Lagoon ~ summer 2009!!

So for summer I wanted to make it memorable especially after being so out of it from being in heart failure mode for so long and not be able to do much with Kenzie before my open heart surgery. I had wanted to take her to disney land but then after going back to my job and being given a schedule that wasn't what I had worked so hard for let alone was at night when all pain set in even later as physical therapy began the job just didn't work out. Soo in between jobs I had to use any money for a vacation or whatever else from taxes toward bills when not working.
Lucky for us a friends mother bought us season passes to lagoon!! It was so awesome and I'm grateful. It made our summer a blast and memories to look back. Something I feel strongly about since quitting life insurance years back let alone having to pretty much restart life after heart surgery, memories are more important than money. So here are pics of us with friends at many different times through out the summer !

Spencer holding and being silly with Kenzie and Kurtis

Kenzie and Kurtis behind her , Lol

Kenzie and Kurtis

Karyn and Kurtis

Kenzie and Kurtis

Kenzie and Susie

Kenzie and Jayden

We Love Road Trips!! September 2008

Alrighty so here is a blog I've been needing to post among others that will be posted here shortly! My sister Ashley as well as my daughter Kenzie and I drove up (from Layton,UT- home sweet home) to Oregon and Washington for a little road trip- vacation- get away! We stopped in the Portland, OR area to see my friend Ninna and her kids (Caitlynn, Austin, Levi and Timber) first. We grabbed some grub after hanging out at their place for a bit and then we all went to a park near by to play!

Then we headed up to the Tacoma, WA area (Puyallup) and got to stay in a Holiday Inn Hotel for cheap (or free can't remember now) thanks to Ashley working at one down here. (Very Nice since I drove the whole 12 hr.s up! Lol)
The next day we went to a Classic Fun Center (WAYY Better than ours here!) that was pretty much a GIGANTIC arcade and play area for kids (and big kids). Outdoors there were mini golf courses, a few rides and go-karting tracks! We did it all pretty much! My go-kart was kind of slow though, darn it!! :( Ashley won like a gazillion tickets thanks to her winning a jackpot at one of the arcade games! (1,000 to 2,000)



We also went to our favorite mall up there where they have a merry-go-round inside and sell Sour Apple Cotton Candy that we love! (In the picture by my friend Evan, who we also went up to see, I'm lovin' the cotton candy!)


In a shoe store we all tried on a bunch of different hats. We love hats! It was great fun!






The rest of the time (we were only up there for the weekend) we stayed at my Aunt Jan's and Uncle Mark's (Love 'em) in Maple Valley. They are so awesome! We even came up the year before to see them! (and Ninna and her family too- though now she's back in Utah, Yippie!)


Below is a picture of my Aunt and Uncle's Ol' pup Rambo and my cousin Meagan's new pup Laslo! They're so fun and adorable!

Here is a picture of Washington that we took on our way headed back home! Green and Gorgeous!

Sorry there aren't any pictures of my friend Ninna and her lil ones nor of my Aunt, Uncle and cousin Meagan. (My other cousin Scott is in the Navy far away so we missed him - same with when we came up the year before. )

Lil Sis'N'Fam Come up to Swim! Aug. 8th, '08

Ok here's another one finally! So for those of you that don't know. I actually have had two children. The second one I placed for adoption almost 4 years ago (4 yrs on Feb. 21)! I gave/placed her with a family I met through friends of the family that are pretty much like family to me as it is! I met them through Alicia and Shawn Dixon also Aundrea had mentioned them as well while I was in search for good families. If in case I couldn't find a couple/family I didn't feel was right, of course I'd keep her but I thought/knew she deserved better/More! They couldn't have kids on their own and were ready and living right to be able to do so. I wanted the baby to have what I wanted some day for myself and family to be sealed in an LDS (mormon) Temple! It wasn't something I could give her right away and she deserved that. She didn't have any choice in how she was being brought into the world, and I honestly hadn't been living right for some months and knew she deserves more than I could give her. I already had the chance to be a mother as well as could hardly afford to care for her on my own as it was. I had a strong feeling that Lorien and Logan were 'it' but made sure not to make any rash. decisions 'til later. There were other families I was deciding on too. When I met them I'd like to say they had me from Hello, he he but it was pretty much by the end of the evening after having dinner with Alicia and Shawn and Lori and Logan and Kenzie and I then a movie at Shawn and Leesha's. The funny/amazing thing about my choosing them is that Taylor looks just like the two of them put together! I just knew she would too! Lori and Logan are two of the most amazing people I've ever met and I totally look up to them and can confide in them and talk with them about anything, no matter what!

So yes if you've been wondering, yes it's an open adoption. They were/are certified or what not through LDS Social Services (adoption) but since I met them through friends we didn't go through an agency. Kenzie and I get to see them every year around the holidays! This summer though we got a special treat! Since Kenzie and I live in apartments with a pool and hot tub Kenzie really wanted to invite them up for a swim. So when they were going to be up here for Logan's moms birthday they decided to come up for a swim after all! Hooray! So we went to dinner and then for a swim together! It was great fun! In these photo's they are at the Manti Temple where they were sealed together when Taylor was 6 months old! So they came back to show her and tell her all about it! I'm so proud of them and of myself that I chose them. They are our favorite people ever! (Of course I love my family and friends but yea) :P WE LOVE YOU LORI, LOGAN AND MISS TAYLOR MARIE!