BIG Update!!!!!

Ican't believe how horrible I have been on keeping up with our blog. We have had a MAJOR change in our family and its been amazing! Logan came home from work in March and said he was ready for a change, a BIG change. Logan called Arnold Machinery in Salt Lake and before we knew it he had the job and we were making a move back to Utah!! We found a house to rent in Tooele so Logan does not have such a long commute to and from work. I'm only a few miles from my parents and extended family. Its been wonderful having my husband home by 5 or 5:30 every night and being able to spend family time together and also to sit down and eat dinner as a family every night!
I had to go in at the end of June for my 2nd hernia surgery and it was amazing having so much help with the kids and the surgery. My mom has kept the kids so I can rest but sends my little brother over to help me with anything I may need and he has been WONDERFUL!!!!
I've also gotten to know my older brothers girlfriend and her little girl (my niece) alot more and I am so happy they are apart of our family!! Haylee is a little sweetheart and such a cute personality. Jamie is so good to my brother and I have never seen him so happy :)
Hopefully I can find a little more time to keep up on this blog for all our extended family that is not close to us anymore, wish me luck, lol!!

Don't know where to start....

I have not kept up on this or my business blog very well and I apologize for any of you that like to come and see whats going on in our lives!!  The last post I did, Loren turned 3 and now she is 2 months shy of being 4 and I'm about to go crazy just thinking about it. I will just give you all a quick update of whats happened the last 10 months and put lots of pictures on so you can get a feel for it, lol.
 I was really enjoying the summer and doing my apprenticeship at TNT Hair & Nail Salon and I was building up an amazing cliental. On Oct 1, 2010 we got in a car accident and it really bummed up my shoulder causing me to give up the apprenticeship. Everything is going pretty good since the accident, I've just really enjoyed being home with the kids again.
Loren started preschool in September and is always asking if its time to go to school!! She has made lots of friends, can say the "Pledge of Alligence" all by herself and her vocabulary has expanded big time!
Jaxon is growing like a weed and wishes he could go to school with his sister. Since Jaxon can't go to school, after we drop Loren off, Jaxon and I go to the store on a "little date" and get a drink and doughnut!! He is a major flirt and mommas boy, I won't lie, I LOVE it!!!

Logan is still working just as hard as always and trying not to complain to much about it, lol. He is an amazing husband and father and couldn't ask for anything more.

Its Party Time!!!!

We had so much fun for Lorens birthday party this year, but I am so glad it is over!!!! We did our normal party for her, we had some awesome marinated chicken with salads, chips and drinks. A really good friend of ours, Nicole, made Lorens birthday cake this year and it was so cute. Nicole is leaving this fall for Culanary School and I think she is going to do awesome! Loren got very spoiled for her birthday and didn't know what to start playing with first. When I was a little girl, my dad built a barbie house for me and this year we gave it to Loren for her birthday with LOTS of barbies and accessories. Thank You everyone that was able to come celebrate this special day with us and Loren! I couldn't narrow it down on the pictures so just bare with me, please!!!!!

Loren is 3!!!!!

I know this is a few weeks late but life is kind of out of control right now! I can't believe that my little girl is 3!!!! Loren has brought so much joy into our lives, I can't even explain all of my feelings for this little girl. In the last few weeks it seems like she has grown up soooo much and I start getting kind of sad! The things she says and the things she does is amazing. I love it when she comes running up to me and says "your my mom"!!! Yes Loren, I am your mom and I hope one day I will be your best friend! The sparkle this little girl has in her eye brightens up my days so much. In the next few months she will be starting preschool and dance and as happy as I am for these events to take place I am also so sad that she is growing up sooo fast. Here is a few pictures of the last 3 years of Lorens awesome journey that will be continuing for many many years to come!

MAJOR UPDATE!!!!!!

