YES WE ARE ALIVE.....

WOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE! A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST POST, BUT DUE TO PREGNANCY, I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO BLOG! BUT HERE I GO.....

WE HAD A BIRTHDAY! WOO HOO... YES WE ARE PARENTS OF A ONE YEAR OLD!! WOW THE TIME FLEW BY! I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I ONLY GOT A FEW PICTURES OF BLAINE ON HIS BIRTHDAY ( I WAS IN SIDE THROWING UP MOST THE TIME) BUT HE HAD A GOOD BIRTHDAY. WE STARTED AT MY MOMS HOUSE FOR BREAKFAST, BLAINE GOT A PANCAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES AND LOTS OF WHIP CREAM... HE LOVED IT! THEN WE HAD ANOTHER PARTY AT NICKS MOMS' HOUSE. HE GOT ALL KINDS OF CAKE THERE!! IT WAS A LOT OF FUN!!

HE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT FIRST, HE DIDNT KNOW IF HE WAS ALLOWED TO GET IT WITH HIS HANDS OR NOT!!IT DIDNT TAKE HIM LONG TO GET OVER THAT, SO HE PUT HIS FACE IN TOO!!!

I THINK IT WAS PRETTY GOOD, DONT YOU?!?THIS PICTURE IS FOR YOU MELISSA!!! MELISSA MADE THIS WOOD "UNCLE SAM" AND WANTED HIM IN THE PICTURE WITH BLAINE!! HAHA!!

WE GOT HIM THIS LITTLE SWIMMING POOL FOR HIS BIRTHDAY! HE LOVES TO GO SWIMMING....

HE ALSO LIKE TO JUST CHILL IN IT AND WATCH FINDING NEMO.. HE IS SUCH A NERD!! HE IS A WALKING MANIAC NOW. HE IS IN TO EVERYTHING!! HE IS JUST GROWING UP TOO FAST. AND NO, POOR BLAINE STILL HAS NO TEETH!!!!!!

DAMN DAY!!!!

YESTERDAY I WENT TO FLAGSTAFF WITH ME MOM, SISTER, AND GRANDMA!! WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME SHOPPING!! WE GOT HOME AT LIKE 11:30 LAST NIGHT. SO THIS MORNING I HAD TO GO OUT TO MY CAR TO GET SOMETHING, AND IT WAS PARKED CRAZY.. THE FRONT TIRE WAS OFF THE DRIVE WAY AND IN THE WEEDS, AND IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE APARTMENT WALL, AND TO TOP IT OFF, IT WAS DENTED AND SCRAPED FROM THE FRONT TIRE TO THE BACK TIRE (IT REALLY ISN'T TO BAD, BUT I AM STILL MAD)!!!! SO I CALLED NICK AND ASKED HIM WHAT IN THE HECK HE DID TO MY CAR!! HE KNEW NOTHING!! SO AFTER A COP COMING AND DOING AN "INVESTIGATION" WE STILL KNOW NOTHING! ALL WE KNOW IS, SOMEONE TOOK MY CAR FOR A JOY RIDE, SIDE SWIPED SOMETHING, SPILT SODA ALL OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE, BROUGHT THE CAR HOME, AND TOOK MY KEYS!!! WE DO KNOW THAT IT WAS A LITTLE KID THOUGH BECAUSE, THE SEAT WAS PUSHED CLEAR UP TO THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS PUSHED WAY DOWN LOW.... WHEN I FIND OUT WHO DID IT, THEY BETTER BE SCARED!!!

THREE YEARS DOWN... AN ETERNITY TO GO!!!

WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 3 YEARS!! WOW IT SEEMS LIKE 50! HAHA!! IT WAS OUR ANNIVERSARY ON THE 24TH! WE HAD A GOOD TIME CELEBRATING!! I LOVE YOU NICK!!

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS!!!

NEED I SAY MORE?????

NOTHIN MUCH...kinda long ..

THE OTHER NIGHT I PUT BLAINER TO BED, AND HE USUALLY GOES RIGHT TO SLEEP, NO CRYING. BUT HE WOULD NOT STOP CRYING. SO I WENT IN TO CHECK ON HIM. THIS IS WHAT I SAW...

HE "LOST" HIS BOTTLE. (YES HE STILL GOES TO BED WITH A BOTTLE.. GIVE ME A BREAK) IT WAS FUNNY!!!

SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, I DECIDED TO BLEACH MY WHOLE HEAD... {YES MY WHOLE HEAD}. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN ORANGE/RED/WHITE HEAD. I HAD TO BLEACH IT TWICE BECAUSE THE FIRST ATTEMPT WAS BRIGHT ORANGE.. HAHA! I THINK IT TURNED OUT OK. THERE IS REALLY NOTHING I CAN DO TO FIX IT NOW BUT GO DARK AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!! SO HERE IS TO MY SUMMER HAIR!!

