My Boys!!

Miss Harper Mae

2012-01-24T12:15:00.000-08:00

I love this girl SOOOOO much!

Harper Mae is 2 months today!

2012-01-02T09:14:00.000-08:00

My baby girl is 2 months today! I can't believe how big she is getting. It feels like just yesterday I was bringing her home from the Hospital. Love you sweety.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-27T17:24:00.000-08:00

The crew!

We had a Baby Girl!

2011-12-27T17:07:00.000-08:00

Harper Mae was born on Nov. 2nd 2011. She was 8lb 4oz 20 1/2 in. She is now 8 weeks and weighs about 10lb. She is growing up way too fast. We couldn't have been blessed with a more perfect baby. She brings so much joy to the family. The boys adore her and I can't stop looking at her. We can't really figure out WHO she looks like yet. Maybe a hint of Caden and Daddy right now, time will tell:)

This her at her 2 week photo shoot!

So Pretty!

Getting back in the blogging world 1 post at a time.

2011-10-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I last posted on here. I guess I can say Pregnancy got on the way:) I am 3 weeks away from giving birth to our 1st baby girl, and needless to say I am thrilled. I can't wait to hold her. She (Harper) will complete our family of 6. More to come...

Photo shoot 2011

2011-03-23T21:16:00.000-07:00

Hoover Dam visit 2010

2011-03-18T21:38:00.000-07:00

Landon's first day of pre-kinder 1210-2011

2011-03-18T21:29:00.000-07:00

Dinning chairs makeover

2011-03-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

Before I painted them yellow.

Laundry room makeover

2011-03-18T21:20:00.000-07:00

Christmas visit to my sister Jaime 2010

2011-03-18T21:02:00.000-07:00

Christmas 2010

2011-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:00

Poor Landon didn't feel well Christmas morning.

Our tree

They sure love the Grandpa Miner

The making of Frosty!

Trip to cali. 2010

2011-03-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

Welcome home DaDdY!

2011-01-08T17:42:00.000-08:00

We were awaiting Jarrett's arrival from Iraq! He served 4 long months over there. June-Oct. 2010. I was so happy to have him back in my arms again!

My birthDAY! 2010

2010-09-17T19:32:00.000-07:00

First off, I had a great day today! I felt the love all around! My facebook friends shared there love in many ways which made me feel special!

I had a lovely lunch with my friend AMY ENGLISH @ Cafe Rio! Thanks Amy!

I woke up to the boys singing me Happy Birthday and asking if we were gonna make a cake. I said "No" not this time. Response from Ethan "but if daddy were here he would make you a cake." I said "I know he would." Mommy's celebrating a little different this year, with daddy being gone! I had a baby sitter for that night and had the time of my life with one of my besties, CHRISTIE DORSEY! We had so much fun, I felt like we were kids all over again. We went to the San Gennaro Fiesta here in Vegas. And needless to say we didn't TOUCH any of the food which is what it's known for. LOL! We played instead. Here are a few pictures:
San Jennaro Fiesta 2010

Landons stash!

2010-08-29T21:43:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know, Landon packs around a Panda Bear and a pillow most of the time. Whe his brother Ethan came home from Grandma Miner's this summer, he brought home a few characters from Toy Story 3. LANDON has taken over. Now he packs around Pillow,PO,Lots-O,Wheezy, & Evil Dr. Porkchop. It is so funny watching him TRY to pack them around:) Here's a pic.

My CrAzY's

2010-08-29T21:27:00.000-07:00

I snapped a few shots of the boys before they headed off to bed, preparing themselves for school in the morning:)

So Powerful!!

2010-08-07T21:10:00.000-07:00

This is an amazing example on how the Lord works, and the Miracle of forgiveness!

Make sure to mute my music at the very bottom before starting this video. Thanks!

3 things I am looking forward to!

2010-08-06T19:34:00.000-07:00

I have 3 things on my mind right now and surprisingly it's not Decorating.

1. Ethan comes home in 3 weeks.

2. School starts in 4 weeks.

3. Jarrett comes home in 12 weeks.

I have to say I am excited for school this year. I have one going in 2nd (wow) and one going in Kindergarden (wow again). I can't believe it. I never thought caden's time would come. He is super excited.! And, he has ethans kindergarden teacher. He likes that idea. So you can bet on me spending some precious alone time with landon! Which I think he will love.

