Kati's 1st Birthday

Kati is my neice. My Brother Tyler's little girl. She turned 1 one July 30th. Such a cutie. We love her and her Big Brother Jet, We all have so much fun together. To bad they live in West Point and we live all the way up here in Logan.

Kati eatin her Yummy cake...she didn't really get it all over the place she was a good clean eater....LOL

This was the best pic I could get with all three of the kids all together. All doin their own thing....

Kati and Brooklyn playing together...sorta

Brooklyn loved Kati's new toy...we better get her some new toys.

I think this is Brooklyn's new spot...she looks pretty cozy.

First time in High chair...July 30th Pretty much 7 months

First time in a chair of her own at olive Garden out with the girls.

Catch Upa

I have been so bad at keeping my blog updated. There are so many things that we have done but so little time to get the word out. I feel like all I do is GO GO GO and never have time for myself. I go to work all day 3 days a week, then run errands, take care and hang out with Brooklyn, visit with friends, and go out of town on my days off. Hopefully now that the weather has changed I can get back into the norm of life and learn to take it easy and stay home. I finally got around to cleaning the rest of my house today. There are so many things I really really want to do but wonder where I will find the energy to do them all. I don't know how women do all that they do or where they find the energy to do them. I want to make a quilt for Brooklyn, put some crafts together, make some flower arrangements, spruce up my home a little bit, and most of all be a better mom for Brooklyn.
The next few posts will be about what has been goin on with us in our awesome lives. Feel free to skip or read which ever you want. LoveA Peps!

8 Month birthday

Yesterday Brookee turned 8 months old. Holy crap where does the time go? She is so much fun. I can't get enough of her. I just always want to play with her and make her laugh or smile. She sure does make life GREAT! We love our little Brookee!

Krystle's Baby Shower

On Aug 15th My friend Heather and I threw our friend Krystle a baby shower. It was so fun. We hadn't seen Krystle for a long time and she had never seen Brooklyn, we know pretty sad huh! Ah well we got all caught up and had a great time. Lots of people came and she got lots of way cute gifts for her cute little baby girl to come. Lots of Pink and Brown...my fava! She is such a cute CUTE Prego girl. I love ya Krystle, and Heather. It was so so SOO absolutely wonderful seeing you two. I hope we can see each other again soon!

Brookee finally took a nap

Krystle, her mom and her sister whom is also pregnant an was due at anytime

Heather, Krystle, Me, and Brooklyn

Cute Cute Krystle

all the Yummy Food

The Martin Harris Pageant

On Aug 14th Clarke and I went to the Martin Harris Pageant in Lewiston. We have never been before but have been wanting to go ever since we were married. We thought it would be nice to go and take our little Brookee cookie with us. We just happened to run into our friends from our old ward, Leslie and Jeremy Drake. We love them so much they are hilarious and we miss them and all of our cool buddies from that ward. They live in SLC and were up here bc of a ward activity. Jeremy is the bishop and they have family here in Cove so it was easy for them to come up for the weekend. It was so AWESOME to see them.
We loved the Pageant. It really was so good and so fun. We will most def go again. To top it off a member of the twelve was there too. We didn't see him but it sure was nice to feel that powerful presence.


Jeremy and Leslie Drake....They are so DANG cute

The Sweetest thing

This is what I saw when I walked into our bedroom one morning. (I had already feed Brookee and got up to get breakfast ready for Clarke and I, They both fell back to sleep) Isn't it the sweetest thing in the world?

7 Month old Pictuals

One of my greatest Friends took these amazing pictures of Brooklyn. Isn't she so stinkin talented. Holy Crap I can't get enough of them. Check her on my link I have posted. She is having a Sep Special and obviously it would be well worth yo mula. I know it was mine....EnJOY!!!

Mom can we get a dog

Brooklyn LOVES puppies and dogs. She is totally fascinated with them. She doesn't mind on bit if they come right up to her face and lick her, sniff her or run around her. She just laughs about it. In fact the first time she laughed she was playing with our neighbors dog. It was the cutest thing EVER!!! This little dog is our Grandma Anderson's dog. Her name is Sam. She is a crazy dog and was quite mellow around Brooklyn which surprised us all.

Hot Riden

Ever since Clarke got me a new bike I have been wanting a bike trailer so I could take Brooklyn with me on rides. So we decided to get one last week. It's not the nicest trailer but it works and has been so fun to have. We just strap the car seat in and put Brooklyn in the car seat because she is still to small to sit up all by herself in there. She loves it just as much as we do!!! We went on a 7 mile bike ride. It was blazin hot so we stopped at the Logan River down on the Island to cool down.

Do you ever Feel like.......

Warning: You do not have to read if you don not want to. This is a post merely for myself and documention.

