THE EARLS

BOY OH BOY!

2009-06-09T13:00:00.001-07:00

WHAT THE HECK AM I GONNA DO WITH A BOY??? hahah I CAN"T WAIT!!!

Jayda Elle Blake is HERE!

2009-06-07T08:07:00.000-07:00

Baby Jayda (Ashleys daughter) arrived late last night. More details and a picture to come. PLEASE please keep them in your prayers. She is doing good for now, but that can change anytime! She is 1 lb. 9oz. and looks like a barbie doll.

Be back later with details!

UPDATE-
Okay back with the details of sweet Jayda Elle.

As you know Ashley's water broke (not completely) last week and she has been spent the last week and a half in the hospital. Well, yesterday her water broke completely. I got a call from Ash during a session and was told that they would probably be having her that night. I got the call at 11:30 that Jayda had been born and they were stabilizing her and it is really touch an go right now.

A few hours after Ash's water broke the nurse really urged the Dr. to check her and thank goodness he did! As soon as he checked her he could feel her little foot coming out. They rushed Ashley to the delivery room and had the baby out via c-section within 5 minutes. She cried a little and was kicking all over the place. She is a fighter. They had to restrain her legs because she was kicking so much. She weighs 1 lb. 9oz. and is 13 inches long. During the c-section the Dr.s cut Jayda's arm and they had to stitch her up. She is trying to breath on her own, but they have her on a breathing machine. Things are looking very well right now and I couldn't be happier about that. They did warn Ashley and Chase that just because today might be good doesn't mean everyday will be. There will be hard days ahead. They told her that preemies will fight so hard that some days they just kind of give up and those are the days they need to be prepared for. But if she is anything like Ashley she will fight so hard!

Ashley is doing well and both her and Chase are just really exhausted. They are parent's now and that is so awesome for them! I know they will be the best parent's to that little girl.

Here are some pictures of baby Jayda. You can see just how tiny she is. I took these off of Chase's facebook and my mom will get some more in the next few days. So I will post those when I get them.

I thank you all so much for your prayers. Please continue to pray for them. This will be a long journey and they have a tough road ahead. My faith has grown 110% through all of this and I know without a shadow of doubt that Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ are in our lives daily and bless us even through our trials and tribulations.

Jayda will forever be one of the most special people in my life!

funny pictures and an update

2009-06-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

The other day we drove up to Nun's park and walked up to the waterfall in Provo canyon. At the bottom of the waterfall there is a little pool area where everyone likes to get their feet wet. It was really fun and I love that it is only 10 minutes away.

I told Sadie to only get her feet wet. She got daring and well.....hahahaha
(you gotta click on the pic to make it bigger. Her face is priceless)

Jess being crazy ol Jess. I love this pic.

Ash is still in the hospital. They have run some tests and have done some ultrasounds and it looks like the baby has an obstruction or blockage in her stomach. They said it looks different than the "normal" blockage, so they are not 100% positive on what it is. They will have to wait until the baby is born to know for sure. If it is the blockage then the baby will have to come to Salt Lake for surgery. They also told Ash that a blockage can sometimes be a sign of Down Syndrome. She of course is worried about that, but everyone including her high risk doctor feel that everything will be fine in that regard.

They were talking about sending her home (which Ashley did not want) She felt much safer there and likes that the baby is being monitored 24/7. On Sunday she started bleeding and leaking again, so they decided that she will stay for sure the rest of the pregnancy. They said she is actually very lucky because normally women who's water has broken so early usually leak and such whenever they move...but Ashley only has had it that one day.

We are all feeling very positive about everything and she and Chase and the baby are all doing well. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. They are much needed right now.

----I find out what I am having next week and I am really excited. I will be totally shocked if this one is not a boy. This pregnancy has been soooo different. Either way though, I am so happy right now. I am loving life.

Say a little prayer

2009-05-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

My little sister Ashley went into labor on Monday morning. Normally that would be a very good thing and a happy time, but Ash is only 25 weeks. Her water broke and she was having contractions 2 minutes apart. Luckily she was able to get to the hospital and they were able to stop the labor. She will be stuck in the hospital until the baby comes, which could be anytime. The doctors are hoping she can last until the end of June which will make her 30 weeks. I am praying that she will last at least that long.

Test are being done to find out what is going on. Just please keep her, Chase and the baby in your thoughts and prayers for me. Thanks :)

ahhhh the JOYS of 2nd trimester...

2009-04-30T15:25:00.000-07:00

It means I actually come alive again. I just hit my 14 weeks mark and am feeling MUCH better! It's funny because I wasn't nearly as sick as I was with the girls. With them I was throwing up all day everyday the entire first trimester. With this one, I have only barfed a few times. I mainly was EXTREMELY tired...really nautious (sp?) if I didn't eat and almost depressed feeling. I know I wasn't actually depressed, but I felt like it. I didn't want to do anything I loved to do ie: blog, take pictures, be around people...NOTHING. I haven't touched my computer much at all and had no desire. I am so glad it's over and have a hunch this one mught be a BOY!

We are totally settled in Orem and I LOVE it here!!!! LOVE! It has snowed like three times and I LOVE it. Coming from Vegas, where the only weather is HOT and sunny, it has been a nice change. It is so beautiful up here and I love our ward. (BUT WE TOTALLY MISS THE BUFFALO WARD!!!) :) You go down to a public office here and people are nice. They don't look at you like they want to kill you. ha We miss our friends, but have already made some great friends who have really made us feel at home. It has also been great living two minutes from Jason, Kattie and Cohen. We have had a great time.

The girls are so funny! They are getting so big and old. Sadie is talking up a storm. The other day we were talking about what she will take to school when she is old enough to go. She said she will take her pack pack and computer so she can do her work. ha Then she proceeded to tell Justin and I that the girls will pick the princess pack packs and the boys will pick the kill ones. We laughed to days on that one.

Jess has such a personality and such mind of her own. She is my early riser and that is not so great. :)

Here are a few pictures that I took. I am really rusty as I haven't even picked up my camera...but I love them. These girls are my babes.

If anyone still looks on this and even cares, I will post more...now that I am not a zombie anymore...we should have some fun things to write about :)

The Earls are.....

2009-02-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

PREGNANT!

Yep. We found out yesterday morning. I was feeling pretty wierd and thought I should take a test. The first one malfunctioned, so I decided to wait a couple more days to see how I felt then. But when I had to pee again 20 minutes later...I had to take it. About 5 seconds later two DARK lines popped up. I of course started to cry and jumped out to scream at Just. This part is gross, but I left the test on the bathroom counter all day to make sure one of the lines didn't go away. Nope, I think it got darker. haha

We are so excited and definitely ready for baby #3. He/She will be due end on November early December (yes possibly another December birthday. ahhh!)

We have a big move in two weeks and a new baby on the way. Life couldn't be better!

So Funny

2009-02-19T08:34:00.001-08:00

This little boy had just left the dentist and was messed up from the surgery drugs. SOOO FUNNY!

THE EARLS ARE.........

2009-01-27T11:30:00.000-08:00

MOVING!

I am sure some of you have already heard, but we are moving to Utah. Justin is going back to school and we are really excited and nervous! I have never ever lived out of Vegas and I am freaking out, BUT I know it will be fun and will be an adventure for our family!

We are looking at being there in March. So February will be a crazy busy month with packing things up, finishing sessions and saying goodbye. Whoa this is so weird!

I will be here and California monthly for sessions, so I guess you can call me the traveling photographer. haha.

I am thinking as a going away party, let's have a girls night out and go see He's Just not that into you! Anyone game?

How Stupid....

2009-01-14T09:42:00.000-08:00

do you think Ryan Seacrest felt when he tried to give the blind guy a high five last night on AI?!?!!? I thought I was going to die laughing!

Little Stinkers are getting too old!

2009-01-05T21:48:00.000-08:00

My babies look so old to me in these pictures. Makes me kida sad. But I love them and am glad I got a cute one of the Jessers :) Just thought I would share these with ya.

Happy Birthday Sweet Jessie

2008-12-14T19:46:00.001-08:00

I can't believe Jess is two already! She makes us laugh all the time and is such a little firecracker. She keeps us all on our toes and gives the best hugs and kisses. One thing that Jessie does is she will pull your arm hair. It's just a habbit of hers and while it makes me want to harm her sometimes, I love that it is something that makes her, her. I am so thankful for healthy babies and for my family.

Happy Birthday Birdie...

(EEWWWW! I am gross)

To two of my three favorite ladies.

2008-12-10T15:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Becky and Sadie. I love you guys very much.
Jessie you are going to have to wait a couple more days. Sorry. I tried to have you born on the 10th also.
Justin

BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!

2008-12-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

Today is mine and the Sade's birthday!! We took some quick pictures when we woke up just for fun. They are horible quality, but I will love them forever!!! I just can't believe Sadie is 3!!! That seems so old! I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday! Time flies and I really want to cherish my girls before they start telling me that they hate me and all that fun teenager stuff! haha

Me and Sade in our jammies in my messy bed...

Sadie got this little crazy ball from my mom and dad and thought it was funny it had eyes. The second pictures is her laughing at herself for making herlsef have crazy eyes. She is so funny!

Love you Sade!

Twilight Mania!

