OuR sToRy...

There are no words...

2011-07-19T18:06:00.001-07:00

Always remember that your sister is your Best Friend! xo Mommy

Happy Birthday baby girl!

2011-01-14T14:32:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that my tiny is 1! It seems literally like yesterday that I was being told that I would need a c-section and to get ready for surgery and that she would be here soon! I can't even begin to describe the feelings that were felt that day as Roger was a nervous wreck and I just wanted to get her here. Of course I only got to see her for a few seconds before they took her to the nursery and then it was hours later that I got to hold her and the feeling I got when I looked at her and held her in my arms was unlike anything I can describe! I was really scared and nervous that I wouldn't be able to love her as much as I do Macee and wondered if Macee would resent us for having another baby since she definitely was spoiled and liked being the only child but the second I laid eyes on her I had an overwhelming love for her and for Macee since I knew that they are my precious little girls and our life couldn't be any better! Preslee started out as our peacemaker, she didn't like loud voices or yelling and would always cry and let us know that she didn't appreciate it. As her first year went along she has gotten to be more and more fiesty and she has definitely learned a thing or two or three from her sister in the fit throwing deartment and has learned that she can get any one of use to give her whatever she wants! ;)She started walking at 10 1/2 months since crawling just wasn't doing her justice! I love how determined she is and how she doesn't stop until she gets what she wants! That's how Macee is too and it's a pain right now while we're raising them but I wouldn't have it any other way since we live in a cRaZy world!

Preslee has had a lot of nicknames in her short little existance, at first it was "tiny" since she was a little peanut, she moved onto "stinker" after that, "baby girl" is a favorite, "LINUS" is definitely fitting since she is always dragging a blanket around with her! She is a smart little thing, when she wakes up from a nap or in the mornings she will throw her binkie and her blanket out of the crib so that when I get her out and am not looking she can go in her room and get them! She comes out with the biggest grin on her face and the look of haha I gotcha! She is ATTACHED to her 3 B's as we call them: Binkie, Blanket, and Bottle! If she doesn't have at least one of them, most often at least 2 she throws a fit until she gets one! We're in for it since her pediatrician wants all of them gone by 18 months! Yeah Right! We're working on it but haven't been very successful so far. I guess a lot of it is my fault because I love to see her so in love with them and as long as she loves them I can still say she's my baby and won't grow up! Wishful thinking! Preslee ADORES her big sister and only recently have they started to fight a little bit. Macee is really good about playing with her but they both are very stubborn and butt heads so there's tears sometimes but for the most part they seriously LOVE each other! Macee treats her like she is her own baby and loves to help me get diapers or feed her or anything else that I need help with. Preslee loves baths! As soon as she hears the bath water running she heads straight for the bathroom and puts her leg over and tries to climb in! When it's time to get out she has a meltdown and screams and kicks and throws a fit because she wasn't done playing! She also has a "small" obsession with the toilet. She has been known to play in the water or with the flusher handle and just loves to bang on the lid! It's funny sometimes but mostly drives me crazy because I'm always having to make sure she isn't playing in toilet water! She is a really good eater and loves to eat whatever anyone else has. She always shares my cheerios with me in the morning and I love it that she wants what I have. We haven't found very many things that she doesn't like so hopefully that continues as she gets older! She loves to get clothes that are laying around the house and try and put them on her head, she walks around with a shirt or something around her head and neck and thinks she's so big because she "dressed" herself. We're in trouble if she changes clothes as many times as Macee does a day! She is saying the usual dada and mama and sometimes I think she says sisi since that's what we call Macee. She kindof says kitty and she will sign milk and more and food so we're making a little progress. She loves babies, both real and fake and always gets Macee's water baby and holds her and pats her bum. It's seriously the cutest thing. She loves real babies and loves to talk to them and smile and poke them in the eye! :) She loves the movie "Dispicable Me" and will sit and watch the whole movie with us, it's our favorite movie right now so we love to quote lines from it and she loves to dance to the music. She loves to dance to any kind of music and it's the funniest thing to see her try and dance, she bends her knees up and down and swings her arms back and forth and has a huge grin on her face the entire time. We turn on music a lot just to see her dance.

We had just a small family party for her birthday and she loved all of her new toys and clothes that she got. She wasn't too sure about digging into her cake since she was tired but she still had fun!
WE LOVE YOU PRESLEE!! Happy 1st Birthday!

...the rest of the pictures from her 1st b-day shoot will be up here shortly!
Oopsy Daisy Photography

Where to begin...

2011-01-06T13:44:00.000-08:00

Since I have been a complete blog slacker for the past 2 years and I have about 2000 pictures just from this last year I decided not to try and catch up but to just start fresh from this year and move forward. We have a lot of exciting and fun things that will happen like:
Preslee started walking when she was 11 months old and she will be turning 1 on the 14th.
I will be turning the big 28.
Roger will turn 33.
Macee will be 5!!! I can't believe it's gone by so fast!
We are hoping to go on a vacation somewhere fun this year.
We will be getting grass in the backyard and the girls will be able to go out and play whenever they want to. Our neighbor is giving us a swingset so that will be awesome and we will hopefully get our fire pit in so we can roast marshmellows!
Roger will be done with bball in a couple months and I can't wait to have him home again!
I will hopefully get the house deep cleaned and organized by the end of January and will keep it that way! Fingers Crossed!
I am going to go to the Dr. and try and get my thyroid in check and figure out why I am so tired and fatigued all the time and then hopefully I will begin a good exercise and eating plan and get back into shape! Need some major encouragement on this one!

This might be a boring post but I hope it will keep encouraging me to keep up the blogging and I will post a lot more pics and keep a better journal of our lives! And I can't put up a post without a picture so here is one of my girlies!

pRoMiSe...

2010-12-29T21:28:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, my mother and several other people have been asking when I am going to actually put a new post on here! I think about doing it everytime I look at everyone else's blog so I have made a New Years Resolution that I am going to blog at least once a week from now on! There are too many things that my girls do and say to not have them written down and of course there are too many cute pictures taken that I would love to share with all of you! So here is my promise to my girls and to any of you that even look at my blog still that I will do better and mom, if you would kindly remind me once a week to update this it would be greatly appreciated! ;)

FuNnY...

2010-09-09T17:50:00.000-07:00

We were sitting at the dinner table finishing up tonight and Roger and I were bantering back and forth and we started getting Macee involved and I said Girls Rule and she says, "Ya Girls Rule, & Boys Slobber!" (instead of drool) We bust up laughing because she says funny things like that all the time and I need to be better about writing them down. We love you Macee! A 4th birthday post and her first day of preschool post coming soon!

Long past due...

2010-06-09T21:10:00.000-07:00

Since it's been 4 months since I updated my blog with and sort of post or pics, here's some of my "TINY" who isn't so tiny anymore! *sigh* Pics of Macee are in the works so stay tuned...!!! Once again Harmonie... AWESOME!!! Love ya! www.oopsydaisyphotos.com

PiCs...

2010-02-18T21:42:00.000-08:00

Go here www.oopsydaisyphotos.blogspot.com to look at pictures of my Tiny! Love Them!

Preslee Elle...

2010-01-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

UPDATE!
We took Preslee to Primary Childrens yesterday and had the plastic surgeon look at her head. He did a cat scan on her to see all of the bones in her skull. He looked at the scan and came in and told us there ISN'T anything wrong with her skull. He said it is shaped a little bit funny but that she should grow out of it in a couple months! We are so HAPPY that everything turned out to be ok! Now we just get to enjoy our new addition and not have to worry about surgery! Thank you to everyone who prayed for us! It really means a lot!

Ok so my pictures uploaded completely backwords but you get the idea! Enjoy our newest addition!!!

A week and a half old!

Big sister!

Ready to go home!

Our first new family picture!

Proud big sister!

Look at that pouty face!

So I know you all have been patiently waiting for this post so here it is! I wanted to write down her birth story so I don't forget it so feel free to skip this part and just look at the pictures of my TINY! We went to our appointment on the 11th and my Dr. checked my and I was barely at a 1. She told me that as long as I was 39 weeks that she would induce me so I said Friday it is and she said well we could do it Thurs. so I said why not!? We got everything done that needed to be done and I got my house all clean and ready and we headed to the hospital at 4:30 am on Thurs. the 14th to get her here! My parents took Macee to their house so we didn't have to worry about her and that was really nice.
We got to the hospital and they did the usual and made me answer 50,000 questions (or maybe not that many) and tried to get my I.V. started but my veins weren't cooperating. After 5 tries the nurse supervisor finally got one in my right hand in a weird spot but they told me I would just have to deal with it there because they couldn't get it anywhere else. After a few hours the contractions were getting pretty intense and the nurse could tell I was in a lot of pain so she paged for the anesthesiologist to come and give me my happy medicine! He got there about 15 minutes later and I couldn't have been more happy to see a strange man!
The nurse checked me a little bit after I had my epidural and she just had a weird look on her face and she looked at me and said, "I feel a bum not a head!" I said so what does that mean a c-section and she said yup. So che called my Dr. and she came over and checked me and did an ultra-sound just to be sure and sure enough the little stinker was breech! She said that her and another Dr. would be back within an hour to do the c-section.
They got me all prepped and the happy medicine man came and numbed me some more and before we knew it we were in the operating room about to see our little girl. I was a little worried about Roger since he doesn't do so well with the blood and guts stuff but he sat by me and did fine. I have to say it's the weidest feeling in the world to be able to hear and feel whats going on but to not have any pain. The Dr's were awesome and were joking around with us and made it so we were very comfortable and at ease about the whole thing. I know that women have c-sections all the time but its different when it's you going through it! Anyway within 10 minutes she was born bum first and she was pooping on her way out! She weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 18 1/2 inches long. I keep saying she's tiny and she is compared to Macee who was 9 lbs when she was born! She is a pretty good baby for the most part and only cries when you take her clothes off or when she's hungry, (which seems to be a lot!) She was born with craniosynostosis which is one reason why the Dr thinks she was breech, since her head is mis-shapen and she didn't want to come down the birth canal. She will be going to Primary Childrens on Tuesday to be seen by a plastic surgeon and a neuro surgeon and we will decide what to do about her skull. Other than that she is beautiful and healthy and we love her to pieces already! Macee had a little bit of a struggle the first couple of days but I think she likes her and will keep her! ;)

Here's a link if you would like to know a little bit about craniosynostosis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniosynostosis

BaBy...

