Josh and Trish

Bring It On, Summer

2010-05-12T19:45:00.000-07:00

People always wonder how we can stand it in Phoenix during the summer. 'It's so hot!', they say. Well, we have the greatest air conditioning in the states. This summer is compared to harsh winters up north. So, we go from house to car to the store or wherever. From air conditioning to air conditioning. We love the pool and the sprinklers. We love to stay cooped up inside in the afternoon, just like we used to in Durango with all the snow around us. We live close enough to the beach, but don't have to live in California. So, with that, bring on the summer, Phoenix, and let's get it over with, okay? (By the way, this photo was from last summer, we're not yet in summer here, yet!)

our little SWEET AND SASSY lady...

2009-09-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

So the past couple of days I have been alittle bit sad about how fast our little baby girl is growing up. Everyday she looks older and bigger to me. She is 1 going on 16. She definitly has got her own agenda. She loves baby dolls and pushing around her shopping cart. Her most favorite thing in the whole world is shoes...I have no idea where she got that!!!! all day long she is bringing me shoes, then she will turn her back to me as a clue for me to pick her up so that I can properly put on her shoes for her. Yesterday she brought me some of bradens spongebob square pants underwear so that she could try them on. It was a fabulous sight to see. If you can picture it, she had a chocolate pudding mustache, some slippers that were way too small for her and some sponge bob underwear on over her diaper. I think after yesterdays outfit she will for sure be in fashion design. She loves to let me do her hair and She loves to have her toe nails painted. She is the sweetest little girl and so easy to love and take care of. You never hear a peep out of her until her brother is trying to steal a toy....she is definitly not a push over...thats why I call her the sweet and sassy little lady. These pictures are a few of her as she has grown the past year and a half....enjoy!!!

HOORAY FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!

2009-09-06T14:12:00.000-07:00

I love this time of year....the summer is on its way out, the leaves will start turning soon and most of all, college football has begun. The greatest memories I have from growing up were watching BYU football. My dad is a huge cougar fan and made us girls huge fans too....we really had no choice cause we only had one t.v. so we were forced to watch, but I must say at least I now have an appreciation for some good old college football. Josh is probably more excited then I am. We will be cheering on our favorite teams...ASU and BYU. Hopefully they can get to a bowl game this season!!!!

Just thought this was cute...

2009-07-30T13:49:00.001-07:00

Braden mowing the lawn with josh... Josh mowing the lawn when he was super cute and little

Just was looking at some pictures and stumbled across this one of josh mowing the lawn when he was little, then I remembered we have the exact same one of braden...so I thought it was blog worthy...:)

These pictures alone will reduce teenage pregnancy.....

2009-07-26T14:06:00.000-07:00

AAAAhhhhh yes, the joys of motherhood. Need I say anymore? You know I have often heard people say "be careful what you wish for"...did I ever listen? NO. The other day I was whining and complaining through many texts messages to my poor busy husband that I was in fact "BORED". As I was sitting having a, in my mind, very appropriate pitty party, I realized that I didn't know what my two very curious little children were up to. I also realized that they were very quiet. When I found them I almost passed out. After seeing the mess and seeing the fun they were having sliding around in yoke, Braden decided it would be even more fun to throw an egg at his "bored" mommy. All I have to say is thank goodness for lysol wipes.

Mackenzie is FINALLY walking!!!!

2009-07-24T19:17:00.000-07:00

My much needed get away....

2009-07-24T14:34:00.000-07:00

I know this doesn't look like a pony...Braden was just doing some "mutten busten" Isn't the jam so pretty?

These are my first four loafs of bread....one of them I made into a cinnamon roll loaf

I am a bit late posting this but still wanted to anyways. For the fourth of July, and our anniversary, Josh and I took the kids up to beautiful utah to visit with both aunt Amys. We had a great time. Josh, the kids and I were introduced to Amy's new boyfriend Eric. He is a great guy and fun to be around. I also was lucky enough to go to lunch with amy on her birthday. It was alot of fun. Mackenzie and I really enjoyed our lunch with the birthday girl. The next night I went up to Amy's birthday party in South Jordan. Meghan threw the party for her...it was a great party with alot of her closest friends there. It was alot of fun seeing Meghan up there too. Since I was staying with my sister amy in pleasant grove, she offered to watch the kids while I went to the party. I love my kids, but it is nice to be alone sometimes. :) Another couple highlights of my trip were going to Thanksgiving point to the animal farm. It was a super hot day but we had alot of fun. The kids got to ride the ponies there. Braden had a blast!!! I also was taught by my BROTHER IN LAW David how to make jam. I have always wanted to learn and this was a great opportunity for me. We made strawberry jam. It was so much fun and so much easier than I had thought it would be. I will always laugh whenever I make jam because I will remember that my "macho" brother-in-law taught me how. Thanks dave!! Once I got home to durango, I started teaching myself how to make homemade bread. It is a lot of fun. I have lately become extremely cheap and obsessed with trying to stretch a dollar. I think that if I can do something, or make something myself I will do it. It only costs me $.84 to make one loaf of bread. I know thats not saving much and some may think its not worth the trouble, but its a great way to get out aggression :) also, it makes me feel like I accomplished something. This summer has also been "the summer of chocolate covered strawberries". I am absolutely obsessed with making them...there are so easy and absolutely delicious. Josh doens't complain one bit....he likes them more than I do. If I keep basing all of my new hobbies around bread and chocolate I will be over 500 pounds soon....I better take up running or something.

a nation without heros is nothing.....

2009-07-16T14:06:00.000-07:00

Josh lately has been recording all of the band of brothers movies on t.v. and it has been driving me nuts because it takes up so much of my dvr space. I feel alittle bit stupid and ungrateful for complaining now. I got this story from my friend rushele and it really hit home. I think as americans we can sometimes forget how lucky we are to have the freedoms that enjoy...we also forget who won us those freedoms. When I lived in arizona I would often complain of senior citizens driving too slow in their golf carts in front of me....but I think if we realized that most of those men and women that sometimes frustrate us gave up so much for our freedom, we would react differently. Here is a good story, I don't know if its true or not, but it makes you think.
We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services. I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers. Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them. I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't know> who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle", the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat. Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made. Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 . . . " at which point my heart skipped. At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped. I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland , into Arnhem .." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . . and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France , and he said "Yes. And it's real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach. He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this. Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer. There was no parade. No big event in Staples Center . No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage. No weeping fans on television. And that's not right.Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. Please forward> this email to everyone you know. Especially to the veterans. Rest in peace, Shifty. "A > nation without heroes is nothing."> (Roberto > Clemente)

Our story....

