Our Water Babies

Our boys love love love going swimming! Tyson was very hesitant the first time we went but after hanging out for about 30 min he got the hang of things! He is still very cautious about how deep the water is and doesnt like putting his face in, but he loves just doin his own thing! Jarom on the other hand has not a care in the world about the water, he will crawl untill the water is over his face if we let him! We have had fun taking them swimming, just seeing how happy it makes them, makes my day:)

Our living room makeover!

So i havent been able to post any of the things that we have been doing around our house since weve moved in, but now that i have a camera i can take a few pictures of our new living room and show you! Tyson and I decided on a budget so we could do something new and refreshing in our formal living room and I think for the amount of money we spent on our makeover it couldn't of turned out better!! I was so super excited to do this because I finally had the chance to turn my ideas and inspirations for the room into a reality!! Little by little my vision for living room came together!

We decided to paint part (2 walls) in the room green, now when i envisioned green originally it was not this color, I ended up having to paint one of the walls twice because the first green was Horrible!! After much debating and thought, luckily the second shade of green I picked out worked great!! I love this color! Its so refreshing, calming, modern and elegant at the same time! I love what a little bit of paint can do to a room!

We did a lot of pricing and shopping around before we bought any furniture, im glad we did because we got amazing deals!! I love the chairs, because it is a smaller room, they allowed the room to be more open but still seat as many as a loveseat would, I also made a padded seat for the piano bench that matched the walls, so there could be additional seating!

I know Im probably going on and on, but I really had so much fun putting the room together! Wish i had some before pictures so you could see what it was like before... Let me know what you think :)


I put together the frame/collage thing above the couch by buying old frames at a thrift store for super cheap and just sanded and repainted them and then just added my own idea to them with the ribbon, vinyl lettering and wooden lettter. On the frame in the middle I used crackle paint :)

The emblem on the piano is vinyl lettering and I added some of the green paint to it to tie it in.

The quote on the wall is one that Tyson and I had custom made, because we liked the quote so much, the saying is by is by President Monson.

I wanted chairs to give the room more of an open look, tyson actually pointed out these ones out when we were looking online, so he gets the credit for these beauties :)


I love throw pillows:)

The bookshelf is one of the first things we got for the room, we love it!

Our Friends Mom was getting rid of her piano, she asked us if we would want it and we were so happy she did because it fits perfectly:)


This mirror is at the bottom of our stairs, I love having the hooks they come in really handy for our jackets and my purse when we are in a hurry :)

I put this arrangement together and eventually i want to get a stand for it and put it on the other side where the ficus tree is...


The picture frame that is blank is not meant to be that way just havent got around to putting one in :)




This is the little padded piano bench that i made, kinda surprised my self with this one, so far its still holding up haha



So this is our new and improved sitting room...next on the to do list is our backyard, when we bought our house the back yard wasnt finished, meaning no side fences no sprinklers and no grass! The weather is getting warm and my boys so desperately want to play out side, so we are hoping we can get it finished soon! Pictures to come!

Belated Birthday Post!

My Sweet husband turned 25 this year, February 19th was the big day! I know this post is late but we just got a hold of some of the pictures that were taken, and i wanted to be able to post pictures:) This year we wanted to get our family and friends all together so we had Tysons birthday dinner at Smokey Mountain Pizza!! We had a great time with everyone! Thank you to all who could make it :)

Me and my birthday boy!

Here is Tyson with his dad and siblings, minus his sis Geri :( By the way Ger your spot is next to robbie hence his arm around "your" shoulders:)

Tyson and his Mom with baby Addie

Tyson and his Dad

Tyson with one of his good buddies Zach!

Ty and my brother Shane

Little Ty and his awesome uncle Michael







And To my Good Lookin 25 year old husband Happy birthday baby!, and I have just one question for you... how is it that you get sexier and sexier every year! Seriously!! I love you! Heres to making 25 a year to remember!

Hip Hip Hooray!!

So I finally bought myself a digital camera yesterday, since ours went missing/lost during the move :( I have been without one for almost 6 months now! One day I would love to save up the money and spend a good chunk on a really nice camera for photography purposes, but this one is pretty nice, it will do what i need it to do and I am just grateful to finally have a camera again!! I took little snapshots of the kids all day long!! ahhh it seriously is great knowing that i can capture all of our precious memories again!! yay! here are a couple pics i took of my baby boys! they are getting so big! I can hardly believe Jarom will be One next month!!

You know your a mommy when...

***If puking and pooping is a sensitive subject to you disregard this post:)***


So my boys just recovered from a terrible week long flu! To say it was horrible would be an understatement. This was my first experience with my kids having the flu. And I just have to say this is one motherly duty that deserves an award! Im sure all you mommies would have to agree...

So it all started in the middle of the night when Tyson came in our room to tell us that he "burped" (this was the first time he had every thrown up so i guess that was his best way to describe it
;) After cleaning it up and putting him back to bed, the night continued in a similar fashion, puking and pooping everywhere!! I felt so bad for him, and was praying that Jarom wouldnt catch the bug, but in reality i knew he would, they are brothers that share Everything even colds...The next day Jarom caught the bug. I had too very sick boys, and i was one exhausted mama.

The puking lasted about three days, hmm 3 days might not seem too bad, but when you have two kids, 2 and under simintaniously puking,your trying to keep them in one place so they dont puke everywhere, while cleaning up puke that is already everywhere and changing diapers every half hour! Well 3 days seems to feel like an eternity! They both had diarrhea for about a week which i can admit was worse than the puking! Lets just say diapers dont hold diarrhea very well. We went through a box of Costco diapers in about a week flat!!!

So here are a few of my, You Know Your a Mommy When, moments:

1.) Your holding your baby and he starts to throw up, but you just hold him closer trying to comfort him and ease his pain, instead of setting him down because you would rather dodge the throw up.

2.) You dont get the least bit upset for your 2 year old puking all over your just washed sheets.

3.) You cry because your kids are so helplessly sick

4.) You dont think you can stand another day of it, but somehow you are able to get up in the morning with little or no sleep and do it all again, all because of the love you have for your sweet babies.

Being a mother is selfless. Its the hardest but most rewarding job there is. What other full time job is the payment pure love....




Here are some other "motherhood" cartoons that make me laugh!! You know your a mommmy if you think these are hilarious:)