2010-01-13T17:08:00.000-08:00

We are being induced at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning so hopefully by this time tomorrow I will be holding our baby girl! We are so excited and thankful that she's almost here! Thank you to everyone who is helping us with Macee and for people bringing us meals already! I will post pictures when we have her!

WiNtEr...

2009-12-11T11:52:00.000-08:00

In the meadow we can build a snowman!

This is what happens when its too cold to go outside and make a snowman with the kids, we made our own version of Frosty. It was so much fun and we're going to do it again! Thanks again H.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow I Love Ya...

2009-10-19T19:50:00.000-07:00

I had to put this on here so I don't forget it and we had such a good laugh over it I wanted to share!
Macee has an obsession with the movie Annie! We watch it at least once a day and she sings all the songs from it ALL day long! We were sitting in sacrament meeting yesterday and Roger had his head in his hands and was dozing off a little bit. Macee taps me on the leg and whispers, "Daddy Warbucks is sleeping!" I immediately burst out laughing while still trying to contain myself and get Roger's attention so that I could tell him what she said! I finally composed myself enough to tell him what she said and he laughed too, Macee just sat there with a smirk on her face like she knew exactly what she said and was proud of it!
We got home from church and I said, "Macee come and tell me what you want for lunch." She looked at me and said, "I'm not Macee I'm Annie!" She wouldn't answer to anything but Annie so I said to her, "Well if you're Annie and daddy is Daddy Warbucks then who am I?" She looked at me with that same little smirk and said "You're Miss Hannigan!" I knew it was coming and we all just burst out laughing! I told her that if I was Miss Hannigan than she better start saying "I Love you Miss Hannigan" so now she calls me Miss Hannigan and Roger Daddy Warbucks! I can't believe the little imagination that she has lately but I'm loving it and loving that she has her own little personality and sense of humor! She keeps us laughing all the time!

AnOtHeR GirL!

2009-09-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

We found out yesterday that we're having another baby girl! We are so excited, she looks great and a little bit alienish but we couldn't be happier! (well Roger could be a little happier if it was a boy, but he is still very excited and has come to terms with the fact that we might not ever get a boy so he will have a girls basketball team instead of boys!) She definitely gave us a very clear shot and we are 100% that she is all girl! Macee is very excited to have a baby sister and I am excited to have another little girl to dress up with bows and cute clothes!

Busy...

2009-08-18T21:17:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneak peek at my little cowgirl on her grandpas horse.

I have so many pictures that I just downloaded and I am so behind on blogging. We've been busy trying to get everything for our new house picked out and making sure its all getting done that I haven't been able to think about anything else! All I can say is I can't wait until papers are signed and we sleep there in our bed for the first time! I never realized how stressful building a house can be and I don't want to do it again for at least 10 years! We're supposed to be done by the end of August but I'm thinking we probably won't be able to move in until the first couple weeks in Sept. so I'm crossing my fingers that everything comes together quickly!

Macee is starting dance again tomorrow and can't wait! She loves every minute of it and is good at it so I hope she continues to love it! I am going to be doing a preschool with 6 other moms starting in Sept. and Macee is so excited to "Go to Preschool!" We had our meeting to plan everything today and she had to hurry and come home and get her backpack ready and all of her "supplies". She would go tomorrow and everday after that if she could! She loves to learn and I am excited to be able to do this with her. She is very excited about having a new baby in our family too! She talks about "the baby" all the time and loves when people ask her about it. She will be a great big sister and a really big helper to me!

Roger is still training for the St George Marathon in Oct. so we'll see how that goes! He's been busy with work and all of the new students coming back and hiring all of his new workers. I think he'll be glad when this week is over so he can get back to his job instead of doing job interviews all day.

I am just keeping busy with Macee and trying to make sure our house building is going smoothly (which it's not!) and trying not to get too stressed out about everything! Hopefully after we get settled and winter gets here I will be able to catch up on blogging but I wouldn't be so sure of myself because I'm a year behind so we'll see!

Tootles!

AlWaYs An AdVeNtUrE...

2009-08-18T20:58:00.000-07:00

My friend Harmonie and I are always find ourselves laughing and shaking our heads and talking about how our lives with our kids are "Always an Adventure." She has 4 kids and I have Macee and our kids love (most of the time) to play together. They came over the other night and the kids were playing in the water that was running down the road. Pretty soon they were all in their underwear and loving every minute of it! Thanks for the fun times and lots of laughing H.

Oh and I almost forgot we had a streaker running around the neighborhood!

CuTe PicTurE...

2009-07-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

Macee has been waiting to tell everyone her secret, so now here it is! We are so excited and have waited a long time for this little one! I am 14 weeks and due in January! Oh and Macee says there's a baby horsey in mommy's tummy, so let's all hope she just has a good imagination!

fUn ThiNgs

2009-06-01T19:00:00.000-07:00

Macee and her little "girl friends" were playing the other day and they were being cute and really getting along so H. and I went and she took their pics. I think they turned out really cute!

This "wiggle car" was Macee's reward for being potty trained! She loves it and rides all over the place! She still has an accident every once in a while but for the most part she's a "BIG GIRL NOW" YAY!

Spring Dance Recital...

2009-06-01T18:52:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get this posted but none of my pictures will upload so I will keep trying.

Macee had her Spring Dance Recital and she did so good! They did 3 little dances and they were so cute. She loves the rabbit dance they did with the ears and she goes around the house wanting me to sing "I'm a Little Teapot" so she can dance to that one. At the end of the last dance after the music stopped Macee threw her arms up in the air and said "TA-DA" as loud as she could! It was really funny and made everyone laugh and clap! At the very end they gave out special awards and Macee recieved an Outstanding Achievement Award and she was really proud of it. She loves going to dance and now that its over she bugs me all the time to go to dance, and since its over we do our own dancing around the house!

FriEndS...

2009-05-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

I had to make a post about this so that Macee can remember who her friends are/were when she gets bigger. My good friend asked me to watch her kids a couple weeks ago while she went to a class and Macee is always asking me to play with "the kids" so I told her to bring them over. She loves to play but is still learning how to share HER toys. They actually got along really good that day and they were all playing in her room. It got really quiet and that can bever be a good thing so I went in to see what they were doing and {this} is what I found! They all thought they were SOOO funny and couldn't help but smile and giggle while I was trying to get a picture of them! Thanks for coming to play "S. GANG"!

Here's the "Sleeping Beauties"!

And I can't leave out my little friend "J"! He's so funny!

Macee had a little lamb... or not!

2009-05-26T20:52:00.000-07:00

So we thought it would be fun to take Macee to see Grandpa Watsons little lambs and it was finally not raining so we went. Well little did we know that she is not so fond of the fuzzy little things unless she's a good 25 feet away from them! She didn't want them anywhere near her. Roger decided to see if he still had his mad lamb catching skills {see pictures} and tried to show them to Macee and she had an absolute meltdown! It was hilarious to say the least! As you can see there are no pictures with Macee and the lambs so maybe next year she might get a little closer... maybe!

He's closing in on them...

Almost got em'...

The end result! Look how proud!

OoPsY dAiSy...

2009-05-21T19:12:00.000-07:00

My good friend Harmonie is starting a photography business and she took our pictures for us a couple weeks ago. She has such a good eye for it and is very creative with her shoots and how she edits her pictures! Go check out her website Oopsy Daisy Photography. Thanks again friend, I love them!

PoTtY UpDaTe...

2009-05-20T17:17:00.000-07:00

So a little update on our potty training... Macee was completely trained as far as the pee goes after the three days! YAY!!! She pretty much tells us when she needs to go and she wakes up dry every morning! The poop has been a different story though! She is afraid to go in the toilet so she goes in her underwear! UGH! I am so happy with the progress she has made and I am so happy that it only took three days, so now hopefully we can get #2 down and we will be set! Happy Pottying!

PoTtY TrAiNiNg...

2009-05-14T10:09:00.000-07:00

So I'm writing this so that I can hold myself accountable to everyone that reads this and for my own personal satisfaction when it actually happens I can look back at this and say that I actually did it.
Macee has really had NO interest in going potty on the "big girl pobby" as she calls it. We have tried for the last 6-9 months to get her interested in it and trying to catch her going so that we can take her to the potty, offering bribes, letting her watch me go so she can see what she is supposed to do, (which by the way, she always claps and tells me Dood Job Mommy! and gets so excited for me) She has only gone pee on the potty twice and she still doesn't want anything to do with it.
My sister-in-law found a website for a book that guarantees to have your child potty trained in 3 days and she gives one on one advice along with the purchase of her book and answers any questions that you might have along the way, even if its a year down the road. I decided to sucker into it and bought it and really like what I read and how she approaches the whole process. Its mostly common sense stuff but she gives you step by step instructions and she helps support you through the process.
We will be starting this tomorrow if I can get Roger to read the book today so he can help me but I am very excited and hope that this time it clicks with her and she can be a big girl now! Wish me Luck and lots of Patience! I will update later on our potty progress!

Better late than never...DiSnEyLaNd!!!!

2009-04-30T12:24:00.001-07:00

Looking for sea shells at the beach!

The carousel! Her favorite ride!

Monsters Inc. we watch this movie at least once a day!

Pooh!

Belle or "Princess Yellow" as Macee calls her.

Cinderella! Macees favorite Princess!

Cinderella thought Roger was funny!