2009-07-01T11:58:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow Josh and I will be celebrating our 5th anniversary....I can't believe it. Time has flown by. Since we will be on the road to utah tomorrow, I thought I should post this today. For as long as I can remember, I have had a huge crush on Joshua Fenn. Since the day I laid my eyes on him in primary, I was in love. I remember in elementary school wanting to go over to the side of the play ground that he was on to just stare at him...and strut my stuff. I remember caring what I wore to school so that he would notice me. I remember in third grade I got these really cool L.A. gear shoes. I called them my michael Jackson shoes cause they were white and had alot of silver buckles on them....(R.I.P. michael) anyways. I remember being so excited to wear them to school cause I was sure he would notice me then. Time went on and Josh and his family moved up to the moutains. Our families got together a few times while they lived there. A bit later his family moved really far away to arizona and out of my life. I was sure I would never see him again. I would often hear about him and think, "man that josh fenn is so hot." A few more years went by. I went on a mission. Three months before I was finishing my mission, my mom suggested in an email that I write to Josh Fenn cause he was single....lets just say I jumped on that. I wrote him asking him if he remembered me at all. he promptly wrote back.....Josh and I continued to write back and forth for the last three months of my mission. We did our dating pretty much through letters. I still remember the day that Josh signed his letter "love, Josh". I got home from my mission on april 8, 2004. We were engaged to be married on May 1, 2004 and married on July 2, 2004. I love you big daddy. You mean the world to me. Look how far we have come in five years. I am grateful that you are my eternal companion....Happy anniversary Joshua Ryan Fenn.

Josh and Braden

Josh and Mackenzie

Braden actually volunteered......

2009-06-29T07:15:00.000-07:00

Braden has always kicked and screamed while getting a hair cut. I even would take him to this cute little salon just for kids that had candy, a cool car to sit in and a movie to watch. He would fight it there too. I would get home and he looked like he had cut his own hair....and i had just spent about twenty bucks. So I decided to just do it myself. I would take Josh and I both to do a simple buzz cut. Josh would have to hold him still while he screamed and kicked and faught. Well the other day Braden was sitting on my lap and I was playing with his hair and I said, "Braden, I think its about time for another hair cut." Usually he would run for the hills when he heard those words. I don't know what happened but he got up and went outside and sat in the chair we have out there and said "mommy hair cut" We couldn't believe our ears...I ran and got the clippers. Josh started to cut his hair and he didn't make a PEEP!!!! Here are a few pictures of his hair cut and the fabulous reward afterwards.

Caught in the act!!!!

2009-06-28T12:02:00.000-07:00

So I have proof that my child is, from what I hear, a perfectly normal little boy. I couldn't resist taking this picture the other night because it was just too funny and I am starting a collection of black mail photos for when he is older. Can you resist those precious buns?

Our trip to Silverton

2009-06-27T19:43:00.000-07:00

This morning Josh and I decided that we need to be doing something every weekend during our way too short time here in Durango. There is so much to do and see. There is a little town right by us here called Silverton. Silverton is an old mining town. Its alot like Tombstone, but nicer. Its only about a 45 minute drive or so. We thought today would be a great time to go check it out so we did. We packed a picnic lunch and grabbed sweatshirts and headed out....thats right I said sweatshirts. It was in the 60's there today. (I never thought that I would be dressing in jeans in the summer.) The drive up was absolutely breath taking. At one point we were up at 10,600 feet. We saw snow up on the mountain tops. I think I enjoyed the drive up and back more than the actual town itself. There wasn't much to do but go into little shops and stuff. We just walked around, looked at a huge steam engine close up and ate at a fabulous little restaurant called "The shady lady". It was my type of place...When I saw it I thought "wow, they named a restaurant after me..hum."
This is a picture of a hot spring we found on the side of the road.
The kids and I at a waterfall we found on the way.

We found the local ward building...it was super tiny. I don't imagine there are very many memebers in such a small town.

The fabulous shady lady. It was an interesting place. We had some fries and root beer floats. We heard the shady lady herself saying that in the late 1800's there were 32 brothels within three blocks. The shady lady was the last one standing. It was turned into a restaurant in 1947.

Mackenzie and I enjoying our little field trip.

Josh and the kids in front of the scary steam engine.

Here is a picture I took as we were coming into town. It is sooo small. You can see the entire city.

Here is a pretty picture of the view.

Snow!!!!!

More pretty moutains.

ATTENTION all moms!! Is this normal for a little boy?

2009-06-26T07:54:00.001-07:00

OK so our little guy Braden has been potty training for the last month or two. Back in may, Josh took him to the father and sons camp out and thought that it would be a great time to teach him to pee out in the great outdoors....like real men. So of course, being the great and supportive wife that I am, I had no problem with a little male bonding. Well here are a few questions for those fabulous ladies out there that have raised little guys before:

1. Is it normal for them to drop their pants at a CROWDED park and pee off the end of the slide.....daily?

2. Is it normal for them to insist on running out in the front yard in only their unmentionables?

3. How do you get them potty trained for during the night? Pull ups are only made in so many sizes you know!

4. How do you convince them that its really not cool to poop in your big boy underwear?

5. and last, how do you convince them that if you don't wear any underwear you will have a horrible rash and want to die?

Yesterday, I was sitting in the living room with the kids enjoying a wonderful episode of curious george and Braden stood up and started pulling down his pants much like he would at the park to pee openly. So, I asked, "Braden, what cha doin?". He of course didn't say anything. He was simply taking off his underwear for some weird reason, then put his shorts back on. I thought that was a bit odd. He continued through the day without underwear on...he refused.....now I don't know if this may be just some rebellion or some kind of cool club in nursery...who knows. I finally told him that mommy thinks its a great idea to wear underwear and when is a big boy and dresses himself he can go commando if he wishes, but until then, we are part of the underwear lovers club. Is this normal? Is there more wacky things to come? HELP!!!!!!

and you guessed it......more pictures

2009-06-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

mackenzie and grandpa enjoying a day at the park.