It's been a great summer. Had lots of good memories and some sad. Sad being that Jarrett (Daddy) wasn't here to spend it with us. He unfortunately spent his summer in IRAQ. And even though he was gone, I survived and still am surviving, but would NEVER want to do it again. I feel for those single moms out there. It's tuff. I say SINGLE because thats what it feels like only I get to have communication with him. That I am grateful for. Thanks to todays Technology!! I love you sweety!

Kitchen DIY Redo... continued!

2010-08-06T19:20:00.000-07:00

Here I have my semi finished Kitchen. All I have left to do is slap some knobs on the bottom and put in a new counter top! Yay! I have to say that this project was worth it. I saved a ton and spent little. You are probably thinking why I have blue tape on my wall? I have just been lazy and havn't gotten around to finish painting my ceiling. Now thats not an easy project. All in all I think it turned out great and it meets my standards for now.

Happy Birthday Love! July 19th

2010-08-06T19:05:00.000-07:00

Happy 33rd Birthday Jarrett! Even though you are not here, we still decided to celebrate it with friends. We love you and miss you tons. Just 2 1/2 months to go!

New flooring...

2010-07-22T09:05:00.000-07:00

This is what it looked like before. Above.

So as you can see I got some new dark flooring put in. Yay! I love it. Funny story as to why I got new flooring. Not because I asked for it but, it was much needed. OK, so I was trying to hang a framed mirror in my down stairs bathroom. I got one screw in successfully and on to the next. As I was drilling a pilot hole for an anchor, I kinda slipped and used to much force and went right through the (plastic pipe) and punctured a nice hole in it. At that moment I was freaking out! Water was going everywhere. I tried covering it with my hand while I was on the phone with the dispatcher. That didn't work to well. It started to bubble up and it just made a bigger hole. So I quickly shut the door and ran out. Need I say I was in panic mode with no one around. So I ran to a neighbors house for help. No success till the third house. He quickly ran over to shut off my water which he couldn't even do till like 5 min. later. So in the meantime my house is flooding. Fire department came and pushed all the water out for me, which by the way had covered my entire downstairs. It was an awful mess.

Daddy reads to me!!

2010-07-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

While Jarrett was on his journey to IRAQ he spent some time reading to the boys in the local airport. We received these videos in the mail and as you can see, the boys got a kick out of seeing dad on TV. Caden tried talking to him. I said "Caden it's a DVD"! They truly enjoyed daddy reading to them. I thought it was a jeneous idea. they each had there own book along with dad!

1 down, 3 to go!

2010-07-15T19:27:00.000-07:00

Wow, where did the month go. If it goes by this fast for 3 more months, then he will be home in no time. I love you sweety!

I feel so bad that he has to go through 120 degree temps. while I am here sitting here comfortably. What a trooper!

Boys Photo Shoot!

2010-06-27T11:44:00.000-07:00

Ethan

Caden

Landon

Table Makeover

2010-06-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Great story about this...

My friend (Nitosha) was at the D.I. one day and she came across this lovely table.(Well it wasn't that lovely when I bought it, but when I polished it up, it looks brand spankin new). She called me and said "Kat you need to come down here and come look at this pedestal table". She knew I was in the market for one, and what a great friend she is to call me and let me know. Thanks Tosh!! So I jumped in my car, dropped off my kids at a neighbors house and drove down there,(15 min.) Did I mention it was only $10.00!! Yeah! That's what I said. So here are the before and after pictures. This has to be the best piece I have ever refurbished! Enjoy.

I'll miss you!

2010-06-11T00:36:00.000-07:00

Dear Jarrett,
The time has finally come for your departure to IRAQ :( (sigh )All I ask is that you return home in safety!! Thankyou
so much for your willingness and desire to serve our country.I know this means alot to you and your fellow coworkers.
I will miss you dearly and will look forward to your arrival in 4 months. Don't worry about us, we will be well taken care of by our awsome Ward Family and friends. I love you lots and I will be thinking about you everyday. xoxoxox

Kitchen DIY Redo!

