Ashley's Wedding! Minnesota!

I have finally somewhat recovered from my 2 weeks of being away from home. It was so fun and then I got sick of course. But now I am starting to feel better now so I can now update the blog. lol! Like it is really that hard but ya I just special.
So this last week Tyler and I got to go to Minnesota. We haven't been back there since Tyler graduated 2 years ago. Kind of crazy it has been that long but back to our trip. We flew out of San Jose at the but crack of dawn and made it to Mn early afternoon. We went and hung out with Aunt Rachelle and her family and then on Wednesday I went to hand out with the bride Ashley and her family. Tyler went and played around with his friends and did his own thing. It was so fun to see Ashley and meet her family. We mostly did wedding stuff but it was so fun to be there with her. Ashley married Matt and they are the cutest couple ever. She asked me to be her Made of Honor. Such a compliment. She is the sweetest girl ever and now she needs to pop out a kid so our kids can be best friends! (sorry for the ramblings I am not even going to reread this so I am sure it is a little scary) The bride and groom looked fabulous. Her dress was beautiful! The bridesmaid dresses were very cute on the other bridesmaid but me the pregnant one not so much but what can you do. My belly was have a huge day and so I look nine months pregnant instead of 5 1/2. I can tell I am not going to be one of those cute little pregnant girls. Here are few pictures from the wedding happenings. And this is as close as you are going to get to a belly shot. Their little nice Kennedy was the flower girl. She is absolutely adorable. They put little sponge curlers in her hair. And she did so good walking down the aisle. She walked and stopped at each row talking to the kids. Matt ended up having to go get her so we could get going. Then she fell asleep for the rest of the ceremony. Did I mention how beautiful the ceremony was. I think the whole thing went perfectly and it was so fun to help them get ready for it. It was the least I could do for her! Her family was the best and I cant wait to plan another trip out to see them all again. LOVE YOU ASHLEY AND MATT! BEST OF LUCK!





When I get some better pictures I will post them!

happy MOTHER'S day!

Hope all you Mothers out there had a fabulous Mother's day! It was kind of fun to celebrate my first Mother's day. Tyler made me dinner and the baby and I loved it. He/she started kicking after and Tyler got to feel it for the first time. It was so cool.
I also want to say how grateful I am to the Mother's in my life. My mom is the best and is such a good example of a great mom. Honestly she raised 10 + kids and is still kicking! And also my sister Rachel. She is a great mom with the best kids. It is so nice not to be the first to become a mom. She has given my so much stuff for when I have a baby. Thanks for everything! Between my mom and Rachel's help and knowledge I should be able get through anything! And also I need to thank my Mother-in-law! She did a good job at raising her crazy son and she is always so good to me. I could go on and on about all the mothers in my life! Thanks for all the good examples!

Az Trip

I got the opportunity to go to AZ again while Tyler attended training in Scottsdale. I told him that there was no way that he could go to Arizona without me. It worked out perfectly because I ended up not having to work that week, so off we went! It was a fun week and one of my last flying trips before the baby. I will be going to St. Johns in August for a family reunion but we will be driving because I will be great with child!
I finally got a picture of my Grandma Mickey and I. She has been living with my mom for the last couple months, lucky mom! My mom takes her to Utah on Friday. My mom is winning Mother of the Year for putting up with grouchy Grandma for that long! p.s. We do love my Grandma she is just getting hard with her old age!


One of the days while I was visiting the family I got to go to the ranch for my dad. He needed me to turn on the well at my Uncle Demar's house and then added going to my Uncle Bryan's ranch to feed the cows and separate one out. I think that I am good luck when it comes to that kind of thing because the cow we needed was the 3rd cow into the corral and made it so easy. Sam and I got lucky! It was really fun to go to my Uncle Demar's house, it game a chance to take a couple pictures. That house has some fun childhood memories when I would go to the ranch with my grandpa.




The next day my dad needed to go get the cow and bring it into town so Mickey, Hannah, and I decided to go with him. My poor dad. We dropped him off at the house and we went to get the cow, which was obviously going to be an adventure with the three of us but we did pretty good. Took us a long time but that was only because Mickey wanted to ride the cow! lol! I am not sure he is going to take us to the ranch let alone send us to do something without supervision. It probably reminded him why he normally goes to the ranch on his own or sends his sons!

This is how we hook the trailer up! HAHAHAHA!