Braden and Mackenzie on her birthday

Mackenzie in her pretty green birthday dress for st. patricks day

Mackenzie at Jeremy's wedding enjoying a delicious strawberry

Braden acting cool in daddy's glasses

2009-06-24T16:26:00.000-07:00

Just some random pics of the kids. I have alot of picture catch up to do, so there will be alot of random pictures.

just some pictures for fun

2009-06-24T12:56:00.001-07:00

Braden and daddy's day out with Thomas

2009-06-24T12:08:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Braden and Josh went down to the local train station here in town and had a fun day out with Thomas the tank engine. The weather was perfect like always here in colorado. They had so much fun....Braden came home with a fabulous thomas tattoo which I told him if he ever thinks about getting a real one of those it had better say mom inside of a heart or something. Josh told Braden that Thomas had to go take a nap so all week when we pass the train station braden has to remind me that "Thomas is sleeping".....though yesterday he decided that thomas was taking a bath...oh well. We are really starting to finally get adjusted up here. We love the weather. We have only had one visitor so far....come on people.

Our much needed vacation.....

2009-06-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

Josh and I have been planning a Disneyland trip to celebrate our 5th anniversary. When we found out that we were being transferred to durango, those plans suddenly went out the window. I was alittle bit sad because everytime josh and I have been to disneyland together I have been pregnant. We couldn't figure out how we would make this trip work out. Josh's brother is getting married this saturday in Arizona, then the next saturday Josh is scheduled to take the gmat because he is applying for the mba program at ASU, this test is going to be in Alberquerque new mexico. All we could think about is this is alot of driving with kids...aaaahhhh. Well we decided to do it. here is our travel log:

thursday morning-- leave for benson arizona....a 10 hour drive
Friday--help get ready for the wedding
saturday--jeremy and kayleens wedding
sunday morning--leave for california...stopping in surprise to give the kids a break
monday morning--Josh and I are off to disneyland, leaving the kids behind with grandma!!
tuesday night--returning back from disneyland
wednesday-beach trip with kids...laguna here we come
thursday--drive to surprise and stay the night there
Friday morning--on our way to alberquerque
saturday-we get to hang out with friends while josh takes his test
sunday--back to good old durango!!!

Hopefully we survive all the crazy traveling.
updates and pictures to come!!!

I can laugh now....

2009-05-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

So obviously from the past posts, you can tell life has been hectic...but whatever. Josh and I have been having a heck of a time getting qwest to simply set up our internet....to make the long story short they had no information on us after they called and confirmed my hook up order and everything...go figure. Anyways yesterday I was so sick of it that I called to get to the bottom of it. I finally spoke with a few guys that spoke english...they were in utah. That was a relief. I finally got on the phone with someone that could help me. Braden was supposed to be down for a nap. While I was getting some complicated information from the nice gentleman, Braden decided to come out of his room and run around screaming and yelling...he could tell I was on a very important call. He realized that I wasnt paying any attention to him so he stopped. When I was just about done with the phone call, I had to enter some codes to get my internet up and running. As I was getting these secret codes and combinations, Braden pulled out the worst stunt ever. I noticed him opening up the refrigerator....then saw him holding something in his hands, and squishing this object....I got a better look and realized it was a stick of butter....then he proceeded to take this stick of butter and rub it all over my clean refrigerator...then he began to rub it on his arms...then all the way down his legs. He was taking a full on bath with my butter...then he decided to suck on it...which made me want to absolutely barf. I could just see his arteries clogging. Luckly I was able to get off of the phone and catch him before he jumped on my couches. I rushed him over to the sink to wash him off, I turned on the water and being the stinker that he is (obviously), he took the sprayer and started spraying me and the kitchen. aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Lets just say I posted him on craiglist....just kidding. After I recovered from this horrid experience, I started to laugh because all I could think about was the seinfeld episode were Kramer lubes himself up with baby oil? and newman thinks he looks like a turkey and wants to eat him....hahaha. see I always knew that seinfeld would help me keep my sanity, and find humor in a horrible experience.

In need of some mommy help

2009-05-27T10:43:00.000-07:00

So I am sure everyone that has children has at sometime in their life thought "I $DON'T WANT ANYMORE KIDS!!!" This week has been a really trying one for me to say the least. For those of you that are familiar with our little guy braden you know that he has been quite the handful. Everything from the beginning has been hard...lets start with labor shall we...Bradens labor was a good 32 hours before a c-section was offered. He was stuck on my pelvis. At 4 months old he started with ear infections, ended up having to get tubes in his ears because of his horrible ear infections...poor little man. Then he has had a severe speech delay which has caused much frustration for him which has resulted in many horrible horrible temper tantrums which I don't blame him for, I can't imagine how frustrating that would be not to talk. ANYWAYS. The reason for this post is mainly for me to vent about my extremely rough week with this little guy and also to get some comforting words from understanging moms out there....please say someone can make me feel better. You know when your child is giving you a rough time, you often forget that you aren't the only one out there that is contemplating running away with some gypsies. Braden is an extremely strong willed child. I don't want him to loose that strong will, its just hard to deal with a strong willed three year old that pretends he cant hear you, or that he no habla ingles. I understand that he may be having a hard time adjusting to the move and all but I don't know how to fix that. someone, anyone? any and all advice is very welcome.

We made it!!!!!!

2009-05-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

So we finally are here in BEAUTIFUL durango colorado. Let me just say, I really don't miss arizona right now....the weather is absolutely awesome here. Josh and I have always hated arizona in the summer time so this is a real nice treat for us. We have to move back at the end of november, which might be ok so that we dont have to experience the real cold season here. I am going to give a quick update on getting here.....here are some highlights and low lights if you will....

-Josh was gone for a whole week in durango working and looking hard for a place for us to live...nobody wanted to lease for a six month period so he finally found a place right before he flew home on friday night...keep in mind we moved up on saturday.

-I was home alone for a week which I hated. I had to finish painting and packing up the house by myself.

-The night I needed to finish painting and packing up I threw out my back....it was so awesome.

