Last year I did a year in review as my final post, and I thought that was the perfect way to end the year. I turn my blog into a book, and I think a final glimpse of the year is a nice way to end my book. So, I decided to do it again.
*January 6th started off the new year a little rough when I lost my pregnancy. It was extremely exhausting both mentally and physically. I still grieve the loss of my pregnancy but am doing much better.
*In March, Stacy and I loaded up the children and went to California for five days. We spent the time with Jocelyn and Chris. We played outside a lot and enjoyed a day in Santa Monica. The ocean is truly one of my favorite places to be.
*The end of March Dustin and I were robbed and many personal things were taken from us. It was very disheartening and frustrating to deal with at the time, but we were able to refoot, and keep going.
*In June Aunt Tammy let us have her condo for a week in Bear Lake. Carter and I spent the whole week up there. It was rainy for most of the week, but it was so nice to be away and near the water. Dustin was able to join us for a few days and then my mom, grandma, and sisters came up to visit as well.
*We spent quite a bit of time boating this past summer with the Beazer's. There were some amazing falls, great rides, and a lot of laughs!
*In July we went camping for 3 days at East Canyon. The spot was close to others, which was a negative, but we were right on the water and the company was great! There were lots of laughs, and still a night so many of us talk about!
*In August we went camping with the Beazers up by Bear Lake. We spent 3 days there and loved it! We found an amazing campground, that was free and beautiful. We spent time down at the lake and enjoyed a ginormeous pizza.
*We celebrated Carter's 2nd birthday again at Nathan's this year. We had around 70 people come and go. We had the big water slide, cake, presents, and after a little bbq.
*Dustin and I celebrated being married for five years in August. It is crazy to think we have been married that long. Time flies!
*The last week of October we decided to see what we could be preapproved for on a house. We weren't overly serious, but thought we might as well find out where we stand in case we found something we liked.
*The first week of November, while going through the MRL's that our realtor sent us, I saw a house that I loved! It was the only one I five starred, but thought for sure it was mispriced. Later that week, Dustin and I made an offer on that exact home.
*December 8th we closed on our house!
*December 12th we moved in to our very FIRST home!
*December 23rd Dustin's biological father, his wife, and Dustin's half brother flew into Salt Lake. We were all able to meet and spend a short afternoon together.
*May-October Dustin went through supervisor training. He was only supposed to be trained for 3 months, but after one week back in the food court, they pulled him back out to front end supervisor for another three months. We are praying when a position opens, he will get it. He really enjoyed working up front.
*Late September we went camping with Dad, Kel, and the Hansen's. I was almost died by a side swipe with a moose, I fell out of our trailer due to my darling husband forgetting to put down the stabilizers, my dad and I spent some time fishing, and we all froze the first night. It was a great camping trip.
*August 9 I had a ganglion cyst removed from my left hand. The surgeon said it was one of the biggest cysts he had seen on a hand.
*November 22nd my dad went in for a pancreatic treatment, and ended up needing two stents put into his heart. He is doing much better and we are ever so grateful the doctors did more testing and were able to determine the need for his heart. It could have easily been a different situation.
*In the world a lot of events happened. There was a MASSIVE earthquake in Haiti. We had multiple earthquakes around the world. There was the largest oil spill in history in the Gulf Of Mexico. Chilean miners were rescued from a collapsed mine by a capsule.
All and all 2010 was quite a year. We had a lot of ups and downs, but managed to enjoy our year for the most part. I am not necessarily sad to see the year go, but am very grateful for all it brought.
Once again, I find myself humbled and grateful to every person we have shared this year with. I am so lucky to have the family and friends in our life who share all these moments with us. I am blessed to be able to call upon our support system, and have people to make memories with.
Here is to the end of 2010, and the beginning of 2011! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Friday, December 31, 2010
New Years Eve 2010
This was a very fun New Years Eve for Our Lil Adams Family. It took FOREVER to decide what we were going to do, and plans changed frequently. However, about 4:30 pm we finally decided to go to the Mastricola's and have a kid party.
