Whistle while you work. . .

So I got a job, well two of them kind of, I will start nannying for a family on Tuesday and I am starting to sell Mary Kay makeup.
The family that I am going to be nannying for is really awesome, and I have perfect hours. I work from 12 to 4 sometimes 5, so I get to sleep in still. If you know me you know I love my sleep. I will be watching a five year old boy after he gets out of school and then I will watch his sister and him when she gets out of school at 3. It should be really fun. They are fun kids and I can't wait to get to know them better. The only problem is, which isn't really a problem, just a funny coincidence, is that they have 2 BIG PARROTS. I am not a big fan of birds, but they told me that they never leave their perch, so I think I should be good. They also have a big salt water fish tank that is really fun to look at, the fish in there are beautiful.
Way back in the day I thought about selling Mary Kay, but nothing ever came of it. I went to a meeting that talked about it with my friend Rachel from Minn. but that was about it. Well, about a month ago, Rachel emailed me a Mary Kay thing to ask if I ever thought about selling Mary Kay. So thanks to Rachel I am going to finally start. My mom has always told me that I should sell make up or something and I am finally going to listen to her. It should be fun and a major learning experience. If you ever want any Mary Kay make up of supplies feel free to ask me. I am learning still but I can start selling now. Thanks!!

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Ryan and Alecia sent me this picture of Taylon playing with her dolls and I thought it was such a cute picture. Her little head is just barely peaking out. She is such a cute little girl!

And then this is a picture of Rachel and Cameron's trampoline in the power lines after the terrible storm that hit Phoenix last night. I am glad everyone was safe and I was far away.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ASHLEY!

We had such a good weekend with Ashley! I am so grateful for such good friends! We went to Santa Cruz to site see and it was so fun. We went to the boardwalk and there were a lot of rides and shops right on the beach. It was so pretty. It got really crowded by the afternoon, so note to self go in the morning! We walked out on this pier and it was freezing. lol! But such a pretty view. There were a lot of people fishing and a lot of seals being obnoxious and bird worst of all there were ugly seagulls.I HATE BIRDS! But it was fun, there was a lot to see and plenty to do. We stayed there for a few hours and then we headed home. It is only thirty minutes away so it is the perfect place for a day trip! When we got home poor Tyler had to cook us all steaks, I know it was his birthday but he loves to grill like most men! So we had dinner and then we went and hung out in the hot tub! It was a nice relaxed weekend.I hope they had as much fun as I did!
Ashely and I on the boardwalk!

Staring at the weird wall prisoners!

The busy beach!

Ash and I on the Pier!

Tyler and I

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER DEAR!

Tyler turned 25 today! Yeah I know he is old at least older then me. I made him a huge ice cream cake definitely not good for the diet but I am sure it will taste good. And no worries we are still kids. . . Tyler and Ashley and I stayed up until midnight so that Tyler could open his presents. HAHAHA! Ashley got him a card and a gift card she is so sweet and I got him a Sirius satellite radio so it was a fun night. Tyler's sister and Brooklyn gave him the sweet hat he is wearing in the pictures. He has yet to take it off. And he got some other stuff from his parents and grandma. So he is having a GREAT birthday. Thank you everyone for calling him! He loved it!
Our friend, mostly my friend, Ashley came to visit us this weekend. We are so glad to have company. So today we are going to Santa Cruz to see the ocean and walk around on the boardwalk. And for Tyler's birthday dinner he wanted steak and baked potatoes, so we will come home and hang out and eat birthday dinner! I hope he has a good day. He is a sweetheart and deserves the best. I am one lucky girl. I hate how he always has to have the bed made, but I am learning that it is a good thing. So far he is such a clean freak and he helps me with everything in the house, and he loves to go for walks with me and helps keeps me motivated, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that this never changes. LOVE YOU TYLER!

HaPpY bIrThDaY TERRI LYNN!

Happy 50th Birthday Terri! I hope you have a good day with plenty of fun. Cant wait for you to come see our new place. There is a lot of good shopping close by.

Family photos.

Before we left Roseville we took some family photos with the boys. Man we miss them but it is kind of nice being able to walk around in a towel and not have to worry if the missionaries are going to walk in. lol!

Welcome to San Jose!

