Too Long!

Hope Everyone Had a happy 4th of July... we spent it at our Favorite Place.... The River in Az... it was wonderful creating yet another year of wonderful memories with my family and our friends the Parkers!!

So it has been forever since I have updated my blog!!! First things first Chris and I celebrated our 10 year wedding Anniversary in Vegas with our kids and my parents and it was so much fun... :) I am so thankful to have such an awesome husband who is a great father to our kids and

a wonderful companion to me!!! I love you Chris!!! Here is to another wonderful crazy 10 years with you!!

After Vegas, the summer started and things have just been super fun and crazy! We decided to head out to the river for the 4th of July with our fabulous River Rat Friends we love the (Parkers)!

We have been spending a lot of time in the pool in our backyard so all of us are nice and Tan! Cant wait for family to come visit and have some fun with us in good ole Southern Cali! Hope all of you are well and here are some 4th of July River pictures :) For all of my sisters and brothers the before mentioned was an invitation....... just so theres no misunderstanding!!! xoxxo

So Sweet so Kind.... its Ashlyn

Ashlyn's class does a silent vote every month for students of the month and there are different categories Ashlyn's class mates voted her in for the CARE award!!! I just want to take the time to Tell all of you how proud I am of my sweet, loving, funny and kind little girl.... who isn't so little anymore, She truly is such a caring girl who loves to help others. She is such a beautiful girl who an infectious smile that is just as pretty as she is!! I am so grateful to be her mother. I love you Ashlyn Nichole Durham!

Collin is 2!!

Well I cant believe that it is February 19th again my lil dude is 2! Time seems to be passing all to quickly.... I sure do love my lil man he keeps me on my toes and that is an understatement! :) For as difficult as my lil man is he along with his sister are the light of my life, the best parts of me and chris are in tangled into them! I look at Collin and sometimes think holly crap you are a stink pot but then he smiles and melts my heart and I know that all of his attitude makes him him! I might have to continuously tell myself this and I will have re read this at times but right now I am feeling so lucky to be his mother! He is a very bright little boy with so much energy and such a kind heart ( when he gets his way) just playing for the most part my son has a wonderful kind sensitive spirit, it just takes one hug and kiss and I forget all the hell he just put me through just seconds ago!!! So here is to my lil hell raiser..... I love you and I wish you a very Happy Birthday!!! We are having the party tomorrow so stay tuned for the pictures!!

Update!!

Okay so first things first.... we had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my mom and dads house we got to see most of my siblings and nieces and nephews! here are some random photos of Thanksgiving.... We tried to get all the grand kids that were there together for a photo and they turned out pretty good. Me and my dad and my lil dude collin, and collin finding G-pa very very funny!

Before we Had to go back home we celebrated Ashlyns b-day a lil early... my big girl turned 7!! ooh how time has just flown by!!

It was hard leaving my parents house but we managed to get back home and celebrate Ashlyns B-day and Christmas here is a sneak peek of some of the Christmas and b-day photos. (more pictures to come at a later date.

Collins Birthday is coming up next month he will be 2... more photos to come.

Family photos

So last Saturday we got our pictures taken by one of our friends who is a photographer and Kelly did a great job. So I cant decide which ones to get for grandparents and family and which ones to print for my own house! Take a look and tell me which ones you like!!

I thought they turned out pretty good even though I am not very photogenic! Hope all is well with everyone hopefully we can make it to see you all for thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween

We had a fun and safe Halloween and I hope all of you had the same. Collin had a blast going up to the houses and getting candy put in his pumpkin it got so full that he couldn't even carry it after a while! He sure did make one hell of a cute dinosaur! Ashlyn was a beautiful Angle and she told me that "now everyone will know I work for god." We had a great month of October one holiday down two to go.... bring it on!

Its been so crazy around here lately always something needing to be done or someone needing attention and the list of things to do goes on!! We have been adjusting to life with a first grader the homework alone is madness and then the pressure to get her ready for her tests! I was so wrong when I thought that I had finished school..... um no I was just on a long break!! I also volunteered to be Ashlyns room mom and let me just tell you that this year will be my last!!! Collin is growing up and becoming more mischievous and a true boys boy. I can finally say that the dude is finally allowing me to breath without him being right on top of me! He is becoming such a daddy's boy and no this does not hurt my feelings at all!

Even though life gets crazy we manage to always take some time and create fun family memories.! Here are some pictures of the things we have been up to. We had Chris's Sheriffs picnic for his work that was fun for the kids and dad got to show the kids what being a part of the sheriffs department is all about! We are very proud of Chris he works so hard and is so good at his job and is going to go far in his career! We also took the first desert camping trip of the season, we had so much fun and the countdown is on for the next trip with all of our favorite peeps; and last but not least a few pics from the pumpkin patch. More Halloween pictures to come... Ashlyn has her fall festival on Friday and then trick or treating I will post pictures of what they are for Halloween soon. Love to all and we sure do miss everyone.