Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. Ours turned out wonderful, a little crazy with the schedule but it was great. Hannah really loves her new toys and Shiloh and I got pretty spoiled ourselves. I will post everything in about a week, but for now we are off to Island Park for 8 days. I am really excited.

Also, I need some help making my blog private. I came across a really weird comment on my blog and it just makes me nervous because I can't stand the thought of some weirdo out there looking at my family through pictures. So if anyone can give me some expert advise on how to go private that would be wonderful.

Anyways, Enjoy the rest of your break and have a great New Year!

Well, Thanks to Amanda's great tip, I now have a picture. Kind of a cheesy one but at least you can sort of tell the color difference. This is the before (I darkened my hair a few months ago..

Here is the new color!

It's Done!

Well, I did it. I went blonde. I am not really sure what to think right now but I can tell you one thing. Shiloh is definitely loving the fact that he is married to a blonde. It is actually pretty cute but it will take some getting used too. Definitely the most dramatic change I have done so far. Pictures will come as soon as I figure out how to get them off of my phone :). Anyways, Christmas is almost here and I am so excited. This year seems a little different for some reason. I am feeling like a little kid all over again and can't help but get giddy at the thought of Christmas morning. Mainly because I am so excited to see Hannah and Shiloh open up their gifts. Well, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.

HELP!!!!

Okay...I need your opinions because I am having a "mid life crisis" so to speak... and have been changing my hair color every other month but I am not in LOVE with anything yet. I have an appointment to get my hair stripped and then put a nice golden blonde tint to it but it will probably end up being very light. I am nervous. A couple months ago I went a dark auburn color that isn't bad I just don't think it does the best for me. So please let me know what you think because I value my friends opinions very much. I am to wishy washy to make this decision on my own. So PLEASE be honest in your opinion. THANK YOU! OH by the way...if you would like Christmas card...please leave me your address and I will be sure to get you one.

Santaphobia
An abnormal, persistent fear of Father Christmas

Just a reminder of last years Santa visit. It didn't turn out so well.

And this year...still scared to death of Santa


This isn't the greatest picture because you can't see Santa...but I think you tell just by her face that she really did not want to go see Santa..Maybe someday we will get a decent picture.

MY VERY OWN LITTLE MERMAID

Hannah LOVES The Little Mermaid. She Loves all the songs and loves to belt them out whenever she hears them. She has got quite the voice and one of these days I will have to record the moves that go with it. I love the free entertainment she provides for me.
(There are three different parts to this video, my camera only takes 1 minute videos so this will have to do I guess)

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Just a little updating!

We have had fun these past couple of months and to tell you everything we have done would take FOREVER so here are a few of pictures of a couple of our fun events. Most of them are of Hannah. Sorry...we like her a little to much and so does the camera.

I love this picture because it completely described our Hannah. She has to have everything in the right place and she loves patterns. I find these little rows of anything and everything lined up all over our house. I think it is so funny.



Hannah with straight hair.It turned out pretty good I think





She had a major wedgie one night and was showing it off. She likes her booty these days and she knows how to shake that thing.





Another hair picture. I decided to try rag curls on Hannah one day...they turned out a little crazy.



The final product.



This was Hannah cute hairdo and outfit the day after Halloween. I thought she looked adorable.



Hannah and her cousin Kaden. He was the cutest little giraffe I have ever seen and Hannah was a "Butterfly Fairy" from the Barbie Mariposa movie.



Blowing Kisses!



I love love love this picture. Such a cute little smile dont you think?!!



She was not very happy with us for making her go when she was tired. She just wanted her daddy.



Shiloh is now the Elders Quorum President and they had a party a little over a month ago, it was really fun. We shot guns and had a great dutch oven dinner.



I grew a garden this summer and everything pretty much died BUT I did grow some pretty delicious carrots. I am proud.



We went camping this fall up at Scout Mountain and it was really fun. It was just Shiloh, Hannah and I and we didn't really do much. We had dinner, roasted marshmallows and then crawled into our tent and played a fun game of scrabble. I think I won :) We got up the next morning and took a little hike/walk. It was one of those wonderfully simple moments. I love those.



I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a blast. It is always fun to just get together with our families and talk. I love the holidays. It is nice to reflect on the past year and the accomplishments we have made and all the many things we have been blessed with. We are so grateful for wonderful families who take care of us. I am grateful for an incredible husband who is willing to go above and beyond to make our lives wonderful. I am grateful for a daughter who loves me. She is so sweet and loves to be a girl. I never had sisters so to have someone love to do makeup with me and play dress up and to play with my hair...that is priceless. I LOVE IT! Even though we don't have a house yet...I am grateful that we have a wonderful "shed" that we like to call our home. It is our shelter from the rest of the world. We spend a lot of time at home and we love it. Anyways, I hope we can all count our many blessings, if you do I am sure you will find you have been blessed beyond measure and have much to be grateful for this Holiday season.