-My brother-law scott helped me get the moving truck and pretty much single handedly packed up our truck before the elders quorum came over. It took the elders quorum only 30 minutes to finish loading heavy stuff that scott and I couldnt get by ourselves. THANKS SCOTT

-Josh didn't actually get home until like 9 pm because his flight was delayed by 45 minutes.. our good friend isaac picked him up for me so that I didnt have to go out and get him....thanks isaac!!!

-I had sooo much to finish doing friday night but we were both so tired that we just went to bed. We thought we could get it all done saturday morning early. it was alot more than we thought, the last minute stuff always takes the longest for some reason.

-while we were finishing up loading our truck, our cute neighbor from next door came over with money. In her thick chinese accent she told us to take the money to feed braden...we tried to give it back to her but she wouldnt take it. I think she thought braden needed 20 dollars to feed himself...hahahah

-we finally got on the road at noon. we wanted to be gone by 10.

-Braden got to ride with dad in the truck....lets just say he loved it so much that he didn't want to ever get out.

-mackenzie rode with me and didnt make one peep the whole time.

we got into durango at 9:30 pm. it was super dark. I was really anxious to see the new place we would be calling home. As soon as we got in the house, I started to notice how filthy it was. It hadnt been lived in for a while. I sat on the living room floor and had a melt down. I was praying that this was a nightmare. I think I was just tired and wanted to be able to come to a nice clean ready to live in home. So thankfully my vacuum was the first thing out of the truck, along with the kids' beds. As I started to vacuum the kids rooms josh started to put together mackenzie's crib. As I was vacuuming braden's room I came across a huge nasty spider. It pretty much put me over the edge...at least I thought. How could anything get worse than this? Just as soon as I finished thinking that, I hear josh yelling in mackenzies room...i was afraid he had found a family of racoons or something in the closet...I ran in to find that mackenzie's crib had broken!!! aaaahhhhh. "I don't get it" i thought to myself, I pay my tithing, I go to church, I don't beat my kids, I limit my consumption of caffenated beverages that I love, I only said one cuss word on the trip up, (ok two)...I say my prayers every night with my husband....aaahhhh...what did I do wrong to deserve this. To make matters worse, mackenzie's play pen was in the mothers attic of the uhaul. it was one of the first things we loaded. Thank goodness josh is a skinny little thing, he was able to squeeze through all of our junk and get it out. We got the kids to bed. We blew up our air mattress and realized we have one blanket and two afgans....now those of you that know about afgans, they are full of holes. josh, being the polite man that he is offered to sleep with the afgans. half way through the night josh got up to go to the bathroom. when he got into bed, he felt like a 150 pound popsicle. He was shivering....he isn't blessed with all the body fat that i was blessed with. hahaha. Josh and I were so cold we felt like we were camping. I then suggested we turn on the heater....we are retarded, for some reason we didnt think about that before...I mean in arizona, you go to jail if you say the word HEATER in the spring/summer time.

To make this horrible, long story short...things are going super good. we got all moved in, and are loving it....our new ward is great and super small. Everyone here is so nice and welcoming. We have some great neighbors. I honestly dont want to leave.
I will write again soon I am sure, hopefully with some actual pictures.

Anyone want to help???

2009-05-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

well Friday is the worst part of all of this maddness. I will be picking up the truck sometime friday morning and well, I am gonna start loading it. Josh doesnt get home from durango until that night so i am going to start getting what I can in there. i am only one girl so if anyone would like to help i would appreciate it. we will be working well into the night friday. Please let me know if anyone will be able to help out so I can expect you.

Durango Colorado here we come....sniff sniff

2009-05-05T20:54:00.000-07:00

ok so Monday morning Josh called me and asked if I was sitting down....I knew something big was coming. He asked how I felt about Durango colorado...all I could think was "what about durango colorado?" He had gotten a call that morning from one of his boss' asking him if we would be willing to move up to Durango to head up a job until it's over in December. Of course we will go. I have been extremely stressed out but it will all be ok. Josh needs to be to work by Monday so that means we will be moving up this weekend. Josh may go up himself then fly back to bring the rest of us up...we will see. I just hope I can get this all done....if anyone wants to lend a hand I will totally appreciate it.

I am putting this on my christmas list!!

2009-04-16T22:14:00.001-07:00

I saw this the other day and thought it was too good to be true...something to help with those horrible hotel maids that steel my stuff. This also works great as a father's day gift...for the travelin' man.

look who's got piggies....

2009-04-15T16:23:00.000-07:00

I have been meaning to post some pictures of mackenzie's new hair style.....here is a cute one of her at the dr. waiting to get some shots for her one year check up. I also have to upload some pictures off of my camara to post about her fabulous first birthday. Until then, here is a cute one.

Our last minute beach trip

2009-04-15T11:20:00.000-07:00

This weekend Josh, the kids and I decided to surprise my mom and Dad. They didn't have any idea that we were showing up. While we were out in california we went to Laguna beach. It was the best beach trip I have ever had. We went to a spot that Josh's mom would take them ALOT when they were kids. I think Josh likes this certain spot so much because One, it is super beautiful, and two because it brings back some great childhood memories for him. I hope we can also frequent this spot with our kids throughout their lives. Here are a few pics that Josh took with his phone since we forgot our camara....I know we are horrible parents. :)

Braden's first day of preschool

2009-03-03T20:38:00.000-08:00

Today was braden's first day of preschool. We are so excited for him to start going to school. We know that it is an answer to our prayers....I can't wait until he can talk and communicate like he should at this age. Josh and I took him a little bit early so that he could meet his teacher and get familiar with the classroom. He didn't cry when we left, but I sure wanted to. His teacher said that he didnt cry at all the whole time. we are really proud of our little guy and will keep an update of all of his progress.

Braden is 3!!! Happy birthday boogie

2009-02-18T09:17:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my little baby boy is 3! Happy birthday little man!! we love you!

