Halloween Pics!

So, luckily we did stay home b/c I got pretty sick and had to spend a couple hundred on meds and Aria's wolf costume came in on FRIDAY( finally). It turned out to be so cute and i took it pretty easy all weekend. Here's pics of the girls and their costumes!

trick or treat!

grumpy wolf

SAD/ Pouty wolf ( do't you just want to squeeze her:)??? I think she looks like Peter a lot here when he was younger!

we had to add a bow so no one could mistake her for a BOY wolf. Aria kept growling and roaring at people( too cute) and she ket saying she was a Din-oh-so!

Twik or tweet ( how she says it)

you must pack some flowers for Grandmas basket:)

We had so much fun just going around our little neighborhood. The girls loved it and Aria would not let us dump out her candy a bit so she could carry it better. She ended up just dragging it as much as she could. Brielle opted for Daddy to hold her basket until it was "showtime"!
We are so lucky to have such fun little girls!
~C

Boutique Market

The Pumpkin Patch

SO, we didn't get to take our trip up to Fallon( bummer) but, we did take the girls to the parking lot pumpkin patch here. They got to slide, swing, go on rides, in a bounce house and petting zoo too! We had so muvh fun with Gma and Gpa Christian and Uncle Brian! Their Favorite ride was the boat one that swun back and forth. They went on it twice. But, the slide was what the styaed on the most!
Aria got to go twice b/c B was sick one of the times.

Aria got kicked out of the Petting Zoo b/c she kept chasing chickens and making them crazy. She loves to scream in excitement too! Here's few cute shots i got of them before all the excitement!




silly faces! Too cute!

Let's go way back to JULY!

I'm still trying to play catch up on my own personal pics so, i am dedicating myself to doing that this whole week:) Finally! I swear, my pics are always LAST!
So, here's few from the BBQ at Bruce's house so, far. It's from July in Fallon!
she puckers her lips so funny!
Owen is getting so big! What a mini hunk!
Uncle Brad swung Aria and Owen and well, probably all the kids that day!

Gabe was so much fun and Uncle Bruces bubbles were a HIT!
Oh boy, when Tirza has a girl- it's over for Brad! He's going to be wrapped around his little girls' fingers! He's such a great father and uncle! Love ya little Brother!
mmm! sherbet and 7up! Grandma Beach and Brielle couldn't wait till after dinner. It's a Beach thing!
can you guess who this is???

I forgot to tell you...

MOMMASASSY is holding an auction for our RACE TEAM!!! So, jump on there and start your bidding! More items will pop up tomorrow and Tuesday! The auction goes till next Friday! There's items like: Photo sessions/ packages, bows and bow holders, pediped shoes, 2 night stay and B&B in CA and more! Love you all! And thanks for supporting our race team!

The first week of Pre-school

It was such a great day and Brielle was so stoked to go to pre-school.
Daddy and the girls always wait for me to get out the door and the are normally not seated but on daddy's lap waiting. Moms always come last when it comes to getting ready.

Here's B's teacher Miss Lindsay! She loved class so much about 1 hour after we got back home she asked if she could go back again today:)

Her fav. thing is to wear her back pack in her car seat b/c it means she's going to preschool- so she says!( i made that skirt she's wearing!)
She loves learning and is such a smarty pants! Keep up the good work, little lady!
We love you!

Date Night

Last night we went on a great Date with our friends, Cachay and Joey! It was spur of the moment and was so awesome!
We ate at Black Pepper Grill off Eastern( Formerly White Chocolate Grill)
and then we saw Cirque Du Soliel's Le Reve at the Wynn Theater. I was awe-struck the whole time! The show features on of the world's only water/pool stages and it was incredible how the performers swam and some glided through the air on certain apparatus's. It sometimes had so many things going on at once that my eyes couldn't stay affixed on the main parts but really, every small part played a major role.

