Well..This is not really going to be an update that could make up for the long lack of but... I have been meaning to for let's see...over a year now! I just wanted to say Happy Halloween! And really I am going to work on a post soon on some happenings in the last year but obviously not all! Our life lately has been super crazy. My life especially, but with that my whole family had to endure it with me! I need to write it all down so I don't forget these last two crazy years and I will share it with everyone on here. So keep checking for an update..but don't hold your breath! In the meantime..Here are some pictures of our Halloween Party this last week with most of the little cousins! So cute and fun to see all of them! Well, I think we were minus more than half but it was still fun to get together with family! The first picture in the little collage Maicie and I are dressed as twins! lol. Not really for Halloween we just had similar outfits and I thought it was funny so I dressed the same that night..but would not do that on a normal day! She is a ladybug for Halloween. I will have to get better pictures of her tomorrow because she was too busy with all the cousins that night to really look at me! So I hope everyone has a great Halloween! & I will try to update soon.

..HaPpY BiRtHdAy MaIciE!..

I just wanted to post a few of Maicie's one year old pictures and say HaPpY BiRtHdAy to our sweet little girl! I can't believe it has been ONE YEAR already! And what a year it has been! I never could have imagined what a joy and blessing one little girl could bring to our lives in such a short time and in so many ways! She truely is a blessing to me...I could not imagine life without her! She has quite the little personality these days...She keeps me on my toes at all times! I have never seen anyone so busy in my life, she is into everything!

I have enjoyed this last year so much watching her learn new things everyday & GrOw & gRoW & GrOW!!!! As you can tell in the last picture where she is obviously enjoying that cake she has gotten So BiG! One year ago I was in labor right now for the rest of the night and the whole day before and she finally came around seven in the morning and she was so small!..& that is just not the case anymore! She was about three weeks early and by her personality now...I would say she just wanted to get here! I just can't believe how fast time goes by and how fast they get big! I would love to go back and hold her all night long like I used to when she was born and well I did that for over three months...I never put her down! Maybe that is why she never lets me put her down now! :) I love it though...it was just easier when she was five pounds instead of now. Gotta love the rolls..& rolls! I could list a million and half things that I love about her, but I just wanted to post a few of the hundreds of pictures my best friend Jourdyn took of her for her Birthday! "Thank you FrIeNd!" I love them all! I will do a slide of more of them cause the cake ones are just too cute! And she did the most adorable announcement that I will post soon, but I don't have all of them mailed cause I am a slow poke! So check back for more BiRtHdAy pictures and I will take pictures of her party tomorrow also! It is so late...I have been wrapping all her BiRtHdAy presents for over an hour before this and running around all week preparing for this day<<<"Thank You MoM!.. She is a huge help to me!" So I better try to get some sleep so I can keep up with her on her Big Day! We love you so much Maicie!

..HaPpY 1st BiRtHdAy!..

Tagged - The ABC's All About Me!

A- Attached or single: Attached, 1 yr.. 8 months..three weeks..1 day ha ha ;)

B- Best Friend: Well...how about Friend"s" Jason, Maicie, my Mom and Jourdyn
C-Cake or Pie: Both. Strawberry or Raspberry Cheesecake or Apple pie!

D-Day: It's Friday!

E- Essential Item: Mascara

F- Favorite Color: GREENS & BLUES

G-Gummi Bears or Worms: Gummi Bears

H-Home town: Spanish Fork, Ut

I- Indulgences: Shoes at Nordstrom! mmmm....Heavenly!

J- January or July?: July- And really July is probably my favorite month out of them all!

K-Kids: Just one...Maicie Grace. She will be one in July! How time flies!

L-Life is incomplete without: My Family

M- Marriage Date: 9-15-06

N- Number of Siblings: 2 older brothers and 1 younger brother...they are all my favorite!

O- Oranges or Apples: Apples

P- Phobias or Fears: I have too many to say but now anything happening to Maicie is on the top of my long list of them all!

Q- Quote:

Tables turned again
And you, my friend
You and I face each other
All time and time out
I know it's sometimes hard
But knowing just, oh
That we will get along
Until we are old and gray
And huddled up
And doubled up, we'll sit...
And laugh of times were hard
Laugh of times when we thought all
It would end it all, it's over
And then again...
And though all I know is this way
And to leave you
Well, I'd die
Oh, my friend
It will be you until the end with me
Always…
Dave Matthews #40

R- Reason To Smile: My family & Friends...Maicie makes me smile everytime I look at her! :) Okay....& a nice new pair of shoes! :)

S- Season: Summer...I love the sun!

T- Tag Three: Brittney...Kate...Jourdyn

U- Unknown Fact About Me: I love to clean, do laundry and organize closets or anything I can organize I will!...Most people that know me, know that about me but I can't really think of anything else!

V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Well I am not a vegetarian and not against eating meat, I just have a hard time eating it if I watch it being made or making it myself...it grosses me out!

W- Worst Habit: Well just about everything I do is a bad habit...I take toooooo long doing everything I do in life.....I have OCD to the fullest! I think everything has to be perfect!

X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds. I loved getting ultrasounds when I was pregnant with Maicie!