Today's crossfit workout..."Angie"

2009-02-17T11:46:00.000-08:00

So alot of you already know about my new adventures in trying to get my fat butt in shape. My brother in law scott has been the one showing everyone how to do it. The way crossfit seperates all the different workouts is by giving them names...some are after women and some are mens names. The men names are names of actual men that have died in the line of duty, be it military, firefighters or policemen. I think the ones named after women have got to be someones ex-girlfriends or something because I swear the workouts named after women are absolutely horrible horrible horrible. Today we did a workout named "Angie"....actually we only did half of it because it was a death wish. A full angie is this:

100 pull ups
100 push ups
100 sit ups
100 squats

we luckly only did half of that...even half was difficult. Since I don't know many women that can do an actual pull up, we do jumping pull ups...that is still hard. My goal is to be able to do pull ups with no problem and run a mile without stopping. I have also set goals to walk at least two miles a day. I am starting to get really addicted to this working out stuff. My brother in law scott did the full angie. Hes nuts..and he does real pull ups. he did it all in 32 minutes. CRAZY. I attached a photo of me doing my pull ups...hahahhah i wish.

Husband of the year!!!

2009-02-15T11:15:00.000-08:00

So I can't believe that I forgot to blog about this...so I am going to do it now because I think its blog worthy..:) A couple of weeks ago Josh found out that another one of my favorite bands was coming to town...The Killers. When Josh told me that they were coming, I almost wet my pants....no wait, I think I actually did, just a little though. Anyways. The tickets went on sale on a Friday at 10 am. That Saturday evening Josh and the kids and I were driving out to mesa to visit with our friends Isaac and Laura, and I realized that I had forgotten to get tickets. I started to get really sad....then I looked over at Josh and he had a little grin on his face. Could it be? Did Josh get tickets? Yes he did. I think I had a huge smile on my face the rest of the evening. I couldn't believe that my fabulous husband took time out of his extremely busy day at work on friday and bought us tickets. I am still in shock. The concert is on April 16th. I can't wait to go....I will for sure give everyone an update on how it went.

WHAT THE ?????

2009-02-14T19:37:00.000-08:00

He made it!!!!!!

2009-02-11T16:42:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday Josh and I attended a meeting to discuss what Braden's needs are as far as schooling. The psychologist and speech pathologist both felt that Braden was well qualified for preschool services. I was super excited to hear the great news. I think I am more excited to know that he scored in normal range for everything but his speech...which helps me feel good to know that there is NOTHING else wrong with our little guy...just a little speech delay. He will be attending school tuesdays thru friday for two and a half hours. I requested that he be in a very structured classroom because I felt that it will help him with his tantrums...they agreed with that. Kids really need structure and its hard when you have a normal life with things to do....I am sure most of you mom's agree. Last night we went and bought him his first backpack. I am so excited for him, but on the other hand I am a bit sad that he is growing up so fast. I know mom's always go through that when kids start kindergarten. If anyone has any advice on how to "cope" with your baby growing up, please share :)

Brother in law for sale!!!

2009-02-06T16:35:00.000-08:00

So my brother in law scott just recently graduated from the fire academy. While in the academy he endured some pretty crappy stuff. To be a firefighter you have to be in pretty darn good shape. To get the new recruits in shape, they were required to do a work out that is called "crossfit". Now my sister julie and I decided, hey we can use a little work out, lets try it out. Lets just say that scott is now captain blood in my book....thats why he is up for sale. I think he is trying to kill us. I just recently learned that this is a work out that the navy seals do.....I now know why, when in elementary school was asked "what would you like to be when you grow up", I never thought hhhmmmm....either a firefighter or a navy seal. Instead I would say I wanted to be something like an ice cream tester or bubble bath tester.
Julie and I started this work out last week...just on the days that scott is off luckly, and it was pretty horrible. I looked really funny doing normal things like going to the bathroom, or climbing up stairs. I was so sore. This week was alot better...running was easier and sit ups and push ups also. My goal is to be able to run a mile without stopping. I haven't had a good workout in about 10 years...hence the large butt.
This week our friend april joined us....then today it was so awesome, there were six of us total!!! Some really fun girls from the ward decided to be tortured with us. It makes it so much more fun with people to endure it with you.
If you want to know more about this insane abuse of a workout, they have a website that shows people demonstrating all the different workouts. I believe its www.crossfit.com check it out its pretty funny.

p.s. Scott really isnt for sale....I wouldnt sell him for a million trillion bucks...he's the coolest brother in law ever. besides, he's not mine to sell :)

My most embarrassing moment as a mommy.....

2009-01-25T20:18:00.000-08:00

There are so many things that have happened since my last blog entry....holidays etc. But I figure an embarrassing moment takes precedent over all over moments...yes even those magical christmas moments. As you all may know, we have been working with Arizona early intervention program to get Braden some very much needed help for his speech. We started the program back in September. We have had a really nice developmental specialist come a couple of times. Now that he is coming up to his 3rd birthday, he will be at the age where he can attend a special preschool if eligible. In order to be chosen for this wonderful preschool, you have to go through a series of testing with some specialists to see if his speech delay is bad enough to require special schooling. Since Bradens 3rd birthday is the 18th of february, the school district has been in a hurry to get his testing done so that he can be enrolled in school by the time he turns 3.
A few weeks ago, we had an appointment with the schools speech pathologist and school psychologist. We had this appointment at an elementary school next door to the preschool. To make my story make sense, I have to explain what this elementary school was like. It was an all indoor school. one main hall way with all the class rooms along the sides. each class room had big windows where all the kids could see out into the hall way.
Ok, so after Bradens testing was over it was time to go. Braden had been playing with some toys that he wanted to take home with us (of course) Being the strong willed child that he is, he was very angry when I made him leave the toy behind. So.....of course a lovely tantrum began. As I walked down the hall way with a crazy screaming heavy kicking child, I wanted to die. Every child had stopped doing their class work to see what was happening in the hall way. Every teacher was at the window to see me walking by, wondering what in the H@## was wrong with this child. Everyone had ran out of their offices to watch me try to not drop Braden. My favorite was the Librarian...she ran out of the library with her cell phone...probably dialing 911 because it sounded like a child was seriously injured. She asked me over and over..."is this your child...is this your child...whats wrong with him." all I could think was...of course this is my child, do you think in your right mind that I would kidnap a child that was screaming like this? HONESTLY!!!!! I was sooooo embarrassed. I felt like the walk down that hallways was the longest walk of my life....i guess it feels that way when all eyes are on you. Learning stopped for a good 5 minutes that day. The best part about this is that maybe they will see that braden is in need of some help. :)
As soon as I got outside of the school, guess who decided not to scream and cry anymore...thats right Braden. I wanted to absolutely die.
We have a meeting scheduled for the 10th of february to discuss what they specialists have decided to do to help us with our little guy. I hope they offer us the preschool. I know he will do really well and learn so much. We will keep everyone posted.