2010-05-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

I am playing catch up on my cabinets, but I just wanted post and show you what I have done. These are the before pics of the awful looking cupboards. I am so glad I don't have to look at these anymore. I will post the almost finished ones in a seperate post. Look for those later on today!

Military Ball

2010-05-26T08:32:00.000-07:00

We had the opportunity to attend the Miltary Ball back in May! Now in the past 8 years we've beed married, I have always declined this kind of event, because it was so formal and fancy. I'm really not in to those kind of things. I guess I can admit that I don't like dressing up that often, unless it's going to church:) But, we had a great night of fancy food, Professional pictures and dancing (2 slow slongs). I'm not a big dancer either. Am I boring or what!! We certainly enjoyed ourselves, that's all that matters.

To SLACK or not to SLACK!

2010-05-19T10:34:00.000-07:00

I just have to appologize for the lack of posting. Weather I have readers or not, it SHOULD be a nice down time for me to collect my thoughts on my weekly comings and goings. Whenever I get on here, it always seems like I have to be in a hurry because the kids are fighting or the neighbor kids are constantly knocking on my door or Mom "I'm hungry" The list could go on... I do have a few minutes to sit and brag about this past week and my kids.

As most of you may know, my husband (Jarrett) is heading off to IRAQ in June:( so we made a trip up to Utah for one last visit. And might I say it was a relaxing one. Grandma Miners house could NEVER be boring! We got that famous question: Can we live at Grandmas forever? Unfortunatly the answer was NO! I was able to kill two birds with one stone and celebrated Caden and Landons birthday. Woo Hoo!! Happy Birthday boys! Look for pics. later. All in all we hade a wonderful time in Utah weather, but IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME. Until next time...

What a success!!

2010-03-18T08:52:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhhhh!!! The hustle and bustle is over. But I had a great time doing it. We had a successful and awsome turnout for the Relief Society Birthday Party. It couldn't have gone smoother. All the tables were wonderful. Thankyou to those who helped setup. The food was great, and our speaker was awsome. Not to mention the fun games that we had, I think everyone enjoyed it.Oh, and the cupcakes... (one word) GLOWING. Now that this is over with, I am already planning and scheming on our next event. ( 3 months down the road) What can I say, it's better to be planning ahead than stressing at the last minute. Thanks again to all who helped.

What's new...

2010-02-19T16:31:00.000-08:00

For anyone who cares I was rescently given a calling at church. The big "Relief Society Coordinator." That means the head Honcho over our Quarterly Meetings and mini crafts. So I have been very busy planning the Relief Society Birthday coming up in March. I am super excited. I've never had such a BIG calling like this before. I am usually the one on the "committee" and being told what to do. Now I plan and tell other people what needs to be done. Thats a hard thing to do coming from me. I think by having a good committee under my belt I will be just fine. So facebooking and blogging have been put on the back burner for a while. I will do my best to keep in touch. Thanks for listenting.

Biggest Loser Competition...

2010-01-22T11:31:00.000-08:00

OK all who read, here's a little update on what
I've been doing. Our ward(Cedar Springs) is in competition with another ward( Elkridge) for the Biggest Loser game. So for the past 3 weeks I have been working my butt off with the Program P90X, which I am sure most of you are familiar with. I was so thrilled to here about this competition, because it only made it more motivating for me to get out and get fit. Thanks to a good friend, (Merrilee) who has opened her home for any and all who want to workout with the P90X program. This is my first time with this video and I have to say it works wonders. Not to brag, but I have lost 5 pounds and gained tons of muscle in 3 weeks. I have a long journey ahead of me and I am so looking forward to the results. Swimsuit season here I come. I will keep you posted on my progress.

Bring It!!

A New Years Thought

2009-12-30T13:12:00.000-08:00

Something to keep in mind the upcoming year... :)

We wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2009-12-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

Making CooKiEs!

2009-12-22T12:37:00.000-08:00

Here we are making Gingerbread cookies. Yum! They were so good.
The kids really enjoyed making these.

Christmas came early!