We arrived about 8:30 and visited with our cronies. We just munched on snacks and caught up. Carter quickly adapted to the kids and was off with them. He had a good time playing with his friends, and watch little cars go around a track, fish on the wii, and play with balls.
The girls were doing make-overs and made so many of us pretty! They got my cheeks INCREDIBLY rosey, but they had fun. Dustin was even a good sport and let the girls do his make-up as well. They made sure all of us got moles!
As the New Year came in, we all vowed to have a good year, and if there was something we wanted to do, we weren't going to talk about it, we were going to do it. After the New Year came, the girls put on a performance for the grown-ups and danced. It was darling! The evening ended with many dancing!
We finally called it a night at 2:30. We loved spending time with our friends and are looking forward to the new year!
We arrived about 8:30 and visited with our cronies. We just munched on snacks and caught up. Carter quickly adapted to the kids and was off with them. He had a good time playing with his friends, and watch little cars go around a track, fish on the wii, and play with balls.
The girls were doing make-overs and made so many of us pretty! They got my cheeks INCREDIBLY rosey, but they had fun. Dustin was even a good sport and let the girls do his make-up as well. They made sure all of us got moles!
As the New Year came in, we all vowed to have a good year, and if there was something we wanted to do, we weren't going to talk about it, we were going to do it. After the New Year came, the girls put on a performance for the grown-ups and danced. It was darling! The evening ended with many dancing!
We finally called it a night at 2:30. We loved spending time with our friends and are looking forward to the new year!
Tubby Time
Carter is really starting to love baths. We have always been much more of a shower family, but with him getting older, he is loving the time playing in the water.
The other day he was in the shower all by himself for the first time. I ran downstairs to grab a diaper, and when I went back in I said, "You ready to get out?" And as I was opening the shower curtain, he replied, "hold on mom, I am not ready yet." And I looked in, and with his little hands behind his back, and eyes closed, he was soaking up the shower.
Today he decided he wanted a bath. So, I got the tubby all ready, put in the bubbles, and he wanted to bring in Buzz. He was so fun in the tub and loved playing. He said, "Look mom, I fine swimming!"
I. LOVE. OUR. LITTLE. MAN!!!
The other day he was in the shower all by himself for the first time. I ran downstairs to grab a diaper, and when I went back in I said, "You ready to get out?" And as I was opening the shower curtain, he replied, "hold on mom, I am not ready yet." And I looked in, and with his little hands behind his back, and eyes closed, he was soaking up the shower.
Today he decided he wanted a bath. So, I got the tubby all ready, put in the bubbles, and he wanted to bring in Buzz. He was so fun in the tub and loved playing. He said, "Look mom, I fine swimming!"
I. LOVE. OUR. LITTLE. MAN!!!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
It Doesn't Look Hard
I am going gray! That is all there is to it. I am no longer brunette, I am salt and pepper. I am no longer one who has brown hair, as much as I am being striped. I dye my hair and at this point in my life, I can't even hide the evidence of going gray anymore. So...what do I do...I continue to try my hardest to cover it!
Jocelyn used to dye my hair frequently, but with her living out of state, I have paid small fortunes the last few times for a dye and cut. Well, with buying a house the money is tight and Joc was in town. So, I finally asked her if we could dye my hair. She of course said, "yes."
As we were sitting there talking, she stated that she wanted to try cutting someone's hair. See, she works for a hair stylist in Del Rio, TX and has been watching her cut for 10-12 hours five days a week and felt like she could do it. Joc has always had an eye for that kind of stuff, so I told her she could try it on mine. I hadn't had my hair cut for a long time, and really could use a trim, and figured if it went bad, I could pay for it to get fixed, but if it went well, I would save over $100.
So, Tuesday afternoon, Joc and I made a trip to Sally's bought our hair dye and scissors and went home. I won't lie, we were both very nervous, but went ahead with our game plan. A LONG three hours later, we were straightening my hair. Much to my surprise it turned out GREAT! I would have Joc cut my hair again ANYTIME!
The only down fall...Not all the gray disappeared! BOO!