2008-12-07T08:15:00.000-08:00

This is pretty late, but I had to post about our fun night a while back when a group of us friends went to TWILIGHT! The movie was great. Yes, cheesy at times, YES, Edward is so hot and YES, very low budget. But for what it was...I loved it. It was just fun seeing the characters come to life. Now that it made BANK, I hope they can make the next one way better...and fix the horrible make-up job on Carlise. Thanks ladies for such a fun night!! And especially Theresa for laughing with me at parts that weren't supposed to be funny! MIKE IS HOT! ;) lol

(I left the red eye in...I felt it made us look like vampires who just sucked on some humans. hahahahaha)

Oh and I saw it again a couple of nights later with my fam and it was SO much better. I could just go in a enjoy it and relax. I caught things that I didn't the first time and felt more of Bella and Edwards relationship. If you didn't care ofr it much the first time....go again!

Thanksgiving!

2008-12-05T10:41:00.000-08:00

A little late, but I have been slammed with pictures. We had a blast at Justin's parents house for Thanksgiving. TG is my favorite holiday! I love food and especially love TG food! I missed my family, but am glad that they had a good TG too! Love you Adams'!!! Here are some fun pics from that day. I wasn't really interested in taking many pics and actually Missy had my camera most of the time. Thanks Miss :)

will this work Kate? :)Hope everyone had a wonderful TG!!

For Kattie

2008-12-02T21:51:00.000-08:00

Here is my post :p Pictures to come...just trying to find my cord to my little camera. :)

NOW YOU BETTER PAY UP KATE AND BE HERE THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!!

Happy Anniversary to US!!! (part deuce)

2008-11-13T13:06:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that we have been married for four years. It really feels like just yesterday that we got married.

I love Becky because...
-I make her laugh
-I make her a better person
-I am SUPER hot
-I am the best dad in the world
-I am very selfless
-I love me

I also love Becky because...
-She has limitless talents (singing & photography)(dancing?). There is a new one every year and luckily all the talents are expensive.
-She is very patient (mostly with me)
-She is always optimistic
-She is a great mother
-She is smoking hot and has beautiful LONG hair
-She is the reason I am a better person today
-Our combined DNA makes beautiful kids

I love you
Justin

Happy Anniversary to US!!!

2008-11-13T09:29:00.000-08:00

Today is Justin and my anniversary! Yay! 4 YEARS!! I am so in love with my husband! He is the best and is just so perfect for me!

I love Justin because...
-he makes me laugh
-he makes me be a better person..lol
-he is super hot
-he is the best dad in the world
-he put his girls (me included) before anything for himself. He is very selfless!
-he is a worthy Priesthood holder
-we are complete opposites, but so much a like
-he loves me

Some of our 4 years....

But the best part of all....we have given each other the ultimate gift...a FAMILY! We love our babies!

Love ya babe!!!

It just took a little Patience!

2008-11-10T13:23:00.000-08:00

The one thing I have learned today is to not push your kids into growing up too fast. A couple of months ago I was selfish and pushed and pushed Sadie to potty train. I was tired of changing two diapers and felt she was old enough and smart enough to do it. I had many friends who had successfully trained their kids who were Sadies age. I knew without a doubt she would be a piece of cake. Most of you may remember it didn't end very well. Sadie plain out wasn't ready. She would cry and hold her bladder for almost 24 hours. We thought she had a bladder infection so she had to get a catheter put in her, just for the doctor to tell us she was fine and just wasn't ready to potty train. So we stopped. We didn't talk potty for a while. Just recently we have been reading her her potty book again and just have been talking about it. She all on her own wanted to wear her panties again. I let her just for a couple of days without even asking her to sit on her kid potty. Then I started leaving it in the living room so it was accessible to her. She has been sitting on it all on her own, and even has been going BOTH all on her own. I have been so happy just letting her go at her own speed. It just shows me that they know when they are ready.

We are no experts, but I really am so thankful for a husband that is so good at raising kids. We are really against letting our girls "cry it out" at night. I know most of you think we are crazy, but we are so thankful we have done it this way. The girls love their bedtime now and are so excited when we read to them and sing songs every night. That is my favorite time of the day. They have their favorite books and songs we sing every single night. lol

I don't really know what this post is about, but I guess I am just so proud of both of them and love them so much!! They are the sweetest girls and have made me such a better person!!! Can't wait to have another one!!!!!!!! I AM BABY HUNGARY!! lol

2008-11-06T16:17:00.000-08:00

I saw this on someone elses blog and loved it.

The below was given in an address to BYU students by Elder Neal A. Maxwellin 1978.

"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'

"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.

"Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."

--- Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Tomorrow is the BIG day!!

2008-11-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

Is anybody else really really realllllly scared about who will be our next President tomorrow? I am really worried about the future of our country, and tomorrow will just be the beginning!

Hope everyone had the opportunity to vote!!!

I DID IT!

2008-10-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday we were invited by some friends to hike the Subway at Zions National Park. It was the funnest, toughest, scariest, coldest thing I have ever done in my life. It's a 9 mile hike, but it's not like its a flat trail. You climb, you repel, you swim through the coldest water of your life.....craziness!!

For those of you who know me well know that I have a CRIPPLING fear of heights!!! I almost feel paralyzed when I am too high. There were a few spots that tested every cell in my body to just move the next step. Justin pretty much had to yell at me to step forward because we were so high and I couldn't move. I was crying my head off and would have stayed there the rest of my life if Justin wasn't there. lol After we did the last repel I almost cried again because I was proud of myself that I actually did it!

Repelling is fun, but it goes against everything you know. Naturally you want to lay flat and hug the rock you are going down and basically slide down on your stomach, but you can't. You have to sit out like you are in a chair. You have to lean back and tell yourself that it's okay, you won't fall. It's so hard mentally!

There are about 5 pools of water that is the coldest water I have ever been in. I have heard about water so cold that you feel like needles are stabbing you and you really can't breathe. That is how this water was. We had to basically swim in it and it was so cold our lungs feel like they close up and you honestly can't breath. It was pretty scary actually. Luckily the pools aren't too long and a few breast strokes and you are out, but there are so many...each one you dread more and more.
*Oh and I must say that we were the toughest or stupidest group out there...everyone else had wet suites but not our group....we stripped down to our undies to go through the water. We wanted to be able to get into dry clothes when we got out...so we sucked up our pride and stripped down....even Justin! LOL Don't expect any of those pictures! ha

All in all it was a total BLAST and I am so glad that I did it. It's kind of like child birth...when you are going through it you think its the worst thing in the world and you will never do it again, but after a day or two your memory fades and you think, "Aww it wasn't too bad, I could do it again." HA! I don't know if I could ever forget how cold that water was or how scared I was of those heights!! lol But, I would consider doing it again...ONLY if Kattie came because I know she would cry with me on the scary parts. LOL

Here are some pics from the day. I am not a nature photographer, but I did the best I could. After a while, I had no interest in taking pics...I was wasted!

*You can click on the picture to see the bigger version!

Thanks Graham for the best time and ofr inviting us!!!! Oh and thanks too to my mom and dad who watched the girls all day for us!! We LOVE ya!!!

Utah? No, Me-tah!

2008-10-15T10:34:00.000-07:00

This was a conversation between Sadie and I the other day...

ME: Sadie did you have fun in Utah?

SADIE: Me-tah?

ME: No Utah

SADIE: My-tah?

ME: No, Utah..it's a place...

SADIE: I'm not Me-tah mom, I'm a princess.

ME: Of course...

Ha ha..she cracks me up!

Les Mis Baby!

2008-10-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

This weekend we took a little trip up to Ivins to visit my parents. It was great! The girls always love it up there! My parent's get to spoil them and the girls love to be spoiled. I got a very much needed nap and just relaxed!

On Saturday night my mom and I went to see Les Miserables. When I was a kid I would turn in the soundrtrack and act out the entire play. I knew every word! When I was little I would dream I was little Cosette, but as I got older I totally wanted to be Eponine. I never wanted to be Older Cosette...her voice was to high and opera-y. I love it now and have finally come to terms that I will never be ANY of them! HAHA. I have seen Les Mis in Vegas, and New York and I have to say the talent was just as good in Tuachan! They were all just so talented and I enjoyed it so much more now that I am older and can understand everything in it.

We were a bit worried all day Saturday because it was pouring rain and the clouds were looking mean. My mom called and they said they were going full steam ahead. We had coats, beanies, gloves and a big fat blanket. It didn't rain at all and started to clear as soon as the play began. We had our hot cocoa and had a great time!

Thanks mom and dad for such a great weekend! The girls blessed you and the dogs in their prayers last night.

You Say Tomato and I say Tomoto

2008-10-10T10:44:00.000-07:00

I don't WHY I thought of this but how do YOU say Ramen as in Ramen noodles?

Growing up we ALWAYS said it the 'a' in the short sound. A as in AND. Ramen. But we always got made fun of becuase we were told it is Ramen, long 'a' sound..A as in Raymond. Then I have also heard Ramen...A as in O, sounds like an English accent...

So what's right? Why?? Don't know...just wondering?

Anyways..visit the PHOTO BLOG to help me pick some Christmas card pics...

PLEASE BE CAREFULL!!

2008-10-08T07:19:00.001-07:00

A sweet woman that belongs to the same photography forum that I am at got seriously injured when her laptop that was sitting on her lap caught on fire. Her leg is severly burned and she is undergoing surgery.

Click HERE to read the story and see the pictures of her leg. Please let me warn you that the pictures are very graphic! But I think this is SO important to share becuase I know many of you (me included for sure) work all the time with laptops resting on your laps and beds. That's the beauty of laptops...they are convinient to use anywhere. But I will now use the utmost caution of where I place my laptop.