New post coming soon I promise

2009-01-09T21:46:00.000-08:00

I am not sure that anyone is dying for a new post from our end, but just in case that you are, I promise one is coming. I need to download tons of pics before I do.....so hold tight.

The importance of education

2008-11-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

The past couple of years I have been longing to go back to school. These past couple of weeks it has really really been on my mind. I have been debating if its the right time or if it is the right thing to do. Growing up I always thought that my only role in life was to be mother. I know that being a wife and mother are the most important things that I will ever be, but I have realized that I can also accomplish so much more. I need to use the talents that I have been given and also find new ones. Today I am so excited to say that the debates going on in my head are over. My sister showed me a wonderful quote from president Hinckley from a talk he gave in the November 2006 Liahona.

It says this....
"Relief society stands for education. It is the obligation of every woman of this church to get all the education she can. It will enlarge her life and increase her opportunities. I will provide her with marketable skills in case she needs them.

Now the hard part is making up my mind on what I want to do. I would love to be a nurse. Before my mission my major was dental hygiene. aaaahhhhh. I welcome any suggestions. I will keep you all updated on my adventure.

mommy grandma monkey pumpkin

2008-11-11T14:50:00.000-08:00

Oh my little braden has done it again....made me wonder. He has been talking alot more these past couple weeks thanks to his wonderful therapist helping us out. We have all learned alot. Ever since we started getting Braden help, he has been blooming. He is talking alot more and starting to make alot more sense. He has a new self confidence. Since he is learning alot of new words, I am being called a number of wonderful things. Braden started out calling me mommy....then after we returned home from our fun california trip at my mom's, I was then called grandma for a little bit. This last week I some how got the name "monkey". He loves to run up to me and give me these fabulous hugs in which he yells the name of the week....so imagine a toddler running to his mother yelling "MONKEY!!!!!!" sad right? I swear I do my hair and wear make up on a daily basis...just so people don't drive by and yell hurtful things such as "hey you ugly monkey, get out of my way etc." Its a fear of mine....really...and Braden doesn't help when he is screaming "monkey" at the top of his lungs. anyways, this morning when I recieved my fabulous morning hug I was called "Pumpkin". Again, I am thinking my child is trying to say something....am I shaped like a pumpkin? ugh, what will he call me next? I think this week I will teach him to say super model!

Just some pics

2008-11-03T12:14:00.001-08:00

The men in my life......(sigh)

2008-11-02T15:25:00.001-08:00

Halloween

2008-11-02T15:12:00.000-08:00

Halloween was alot of fun this year. Braden actually decided to participate. Last year he didn't want to wear his costume or go up to the door to trick or treat. Last year he basically walked around in a white onesie....people were really confused to what he was. We just started saying he was a white trash baby....some laughed some didn't. Anyways, this year he was supposed to be a firefighter, but didn't want to put on the adorable costume that Julie let me borrow. so we ended up with this interesting train costume. its james from thomas by the way. Once all of the other kids that we went trick or treating with got on their costumes, braden decided to join in the fun. Mackenzie on the other hand had no choice. Julie also let me borrow her fabulous ballerina costume. Mackenzie would give me these funny looks every once in a while like "i hate you for this mom." It was funny. We had dinner that night at julie and scott's house. Gosh Julie, Halloween wouldnt have happened without you and scott....thanks!!!! Anyways, it was a fun night. Now we are even closer to Christmas.....yay!!!!!!

let the games begin........

2008-11-02T09:37:00.000-08:00

Well the wonderful day has arrived my friends.....Braden has used the potty....thats right, Braden has used the potty and really actually enjoys it I think. The other day I was changing his diaper and realized that I didn't have my diapers close by so he got up to run around before I could get back to put on his diaper.(dont worry, he was already clean by that point) Anyways, I asked him if he wanted to try the big boy potty and instead of screaming no, he wanted to try it out. He did number one and two. HOLY COW. I am very proud of the little man.....but where do I go from here? I obviously have never potty trained anyone before so all of you mom's out there need to give me some ideas. I am a bit intimidated of starting the potty training experience. I hear so many bad things. So, any input is appreciated!!!! HELP!!!!!!!

SAVE THE TA TA'S

2008-10-14T21:35:00.001-07:00

ok so the other day I was walking in the Target parking lot and saw this fabulous sticker on someones bumper...."save the tatas" I was laughing so dang hard. So I looked up the website when I got home. I want a "save the tatas" bumper sticker really bad, but I don't think Josh will let me....it might turn some heads at church. :)

Apparently I am a corvette....take the quiz!

2008-10-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

I'm a Chevrolet Corvette!

You're a classic - powerful, athletic, and competitive. You're all about winning the race and getting the job done. While you have a practical everyday side, you get wild when anyone pushes your pedal. You hate to lose, but you hardly ever do.

Take the http://www.tomorrowland.us/sportscar">Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Dedication to Nana

2008-10-10T19:11:00.000-07:00

As you can see, Trish has decided to dedicate the blog background to National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My mom's mother, 'Nana', died of breast cancer May 20th, 2000. It's easy for me to remember the date because I entered the MTC May 24th, 2000. My mom did't want to tell me Nana had passed because I was so excited to go on my mission, and she didn't want me down. I told my mom she was part of the reason I was going, and her passing was a big part of the gospel message. Nana wasn't an LDS member, but was greatly involved and interested in our church activities. I would think to myself all throughout my mission that perhaps she was there, listening to the message I shared with the people (even though it was in Thai). She had a long battle with cancer, and it was tough to see that take such a toll on such a wonderful person, and family. She was the best grandma in the entire world, and being the second oldest grandchild, I was really close to her. I tell Trish all the time that Nana would have loved her! I really do miss her a lot, and this month is special to me. A personal reason for the construction project I am working on (Cancer Treatment Center of America) is Nana. I know she loved me, and we love her so much.

Have you ever wondered??????