Well we made it and we have pretty much unpacked. Now I have to finish putting up pictures and decorating so that I can take some pictures to put on here. We absolutely love it here, we have so much more space and the weather is just perfect, we rarely use our a/c. Don't get me wrong I do miss Roseville, we had a lot of good memories there and we miss our boys and our friends, but this is just place is so nice. We live in a resort style living apartment complex and so we have two nice pools, one for swimming laps which I love and the gym is huge and Tyler loves that. There is also a park across the street so we have a place to go for walks, roller blade and play catch. It had been in the low 80s this week and at night we leave our windows open and get a really nice cool breeze. Well that is all for now! Oh yeah Tyler is liking his new job. He is catching on very well! Also it is his birthday on th 23rd! And Terri (mother-in-law) on the 22nd! August is a birthday month! Happy Birthday Alecia today! I still don't have a job. I interviewed for a nanny job but they told me that I have moved around to much so they didn't hire me. Oh well what can you do. I hope something else pops up soon! Here is a couple pictures of the view from our balcony.

Lake Trip

On Saturday evening we went to a pool party of some friends and they invited Tyler and I to go to the lake with them but Tyler had to go to Florida for meetings so being the good wife that I am went with them by myself. I sent Tyler pictures of the boat to rub it in. HAHA! Yeah I know I am cruel. He got to go to Universal Studios last night with everything paid for so I guess we are even.
I went with Kelley and Tyson, Allison and Len, Liz and Mike, and Carrie. It was so much fun. They are some of the nicest people ever. It was so fun to watch them wakeboard and they wanted me to try but I am to much of a chicken, but I did go on the tube which is always fun, it is like a free adjustment for your back. lol!
Here is a picture of Sly Park lake. It sits in the middle of the mountains or hills to anyone from Colorado. But it was so pretty and the water was just perfect.

Carrie and I tubing.

Me floating around after being thrown off of the tube and skidding across the water.

The whole group minus me because I am taking the picture.

Random thoughts. . .

Well first off we are pretty much moved, now i just have to get the remaining things from the old apartment and clean it and then I can finish unpacking everything in the new. But I have made Tyler promise that next time we move we will pay people to do the heavy stuff for us. Maybe I will make sure that I am pregnant so I have the excuse that I can't lift anything to heavy. I know I know, I am a sissy la la but seriously that king size mattress was way to heavy for me.
Random thought number 1: On 1 of our 5 trips to San Jose(2 1/2 hour drive) in the last couple weeks I have come to realize my love for windmills. Between here and there there is a place that has tons of windmills that are used to produce energy. Such a good idea. But I just think that they looks so pretty up on top of all of the hills with the yellow grass, that I am sure is green during the winter, covering them.


And I always remember as a kid going to the ranch with my dad or my grandpa and going to the windmill. It fascinates me how the windmills work. Whomever came up with the idea is a genius. Whenever I think of a windmill I think of the ranch and if you know me you know how much I love the ranch.
Random thought number 2: I have been thinking recently about how funny my husband is and I figured I better write down some of the funny things that he says so that I have proof. Remember he is my only child at the time and he is going to teach me patience for when I have more. So yesterday while we were doing some moving, I was complaining about having to do so many loads and he looks and me and says "What you think because you are a woman you only have to do 50% of the work!" I just couldn't stop laughing. All I could say was "You think you are a man so you don't have to do any of the house work!"
A little reason for why I call him my child... the other morning I was sleeping in because I was so worn out from moving and when I woke up I could here him tip toeing around the apartment trying to be quiet so I just stayed in bed for awhile reading and then a few minutes later he comes into the room to see if I was awake because he was bored but he knew that I needed to sleep. We have a rule that if I am sleeping in and I don't need to be up for anything then he has to leave me alone and go entertain himself in the other room. I am training him pretty well with this but he does complain because he can't ever sit still and I am a sleeper.
Other funny stories, let's see, one time he called me the titanic when we were swimming. Boy was I mad. He didn't mean it that way but still. I said I was a little boat floating around the pool and he said I was the titanic and that he was going to sink me like the real boat. Sometimes I wonder if he thinks before he talks.
He is so clumsy. He is like a bull in a china closet. But enough of about Tyler he knows I love him and that he makes me laugh everyday.
Random thought number 3: I have I said already that I hate moving. But I am so excited to live in San Jose. It is fairly close to the ocean and the weather is so nice, 70's and 80's and the night are kind of chilly but it is so nice to be able to sleep with the windows open. We loved living in Roseville and we will miss it dearly but San Jose will also be so fun and we will get to meet new people and do some more exploring. And did I mention that I have some friends from MN that live in the same complex as us. So we will already have some friends close by to keep us company.
Final random thought: We are going to miss the missionary boys so much. They have become a part of our family. So much that I think that I will name a kid after them. They have been our saving grace at times. And we also realized how much money we are going to save now that we wont be feeding them all the time. Not that we didn't love having them around but they do get expensive. Here is a little slide show of pictures of them. I hope that one of them marries either Mickey or Hannah, they would fit in the family just great.

