September came and went

It is now October. I can't believe how fast September flew by. I was waiting for September to come since June. Shane got home on September 9th. It was a great day. Life has been busy ever since he got back. I am back to working 4, 10 hour days again and he is back to teaching D.A.R.E in the elementary schools. The boys have been busy with school too. Life seems to have picked right back up from where it was when Shane first left.

I am greatful that he is home. It is nice having my best friend back. It just seems like we haven't had a lot of time to ourselves, but that is what Hawaii is for. We will be leaving in about two weeks. It will be nice to have the time away. I just want to thank all of my family and friends for their support while he was gone. I couldn't have done it without you. It was much appreciated!!!!!!

Almost Home

Shane will be home in two weeks. YEAH! It has kind of gone by fast, but in some ways it hasn't at all. I have been keeping busy with work, putting up base boards and door casing and taking care of Owen. I just got Stephen and Dallin back this weekend from their mom. So it is nice having a full house again. I think Owen was getting bored of me. Now he can rough house with his brothers and he loves that.

Stephen started his first day of high school. He is a Northridge Knight. I still can't believe he is in high school though. He isn't excited about the 6 A.M. wake up, but I hope that he has a great year and enjoys the experiences that high school has to offer. He won't be driving until next summer, but I will worn all of you when you need to stay off roads.

Dallin is in 6th grade. He had his clothes picked out last night and they were laid neatly on the floor of how he would wear them. It was cute! I didn't know that boys did that. Thought it was only a girl thing. He was a little nervous this morning, thinking his bus schedule was going to change because Stephen's did. I let him know that he didn't need to worry and that he was going to be fine.

I can't believe how much these two have grown in the six years I have known them. They are great kids and I totally missed not having them around this summer.

So our little family is coming together again and that makes me happy. I am truly blessed and I couldn't have asked for a better place to be in life.

Owen's 2nd Birthday

Owen's pre-party present from Meme and Pepe.
(My mom and dad) Dallin had fun checking it out
as well.

Auntie Wendy arrived with the Nemo cake in
hand.

Look how cute it turned out.

Owen was very excited about his Nemo cake.

Look at that face! He is so excited. Owen loves
his motorcikles. That is how he says it.

Look at my motorcikles!!!!

Uncle Mark (My brother) has this weird desire to

destroy cakes. We had already ate some, but

he really wanted to bite Nemo's head off. Jenner

(My nephew) wanted to help him.

Off went his head! Sorry Nemo.

Owen had a great time at his party. He was busy running around like a crazy man, playing with his cousins and new toys. We were able to have Shane there through the web cam. He helped sing happy birthday and watched Owen open his presents. It was nice to have him be a part of this day. I can't believe I have a 2 year old!!!!!

So, it has almost been a month since I last wrote. I have to thank Kerstin for making my blog look way cute. I love it. Things have been really busy this summer. I have been working 6 hours in the office and then some when I get home. But most of my time is spent with Owen. He can keep anyone busy, if you know what I mean. This week is his birthday. My baby is going to be 2. Can you believe it!?!?!? I know, time has surely flown by. It seems like I just had him. But he is truly a blessing and so much fun to have around. I can't wait to have another one. Not saying that I am pregnant, but hopefully soon.

I have also been doing some house projects that needed to be done. Shane and I started remodeling our home three years ago. It all started with me taking off the old wall paper that was on the walls when we first moved in. That in turn meant taking down all the door casings and floor boards. We repainted the whole house from ceiling to floor. Replaced the carpet and eventually gutted the kitchen and upstairs bathroom. Well this whole time we have never put the door casings or floor boards back up, so that is what I have been working on. It has been way to long without them that I told Shane it would be done before he got home. I have finished my room, the hallway and the upstairs bathroom and man it looks so good. I just need to finish Dallin's and Owen's rooms, the family room and then the basement. We are finally getting our house back. YEAH!!!!!!!!

Shane has 5 more weeks left. He will be able to come home on September 9th. It was actually 11 weeks and 4 days that he will be gone, but whose counting. I am so excited to see him again and just to be with him. I think I took him for granted the whole time he was home and now when you are apart you think of all the little things that matter the most. I love my husband very much and think he is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I am really blessed to have him in my life. He is my everything!

Military

I know I am a little late on sharing this information with a lot of you, but now seems like a good time as any. Back in April Shane joined the Army Reserves. Right now he is in San Antonio, Texas completing his training of Combat Medic. He will be there a total of 9 weeks. But we can now offically say 8 weeks. I am very proud of him for making this decision and I back him all the way. Even though it is tough to be away from each other, we will make it through this. Yes, he could be deployed if his company here in Salt Lake is called to go and yes that does scare me, but again it is for the right reasons. Just wanted to let everyone know what is going on in our lives at this time.

FINALLY!!!!!

Kerstin will be so happy with me! I am trying to get this started. I know it has taken me a long time, but hey, I finally did it. I will post more pictures and blog a little more later.