Surprise...

Ok... on the count of 3 say cheese...

Now... on the count of 3 say Cassa's Pregnant!!!

Haha Surprise!!! This is how I told my family... It was so funny to see their reactions. The sun was shining in the window so the pictures are not that great but still funny. Most of them are not listening and Shantel looks shocked, Alyssa looks mad ( she wasnt) and my mom looks confused ( she was)! I wanted to wait and tell everyone at 12 weeks but it was so close to Thanksgiving and with my sister being home, I thought I would wait a little longer. I am now 16 weeks and very excited! The third is so hard though. I have been so sick, and I have had a little trouble with my blood pressure. I feel like I could just lay in bed for the rest of my life, and I did for the first 3 months at least. We have no idea where we will put this baby in our house so we are adding on. It may not be completely done by the time the baby comes in May but it will have a room shortly yay! We are not going to find out what we are having. Clete is not totally sold on this idea so I have to do some quick talking to convince him but I just think that is the biggest surprise you could ever give yourself... and since we have one of each already then this is the perfect time right??? I also feel like I started showing so quickly. I have been trying to hide it but its already pretty obvious so I decided that for my own self esteem... I would start telling people. So there it is... family of 5 here we come!

Busy October!!!

This was a little of my moms b day party!

We got to talk to Jordon and Aimee on Skype!

All the grandkids going for a hay ride!

Picking their pumpkins... Shayda has her creepy vampire teeth in haha

So so funny!!! Weston, Josh, and Granpa Bevan with the silly glasses on!!!

The grandkids with the silly glasses and teeth... Hilarious!!!

Creepy Justice haha... I thought we all might die of laughter from this one haha

My mom and the grandkids doing the fishing game!!!

This month has been so crazy... It started off with a weekend of camping and getting firewood for the winter with some friends of ours. The next weekend my mom did her annual pumpkin patch adventure except that she decided to do it at her house this year. They did a fishing game where the kids got the funniest things like vampire teeth and silly glasses.... after that they went to the pumpkin patch to pick their pumpkins... and then off to a hay ride around Leamington... we also had chilli and spudnuts... delish!!! WE had so much fun... I love how involved my mom is with the the grandkids... she always has great ideas! Shortly after that we distracted my mom to set up a surprise birthday party for the big 50!!! Isnt' she hot for a 50 year old!!! haha love you mom!!! Anyways... we had some appetizers and dessert and cake and gave her presents, and actually got to skype with Jordon and Aimee who are currently in New York. We did miss Shantel though:(. We have been having so much fun and the month is not over yet. We are putting in our flooring this week... finally and then we are heading to frightmares and staying the weekend in Salt Lake. And finally... the last weekend of the month I will be having Bunco at my house and then doing a little trick or treating with the kids!!! I love october... It really is crazy... but so much fun!!!

Pre-School and more....

My biggest girl getting on the bus!!!
All of the kids at Shayda's bus stop in holden

Shayda's first day of preschool... she picked her own outfit and backpack... she did a pretty darn good job!!!

Leamarado Rodeo... Justice wanted to chase the money cow too!

Shayda chasing the money cow...

Clete and my nephew Ethan at the rodeo.

Our Deputy K-9 Basco's memorial

We had some pics... and our friends made a video for him.

Shayda passed her swimming lessons this summer!

It has been crazy lately again... so I thought I would catch you all up. The pictures are a little backwards but I will just go with it. I will start with swimming lessons... I had to bring Shayda to swimming lessons 5 days a week for 4 weeks... ugh. I am so glad that I am able to have the time to take her to lessons but boy oh boy it was not alot of fun for us moms (just ask Jenna haha) I guess at least I wasn't the pregnant one.

