryan. he came into my life at the perfect time. he truly is my best friend. he will do anything for anybody. that is what i love most about him. he is the most selfless person i know. he doesn't judge and lets me be me. he supports me in what i want to do and has never put me down. i love how we can be so sarcastic with each other. we get each other.

not many people can say these things and truly mean it.

the way he is with our kids is just heart warming. i always knew he would be the best daddy.

his patience is so amazing, i have never met anyone who is as patient as him. he will wait and wait and never complain. we definitely compliment each other. we have fun doing absolutely nothing together. my favorite thing is on a sunday night sitting and watching the kids play.

that has a lot to say in itself

ryan is the most hardworking person i know. {besides my dad} he works awful hours during the week {9 p.m. to 7 a.m.} and then either goes to school on tuesdays and thursdays from {8 a.m. to 12 p.m.} or his other job on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays in the morning then home to sleep.. and yet, still, doesn't complain.

it's just how he is. he doesn't stay at his old job for any reason but,

"there are other families that need their job, so i need to help the company survive"

that's my ry. if anyone knows him or has met him you know what i'm talking about.

i love that i still get butterflies when we kiss, and how excited i am when i get to see him or go out together.

i know we're meant to be

i love you forever and ever babe

{Thank}ful

2010-11-07T19:36:00.003-07:00

i can't believe it's this time of year again. this past year has totally flown by.

i feel that each and every year there is just more and more to be thankful for. i am going to try to post daily { i know it probably won't happen :) } specific things that i am ever so grateful for.

Today- i am thankful for

{family}

i don't know where i would be without each and every single person in my family-

even caleigh :) haha love you sisssss

they have been there for me through every up and down i have gone through

i love you guys oh so much!!

we're all so disfunctional but i wouldn't want it any other way

i am truly blessed to have such amazing people in my life

never grow up

2010-10-27T20:32:00.004-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFaMDWmR3BE

i love my kids. more than anything.
love for your kids is a different kind of love
it's an unconditional forever lasting feeling
this song made me cry when i thought about my babes
i wouldn't be who i am today without them.
i love to go in their rooms after they've fallen asleep
{and just watch}
they're perfect

life goes too fast.

kennedy is almost 6 and jagger is already almost 1

i don't want them to ever grow up

taylor swift sings it best..

listen to the song.

if you have kids.

you'll cry

i love you, you two.

oh i'm one proud mama

forever and ever

2010-10-19T15:30:00.011-07:00

8.10.10

{our wedding day}

it was so much fun, and went by way too fast..

the whole day was crazy

but i will always remember every second

it was beautiful

and perfect

enjoy our day.. me and the bridesmaids getting ready

ahhh i was SO nervous!!

i LOVE my bridesmaids. they are the best girls ever. love you all!!

{caleigh}

getting my flowergirl ready. i love you forever and ever kennedy rian

{my dress}

ew. i promise my arm is not that fat in real life. precious picture though

div>cyd and travis. they're awesome. shakin their bums down the aisle

and me shakin my bum down the aisle!!

i love my dad

husband and wife. i love you babes!!

travis, mumford, nic, ry, shane, sam and adam.

the best groomsmen

it's official now :)

mmmmm i just love you mister!!

kennedy got the bouquet {with help from caleigh}
and she couldn't have been more excited about it

that's the cake. fight. we both lost ha!

our cake that ry's cousin and aunt made!!

it was beautiful!!

me and my dad dancing

then me and ry danced...

immaturity

2010-10-17T19:22:00.003-07:00

im·ma·tu·ri·ty
{im-uh-choor-i-tee}

–noun, plural
1. a state or condition of being immature: the immaturity of one's behavior; the
immaturity of a country's technology.

some people can be so mean
people that i don't even know
and mean for a wrong reason
recently.... {someone} who was very immature felt the need to voice their opinion
very disrespectfully.
i hope that they feel embarrased and ashamed of themself. i would
NEVER
say something to someone i did or didn't know that would be so rude...
if you're reading this,

you know who you are

and i hope you got the satisfaction out of saying something to someone that was completely

unnecessary.

have a great day everyone xoxoxo

and dance forever

2010-10-11T18:33:00.002-07:00

here is our ceremony from our AMAZING wedding on {8.10.10}

our videographer was awesome and so fun to work with..

we.are.awesome

you have to watch it. you will love it.

we sure did :)

{f}all

2010-10-10T11:44:00.003-07:00

i love fall.

the smell of the crisp cool air

baking like crazy

kennedy and i cuddled up every chance we get to watch halloweentown

the witches at gardner village

apple cider

the pumpkin spice candles

sweaters

kennedy's favorite, egg nog :)

there's just nothing quite like it. we are so excited for the upcoming holidays

spending time with our families around this time of year is extra special

i was definitely ready to say bye to summer this year..

my husband.

ry got a new job!!!!!! i can't even begin to explain how excited and proud of him i am.. he will be making more money, and the best part is... INSURANCE!! we have been without insruance for i can't even tell you how long so that is going to be {amazing}

i don't know anyone else that is as amazing of a man as my husband is.

he will do anything and everything to help others out.

he is genuine

kind

sweet

patient

understanding

loving

and most of all...

{mine}

i am so lucky to have him in my life, and my kids are even more lucky to get to call him dad

he always supports me in whatever funky idea i have wanted to do

never questions my dreams and aspirations

he has made my life complete { cheeeeeesy i know}

i.love.him

i have reached a point in my life where i feel everything is meant to be

life is just how i pictured it.

being married with kids.

it gets hard sometimes

but it's always worth it at the end of the day.

there's nothing quite like peeking in on my kidlets when they've fallen asleep

and kissing their cheeks goodnight for one last time.

i am so grateful

jaggers first hair cut!!

2010-10-07T15:25:00.005-07:00

it was time

the mullet had to go :)

my friend tiffany does hair, so i had her do it! she is amazing!!

and oh my, it turned out oh so cute

he looks so much older! i can't believe that he'll be 1 next month.

time to start working on another one ;)

ahahahaha yeahhhh right.

enjoy the pictures...

of course his mouth is open.. his mouth is always open.

and he loves to sit in the sink when i do his hair

it's pretty cute

look what ry did..

2010-09-26T12:15:00.004-07:00

sunday funday. right?

yeah. not so much

we were on a roll cleaning like crazy!!
ry backed up his jeep down the driveway to vacuum it out
and i hear this {crunch}
i couldn't stop laughing
he.was.mad
it was the first thing he had ever hit...
the garbage can.

so of course i run and get the camera
i told him i couldn't wait to facebook the picture

he gave me {the look}

so i told him i wouldn't facebook it. so the lucky 2 of you that actually read

our blog

get to see.

hahahahahaha i still think it's pretty funny
i love him. even when he's mad

feeling blessed...

2010-09-14T13:30:00.004-07:00

i have had many ups and downs in my life.

still to this day there are certain people and certain

situations you can't avoid.

some people hurt you

and the ones that actually truly matter make you feel

{loved}

i am more than grateful for the positive and amazing

people in my life.

ryan and i are so happy to finally be where we are.

thank you to those who have helped get us here.

my heart hurts for specific situations and i feel embarrassed

for those who have hurt us so badly. unfortunately so badly

that i believe it's unrepairable.

my kids and my husband are the most special people in the world

and it's unfortunate that some will never get to see that.

{their loss right?}

i love my life, my family, my job, my pets, my friends, and so much more...

i can't let others get me down and better yet i can't dwell on

{ridiculuous} accusations.

i am the bigger person and better than them.

i will get past the negative and learn to move on.