2008-10-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered what your family really thinks about your cooking? Especially your kids? Well I must say, I always wonder what josh thinks....he is always so good about eating whatever I make. Today for the first time I wondered what little Braden thought.....but I need not wonder any longer. This afternoon I made Braden some fabulous mac and cheese. Every kids fav right? Well...I put bradens fabulous lunch in a bowl and put it on his tray for him to start eatin away. Everything was fine until I turned around and noticed that he had only taken like one bite of his lunch. He decided that something else was better.....I am sure you can only imagine. Thats right, he was picking his nose and eating it. So there is my answer...braden does not like my mac and cheese. SAD!!!

Speaking of Braden, alot of you know about us getting him help for his speech delay. Yesterday two girls from the arizona early intervention program came over to discuss what their board of therapists decided to do with braden. They are going to be sending a developmental therapist over once a week and a speech therapist over once a month for three months to work with him one on one. When they came over a couple of weeks ago to do their evaluation of him, they found that he scored age appropriate for everything but his speech. Once he turns three, he is turned over to the school district for continued help. This is the part that I am so excited about....On his third birthday he will be then old enough to attend a preschool FOUR DAYS A WEEK for 2 1/2 hours a day. They will be using a normal curriculum and if he shows that he needs additional help with his speech they will have a therapist there to work with him in the classroom. I am so excited. He will have a blast in there. It's a little weird to think that my baby boy is going to be going to school. It's kind of sad to tell ya the truth. I know its a blessing that we live in a country that provides things to children like braden that need a little push to get them going.

My Husband is having an identity crisis

2008-10-05T21:46:00.001-07:00

Ok, so today Josh decided to confess something to me. He listens to Christmas music at work when he is there alone. I think I almost peed my pants laughing.....then I noticed a little twinkle in his eye. One that I have seen before...when I was real young. Then he started to chuckle like an extremely overweight old man would....so I said..."Santa, is that you?" I am convinced that I am married to Santa Claus himself. As you can see in the picture above, he is kind of Jolly....(and a bit of a weirdo).

All joking aside, my husband loves christmas...as do I. Thats explains the random christmas back ground. I thought that I would dedicate this weeks blog background to Joshua and his fabulous christmas spirit. As soon as Halloween is over my christmas decorations are going up baby. I think I am such a big fan of christmas because it means its under 100 degrees here and I can wear pants without sweating so bad that they stick to my legs. yuck!!! Christmas time also means that Home Alone will be playing on every t.v. channel available. I can't wait.

7 Things About the Coolest Guy in the World

2008-10-04T22:44:00.000-07:00

7 Things I Want to Do Before I Die until I'm Dead

Pee into the wind in Antartica
Put at least one more blog post on Trisha's blog (now I know her password)
Go to Thairand, I mean Thailand
Grow a beard, a throat beard
Be the one that goes with Trish on her mission
Learn to sail so I can say, "I'm a sailor, I sail!... Ahoy!"
Lighten up

7 Things I Can Do

Josh talk Thai. Josh talk Thai real good
Whisper sweet nothings into Trisha's ear
Fall in love with Trisha over and over again
Eat my arm
Grow a beard in no time, since the 7th grade
Make my kids laugh. I'm not funny as Trish confirmed, but my kids laugh at me
Give great foot massages for Trish. I don't do that for anyone else....

7 Things I Can't Do

Really eat my arm for real
Stay up all night, really past 10:30. I'm pushing it tonight
Wait till I get home from work
Gain weight (never gotten over 159)
Get enough college football, especially now that I graduated
Get enough of trying to punk Trish the Dish
Get enough of Mackenzie's smile

7 Reason's I Fell in Love with Trisha Suzanne

She is beautiful, oh so beautiful
She's freakin hilarious
She can never get enough of wishful scheming, all innocent of course
Her love of Johnny Cash, Elvis, John Wayne, and Bonanza
All the random things she knows
She's a great kisser
The fact that she actually loves me, that takes a lot

7 Things I Say a Lot

Dang It
Booga Booga Booga Booga
How's Daddy's little girl? I missed you!
I love you? Trish?
You will kiss me, and you will like it!
My prayers, even though they don't make sense sometimes that early in the morning
I'm home

7 Things I Like to Eat

Trisha's yummy food. I'm blessed
Granola bars
Thai food. Hold the random hair, please
My own words, that's great
The ice cream cones from McDonald's that Trish swears are good for me
Lunch
Free food

7 Places I'd Like to Be Right Now

Asleep
Deep, dreamless sleep
In that bed at the Pointe Hilton, so soft
Anywhere with Trish
Camping with Booga
Heaven. Home's good for now
Vacation, permanent vacation with an endless supply of cash

7 things about trish the dish

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

7 things I plan to do before I die:

1. Visit the dominican republic (my mission)
2. Buy a class A motor coach
3. Learn another language other than spanish and english
4. get a bachelors and masters degree
5. go on at least one more mission
6. restore a 1969 camaro and drag race it
7. own a business

7 things I can do:

1. speak spanish
2. play volleyball
3. make my husband laugh really hard
4. play the clarinet, contra bass clarinet, drums, bells, and used to be able to play the flute.
5. teach the plan of salvation in two languages
6. throw water balloons really far while driving
7. convince almost anyone to do anything.

7 things I can't do:

1. wait for my kids to start school
2. wait for my date tonight
3. wait for braden to tell me that he would love to go potty on the big boy potty
4. wait until we can afford to purchase a Class A motor coach
5. believe that I am 27 and have two kids, where did high school go?
6. sew
7. sing

7 things that attracted me to Josh:

1. He's a hottie
2. Thinks he's funny
3. Very spiritual
4. very smart
5. speaks thai
6. he was my childhood crush
7. good kisser

7 things I say most often:

1. Fabulous
2. precious
3. whatever
4. ghetto
5. ghetto fabulous
6. stop it braden :)
7. Do you want a ice cream cone from mcdonalds?

7 favorite foods

1. vanilla ice cream cone from mcdonlds
2. thai food
3. dominican food
4. mexican food
5. steak
6. steak
7. steak :)

7 people I think should do this:

1. emily
2. julia
3. melanie
4. josh
5. meghan
6. amy
7. brooke

Journey here we come!!!!