I made it to one of Sam's baseball games while I was home. They won and he did an awesome job! It was fun to watch one because I am sure it will be the only one! I see baseball star in his future!



Then I headed to the valley to hang out with the kids and help Rachel pack for her big move to Sj. I think that I mainly played with Ivy while Mickey and her did all the work. Ivy is hilarious, she goes from being happy and smiley to giving the death look in a matter of seconds. She loved giving Tyler the death look. Got to love that little tiny angry girl!


I didn't take a lot of pictures, I kept forgetting to pull it out but we did have a fun time. I love playing with the kids I only wish I had half of that energy!
We went to the state softball game on Friday night. It was fun to see everyone even though they lost. Then on Saturday we got to go to the lake with Ben and Jess and Chris and Bailey. Thank you again Chris and Bailey for taking your boat out and thanks Jess for inviting us! It was a fun to watch Tyler try and learn how to wake board. He never successfully got up but he had some great teachers and I think eventually he will get it down. He just needs to figure how it feels to be pulled by a boat. Thanks again everyone for the fun day!
It was a fun trip, wish I could make it home every couple months! Thanks to everyone for letting us stay with them and for everything.

What I thought was going to be a relaxing weekend...

So I was thinking that I was going to have a relaxing weekend at home before I am gone for 3 weekends in a row but that never works out as planned. One of Tyler's roommates from college was on a work assignment out here in San Jose so we got to see hang out with him and one of his co-workers. We went to dinner Friday night and then come home to our apartment and hung out and chatted and the boys were showing off their dance moves. It was a pretty fun night except for the fact that I was exhausted. Then Saturday they went to San Fran but I chose to stay home because I know it is colder over there and I have been there a few to many times. So I stayed home and went shopping with Carly and Cleo and had a girl day. Then that evening we had a BBQ and hung out for a while. Shantenese had to fly out on Sunday so I got lucky and we didn't have to stay up to late. It was fun hanging out with them Tyler hung out with Taylor again on Saturday while I went to Santa Cruz with the Listman's. Thanks Taylor for keeping Tyler entertained. To bad the weather wasn't warmer and we couldn't have gone swimming the whole time. 60's and 70's is not swimming weather for me.



On Sunday we went for a hike before we went to Santa Cruz. We hiked to the top of the hill on Santa Teresa. Okay I didn't get the whole way up. I started blacking out so I stopped and waited for them to return. Figured I had pushed myself enough. But it was very pretty I hear from the top. It was pretty from where I made it to so I was content. My butt is sore today but other then that it was a fun 2 mile hike. Not sure if I want to do again until after the pregnancy.




So that sums up the weekend. This week will hopefully fly by fast. On Friday we are planning on going to a baseball game and then Saturday and then on Sunday I am flying out to AZ again. Tyler has training in Scottsdale so he will join me in AZ on Tuesday but I am heading out earlier because I don't have work this week and I want to be able to see Hannah in her school play. I cant wait to go home again even though I was just there. I am getting in all the trips I can before I can't fly anymore. We fly back form AZ on Sunday and then we have a doc appointment that Monday then we fly out again on Tuesday for Minnesota for the wedding. I am so excited to see Ashley and for her to get married.
Pregnancy has been going really good. My right hip has been hurting a lot and the hike sure didn't help but other then that my belly is just growing. I am tired a lot but that is nothing new. I am sleeper. I will have a rude awakening when the baby comes. I would post pictures but I think I am bigger then most people that I have seen at 20 weeks. So I will keep the pictures to myself. I am now 20 weeks. I am like half way there. It has gone by kind of fast which I hope that continues.
Tyler is doing good. He loves his job and it is going really well for him. He is one of the top reps which is so nice. He is very good at what he does. At his last meeting in AZ he even had to give a presentation. So I am pretty proud of him.
We are starting the house hunt again. I hate this process. I just wish it were over with and we are just in the looking stage which to me is the easy part. I am hoping to find a house and get all the paper work done by the middle or end of the summer, so I can have my brothers come moves us and my sisters come and paint for me. I am going to be lazy this move or so I hope so. lol!
Well that is all that is going on for us now. We are keeping busy and enjoying every minute we can.

Just to make you smile!

Happy EASTER!

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter! Ours was pretty boring. Would have been nice to be home with family, but what can you do. We spent most of the driving home from Tahoe and then we came home and rested. So a none eventful day for us. I did feel Easter Eggs up and hid them with the kids I watch on Monday. It was fun to eat the candy while I filled them off. lol! I can't wait to have a baby to share holiday's with!
Also Happy Birthday to little Harley Rose and big Ikey-Pooh! Hope you guys had good birthday's filled with lots of eating!

