Happy 7th Anniversary!!!

Seven years have flown by and as I look back at it I'm so grateful that I made the right choice, found the right person, at the right time. Mandy has been such a wonderful wife, mother, and friend. I know that she has helped me to be the person I need to be and to become. She has been a great strength and good example. I just wanted to tell her how much I love, appreciate, and look forward to forever together. You are my everything. Love you babe!

Unemployed....

and relieved. Yes as crazy as it sounds I am relieved. For those of you who know I have been working at Ensign Federal Credit Union for 4.5 years and my employement ended yesterday. Yesterday felt almost surreal to me, like it hadnt quite sunk in yet. This morning it finally hit me when my alarm clock went off and I realized I didnt have anywhere to go. I feel like I need to blog about this because I have so much on my mind and this was a part of my life for quite a number of years.
I have become so close and made so many friends there, and have been through so many things with people that I felt so attached in different ways.
I will not miss the work at Ensign. I feel like I have been being "abused" and underappreciated as an employee for a few years. I really do take pride in my work and believe that I was a good employee but I refuse to be given ultimatums and be treated like I dont matter.
It will the hardest to not see one of my best friends Kimmy every day. We have worked together since I started and I have grown to love her because she has always been there for me when I needed her most. There are many other co workers who I will also miss. And as crazy as it sounds I feel like I have gotten close to so many members over the past few years that I will miss them too.
I really enjoyed trying to help people take on their finances and do different things with their lives to try and make it better. It is very fulfilling to see someones life change because of the help that you were able to give them.
Im not sure where to go from here... Im still processing it all in my head. I also believe that with prayer and the Lords help I will be directed where to go. In this bad economy it has been a blessing to help be a provider to my family with all of the things in my life being in limbo right now... BUT I know that things do happen for a reason. This may be a hard few weeks but I will get through and hopefully be happier. I get to sleep in hopefully and just be with my kids. Being with my family is what truely is important and what brings true happiness.
They say that in our life we wear different hats so for now I will be hanging up my hat or name badge and be moving on to something new and exciting.

Life is a Vacation..

No thats not right I JUST WISH it were a vacation. So Im finally getting to blog about my super fun family vacation. We were gone for a whole week! which was awesome only I had tons of stuff to get caught up on last week and I was just in a funk all week and just felt lazy. We spent the first part of the week with my family at Disneyland and relaxing at Newport Beach and we also went to see the Newport Beach temple which is absolutely amazing. It was so cute to see my kids at Disneyland. It was Laynies 4th B-day so she had fun wearing her princess hat and seeing all the princesses. Peyton loved all the rides that he rode as well as Ms Laynie. The other half of the week we rented a beach house with the Evans Family in Mission Beach that was just steps away from the sand!! It was nicer that we expected and we had a great time. We built sand castles, rode the beach cruisers, and just hung out and ate some good food. I attempted to have my sister do some family pics on the beach but the weather and my kids were not cooperating. Im hoping to make it a tradition every year to rent a beach house and just hang out and have a good time. Here are some pics from the trip. Enjoy!

Mr Toads Wild Ride

Jungle Cruise

The Birthday Girl


Daddys Baby

Party till you drop

At the Newport Beach temple grounds

We could not keep Peyton aka Mudd Monster out of the sand!

Beach Babe

We went to a Padres game and Haley and I were bored

The view from the beach house

My sisters and my lil Laynie

The beach house crew

My parents at the beach house

Need to start saving so I can retire here <3

From the mouth of Laynie

This girl says the funniest stuff... Last night there was a little spider running across the tile and I told matt to kill it and then I told Laynie to do the girlie thing and if she ever see's a spider to run from it. So this was her response.
LAYNIE: "Mom the only spiders that bite are the one's who dont have a family and no one loves them."

haha I was laughing so hard when she said that I dont know where she comes up with this stuff.

