A post for ya...

Yeah ok... here is a post for ya... to bad I didn't write it... http://mybaughboys.blogspot.com/2011/04/wheeler-farm-with-candace.html

UHG!

Ok, so ya all know I am not a regular blogger but hey, I have my excuses! Which I will not be diving into at this time. I do just want to say... UHG!

I hop onto my blog to check out all of my friends' and family's blogs. Well I got on to my blog today to discover that the cute background that I had on my blog is now gone. So I hurry and upload a new one... no big deal right? Wrong... It deleted my wonderfully collected blog list!

So here is my plead to well anyone that might bother checking this... I need your blog sites! I found a few just running through the few that I happen to know by heart or happen to have saved on my favorites list before I made my most amazing blog list on here. I apologize to all of you who may be offended that I no longer have you on my list, or that I do not have your blog memorized, or that I never do anything on my own blog but just stock yours. I love you all!

Ron is a Father!... Again

It is official... Ron is now the Father of a beautiful boy.

Burton Wayne Rasmussen
4' 9"
83 lbs.
He has beautiful green eyes and tons of thick brown hair and is now 10 years old!

On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Ron adopted Burton. It was a very fun, exciting and emotional day for all of us. We got up, got ready, and went to court. There was a ton of family members there for support. Everything went smoothly and quickly. Ron got to express to Burton why he wanted to adopt him. He cried, I cried, the family cried. It was very touching and sweet. We took pictures (pictures to come later hopefully), shook the judges hand, the judge gave Burton a cool gavel sucker. We got all of our paperwork and we were done.

We celebrated by going to breakfast at Mimi's Cafe with everyone. Then Ron I and the kids went to spend the day together. We wanted to let Burton have a special day so he chose everywhere that we went (which included Mimi's). We went to the Living Planet Aquarium to see the new penguin exhibit. Then we went to the Wooden Park (Discovery Park). The boys played while Breanna took a nap. Then we went out for ice cream of course. We came home and got ready to have a pizza party in the back yard. More family and friends came by to celebrate with us. It was an amazing day!

Burton is extremely happy and was so excited about it that on Tuesday he told his teacher 7 different times that he was going to be adopted and that his name was going to be changed. On Thursday he wanted to make sure that I took the papers to school so that they would change his name. He was also excited because he will get to move up in line by two kids at school. It is fun to see him excited and happy about the whole experience.

I included a little poem that I ran across. Enjoy!

What is a Dad?

A dad is a person
Who's loving and kind,
And often he knows
What you have on your mind.
He's someone who listens,
Suggests and defends...
A dad can be one
Of your very best friends!
He's proud of your triumphs,
But when things go wrong,
A dad can be patient
And helpful and strong.
In all that you do
A dad's love plays a part -
There's always a place for him
Deep in your heart -
And each year that passes,
You're even more glad,
More grateful and proud
Just to call him your dad!

An Update is Coming! An Update is Coming!

Hang in there everyone... Hold on to your keyboards... and get ready for an update from me!

I will be telling you all about what the has been happening in our lives and what some of our big plans are for the future.

I want to build the suspense! So check back in...

No not yet...

I said check back later!

Wait... maybe I am way too excited and am building it up to much... Forget I even mentioned it.

;D

Funiture

I forgot to include pictures of the furniture that I will be owning at some point in my life.

This is the Bedroom furniture that I have picked out and am currently saving up for. I love this huge, chunky, two-tone set. I have not found anything that I like better. I also like the leather on the sleigh type bed.

I love my Nother Mother's kitchen table. It is a pedestal type table. The table is probably 15 years old and looks brand new. The seams (where you insert the leaf) are so tight you can't even fit your fingernail in them weather the leaf is in or out. There are hardly and scratches on it and it is the only dinning table in their house. We have played games, my kids drive their cars on it... This thing is awesome. Anyway, I want it!

*Tip for anyone in the market for a table or really any other wood furniture... Buy your table from a place that makes them in the same place you live. This will insure that it will not shrink or warp because there is no change of altitude or humidity or whatever else happens when you buy it from a place the ships them in.

Here are some pictures:

This one looks just like her table only it seams like her table is a bit bigger

I like the following picture of dining room sets. I like the chairs better in these pictures then I do the ones above. Notice that all of them are pedestal tables. I don't want anyone to have to straddle a table leg.
Ok now on to the sofas...

I really like my sister's sofa set. She bought hers at I.M. Home. So I will probably go and get the same ones. Hers are chocolate brown microfiber. I have decided that whatever I decide to buy it will be done in microfiber. Well here are a few that I like: (I would need different throw pillows on each of these. I think they are all not my style)

What I would change about my house...

