looking for a house!

Patrick, Gabriel, Foster and I are going to be moving again, soon, We are moving to Las Vegas. This time it will be a little more permeate. We are getting things together so that we can buy a home. With in the next few months we will be looking for a house and saving money for a down and all the fun things that go with relocating. I am excited and nervous at the same time. This time it means we will be there for real. I have been getting excited with the idea of being able to decorate my home again. Painting walls. I am sure I will complain the entire time I am painting the walls. That is part of the fun of owning your own home. I have got some wonderful ideas from Pintrest and other peoples blogs.
I am learning what I want in a home. It is crazy how different some houses are. I am excited to see where this adventure takes us.

Christmas fun activities!

On Wednesday December 21st. I had my neices and nephews come up after a long day for them at school and make Christams cookies. I love doing this with them every year. Sometimes I feel like it can just be so crazy but it is worth doing. I was just talking to my mom about it. We both asked each other what we got for Christmas last year and you know what neither of us remember. But I do remember The day we made chrismas cookies.
Gabriel and Foster were involved this year it was so much fun to watch them cut the cookies out with cookie cutters. Gabriel liked eating the dough more than anything but had fun being a part of it. Foster did good cutting his cookies out but he had a lot of help from his oldest cusin Trace.

Foster and Gabriel love to dance they thought it was great that Pa Pa Tom put on the christmas music so that they could dance their little bum off!

Gabriel, Madison, Korbin, Foster, Jordan, Trace and Amaya

Today December 23, 2011 Jamie invited us over to her house to do some Christmas crafts. They were so cute we made raindeer out of our hand and feet prints I even did one mine is not as cute as the boys but I don't care it was a fun little memory to make. I also think it will be fun to look back and say look how little your hands and feet were!

Jordan he did not want to make one because his hands and feet are too big! This is the reason I made one!

 Gabriel did not want to put his hands in the paint!

Foster is so chill he did not mind doing the craft!

Jordan adding snow to his raindeer!

Korbin having a good time!

Jamie and Korbin cleaning up!

The finished product mine is the big one!

Gabriels up close!

Fosters up close!

And mine. Too funny!

Good morning

Today is one of those days when you just do not want to get out of be but have to because my almost 2 year old Gabriel decided it was time to get up at 5:30 am. I tried everything to get him back to sleep but no sleep for him so after awhile I gave in we got up and played. I turned on the lights to the Christmas tree and he says "Wow" I think it is so cute!

Foster woke up around 7 am a better time in my book but he does like to stay up late! Last night when I put them to bed I think he jumped in his bed for almost an hour before he finally laid down to go to sleep for the night. When he wakes up he will play in his bed for awhile before I discover he is awake.

What a year

Wow the year is almost over Christmas is ONLY 12 days away. I can not believe the year we have had OK, I can't believe the last few years but this year has been crazy. We moved from our home in Veyo of 6 years. It took us 8 months to rent it out. We moved in with Jamie and her family till we could find a home in Las Vegas. A whole of 2 weeks. Patrick found us a beautiful home in Vegas to live in. While we were in Vegas Foster had a lump removed from his face. A minor surgery and NOT cancer. Gabriel and Foster both learned how to go up and down the stairs and then soon learned how to walk. That all happened the 3 months that we lived in Las Vegas. After the company that Patrick worked for unexpectedly shut the doors for good. We moved from Las Vegas back to Utah and no not into our home it is leased to a good family and we would never displace some one like that. We are living with my mom. It has been good to be with my mom. While here Gabriel and Foster are getting bigger and learning to talk. Foster can say the alphabet not real clear but he does it all the way to "and now I know my ABC's next time wont you sing with me" he is now learning to count when going up and down the stairs he say 1,2,3 then skips a few and says 8,9,10 real well. Gabriel has not been as good as Foster on learning things but Foster is not as coordinated as Gabriel. Gabriel love to shoot the basket ball and throw the ball for the dogs. He jabbers non stop and every now and then I can make out a word so I kinda know what he is talking about. They both jabber together and laugh they know what they are talking about when I have no clue. I am sure it is a plan of deviance.
The boys love to go outside everyday! They have one chore and it is to help Pa Pa Tom to feed the horses. Foster loves it he is so good he stays right there to help. Gabriel on the other hand like to wander. He gathers rock and tastes them to make sure they are done! He also like to play or test the horse water. On one of the days he was out helping Pa Pa Tom with the horses he had wandered off and Pa Pa Tom looked at the troft he found Gabriel popping his head out of the cold water catching his breath. Talk about scare me! I thank God that he is OK. I do have to say his is still not scared of the water.
It floors me how fast they learn Foster will repeat almost any word. He now say I love you but he trys to roll his tong when he says it. So cute. Gabriel is such an animal lover he calls all cats Pawdashaw kitty kitty. If the cats run from him he crys. Pawdashaw is my cat of 14 years.

