More fun

Not sure what he was doing but its a great pic :) I wanted to share it...
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Okay so I know he looks scared, but he was laughing in this pic, he liked the frogger so much he cried when he had to get off the ride.

I just love Nicks face in this :) He loved this ride as much as Zack.

I think this was Zacks all time favorite ride, he rode it twice in a row cause he didn't want to get off, and then one more time before we left for the night.
We tried to put him on without Nick though and he didn't like that, so Nick rode the train with Zack. (what a good big brother)

Weekend of fun

So this past weekend I was able to spend time with my older sister and her little boys.
We took them to the adventure dome, it was so much fun seeing the little guys enjoy the rides,
we even got on a few of the rides :)
It was nice to see my family, and be around my nephews, Nick was attached to my hip
for the better part of the day, which I loved.
Little Zack has grown up so fast and was just a doll, I hope they come back soon :)

Not a big fan

Okay, okay, I dont know why but I am just not that big of a fan of Valentine background right now.. Maybe it's cause it's a month away, maybe I just dont like the Valentine things, not sure.. I tried giving it shot but nooo, noo, I just, uh how do I put it.. Not for me right now.. Maybe I am ready for spring that might be it :) So I am strange I know I know :) So if there is a cute one later, I may put it, or I may not I guess I need to be in the mood. Right now though I just want spring, spring flowers, spring weather, spring birds, you know the whole 9 yards :)

:) Got to love my husband :)

Okay, so with all the new decorating, and adding color
to the bathroom, Jake has been really sweet about it all..
He even bought me the red towels and red rugs.
I wasn't sure how he would feel about me picking the bathroom colors
or spending the money on silly flowers, and frames, and the
little things to go into the frames and all that fun stuff.
To my lovely surprise he has been helping, and even going
out of his way after work to buy me the things,
so that I can decorate the next morning while he is at work..
He has always been a real trooper to all my crazy
ideas, and has always gone the extra mile to make
me feel good about living in Vegas. Which I love Vegas, and
I love being with Jake and his family, it is adjusting,
and well, a matter of getting my own creativeness
out there and into the house.. :)

MY PROJECT house to a home

Okay, So we have been living here for uh 8 months and this house still
does not feel like home. I feel like I am visiting, maybe even visiting some old ladies house.
( maybe cause we share, maybe it's the fact this house is like 60's style too)
I really have not felt like this house had any spot for me.
You know when you walk in your room, or your house, it just says
welcome home, this is where you belong.....
Well, I have not had that feeling so I decided to decorate and try to make
this feel more like where I fit in and belong.
Make a project I guess you can say :)
I am not done yet, but I just buy a little here a little there and add..



So I am doing RED, BLACK & GOLD
I am not a big fan of gold, but the lighting in the bathroom is gold
and because we are renting I am not going
to spend the money to change that..
Above the towels under the little black frame I am
going to be putting a shelf with some zen stuff, a zen garden
a little bamboo tree, and the in sent thing will be moved over to there.
and over the shower curtain I am putting a red window scarf,
with black little hooks to hold it to the sides.
the wood towel racks will be changed to the black metal.
Like everything though it takes money so, pay check, to pay check
I buy new stuff :)
So this is what I have been up to, and why I have not been blogging
cause I have been shopping and decorating :)
OH YES, Yes that is a real fish bowl I have hanging on my wall :)
It is the neatest thing I've eve seen. Petco :) Love it.

Christmas :)

Well me and Jake spent Christmas at home just the two of us.
It was a little different but it was wonderful, to have time with just him.
Jake ended up waking up at 1:30 am (Christmas morning) and
he couldn't go back to sleep, so he woke m up at 2am to open gifts. :)
I have to laugh a little inside and think he is crazy, but that is why I love him so much
So we opened our gifts and Jake ended up playing with his guitar hero until about 6am
I didn't get any pictures cause as you can imagine I was soo tired.
Jake spoiled me rotten though, and I think I did pretty good for his gifts,
even though he already beat his game lol :)

Holiday Pictures

Our Holiday pictures
These were from yesterday :)
( I am glad the snow waited )

I just love these pics, Jake is such

a good sport. I always want to do pictures
so every chance I get I have to get a few.
( think it is cause I just find Jake so good looking )
I hope to have the Holiday cards done today,
and send out tomorrow :)

Dreams come true :)

No, it's not dust on my lens, IT'S SNOW ! !
Yes it is snow, here in Vegas Crazy :)
Jake came home on a short break and told
me to look out the window this afternoon
and this was my surprise..
Snow, snow, snow I love it :)
Okay so it's that slushy wet snow that is just
cold and wet, but it is snow !

I only wish it could stick around for a few days :)
Oh well, at least it snowed and I am happy now :)

The Christmas lights at opportunity village

This is my first year here for Christmas
and my first time going to opportunity village
I love Christmas lights, and this was wonderful
to get me into the Christmas spirit. :)
It was so much fun being with Jake, and his family :)

growing up I would watch peanuts (Charlie brown)
Every year the Christmas one would come on and I never missed it,
So I just had to get a picture of snoopy :)

awe how cute, I am glad to know that we
dont need a mistletoe for Jake to give me a kiss :)

Now I just thought this was beautiful, to bad they don't do rides in it

Matti with her uncle Jake :)
She loves her uncle, and well was fascinated with the lights

MERRY CHRISTMAS ! !

our christmas trees

Chi
My little helper :)

Our large tree

Small tree


Last year I thought I would leave the lights on to make things
easier, you know pretend to have one of those really nice trees,
where the lights are on, and they are straight and all..
HAHA Half my lights on the large tree were out, in the middle
of the tree. not the bottom or top where it would be easy to fix..
but no the middle haha.
Well all got done with help of Jake making the tree stand
straight,after I somehow made it lean twice :(
and to Carries help for putting on the decorations
after my arms gave up from putting lights on..

