Falling off the face of the Earth...

I'm sure you all thought I had fallen off the face of the Earth....well I didn't, I am just not good at this whole blog posting thing! So much has gone on since.....JUNE, yep that's right it's September and I haven't posted since June. :( Sorry. So I'll do a little back tracking to catch everyone up. I'll try and make it short and sweet. It's 213am here and I couldn't sleep so why not catch up the old blog! :)

Since June, Casey has had his special military training that was for a month in Idaho. Addi went with him and stayed at my parents house. I haven't found anyone here to watch Addi that I feel comfortable with, and I get off work at 1130pm so I feel bad leaving her at someones house til 1145 or so when I can pick her up.

 My mom and dad love it though, they don't get to see us to much so a month with Addi is fabulous for them. Atleast that is what they tell me. I am sure she is a handful, she's a handful for me. :) At this training Casey was asked to do this special training and stuff with new tanks so instead of transferring to Washington he will be staying in the Idaho guard unit til August of next year. Which means that he travels to Idaho once a month, I go with him sometimes depending on if I work or not. Which is nice cause I get to see my family, it always seems like I don't have enough time while I am there. I plan to much!!

The summer has come and gone, and I don't know where it went. If feels like it was just beginning and now its over. We didn't do a whole lot this summer. We went to Seattle and visited the Zoo. Addi love it and it was Casey and I's first time in Seattle and we seemed to like it, we'll be going back sometime to do more things that we didn't have time or money for this time. The weather over there was fabulous though it was the perfect weather to go to the zoo.

I have been working a lot! Casey got a job with Coke but it has worked out. They don't really have a set schedule and it's just crazy and for the best interest of our family we have decided to have him quit and stay home and just do side jobs. Financially it's probably not the best thing but for our family it is so we'll make it work. I have been praying that my side business pick up and help with our money situation, and it has. I have ten orders right now and I am trying to get ready for a craft fair that I am attending in Ontario, OR on Oct 6th. So between my regular job and my business I have been super busy and if you came to my house you can see that I have done nothing else! My house shows it! I need to find some cleaning fairies and tell them what I need done. :)

Casey and Addi have been gone again for the past 3 weeks. Casey got called to Active duty to fight fires and he took Addi to my parents again. Even though it is nice to be able to sew without "help" from Addi, I miss that kid like nothing else!! I also miss my husband, but we've been away from each other before I kind of know what to expect. With Addi she changes so much it makes me sad. She is talking more and I can't wait for her to come home so I can hear it!

I am going to make her halloween costume this year, she is going to be little red ridding hood, I have all the stuff to make it I just  need to find the time to do it! I have been so busy with this craft fair to get ready for that I haven't started it yet and I bought it in June figuring that I have plenty of time to get it done and now it is  September. :(

She is getting so big! Her hair is long enough that I can pull it back in a pony tail or two pig tails

This is my family at the Zoo we had such a good time

This was Addi's favorite animal at the zoo, she even got a stuffed jaguar to take home, her name is Jazi

This is my little rag-a-muffin girl in the morning, she cracks me up 

Other than that I can't think of anything else that is important enough to mention. Casey and I are planning on going to Disneyland in January. We have been saving and we are driving to save money, which makes it so that my mom and little sister can go with us which is nice. We are way excited and can't wait to go. I hope all is well with your families.

Our new car!

I wrote about us getting a new car two posts ago, and I didn't have any pictures so now I have a picture to post for you. Also I was gonna tell you a few cool things about the van that I love!! One thing the Casey likes about it as well as me is that the brake and gas pedal move. So I don't have to move the seat all the way forward like I usually do, I drive short, I have short legs and if I get in after Casey I can barely touch the pedals with my toes. :)


I love that it has stow and go seats, all the seats fold down which gives tons of room to haul things, and if we want to leave Addi's seat up and fold the rest down so I can take business stuff to craft fairs and stuff I can. Love Love Love that!!!


I like that it has doors and a truck that opens with buttons and it is so nice to have and I can turn it off if I want to. 


It has dvd players in the head rests which Adelyn loves, and we love it too cause she is a better traveler with those in the headrests. :)


I also love all the little compartments and the lights. There are separate lights for each seat in case you want to read or something and then there are green running lights on the top which I like when it's night time. :)


And I love the color of the van too, it's probably my favorite color of car I have owned. 