Our Family. ~Disneyland 2009~

So I officially took 450 pics on our trip to California and I was going to make a slide show but it is sooooo slow that I just picked a few of my favorites for now and I will try and make one or post the rest on my facebook. We had so much fun on our trip. We left really early Sun morning and got to Cali about 2:00 pm. We decided to go to the beach since we would be at Disneyland the other days. There were soooo many people there because it was Sun. but we didn't mind and Macee LOVED the ocean. We couldn't get her to leave! She had a lot of fun trying to find seashells with her daddy. Monday we got up early and went to Disneyland! It was soo hot that day but we had a lot of water and had a ton of fun. I felt like I was pregnant again because my legs were REALLY swollen but oh well. The very first thing that Macee saw was the carousel and it was all over after that! She loves that thing and asked for the horses the whole time we were there. Any time we walked by it we had to take her and go it. It makes me sick to ride it so poor Roger got stuck taking her every time! I think they went on it at least 10 times! We went and had dinner with the Princesses on Mon. night and Macee loved it. She couldn't concentrate on eating because she was so excited to see Cinderella! She is her favorite and Roger even got his pic taken with her! We got to see Mickey 3 times and we got to see a lot of other characters too. Macees favs were the Princesses, Mickey, Minnie, Tigger and Pooh and the Playhouse Disney puppets at California Adventure. We went and rode some of the rides there and watched the Pixar Parade that was really fun and they had water and got everyone wet, it felt good since was soo hot! We spent Tues. & Wed. in the parks too and rode a lot of rides and had a lot of fun. We drove home Thur. and stopped and got to see some of our friends in St George! We got home really late but it was worth it. I don't know how much of it Macee will remember about the trip but I am going to make her a little book with all of the pics in it so that she will see how much fun we had! Hopefully we can make this a tradition and go every year!

ToOtLeS!

2009-04-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

We will be leaving in 7 hours to the "Happiest Place On Earth"! I have a bunch of posts ready but have been busy planning and packing and getting ready for our MUCH NEEDED vacation! I will be thinking of you all when I am soaking up the rays on the sunny beaches of California in 90 degree weather! Tootles!

Oh and I couldn't resist posting this pic of my beautiful Macee in her Easter Dress! Many more to come along with Mickey Mouse!

HaPpY AnNiVeRsArY!

2009-04-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to write a quick post for our anniversary that was last Sunday. We have officially been married for 7 years! Yes 7 people! I can't believe its been that long! It seems like yesterday sometimes and then if feels like forever sometimes, but I wouldn't change it! Roger has been with me through a lot, even before we were married and I knew at that point that he would be the one I would be with forever! Happy Anniversary Roger!

Thank you for supporting my shopping addiction, and for being so giving and self-less to me! Thank you for being my rock and for making me laugh! You are a great person and an even better husband and daddy! I Love You!

Happy Birthday to Me...

2009-03-29T20:45:00.000-07:00

So I am officially the big 26! It seems like a blah in-between birthday! I share my birthday with my grandpa and I told him this was a blah birthday and he said, "at least you're not 71, thats really blah!" I guess he has a good point! :) We didn't do anything special but it was nice just to take Macee to the park and let her play. We went out to dinner while we were up north with my family. It was a lot of fun. Roger told me he was going to cook me dinner so I requested ribs and twice baked potatoes! It was delicious. He is a good cook when he wants to be! I got a new camera for my gift and I love it! I am also going clothes shopping with my money that I got for our Cali trip! My parents came down and spent lunch with me and my dad made me some awesome shadow boxes! I had a great b-day! Thanks everyone!

My requested dinner! It was Delicious!!!

Roger fixed me dinner and lunch! (In my apron!)

My mommy made my favorite cake! Yum!

Macee helped me blow out the candles!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

PhOtO sHoOt...kinda

2009-03-29T20:44:00.000-07:00

So it was finally a nice day yesterday, so we took Macee to the park to play and to try out my new b-day present. I think they turned out pretty good for an amateur, keep in mind I am no professional... yet! Tell me whatcha think!

One of my favs!

Cheeser!

Looking for daddy...

Isn't she precious?

P.S. If anyone knows how to use PhotoShop and would like to teach me I'm a great student!

SuRgErY...

2009-03-18T15:19:00.000-07:00

Before:

After: She was still a little loopy!

I'm typing this from the surgical center where we are all PATIENTLY (or not) waiting to see if Macee can go home tonight or if they will make us stay. She did awesome and is back to herself already. The doctor said her tonsils and adenoids were really big and that her tubes were almost falling out so it was a good thing we did it all in one stop! We are all getting antsy and stir crazy and are ready to get home to grandma and grandpas. Thanks to everyone for thinking of us! She did great! Now lets hope she doesn't have to anything else done for a long time!

SpRiNg FeVeR!

2009-02-25T14:14:00.000-08:00

If there are any of you still out there in blogger land that still look at my blog we are still here! It took me over a half hour just to upload these 3 pictures so thats why I never post! Our new computer is in the works so hopefully there will be a lot more posts to come! On to my post...

I think we are all starting to get Spring Fever! This is what Macee came out in this morning! She just wants to go outside and play so bad! She's been sick with a cold the last couple of days and hasn't been able to go out but hopefully she will be better by the weekend and we can go play!

I guess she decided that it is still winter and that she needed to get some warmer clothes on because this is what she came out in a little while later! Silly Kid!

On another note, we took Macee to the Ear Nose & Throat specialist on Monday because she has had nose problems and problems breathing at night and he told us she has a form of sleep apnea. She will be having surgery on March 18th to have her tonsils and adnoids out and a new set of tubes put in her ears since she will already be in surgery. Please keep her in your prayers. Its a little more risky for kids under 3 to have their tonsils out so they will be keeping her under 24 hour observation for the first day, after that we can take her home.

RaNdOm UpDaTeS!

2009-01-14T14:11:00.000-08:00

Ok so first I must start off by saying that I have such good intentions of updating my blog a lot more often than I do but just like what happened five minutes ago when I started my two month backtracking of previous posts my computer decides that it needs to freeze and crash and kick me out of what I was doing so all of my work was lost! GRRRRR! Therefore there will probably not be any new posts with pictures until we get a new computer which will hopefully be soon and then there will be an overload of new posts, so many that it might take you days to catch up on our exciting lives, or if you care at all to read it there might be something fun finally!
Just a little update on us. Like I mentioned in my last post, Roger graduated with his Bachelors Degree in General Studies with a minor in Business and we couldn't be happier. He will get his diploma in May when all of the others graduate and I am going to have a big dinner party for him to celebrate since it was so crazy during the holidays. While I'm on Roger, he is still busy at the college trying to keep the Activity Center profitable so that he still has a job with all of the cuts that the state is making and that keeps him pretty busy. He is back after the Christmas break coaching again and getting ready for some pretty big games coming up in the next couple of weeks. He is hoping to take his team to State again and is working hard with the boys to accomplish that. He loves being back into coaching again and does such a good job teaching and being a role model for those boys.
On to me I guess, my life isn't very exciting, my days are spent watching Little Einsteins and Sesame Street with the munchkin and trying to keep up with her little whirlwind personality, she never holds still. My Great Grandma Verna passed away on Jan. 4th at the age of 95 and I'm happy that shes finally back with her husband after 25 years of being apart. We got to go see her right after Christmas before she passed. She was asleep the whole time but I'm glad that Macee got to see her one last time. She kept saying, "Mama night night ssshhhhh." It was so cute to see her innocence, and then again when we say her at the viewing after she passed she kept saying it again, "Mama night night ssshhhhh." When she would see people crying and sad and wiping their nose and eyes she would look at me and want a tissue and she would wipe her eyes and say, "Mommy sad." It was so cute and sincere that she was concerned that people were sad and crying.
Macee is still as busy and active as ever, like I said she never holds still and is always on the go, she loves to "cook" in her new kitchen that she got for Christmas and she loves to read books and draw and watch all of her "shows"! She loves to be the center of attention and is turning out to be a little ham! She is starting to talk a lot more and catches Roger and I off guard with some of the random things she says sometimes! I am going to start a little thing on my side bar so that I can remember some of the funny things that she says so I can tell her when she gets older! She will be 2 1/2 at the end of February and I can't believe how fast time has gone by! Shes supposed to be a tiny baby still but I love her and wouldn't trade her for the world!
We had a really good holiday season, we went to Park City with my moms side of the familyfor Thanksgiving and spent a couple days there up in a condo. It was a lot of fun and Macee loved being able to play with and be entertained by all of her older cousins. I loved it too because we had built in baby-sitters! Macee had her little dance recital in Dec. and looked so cute and did so good! She is going to be a good little dancer thats for sure. (I was doing a post about this when my computer died so it will be to come!) Christmas was busy, we had a little dinner party with my friends from high school and brought our hubbies this year and it was fun to see everyone and catch up again.
We decided to spend Christmas morning at our house this year since we've always traveled and it was fun but really hard for me since I have always spent it with my family, but Macee enjoyed waking up in her own bed and opening presents! She loved everything and didn't want to move on to the next gift because she was so excited about the one she had just opened! She got a lot of fun things including her play kitchen and a tent that we have set up that she takes her babies in and plays. We were all spoiled as usual and were very blessed. We spent New Years Eve at my parents and just relaxed and played games! We're pretty boring I guess!
If you're still reading this and I haven't bored you to death yet, I promise to try not to neglect my blog as long as my computer cooperates with me! I hope everyone is doing well and may the New Year bring you all much happiness! Love, Holly

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS RoGeR!!!

2008-12-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to let you all know that I am so proud of Roger. He is officially done with his Bachelors Degree and we BOTH couldn't be happier! This has been 10 years in the making and he is finally done! He graduated with his Associates Degree a while back and has been working on this degree for a while now and it's been a lot of hard work and sacrifice but he did it! He has been working 3 jobs and going to school and taking care of his ladies and he has done it all without complaining! Hopefully now he will be able to get a job that he wants or get paid more at the one he has since he has his degree. He plans on getting his Masters soon but needs a little break before starting into that adventure! We Love You and are so proud of what you have accomplished! CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS RoGeR!!!!!