Jocelyn used to dye my hair frequently, but with her living out of state, I have paid small fortunes the last few times for a dye and cut. Well, with buying a house the money is tight and Joc was in town. So, I finally asked her if we could dye my hair. She of course said, "yes."
As we were sitting there talking, she stated that she wanted to try cutting someone's hair. See, she works for a hair stylist in Del Rio, TX and has been watching her cut for 10-12 hours five days a week and felt like she could do it. Joc has always had an eye for that kind of stuff, so I told her she could try it on mine. I hadn't had my hair cut for a long time, and really could use a trim, and figured if it went bad, I could pay for it to get fixed, but if it went well, I would save over $100.
So, Tuesday afternoon, Joc and I made a trip to Sally's bought our hair dye and scissors and went home. I won't lie, we were both very nervous, but went ahead with our game plan. A LONG three hours later, we were straightening my hair. Much to my surprise it turned out GREAT! I would have Joc cut my hair again ANYTIME!
The only down fall...Not all the gray disappeared! BOO!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The Day After Christmas
Christmas this year was truly four days long. We were able to spread it out quite a bit, which turned out to be really nice because we were able to spend some serious time with everyone instead of running around all day long trying to spend an hour or two at the most with all the different families.
The day after Christmas, we decided we needed to go and see Papa Lynn. We had not seen him yet this holiday season and wanted to make sure we were able to spend some quality time with him.
The three girls and our families and dad and Kel headed north Sunday morning, and spent a little over two hours up there. We were able to open some presents, which were different items that had been my grandmothers, which truly touched each of us girls. We then had pizza and just socialized. Brian showed Papa Lynn an Ipad and Papa Lynn was in heaven. I then thought it would be cool to get a picture of Papa Lynn, Dad, his 3 girls, and then the 3 grandkids. Turned out to be a very cool picture.
The snow was falling fairly heavily, so we had to leave due to another Christmas party on mom's side. It was Grandma's anual Christmas party and it was insanely crazy, but so much fun. There are some family members I see only at Christmas and it is fun to catch up. However, with all the kids it was CRAZY BUSY!
As I was sitting there eating, I decided it would be very cool to have a picture of my grandma, the kids of hers that were there, all of the grandkids there, and then the great-grandkisd. So...I spoke to Aunt Beth, and she helped me get it all togheter. It turned out much better than I hoped, and a picture we will treasure forever!
We then had a White Elephant gift and I was number 1...Bummer! We also picked two names of all the adults there to plan for next year, and guess who's name was picked! Yep...mine! LAME!
Anyway, as always it was nice to spend some time with that part of the family and a great way to end the celebrating section of Christmas! I am so grateful for all of our family and friends this holiday season!
The day after Christmas, we decided we needed to go and see Papa Lynn. We had not seen him yet this holiday season and wanted to make sure we were able to spend some quality time with him.
The three girls and our families and dad and Kel headed north Sunday morning, and spent a little over two hours up there. We were able to open some presents, which were different items that had been my grandmothers, which truly touched each of us girls. We then had pizza and just socialized. Brian showed Papa Lynn an Ipad and Papa Lynn was in heaven. I then thought it would be cool to get a picture of Papa Lynn, Dad, his 3 girls, and then the 3 grandkids. Turned out to be a very cool picture.
The snow was falling fairly heavily, so we had to leave due to another Christmas party on mom's side. It was Grandma's anual Christmas party and it was insanely crazy, but so much fun. There are some family members I see only at Christmas and it is fun to catch up. However, with all the kids it was CRAZY BUSY!
As I was sitting there eating, I decided it would be very cool to have a picture of my grandma, the kids of hers that were there, all of the grandkids there, and then the great-grandkisd. So...I spoke to Aunt Beth, and she helped me get it all togheter. It turned out much better than I hoped, and a picture we will treasure forever!
We then had a White Elephant gift and I was number 1...Bummer! We also picked two names of all the adults there to plan for next year, and guess who's name was picked! Yep...mine! LAME!
