Quarter of a Century Old

The pictures above are some cute pics my dad took. My

parents cameout to visit in August and my dad was able

to snap somegood ones of lil miss Anna. The last one is

of my beautiful mommy.I had to post it. I can't believe

Summer has come and gone. We have been so busy.

Anna did a little cheer camp which I thought she would

have ate up and loved. But to my surprise... she hated it! Haha. I

posted a video of her cheer. She is still my little cutie. The pics

crack me up. For some reason she just was not into it. But she

still does all her KHS cheers 24/7. The other pics are of Anna &

Grandma Jill's chickens. She loves them. She loves to go collect

the little eggs and knows all their names. I loved all of these

pics. Good job Dad. Way to go. :)
In other news... I'm officially an old woman. I turned 25

on 09/09/09. !! Being that it was such a lucky day... Clayt

took me to Vegas and we stayed two nights. It was

SOO nice to have a little vacation away from work and

be alone with Clayt. We ate and shopped. It was perfect.

It was also our 5 year anniversary in August but being

that the fire season kinda gets in the way...we weren't

able to celebrate it. But we decided to cram in my

birthday and anniversary into one. I can't believe

we have been married five years. It seems like

yesterday we were moving into Kensington apts

just barely married. Now we are entering our

sixth year together, almost two kids and I'm 25.

(Not to mention Clayt is almost 28... haha)

Anyway... I don't think I have officially posted

but everyone knows I'm pregnant. I'm due

March 10 and I am 16 weeks pregnant. I thought

for sure I was having a boy this entire time. But

I had an ultrasound tonight and it looks like I

am having another lil girl! I have to admit I was

a little bummed at first to not get my boy but

I can't wait for our little girl to arrive.

Anna B started preschool this month! She is

getting so old. She is in Miss Angie Castagno's
preschool with Halle Hawkins and loves it!

Miss Angie is such a good teacher...

So here are a bunch of random pics of what

we have been up to in no particular order.

Our Vegas Anniversary. 5 years. I love this boy.

We have been doing a ton of hunting lately. Clayton had an archery

tag so every spare minute we were out hunting. Clayt took me

and Anna along quite a bit this year. It was so much fun. Anna is

a little natural hunter. She even fell asleep on the four wheeler

once. We bought her own bow! She had to have it. She is such a good

sport for being a 3 year old.

Anna's first day of preschool!

Anna right before school. :)

This was her initial outfit but then she spilled coke all over

her shirt... thus the second outfit. :)

Random camping pics.

I love my lil fam.

Baby Steps...

Well.. I don't know if anyone even checks
my blog still but I have decided to take
baby steps back into the blogging world.
I finally have had some time to post pics
of our eventful lives! Beware...these pics
go clear back to Anna's birthday. I'm a l
ittle behind. But I can't not post my lil
woman's birthday pics...? Right? Life has
been crazy for us and I just want to say
how grateful (greatful?) I am for good
friends. You know the saying you find
out who your friends are... well I have
definitely found out who mine are and
feel so blessed and lucky to know such
great people. You know who you are. :)
We are living it up in K Town and actually
enjoying ourselves for the most part.
Life is pretty laid back in Kanab but
we like that for now. We pretty much
live for 32 Cent Tuesdays at Stage and
a lil Escobar's every now and then. Okay
well enough blabbing. I have spent the
past week catching up on everyone's blogs.
I love seeing what everyone is up to and
miss all of you old friends that are on to
bigger and better things. I'm still blabbing.

T H E M A Y A N
A couple weekends ago Clayt & I decided
to head up North for a change...
(we always go South it seems.. Vegas,
George,Mesquite!) We made a nice stop
at Cabellas and hit up and a few malls.
We took Anna to the place Clayton took me
when we were very first dating. The
Good Ole Mayan. We knew Anna would
love it... primarily because she is 1/8 Mexican
so it is in her blood but also because the
atmosphere is so fun for kids. She of course
was memorized and loved it. We just
love seeing her happy.

Me & Neens at dinner.

Clayt & Banana.

Watching the show... they loved it!

This pic cracks me up. This is how Anna thought she was going to sit

the entire way up to SLC. She was just vegged out with her Sprite...

Iphone and headphones. My teenager in the making.

C O Y O T E C A L L I NG!

So Clayt & I have been doing a little calling

lately. He has made me his new calling

buddy and it is my new favorite thing.The first time

he took me I died laughing. It was hilarious

just hearing him make the rabbit call sounds

in the silence of the wilderness as we just hide

out in a little tree. He was mad that I was

laughing... but I am now officially serious

and don't make a sound. Even walking there! We

went calling a few weeks ago and took my brother & his

girlfriend. And we even took ANNA!. Haha. We didn't

know how she would do but she didn't want us to leave her...

She was the cutest... and we even called in a bear... we think.

Another story.

Professional Coyote Hunters.... not a member of the infamous wolfpack but

we try still the same!