ThOuGhTs...

2008-11-20T15:08:00.000-08:00

I'm sitting here writing this procrastinating all of the other things I have to do because I can't stop thinking about the message that my visiting teachers shared with me today. It was one of my favorite talks at this past General Conference and I was so happy that they decided to share this particular message. Elder Joseph B Wirthlin gave the talk and it was so uplifting to me seeing him up there, not even being able to stand and give his talk and he still has the best attitude and wants us all to "Come What May, And Love It!" I think its going to be the new saying for vinyl lettering, but anyway... It just got me thinking about all the times that I get so mad over the little things and when I get after Macee for something she did or when I get after Roger for something he didn't do and how I need to just take what life throws at me and laugh about it and love it. He says in his talk, "If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness... The first thing we can do is learn to laugh." My adversities and trials are very minimum compared to most but I still need to take them in stride and learn what they are supposed to be teaching me and to "Come What May And Love It!" If you would like to read this talk and be uplifted like I was click HERE!

Jumpin' on the wagon!

2008-11-04T14:00:00.000-08:00

I guess I am officially jumping on the wagon! I have kindof thought about going private ever since I started my blog but after hearing story after story I think its time! I have heard of way too many scary things happening and I never want anything to happen to my precious family because of a stupid blog! There are enough bad things in this world without having to worry about that too! I love the blogging world and think it is so much fun to find peoples blogs that I know and haven't seen for a while and I hate to do this but I think its the right thing to do for my little family! I love Macee too much to have anything happen to her that I could have prevented! All you lurkers that look at my blog leave me a comment with your email address and I would be happy to invite you to see my blog! I will delete your comment with your email after I save them!

MaCeE TaG!

2008-10-28T16:54:00.000-07:00

5 things about Macee

1. Macee was born 1 day before her due date and was a whopping 9 pounds! She had lots of dark black hair and a chubby round face. She was a great baby and would only cry if she was hungry. The doctor told me at her 1 week check-up that she was the most active and wiggly new-born baby that he had ever seen and she still is the most active wiggly kid I know! She hates to sleep! The picture above is what happened when Macee was supposed to be taking a nap! So much for that! I think she thinks she will miss out on something that is going on so she can't go to sleep!

2. Macee is the most friendly little girl. She will go up to anyone and start a conversation in her own little jibberish! We have to be careful because someone might snatch her up! She loves to make new friends and hopefully we can find her some more in our neighborhood!

3. Macee loves her daddy especially when he is gone to work. She asks where daddy is until he gets home. She loves to play basketball with her daddy and she loves to go to work with him and play with all of the fun stuff there. Roger says that the whole time I am at work she is asking for me so I guess I am loved too! She loves all of her mama's and bapa's! (All 12 of them!)

4. Macee loves to sing and dance! She loves to go to her little dance class and she comes home so happy and excited! She loves to sing at the top of her lungs in sacrament meeting even though we might need a few singing lessons!

5. Macee is a very picky eater right now but there are a few things she can't get enough of! PANCAKES! Cereal, string cheese, crackers, and did I mention pancakes! Sometimes she eats so much we don't know where she puts it all and then most of the time she doesn't eat hardly anything!

We Love our Macee and now we tag, Carson, Aubrey, Hailey, Alexis & Chloe! And anyone else who wants to do it!

CaRviNg PuMpKiNs

2008-10-28T16:17:00.000-07:00

We carved our pumpkins for FHE last night and it was so much fun! Macee loved it and she especially loved to see them after it got dark and they were all lit up!

Macee was "helping" Roger clean out her pumpkin, she didn't really like touching the guts too much she just liked playing with the knives! Go Figure!

The finished product! I think Macee's pumpkin looks the scariest!

CoUsInS

2008-10-25T15:46:00.000-07:00

We had an early Halloween party and of course had to get pictures of Macee and "Cokie". Macee loves her cousin and they looked so cute together! Macee was a doggie and Chloe had a cute little Halloween outfit on.

We decided to put Chloe in Macee's little baby stroller and she fit just right!

cOoKiNg BaLLeRiNa!

2008-10-17T20:56:00.000-07:00

Here is my little cooking ballerina! We got home from dance and she still had all of her clothes on and she decided to make some pancakes! Her new favorite thing to do is take all of my pans out of the cupboard and get my whisk and she walk around telling us shes making pancakes! It is so funny mostly because pancakes are her favorite food!

bLaCk EyE!

2008-10-17T20:48:00.000-07:00

Roger and Macee came to visit me at the credit union today and Macee wanted a piece of candy off of the desk and she slipped and hit her eye right on the corner! You can barely tell in these pictures but it is all swollen and black and blue! It has definitely gotten worse as time has gone on and it will definitely be there for a while! She thinks its cool that she has an owie on her eye and she makes sure to tell everyone!

Chloe Kristine Peterson

2008-09-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

Chloe was born on September 30 which is also Mollies birthday! Happy Birthday to both of you! She was born at 3:50 pm and was 7 pounds 6 ounces and 18 1/2 inches. She is a cutie! Congratulations Blake and Mollie!!!

Macee cannot get enough of her. She talks about her constantly! She loves her cousin "Cokie"!!

JuSt DaNcE!

2008-09-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

Macee and her cute teacher! (sorry it's crooked)

I signed Macee up for a 2 year old dance class and she loves it! I tell her the night before that she has dance tomorrow and that's all she talks about the whole night and the morning before is dance, dance, dance! Her teachers are so cute and they are so good with the kids! They have done finger paints and other fun activities along with learning different ballet forms with nursery rhymes and french. Her teacher told me that when they do front rolls that Macee runs up to the front and gives her a hug and then goes back and does her front roll! So funny, don't ask me why but I guess she feels inclined! They give them a fun little paper to take home after class with a picture on it of what they learned that day so they can practice and Macee carries it around for a good 2-3 days afterward showing us what she did! She loves the little half hour once a week just to get away from mom and I do too!

Here Piggy Piggy...

2008-09-05T17:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so for those of you that don't know I got a job at the Credit Union here in Ephraim just working a couple days a week when Roger is home from work. I just needed something very part-time to get me out of the house so I don't go crazy and of course the extra cash is GREAT... it will be my spending money!!! (Roger thinks otherwise but oh well!) Anyway... yesterday was my first day and I pretty much just shadowed another teller trying to learn their system. The company had their summer party last night and they invited us to go so we did. They had super yummy food and it was up in the mountains at a fun cabin. After we all ate they said we have a few prizes but not enough for everyone so we put everyones name in a hat and we will choose winners. I thought to myself that would be cool if I won on my first day working there... So they told us that they had bought 3 pigs at the fair and were having them slaughtered and packaged and that 6 of us would get a half a pig! So I'm thinking sweet, that's awesome we could really use the meat, and next thing I know they draw my name 4th!!! So anyway to make a short story long, now we have to buy a freezer to put the meat in and we are super excited!

And we named the pig "Dinner" by the way!! ***WINK WINK*** (for you mom)

From St. George to Lehi and back home!!

2008-09-01T15:20:00.000-07:00

We have had a super busy week this week. It started with Macee's early birthday party on Saturday and she had so much fun! (see post) On Monday we headed to St George for a little vacation and to take Macee for her Dr. appointment with our favorite doctor! We got together with our good friends the Kellys when we got there on Mon. and we went out to dinner to Chilis. It was so much fun to get together with them and see how big Calen has gotten in just a couple months! It was just like old times being back together with them and I sure do miss that! We wish a lot that we could live in that neighborhood again, we had so many good times there and there are so many kids that Macee played with! We saw a lot of our old neighbors and it was good to talk to all of you! Some of them were out of town and hopefully we will get to see them next time we go!

On Tuesday (Happy Birthday Macee) we got together with Teresa my old neighbor and she was so nice to take Macee's pictures for us. (see post) They turned out SUPER CUTE and I am so excited to get a bunch of them blown up and hang them up. Thanks again Teresa! I hope you get feeling better! We couldn't go to St George without going shopping at all of my favorite stores that I miss so much and I got a couple of killer deals on some clothes for Macee. Since it was her birthday that day we took her and let her pick out some fun toys and a tutu of course since she is in dance now! We got together with Joey and Kayden for dinner and it was good to see them and to let the kids play. They are going to get married someday! We went to the Kellys again and Katie had made cupcakes for Macee's birthday! It was so nice of her and they were yummy! Maddix picked out a cute little bath dolly for Macee and she loves it! Thanks again for everything, Chris, Katie, Maddix, Drake, & Calen, we miss you guys!

On Wed. we had Macee's doctor appointment and it went good except for the fact that she pooped right before the doctor came in and she wouldn't let me change her and boy did it stink in there! Good thing Dr. Marsden loves her and didn't mind! He said her ears still look good and that she is perfect in every way! (we already think so!) She is 35 inches tall and weighs 27 pounds. She is in the 99th percentile overall and he said that she couldn't be better! It's always so nice to hear that she is healthy and happy and doing so well! She didn't like him too much this time but hopefully when we go back in a year she will have a change of heart. We couldn't have a better doctor and it is definitely worth the drive!

We got home Wed. and on Thurs. morning after dance we headed up to Lehi for a wedding, farewell, a baby shower for Mollie and "Cokie" who will be here any time now, and just to have fun! Macee got to go with grandpa and see him catch some fish. She wasn't so sure about it at first but she finally touched one and thought it was pretty cool! She also got to see a couple snakes that grandpa caught out in the yard and thought that was pretty fun. She went around hissing and sticking out her tongue at everyone. She always has fun in Lehi!

Oh and this is my weird brother being weird! What a nerd!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy MaCeE!!

