Happy Halloween

I love this time of year.. starting with Halloween going all the way through the New Year! I love the traditions that we have in our family and embracing the cooler weather! This year Kasey and I were invited to a Halloween Party and we had a blast!!! It was so fun to dress up and let loose. We had a great night with great friends and can't wait to do it again!!! We carved pumpkins and had chili like always. Happy Halloween!!!!!

Watch out.......

It is time for a new season... and I couldn't be more excited! I am not a fan of summers in Arizona and after 6 years... I am still not used to it. I miss cooler days and nights. The heat makes it hard to get into the Fall spirit and I find myself not able to decorate as early as I would like. With that said, I still do even though it is 100 degrees outside. By October 1 st Kadyon is busting at the seams to decorate for Halloween .. and he is very particular. It takes a while to change it up from the year before :)
I love Fall and the change it brings.. not just the weather ( eventually) but also the smells, my cooking and so many holiday traditions that begin with it. One of my favorite. and how we like to kick off the Holiday 's is to go Boo'ing!!!! The kids love it and so do Kasey and I. We plot out who we are going to get and what we are going to give.. and then eagerly await night when... DING DONG!!!! It is like a good version of ding dong ditching. I love taking are nightly walk and looking at the other houses that have now been booed!!!! I have always dreamed of living in a neighborhood where all the street had block parties and hung out. I wouldn't say that is our street.. but ever year it becomes a little more like that :)
Usually we pick 2 families in the neighborhood and a friend who lives somewhere else to get things started. This year we decided to do all 3 in the neighborhood because we have so many new families that moved in. The kids were so excited when the next day WE got BOOED and we had to go out again :)




So this was our treat that we booed with this year. Pumpkin cookies are one of My families FAVORITE!!!!! They are so yummy and so easy to make. I love the smell of pumpkin and spice that fills the air as they bake. It just brings the holiday spirit alive!

We're Man and Wife

Our Wedding Song

Now We're Man and Wife

by: Michelle Featherstone

All the things you are to me

Darling you have set me free

I'll always give you what you need

And what you deserve

All the joy and all this love

I know that it is from above

And now together there's enough

To fill this world

'Cause you are the love of my life

You are the love of my life

And now we're man and wife

All the things you will do

You know I'm standing next to you

And darling I will see you through

The rest of our lives

With you beside me

I have won

I'm glad I've waited for so long

There is no doubt

That you are the one for me

You are the love of my life

You are the love of my life

And every time

There will be things

Everything is going to be fine

Now you're in my life

So I give you heart and soul

It's yours to take wherever you go

And through the years

You'll always know

It's yours to keep

God has blessed this sacred vow

And angles high above look down

And see the two of us have found

The perfect love

You are the love of my life

You are the love of my life

You are the love of my life

Yeah

You are the love of my life

Now we're man and wife

We're man and wife

Now we're man and wife

We're man and wife

We're man and wife

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvyCATSqcvI

CELEBRATE

So I jumped in on the kick of finding ONE WORD to focus on/ live by for the year! I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was the right word for me. So many came to mind.....

1. FAITH
2. LIVE
3. PLAY
4. LAUGH
5. PRAY
6. HAPPINESS
7. GRATITUDE
8. BELIEVE
9. FAMILY
10. LOVE

and with all those I didn't know which one to choose. I liked them all! So as I worked on my other goals from my Mom's group it hit.........

CELEBRATE

I love it... it is perfect and exactly what I want to do. Live for today.. enjoy .. laugh.... love... play.....to be grateful for what God has given me and the people I have in my life. Things may be hard, hurtful, messy, crazy ... but there is always so much to celebrate. I am blessed in so many ways. I know that and at times I ( as do so many of us) forget to see it. It has been hard not being able to achieve our dream of having a baby together.. it gets depressing. And life gets in the way, money gets tight, I get my feelings hurt by the things people do and I start to focus on the fact that we just can't catch a beak.

But no more!!!!!!! Don't get me wrong.. I am by no means giving up on the chance of us having a baby.. it will happen in God's time ( letting go and letting God- much easier said then done ) !!!! What I want to do is enjoy the ride and laugh at the ups as well as the Downs. It is like a roller coaster.. FUN... FAST... SCARY... But so worth it!

At 30 years old I want to smile... be at peace.. enjoy .. live... Celebrate what today brings. And I want people to see the joy and Celebration in me! I want my friends and family to know how much they mean to me, I want to mend broken relationships, enjoy the kids while there kids, smell the roses and be happy!Life is short and a gift and I am going to CELEBRATE it!! I want to teach our kids o do the same!