Happy Birthday twinners!

Josh and Caleb's birthday was on the 18th but according to my nieces and nephews you can't have a birthday until you have cake so we had a late party for them and had birthday cake. Hope they had a good day! Aren't they such handsome boys!

And finally the rest. . .

While we were all home we decided to take family pictures. Thank you Janalee for taking some time to take our picture. These pictures are from my camera so they aren't the best but when I get the ones from Jana I will post them. It was so fun to have us all together and I hope this is something that happens more often. Here is a slide show with some picture of the rest of our week. It was so much fun. Tyler and I enjoyed every minute of it. It was so good to see all of them and I miss them all dearly!

p.s. Did I mention what great dancers my siblings are. I should have taken my camera to take pictures of them. Jacob has taught Mickey and the twins to dance and so they are all pros. They throw the girls in the air and twirl them around like in the movies. It is so cool to watch. I wish I was better but dancing just isn't in my forte. Mickey was even teaching Tyler. He doesn't have the best rhythm but he will get it down.

Tyler getting a pedi

The girls just loved Tyler and he is so new to the family that he couldn't say "NO" to them. By the end of all this fun they wanted to marry him and they just thought he was the best uncle in the world! I am glad he enjoyed playing with them. He was either being entertained by the kids or by my brothers so they made my job easy!
These pictures are classic, you would have thought he was in salon by the way they had him all set up with the things in between his toes and how he was so relaxed.

I love my nieces and nephews!

I have the cutest nieces and nephews. That is my reason for not having my own. Just kidding of course. On Monday evening I decided I would take all the kids swimming. Oh man that was hard work. I don't know how Rachel and my mom did it. Thanks heavens Sally and Abe weren't there yet. I give all you mothers so much more respect! The kids did a lot of swimming either at the pool or at the pond. They had so much fun at Grandma Isaacson's house. They also enjoyed all the 24th celebration events like the rodeo and the parade. And Haley loved the dance because she got to dance with her Uncles. Slade on the other hand just wanted to hang out at Grandma's because he got to eat Cocoa puffs there. Lol! Slade has such a low voice so it is so fun to listen to him talk. The kids all loved playing with there cousins. It was so good to have us all together. And it was also fun to bring in a few extras, Jacque and her kids got to share the week with us and Lindsay and her family got to share the weekend with us. So we had quite the crowd and enjoyed every minute of it. Here is a slide show of the kids. There is so much more I could write about all these kids but the slide show tells a little bit. I love them all and can't wait to add my own to the crazy bunch.

p.s. I forgot to tell about the rodeo. Raymond and Slade rode sheep and it was so cute. They were the last ones to go so there sheep were tired as Raymond would say. He said his just walked out! And it did. Probably a good thing for our sake. That kid has no fear and is the toughest kid I know. Aneron and Grant rode steers. Poor Granty got stepped on but he handled it like a pro. And Aneron Aneron Aneron, the night before she watched a bull riding movie with me to prepare. She is the toughest little girlie girl I know. She got bucked off and did a back flip. It was a little different then she expected. She got off and said "WOOOOOW!" What great kids! And Haley sat with me and watched. She told me that she would rather watch then get hurt and end up in the hospital. I am totally with her.

I love thunderstorms!

I love the summers in AZ just for the fact that it RAINS!!! In Cali it is sunny everyday and it only rains in the winter. So there is no break from the heat, okay at night it cools off because of some kind of breeze. But still not the same as AZ!! Here are a couple pictures of the beautiful clouds and a little of my parents deck!

Our Trip to AZ (pictures finally)

To start of the trip my favorite sister named Rachel picked me up and my nephew said the sweetest things. I was sitting in the back with CJ and he looks at me and says "Naomi you are BEAUTIFUL." He is just the sweetest boy. You can tell the age difference and the personality difference between him and Raymond. When I saw Raymond he told me that I was much prettier when I had long hair. LOL!! Even though I do appreciate his honesty. We went to St. Johns on Monday morning and I remembered that my soul reason for coming so early was so that I could work for my dad. So once I got there my brothers put me to work getting the trailer fixed and ready to load wood the next day. It was a lot of fun and yes Sam work can be fun. I know I definitely didn't work as hard as they did so that is why it was probably fun for me. Here are a few pictures of the boys and girls out getting wood. One of the twins working hard. One of Sam and Grant working so good for me. They loaded that whole trailer for me because they have such big muscles! And one of Hannah, Cassidy(friend), and Lyndsy(cousin)helping me okay just keeping me company!

hello hello!