Anyway, as always it was nice to spend some time with that part of the family and a great way to end the celebrating section of Christmas! I am so grateful for all of our family and friends this holiday season!
Christmas 2010
This Christmas was wonderful! So many things made it one of the best Christmas's ever for our Lil Adams Family.
The obvious would be we were with our families and together. The next obvious is we were in our own home, and that made it that much better!
We woke up around 8:00 am and started making breakfast. I put a log in the fireplace, turned on the angel, and got some-what ready.
At 9:30 my parents and Joc and Chris showed up. I showed Dad and Kel the house, since they had not yet seen it, then we ate breakfast. Dustin had made a fabulous quiche, and then we had fruit and juice.
We eventually got around to unveiling Santa's gifts. We had come down early and covered Santa's presents' so Carter wouldn't be tempted to look. As soon as we took off the sheet, he went straight for Buzz, and the presents were on. Carter had so much fun opening presents and seeing what Santa brought.
About 12:00 everyone had left and we decided to kind of relax. I took a short nap and the boys watched Avatar, the Last Airbender. About 1:30 Dustin's parents and Mandy showed up. They brought more gifts and spoiled us all! They hung out for a little over an hour, and then continued on their day.
We then just spent the day together. I think this was the first time in over 15 years I didn't have a million places to go, and it was so nice to have people come to us. We were truly able to relax and enjoy the day.
We ended the evening at Mandy's for a spaghetti dinner. It was delicious and nice to spend a little more time with some of Dustin's family. We ended the evening visiting Nathan and spending some time with the Roll family. It just wouldn't be Christmas without seeing Nathan!
This Christmas was truly amazing and we feel so very blessed!
A list of some of Carter's bigger presents to remember for the year:
Sesame Street reader and books
Buzz Lightyear bedding and toy figure
Tickle Me Elmo
Clothes
Sesame Street walkman, cd, and music
The obvious would be we were with our families and together. The next obvious is we were in our own home, and that made it that much better!
We woke up around 8:00 am and started making breakfast. I put a log in the fireplace, turned on the angel, and got some-what ready.
At 9:30 my parents and Joc and Chris showed up. I showed Dad and Kel the house, since they had not yet seen it, then we ate breakfast. Dustin had made a fabulous quiche, and then we had fruit and juice.
We eventually got around to unveiling Santa's gifts. We had come down early and covered Santa's presents' so Carter wouldn't be tempted to look. As soon as we took off the sheet, he went straight for Buzz, and the presents were on. Carter had so much fun opening presents and seeing what Santa brought.
About 12:00 everyone had left and we decided to kind of relax. I took a short nap and the boys watched Avatar, the Last Airbender. About 1:30 Dustin's parents and Mandy showed up. They brought more gifts and spoiled us all! They hung out for a little over an hour, and then continued on their day.
We then just spent the day together. I think this was the first time in over 15 years I didn't have a million places to go, and it was so nice to have people come to us. We were truly able to relax and enjoy the day.
We ended the evening at Mandy's for a spaghetti dinner. It was delicious and nice to spend a little more time with some of Dustin's family. We ended the evening visiting Nathan and spending some time with the Roll family. It just wouldn't be Christmas without seeing Nathan!
This Christmas was truly amazing and we feel so very blessed!
A list of some of Carter's bigger presents to remember for the year:
Sesame Street reader and books
Buzz Lightyear bedding and toy figure
Tickle Me Elmo
Clothes
Sesame Street walkman, cd, and music
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Christmas Eve 2010
Christmas Eve this year was different, but very nice. Jocelyn and Chris were supposed to arrive in to Salt Lake at 8:00 am, but were late getting to the airport and were not able to board there plane. So they didn't get in until 2. We were supposed to host a Nelson breakfast, but with the plane being missed, the breakfast was cancelled.
Dustin and I picked up Jocelyn and Chris at 2, and as we were pulling into the airport, we were listening to "So this is Christmas" and I couldn't help but feel emotional picking up my sis and brother in law. It really made it feel so much like Christmas.