Here's to you... Day 1

I am counting down the days to our 4th Anniversary! Amazing! Time has just flown by. I have been trying to figure out exactly what we should do to celebrate this year and was drawing a blank. Actually, I thought of so many things, unfortunately this past year has REALLY killed us because of Medical bills. Looking back we have had a lot of medical issues since we have been married.. but this past year has topped them all! Between kids breaking arms, illness, teeth, gallbladder ( to name a few) our budget is VERY tight. So what could I do different this year to make it special? I have to be creative and resourceful!!!!!!

I have a plan and am still working out all the details but my concept is to count down the next 7 days doing something special for Kasey every day! I know it sounds easy and it could be but I am using thoughtfulness and effort as my gifts! So I need to think outside the box and come up with things that will really surprise him.. with spending very little to NO MONEY!

With that said.. today I did the outside house work! That may seem simple because we usually do it together on the weekends.. but I did it with the thought that this weekend he would not have to think about ANY yard work. I pulled weeds, edged the yard, MOWED ( Yes those are 2 things I have never done before... I hope he is impressed) worked in the garden ( both flower and veggie), swept rocks and finished off with a good watering of everything. This way all he has to do this weekend is relax!

this is just half of the backyard but you get the point :)

Now to think of what to do for the rest of the week.......please throw out any ideas you may have!

Power of Moms

Okay so for 2 years I loved my Live Laugh Love club and have truly missed meeting with the girls every month this past year. So when my cousin Kymberly came to me with The Power of Moms club.. I was in!!! So we had our first meeting in March and it was wonderful. Great conversation... inspiration.. uplifting.. just great. Well we were sent home with homework.

1. Come up with 1 thing you will not do for a month

This was easy! I knew right away what I would do and not do. What would you have choose? My Not is I am not going to be Negative. Now I am not a negative person, however I have started to fall into a negative mindset. It could be about people's intentions or a "what else could go wrong mentality". I wanted to get rid of that thinking. Be positive! Not just most of the time.. but all the time. Especially when times get hard or feelings get hurt or life throws a curve ball. Because the idea that we still haven't been able to have a baby has really weighed heavy on my heart and my mind. So this simple task was to help.. just don't be negative! I started off great.. with such optimism. When Kaydon broke his arm.. I thought at least it was his left and no bones were sticking out. But I must confess I have caught my mind going to that complaining/ negative mind set. This is harder then I thought.. but overall I am doing great. I know that God is in control.. that we will have a baby and that there is always a brighter side to look at. Forgiveness is hard but freeing and life is to short to look at the downside. So keep wishing me luck .. this one is sticking out longer then a month :)

2. Something you are going to do for yourself

This one was a little trickier for me. My first thought was to start running again- which I already started; then it was to blog; then to read more. But nothing felt right. Those were things I wanted to do and things that I don't catch myself putting off because I feel guilty.. it is more out of bad habit. So I decided that I wanted to get back into crafting.. I LOVE IT! I feel so creative and happy when I do.. and I catch myself putting it off because I feel like there is cleaning or laundry or something else I should be doing instead of a " hobby". This is perfect.. Hobbies are good- good for your soul. So far I have been very type A and have tried to figure out where I can get things out so it isn't a project to just begin ( i need a workspace that I can leave stuff out ) I have some great ideas to start and will post as I get them done... I just need to find my space around the house.

I really am excited to do both of these things and be back in "my club" I will keep you all posted on how I am doing!

VEGAS!!!

I have to say this is one of my favorite places.. I love Vegas! I wish we could go more and go to more shows but I just love it. I love to walk the strip, shop (even if it is window shopping) sit and have a drink by the pool, gamble , enjoy dinner out... to have no schedule at all! I am so blessed that Kasey's work sends us every year. What a treat! It is typically our only get-a-way a year just the two of us. And it is always near our anniversary ( and we got married here) so we try to make it special. Every year we pick something new to do.. this year.... it was the roller coaster at New York New York. FUN! I love roller coasters!!! Thank you honey for another incredible weekend.
Another side note is that because we go with his work.. we get to hang out with some of his family, dinner with his Dad, I hung out by the pool with his Aunt, spend time with his cousins, we so some gambling together and every year his Uncle Jack gets out and dances with me. I love it!