Y-Your favorite food: LOVE Mexican!

Z: Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

And I know it has been forever since I last updated.... I will update with new pictures of Maicie soon....My blog is ugly and depressing! So check back soon! I will find time!

PURSE TAGGED

I was purse tagged by Brittney..FOREVER AGO.. to see my purse & what is in it.. Better late than never, right!?!

OH MY PURSE! Well as you can see I don't pack light... but I usually try to organize! And the rest of my life is in the diaper bag so my purse is a bit lighter than it used to be! Well, where do I start... I always have lotion in my purse, right now I have two of my favorites from Victoria Secret! Next up I always have my make-up bags with me! The black & white polka-dot one is some of my brushes and the pink one has everything else I think I need but usually don't use when I am gone..I just won't leave with out it! I know I am ridiculous! Next there are my sunglasses, favorite lip gloss from VS, Mac lipstick that I don't really use because Jason doesn't like it! My cell phone and cell phone case my i-Pod, a pack of gum, a bottle cap, my wallet, hair elastic and bobby pins and one random thing I found was a tag and extra button that I think I forgot to rip off before I left the house! So there ya go...I finally did it! Looking in my purse is like getting to know me! HA HA!

Now all of you blogging friends that reads this and has not been purse tagged before can be tagged at your own will..but I will not make you! I will just say I think you should!

..Sitting up..

Here are some pictures I have taken of Maicie lately. She is getting so big and doing something new everyday it seems! She is getting really good at sitting up and she rolls over really well that is makes me nervous! She can only play on the floor now because she will roll off everything else. I can already tell she is going to be into everything and keep me on my toes at all times! She has never been easy but I am honestly scared of what's to come! I love watching every little move she makes though. I love watching her learn something new or try something new like crawling when she gets over on her belly. She tries so hard it frustrates her and she just throws a little fit! She has the most adorable laugh I have ever heard. I never knew something so small like her laughing would make me so happy! She laughed for the first time the day after Halloween and I got tears in my eyes! "Everything makes me cry lately though!" I don't have to work so hard to get a laugh out of her now. Sometimes if I just look at her funny she will giggle! I love being a mom. It is more and more rewarding everyday. I have always loved my mom so much and she is my best friend in the whole world, but I think I have found a whole new appreciation for her since I have become a mom myself! It is a lot of work but it pays off everyday. I always end up talking about such emotional things to me..I don't know why! I'm such a cheese ball! So anyway here are the most recent pictures. I have so many I don't really know what ones to put on. I should just do a million pictures and no writing. Then you wouldn't need to read my cheesy stories!

Look at those Cheeks!
..Bundled up..

My Husband is FINALLY Home!

{Picture above is the night we got engaged in Sundance. I had no clue he was going to ask me to marry him...I would have worn something else if I would have known... if you knew me you would understand!!! But it was perfect!}

I just wanted to write and say how thankful I am to finally have Jason home again! Everyone that knows us well knows that he has been working in Vernal for a while now. I think it has been about two months or so..."TOO LONG that's all I know!" It has been a long two months but we were so blessed that he was able to work up there for most of this winter. His kind of work in Utah is hard in the Winter. We thought we would be heading back to Arizona for the winter to work, but he got moved to Vernal so it worked out that way. He lived in a hotel during the week and would come home on the weekends. Those were long weeks! I think I missed him so much I just thought it was bad for me...but I think he didn't like it just as much! Maicie and I stayed with him for a few days up there but its too hard to live in a hotel with a baby for one, and there is not much to do in Vernal I soon found out! I think Wal-Mart was the biggest part of our little outing there! So most of the time Maicie and I stayed at my parents house, and when I wasn't too afraid we would sleep home! My family helped with Maicie a lot when I would stay there, my brothers were really good with her. My brother Nate was so sweet when he would get home he would just want to hold her and tell me he missed her! I appreciated all the help I could get. I felt like a single mom! "I don't know how they do it!" So thanks to all my family who took care of us while Jason was away! It was fun to be with my mom all day again, but so nice and exciting to have my husband back! So Jason got of the negative degrees in Vernal and now will be in Mapelton! YEAH! That's the most exciting part...he will only be five minutes away from home. That will be the shortest drive he has ever had to go for work since we've been married. I have been so jealous lately when I see everyone with their husbands...they don't know how lucky they are! I sound like he went off to war and I am thankful it wasn't that because I couldn't handle that one bit! I was so worried of him driving here and back during the winter in those canyons! "But I am the most paranoid person around!" Well it's all over with.."I hope!" And I am just so so so happy he is home with Maicie and me again, because we missed him so much and I just wanted him to know how thankful I am of everything he does for us! He is such a hard worker and the best husband and dad in the world! We love you!

Maicie in her Santa Hat!

She is trying to eat the wrapping paper!
Our Christmas Tree!
My Little living room! I need a bigger house to decorate!

"I am all out of walls!"

These Pictures were supposed to be on that last post but I messed up...Imagine that! I am not too good at this blogging thing! I think I like looking at all my families and friends more than I like to do my own! At least I finally put some Christmas pictures to go with the Christmas background that I had Halloween pictures on! So these are for Brittney...I finally did it!