Finally she's here!!!

Lots to say.  First off, my niece is finally here.  Little Audree Mae Schnebly. She was 6 pounds 10 ounces and was born at lds hospital. Tyne had a C- section.  They are both doing well.  Tyne is of course in a ton of pain.  I just love my two little nieces!

On other good news, yesterday i got a call from my brother, it has been over three years since he has called me just to check up. and he must be really bored at the hospital, but he just talked about everything with me. From needles, to catching up, to everything, it was such a blessing, Even though it was a fifteen minute call, i sure did love it and appreciated  it.  It was nice knowing that deep down he knows he can still call or text or talk to me about anything, and he knows i wont judge. I sure do hope he does that more often. Miss those times. Since he has gotten married or engaged, it has been hard and i have barely heard from him,  I see him on holidays, and i enjoy it so much.. Thanksgiving is a time of miracles and love and i sure do love my brother.

It was no shave November.  Let me just say, I have always cared about cleanness and i have no interest in a man with over grown hair and not taking pride in himself.. Even if it is NO SHAVE NOVEMBER!  So... i cut Ben's hair.  My mom always taught me, " always take pride in yourself. " I always swore that i would never do that to my kids because it annoyed me so badly growing up. But i realize now, how important it is.  

I lost a dear friend this month. Its been a week now, and i can say it hurts.  She was like family to me. I grew up with her family. Missy. Ashley always made me laugh. Always! She passed away from complications from Type 1 diabetes   she was 19 years old :( and accomplished so much during her lifetime. She was an amazing girl. Loved by many, It really hit me when i went to her viewing that her spirit wasnt there anymore. Her family was so broken :(  Ashley though, i knew was there, watching over them. Miss that girl.  

Okay, here is my confession, our dishwasher broke...again. And you know me, i HATE doing dishes by hand, my hands get all soggy... ew.. and i understand pioneers did it without utilities etc, but i am no pioneer and i sure as hell wasnt put in that era for a reason...i wouldn't survive... so  i got desperate   ..... and can i just say first off, i did rinse them off before hand, and he sure loved it.  haha that's what kids are for right?! :p 

I am putting up Christmas decorations today..

ill post pictures after..

I have alot to say about this part,  We have attempted to go to the Salt Lake Temple now 3 times. And each time, something comes up or Ben and I end up fighting for NO REASON. Ben and I rarely FIGHT.  We disagree and state our opinions, but we NEVER blow up.. But each time and each day we attempt to go, we turn into different people. So we attempted to go to the six a clock session, than the 7 a clock, than the 8... and can i just say, it was miserable.. we went and parked in the conference parking lot at 720. Thinking we had plenty of time, i was wrong, i was in heels, and a skirt and a think jacket, we went and walked around the temple...there were NO DOORS, little did we know that we had to go to a different annex or whatever .... it was 8 a clock and we had been wondering around for thirty minutes, my feet were cold and hurting, and eventually my heel broke..my most expensive high heels. Everything that could go wrong was going wrong... so we headed back to the car,  there was this man there, and can i just say,

Sometimes when your in the worst of moods. A simple " you look beautiful" makes it all better. 
I was tired and being grumpy. He opened the door and I stomped in " you look beautiful mam". I turned around. It was a homeless man. I went to him and sat down next to him and hugged him and said " I needed that " while I balled. Afterwards I gave him a fifty and a gift card to Walmart and American eagle.
He denied it. He said I only wanted to say you looked beautiful mam. I'm happy. I have enough clothes to keep me warm. I have three meals a day and I have a hotel I stay in. I'm happy. You didn't look happy. So I wanted to say that.
Made me feel grateful and realize how much I do have. And that money isn't everything.

It really hit me hard, money isn't everything. 

Anyways. The devil will do everything in his power to stop me from going or getting close to the temple... i guess i wasnt strong enough to resist him... he can go screw himself.. 

Well this is the end of the blog for now... ill do another one soon.

Catch up with a ton of photos.

I dont really see the point in blogging, but i guess its kinda addicting.. so i do it... anyways.. Catch up
Well.. I got glasses... yes im a nerd now, i have to admit though, i have liked going from looking like im 16 to now 25 :)  its pretty much awesome.  I don't get told i look 16 anymore :) They make me look older.

Jasper is officially potty trained!
Shiloh is sick, yet again :(  all my kids have the worst immune systems.. including myself.  blah..
Last Sunday, Talia and Taylor and Ben and I played risk. Yeah, i totally dominated.  I guess me and my control issues come in handy.  Apparently i would make a great " Hitler" I didn't really care who i dominated or killed, lol i just wanted power and to take over.  ha-ha.