Heavenly Birthday

A year ago on this day I gave birth to a Beautiful and PERFECT little boy. I wasn't sure if I should post anything today, it is a really personal day, but I have learned so much this past year that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to talk about a very special person. Cameron was our first little boy and we couldn't have been more excited to have him. I couldn't understand completely why things worked out the way they did and to be honest I still don't know. But I do know that he was chosen to come to our family for a reason. Maybe we could handle it better or needed that test of our faith...who knows. He definitely has made our family stronger and we rely on the Lord SOOOO much more. Anyways, little did I know that while we were struggling with the loss of our boy that another wonderful woman named Becky was going through the same thing. These little boys were needed that day I guess. Becky you have been in my thoughts and prayers constantly and I am so grateful for your little words of encouragement, they have gotten me through so many of the hard times.I truly believe that these little boys and girls that come to this world and leave so quickly are part of a great army in Heaven. I am sure we have all noticed how corrupt and evil this world is becoming. Living in Idaho, I am sheltered from a lot but I am not blind, I can see very clearly the warning signs of our Heavenly Father. I am not, and have never, thought of our Cam as a little baby...I think of a strong stripling warrior working hard to prepare us and help us get back to our Father in Heaven. So for everyone who has lost anyone, especially those have lost a baby, They may have gone to soon for our liking, but we will see them again someday, and we should be so proud of the hard work they are putting forth in Heaven. Sorry this is so mushy, I always seem to post these and I am sorry if they are a little depressing, but I hope nobody thinks that. Megs, I am so sorry that you had to go through this trying time but I think your little "bean":) and Cameron are joining forces to fight against evil. I promise the next post will be full of pictures and fun things.

Just Rambling, A LOT

I think that life is starting to catch up with me. The reality of growing up is something that I put on the back burner because I am still very young but believe it or not we are growing up, and I can't avoid it. With Shiloh graduated we are sort of forced to start a new chapter in our lives. I am very grateful that he is finished but then the burden of trying to figure out what to do hits pretty hard. As for me, I can't be anything but grateful for the blessing of my wonderful family, but I can't help but notice a huge void in our lives. I am constantly looking around for that 4th person in our family. I love it, but hate it so much. I get a little nervous for my sons first birthday. It tears me apart not being able to know him, but I absolutely love the fact that I KNOW I will get to see him someday and I will have eternity to get to see him. Although we don't get to have him here physically I feel him in my life constantly. In fact, last night when we were praying, I prayed that Cameron might be a little guardian angel over Hannah and just help her to know that he is there and he loves her. I never thought of that before, He loves his sister and I know she knows him to an extent. Then it hit me, if he loves his sister he has got to love his mommy and daddy. It was absolutely overwhelming and I just bawled. Anyways,sorry for the rambling this tends to be my other journal. I just have been having one of those months...you know...those emotionally months, I am sure we have all had them. It is also a very grateful month. Even though life isn't going the way we planned, I think both Shiloh and I have felt the comfort and love of our Heavenly Father so strongly. On a side note, I have a cute daughter. She is so sweet and very mothering. As we speak she noticed that I was crying and came up on the couch, wiped my tears and because of my sniffling, of course checked for boogies in momma's nose. (She copies me way to much) What a blessing. I am pretty sure that is my other melt down lately, my baby is growing up and is definitely turning into a toddler, 2 going on 12. Well we have had a great month so I will post some pictures of of adventures soon. Again, sorry for the rambling, but if you got this far, THANKS FOR LISTENING!

Who says you can't potty train on the go!!!

Major Catch up and picture overload

Wow, it has been way to long since our last post. You know you have waited to long to update when people start asking if you have taken down your blog. OOPS!! I have just gotten so far behind that it is hard to know where to start. So many things have happened in the last little while. After our last post Shiloh graduated with his bachelors degree. We are really excited that he doesn't have to go back to school, unless he decides he wants his masters, but I am pretty sure either way he needs a break and so do I. We have been having so much fun this summer. We have gone to Island Park quite a few times and we also went to Jackson Hole with my family. Shilohs family had a HUGE family reunion in July. It was a ton of fun. We ran in the Pioneer Day Fun Run (5K). I am not a runner so that we a challenge for me but it was surprisingly really fun. That is just prepping Shiloh and I for our 10k in September, wish us (me) luck. We have gone to Lagoon and Ross Park and have had a blast. It is sad to see that the summer is almost over. I about had a heart attack thinking that this last trip to Island Park might have been the last trip with the boat. It is just not fair.
Anyways, Hannah celebrated her 2nd birthday. I can't believe my baby is already two years old. Time is flyin. So much more has happened but I think pictures will say it better than me.
WARNING, this slide show has over a 100 pictures so beware!