I would hate for this to happen to any of you, but I would be horrified if this happen to a child or burnt down a home because it was resting on a bed or something that could easily catch on fire.

Send prayers her way and just be careful! I know I will!!!

Sometimes You Just Need....

2008-09-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

a break from Blogging!!!! It seems like I have so much to do all day..and night, that blogging sometimes just seems like another thing I have to do...a chore. So I took a break. I still looked around at everyones, but for the most part have been blogger free for two weeks. lol

Life has been great though! I have been getting up with Justin at 6 and have been getting ready for the day. Can I just say how awesome this is?!?!? It's great to actually get ready and look decent all day. It's funny how I get more done during the day when I am ready. I feel better about myself too!

My phone broke on Friday and that is not fun! I remember life without cell phones and remember that I got through the day just fine never having one...so why is it that now life completely stops when your phone dies? I felt stranded. I couldn't get a hold of anyone...we don't have a house phone...even if we did I wouldn't be able to call anyone because ALL the numbers on my cell. I had to email Justin if I had to ask or tell him anything..so annoying! It was off until Saturday, when I turned it on and it has been working fine since then. I don't know what the heck was wrong!

The Office is back and my life is complete again! Love that show!!! Dwight makes me happy and Michael seriously makes me laugh so hard!!! Pam scared me for a bit..I thought she might screw things up with the ugly guy at school...bu then Jim made it all right again!

We also found another show that we really like. It's called Fringe. It's on after House (love that show too). It's kind of goury, but so far it has been really good!

The weather has been AWESOME!!! I love it. I wish it would be this way the whole year long! The evenings are perfect! Sadie has some serious allergies, but other than that...can't complain!

Found a wonderful thing the other day. Pandora is my favorite place online...You can type in an artist or genre of music and it will find all the other artists that sound like the band you typed in and it will play all of them. Finally a radio station that you can pick what you want to hear. It's great!!!

Hoep you all are doing good! Have a great week!

Yes, yes more music

2008-09-15T21:56:00.000-07:00

I found this guy on my friend Danielle's blog. His name is Amos Lee and I am in love with him and especially this song! He is amazing! Thanks for sharing him Danielle!!! mmmm his voice is yummy!

Enjoy :)

Sad to my Core...

2008-09-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

Someone I know said it like that and it's the perfect description of how I feel today. Totally sad to my core. It's been 7 years and still I remember that day like it was yesterday. September 11, 2001 should never be forgotten. I can't imagine loosing someone I love and A LOT of people did that day. It makes me sad, but it also makes me appreciate my life and appreciate the blessings I receieve from my Heavenly Father.

Luckily I have my babies who will keep me smiling today.

Never forget.

Sister got Bangs!

2008-09-09T16:19:00.003-07:00

I know this is on my photo blog, but I know not everyone looks there. So, I just love her new bangs. She looks like such a big girl....hmmm, Justin doesn't know...do you think he will like them? :) Thanks Miss!

DANCING IS MY LIFE...MY LIFE!!!!

2008-09-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

Have you guys seen the movie Totally Awesome that was on VH1 a while back? The title is from that. It's funny.

Okay, so Sadie LOVES LOVES LOVES to dance. I am wanting to get her into a dance class, but not sure where to do it at. Any suggestions? She is 2 1/2. Not sure if that is too young, but I think that she would do really great at it even though she is still so young. The first thing she does when she wakes up in the morning is runs and get's her "ballet dancer" (her tutu) About every 20 minutes she will come up to me and asks if I want to dance with her. We even went out to eat the other night with all of our family and we looked over at her and she was dancing in her seat. She is so serious about it and will flip her hair and move her hands down her body. It's hilarious!

Anyways..I think she would love it...so any ideas on where I can enroll her at?

My Happy Place

2008-09-05T09:08:00.001-07:00

I H.A.T.E the radio! Mosts the songs on it these days honestly and truly make me say out loud "SERIOUSLY? This is a song?...and people like it?" So I hardly ever listen to it anymore. I have my usual cd's that I pop in and that's what I listen to, but I really really LOVE it when I find artists who may not be well known, but are just freakin awesome. I found Priscilla Ahn on YouTube the other day and fell in love.

If this chick does not give you goosebumps and put you in your happy place...not sure what will. :) Just ordered her cd last night and I can't WAIT to get it!

Hope you enjoy it too!

Funny Twilight Parody

2008-09-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

You guys have got to watch this Twilight Trailer Parody! Laughed my butt off!

2008-08-25T21:23:00.000-07:00

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

-Marianne Williamson

This made me tear up when I read it.... Who am I not to be?

Get out there and do greatness!

xoxox

Party Hardy!

2008-08-22T15:09:00.000-07:00

This is old, but the pictures are too funny not to post. Mary, her sister Aubrey and Aubrey's friend and I went to the Breaking Dawn party the night it came out. We also met up with my friend Kerri and D'on and Kerri's sil Missy. It was really fun actually. There were some CA-RAZIES there!!! We felt silly going but really had a blast and laughed our heads off at some of these die-hard fans!!!

This last picture is sick, but we were cracking up at it, so I had to put it in. You know me, I gotta be the silly one. I jumped to the books and gave them a longing look. THeres something funky going on with my mouth and I look like I have a sick overbite, but it's too funny. In fact I am crying laughing so hard looking at my sick mouth. HAHAHAA

I just finished The Host by Stephenie Meyer and LOVED it!!! She makes it so easy to fall in love with her charachters!!! I really hope she does a sequal to The Host, because I am dying for more!! I was hesitant to pick it up because I KNEW there would be no Edward, but I am so glad I did because now I love Jared and Ian...hahaha

Anyways...just thought I would post us crazy girls partying hard.

SEATTLE!!!

2008-08-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

For what we did in Seattle and even more important...LOTS OF PICS!!!! Click HERE

YAY! It was SO much fun!!! BUT, I am so glad to be back home with my girls. I LOVE LOVE LOVE them! And missed them like CRAZY!!!

SEATTLE....Here We Come!

2008-08-13T07:10:00.000-07:00

This weekend Justin and I head out for Seattle...NO KIDS! I have a photography workshop I will be in all day Saturday and Sunday. But Justin plans on just cruising the town. We are both very excited and sad to leave the girls for a whole weekend. We will miss them SO much, but it will be nice to catch a little break from mom and dad duties!

We will be getting there Friday mid morning and will have the whole day together to explore Seattle before the Friday night mixer to meet the other attendees. Then we will have Saturday night off to do smething fun too. So I was wondering if anybody has been to Seattle and knows of some fun things to do. Saturday night I wanted to maybe go to a club (not the dancing kind) but a place where maybe we could eat and see a live band!? But also what cool places can we check out on Friday. I have been to Seattle once, but it was so long ago, that I wouldn't remember where to start.

Soooo, if you know of any cool places or a place where I can find fun things to do there, that would be great!!!

I can't wait! It is going to be a BLAST!!! YAY! :)

Don't Worry....No Spoilers

2008-08-05T07:48:00.000-07:00

I finished Breaking Dawn and I must say..................................I LOOOOOOVED IT!!!!

I won't say anything about it yet, because I know not everyone is done with it or even started yet, but I just have to say that I personally thought it was perfect!

I laughed. I cried. And I was so happy with it!

I know there are A LOT of people out there that didn't like it. But, for me it was perfect! It was NOTHING that I expected. I really thought I knew where Stephenie Meyer was going with it, but I was wrong...DEAD wrong!!

So without giving anything away yet....if you have finished it...what did you think?

Great Day

2008-08-01T10:09:00.000-07:00

Update on the girls...Justin loved their earings. I didn't say anything when he got home to see how long it would take to notice...It took him about 5 minutes. He looked at Jess and then cocked his head was like "ummmm" I got scared for a sec, but he smiled and said he liked it. The girls love it too. They keep checking themselves out in the mirror. hahaha

Another great thing about today is I found this amazing artist. Her name is Adele and I LOVE her voice. It is so soulful and rich. I first heard this song on SYTYCD when Katee and Joshua danced to a Mia Michaels routine. It is one of my favorite routines of the season and I instantly fell in love with the song. I've listened to some of her other songs and JUST LOVE HER!! I can't wait to buy her cd on itunes.

And here is the routine from SYTYCD with the song.

FINALLY.....
Breaking Dawn will be in my hot little hands TONIGHT!! YAY!! Can't wait.

Have a great Friday everyone!!!

Beauty is Pain

2008-07-31T13:24:00.000-07:00

This morning Missy and I took the girls to get their ears pierced. I was excited and a little nervous. Sadie was really excited! She had no idea what was coming, but really wanted some pretty earings like mommy. Jess had no idea what was going on. They cried pretty hard for a couple of minutes, but have been great since then. They keep going to look at them in the mirror. They did really good and look so darn cute!!!

Shhhhh...don't tell Justin. It's a surprise!!!!

COLDPLAY!!!!

2008-07-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Just in case you don't have Coldplays latest cd (Viva la Vida).....YOU MUST GET IT!!! They are my favorite band EVER and I love love love them! Their latest cd is probably my favorite cd ever!!! I listen to it whenever I drive and then I come inside and listen to it on my Itunes....over and over....hahaha!! My husband thought I was annoying with their other cd's he is really hating me for this one. hahaha....luckily he loves them too :)

Seriously, go get it! You won't be dissapointed!!! :)

I'mmmmm Baaaack!