We also had a memorial for our Deputy K-9 Basco whom we lost to cancer. I know alot of people do not understand having a memorial for a dog.... but this was very important to us. He was not just a dog... he was a family member... he was a Clete's partner... and he was the protector of many people in our community including the many deputies that worked with him. He was involved in hunting down many criminals including cop killers and more. He was also involved in protecting my husband Clete in a shooting that he was involved in a couple of years ago. We owe so much to that wonderful dog. I wanted to thank all those that came to the memorial... and the ones that spoke and the ones that made the wonderful video of Basco. Many people have asked me if I am scared to live out here and I really never have been until now. He was my protector.... I will miss him.

We also had my little brother Jordon's wedding a couple of weeks ago... and I could kick myself for forgetting my camera but you can check some out on Aimee's blog. I did make their cake so you can check that out on my cake blog. The week after the wedding was the Leamarado days rodeo. I got to see alot of my family, and my Grandpa Bevan was the grand marshall!!! He is so dang cute.... we were pretty proud of him. The kids got to chase the money cow, so they had a blast!

Last but not least... My little girl went to preschool on the bus! I was so excited for her to go because she could not wait but it was a little sad that she is growing up so big. When we got to the bus stop she was so excited and then right before she got on the bus she said " Mama I'm scared"... I of course made her go and she was fine but I did feel like I was feeding her to the wolves. Its hard to live in a town that you don't know alot of people, and they don't give you alot of info on school and such. I really had no idea what was going to happen to her there but I had faith and she was fine... by the way she love love loves it. Justice misses his sister all day long... he follows me around all day repeating everything that I say because he is learning to talk. He talks quite a bit now so my house seems busy all day!

As far as my house goes.... It really is coming along. I have gotten new sinks and faucets... new hardware in my kitchen...a storage unit ... and new carpet in my bedrooms. I have the flooring for my kitchen, bathroom, and living room/dining room, but I am just waiting for my husband to have time to put it in. I am planning on painting a bunch of things as well but we will see how much I get done. Its been alot of work but it will be so worth it! Anyways thats it for now.... wow that was a long one.

Home Sweet Home ugh...

Ha ha gross isn't it!!!

Me and my kiddies!
Us again...

Shayda and Dreyden plotting to attack Jordon!

Shayda on our way home from Boulder! Check out her reflection!

Ok we have been busy again! I got my other knee done, so I am stuck in bed for awhile so I figured I would catch up on my blogging... check out my cake blog! Well I guess I will start with my house since it is the name of my blog...

Well, we have decided to wait six months before we ad on. I know what you are thinking... you have been waiting forever so why continue... well, as frustrating as it is, we had such a long process in getting bids that by the time we got our final bid, it was just way more then we wanted it to be. We decided that we could probably afford it but we don't want to always struggle, and this would make things pretty tight. So... we decided to reduce the square feet on our addition. We were going to ad over 3,000 sq. ft so I think that we have some room to take off thereby making it affordable. This would take a little longer to accomplish so by the time that we get it done, and start the loan process, the weather would be something we would have to work around, and I don't want to make a payment on something that is incomplete... So.... we wait for another 6 months.

No worries though... because in the meantime we are going to work on the home we have. We are going to get a storage unit for all of our junk ( so that we can use our camping trailor for something other than storage haha), we are going to replace all of the flooring, do some painting, and replace all of the hardware in our kitchen... including our sink yay! I would also love to get a new t.v. to get rid of our entertainment system, but that is an after thought haha! Anyways... it may not fix the fact that Justice still doesnt have a bedroom, and I will have to deal with no toy room for awhile, but at least I can get some new ness in my life! I have been saving forever now, and I can finally do something with some of it. Don't worry I am a tight wad so of course I won't spend it all! We are still adding on so I still need a downpayment so I guess I will be good! Anyways... I WILL HAVE MY ADDITION SOMEDAY!!!!!

Soo Incredibly BUSY...

Shayd got her face painted like a princess at the park on the 4th! So Cute!
This was just one of many moose that the kids wanted a pic with!
Miley, Justice, Makinley, and Shayda

I had to share a pic of my whiskey barrel because this is my first successful year with an overflowing whiskey barrel! Yay!!!

