Fun in the snow

First I must send out a big thank you to all who made my 30th the best birthday yet. Thank you for the cards with such loving words, the gifts, the lunches, the coffees (and breakfast sandwiches) , the dinners, the flowers, the surprises. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I love each and everyone of you so much.

Oh, and before I forget Chris got me a PINK BEACH CRUISER ( its a bike) and the cutest bike ever. I will post pictures of it, and me on it. Soon, I promise.

So this past weekend we got away with some of our good friends, the Wiggins, which is always a treat. We went up to Shaver Lake to play in the snow.

Snowball fight between Chris, Adrian, Tyler , William, and Chase.

Chase and Will eating snow. This was Chase's favorite part, all the snow he could eat. :)

Heather and Aubrey, are they not one of the most beautiful mother and daughters ever.

We had a great time, losing only one sled to the water. Chris and Adrian did a great job catching everyone before we landed in the water. I saved one of the best pictures for last, I promised Aubrey I'd post it. So this is for you Aub!

I AM TURNING 30 TODAY ( the 10th) Up until about an hour ago I was sad that I was turning 30. I decided to go through my old pictures of my life up to this point. I have made A LOT of mistakes but you know what if I had it to do all over again I wouldn't change a thing. I love who I am and where I am and I wouldn't be those things if I hadn't.

So as I looked back I was filled with so much joy at all the blessings in my life. Friends, family, the things I have gotten to do and I am ONLY 30. I still have so much living to do and I have already done so much. I just want to share with you some of my highlights in my life.

Where do i begin? I married an amazing man who continues to love on me in ways that blow my mind. Chris loves to surprise me. He has had a limo waiting for me to take me to dinner on my birthday, taken just the two of us to Hawaii, threw me a surprise party for my 29th birthday with my good friends, the list goes on and on. He is an amazing father and husband. thank you Chris for all you do for me. Thank you for your hard work and devotion to our family. Here are some of my favorite pics of us.

Look Chris with hair. Remember those days?



Here is one and only one pic of me pregnant. As much as being pregnant was a blessing I am glad those days are behind me:)

I have three busy boys that fill my life with more love and laughter than I ever imagined. They just love on me in ways that just melt my heart.

My favorite place on earth is Pismo Beach. Here is a picture of the boys and me one morning we got up early and went down to beach to collect sand dollars. It was so early , we were still in our pjs :)

Being on the beach with all my boys (that includes Chris) is considered my perfect day.

Family and friends, what would I do without them.
Thank you all for all your love and support through the years, even when it wasn't easy. I love you all so much. ( my niece Hailey is not pictured, i couldn't find one :( love you Hailey girl )

FRIENDS................. I have some of the best friends a girl could ask for, old and new.
I don't have pictures of all of you that have touched my life in such a special way. Here are a few and if your reading this and there is not one of you i am so sorry please don't feel your not important to me because you are. I may not have one of the two of us ( we need to do something about that) or couldn't find one.

One of the scariest things I have gone through in all my thirty years was when Carson was born. All I could do was pray and trust in God. God gave our family an amazing strength and we got through it. We were told just a couple of months ago that the hole in his heart has closed. PRAISE GOD!

So as you can see I have nothing to be sad about, only thankful. Thiry is not so bad . In fact I can't wait for the next thirty years. Thank you all for blessing my life. It's been an amazing journey and I can't wait to see whats next.

I am so sorry its been so hard "to keep up with the jones' " Any of you that have wondered why they didn't receive a Christmas card its because we didn't send one. I am so sorry. I don't know about anyone else but this Christmas season Nanita has been exhausted. I always have two trees up, my pretty one and the boys. All we have is the boys tree up. They did a beautiful job decorating it.


I only made one kind of Christmas cookie. Well I think you get the point. I am going to let this be my way of telling you that I hope you all had an amazing Christmas. If your reading this then know how blessed we feel to have your friendship and we love you all and hope to get together soon. If your a family member ( I am sorry) know how lucky we are to have so many people who love us. We love you all so much and treasure our time with each of you.

Let me recap the year for you especially for my family and friends back east. I miss you all deeply.

TYLER- Tyler began kindergarten this fall :( We received an amazing teacher, Mrs lamb. We are truly thankful for her. Its been so neat watching him grow he is beginning to spell and read words. Most days he enjoys school, he has lots of friends and even his little girlfriend. He played soccer this fall and was really good. ( I guess I am a little biased) I definitely think he got his daddy's abilities in soccer. Thankfully not mine. ( right mom?)
He has brought so much joy to our family. He has a heart that is so big and caring, he often brings tears to my eyes. His smile and the twinkle in his eyes is enough to make your heart melt.

