MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! TOMORROW WE WILL LOAD UP THE FAMILY AND START THE 1776 MILE TRIP BACK TO TOM'S MOM'S HOUSE. I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW THE GIRLS DO ON THE TRIP. THEY LOVE TO GO ON CAR RIDES BUT WE WILL SEE HOW MUCH THEY LOVE A JOURNEY IN THE TRUCK! SANTA CAME EARLY TO OUR HOUSE. WE HAD TO CALL HIM TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HERE! WE OF COURSE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO FORGET! SO HE BROUGHT THE GIRLS DVD PLAYERS FOR THE TRUCK, DVD'S, TOYS AND TONS OF CLOTHING. THEY MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR! DADDY GOT TOOLS, NEW BOOTS, SOME COMFY PANTS, TOOL BOX, CREEPER, AND A HAT. MOMMY GOT AN OPAL RING AND NECKLACE, NEW SHOES AND CLOTHING. I KNOW THE TRIP BACK HOME IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY FULL OF VISITING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE!
THE WEATHER HERE HAS NOT BEEN AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR SO I THINK GOOD OLE MOTHER NATURE WAS TRYING TO PREPARE US FOR THE COLD WEATHER. ZADA HAS NEVER SEEN SNOW AND ZOE WON'T REMEMBER IT.
WE WELCOMED 9 NEW PUPPIES INTO OUR HOME ON MONDAY. NANA WILL BE DOG SITTING WHILE WE ARE GONE. SNOWBALL HAS BEEN GOOD SO FAR ABOUT THE GIRLS BEING AROUND (EVEN WHEN ZADA IS A LIL ROUGH WITH THE BABIES).

WE WILL UPDATE ABOUT OUR JOURNEY WHEN WE RETURN HOME TO THE SUNNY SOUTHWEST.

A friend from school....

ok just to get you up to date...myspace has been the greatest thing for keeping up with people that i went to school with. Just about 2 months ago i found a friend on myspace that i have not seen since June 1999 (graduation day). I was totally saddened from what i read...she has cancer and it is bad...but she is fighting the battle. I don't know her husband but from what i read she COULD NOT ask for anyone better. She is still pretty as ever! I just read an update and it wasn't good news...i sit here in the house with only the noise from the tv and think about life. I think about the little things that i used to take for granted until i had a child that needed alot of medical attention along with alot of attention from Tom and I. I thank God everyday for mine and Tom's health so we have the power to fight on for Zoe...i know how my friend feels and i just wish i could hold her right now. We weren't close in school but coming from a small town it all hits home. I think of how lucky i am to be able to put my two little girls to bed everynight and then go to bed wore out but knowing it is from taking care of my family. It just isn't fair that some people don't lift a finger all day and they still go to bed wore out...i honestly wish everyone was as lucky as us with our health.

sorry i know that was alot of rambling but it was just my thoughts at the time....i have to work tomorrow so i need to finish making thanksgiving dishes and get my butt to bed!

~~until next time~~

Happy 1st Birthday Zada!

Our baby girl turned one on November 7th! We celebrated with family and friends on saturday. She opened lots of cool presents, ate a big lunch, smashed lots of cake and got 3 baths all in one day! oh and a nap of course! We want to thank everyone that was here to help us celebrate this milestone!

We went trick or treating in Gold Canyon and got a ton of candy and other goodies! It was very nice about...about 70 degrees when we started and 60 degrees when we loaded back in the truck for the beautiful ride home. This was of course Zada first Halloween and she loved dressing up. She made sure everyone saw her when they passed on the street. The picture isn't the greatest but how well of a picture can you really get with an 11 month old and a 2 year old...."Thank you Nana for getting us ready to go out and Thank you to Steve and Cheri for letting us come to their extra special neighborhood to trick or treat"

work...

well today at work i did a little thinking...why don't people just suck it up and help others out that have alot to do? i work mostly with good people but there are a few that think they are wayyy too good to help others out. I usually have my work done by 10 or 11am...so then i do deposits, spreadsheets, invoices...what ever needs to be caught up on...i go look for stuff to do cause i respect the company i work for and if they are paying me to be here then i need to be doing something. i couldn't ask for a better company to work for...yeah i get the short end of the stick at times but that happens no matter where you work. one girl is always putting calls into voicemail so she can eat...what kinda crap is that!! ok enough venting about work....

My uncle John got to my parents house last night. I went over and visited for a few then of course i had my duties at home to take care of so i went home but home to spend a little time with him this evening after work. He has to leave back out Thursday morning to head back home with a new load of travel trailers. oh and....he brought me some homemade peach jelly!! i am excited...i think i will have toast for dinner!

hope everyone is having a great day!

My husband....

ok...i have the greatest husband in the world! he has always put up with alot of crap from alot of people and still to this day won't turn his back on any of them. Last night we went to the drive in...they are open year around out here...and watched the Marine with John Cena. (great movie!) But it seems like everytime we go to the drive in to get away from work he ends up working!! Everytime we go someone asks us for a jumpstart!! And of course he is not going to tell them no so he does it for free each and everytime.

He is also wonderful to me and the girls. Of course he has made his mistakes...he is far from perfect in most eyes...but in mine he is perfect. I couldn't ask for a better life partner!

Anyways i guess i am done bragging on my hubby...sounds like the girls are starting to wake up from their nap and it will soon to be time to carve the pumpkins!!

The start...

Thing are going crazy around here...but what is new about that in our house! The weather is starting to cool off, work is going crazy and the kids are growing like weeds. Another birthday party is being planned, a trip back to Indiana is in the works, christmas shopping must get started soon...and yet i decide to start a blog! After reading a girl from high school's blog the other day...and i read it from beginning to end in one day...i thought it would be a good idea to start this because everyone changes so much.

So far our lives are plugging along like every other american family with two small children. There is work, breakfast, lunch, dinner, doctor appointments, bath time, play time, bedtime, naptime...it is never ending...

I will try to update this regularly but with two little ones and a fulltime job i am not sure how often that will be!

Lots of Love to everyone!