Randy's NEW & IMPROVED Body

Our Weekend Project

We painted Brock's room!! I have been wanting to do this for awhile now. Our theme for the room is Flags and Sailboats. My mom and I went to pottery barn kids and looked in the clearance and found this cute quilt. Thank you so much Mom!! I am not very creative when it comes to decorating. My mind turned as to what I wanted his room to look like. This is what I came up with. You be the judge.

Randy got started hanging bead-board and creating a shelf to go above it. It turned out just as I imagined it would. Thanks Rand! I got busy painting. I thought it would take a couple of days, but we got it done all in one day. Thanks to Randy again for lending a hand. F.Y.I-He hates painting. We decided to go with two shades of Blue for the walls and match the bead-board and shelf with our trim and door color. I was so nervous about the colors, but it turned out pretty cute. I think. Here is the result.

Before...

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We also put Brock into a toddler bed. We thought with all the confusion with switching rooms and painting, why not do everything at once. He is doing great! He is really proud that he can get in and out of his bed all by him self. He loves it! (the quilt will look a lot cuter when we get a twin bed:)

...and...

...After

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Brock and Bryson love to jump off the couches on to the pillows. It is great entertainment!

ThE 1sT DAy oF NUrsErYHooray! Brock is in Nursery. He did so good his first day. He went right in without even crying. When it was time for a snack he was first in line. The biggest smile was on his face when we went to pick him up. It was awesome!

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This was one of our Terrific Tuesday's. Brock seemed to be more interested in the garbage that was all over the ground than the water. He really pays attention to detail. I wonder what he is going to be when he grows up?

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Josh and Cali decided this year to celebrate Mac's Birthday on the Lake. It was a great idea. We had a Blast!! Happy Birthday Mac!

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This is the only picture I got at the zoo...Lame I know. I had so much fun watching Brock's reactions to all the animals, I forgot to take pictures. His favorite was the Zebra's, he was laughing so hard at them. I really don't know why, but it was cute.

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Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!!! We love you!!

It's Our 9 Year Anniversary

June 10, 2000

I can not believe it's been 9 years! Wow!! It seems like yesterday, that Randy got locked in the bathroom by his friends at our reception. They have not grown up at all. lol. I am so blessed to have married Randy. He is so AWESOME! I remember the first time I met Randy when I was 12. My sister and I were dancing on our front lawn to Micheal Jackson, when Randy came over with his friends. I new he was special, even though I called him the "fat kid" (sorry:( Rand) As I dated around he was always in the back of my mind, and he never seemed to go away. I remember him saying to me "the first time I met you, I fell in love ". I guess he new what he wanted and never gave up. And so, here we are 9 years later:) We are so blessed to have one another. As my mom would say "there is a lid for every jar". lol. And she is right.

Happy Anniversary My Rand!

Super Fun Weekend

Our neighbors invited us to go boating with them. It was a blast! We went out to Utah Lake and road the water-Winnie and road the knee board. The water-Winnie was a 5 person seat. I could not believe how much air we were getting. It was so fun. It was Randy's first time on the knee board. (I sat that one out) He did awesome once he got the hang of it. Brock loved being on the boat and watching Daddy.

This is Taylor and Christopher. Aren't they cute? They both did awesome on the knee board. It was fun watching them too.

That night we hung out with my Brother Ike and his wife Bethany. I love it when they come over. We ate dinner at Tucano's in Orem and came back and watched Taken. The best movie in the world! You two are the BOMB!! lol.

Sunday Evening at Bridal Veil Falls

What a total STUD!!

Daddy teaching Brock how to throw rock in the water. He loved it!

Our family

Bryson and me. I love the little guy!

Mommy and Brock swinging in circles. One of his favorite games.

Our Memorial Weekend

We had a great weekend! First we headed up to Payson Lakes. Other than all the rain we had a great time fishing. Randy caught his first fish ever. He found a new hobby, well, for at least this week:)

This was Brock's row boat. I would sing "row, row, row your boat" and he would rock back and forth just laughing. Moments like these are the best.

At night we headed over to my brother Zack's home. We had a great BBQ, and had fun with the kids on the slip-in-slide.

