2 more boys!

Well just as I thought our family was just the right size we decided to add a couple more to the mix.

Tobee and Baree!

They are just six weeks old and a handful for sure....

"The Boys" are so playful and sweet as can be. Tobee is the brown one and Baree is the black one. Tobee was my love from the start. I knew he was the one when he was just a week old. We had originally picked Tobee and Jaynee. We ended up having to take her back to her Mom. She was just too little and wasn't ready to leave her yet. Poor thing cried all night and was shaking so bad. That's when Baree came in. Jodi had 11 puppies so we had a bunch to choose from. They are all so so cute it made it hard to choose... Baree was one of the bigger males and we thought he would be a better match for us. We were right :)

So now our family consists of a Dad, a Mom, a Sister, a Brother, a cat, a bunny and 2 puppies.... Oh and I almost forgot a fish...(FishBob)

I am one busy Mama these days!

XXOO

... A bit home sick!

It's been almost 2 months sense we left Utah.

.....And I sure miss my fam.

I guess I just took the fact that I got to see them whenever I wanted and as much as I wanted for granite.

Me and my Sisters

Me and my Daddy-O

Me and my Mama 

Josh started his new job a couple days ago and he loves it. :) He also kept his job at Fastenal 3 nights a week.. So greatful to be able to stay home with the Kiddos, Thanks Babe ;)

So I basically HATE Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Josh is gone from about 6:30am to 8:30pm

Sucks! Like I said though I am so appreciative of him for being such a good man and taking care of us <3

Layla is still loving school. Her favorite thing to do is hang with Grandma Jodi. Any chance that girl gets she is with her. Yesterday her and I mad spooky ghosts for the front yard, pretty cute if I do say so myself.:) She is really turning into a little girl. I cute her hair about a week ago and it makes her look so grown up. 

Ryder MB ( yet another nickname) is getting just so big. He is still a happy happy baby. He can just about roll over. He some how makes his way all around the floor scooting himself on his back. You put him down in one position and few seconds later his is in a totally different one. :) One of his new favorite things to do is talk. He is Mr. Chatter Box. His facial expressions are priceless. He will chat back and fourth. Love it. 

He has also just gone through yet another growth spurt. He can now wear 6-9 months clothes. He can also hold his own bottle now. I can hardly believe my baby boy is already 4 months old.

We got Halloween costumes, Layla is going to be Alice in Wonderland with her bunny. Ryder is going to be a Pumpkin:) Can't wait! 

XXOO 

Bitter Sweet

Well our little girl is growing up, a couple weeks ago little Miss Layla started Pre-school.

I can hardly believe it. It is so bitter sweet. 

Layla absolutely loves school. She can hardly wait to get there everyday. She is doing so well, and making new friends. :)

Her teacher really enjoy her and she is smart as can be.

Some other exciting news is Josh landed this great job as a graphic designer at MAC signs. I am so happy and proud of him. They weren't even looking for someone, his resume was so impressive that they made a position just for him. I am so greatful to have such an amazing man. Josh is truly my best friend and soul mate. <3

Ryder is still growing and growing and growing.

He is now eating rice cereal on a regular basis and we just tried peaches for the first time a couple days ago. He loves it. He is so funny to watch eat. His little tongue goes crazy. :)

Layla LOVES Sponge Bob. So we the other night we decided to surprise her and take her to meet him. A little Mexican restaurant was having him there to meet kids. It was so adorable, when we walked in she stopped in her steps and pointed and said " Look it's Sponge Bob!" It was so adorable. Of course the first thing she does is touch his costume and poke at him to see if he was real. haha She danced with him and told him how she watches him everyday. While we were eating dinner she asked Jodi, "What time does he get off? Because in his show he gets off early..." It was priceless! Love that girl.

  

Lay has had quite an exciting couple weeks. Jodi spoils the heck outta her. Last weekend she came home with a baby bunny. She named her Flower. :)

Things are going good. :)

XXOO

All you need is love!

Right now I am in love with my life, my Kids and my Man.

PA is starting to feel like home.

We are surrounded by people that love us (we were in SL as well ) :) work is going good and thing seem to be falling into place. We are planning on buying our own house come spring. Can not wait. A motorcycle too. It is nice to have something to look forward too.

Here are some pics... ENJOY!

Our sweet Layla <3

Love him<3

Super Baby!

Just me...

Handsome as ever!

...and he loves me!

Miss you sissy, hope your having fun at the horse show! 

Lay @ the horse show

<3

Me and my Gumper <3

XXOO

Catching Up!

It has been quite some time sense I have made a post... Seems like life is moving fast these past few weeks. We have been in PA for about three weeks now. It's going good so far. Josh and I just got jobs, Layla starts pre-school on Monday and Bubba is growing like a weed. Maybe it's all the rain we have been having. :) Josh got a job at a company named Fastenal. It distributes anything you could/would need on a job site. After Josh was offered the job, his boss suggested that I apply there too, because he could pay me more than all the other places I was applying. (Malls) So I did and got hired on too. We work the same schedule, but in different departments. Today was my first day. Went well, but I missed the Kiddos more than expected. Layla will be in school 4 days a week for few hours, and Ryder will be home with his Grandmas! I really don't like having to leave them, I got so use to being home with them all day. I am excited to get working again though. It has been a while, and I am definitely feeling the manual labor tonight...

Layla is going to a horse show with Grandma Jodi and Grandma this weekend. She is stoked. They are going to be camping out for a couple days. It is all she has been talking about. She loves Grandma Jodi and Grandma so much, and even more so she loves to be with them without Josh and I around. I think she will really enjoy herself. Our sweet little farm girl. Jodi has about every farm animal you could think of at her house. Lay is in paradise over there. She helps with the barn chores, and she even earned a dollar the other day! (Thanks Grandpa Joe!) She acts like she owns the place.

