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Catch-up Time!!!

May 2011-Dec 2011

Almost about killed me...see Nick left for Boot Camp on May 17th. It was the hardest thing I have ever went through in my life. But luckily for me my family came to my rescue. I hung out with my cousins a lot...took up Scrap booking and crafting! We went to Papa's house a lot to eat, hang out with cousins, and swim...but mostly swim! That's pretty much all we did in May!

In June Nicholas and I went up to visit Great Grandpa & Grandma Black and Grandpa, Grandma Barre, Uncle Mike, and Aunt Lizzy. We were there from June 20-July 13, we had a blast with them. We went to the zoo with Aunt Lizzy and got in for free on July 4 because we were Military! At the zoo Nicholas' favorite animal was the tigers. We were there during feeding time and got to watch them tare the big chunks of meat apart. He also loved the Giraffes. He would just laugh when they stuck out there long tongues. Then later that week we went to the Aquarium. We had such a great time. His favorite thing to look at the aquarium was the sting rays...he actually touch them...which I was completely surprised! Also they has a huge boa out for the kids to touch and hold...to my surprise my son being only 14 months old just went up to it and pet that nasty snake. I couldn't bring myself to touch that thing.

We also went to Nickles Park...it was the cutest park I have ever been to. Nicholas loved it because it had a pirate ship. He was a little iffy going across the loose bridge...but finally went for it. It only took him a few minutes for him to figure out that he could basically go crazy at the park. He loves going down the slide and swings. He especially loved it because we were spending time with Grandma Barre and Aunt Lizzy. He loved spending time with them. But most of all he loved going swimming with whole family...Especially Grandpa Barre...here he learned that when grandpa got close to the edge that was his que to jump in the pool!!!!We also got to spend some quality time with Great Grandpa and Grandma...he loves them so much!!! Great Grandpa would give him the hose and turn it so he could have fun in the water. Grandpa's excuse was that the flowers needed watering.

When we got home from Utah it was an exciting time because we only had a week until we got to see daddy graduate from Boot Camp...During the whole time he was at Boot Camp we wrote back and forth almost every day. I probably sent him may 100 letters and about an Email a day. It was hard staying strong being home with my son without his daddy but we made it through just fine. Through the church, praying, and family we made it through the toughest 10 weeks of my life!!! So to fast forward a little bit to the July 26 we left to go see daddy in Fort Jackson, SC. I was so excited I couldn't stop smiling and crying. When we got to South Carolina it was so hot and humid. I walked out of the airport and almost drown when I took a breath. Nicholas and I got to our hotel and went to meet up with some other military wives and girlfriends. That night Nick got his cell phone back and we got our call that night. He also told me that a the ceremony the next day I would have to find him in a group of about 150 men and women dressed exactly same. When the soldier came running out of the woods I thought to myself there is no way I'm going to find my husband but not even ten seconds they got into formation I looked and found him right away...I started crying the moment I laid eyes on him!!! We got to spend the whole day together as a family on the base...not what I expected. By that I mean I couldn't believe all the things that they offered to the families on base!!! The next day was graduation...Nick's parents from Kansas came for it. We went out to lunch with them and headed back to our hotel to spend some quality time with each other. then the next day we headed off our separate ways. Nick went to Fort Eustis, Virginia and Nicholas and I headed back to Arizona.

August and September kinda went by like a blur...but it still hurt because August was our Anniversary and September is my birthday. So October came and so did Daddy for a weekend...we had a great weekend. Just spending time together. He came in on Wednesday night and stayed until Sunday Night. On Thursday we went over to my dads house to surprise my nephew Aidan...then we went to pick up the girls from school...Kaida kinda just fell into uncle nick and Bailee just stood there quiet. I cried like a baby of course. Then Sunday came and nick went back to Fort Eustis.

Then Thanksgiving came and we picked up Daddy at the airport...the best holiday ever except for Christmas....we get to have daddy home for a total of two weeks. We pick up daddy this Sunday...can't wait...we get DADDY from December 18-December 31 at midnight!!!!

A Child's Prayer!!!!

Watching Conference today brought me back to my primary day...I don't know why it brought me back but all I can think of is the song "A child's Prayer":

Heavenly Father, are you really there?

And do you hear and answer ev'ry child's prayer?

Some say that heaven is far away, But i feel it close around me as I pray.

Heaven Father, I remember now

Something that Jesus told disciples long ago:

"Suffer the children to come to me."

Father, in prayer I'm coming now to thee.

Prayer, he is there;

Speak, he is list'ning.

You are his child;

He loves his children.

Of such is the kingdom, the kingdom of heav'n.