Anna and her call.

Daddy :)


F O U R T H O F J U L Y

Andrea Gilberg talked me into somehow getting up at 6:30 AM

and running the FUN RUN with her. I was surprised to see

all the girls that showed up but it actually was pretty

refreshing and fun! Who would have thought! Andrea

and I pushed each other and had a good ole time. It was nice

to have that girl home. :) We got third in our division! Woot Woot!

I stole this pic from her too . :)

My little 4th of July baby.

Gracie & Anna. They are darling. Love em.

I got to see my friend Charlene over the 4th and her new little baby.

It's so weird to see everyone grow up and become mothers. It's a

new side of Char that I like. Char, Rams & me took a little friend pic.

I love these girls. Seems like yesterday we were roaming the

city park scouting for boys to watch fire works with. Now

we are all there with our kids and husbands on separate blankets.

So weird. :)

C U T L E R C L A S S I C!

We had our annual golf tourney the Cutler Classic. It

was mine and Clayt's turn to host it because we won

last year. We had pretty much the awesomest shirts

that have ever been made made.. and had a blast!

Roger & Chan brought home the title but Clayton & I

were a distant third. We missed the newly married

G LOVes... but hopefully they show up next year.

Hardcore golfers. I actually kicked butt this year. Clayton

used like four of my shots. Huge improvement from last

year...

Me and Canadian Province. We rocked Mt Carmel.

The White Tiger Woods.

The ladies. :)

A N N A B's T H I R D B I R T H D A Y

This year for Anna's birthday she wanted to have a pool

party. So we rented out the Kanab City pool and had a little

ice cream and cake at the park before. We were so lucky

to have a lot of our friends in town and had a blast. Thanks

for coming everyone. :) It was raining so bad right before

her party but it miraculously cleared up right on time.

We were so lucky.

Anna was set on a Sponge Bob Cake. I'm not creative enough

to make my own cakes like all you super moms out there.

So i took her to the good ole Food Town Deli and this is

what she picked out. How could I refuse?

Anna and all her little friends... Cydnee Castagno, Gracie Staheli,

Josie Hawkins, Trey Castagno, Emilie Gilberg and Hallee Hawkins.

Anna got a new bike for her b-day and loves it! She

just whips around.

My little Rams and Lat.

Our friends... love em.

Pool party!

Can Can and the Mikester.

Anna riding her bike home from her pool party!

She was so pumped. We have rode that bike

all summer to the pool. She loves it. :)

Group photo. It was a blast.

Emmy & Anna.

Coming SOON!

Coming Soon... an update!

Clayt's Grad, Vegas & Camping!

He did it! My husband has him some edumacation. I know we haven't
posted in awhile but things have been pretty crazy. Things are
finally settlin and I had a chance to post. We are moving out of Cedar
this week and it is very sad. Anna has never lived in another house besides
our Sunset Ridge home. She started bawling today when Clayt told her
we were moving. She said she doesn't want to move. She told Clayt to
"call the people and tell them not to move in to our house". It was way
sad. But I guess that is life. :( We are still contemplating some big decisions
as far as where we are going to live for the next year. I guess you will
have to wait for the update on that one. We still don't know ?!?!? Clayt
has a good job waiting for him in Texas but we also have Houston's wanting
us to come work for them. Who knows...what will happen? Anyway...
here are a few pics of what we have been up to. Love you all!

Clayt's family came and supported him. Minus Casey... for some reason

she thought she was better than this. Haha.

Our fam after Clayt received his diploma. Anna was beat. So tired...

Walking up on the stage...hottie. When the grad was all said and done, Grandma Lydia offered to take

Lil Anna while we went for a night in Mesquite. We had all you can eat steak

instead of crab and I might have to say it is my new fav.... It was

an awesome little getaway for us.On our way home we stopped and took a pic of the Chums sign

for our good friend Trevor Lee Glover. He is bringing sexy back

with the Chums.Anna was happy to see us after our trip. Love her.Clayt and I have been wanting Iphones forever. Last minute

we decided to just get them. Graduation money comes in handy.

Thanks Rog & Lydia. Yes....This is my new baby. My hot pink Iphone... Life can't be better.

Case, me & Chami. (haha..inside joke) It's actually Tami.... Chan's

new item. But I always call them Tan and Chami on accident.

We went on a little camping trip a few days ago for Mother's day. It was

so fun to be in the hills.

Me & Tone in our Cowboy trailer.

Anna always has to go potty. At least 373847 times an hour. I'm not even kidding.

She is getting pretty good at just dropping her pants though. I didn't raise

a priss!

And last but not least here is a little video of Clayt & Anna getting down.

Clayt is going to be so mad that I posted it but it was too funny. Anna had

been dancing forever and wanted her dad to join in... he really has some

sweet moves...

Mermaid!