There was syncronized swimming in red heels, white suited funny men, red men in skirts doing japanese-ish flips and karate moves. acrobats flipping over suspended tables, lots of good dancing and the moveable floor that rose from the water. It was a spectacle for sure. I recommend it and am grateful for the invite, friends!

I had so much fun and can't wait for another date night with my hubby!
to see more of Le Reve, youtube it!
~C

I must be crazy...

Well, all of those who said: of course you are- this time it's okay b/c i just signed up to run this nutty thing called a Ragnar Relay with my friend Marsha and 11 other people. Check it out. I may be running in your town or by your house even.
During this relay i will run 3 legs in about 28 hours. each leg is anywhere from 3-6 miles each. I asked for the easiest ones since I'm probably the most in experienced runner there.
What have i got myself into. Thanks Marsha:)

Oh and the week after that's over, I plan on doing my first Sprint Triathalon with Marsha too! Man, If this kind of training can't shed off those extra lbs- it has to be my thyroid!
~C

Day after the Party!

We held Aria's B-day Party last night( sat) and she stayed up till about 9:30 that night. Today we went to church like normal and when we got home, i decided to make some snow cones to cool off. SO, i had the girls sit on the tile and eat theirs while i got to sit on the couch( b/c i don't spill anymore:) a few minutes pass and i notice B is almost done with hers and wanting more. I don't hear Aria at all so, i get up and walk around the other couch to find this:

the snow cone worked at cooling her off but the tile was cool too. who could pass that opportunity up to capture her, right?

Brandon wanted in on the action too! Man, she looks like Daddy!


we sure love you BIG GIRL! If you ask Aria is she's a Baby she says" NOOoooo! if you ask her if shes a big girl She says " Yeah! ask her her age and she says" I two!"
Her sentences are like this now" Mommy, mymy ruff ruff loud!" quiet, mymy, stop it, mymy!
She loves bossing the dog around and also hugging Myla! She is still very much obsessed with shoes, babies, puppies. I will have to catch a weeks worth of Aria and her shoe fetish!
Brielle loves being her big sister and teaching her the ropes. She has almost taught Aria how to climb out of her crib but, Aria is short so it's much harder and I'm in no rush this time!

I've decided to put some effort into making thier room more of a priority. Since they've been sharing it, i've put little time into making thier blankets, pillowcases, curtains. BUT Sara has inspired me. I have all the stuff now it's just time to get to work!
~C

so, i never told my sister until the day before...

for the past 2.5 months i have been upping my running to prepare for the 10K that i ran last weekend! my sister, Cristi, wanted to run it and i told her, i'd see her at the finish line cheering her on.
Little did she know, until the day before the race that I'd be running it with her.
On our vacation in Fallon, we ran together and worked out and such, just as i would normally do but a little more running of course. She obviously smoked me, though! Her stride was about 1.8 mins faster, per mile, than mine.

Anyways, my goal was just to not Stop! KEEP RUNNING! so, that's what i did. On July 24th, i awoke at 4am, ate a small breakfast, cleaned out my car in the dark, stretched and at 5:24 Cristi picked me up and we went to Chipeta Way( Research Park) where we started at 6:10am the 6.25 mile race!

I was not in it to WIN, obviously, just to do it! See if i cold push this body more than i have been lately. The shot was fired and off the 2,700+ people went.
Now, i won't go into full details but I'll give you some tips:

Avoid the Honey Buckets before a Race, if you can!

Drink LOTS of Water the day before you race

Don't buy new running shoes until you finish your race!

Be Optomistic and Realistic in your Goals!

Have FUN and don't look back!

So, here's the stats of how i finished:

I was in a special division for those women over 140 lbs. ( shh don't tell) Called the ATHENA division. Out of the 81 women in that division i was #20. Out of my age group i was 151 out of 272.

If you put me in the regular division i would have beat another 813 people as well!

My official chip time was 59.26 mins- an average of a 9.34 min mile.

My sister's was a 8.33 min mile which put her 7+ mins ahead of me in the finish time.