I will have more pictures to come... but my laptop broke AGAIN... so a few pics from my phone are all you get until I get my new one!!!

I guess I will start from the top of my crazy life in the last two months... I have been so busy that I have not even had a chance to rest... I am exhausted but I had a great time being busy... I guess it all started when I went to St. George with my co-workers at Signature for a great training! I stayed at our condo all by myself, and I have to say that I really enjoyed my ME time! The very next weekend was the Days of the Old West Rodeo, and Clete is on the committee so we spent three days in Delta busy with the parade that both of my kids were in, and the opening ceremony for all three days that my brother Jordon came home from Iraq just in time for. He was in the flag ceremony, and was honored for serving in Iraq! While he was home, I did not get to see to much of him because he has a darling little girlfriend that he spent every waking moment with... it was good to see him so happy!!! I miss him, and can't wait until he is home for good!!!

The very next weekend we went with some friends of ours to Boulder Mountain... we had so much fun just relaxing, eating, riding horses, and fourwheelers, and chatting by the fire!!! It is so beautiful up there! We got home just in time to send Jordon on his way... its always heartbreaking to say goodbye. I got up the next morning, and headed to Park City with my sister and all of our kids to spend a couple of days in the time share. It was alot of fun because I have not been there for so long, and it was nice to see the sights, and do a little shopping at the outlets!

Then came my birthday which fell on the 4th festivities so after I threw candy in the parade for the Lemon's salon, I spent the day in the park with my family and some friends, and rode rides, got faces painted, and had a yummy navajo taco, and then it was off to my house for dinner, and fireworks... It was a fun day! Clete also took me to the movies a couple days later for my birthday present... we went with some friends and saw ECLIPSE, and went to dinner at Outback so it was a great present!!! That is my annual present because that is all I ever want to do... I love it!!!

During all of this I also had swimming lessons... tumbling... work... work... work... knee surgery with another one coming... and last but certainly not least... planning for my house addition to get started... we still have a couple of months for loan purposes but I finally feel like it is going to happen SOON Yay!!!

Anyways that is all my for me now... but my life does not want to slow down so I may sound a little crazy on my next post too!!!

A Day at the Zoo...

Awwww... Look at my boys at the zoo... and the baby elephant!!!
Checkin out the monkeys... or as Justice calls them... the keys!!!

Lovely weather so we decided to drag the kids in a sled!!!

Shayda and Amber checkin out the animals at the zoo!!!

Exhausted from a long day at the zoo!!!

Check me out... This is Shayda's beautiful Easter dress that her Grandma Sandy got her!!!

Me and Shayd just after church!!!

My neice Miley hangin out with her favorite aunt (me) haha!!!

Shayd and Makinley decided to dress up, and do a dance for me... it was hilarious!!!

Well I know that was picture overload, but we have done so much in march that I figured that I would share it all!!! Well to start off... I had my neice's for a couple of days while my sister went out of town, and they all had so much fun. I decided that since there would be so many girls at my house that we would make a whole bunch of pink food, so we had pink mac and cheese, strawberry shakes, pink punch, pink rice krispie treats, etc. We also did toes and nails, and painted them like easter eggs... it was so much work, and no one had any color on their nails by the time the weekend was over so it was awesome haha!!!

The next weekend was so cold and snowy that Clete and I decided to go for a little ride, and take the kids up 90 per, and drag them on their sled. Shayd had so much fun, and Justice even liked it, but Shayda could only hold him for awhile... he is a hefty kid!!! We also had a little fire up in the mountain to warm up. My hubby is quite the boy scout. He is always doing little things like that with our family! We had a blast!!!

That same weekend Shayda got to wear her new Easter Dress that Grandma Sandy got her, and she looked so dang cute. She was loving it because it was poofy, and she felt like a princess!!! Thanks mom!!!