Halloween...Yes Halloween. Well. My kids dressed up as supermen and went out with thier aunt and uncle and cousins and dad trick or treating, Me? i stayed home and was HAPPY about it, i really hate trick or treating, mainly because being in the cold burns my skin for some reason,  i cant be in the cold longer than ten minutes before my skin turns blue. its really bad.
For Jasper's Halloween preschool party, Ben and I went and saw our boy and his classmates. What fun!  Jazz wore his superman outfit and cowboy boots and we dressed Shy up as a lumber jack.  so cute!

 Shiloh has officially claimed a movie,  he NEVER has shown any interest in TV or shows. but when Jasper was watching Charolettes web, shy just clung to the TV.. so now i have an hour every day where i don't have the little shy guy clinging on me,  ( he is a very needy boy)   so i can finally clean or even jump in the shower. Its nice.

Jasper has officailly learned the word, Shut up. and Butt head...oh and idiot... yes preschool... his vocabulary has widened... and im not to happy about it, i talked to his preschool teacher and she thinks she knows which kid does it. But it just infuriates me.. those words are NOT OKAY !!!

As much as I hate winter... I LOVE Christmas. I love the feel of it and the decorations. I love looking out my windows and seeing snow falling.  As long as IM INSIDE. haha

My parents are back yet from another mission from Africa. I'm just glad they wrent in the Philippines this time... because of that storm.  Thank heavens.
Well here is the catch up <3

A day for a princess, and the dynamic duo.

 This post may be scattered all over the place and not really make sense...oh well...Once again, Missy and I went on another crazy adventure.  Like we always do. Haha. Ever since we were 7 years old, We have been on so many crazy adventures haha  We were always called the dynamic duo. I guess it just has followed us to this day. If i could seriously name all the adventures we have been on, i would loose count, haha some of them were dumb, some of them fun, most of them were a blast :) ANYWHO!
 I decided to get some props for the day, i quickly ran to DI and found this awesome rocking chair that was vintage.  Twenty bucks. SCORE! I than went to go get some fresh flowers, whats a princess without her flowers? Than i went to get some glitter.. So i went in the truck and  went and picked up the princess.
Missy got this huge dress. It is seriously, Cinderella style and some slippers that had pearls on them and got her hair done professionally and she decided that she wanted to feel like a princess. So we went up 2 hours away in the middle of no where and took photos. We also went other places. :)  In the midst of this all, like always, we end up doing something spastic, We saw a foreign guy and asked him to be prince charming haha what a blast,  European men are so open, so perfect. Of course she and him hit it off pretty well.  He had MAJOR b.o. Like....literally.  Anyways.
Let me just say, carrying a thirty pound rocking chair up a hill half a mile, really is hard hahaha and the hill was freakin sand, so that helped.... NOT
It started getting dark and we were wearing out, so we headed home, in the midst of going home, there was a drunk driver riding down the wrong lane, almost hit us. LITERALLY.  Idiots.
The  day before all this, both my kids were barfing all night, changed their sheets 12 times, they jumped in the shower 7 times. day, Ben stayed home with them while i went to the photo shoot.
Next day after the photo-shoot, i threw up 57 times.  It sucked so bad :( i spent three days bed ridden, and let me just say, i was so worn out, still am, i eventually decided to go into the insta care after throwing up the entire night and day, so i got out of bed and right as i did, i heard my husband barfing. He stayed home that day, he slept the whole day, im surprised that he only threw up once,  he threw up a large amount but only once,  i was lucky enough to find a man who is healthy and has a healthy immune system, we like to call him " Mr invincible " Anyways, i ran to our other bathroom and threw up. Jasper came up behind me and just rubbed my back and held my hair back, i am so grateful i have such a good boy.  after that whole ordeal, went into insta care, my dad basically carried me inside, im not even exaggerating, i could barely walk, and was so dizzy, and they put some fluids in me, apparently i was parched and my blood pressure was soaring, and my heart rate was very high. They tried to help me drink and i just threw up. They also gave me nausea pill. But i couldn't swallow, so they eventually did i.v  and that didn't go so splendidly, since i was parched they had to stick me 8 times.. so eventually they gave a nausea pill  under the tongue, as i laid there, i felt so miserable  never in my life have i ever been that sick...I couldn't drink water at all, when the water would hit the back of my mouth, id throw up, i couldn't keep anything down for the life of me.  After three days of no food or water, i eventually stopped throwing up.
Anyone who came in contact with me id get a call within a half and hour saying their kids threw up, or they did... this bug was a nasty one.  Basically our whole neighborhood got this or anyone we came in contact with :(

Missy and I have been friends since we were 7. We are now 24 and still going strong :)  She is just gorgeous isn't she?  She seriously doesn't give herself enough credit, every guy just stops and stairs at this chick. But at the end of the day, she got her princess dress, her glass slippers, her hair professionally done, jewels around her neck and a foreign guy with an accent  to be her prince charming forever. Sounds pretty dreamy right?

This is Halloween, This is Halloween!