Do you ever feel like your less than ordinary. Feel like you can only handle one job at a time. Feel like people think your crazy. Feel so selfish. Feel like everything you do is wrong. Feel like your never going to make it. Feel like a bad mother. Feel like a bad wife, daughter, aunt, sister, friend and granddaughter. Feel like the world has stopped and everything is going to crash on down on you. Feel like your not good enough. Feel like you have no idea how you will get through the day. Feel like you don't know how to do your job. Feel like a master at one thing and a complete failure at another? Well these are my thoughts and feelings this day an age. I am feeling quite inadequate at this moment and like a failure at the things placed in front of me. I am scared to continue being a mother (there is no going back of course) I don't know how to be the best mom for Brooklyn, nor the best wife and the best employee at work. I feel like I have way to much on my plate yet not enough. I feel like I could just explode or drop dead, this may be the result of running on 4 hours of sleep on a 13 hour day at work..who knows. But this is how I feel at this moment in time. There are a lot of things in my life that I need to do better at, like most of us, one thing, that I also think is HUGE and I regret putting it off so much is praying daily, alone in a quiet spot all alone and asking for Heavenly Father's help. It is a growing process every day. I know this may sound completely ridiculous and a cry for help, it's not I promise I am simply just pouring out my heart and what is on my mind to relieve some stress and feelings, this is my out.

My most recent goal comes from the Ensign. The talk 'Open the Heavens' some how this talk really got through to me. It talked about how we should take a few moments EVERYDAY and find a quiet spot to open the heavens essentially, To open up your heart to your father in heaven and tell him how grateful you are for what you have and tell him your hope and dreams and then only then can he help you if you just ask. I know this isn't a confession session or whatever but I have not always nor am I good at saying my prayers and reading my scriptures everyday, like a lot of us I presume. Not only am I horrible at remembering to follow these small and simple gospel principals I have not been to the temple since last fall. I am not happy about it and believe is it a result of my unhappiness or lack of confidence and only 'I' can change that and just GO, right. Ya well when you work all the time and have a day consumed by the daily tasks of what to eat, what to clean first, what to do with the baby to help her learn new things, when to leave the house, who could watch Brooklyn, when will Clarke get home, what should I fix for dinner, should we eat out, should I go work out. YA these are all excuses I can no longer use. I NEED to go the temple. I have deprived my family of the wonderful blessings that will come as long as I continue to follow the lord. My point in writing this goes back to my goal, I have made myself a promise that I will find a spot EVERYDAY to pray in silence and by myself and express my gratitude for the things in my life and to help me be a better Mother and much much more. Also to read my scriptures. My friend gave me the idea of taking your Book of Mormon with you where ever you go, when you have a few extra seconds while your waiting for something pull it out and read it. So starting today I took my Book of Mormon to work and read it when I had a few extra mins. I was very touched and a single small feeling came over me that I recognized and it relaxed me and helped me get through the day. I was not ashamed to pull it out in front of my co-workers and I know that may sound weird but I know that all of us have felt a little bit awkward at times when reading the book in front of people to not offend others. I will not feel that way anymore, because who knows it may be just the prefect missionary experience.

Sorry this post is so strange and went in a couple different random directions. I was spilling it all out. Hope you don't mind....If you even read it!

6 Month well check up

Brooklyn got to go see the doc on tues July 21st. It's pretty fun to see how much she has grown over the months and see the changes that she is making.
Brooklyn weighs 13 Lbs 15 oz (10%) and is 25 in (50%).
The doc tells me to make sure that she is getting 24-32 oz's daily. However I am still nursing so I have no idea how much she is actually getting but he says whatever I am doing is working and not to worry!

Brooklyn can: and she:
-sit up on her own
-eat finger food all by her self
-scoot everywhere
-Laugh (finally, but only when she is in the mood)
-sit in her high chair
-gets chunkier
-smiles at EVERYTHING
-loves to be talked to and LOVES people
-has a attitude
and we still love her so much! Every day we can't get enough

Happy Pioneer Day

I am so grateful for my ansestors who came and settled in this land. Without them who knows where we would be. I'm grateful for the hard times they had to go through. I have been on a couple Pioneer Treks and had a slight understanding for those pioneers and their journey. What a spiritual experience those Treks really are. I loved being out there in the middle of nowhere just wondering what they must have really gone through and how they felt also what where they thinking. I would have no idea which direction to go in, everything was just desert and looked the and still does. All they had was the Lord to guide them and the Prophet and leaders, who also were lead by the Lord. How grateful I am to their dedication to the Lord and following the spirit. I love celebrating Pioneer Day. I hope I can follow the Lord more and more everyday! Unfortunately I have to work.

Happy Pioneer Day!

Sat.......my favorite day of the week

Can I just say that I LOVE my life so much, I just might cry! I love being a mother, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a niece, an aunt, a granddaughter, but most of all I love being a wife to the most handsome, caring, loving husband in the whole world who gave me my baby girl. Her and I are so lucky to have you baby. We love you Clarke. You are the BESTEST! I love our families so much and our friends. We are so lucky to live where we live and know who we know. Thank you to everyone who has impacted our lives in more ways than one! Happy Sat.

Sneak peek

We got our family pictures taken last night by one of my very great friends. Kassandra Namba. She took Brooklyn's new born pictures while we were in the hospital and we absolutly loved them. She is so talented and so fun. She does incredibly well with little kids and babies. I was super impressed.
We love ya Kas and thanks again so much!
Her website is nambaphotography.blogspot.com if you want to check her out.