Me just about me....

Work had been going great lately for me, I work from 1pm to 1130pm 4 days a week. They recently switched me to 4, 10 hour days. I work 3 days have 2 off, work 2 have 2 off work 3 have two off. It's nice cause on the weekends I get off at 730pm cause I come in at 9am so I get to spend more time with my family then I was before. It stinks cause I work every other Sunday so I don't get to go to church every Sunday.

I am still trying to work on my weight loss. I had a blog that I follow from a friend's wife back home and she is doing the biggest loser with her town and posted the goals they are following. I decided I would try it too so I am going to post them here in case you all want to try too.

drink 6 cups of water a day
Excercise at least 15 mins a day
Eat 2 fruit
Eat 2 cups of Veggies
No Soda
No eating after 8pm (which is hard for me since I am still at work.
No fried food or food cooked in oil (try baking or grilling it instead)
Eat breakfast
Write one journal entry
make one personal goal for yourself.

So I guess that these goals change every month so I will start with these and then post when they change and I will weigh in once a week like they say and post how much I have lost, I am not quite comfortable posting what I weigh yet, but I will get there.

Other than that I haven't been doing much, I have sewed some lately. I made some pot holders which are freaking cute, and I made some stuff for my business. I will start painting the house and refinishing furniture soon to so I will have pictures of that too. I hope all you have doing well and Happy Fathers day to my wonderful husband!!

Been a long time...

I know I haven't been keeping up lately but we have been so freaking busy! So let me go through a little bit of what we have been doing and then I will tell you all about our most recent travels and how they went.


Casey and I have been busy, we got a letter in the mail that our insurance company was no longer going to insure our house because our shingles needed replaced. And then we found out that if we lost our insurance that they would recall our loan on our house. So I made a call and found out that it wasn't our house roof that needed replaced but that it was the garage roof since it wasn't 25 feet away from the house. So Casey and I went and bought all the stuff, Casey, our neighbor and his son, and the missionaries helped Casey take off all the shingles and then my cousins husband and Casey started the roof and Casey finished it. That took a lot of our time.


Another thing that Casey and I have been looking into was getting a bigger car. We had a Toyota matrix and Casey really wanted a big SUV and I was really sold on a van. I worked really really hard and I finally got Casey to agree. We looked and looked at all the vans and which ones we liked the best and we came to the Nissan Quest as our favorite. Well we went shopping for a dress for Addi and I for a wedding we were going to (which I will tell you about farther down in the post) and there happen to be a Chrystler town and country in the middle of the mall. It was a 2012 so newer than we had been looking at or wanting and the guy said that they had a bunch of used ones and we should go take a look. We hadn't looked at a town and country and we ended up really liking it. So we went and looked and a couple hours later we had a van. It's a blue green color and I love it!! It's great for my business it carries a lot and it has so much more room. We have travel short distances in it and it is so comfortable for me and there are DVD players in the head rest so Addi loves it. We plan on making a trip to California in January and are driving so we will see how she does. :) I think we're going to love owning a van.


This past weekend we went to one of Casey's cousins wedding in Kansas. It was a long flight it took us about 6 hours to get there and then it took about 12 hours to get back. We had a great time in Kansas with Casey's family and at the wedding it was nice to see them we haven't seen them in 6 months. But the trip back we got stuck in Minneapolis there were thunderstorms and lightening and rain so we didn't leave from there til 130am which made it 430am before we got home. It was a very long day needless to say. We did get on the train in Minneapolis and went to the Mall of America (it was a Sunday so they closed at 7pm and we got there at 830pm) but we got to see the inside even though the stores were closed we got to see the roller coaster and stuff. And then we looked over the railing and got to see the sting rays that are in the under sea adventure that is on the bottom floor of the mall. We eventually plan on going back there sometime so we can go when it is open and get to check everything out and maybe ride a few rides. Sorry this is a long post but I have some catching up to do. :)

Crazy life, but it's my life!

Needless to say we have been really busy lately. We have been working on the house which seems like may never get done. Casey and I were talking this weekend about just moving in and finishing it after we've moved in. I have our Master bedroom done except the trim, the one spare bedroom is done so we'll put Addi in there and just work room by room until it's done. We'll put everything in the garage and unload as we finish rooms.

