New Addition!

After not posting for 2 years I have decided to try to blog again! Bryan and I are really excited to announce a new addition to our family and I don't even have to change the name of my blog. My life is still going to be Life with Guys! Baby boy #3 will join our family near January 5th 2012. I was a little sad we were not going to be able to go buy all the fun pink stuff but I know we'll love this little guy more than anything! Here he is so far!

Walking Zane...well sorta

Zane has been doing Physical Therapy now for about 3 months to help him walk. Because of his heart conidition that he had, it's been difficult for him and we're working on it. Well last night we decided to try and force him use the push toy, hippo. It took about two times with real help and then he was all over it. He cried when we finally had to put it away.

Sorry

I am so bad about blogging these days. My mind has been somewhere else. As silly as it may seem I can't stop thinking about Pampered Chef. I am so excited to get started up and going again. I appreciate everyone that has been willing to do a show for me and would LOVE to get a ton more of you to do one for me too! So let me know!
I am doing my Grand Opening on March 25th and we're going to have decidant brownies and a yummy pizza, so if you aren't busy please stop by for a minute at least to enjoy some yummy food and see what's new!

30 and Fabulous!

Well ok not really. I just am totally happy I'm 30 today. I have no problem with it. I keep saying 30 is going to be my year. I'm going to be happier and healthier than ever before! We'll see. I guess considering some of things I've been through in the last few years I just feel like I do know who I am. Guess it's kinda sad it's taken me 30 years but I have no doubts about me or my beliefs anymore. I feel like I'm more tolerant of others but I am unwavering in my faith and my desire to do good. I'm happy to have my husband of 9 years by my side. He is so understanding and forgiving and I know I would never be treated so well by another man. I am lucky to have two wonderful boys who bring a lot of learning, especially about patience BUT also a lot of joy into my life. I never thought I'd be satisfied being a mother.

So out of my 20's I pass and into a brighter new year!

Scrappy Friends

I realize that not too many people actually read my blog but I just wanted to let everyone know that I am moving my scrapbook forum. It's way cooler so if you scrap please join:
http://nbkscrappers.freeforums.org/

52 Pick Me Up

I got this idea over at Scrapbookers Club House. We are doing one card per week to help motivate us with goals. Mine is full of quotes about being positive about myself. It helps me to find some great things to live by. Sorry here are a bunch together but from now on it will be just one a week. I am doing the front and back of the card, I cut them to card size (2 1/2 x 3 1/2) instead of altering playing cards, but you could do either. It's fun and I like making these little creations so much I may have to come up with more to do!

Another Sketch and page

I did the most recent sketch over at Creatively Yours. I added the sketch turned here so you could see how it fit my interpretation. That's the thing I love about using sketches to scrapbook. It's so very versatile. You can turn them and flip them and add whatever you want. I love having sketches as a "springboard" to designing my own pages. Also we are doing an All About Me challenge album at Never Been Kissed Scrappers, so this is my first page for that! Double duty here!

My First DT creation is posted

So I had an assignment with a sketh in Dec for Creatively Yours Sketches. Well today it is up on the blog along with some other awesome ones from other DT members. Make sure you check it out and leave a comment there! Thanks.

A Christmas Eve Discussion

Just thought I'd share this little video I took of Quinton on Christmas Eve. He's funny. I love how kids are when you are trying to coax answers out of them. I'm going to share our Christmas pics later this week. Enjoy!

The Dweebiest of All...

Every Christmas my family gets together and does a white elephant game, better known as "dweebies." Each year the competition gets a little more lax but secretly we are all dying to have the best of the best dweebies. Yesterday we did this little game and I was quite impressed with Bryan's gift, which he won courtesy of Kristy. I just had to laugh!

His & Her Pedicure Set

Includes:

His & Her Slippers

These Slippers are:

*soft and Hygienic

*Non-slip grip strips on the soles

*Built in deodorant keeps feet smelling fresh

*No more bending over to mop up spills

*Disposable and biodegradable

*Enviornmentally safe.

Ready for the pic.....I know you are!

Thanks Kristy.

9 years...a couple of kids...and a few pounds!

Today Bryan and I celebrate 9 years being married. It's so crazy how time has just flown by. I just can't believe how incredibly lucky I am.

Bryan has been there every single, grueling step of the way. He's been my nurse after several surgeries and after giving birth to two children. He has been my confidante when no one else could listen. He's my rock when I'm weak. He's my personal religious consultant.

He's an incredible father to two boys who love him so much and both squeal when "daddy" walks through the door. He has stood by me in both good and bad times and I feel so lucky for it all! I love him so much and would do anything for him. He's my best friend and my eternal companion.

I have rarely seen a man look at a woman they way Bryan looks at me. I use to never be able to appreciate this but have learned to love it and even look for it on occasion. After 9 years together I don't imagine I could feel any happier. But I know with each passing day I will get happier and happier.

Thanks baby for 9 amazing years and your strength and love! Happy Anniversary!

A little weekday fun...