Halloween is just around the corner. Literally! Its beginning to become cold, i dread this time of the year. I used to love winter... things changed. Well I have some amazing news!  So... i went to the store. And got 235.00$ worth of stuff.... at the check out,  i used all my coupons and the remaining balance i had to pay was $5.68...yep  im that awesome.  My extreme coupon days have come..I will never tell my secret for the life of me.  :D i dont buy and tell :p
I have alot to catch up on. Ill fill all of you in.  My dad ran a 26 mile marathon, Keep in mind, he is almost 70.  He also won first place,  there is over 800 people who run :) Yep thats my dad.  Hes pretty much awesome.

Jasper just loves his friends, but he especially loves playing with Reece next door,  she is a year older, but they play along so well, ganite they have their days where they rip each others hairs out, but all in all, they are such cuties together. 

  

I went to a yard sale, i help put together a fund raiser to help a little girl in our ward who is three and diagnosed with a brain tumor, so we set up this yard sale to help. Everyone could donate. We donated, clothes and toys that we dont use or fit into anymore, some movies, etc

I went in and came out with some stellar deals.

This is one of them.

Got this sucker for 5 bucks. Bring on the sewing!!! I also got some drawers, and some decorations, some kid puzzles, etc. I only spent 20.00 and got a ton of cool stuff!

Shiloh and Jasper went on a fun trip with Grandma and aunt Margaret to the pumpkin patch and train ride.  They loved it and came home with two pumpkins :)

Jasper in enjoying preschool. He is learning alot,  He also is fully potty trained now! We are so proud of his efforts! He loves books. He cant stop reading and looking at books. He takes after his dad in that aspect.

We love our two boys. 

Ben and I took our little family to the ward party, accept it was our old ward party :) It was soooo great to see everyone. I have missed them! Even though i see them like everyday hahahah i stay close to my old ward, and i keep in touch with all my friends.  We dressed the boys up in their costumes, and took them to the ward Halloween/ chili cook off. Jasper won the " being the most awesome" award.

The other day, i saw my kitty playing with something, i knew instantly what it was, and I HAVE NO PATIENCE FOR ANY CAT WHO EATS MICE! Mice are living creatures who were put on this earth and have a right to be here just like anything else.  Anyways. Ben and I saved him. This will be the 25th mouce we have saved.  We named him Wilber  Im pretty sure he had a broken foot :( but either way we saved him, he could walk and run still.. anyways. We put him in the field in our backyard. Thank heavens he is okay.

T.A BARRON

Conference was such a relief and so soothing.  That is what i love most:)  Anyways.
This past few days have been awesome.  Two days ago i received an email from my most favorite author, he seriously is like my role model. Love this man.  We have kept in touch ever since i was a girl. And he explained he was coming to SLC to do a book signing for his new book.  Than he exclaimed that he has sent me the book before it even came out! ( It has come out since than)  But just to know was  thinking of me makes me so happy! I got it in the mail, with it signed !!!!  I had expressed to him how tough its been and how emotionally draining its been the last week with some idiotic drama, and he just reminded me that i am loved and my imagination is perfect and i have a family who loves me.  He has met my family and i and i have loved him since than. He is like my grandpa.    It made me heart so heavy.

 Well i found the most awesome deals :)  I was driving home from my parents and on the side of the road, there were some chairs, really great condition and i remember seeing them in a magazine for like 250$  i quickly stopped and got them for free!! This picture doesn't do its justice. Its wooden with leather bottom and the pillow isnt what it came with but i plan on getting a way cute pillow for it. :)  It is awesome.

I have been learning about canning and food storage and shopping at stores that are not Hollister, Ambercrombie, TJ Max  etc.. i have really been trying to save money, i have heard that it is amazing and that it saves like hundreds. I have been so paranoid about the government shutdown haha so i have been saving.  Since than,  I have found an awesome grocery store called the NPS store, (THANKS TO GRANDMA STOCKING) where it has basically discounted food. Its kinda like a DI for food!!! I got two gallons of milk and two cartons of juice for in all 5.00  yep! all four for 5.00$ i have saved there over 250.00$  i usually shopped at weinegars and smiths market place. Each month i spend 250-300 dollars, i shop at this store and i only pay 70 $ at the most!!!  Its awesome.  I have also got into couponing, that saves 10.00 off on a ton, and i have shopped at DI for kids clothes for winter etc.  I love that store, they honestly have nicer and warmer clothes than at baby gap or anywhere else and i save 20.00$ literally on each pair of clothing.  I buy their shoes new though, i am picky about that.  I have stocked up on water and food too:) Some friends and i are going to do some canning coming up! Cant wait :D  I have the most awesome friends ever. Anyways. And each paycheck, i buy two big cans of wheat or whatever food storage food we need :) so we are at least stocked up for two months now, But i am keeping it up so it will eventually last a year! 

Jasper and Shiloh really just love to pick on each other...BOYS!!!

I also have realized that i havent posted pictures of my house yet:) or the inside.  Ill get right on that and put up pictures.