Cheers

My sister-in-law Kennan sent me this quote in response to the email I sent out regarding our situation. It cheered me up immensely and I wanted to spread the cheer even more by posting it for all to read.

"No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not in His character. He is an unchangeable being; the same yesterday, the same today, and He will be the same throughout the eternal ages to come. We have found that God. We have made Him our friend, obeying His gospel; and He will stand by us. We may pass through the fiery furnace; we may pass through deep waters but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from all these trials and difficulties the better and purer for them, if we only trust in our God and Keep His commandments." George Q. Cannon

The love and support from all of you has been like an ointment to my wound that's been festering with discontentment. Thank you.

On my Mind

Every year at this time I have a few things constantly on my mind and this is one of them: Love love love the Puyallup Fair. So many memories. Since I am clear over here on the East Coast I beg of those who can to please attend for me and blog your favorite things about the fair.
Love the fair food, especially the scones. Never, EVER leave without one. Couldn't find a picture but the taffy comes 2nd as my next favorite. I love it right off the machine, when the clip off a piece, wrap it, and hand it right to you still warm.Also love going through the pavilions and looking at the food arraignments and who won the blue ribbon. Love the Candle maker too, and the hypnotist show, OHH I cant forget to mention getting a free sample of milk and watching the cows getting the udders drained. Love how they started doing flavored milk. Surprisingly I really like the orange cream milk.

And you are never too old to get your face painted. Who doesn't want a butterfly painted on your cheek?

Mine Yours

I have more pictures, but I am short of time and some are on my phone that I haven't yet downloaded. This is just a few shots of Ian's birthday and one of mine. We invited three of my closest friends and their family to come celebrate Ian's 2nd birthday. He got some fabulous gifts from everyone, and had a fun time at this place called Hollywood Connection that has a indoor fair kind of thing with rides. He got his first race car track set from the movie Cars.

He had Cars plates, napkins, cups, and goodie bags as well as a red car cake made by the mom. The wheels were devils food cake, and the rest was red velvet with cream cheese icing. I forgot to take a picture before I cut it, but there was a front bumper with headlights.

Shaun did awesome this year for my 30th birthday. Took me out on a date to a Sushi Bar, then surprised me with beautiful glass jewelry, an Army Wife hat and t-shirt, and......Rockband 2!!

I am so addicted to Rockband right now. Its totally awesome.
P.S. this post is titled 'Mine, Yours' because Ian is at that stage where he thinks everything his "mine". Somehow we started teasing him, trying to get him to say "yours". So now when ever he wants something, like a toy, he'll say 'mine, yours'. It sounds cuter when you hear it for yourself. I'm not explaining it very well.

Family Photos

Its that time of year were I bug Shaun about taking the annual family photo. This time I wanted to hire a photographer with my birthday money that I gratefully received. It was so nice and FUN to hire Kim Ence to do our family photos. Even Shaun had a lot of fun doing it. He even said "From now on lets hire a photographer instead of setting up our camera on self timer". I grinned and him and couldn't resist saying "I told you so!".

Check out Kim's website to get a preview of our family photos here.

Hold Your Horses

My blogging has been pretty lack lately. Been busy. Been tired. Been lazy.
My goal:
post Ian's Birthday Party
post My Birthday Party
post how awesome my kids are

Did I forget anything else? Feel like there is one more thing that I'm missing.....

I do want to do a quick thank you out to all who sent me the birthday cards and called and left me birthday wishes on my phone. I felt so loved! It put a huge grin on my face, and helped erase the gloomy thoughts of how I am now 30, and no longer in my twenties.
Love you all!

1st Day of School/ Ian's Birthday

Isabel's first day of school was yesterday. I was so excited I couldn't sleep very well. We laid out her clothes the night before, and in the morning I made sure she had oatmeal so it would stick to her ribs and give her plenty of energy. Of course I miscalculated the time frame and we almost were late, but not quite. Shaun and I just love this Pre-K program called Growing Room. It's a little kids paradise. Izzy has a fun classroom with tons of stuff, and her teachers are Ms. Amy and Ms. Janey. Both are such nice ladies. I think this is going to be a fantastic experience for her.
She immediately sat down and just wanted to play and hang out. There were no tears or anguish. I gave her a hug and felt my heart ache at the thought of leaving her and not having my little girl with me during the day anymore. I was pretty sad. Once I got home I couldn't get over how quiet it was. I was able to get all my chores done and more. I missed her, but at the same time it was pretty nice having more time on my hands.Ian's birthday was the same day as Izzy first day of school. We are throwing a big party for him on Saturday, but I thought it would be nice to celebrate the actually day with some ice cream cones and watch one of Ian's favorite movies "Cars".

Happy Birthday my darling Ian!

More of !st Day of School

Just a little video of her walking to her class. I forgot to mention in the other post that when I picked her up she was upset. I asked her how her first day of school went and she said, "They made me slept!" She was referring to how they do a little quiet naptime during their day and she was upset that she had to lay down and not play. I asked her if she slept and she said no, she just laid there. I couldn't stop laughing. I told her not to worry about it, its good to have quiet time and that you don't have to sleep, she can just think about all the things she did and what she wants to do when quiet time was over.