** The next post will be the pics from the vacation!! YEAH

Cinco de Mayo baby!!! (yes its early)

we are leaving on vacation so I wanted to this before I forgot. Yes my Laynie was born on Cinco de Mayo back in 2005 so here actual birthday is 5-5-05. When I tell people that they always look at me weird. But I knew from the day that my Laynie entered my life that she was something unique and a one of a kind. Before she came into our lives I was never overly excited about having kids, I wasnt the typical teenage girl who loved to babysit and be mrs. mommy. I did not know what I missing until I met her. The pregnancy went by so slow especially at then end when I was so big that random people would stop me in the parking lot and ask if I was going to pop! (you gotta love people). Laynie entered this world around 11:15am and weight 7lbs. She was such a pretty baby. I was mesmorized when I saw her that it immediatly brought tears to my eyes. She has grown up so quickly and I dont know what I would do with out her. My mom says that her personality is a exactly like me when I was her age. She is so strong willed and has a mind of her own. Laynie loves to play dress up with her friends, ballet, sing and colors me a new picture every day.

Dear Ms Laynie aka my lil laynie bugg
I hope you know how much I love you and always will. You have changed my life for the better and made it so meaningful. You are such a spiritual and insightful little girl who always seems to make me proud. I love listening to your stories and you are so good to your brother. I look forward to what the future has for you. Remember to say your prayers and always brush your teeth.
Xoxo Mommy

I cant believe....

that my little Tax Deduction is 1 today!!! Wow how the time flies. It is really hard to believe that it has been a year since my little man came into our lives. We celebrated his birthday last night with friends and family and it was lots of fun. I love my little guy so much he brings so much joy into my life. He is all boy and has shown me how different it is than having a girl.
I took him to his 1 year check up today and poor guy got a few shots but he weighs 21.8 lbs and I forgot the height (but he is short for his age big surprise I got jipped in that department myself). He has gotten so big it was hard to believe how little he was when I met him for the first time. Peyton doesnt walk yet but can cruise around the furniture and waves bye bye and gives high 5's. Im sure it wont be long because he gets into everything!!

I wrote a little note to Peyton to print out for his baby book.

Dear Peyton,
You really are one of the many loves of my life. You have brought me so much happiness and joy. You are my sweet sensitive guy. I hope it stays that way :). At times I was wondering if it was meant for me to have a 2nd baby, after having 2 miscarriages. But I must say that all the heartache and waiting was worth it the first time I felt your little kick in my belly and my heart melted the first time I saw your little face. You came into this world so quickly after only 3 hours of labor I was holding you in my arms, and you have been wanting to be on the go ever since. You are such a mama's man. I love that when I come home you have the biggest smile to see me. You are such a good friend to your sister and she loves you very much. You have the cutest smile I have ever seen that attracts complete total strangers. Daddy cant wait till you can get bigger so he can show all the cool boy stuff to do. I love you more than you will ever know.
Mommy

Birthdays..Barf.. and Poo..oh my!!

so yes this title is so fitting for my life this last week or so.. We have had a lot of birthdays in the last two weeks, it was my brothers birthday the beginning of march then it was myne and then on St Patricks Day my nephew Cody turned 1. This years b-day for me was super fun. My hubby got me a spa package to Euphoria, and I got some new clothes from my Momma, and Tiffany got me ROCK BAND 2!! ( I have been wanting this forever). We had dinners at BJ's Brewery and my mom made me a delicious chocolate cake. It was a great night.. another highlight of this birthday was the poem that one of my longest best friends Jana had wrote for me on her blog. She is so creative and cute, I really enjoyed it, if you get a chance to her blog and read it.

Hanging out with my hunny at BJ's


Me Jeromy (yes he is holding a gun) Haley


Had to blow it out before the house caught on fire!!

Yes there has been a lot of barf at my house in the last week. Poor Laynie got the stomach flu in the middle of the night last saturday and was throwing up all day. When Sunday night came she started crying because she didnt get to go to church. Poor thing.
Then just when things started to look better last night Peyton had a blow out in his diaper in his highchair and I put him in the bath to clean him up and he starting barfing in the tub. Poor little man. Having sick kids is no fun. It will be just my luck that when they get better I will get it.
I can believe in less than a month my little man will be ONE!!!

Here are the cuties on St Pattys Day


My sister Rach is having a baby....GIRL!!