2009-12-02T09:36:00.000-08:00

I have been searching for a nice comfortable couch for years. And here it is. It is super comfy and stylish at the same time. That's not always easy to find. No this is not my living room.Ugh. I will post pictures when I get it (this Friday) Yay! I am so excited. Can you tell. Oh, and the best thing about it is, "NONE of the cushions come off." That is a real pet peeve of mine. I hate it when the kids throw off all the cushions. Say by by to that.

The Meaning of Christmas!

2009-12-01T11:11:00.001-08:00

No matter how many times I watch this video, it still affects me in the same way evertime I watch it. ( It's POWERFUL, it's MEANINGFUL, it's TRUE!! ) Merry Christmas to all.

Please mute my music at the bottom of my page to listen to this wonderful video. Thankyou.

Aviation Nation

2009-11-19T17:22:00.000-08:00

Where's Landon???

2009-11-19T17:02:00.000-08:00

Oh man it has been a long time since I have been on here. Sooooo sorry. Things are only going to get crazier. But I will try and get a few pics in here and there.

On another note:
I was yelling for Landon to come to me and I got no answer, I called again and no answer. So I began to panic and ran into every room and still nothing. Little did I know he was a sleep on the couch practically covered. He has recently started to put himself down for a nap lately. One minute he is playing with his cars and the next he's asleep. What a funny kid.

HaPPy HaLLoWeen EveryOne!!

2009-10-23T09:36:00.000-07:00

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2009-10-20T17:10:00.000-07:00

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Anyone looking for some cute x-mas ideas or ideas for yourself this is a great site to order from. We have one Demonstrator in our area. Her name is Anjuli White.

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I'm planning on having a party so if your interested in ordering, please leave me a comment and let me know when you will be available Between November 21st- December 5th so I can set something up. All orders must be in by december 6th to be here by Christmas. Thanks.

Just to let you know that I love this stuff. I used to sell this product a few years ago and it is still going strong. They have the cutest stuff at an affordable price.

Can't wait to see how many people want to come :P

My next "BIG" project!!

2009-10-12T23:35:00.000-07:00

I fell in love with this the second I laid eyes on it. I am so going to do this when I get some time, Oh and of course when I can save enough money. It's quite a project, but I'm looking forward to working on it.

"Us"... As a Family!

2009-10-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

The BOYS!!

My Birthday!!

2009-09-20T17:50:00.000-07:00

I know this post is a bit late but I'm getting to it now. As you all may know I Celebrate my 28th birthday on Wed. 16 Sept. It was a great day. Jarrett was working the night shift the night before. When he got home at 11:58, he immediately came to the room, turned on the lights and woke me up seconds before it turned 12:00 (10 seconds to be exact). He shoved a musical birthday card in my face while I was half a sleep and said, "kathy hurry up and open it" so I did. The card was counting down 10 seconds before my bithday, it was so funny. It was one of those laughing hesterically ones that talk so fast you can't hardly understand them. Leave it up to Jarrett to do something like that.

Later that night we went to the Madem Toussaud Wax Museum, something I've always wanted to do here in Vegas. We had a really fun time meeting all the Celebs. It really did feel like they were there with you in the room. Everytime I turned around I ran into someone.

Soon after that we went to dinner at Maggianos on the strip. Great place to eat but it had to have been the l o n g e s t sit down place I've ever been to. All in all it took us 3 hours to get and eat our food, not to mention the half hour that we waited just to get our check. While in the meantime I was worring about the babysitter, seeing that we would be arriving home around 11:30pm. I felt so bad because it was not suppost to be that late, not to mention it was a school night. Thanks Jeannie!! I owe you one.

If you are interested in seeing some pictures I have them on my facebook, under My Birthday. You can find my facebook under my favorites to the left.

Whats for dinner?

2009-09-15T21:56:00.000-07:00

Landon came to me

as I was making

dinner with these

expressions.

I quickly grabbed

my camera

and asked him

to start over.

He was so excited

to see that

we were having

spaghetti.

Can you tell he

loves to eat!

Red or Green?

2009-09-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken by daddy moments after the incident. I taught him well! LOL. Anyways I was at my Neighbors house across the street helping her paint, when I called home to check on them Jarrett had told me that Landon got into the food coloring. My reaction was "Where and what were you doing? That little stinker climbed up on the chair and decided he would make a little art project. I thought it was very cute. It was one of those LOL moments according to Jarrett. If I were only home to enjoy it.