Weekend in Tahoe!!

We got to go to Tahoe this last weekend for Curtis's(carly's bf) birthday celebration. It was so gorgeous and we had a good time as usual. Curtis and Jessie had never been and it was a beautiful day! I hope everyone had a good time! I always love it when we go there and this is my favorite time of year. I love when it is not freezing outside and there is snow on the ground. I think it was in the 50's so it was nice. I know I am wearing a jacket in the pictures but I am always cold! lol!Here are a few pictures from our trip!

Tis the season. . .

Baseball season has started! And I have decided that I can't possible pick 1 team so I am going to have 3 teams this year. My Colorado team is the ROCKIES! Tyler thinks are baby is going to come home in a Rockies jersey so I may as well embrace my husbands love for the Rockies. Of course my AZ team is the DIAMONDBACKS! Got to stick with the home team! And my California team is the A's. They have so many here but since my favorite Rockies player was traded to the A's, I will adopt them. MATT HOLLIDAY IS HOT!!! So bring on the season! I even have a fantasy baseball team. HAHA My team is called the Little Blonde Mamas!! Yeah I am pretty sure I am losing. The only player that I know is Matt Holliday. Basically I am just doing it to make my husband happy and if I ever win to rub it in all the boys faces! GO BASEBALL!
Today the Rockies played and Tyler made me wear a Rockies hat and then proceeded write in a purple marker on my belly GO ROCKIES! He thinks the baby is a Rockies fan already! And since they won he thinks it was good luck and so I get the joy of having my belly written on every game. Don't be jealous!
Well enough of baseball, we went to the doctor on Wednesday. What a fun experience. We could have found out what we were having but we are still sticking to our guns! It is so exciting not knowing. At first I wasn't sure if I could do it but now I am so excited that we are waiting. Plus it is saving me a lot of money!
Seeing the baby this time made it so much more real to Tyler and I. Mainly to Tyler. I have felt the baby move a few times. What a cool feeling! I can't wait until Tyler can feel it to. But when we were looking at the baby he/she started to wave his hand. It was so cute and then he laid his hand on his face. So dramatic! Which makes me lean toward it being a girl. But Tyler still thinks that it is a boy and that he wasn't waving he was cheering "GO ROCKIES." lol! Our poor child better love baseball. Well I think that is all for now. We go back to the doctor on the 4th of May!
We are headed to Lake Tahoe for a friends birthday and Easter so that will be my next post! Hope everyone has a good Easter!

Trip to see the Fam-Damly!

Tyler had to go to meetings in Scottsdale so I got to go along. It was so fun to hang out with family. You can tell by the pictures which kids I spent the most time with. Ivy is so cute and hated me for the most part. When I first saw her she looked at me and started bawling. It was so sad. Eventually she got used to me and stopped crying when I looked at her. When I would look at her she would act bashful and put her head down. It was so funny! What a sweet little tiny girl. It was so cute to watch her walk.
When Rachel picked me up from the airport she had both Cj and Ivy. Cj stayed home from school because he was sick. When I got in the car he was laughing and being silly so I asked him how is was feeling and he stopped smiling and said " Not Dood" and then started laughing. Such a funny kid. He is crazy! So for the rest of the week he and Raymond would try and act sick so they could stay home. But it never worked. lol! They are such funny kids. Always good entertainment. I don't know how Rachel keeps up with all of them.
When Tyler got done with his meetings on Thursday we picked him up and he got to play with the kids for a little while then we headed up to SJ for a couple of days to see the rest of the family. It was a good trip except for the terrible wind and the fact that we woke up to snow. Seriously it is APRIL!. We need the moisture but can it not come in the form of rain. I AM SO READY FOR SUMMER!!
On Saturday we headed back to Mesa and got to hang out at Ike's house. I was pretty proud that we got to see all of the family that lives in AZ. It isn't as easy at looks to see that many people!
Thank you Rachel for all the maternity clothes. Tyler has already been trying them out. And thanks to everyone that drove us around and let us stay out their houses. I have now declared that next time we go we are renting a car. It will make it a little easier. I hate feeling like we are putting people out. Plus we can be in more control of what we do. I am sure they all love chauffeuring us around! lol!