Ryder is getting so big, we can hardly believe it. I swear he has grown just sense we got here. His clothes that barley fit are backing up our theory. He is Mr. Chatters. He loves to chat and chat and chat some more. He is full of smiles and still loves his Daddy, Mommy and Sissy!  It was adorable today when we got home from work he was fussy and the second he heard my voice he popped his head up with a smile on his face. He is such a lover boy with Mommy and Daddy. We are having so much fun watching him grow and starting to develop his own little personality.  He is such a good baby. He is so content and full of smiles all the time.

So far PA has really been great. Haven't missed SLC too much. Really it's just the people in SL that I miss. It is harder than I thought not having my Mom and Dad just right down the street. Last week I really wanted to be back. We lost a great man. My Mom's BF Dale passed away. I can't even imagine what my Mom is going through, and it was/is killing me that I couldn't be there for her. She seems a bit better lately and I know my sisters are there for her. Dale was a great guy and he loved my Mom, My kids and Josh. We will all miss her greatly!

We are suffering from a bit of a culture shock. Everyone in PA moves so damn slow. It drives us crazy. Seriously from driving down the road, to checking you out at the grocery store. We both get a little ancy living in the middle of the woods. Anytime you wanna go somewhere its turns into a all day outing. No more just running to the store to grab milk or TP. It is at least an hour ordeal, at least! Seems like most people seem to stock up around here for that very reason. We are so use to just hopping in the car and being so close to everything, it is something we are trying to get use to for sure. It is really pretty out here though. Very, very green.... and wet. The first couple days we were here it was way hot, but sense then it has been mostly rain and cooler weather. Which is nice too, I love fall time weather and fall time clothes! :) We haven't really done much site seeing yet. Josh took me into Scranton and showed me his High School and the house he use to live in... I really enjoyed that! :) I am hoping that soon we can venture on a little further and see some cool places! i.e NEW YORK! ;)
Well I think I have pretty much caught up, time for bed!

Life is still good!

xxoo

Day One

Well it is finally happening! We are on our way to PA! 

We left our home in Salt Lake today to make a new home in Pennsylvania!

We had originally planned on getting up and the butt crack of dawn and heading off. This of course didn't happen because of the huge thunder storm that Salt Lake got last night. Luckily we had the trailer all packed before it hit, but we did still have a lot to do! Not to mention we were so tired from packing that we over slept. 

We finally got on the road about 9:30am. Only 4.5 hours after we had planned. haha

We were both so worried about how our tiny car was going to handle all the weight, but I am happy (and relieved) to say that it is handling like a champ. Parleys canyon was a little tuff in spots and one other canyon just out of Cheyenne WY, other than that we have been cruising at a steady 65mph. Yes, I know 65mph is nothing to brag about. But we are stoked on it. We were thinking we would be lucky to do 50mph. :)

We ended up in Big Spring, Nebraska. Has a nice ring to it don't it! haha

We checked into our room and ate some dinner and off to bed. Well Ryder is snoozing and Lay is about there. Josh is trying to snooze, Ollie is meowing like crazy and driving us all nuts and well me.. I am blogging. ;)

Alarm is set for 5am and off we will go to Illinois. Josh and I are hoping to stay the night in Chicago. We probably will unless it is way far out of the way. 

Well Lay wants to cuddle with Mama and Ryder is snoozing with Daddy. 

Off to bed I go....

Stay tuned! 

xxoo

p.s

The kids are being AWESOME! Thank god. :)

Less than a week...

In less than a week we will be on our way to our new home! On our way to Pennsylvania!

I am getting so excited, yet sad. It's really bitter sweet. Today I got most of our shopping done. Just a few little odds and ends and we should be good. 

I have tried to somewhat map out our journey. I figure we will drive about 12 hours a day, but I'm trying not to have anything set in stone considering we have 2 young kiddos with us. I will be happy just as long as we get there all happy and in one piece. :)

We got Layla this awesome DVD player that has 10 games on with it, and a controller of her own. It looks just like Josh's, but mini. She got some neat headphones, and this awesome try to set on her lap.She got about 5 new DVD's and some other neat stuff to help keep her happy. We are waiting til we leave to give it all to her. We can't wait to see how stoked she will be.  

We have had a busy week thus far and it is going to continue to be that way up until we leave. Tomorrow really is the only "free" day I will have. Once Josh gets off work we are going to my Dads to put our hitch on and Layla is going to have one last sleepover with Papa Mick and Linda. ;)

Then Thursday we have a doctors appt. with Doctor Jeff. It's Ryder's 2 month check up and Layla is getting a couple shots. Lucky girl. haha Thursday night we are getting together with my Mom and one of her childhood friends that is in town.

Saturday we are going to get a oil change on the car and make sure it is in tip top shape.

Saturday night we are having dinner with some friends and family. Then heading to my sisters for desserts and to hang out with everyone, on last time before we go. 

Sunday is packing day. We are picking up the trailer early in the morning and going to spend the day packing all our stuff. We plan on leaving town about 5am Monday morning.

Layla is spending most of the week with her Dad. Last Sunday they had a "Bike" party for her. Her dad and all his family were there. Sounded like she had a blast. Last night her and her Dad went camping. :)

I am glad they are getting to spend this last bit of time together. I know both of them are going to miss each other.

Well Ryder is hungry and tired. 

Off I go.

xxoo