P.S. The counter was not stained but Landon is.

Safe and Sound

2009-08-28T20:12:00.000-07:00

So to continue from my last post Ethan made it home safe and sound. He said he loved riding the bus to school and wants to continue. I guess I was just being a worry wart. That comes with being a parent. Gotta trust him sometime.

To trust or not to Trust!

2009-08-28T11:50:00.000-07:00

Today marks the day that Ethan rides the school bus for the first time to school. Let me tell you I was so nervous. I asked the bus driver if she tells them weather or not this is there stop and she said "no," I usually rely on them knowing there neighborhood. I just about freaked out. So now I am going to worry until I see him at 4:00. I'm hoping that he makes it home ok. I told him not to get off the bus unless he sees me. Oh how I hope he makes the right decision. I quess I will let you know later.

Our anniversary date!

2009-08-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

Jarrett and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on Monday 24th. He started off by treating me too a lovely breakfast (which I thoroughly enjoyed) at Mimi's. My favorite, Eggs Benedict. Mmmmmm that was delicious.

Later that evening we both enjoyed a COUPLE message at the Bluegreen Club 36 Resort and Spa. It was amazing. I would recommend this place to anyone.

Click here to find out more about it.
http://www.djanelspa.com/

I planned on taking more pictures, but with the humidity at the pool and after my scrub, there wasn't much left to take a picture of. So I ruled out picture taking for the night. LOL.

All in all we had a great time and didn't want anything more than each others company on this momentous occasion. I love you Jarrett!! Cheers to another fantastic year together.

1st Grade!!

2009-08-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

Ethan started his first day of 1st grade on Mon. He loves his teacher and has some of his old classmates in his class. I was so proud of him for coming home with a green card on his First day. His teacher sends home a Green, Yellow, or Red card depending on there behavior. Now ethan can be a litttle wild in class sometimes so I have come up with a reward system for him. My stradegy this year is if he brings home 5 green cards he gets a dollar at the end of the week to put a special piggy bank. If he brings home a yellow he gets 25 cents nocked off and so on. I'm hoping that he can realize that by going to school you still have to listen and obey. So far so good:)

By the way he wasn't feeling very well so this was the best I could get out of him. At least he let me take his picture.

Yet another Trip to DisneyLand...

2009-08-20T17:58:00.000-07:00

We've recently had the opportunity to join our good friend and neighbor in another trip to Disneyland. (That's twice this year.)" It was one of those last minute decisions again and Jarrett just happened to have 3 days off, so we ran with it ! Besides it gave Jarrett another opportunity to make an appearance at his possible "New Job." Tell you all about that when we have more info:) Darcy (my neighbor) let us stay in her wonderful timeshare and enjoy 2 free nights. Thanks Darcy! Your the best. I would have to say that "this was the most enjoyable experience I have ever had at Disneyland. Not because we didn't have Caden, but because our friend (Darcy) was so helpful. It really wasn't a crazy time for us. We thoroughly enjoyed this trip. Can't wait to do it again. Who knows maybe we will just have to get Season Passes since we MAY be living down there; ;
Don't get me wrong Miner Family we too have good times together! Here I have posted some of my favorite pics from the trip. Enjoy!!

Words cannot explain!

2009-08-17T21:51:00.000-07:00

So thankful for these Boys!!

2009-08-11T14:11:00.000-07:00

The boys were reunited again after 2 long months. You can clearly see they missed each other. They can sure be a handful sometime, but thats just part of being a little boy! I love them so much. We had a blast up here at FishLake. (Fishing and more fishing). The boys loved going out on the boat with Grandpa Miner. What a life.

Here we come!!

2009-08-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

Another Cali trip!!

2009-08-06T13:33:00.000-07:00

We've recently traveled to CA at moments notice.

Jarrett received a phone call early morning on Thurs. and was

asked to come down for an interview with a company called GA (General Atomics).

They provided hotel stay for 2 nights in Victorville. And boy did we take advantage of it. You can bet we were on the road hours later. Luckily he was just starting his 3 day weekend.

