Sunday Funday!!!!!

Grandparent time!!!!

Every Sunday my family usually gets together at my parents house to hang out and have a big family dinner. Well Last Sunday I decided to have everyone come to my house so that I didn’t have to drive in to town. Troy cooked on the BBQ and everyone brought a side dish, the food was great! We ate outside while Gavin and Weston played in the backyard. I love watching the kids enjoy themselves so much and I also love that it was still nice enough to eat outside. After dinner we played games and had dessert by the fire. It was a really enjoyable time. I am really lucky to have such a great family!

Gavin playing baseball with grandpa I think he was really in to it?! Weston playing soccer, he was great at it!!

My husband grilling up a storm, what a tropper!!!!!!

Guess who cleaned up the mess?

EVENTS!!!!!!!!!!

This past week was very eventful. On Tuesday, I went to a vigil at the state capitol for a bill that mandates insurance companies extend coverage for behavioral therapy for children with Autism. It was very moving, and gave people a better understanding about how expensive this burden is for parents. I hope it is made known that Autism is treatable. That is why it is extremely important for this bill to pass. I am so grateful to my mother in law and sister in law who came out to support the bill. I want to thank all of you who signed the petition or who called your district office in support of the bill. My beautiful, delightful, intelligent, and spirited nephew Weston thanks you as well.
Now for the other events… On Wednesday I had my vendor party-- which went okay. I enjoyed being able to shop from the comfort of my mother's living room. I had fun, and I hope those of you who came enjoyed yourselves as well. Although it was fun, I will not be throwing a party for some time (They are a ton of work to organize). I'll still go to them, I just don’t want to have them :).

Okay now on to event three; London’s run. On Wednesday my husband decided he wanted to run a ½ marathon with Tricia and Jared. By the way, Tricia and Jared decided to run the ½ marathon a while back, so the fact that Troy decided on Wednesday is a bit comical. So I signed him up, and on Saturday he ran 13 miles. He made it in 3 hours 17 minutes, which is not too bad for not training and deciding three days earlier. I have to say I am so proud of him. I told him I would join him next year in the run after I train and look better in my gym clothes. Jared and Tricia did very well, in fact I am so impressed with Jared, he did awesome! I am also very proud of Tricia as well. She ran the whole way and looked good the entire time. Kristen and I had a great time driving from mile marker to mile marker cheering them on. - Being a supporter sure was exhausting!! After the race we went to Logan’s Roadhouse so the runners could eat all the calories they burned off. The funniest thing was when the waiter seated us we had to warn him that the racers might smell and not to think these people dressed like this for fun. It was hilarious to see them walking around like they were dying, which they were. I can’t wait until next time when I am able to run myself to death! Awesome day and an awesome run!!!


It was so exciting to see them win!!!!! Troy before the race!! The prepared runners and one crazy guy! The supports and a good lookin' runner
Jared running his heart out!

Troy at the 5 mile marker Tricia running her heart out at the 10 mile marker

The Aftermath

Trying Something New

I don't normally do this but I thought I might give it a try; I am throwing a vendor party on the 30th of January at my mother's house. I went to a Cookie Lee party a while back and the Lady said I would get 50% off if I threw a party so I thought why not. I will have Cookie Lee (jewelry), Mary Kay, Gold Canyon, Pampered Chef, and Not So Perfect Tin. If you want any thing from those vendors come and bring who ever you want. I don't have everyone's address but I am sending out invitations soon so if any of you want to come email me your address at Mar21Sea@aol. I am crossing my fingers that it goes well. Hope to see you there!


This weekend Troy and I went up to California for our two year anniversary and for Lynn's baby shower. We had a very eventful weekend, I can't tell you what happened yet because I feel like someone else should post it before I do. Lets just say I am so glad I went and had an amazing time. Newport Beach is such a nice place and the weather was great. We also went to the Target in West Hollywood which felt like we where in another world. There are some of the most intresting people there. I have to say I love California but don't know if I could handle the amount of traffic. It took us a half and hour to move ten miles, ahh the joys of freeways. All in all it was a great trip and I can't wait to go back there soon!

Weston and Gavin

I am writing this post to my nephew and son; I am in the mood to reminisce. First of all I want to say how lucky I am to have such and amazing nephew and what a blessing he is to my life and Gavin’s. Although my life doesn’t always go according to plan (who’s does?) I am so glad that my sister and I where able to be pregnant with in a few months of each other. Gavin and Weston have always been best friends and will continue to be the rest of their life. I am in complete amazement they way they bonded when they were just months old. I know that every parent thinks that there kid is the greatest and I am no different however; I love my nephew just as much as my own son. I can’t believe I have been so bless to have two wonderful little boys in my life. I know that they share such a special bond and I am so grateful for that. Here are some pictures from when they where younger.


I don’t want to ruin this post by telling everyone how mad I am that I lost my new phone yesterday at the movies theaters. So for that sake of an angry post lets just say I lost it and I was very upset. Sorry to Tricia for having to witness my outraged at every teenager in the parking lot (one in particular). I am also sorry that you had to hear me yell about how mad I was the whole way home. Okay that is enough of that; I will be getting a new phone soon. NO MORE WORRIES!!!!

Gavin's First Date!!