Holy cow, it has been way to long since I have posted anything on here! I have a friend that keeps telling me I need to update, the truth is, I'm having a hard time finding the time!!!!!!! We've been gone so much and so many things have been going on in our lives.
In January I went skiing for my very first time ever! My boss up at Jermans took the employees to snowbird for the weekend and paid for everything, which was very awesome and very nice! The very last day and the very last run, I was doing awesome until I hit some ice and the wind came up behind me, it all went, or shall I say, I went down hill from there! I ended up dislocating my right knee. I've recovered really well from that accident, thank goodness!!!! Just a few weeks after that happend, Loren got really sick! She would throw up one night and than be fine, she would go a few days and than throw up again and be fine. She never ran a fever or any other flu signs. This went on for about a week, I finally took her to the doctor and he diagnosed her with abdominal migraines!!! I still don't completely believe that thats what she had cause the following Monday she woke up and the right side of her face was swollen. I took her back to the doctor and he said she had a gum infection that had spread to her cheek. I got her into a dentist and he said she had a abcess tooth! The really crappy thing is he wouldn't do anything about it till that Friday. Tuesday morning when she woke up after being up all night, her face was almost double the size!! I called a pediatric dentist in Salt Lake and he told us to bring her in right away!!!! So off we went for a LONG 4 hour car ride, but very thankful to have family in Tooele to help out with whatever we needed. The dentist ended up just pulling Lorens tooth out, but by the next day the swelling was basically gone! Finally I thought we were on the road to recovery and everything would get back to normal, well think again! The following week Loren got a really bad cough that would make her throw up! I took her to the doctor and she was on the verge of pneummonia!!!! SERIOUSLY?? What else could go wrong in this family?? Oh I know, I ended up loosing my waitressing job because I had missed so much with Loren! I was pretty upset and pissed over that whole deal but at least I know that I was in the right place. I was with my daughter and family, right where I belong! So things started getting back to normal and everything seemed to be going really good. Well the night before April Fools, Jaxon fell and burned both hands (the right was the worse) on our wood burning stove. Off to the ER we go, the wrapped both hands and we've had to go to physical therapy every day! I had to take Loren to Tooele for a dentist appointment and while we were there his fingers started to swell up. I took Jaxon into U of U burn center and they started him on antibiotic. He is doing much better now and is even started using his right hand a little! Everything seems to finally be coming to an end and hopefully we stay on the right road to stay healthy cause right now I am SICK of DOCTORS!!!!!!!!
On a little brighter note..... I FINALLY started my apprenticeship for cosmetology and it is AMAZING!!!!!! I have learned so much and feel really confident in myself! I'm 54 hours away from being able to work on people and I can't wait! I am so excited!
I will post pictures of the last couple of months the next time I get on and have a little time!

Allergies are NO fun!!!!!!

We took Jaxon to the allergist today and have discovered the worse but now hope for the best! They did a scratch test on Jaxon and discovered he is very allergic to eggs, pretty allergic to dairy and needs to stay away from peanuts. He is so allergic to eggs that they gave us an epipen just incase and trust me I wasn't to excited when I heard the word "epipen". Anyways we are going to have him tested in 5-6 months and see where he stands on everything. The doctor was absolutely wonderful and there is a lot of hope that he will grow out of it within the next few years. But for the time being we will be watching his every little move to make sure he doesn't eat anything that he shouldn't!

Jaxons Birthday Parties

Sorry this post is a little late. I have been very busy and when I finally get time to do something I just want to relax and be with the kids. We went to Tooele for Thanksgiving and it was a lot of fun. While we were there we had a birthday party for Jaxon at Carls Jr. We had a lot of family come and also are good friends Hope and Tom. Jaxon got very spoiled and we had a lot of fun. When we got back from Tooele we had another little bday party for him at our house. We got him cake with fudge and I knew he would be a major mess. Jaxon dove into the cake and had a blast, he started playing peek-a-boo so all you could see was his blue eyes. I can't believe my baby boy is 1 and walking all over the place. He has such a cute personality and makes us all laugh.

Jaxon is 1!!!!!

I can't believe my baby boy will be one in a week! He has grown so fast its crazy. The other day he took 5 steps and keeps trying. He has started playing peek-a-boo and has the cutest personality. He is such a wonderful additon to our family and I love how him and Loren interact with eachother (most of the time), LOL. I took these pictures and I am very happy with the way they turned out, especially since I do more wedding than kids!

Pictures of Loren

I was getting things set up to take Jaxons pictures for his birthday and Loren had to get some taken first. She gets so mad if the camera is out and she don't get a picture. I love how cute she is and how good they turned out!

Jaxon

I can't believe how big this kid is getting! I took him to the doctor the other day and he was over 17 lbs. He had gained over a pound and grew over an inch and half in a month!!!! He only weighs about 3 lbs less than his sister, lol. He is doing very good and is becoming more of a handful. He is now starting to stand all on his own and about to walk. I can't believe he is almost a year old, where has the time gone. We have to take him to an allergist in Dec because we truely believe he is either allergic or extremly sensitive to any dairy products!!! He breaks out in hives even if he has only had a half of slice of cheese. So for the next month in a half we just have to read all the labels and really watch what we give him until we can get him tested. Even though its going to be hard in the beginning, at least there are substiutions and he is still a very happy and healthy baby boy!!!!