2008-07-28T09:52:00.000-07:00

I had such an awesome week last week! Justin had scout camp all week, so I packed up the girls and we went on a road trip. We headed to Orem to visit Justin's brother Jason, his wife Kattie and their adorbale little boy Cohen. And then we headed to my parent's.

While in Orem we did so many fun things. I went to my first rodeo EVER! It was one of the funnest nights ever! It was just Kattie and I. Jay stayed with the kids. We had a blast. We felt like rebels out there with no hubbys or kids. We laughed so hard and were totally checking out the coyboys. ahaha jk. ;) Muttin Bustin (sp?) is one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. Bull riding is one of the scariest. I kep telling Kattie.."they are so brave" hahah! She just kept laughing at me. We ate scones smothered in honey butter and it was delisious!

We also went to the waterfall up Provo canyon and let the girls play with 100 of their closest friends in the shallow part. They had a blast and it felt good to get my feet wet, since it was so stinking hot!

Then we went to a Pioneer Day carnival and saw the fireworks that night. We ate lits of yummy food and had some of the best corn on the cob I have ever had.

Then after a fun couple of days with the other Earl's, the girls and I headed to my parent's house. We had a day and a half marathon of The Office....one of the funniest shows ever to exsist! I love it! I laugh so hard when I watch that show!

I have lots of pictures, but haven't been able to download them yet. So look out for those. But I have GOT to clean my house or my husband won't let me get Breaking Dawn....speaking of....

AHHHHHHHH! I am so excited for the fourth book to come out on Friday! I re-read all three books so I could get back in the I am in love with Edward zone. Yep it worked. hahaha. I can't wait.

xoxo- beck

Sisterly Love

2008-07-14T10:06:00.001-07:00

Memories...

2008-07-11T16:26:00.000-07:00

I saw this on Theresa's blog and I thought it would be fun to try!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

4th of July Weekend

2008-07-09T22:39:00.000-07:00

We had our 1st annual Barney Family Reunion and it was a TOTAL SUCCESS! We all had a blast! We stayed at the SUU Mountain Lodge in Cedar City (up the canyon) It was gorgeous and the weather was to die for. Just perfect! I had my whole family there. Chris and Patience decided last minute to drive down from San Fran! It was so great to have all the "sibs" there!

Here is a funny picture from the crafts part. Yah, Jess tried to eat the paint! I love her look in this shot.

For bigger and better pics, visit my photo blog HERE

Just the Two of Us....

2008-07-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

Just one of the hubby and I. We had a family reunion this weekend in Cedar. (That post still to come) But for now, this is one I got of Just and I while the girls were playing with grandma and aunti Ashy and uncle Chase.

%$##@&%$!!!!!

2008-07-03T13:33:00.000-07:00

Ahhh, that feels better! haha The past couple of days have not been the best to say the VERY LEAST! I just got back from the doctor with Sadie because myself and now the doctor believe she has a bladder infection. She had to get a cathader(sp?) put in because she won't go pee. For the past three days she will hold in her pee from about 5 in the evening until noon the next day. She will have to pee so bad that she can't stand up, and will just scoot on the ground. I feel so bad for her, but she says that it hurts to pee. When I think she is almost about to go, she will cry and say ow and then hold it until she no longer can. I have tried everything to get her to even just pee! From putting her in only panties, to candy, to stickers to even putting her in a warm shower. She still just holds it. Well, watching her get a cathader put in was hard! She was screaming bloody murder and I was fighting back the tears, but when she cried, "Mommy help me!" I lost it and just started bawling!! It is so hard to see your child go through something painful.

It really made me think of what my parents had to go through when my sister was diagnosed with brain cancer and went through a long process of treatment and chemo. She was diagnosed and passed away when she was only three years old. My mom shared with me the time when my sister had to get blood taken and the nurse could not get to the vain. They had to keep digging around and finally had to go to her foot. My mom had to leave the room because it was so hard for her to watch. I can't imagine having to watch one of my girls suffer for so long. Once my sister started having symptoms showing that something was wrong they told her that they were going to go to the doctor and that he would help her get better. She simply told them, "Nothing will help me". I got chills when my mom told me that today. She knew even at three years old that her time here would be short. Sadie will be three in December and it makes me so sad to even think of her going through something like that. She is Sade! She talks and is a person. I really respect my parents so much for being so strong during that hard time. I know that getting only a cathadar put in seems so little in comparison, but it's still hard to see your child suffer.

I had a nice talk with my parent's today about my sister's death. Not once did they say they didn't understand why she was taken or why this happened to them, but they shared how they were blessed. One blessing they shared with me was that they got a call from their bishop and he told them he didn't know why he was making this call, but told them they needed to get health insurance right away. Three days later my sister was diagnosed. It would have cost them over $800,000, but they were blessed by a prompting of their bishop. They of course are sad that she is gone, but feel so blessed to have had her for those three short years.

It's funny, because I started this post to complain, but now I am seeing how blessed I am that I am not having to endure something so hard as what my parent's did. That my girls are healthy. Yes, we have bladder infections, and colds every other week, but none of us have any serious illnesses. We have a house. Yes it is a little two bedroom condo and we are squished in there, but we have a place that we can call home. Yes, we only have one car and it has over one hundred thousand miles and broke down just yesterday, but it has been great to us.

SO yah, I am done complaining and am thanking Heavenly Father for all that we have. :)

Happy Fourth!

Happy 23rd......errrr

2008-06-23T10:23:00.000-07:00

Or is it 32? Doesn't matter, but happy birthday to my amazing hubby anyways!

I just want to let Justin know how much we love him and hope he has the best birthday EVER!!!

Just a few things about Just that we all love...okay well I love about him....

1. He can't hide what he is thinking or how he feels. Some people are really good at hiding what they are thinking to be polite...Justin just can't hide it on his face. If he thinks something is stupid or ugly...I can just see it in his expression.

2. He sacrifices SO much for his family. Justin is one of the most unselfish people I know. I have to make him do things for himself because he just won't.

3. He makes me laugh everyday! He is very witty!

4. He puts up with me! I am very stubborn and very hard headed and he loves me for it.

Babe, you just are the best! Thanks for being such a wonderful provider for our family and thanks for being the most amazing dad to our little girls!

LOVE YOU!

*now hurry and get home so Sadie can wear the stupid birthday hat and quit bugging me about it! lol

Rebel Without a Cause

2008-06-12T11:54:00.000-07:00

What do you do when your child laughs when you put them in time out? What do you do when you tell them to say sorry and their older sibling says it for them?

Jessie is just not getting the whole time out thing. She seriously laughs at me everytime. She is 18 months, so I know she is old enough to understand that time out is not a good thing. Everytime after we tell her to get down, we tell her why she was in time out and try and make her say sorry....again Sadie usually will say it for her. We have a spot on the couch for time out. I think maybe it needs to be in another room. I know I don't want it to be her crib because I don't want her to associate her crib with something bad. But I just don't know what to do with her anymore.

Sadie got time out very quickly and honestly is hardly ever in it. She obeys very well and is always very sad when she is bad. Jess on the other hand just doens't listen and just doesn't get it. I love her with all my heart, but I am about ready to start beating her (TOTALLY JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE BEATING PART!)We don't spank, but I need something to make her know that I am serious.

Any suggestions would be GREAT!

Where's Jess???

2008-06-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

I tried to get a shot with her today, but she would cry and do the whole arch the back and scream when I would hold her for the shot..sooooo here is Sade and I. Love those girls!

I just bought a remote so I can be in more pictures! Can't wait till it get's here. This one was taken with the good ole' self timer. :)

V E A G S!

2008-05-30T09:31:00.001-07:00

HAHAHAHAHA! For those of you who watched SYTYCD last night...did you not just die laughing when that girl spelled Vegas wrong...LOL

Love it! Happy Friday!

YAH...

2008-05-28T13:55:00.000-07:00

her goofy personality makes my heart happy! More on my photoblog....

The Grazing Tray...

2008-05-27T14:52:00.000-07:00

I was reading Dr. Sear's website the other day on eating habits of toddlers. He had a perfect solution to my children's crazy grazing issues. Create a greazing tray! So I took a muffin pan and filled it with stuff I know my kids will eat. They love veggies and fruit and Jess loves string cheese. So I filled each slot with some of those things. We had tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, grapes, and chuncks of cheese. As soon as they pulled me to the fridge, I pulled out the tray and they could pick whatever they wanted from the tray. It has been working wonderful. So that's what they get if they get hungery between meals. Here are some pics....

The girls chowing down....

I hope it works!!!

This morning I took the girls outside and we played on the grass for a while. The weather is PERFECT!!!!

Tonight

2008-05-22T23:01:00.000-07:00

Here is how dinner went at our house tonight......

Jessie PRAISED the spaghetti Gods....

and.....

Sadie CURSED them....

After dinner a little of this.....awwww

and a lot of these....(I love little Jess' doe eyes)

Kids went down pretty easy and I watched some SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! Love that show. All in all a pretty good night....besides forcing Sadie to eat her dinner as she is crying her eyes out and cleaning up Jessie after her's...yah, it was a good night.

SLEEP IS GOOD!

2008-05-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Sadie, Jess and I have been really sick the past couple of days. We have been throwing up, the girls have had fevers and we have all been tired and grumpy. Finally after two GREAT nights of sleep (thank you NyQuil..for me) we are all feeling better!

It all started Saturday when we headed up to St. George to see one of my best friend's growing up (Erika Egbert) get married. We made it up, spent a few hours at my parent's and had to leave before I even got to see Erika because Jess was barfing and had a super high fever. So we didn't even get to go to anything for Er. I am so sorry girl! Love ya and Congrats! But after I got thrown up on, I decided it was time to go home.

