Another year with the love of my life

So, of course, as always, i am late with blogging....
September 27,2003, I married the love of my life. We celebrated our 7 year anniversary on Sept 27. I surprised him by taking him to Mesquite for 2 nights, and he got my wedding ring fixed. I was so excited because it needed some TLC DESPERATELY
I totally surprised him and he completely surprised me. It was so much fun. So, a little late, but Happy Anniversary Adam. I love you!!

My baby turns 2

So, I'm finally getting to posting again. And my little Ady has turned 2!! On her actual birthday, Grandpa came over for a few hours. He brought her a little puppy dog (not real one, of course), and had some dinner with us. Adam was off playing in a softball tournament, so it was just me, and Karson, Ady, and Grandpa. She loved her dog, she carried it around the house, and talked to it, and even made it sit in place (like we do to Molly). So cute. But she started falling asleep at dinner at the table and off to bed I sent her at 6pm with her new pup.
The day of the party, Dad got the finishing touches done on the kitchen, and I got the birthday party going. We started with eating. Chili cheese dogs with homemade chili. Then on to "make your own cupcake". I made a cupcake "bar" with little cups of toppings, 3 different flavors of cupcakes, and 3 different flavors of frosting. Super fun!!We then sang Happy Birthday and gave her GIANT cupcake for her cake (which she really didn't care less). Then off to pin the berry on the cupcake. Cousin Cammy won the game. While we played, Adam got the pinata ready, and off we went outside to destroy it :) It was actually a disappointment. It fell off the rope and yanked the top off with it, so we tried pulling the stings at the bottom to open it. All the strings gone, still no candy. Cousin Dalan ripped it open, and we watched the kids take over. Now it was time to open presents. She made out like a little bandit, play kitchen stuff galore, baby dolls, stoller, wiggle bike, pretty jewelry, clothes. This girl is one girly girl, and she was beside herself.
Everyone started to head home, but cousin Raelee just was having too much fun and wanted to stay (she LOVED the kitchen, which I think is now in the works for her Christmas :). She stayed all day and all night and all day the next day. Her, Karson, and Ady got to swing while Adam pushed, they played so well together and all had a wonderful time. It was super sweet.
Happy Birthday, my sweet angel. I love you, and I pray you had as much fun as I had doing it for you. (Although, I'm glad it's over). I took over 100 pics, so please enjoy :)

Karson Starts Kindergarten

So, my little boy is all grown up. He started kindergarten yesterday!! I started to cry when I ironed his clothes. Got myself together, and off we went. I did really good when we left, not one tear, but I had a HUGE lump in my throat!! I was really glad Adam was there to hold my hand, as we let Karson's go...

Karson, on the other hand, had no problem saying goodbye (which is how it should be). This made it alot easier for me. After school, he told us his favorite part of school that day was "All of it"
I love you Karson. I'm glad you like Kindergarten. Mom and Dad are very proud

Karson eating his first day breakfast

Bright eyed, and bushy tail ;)

Checkin out the place

The playground he gets to play on everyday

Check it out, mom and dad

Gave mom a big mwah

Adyson, wondering, what the hell is going on?

Ok, so I took on this very involved project. :) I wanted to do it most by myself. But, if you know me, then you know that I procrastinate like crazy and don't care for messed up hands. So, with that, I enrolled Adam to help me. I have seen blogs in the past where they have taken an old entertainment center and turned it into a little play kitchen for their babes. This is what I'm doing now. It is not quite done, but oh so close. I'm sure I will continue to add as time goes by. Here are some before and during pics.

Here is the e-center before. At this point, however, Adam has alreay sanded it, taken it apart, and put it all back together, patched up some holes, and put a back on (this thing needed some serious work)

Then, we started painting. At this point, I was just want this thing done (her birthday is tomorrow). However, definetely should have listened to Adam when he said that we should prime it first. I wen to town with the pink, and the wood just kept soaking it in. About 3 coats later (on some areas), it is done with pink. (the hole in there is for the sink and faucet, heehee, so cute). Can you see the top of Ady's head? Remember, she's a tow-head!!

Adam thought it would be funny to take a pic of worn out tired mom. Look at that pink!!

More to come as we get further along....

OUCH!!

Okay. So, I'm feeling really sore, but really good. I haven't done a thing for 2 full weeks :( Yesterday, I walked/ran to Red Cliffs on the trail (walked 2 min, ran 1, and so forth). I was only able to get in 25 min, and was already sore. But I pulled my tail end out of bed this morning and went again, but this time a little earlier. I was little scared because it was still pretty dark, so I decided to go down Bluff Street instead of taking the trail. I made it to the Boulevard (and for those of you who don't know, we're thinking this is maybe a mile or mile and half ish) Not really sure. Did the same routine, walk 2, run 1. And then walked the WHOLE way home. I am working really hard to stay in my heart rate zone and today I burned 600 calories!!! Quite happy about that. Now, I'm feeling the shin splints, my hips hurt, and my feet are a bit sore. To all my running friends, and all you marathoners, God Bless You!! I have always said, "I am not a runner, I will not do it" Now I know why I say that :) I'm already looking for alternatives. It took me only 15 min to get to my gym (which is on Bluff), So tomorrow, I'm thinking I will walk/run to the gym, do a class at the gym, and walk home, OR maybe do one of those God forsaken Tony Horton dvd's and work on my arms. Adam is off, now, doing his run. It is so nice to have someone to do this with, even though we are not actually doing it together. It's great to be able to talk with him, share our experiences, and joke about how sore we are (although, I'm the only joking about that). Big shout out to him... He is on day 7 of quitting smoking!! One week down, the rest of your life to go. You are so wonderful, and I think you are doing AWESOME!! I love you, baby.