could life be any better?

Brennan and I went to look at apartments today and found a really great one for us! We get the keys 2moro!!!!!

I started a 2nd job on sat.!!!!!!

joined Weight Watcher this evening with my mom!!!!!!




could things be any better???.....well....I could meet a super hot super sweet super rich man 2moro, but lets not push it (=

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I WIN!!!! haha

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WE'RE ON THE NEWS!!!!

Last Friday we found out the the school district was going to cut the choir program from Durango High. Everyone was crushed, choir has made us all into who we are today, it gave us motivation to go to school and do well. The students sent a letter to the Governor and...IT WORKED! The choir was saved! YAY!!!!
We were on news 5, 8, 13 and a Spanish channel.

here is a link, watch the video (= Ivy is holding a sign that says, "don't rob me of music" CUTE!

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11179811

on this link u can see my bro Andrew and I holding signs. Brennan's boyfriend was interviewed as well and its showed on this video (=

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11180796&nav=menu498_2

Ivy's new favorite thing is animal sounds, she has been repeating them back at me for a long now. I always ask her, "what does the ____ say." Now she asks me haha its cute (= here is a qiuck video, she didnt want to do it at first, its pretty quick (=
enjoy!!!

Thanks Crystal for the video!!!

my dog needs a new home )=

this is my doggie, Jax, he is such a sweet dog. My mom is moving soon and I will need to as well so I am trying to find him a good home now. I dont know where I'll be living in a couple months so even though I would like to keep him its prob not practical. He is about 4 years old, hes a little fuller now then in this picture. My mom got him for me on my 18th birthday. (= I want him to go to someone I know if possible.

2nd job!!!

I'm sooooo excited!...............I'm getting another job!
I have been looking for a night job for some time now. What I am making right now is just not enough to support Ivy and I.
It looks like I will be working from 9pm to 3am with my new job and 9am until 3pm at As You Wish catering (= I'm sooo sooo sooooo blessed that this new job just presented itself out of the blue! Its been so hard trying to figure out bills and trying to move out on my own with only a part-time job and no kind of child support. I get to keep my catering job which I LOVE! Plus I get food everyday!!! (= YAY!!! I'm very excited right now!!!!! Can ya tell (=

bored!

I feel like its super late....its only 11pm!
I just found this, didn'ts even look it over so lets see if its fun or not....

Are you a single mom? yep

How many children do you have? 1

Whats their name(s)? Ivy!!!

How long since you became a single mom? umm since I have been a mom so 20 months

Were you ever married to the baby's dad? NOOOO!

What are their birthdays? her birthday is Jan. 2!!! Coming up! oh wow! this will be her golden birthday! I just realized that! hmmm party planning in my head!!!

Whats the ratio of boys to girls? one sweet sassy little girl

Whats their names?...Ivy, I thought we just went over this...

How old are they now? she is 1

Are they named after anyone in particular? No

What grades are they in? she in nursery!!!

Are any of them honor roll students? not yet (=

Do any of them have any special talents? YES! she knows her animal sounds, she can spin VERY well, she can do some sign language, and she plays the harp!!! (ok that last one isnt true but I want her to play one day!!!)

Are you a good mom? YES

What is your favorite way to spend time with them? playing, shopping, I love taking her out to eat but that rarely happens...any time with her is a good time.

Do you have nicknames for them? goose, Lucy, Loo Loo, lady GA GA, 2-loose, googly bear(that's an older one) Loo Lee, and monkey is the newest one.

How old were you when you had your first? 20

How did you feel when you first found out you were preggers with each of them? ummm haha I dont remember my feelings exactly....scared/happy/shocked

Do they ever drive you nuts? wal mart temper tantrums!

Name one unique thing about each of your kids. she was born at home....thats a lame on for this topic but I cant think of anything.

What do they call you? mom, mommy, ma ma, ashley haha (=

Do you want more children? yes

Whats your bedtime ritual? UGH! working on that...

Bathtime ritual? I give her one when she needs it (=

Do you think you spend as much time as you can with them? I work part-time and I miss her tons but I do spend lots of time with her!!!