While we were down there we decided to go to Sunset Beach. We figured it's not right to go to Cali and not go to the beach. It was only an hour away from Victorville. We had a great time. This COULD be our next Destination. I'll keep you posted. At the end of our day we went to our favorite Restaurant "Old Spaghetti Factory"

Us at the Beach!!

Lucky!!

2009-08-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

Ethan is having the time of his life there in Utah. You can just see it in his face. I can't even explain all the stuff he has gotten to do. Here he is enjoying a fishing trip with Grandpa Miner in Rockport, UT. I can't wait to see him in a few days. And in exchange for picking Ethan up, we are dropping Caden off. What a life! They are so spoiled:P

Oh HoW I LoVe ThEm!!

2009-07-30T01:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Jarrett! Yet another year older.

2009-07-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

To us!!

As you can see I surprised Jarrett with a lovely Pedicure for his Birthday. He really enjoyed it and so did I:) (who wouldn't). It's good to know I have a pedicure buddy.

A COOL Getaway!

2009-07-20T11:27:00.000-07:00

On Sat. we went up to Mt. Charleston for Jarretts work gathering. It was so nice up there. For once we could stay outside all day and not get sunburned:P We took a ski lift up the mountain and I was so scared, for me and my kids. There was no bar on the lift. I thought for sure we were gonna fall out. So It wasn't as relaxed as I'd hoped it to be. 30 minutes of drive time is so worth it, if it gets me out of the heat.

Landon was with us, but he was in the car asleep when we snapped some pictures. Just in case you were wondering:P

Warn out!!

2009-07-15T20:29:00.000-07:00

This is what happens after they run a muck!!

Ethans time...

2009-07-14T12:47:00.000-07:00

Ethan is in Utah for the summer with Grandma and Grandpa and couldn't be happier. He really does need this time to himself before school starts. These are his aunts and uncles on the Miner side enjoying a walk through Timp. cave. I guess he had a great time and wants Me and Dad to come up and do it again with him. Funny kid. he may be having alot of fun, but I do miss him alot. Love you ethan. Guys, thanks for taking such good care of him.

Thank goodness for pools.

2009-06-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

Ethan turned 6!!

2009-06-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

The gange of boys and me.

He was so proud to be having his party with Chuck E Cheese.

I just had to take a picture with him.

Make a wish!

Get your groove on.

Jaren Hutchings

Landon Miner

Kyle Hutchings

Nate Hutchings with Mommy

It was so fun watching these guys ride this roller coster ride. They were cracking up.

Ethan woke up to these lovely Mickey Mouse pancakes with strawberries and bannanas. Happy Birthday sweety! I love you.

Miners 2009 DisneyLand Trip

2009-06-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

Monday: On our way to DisneyLand

Waiting to get into California Adventure.

The many faces of Ethan.

Landon could get enough of sully. Everytime he came around Landon went crazy.

Tuesday: Our second day at DisneyLand

Tarzans Tree House^

Mr. Toads wild ride

Yet another fun day at DisneyLand has come to an end, "on the tea cups."

Wednesday: We spent the day at Knotts Berry Farm.

They had the craziest rides for adults.To only name a few,

SILVER BULLET AND XCELERATOR I can't believe I went on those.

Multiple times with the SILVER BULLETT.
I don't have a lot of pictures of this place, but ohhhh the memories were good.
See the one behind this ride, the red and green. That was the scariest ride ever.
Sooooo fast and Sooooo high. Never again will I go on this.

Apparently the kids went on this ride like 5 times.^

These were taken place at Camp Snoopy along with lots of other rides. My camera had just about enough that day and died.

Welcome to

Thursday: We enjoyed an afternoon at the

Heading back to the Hotel. As you can see I have no pictures of Landon , but he was here with us, just never got out of the stroller.

Friday: This was our last day at DISNEYLAND, and we used every minute of it. We stayed there till about midnight. All in all the kids had a great time . We look forward to our next trip here.

He pulled it!!

Our last MINER FAMILY photo on our last day at the PARK:(

Saturday: Our Last Day...Has come to an end!

Landon wouldn't step foot on the sand. So he just sat on the blanket all day.

We enjoyed our Final day at

"Corona Del Mar"

The water was cold. As we were taking this picture the water crept up on us.