2008-08-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

Happy 2nd Birthday Macee!

I can't believe that my Macee is 2 years old today! Time has gone by so fast! She is such a sweet little girl and she has everyone wrapped around her finger! We love her so much! Here are a few fun things about her, things we love about her, and some of the things that she loves!

Macee was born at Dixie Regional Medical Center on Saturday August 26th 2006 @ 12:56 am. She weighed 9 pounds and was 20 1/2 inches long. She had lots of dark black hair and looked just like her daddy! She was such a good, layed back baby and hardly ever cried except when she was hungry or poopy! Everyone fell in love with her from day one and she still is the center of the show! WE LOVE YOU MACEE!

She loves to give kisses, especially when she has just put chapstick on!

She loves to watch "shows" especially ones with puppies, cars, dogs, or any other animal that there is! She's always asking for "shows".

She loves chapstick and Vaseline thanks to her mama!

She loves her "bbet" (blanket) especially when she's tired!
She loves to copy everything mommy does, like putting on makeup, making sure she looks good in the mirror, trying on 10 pairs of shoes to make sure she got the right ones, cooking, cleaning, and the list goes on! I love it that she wants to be like me!

She loves her daddy! From the second she wakes up in the morning she is asking for him. She loves to play basketball with him and play outside and have him take her for wagon rides!

She loves fruitsnacks! She's always asking for them.

She loves to be outside and ride her bikes.

She loves to get into trouble!

She loves her mama's and bapa's!

She loves her aunts and uncles and cousins.

I love that she is such a happy little girl! Except when she decides she's 2 and throws her fits!

I love it when she gives me big kisses and hugs.

I love it when she cuddles with me on the couch.

I love it when she says things that I have no idea what she's saying so I just have to laugh!

I love it when she has crazy hair.

I love it when she lets me hold her.

I love it that she loves her mommy and daddy!

Since we were in St George on Macees actual Birthday we had a fun little party for her the Sat. before at our house and had our familys come! Since her favorite color is YELLOW right now that was our theme. We had cake (that didn't turn out so well) and ice cream and we let Macee open her gifts! Thank you everyone! She is definitely blessed in the gift department! She had so much fun! Thanks everyone who came!

Great Grandpa & Grandma Peterson

Mama and Bapa

Great Aunt Geri & Uncle Jeff

Auntie M & Uncle B

The Watsons, Janielle, Eric, Lindsey, Grandma & Grandpa

We had quite the adventure making this stupid cake and we were all so tired we got really goofy! Thanks for helping me "mama & Gergi"!
Putting on the finishing touches!
The finished Product! It is supposed to be a flower! Better luck next year!
Happy Birthday Macee! 2 years old!She was a pro at blowing out the candles! We did it 3 or 4 times so we could get it on camera!
She kept licking frosting off of the cake! It didn't look very good but it was yummy!

The presents just kept coming and coming!

It looked like Christmas at our house! She just kept throwing tissue paper and wrapping paper everywhere and I could have sworn it was Dec. 25th!

Her new "ride" she thinks its awesome!

Thanks Mama and Bapa for the cute pink table and chairs! They match her bedroom perfectly!

Spoiled! Is all I have to say!

Her new 4-wheeler! She loves it. Notice the pink shoes, she wears them all the time! Thanks Uncle Jeff!

We hope you had a great Birthday Macee! We Love You!

Macee's 2 year old Pics!

2008-08-25T15:19:00.000-07:00

While we were in St. George my friend Teresa took Macee's pictures for her birthday and they turned out soooo good! These are just a few of my favorites! Thanks again Teresa!

7 Years!

2008-08-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to the Sanpete County Fair and the Demolition Derby! 7 years ago exactly Roger and I had our first date at the derby! We have tried to make it a tradition to go to the derby every year that we've lived here and since we lived in St George for 3 years we missed it so we were glad to be back! It's kindof white trashy and there are definitely some interesting people that go to these things but we had a ton of fun!! I can't believe its been 7 years since we met! It has gone by so fast, we've had good times and bad but I wouldn't change anything! Happy 7 Years to us!!!

Rogers brother Eric and his wife Janielle went with us and we had a blast! Thanks Eric for standing in line for tickets!

This was one of the many crashes!

All lined up and ready to go!

I think there were 6 cars that tipped over, the most we have ever seen! Everyone made it out without injuries!

And the winner is... the Yellow car #69!

If anyone wants to go with us next year its a ton of fun!

Randomness...

2008-08-13T21:25:00.000-07:00

Since everything I write about is Macee here is a cute picture I found of her, even though the wind was blowing I still love it! We have just been getting ready for Macee's birthday and trying to get everything arranged for her parties! Roger is starting to get busy at work trying to hire all of the students for the new school year and I have been trying to be as patient as possible with my impossible almost two year old that wants to be so big and do everything that mommy does and more! She wants to be so independent which is fine to a point and I am trying to be patient but sometimes it doesn't work so well! I signed her up for a 2 year old dance class today and I think she will love it! I feel like she needs something to do other than hang out with me all the time and its only once a week for a half hour so I thought it would be perfect! They do a little Christmas performance and then one in the spring so I am excited for her to do something she loves since she is always dancing around the house! We will be super busy the next couple of weeks with one party here for family and then a little get together in St George with Macee's little friends! She has her two year check-up which is why we are going to St George and I am anxious to see her growth since she looks like a 3 or 4 year since she is so tall! We are excited to see all of our friends there too! That's pretty much all we're doing nothing too exciting but part of my "journal" anyway! Tootles

It's A Party!

2008-08-06T11:16:00.001-07:00

We decided that since we will be in St George for Macee's 2nd Birthday we wanted to have a little party for all of Macee's friends in our old neighborhood! It won't be anything fancy but we wanted her to be able to see everyone and thought this would be a great way! We will have cake and get together to play at Jumpin' Jacks on August 26th! We're not reserving it but would love you to come! Time to be announced later when I find out what their hours are! Could someone leave me a comment with their phone number so I can call and find out and then I will post it as soon as I can! Don't feel obligated but if you want to come we would love to see you! We all miss everyone so much so we hope to see you there!

She gets her fashion sense from her...

2008-07-31T21:23:00.000-07:00

Daddy! My mom has been bugging me every day to post something and she tells me my blog is boring so I thought I better post something! We haven't been doing anything fun or out of the ordinary but I thought that this was pretty funny. Lately Macee has been coming up with quite the outfits and this was one of them! I can't help but bust up laughing every time she does it because she tells us that she's cuute! In case you can't tell what she's wearing I will tell you. She has on a dress with Rogers church socks that go clear up to her belly-button, jelly shoes, her "pack pack"(back pack), her baby, and what girls outfit is complete without her "no-none" (cell-phone)! I can't help but love her to pieces!!

Fashion Queen!!!

CHEESE!!!

I just thought this was a cute random picture!

Memories, Like the Corner of My Mind...

2008-07-14T21:05:00.000-07:00

I got this from a friends blog and thought it would be fun! I hope you will play along.
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Such a good "Mommy"

2008-07-14T20:56:00.000-07:00

We were sitting in the living room today and Macee got her baby and laid her on a blanket and got the wipes and said, "baby stinky, baby stinky!" and she got the wipes and pretended to clean the baby! Roger and I were laughing so hard! And I know I know she needs a sibling to play with! She is getting so good at pretending and it seems like she is doing everything with her baby that she sees us doing with her! I love to see her imagination developing.

Need I Say More...

2008-07-08T14:18:00.000-07:00

PRECIOUS!!!

WOW!

2008-07-03T21:58:00.000-07:00

So I have been trying for the last hour to post a whole bunch of pictures but my computer is so slow I gave up so here's one and a post about what we've been up to! Hopefully I can get to a faster computer and post all of them! We have had a busy and fun summer so far and I just want to tell my Mom and Dad how much I love them and am so thankful that Macee and I were able to spend so much time with them! I didn't think it would be so hard to leave but it was and I have missed being around them! Macee had so much fun playing on the bed with Grandpa and going to see the dogs and chickens and having Grandpa chase her around! Grandma had so much fun giving Macee Vaseline for her lips 100 times a day and playing and going shopping. Macee loves and adores you! She walks around the house a lot and says "Mama, Mama" like she's looking for her Grandma! We miss you guys so much already and are so excited to be a lot closer! While we were in Lehi we went to the zoo and to Thanksgiving Point. Macee absolutely loved all of the animals and going with Carson! (thanks Val!) We did all of the fun things for Lehi Round-Up Days and it is unanimous that Macee is either going to be in a Marching Band or a Queen that rides on a float! She had so much fun watching the parades and she would dance and sing and wave at everyone and of course she loved all the candy! We played outside in Grandpas sprinkler and her pool and went on walks and played with all of the other grandmas and grandpas!
We moved into our house here in Ephraim on Monday and we still aren't completely unpacked thanks to such a helpful 1 year old!! It's not the greatest house but it will due until we can find something more permanent!(pictures to come when I can get them to work!) I have to admit that I have struggled a little bit being here, I think I have been a little home sick since I was with my family so long and am missing them already, a house not as nice as our other house, being in a new place with only Wal-Mart, just getting settled, allergies again bad and Macee has them bad too, I am such a whiner but it's been hard!! I asked Roger for a blessing the other night just to give me strength and comfort and it has helped me a lot! I am so thankful to him and for being a worthy priesthood holder! I am excited to go to church on Sunday and hopefully meet some people my age and make some friends that have kids too so we can get together and play!
We are going to a couple parades tomorrow for the 4th and are going to watch fireworks so we should be busy! Hopefully I can get my pictures to work since blogs are boring without them! Tootles!

SkYdiViNg...