So I am back home in California. Arizona was a ton of fun. Tyler surprised me and showed up at my house on Wednesday night. It was such a good surprise. I am so glad he came and so was the rest of the family. It was nice to have all of us home and then some. I will be posting some pictures soon, after things calm down.
We are now starting the moving process, we are going to San Jose in the morning to find a place to live and Tyler has to start doing some work at his hospitals. And when we return on Thursday I hope to have a place to live lined up and ready for us to move in. My goal is to be all moved in by the time Tyler goes to Florida on the 9th. It might be a little far fetched but we will see. I just don't want to have to be moving when he is gone.
On another note. . . while I was gone to AZ Elder Aland got transferred. I miss him. He has become a part of our little family, him and Elder Dalton and now the new Elder. Not quite sure how to spell his name let alone pronounce it. But we love them and will miss them dearly! They are apart of us now and we will keep in contact with them. Who would have ever thought we would learn to love the little brats that live next to us!

Grandma Mickey

So a couple of years ago when Josh returned home from his mission my Grandma Mickey got to come visit us in AZ. And while she was there we had to do some branding so we got her to come out with us and she insisted on riding a horse. It was so funny! She got on the horse like a pro and rode around for a little bit. I hope that when I am her age that I can get on a horse and do at least half the things that she does. She is the best Grandma ever and is such a good sport. She is as fiesty as ever and that is where we get it from.
In a few months she is going to be coming down to live with my family. We are so excited. It will be an adventure for her. Hopefully she doesn't mind the noise. She is just lucky that there are only three kids at home. I wish I lived closer so that I could see her, but I will for sure have to start visiting her more often.
I love her so much and appreciate her with all my heart and I hope that she knows that.

Soccer soccer soccer...

Yeah I know I play on a team that is RV colors. What can you do! But we had a game on Thursday night after a three week break and I wasn't sore ofter the game! I felt pretty good about myself. I was hoping that by playing that I would get my high school body back but then I remembered back in high school we practiced everyday for a couple hours not just played one game a week. So yeah it didn't work like in my dreams, but just give me time maybe one day. But the game went really good. WE WON! I helped assist on the only goal and I never fell on the ground much to my husbands dismay. He loves when I make it interesting. I am just happy he likes to drive me there because he knows nothing about soccer.
Also on Thursday Tyler had an interview for the job in San Jose and he unofficially got offered the job. So yeah it looks like we will be moving that direction. We are going to take this opportunity to live on the ocean for a couple years. They are going to be paying a little more because the price of living is higher but other then that we don't really know all of the details. So when I get home from AZ in a week we will start packing our bags on head on out of Roseville, California for a new adventure!
Well got to go pack for my trip to AZ! I will miss you honey but I am so excited to see my family! P.S. Tyler please try and come down! That would be the best surprise!

A little more from the Colorado visit...

So I forgot to add this picture to my slide show and it is the cutest one. The girls just absolutely loved each other and were always giving loves! It was so fun to watch them play.



And then on another note I forgot to mention that in the Ortiz house they do not call the grandparent Grandma and Grandpa, instead they call them Mimi and snakes. Mimi because Terri loves make-up kind of like Mimi on the Drew Carey Show, but not to that extreme and Snakes because heaven only knows. Ronnie is a funny man and it fits him. It is really cute when Brooklyn calls them that and no one knows who she is talking about. Very creative on there part. She tells people that she looks like her Snakes. Haha

Job Hunting!

The search for a new job is going good. He might get another job back with the same company. They have given him a few options. It would be great to be able to still work for this company. They are an awesome company to work for until they lay you off. LOL! But it is looking like we will be staying out here in Cali for a few more years. But I am still keeping my fingers crossed that this is our chance to move closer to family! But we will see what life brings us.
But other then that life is good. I get to go home on Sunday for a week to work for my father and to see my family and friends! Poor Tyler wont be joining me. He is going to miss out on all the 24th festivities and the week with the WHOLE Isaacson clan! SCARY!

But here is a lovely picture of my husband being his goofy self. Since he has become unemployed he thinks he can grow a mustache! SICK and WRONG! He looks like a child molester.
And a random one of us!