The girl's had a doctor's appointment yesterday and he said they had minor ear infections and basically just had a bug and now cold's on top of that. No fun. But we are all feeling better today! Thank goodness. I thought we were done being sick, but with the change in the weather that will always do it!

In other news...Justin cut his mop on his head and he looks so handsome. Most of our friends knew what it looked like (it was crazy long) but he finally decided it was time to go. I love it short and hope it stays this time :)

Also, I need some serious advice!!! My girls are DRIVING me CRAZy with their eating habits. They are constantly wanting to eat, but when I make something they only want a few bites and then the rest ends up on the floor. So I get them down and then 20 minutes later they are dragging me back in the kitchen. I was reading online that kids like to graze. But does that mean that I have to live in the kitchen? It seems as soon as I am done cleaning up their last mess, they want to eat again... HELP! Any ideas?

Thanks guys!

Bittersweet Ending!

2008-05-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

Last night was my last night of my favorite photography class! It was such a bittersweet ending! Bitter because I really loved my class, my teacher, getting out of the house...blah blah blah and sweet because I WON THE PHOTO CONTEST!!! Yay! I oculdn't believe it! My swwet little Sadie up on display! So rad! My class started out with about 16 people and ended up with only four of us. I loved it because it was much more intimate and we really got some wonderful one on one time. I learned a lot in this class and I can't wait till next semester till I can start learning a bunch of new things!

Last night ended with a bang! First with the winning and then we STUFFED our faces with brownies, pizza, chips and soda. I was sick when I left, but those of you who know me and my eating habbits (hmmm Mary) haha.. KNOW that I can throw it down! I woke up with some serious stomach issues! lol

A girl in my class(she is seriously talented!) and I walked out together and were a little depressed it was all over, but so excited for all the learning to come!

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

2008-05-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

Okay, so my birthday is December 10th and how better to celebrate it then go with ALL of you Twilight lovers like me...to the movie that is coming out December 12th. YAY YAY YAY!!! They just came out with the official trailer today and OH MY GOSH it looks so great!! I have to admit I was not excited about the guy they picked to play Edward, but after seeing the trailer..holy crap...he is PERFECT!

Here is the link for all to enjoy! Click Here

Soooo..who is with me? The hubbys will babysit, we will go out to the movie, then go out to eat lots of food and gush over Edward!...and eats lots of birthday cake on top of that. haha...justin is going to hate me for this post. hehehe

Cohen Gregory Earl

2008-05-05T08:54:00.000-07:00

After a looooong and rough labor, little Cohen Gregory Earl was finally born! He is the cutest little thing I have ever seen!!! Here is just a few...I will let Kattie show him off on her blog!....hemmmm...I am emailing the pics right now, Kate. lol Sadie loves her little baby cousin! She immediately wanted to hold him and stroke and kiss his head. She kept saying to him, okay??? in a sweet little voice. She was so concerned for him. Jess had no idea what was going on and kept trying to poke his eyes out.

Katie did great! It was long and hard for her, but with the help and support of Jason they got through it!!!!

Just some quick ones from the hospital.

Not Much to Say....

2008-04-29T22:16:00.000-07:00

...except that Justin's brother and his wife are having their sweet little baby boy, Cohen, this weekend and I couldn't be happier!!!!! We are going up to Provo to be there in support and I can't wait!

Kattie is such a trooper. She has been on bed rest and anybody who knows her knows...that aint such a good combo! But I am so proud of her and just can't wait to see her and Jay as the awesome parent's they will be!! Plus, my first and only nephew will be born and he will be the cutest little baby boy EVER!!!

I hope he has curly hair and is a chunker!!!

Just wanted to share my excitement!!! :)

I GOT IT!!!

2008-04-23T20:59:00.001-07:00

I got the shot....a bunch in fact. I just had to wait till she was ready...BATH TIME is always FUN!!! Yay. Here is one. There are a bunch on my photoblog.

Not Looking Good...

2008-04-23T15:14:00.000-07:00

This is how today has been looking as far as getting some good shots of Jess....

A little bit of this...

A few of these....

But mostly this...

I am still determined, so we'll see. hahha...she still crazks me up with all the personality!

My goal for Thursday....

2008-04-22T22:40:00.000-07:00

Get just ONE good picture of Jessie!!! Arg, that little girl is driving me nuts. The second my camera comes out it is IGNORE MOM TIME!!! But, if it kills me, I am getting a good one of her tomorrow (Thursday)!!!!

Here is one of Sade...yes, another one of her laying down, but she likes it...so I will take whatever she gives me! :)

This actually was taken for my assignment for school tonight. We had to work with window light. I learned how to use it correctly, and I am hooked! I LOVE it!!! This really is just a snapshot, but I like it and of course I think she's beautiful! :)

Fun Contest....

2008-04-22T13:12:00.001-07:00

I am currently holding a contest on my photo blog...I would love for you to join! Come play. It is the post under Jeanna Hayes...Here is the link to my photoblog or it is at the top of this page.... Click Here There still is a couple more days to vote...

THANKS :)

So Proud. So Inspired.

2008-04-14T08:21:00.000-07:00

This Saturday my mother-in-law, Nette, ran her first race ever. Not only was it just a race, but a triathalon. She completed 9th place in her division!!! I am so proud of her. She has been training for the past three months and has worked so hard to get where she is at. Saturday was so amazing! The race was held at Lake Las Vegas. It was a beautiful day! I LOVED the atmosphere. All over were people who were accomplishing such amazing goals! There were woman of ALL shapes and sizes. I don't know why, but I was so emotional watching the race. I just love seeing people doing good things! The race started bright and early at 8am. With two kids, it's hard to be across town that early in the morning, so we missed the start of the race. I was so sad we missed her swimming, but were there as soon as she got on her bike. As soon as I saw her I started tearing up. Everytime she saw us she would lift her arm and waive. I don't have ONE picture of her not raising an arm with joy or one without a huge smile on her face. Here are some fun pictures from that day.

This is right after the first transition from swimming to the bike. She was just taking off at this point. She is the one closest to us.

Here is Nette as she past us on her bike. She made two rounds and each time was waiving at the crowd. All the other races were so serious and focused and Nette was just SO happy to be there! I loved it :)

This poor guys job was to say the same thing about every ten seconds. Everytime a biker passed he had to shout to them, "SECOND LAP STRIGHT, FINISH TO THE RIGHT!" I felt so bad for him. And I was getting so annoyed. LOL

Here is Nette as she crossed the finish line. She was so emotional, which made me so emotional. As soon as she got her medal she ran over to us and hugged Greg. Then she hugged me. She said, "I could cry right now." and I said that I already was, so we just hugged and bawled our eyes out. It was such a wonderful experiance!

Here we are after the race. The girls didn't really know what was going on, but they loved being outside and with all the craziness around. I know they were proud of grandma too!

After the race they offered free massages to the racers. Of course Nette will never pass up a massage, especially when it's free!

Overall, it was such a wonderful experiance that Justin and I are now training for our first triathalon in August. Anyone else want to join us?

Again Nette, we love you and are so proud of you!!! You put a lot of younger girls there to shame! :)

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On a nother note...today is my oldest brother Chris' birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!! We love you so much and are so proud of you too! Chris is in dental school right now and is such a hard worker. We wish we lived closer, but are so proud that you are achieving your goals! LOVE YOU!!!!

Funny Girl

2008-04-08T22:19:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Magoo aka Jessie. Jess is hilarious! Anyone who knows her, knows she has the best faces. She always get's such a big laugh out of people that Sadie will come over and try to copy her just so she can get a laugh too.

Jess kept putting these crazy glasses on and making really funny faces. Everyone in the house was just dying laughing. She was LOVING all the attention. She kept taking them off and putting them back on. As soon as she would put them back on she would laugh really hard and then we all would laugh.

I am sure this face is due to something Justin said. lol

And one for Sadie. She was laying there and I had to snap a quick one.

I LOVE MY GIRLS :)

I HATE MATH!!!

2008-04-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

UGH! Math just sucks! Last night in class we had our midterm. Since there was only three of us in class the teacher decided to have the midterm oraly. Fine for anything, but the math questions!! Now it is not hard math at all. But when I am up in front of people, put on the spot, and asked to do math, I promise on my life...I CANNOT think! The math that we were doing is equiviliant exposures (for photography) So simple!!! I could do it all day in my head or on paper, but in front of people...I just got up there and laughed and told him I sucked at math. He was like that's okay, this is so simple. He just didn't get that even if he asked me what 3x4 is...I would have to think for a second and even then I freakin blank. If I was multiplying it in my head at home, it would instantly come, but honestly...in front of people I BLANK! A block comes up and I turn into an idiot! LOL. It sucked, but I sure gave him and the rest of the class a good laugh. Luckily, I wasn't totally embarrased, but still NOT FUN!!!!! lol

Please tell me there are people out there like me and can't do simple math in front of people. We can start an "I Suck At Math therapy group!!!" And while we are there, maybe someone can help me with my spelling and grammar when writing! ahhh, that's a whole other post. lol

VENT OVER! hahaha

MY WEBSITE AND NEW BLOG ARE UP

2008-03-28T14:33:00.000-07:00

This same thing in on the photo blog, so I am not going to type everything out again, but here are the links....

website: www.beckyearlphotography.com

new blog: www.beckyearlphotography.com/blog

Thank you all for your love and support!