2008-06-24T21:47:00.000-07:00

You're never too old! My 98 year old Great Grandma Beulah went sky-diving today. She has talked about it and told everyone that she would do it with them if they wanted her to go but they were told she was too old, so they all went out today thinking that she was too old and that they wouldn't let her but to all of our surprise they did! We got a phone call while we were driving out there to watch other family members that they were letting her jump so we called the news stations to see if they would do a story on it. Channel 2 and Channel 13 came out and did stories about her and they were on the news tonight. Go to the link at the bottom and you can watch the actual video of her jumping! It was such a fun day. My Grandpa Gary and a couple of cousins, my uncle, 2 of my aunts, and some other family and friends ended up jumping too! I really wish I would have done it but I asked Macee if she wanted to and she said yes so I told her that when she was old enough we would go and leave CHICKEN Roger at home!!! Here is the link to watch the story! It's pretty awesome! Make sure to check out my mom on there too!!! (HEHE MOM!)
http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6843259&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

The Zoo

2008-06-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

So I apologize that my blog is really boring lately but I can't find my cord to connect my camera to the computer so no pictures until I unpack and find it!! We took Macee to the zoo on Monday and it was a blast. I took her with my friend val about a year ago and she liked it but didn't quite understand yet so we took her this time and she absolutely loved it!!! She is into animals a lot and it was so much fun to see her get excited about all of the animals and to make the noises that they make and just to see the excitement on her face! She loved all of the little monkeys that were there because her new favorite thing is to sing "No more Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"! I will try to get video of it it's hilarious! Anyway she loved the elephants and especially the Giraffes because there was a baby one born in November and it was eating with its mom! She walked most of the time so she could be in on all of the action. She is definitely very independent!!!! Maybe too much sometimes!
On another note it's about a week and a half-two weeks before Macee and I move to Ephraim! I have loved being here with my family! They help with Macee a ton and she loves all of the attention and entertainment that they give her! It's been fun to spend so much time with them since I really haven't since I left home. I am so excited to be a lot closer to them now! Thanks again family for letting us crash here! I am really excited to get moved in and be with Roger again. It's been hard for all of us and I think he is really excited to have us back! His job is slow right now but when school starts up again it will be really busy and fun and I think he's excited for that! Anyway I hope everyone is doing well! Tootles!

We're Alive!

2008-06-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

I know I know it's been forever since I have posted but we've been busy! You all know from my previous post that we are moving to Ephraim instead of Lehi and I can officially say we now have a place to live!!! We've been "homeless" for the last couple of weeks with Macee and me living with my parents and Roger living with his! We found a house to rent that is from the 70's all the way but it will be a good temporary start! It's just 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom but it's cute and it has a yard! We can move in on July 1st! It's been really fun being with my parents a lot but it's also really hard not having Roger here and not having a place of our own so I am really excited to get our own place even if it has wood panneled walls and bright wallpaper and carpet!!! Macee and I have had fun at swimming lessons and we've had fun seeing all of our family. Roger couldn't be happier at his job! I think this is a really good stepping stone for us! Thanks again to all of you who have helped us out in any way and we miss all of our old friends and neighbors! I promise it won't be two more weeks until I post and I will get some pictures up of our house and of Macee! Love You All!

Here we go...AGAIN!!!

2008-05-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

WARNING! Long Post!
Ok so I can't honestly believe that I am writing this post but I am so happy, scared, sad, excited, and crying as I write this all at once! (If that's possible!) I am writing this before they come and disconnect my internet so here goes! Today we are packing up and moving out of our house. I am so sad to leave all of my good friends and neighbors that we have met here. I am so thankful for all of you and for everything that anyone has ever done for our family! We have loved living here and will greatly miss it and all of you and your sweet families! I know I said this before but THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! It would take me too long to list all of the things and people that I am grateful for so I won't but know it's been appreciated! Thanks especially to the Kelly's for helping us get in to Stoneridge and for being such good friends to us and for always being willing to help out with Macee and for helping me try to be crafty! (it's still a work in progress!) We have really enjoyed spending time with you guys and hopefully we can come visit or you can come visit us in Ephraim! Yes I said Ephraim which brings me to our next adventure! It's a big surprise to our little family because we had a lot different plan in mind but we couldn't be happier! Last week Roger was looking on Snow Colleges website and he saw that the Activity Center Manager job was open and he asked me if he should put in for it. I said it can't hurt and we have always talked about moving back there someday so why not. He sent his application and they called him and wanted to set up an interview for Wed. (yesterday) so he said he could do it over the phone so they said ok. He had his interview yesterday and he knew 4 out of the 5 people that interviewed him from the last time we lived there and he worked at the college. He said he felt good about it but didn't want to get excited because they told him they probably wouldn't decide until next Wed. He told them we were moving and kind of the situation that we were in and they said they would get back to him by Friday. We talked about it last night and tryed to figure out what we should do as far as the move went and I think we both just decided to let things play out and that whatever happened was what was supposed to. We prayed that whatever Heavenly Father wanted us to do we would. We got up early this morning to go get our big moving truck so that we could get all of our stuff packed up and while Roger was in getting all the paper work signed he got a phone call. He came outside and just kind of had a shocked look on his face like he didn't know what had just happened. I was thinking they had messed up our reservation and that we weren't going to have a truck. He said "I got the job." I said what is going on? He said Bob just called me and asked me if I wanted the job and I told him I did so I have to be to work in Ephraim on Tuesday! Me being the bawl baby I am immediately burst into tears out of happiness and shock and every other emotion I could ever think of! So back to Badger territory we go! We definitely got an answer to our prayers! Roger has been wanting a job like this ever since I have known him and there are going to be a lot of opportunities for him to move up at the college!
On another note I am sad not to be moving closer to my family but 1 hour is still better than 4 right???!!! All of my friends up there too I am sad I won't get to hang out with you more too but I will be a lot closer and trust me I will be up there a lot! Macee and I will still be living with my parents for a couple weeks until we can find a place in Ephraim and I have Macee in swimming lessons in Lehi so we will be there for a couple weeks and Roger will stay with his family and start work. Back to good old Sanpete county we go! I will have to get a lot of shopping in before I move back since all there is is good old Wal-Mart!
Anyone who reads this post just know that whoever you are I am so grateful to you and for the impact that you have had on our family whether it be BIG or small! We love you all and are so thankful that you are in our lives! Thanks for all of the prayers that have been said on our behalf!
We love you all!! Love, Roger Holly and Macee

SpLaSh PaD!!!

2008-05-14T23:24:00.000-07:00

We found a new favorite place to go play in St George! (go figure, right in time to move) There's a splash pad in the city town square and they have a big splash pad with the water that shoots up and they have a river type thing that runs through the park that all of the kids can play in! We went there on Saturday and even though there were a ton of people we had a Blast! Macee had so much fun running around and playing in the water, and Roger and I had just as much or more fun watching her play! We both said after we left that it was the most fun we have had in a long time!! We will definitely be going back soon before we leave!

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

2008-05-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to dedicate this post to my mom! Mom I am so grateful to have you in my life! You are such an amazing person. Thanks for putting up with all of us and still sticking in there! You are an awesome Grandma! Macee absolutely adores you! Thanks for everything you do for all of us! It doesn't go un-noticed!

I Love You!

ToO BiG!!!

2008-05-10T14:19:00.001-07:00

Roger and I have officially decided that Macee is getting way too big way too fast! She will be 21 months in a couple weeks and it has flown by so fast! Sometimes she acts like she's 12 and I tell her I am putting her in a box and shipping her to Grandmas but for the most part she never stops for one minute! If I did everything she did all day everyday I would be in the best shape of my life!!! (maybe I should try ;0) We decided to put her in a big girl bed which mostly is just the front taken off of her crib but at least its a start! It's been interesting to say the least! Sometimes she goes and gets right in and then others she screams and screams and falls asleep in wierd places!!! (see the last picture!) Anyway I think it will be a good thing for her! She likes to read while "pretending" to use her potty, since she hasn't actually used it yet, she loves to brush her teeth and for the most part loves her "big" bed.

She must get this from her daddy!

Brush, brush, brush!

Aahh FREEDOM!!!!

Not so sure about the rail!

This is what happens on the days she decides she doesn't like her new bed! She falls asleep in the closet! Silly silly girl!!!

Here we go...

2008-05-05T11:48:00.000-07:00

So most of you that read this probably know by now but Roger and Macee and I are moving in a couple weeks! We thought about moving about a year ago and nothing was working out for us. Roger couldn't find a job and it just seemed like it wasn't the right time to go. We decided to stay here and see what happened. Roger has been working at the Jones Paint and Glass in Cedar City and has loved it except for the fact that it is costing us sssoooooooo much money in gas! It hasn't been worth the pay raise that he got because we aren't seeing any of it! There was an opening at the American Fork Jones and we decided that now is a good time to move. We have wanted to be closer to family ever since we had Macee so now is our perfect opportunity. We are so excited to not have to spend a whole day driving and not having to take off a week of work just to go see our families! Macee will actually get to know all of her family now instead of being shy and scared of them when they are around her! On another note we are sssoooooo sad to leave St. George and all of the great friends and neighbors that we have. It makes me want to cry every time I think about it and how much fun we have had getting to know all of you and for letting Macee play with all of your cute kids! It breaks my heart to know that we will probably not see a lot of you again but to know that you and your families have had such a great influence on our family! We have loved playing outside and swimming at the pool and just being able to sit outside and talk! We will greatly miss that! Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!! We will be loading up on the 22nd and leaving on the 23rd so hopefully I will get to spend a lot of time with all of you before we leave! Don't worry, we will be down to visit a lot because we love the warm weather and Roger can't leave In-N-Out! ;)

Hide and seek anyone...

2008-04-23T12:14:00.001-07:00

Macee has been known around our house to be very quiet and sneeky! We always know that when she's quiet she's up to no good! She is very good at Hide and Seek because she justs stays where she is and is silent! Roger was watching her last night while I was at work and he was doing laundry and he went in the kitchen to do something and when he was done he couldn't find her! He was calling her name and looking everywhere for her! He said he heard a little thump and a giggle and he went to the laundry closet and this is what he found...

