Demanding Friends, Taylor Sweet Sixteen

This is for Sara L…. Didn’t think many people read this blog.. But since she DEMANDS and entry… Here you go!!!! (Deep down thanks for motivating me)

First –

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN TAYLOR!!!!!!! I hope your day is fill with much love and happiness. (We will be posting a pictures of the roses we got her along with the balloons Jackson picked out when I get home…) I can Hardly believe that she is 16…. Thank goodness we are not allowing her to get her drivers license…. EVERYONE YOU ARE SAFE!!!! Until she moves to SD. Then watch out, because I think she will get her license there..

Friday is our big party at Amazing Jakes…(Geez my copier keeps Jamming… I’ll be back…) Ok I am back…. So the party should be good. We will have ALL the grandmas here as well as our good friends the Castertons. So we should be able to have a good time..

As for me and my job search well its going… I spent 2 weeks in MN to unwind, which I needed to badly. My brain was fried and my stress was high. But a massage before I left and being surrounded by Family was good. I ended up at my sister Sarah’s most of the time. I got to babysit her kids for a week. We all had a good time and Jackson loved playing trains with his cousins!! I cam back to AZ to work my contract job, which is ok. Pretty boring but it pays the bills for now. I have an interview today with a recruiter, so those are always fun. But a real promising interview tomorrow and one other great lead from one of Jamie’s friends. That job is close to Jackson’s daycare so you can’t go wrong with that!!!! I am praying that one will pan out the best.

Other than that, I am enjoying some time with my mom. Writing my blog for my DEMANDING friend Sara. (However, its good to know you are reading it!!!) and going to get back into scrapping. That is thanks to my friend Nancy (from church)! We had a great time scrapping last Saturday night. Oh and loving a new drink called an Apple Tini (Thanks Kim, My neighbor and friend who has gotten me addicted to those! Can’t wait for eggs rolls and clue on Monday!)


I will fill you all in on my interviews and let you know how they go. Please pray for me that I find a job soon.

Umemployed..............

Well today is day one of being officially unemployed. It seemed weird not going in and seeing all those familiar faces. Today was a weird day. Kind of hard in a way. I really enjoyed the friendships I had made at FMP and already greatly miss my co-workers.

Well I will continue to lift them all up and hope that they found a job... Carmen we all know that you have one!! LOL... But I am sure the right job will come around for all of us.

I did have an interview today, which went ok. Not sure if I am the right fit for the job. I think I had a little too much energy for the guy...

Well I will be signing on from MN. Jackson and I leave Thursday. I am excited to get a break and just clear my thoughts. I will be gone for about 10 days...

New pictures from trip will be posted!

Baby Jasmine~

CONGRATS TO LAURA BROOKS & TAYLOR ON THE BIRTH OF BABY JASMINE!! SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT! WE WELCOME YOU BABY JASMINE TO THIS WONDERFUL WORLD! THE LORD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH WONDERFUL PARENTS, AND THE GREATEST BIG BROTHER!

Jackson's Birthday

Well Jackson did have a great birthday! I realize that I am a month late, but hey better late than never!!!

So check out his kicking cake that Aunt Chrissy made!!! Can we say grand champion material if we were at the county fair!!!

Can you see that we had a Nemo party? Yes my son is obsessed with Nemo!!! He would watch it everyday if he could. So below are some snap shots from his pool party we had in Aberdeen!!!

Jackson sitting with his Grandma while eating his yummy lunch!!!

Sophie Bear eating up her beans!! They were super yummy!!


Andrew, Jenny, and Adam swimming in the pool!!


Alex and Sarah


Andrew being a ham for his Aunty Jenny!!

Princess Abigail!!

Now take a look at what Jackson got from his Aunty Net, Jeff, Sarah and Ryan!! Now this is perfect!!!

I will have more pictures to post. I just have to download them. I hope everyone enjoys them!!

Me & Rylee!! We are best buds!!

Well when we traveled to South Dakota for Jackson's 2nd birthday I was so excited. I finely got to meet my nephew Rylee!! He is absolutely adorable and he and Jackson were like Peas in a pod! The pictures really tell it all. It only took a few minutes and they were best buds!!

My baby boy and his BAND Aides!!!

Jackson is obsessed. He loves BAND AIDES!!! So I caught him in the act!!! Climbing on his dresser to get the band aides down. Of course while I am laughing and trying to be serious, he looks at me and says Cheese!!!

"Where da basketball hooop? Where it go?"

So we took Jackson to his first hockey game on sunday night. The frist thing he said when he went into the US Airways center was... "Where da basketball hooop? Where it go?" It is funny how someone so young associates events with places. He knew that is where we go to watch the Suns play and was totally confused. But it didn't take long for daddy to explain what hockey was and Jackson was totally into it. Here are some of the pictures!! PS He had also gotten another haircut!! Please note that I DID NOT CUT HIS HAIR!!! We did go back to the hairdresser to have her fix the crooked cut!

Like any sporting event, Jackson loved the mascot! He could find the "bird" anywhere in the buidling! As we were leaving the "bird" was right by us and Jackson wasn't even scared about seeing him or giving him a high five!!