The kids had a blast. We definately look forward to coming here again.

DisneyLand update

2009-06-16T11:13:00.001-07:00

Sad to say we have left the Happiest Place on earth and returned home to go back to our normal routines. We had the best time and the kids couldn't have been more spoiled. LOL. I know you all want to see photos, I will be posting them soon. As soon as I do some editing. Check back again in few days. Thanks.

DisneyLand here we come...

2009-06-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

Words cannot express how excited we are to go to DisneyLand in a few days. I think we've watched every video that we own of fun memories from DisneyLand trying to prepare ouselves again for that Happiest place on earth. The boys are so excited. We also have other plans like: Knottsberry Farm, the beach, a train ride and tons more. I will be sure to post pictures when we get back.

Movie Night

2009-06-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

Monsters vs. Aliens

We had the whole theatre to ourselves.

Caden's Birthday Party

2009-06-03T14:47:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at the water park for caden's birthday.

Happy 4th birthday my dear son.

Landons 2nd Birthday Party

2009-05-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

Time for presents

Mmmmmmmm cake.

Our quests

Another tooth gone.

2009-05-18T13:34:00.000-07:00

Ethan has had this tooth loose for a while now, and come Sunday afternoon while in class his tooth decides to fall out. From what I heard all the kids were jealous and couldn't wait for there first tooth to fall out too. Little do they know, this is ethans 2nd tooth. He felt so lucky. He was soooo excited for the tooth fairy to come. The first time around he lost his tooth in the car and probably got vacuumed up. Sorry ethan. But know he was certain that the tooth fairy would come because he didn't lose it. So he puts it under his pillow and can't wait till morning. Come 5:30 am he comes and wakes me up and says in tears , "the tooth fairy didn't come." she was certain she put something under there. So we go in there and I said "ethan "maybe you just need to look harder ! So he does, and what do you know it was laying on the floor next to his pillow and ethan says, "I quess the tooth fairy decided to put it on the floor next to my pillow". Even though she put it under his pillow;) It must have fallen out becuse he moves around so much. LOL. So that was ethans first experience with the tooth fairy.

By the way the tooth fairy gave him 2 dollars to make up for the first one that got lost. He was really excited to have "alot of money". Know I have to take him to get a TOY, he says.

Kids say the darndest things.

TiMe For WaTeR Parks...

2009-05-13T22:40:00.000-07:00

They were trying to plug the whole with a water bottle. I took the picture just before it shot everywere. It was too funny.

He's always gotta be climbing on something.

It's so cold!!

Landon didn't step foot in the water.

Springs Preserve Visit

2009-04-19T11:11:00.000-07:00

More Photos

2009-04-14T13:54:00.000-07:00

Easter Pictures!!

2009-04-14T13:38:00.000-07:00

This was not an easy task to do on Sunday morning. But the job got done and they came out great. These are my altered pictures. I will post some regular ones above.

*Ethan*
*Caden*

* Landon*

I couldn't decide which picture to post of Landon so I posted them all.

Something Fun for my Favorite Pics.

2009-04-10T14:21:00.000-07:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

MAKE SURE YOU MUTE MY MUSIC FIRST!!

Photography By Kat...

2009-04-08T21:23:00.000-07:00

They were giving me a stick up because they were on top of a wooden police car.

I am no professional when it comes to taking pictures, but I love to alter them in editing sofware. This one in particular (PICASA 3). One of these days I will be a real (photographer). But for know I am just having fun.

Landons 1st hair cut...

2009-04-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

Just For Jaime...

2009-04-02T16:14:00.000-07:00

Ok,I am finally done with my Living Room. Minus a new couch and area rug. Hope you all like it. Let me know what you think.

Landon Time...

2009-03-31T22:41:00.000-07:00

Easter "09"

2009-03-30T17:43:00.001-07:00

Easter Activity 2009 from Aub Howell on Vimeo.

I snagged this from Aubrey Howells Blog. Hope you don't mind Aubrey. You did a great job. We will sure miss you guys. Make sure you mute my music so you can hear this!!

Anyone need child care!!

2009-03-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

I am looking for in home child care. If anyone needs child care anytime of day, please respond to this and leave a comment. Thanks.