CHASE- Chase began preschool this year. He did great, not one day of tears. He also has two great teachers, Mrs Jackie and Mrs. Ruth. He continues to amaze us how much he is learning and loves to learn. When Tyler does homework he loves to join in. He has made a friend that he just loves. His name is Tanner and loves having play dates with him. He as well played soccer. This age is so fun to watch, they all just run together. He as well brings amazing joy to our family. He has such spunk. He has the funniest facial expressions. He enjoys trying to take care of Carson, although Carson wants no part of that.

CARSON- Well Carson's biggest news for the year is that the hole in his heart has closed. Praise God!!! Thank you all for your prayers for him. His biggest achievement you ask. HE IS FINALLY WALKING and crying is less and less everyday. He took his first steps at 17 months. He did not play soccer this, but he was boys' biggest fan. I must tell you though that he would walk around the field kicking a soccer ball. He was at all of their games cheering on the side lines. This little man brings a lot of laughter to our family. He is going to be our clown for sure. When he doesn't want to do something he lets you know for sure. He is beginning to talk, not a huge vocabulary but he is saying some things and mimics what you ask him to. He is already trying to join in with the boys. Loves to try and wrestle with them. There is nothing that they do that he definitely doesn't try to do.

CHRIS- I think the most exciting thing that happened to chris this year is I am not pregnant and we didn't have a baby. Our boys are our biggest blessing in life, but were done. ( for now) He continues to sell realestate, and still loving it. i must thank you all for your support whether it was through buying or selling your house through Chris ,or even if you referred someone.
Chris has begun a new adventure in life. If any of you know Chris you that he has a very entrapeneur kind of mind. I am glad he is able to this do this. He and a friend are putting out a new magazine called HRN, home refferal network. keep your eyes open for it. Or give him a call and let him tell you about. We are all so proud of him.
I am so thankful to Chris, he works so hard so that I can stay home and eat bon bons, and watch my soaps:) Seriously, he does amazing job providing for our family so I can do what I want and thats to be home with our three little boys. Chris is still enjoying playing basketball, and is still quite good. He had fun helping coach tyler's soccer team.

We started our fall season out with a trip to the pumpkin patch with Grandma Jana and Papa Rocky.

Here are our little guys all dressed up. We had fun trick or treating at a few of our friends homes and then we sat out front and handed out candy. Tyler had no problem telling kids if they were too old or asking where their costumes were.

FINALLY

FINALLY.......he's taken his first steps. Carson that is. I was away this weekend for a very good friends wedding and I was upset that I was going to miss Chases' first soccer game, but miss Carson 's first steps was making me sick at the thought of it. So I begged Chris to make him sit the whole time I was gone. On Sunday I am pleased to say that Carson took his very first steps right into my arms. What an amazing day. I don't have pictures right now but I will. I hope to even be able to post a video .

My babies started school this week. What an emotional week for me. They were both so excited and there were no tears on their end just mine. I just can't believe Tyler is in kindergarten already. He just loves school and his teacher. Her name is Mrs. Lamb and I could not have asked for a better teacher for him. What an answer to prayers. I have to tell you a funny story that tyler came home and told me. He tells me " mommy I met this girl and she is so beautiful and she smells beautiful too". I could not believe that came out of his mouth. The next day he found her and introduced her to me. I didn't think boys went girl crazy til high school. What ever happened to girls having cooties :)

Here is my little GQ posing for me on his first day of school. He was so excited he ran all the way. I could barely keep up with him.

This is Chase on his first day. He is attending Northside church's preschool. Tyler attended here as well. Chase's teachers are Mrs. Jackie and Mrs Ruth. They are both wonderful and again could not have gotten better teachers. He too was so excited. He did not come home with any stories the way tyler did. I am sure they will come, I will keep you posted.

This is the class pet and we get to bring him home for a weekend. Not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing yet. I'll let you know. :)

We have a lot of fun things going on lately and finding the time to blog has not been there. Tyler, Chase, Chris, and myself had the opportunity to take the boys on Lake Millerton. We went out on Will and Allison's boat. We all had an amazing time. Tyler even went tubing he had so much fun in fact he kept telling us to go faster.

Tyler and Chase even got to drive the boat they thought that was just neatest thing.

Tyler and Chase have formed a special relationship with Will and Allie. My boys just love them so much. They want to either be on their lap or holding their hand. Thank you so much for such a great day.