2008-09-30T16:21:00.000-07:00

I don't know how many people know this, but I am a huge classic rock fan.....and I love going to concerts..any concert. Every year I give poor Josh a hard time because for the past couple of years that we have been married, my favorite band "styx" has come to town. I remember when I had just moved here after my mission to pursue Josh styx came. I was sure that Josh, being the romantic that he is would have surprised his fabulous new fiance with tickets to see them.....lets just say there were no tickets...it was almost a deal breaker I tell ya. Well lets just say every year since I have lived here, (4 to be exact) they have come in concert.....still no tickets. Finally a couple of months ago Josh and I were having a bit of an argument and I decided to bring up my lack of styx tickets and how I am deprived of some of the most basic things that a woman could ever need or want. So......my birthday rolled around here in september and one morning Josh called me from work and said, "hey I tried to find you styx tickets, but they are not touring anymore here in arizona, but Journey is....and I bought us tickets!" Let me just say, my heart stopped...for two reasons. One, styx is no longer touring out here....I want to die. Second, Josh actually purchased something for more than $10.00 on his own...with out my begging first. I love him! I am so excited. Journey is coming here on this friday night. I can't wait. Josh totally scored brownie points on this one...(not that he needed to). I will take my camara so we can take pictures of any concert weirdos other than ourselves!

He's thankful

2008-09-28T21:16:00.001-07:00

Today was a day that I don't think I will ever ever forget. As a lot of you know, Braden has a speech delay. (there will be many more posts about his progress with his speech therapist later). Anyways, this morning I made brownies before church. I decided that Braden needed a brownie. I put him up in his chair and hooked on his little tray and went and cut him a brownie. I put it on his tray and turned around to take a little bite of one myself. As soon as I turned around, I heard him start to mumble like he always does, but this time it sounded different. When I turned back around to see what he was doing, I saw him there with his little arms folded and his head bowed. He was blessing his brownie. Of course I am proud of my little man, but I think it was a big reminder of how precious our little ones are to our heavenly father because he understands their language even when we may not. I hope he continues through his life knowing he can pray about anything...even a brownie.

Braden and Josh-first father and son's campout

2008-09-28T21:09:00.001-07:00

mackenzie's first time with real food

2008-09-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

Well mackenzie had her first run with "real" food the other day. She isn't really a big fan so far. When you put it in her mouth she looks at you like "why am I being punished...why do you feed me such discusting junk." Then she spits it out and shivers. Its pretty funny, we really need to be video taping such funny things. At this point I don't think that she will ever eat solid food. I can just see her going out to dinner with some cute guy one day, and shivering everytime she puts something in her mouth.

Mackenzie's six month check up

2008-09-23T16:08:00.000-07:00

This morning Mackenzie had her six month check up.....and 5 horrible shots. :( Anyways, here are her stats:

weight is 16 pounds 5 ounces which puts her in the 54 percentile
I cant remember what her height was, but for that she is in the 42 percentile
and for head size, those of you who know my children know that Josh is wondering if charlie brown might be the real father. Her head is in the 92 percentile...poor little lady:).
Soon she will have her own weather system. its like spudnick, spherical and pointy in parts. totally kidding. She and braden better have some big brains in there or something.

p.s. Does anyone know what to do with a kid that thinks its a good idea to bite? Braden keeps biting his poor little cousins arm.....soon she will have nothing left.

just a picture of braden

2008-09-22T21:28:00.000-07:00

For those of you gals that live far away and don't see braden, here he is. This is a picture of took of him right before mackenzie was born and I thought it was cute. P.s. internet is finally hooked up!!!

Family update

2008-08-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

Dear Everyone that checks daily to see if my stupid blog has been updated,
I am so sorry our blog is the lamest blog on the block!!! I really do have intentions of being an avid blogger, but because I stupidly agreed with my husband to give dial up, yes, you read that correctly, dial up.....a try my computer is too dang slow to upload any fabulous pictures. I tried three times today, and cuss words almost came out of my mouth...and since there are small innocent children around, I decided to give up on the blog for today. So I will just write an entry..which is better than nothing.
Well as you can all see, little mackenzie made her entrance to life on st. patties day. That was fun. My mom, sister and I made all the nurses and hospital staff chocolate covered pretzels with green sprinkles to celebrate the Irish....what is st. patricks day for anyways???? Mackenzie is the best baby ever. She is always smiling and laughing. She is such a joy to have around. She has been sleeping all night since she was about 2 months old and loves to sleep during the day. Love the kid, what can I say.
Braden is 2 1/2 and he is crazy. He definelty keeps me on my toes. He is in a spitting stage. He thinks its funny. Since my biggest nightmare is him spitting at someone at church or something, all he gets in his sippy cup is water. He is a funny kid. He has a little bit of a speech delay, but the words he can say are, wow wow, oh no, uh oh, wash, shoes, NO, and my favorite Josh. He loves to call josh by his first name. I think its a crack up. The other day I went to wal mart really quick and Braden saw a man in a wheel chair and pointed and really loudly said "oh wow, wow, wow...." I was a little embarrassed.
Josh has been busy working as a junior project manager for Okland Construction. They are building a cancer treatment center of america. He loves it. He has been super busy. He is taking the LSAT in october and applying to law school for the fall of 2009.

As for me, being a mom has kept me pretty busy. I have about 10 pounds of baby weight left to loose. I am currently on weight watchers and really think its easy. I have lost 10 pounds so far.....i want to loose 40 more by christmas...thats my goal. think i can do it?

I promise I will get some pictures up soon!!!!

Mackenzie's Birth on March 17th, 2008

2008-05-03T00:56:00.000-07:00

St. Patrick's Day was a day full of fun and excitement. Trish went in for her C-section after her sister, Julie, had her baby boy, Corey. Mackenzie came out wailing and nashing of gums. She was 18 1/2" and 7 lbs, 3 ozs, born at 1:22 pm. She has grown a bit since that time, but since we are working on updating the blog, we'll take baby steps. She is very photogenic, and definitely looks just like Braden when he was a baby. Braden has begun to be possessive of her, and definitely loves his little sister. Keep looking for more pictures, we promise to get more up before she turns 16!

Ride 'em cowboy

2008-01-06T17:33:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was spent down at Joshua's parents house in Benson, Az. We had alot of fun with everyone there...especially Jeremy's new Beagle puppy. SO CUTE!!!! Braden was extra good this year so he got more toys than he probably knows what to do with. We got him this little sit and spin zebra thing....he doesnt play on it as much as I would have hoped. He only likes to turn on the annoying music every once and a while and thats about it....oh well.