I've been tagged!

ABC's "getting to know you" TAG. Complete the ABC's of you. Then, each player tags 3 people and posts their names, goes to their blogs and leaves a comment letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Tony
C-Cake or Pie: Cake
D-Day: Saturday- it’s project day
E- Essential Items: Shoes
F- Favorite Color: Red
G-Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy Bears
H-Home town: Taylorsville
I- Indulgences: Ice Cream and Diet Pepsi with a little bit of Wild Cherry Pepsi
J- January or July?: January- it’s my birthday month
K-Kids: 5 step children (love them)
L-Life is incomplete without: Tony
M- Marriage Date: April 19, 2008
N-Number of Siblings:3 (2 brothers and 1 sister-yo Squishy)
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples
P- Phobias or Fears: Being alone
Q- Quote: “I wouldn’t be more surprised if I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet”
R- Reason To Smile: Knowing I am going home in a few minutes to be with my love.
S- Season: Fall
T- Tag Three: Tricia, Steff, Lisa
U- Unknown fact about me: I got a tattoo when I was 20 on a dare and a split decision
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Really neither, I don’t mind meat but like veggie stuff too
W- Worst Habit: Forgetting names and birthdays
X-Rays or Ultrasounds: I don’t really have a preference
Y-Your favorite food:Anything Mexican food related or licorice
Z- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Happy Birthday my sweet Love!

Tony getting his groove on at the wedding, he was a party animal

Happy Birthday to the love of my life!

Single vs. Married Andra

Single Andra's red hot car

Andra's married with 5 kids van

What a difference a year can make. Need I say more? Miss you ol' red you did me good. I love my life as a mini van mom!

It's an Honor!

One of the best parts of becoming a parent (for me this was a quick transition), is the feeling of being so proud of your kids. I never understood when my mom would cry during a performance or be so proud when we brought home a good report card. In the past month of being married I have come to understand the many joys parenting brings and why parents feel the way they do.

Over the past couple of weeks, we have attended several end of the year events. Krista and Misty had their last choir concert of the year. They are so darling and such great singers. It's neat to see the progress they have made from the beginning of the year. Here are some pictures from the concert.

Krista and Misty in their choir dresses.

Krista and Misty singing

Aarone and Amber enjoying the concert

Also, both Chelsie and Krista were honored by the junior high and highschool at a special awards evening. Both the Highschool and juniorhigh scheduled the ceremony at the same time which was awful. Krista's was a dinner that we had payed for before we knew about Chelsie's so Tony and I went to the dinner and Grandma Marilyn went with Chelsie. I am so proud to say that not only did both girls receive an award for their honors achievement but also received specific awards for different school activities they participated in.

Krista was chosen out 30 kids for an award for her hardwork on the yearbook team this year. As they said "she touched every page of that book". We were so proud of her and like proud parents Tony and I both cried. I still get a bit teary thinking about it since it meant so much to her.

Krista's certificates and medallion

Chelsie also was on the honor roll and received a special award for her role in her Child development class. We were sad to not be there to cheer her on, but are so proud of her hard work.

Chelsie's certificates

We love our kids!!! Thanks for making us proud!

Do you remember?

Last night we went to Chelsie's final choir concert since she is graduating in a week. She is in an all girls ensemble group called the "Thursdays". I would have to say out of all the choirs they have the best voices and sing the best songs. They also get to wear cute sashes and a cute flower in their hair, makes it special. She is also in the Falcon choir which is a combined junior and senior choir. Chelsie has an amazing voice and it is always so fun to hear her sing. Some of the other groups I could of done without that is for sure.

Anyway, my point is at the end of the last performance which was senior's only they were all hugging, crying, etc. Me I was like good grief get over it but then I started to remember the feelings I had when highschool was ending too. It was such a mix of emotions, excitement, nervousness, an unsure feeling of what life would bring. I too remember crying as we sang the cheesiest of all songs, "It's hard to say goodbye".

Looking back, life really did begin after highschool. I am so excited for Chelsie as she begins this new adventure of going to school at Utah State this fall. She is such an amazing person and has so much to look forward to. Here's to Chelsie and Highschool graduation!!!!

Our Saturday Project

Tony and I talk each week about what project we want to tackle on Saturday. We both love projects we can do together and we have plenty we can work on. This week we decided to work on our flower bed which Tony has wanted to do since he moved into this house. I meant to take a "real" before picture but forgot until we had started.

This is the area we started with, the only thing we left is the rose bush.
We borrowed Tony's brothers truck and went to Lowe's to buy the bricks.

After 2 trips to Lowe's, 3 trips to J&J nursey(side note-if you ever want to go to the coolest place come and go to this nursey. It is huge and has massive amounts of flowers and plants, I fell in love with it!) Here is the finished project.
I can't believe how beautiful it looks, I can't help but go out and look at it every few minutes. Hooray for Saturday projects!!!

Dreams do come true

Ok, so I have wanted a Kitchenaid for as long as I can remember but I never felt like I could spend the money to buy one. I asked for one for Christmas for several years but my dad would always reply "when you learn how to cook I'll get you one". Well, my sweet husband knew how badly I wanted one and we spent some of our wedding money to purchase it. I seriously woke up giddy with delight this morning knowing I can make something. I'll keep you posted on how my first try works out!!