(DONT MIND THE NO MAKEUP..IT WAS NIGHT TIME)

THE OTHER NIGHT AFTER NICKS 10:00 SOFT BALL GAME.. WE CAME HOME AND AS WE WALKED IN THE DOOR, THERE WAS A SPLATTER...

IT WAS A TUBE OF BLAINE'S LOTION. I DONT KNOW IF WE WERE JUST SUPER TIRED OR IF IT WAS REALLY AS FUNNY AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS... BUT AS I GOT TO CLEANING IT UP, I SAW THE STAIRSTHEN THE COUCH...IT SHOT OUT THE BACK AND OUT THE FRONT OF THE TUBE... IT WAS ON WALLS, SHOES, CARPET, COUCH, BASICALLY IT WAS EVERYWHERE! IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY!!!

FuN iN tHe SuN!!!!!!

THIS WEEK MY DAD CALLED ALL THE GRAND KIDS OVER TO HELP PLANT THE GARDEN (REALLY HE JUST WANTED ME AND MELISSA THERE) THE KIDS LOVED IT. BLAINE WASNT BIG ENOUGH TO HELP BUT, HE DID GET TO EAT DIRT, SOIL, AND EVEN TRY TO SWALLOW A NIGHT CRAWLER. HE LOVED PLAYING WITH THAT WORM.

ITS BEEN A WHILE...... sorry its kinda long...

A FEW WEEKENDS AGO, ME AND NICK, AND ROSS AND TIANA, WENT FOR A SATURDAY HIKE! WE HAD A GREAT TIME!! WE WENT OUT BY NICK AND ROSS'S GRANDPA'S RANCH. IT IS A NEAT CANYON, I THINK IT IS PORTER CANYON?! THE ROCKS LOOK LIKE PILE OF PANCAKES. THERE WERE HIEROGLYPHICS ON SOME OF THE ROCKS. WE HAD A BLAST. THERE IS MY HUBBY NICK!!ON THIS ROCK, THERE WAS BIG FEET AND BABY FEET WALKING. I THINK THEIR DRAWINGS ARE REALLY NEAT.HERE IS A LIZARD FROM OUR HIKE. IT WAS BIG!AFTER WE GOT DONE HIKING, WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE CRACKS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THERE IS A FAULT LINE OUT BEHIND THE PAPER MILL, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CRACKS ARE. THEY ARE AMAZING. YOU CAN THROW ROCKS DOWN IN THEM AND NEVER HEAR THEM HIT THE BOTTOM. THEY ARE PRETTY FREAKY. (APRIL I TOOK THESE FOR YOU)YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH WHERE YOU WALK, CAUSE SOME ARE JUST SMALL. YOU COULD STEP RIGHT IN ONE. THIS IS PRETTY COOL! THIS IS A TREE GROWING RIGHT OUT OF ONE OF THE CRACKS! THE ROCK NICK IS STANDING ON DIDNT CRACK. IT STAYED TOGETHER. ONLY THE ROCKS UNDERNEATH IT CRACKED. CRAZY HUH?!
THIS IS LOOKING DOWN INTO ONE OF THEM. DARK AND SPOOKY!!
I DONT KNOW HOW LONG THAT ROCK IS GOING TO HOLD UP. IT IS A HUGE ROCK JUST SITTING ON THAT LITTLE ROCK ON THE BOTTOM.

THIS IS NICKS GRANDPA'S CARVING. MARION GUY DESPAIN. HE CARVED IT IS 1971! DONT JUDGE, WE HAD BEEN HIKING ALL DAY. I DONT LOOK SO GREAT. AND YES I AM BURNED TO A CRISP....
THIS WEEKEND IT WAS THE DESPAIN REUNION OUT AT DRY LAKE, THAT IS GRANDPA MARIONS RANCH, IT WAS SOO SOO WINDY! SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE A RIDE AND SHOW JENA THE CANYON. THIS TIME WE WENT TO THE THE OPENING OF THE CANYON. THERE IS A LITTLE NATURAL HOLE THAT HOLDS WATER. BUT THE PIONEERS BUILT A DAM, TRYING TO KEEP WATER ON BOTH SIDES. THOSE PIONEERS WERE PRETTY AMAZING... ALTHOUGH THE WATER WAS SICK AND NASTY LOOKING...

BACK AT CAMP WE GAVE BLAINE AN OREO COOKIE. YES HE LOVED IT.ON THE WAY HOME BLAINE WAS NOT SO HAPPY TO RIDE IN HIS CAR SEAT, SO WE GAVE HIM ANOTHER COOKIE... WHAT A MESS....
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BABY COW. I LOVE BABY COWS! I JUST WANTED TO STEAL IT AND BRING IT HOME.

CAMPING WORE BLAINE RIGHT OUT. HE CRASHED ON THE FLOOR AT 8:15 LAST NIGHT. WHAT A SWEET LITTLE GUY!!!