We didn't do much of anything for Easter, we went to church but it was only one hour because we were sharing our building with a few other wards. Then we had an Easter egg hunt at our new house, and then I had to work that day so it was a pretty uneventful day. But we did get some great pictures of Addi Easter egg hunting, she loved it!

As for my weight loss journey....well.....I have been trying to be good but sometimes I have failed. Especially since we have been traveling so much. I am back on track, but in the 3 weeks I have been on this weight loss thing, I have lost a total of 6.6lbs which isn't a ton but it is a start and it is 6.6lbs less than when I started. I've realized that a REAL serving size/portion is small. A lot smaller than almost everyone eats. I've also realized that I really really like my fatty food, and sweets! But like I had said in my last post, Soda is my biggest enemy. But I am doing a lot better than I have ever done and I think I can be completely of soda really soon, it will be a treat once in awhile when we go out to dinner or something.

We bought a truck today, we needed something that could get us around from place to place that wasn't to expensive. For the past 5 months Casey has been taking me to work and picking me up from work and if Adelyn was asleep he'd just leave her at the house cause my Aunt and Uncle were there. Well when we move into our house he can't do that so we needed a second car. Casey has been wanting a truck and I gave in so I drove it to work for the first time today since we just bought it today. It is okay I still like my matrix.

Crazy busy life...

Yes my life recently has been crazy busy. I have been having this shoulder problem that is driving me crazy. It constantly hurts unless I hold it in these crazy positions and sometimes those don't even work. I am getting it checked out in a few days hopefully he can help me fix it.

Then there is the house, this house is going to be the death of me. There is so much painting to do even when I think I am done with a room I go back and it needs touch ups or I missed a spot. Oh and did I mention that I HATE to paint!!! Hate it!! But it will look so much nicer when it is all done, which is really the only thing that is pushing me to get it done. We ( a few girls from work and myself) are having a painting party on the 7th so we should get lot done then I hope. It will be nice to be in the house and decorate it the way I want and be able to call it home.

This last weekend Casey, my cousin Brandi and I went to Portland and so the broadway show Wicked. This is my 3rd time seeing it (I love it!) and it was Casey and Brandi's first. It was fun to watch them enjoy it and we stayed at my other cousins house (Jake) right in downtown Portland and Casey fell in love. It was a nice weekend we had a baby sitter so we were kid free for two whole days. It was nice to just do what we wanted and not have to worry about being back by a certain time or anything. While we were in Portland I went to a second hand kids store and found Adelyn some Nike Shox they are so freaking cute (I would never by my 1 year old Nike shoes if they were brand new, they grow out of them to quickly but second hand I can deal with) I have a picture of them. She looks so grown up with them on. I also found two long skirts for myself I have been trying to find longs skirts recently and couldn't find any. Well I went to Lane Bryant, they were have a clearance sale. If I would have not bought them on clearance I would have had to pay $140.00 for two skirts can you believe that 70.00 per skirt that is ridiculous. But however I paid 13.98 for both skirts. Yep that's right I paid 6.99 per skirt. I love them and can't wait to wear them.

These are Adelyn's Shox

As for my weight loss, I have weighed in and I am getting measured today and I will keep you all posted with how I am doing. I think my big obstacle will be giving up the soda I drink I need to replace it with water, or something more healthy. We will see. cross your fingers for me.

Other than that I can't think of anything new, we are going to see Grandma Mahurin next weekend and maybe take Addi fishing but that is about it.

Operation Baby Weight

Operation Baby weight... this is where I am going to begin to tell you all about my journey to a healthier and better weight. I have gone to my Dr. and he told me I need to loose 60 lbs before I try and get pregnant again, therefore I am starting to eat healthier and I am starting to track my weight lose and everything with you all. I know lots of people don't read my blog but I think it might help me to stick to loosing the weight and everything. So here we go on my journey of weight lose, and a journey to hopefully a second baby. :)

The house and a few other things....

So the house is officially we got the keys and now the work begins. :) We have bought all the baseboards and door trims for the house, and a ceiling fan for our bedroom, and the light for the living room. I have such a big to do list.....and luckily my family is coming this next weekend to help out with everything. We are excited to have them come and help.

