Maddy is 2

Our sweet little girl turned 2 last Wednesday! I can't believe it. For those of you who haven't had a chance to get to know her very well I thought I would share some 10 fun facts about her.
1. Her favorite word is Come one (with an Alabama accent)
2. Her favorite food is Ketchup and yogurt. She calls Ketchup-kepech
3. Her favorite song is Twinkle Twinkle or Kalija (the wooden indian song)
4. Her favorite place to be is Outside.
5. She knows her ABC's
6. She can count up to 10
7. She loves giving hugs. Is such a sweet little girl
8. She is a Daddy's girl
9. Her favorite color is pink. She thinks everything is pink
10. Her favorite show is Cinderella.
We are so blessed to have such a wonderful little girl in our lives. We love her so much.
We had such a fun birthday for her. Thanks to my wonderful sister and Mom. Her party Theme was Butterflies. We had ton of butterfly activities. We hung foam butterflies on our tree and had them catch the butterflies with a butterfly net we also played pin the dots on the butterfly. Maddy had so much fun she loves playing with her cousins. We are so glade Nic and Cyndi and their family came and shared this fun day with us we wish you all could have came.
So enough chat on with the pictures.... Maddy 1 day oldMaddy now 2 years old

Her Aunt Tysha has such fun socks. Maddy loves them and has to ware them all the time.

Maddy is so spoiled by her Aunt Tysha, She doesn't complain at all.

We Made it!

We made it!


We (Maddy and I) are now in UT. The trip was so long!! Maddy was an angel of coarse she had her moments but for the most part she was great, being in a car for 2 days 12 hours a day who wouldn't get fussy. We arrived at Jody's and Lena's first in Arizona. I had such a great time with them. Mikael and Layla are so cute, I wish I would have taken pictures of them but I will have plenty of opportunities in a couple months. Lena is so sweet and we are so grateful for their hospitality. Casey had his interview the next day and he was hired on the spot so than 2 days later we left for another long 12 hour trip to UT.


Casey was able to spend a couple days with us but now is back in Arizona, working and he will start school this Monday. I am so proud of him... my boy is growing up he he!


Heath and Heidi were here also so last weekend we went to Willow park and had a picnic. It was fun, Maddy loves playing with her cousins. On Monday we also had aonther picnic this time at the portage park with Nic's family and Heath's family. We can't wait the See Lance's family!

We are having a good time but miss Casey. We also Miss Casey's Parent's. Maddy especially.Ellie and Heidi

Bryson
Ellie at willow park

Sarah at Portage park

Cyndi and Lia

Maddy playing dress up with Grandmas ear rings

Maddy and Ellie at Willow Park

Saydee and Maddy

Heath and Saydee

Saydee and Ellie

Tysha and Tyson

Mom with Saydee and Maddy

Sarah

Lia look at those eyes

Ellie

Bryson

More Maddy

Thank you all for commenting on my last post, that was so much fun.
Drum roll please as I announce the winner..............................
It is a tie breaker, you all get to take me out! How is that. Just kidding. Thank you again everyone.

Things are still crazy here. We have been living with Casey's parents for a month now, they have been so good to us and we are so grateful. We have decided that we are moving to Arizona so Casey can finish school. He has been accepted at UTI in Phoenix. It is a 17 month course, he will graduate as a diesel mechanic and also they will work with the University of Phoenix to combine his credits from the other college and he will receive his bachelor degree. On top of that this college has a 97% job placement so that is also us huge bonus.
We should be moving this week, Maddy and I will be staying with my mom until the GI bill kicks in and than we can move to Arizona to be with Casey. Casey's Brother (Jody)and his wife (Lena) are amazing and are helping us get ready for the move, they live there and are letting Casey stay with them until the GI bill kicks in. We are so greatful for them. We are just waiting to get everything done with the guard. Not realy looking forward to the long trip but that is ok, it will be worth it.
So things are looking up. Thank you everyone for all your prays and sweet thoughts these past couple months you guys will never know how much we appreciate it.
Today was such a beautiful day and Maddy was in such a fun mood I thought I needed to take advantage of it. So here is our latest photo shoot. My baby is growing up.
Hope you enjoy...