A friend of mine wrote on her blog about why she wished she could move. I for one am so happy that she is not moving at least as far as I am aware. I read it thinking I have many of those same thoughts. At the end of her blog she asked "What would your dream house be like?" I thought maybe since I haven't blogged in, Oh I don't know, FOREVER, that I would answer her question.



This question has been on my mind for a while. I have drawn up plans of various sizes of different floor plan I would like. I have walked through friends' houses and thought, I really like that or I would never want that or I WANT THAT NOW! So here a list of the things I would change about our current house or rather things I want in a new house... Dream House!

• I want a house that is newer (our current house was built in 1954) preferably one built after 1990.


• I want the roof to NEVER leak. (current roof leaks, there are about 5 buckets in various places in my laundry room to catch drips)


• I want everyone to have their own rooms (the boys share right now)


• I want a craft room (A place that I can leave projects out and not have them disturbed, a place that I can close the door and forget until I am ready to pick said project up again, a place for everything and a everything in it's place, a place hubby will not complain about all the supplies being in the way... I really want this, probably more then the never leaking roof)


• A walk-in closet. (I currently have about 2 feet of closet space, Yes, 2 FEET!)


• I want my own bathroom. (A bathroom for me and me alone, I might consider sharing with Ron but not unless I have to. I want to decorate it super girly chic in black, pink and silver)


• I want stairs. (They are fun to decorate for holidays)


• I want to move where there are better schools for my kids. (current schools are well... maybe you should read Amy's answer, mine is pretty much the same.)


• I want more counter space in the kitchen


• I want a bigger fridge (Side by side, can't fit one in current house)


• More plugs


• I want crown molding, rounded corners, smooth (no texture) walls and ceilings


• I do not want hard wood floors


• I want nice quality carpet throughout the home


• I want a larger yard (We have a decent size yard but I would love to be able to do more landscaping and have a fun little pathway through a beautiful garden, a gazebo, benches, trailing roses over an arch... I have also done the landscape design for all my various house designs including our current house)


• I want new furniture but doesn't everyone? ( I will include pictures of furniture that I have picked out and am currently saving up for at the end of this post.)


• I want a drive way with out a huge dip at the end where it meets the gutter/road.

Ok, now that all the negative things are out of the way, let me note the things I want to keep...

• My neighbors and ward family! (kind of hard to keep when I want different schools. Think I could talk everyone into moving with me?)


• For as small as our house is, it has TONS of storage. I have a huge closet/pantry in the kitchen and another in the laundry room, the cupboards in our kitchen hold everything, there are three outside storage areas, plus the shop out back, The boys have an entire wall of closets with shelves in their room. I am glad who ever designed this house they planned for lots of storage.


• We replaced all the windows and I really like the windows.


• A track (our house has a great track you can walk through the kitchen into the dinning room/family room in the hall and back to the kitchen. The traffic flow works well with our family plus you can totally avoid the kitchen area if needed. That was kind of hard to describe sorry)


• I love the built in bookshelves.


• I like that my dishwasher and microwave are hidden inside a cabinet. I can close the doors and never look at them.


• I love my stove. I have a gas stove, Love it.


• The view of the mountains out my front door and windows.


• I love being 5 minutes from the library, hospital, school, several parks, grocery stores, dollar store, fast food of any kind.


• We are also equal distance from two temples, Provo and Timpanogos. (About a 15 min drive)


• Most of our family is here in Utah County, most being within a 1/2 hour drive away.


• House payment is small and very manageable (This is the main reason why we stay where we are. Amy, I too have a fear of the unknown future. I like being able to make all my payments on time regardless of unknown disasters that have happened in our lives. Ron being out of work for 3 months and we made it on our own!)

We will move some day, hopefully sooner rather then later. It will be hard to move out of this wonderful ward that has welcomed us and befriended all of us. My kids have friends close by, I have several friends close by. (Something that I had never had before moving here) I love this place, now if I could just find a house I could love here too.

The Last Child

I find myself up in the middle of the night with Breanna again but I find that I am not upset or totally exhausted to the point that I am just counting the seconds 'till I can lay her back in her crib and go back to sleep myself. Instead I find that I love to hold her and watch her and rub her cheek. I am grateful that I get to be there in that moment to love and care for her.


It makes me sad to think that she is my last child that I will be up with at night, rocking back to sleep, cuddling with and comforting. I am trying to cherish every second I can and am trying to slow down and not ask for her to grow up so fast. (although at times it would be nice for her to be old enough to communicate more) I keep reminding myself that I need to cherish the time that I am in with each of my children 'cause I will never get that time back.



Don't get me wrong... I am DONE having children but it is still kind of sad that this is the end of that part of my life. I love you, Breanna!