And yes, more fishing! Brock loves to be doing what Daddy is doing. It was very relaxing and gorgeous there.

We ended the day up at our sweet nephew, Mac's grave. It has almost been a year sense his passing. We have missed him so much!

Good news, they got his headstone in. It looks amazing. It was so breath-taking to see so many flowers. It was the perfect place to end the day.

So Far Behind-Part 2

Lexie's Pups


This is one out of the 5 puppies of Lexie's liter, and YES he is ours. We named him Diesel. Brock loves him accept when he bites or scratches him. We are trying to discipline Diesel not to do that. You gotta love having a puppy!

New Sandbox

I am always thinking of fun things to get around the house for Brock to do. Yep, a sandbox came to mind. I had to really convince Randy to build me one. He wasn't so sure about it. Guess what? Brock LOVES it. Thanks Daddy!


Fun in the Sun

Grab the hats,

Sunblock, swimsuits, friends,

& Popsicle's because....Summer here we come!

So Far Behind

We have been so busy! I am so far behind on blogging I can not believe it. So this is what we have been up to. Sorry about the long post.

Every Other 3rd Weekend

Every other 3rd weekend a month ,we head up to Burley, Idaho to visit Randy's Dad and his wife Linda. It is always a joy to see them. Linda always makes the best meals. Yummy.


This time it was warm enough to enjoy the out doors. We played lawn darts, hit golf balls, and road the 4-wheeler. Oh, we also went over and saw some baby mink. That was very educating.

Brock and Kailee are the best of cousin's. They have good times and bad times. It is great intertainment :)

Thank You so much Grandma and Grandpa for the wonderful time. We will see you in July!

Mothers Day

For Mother's Day Randy built me my garden boxes. I am so excited plant my first garden and to see it grow. With the help of my sister Erin, we planted many veggies from, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, sugar snap peas, onion, green onion, cilantro, carrot's and many others. I have to cross my fingers that it grows!!! If you have any gardening tips please share. I am new to this and would love any advice.

Motherhood is the best thing in the world. I would be so ungrateful if I didn't Thank Heather and David for giving me the chance to be a mother. They have given us the most precious gift in the world and I love them for that. I remember 3 years ago on Mother's Day going to Church. Randy was home sick that day so I had to go all alone. At that time our calling was in the primary teaching CTR 5 class. As soon as I got through the door in Sacrament Meeting the tears started filling my eyes. As I sat and listened to the speakers and the primary sing I could not help but look at all the women with children and how I wanted to be a mother so badly. I thought my day would never come. I ended up crying that whole day. The primary president sent me home because she understood the hard ache I was enduring. Little did I know that Heather was pregnant with Brock, and that I would be a mother the following January. I know that Heavenly Father truly answers prayers. He knows and understands the hard ache everyone faces at some point in their life. I am so proud to be Brock's mom. He is truly my light. I Love You Brock.

After a great dinner, we headed over to Wheeler Farm. Brock loved all the animals. He is trying to learn all the sounds of the animals. Right now he thinks that every animal is a cow and every animal says MOOO:) You can see the wheels turning in that little brain of his. It's so cute. He is on the Tractor with Grandpa Hink and Bryson.


Yard Work

We have been working so hard in our front and side yard. We really want to whip it in to shape this year. This is what we have done so far. Thanks to my brother Zack and his knowledge about landscaping it's all coming together. If you need landscaping ideas Click here. Zack would love to help.

Brock loves to be outside digging in the dirt with us. We dug this whole for a pine tree. It was just their size.
Brock's new toy is the 4-wheeler. Everytime he sees or hears it, he says "ride". I guess he loves the wind blowing in his face. My job is to give him rides all night long.

The Big Diet

Last but not least....Randy and I have been on a big diet. After 9 years of married we packed a little bit of weight on. We decided it was time. I have lost 21 lbs and Randy has lost a whopping 50 lbs. My Ideal weight would be 160-165. Only 10 more pounds to go! And Randy wants to be at 220. 30 more lbs. I am so proud of Randy for being so motivated. The hard part is going to be, to maintain and keep the weight off. Wish us luck. I will post pictures soon. (only of Randy of course.)