PICTURE GAME!

Having fun with pictures. Let's have a game with these pictures. They say "a pictures says a thousand words." What words would you use to describe these pictures. (5o word or less please J/k) . Here is the criteria, write what you think is happening in these pictures or what Maddy or whomever is in the picture is thinking. The winner gets to take me out to dinner when I come home. He He He. I will get back with you soon. THE CHALLENGE IS ON!
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Another Unexpected Turn

Hi Everyone, I have been such a big slacker and quit busy with life that I just haven't made it quit down far enough on my to do list where -update my blog is at.

Wow were to start. ...

These past 2 months I have been able to spend time with my family. First in May, Mom and Tysha came down to visit also the same time Heath, Heidi and the girls came too. I had such a good time. I love family get together's. We went to Nacalulla falls but other than that we didn't do much, I am such a bad hostess. We basically just sat and talked. I hope they had fun. I know I did.

3 weeks later, I drove to see Heath, Heidi and the girls. The drive was so long and than on top of that the next day I had to drive Casey another 14 hours. Yep I was burnt out! I spent 2 weeks with Heath and Heidi. I thought for sure they would get sick of me. I had so so much fun with Heidi and the girls. I got to know Heidi more and can I tell you not only do I have the best sister in the world but I have the best sister-in-laws too. Heidi is so amazing, fun and so so sweet. We could talk for hours... and did. She made me feel so welcome and has such a wonderful calming presence about her. We did so much stuff. We went to the zoo twice, had a Harry Potter party, went to the library, went to play group, went to a birthday party, and of course went shopping it was so fun! Thank you Heath and Heidi, I love you guys. Mom and Tyson came out later and that was also great. I hadn't seen Tyson since Nov. so it was great to see him and Mom was wonderful as always! She made such yummy food and spent tons of time kissing and playing with the grandkids.
So that is a way short version of the last 2 months. Now for the last 2 weeks.

It always seems to happen, Right when everything seems to be going smoothly, right when you have just found a grove that you are happy with and everything starts becoming life's sweet self again. than BAMB! it happens the unexpected turn. I am never quit ready for them and sadly to say lately am mostly numb to them but not this one.

We are not going to be able to get our house. Can you believe it! Yep unexpected turn. We had been dealing with a particular lender this whole entire time. From the very beginning he told us that all we needed to have was 1 months worth of pay stubs and could get the house no questions asked no problem. So Casey started driving truck in the hopes we could get the house in a couple months (it has almost been 7) than use his GI bill and my photography to support us while he finishes education which would have been fine. Now we are being told that we can not get the house because Truck driving is considered a commission job and such a job requires 2 year experience before you can be approved for a loan. ARE YOU KIDDING! I almost died when they told me this. Our lender was so dishonest with us and the sad thing is we put everything in his hands. He was so qualified, he owned his own business for pete's sake. He actually up and quit, many speculate it was because he has been leading people down the wrong path (hmmm...) others say it was health reasons. Either way he just killed us. We were told this by a completely different mortgage person who just looked at our stuff briefly where are past lender had had our stuff for more than 9 months. Not only did he but a huge kink in our life but also in our landlords life, he has bought another house and was just waiting for this house to close so he can start getting financially back on track. Things are not looking good for him. And it kills us that this has happened to him. We just pray that someone will buy this house quickly for his sake. That is all we can really do.

So we are packing up and moving. Where too? Who knows. We are hoping something comes up in UT but know we have to look other places too. For the time being I am moving in with the in-laws and than probably go home for awhile until we find something.

We are still in this other stupid lawsuit which is going no where. It is just irritating to talk about so I will give an update on that later.
Other than that not much. Our 4th of July was Fun. Casey Had a 3 day weekend which was so great. So we had a BBQ at his parents house and saw a tiny bit of fireworks it was a holiday just to have Casey home.
Sorry no pictures this time. But Check out Heidi's blog http://hnhtreehouse.blogspot.com/ she has tons of pictures posted of all the fun we had. The past 2 months. Her and Jenn are such great bloggers, sorry mom you and I struggle. He He....