Friday, November 25, 2011

I am Grateful for...

With Thanksgiving just happening yesterday, I wanted to write down my thoughts of gratitude.  I am so thankful for my loving husband, healthy 2 year old, future baby Staggs, Chewy, my family and friends, my dancers past and present, a home, job, food and clothing, the gospel, and technology.  Just wanted to add some pictures from this past Fall to reminisce on such a great few months we have had.
 Brennan's Picture for his Birthday Announcement...Choo Choo Brennan is turning 2!!!
 2 years old and finally having his first haircut.  He's now had 2 total :)
 Birthday Boy!!!!
 Picking out our pumpkins!!!
 B was a dragon...he thought he was the Green dinosaur from Woody/Buzz :)
 Family Picture for our Christmas Cards.  Happy "Haul"-a-days!!
 12 weeks!!!  Yep...Baby #2 due May 28-30th...somewhere around there.  You know how it works!!
 There she/he is...it's REAL!!
Little man enjoying the Fall Leaves!!  Can't wait to see the snow pictures!!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Without Further Delay...

It was brought to my attention that I have not updated my Blog in a year...WOW!!!  So many changes have really made me slack in my Blogging skills.  So, without further delay...I'll do a quick re-cap of the year and then promise to be better about what's going on.  I'm really good about keeping my Facebook up-to-date...so check that out if I slack on this Blog again!!!

Let's just back it up to last year where I left off...
Oct 2010-
Brennan got to carve his first pumpkin with his cousins that were living in our basement.  It was always fun to have his 3 cousins around to play with.  B dressed up as a monkey last year and lived up to his character.  This kid is a fearless climber!!

Nov 2010-
We were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family and also visit with some of Trent's Utah family.  It was some good time off of work too :)

Dec 2010-
Dance competitions, Christmas, etc.  B met and had breakfast with Santa--so cute and fun.  December was fun but also hard.  I lost my cousin Kodi this month.  That makes 4 funerals for us this year.  We've really had some tough times.  But as you read on...it does get better!!

Jan 2011-
More Dance competitions for me...a new job for Trent.  We are so happy that he has had the opportunity to find something that lets him do something he enjoys but also offers him the benefits and pay that he deserves!!

Feb 2011-
Nothing too exciting during this month or at least exciting enough for me to remember...SAD!

March 2011-
Trent is keeping busy with his job, his little sister and 3 kids move out of our basement, my team wins 1st at a National Competition in Texas.  March was good to us!!

Apr 2011-
Florida and Disney World with my family.  So much fun!!  Watching B meet Mickey Mouse was the highlight of the trip!!!

May 2011-
End the year with my team, Trent turns 37, B is awesome!!

June 2011-
Start a new team, some Park City weekends, and plenty of fun times with our good friends, the Estradas.

July 2011-
House goes up for sale...sells very quick...they want to close in 3 weeks...need to find a place ASAP!!!  We were glad that we got to enjoy our last month of fireworks with the best seat in the valley...our deck.  We miss that view oh so much!!

Aug 2011-
find a new home in Riverton, LOVE IT!!  Great home, neighbors, and new friends.  Big move takes place...I turn 31...Trent's job is keeping him very busy...school starts back up for me!!

September 2011-
September is always a memorable month for us.  We celebrated our 4th anniversary at Christopher's and seeing the musical, Mary Poppins.  We also celebrated B's 2nd Birthday with a Train themed party...so Fun!!  Also, Trent decided to dabble in Real Estate again (to help pay off our new yard and water softener) and he's designing a new APP for cell phones.  It's going to be great!!

Oct 2011-
So here I am a year later and we've done a lot.  I'm sure that I missed some things.  Again, go to my Facebook page to catch up on pictures and anything else I may have forgotten.  I will start updating from here on out!!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sorry for the delay!!


Ok...so I have fallen behind on my blogging.  We have been super busy--lame excuse, but it's so true.  I'll do a quick update of what has happened since July.  Our bad luck has continued (see pic below) but since my 30th birthday luau (see above pic), I feel that life is taking a turn for the best.  Now, we just need Trent to get a job :)

Here is the family at Grandma Lamb's funeral.  We are so blessed to have had such a wonderful woman in our lives.  This passing was expected, but still not easy.  The older you get, the harder it gets to cope with death.  This has been 3 deaths within 4 months of people that are extremely close to me and Trent.  We can only hope the "curse of 3" ends here or at least goes away for a while.


Brennan Bug turned 1 at the end of September.  We did a "BUG" theme and it was great.  He loved the cake and opening the presents.  Thanks to all of you who came!!






 Trent's sister and kids moved into our basement apartment.  It's been fun having more little kids around so that Brennan has playmates, but also for him to become close to his cousins.  It's also been fun having his sis around.  We take turns watching each others kids so that we don't go insane.  We have also shared in making dinner for each other.  It's almost like having a sister wife--haha.


Here are my two guys just hanging out!!  Oh...how cute are they?!


One last, important, thing.  We were sealed as a family in the Salt Lake Temple on mine and Trent's 3rd anniversary.  It was such a wonderful experience and I'm so glad that we finally did this.  Brennan has changed my complete outlook on life and I feel like this was the right decision for our family.  

Here are some family pics taken out at the Great Salt Lake.  Thanks Chad B. @ Faces!!!

Monday, July 26, 2010

The Zoo...

 
Look at our little "Super" kid.  He is growing by leaps and bounds.  


We had the chance to visit the zoo the other day and take his good friend, Gabby.  We got to see Baby Zuri, the giraffes, and many more animals.  Brennan's eyes got really big when he saw the elephants, monkeys, and giraffes.  Other than that, he really didn't get it.  Oh well...We'll have more fun next year at the zoo.  
 

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Catching up...


Brennan is growing like crazy.  At his 9 month well check (7/29), he was in the 75 percentile for weight, 97 percentile for head and height!  He is already in 12 month clothes.  We are in trouble...he is going to be a big kid.  He loves swimming, playing on his Buzz Lightyear car, playing at Little Gym, and playing with Chewy.

The 4th of July was a blast.  We spent it with our good friends, the Estradas, up in Park City and also at a Bees game.  Brennan wasn't too sure about the fireworks :)

Trent is now selling insurance, so if you need any (life, car, home, etc), please call him for a quote 801-403-7001.  We are in desperate need of some work especially with me out of school for the summer.  We hope all is well with our family and friends.  Have a safe and fun summer!! 

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Sandi Staggs

Words cannot express how much this woman means to me.  She is the wonderful mother of my husband and an incredible grandmother.  I couldn't ask for a better mother-in-law.  She has been battling cancer for the past 8 years.  She is my hero and an incredible example of how we should enjoy every moment.  Thank you, Sandi.  I love you!!!

My loves...

Just a few more of my pics that I've been taking/playing with my camera.