Easter with the Earls

2008-03-25T14:03:00.000-07:00

Easter was a great day. We had a lot of great food and relaxed. My parent's came down Saturday and took us to lunch and we had a wonderful visit. I love when they come down and we can spend some time together! Not much to write about. Just a pretty lazy day.

Hope everyone had a great day and I hope we all took time out to think of exactly why we celebrate this important day! :)

Justin was getting a splinter out of Jessies hand. I loved her face. We were all cracking up.

Out For a Walk

2008-03-21T11:00:00.001-07:00

Justin just recently bought a Chariot to take the girls out on a walk every night. This has been a really fun thing for our family and has helped Justin and I keep in shape, while still being able to spend time with the girls. I have loved it. Well, this week has just been nuts, so last night was the first night this week that we have been able to go out. The weather was perfect and we all just needed to relax. Usually the girls will do pretty good in it, but this was a little bit of how last night's walk went......

Sadie enjoyed herself as usual, but I got this shot and about peed my pants. Check out her face....

Let's hope tonight Jess is in better spirits!!!

Blogging Hiatus

2008-03-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

Hey all....Just wanted to say HI! I have been checking all your blogs but have been just plain lazy on mine. I did get some new pics up on my photo blog so go check them out :)

I'll post a real post later...today is nuts :)

LOCALLLL..................................................................

2008-03-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Las Vegas. O my my LANDS have you guys seen the reporter guy on chanel 5 news at 10? Bob Deneneneneneis (that's how me and Justin say his name) He is REDICULOUS! He takes the most awkward pauses and talks so slow. At the end of his report he always says Local.... (pause for about 15 minutes....)Las Vegas. If you want a good laugh, check him out.

We didn't get the memo.....

2008-03-10T09:07:00.001-07:00

about daylight savings. Yah yesterday we were getting ready to head to church and I had to be there a little early to get my supplies from the library. Our church starts at 9am, so we left about 8:45. We get inside and all the doors to the chapel are shut and the speaker was clearly well into her talk. I was so confused! I thought even if we were off on our time, it wouldn't be that deep into the speaker. Justin and I were looking at each other so confused. We kept saying what is going on? Then a girl came out into the hall and heard us talking and said...DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. hahaha Whoa, we had no idea. I mean we both knew a couple of days ago, but really had just forgotten about it. We kept laughing and saying how we felt we were in the twilight zone or something. OOOPPPS!

Guess that is what happens when the news doesn't exist in the house and all you watch is Curious George and Toy Story all day. You tend to miss out on what is happening in the outside world. lol :)

Lied Discovery Museum

2008-03-05T15:40:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's still there. I remember going there when I was little. Mary and I decided to take the kids there a couple of weeks ago. Nette and Missy came and helped keep my girls in line. haha thanks girls! :) It is a little run down and could use a makeover, but the kids LOVED it! That place is so huge, they could have stayed there all day!

Here are some pics of our fun day there :)

Sadie loves Calvin. She asks for him every morning when she wakes up. "where's calwan?" (that's how she says his name) As soon as they see eachother they hold hands and run off. It's so sweet.

This one os my crazy face. They have a little chamber you can go into and it get's really windy to show you how windy it is during a hurricane. Jessie did not like seeing me in there. She was bawling her eyes out.

It is also is a great place to pick up guys. :)

Am I the Only One????

2008-03-03T12:46:00.001-08:00

You know when you go to post a comment on someones blog and sometimes you have to type in a varification code where you have to copy the letters and symbols above the line.... well......does anybody else have to type it in like THREE times because they get it wrong?!?!?!

HAHAHA...but seriously. I feel so stupid, but sometimes they try and trick ya. hahaha

For the One I Love

2008-03-02T19:10:00.000-08:00

Thanks for all the laughs babe!!!

MORE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG :) (and a little explanation)

What's in a Name...

2008-02-28T14:41:00.000-08:00

Okay, I was blog hopping and found this. I just had to try it. So fun!

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Roudy Infiniti
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Chocolate Mint Sugar
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
B-Ear (lol)
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Green Monkey
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Susan Vegas
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
EARBE
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The Red Coke
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Lindon Kirk
9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)
Body Twix (lol)
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
Kay Kelly
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Skorkowski Seattle
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Fall Daisey
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Grape Shirtie
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Toast Redwood
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Photography Rain Tour

So fun! Give it a try :)

WHO STARTED TAGGING????

2008-02-28T07:27:00.001-08:00

I want to have a few words with them.....jk this was fun! Thanks Patience :)

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog

10 years ago: I was 14. Going to church dances, trying to get through my freshman year at the Las Vegas Academy (so I could get the h*ll out of there) :)

5 things on my to-do list today:
1. get the girls ready for the day
2. decide my new logo for my business. YAY
3. edit pictures!!! *Nicole..I'm hurrying :)
4. watch Lost tonight
5. Find the girls a new pediatrician
6. go visiting teaching

5 Snacks I enjoy:……OR NOT
1. my favorite snack is chips and good salsa
2. peanut butter on apples
3. cashews
4. homemade chocolate milk
5. slurpees

What would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
Travel, buy a house, buy a house for each of my family and buy a huge lot so we could all be neighbors. Buy my dream camera and dream studio. Still make my kids work for anything they wanted!! No free rides here! Help the needy!! BE FRIENDS WITH OPRAH! Build and pay someone I trusted very much to run a private school, so my kids wouldn't have to attend the joke of public schools.

5 Places I have lived (THIS IS SOOOO SAD)
1. Vegas
2. Vegas
3. Vegas
4. Vegas
5. Vegas

Jobs that I have had
1. worked at law offices
2. graphic designer
3. singing gondolier at the Venetian
4. Photographer

Things people don't know about me:
1. I don't like super cold water. I usually never put ice in my water. I would much rather drink it room temperature.
2. I hate confrontations! They give me a stomach ache. Even if someone on tv gets in a confrontation, I have to turn it because I start to feel sick.
3. I LOVE Conan O'Brian! Justin and I take our laptop in our bed almost every night and watch the night befores episode. He is one of the funniest men alive!!!
4. I haven't been to the dentist in YEARS! Gross I know!
5. My sister and I almost died in a car accident a couple of years ago driving in the gorge. We hydroplaned on the road from rain and almost went off a cliff. Luckily the railing didn't break. The Lord was with us that day because not one car was around us when we were sliding all over the road. I HATE driving through the gorge now!!!
6. I hate my laugh!!! I feel it is so annoying! But I LOVE to laugh!
7. I always get the same thing at resturaunts!
8. I LOVE seeing people succeed in what they do. Even if they are competition of mine (music, photography). I love to see people ROCK at what they do!
9. Whenever I watch a sappy love story, I always try and make Justin tell me why he loves me and I try and make him pur his heart out to me. It never works...he always just laughs at me and tells me I am silly. LOL!! I am such a dork.
10. I love the dorky channels on tv. I love the history chanell, discovery chanel, and animal planet!!

Most of my friends have done this one already, so I tag whoever hasn't been tagged yet.

Those Eyes

2008-02-24T20:14:00.001-08:00

I could look at them all day! :) I am so sad that Jess is not liking the camera right now, but I am determined to get some of her this week!!! I got this today and wanted to share. There are a couple more on the photo blog. I am LOVING doing moody black and whites!!!

Ewwww, sickie gwossss...

2008-02-22T08:36:00.000-08:00

as Sadie likes to say when something is gross. I couldn't agree with ya more Sade. LOL :) Hope this makes you smile today. Happy Friday!! Yay!!!

Little Jessie

mmmm, finally got it!

Wake up MOM!!!

2008-02-21T08:38:00.000-08:00

So I am sitting here on my computer typing and reading away when Sadie comes up and says..."come on mom" trying to drag me to either: A)the fridge B)her room C)to the ground so she can climb all over me. I was kind of ignorning her in a loving motherly way, still reading and looking at the screen, when all of the sudden she says, "WAKE UP MOM!" Hahahahahaaaa.

I JUST WANT FIVE MINUTES!!!! Anyone else with kids ever feel this way?....FIVE MINUTES :)

Day at the Museum

2008-02-19T08:57:00.000-08:00

This weekend was so fun! Ashley and Chase came in town and spent a couple of days with us. Then on Monday my parents came in town and we played with them for a bit. We had a great day, first of all because we started off the afternoon right and ate at Cafe Rio (garuntee great day!!!) Then we all took the girls to the Nevada Museum of Natural History. It was fun. The girls loved all of the animals and dinosaurs. Well, they were pretty freaked out at the dinosaurs at first, but after a while they were fine and loved it all!

Sadie pointing at the baby dinosaur eggs.

I thought the Zebras tongue was hilarious!

Ash being silly.

Jess and her grandpa Adams

Jess holding tightly to her grandpas hand by the dinosaurs.

After the museum we went back to the house and read the girls some books. They love to read!!! I love Jessies face in thise one :)

A sweet moment my mom caught.

My beautiful sister Ashley

A Gem

2008-02-18T19:31:00.001-08:00

I got this pic of Sadie today and love it. :) Hope you had a good Monday....

I See Your True Colors (singing song by Cyndi Lauper) lol

2008-02-14T10:54:00.000-08:00

This was on Katie's page and I thought it would be fun....

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Green

You're green, the color of growth and vigor. Good-hearted and giving, you have a knack for finding and bringing out the best in people. Green is the most down-to-earth color in the spectrum — reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people. It truly is your color!