"Gotcha Dad!!"

FriEnDs...

2008-04-23T12:04:00.000-07:00

We are so lucky to live in a neighborhood with so many fun kids that Macee gets to play with! We got her this water toy and all of the kids came over and played in it with her! She is one of the youngest kids and they are all so nice to her and they always make sure that she is included!

Macee with her friends!

Nothing like being the center of attention!

Cheeseburger with Fries please...

2008-04-21T21:58:00.000-07:00

This is what Roger had The Double Double!

Ok so I don't want anyone to be jealous but the three of us had dinner at the World Famous In N Out Burger tonight! It will be opening in St George tomorrow and they had a big party for all of the businesses that are around it and for people that are special and we got to go since I work at Kohls and its right by there! I came home and told Roger the other night and he hasn't been able to stop thinking about it! He keeps telling me he has been craving it for years (since its been 6 years since he's had a burger from there!) So anyway we ate there for free and Macee downed a cheese burger (the whole thing) and some fries! She is definitely a daddys girl and loves her In N Out food! It was alot of fun and there were lots of people there! We will now be waiting over a month to go there again since it will be so busy but Roger is already ready to go back and this time he told me he's buying us all matching shirts! If any of you would like to come visit he would be glad to take you there! Enjoy for all of you that live by us!

He's Older Than Dirt...

2008-04-19T01:10:00.000-07:00

Happy 30th Roger!

Since he is so old now he got a "dirt cake"!

Make a Wish!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Roger, Happy Birthday to you! Roger turned the big 3-0 on Thursday! We went to lunch at Chilis and just hung out with Macee! It was a nice relaxing day for all of us. Roger got some new New York Yankees stuff to put in and on his car and he got a new dress shirt and he is putting all of his money that he got together and is going to put tint on his car! Thanks to everyone who wished him a Happy Birthday and for all the cards, phone calls, and texts! Happy Birthday Roger, always remember you will always be 5 years older than me!!!!

(p.s. thank you M.K. for making the yummy "dirt cake" it was a hit!)

cOuSiNs...

2008-04-19T00:38:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Rogers brother Eric and his wife Janielle and their cute little girl Lindsey came to visit us. We had so much fun while they were here! We went to feed the ducks and Lindsey loved it. We were worried that she was going to jump in and swim with the ducks! I know I've posted about the ducks before but it seems like we just can't get enough! (cheap entertainment!) We found a new place in St George called Jumpin' Jacks and its just a bunch of big blow up toys that you can play in and on and climb and jump and just get plain tired! The girls loved it! Macee was nervous at first but she jumped right in and loved every minute of it! We have another new favorite place to go now!!! YAY!!! Eric and Roger and Janielle had races and the little girls loved going down the big huge slides! They all got nice and tired and we all had a very good nap that afternoon! We went to church on Sunday and BBQ'd some hamburgers and had a nice game of "Rope the Dope" (if you want to know what it is you have to come to my house and play, I will post pictures soon) and for my neighbors who thought we were weird, especially A., you will become addicted when you play!!! (thanks Grandpa L. for making us one!)

Thanks for coming to visit us! Come back soon!

Lindsey with the ducks!

Here they all come!

Macee and Lindsey playing in one of the toys at Jumpin Jacks!

Climbing up the Huge slide!

Macee and Roger! I don't know who had more fun!?!?

WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Cute Girls! We love you Lindsey Loo!

My Little "Angel Soft"

2008-04-07T16:02:00.000-07:00

"CHEESE" Look what I did!!!

As I was writing my last blog this is what my little angel was doing in the bathroom! She loves her little potty and she sits on it all the time but she hasn't ever gone yet! I guess she got bored today and decided that unrolling the toilet paper was much more fun! I am actually surprised that she's never done this before but we all had a good laugh!

After she un-rolled it all she decided to take it into the living room to play!

She tried to put it all back on the roll!

No luck I guess she decided it was easier just to pick it all up!

I guess its true when everyone says that girls do use a lot of toilet paper!

HeRe DuCkY dUcKy...

2008-04-07T15:40:00.000-07:00

This is one our favorite new activities to do as a family! There is a golf course about 15 minutes away from our house and it has a little pond with hundreds of ducks and geese and pretty white swans. We had some stale bread so we decided to go there one day and feed the ducks!!! So much fun! Macee likes it, Roger and I have fun too, especially taking pictures of it! The ducks come right up to you and sometimes they think that your feet are food! Silly ducks! That's why Macee is being held in most of the pictures because she is kindof scared but we love to go do it and its a cheap fun family activity! You all should try it sometime!

Here are some of the ducks! wait until you start feeding them and then there is a lot more! Watch out for those crazy ducks that hiss at you!

Come and get it!!

I think at times Roger had more fun than Macee did!!

Here comes the weird hissing duck! Watch out!

This is Macee trying to hide from the weird duck that makes hissing noises at us! I guess it's time to go home!

HaPpY eAsTeR!!!

2008-03-27T15:54:00.000-07:00

"Here I come!! I'm ready to look for all of those fun Easter Eggs that the Easter Bunny left for me!!!!"

"I can't wait to open these eggs. Who cares about the rest that I haven't found yet!!!"

"Look at all these PINK eggs!!!"

"I found it!"

She caught right on to the whole finding eggs thing. I think we hid the eggs four or five times because she loved it so much!

"I Love Easter Egg Hunts!!!"

This was the best shot we could get of her cute Easter dress. She is too busy and won't hold still so we'll try again next Sunday and see if we can get a better picture!!! Silly Girl!!

RuB a DuB dUb...

2008-03-27T15:35:00.000-07:00

I have to say that bath time is one of our most favorite times of the day!! #1. because Macee absolutely loves the bath. She loves to splash and play and she just all around enjoys it!!! #2. it means that bed-time is almost here!!! I love Macee to pieces but its nice to have some peace and quiet after a long busy day!!!

Cutest little Duckie ever!!!

Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere...

One, two, three green frogs...

WhAtEvEr HaPpEnEd...

2008-03-17T22:32:00.000-07:00

Whatever happened to good old tv...

So most of my fam knows this but Roger and I don't have satellite or cable tv. We simply don't have room in our budget for it and honestly we don't really need all that comes along with it. We do although thanks to my brother Blake have or should I say "had" one station which was KUTV Channel 2. After I had Macee and Blake was here staying he was bored and figured out that we could get that one station with a radio antenna, tinfoil, and Roger sitting there holding it! Anyway we went and bought a set of bunny ear antenna's and have been able to watch one station, just enough to let me watch the news and to be able to watch my most favorite reality shows, i.e.: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, and some of the other shows on that station. It keeps me sane because I feel like I am still somewhat a part of the world! And now that the writer strike is over I was finally going to be able to watch new shows instead of re-runs! So I have been hearing about the new switch to Digital TV that will be happening in Feb. 09 and how I would need to get a nifty little Digital Box to be able to watch tv, but little did I know that when I would wake up this morning I would turn on the TV and there instead of the morning news and The Price Is Right (which I must add is Macees favorite show) there is the new RTN or the Retro Television Network! Wow! Is all I have to say. It plays old re-runs of all of the old shows that my parents used to watch. Just to name a few: Hunter, Happy Days, and many many more old shows! I got online to see what was going on and why I couldn't watch my beloved morning news show anchors and to my surprise I found out that Channel 2 decided to do the switch to digital television early and that it only affects a few select people in the St. George area! Of all the luck!!! We were lucky enough to be some of the select few! So needless to say I am rambling but I went to a website where you can sign up for coupons for the digital box and signed up to have one sent to us. So hopefully in 2-9 business days we will have our coupon and be able to go get our box. All I have to say is that I'm not the only dissapointed one in the house! Any of you who know my hubby knows that March Madness officially kicked off yesterday and KUTV is the station that runs every single game for the next month. Roger is officially going to be glued to the internet now for the next week instead of the tv. I think he about fell to the floor when I told him we didn't have that station anymore, he came right home from work and turned on the tv just to make sure I wasn't pulling his chain! Thank heaven for March Madness On Demand!!!!

AnYtHiNg aNd EvErYtHiNg!!

2008-03-10T13:14:00.000-07:00

I promised myself that I would try and post something once a week and its nothing special, but its what is going on around here. Roger took a job up at the Cedar City Jones Paint and Glass (not the one I talked about a while ago) but it is a lot better environment, he got a little pay raise (just enough to cover the gas it takes to drive there everyday!) he is a salesman now and will be able to go out to different businesses and construction sites and try and sell paint to them. He will get a commission off of what he sells so the harder he works the more it pays off. Our white Pontiac that we had died a couple months ago and Roger getting this job made us have to go get another car so we bought a 1996 Honda Accord which is just like the car we have but 10+ years older. It is a cute little car and Roger loves it. It has A/C and a CD player. What more could a guy ask for! He loves the job and the car (just not the payment!!) so he is a happy camper! Macee has a really bad cough and a yucky nose so she and Roger stayed home from church yesterday while I went to teach primary. It seems like everyone in our neighborhood was sick and I told Roger that I was glad that none of us got it and the next day Macee started coughing. See what I get for opening my mouth. Roger has it now too so hopefully I don't get it.

We have had really nice sunny weather the last couple weeks. Its been a little bit windy but very warm. I love the spring time, I think it is my favorite season. The birds are coming out and chirping, the grass turns green again, the flowers are so bright and happy, its not too hot outside yet! What more can I say, I Love Warm Weather!!! Macee loves to be outside and would live out there if I let her. She loves riding her bike and playing in her wagon that Grandma and Grandpa Peterson gave her for Christmas! She loves to play in the rocks too, probably because we have more rocks than grass. She is a little tom boy when we're outside but then she's a girlie girl when we're inside. Yesterday she went and got all of her clothes that we hung up to dry and wanted to put them all on. Roger told her that she was very good at layering!! She loves to have me do her hair and she always looks in the mirror at herself and thinks shes the cutest thing. My friend was playing with her hair and put pigtails in it and she looks so cute, so I've been doing that and she loves it. It makes her chubby cheeks stand out even more and I love it!! I just want to squeeze her sometimes because shes so cute and funny! Well enough rambling from me, I hope that all of you who read this update your blogs so I can spy on you too!

aLL bEtTeR!!!