Look at these faces

PRICELESS

I LOVE IT :)

These are the cutest kids ever :)

Natnat & Marty
My little niece and nephew
:) Not to sure about having his picture :)

Zack & Nick

Me & Nick

This was thanksgiving day at Moms
I just love my nephews and niece
They pull some of the cutest faces ever...

I'm dreaming of a white christmas (keep dreaming right)

Well we are December now, and well yesterday was 70
and the rest of this week will be in the low to mid 60's : ?
Talk about trying to make it feel like the holidays.
I forgot how beautiful the snow is.
(that is a picture of the canyon road in Payson Utah)
I really dont miss the cold to much, just the beautiful snow
and that cold mountain smell.
I can't really explain the smell, but yes there is one.
Last week when I was up in Utah, I got in at 7 am
The first scent I smelt when I stepped out of the car was
that cold mountain smell, that told me the holidays are here..
Yes I may wish for snow but I know it wont happen here,
so I guess I will have to make do with the fluffy fake stuff
and the window paint haha ( oh sad)
But like I have said, doesnt matter what you get, or where you are
it is who you're with and what you do with that time together. :)
So I will be dreaming of a white Christmas, while I go outside in
a shirt and flipflops :)

Pics from Utah

me and my adorable nephew Nick :)
These are just a couple of pics from this summer when
I was up in Utah. ( Still trying to get the rest)
I love my nephews and nieces so much.
I miss the green grass and mountains too but mainly my family :)
With thanksgiving being next week, we are trying to up
and visit for a few days.
I am very thankful for family mine and Jakes

Just a thought about Jake

Just a note of how much I appreciate my husband
Jake is always helping out, whenever anyone askes
him to do something, fix something, or just listen
he is always there.
More so for me than anyone though
Thanks for all the times he has had to wait,
to all the hockey games I made him late.
For fixing everything that I tend to break
from my computer, the toilet, our DVD player
to even my own ankle :(
For also fixing Me, when I'm upset,
tired, grumpy, sore, sad, and all
the rest of the ten thousand moods we women
go through in a day.
Allowing me an extra 15 mins on those days
when I try on just 5 more outfits, cause nothing
is looking right or fit right, and on those days
for reminding me that I am beautiful to him :)
Being my shoulder to lean on (really lean on :) ) cry on,
hold on to when I get scared.
Most of all I am thankful for him being my best friend
through the very thick and thin.
It is hard to remember to say thank you sometimes
but there's no reasonable excuse for not saying thank you enough..
THANK YOU :)

woo whooo hockey :)

Last nights games
HITMEN WON 6 to 2
Jake got a the 4th goal of the game last night
against the 1st place Giuseppe's

That ends the Fall season of Hockey

On to WINTER SEASON HOCKEY FOR THE HITMEN :)

Early Christmas thoughts :)

Okay, so I am sooo excited for Christmas
and I am glad that there are Christmas blog background now :)
Yeppie !

This year will our first Christmas being married,
and my first Christmas in Vegas.

With everything going on in everyday life
I am always excited for the Holiday season
it is almost like you get to take a break from the normal
things and focus a little more on your loved ones, and
things that make other people happy.
Working I already start to see people, trying to help
others out, and I also see those people who get frustrated
by the long lines, the out of stock product that
their kid just has to get for Christmas
But I hope we can all remember this year
to maybe give more from the heart
rather than our checkbook
Because after it's all said and done
not many people remember what sweater
they got this year, or little toy, it's what they
did with their time, who they spent it with, and things
as a family we did.
So even though it is a little over a month away
I hope we can all start thinking of ways to make
others days brighter, and the people in our lives
who do even the smallest of things, and say thank you :)

Doughnuts on a String

So This is new to me too :)

I guess Jakes family does this every Halloween
Doughnuts on a string.
( We were a little late this year)

We each had a doughnut tied to a string
then it was hung so we could reach it.
The object is to eat your doughnut the fastest,
and you can't use your hands.
Sounds easy enough right?
Well it was fun, but it was not
as easy as I though it would be.
Maybe cause I kept laughing and my doughnut kept moving.
AND THE WINNER IS
KRISTIN :)

Halloween pumpkin :)

:) This was our pumpkin this year yeppie :)
We didnt get around to carving any other ones :(
There's always next year

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Kristin, Me, & Melissa

We may be to old to trick or treat
but we are never to old to dress up :)
These are some of my girls at work , so even though
I had to work Halloween night, it was still
a blast :)

Update on Hockey

well the game before last night the Hitmen lost :( They played feel the funk lost 6 to 4


Last night though they won 6 to 2 against the Putters,
They played a real good game, and Jake drew two penalties where his team
went on a 2 men advantage :) WOO WHOO JAKE !!
They have 2 games left this season but sill be starting the winter one right after :)

HALLOWEEN 2007

Natalia

Nick and me

Halloween last year :) Me and my Dad

HOCKEY

Well, last night the Hitmen won 6 to 2 ;) Jake had 2 goals he started by getting the first goal and finished by getting the last goal. It was great , maybe next game he'll get a hat trick :)

JOBS :)

Well, today was Jakes first day of work :) and I will start Wednesday at Michaels. I am excited for all these good changes in our lives right now. ;)

It's been a little while

Well, I guess I finally have something to post :) This week has been a big plus for me and Jake.He has a job starting Monday and I may be starting at Michaels, just for the Holidays to bring in some Christmas money. It has been nice having time off to do whatever I like, but it will be even better to have a little money so I can start thinking of Christmas.

Hockey has been going and sad to report the Hitmen have lost the last two games. Jake though has had an assist every game but still awaiting to get a goal. There is always next week :)