All that is great and fun but i was most excited that i didn't STOP or walk. I grabbed water at the second aid station and continued to run on. It was a great 1st race and awesome experience and i can't wait to do another one soon, and also to be in the regular divisions soon as well.( I'm getting close)

ps( i hate that photo but until wade and cristi get back home that's the one you get. I look like a cow:(:)

I want to sleep in my very own bed...

says B on our trip home today!!! Our vacation was soo fun( i will elaborate later) bu it's nice to be home. I can't wait to share all the fun stuff we did and the great people we got to spend time with.
I must say that when i leave there's always a bit of sadness for me, b/c i wish that i could have spent a little more time with each one of you that i saw- just one-on-one time talking about the MEAT of our lives.

I enjoyed having that time with my sisters( Cristi and Nancy) and I'm so happy to have them in my life. When Mary( Nancy's Mom) married my dad, we sure got lucky to have Nancy as a part of our lives! She and Cristi became instant friends and I got to know her through Cristi at first. She saved me in UT and I'll get to that later. I am so happy i got to spend some time with Cristi and her boys and to have time with Tirza and Brad and Owen and Chase! I'm a lucky auntie to have such cute boys and nephews! More later!
~C

Going up NORTH!

YAY! Tomorrow Hayley and girls come for the night and then Monday we are off to Fallon!
I'm so excited to see my sister and her boys and my family and friends and so forth!
We plan on having a girls night on Tuesday night, I'm shooting pics Weds. morning of Erin's girlies, then heading to either reno or Tahoe. One of the days we will go to Wet n Wild, Lake Tahoe and maybe even Virginia City. I love that my kids are older now and we can do some fun stuff together.
During the nights and nap times, i plan on sewing up a storm finish projects for my girls and maybe a few things for my mom's shop too! we will be there from Monday to Monday! I'll close my Etsy store while I'm out and I'm not bringing my computer( though ,i will have access through my mom's comp) So, if you need to reach me just call me!

Brielle kept asking all day if we could take our LONG LONG trip now! She wants to see Gma Leslie, Gpa Carl, the cousins, horses( feed them carrots), Madison and other things.
It should be a great journey there as well, in our new ride, hopefully. Hays and i will caravan up.
Fingers crossed there's no barf from Aria or Brielle on this trip. It would be great to be car sickness free:)

Oh, and Tirza 's going to have her baby while I'm There. I'll get to see Baby Gibbs, Kyle and Laila too( hopefully) I'm so excited for Lori and Hanna and there adoptions! Children are such a blessing!

See you there( maybe)

Our Freecation and anniversary getaway!

So, Gma Betty watched B & A while we went to Primm for a freecation weekend. We took advantage of the offer that we found on Fox 5 News. We stayed there for 2 nights, for free:) we also got 2 for 1 buffet dinner and Breakfast and a 55.00 free slot play card. Now, you know, I'm not a gambler( never have gambled before) so first, we checked in( after a 1.4 hr. car ride b/c of CA peeps making there way back home and 1.5 hours of line waiting-uggh) rested then went to grab a bite at the mall and on the way there we stopped by the Bonnie and Clyde Death Car exhibit and then we went to do some window shopping to see what we wanted to get the next day. We got rushed out of William Sonoma as they were closing in 1 minute. The lady was ready to go home, i guess.



So, we went back to our room and drifted off to sleep and woke up to silence!!!! WOW! I woke up at 8:30. i must have been dreaming. I loved it.

we went for a run right off the bat before it got any hotter. we finished our run with 13 flights of stairs! We changed and went down to the wonderful breakfast buffet and the headed to the mall. We got some amazing deals like guess jeans for 22.00 and some cute tops, t's , some pink Havi flip flops, a cute hat for me. I guess it's called a true religion hat. It must be a big deal b/c this chick stopped me. I just thought it was a cute hat. I'm adding some bling to it soon. Then we got some nice sunglasses and a case that holds my big sunnies! We headed back to the hotel for some roller coaster time and were disappointed by the Vault ride but loved the Desperado Roller coaster. it has a 225 ft drop that goes into a tunnel and has a 95 mile an hour plummet! It is crazy! We did it 3 or four times! So, fun but, wow, open your mouth and your saliva can't help but come out!