Casey and Addi are gone this weekend, Casey went to drill and dropped Adelyn off at my parents house and she is spending the weekend with them. I have the whole weekend to myself and I didn't do a whole lot. :( I would have sewn or something but I can't get to any of my sewing stuff. I did make a pair of stretch pants for Adelyn, it was my first time making any clothes for her, and they were pretty easy and they turned out really good. :) I'll post a picture when she gets home and I try them on her, they are white with black polka dots. Other than that I took a nap and that was about it. next time they are both out of town, I will be in my sewing room and I will sew all weekend long. :)

I'll also take pictures of the house and post some pictures as we change it and when we get it done.

Yay us!!!

So we finally got the news that will will be closing on our house this week, which means we get the keys on the 27th and can move in. (well not exactly right away we are going to paint instead first since it is empty) So we picked out colors for the house and it is going to be bold for me it isn't just brown there is teal, apple green, pink, aqua and fushia. I know it sounds pretty amazing right?

Adelyn has been doing well, she got over her ear infection, she was put on some medicine, and was allergic to it. She got hives and everything so now we know she is allergic to Penicillin. :(

She has been trying to walk (not very hard) but she has taken about a total of 8 steps but she is in no hurry to walk. Which Casey is totally okay with her not being in a hurry.

Her favorite food right now are blueberries, she loves them and would eat them all day everyday if we would let her. She is a really good eater but she does have her favorites.

Right now we are just excited to get our house and start getting it ready to move into, I'll post pictures of before and after when we start to do stuff on the house. Hope all is well with you and I'll right soon.

New & Exciting things....

Well it's been a little while since I have updated this thing, I still haven't done much crafting lately I can't get to any of my stuff in storage but I have good news.......drum roll........ We had the inspection on the house, it went well there are a few things that need to be fixed they are small, and the owner is going to fix most of them. We are waiting on the appraisal for us to get the VA loan it has to be a VA appraiser and there are only 3 in the county. Once that is done, and the
appraiser says our offer is good we should be close to closing...If you listen really closely you can hear the angles singing hallelujah. :) Here is a picture of the front of the house that we are buying.

It a cute little house in a mature neighborhood, it's got two big trees, a cover patio, and a deck in the back. There is also a detached garage it the back, and has brand new real hardwood floors.

Since we have a house now that is almost ours, I have told my husband that if we ever had a house that had a fenced in back yard he could get a dog. Well this house has a complete dog run on the whole left side of the house. I let this little detail out at work and Kelly a lady I work with said oh I have 8 puppies that need homes so yesterday I found myself going to look at puppies. We picked out a little boy one that is brown and white and is a mixture of black lab, and some brown lab, and maybe some chow or husky the lady wasn't sure. I will say that he is pretty cute and we have named him Mick. Kelly is keeping him for us til we get into our house. I'll post pictures then of him.

Since my last post I have also had a birthday, yep that's right I'm the big 26 now! I don't feel as old as my body is trying to tell me I am. My knees and hip have been giving me a lot of problems lately. We didn't do a lot for my birthday, we were going to go to town and have a nice dinner and stuff we had a babysitter and everything and Casey got so sick the poor guy couldn't even move with out throwing up (which I am sure you were all dying to know) he did get me the Anne of Green Gables series on dvd (which are my favorite movies of all time!) and the I got myself a new outfit that is a cream, brown and coral color I think it is super cute!

We have gotten a lot of snow in the past two days, like 6 inches or a little more. And we have ahd some freezing rain.

This next weekend we are trying to make it back home for Adelyn's birthday we have all of the party stuff at my mom and dad's house except the cake (which I bought, I was gonna make it but I don't think I'll have time) the theme is ladybugs which I think will turn out really cute. I will post pictures when we get back home. :)

I saw this saying on pinterest and then I saw it on a friends blog and I decided to add a photo to it and I think it turned out really good. It is the most crafty thing I have done in a few months and I am going through withdrawals! I have seen quite a few things on pinterest that I really want to do so I am going to try and do some of them once we get moved. And I'll post my progress and I get stuff done.

Other than that everything is the same, I work and we sleep and that is about it til we can start working on the house and I'll do before and after pictures of the rooms in the house. Hopefully all is well with your families. Love to all.