Last but not least was this last weekend. We decided to go up to the zoo with some friends, and we had so much fun... spent way to much money... ate to much food... but had a blast! We started off the weekend on Saturday early morning, and did a little shopping at AA Callisters. We then checked into our hotel rooms at the little america, and ditched the guys and kids to go Easter shopping at the gateway! It was way to easy to find things for Shayda, but I really struggled to find things for Justice. Clete is so dang picky about what Justice wears, so that makes it difficult. When we were done shoppin, we ate at the texas road house...yummy! We got back to the hotel pretty late so we decided to go swimming in the morning. Unfortunately I got very sick, and was up all night long, but I decided to tough it out, and go swimming anyway. Shayda would have been heartbroken if I didnt. When we were done swimming, we headed to the zoo! It was such nice weather, and the kids were having so much fun! Shayda loved the peacocks, and Justice loved the keys (monkeys)! It was so much fun... but we were so exhausted by the time we got home. WEll that is it for my extremely long life story haha... I hope you enjoy!!!

Valentines, updates, pictures, oh my....

My cute kiddies with my sweet rose...

My sweet hubs... and kiddos on valentines...

Me and my sweeties...

Shayda dressed for preschool...

Me and sissie before preschool

Shayda and Justice on their new four wheeler...

The side view of the new four wheeler...

I thought i would share some pics of my fun valentines weekend, and a few new pics. The last couple pics are of my cute kiddies on their new four wheeler that we got them for their birthdays. I knew that Shayda would be the perfect size to ride the four wheeler, and take her brother for an occasional ride with her. They have so much fun riding it. Shayda even took it for a ride to Jenna's house to tell Kaden goodbye since she didnt tell him at preschool... by the way Jenna's house is about a mile and a half away from mine so that is pretty far away for a little girl on a four wheeler haha. Don't worry... because her dad went and got her before she got to far away... gotta love that girl!!!

Valentines day was so much fun... we decided to take our family and stay at the little america hotel!!! We ate at the Mcgraths Fish house, and found out that Shayda loves any type of fish including her dads crab legs haha. We decided to go swimming at the hotel, and it was so fun... the water was incredibly warm so my kids were loving it! After a long day of shopping, eating, swimming and more, we decided to go back to the room and go to bed... and after the kids went to sleep i got my gift... dont worry its not x rated haha... we had gotten the valentines package with our room which came with a rose, present, champagne glasses, apple cider, truffles, and a movie that is still in theatres. We... well especially I.... got to watch New Moon again... in my hotel room with my apple cider, and my treats, and my sweet hubby by my side!!!! Not much more you can ask for right???? We had so much fun!!!! HINT HINT CLETE... lets do it more often!!! Oh my gosh I cant tell you how much i needed the break... we had a blast!!! Love you my sweet Family!!!

It's my party...

My version of "The princess & the frog cakes"
Justice eating his cake

Blowing out candles

Shayda opening presents

Justice opening presents

The big slide

Sitting in the bounce house... I am normally behind the camera, but someone got me from behind!

The party




We decided to do a double "Princess & the frog" birthday party for Shayda and Justice since their birthdays are both in January! Shayda turned 4 years old on January 12th, and Justice turned 1 year old on January 21st... Yes my baby is one now :( We had a big blow out! We had a big slide, and a bounce house. Even the adults could use them... it was so fun! WE had a pinata, and lots of fun princess things. Clete made chilli, and it was so good, and my mom made some breadsticks and cookies, and I made the cakes. We had tons of friends that came, and my kids got so many gifts! Thanks to all my friends and family that came to the party, and to Mike for getting the town hall, and cleaning up after us... he was so much help! I can't believe how much fun we had... I might have to do it again! I did make the cakes, but don't judge me for them haha because I only had a couple of hours, so they were in rough shape... the frog looked a little like E.T haha. Happy birthday to my two sweet babies!!!