Funny Photos!!

At AJ's Birthday party the boys played guns. Grown up boys against the 4 year olds. It was hilarious. Here are a few photos to show the intensity of this game.


Check out the faces!! Quiet vicious if you ask me.



Shawn has Nicks back!! Literally



Those big boys don't stand a chance.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK!!!!

BIG 28, Wow you are getting old.

Here is a list of 28 things about Nick that I love.

1. He is funny
2. He is a wonderful husband
3. He is a great father
4. He really knows his stuff about S.W.A.T and Sniper
5. He never gives up
6. He is always trying to better himself and the family
7. He will do anything for me
8. He loves playing with his kids
9. He takes time to make his family feel important
10. He is a hard worker
11. He has integrity
12. He is a peacemaker
13. He is EYE CANDY!!!!
14. He is mine
15. He is always willing to help
16. He smells good
17. He makes me happy
18. He gets excited about simple things
19. He takes Brayden golfing with him
20. He would rather be with his family over anything else
21. We do everything together
22. He begs me for kisses and hugs all day
23. He has a strong testimony
24. He makes Jaycie and I feel like the most beautiful girls in the world
25. He is outgoing
26. He loves trying new things
27. He is handsome
28. He is known as the "HOT COP" and he is all mine.


Happy Birthday Nick. I hope you have a wonderful day! I love you very much and am grateful you are so wonderful. Thank you for all you do. I hope I didn't embarrass you too much.

Girls Weekend!

On Friday we had our girls weekend. My mom and sister came down and we went out to dinner and a movie. On Saturday we went to the salon for a much needed massage. It was a great mothers day weekend. A great big thank you for Nick taking the time to watch the 5 children Friday night and Saturday Morning. What a great husband. He loaded all 5 children up in the car Saturday morning and took them to the Zoo. Thank you so much Nick for being you. I love you and appreciate all you do. Here are a few pictures he took of the kids at the Zoo.

Drill Weekend!!

Usually Nick dreads drill weekend. He has to leave family, drive to Boise, roll around in the dirt a little, get bossed around, share a shower and bathroom, what could be so exciting about that. But not this weekend, Nick was actually way excited about going. But who wouldn't be. He got to do war training and fly in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and shoot big guns. I guess boys will always be boys.


All Suited Up!


Picture from the helicopter


Nick also received great news when arriving at drill this weekend. He was getting promoted. YEAH!! He will be getting promoted from E5 Sgt. to E6 Staff Sgt.. For those that don't know military lingo (like me) this means more pay and and no more grunt work. Nick will now be assigned to a until called JFHQ (Joint Force Headquarters) located in Boise. He has no clue what he will be doing but it sounds oh, so fun!! He is so excited, he thought this promotion was far in the future. He is stoked. Congrats Nick.

Happy Easter!!

Paradise Does Exist

Cancun, Mexico (Moon Palace Resorts) March 2009

The trip of a lifetime has been being planned for about a year now as a surprise for my mother on her 50th birthday and 30th wedding anniversary. My father put a lot of thought and money into planning this wonderful trip. Thanks again dad it was an amazing trip.

Us waiting in the airport for the grand surprise!! We showed up 3 hours before the flight so that we wouldn't run into mom until the gate.

Our room was amazing. The Jacuzzi tub was a two seater whirlpool that was huge. It took a good ten minuets to fill.


The view from our room. WOW!!!

At our resort around the swimming pools.

Huge Iguana!! There were thousands of them everywhere.


Dad having a face off with the Iguana!!



Just a few of the places we ate dinner. We were serenaded at nearly every meal. This was an all inclusive trip. Meaning all food, drink, flight and hotel all included. We made it worth it. We drank and ate more in one week than we do in a month. It was great.



Chichen itza one of the 7 wonders of the world. This trip was very interesting and HOT!!


This was an underground river that was 90 ft deep with nothing to hold onto on the sides, and one ladder for people to climb up on. We didn't jump in due to the thousands of people waiting to do so. Very pretty!!

Just outside the underground river waiting for our bus to leave.

Jungle Tour!! This was an amazing trip. We drove these little speed boats through the Caribbean sea and throughout the jungle. Once out a little ways they anchored our boats for snorkeling. It was such a great experience. The fish were crazy close and lots of them. Nick was a bit of a chicken driving the speed boat through the ocean water. He screamed like a girl the whole time. We were bouncing everywhere. It was so much fun.

The beach at one of the palace resort hotels. BEAUTIFUL!!! We rode a few waves with our knee board. The waves were so strong it was hard to keep from going under.

The zip line. This was totally freaky and fun at the same time. We were so high off the ground floating in the air. It was awesome. The workers thought they were hilarious and pushed me off one of the platforms backwards. So scary.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, mom and dad. Thank you for a wonderful trip of a lifetime. I was going to put the cute kissing picture on the blog but I knew I would never hear the end of it. You are wonderful parents. Thank you for all you do.

NOTE:: Some pictures will have to be posted in a week or so. They are still on Brandy's Camera.

TO BE CONTINUED...............

An update!!

The second closing date was successful. We moved at the beginning of this month and I am just now getting a chance to update. We found a nice rental for now until we know if we will be traveling anywhere with the Military. Life seems to be getting back to normal.