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/rd/50651/color/index.jsp?testname=colorogt&resultid=C

I would like to hope this is true :)

PS- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TARA MAXFIELD!!!!!

What We Have Been Up To....

2008-02-13T09:08:00.001-08:00

I have been such a sucky blogger lately. Sorry!! But I have been keeping busy! The weather has been AMAZING!!!! Oh my gosh I can't get over it! The girls have been loving life because we actually have been able to get out of the house. Monday we went to the park and the zoo. Yes, there is a zoo. It's in the ghetto, but it actually was a blast! I was suprised!! I didn't think there would be any cool animals, but there were lions, tigers, chimps, monkeys and any and every kid of bird imaginable. lol

Here are some from the park...

Sadie really can make friends anywhere. She will jump right in with other kids she doesn't know. She got all the kids at the park to run up the hill and roll down. :)

Miss and Jess going down the slide.

Sade running to go down the slide...again.

Jess running down the hill. Her face cracks me up.

And some from the zoo...

Sade was crawling and yelling "rarrrr" like a lion. It was so funny!

Sadie was encouraging (pushing) Jess to touch the peakock. Luckily Jess does not take her sister's crap and pushed her away. lol

Sadie went up to the goat and kept saying, "hi goat, baaahhh"

Monkey.

Lazy Lions. This is exactly what I wanted to do.

And one of my sister-in-law Missy. I was shooting some headshots for one of my classes and got this one. I loved her deep in thought!

Hey You Edward Lovers

2008-02-07T18:55:00.000-08:00

Breaking Dawn, the 4th book in the Twilight series is coming out August 2nd!!!! Yay! I can't wait to read that Edward is leaving Bella to find his true love, Becky Earl. LOL!!! Ahhahaaa. See you at Borders! :)

I finally got it!

2008-01-31T16:48:00.000-08:00

Just a quickie because I feel like I am gonna pass out! LOL

I finally caught the bug that everyone has been passing around! No fun! I'm with Kim...I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER!!!!

We Thank Thee O God For OUR Prophet

2008-01-28T07:36:00.000-08:00

I am sure that all of you have heard and that most of you will post something on your blog, but I felt the need to post as well. Our dear prophet Gordon B. Hinkley passed away last night from old age, hard work and 100% dedication to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served so faithfully and whole heartedly. I cannot even imagine the things that he is seeing right now. When my friend Kim called me to let me know I got so emotional. I really couldn't believe it. It may sound silly, but I guess I just felt he was immortal. He was so vivacious even at his old age, I didn't think this day would come for a long while. I can tell you this though, that I know without a shadow of doubt that this church is true and that President Hinckley was a true prophet! He is really the only prophet I have known, listened to and have personally loved. I had the pleasure of meeting President Hinckley in person. When my grandparents were on one of their missions in Salt Lake they happened to be in his ward and the week we went he just happened to be there. He sat up front and I couldn't take my eyes off of him. Even in those years of doubt for me, I could not look at him and not know that he was a messenger of God. After church he shook everyones hands and the power in that old mans hands is something that I would never forget. Last night after contimplating what had happened, I felt the spirit so strong. I even made a comment to Justin about how much I felt the spirit right then. Usually when I feel the spirit I get very emotional, but last night it was a tru burning in my chest (something I have never experianced) It was truly amazing!

I know that he has been having a sweet reunion with his family who have been waiting for him. He is with his sweet loving wife.

I cannot wait for President Monson to be called. I love him and feel he will do an amazing job!

THIS CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!!

(for those not familiar with President Hinckley or member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints please visit www.mormon.org)

The Moment of Truth

2008-01-24T07:50:00.000-08:00

So for all you American Idol fans the new season has started!!! YAY!!!! I usually am religious about watching it in the beginning and then taper off and then in the very end come back strong. :) But right now I am loving it! Well, I was doing some editing last night and after AI there was a show called The Moment of Truth. For those of you who haven't seen the ads for this show it is all about people take a liar detector test and are asked questions about anything and everything personal in their lives. With them they bring to the show three people in their lives. This show is horrible! While it may seem very entertaining, it is a garuntee to ruin families...while for what in return??? MONEY! It was rediculous. The first guy on there revealed that he is not having kids with his wife so soon because he doesn't know if he will be with her forver. He revealed that he has done things in his marraige that would cause his wife not to trust him. The host kept asking her if she wanted him to stop and she kept saying no, that she wanted him to continue...all for what....MONEY! Are you kidding me???? Yah, go ahead and ruin my marraige for money. Well, carma came around and he got caught lying and left with NOTHING. So for all of that, he has nothing to show for it. In the end he went up to his wife and tried to give her a hug and kiss and the camera's showed she was like disgusted with him. Yah lady, what the heck do you expect you kept pushing him to answer just so you could leave with some money in your pocket!!!! Man Satan, sure is working his way in any way he can. It's really sad. What value the world puts on money really makes me sick.

Just felt like venting. sorry

SCHOOL STARTS TODAY!!! Ahhhh

2008-01-22T09:16:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Just popping in to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for the support and AWESOME comments you have left on my page with the wedding pics! Today I start school and I am SO nervous. I know really it might not be a big deal to some, but I was never very good at school stuff. But really, I think I will do fine since I actually want to be there and love what I will be learning about. I am only taking two photography classes so it won't be so bad, but seriously I have not been to school in over 5 years. Yikes...Well, wish me luck :)

MIA

2008-01-12T08:01:00.000-08:00

Wow! It has been OVER a week since my last post...WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TOOOOOO?!?! jk/lol..But seriously you guys I have been SO busy! Recovering from the holidays, getting everything ready for school and shooting my very FIRST wedding. I have been editing like a MAD woman and I am not even done yet. :) But I am so happy how this wedding turned out that I wanted to share some of the pictures with you. This is Jen and Aaron Van Wagoner. They are the SWEETEST couple and were seriously a BLAST to shoot! They did anything and everything I asked and were so comfertable in front of the camera. Let's just say they were not shy! :) Here are some of my favorites...you can find some more of my favs on my photography blog. The link is on the top right of this page.

The Temple

Jen Getting Ready

The Bride and Grooms

Christmas in Ivins

2008-01-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was the first Christmas that I wasn't holding a new born in two years. It was so weird not being pregnant this winter. Weird but very, very nice! :) So this year we went to my parent's house in Ivins, Utah. It was SO much fun. We had everyone there. Chris and Patience were down from San Fransisco. Ash and Chase were home from there honeymoon. Travis was actually not working and Aunt Annie came up from Vegas too! We had so much fun and ate waayyy too much...as usual :) We played Phase Ten (my FAVORITE!) and then we all played Scene It. That was a blast and to all of our suprise Justin kicked butt at that game. Man he knows his movies :) Christmas morning was fun and the girls were spoiled of course. Thanks mom and dad for a great Christmas!!! Love you! Here are some pics from the fun day!

My wonderful dad!

Chris and Patience

Sadie got the hang of opening presents really fast!

Jessie and her bow

Lovebirds...my brother and his wife

Honeymooners...Ash and Chase

The Fam

Mom and Dad

The little brother Trav...looking for hot little lady...jk...not really ;)

New Year....New Blog

2007-12-30T12:54:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I decided to change up the blog a bit...I needed a change. I know it's not 2008 for a couple more days, but today I have time and this next week is going to be CRAZY!!! I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year and I hope that you all accomplish anything and everything that you want! I hope that your families are healthy and happy! I have such a great feeling about this next year! I am so excited to start school and continue with my photography! I am so thankful for all the support and encouragement that all of you have given me! Thank you! I have been reflecting a lot and thinking about my life. This is so cheesy, but blogging has been such a blessing in my life! I have made new friends, and have gotten closer to old ones. It has helped me SO much with my business and it's just fun keeping in touch with all of you! :)

My family was so blessed in 2007. In our family there has been a marriage, a pregnancy, and a death. It's funny how life is such a cycle and there are such good times yet in the same year we can endure some of the hardest things of our lives. I am so thankful for the Gospel in my life! Who knows what this next year will bring, but I know that if I have the right attitude I can get through anything. My friend Theresa just posted about this and I think everyone should read it! Thanks Theresa for the great reminder!

Anyways....hope everyone has a fun New Year's Eve and a great year!!!! It will be a blast reading about all the fun things you all do this year! Thanks for letting me be apart of it!

ETA- My goal is each month to change the side pictures in my header of the girls. That way I will make myslef not be too busy to take fun pics of the girls, so keep a look out for new pics in the header each month :)....and also Christmas pictures to come soon. :)

xoxo-
Becky

Introducing Ashley Blake

2007-12-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

My little sister Ashley got married this weekend! Yay! It was a long day with it's ups and ONE BIG DOWN! Let me explain....you know it's really hard to be anywhere on time with two little kids, a husband and your self to get ready, but you think you would be able to get it together to make it on time to your sisters wedding...NOPE! Not me :/ After Justin and I dropped the girls off to his parents, who were staying his aunts condo 5 minutes form my parents home, we JETTED to the temple..only to be told that we were too late and we could not get in. Yeah, I started BAWLING! They said I am sorry and the best they could do was let me get dressed and I could wait for her in one of the rooms. So I got into the dressing room and lost it. I was crying SO hard. I felt horrible! So I got into the room and one lady had mercy on me and went to the door, poked her head in and motioned for me to hurry up and go in the room. I made it JUST in time. The second my butt hit the seat I cried even harder. I couldn't believe I got in! It was a beautiful ceremony and I am so thankful I got to see it!!! I am sure that for the pictures outside my face was a mess and swolen!