How do you feel about the phrase "super mom"? every mom that is resposnibly raising kids should be called that!

Are you a working mom or stay at home mom? part timer

Do you have a special needs child? nope

Name your kids fave toys: my phone!

Who are your kids best friends? me, uncles and aunts, grandparents!!!

What are their favorite hobbies? singing, playing, dancing

What are their favorite subjects in school? not there yet...

Are you involved in school activities? .............

What size do they wear in clothing? haha 9-12month...some 18month

Favorite colors? donno

Where are your kids right now? she is snoozin (= looks so cute with her squishy face and sponge curlers!!!

my baby is not a baby anymore )=

20 MONTHS!!!!

It seems like Ivy has always been around but at the same time like time is flying by.

She is sooooo polite! Before we eat she always says, "blessing" and she folds her arms for the prayer. (=

When someone sneezes she either says thank you or bless you, or both haha.

Every time someone gets hurt she comes up with her arms open for a hug and says sorry.

Everyday after work when I knock on the door I love to hear her call for me. She gets so excited! I hate leaving for work :/ I call her at lease once everyday while I'm at work.

Her new thing is animal sounds, so far she know what the dog, cat, cow, horse, fish and bear say (=

She has not had any problems in nursery, in fact I spend half the class time in the hall looking through the peek hole. haha she does great!

I am definitely so proud of her and all her accomplishments (=

dance dance!

Please ignore the mess and boxes...we are getting ready to move (=

visiting the 801

Brennan, Ivy, Anita (our friend) and I went up to Utah for our best friends wedding, we had a great time. We drove up Thursday, Friday we got to do a lot of site seeing. Anita had never been past Ceder city so we took her to temple square. We had sooo much fun! Ivy loved the Christus...well we all did but Ivy was amazed by it! At home and at church I always ask her where Jesus is and she will walk over and point to his picture, its so cool! So I'm sure seeing this 11 foot statue of Christ was soooo awesome to her! She wouldnt leave the statue, I'd walk over to get her and she'd walk right back, so after a few attempts I let her be. It seemed that everyone there enjoyed seeing her pointing at it and saying, "Jesus, Jesus!"

After we left Salt Lake we went to the Mayan for dinner. I had been there before and I wanted Anita to see it. They have cool clif divers and its a fun atmosphere...Ivy was a little scared though. After dinner we took some fun pictures and then it started POURING!!!!!! Like CRAZY!
Later Friday night we went to Provo to see our friend Dave!!! It had been over two years so it was great to see him!!! We watched StarTrek at the dollar theater.



Ivy was AMAZING the whole trip, she was silent in the car! I'm so lucky to have such a great traveler! Brennan kept her entertained with her MANY bracelets and exciting jewelery!!!









Of course the highlight of the trip was seeing Jen! She looked amazing! We went to the temple and it was pouring rain again! But it cleared up just in time for her pictures!!! It was still cold (55 degrees!) though. Bren and I got to spend some time with Jen before the reception because we fixed her hair, that was so fun! We can't wait to do it all over again this weekend at her Vegas open house!!!! (=

Jen's MARRIED!

Jennifer is married!!!!! Bren and I went up to Draper UT. for the weekend to see Jen (=
She looked amazing!

I am so happy for her and James!!! I have only met James a few times but its easy to see that they are perfect together, he is the sweetest guy!

I wish I could have said something like this at the toast.....I made a fool of myself! I'm TERRIBLE at speaking in front of a crowd!

I hope the best for Jen and James on there new adventure as husband and wife!

Jen-see how much better I am at typing then speaking hahaha

bridal shower pictures to come!

bye bye bunny ) =

Over a month ago my sister and I found a bunny that had been a banded.....so we saved it!!! (= there was another one (that we know of) who had been hit by a car. It was very obvious that they were pets and they didnt know how to live in the "wild." I named her bugs (bunny) my younger siblings all had a different name for her. A couple weeks ago we decided that with everyone moving we could no longer keep her )= so we found a nice family for her! The day that she had to go was very hard on the kids, especially Alan! My mom took everyone to the Springs Preserve but Alan decided to stay home and play with the bunny before she had to go.
He was such a strong boy that day! He came with me to meet the lady who would take the bunny.
We waited for over an hour for the lady to show and finally she called...turns out she had been waiting in the wrong parking lot the whole time! So she drove over and took her, I wish she would have been nicer and more considerate about Alan's feelings but she just grabbed here, said thank you and left! Didn't offer to let him hold her and say goodbye! B WORD! O well I'm sure they are great, they were just anxious.
We miss you little bunny!!! (=

happy (late) birthday AARON!