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Our Spring Break

Well this is a little late but I thought I would share some picutres of our spring break. We went on a 4 day 5 night cruise to Catalina Island and Ensendada, Mexico. It was really fun. We left Hannah with our parents so we could relax and take a small break from her demands. It was a lot of fun. We hope we can go again, but maybe take a 7-14 day cruise and somewhere a little more tropical. Anyway here are some pictures (just to warn you...there are quite a few and the slideshow layout kind of cuts off part of the pictures so sorry if they aren't the best) Enjoy!

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Beautiful Day

Hannah and I were enjoying the gorgeous weather today and I couldn't stop taking pictures of her. She was having so much fun! When I came back inside, I couldn't stop messing with the pictures. I have an addiction to photos. Anyways, I think some of them turned out pretty cute.

Shiloh's 25th Birthday

My man is all grown up!!! Just kidding, he is still so young and looking good. We had fun celebrating his birthday yesterday (today is his actual birthday) and I think we all had fun. He is such a wonderful husband and I love him. I am so glad I got him. Here are some pictures of our night!

Little time and little money

When we bought our first house, the previous owner left a big freezer in the garage. It was full of mold and rust but could be cleaned out pretty easy. And for the past 3 years I have put off cleaning it. It has come with us to our new home and still hasnt been cleaned. So today I decided I was going to tackle this thing because I need more freezer space. I put on the ugliest clothes I could find, latex gloves, and a face mask and went to work. It took me a total of about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get this thing cleaned and another 30 minutes to paint. Not long at all and only cost about $8.00. I hate when I put off things like this for so long, when I know that it won't take me very long to do it. It is just pure laziness and complete lack of motivation. Moral of this story...if you have been putting off ANYTHING for ANY reason, JUST DO IT!!!

The before shot. Pretty Disgusting huh!

This is the after scrubbing and scrapping off old paint and all the gross stuff. It doesn't look very clean, but at this point, it smelt like bleach and soap, trust me it was clean just very dinged up.

And here is the finished product. Pretty good huh! I was surprised at how well it cleaned up.

Donkey Basketball

Well, I was talking to my cousin Megan the other day and she got on me about how I don't post enough. Like I have said before, I just like looking at other peoples blogs. It is completely addicting. But, our lives just aren't that interesting right now, so there is not a lot to blog about. However, tonight we watched donkey basketball at the university. Shiloh is in the marketing association and they entered as a group. So I got the pleasure of watching Shiloh ride a donkey. I had never heard of it before but it was really fun. I was actually pretty jealous because I wanted to be out there with them. The announcer thought he was pretty funny, he kept throwing little comments in like, "players, get off your butts and go sit on your "ass"! I have to admit it was pretty funny. Well as soon as I can figure out how to put our video on here I will, but in the meantime here are a few pictures of our night.

Our Bowling Night

A couple weeks ago we decided to take Hannah bowling for the first time and it was so much fun. We were the only ones in the bowling alley and Hannah was having a ton of fun just running around. After we went bowling Hannah, Shiloh and my dad and brothers went hot tubbing and of course Hannah loved that too.

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MY HANNAH GIRL!!!!

Hannah's hair is getting so long and it is really deceiving because it just curls so much...so I decided to straighten her hair just for kicks. She looks completely different with straight hair but it was fun.

Little Treasures

WHAT WE HAVE ONCE ENJOYED WE CAN NEVER LOSE, ALL THAT WE LOVE BECOMES A PART OF US. - Helen Keller -
BECKY... this reminding me of our little boys so I thought I would share this with you. I hope you like it.

Winter Wonderland

Here are some more pictures of Christmas Break in Island Park.

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Christmas Vacation

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Well this Christmas was really fun but it definitely felt different this year. This year has been a really fun but challenging year. As hard as it was, it was probably the best year of my life so far and I am sure Shiloh would say the same. We celebrated Hannah's first birthday, she had a whole bunch of firsts this year. Shiloh got in a car accident at the beginning of the year. We got pregnant with Cameron this year. We went to Cancun, Mexico,and we went to Island Park A TON. I took a trip with my mom and Hannah to Washington to visit family. Shiloh finished two more semesters of school and only has one left, HURRAY!!! We were sent our little Cameron and were lucky enough to have our Heavenly Father take him in his arms once again. You know, I got to tell you, the older Hannah gets I really thank Heavenly Father for taking him now so if I fail as a mother, we at least got one back to him :) Also, Shiloh's brother Nate left on his mission on New Years Eve, he is going to Brisbane, Australia...that lucky son of a gun. To sum it up, this year has been pretty darn good. I truly can't complain about anything, other than I now have a really ugly scar on my belly, but it is just another reminder of my many blessings. I would like to thank anyone who is reading this blog, we are so blessed to have such great friends and families. I am really excited to see what the year 2009 will bring...I am hoping it will bring a new home, a new baby, stronger testimonies, less complaining (from me), less crying (from Hannah... and me sometimes)lots of family outings, healthier eating habits, cleaner home and lots and lots of love.