The rest of the day was full of running errands and getting stuff ready for the reception. Thet did hold a beautiful luncheon where I got told I had to give a speech...about two minutes before. grrr. :)

The reception was beautiful and we had a great time! I didn't get to take any pictures because I was so busy being in the line or chasing my kids around. Below are a couple, but most were taken by other people and I just played with them a bit in photoshop. Hopefully when my sister gets her pics back from her photographer she will let me post some. Here are the few we got.

LOVE YOU ASH AND CHASE!

Birthday Fun

2007-12-14T07:17:00.000-08:00

First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO MY LITTLE JESSIE!!!!! I can't believe that she is 1!!! She is so funny! She started out as my little sweet tender heart, and now is such a SPITFIRE!!!! She is a daddy's girl through and through!! As soon as Justin walks through the door when he get's home from work, she wants nothing to do with me! She laughs all the time and loves her big sissy! Happy birthday Jessie-kins!!!

Here are some pics of our TRI-Birthday Party! We invited some of our dearest friends. We went to dinner at one of my favorite places to eat...BJ's and then went to Nette and Greg's house for Elmo cake and some yummy ice cream! (thanks Missy for making the cutest cake ever)

Below are some pics from the party. Thanks Kim for being the photographer! :)

Me, Sadie and Brooklynn blowing out our candles! HAHA!!! Thanks Brooklynn! lol

Here is one where were all three "attempting" to blow out the candles

The Elmo cake Missy made! It was sooooo cute.

That must be a pretty amazing piece of cake! lol

MMMMMMMMMMM...Sade chowing down on her cake. I don't even think Jess had any. I think she was too concerened in playing with all the little people.

Mary MADE these adorable skirts for the girls! Sadie LOVES hers! Everyday she cries to me, "Dwess,dwess" She cried her eyes out that night when I had to take it off to put on her jammies! So cute Mary! You are so talented!

Having fun in all the mess!

Now I know why Jess didn't eat any cake.....she was saving her appetite for the wrapping paper! HAHA.

Anyways, that was our fun tri-birthday night!

Happy Birthday to Sadie.........and me

2007-12-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to take a second and wish my favorite first born a Happy Birthday!!!! Two years ago today I was in labor for 28 hours, a lot of pain and scared to death! But at 4:18 in the afternoon little 6lbs. 8oz. Sadie Lynn was brought into Justin and my life. From the moment I saw her I was so excited and so in love! It was the best because we were in the room at Summerlin that is right next to the waiting room. Both sides of our family was piled in the waiting room and could hear everything! They heard me push and they heard Sadie cry. They all came in crying and so happy to meet their grandaughter, and niece! Okay so it just happened to be my birthday too. After it was all over it was the best birthday I ever had and will ever have! It has been the most amazing two years and Sadie and her sister have touched mine and Justin's life more than we could ever tell you!

Sadie is so smart and so sweet. If she ever sees that I am sad or mad she comes right over to me, strokes my hair and says, Okay momma? Okay?. It is the sweetest thing ever.

(Below: the family listening as Sadie was born) SO FUN!

I will post pics of the family party in a couple of days. It's tomorrow and will be a blast!

Love ya Sade and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

ATTENTION!

2007-12-04T08:03:00.000-08:00

To help everyone get into the Christmas spirit there is a Christmas musical fireside on Sunday at 7:00pm at the El Capitan and Alexander chapel. Please invite all your friends, family, neighbors, and non member friends! It is a perfect oppotunity to introduce investigaters to our church through song and Christmas spirit. Plus who doesn't like Christmas music :)

So come and enjoy! IT WILL BE GREAT!

DON'T FORGET!...........

2007-12-01T08:09:00.000-08:00

What the end of this month is truly about. With my favorite holiday past it is now onto my favorite month of the entire year. It is my favorite month for many reasons. 1. My birthday is on the 10th. WOOOHOOO! Okay so my birthday and Sades and then Jessie's is on the 14th, so nobody really cares about mine anymore ;P Then there is the Christmas lights and decorations. I love going into homes that are so beautiful with their Christmas crafts and lights and yummy smelling foods. I just love it all. I love the memories from childhood of waking up at 2 in the morning with my siblings and trying to wake up and my parents and being told to not come back in till 6am. So my siblings and I would stare at the presents and organize them into our own seperate piles. And then complaining if someones pile was bigger than mine. And always the random fruit in our stocking that would always end up back in the bottom drawer of the fridge. Good times!

But also with this month comes many stresses especially as a parent and a wife. I know I am not the only one to stress about giving my family everything they want and or need to make each Christmas memorable. But I have thought long and hard about this and have really realized that I don't want to teach my kids that the most important thing about Christmas time is stressing about the sales and trying to please them with gifts. I want to teach them that this is the time for giving and most importantly teaching them that this was when our Savior was born! Don't let the commercialism of Christmas that the world has put into our minds rule our Christmas season.

I am always so saddened and shocked to hear when people go into serious debt because they want amazing Christmas' for their family. My cousin who is CSI said their are so many deaths this time of year because of depression from stresses and not met expecations of the holidays.

Let's just all remember what the true meaning of this holiday is. Christ was born! I challenge myself and those who are reading this to instead of worrying about getting gifts for every relative in your family look for those who have nothing. Look for opportunities to serve those in need. They are everywhere! We just have to look!

LOVE YOU ALL!

Happy December!

A Great Weekend

2007-11-26T06:59:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving weekend was great! On Thanksgiving day we drove up to my parents home in Ivan's Utah (10 mintutes from St. George). We planned to stay the night, but the girl's had bad colds. That day was so great! The food was amazing, as usual (MOM YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!) My grandma and grandpa Barney and my dad's sister Annie came up. All my siblings except for Chris and Patience were there. They were actually staying at my house visiting her brothers. The rest of the weekend was nice visiting with Justin's realtives that were in town. We ate way too much food and stayed up way too late. But it was a great weekend and so nice to have Justin home with us!

Here are some pics of the beautiful table and yummy food!

Thursday night we stopped by the temple on the way out. The Christmas lights were supposed to be turned on, but the newspaper printed the wrong night. It was the next night. It was still so beautiful! We got some fun pics there of the fam.

Ashley's Bridals

2007-11-21T12:07:00.000-08:00

This last Saturday we threw a bridal shower for my sister, which was so fun! (Thanks again Tara for the help!) Then right after we drove to Lake Las Vegas with my mom and Ashley's friend Damareese (Sp? We just call her Dam) Anyways...we had a blast taking pictures for who nows how long. I think the people at Lake Las Vegas were getting annoyed with us because we were there so long, but it is such a perfect place to take bridals!!! So here are a few. I am not even half way done editing, but I thought I'd throw some on here. I will have the rest on my photo blog when I'm all done.

Oh and FYI, we are all done puking here at the Earl house....now we are onto colds. :)

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT THANKSGIVING!!!!

Oh What A Night.......

2007-11-14T07:50:00.001-08:00

So much for a romantic dinner and a movie on the town last night! Here's how our crazy day went..... (WARNING: THIS MAY GET GRAPHIC!)

Heather brought Bentley over at her usual time of 10. She had warned me that Bentley's cousins have Strep and just to watch him and call if there were any problems....Okay, no worries. About 11:00 Jessie started acting really fussy and was just being a bad girl. I pick her up, and she rests her head on my shoulder, then sits up looks at me and barfs all over me. I hurry and call Heather and tell her Bentley is fine, but Jessie is sick. (Mind you I am still sitting in barf and Jessie is on the ground playing in her barf) OOOkay, moving on....

I undress Jess and Sadie and throw them in the bath. I start cleaning up the throw up when Heather comes (Don't worry, I am still in barf) I couldn't shower because I had to wait for Heather to get there and I didn't want to just leave the door unlocked...so she get's there takes Bentley and I finish cleaning the girls and the barf on the ground...THEN I shower. Why, I don't know?!?! I got thrown up two more times by the end of all this!

So all day Jess couldn't keep ANYTHING down. I tried giving her water and that was up about 20 seconds later. So finally when Justin got home he bought some Pedialite and some more medicine for her. BUT, don't worry he didn't get Pedialite, he got the nasty, CHEAP generic kind. She wouldn't drink a drip. Don't worry Justin felt bad later for getting the generic kind. He said, that is why I spend the money for the real thing. Anyways finally Jessie was worn out by barfing that she eventually just fell asleep. It was a nice rest from the day, but we knew the fun was still yet to come...much, much later that night.

AND OH DID IT COME! First off, before Justin and I went to bed I told him I would sleep out in the living room with Jess just to keep an eye on her and Sadie could sleep in our bed with him. Why, you ask yourself isn't Sadie sleeping in her bed in her room? Oh because the couch is her bed. Sadie and Jess were in the same room together for a while, but they kept waking each other up and we were going crazy trying to put two kids back to sleep every night.sooo. that's why.

Well when Jess fell asleep earlier in the night we put her on our bed until we went to bed. SO when we were getting ready for bed we went to move Jessie to the living room and she had barfed all over our bed. So long,long story short...we ALL ended up in the living room. I really wish I had gotten a picture of that.

In the middle of the night Jess woke up (just as we thought) ate, barfed and was up tp play! Justin had to make a 2 in the morning run to the store for the real pedialite and then gave Jess a blessing.

I am exhausted and I don't even know how Justin is functioning at work today. Hopefully today will be better and she will feel better.

Maybe next year we can have a better anniversary. :) Still you just have to laugh. What an experiance!