SpRiNg ClEaNiNg!

2009-03-22T18:17:00.001-07:00

After a long winter spent curled up under a warm blanket, spring arrives today and with it, perhaps, the urge to fling open your windows, air out your rooms and let the outside in.But the bright sunlight of a fresh season serves to point out all that's been neglected due to the holiday rush and the subsequent lack of energy that comes after months spent mostly indoors. So whether you've got a few minutes or a whole weekend to tidy up, you can make the most of your time and make sure your home is as pulled together as possible from top to bottom.

Lets get Cleaning...

2009-03-21T17:31:00.000-07:00

Allthough it feels like summmer!!

Thunderbird Airshow (Creech AFB)

2009-03-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

St. Patricks day

Ethans Leprechaun Trap

2009-03-21T17:08:00.000-07:00

Ethan had to make a Leprechaun Trap for his kindergarden class. And with a little help from mom (me) we managed to pull that off. So here is the finished product.

"Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don't give up even when others say, it can't be done."

2009-02-24T15:03:00.000-08:00

I came across this and loved it, so I decided to share. Make sure you mute my music first. Thanks. Enjoy.

Bowlin, Bowlin, Bowlin!!

2009-02-17T16:33:00.000-08:00

We decided to spend Valentines Day with the kids at the Bowling alley. We had a blast.

If you click on this picture (above), you can read the shirt I got for Jarrett. Too funny:D

Daddy's Lunch

2009-02-17T11:16:00.000-08:00

This was so cute!! Caden brought this to daddy and said " Here you go daddy, I made your lunch for tomarrow". And you know me I just had to take a picture of it.

My Valentine

2009-02-07T16:58:00.000-08:00

As I was making this project for church, ethan decided to use my scraps (above) and make his own Valentines card for me and Daddy. I think he did a great job. He probably would have done more if I hadn't told him to stop. What talent he has.

Mom and tot playdate at "Krispy Kreme"

2009-02-06T12:54:00.000-08:00

Here we are enjoying the bottomless chips at chili's

2009-01-29T14:12:00.000-08:00

Surprise Promotion!!

2009-01-10T14:22:00.000-08:00

It's customary in the Military that you punch the person who is recieving the promotion. Ethan was all ready for that.

The boys got to put on his new patches.

Early this morning I got a phone call from one of Jarrett's Coworkers. He asked me if I could meet him on base at 11:00 am. I said "sure", Whats it about? He said "We would like to Promote your husband to Tech Sergeant today, and would love for you and your family to be here. How sweet is that. I was soooooo excited. Jarrett has been waiting for this for so long. And the best thing about it is that Jarrett had no idea. We get down there and Ethan and Caden walk in (before they were suppose to) and Jarrett says " hey what are my boys doing here"? And then we all walk in. He was so clueless and shocked at the same time. I am so proud of him. Thank you for serving our Country. Love you!!

2009-01-03T13:44:00.000-08:00

Jarrets Morning Ritual

2008-12-25T21:33:00.001-08:00

I just had to take a picture of his breakfast one day. He makes this most mornings when he has the morning off. I just have to chuckle sometimes. He is so funny. It always has to look perfect before eating. He sure enjoys a good breakfast. Can you see a little hand there off to the left, the boys always gather around him to TRY and get a bite even though they have already eaten breakfast. "But daddy's looks and smells good." Nice try, leave daddy alone. This plate alone took about 2 hours maybe,with a little TV time in between. Love you sweety!!

Yummy Cookies!

2008-12-19T08:31:00.000-08:00

Ethan and I made reindeer cookies for his Kindergarten class before his Christmas break.

Pics, Pics, and more Pics.

2008-12-15T17:58:00.000-08:00

I hope you all enjoyed my pictures, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I will be posting more later. Merry Christmas!!

Quest bath/downstairs

2008-12-15T17:51:00.000-08:00

I have yet to take pictures of the living room and kitchen. The two hardest places to keep clean.

Master bath/bed

2008-12-15T17:46:00.000-08:00

Landons Room!!

2008-12-15T17:40:00.000-08:00

Boys bath

Landons room. Keep in mind I am not fully done with these rooms. These are before pictures.