2008-03-05T22:54:00.000-08:00

Stupid I.D. bracelet!!!

Macee had her surgery on her ears on Tuesday and things couldn't have gone better! We had to be to the hospital by 6:40 in the morning so we were all really tired. I think Macee could tell that something was going on because she was shaking and nervous. The nurse was taking her heart-rate and she took it 3 or 4 times because Macee's heart was racing and she wanted to make sure she was going to calm down! They gave her some sort of medicine that was supposed to make her loopy and calm so that they could take her into surgery and not have her remember anything and also so they could pry her away from me. She was so funny after they gave it to her. The bracelet that they put on you so they know who you are was put on her leg because her arm was too small and that thing was going to be the death of us all. Macee was having a cow because she wanted it off and she didn't know what was going on and by this time she is really loopy and she is drooling through her binkie and she just has this la la land look on her face like what is so funny? Roger and I were cracking up!!! Even after surgery she just wanted that stupid thing off of her and she cried about it until we were in the car on our way home and I finally pryed it off of her leg! Trauma!!! Anyway they let us talk to the doctors before surgery and they took her away from me and she was crying and then I wanted to cry because she was crying but anyway we sat in the waiting room and it seemed like only a couple minutes had passed and the doctor was back telling us that everything went well and that we would be able to see her soon. We met her back in recovery and I was so happy to hold her again! We stayed there for about a half hour and then they let us go home! We were all so tired from a long morning that we all took about a 3 hour nap. Macee still has a really scratchy throat from the tube they put down it suring surgery and she tugs at her ears a little bit but other than that she is back to her normal happy little self!! I am glad its over and now the talking begins hopefully!!! Thanks to everyone who said prayers for her and have been concerned for us, it means a lot to all of us.

mAcEe, MaCeE, mAcEe

2008-02-27T20:58:00.000-08:00

My Favorite!!!

Mommy's Sweatheart!

Daddy's Girl!

Blowing Kissses!

Tigers...Scary!

Look at the eyes!!!

Mirror, mirror on the wall...Who's the fairest of them all?

We know she's ours but we still think she is the most beautiful of them all!!!

18 mOnTHs...

2008-02-27T14:59:00.000-08:00

Obviously I don't have a lot to talk about besides Macee since she is pretty much my entire life but I know my family likes to hear about her and what's going on. Macee had her 18 month checkup today and I have to say that I actually had a good experience at the doctors office. Usually when the doctor comes in the door Macee automatically freaks out. She screams and cries and won't let him look at her and do the things he needs to do. I have to hold her down and fight with her the whole time. Just to say she has already freaked out at the nurse when she tried to weigh her but anyway... The doctor came in today and she actually smiled at him:) WOW!!!! is all I have to say. I think he was a little shocked too. I love our doctor and he is so fun with Macee and always tells her she is beautiful and he always listens to my concerns and takes time to talk, I don't feel rushed like you usually do at the doctor. So back to my story... Macee has had a rash for the last week and I asked him about it and he said its just one of those weird things that kids get and its not contagious it doesn't hurt her and it will be there for about 6 weeks he said. Roger is relieved that she's not dying or something!!!(he's very protective and has been worried about her so now he can calm down about it) Shes off the charts in her height again and just right in her weight and head circumference. She gets her tubes in her ears on Tuesday and we are looking forward to her starting to talk. Everyone keeps telling me I will regret saying that but I think it is different when your child actually can't do something yet that all of the other kids their age are doing and it makes me sad sometimes that she still can't communicate with us because it is very frustrating for her and for us as parents. I am a little nervous for the surgery but I am told that her doctor is very good and will take good care of her. Her appointment went very good and Dr. Marsden said she looks like a healthy, happy, and a very well-rounded toddler! All good things to hear as a mom and dad who are always hoping that we are being good parents and making sure that she does have what she needs and that we are teaching her the right things!

OuR LiTtLe VacAtiON!!!

2008-02-20T20:42:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we took a trip up to Lehi-ish to celebrate Valentines Day, Our 6th Anniversary, My Birthday, and Roger's Birthday. Roger did a bunch of planning and got us a hotel room up in SLC and we got tickets to the Utah Grizzlies Hockey Game and we had plans to go spend a day in Park City and do some shopping. We had a doctors appointment on the 14th for Macee because she has to have tubes put in her ears to drain the fluid out so she will be able to hear better and start talking. She has surgery on March 4th. The doctor said it will only take about 10-15 minutes and it is usually harder on the parents than it is on the child. We are excited to get it done so she can start progressing on her speach. The whining all of the time is about ready to drive us all crazy!!! We left after that and got up to Lehi and found out that my brother Blake and his wife Mollie are expecting a baby in Sept. (Congrats!!!) I woke up the next morning with our plans set and had the worst Migraine headache of my entire life. I couldn't open my eyes and it was to the point that it was making me sick to my stomach! Roger got worried that I wouldn't get feeling better so he called and canceled our hotel room for the night because he didn't want to pay for it if we weren't going. Anyway... I layed around for most of the day and eventually felt good enough to get ready and I really wanted to go check out the new Cheesecake Factory before the hockey game! We got there and it was a 2 hour wait and we didn't have time nor did we want to wait so we went to Applebees and then went to the hockey game. I had never been to one before but we had a lot of fun. I watched all of the people more than I watched the game (thanks mom!!!) but it was good to get away by ourselves! We did go to Park City on Saturday and just walked around all of the stores and found a couple of good deals on clothes and especially shoes. We all have Skechers now!!!!! We had a lot of fun and thanks to my mom and dad for watching Macee for us!!! She kept them very busy and now they know why I am so tired all the time! It was good to see all of my family and we got to see Rogers parents on the way back home. We all needed one more day of vacation to catch up on sleep and unpacking but we had fun! Its always good to be back home!

A girl can never have too many...

2008-02-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

SHOES!!!!! So ever since Macee could walk she has been obsessed with shoes. She always has to have shoes on even if they aren't hers. If we go to someones house and there is shoes lying around she will take hers off and put theirs on. She puts Roger's shoes on and they are pretty much as big as she is but she gets the biggest smile on her face and walks around the house. She loves putting on my "witch shoes" as my mom calls them and seeing her try to walk in those is hilarious. If I don't have shoes on she will find some and bring them to me and put them on me. I couldn't resist this post just because I think it is so funny!!

Snow Snow and more Snow!!!

2008-02-03T20:26:00.000-08:00

I had to write about this because it doesn't happen very often. Today it rained and rained and then it snowed and snowed and snowed. I think we have a good 3-4 inches and it looks so beautiful on all of the palm trees and other things that we usually don't get to see snow on. Macee doesn't know what to think about it she just kind of walks around in it like she's not quite sure what it is. I love to see all of the kids go outside and love the snow since most of them don't see it very often. There is such a peaceful feeling after it has snowed and I love it. I keep going outside hoping that it is still there! I miss it snowing all the time but then love it when its sunny and warm! I have turned out to be a fair-weathered friend!!!

Continuing On...

2008-02-03T13:10:00.000-08:00

So I was telling you about what we are doing. Roger is doing school like I said through an online school and will be done in December. He is still working at Jones Paint and Glass and has applied to be the paint department manager in the Cedar City store and we will hopefully find out Mon. if he got the job. He would get a big pay raise and lots of other perks too. We are crossing our fingers and saying our prayers that he gets it! He still is a sports junkie which I don't think will ever change but he likes to do "fantasy sports" online (don't ask me how it works because I don't know) but he is always calling his friends and making "trades". He is such a good dad and loves every minute he gets to spend with Macee especially the stinky diapers! And last but not least I guess it's my turn! I got a job working a couple nights a week at Kohl's for some extra cash and that lets me get out of the house and I get a really good discount on things! I still love staying at home and watching all of the crazy things Macee does and watching her grow and become more independent! She climbed up onto the kitchen table to help me type!! Anyway I like to do crafts with my friend up the road and let the kids play! I joined Weight Watchers a couple weeks ago and have lost 2 1/2 pounds so far. Its slow but will hopefully pay off soon!!! Still more to come...

It's About Time...

2008-02-03T12:07:00.000-08:00

Well I am happy to say that I finally joined the online community. We just got the internet this past week and I finally feel like I am part of the world. I have missed out on a lot of things like "blogging" for instance and being able to keep tabs on all of you a little better than phone calls! Anyway, I will catch you up on our fam a little. Macee will be 18 months at the end of Feb. and I can't believe how fast time flies! She went to nursery (yay!!!) for the first time last week and loved every minute of it! Roger went to check on her a couple times and he said that all of the other kids were screaming and Macee was just staring at them like what is your problem! Funny to me anyway! She is getting all of her yucky back teeth in and let me tell you we are both miserable! Runny noses fevers and sleeping in the recliner!!! I love being a mom and I guess that's what comes a long with it. I wouldn't trade it for the world! My Macee likes to have mom and dad take her picture and we tell her to smile and she makes a cute "cheese" face that makes me laugh every time! (I am waiting for my new camera to come in the mail so I will get pictures up ASAP) She loves to play with all of her friends in the nieghborhood especially the boys! She is a little flirt already! Roger is going to have a heart attack by age thirty (which by the way is in April) because he worries about her so much. He always tells her she can't ever leave the house or date until she's 25! Sorry this is long but I guess I have a lot of catching up to do. Roger is finishing up his degree (finally) and he will graduate this December. I will be throwing a party so you are all invited! I ran out of room on this one so to be continued...