Karli's baby shower

My mom and I put on a baby shower for Karli on the 18 of February. We had an open house style of shower and just did it at the church. We had a great turn out!! Thank you everyone who came and for the nice things that you gave Karli! I know that helped her out so much and she is very grateful!! It was fun to have the shower but it was so nice to have it over with!! Now she only has a few weeks left and I will be an Aunt again! Only this time it will be on my side of the family. A weird situation  that we are making the most of!! I am excited to meet sweet little Kysen and I am proud of my sister for growing up! She is going to be a great mom!

Happy Valentines ...Late

For Christmas Coleman and bought tickets to the Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Thomas Square concert and it just happened to be on Valentines day! We went with Sara and Brody and can I just say BEST CONCERT EVER!! I loved it!! We were pretty high up in the stands but it was still a great show! The pics are kinda crappy but i'll put them up anyways!! Thanks Cole for such a fun night!!

Thompson Square

Itty bitty picture of Darius Rucker

Lady A on the big screen

Birthday fun!!

I was so spoiled for my birthday this year!! Seriously!! This year it ended up being on the same day as the Super Bowl! Meaning a lot of people were also celebrating my birthday! :) Coleman and I had decdided to go out to dinner on Saturday the day before but he wouldn't tell me where we were going! We dropped Paige off at Grandma and Grandpa's and then we had to get gas and started driving. Cole tried to tell me that we were having dinner in Driggs and all I could do was laugh and say "yeah right!" I finally figured out that we were going to Heise for pizza!! Delicious! But I was thrown off by the fact that he said we needed a reservation and I know you don't need one of those there! When we walked in to the pizza parlor there was a table reserved and all of our family was sitting there!!! He reserved a table and my fam and his fam and PAIGE had all come to celeberate and swim!!! Yay!! I was so suprised I had not seen that coming at all it was such a wonderful night!! Plus i got the Iphone 4S!!!!! See so spoiled : ) We had everyone over to the house on Sunday to watch the superbowl and eat way too much food and I was given more presents!! Thanks everyone for making it such a great birthday!!!

The card sang when you opened it and she was having so much fun with it!

my two sweeties

Karli and Dusty

the Holidays 2011

So I feel like our holidays were packed with lots of family time this year and we were plenty busy.. I did manage to get a few pictures but I always wish I had more! It was strange for me this year when spending time with my family. So much has changed this year. My parents divorce which still isn't final and I haven't seen my dad since October so that was really weird. My little sis is pregnant and engaged. I am very happy that she is happy but it still blows my mind! Being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and not being pregnant made for an emotional holiday as well.. But besides all the struggles we have been through this year I am incredibly grateful and my heart is so full with love. My testimony has grown more this year than it EVER has and I am grateful for our families and for the support that we have through friends as well. I am a firm believer in the saying "what doesn't kill you will make you stronger!" Going through any kind of trial is hard but I am so thankful that I have learned from my mistakes and from the bad things. Coleman and I are happier than we have ever been!! Our love grows more and more each day. We have a beautiful spirited 22 month old and she brings so much happiness into our world! This has been a hard year but we have had a wonderful year at the same time!! Soon we will have two new nephews and my best friend is having a boy too!! We are surrounded by love and we hope that we can share our love with so many more this year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and I hope you all make the best of 2012!!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving and Christmas :) Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Day.

Hailey, Nikky and Hilary

Declan, Paige and Aunt Sara

Sara, Me and Nikky at the movies watching Breaking Dawn on Thanksgiving Day.

Christmas

Sara and Nikky

Okay so let me explain the headband. When we went to Colemans work the day before Christmas Eve one of his co-workers gave paige this awesome headband!! I thought it was hilarious so I had her wear it long enough for pictures and then she wore a flower because she wouldn't keep the headband on long enough!

I think it's Awesome!

Our big girl in her Christmas pjs

I drew Hailey's name for Christmas this year and I made her this blanket!!

Santa brought Paige a kitchen!

New stroller and a cheesy smile :)

Deejay and Coleman

I wish I would have taken a better pic of grandma and grandpa but i didn't so this will have to do.

Dusty and Karli

Uncle Lance, Mom and Karli

Our family picture :)

Day 21,22,23

Oh my goodness I am seriously slacking on the posting. So I guess in order to catch up I will post a few things I am thankful for.

I am thankful for the support team that I have that helps me when I am down. I know I can always count on the most important people in my life to be there for me.

Even though it gets dark so much earlier now since it's winter, I am thankful that we still have sunlight! Winter can be so dreadful, boring and depressing but a little sunlight is better than nothing. I am thankful to be able to open my blinds in the morning and let in the natural light from outside!! It brightens my mood and my home!!

Today I am thankful for patience. I have been praying to have more patience lately. When you have a 20 month old that is teething and you have gotten rid of the binkie it becomes difficult to listen to whining all day long. But with the help of my Heavenly Father I feel like I have been more relaxed lately when Paige acts out and that I have been able to handle the situation better. Not that I handled it badly before but I would get really frustrated. I know that she is a 20 month old that is going to do what she wants and that the way I handle the situation sets the tone for the rest of the day and is a learning experience for the both of us. So I am thankful for patience and I hope that I can keep working on it with help from my Heavenly Father.

Have a great Thanksgiving Day tomorrow everyone!!

Day 20

Yesterday I was pretty sick. I have bad problems with my joints which we think is arthritis and I think I had the stomach flu too. I am so lucky to have been sick on the weekend when Coleman was around to help take care of Paige so I could rest. It was such a long day and he took very good care of me. He is so great to me and Paige loves her daddy so much she was fine that I wasn't really around. Paige and I took a 3 hour nap together!! I am feeling a lot better today thanks to the rest the I was able to get yesterday. I am thankful that Coleman is such a great husband to take care of me even when I look like "walking death" :) I love you coleman!

Day 19

So I have been slacking a little on posting about being thankful.

I am very very thankful for my in laws. All of them. I have the greatest mother in law and father in law. They would do anything to help us out and they are always there for us. I feel like I fit into Coleman's family pretty well and I am so thankful that I get along well with everyone. I am thankful for all four of my sisters in law. They are all amazing!! We all have a lot of fun together and I am also grateful for my brothers in law they are awesome! I was very lucky to gain such a great family when I married Coleman !! I love them all so much and I can't imagine life any other way!