Alilia

(no pics of her on this computer:( )

Firecracker. Spitfire. Hellion. Smartypants. Jokester. All perfect words to describe this little "Big" girl. As a new baby Alilia would only let Mommy hold her. She was quiet and observed eveything. I had no idea what personality was going to come out of this dark eyed serious child. But when it came, it really came! At twenty months she is so smart! She can communicate clearly in sentences, sing songs and tease with the best of them. She loves to hit and pinch (no idea where that came from??). She is a master at hide and go seek. She only tells u she loves you when she really means it. She reserves her kisses for when you deserve it. She loves to "wrestle" Tati and usually ends up the winner. Her smile is infectious and she loves to laugh. When I go into her room in morning she puts her palm in my face and says "I want Daddy". She doesn't like me to hold other babies because she gets very jealous. Which brings me to......

A few words about Tatiana. I am amazed how perfect this girl is! Truly, I hardly ever get mad at her because when I do I remember how wonderful she acts 99% of the time. She is constantly making strangers into her friends and asking if they can come over to our house. I'm talking kids, senior citizens, teenage boys and even sometimes dogs. She is an amazing big sister. She is patient with Alilia and loves to cuddle with her. She will not only share with her sister, she will give her the bigger or better piece. She thanks me all the time for "being her Mommy", and would love if she could just sit and cuddle me all day. Tatiana was such an easy baby and I keep waiting for her to get harder but it doesn't happen. I sure love her and am

I'm back....

Well 2010 was a very hard year. We moved, had a miscarriage, started school, got in a little over our heads, evaluated relationships and went through some pretty stressful stuff. We also realized that we needed to make some future goals and start working on them. We need to get to a better place financially and we laid out some steps that we would take in 2011. I plan to finish hair school this year on top of doing permanent cosmetics and eyelash extensions. George is going to start Salt Lake Community College this year. This is a major thing for him and I am so proud of him!

We have become better acquainted with our ward which has been a huge blessing for us. We have made some great friends and enjoy doing social stuff. It took us a while to feel like this was "home" but it is getting pretty close!

Our major goal this year was to take some family road trips. We completed our first one last weekend and it was a success! We stayed in St. George and went biking in Zions and then hung out in Vegas. George and I kept saying to each other that we need to do this more often because we truly had so much fun. Next stop.... Arizona!

My goal is start keeping a regular post on here. So stay tuned:)

Start Fresh with Fall

I keep waiting for life to slow down but it doesn't!! I quit one of my jobs so now I am just crossing (in addition to school and being ma). Alilia is walking everywhere. She is so big. Tati is just doing the usual singing, dancing, pretending. We are very, very excited for Halloween. I love how the weather has changed and cooled down. I love summer but this one was a bit hard so I am not sad to see it go. I am ready to start fresh with fall. I am currently on the whole Atkins thing and have lost a few pounds. I really am trying to hang in there. It is just so hard when I am so busy and hardly ever home. I am on the floor and taking clients at school and I LOVE it!! It really is so much fun. My instructor told me the other day I did the best graduation (certain cut) that she had EVER seen any student do even if they were graduating. I was really happy about that. I had a really good weekend. George and I went on a date friday to see 'The Switch' which was hilarious. Saturday I went with some friends to Park City to shop after school. It was a much needed fun, relaxed weekend.

Camping

Oh Camping. I really, really wanted to go camping this summer. We have had zero vacations with our multiple jobs, school and everyday life. I love camping and was trying to convince my hubby poo just how fun it really is since he has never been. We rounded up the usual suspects (minus a few) and after a MUCH stressful ordeal I finally drove down to Deer Creek and reserved us two spots for five families. Well........ it kinda turned into a disaster. Alilia cried the WHOLE entire night waking up the whole campground. Our air matress had a hole so we slept on the ground. It hailed/ rained. Harkness' boat broke down. And after many years of being married and trying to convince my husband to go camping he stated he would never go again. BOO.

New Hair

BEFORE

AFTER
Notice my little partner in crime is always Tatiana!

Sunshine and Roses

The hair is getting chopped off today people!! I get to be a model for when Vidal Sassoon comes to our school next week so I getting a fresh cut and perhaps a color. I'm ready for something new. Maybe u could have sensed that by my previous posts.
Service act one....check! Now I am just scouting out my next one. Who will be my next lucky victim?