Logandale Fair

Paisley copied saylor and got the whole face too!

Saylor had to get her WHOLE face painted!

Arrival 11 a.m.+ Departure 11 p.m.= Long Day and Crazy Parents

Colin's Birthday and Our first Time in Houston TX and Valentines day

In february, Colin decided to test for the Houston Police Department. We flew out on Valentines day and the trip was also during his birthday. So I decided to go with him and make it a little vacation. We left the kids with my sister, mom and mother in law. They all shared the duties of taking care of them. Colin and I got to stay with my brother and sister in law, and my nephew Isaac. We had so much fun with Isaac that I am so sad to be so far from him. He is so cute and smart. His mommy is a great teacher! It was nice to still have a kid around to play with. We have never left the kids before and it was a long 6 days! Much needed time away but it was a long first time. Houston was full of great places to eat. One of them is Pappasito's. Colin loves fajitas and my brother said they have the best ones. So they took us there for colin's birthday! It was very very good and i loved there special sauce. Thanks guys for a fun trip and for showing us around Houston.

Our 6th anniversary

I lvoe build a bear. That is where colin took me for our anniversary this year. Our first time ever going was when we were first dating and my sister had a birthday party there. It was so much fun that we love to go whenever we can, especially now that we have kids. We made an Air Force bear and it is so cute. Thanks honey for the super fun time. We also went and watched the water show at bellagio. It was the best one I have seen yet. Colin left his jacket in the car and since it was across the street from build a bear we just walked there. It was January so it was pretty cold and being next to the water didnt help. So i was a gentleman and gave my coat to colin.:)

Catching up with my dear friend Megan

On our way home from our new years visit to Utah, we stopped in St. George to see a dear friend of mine, Megan. We met in hair school and have stayed friends since then even though she moved back to utah. It was so fun now that we have kids for them to play together. Everytime i see Megan its just like old times and feels like we havent missed anytime together. I think its the best thing that came out of hairschool! The first time I saw her I thought she was so pretty and I wanted to be her friend so bad. She is such a great mother and wife and i wished we lived closer and could hang out more. She is an inspiration and I love her blog. She rocks. Im sad to say that because our visit was so quick i failed to get a picture of us together and just got the kids. They immediately started playing dress up just like little princesses do.

Fun with Family

Hill Air force base Museum

Its about time i make some updates on here. These are back from new years but havent felt like blogging at all. We went to utah to visit with family and had a great time! We would love to live there sometimes. Playing in the snow was alot of fun. Our craziest memory from the trip is a few hours after getting to chris and kim's house, our back window shattered everywhere from the cold. Huge mess and headache! But nevertheless we still had a great time even if we had to drive around with with no window while it was raining and the heater blasted!

It makes me sick

I cant believe my last post was in January. I was trying really hard to be a good blogger but apparently Im not. I have not been in the mood to blog at all. There has been so much going on that I kinda just forgot about blogging. I forgot to even look at others blogs and all. I have been trying to figure out how to do the stay at home mom thing and was getting pretty good at it. I was only working like 1 day a week and it was so nice. But colin lost his job and I have had to up my game. I have been back to work 3 days a week and sometimes 4. I have added in all sorts of side jobs, decorating a house in queensridge and painting artistic things on walls and painting whole houses. So I have been a little tied up. However colin is becoming quite the stay at home dad. I came home from work last night at 8 to a clean and organized garage, super clean kitchen and dinner on the stove. He made chili and it was wonderful to beable to eat when i walked in the door. I always wondered what it was like and now i know. Thanks Honey!

Your Invited to learn to SAVE MONEY!!

When: Wednesday January 28th 7 p.m.
Where: 5605 Raven horse drive, my house

New Family Pics

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

It is snowing like you would not believe in vegas! The snowflakes are huge and it is just pouring down!The pics are a little hard to see since it gets dark so early. It is 34 degrees and so windy and cold. It hasnt snowed this much in vegas since 1979. It is beautiful and are thankful for it. It is very fun just for a couple days but thats about all we can handle!

My new hair

I added bangs. I also added a very dark violet that almost looks black. and I added bright red underneath my bangs and a few other places. I love it and its so fun to have a change. Its not easy trying to take a pic of myself though! I usually always laugh at people when they take thier own pics but i have been trying to get a pic for the last couple weeks and it seems like whenever someone can take a pic for me i dont look good!

They grow so fast

I dont love the fact that I am in this picture and I dont know how much my sister will like seeing herself but Paisley is sticking out her tongue! Kinda hard to see but keep reading down a few posts and you will see why I posted this pic of her tongue sticking out like a lizard.

I have forgotten how small Saylor was when Paisley was born. I was searching through pictures and found these and she is so little. Why do they have to grow so fast. The time flies. I wish I was able to be at home with them more when they were little but I know I will be much more thankful to stay home when I get the chance to. I dont think I was ready to give up my career then but the lord prepares a way and knows us and knows what we can handle. All the trials in life that we endure make us stronger and prepare us for the future even though we may not know what is in the future and why we have to go through tough times. I love my daughters and thank my heavenly father for sending them here to me on this earth. They are very hard to manage with being so close in age but it is a constant reminder to be patient and to teach them. What would I do without them? My life would be so dull.

A 2 yr old that does what?

Paisley was born totally sticking out her tongue and it was soooooo long like a lizard, it was hilarious and now she has developed a talent!! ha ha

How will you get there?