So a couple of you who know I got hair
extensions have been asking for pics and
I thought I would post a few that were from
my phone before our long Easter break.
It has been a crazy month but we are still
alive and kicking. Kristie Swindlehurst
is an amazing hair dresser and I love her.
She did such a great job. Anyway... the
quality on these pics are kinda crappy but
they are cell phone pics. I will post more pics
after Easter!

Going Private

I know I did this before.... but I really am going private this time.
Sorry for the trouble. If anyone would like to continue looking at
our blog please leave me your email address. :) Thanks.

Nights with Neens, Christmas, Friends and More...Pretty Much a catch -up post!

I have been a sorry excuse for a blogger the past

few months. But in my defense, for some reason

my pictures have taken 2.2 billion years to load

on blogspot. Tonight they are loading ever so

nicely though! Thank you blogspot. This post

is going to be a long one but it is my catch-up

post so here we go! Clayt has been crazy busy

with school this semester and so Anna and

I are pretty much all alone at nights.. We miss

him but have been having some much needed

girly girl time at nights. Anna is miss personality

and comes up with the funniest things. She

is way into music. Not only does she sing

I am a Child of God or Jesus Wants me

for a Sunbeam over and over again but she

is also well versed in Blink 182, Rihanna, Taylor

Swift and even Michael Jackson! She remembers

any song she hears on the radio and it is

pretty funny. The worst part about that

is when you are at Wal-Mart waiting to check

out and your daughter starts singing

I kissed A Girl and everyone hears her.

Horror. We are working on that. Our current

addiction, passion, (whatever you call it is)

Mario Kart for the Wii. Anna is amazing at this game.

She uses the steering wheel and chooses baby

peach every time. She pretty much rocks the 50cc

courses. (Mario Kart Lingo) When Clayt & I

ever play, she shows us "shortcuts and tricks".

I was way impressed.

Here we are in between one of our Mario Kart races. Love her.

Anna & her steering wheel. She gets her game face on for the races.
For some reason that night, she would only play while standing

on her stool... haha. This is Anna for you.

I really think she could handle driving a car!

I tried to convince her to get serious for some pics and this is

what she gives me. Still cute though! She loves to do my hair.

Then I told her to make a peace sign for the camera. She couldn't quite

figure it out but now she has got it down!

My little Mario Kart Princess!

Anna and I decided to do makeovers one night. She

always loves to put on my eyeshadow while she

is sitting in the bathroom watching me get ready

every morning. So I decided I would let her put

makeup on me one night. It was very interesting

to say the least! She loves the blue eyeshadow!

We put our headbands on to get the hair

out of our face and had a good ole time.

She really is such a little girl. She loves everything girly. It

makes for fun times though. I love having a girly girl.

Beautiful. The camera loves us.

Love the blue eyeshadow.

Our Zoolander pose.

Anna's cute little friend Kate Blasdell has been coming over to play

a lot with us lately. They only live three houses down and Anna

is constantly asking me to call Brady (not Jill haha) or "text"

Brady to see if Kate can come play. They play

really well together and are the funniest lil

girls.

So cute in their little snow outfits. :)

Finally, our Christmas pictures! Two months later isn't bad... right?

We went to Indiana this year to visit my parents. We had a ton

of fun as usual but we were lousy picture takers. Here is

the pics I did manage to take though.

Our Christmas Eve tradition is to make homemade pizzas and rootbeer

floats. Everyone gets their own personal pan pizza and decorates

it any way they want. We always try to outdo each other and

have our pizza be the best pizza. Here is a picture of our three pizzas!

Here is my lil Bro Stevie Wevie. He is not so little anymore. He loves

pizza time :)

Anna & my littlest brother Dyl working on their pizzas. Anna

just loved it.

Our fam on Christmas Eve. If only Anna was smiling... can't have it all.

There we go! Cutie pie Neens.

Anna got a ton of dress up for Christmas from Grandma Heidi. She

loved to dress up and run around like she was a little fairy. I

liked to pretend I was one too. haha. She would start at the top of these stairs and then jump to the

bottom saying she was "flying"She would always stand at the top and announce some big long spiel

before she took the plunge.

Anna & Grandma Heidi. She loves her

Grandma Heidi. This is one of the only pictures I got!

I'm so mad. I need to be better at this especially since

I only see my family like once a year.

This is Anna's cute doll house she got for Christmas. She

LOVES this thing. The funniest thing is when she cons

Clayt to come play with her and I listen to him act out

the dolls. HILARIOUS.

Steve sporting his new chair AND his SUU sweatshirt! He loves

this school and he wants to go to it and live by his sister.... (I'm crossing

my fingers..??)

My family and us at the Thai food restaurant. Clayton got my

family hooked on Thai. We ate there twice in 5 days! Love it

Love it Love it. For some reason nobody was pumped about

me taking the picture....

Anna & Grandma Heidi.

We had a great holiday with my family. Sorry for the long post but now

I can sleep at night knowing I have not left anything out. :)

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