AARON IS 19! WOW!

sobe!
Cards from Andrew (=
MJ
High school musical singing card!!!
LOVE YOU LITTLE BROTHER!

Ivy is 19 months today! Its so crazy how much she has changed! Her vocabulary has literally doubled within the last minth! She is putting more words together and other people can actually understand her (=

Shes likes to ask where her uncle Andrew is, but she calls him something else, Its a weird noise that I can't even attempt to spell out haha. She also asks where Daniel (my friend) is, she'll sit there and for five minutes straight she'll go, "wheres Daniel? wheres Daniel? wheres Daniel? wheres Daniel? wheres Daniel?..." Its funny!

Ivy is always copying the things I do, EVERY TIME I finish someones hair she climbs up on the chair and pulls the cape over her and says, "hair, hair." Or she'll grab a brush or comb and do someone else's hair.


She always asks me to paint her nails and to do her hair! HAHA When we out she likes to take her cell phone (toy lol), babydoll and purse (=

family pictures

Ivy Girl! (= she posed herself haha

I posed myself too!!!

mom and dad (= SOOO cute. moms hair by ME!

Ivy and I (=

the kids

The whole gang (=

My hair grew 12 inches in 10 mins!

I tried Brennan's clip in extensions yesterday to see how they looked, the color actually almost matched! My hair is at such an awkward length right now so I'm thinking of getting some extensions. Bren does custom clip-in extensions which is prefect for me right now! I need something easy. Brennan is very good at cutting and blending them so if anyone is interested I'll give you some more information!!! Note: these ones are not customized to me thats why they dont look that great, we just clipped them in for fun (=

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY BRENNAN!!!!!!!!!!

Brennan's birthday present!!!

Gettin ready for the party

Brittany made Brennan cute cupcakes!

Water balloon fun!

Uncle James swinging Ivy around!

Blowing Bubbles 101

Ezra! He was feeling sick )=

YUM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS! Funfettie and coffee cake!

Singin in the park (=
I love you Bren! Your the best!

West Side Story

My dad is leaving in a week for Australia so each for the kids on a little date for some one on one time with dad. My grandma had a couple extra tickets to Spring Mtn. Ranch on Thursday. It was a pretty good play, not amazing but good. I actually had auditioned for the play a few months back. (=

Ivy had a LOT of junk food to keep her quite (= she would lick my fruit bar and then turn around and have some of my dads....it was funny.

It was fun to go with my grandma!!! Shes such a sweet lady (=

Australia!

Some people have asked...YES! My family is moving to Australia. My dad is leaving next week and my mom, Bethany, Alan & Andrew will leave either August or Sept. My dad was got a chiropractic job up there. This will be a HUGE change for us! We have such a close family, we do everything together! It will be hard, but it will also be an exciting adventure! i cant wait to go visit! (= This is why I am sooo desperate to find a job! So Ivy and I are not homeless!!! haha!....its not that funny...

day at the museum

We went to the Lied Discovery museum today!!! It was Ivy's first time and I had heard that it had been re-done and had lots of improvements. My brothers have been participating in a reading challenge at the library and they get prizes for the amount of books they read, they picked museum passes as their prizes and they gave me one to use for Ivy. We had lots of fun!!!

Here is Ivy in front on the "Gross"ology room! It was VERY interesting! We learns all about snot & farts! SWEET! haha

In the "little Leaner" activity room

Ivy watching the boys in the hurricane machine!

DIVA!

Fun room!!!

Trying to play like the big kids.

Shopping with grandma!!! (my mom's favorite part of the museum!)

Blue Man/Girl Group

This was Ivy's favorite part!!!! Driving the plane!

giving mommy her own personal plane ride!!!