Last night was a trying time...we got some news that made us extremely discouraged. So today when I woke up I thought of this song because all I was doing last night. These couple of months have been really trying...especially in Nick's family. Lizzy is on her mission and she isn't doing so well. She hasn't been sleeping. As of last week she hasn't slept for 14 days. She's doing better now, but she's not out of the woods. So I have been Praying and fasting for her. Every time I have something go wrong I kneel and ask me Heavenly Father for guidance and help me keep my faith.

2 Nephi 2:25: Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy!

I love this scripture because it just reassures you that Adam fell for us to have what we have in this world...to have all the joys of all the world.

Adversary 2, Me 0!!

Sunday's are suppose to be the best day of the week...but lately I have been struggling with getting up for church. The last couple of Sunday's I have been sick so that's understandable that I haven't been going to church!!! But missing those few weeks got me into a routine of not getting up and going...well lets be honest with one another...I'm just too lazy to get up and get ready for church...I think I might need a calling...NOT! Another thing I have been struggling with is going to Relief Society only because Nicholas is so young and makes trouble with all the ladies in there that don't have little kids. It's just a little frustrating.

Another way the Adversary is working against me is giving me really bad dreams at night...as you all know Nick is leaving in May for Boot Camp and AIT for a total of 9 Months. It scares me to death. So the other night I was woken up in a dead sweat fearing for Nick's life...so I woke up feeling Nick to see if he was still warm and breathing. I have never been so scared in my life! The thing is that I know this decision to be an ARMY family is the right choice because Heavenly Father has shown us in many different ways that it's the right decision.

My goal starting today right this moment is to make it a point to go to church every Sunday, go to the Temple at least two times in the month, read my scriptures, and fully ermerse myself with the spirit...NO MATTER WHAT! To make our family a gospel family. To live our lives as righteously as possible.

What's Happening!!!

Well in the last six months a lot has happened!!! Nicholas has started crawling, gotten two teeth, and started standing up in furniture and walking around them. He is really fast getting from one end of the house to the other crawling...He just started pulling everything off the shelves in his room and the living room. His favorite place in the house is in the kitchen. He especially loves climbing on the dishwasher and playing with the clean dishes while I'm trying to put them away. He also gets into my pots and pans cupboard and pulls all of them out. he also loves playing with my vacuum so hopefully he will be good at helping me clean in the future!!! He's a very happy little boy. I can't believe that next month he will be turning the big 1...it seems that the time has flown by.

WERE IN THE ARMY NOW! In other big news Nick is going into the Army...he leaves in May for boot camp! I'm trying my hardest to stay strong and not break down every time I think about him leaving us for Nine months...Yes, count them nine whole months that 36 weeks that we won't see him on a regular basis. I know that the only reason he is doing this is to better our living situation and to provide for his family but I'm really scared being without him. He will be greatly miss by everyone here. I know heavenly father will provide for us while he is gone. I'm so proud of him for the choices he has made for our family and I have faith in him that it's for the best.

As for me I got my gallbladder taken out on Valentines day this year! Best V-day present ever...if only it didn't cost me 21,000 dollars for that present. But on the plus side I was doped up for a couple of days.

For Thanksgiving we went to Kansas...it was a blast! I loved spending time with Nick's parents Nick and Terry! They are so kind and warm. They opened up there home to us...even though their house scares me at night because it practically pitch dark and you have to walk like 20 miles to get to the bathroom. But it was really fun. I especially got close to his older sister over the last couple months. Nick feels like he's getting old now since his littlest sister has her permit...I told him news flash you are getting old. We both are never going stop having birthdays.

In my family we have welcomed two new additions to our family on October 25, 2010 my niece Ella was born to my Brother Eric and his Wife Maggie. She is the cutest little girl ever...she takes after me!!! Our other addition is Lexis my great-niece was born on November 5, 2010 another little cutie. On nick's side of the family we got rid of Lizzy and sent her on a mission...to Siberia. Not really Siberia but close, Minneapolis, MN. Needless to say she's freezing her butt off literally. No she's loving it! We have three new additions to our house hold. My Niece Ashley and her two little girls Bailee and Lexis came to live with us until she gets back on her feet... I like it because when Nick leaves I'll have someone in this big house to keep me company and mostly to keep me company and help me not to go insane. To have big people talk...yay!

Baby Ella and Nicky! Bailee(4) Lexis(2 Months)

Well right now we are preparing for Nick's departure and little Nicky's First Birthday! I can't wait for his 1st birthday....Nick's departure I can wait for. But my thinking is the sooner he leaves the sooner he gets back!!! Well that our lives up until right now!!