Quinton had been begging to do a ginger bread house. We find this all inclusive kit at Wal Mart...so here you have it. Dad did most of the work and Q was insistant that it look exactly like the picture on the box, but we gave up on that idea half way through. He loved how it turned out and looked at it lovingly for about 5 min then said..."Ok let's eat it!"

There are days...

Ya know when there are just some days when things hit you. HARD! Today has been one of those for me. I just have had some things come back into my mind that have been hard to deal with. I just want to say I am so sorry for all the dumb things I've done in my life and yet I am so blessed to have such a great family around me. I am so blessed to have a husband who loves me and is so devoted. He's so great. I love my boys and the joy they bring to me, even when they are turkeys. I am amazed whenever I think about my Savior Jesus Christ and what he has done for me in this life and for each and every person. Even though I've had heartache, lost friends and made new ones, all in all I feel so blessed. I just want all my family to know how much I love them. And my hubby to know how amazed I am by him. I'm more in love with him every day. I am so happy that we have the chance to be together forever. I know there are many cousins, friends etc who have gone or are going through some tough times right now and I just want you to know that I pray for each of you often. I love all Bryan's cousins like my own, well I see them more actually! Thanks for letting me be me and all the love you give. BIG HUGS!

Having a Scentsy Party!

Just want to invite anyone that wants to come to join me at a Scentsy Party!

Thurs. Dec 4th at 7 pm at my place! If you want to come and need my addy just let me know in the comments. Thanks. It'll be fun!

Check out what Scentsy is all about: HERE

and/or place an order for my party if you can't make it that night.
Orders will be in, in time for Christmas!

Another Happy little moment

I just wanted to tell everyone, especially those that support my scrapbook love and habits, that I just made my first ever Design Team (DT!) I am going to be designing from sketches by a fantastic lady named Noella at Creativly Yours Sketches. I can hardly believe it's real. But I do think my LO I did for the DT call was pretty awesome (pictured here!).

I am so excited that I can hardly stand it. Now I will get to actually scrap more with a purpose, or at least I'm hoping for it to inspire me!

So Happy I could cry

I decided to re-join WW online and get my butt in gear. Well this week things went wrong when I got super sick on Tuesday night and haven't worked out the rest of the week. I've been trying to still eat ok but I haven't. Well today was weigh in day and I have already lost my first 5 lbs. This is week 3 for me doing WW again and I'm already feeling so different. I am enjoying my work outs and actually eating fruits and veges willingly and readily. Anyway just wanted to share. Now I guess I'll gain it all back when we go pig out at dinner tonight!

Alrighty Kristy had this on her blog so I'm playing along. If any of you want to do this on your blog go ahead. You just bold the things you have already done in your life.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band(does singing with friends while they "jam" count?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (I think all us Mormon's have)
7. Been to Disneyland /world (just a few times :))
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (don't think I'd do it again)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (once...don't tell mom and dad)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (who hasn't)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (well a practice wall anyway)
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke (embarrasingly yes, and I was sober!)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (funny story really)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (well if Pampered Chef counts)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (cuz I have an awesome hubby)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (one too many times)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (barf!)
72. Pieced a quilt (with Grandma's help)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (a bullet bike once with a total stranger..I thought he was hot and I was 16.)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (oh yeah! Slit the throat and all!)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved some one's life (had to do CPR a couple times, but not sure I really saved them!)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (well Carmen Rasmussen is in my ward...)
92. Joined a book club (first one this month)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (thanks to the dr's I worked for)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (never, can you believe it?)
100. Read an entire book in one day

Happy Scrappy Day

Saturday Michelle, Kristy and I went scrapbooking pretty much all day. Not that we don't have fun other times but it just seemed so much more fun than usual! I laughed and realized how lucky I am to have such amazing women in my life, who not only are my relatives but dear friends. I know if it weren't for them I would not be where I am today. I would not love myself for who I am and I would not ever have the encouragement to go on and lose weight and do my scrapbooking etc.

So here's my work I did I hope you enjoy it.

And I love you so much Michelle and Kristy.

el

Hmmmm....Doritos!

We all love Doritos right?! RIGHT!!!!! Well now you have more of a reason to love them. My super cool brother has made a Dorito commercial that is entered into a contest. The winner's commercial will be aired during the Super Bowl and he'll win a mighty nice $$ prize of 1 million dollars!!!!! So really it's a cool deal. I know not tons of you look at my blog...but really you have to check out his commercial...it's so cute!

Tracey's Dorito Commercial

Somedays you just remember...

You know I always know I love my husband but somedays you just get hit with a realization. I have an amazing husband. I do not know how or why I am so blessed. He is so supportive of everything I do. He listens when I want to vent. He hugs when I cry. He helps with the kids, he plays with them, he reads to them, he tickles them til they pee! I just love him so much. I know I have often taken him for granted but I am so happy to be with a wonderful, forgiving, understanding man. I am so glad he didn't kick me to the curb every time I made a bad choice. He is just so great. I just felt like I needed to express my love for my dear sweet Bryan today! Next month we will have been married 9 years and I just can't wait to spend all of my eternities with him.

I love you my Pelduo!