We were in the car, I am driving, my kids in the backseat and my mom in the passenger seat. We just got done at costco, we are driving home and Saylor asked if she could go to Grandma's house. I explained to her that she couldnt go right now when i dropped Grandma off because she had to go to a church meeting and that maybe she could go later. Her response was...... if you dont take me to Nae Nae's I will just go by myself! and she had a very big attitude to go with it. I said back to her, Well how do you suppose you will get there? Do you think you will walk? And she said... noooooo I will just ride my bike! Maybe you had to be there for it to be funny but i was cracking up like crazy because I found it so funny that a barely 4 yr old recognized her bike as a mode of transportation and she didnt hesitate to just get on it and ride to grandmas. She probably knows the exact way to get there too. She is very smart and recognizes where to go and she tells me when to turn while we are going places.

Cindy Loo......

WHO????????

This has been the hair style of choice around our house lately!

All I want for Christmas......

These girls are sooo cute and do the cutest things. I love them and I am thankful for the things they teach me and for the way they make me laugh. I was getting out the christmas decorations and told them we were going to hang the stockings. I laid them on the floor and walked away to get some scissors. I came back in the room to find their meaning of stocking!!

POLOYGRAPH

So I am sure everyone is wishing i was posting things with pictures but hey, shouldnt you just be thankful i am posting at all?:) Well Colin had a background interview yesterday which has led him to a polygraph appointment today at 12:30. Then he will go through a written psychological test next week and an oral after that. Once he passes all of that its on to the medical examination and then on to the academy. The background stuff is going to take a while though. They send out a questionaire to all his references on his application and they contact all previous employers and question them about Colin. He has nothing to hide in any of the background portion so im not worried. He is doing so well and the police department is moving really fast with all of this. The other thing i forgot to mention is that Colin signed a paper yesterday basically signing away our privacy. They can now drop by our house at any time and ask to come in and check things out. Now i feel like im selling my house and have to keep it perfectly clean every minute of the day. Especially because they will come without notice. How nerve wracking. Well so long til next time. I promise i will be posting some pics of the kids soon. I dont have an sd card reader since mine broke and i dont always remember to borrow my moms. so maybe you will get some halloween pics or something really outdated. lol

Don't forget to check the mail.......

I have completely spaced to check the mail all week long. The results for the oral test come by letter and i figured that his paper says 2 to 3 weeks so why do i need to rush to the mailbox everyday and amp up the anxiety. So i just kept myself super busy this week so the time could pass. Well today I went to the mailbox to find alot of ads and junk mail but hidden inside there was the letter with a return address of the police department. My heart dropped and i got so nervous. My mailbox is really close to my house but it felt like the longest drive back home. I couldnt wait to get in the house and have colin open it even though i was sooooo scared. I didn't want it to ruin our perfect sunday and have a cranky husband all through church. i also didn't want to be the sad wife. I kept playing it through my head of what i would say if he didn't pass and i couldn't really think of much, probably because HE PASSED!!!!!.I am so proud of him!! He really wants this and now he is waiting for a phone call to schedule the background portion. This is the part that is going to take forever. Luckily though it should be faster than normal. they are speeding through this process like no other because they need cops so bad. so hopefully not too long. It would be great to hear something by christmas as that would make the best gift ever for me to know i can just be a mom, but that is really high hopes so we hope to know something as soon as possible. They told Colin if he passed everything he will start the academy is February. That will mark 2 years from my shoulder injury. Which was a huge blessing in disguise because that is when colin realized how important it is for me to beable to stay home. He has been really trying to make enough money for me to do that. So I just wanted to also say I have alot to be thankful for at this thanksgiving week!

Anxiety City

Hi all. I would like to welcome you to anxiety city. It's where I have been living since colin took his oral exam on friday. It takes a week to 2 weeks to get the results. So i have been thinking about it all day everyday wondering if he said the right things. If he passes and gets on the department it would be a huge very positive change for our family but who am i kidding. its mostly for me. I want to be a better mom and have the time to do things which are more important to making people beautiful. I absolutely love making people look and feel their best but i have to give it up at some point for my kids. they need me at home and i need to be at home. so i just thought you all should know how i feel. I never really thought i would quit doing hair but i just might in the near future! i wanna do crafts with my friends and have play dates and go to the park and oh maybe workout. k so long til we find out some results.

The Big Test

Phase 1. The written.......passed

Phase 2. The physical, which is 32 sit ups in 1 minute, 24 push ups, 80 lb grip, 100 yard dash in 19 seconds, and 1 mile run in 10 min 49 seconds............passed.

Phase 3. The oral Board......November 13th at 3:45

I am so proud of Colin so far and how hard he has been working to prepare for this test. The oral is supposed to be a tough part of it and alot of people fail the first time around. If he passes then he will go through the next phases. It is a long process and I have been on pins and needles all day waiting to hear the news. Now I will do it all over again tomorrow. The next academy starts January so hopefully he can make that one.

Phase 4. Back ground check

Phase 5. Polygraph

Phase 6. Medical Exam

Saylors First Day of her Second Year of Preschool

I knew i was in trouble........on the way to school she told me, "Mom just drop me off right outside. I can go by myself. Just give me a kiss and say goodbye and you will be just fine." I will see you later." She is so funny. I love the cute things she says to me and wish they didn't grow up so fast. Saylor has a late birthday but I decided to put her in preschool early. She is so smart and even knows her phone number and is only 3!!