We then went over to my mom's to celebrate Christmas with her and Garry, S and Bri, Joc and Chris, and Our Lil Adams Family.
Mom and Garry spoiled all of us, and the kids loved the time together. We all received such nice presents and enjoyed one anothers company.
They then fed us prime rib, potatoes, beans, rolls, and dessert. It was delicious and fun. The kids were so excited for Santa, and so were the adults...let's be honest.
We then gave one another loves goodnight and headed home.
Once we got home, Carter opened his Christmas Eve jammies and then we read, "T'was The Night Before Christmas." I think I am going to make that a tradition, I loved it. We took pictures, tucked Peanut in, and got ready for Christmas.
It was a great day and everyone was SO excited for Santa Claus to come to The Adams Family home!
Dustin and I picked up Jocelyn and Chris at 2, and as we were pulling into the airport, we were listening to "So this is Christmas" and I couldn't help but feel emotional picking up my sis and brother in law. It really made it feel so much like Christmas.
We then went over to my mom's to celebrate Christmas with her and Garry, S and Bri, Joc and Chris, and Our Lil Adams Family.
Mom and Garry spoiled all of us, and the kids loved the time together. We all received such nice presents and enjoyed one anothers company.
They then fed us prime rib, potatoes, beans, rolls, and dessert. It was delicious and fun. The kids were so excited for Santa, and so were the adults...let's be honest.
We then gave one another loves goodnight and headed home.
Once we got home, Carter opened his Christmas Eve jammies and then we read, "T'was The Night Before Christmas." I think I am going to make that a tradition, I loved it. We took pictures, tucked Peanut in, and got ready for Christmas.
It was a great day and everyone was SO excited for Santa Claus to come to The Adams Family home!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Meet The Weatherfords
There is a long, I am sure complicated, story behind this. I am not ready to share it all to the world tonight. What I am ready to share is the event that happened yesterday. It touched Our Lil Adams Family, and I believe, at the least, friendships were made.
Yesterday afternoon, Dustin, Carter, and I met the Weatherfords. Who are they? Ed is Dustin's biological father, Laura is Ed's wife, and Wayne, Dustin's half brother.
They flew into Salt Lake City and were headed to Pocatello, Idaho for a family reunion. On their way in they asked if we could meet, have lunch, and spend some time together.
We went to La Luna for some Mexican food, then mozied our way on over to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Coldstone. We then agreed we needed some pictures. I will admit right now I may have gotten a little carried away. But I felt like there were so many pictures I wanted and such little time...I don't regret any of them!
Once pictures were done, the Weatherfords had to get on the road. We hated for the quick visit to already come to an end, but fully understood they needed to head. We talked about a possible trip to Florida this summer, and invited them back to Utah any time!
We are so grateful we were finally able to meet the Weatherfords! As they got on I-15, I found myself a bit emotional. They waved and honked and blew us a kiss like we had done it a million times before. It touched my heart.
We look forward to when we see them again. In the meantime, we are grateful for the few hours we had with the Weatherfords.
Yesterday afternoon, Dustin, Carter, and I met the Weatherfords. Who are they? Ed is Dustin's biological father, Laura is Ed's wife, and Wayne, Dustin's half brother.
They flew into Salt Lake City and were headed to Pocatello, Idaho for a family reunion. On their way in they asked if we could meet, have lunch, and spend some time together.
We went to La Luna for some Mexican food, then mozied our way on over to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Coldstone. We then agreed we needed some pictures. I will admit right now I may have gotten a little carried away. But I felt like there were so many pictures I wanted and such little time...I don't regret any of them!
Once pictures were done, the Weatherfords had to get on the road. We hated for the quick visit to already come to an end, but fully understood they needed to head. We talked about a possible trip to Florida this summer, and invited them back to Utah any time!
We are so grateful we were finally able to meet the Weatherfords! As they got on I-15, I found myself a bit emotional. They waved and honked and blew us a kiss like we had done it a million times before. It touched my heart.
We look forward to when we see them again. In the meantime, we are grateful for the few hours we had with the Weatherfords.
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