After that we rested for a moment then had an early dinner since we skipped Lunch. oops. after the dinner buffet we went back to the mall, did a bit more shopping and ended it with a reflexology foot and leg massage by a nice chinese old man. It was wonderful!!!


We went back and chilled, i watched the BACHELORETTE and was so glad to see Wes, the SCUM bag, go home. He's such a sleaze. I hope that other chick dumps him! What an arrogant, crappy singer too!Okay, venting aside...

So, we went to sleep early and awoke and proceeded to pack. As we were walking out we decided we should spend the 55. they gave us for free- why not, it's not our money.




Well, we had to spend at least 1.00 on each machine to begin the play. The first one we won. 8 or 11. or something. The second one, we won 6 or seven. The third one we won 314.00!!! We won another 14-20 after that so we cashed out only having spent 11.00 of our own money and walked away with 347.00 ish. It was nuts! I see why we are instructed NOT to gamble. It's addicting for sure. It was neat to have that experience but i don't want to gamble again. People lose lots of there hard earned $$$ all the time. It's really a sad thing. It's a mind game, an ego game and a quick fix game. Well, at least i know what it is like and that i don't need that kind of entertainment in my life.

We had a fun trip and are happy to be home and getting ready for our next big trip up to Fallon/reno/ Tahoe and then to SLC after that! I won't see LV for awhile. we will be going up on the 13th morning. We can't wait!!!
~C
Oh, by the way, i didn't take any pics so, these are courtesy of those who put them on the web to share. Thanks!

7 years of love

Today we were married- 7 years ago!

I am the luckiest woman ever!
Man, We look sooo young! I still chase him and he chases me.
Sometimes when we are play-fighing, Aria starts to cry and gets scared and we just look at eachother and giggle b/c we are having fun that she can't understand yet. We can joke and laugh and be serious when it's needed. Mostly, we just love who we married!

He still sweeps me off my feet and i always feel like I picked a GREAT MAN! I love you , Babe. And i know you love me b/c you tell me and show me by the way to take care of me, our girls, our home and your attitude of service towards us. You pick up the slack for me and you still flirt with me all the time. I couldn't ask for more. You are the best husband and there's no 7 yr. slump here! Thanks for all you do for me! Happy Anniversary!

Gains and losses!

So i have good and bads news...

Sad news... We lost a wonderful friend this past Friday. He died from HAIRY Cell Leukemia, in conjunction with Swine flue and double pneumonia. He didn't know he had it until about 8 days before his death. Brantley Gubler was a huge part of Brandon's life. He was a scout master, a mentor and a friend. He was closer to him than any of his uncles. So, really he was an uncle/ friend to him and to Brian.
He did anything for anybody. He was the sweetest man and had such a wonderful, giving heart. It was hard to see him go at the age of 51. He left behind his sweet wife, Angel, and 3 daughters and 1 son who will miss him.
The day i met him, we were engaged( me and Brandon) and at a ward function of theirs. Brantley talked to me not as a stranger but, as an extension of his family. He always left a warm feeling in my heart as though he deeply cared for me, Brandon and for our family. I am so grateful for his loving kind heart and will never for get this amazing man and father!
This is a picture of Him singing at Brian's Eagle Court of Honor. I believe the song was entitled "Soar like Eagles" or something like that. It was a tradition that he sang this song at many of the scouts courts! His wife learned the sign language and would sign as He sang.
I can only think that Brantley is singing in Heaven and hoping that we all can soar as Eagles, Back to our Father in Heaven, and be reunited as one big happy Family.
Thanks for blessing our lives, Brantley!

Gains...
We got a SUV and are now a 2 car family again! It's a Navigator and in great shape!
~C