On the subject of Patricks job, he took the job in Las Vegas, the one that closed the door, so that I could stay home and raise the boys. I am very grateful for that. We were not sure what we were going to do when they closed the door. We are grateful to have such a grate family. They have let us live with them never complaining and I know it can be hard to have your space taken over.
Because we had some time off we decided to go visit Grandma Kimball. While visiting her Patrick received a phone call from an old boss that told him about a job he needed to apply for. The only problem is that is was in Las Vegas. Figures. Patrick was out of work for a full 2 months before getting a job with that wonderful company, Yesco. He was hired on as a manager a position he has been working to get into for over 10 years. He has enjoyed it very much. So with this position we will be moving back to Las Vegas but we are going to wait till the new year. So for now Patrick is back to commuting 2 1/2 hours one way to work. all so that I can stay home with the boys. That is love.

And me well not much for me I just stay at home and take care of my boys try to keep the house cleaned and not tore apart because of my tiny tornado's. I never thought they would be this trying and cute at the same time. I am so grateful for my time with them they grow so fast just a few months ago they learned to walk and now they are talking and climbing on things and they started so small and now they are huge. They are not babies anymore they are little toddlers and really close to not being that anymore.

The one thing that our crazy year has given me is that "Our Family is what is important and the time we spend together" not much of any thing else.

I hope that every one has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

save a sister 5k

Jamie thought it would be a fun thing for us to start doing 5k walk runs. The frist was Swiss days 5k it was a good one to start with only $10 fee. then the next one was Leeds 5k I trotted some of that one and walked some it was one the most beautiful 5k I have done. Well I have only done the 3. Leeds by far had the best views while walking/trotting.  Then this one, only the girls did it Save-a-sister. I am sure everyone has been touched by breast cancer in there life. I have! My Step-mom Bonnie Kessler is a survivor, My Aunt Colleen is a suvivor and I have a great aunt that was taken by breast cancer. They say the stat are 1-3 women will get it. We felt it was a worthy cause and a good memory to make. I love just talking and walking soon I will trot more maybe even jog. one day I might run! who knows but I am progressing and it gives me some thing to work toward. I can't wait for the next 5k. Now all I need to do is pick one out. I will post some pictures as soon as the computer will let me.

Aunt Colleen

Aunt Colleen Foster and Gabriel

When we were in Salt Lake City we had a few of my Aunts come visit. My Aunt Peggy came to meet the boys and visited for a min. They were kinda afraid of her. It is there age they do not like unfamiliar people.  Later that evening Aunt Colleen came to meet my boys and they both decided she was pretty cool. I think it might of been because she brought her dog but it did make for some great pictures.



Gabriel is such an animal lover. He would not let any one else hold him while we were there so this is pretty sepecial.

Salt Lake City Trip!

Toward the end of August Patrick and I decided to go up to SLC and surprise Grandma Kimball so that she could meet her twin Great grandsons, Gabriel and Foster while we were there we made some fun memories. I remember saying to Patrick. I am so glad we did this and made these memories. Thank you so much for making these memories with me!

One of my favorite pictures is the 4 generation picture so of course we had to get one. Gabriel did not want to sit there he was a bit squirmy!

The boys had so much fun playing in Grandma Greats jungle!