mothers day pics and first swim pics!!!

She smiled while we were swimming! she likes water!!

My First Mothers Day

Last Mothers Day Casey didn't want to celebrate it. He thought it was just a absurdity. After all, I wasn't a mother yet! Lol... He went ahead anyways and celebrated it anyways. He did something I can't even remember. lol. Little did we know, we WERE pregnant! I remember telling him, "I could be pregnant! You don't know!!!" He said later that he felt like a real jerk when we found out. That part makes me laugh!!!

So this year he decided to make it good. He did a good job. He made me breakfast in bed: toast, scrambled eggs and hashbrowns. (I love hashbrowns!!!) Then he got me two gifts. A PS3 game an a glass blown flower which he helped to make! Yes, that's right! He helped make it! It's awesome, it's purple (my fav. color), white and blue! That's right, you can all be jealous I got a glass blown flower made by my awesome husband! lol! Espen helped him make it...sort of...she went with him to pick it up. Later, we went to my parents and had good food and took pictures. And here they are.

I love my husband!



hummm...well...I can't seem to get the pictures on here.


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The Last post...

was the day before our one year aniversary! Wow! It's been quite a year! Let us sum it up for ya:
Moved to Utah! Yipee!!! Got married to my wonderful husband, Casey! Found out we were expecting our first baby! Moved from my parents to our first apartment together! Got a kitten whom we named Izzy. Welcomed our beautiful baby girl, Espen Love, to the world. And finally, got sealed in the Salt Lake Temple for time AND all eternity exactly one year after our wedding in Alpine! Quite the year indeed!

I had a great first mothers day. See pictures as follows!

The Kitties

So, the time has come. We knew this would happen eventually. Our kitties have to go. Our rent will go up unless we get rid of them. So, I'm putting in a call for help! We have two cats. We want them to go to (a) good home(s). They're both really friendly and very gentle. Izzy, my cat, has long black and white hair, is super soft and very gentle. Chica, Casey's cat, is a siamese hemingway cat. That means she has 6 toes on her front paws. She is very gentle, loves attention, will sit on your lap and tolerate every kind of attention. Chica is also declawed on her front paws, so she is an inside cat. Both the cats are good with kids and have never bitten or scratched. Both are fixed and have their shots up-to-date. Izzy, even though he has front claws, has never clawed our furniture. If you're interested in taking them (or one) in, please let me know. All in all, they are very good cats.

USPS

Oh, how I love you!

I'm being sarcastic, by the way.

So last week we checked our mail and lo and behold, we had another bill. (surprise, surprise, I know!) We opened it and we thought we paid it a year ago! What the!? So, in his frustration, Casey called the dentists office (in Spearfish, SD, not my cousin,) They checked their records and yep it certainly was paid. We examined the bill closer and the date at the top of the invoice said "April 18, 2008" Yes, it took a year to travel to us. I bet that lowly envelope has been on a quite the journey. Either that or it must have gotten stuck in the postman's chair for a year. Poor, poor envelope, being sat on everyday for a year straight has got to suck.

A few things I've learned

Sometimes when life gets you down, you just gotta remember your blessings.

The saying "Nothing in life worth having is ever easy" is SO SO true. I hope nobody ever thinks otherwise.

Never bite the hand that feeds you.

Holding a grudge is like poison in your veins.

Share your testimony, it'll help it to grow.

If you're ever faced with temptation, just turn away.

If you convince yourself that bad things will happen, bad things will happen. Likewise if you convince yourself good things will happen, good things will happen.

Your attitude effects everything. EVERYTHING!!!

The list goes on, but so does life!

pictures!

Here is a small sampling of our family pictures! My friend Melissa took them, she did such a good job!!! her website is www.thestudiophotographersslc.com.