Okay so it wasn't really a date but Gavin and Brooke sure acted like it was. We went to the Temple Lights with Chari, Wade, Cindy, and Brent (oh and all the little ones)! Well it was a fun night but I couldn't help but notice that Gavin and Brooke wouldn't leave each others sides and held hands the entire time, it was so cute. Cindy took a picture of the two standing under the Christmas wreath however; Cindy forgot to include the wreath in the pictures so you can use your imagination. It was s great night!

Oh and a little side note that I thought was so funny. As we were waiting for Cindy and Brent to arrive a group of mutual kids had just finish walking the grounds. A diver in a car stop in the middle of the road (he had just finished walking the grounds as well) to yell at a young man who had flashed him with a laser. The Leader of the young man said I will take care of this and that he was sorry. You would think that comment would have satisfied this driver but it didn't. He proceeded to tell the Leader to control his youth and that he wanted to make sure he took care of it. After a very uncomfortable 5 or so minutes of this driver glaring at the Leader talking to the young man he yelled "you are not taking care of this properly." The leader then walked up the man to try and diffuse the situation. This not only mad me laugh that the annoying man thought he could handle the situation but that he also stopped in the middle of the road for five minutes. I tell you if I would have been the driver behind him I would have gotten out and yelled at him. I am not one who diffuses situations to well I guess. It was pretty funny :)!

Birthday Dinner!!

So tonight was my birthday dinner with my family. My sister and her family along with my parents came out to my house for dinner. Troy, Wade, and my Dad went pheasant hunting a few weekends ago and shot some birds so tonight that is what we had. To be perfectly honest it wasn’t that good it was a little dry but I still ate it. The best part was of course the cake; Troy bought two different kinds from cold stone since he wasn’t sure which one I would like. Well, I enjoyed them both and so did everyone else. It was a nice change to have my family come to my house since every Sunday we go to my parent’s house and then we have to drive the forty minutes home. I am so grateful for my family they truly are some of the most good hearted people I know. By the way if you are wondering why I am wearing such festive pj’s they are complements of my mother, it was part of my birthday present. They look extremely comfortable so I had to wear them for dinner. Thanks mom I have always loved flannel pj’s. I also thought it would be cute to get a picture in front of my Christmas lights which I am so proud of. I helped hang a few but Troy did most of the work. I just love this time of year and love decorating for Christmas. Also last Thursday was cowboy day at Gavin’s preschool so I took some pictures because he looked so cute. I didn’t have any boots for him (considering who my family is aka Saba’s you would think I would have a pair for him) so I had to make due with his skater shoes as Troy likes to call them. They learned all about the letter “C” and took some pictures on a saddle his teacher decked out with ropes and everything. It was a really fun day for him and he played the cowboy part perfectly!

Playing in the Rain & Tag Questions!!

These pictures are from last week when it rained. Since rain is an infrequent sight in this lovely state I decided to be a non obsessive mother and let Gavin enjoy this rare occasion. He had a blast and played in the rain for at least an hour. Being that I had some where to go that night I choose to stay inside and keep the door open. Although I hate the summer and can’t stand June, July, August, and September’s radiant heat, I do love that it is so spectacular when it rains.
I also want to say that I had a wonderful dinner tonight with some awesome friends. Thank you so much Chari, Regan, Tricia, and Kristen for taking me out and I appreciate your friendships so much. I also want to add that although one of my dearest friends Lynn lives out of state and was not able to come I announced that she was there in spirit.



Okay now it is on to the tag that I need to get done!! Six interesting facts about me:

1. I hate FEET!!! I can stand my sons and a few other people’s feet (this includes my own) but other then that I can’t stand them. I tend to actually stare at them if they are exposed and really would break up with a guy if he had ugly feet. It is a problem I have been dealing with my whole life.

2. I don’t like it when anyone touches my face. My esthetician being exclude of course. I can’t help but think about all the germs and oils that are on peoples hands and am terrified that I will break out because of it.

3. This brings me to my next fact I am obsess with popping zits ask any of my friends (I use tissue so the oils on my hands don't get on there face too). I have popped many peoples zits only if they ask me of course. I have no clue why I feel the need to find one. It is a sense of accomplishment if something comes out, Gross I know!!!

4. I have this wired fear of dying. Well not just dying being murdered, since I was a little girl. I think it stems form all the horror movies I watch as a child. When Troy goes out of town and if I don’t have Gavin that weekend I sleep with my gun loaded next to me. I also stuff pillows under the covers to make me feel like he is home. I have a good aim so if some one does break in I am prepared. I need to clarify that I will not just shoot at anything that moves, I do understand gun safety and practice it.

5. I am particular about what my son wears. I feel it is completely justified being that I don’t have a girl and don’t get to experience that fun of dressing them up. So because of this I find a lot of satisfaction dressing up Gavin. Boy clothes are not nearly as fun to buy as girls though.

6. Finally I am crazy about my family and my friends. If someone hurts them in ANY way I get EXTREMELY protective. I care and love them very much and will hold a grudge against that person of a long time. It is a fault I am not saying that this is a good thing I am just warning people not to hurt my family or friends. To also clarify this I am an adult and let needed things go…… well not too much!!

I TAG LYNN, KRISTEN, TRICIA, REGAN, GINA, CHANTEL, TRICIA G., MARIE, MARIE C., CINDY, AND ANYONE ELSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN!